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wmth@Matthew:1:1 @ The Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

wmth@Matthew:1:2 @ Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac of Jacob; Jacob of Judah and his brothers.

wmth@Matthew:1:3 @ Judah was the father (by Tamar) of Perez and Zerah; Perez of Hezron; Hezron of Ram;

wmth@Matthew:1:4 @ Ram of Amminadab; Amminadab of Nahshon; Nahshon of Salmon;

wmth@Matthew:1:5 @ Salmon (by Rahab) of Boaz; Boaz (by Ruth) of Obed; Obed of Jesse;

wmth@Matthew:1:6 @ Jesse of David–the King. David (by Uriah's widow) was the father of Solomon;

wmth@Matthew:1:7 @ Solomon of Rehoboam; Rehoboam of Abijah; Abijah of Asa;

wmth@Matthew:1:8 @ Asa of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat of Jehoram; Jehoram of Uzziah;

wmth@Matthew:1:9 @ Uzziah of Jotham; Jotham of Ahaz; Ahaz of Hezekiah;

wmth@Matthew:1:10 @ Hezekiah of Manasseh; Manasseh of Amon; Amon of Josiah;

wmth@Matthew:1:11 @ Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers at the period of the Removal to Babylon.

wmth@Matthew:1:12 @ After the Removal to Babylon Jeconiah had a son Shealtiel; Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel;

wmth@Matthew:1:13 @ Zerubbabel of Abiud; Abiud of Eliakim; Eliakim of Azor;

wmth@Matthew:1:14 @ Azor of Zadok; Zadok of Achim; Achim of Eliud;

wmth@Matthew:1:15 @ Eliud of Eleazar; Eleazar of Matthan; Matthan of Jacob;

wmth@Matthew:1:16 @ and Jacob of Joseph the husband of Mary, who was the mother of JESUS who is called CHRIST.

wmth@Matthew:1:17 @ There are therefore, in all, fourteen generations from Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Removal to Babylon; and fourteen from the Removal to Babylon to the Christ.

wmth@Matthew:1:18 @ The circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ were these. After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they were united in marriage, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

wmth@Matthew:1:19 @ But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her privately from the betrothal.

wmth@Matthew:1:20 @ But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, »Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through the Holy Spirit.

wmth@Matthew:1:21 @ She will give birth to a Son, and you are to call His name JESUS for He it is who will save His People from their sins.«

wmth@Matthew:1:22 @ All this took place in fulfilment of what the Lord had spoken through the Prophet,

wmth@Matthew:1:23 @ –a word which signifies.

wmth@Matthew:1:24 @ When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, and brought home his wife,

wmth@Matthew:1:25 @ but did not live with her until she had given birth to a son. The child's name he called JESUS.

wmth@Matthew:2:1 @ Now after the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem in Judaea in the reign of King Herod, excitement was produced in Jerusalem by the arrival of certain Magi from the east,

wmth@Matthew:2:2 @ inquiring, »Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his Star in the east, and have come here to do him homage.«

wmth@Matthew:2:3 @ Reports of this soon reached the king, and greatly agitated not only him but all the people of Jerusalem.

wmth@Matthew:2:4 @ So he assembled all the High Priests and Scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born.

wmth@Matthew:2:5 @ »At Bethlehem in Judaea,« they replied; »for so it stands written in the words of the Prophet,

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wmth@Matthew:2:7 @ Thereupon Herod sent privately for the Magi and ascertained from them the exact time of the star's appearing.

wmth@Matthew:2:8 @ He then directed them to go to Bethlehem, adding, »Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and do him homage.«

wmth@Matthew:2:9 @ After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was.

wmth@Matthew:2:10 @ When they saw the star, the sight filled them with intense joy.

wmth@Matthew:2:11 @ So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him–gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

wmth@Matthew:2:12 @ But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different route.

wmth@Matthew:2:13 @ When they were gone, and angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, »Rise: take the babe and His mother and escape to Egypt, and remain there till I bring you word. For Herod is about to make search for the child in order to destroy Him.«

wmth@Matthew:2:14 @ So Joseph roused himself and took the babe and His mother by night and departed into Egypt.

wmth@Matthew:2:15 @ There he remained till Herod's death, that what the Lord had said through the Prophet might be fulfilled,

wmth@Matthew:2:16 @ Then Herod, finding that the Magi had trifled with him, was furious, and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age, in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi.

wmth@Matthew:2:17 @ Then were these words, spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, fulfilled,

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wmth@Matthew:2:19 @ But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him,

wmth@Matthew:2:20 @ »Rise from sleep, and take the child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead.«

wmth@Matthew:2:21 @ So he roused himself and took the child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.

wmth@Matthew:2:22 @ But hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod on the throne of Judaea, he was afraid to go there; and being instructed by God in a dream he withdrew into Galilee,

wmth@Matthew:2:23 @ and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled,

wmth@Matthew:3:1 @ About this time John the Baptist made his appearance, preaching in the Desert of Judaea.

wmth@Matthew:3:2 @ »Repent,« he said, »for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand.«

wmth@Matthew:3:3 @ He it is who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah when he said,

wmth@Matthew:3:4 @ This man John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a loincloth of leather; and he lived upon locusts and wild honey.

wmth@Matthew:3:5 @ Then large numbers of people went out to him –people from Jerusalem and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley–

wmth@Matthew:3:6 @ and were baptized by him in the Jordan, making full confession of their sins.

wmth@Matthew:3:7 @ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, `O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

wmth@Matthew:3:8 @ Therefore let your lives prove your change of heart;

wmth@Matthew:3:9 @ and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.

wmth@Matthew:3:10 @ And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire.

wmth@Matthew:3:11 @ I indeed am baptizing you in water on a profession of repentance; but He who is coming after me is mightier than I: His sandals I am not worthy to carry for a moment; He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

wmth@Matthew:3:12 @ His winnowing-shovel is in His hand, and He will make a thorough clearance of His threshing-floor, gathering His wheat into the storehouse, but burning up the chaff in unquenchable fire.«

wmth@Matthew:3:13 @ Just at that time Jesus, coming from Galilee to the Jordan, presents Himself to John to be baptized by him.

wmth@Matthew:3:14 @ John protested. »It is I,« he said, »who have need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?«

wmth@Matthew:3:15 @ »Let it be so on this occasion,« Jesus replied; »for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty.« Then he consented;

wmth@Matthew:3:16 @ and Jesus was baptized, and immediately went up from the water. At that moment the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him,

wmth@Matthew:3:17 @ while a voice came from Heaven, saying, »This is My Son, the dearly loved, in whom is My delight.«

wmth@Matthew:4:1 @ At that time Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the Desert in order to be tempted by the Devil.

wmth@Matthew:4:2 @ There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He suffered from hunger.

wmth@Matthew:4:3 @ So the Tempter came and said, »If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into loaves.«

wmth@Matthew:4:4 @ »It is written,« replied Jesus,

wmth@Matthew:4:5 @ Then the Devil took Him to the Holy City and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple,

wmth@Matthew:4:6 @ and said, »If you are God's Son, throw yourself down; for it is written,

wmth@Matthew:4:7 @ »Again it is written,« replied Jesus,

wmth@Matthew:4:8 @ Then the Devil took Him to the top of an exceedingly lofty mountain, from which he caused Him to see all the Kingdoms of the world and their splendour,

wmth@Matthew:4:9 @ and said to Him, »All this I will give you, if you will kneel down and do me homage.«

wmth@Matthew:4:10 @ »Begone, Satan!« Jesus replied; »for it is written,

wmth@Matthew:4:11 @ Thereupon the Devil left Him, and angels at once came and ministered to Him.

wmth@Matthew:4:12 @ Now when Jesus heard that John was thrown into prison, He withdrew into Galilee,

wmth@Matthew:4:13 @ and leaving Nazareth He went and settled at Capernaum, a town by the Lake on the frontiers of Zebulun and Naphtali,

wmth@Matthew:4:14 @ in order that these words, spoken through the Prophet Isaiah, might be fulfilled,

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wmth@Matthew:4:17 @ From that time Jesus began to preach. »Repent,« He said, »for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand.«

wmth@Matthew:4:18 @ And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw two brothers –Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew– throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers.

wmth@Matthew:4:19 @ And He said to them, »Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.«

wmth@Matthew:4:20 @ So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on,

wmth@Matthew:4:21 @ He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending their nets; and He called them.

wmth@Matthew:4:22 @ And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

wmth@Matthew:4:23 @ Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.

wmth@Matthew:4:24 @ Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various diseases and pains–demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He cured them.

wmth@Matthew:4:25 @ And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district on the other side of the Jordan.

wmth@Matthew:5:1 @ Seeing the multitude of people, Jesus went up the Hill. There He seated Himself, and when His disciples came to Him,

wmth@Matthew:5:2 @ He proceeded to teach them, and said:

wmth@Matthew:5:3 @ »Blessed are the poor in spirit, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.«

wmth@Matthew:5:4 @ »Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted.«

wmth@Matthew:5:5 @ »Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain possession of the earth.«

wmth@Matthew:5:6 @ »Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.«

wmth@Matthew:5:7 @ »Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion.«

wmth@Matthew:5:8 @ »Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.«

wmth@Matthew:5:9 @ »Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be recognized as sons of God.«

wmth@Matthew:5:10 @ »Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.«

wmth@Matthew:5:11 @ »Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.

wmth@Matthew:5:12 @ Be joyful and triumphant, because your reward is great in the Heavens; for so were the Prophets before you persecuted.«

wmth@Matthew:5:13 @ are the salt of the earth; but if salt has become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away and trodden on by the passers by.

wmth@Matthew:5:14 @ are the light of the world; a town cannot be hid if built on a hill-top.

wmth@Matthew:5:15 @ Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel, but on the lampstand; and then it gives light to all in the house.

wmth@Matthew:5:16 @ Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.

wmth@Matthew:5:17 @ »Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them but to give them their completion.«

wmth@Matthew:5:18 @ Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place.

wmth@Matthew:5:19 @ Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

wmth@Matthew:5:20 @ For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens.

wmth@Matthew:5:21 @ »You have heard that it was said to the ancients, and whoever commits murder will be answerable to the magistrate.«

wmth@Matthew:5:22 @ But I say to you that every one who becomes angry with his brother shall be answerable to the magistrate; that whoever says to his brother `Raca,' shall be answerable to the Sanhedrin; and that whoever says, `You fool!' shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.

wmth@Matthew:5:23 @ If therefore when you are offering your gift upon the altar, you remember that your brother has a grievance against you,

wmth@Matthew:5:24 @ leave your gift there before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother first, and then return and proceed to offer your gift.

wmth@Matthew:5:25 @ Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer and you be thrown into prison.

wmth@Matthew:5:26 @ I solemnly tell you that you will certainly not be released till you have paid the very last farthing.

wmth@Matthew:5:27 @ »You have heard that it was said, «

wmth@Matthew:5:28 @ But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and cherishes lustful thoughts has already in his heart become guilty with regard to her.

wmth@Matthew:5:29 @ If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should be thrown into Gehenna.

wmth@Matthew:5:30 @ And if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should go into Gehenna.

wmth@Matthew:5:31 @ »It was also said, «

wmth@Matthew:5:32 @ But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery.

wmth@Matthew:5:33 @ »Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, «

wmth@Matthew:5:34 @ But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by Heaven, for it is God's throne;

wmth@Matthew:5:35 @ nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King.

wmth@Matthew:5:36 @ And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

wmth@Matthew:5:37 @ But let your language be, `Yes, yes,' or `No, no.' Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one.

wmth@Matthew:5:38 @ »You have heard that it was said, «

wmth@Matthew:5:39 @ But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

wmth@Matthew:5:40 @ If any one wishes to go to law with you and to deprive you of your under garment, let him take your outer one also.

wmth@Matthew:5:41 @ And whoever shall compel you to convey his goods one mile, go with him two.

wmth@Matthew:5:42 @ To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away.

wmth@Matthew:5:43 @ »You have heard that it was said, and hate thine enemy.'«

wmth@Matthew:5:44 @ But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors;

wmth@Matthew:5:45 @ that so you may become true sons of your Father in Heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked as well as the good, and sends rain upon those who do right and those who do wrong.

wmth@Matthew:5:46 @ For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? Do not even the tax-gatherers do that?

wmth@Matthew:5:47 @ And if you salute only your near relatives, what praise is due to you? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

wmth@Matthew:5:48 @ You however are to be complete in goodness, as your Heavenly Father is complete.

wmth@Matthew:6:1 @ »But beware of doing your good actions in the sight of men, in order to attract their gaze; if you do, there is no reward for you with your Father who is in Heaven.«

wmth@Matthew:6:2 @ `When you give in charity, never blow a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets in order that their praises may be sung by men. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.

wmth@Matthew:6:3 @ But when you are giving in charity, let not your left hand perceive what your right hand is doing,

wmth@Matthew:6:4 @ that your charities may be in secret; and then your Father –He who sees in secret– will recompense you.

wmth@Matthew:6:5 @ »And when praying, you must not be like the hypocrites. They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or at the corners of the wider streets, in order that men may see them. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.«

wmth@Matthew:6:6 @ But you, whenever you pray, go into your own room and shut the door: then pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father –He who sees in secret– will recompense you.

wmth@Matthew:6:7 @ »And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the Gentiles do, for they expect to be listened to because of their multitude of words.«

wmth@Matthew:6:8 @ Do not, however, imitate them; for your Father knows what things you need before ever you ask Him.

wmth@Matthew:6:9 @ »In this manner therefore pray: `Our Father who art in Heaven, may Thy name be kept holy;«

wmth@Matthew:6:10 @ let Thy kingdom come; let Thy will be done, as in Heaven so on earth;

wmth@Matthew:6:11 @ give us to-day our bread for the day;

wmth@Matthew:6:12 @ and forgive us our shortcomings, as we also have forgiven those who have failed in their duty towards us;

wmth@Matthew:6:13 @ and bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil one.'

wmth@Matthew:6:14 @ »For if you forgive others their offences, your Heavenly Father will forgive you also;«

wmth@Matthew:6:15 @ but if you do not forgive others their offences, neither will your Father forgive yours.

wmth@Matthew:6:16 @ »When any of you fast, never assume gloomy looks as the hypocrites do; for they disfigure their faces in order that it may be evident to men that they are fasting. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.«

wmth@Matthew:6:17 @ But, whenever you fast, pour perfume on your hair and wash your face,

wmth@Matthew:6:18 @ that it may not be apparent to men that you are fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father –He who sees in secret– will recompense you.

wmth@Matthew:6:19 @ »Do not lay up stores of wealth for yourselves on earth, where the moth and wear-and-tear destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.«

wmth@Matthew:6:20 @ But amass wealth for yourselves in Heaven, where neither the moth nor wear-and-tear destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

wmth@Matthew:6:21 @ For where your wealth is, there also will your heart be.

wmth@Matthew:6:22 @ »The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eyesight is good, your whole body will be well lighted;«

wmth@Matthew:6:23 @ but if your eyesight is bad, your whole body will be dark. If however the very light within you is darkness, how dense must the darkness be!

wmth@Matthew:6:24 @ »No man can be the bondservant of two masters; for either he will dislike one and like the other, or he will attach himself to one and think slightingly of the other. You cannot be the bondservants both of God and of gold.«

wmth@Matthew:6:25 @ For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?

wmth@Matthew:6:26 @ Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?

wmth@Matthew:6:27 @ Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?

wmth@Matthew:6:28 @ And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin,

wmth@Matthew:6:29 @ and yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his magnificence could array himself like one of these.

wmth@Matthew:6:30 @ And if God so clothes the wild herbage which to-day flourishes and to-morrow is thrown into the oven, is it not much more certain that He will clothe you, you men of little faith?

wmth@Matthew:6:31 @ Do not be over-anxious, therefore, asking `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?'

wmth@Matthew:6:32 @ For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things–all of them.

wmth@Matthew:6:33 @ But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, and then these things shall all be given you in addition.

wmth@Matthew:6:34 @ Do not be over-anxious, therefore, about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own cares. Enough for each day are its own troubles.

wmth@Matthew:7:1 @ »Judge not, that you may not be judged;«

wmth@Matthew:7:2 @ for your own judgement will be dealt –and your own measure meted– to yourselves.

wmth@Matthew:7:3 @ And why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, and not notice the beam which is in your own eye?

wmth@Matthew:7:4 @ Or how say to your brother, `Allow me to take the splinter out of your eye,' while the beam is in your own eye?

wmth@Matthew:7:5 @ Hypocrite, first take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to remove the splinter from your brother's eye.

wmth@Matthew:7:6 @ »Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.«

wmth@Matthew:7:7 @ »Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.«

wmth@Matthew:7:8 @ For it is always he who asks that receives, he who seeks that finds, and he who knocks that has the door opened to him.

wmth@Matthew:7:9 @ What man is there among you, who if his son shall ask him for bread will offer him a stone?

wmth@Matthew:7:10 @ Or if the son shall ask him for a fish will offer him a snake?

wmth@Matthew:7:11 @ If you then, imperfect as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

wmth@Matthew:7:12 @ Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this the Law and the Prophets are summed up.

wmth@Matthew:7:13 @ »Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it;«

wmth@Matthew:7:14 @ because narrow is the gate and contracted the road which leads to Life, and few are those who find it.

wmth@Matthew:7:15 @ »Beware of the false teachers–men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves.«

wmth@Matthew:7:16 @ By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles?

wmth@Matthew:7:17 @ Just so every good tree produces good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad fruit.

wmth@Matthew:7:18 @ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit.

wmth@Matthew:7:19 @ Every tree which does not yield good fruit is cut down and thrown aside for burning.

wmth@Matthew:7:20 @ So by their fruits at any rate, you will easily recognize them.

wmth@Matthew:7:21 @ »Not every one who says to me, `Master, Master,' will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens, but only those who are obedient to my Father who is in Heaven.«

wmth@Matthew:7:22 @ Many will say to me on that day, »`Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name expelled demons, and in Thy name performed many mighty works?'

wmth@Matthew:7:23 @ And then I will tell them plainly, »`I never knew you: begone from me, you doers of wickedness.'

wmth@Matthew:7:24 @ »Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;«

wmth@Matthew:7:25 @ and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock.

wmth@Matthew:7:26 @ And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand.

wmth@Matthew:7:27 @ The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and it falls; and disastrous is the fall.«

wmth@Matthew:7:28 @ When Jesus had concluded this discourse, the crowds were filled with amazement at His teaching,

wmth@Matthew:7:29 @ for He had been teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their Scribes taught.

wmth@Matthew:8:1 @ Upon descending from the hill country He was followed by immense crowds.

wmth@Matthew:8:2 @ And a leper came to Him, and throwing himself at His feet, said, »Sir, if only you are willing you are able to cleanse me.«

wmth@Matthew:8:3 @ So Jesus put out His hand and touched him, and said, »I am willing: be cleansed.« Instantly he was cleansed from his leprosy;

wmth@Matthew:8:4 @ and Jesus said to him, »Be careful to tell no one, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses appointed as evidence for them.«

wmth@Matthew:8:5 @ After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, and entreated Him.

wmth@Matthew:8:6 @ »Sir,« he said, »my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain.«

wmth@Matthew:8:7 @ »I will come and cure him,« said Jesus.

wmth@Matthew:8:8 @ »Sir,« replied the Captain, »I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured.

wmth@Matthew:8:9 @ For I myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. To one I say `Go,' and he goes, to another `Come,' and he comes, and to my slave `Do this or that,' and he does it.«

wmth@Matthew:8:10 @ Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said to the people following Him, »I solemnly tell you that in no Israelite have I found faith as great as this.

wmth@Matthew:8:11 @ And I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west and will recline at table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of the Heavens,

wmth@Matthew:8:12 @ while the natural heirs of the Kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.«

wmth@Matthew:8:13 @ And Jesus said to the Captain, »Go, and just as you have believed, so be it for you.« And the servant recovered precisely at that time.

wmth@Matthew:8:14 @ After this Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law he found ill in bed with fever.

wmth@Matthew:8:15 @ He touched her hand and the fever left her: and then she rose and waited upon Him.

wmth@Matthew:8:16 @ In the evening many demoniacs were brought to Him, and with a word He expelled the demons; and He cured all the sick,

wmth@Matthew:8:17 @ in order that this prediction of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled,

wmth@Matthew:8:18 @ Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions to cross to the other side of the Lake,

wmth@Matthew:8:19 @ when a Scribe came and said to Him, »Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.«

wmth@Matthew:8:20 @ »Foxes have holes,« replied Jesus, »and birds have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.«

wmth@Matthew:8:21 @ Another of the disciples said to Him, »Sir, allow me first to go and bury my father.«

wmth@Matthew:8:22 @ »Follow me,« said Jesus, »and leave the dead to bury their own dead.«

wmth@Matthew:8:23 @ Then He went on board a fishing-boat, and His disciples followed Him.

wmth@Matthew:8:24 @ But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep.

wmth@Matthew:8:25 @ So they came and woke Him, crying, »Master, save us, we are drowning!«

wmth@Matthew:8:26 @ »Why are you so easily frightened,« He replied, »you men of little faith?« Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm;

wmth@Matthew:8:27 @ and the men, filled with amazement, exclaimed, »What kind of man is this? for the very winds and waves obey him!«

wmth@Matthew:8:28 @ On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way.

wmth@Matthew:8:29 @ They cried aloud, »What hast Thou to do with us, Thou Son of God? Hast Thou come here to torment us before the time?«

wmth@Matthew:8:30 @ Now at some distance from them a vast herd of swine were feeding.

wmth@Matthew:8:31 @ So the demons entreated Him. »If Thou drivest us out,« they said, »send us into the herd of swine.«

wmth@Matthew:8:32 @ »Go,« He replied. Then they came out from the men and went into the swine, whereupon the entire herd instantly rushed down the cliff into the Lake and perished in the water.

wmth@Matthew:8:33 @ The swineherds fled, and went and told the whole story in the town, including what had happened to the demoniacs.

wmth@Matthew:8:34 @ So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country.

wmth@Matthew:9:1 @ Accordingly He went on board, and crossing over came to His own town.

wmth@Matthew:9:2 @ Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, »Take courage, my child; your sins are pardoned.«

wmth@Matthew:9:3 @ »Such language is impious,« said some of the Scribes among themselves.

wmth@Matthew:9:4 @ Knowing their thoughts Jesus said, »Why are you cherishing evil thoughts in your hearts?

wmth@Matthew:9:5 @ Why, which is easier? –to say, `Your sins are pardoned,' or to say `Rise up and walk'?

wmth@Matthew:9:6 @ But, to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins« –He then says to the paralytic, »Rise, and take up your bed and go home.«

wmth@Matthew:9:7 @ And he got up, and went off home.

wmth@Matthew:9:8 @ And the crowds were awe-struck when they saw it, and ascribed the glory to God who had entrusted such power to a man.

wmth@Matthew:9:9 @ Passing on thence Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the Toll Office, and said to him, »Follow me.« And he arose, and followed Him.

wmth@Matthew:9:10 @ And while He was reclining at table, a large number of tax-gathers and notorious sinners were of the party with Jesus and His disciples.

wmth@Matthew:9:11 @ The Pharisees noticed this, and they inquired of His disciples, »Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?«

wmth@Matthew:9:12 @ He heard the question and replied, »It is not men in good health who require a doctor, but the sick.

wmth@Matthew:9:13 @ But go and learn what this means, for I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners.«

wmth@Matthew:9:14 @ At that time John's disciples came and asked Jesus, »Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?«

wmth@Matthew:9:15 @ »Can the bridegroom's party mourn,« He replied, »as long as the bridegroom is with them? But other days will come (when the Bridegroom has been taken from them) and then they will fast.

wmth@Matthew:9:16 @ No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made.

wmth@Matthew:9:17 @ Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins would split, the wine would escape, and the skins be destroyed. But they put new wine into fresh skins, and both are saved.«

wmth@Matthew:9:18 @ While He was thus speaking, a Ruler came up and profoundly bowing said, »My daughter is just dead; but come and put your hand upon her and she will return to life.«

wmth@Matthew:9:19 @ And Jesus rose and followed him, as did also His disciples.

wmth@Matthew:9:20 @ But a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage came behind Him and touched the tassel of His cloak;

wmth@Matthew:9:21 @ for she said to herself, »If I but touch His cloak, I shall be cured.«

wmth@Matthew:9:22 @ And Jesus turned and saw her, and said, »Take courage, daughter; your faith has cured you.« And the woman was restored to health from that moment.

wmth@Matthew:9:23 @ Entering the Ruler's house, Jesus saw the flute-players and the crowd loudly wailing,

wmth@Matthew:9:24 @ and He said, »Go out of the room; the little girl is not dead, but asleep.« And they laughed at Him.

wmth@Matthew:9:25 @ When however the place was cleared of the crowd, Jesus went in, and on His taking the little girl by the hand, she rose up.

wmth@Matthew:9:26 @ And the report of this spread throughout all that district.

wmth@Matthew:9:27 @ As Jesus passed on, two blind men followed Him, shouting and saying, »Pity us, Son of David.«

wmth@Matthew:9:28 @ And when He had gone indoors, they came to Him. »Do you believe that I can do this?« He asked them. »Yes, Sir,« they replied.

wmth@Matthew:9:29 @ So He touched their eyes and said, »According to your faith let it be to you.«

wmth@Matthew:9:30 @ Then their eyes were opened. And assuming a stern tone Jesus said to them, »Be careful to let no one know.«

wmth@Matthew:9:31 @ But they went out and published His fame in all that district.

wmth@Matthew:9:32 @ And as they were leaving His presence a dumb demoniac was brought to Him.

wmth@Matthew:9:33 @ When the demon was expelled, the dumb man could speak. And the crowds exclaimed in astonishment, »Never was such a thing seen in Israel.«

wmth@Matthew:9:34 @ But the Pharisees maintained, »It is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he drives out the demons.«

wmth@Matthew:9:35 @ And Jesus continued His circuits through all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity.

wmth@Matthew:9:36 @ And when He saw the crowds He was touched with pity for them, because they were distressed and were fainting on the ground like sheep which have no shepherd.

wmth@Matthew:9:37 @ Then He said to His disciples, »The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few;

wmth@Matthew:9:38 @ therefore entreat the Owner of the Harvest to send out reapers into His fields.«

wmth@Matthew:10:1 @ Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.

wmth@Matthew:10:2 @ Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John;

wmth@Matthew:10:3 @ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

wmth@Matthew:10:4 @ Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

wmth@Matthew:10:5 @ These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them their instructions:»Go not,« He said, »among the Gentiles, and enter no Samaritan town;

wmth@Matthew:10:6 @ but, instead of that, go to the lost sheep of Israel's race.

wmth@Matthew:10:7 @ And as you go, preach and say, `The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'

wmth@Matthew:10:8 @ Cure the sick, raise the dead to life, cleanse lepers, drive out demons: you have received without payment, give without payment.

wmth@Matthew:10:9 @ »Provide no gold, nor even silver nor copper to carry in your pockets;«

wmth@Matthew:10:10 @ no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.

wmth@Matthew:10:11 @ »Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.«

wmth@Matthew:10:12 @ When you enter the house, salute it;

wmth@Matthew:10:13 @ and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.

wmth@Matthew:10:14 @ And whoever refuses to receive you or even to listen to your Message, as you leave that house or town, shake off the very dust from your feet.

wmth@Matthew:10:15 @ I solemnly tell you that it will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgement than for that town.

wmth@Matthew:10:16 @ »Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.«

wmth@Matthew:10:17 @ But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to appear before Sanhedrins, and will flog you in their synagogues;

wmth@Matthew:10:18 @ and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

wmth@Matthew:10:19 @ But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time it shall be given you what to say;

wmth@Matthew:10:20 @ for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

wmth@Matthew:10:21 @ Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise against their own parents and will put them to death.

wmth@Matthew:10:22 @ And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End–he will be saved.

wmth@Matthew:10:23 @ Whenever they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; for I solemnly tell you that you will not have gone the round of all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

wmth@Matthew:10:24 @ »The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant is never superior to his master.«

wmth@Matthew:10:25 @ Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?

wmth@Matthew:10:26 @ Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known.

wmth@Matthew:10:27 @ What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.

wmth@Matthew:10:28 @ »And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.«

wmth@Matthew:10:29 @ Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave.

wmth@Matthew:10:30 @ But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered.

wmth@Matthew:10:31 @ Away then with fear; you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.

wmth@Matthew:10:32 @ »Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.«

wmth@Matthew:10:33 @ But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.

wmth@Matthew:10:34 @ »Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword.«

wmth@Matthew:10:35 @ For I came to set a man against his father,

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wmth@Matthew:10:37 @ Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

wmth@Matthew:10:38 @ and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.

wmth@Matthew:10:39 @ To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

wmth@Matthew:10:40 @ »Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives Him who sent me.«

wmth@Matthew:10:41 @ Every one who receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward, and every one who receives a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, will receive a righteous man's reward.

wmth@Matthew:10:42 @ And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I solemnly tell you that he will not lose his reward.«

wmth@Matthew:11:1 @ When Jesus had concluded His instructions to His twelve disciples, He left in order to teach and to proclaim His Message in the neighbouring towns.

wmth@Matthew:11:2 @ Now John had heard in prison about the Christ's doings, and he sent some of his disciples to inquire:

wmth@Matthew:11:3 @ »Are you the Coming One, or is it a different person that we are to expect?«

wmth@Matthew:11:4 @ »Go and report to John what you see and hear,« replied Jesus;«

wmth@Matthew:11:5 @ »blind eyes receive sight, and cripples walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf ears hear; the dead are raised to life, and the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them;«

wmth@Matthew:11:6 @ and blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims.«

wmth@Matthew:11:7 @ When the messengers had taken their leave, Jesus proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, »What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?

wmth@Matthew:11:8 @ But what did you go out to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Those who wear luxurious clothes are to be found in kings' palaces.

wmth@Matthew:11:9 @ But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

wmth@Matthew:11:10 @ This is he of whom it is written, «

wmth@Matthew:11:11 @ »I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he.«

wmth@Matthew:11:12 @ But from the time of John the Baptist till now, the Kingdom of the Heavens has been suffering violent assault, and the violent have been seizing it by force.

wmth@Matthew:11:13 @ For all the Prophets and the Law taught until John.

wmth@Matthew:11:14 @ And (if you are willing to receive it) he is the Elijah who was to come.

wmth@Matthew:11:15 @ Listen, every one who has ears!

wmth@Matthew:11:16 @ »But to what shall I compare the present generation? It is like children sitting in the open places, who call to their playmates.«

wmth@Matthew:11:17 @ »`We have played the flute to you,' they say, `and you have not danced: we have sung dirges, and you have not beaten your breasts.'«

wmth@Matthew:11:18 @ »For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He has a demon.'

wmth@Matthew:11:19 @ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they exclaim, `See this man! –given to gluttony and tippling, and a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions.«

wmth@Matthew:11:20 @ Then began He to upbraid the towns where most of His mighty works had been done–because they had not repented.

wmth@Matthew:11:21 @ »Alas for thee, Chorazin!« He cried. »Alas for thee, Bethsaida! For had the mighty works been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in both of you, they would long ere now have repented, covered with sackcloth and ashes.

wmth@Matthew:11:22 @ Only I tell you that it will be more endurable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of Judgement than for you.

wmth@Matthew:11:23 @ And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted even to Heaven? Even to Hades shalt thou descend. For had the mighty works been done in Sodom which have been done in thee, it would have remained until now.

wmth@Matthew:11:24 @ Only I tell you all, that it will be more endurable for the land of Sodom on the day of Judgement than for thee.«

wmth@Matthew:11:25 @ About that time Jesus exclaimed, »I heartily praise Thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and of earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of discernment, and hast unveiled them to babes.

wmth@Matthew:11:26 @ Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will.

wmth@Matthew:11:27 @ »All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does any one fully know the Father except the Son and all to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.«

wmth@Matthew:11:28 @ »Come to me, all you toiling and burdened ones, and will give you rest.

wmth@Matthew:11:29 @ Take my yoke upon you and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

wmth@Matthew:11:30 @ For it is good to bear my yoke, and my burden is light.«

wmth@Matthew:12:1 @ About that time Jesus passed on the Sabbath through the wheatfields; and His disciples became hungry, and began to gather ears of wheat and eat them.

wmth@Matthew:12:2 @ But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, »Look! your disciples are doing what the Law forbids them to do on the Sabbath.«

wmth@Matthew:12:3 @ »Have you never read,« He replied, »what David did when he and his men were hungry?

wmth@Matthew:12:4 @ how he entered the House of God and ate the Presented Loaves, which it was not lawful for him or his men to eat, nor for any except the priests?

wmth@Matthew:12:5 @ And have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath without incurring guilt?

wmth@Matthew:12:6 @ But I tell you that there is here that which is greater than the Temple.

wmth@Matthew:12:7 @ And if you knew what this means,, you would not have condemned those who are without guilt.

wmth@Matthew:12:8 @ For the Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath.«

wmth@Matthew:12:9 @ Departing thence He went to their synagogue,

wmth@Matthew:12:10 @ where there was a man with a shrivelled arm. And they questioned Him, »Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?« Their intention was to bring a charge against Him.

wmth@Matthew:12:11 @ »Which of you is there,« He replied, »who, if he has but a single sheep and it falls into a hole on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

wmth@Matthew:12:12 @ Is not a man, however, far superior to a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath.«

wmth@Matthew:12:13 @ Then He said to the man, »Stretch out your arm.« And he stretched it out, and it was restored quite sound like the other.

wmth@Matthew:12:14 @ But the Pharisees after leaving the synagogue consulted together against Him, how they might destroy Him.

wmth@Matthew:12:15 @ Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number of people followed Him, all of whom He cured.

wmth@Matthew:12:16 @ But He gave them strict injunctions not to blaze abroad His doings,

wmth@Matthew:12:17 @ that those words of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled,

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wmth@Matthew:12:22 @ At that time a demoniac was brought to Him, blind and dumb; and He cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

wmth@Matthew:12:23 @ And the crowds of people were all filled with amazement and said, »Can this be the Son of David?«

wmth@Matthew:12:24 @ The Pharisees heard it and said, »This man only expels demons by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons.«

wmth@Matthew:12:25 @ Knowing their thoughts He said to them, »Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low.

wmth@Matthew:12:26 @ And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: how therefore shall his kingdom last?

wmth@Matthew:12:27 @ And if it is by Baal-zebul's power that I expel the demons, by whose power do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges.

wmth@Matthew:12:28 @ But if it is by the power of the Spirit of God that I expel the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

wmth@Matthew:12:29 @ Again, how can any one enter the house of a strong man and carry off his goods, unless first of all he masters and secures the strong man: then he will ransack his house.

wmth@Matthew:12:30 @ »The man who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.

wmth@Matthew:12:31 @ This is why I tell you that men may find forgiveness for every other sin and impious word, but that for impious speaking against the Holy Spirit they shall find no forgiveness.

wmth@Matthew:12:32 @ And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness.«

wmth@Matthew:12:33 @ »Either grant the tree to be wholesome and its fruit wholesome, or the tree poisonous and its fruit poisonous; for the tree is known by its fruit.

wmth@Matthew:12:34 @ O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks.

wmth@Matthew:12:35 @ A good man from his good store produces good things, and a bad man from his bad store produces bad things.

wmth@Matthew:12:36 @ But I tell you that for every careless word that men shall speak they will be held accountable on the day of Judgement.

wmth@Matthew:12:37 @ For each of you by his words shall be justified, or by his words shall be condemned.«

wmth@Matthew:12:38 @ Then He was accosted by some of the Scribes and of the Pharisees who said, »Teacher, we wish to see a sign given by you.«

wmth@Matthew:12:39 @ »Wicked and faithless generation!« He replied, »they clamour for a sign, but none shall be given to them except the sign of the Prophet Jonah.

wmth@Matthew:12:40 @ For just as so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth.

wmth@Matthew:12:41 @ There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and mark! there is One greater than Jonah here.

wmth@Matthew:12:42 @ The Queen of the south will awake at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and mark! there is One greater than Solomon here.

wmth@Matthew:12:43 @ »No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.

wmth@Matthew:12:44 @ Then he says, `I will return to my house that I left;' and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and in good order.

wmth@Matthew:12:45 @ Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation.«

wmth@Matthew:12:46 @ While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him.

wmth@Matthew:12:47 @ So some one told Him, »Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and desire to speak to you.«

wmth@Matthew:12:48 @ »Who is my mother?« He said to the man; »and who are my brothers?«

wmth@Matthew:12:49 @ And pointing to His disciples He added, »See here are my mother and my brothers.

wmth@Matthew:12:50 @ To obey my Father who is in Heaven–that is to be my brother and my sister and my mother.«

wmth@Matthew:13:1 @ That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on the shore of the Lake,

wmth@Matthew:13:2 @ when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all the people stood on the shore.

wmth@Matthew:13:3 @ He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. »The sower goes out,« He said, »to sow.

wmth@Matthew:13:4 @ As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

wmth@Matthew:13:5 @ Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth;

wmth@Matthew:13:6 @ but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, and through having no root it withers up.

wmth@Matthew:13:7 @ Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.

wmth@Matthew:13:8 @ But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.

wmth@Matthew:13:9 @ Listen, every one who has ears!«

wmth@Matthew:13:10 @ (And His disciples came and asked Him, »Why do you speak to them in figurative language?«

wmth@Matthew:13:11 @ »Because,« He replied, »while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.

wmth@Matthew:13:12 @ For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has shall be taken away.

wmth@Matthew:13:13 @ I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.

wmth@Matthew:13:14 @ And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving signal fulfilment:

wmth@Matthew:13:15 @ «

wmth@Matthew:13:16 @ »But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.«

wmth@Matthew:13:17 @ For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.

wmth@Matthew:13:18 @ »To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.«

wmth@Matthew:13:19 @ When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

wmth@Matthew:13:20 @ He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

wmth@Matthew:13:21 @ It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls.

wmth@Matthew:13:22 @ He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

wmth@Matthew:13:23 @ But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.

wmth@Matthew:13:24 @ Another parable He put before them. »The Kingdom of the Heavens,« He said, »may be compared to a man who has sown good seed in his field,

wmth@Matthew:13:25 @ but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away.

wmth@Matthew:13:26 @ But when the blade shoots up and the grain is formed, then appears the darnel also.

wmth@Matthew:13:27 @ So the farmer's men come and ask him, »`Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'

wmth@Matthew:13:28 @ `Some enemy has done this,' he said. »`Shall we go, and collect it?' the men inquire.

wmth@Matthew:13:29 @ »`No,' he replied, `for fear that while collecting the darnel you should at the same time root up the wheat with it.

wmth@Matthew:13:30 @ Leave both to grow together until the harvest, and at harvest-time I will direct the reapers, Collect the darnel first, and make it up into bundles to burn it, but bring all the wheat into my barn.'«

wmth@Matthew:13:31 @ Another parable He put before them. »The Kingdom of the Heavens,« He said, »is like a mustard-seed, which a man takes and sows in his ground.

wmth@Matthew:13:32 @ It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches.«

wmth@Matthew:13:33 @ Another parable He spoke to them. »The Kingdom of the Heavens,« He said, »is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till the whole mass has risen.«

wmth@Matthew:13:34 @ All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them,

wmth@Matthew:13:35 @ in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet,

wmth@Matthew:13:36 @ When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, His disciples came to Him with the request, »Explain to us the parable of the darnel sown in the field.«

wmth@Matthew:13:37 @ »The sower of the good seed,« He replied, »is the Son of Man;

wmth@Matthew:13:38 @ the field is the world; the good seed–these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.

wmth@Matthew:13:39 @ The enemy who sows the darnel is; the harvest is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels.

wmth@Matthew:13:40 @ As then the darnel is collected together and burnt up with fire, so will it be at the Close of the Age.

wmth@Matthew:13:41 @ The Son of Man will commission His angels, and they will gather out of His Kingdom all causes of sin and all who violate His laws;

wmth@Matthew:13:42 @ and these they will throw into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.

wmth@Matthew:13:43 @ Then will the righteous shine out like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, every one who has ears!

wmth@Matthew:13:44 @ »The Kingdom of the Heavens is like treasure buried in the open country, which a man finds, but buries again, and, in his joy about it, goes and sells all he has and buys that piece of ground.«

wmth@Matthew:13:45 @ »Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a jewel merchant who is in quest of choice pearls.«

wmth@Matthew:13:46 @ He finds one most costly pearl; he goes away; and though it costs all he has, he buys it.

wmth@Matthew:13:47 @ »Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts.«

wmth@Matthew:13:48 @ When full, they haul it up on the beach, and sit down and collect the good fish in baskets, while the worthless they throw away.

wmth@Matthew:13:49 @ So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

wmth@Matthew:13:50 @ and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.«

wmth@Matthew:13:51 @ »Have you understood all this?« He asked. »Yes,« they said.

wmth@Matthew:13:52 @ »Therefore,« He said, »remember that every Scribe well trained for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old.«

wmth@Matthew:13:53 @ Jesus concluded this series of parables and then departed.

wmth@Matthew:13:54 @ And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment and exclaimed, »Where did he obtain such wisdom, and these wondrous powers?

wmth@Matthew:13:55 @ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judah?

wmth@Matthew:13:56 @ And his sisters–are they not all living here among us? Where then did he get all this?«

wmth@Matthew:13:57 @ So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, »There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family.«

wmth@Matthew:13:58 @ And He performed but few mighty deeds there because of their want of faith.

wmth@Matthew:14:1 @ About that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

wmth@Matthew:14:2 @ and he said to his courtiers, »This is John the Baptist: he has come back to life–and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him.«

wmth@Matthew:14:3 @ For Herod had arrested John, and had put him in chains, and imprisoned him, for the sake of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

wmth@Matthew:14:4 @ because John had persistently said to him, »It is not lawful for you to have her.«

wmth@Matthew:14:5 @ And he would have liked to put him to death, but was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a Prophet.

wmth@Matthew:14:6 @ But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before all the company, and so pleased Herod

wmth@Matthew:14:7 @ that with an oath he promised to give her whatever she asked.

wmth@Matthew:14:8 @ So she, instigated by her mother, said, »Give me here on a dish the head of John the Baptist.«

wmth@Matthew:14:9 @ The king was deeply vexed, yet because of his repeated oath and of the guests at his table he ordered it to be given her,

wmth@Matthew:14:10 @ and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

wmth@Matthew:14:11 @ The head was brought on a dish and given to the young girl, and she took it to her mother.

wmth@Matthew:14:12 @ Then John's disciples went and removed the body and buried it, and came and informed Jesus.

wmth@Matthew:14:13 @ Upon receiving these tidings, Jesus went away by boat to an uninhabited and secluded district; but the people heard of it and followed Him in crowds from the towns by land.

wmth@Matthew:14:14 @ So Jesus went out and saw an immense multitude, and felt compassion for them, and cured those of them who were out of health.

wmth@Matthew:14:15 @ But when evening was come, the disciples came to Him and said, »This is an uninhabited place, and the best of the day is now gone; send the people away to go into the villages and buy something to eat.«

wmth@Matthew:14:16 @ »They need not go away,« replied Jesus; »you yourselves must give them something to eat.«

wmth@Matthew:14:17 @ »We have nothing here,« they said, »but five loaves and a couple of fish.«

wmth@Matthew:14:18 @ »Bring them here to me,« He said,

wmth@Matthew:14:19 @ and He told all the people to sit down on the grass. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and after looking up to heaven and blessing them, He broke up the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples distributed them to the people.

wmth@Matthew:14:20 @ So all ate, and were fully satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they gathered up, filling twelve baskets.

wmth@Matthew:14:21 @ Those who had eaten were about 5,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.

wmth@Matthew:14:22 @ Immediately afterwards He made the disciples go on board the boat and cross to the opposite shore, leaving Him to dismiss the people.

wmth@Matthew:14:23 @ When He had done this, He climbed the hill to pray in solitude. Night came on, and he was there alone.

wmth@Matthew:14:24 @ Meanwhile the boat was far out on the Lake, buffeted and tossed by the waves, the wind being adverse.

wmth@Matthew:14:25 @ But towards daybreak He went to them, walking over the waves.

wmth@Matthew:14:26 @ When the disciples saw Him walking on the waves, they were greatly alarmed. »It is a spirit,« they exclaimed, and they cried out with terror.

wmth@Matthew:14:27 @ But instantly Jesus spoke to them, and said, »There is no danger; it is I; do not be afraid.«

wmth@Matthew:14:28 @ »Master,« answered Peter, »if it is you, bid me come to you upon the water.«

wmth@Matthew:14:29 @ »Come,« said Jesus. Then Peter climbed down from the boat and walked upon the water to go to Him.

wmth@Matthew:14:30 @ But when he felt the wind he grew frightened, and beginning to sink he cried out, »Master, save me.«

wmth@Matthew:14:31 @ Instantly Jesus stretched out His hand and caught hold of him, saying to him, »O little faith, why did you doubt?«

wmth@Matthew:14:32 @ So they climbed into the boat, and the wind lulled;

wmth@Matthew:14:33 @ and the men on board fell down before him and said, »You are indeed God's Son.«

wmth@Matthew:14:34 @ When they had quite crossed over, they put ashore at Gennesaret;

wmth@Matthew:14:35 @ and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him,

wmth@Matthew:14:36 @ and they entreated Him that they might but touch the tassel of His outer garment; and all who did so were restored to perfect health.

wmth@Matthew:15:1 @ Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,

wmth@Matthew:15:2 @ »Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?«

wmth@Matthew:15:3 @ »Why do you, too,« He retorted, »transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?

wmth@Matthew:15:4 @ For God said, and

wmth@Matthew:15:5 @ but you –this is what you say: `If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me–

wmth@Matthew:15:6 @ he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.

wmth@Matthew:15:7 @ Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,

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wmth@Matthew:15:10 @ Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, »Hear and understand.

wmth@Matthew:15:11 @ It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; but it is what comes out of his mouth– defiles a man.«

wmth@Matthew:15:12 @ Then His disciples came and said to Him, »Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?«

wmth@Matthew:15:13 @ »Every plant,« He replied, »which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

wmth@Matthew:15:14 @ Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit.«

wmth@Matthew:15:15 @ »Explain to us this figurative language,« said Peter.

wmth@Matthew:15:16 @ »Are even you,« He answered, »still without intellingence?

wmth@Matthew:15:17 @ Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?

wmth@Matthew:15:18 @ But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.

wmth@Matthew:15:19 @ For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.

wmth@Matthew:15:20 @ These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile.«

wmth@Matthew:15:21 @ Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.

wmth@Matthew:15:22 @ Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, »Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon.«

wmth@Matthew:15:23 @ But He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, »Send her away because she keeps crying behind us.«

wmth@Matthew:15:24 @ »I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel,« He replied.

wmth@Matthew:15:25 @ Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. »O Sir, help me,« she said.

wmth@Matthew:15:26 @ »It is not right,« He said, »to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.«

wmth@Matthew:15:27 @ »Be it so, Sir,« she said, »for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables.«

wmth@Matthew:15:28 @ »O woman,« replied Jesus, »great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire.« And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.

wmth@Matthew:15:29 @ Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.

wmth@Matthew:15:30 @ Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,

wmth@Matthew:15:31 @ so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of Israel.

wmth@Matthew:15:32 @ But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, »My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road.«

wmth@Matthew:15:33 @ »Where can we,« asked the disciples, »get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?«

wmth@Matthew:15:34 @ »How many loaves have you?« Jesus asked. »Seven,« they said, »and a few small fish.«

wmth@Matthew:15:35 @ So He bade all the people sit down on the ground,

wmth@Matthew:15:36 @ and He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks He broke them up and then distributed them to the disciples, and they to the people.

wmth@Matthew:15:37 @ And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up–seven full hampers.

wmth@Matthew:15:38 @ Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.

wmth@Matthew:15:39 @ He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.

wmth@Matthew:16:1 @ Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky.

wmth@Matthew:16:2 @ He replied, »In the evening you say, `It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;'

wmth@Matthew:16:3 @ and in the morning, `It will be rough weather to-day, for the sky is red and murky.' You learn how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of the times you cannot.

wmth@Matthew:16:4 @ A wicked and faithless generation are eager for a sign; but none shall be given to them except the sign of Jonah.« and He left them and went away.

wmth@Matthew:16:5 @ When the disciples arrived at the other side of the Lake, they found that they had forgotten to bring any bread;

wmth@Matthew:16:6 @ and when Jesus said to them, »See to it: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,«

wmth@Matthew:16:7 @ they reasoned among themselves, saying, »It is because we have not brought any bread.«

wmth@Matthew:16:8 @ Jesus perceived this and said, »Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?

wmth@Matthew:16:9 @ Do you not yet understand? nor even remember the 5,000 and the five loaves, and how many basketfuls you carried away,

wmth@Matthew:16:10 @ nor the 4,000 and the seven loaves, and how many hampers you carried away?

wmth@Matthew:16:11 @ How is it you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.«

wmth@Matthew:16:12 @ Then they perceived that He had not warned them against bread-yeast, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

wmth@Matthew:16:13 @ When He arrived in the neighbourhood of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus questioned His disciples. »Who do people say that the Son of Man is?« He asked.

wmth@Matthew:16:14 @ »Some say John the Baptist,« they replied; »others Elijah; others Jeremiah or one of the Prophets.«

wmth@Matthew:16:15 @ »But you, who do you say that I am?« He asked again.

wmth@Matthew:16:16 @ »You,« replied Simon Peter, »are the Christ, the Son of the ever-living God.«

wmth@Matthew:16:17 @ »Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah,« said Jesus; »for mere human nature has not revealed this to you, but my Father in Heaven.

wmth@Matthew:16:18 @ And I declare to you that you are Peter, and that upon this Rock I will build my Church, and the might of Hades shall not triumph over it.

wmth@Matthew:16:19 @ I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens; and whatever you bind on earth shall remain bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall remain loosed in Heaven.«

wmth@Matthew:16:20 @ Then He urged His disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ.

wmth@Matthew:16:21 @ From this time Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer much cruelty from the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised to life again.

wmth@Matthew:16:22 @ Then Peter took Him aside and began taking Him to task. »Master,« he said, »God forbid; this will not be your lot.«

wmth@Matthew:16:23 @ But He turned and said to Peter, »Get behind me, Adversary; you are a hindrance to me, because your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but men's.«

wmth@Matthew:16:24 @ Then Jesus said to His disciples, »If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

wmth@Matthew:16:25 @ For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it.

wmth@Matthew:16:26 @ Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?

wmth@Matthew:16:27 @ For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father with His angels, and then will He requite every man according to his actions.

wmth@Matthew:16:28 @ I solemnly tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom.«

wmth@Matthew:17:1 @ Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to a solitary place.

wmth@Matthew:17:2 @ There in their presence His form underwent a change; His face shone like the sun, and His raiment became as white as the light.

wmth@Matthew:17:3 @ And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them conversing with Him.

wmth@Matthew:17:4 @ Then Peter said to Jesus, »Master, we are thankful to you that we are here. If you approve, I will put up three tents here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.«

wmth@Matthew:17:5 @ He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, »This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him.«

wmth@Matthew:17:6 @ On hearing this voice, the disciples fell on their faces and were filled with terror.

wmth@Matthew:17:7 @ But Jesus came and touched them, and said, »Rouse yourselves and have no fear.«

wmth@Matthew:17:8 @ So they looked up, and saw no one but Jesus.

wmth@Matthew:17:9 @ As they were descending the mountain, Jesus laid a command upon them. »Tell no one,« He said, »of the sight you have seen till the Son of Man has risen from among the dead.«

wmth@Matthew:17:10 @ »Why then,« asked the disciples, »do the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?«

wmth@Matthew:17:11 @ »Elijah was indeed to come,« He replied, »and would reform everything.

wmth@Matthew:17:12 @ But I tell you that he has already come, and they did not recognize him, but dealt with him as they chose. And before long the Son of Man will be treated by them in a similar way.«

wmth@Matthew:17:13 @ Then it dawned upon the disciples that it was John the Baptist about whom He had spoken to them.

wmth@Matthew:17:14 @ When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.

wmth@Matthew:17:15 @ »Sir,« he said, »have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic and is very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

wmth@Matthew:17:16 @ I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him.«

wmth@Matthew:17:17 @ »O unbelieving and perverse generation!« replied Jesus; »how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? Bring him to me.«

wmth@Matthew:17:18 @ Then Jesus reprimanded the demon, and it came out and left him; and the boy was cured from that moment.

wmth@Matthew:17:19 @ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him, »Why could not we expel the demon?«

wmth@Matthew:17:20 @ »Because your faith is so small,« He replied; »for I solemnly declare to you that if you have faith like a mustard-seed, you shall say to this mountain, `Remove from this place to that,' and it will remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

wmth@Matthew:17:21 @ But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by prayer and fasting.«

wmth@Matthew:17:22 @ As they were travelling about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, »The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men;

wmth@Matthew:17:23 @ they will put Him to death, but on the third day He will be raised to life again.« And they were exceedingly distressed.

wmth@Matthew:17:24 @ After their arrival at Capernaum the collectors of the half-shekel came and asked Peter, »Does not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?«

wmth@Matthew:17:25 @ »Yes,« he replied, and then went into the house. But before he spoke a word Jesus said, »What think you, Simon? From whom do this world's kings receive customs or capitation tax? from their own children, or from others?«

wmth@Matthew:17:26 @ »From others,« he replied. »Then the children go free,« said Jesus.

wmth@Matthew:17:27 @ »However, lest we cause them to sin, go and throw a hook into the Lake, and take the first fish that comes up. When you open its mouth, you will find a shekel in it: bring that coin and give it to them for yourself and me.«

wmth@Matthew:18:1 @ Just then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, »Who ranks higher than others in the Kingdom of the Heavens?«

wmth@Matthew:18:2 @ So He called a young child to Him, and, bidding him stand in the midst of them,

wmth@Matthew:18:3 @ said, »In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and become like little children, you will in no case be admitted into the Kingdom of the Heavens.

wmth@Matthew:18:4 @ Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this young child, he it is who is superior to others in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

wmth@Matthew:18:5 @ And whoever for my sake receives one young child such as this, receives me.

wmth@Matthew:18:6 @ But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

wmth@Matthew:18:7 @ »Alas for the world because of causes of falling! They cannot but come, but alas for each man through whom they come!«

wmth@Matthew:18:8 @ If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin, cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in possession of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire of the Ages.

wmth@Matthew:18:9 @ And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.

wmth@Matthew:18:10 @ »Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access to my Father who is in Heaven.«

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wmth@Matthew:18:12 @ What do you yourselves think? Suppose a man gets a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go and look for the one that is straying?

wmth@Matthew:18:13 @ And if he succeeds in finding it, in solemn truth I tell you that he rejoices over it more than he does over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.

wmth@Matthew:18:14 @ Just so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

wmth@Matthew:18:15 @ »If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.«

wmth@Matthew:18:16 @ But if he will not listen to you, go again, and ask one or two to go with you, that every word spoken may be attested by two or three witnesses.

wmth@Matthew:18:17 @ If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

wmth@Matthew:18:18 @ I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed.

wmth@Matthew:18:19 @ I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask, the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven.

wmth@Matthew:18:20 @ For where there are two or three assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.«

wmth@Matthew:18:21 @ At this point Peter came to Him with the question, »Master, how often shall my brother act wrongly towards me and I forgive him? seven times?«

wmth@Matthew:18:22 @ »I do not say seven times,« answered Jesus, »but seventy times seven times.

wmth@Matthew:18:23 @ »For this reason the Kingdom of the Heavens may be compared to a king who determined to have a settlement of accounts with his servants.«

wmth@Matthew:18:24 @ But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before him who owed 10,000 talents,

wmth@Matthew:18:25 @ and was unable to pay. So his master ordered that he and his wife and children and everything that he had should be sold, and payment be made.

wmth@Matthew:18:26 @ The servant therefore falling down, prostrated himself at his feet and entreated him. »`Only give me time,' he said, `and I will pay you the whole.'

wmth@Matthew:18:27 @ »Whereupon his master, touched with compassion, set him free and forgave him the debt.

wmth@Matthew:18:28 @ But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, `Pay me all you owe.'«

wmth@Matthew:18:29 @ His fellow servant therefore fell at his feet and entreated him, »`Only give me time,' he said, `and I will pay you.'

wmth@Matthew:18:30 @ »He would not, however, but went and threw him into prison until he should pay what was due.«

wmth@Matthew:18:31 @ His fellow servants, therefore, seeing what had happened, were exceedingly angry; and they came and told their master without reserve all that had happened.

wmth@Matthew:18:32 @ At once his master called him and said, »`Wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you entreated me:

wmth@Matthew:18:33 @ ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?'

wmth@Matthew:18:34 @ »So his master, greatly incensed, handed him over to the jailers until he should pay all he owed him.«

wmth@Matthew:18:35 @ »In the same way my Heavenly Father will deal with you, if you do not all of you forgive one another from your hearts.«

wmth@Matthew:19:1 @ When Jesus had finished these discourses, He removed from Galilee and came into that part of Judaea which lay beyond the Jordan.

wmth@Matthew:19:2 @ And a vast multitude followed him, and He cured them there.

wmth@Matthew:19:3 @ Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, »Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?«

wmth@Matthew:19:4 @ »Have you not read,« He replied, »that He who made them from the beginning

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wmth@Matthew:19:6 @ Thus they are no longer two, but `one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.«

wmth@Matthew:19:7 @ »Why then,« said they, »did Moses command the husband to give her `a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?«

wmth@Matthew:19:8 @ »Moses,« He replied, »in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.

wmth@Matthew:19:9 @ And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery.«

wmth@Matthew:19:10 @ »If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife,« said the disciples to Him, »it is better not to marry.«

wmth@Matthew:19:11 @ »It is not every man,« He replied, »who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed.

wmth@Matthew:19:12 @ There are men who from their birth have been disabled from marriage, others who have been so disabled by men, and others who have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it.«

wmth@Matthew:19:13 @ Then young children were brought to Him for Him to put His hands on them and pray; but the disciples interfered.

wmth@Matthew:19:14 @ Jesus however said, »Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of the Heavens belongs.«

wmth@Matthew:19:15 @ So He laid His hands upon them and went away.

wmth@Matthew:19:16 @ »Teacher,« said one man, coming up to Him, »what that is good shall I do in order to win the Life of the Ages?«

wmth@Matthew:19:17 @ »Why do you ask me,« He replied, »about what is good? There is only One who is truly good. But if you desire to enter into Life, keep the Commandments.«

wmth@Matthew:19:18 @ »Which Commandments?« he asked. Jesus answered,

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wmth@Matthew:19:20 @ »All of these,« said the young man, »I have carefully kept. What do I still lack?«

wmth@Matthew:19:21 @ »If you desire to be perfect,« replied Jesus, »go and sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and come, follow me.«

wmth@Matthew:19:22 @ On hearing those words the young man went away much cast down; for he had much property.

wmth@Matthew:19:23 @ So Jesus said to His disciples, »I solemnly tell you that it is with difficulty that a rich man will enter the Kingdom of the Heavens.

wmth@Matthew:19:24 @ Yes, I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.«

wmth@Matthew:19:25 @ These words utterly amazed the disciples, and they asked, »Who then can be saved?«

wmth@Matthew:19:26 @ Jesus looked at them and said, »With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible.«

wmth@Matthew:19:27 @ Then Peter said to Jesus, »See, have forsaken everything and followed you; what then will be reward?«

wmth@Matthew:19:28 @ »I solemnly tell you,« replied Jesus, »that in the New Creation, when the Son of Man has taken His seat on His glorious throne, all of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

wmth@Matthew:19:29 @ And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.

wmth@Matthew:19:30 @ »But many who are now first will be last, and many who are now last will be first.«

wmth@Matthew:20:1 @ »For the Kingdom of the Heavens is like an employer who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard,«

wmth@Matthew:20:2 @ and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, sent them into his vineyard.

wmth@Matthew:20:3 @ About nine o'clock he went out and saw others loitering in the market-place.

wmth@Matthew:20:4 @ To these also he said, »`You also, go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.'

wmth@Matthew:20:5 @ »So they went. Again about twelve, and about three o'clock, he went out and did the same.«

wmth@Matthew:20:6 @ And going out about five o'clock he found others loitering, and he asked them, »`Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?'

wmth@Matthew:20:7 @ `Because no one has hired us,' they replied. »`You also, go into the vineyard,' he said.

wmth@Matthew:20:8 @ When evening came, the master said to his steward, »`Call the men and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish with the first.'

wmth@Matthew:20:9 @ »When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received a shilling apiece;«

wmth@Matthew:20:10 @ and when the first came, they expected to get more, but they also each got the shilling.

wmth@Matthew:20:11 @ So when they had received it, they grumbled against the employer, saying,

wmth@Matthew:20:12 @ »`These who came last have done only one hour's work, and you have put them on a level with us who have worked the whole day and have borne the scorching heat.'«

wmth@Matthew:20:13 @ »`My friend,' he answered to one of them, `I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?«

wmth@Matthew:20:14 @ Take your money and go. I choose to give this last comer just as much as I give you.

wmth@Matthew:20:15 @ Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

wmth@Matthew:20:16 @ »So the last shall be first, and the first last.«

wmth@Matthew:20:17 @ Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem, and He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,

wmth@Matthew:20:18 @ »We are going up to Jerusalem, and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the High Priests and Scribes. They will condemn Him to death,«

wmth@Matthew:20:19 @ and hand Him over to the Gentiles to be made sport of and scourged and crucified; and on the third day He will be raised to life.«

wmth@Matthew:20:20 @ Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, and knelt before Him to make a request of Him.

wmth@Matthew:20:21 @ »What is it you desire?« He asked. »Command,« she replied, »that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom.«

wmth@Matthew:20:22 @ »None of you know what you are asking for,« said Jesus; »can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?«»We can,« they replied.

wmth@Matthew:20:23 @ »You shall drink out of my cup,« He said, »but a seat at my right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.«

wmth@Matthew:20:24 @ The other ten heard of this, and their indignation was aroused against the two brothers.

wmth@Matthew:20:25 @ But Jesus called them to Him, and said, »You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

wmth@Matthew:20:26 @ Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

wmth@Matthew:20:27 @ and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant;

wmth@Matthew:20:28 @ just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many.«

wmth@Matthew:20:29 @ As they were leaving Jericho, an immense crowd following Him,

wmth@Matthew:20:30 @ two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, »Sir, Son of David, pity us.«

wmth@Matthew:20:31 @ The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. »O Sir, Son of David, pity us,« they said.

wmth@Matthew:20:32 @ So Jesus stood still and called to them. »What shall I do for you?« He asked.

wmth@Matthew:20:33 @ »Sir, let our eyes be opened,« they replied.

wmth@Matthew:20:34 @ Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

wmth@Matthew:21:1 @ When they were come near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of the disciples on in front,

wmth@Matthew:21:2 @ saying to them, »Go to the village you see facing you, and as you enter it you will find a she-ass tied up and a foal with her. Untie her and bring them to me.

wmth@Matthew:21:3 @ And if any one says anything to you, say, `The Master needs them,' and he will at once send them.«

wmth@Matthew:21:4 @ This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction might be fulfilled:

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wmth@Matthew:21:6 @ So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them:

wmth@Matthew:21:7 @ they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer garments on them. So He sat on them;

wmth@Matthew:21:8 @ and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted the road with them,

wmth@Matthew:21:9 @ and the multitudes –some of the people preceding Him and some following– sang aloud,

wmth@Matthew:21:10 @ When He thus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into commotion, every one inquiring, »Who is this?«

wmth@Matthew:21:11 @ »This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee,« replied the crowds.

wmth@Matthew:21:12 @ Entering the Temple, Jesus drove out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the money-changers' tables and the seats of the pigeon-dealers.

wmth@Matthew:21:13 @ »It is written,« He said, but you are making it

wmth@Matthew:21:14 @ And the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, and He cured them.

wmth@Matthew:21:15 @ But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done and the children who were crying aloud in the Temple, they were filled with indignation.

wmth@Matthew:21:16 @ »Do you hear,« they asked Him, »what these children are saying?«»Yes,« He replied; »have you never read,

wmth@Matthew:21:17 @ So He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and passed the night there.

wmth@Matthew:21:18 @ Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry,

wmth@Matthew:21:19 @ and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. »On you,« He said, »no fruit shall ever again grow.« And immediately the fig-tree withered away.

wmth@Matthew:21:20 @ When the disciples saw it they exclaimed in astonishment, »How instantaneously the fig-tree has withered away!«

wmth@Matthew:21:21 @ »I solemnly tell you,« said Jesus, »that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, `Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;

wmth@Matthew:21:22 @ and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, if you have faith, you shall obtain.«

wmth@Matthew:21:23 @ He entered the Temple; and while He was teaching, the High Priests and the Elders of the people came to Him and asked Him, »By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you this authority?«

wmth@Matthew:21:24 @ »And I also have a question to ask,« replied Jesus, »and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority I do these things.

wmth@Matthew:21:25 @ John's Baptism, whence was it? –had it a heavenly or a human origin?« So they debated the matter among themselves. »If we say `a heavenly origin,'« they argued, »he will say, `Why then did you not believe him?'

wmth@Matthew:21:26 @ and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet.«

wmth@Matthew:21:27 @ So they answered Jesus, »We do not know.« »Nor do I tell you,« He replied, »by what authority I do these things.«

wmth@Matthew:21:28 @ »But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said,« `My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'

wmth@Matthew:21:29 @ »`I will not,' he replied.« But afterwards he was sorry, and went.

wmth@Matthew:21:30 @ He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. His answer was, »`I will go, Sir.' «But he did not go.

wmth@Matthew:21:31 @ Which of the two did as his father desired?« »The first,« they said. `I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, «that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.

wmth@Matthew:21:32 @ For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him.

wmth@Matthew:21:33 @ »Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.«

wmth@Matthew:21:34 @ When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes;

wmth@Matthew:21:35 @ but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.

wmth@Matthew:21:36 @ Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.

wmth@Matthew:21:37 @ Later still he sent to them his son, saying, »`They will respect my son.'

wmth@Matthew:21:38 @ »But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to one another,« `Here is the heir: come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'

wmth@Matthew:21:39 @ »So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

wmth@Matthew:21:40 @ When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?«

wmth@Matthew:21:41 @ »He will put the wretches to a wretched death,« was the reply, »and will entrust the vineyard to other vine-dressers who will render the produce to him at the vintage season.«

wmth@Matthew:21:42 @ »Have you never read in the Scriptures,« said Jesus, «

wmth@Matthew:21:43 @ »That, I tell you, is the reason why the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a nation that will exhibit the power of it.

wmth@Matthew:21:44 @ He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on whom it falls will be utterly crushed.«

wmth@Matthew:21:45 @ After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees perceived that He was speaking about them;

wmth@Matthew:21:46 @ but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet.

wmth@Matthew:22:1 @ Again Jesus spoke to them in figurative language.

wmth@Matthew:22:2 @ »The Kingdom of the Heavens,« He said, »may be compared to a king who celebrated the marriage of his son,

wmth@Matthew:22:3 @ and sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, but they were unwilling to come.

wmth@Matthew:22:4 @ »Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited.« `My breakfast is now ready,' he said, `my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'

wmth@Matthew:22:5 @ »They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, another to his business;«

wmth@Matthew:22:6 @ and the rest seized the king's servants, maltreated them, and murdered them.

wmth@Matthew:22:7 @ So the king's anger was stirred, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.

wmth@Matthew:22:8 @ Then he said to his servants, »`The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unworthy of it.

wmth@Matthew:22:9 @ Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.'

wmth@Matthew:22:10 @ »So they went out into the roads and gathered together all they could find, both bad and good, and the banqueting hall was filled with guests.«

wmth@Matthew:22:11 @ »Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe.«

wmth@Matthew:22:12 @ »`My friend,' he said, `how is it that you came in here without a wedding robe?'«

wmth@Matthew:22:13 @ »The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants,« `Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'

wmth@Matthew:22:14 @ »For there are many called, but few chosen.«

wmth@Matthew:22:15 @ Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how they might entrap Him in His conversation.

wmth@Matthew:22:16 @ So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians; who said, »Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, for you are not biased by men's wealth or rank.

wmth@Matthew:22:17 @ Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?«

wmth@Matthew:22:18 @ Perceiving their wickedness, Jesus replied, »Why are you hypocrites trying to ensnare me?

wmth@Matthew:22:19 @ Show me the tribute coin.« And they brought Him a shilling.

wmth@Matthew:22:20 @ »Whose likeness and inscription,« He asked, »is this?«

wmth@Matthew:22:21 @ »Caesar's,« they replied. »Pay therefore,« He rejoined, »what is Caesar's to Caesar; and what is God's to God.«

wmth@Matthew:22:22 @ They heard this, and were astonished; then left Him, and went their way.

wmth@Matthew:22:23 @ On the same day a party of Sadducees came to Him, contending that there is no resurrection. And they put this case to Him.

wmth@Matthew:22:24 @ »Teacher,« they said, »Moses enjoined,

wmth@Matthew:22:25 @ Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother.

wmth@Matthew:22:26 @ So also did the second and the third, down to the seventh,

wmth@Matthew:22:27 @ till the woman also died, after surviving them all.

wmth@Matthew:22:28 @ At the Resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? for they all married her.«

wmth@Matthew:22:29 @ The reply of Jesus was, »You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God.

wmth@Matthew:22:30 @ For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in Heaven.

wmth@Matthew:22:31 @ But as to the Resurrection of the dead, have you never read what God says to you,

wmth@Matthew:22:32 @ He is not the God of dead, but of living men.«

wmth@Matthew:22:33 @ All the crowd heard this, and were filled with amazement at His teaching.

wmth@Matthew:22:34 @ Now the Pharisees came up when they heard that He had silenced the Sadducees,

wmth@Matthew:22:35 @ and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as a test question,

wmth@Matthew:22:36 @ »Teacher, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?«

wmth@Matthew:22:37 @ He answered,

wmth@Matthew:22:38 @ This is the greatest and foremost Commandment.

wmth@Matthew:22:39 @ And the second is similar to it:

wmth@Matthew:22:40 @ The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments.«

wmth@Matthew:22:41 @ While the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus put a question to them.

wmth@Matthew:22:42 @ »What think you about the Christ,« He said, »whose son is He?«»David's,« they replied.

wmth@Matthew:22:43 @ »How then,« He asked, »does David, taught by the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says,

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wmth@Matthew:22:45 @ »If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?«

wmth@Matthew:22:46 @ No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any one venture again to put a question to Him.

wmth@Matthew:23:1 @ Then Jesus addressed the crowds and His disciples.

wmth@Matthew:23:2 @ »The Scribes,« He said, »and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.

wmth@Matthew:23:3 @ Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves.

wmth@Matthew:23:4 @ Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them.

wmth@Matthew:23:5 @ And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,

wmth@Matthew:23:6 @ and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues,

wmth@Matthew:23:7 @ and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as `Rabbi.'

wmth@Matthew:23:8 @ »As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.«

wmth@Matthew:23:9 @ And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father–the Heavenly Father.

wmth@Matthew:23:10 @ And do not accept the name of `leader,' for your Leader is one alone–the Christ.

wmth@Matthew:23:11 @ He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant;

wmth@Matthew:23:12 @ and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases himself shall be exalted.

wmth@Matthew:23:13 @ »But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.«

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wmth@Matthew:23:15 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour sea and land in order to win one convert–and when he is gained, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.«

wmth@Matthew:23:16 @ »Alas for you, you blind guides, who say,« `Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.'

wmth@Matthew:23:17 @ »Blind fools! Why, which is greater? –the gold, or the Sanctuary which has made the gold holy?«

wmth@Matthew:23:18 @ And you say, »`Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound by the oath.'

wmth@Matthew:23:19 @ »You are blind! Why, which is greater? –the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?«

wmth@Matthew:23:20 @ He who swears by the altar swears both by it and by everything on it;

wmth@Matthew:23:21 @ he who swears by the Sanctuary swears both by it and by Him who dwells in it;

wmth@Matthew:23:22 @ and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

wmth@Matthew:23:23 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law–just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.«

wmth@Matthew:23:24 @ You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!

wmth@Matthew:23:25 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.«

wmth@Matthew:23:26 @ Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, and then the outside will be clean also.

wmth@Matthew:23:27 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones and of all that is unclean.«

wmth@Matthew:23:28 @ The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full of insincerity and disregard of God's Law.

wmth@Matthew:23:29 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you repair the sepulchres of the Prophets and keep in order the tombs of the righteous,«

wmth@Matthew:23:30 @ and your boast is, »`If we had lived in the time of our forefathers, we should not have been implicated with them in the murder of the Prophets.'

wmth@Matthew:23:31 @ »So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets.«

wmth@Matthew:23:32 @ Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt.

wmth@Matthew:23:33 @ O serpents, O vipers' brood, how are you to escape condemnation to Gehenna?

wmth@Matthew:23:34 @ »For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death–nay, crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase from town to town;«

wmth@Matthew:23:35 @ that all the innocent blood shed upon earth may come on you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar.

wmth@Matthew:23:36 @ I tell you in solemn truth that all these things will come upon the present generation.

wmth@Matthew:23:37 @ »O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not come!

wmth@Matthew:23:38 @ See, your house will now be left to you desolate!

wmth@Matthew:23:39 @ For I tell you that you will never see me again until you say,

wmth@Matthew:24:1 @ Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings.

wmth@Matthew:24:2 @ »You see all these?« He replied; »in solemn truth I tell you that there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be pulled down.«

wmth@Matthew:24:3 @ Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, and said, »Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?«

wmth@Matthew:24:4 @ »Take care that no one misleads you,« answered Jesus;

wmth@Matthew:24:5 @ »for many will come assuming my name and saying `I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.«

wmth@Matthew:24:6 @ And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.

wmth@Matthew:24:7 @ and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places;

wmth@Matthew:24:8 @ but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.

wmth@Matthew:24:9 @ »At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called by my name.«

wmth@Matthew:24:10 @ Then and they will betray one another and hate one another.

wmth@Matthew:24:11 @ Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray;

wmth@Matthew:24:12 @ and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;

wmth@Matthew:24:13 @ but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.

wmth@Matthew:24:14 @ And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.

wmth@Matthew:24:15 @ »When you have seen (to use the language of the Prophet Daniel) the standing in the Holy Place« –let the reader observe those words–

wmth@Matthew:24:16 @ »then let those who are in Judaea escape to the hills;«

wmth@Matthew:24:17 @ let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house;

wmth@Matthew:24:18 @ nor let him who is outside the city stay to pick up his outer garment.

wmth@Matthew:24:19 @ And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!

wmth@Matthew:24:20 @ »But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath;«

wmth@Matthew:24:21 @ for it a time of great and assuredly never will be again.

wmth@Matthew:24:22 @ And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.

wmth@Matthew:24:23 @ »If at that time any one should say to you, `See, here is the Christ!' or `Here!' give no credence to it.«

wmth@Matthew:24:24 @ For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.

wmth@Matthew:24:25 @ Remember, I have forewarned you.

wmth@Matthew:24:26 @ If therefore they should say to you, `See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or `See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.

wmth@Matthew:24:27 @ For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man.

wmth@Matthew:24:28 @ Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures flock together.

wmth@Matthew:24:29 @ »But immediately after those times of distress «

wmth@Matthew:24:30 @ Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; and when they see the Son of Man with great power and glory.

wmth@Matthew:24:31 @ And He will send out His angels and

wmth@Matthew:24:32 @ »Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.«

wmth@Matthew:24:33 @ So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near–at your very door.

wmth@Matthew:24:34 @ I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

wmth@Matthew:24:35 @ Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

wmth@Matthew:24:36 @ »But as to that day and the exact time no one knows–not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.«

wmth@Matthew:24:37 @ `For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.

wmth@Matthew:24:38 @ At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,

wmth@Matthew:24:39 @ nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.

wmth@Matthew:24:40 @ Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.

wmth@Matthew:24:41 @ Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.

wmth@Matthew:24:42 @ Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.

wmth@Matthew:24:43 @ But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

wmth@Matthew:24:44 @ Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.

wmth@Matthew:24:45 @ »Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom his master has entrusted the control of his household to give them their rations at the appointed time?«

wmth@Matthew:24:46 @ Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing!

wmth@Matthew:24:47 @ In solemn truth I tell you that he will give him the management of all his wealth.

wmth@Matthew:24:48 @ But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, `My master is a long time in coming,'

wmth@Matthew:24:49 @ and should begin to beat his fellow servants, while he eats and drinks with drunkards;

wmth@Matthew:24:50 @ the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed;

wmth@Matthew:24:51 @ he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

wmth@Matthew:25:1 @ »Then will the Kingdom of the Heavens be found to be like ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom.«

wmth@Matthew:25:2 @ Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

wmth@Matthew:25:3 @ For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide themselves with oil;

wmth@Matthew:25:4 @ but the wise, besides their torches, took oil in their flasks.

wmth@Matthew:25:5 @ The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

wmth@Matthew:25:6 @ But at midnight there is a loud cry, »`The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'

wmth@Matthew:25:7 @ »Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and trimmed their torches.«

wmth@Matthew:25:8 @ »`Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, `for our torches are going out.'«

wmth@Matthew:25:9 @ »`But perhaps,' replied the wise, `there will not be enough for all of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.'«

wmth@Matthew:25:10 @ »So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.«

wmth@Matthew:25:11 @ »Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried,« `Sir, Sir, open the door to us.'

wmth@Matthew:25:12 @ »`In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, `I do not know you.'«

wmth@Matthew:25:13 @ »Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.«

wmth@Matthew:25:14 @ »Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.«

wmth@Matthew:25:15 @ To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one–to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home.

wmth@Matthew:25:16 @ Without delay the one who had received the five talents went and employed them in business, and gained five more.

wmth@Matthew:25:17 @ In the same way he who had the two gained two more.

wmth@Matthew:25:18 @ But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole and buried his master's money.

wmth@Matthew:25:19 @ »After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them.«

wmth@Matthew:25:20 @ The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, and said, »`Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: see, I have gained five more.'

wmth@Matthew:25:21 @ »`You have done well, good and trustworthy servant,' replied his master; `you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'«

wmth@Matthew:25:22 @ »The second, who had received the two talents, came and said,« `Sir, it was two talents you entrusted to me: see, I have gained two more.'

wmth@Matthew:25:23 @ »`Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' his master replied; `you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'«

wmth@Matthew:25:24 @ »But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and said,« `Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed.

wmth@Matthew:25:25 @ So being afraid I went and buried your talent in the ground: there you have what belongs to you.'

wmth@Matthew:25:26 @ »`You wicked and slothful servant,' replied his master, `did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and garner what I have not winnowed?«

wmth@Matthew:25:27 @ Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest.

wmth@Matthew:25:28 @ So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has the ten.'

wmth@Matthew:25:29 @ (For to every one who has, more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken away.)

wmth@Matthew:25:30 @ `But as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'

wmth@Matthew:25:31 @ »When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne,

wmth@Matthew:25:32 @ and all the nations will be gathered into His presence. And He will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;«

wmth@Matthew:25:33 @ and will make the sheep stand at His right hand, and the goats at His left.

wmth@Matthew:25:34 @ »Then the King will say to those at His right,« `Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world.

wmth@Matthew:25:35 @ For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome;

wmth@Matthew:25:36 @ when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

wmth@Matthew:25:37 @ »`When, Lord,' the righteous will reply, `did we see Thee hungry, and feed Thee; or thirsty, and give Thee drink?«

wmth@Matthew:25:38 @ When did we see Thee homeless, and give Thee a welcome? or ill-clad, and clothe Thee?

wmth@Matthew:25:39 @ When did we see Thee sick or in prison, and come to see Thee?'

wmth@Matthew:25:40 @ »But the King will answer them,« `In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'

wmth@Matthew:25:41 @ »Then will He say to those at His left,« `Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.

wmth@Matthew:25:42 @ For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink;

wmth@Matthew:25:43 @ when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'

wmth@Matthew:25:44 @ »Then will they also answer,« `Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to serve Thee?'

wmth@Matthew:25:45 @ »But he will reply,« `In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.'

wmth@Matthew:25:46 @ »And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, but the righteous into the Life of the Ages.«

wmth@Matthew:26:1 @ When Jesus had ended all these discourses, He said to His disciples,

wmth@Matthew:26:2 @ »You know that in two days' time the Passover comes. And the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.«

wmth@Matthew:26:3 @ Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas,

wmth@Matthew:26:4 @ and consulted how to get Jesus into their power by stratagem and put Him to death.

wmth@Matthew:26:5 @ But they said, »Not during the Festival, lest there be a riot among the people.«

wmth@Matthew:26:6 @ Now when Jesus was come to Bethany and was at the house of Simon the Leper,

wmth@Matthew:26:7 @ a woman came to Him with a jar of very costly, sweet-scented ointment, which she poured over His head as He reclined at table.

wmth@Matthew:26:8 @ »Why such waste?« indignantly exclaimed the disciples;

wmth@Matthew:26:9 @ »for this might have been sold for a considerable sum, and the money given to the poor.«

wmth@Matthew:26:10 @ But Jesus heard it, and said to them, »Why are you vexing her? For she has done a most gracious act towards me.

wmth@Matthew:26:11 @ The poor you always have with you, but me you have not always.

wmth@Matthew:26:12 @ In pouring this ointment over me, her object was to prepare me for burial.

wmth@Matthew:26:13 @ In solemn truth I tell you that wherever in the whole world this Good News shall be proclaimed, this deed of hers shall be spoken of in memory of her.«

wmth@Matthew:26:14 @ At that time one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the High Priests

wmth@Matthew:26:15 @ and said, »What are you willing to give me if I betray him to you?« So they weighed out to him thirty shekels,

wmth@Matthew:26:16 @ and from that moment he was on the look out for an opportunity to betray Him.

wmth@Matthew:26:17 @ On the first day of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus with the question, »Where shall we make preparations for you to eat the Passover?«

wmth@Matthew:26:18 @ »Go into the city,« He replied, »to a certain man, and tell him, `The Teacher says, My time is close at hand. It is at your house that I shall keep the Passover with my disciples.'«

wmth@Matthew:26:19 @ The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and got the Passover ready.

wmth@Matthew:26:20 @ When evening came, He was at table with the twelve disciples,

wmth@Matthew:26:21 @ and the meal was proceeding, when Jesus said, »In solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me.«

wmth@Matthew:26:22 @ Intensely grieved they began one after another to ask Him, »Can it be I, Master?«

wmth@Matthew:26:23 @ »The one who has dipped his fingers in the bowl with me,« He answered, »is the man who will betray me.

wmth@Matthew:26:24 @ The Son of Man is indeed going as is written concerning Him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man if he had never been born.«

wmth@Matthew:26:25 @ Then Judas, the disciple who was betraying Him, asked, »Can it be I, Rabbi?« »It is you,« He replied.

wmth@Matthew:26:26 @ During the meal Jesus took a Passover biscuit, blessed it and broke it. He then gave it to the disciples, saying, »Take this and eat it: it is my body.«

wmth@Matthew:26:27 @ And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them saying, »Drink from it, all of you;

wmth@Matthew:26:28 @ for this is my blood which is to be poured out for many for the remission of sins–the blood which ratifies the Covenant.

wmth@Matthew:26:29 @ I tell you that I will never again take the produce of the vine till that day when I shall drink the new wine with you in my Father's Kingdom.«

wmth@Matthew:26:30 @ So they sang the hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

wmth@Matthew:26:31 @ Then said Jesus, »This night all of you will stumble and fail in your fidelity to me; for it is written,

wmth@Matthew:26:32 @ But after I have risen to life again I will go before you into Galilee.«

wmth@Matthew:26:33 @ »All may stumble and fail,« said Peter, »but I never will.«

wmth@Matthew:26:34 @ »In solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that this very night, before the cock crows, you will three times disown me.«

wmth@Matthew:26:35 @ »Even if I must die with you,« declared Peter, »I will never disown you.« In like manner protested all the disciples.

wmth@Matthew:26:36 @ Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to the disciples, »Sit down here, whilst I go yonder and there pray.«

wmth@Matthew:26:37 @ And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zabdi. Then He began to be full of anguish and distress,

wmth@Matthew:26:38 @ and He said to them, »My soul is crushed with anguish to the very point of death; wait here, and keep awake with me.«

wmth@Matthew:26:39 @ Going forward a short distance He fell on His face and prayed. »My Father,« He said, »if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou willest.«

wmth@Matthew:26:40 @ Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, »Alas, none of you could keep awake with me for even a single hour!

wmth@Matthew:26:41 @ Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail.«

wmth@Matthew:26:42 @ Again a second time He went away and prayed, saying, »My Father, if it is impossible for this cup to pass without my drinking it, Thy will be done.«

wmth@Matthew:26:43 @ He came and again found them asleep, for they were very tired.

wmth@Matthew:26:44 @ So He left them, and went away once more and prayed a third time, again using the same words.

wmth@Matthew:26:45 @ Then He came to the disciples and said, »Sleep on and rest. See, the moment is close at hand when the Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

wmth@Matthew:26:46 @ Rouse yourselves. Let us be going. My betrayer is close at hand.«

wmth@Matthew:26:47 @ He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came –one of the Twelve– accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.

wmth@Matthew:26:48 @ Now the betrayer had agreed upon a sign with them, to direct them. He had said, »The one whom I kiss is the man: lay hold of him.«

wmth@Matthew:26:49 @ So he went straight to Jesus and said, »Peace to you, Rabbi!« And he kissed Him eagerly.

wmth@Matthew:26:50 @ »Friend,« said Jesus, »carry out your intention.« Then they came and laid their hands on Jesus and seized Him firmly.

wmth@Matthew:26:51 @ But one of those with Jesus drew his sword and struck the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

wmth@Matthew:26:52 @ »Put back your sword again,« said Jesus, »for all who draw the sword shall perish by the sword.

wmth@Matthew:26:53 @ Or do you suppose I cannot entreat my Father and He would instantly send to my help more than twelve legions of angels?

wmth@Matthew:26:54 @ In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare that thus it must be?«

wmth@Matthew:26:55 @ Then said Jesus to the crowds, »Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me.

wmth@Matthew:26:56 @ But all this has taken place in order that the writings of the Prophets may be fulfilled.« At this point the disciples all left Him and fled.

wmth@Matthew:26:57 @ But the officers who had laid hold of Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the High Priest, at whose house the Scribes and the Elders had assembled.

wmth@Matthew:26:58 @ And Peter kept following Him at a distance, till he came even to the court of the High Priest's palace, where he entered and sat down among the officers to see the issue.

wmth@Matthew:26:59 @ Meanwhile the High Priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death;

wmth@Matthew:26:60 @ but they could find none, although many false witnesses came forward. At length there came two

wmth@Matthew:26:61 @ who testified, »This man said, `I am able to pull down the Sanctuary of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'«

wmth@Matthew:26:62 @ Then the High Priest stood up and asked Him, »Have you no answer to make? What is it these men are saying in evidence against you?«

wmth@Matthew:26:63 @ Jesus however remained silent. Again the High Priest addressed Him. »In the name of the ever-living God,« he said, »I now put you on your oath. Tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.«

wmth@Matthew:26:64 @ »I am He,« replied Jesus. »But I tell you that, later on, you will see of Omnipotence,

wmth@Matthew:26:65 @ Then the High Priest tore his robes and exclaimed, »Impious language! What further need have we of witnesses! See, you have now heard the impiety.

wmth@Matthew:26:66 @ What is your verdict? »He deserves to die,« they replied.

wmth@Matthew:26:67 @ Then they spat in His face, and struck Him –some with the fist, some with the open hand–

wmth@Matthew:26:68 @ while they taunted Him, saying, »Christ, prove yourself a Prophet by telling us who it was that struck you.«

wmth@Matthew:26:69 @ Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, »You too were with Jesus the Galilaean.«

wmth@Matthew:26:70 @ He denied it before them all, saying, »I do not know what you mean.«

wmth@Matthew:26:71 @ Soon afterwards he went out and stood in the gateway, when another girl saw him, and said, addressing the people there, »This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.«

wmth@Matthew:26:72 @ Again he denied it with an oath. »I do not know the man,« he said.

wmth@Matthew:26:73 @ A short time afterwards the people standing there came and said to Peter, »Certainly you too are one of them, for your brogue shows it.«

wmth@Matthew:26:74 @ Then with curses and oaths he declared, »I do not know the man.« Immediately a cock crowed,

wmth@Matthew:26:75 @ and Peter recollected the words of Jesus, how He had said, »Before the cock crows you will three times disown me.« And he went out and wept aloud, bitterly.

wmth@Matthew:27:1 @ When morning came all the High Priests and the Elders of the people consulted together against Jesus to put Him to death;

wmth@Matthew:27:2 @ and binding Him they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the Governor.

wmth@Matthew:27:3 @ Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He was condemned, smitten with remorse he brought back the thirty shekels to the High Priests and Elders

wmth@Matthew:27:4 @ and said, »I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent.« »What does that matter to us?« they replied; »it is your business.«

wmth@Matthew:27:5 @ Flinging the shekels into the Sanctuary he left the place, and went and hanged himself.

wmth@Matthew:27:6 @ When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, »It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood.«

wmth@Matthew:27:7 @ So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city;

wmth@Matthew:27:8 @ for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of `the Field of Blood.'

wmth@Matthew:27:9 @ Then were fulfilled the words spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah,

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wmth@Matthew:27:11 @ Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Governor, and the latter put the question, »Are you the King of the Jews?« »I am their King,« He answered.

wmth@Matthew:27:12 @ When however the High Priests and the Elders kept bringing their charges against Him, He said not a word in reply.

wmth@Matthew:27:13 @ »Do you not hear,« asked Pilate, »what a mass of evidence they are bringing against you?«

wmth@Matthew:27:14 @ But He made no reply to a single accusation, so that the Governor was greatly astonished.

wmth@Matthew:27:15 @ »Now it was the Governor's custom at the Festival to release some one prisoner, whomsoever the populace desired;

wmth@Matthew:27:16 @ and at this time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.«

wmth@Matthew:27:17 @ So when they were now assembled Pilate appealed to them. »Whom shall I release to you,« he said, »Barabbas, or Jesus the so-called Christ?«

wmth@Matthew:27:18 @ For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.

wmth@Matthew:27:19 @ While he was sitting on the tribunal a message came to him from his wife. »Have nothing to do with that innocent man,« she said, »for during the night I have suffered terribly in a dream through him.«

wmth@Matthew:27:20 @ The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.

wmth@Matthew:27:21 @ So when the Governor a second time asked them, »Which of the two shall I release to you?« –they cried, »Barabbas!«

wmth@Matthew:27:22 @ »What then,« said Pilate, »shall I do with Jesus, the so-called Christ?« With one voice they shouted, »Let him be crucified!«

wmth@Matthew:27:23 @ »Why, what crime has he committed?« asked Pilate. But they kept on furiously shouting, »Let him be crucified!«

wmth@Matthew:27:24 @ So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed his hands in sight of them all, saying, »I am not responsible for this murder: you must answer for it.«

wmth@Matthew:27:25 @ »His blood,« replied all the people, »be on us and on our children!«

wmth@Matthew:27:26 @ Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified.

wmth@Matthew:27:27 @ Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.

wmth@Matthew:27:28 @ Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak.

wmth@Matthew:27:29 @ They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, »Long live the King of the Jews!«

wmth@Matthew:27:30 @ Then they spat upon Him, and taking the cane they repeatedly struck Him on the head with it.

wmth@Matthew:27:31 @ At last, having finished their sport, they took off the cloak, clothed Him again in His own garments, and led Him away for crucifixion.

wmth@Matthew:27:32 @ Going out they met a Cyrenaean named Simon; whom they compelled to carry His cross,

wmth@Matthew:27:33 @ and so they came to a place called Golgotha, which means `Skull-ground.'

wmth@Matthew:27:34 @ Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, but having tasted it He refused to drink it.

wmth@Matthew:27:35 @ After crucifying Him, they divided His garments among them by lot,

wmth@Matthew:27:36 @ and sat down there on guard.

wmth@Matthew:27:37 @ Over His head they placed a written statement of the charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

wmth@Matthew:27:38 @ At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one at His right hand and the other at His left.

wmth@Matthew:27:39 @ And the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him

wmth@Matthew:27:40 @ and said, »You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross.«

wmth@Matthew:27:41 @ In like manner the High Priests also, together with the Scribes and the Elders, taunted Him.

wmth@Matthew:27:42 @ »He saved others,« they said, »himself he cannot save! He is the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.

wmth@Matthew:27:43 @ His trust is in God: let God deliver him now, if He will have him; for he said, `I am God's Son.'«

wmth@Matthew:27:44 @ Insults of the same kind were heaped on Him even by the robbers who were being crucified with Him.

wmth@Matthew:27:45 @ Now from noon until three o'clock in the afternoon there was darkness over the whole land;

wmth@Matthew:27:46 @ but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, that is to say,

wmth@Matthew:27:47 @ »The man is calling for Elijah,« said some of the bystanders.

wmth@Matthew:27:48 @ One of them ran forthwith, and filling a sponge with sour wine put it on the end of a cane and offered it Him to drink;

wmth@Matthew:27:49 @ while the rest said, »Let us see whether Elijah is coming to deliver him.«

wmth@Matthew:27:50 @ But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit.

wmth@Matthew:27:51 @ Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split;

wmth@Matthew:27:52 @ the tombs opened; and many of God's people who were asleep in death awoke.

wmth@Matthew:27:53 @ And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they entered the holy city and showed themselves to many.

wmth@Matthew:27:54 @ As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, »Assuredly he was God's Son.«

wmth@Matthew:27:55 @ And there were a number of women there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee ministering to His necessities;

wmth@Matthew:27:56 @ among them being Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zabdi.

wmth@Matthew:27:57 @ Towards sunset there came a wealthy inhabitant of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

wmth@Matthew:27:58 @ He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

wmth@Matthew:27:59 @ So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean sheet of fine linen.

wmth@Matthew:27:60 @ He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.

wmth@Matthew:27:61 @ Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were both present there, sitting opposite to the sepulchre.

wmth@Matthew:27:62 @ On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate.

wmth@Matthew:27:63 @ »Sir,« they said, »we recollect that during his lifetime that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise to life again.

wmth@Matthew:27:64 @ So give orders for the sepulchre to be securely guarded till the third day, for fear his disciples should come by night and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious than the first.«

wmth@Matthew:27:65 @ »You can have a guard,« said Pilate:»go and make all safe, as best you can.«

wmth@Matthew:27:66 @ So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone besides setting the guard.

wmth@Matthew:28:1 @ After the Sabbath, in the early dawn of the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre.

wmth@Matthew:28:2 @ But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it.

wmth@Matthew:28:3 @ His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.

wmth@Matthew:28:4 @ For fear of him the guards trembled violently, and became like dead men.

wmth@Matthew:28:5 @ But the angel said to the women, »As for you, dismiss your fears. I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for–the crucified One.

wmth@Matthew:28:6 @ He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold. Come and see the place where He lay.

wmth@Matthew:28:7 @ And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead and is going before you into Galilee: there you shall see Him. Remember, I have told you.«

wmth@Matthew:28:8 @ They quickly left the tomb and ran, still terrified but full of unspeakable joy, to carry the news to His disciples.

wmth@Matthew:28:9 @ And then suddenly they saw Jesus coming to meet them. »Peace be to you,« He said. And they came and clasped His feet, bowing to the ground before Him.

wmth@Matthew:28:10 @ Then He said, »Dismiss all fear! Go and take word to my brethren to go into Galilee, and there they shall see me.«

wmth@Matthew:28:11 @ While they went on this errand, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the High Priests every detail of what had happened.

wmth@Matthew:28:12 @ So the latter held a conference with the Elders, and after consultation with them they heavily bribed the soldiers,

wmth@Matthew:28:13 @ telling them to say, »His disciples came during the night and stole his body while we were asleep.«

wmth@Matthew:28:14 @ »And if this,« they added, »is reported to the Governor, we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment.«

wmth@Matthew:28:15 @ So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this story was noised about among the Jews, and is current to this day.

wmth@Matthew:28:16 @ As for the eleven disciples, they proceeded into Galilee, to the hill where Jesus had arranged to meet them.

wmth@Matthew:28:17 @ There they saw Him and prostrated themselves before Him. Yet some doubted.

wmth@Matthew:28:18 @ Jesus however came near and said to them, »All power in Heaven and over the earth has been given to me.

wmth@Matthew:28:19 @ Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations; baptize them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

wmth@Matthew:28:20 @ and teach them to obey every command which I have given you. And remember, I am with you always, day by day, until the Close of the Age.«

wmth@Mark:1:6 @ As for John, his garment was of camel's hair, and he wore a loincloth of leather; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

wmth@Mark:1:8 @ I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.«

wmth@Mark:1:9 @ At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan;

wmth@Mark:1:10 @ and immediately on His coming up out of the water He saw an opening in the sky, and the Spirit like a dove coming down to Him;

wmth@Mark:1:12 @ At once the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the Desert,

wmth@Mark:1:13 @ where He remained for forty days, tempted by Satan; and He was among the wild beasts, but the angels waited upon Him.

wmth@Mark:1:15 @ »The time has fully come,« He said, »and the Kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe this Good News.

wmth@Mark:1:18 @ At once they left their nets and followed Him.

wmth@Mark:1:19 @ Going on a little further He saw James the son of Zabdi and his brother John: they also were in the boat mending the nets, and He immediately called them.

wmth@Mark:1:20 @ They therefore left their father Zabdi in the boat with the hired men, and went and followed Him.

wmth@Mark:1:21 @ So they came to Capernaum, and on the next Sabbath He went to the synagogue and began to teach.

wmth@Mark:1:22 @ The people listened with amazement to His teaching –for there was authority about it: it was very different from that of the Scribes–

wmth@Mark:1:23 @ when all at once, there in their synagogue, a man under the power of a foul spirit screamed out:

wmth@Mark:1:24 @ »What have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–God's Holy One.«

wmth@Mark:1:27 @ And all were amazed and awe-struck, so they began to ask one another, »What does this mean? Here is a new sort of teaching–and a tone of authority! And even to foul spirits he issues orders and they obey him!«

wmth@Mark:1:28 @ And His fame spread at once everywhere in all that part of Galilee.

wmth@Mark:1:29 @ Then on leaving the synagogue they came at once, with James and John, to the house of Simon and Andrew.

wmth@Mark:1:33 @ and the whole town was assembled at the door.

wmth@Mark:1:38 @ »Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns,« He replied, »that I may proclaim my Message there also; because for that purpose I came from God.«

wmth@Mark:1:40 @ One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. »If you are willing,« he said, »you are able to cleanse me.«

wmth@Mark:1:42 @ The leprosy at once left him, and he was cleansed.

wmth@Mark:1:43 @ Jesus at once sent him away, strictly charging him,

wmth@Mark:1:44 @ and saying, »Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses appointed as evidence for them.«

wmth@Mark:1:45 @ But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

wmth@Mark:2:1 @ After some days He entered Capernaum again, and it soon became known that He was at home;

wmth@Mark:2:2 @ and such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,

wmth@Mark:2:4 @ Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

wmth@Mark:2:7 @ »Why does this man use such words?« they said; »he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One–that is, God?«

wmth@Mark:2:8 @ At once perceiving by His spirit that they were reasoning within themselves, Jesus asked them, »Why do you thus argue in your minds?

wmth@Mark:2:9 @ Which is easier?–to say to this paralytic, `Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, `Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'

wmth@Mark:2:10 @ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins« –He turned to the paralytic, and said,

wmth@Mark:2:11 @ »To you I say, `Rise, take up your mat and go home.'«

wmth@Mark:2:12 @ The man rose, and immediately under the eyes of all took up his mat and went out, so that they were all filled with astonishment, gave the glory to God, and said, »We never saw anything like this.«

wmth@Mark:2:14 @ And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the Toll Office, and said to him, »Follow me.« So he rose and followed Him.

wmth@Mark:2:15 @ When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him.

wmth@Mark:2:16 @ But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, »He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!«

wmth@Mark:2:18 @ (Now John's disciples and those of the Pharisees were keeping a fast.) And they came and asked Him, »How is it that John's disciples and those of the Pharisees are fasting, and yours are not?«

wmth@Mark:2:21 @ No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it– the new from the old– and a worse hole would be made.

wmth@Mark:2:23 @ One Sabbath He was walking through the wheatfields when His disciples began to pluck the ears of wheat as they went.

wmth@Mark:2:24 @ So the Pharisees said to Him, »Look! why are they doing what on the Sabbath is unlawful?«

wmth@Mark:2:25 @ »Have you never read,« Jesus replied, »what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

wmth@Mark:2:26 @ how he entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves –which none but the priests are allowed to eat– and gave some to his men also?«

wmth@Mark:2:27 @ And Jesus said to them: »The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;

wmth@Mark:2:28 @ so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.«

wmth@Mark:3:1 @ At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.

wmth@Mark:3:2 @ They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath–so as to have a charge to bring against Him.

wmth@Mark:3:4 @ Then He asked them, »Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a life, or to destroy one?« They remained silent.

wmth@Mark:3:5 @ Grieved and indignant at the hardening of their hearts, He looked round on them with anger, and said to the man, »Stretch out your arm.« He stretched it out, and the arm was completely restored.

wmth@Mark:3:6 @ But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him.

wmth@Mark:3:8 @ and from Judaea and Jerusalem and Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from the district of Tyre and Sidon there came to Him a vast crowd, hearing of all that He was doing.

wmth@Mark:3:9 @ So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng–to prevent their crushing Him.

wmth@Mark:3:10 @ For He had cured many of the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, to touch Him.

wmth@Mark:3:11 @ And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out:»You are the Son of God.«

wmth@Mark:3:14 @ He appointed twelve of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,

wmth@Mark:3:17 @ James the son of Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed Boanerges, that is `Sons of Thunder'),

wmth@Mark:3:18 @ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananaean,

wmth@Mark:3:20 @ And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.

wmth@Mark:3:21 @ Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, »He is out of his mind.«

wmth@Mark:3:22 @ The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, »He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons.«

wmth@Mark:3:23 @ So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, »How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?

wmth@Mark:3:24 @ For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;

wmth@Mark:3:25 @ and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.

wmth@Mark:3:26 @ So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his end.

wmth@Mark:3:28 @ In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;

wmth@Mark:4:1 @ Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.

wmth@Mark:4:2 @ Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,

wmth@Mark:4:7 @ Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.

wmth@Mark:4:10 @ When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.

wmth@Mark:4:11 @ »To you,« He replied, »has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

wmth@Mark:4:12 @ that

wmth@Mark:4:14 @ »What the sower sows is the Message.«

wmth@Mark:4:15 @ Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

wmth@Mark:4:16 @ In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

wmth@Mark:4:17 @ but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.

wmth@Mark:4:21 @ He went on to say, »Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand?

wmth@Mark:4:22 @ Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.

wmth@Mark:4:24 @ He also said to them, »Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.

wmth@Mark:4:25 @ For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away.«

wmth@Mark:4:26 @ Another saying of His was this: »The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

wmth@Mark:4:30 @ Another saying of His was this: »How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it?

wmth@Mark:4:32 @ yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow.«

wmth@Mark:4:34 @ But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.

wmth@Mark:4:36 @ So they got away from the crowd, and took Him –as He was– in the boat; and other boats accompanied Him.

wmth@Mark:4:37 @ But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.

wmth@Mark:4:38 @ But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. »Rabbi,« they cried, »is it nothing to you that we are drowning?«

wmth@Mark:5:1 @ So they arrived at the opposite shore of the Lake, in the country of the Gerasenes.

wmth@Mark:5:2 @ At once, on His landing, there came from the tombs to meet Him a man possessed by a foul spirit.

wmth@Mark:5:6 @ And when he saw Jesus in the distance, he ran and threw himself at His feet,

wmth@Mark:5:7 @ crying out in a loud voice, »What hast Thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? In God's name I implore Thee not to torment me.«

wmth@Mark:5:9 @ Jesus also questioned him. »What is your name?« He said. »Legion,« he replied, »for there are a host of us.«

wmth@Mark:5:10 @ And he earnestly entreated Him not to send them away out of the country.

wmth@Mark:5:11 @ Feeding there, on the mountain slope, was a great herd of swine.

wmth@Mark:5:12 @ So they besought Jesus. »Send us to the swine,« they said, »so that we may enter into them.«

wmth@Mark:5:14 @ The swineherds fled, and spread the news in town and country. So the people came to see what it was that had happened;

wmth@Mark:5:15 @ and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated, clothed and of sane mind– the man who had had the legion; and they were awe-stricken.

wmth@Mark:5:16 @ And those who had seen it told them the particulars of what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the swine.

wmth@Mark:5:17 @ Then they began entreating Him to depart from their district.

wmth@Mark:5:19 @ But He would not allow it. »Go home to your family,« He said, »and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown you.«

wmth@Mark:5:20 @ So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.

wmth@Mark:5:21 @ When Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the other side, a vast multitude came crowding to Him; and He was on the shore of the Lake,

wmth@Mark:5:22 @ when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue –he was called Jair– who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,

wmth@Mark:5:23 @ and besought Him with many entreaties. »My little daughter,« he said, »is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live.«

wmth@Mark:5:26 @ and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,

wmth@Mark:5:29 @ In a moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her complaint was cured.

wmth@Mark:5:30 @ Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, »Who touched my clothes?«

wmth@Mark:5:33 @ until the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself at His feet, and told Him all the truth.

wmth@Mark:5:40 @ To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies.

wmth@Mark:5:41 @ Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, »Talitha, koum;« that is to say, »Little girl, I command you to wake!«

wmth@Mark:5:42 @ Instantly the little girl rises to her feet and begins to walk (for she was twelve years old). They were at once beside themselves with utter astonishment;

wmth@Mark:5:43 @ but He gave strict injunctions that the matter should not be made known, and directed them to give her something to eat.

wmth@Mark:6:1 @ Leaving that place He came into His own country, accompanied by His disciples.

wmth@Mark:6:2 @ On the Sabbath He proceeded to teach in the synagogue; and many, as they heard Him, were astonished. »Where did he acquire all this?« they asked. »What is this wisdom that has been given to him? And what are these marvellous miracles which his hands perform?

wmth@Mark:6:4 @ But Jesus said to them, »There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home.«

wmth@Mark:6:5 @ And He could not do any miracle there, except that He laid His hands on a few who were out of health and cured them; and

wmth@Mark:6:6 @ He wondered at their unbelief. So He went round the adjacent villages, teaching.

wmth@Mark:6:10 @ Wherever you enter a house, make it your home till you leave that place.

wmth@Mark:6:12 @ So they set out, and preached in order that men might repent.

wmth@Mark:6:14 @ King Herod heard of all this (for the name of Jesus had become widely known), and he kept saying, »John the Baptizer has come back to life, and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him.«

wmth@Mark:6:15 @ Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said, »He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets.«

wmth@Mark:6:18 @ For John had repeatedly told Herod, »You have no right to be living with your brother's wife.«

wmth@Mark:6:19 @ Therefore Herodias hated him and wished to take his life, but could not;

wmth@Mark:6:20 @ for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.

wmth@Mark:6:21 @ At length Herodias found her opportunity. Herod on his birthday gave a banquet to the nobles of his court and to the tribunes and the principal people in Galilee,

wmth@Mark:6:22 @ at which Herodias's own daughter came in and danced, and so charmed Herod and his guests that he said to her, »Ask me for anything you please, and I will give it to you.«

wmth@Mark:6:23 @ He even swore to her, »Whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom.«

wmth@Mark:6:24 @ She at once went out and said to her mother:»What shall I ask for?«»The head of John the Baptizer,« she replied.

wmth@Mark:6:25 @ The girl immediately came in, in haste, to the King and made her request. »My desire is,« she said, »that you will give me, here and now, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.«

wmth@Mark:6:26 @ Then the King, though intensely sorry, yet for the sake of his oaths, and of his guests, would not break faith with her.

wmth@Mark:6:27 @ He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

wmth@Mark:6:31 @ Then He said to them, »Come away, all of you, to a quiet place, and rest awhile.« For there were many coming and going, so that they had no time even for meals.

wmth@Mark:6:32 @ Accordingly they sailed away in the boat to a solitary place apart.

wmth@Mark:6:35 @ By this time it was late; so His disciples came to Him, and said, »This is a lonely place, and the hour is now late:

wmth@Mark:6:36 @ send them away that they may go to the farms and villages near here and buy themselves something to eat.«

wmth@Mark:6:40 @ And they sat down in rows of hundreds and of fifties.

wmth@Mark:6:42 @ All ate and were fully satisfied.

wmth@Mark:6:44 @ Those who ate the bread were 5,000 adult men.

wmth@Mark:6:45 @ Immediately afterwards He made His disciples go on board the boat and cross over to Bethsaida, leaving Him behind to dismiss the crowd.

wmth@Mark:6:47 @ When evening was come, the boat was half way across the Lake, while he Himself was on shore alone.

wmth@Mark:6:49 @ They saw Him walking on the water, and thinking that it was a spirit they cried out;

wmth@Mark:6:50 @ for they all saw Him and were terrified. He, however, immediately spoke to them. »There is no danger,« He said; »it is I; be not alarmed.«

wmth@Mark:6:51 @ Then He went up to them on board the boat, and the wind lulled; and they were beside themselves with silent amazement.

wmth@Mark:6:54 @ But no sooner had they gone ashore than the people immediately recognized Him.

wmth@Mark:6:55 @ Then they scoured the whole district, and began to bring Him the sick on their mats wherever they heard He was.

wmth@Mark:6:56 @ And enter wherever He might –village or town or hamlet– they laid their sick in the open places, and entreated Him to let them touch were it but the tassel of His robe; and all, whoever touched Him, were restored to health.

wmth@Mark:7:2 @ They had noticed that some of His disciples were eating their food with `unclean' (that is to say, unwashed) hands.

wmth@Mark:7:3 @ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews– being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders– never eat without first carefully washing their hands,

wmth@Mark:7:4 @ and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)

wmth@Mark:7:5 @ So the Pharisees and Scribes put the question to Him:»Why do your disciples transgress the traditions of the Elders, and eat their food with unclean hands?«

wmth@Mark:7:9 @ »Praiseworthy indeed!« He added, »to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions!

wmth@Mark:7:11 @ But say, `If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God), whatever it is, which otherwise you would have received from me–'

wmth@Mark:7:12 @ And so you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or mother,

wmth@Mark:7:13 @ thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do.«

wmth@Mark:7:15 @ There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him unclean.«

wmth@Mark:7:18 @ »Have also so little understanding?« He replied; »do you not understand that anything whatever that enters a man from outside cannot make him unclean,

wmth@Mark:7:20 @ »What comes out of a man,« He added, »that it is which makes him unclean.

wmth@Mark:7:21 @ For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed–fornication, theft, murder, adultery,

wmth@Mark:7:24 @ Then He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation.

wmth@Mark:7:25 @ Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit heard of Him, and came and flung herself at His feet.

wmth@Mark:7:26 @ She was a Gentile woman, a Syro-phoenician by nation: and again and again she begged Him to expel the demon from her daughter.

wmth@Mark:7:27 @ »Let the children first eat all they want,« He said; »it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.«

wmth@Mark:7:28 @ »True, Sir,« she replied, »and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps.«

wmth@Mark:7:32 @ Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.

wmth@Mark:7:33 @ So Jesus taking him aside, apart from the crowd, put His fingers into his ears, and spat, and moistened his tongue;

wmth@Mark:7:34 @ and looking up to Heaven He sighed, and said to him, »Ephphatha!« (that is, »Open!«)

wmth@Mark:7:37 @ The amazement was extreme. »He succeeds in everything he attempts,« they exclaimed; »he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!«

wmth@Mark:8:1 @ About that time there was again an immense crowd, and they found themselves with nothing to eat. So He called His disciples to Him.

wmth@Mark:8:2 @ »My heart yearns over the people,« He said; »for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.

wmth@Mark:8:3 @ If I were to send them home hungry, they would faint on the way, some of them having come a great distance.«

wmth@Mark:8:4 @ »Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?« answered His disciples.

wmth@Mark:8:8 @ So the people ate an abundant meal; and what remained over they picked up and carried away–seven hampers of broken pieces.

wmth@Mark:8:10 @ and at once going on board with His disciples He came into the district of Dalmanutha.

wmth@Mark:8:12 @ Heaving a deep and troubled sigh, He said, »Why do the men of to-day ask for a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign will be given to the men of to-day.«

wmth@Mark:8:14 @ Now they had forgotten to take bread, nor had they more than a single loaf with them in the boat;

wmth@Mark:8:17 @ He perceived what they were saying, and He said to them, »What is this discussion of yours about having no bread? Do you not yet see and understand? Are your minds so dull of comprehension?

wmth@Mark:8:22 @ And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.

wmth@Mark:8:27 @ From that place Jesus and His disciples went to the villages belonging to Caesarea Philippi. On the way He began to ask His disciples, »Who do people say that I am?«

wmth@Mark:8:28 @ »John the Baptist,« they replied, »but others say Elijah, and others, that it is one of the Prophets.«

wmth@Mark:8:29 @ Then He asked them pointedly, »But you yourselves, who do you say that I am?«»You are the Christ,« answered Peter.

wmth@Mark:8:31 @ And now for the first time He told them, »The Son of Man must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and after two days rise to life.«

wmth@Mark:8:32 @ This He told them plainly; whereupon Peter took Him and began to remonstrate with Him.

wmth@Mark:8:36 @ Why, what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

wmth@Mark:8:37 @ For what could a man give to buy back his life?

wmth@Mark:8:38 @ Every one, however, who has been ashamed of me and of my teachings in this faithless and sinful age, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels.«

wmth@Mark:9:1 @ He went on to say, »In solemn truth I tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God already come in power.«

wmth@Mark:9:2 @ Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.

wmth@Mark:9:5 @ when Peter said to Jesus, »Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents–one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.«

wmth@Mark:9:6 @ For he knew not what to say: they were filled with such awe.

wmth@Mark:9:9 @ As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen »until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead.«

wmth@Mark:9:10 @ So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.

wmth@Mark:9:11 @ They also asked Him, »How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?«

wmth@Mark:9:12 @ »Elijah,« He replied, »does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?

wmth@Mark:9:13 @ Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him.«

wmth@Mark:9:15 @ Immediately the whole multitude on beholding Him were astonished and awe-struck, and yet they ran forward and greeted Him.

wmth@Mark:9:16 @ »What is the subject you are discussing?« He asked them.

wmth@Mark:9:18 @ and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power.«

wmth@Mark:9:19 @ »O unbelieving generation!« replied Jesus; »how long must I be with you? how long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me.«

wmth@Mark:9:20 @ So they brought him to Jesus. And the spirit, when he saw Jesus, immediately threw the youth into convulsions, so that he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

wmth@Mark:9:21 @ Then Jesus asked the father, »How long has he been like this?«»From early childhood,« he said;

wmth@Mark:9:22 @ »and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us.«

wmth@Mark:9:24 @ Immediately the father cried out, »I do believe: strengthen my weak faith.«

wmth@Mark:9:25 @ Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, »Dumb and deaf spirit, command you, come out of him and never enter into him again.«

wmth@Mark:9:26 @ So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead;

wmth@Mark:9:28 @ After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked Him privately, »How is it that we could not expel the spirit?«

wmth@Mark:9:30 @ Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was unwilling that any one should know it;

wmth@Mark:9:31 @ for He was teaching His disciples, and telling them, »The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and after being put to death, in three days He will rise to life again.«

wmth@Mark:9:32 @ They, however, did not understand what He meant, and were afraid to question Him.

wmth@Mark:9:33 @ So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them, »What were you arguing about on the way?«

wmth@Mark:9:34 @ But they remained silent; for on the way they had debated with one another who was the chief of them.

wmth@Mark:9:38 @ »Rabbi,« said John to Him, »we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons, and we tried to hinder him, on the ground that he did not follow us.«

wmth@Mark:9:41 @ and whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, I solemnly tell you that he will certainly not lose his reward.

wmth@Mark:9:42 @ »And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea.«

wmth@Mark:9:50 @ Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another.«

wmth@Mark:10:3 @ »What rule did Moses lay down for you?« He answered.

wmth@Mark:10:5 @ »It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts,« said Jesus, »that Moses enacted this law for you;

wmth@Mark:10:6 @ but from the beginning of the creation the rule was,

wmth@Mark:10:8 @ so that they are two no longer, but

wmth@Mark:10:9 @ What, therefore, God has joined together let not man separate.«

wmth@Mark:10:14 @ Jesus, however, on seeing this, was moved to indignation, and said to them, »Let the little children come to me: do not hinder them; for to those who are childlike the Kingdom of God belongs.

wmth@Mark:10:15 @ In solemn truth I tell you that no one who does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will by any possibility enter it.«

wmth@Mark:10:17 @ As He went out to resume His journey, there came a man running up to Him, who knelt at His feet and asked, »Good Rabbi, what am I to do in order to inherit the Life of the Ages?«

wmth@Mark:10:18 @ »Why do you call me good?« asked Jesus in reply; »there is no one truly good except One–that is, God.

wmth@Mark:10:21 @ Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said, »One thing is lacking in you: go, sell all you possess and give the proceeds to the poor, and you shall have riches in Heaven; and come and be a follower of mine.«

wmth@Mark:10:22 @ At these words his brow darkened, and he went away sad; for he was possessed of great wealth.

wmth@Mark:10:24 @ The disciples were amazed at His words. Jesus, however, said again, »Children, how hard a struggle is it for those who trust in riches to enter the Kingdom of God!

wmth@Mark:10:28 @ »Remember,« said Peter to Him, »that we forsook everything and have become your followers.«

wmth@Mark:10:29 @ »In solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,

wmth@Mark:10:32 @ They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were full of wonder, and some, though they followed, did so with fear. Then, once more calling to Him the Twelve, He began to tell them what was about to happen to Him.

wmth@Mark:10:33 @ »See,« He said, »we are going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the High Priests and the Scribes. They will condemn Him to death, and will hand Him over to the Gentiles;

wmth@Mark:10:34 @ they will insult Him in cruel sport, spit on Him, scourge Him, and put Him to death; but on the third day He will rise to life again.«

wmth@Mark:10:35 @ Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, »Rabbi, we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you.«

wmth@Mark:10:36 @ »What would you have me do for you?« He asked.

wmth@Mark:10:37 @ »Allow us,« they replied, »to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left hand, in your glory.«

wmth@Mark:10:38 @ »You know not,« said He, »what you are asking. Are you able to drink out of the cup from which I am to drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am to be baptized?«

wmth@Mark:10:40 @ but as to sitting at my right hand or at my left, that is not mine to give: it will be for those for whom it is reserved.«

wmth@Mark:10:41 @ The other ten, hearing of it, were at first highly indignant with James and John.

wmth@Mark:10:42 @ Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, »You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;

wmth@Mark:10:43 @ but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;

wmth@Mark:10:46 @ They came to Jericho; and as He was leaving that town –Himself and His disciples and a great crowd– Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side.

wmth@Mark:10:47 @ Hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, »Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me.«

wmth@Mark:10:51 @ »What shall I do for you?« said Jesus. »Rabboni,« replied the blind man, »let me recover my sight.«

wmth@Mark:11:1 @ When they were getting near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on in front, with these instructions.

wmth@Mark:11:2 @ »Go,« He said, »to the village facing you, and immediately on entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie him and bring him here.

wmth@Mark:11:3 @ And if any one asks you, `Why are you doing that?' say, `The Master needs it, and will send it back here without delay.'«

wmth@Mark:11:4 @ So they went and found a young ass tied up at the front door of a house. They were untying it,

wmth@Mark:11:5 @ when some of the bystanders called out, »What are you doing, untying the foal?«

wmth@Mark:11:6 @ But on their giving the answer that Jesus had bidden them give, they let them take it.

wmth@Mark:11:10 @ Blessings on the coming Kingdom of our forefather David!

wmth@Mark:11:11 @ So He came into Jerusalem and into the Temple; and after looking round upon everything there, the hour being now late He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

wmth@Mark:11:14 @ and He said to the tree, »Let no one ever again eat fruit from thee!« And His disciples heard this.

wmth@Mark:11:17 @ And He remonstrated with them. »Is it not written,« He said, But you have made it what it now is–

wmth@Mark:11:23 @ In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, `Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him.

wmth@Mark:11:24 @ That is why I tell you, as to whatever you pray and make request for, if you believe that you have received it it shall be yours.

wmth@Mark:11:25 @ But whenever you stand praying, if you have a grievance against any one, forgive it, so that your Father in Heaven may also forgive you your offences.«

wmth@Mark:11:28 @ and asked, »By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you authority to do them?«

wmth@Mark:11:29 @ »And I will put a question to you,« replied Jesus; »answer me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

wmth@Mark:11:31 @ So they debated the matter with one another. »Suppose we say, `Heavenly,'« they argued, »he will ask, `Why then did you not believe him?'

wmth@Mark:11:33 @ So they answered Jesus, »We do not know.«»Nor do I tell you,« said Jesus, »by what authority I do these things.«

wmth@Mark:12:1 @ Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. »There was once a man,« He said, »who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.

wmth@Mark:12:2 @ At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.

wmth@Mark:12:3 @ But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

wmth@Mark:12:4 @ Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.

wmth@Mark:12:5 @ Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others.

wmth@Mark:12:6 @ He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, »`They will treat my son with respect.'

wmth@Mark:12:9 @ What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?« »He will come and put the vine-dressers to death,« they said; »and will give the vineyard to others.«

wmth@Mark:12:12 @ And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to. So they left Him and went away.

wmth@Mark:12:13 @ Their next step was to send to Him some of the Pharisees and of Herod's partisans to entrap Him in conversation.

wmth@Mark:12:14 @ So they came to Him. »Rabbi,« they said, »we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

wmth@Mark:12:15 @ Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?« But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, »Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at.«

wmth@Mark:12:17 @ »What is Caesar's,« replied Jesus, »pay to Caesar–and what is God's, pay to God.« And they wondered exceedingly at Him.

wmth@Mark:12:18 @ Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.

wmth@Mark:12:20 @ There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.

wmth@Mark:12:23 @ At the Resurrection whose wife will she be? For they all seven married her.«

wmth@Mark:12:26 @ But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him,

wmth@Mark:12:28 @ Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, »Which is the chief of all the Commandments?«

wmth@Mark:12:31 @ The second is this: »Other Commandment greater than these there is none.«

wmth@Mark:12:32 @ So the Scribe said to Him, »Rightly, in very truth, Rabbi, have you said that

wmth@Mark:12:34 @ Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, »You are not far from the Kingdom of God.« No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.

wmth@Mark:12:35 @ But, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus asked, »How is it the Scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

wmth@Mark:12:39 @ and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues and at dinner parties,

wmth@Mark:12:41 @ Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed how the people were dropping money into the Treasury, and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.

wmth@Mark:12:43 @ So He called His disciples to Him and said, »In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;

wmth@Mark:12:44 @ for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare, but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed–all she had to live on.«

wmth@Mark:13:1 @ As He was leaving the Temple, one of His disciples exclaimed, »Look, Rabbi, what wonderful stones! what wonderful buildings!«

wmth@Mark:13:2 @ »You see all these great buildings?« Jesus replied; »not one stone will be left here upon another–not thrown down.«

wmth@Mark:13:4 @ »Tell us, When will these things be? and what will be the sign when all these predictions are on the point of being fulfilled?«

wmth@Mark:13:5 @ So Jesus began to say to them: »Take care that no one misleads you.

wmth@Mark:13:9 @ »You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.«

wmth@Mark:13:10 @ But the proclamation of the Good News must be carried to all the Gentiles before the End comes.

wmth@Mark:13:11 @ When however they are marching you along under arrest, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say, but speak what is given you when the time comes; for it will not be you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

wmth@Mark:13:12 @ »Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and and have them put to death.

wmth@Mark:13:13 @ You will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name, but those who stand firm to the End will be saved.

wmth@Mark:13:17 @ And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!

wmth@Mark:13:18 @ »But pray that it may not come in the winter.

wmth@Mark:13:20 @ and but for the fact that the Lord has cut short those days, no one would escape; but for the sake of His own People whom He has chosen for Himself He has cut short the days.

wmth@Mark:13:21 @ »At that time if any one says to you, `See, here is the Christ!' or `See, He is there!' do not believe it.«

wmth@Mark:13:22 @ For false Christs and false with a view to lead astray –if indeed that were possible– even God's own People.

wmth@Mark:13:24 @ however, after that

wmth@Mark:13:26 @ And then will they see with great power and glory.

wmth@Mark:13:27 @ Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky.

wmth@Mark:13:28 @ »Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.«

wmth@Mark:13:29 @ So also do you, when you see these things happening, be sure that He is near, at your very door.

wmth@Mark:13:30 @ I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

wmth@Mark:13:31 @ Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

wmth@Mark:13:32 @ »But as to that day or the exact time no one knows–not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

wmth@Mark:13:35 @ Be wakeful therefore, for you know not when the master of the house is coming–in the evening, at midnight, at cock-crow, or at dawn.

wmth@Mark:13:37 @ Moreover, what I say to you I say to all–Be wakeful!«

wmth@Mark:14:1 @ It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the High Priests and Scribes were bent on finding how to seize Him by stratagem and put Him to death.

wmth@Mark:14:3 @ Now when He was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the Leper, while He was at table, there came a woman with a jar of pure, sweet-scented ointment very costly: she broke the jar and poured the ointment over His head.

wmth@Mark:14:5 @ For that ointment might have been sold for fifteen pounds or more, and the money have been given to the poor.« And they were exceedingly angry with her.

wmth@Mark:14:8 @ What she could she did: she has perfumed my body in preparation for my burial.

wmth@Mark:14:9 @ And I solemnly tell you that wherever in the whole world the Good News shall be proclaimed, this which she has done shall also be told in remembrance of her.«

wmth@Mark:14:12 @ On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread –the day for killing the Passover lamb– His disciples asked Him, »Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?«

wmth@Mark:14:13 @ So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, »Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him,

wmth@Mark:14:14 @ and whatever house he enters, tell the master of the house, `The Rabbi asks, Where is my room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?'

wmth@Mark:14:15 @ Then he will himself show you a large room upstairs, ready furnished: there make preparation for us.«

wmth@Mark:14:18 @ And while they were at table Jesus said, »I solemnly tell you that one of you will betray me–one who is eating with me.«

wmth@Mark:14:21 @ For the Son of Man is going His way as it is written about Him; but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man, had he never been born.«

wmth@Mark:14:25 @ I solemnly tell you that never again will I taste the produce of the vine till I shall drink the new wine in the Kingdom of God.«

wmth@Mark:14:30 @ »I solemnly tell you,« replied Jesus, »that to-day –this night– before the cock crows twice, you yourself will three times disown me.«

wmth@Mark:14:34 @ and He said to them, »My heart is oppressed with anguish to the very point of death: wait here and keep awake.«

wmth@Mark:14:35 @ Going forward a short distance He threw Himself upon His face and prayed repeatedly that, if it was possible, He might be spared that time of agony;

wmth@Mark:14:36 @ and He said, »Abba! my Father! all things are possible for Thee: take this cup of suffering away from me: and yet not what I desire, but what Thou desirest.«

wmth@Mark:14:38 @ Be wakeful, all of you, and keep on praying, that you may not come into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail.«

wmth@Mark:14:42 @ Rouse yourselves, let us be going: my betrayer is close at hand.«

wmth@Mark:14:43 @ Immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came and with him a crowd of men armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the High Priests and Scribes and Elders.

wmth@Mark:14:47 @ But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck a blow at the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

wmth@Mark:14:49 @ Day after day I used to be among you in the Temple teaching, and you never seized me. But this is happening in order that the Scriptures may be fulfilled.'

wmth@Mark:14:54 @ Peter followed Jesus at a distance, as far as the outer court of the High Priest's palace. But there he remained sitting among the officers, and warming himself by the fire.

wmth@Mark:14:55 @ Meanwhile the High Priests and the entire Sanhedrin were endeavouring to get evidence against Jesus in order to put Him to death, but could find none;

wmth@Mark:14:56 @ for though many gave false testimony against Him, their statements did not tally.

wmth@Mark:14:60 @ At last the High Priest stood up, and advancing into the midst of them all, asked Jesus, »Have you no answer to make? What is the meaning of all this that these witnesses allege against you?«

wmth@Mark:14:62 @ »I am,« replied Jesus, »and you and others will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the divine Power, and coming amid the clouds of the sky.«

wmth@Mark:14:63 @ Rending his garments the High Priest exclaimed, »What need have we of witnesses after that?

wmth@Mark:14:64 @ You all heard his impious words. What is your judgement?« Then with one voice they condemned Him as deserving of death.

wmth@Mark:14:65 @ Thereupon some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, while striking Him with their fists and crying, »Prove that you are a prophet.« The officers too struck Him with open hands as they took Him in charge.

wmth@Mark:14:67 @ and seeing Peter warming himself she looked at him and said, »You also were with Jesus, the Nazarene.«

wmth@Mark:14:68 @ But he denied it, and said, »I don't know –I don't understand– What do you mean?« And then he went out into the outer court. Just then a cock crowed.

wmth@Mark:14:70 @ A second time he repeatedly denied it. Soon afterwards the bystanders again accused Peter, saying, »You are surely one of them, for you too are a Galilaean.«

wmth@Mark:14:71 @ But he broke out into curses and oaths, declaring, »I know nothing of the man you are talking about.«

wmth@Mark:15:1 @ At earliest dawn, after the High Priests had held a consultation with the Elders and Scribes, they and the entire Sanhedrin bound Jesus and took Him away and handed Him over to Pilate.

wmth@Mark:15:2 @ So Pilate questioned Him. »Are the King of the Jews?« he asked. »I am,« replied Jesus.

wmth@Mark:15:3 @ Then, as the High Priests went on heaping accusations on Him,

wmth@Mark:15:4 @ Pilate again and again asked Him, »Do you make no reply? Listen to the many charges they are bringing against you.«

wmth@Mark:15:5 @ But Jesus made no further answer: so that Pilate wondered.

wmth@Mark:15:6 @ Now at the Festival it was customary for Pilate to release to the Jews any one prisoner whom they might beg off from punishment;

wmth@Mark:15:7 @ and at this time a man named Barabbas was in prison among the insurgents–persons who in the insurrection had committed murder.

wmth@Mark:15:8 @ So the people came crowding up, asking Pilate to grant them the usual favour.

wmth@Mark:15:9 @ »Shall I release for you the King of the Jews?« answered Pilate.

wmth@Mark:15:10 @ For he could see that it was out of sheer spite that the High Priests had handed Him over.

wmth@Mark:15:12 @ and when Pilate again asked them, »What then shall I do to the man you call King of the Jews?«

wmth@Mark:15:14 @ »Why, what crime has he committed?« asked Pilate. But they vehemently shouted, »Crucify Him!«

wmth@Mark:15:15 @ So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mob, released Barabbas for them, and after scourging Jesus handed Him over for crucifixion.

wmth@Mark:15:16 @ Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace (the Praetorium), and calling together the whole battalion

wmth@Mark:15:17 @ they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath of thorny twigs which they had twisted,

wmth@Mark:15:19 @ Then they began to beat Him on the head with a cane, to spit on Him, and to do Him homage on bended knees.

wmth@Mark:15:20 @ At last, having finished their sport, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

wmth@Mark:15:21 @ One Simon, a Cyrenaean, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing along, coming from the country: him they compelled to carry His cross.

wmth@Mark:15:22 @ So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means `Skull-ground.'

wmth@Mark:15:24 @ Then they crucified Him. This done, they divided His garments among them, drawing lots to decide what each should take.

wmth@Mark:15:27 @ And together with Jesus they crucified two robbers, one at His right hand and one at His left.

wmth@Mark:15:29 @ And all the passers-by reviled Him. They shook their heads at Him and said, »Ah! you who were for destroying the Sanctuary and building a new one in three days,

wmth@Mark:15:31 @ In the same way the High Priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on scoffing at Him, saying to one another, »He has saved others: himself he cannot save!

wmth@Mark:15:32 @ This Christ, the King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.« Even the men who were being crucified with Him heaped insults on Him.

wmth@Mark:15:33 @ At noon there came a darkness over the whole land, lasting till three o'clock in the afternoon.

wmth@Mark:15:34 @ But at three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, which means, »My God, My God,

wmth@Mark:15:36 @ Then a man ran to fill a sponge with sour wine, and he put it on the end of a cane and placed it to His lips, saying at the same time, »Wait! let us see whether Elijah will come and take him down.«

wmth@Mark:15:39 @ And when the Centurion who stood in front of the cross saw that He was dead, he exclaimed, »This man was indeed God's Son.«

wmth@Mark:15:42 @ Towards sunset, as it was the Preparation –that is, the day preceding the Sabbath–

wmth@Mark:15:43 @ Joseph of Arimathaea came, a highly respected member of the Council, who himself also was living in expectation of the Kingdom of God. He summoned up courage to go in to see Pilate and beg for the body of Jesus.

wmth@Mark:15:44 @ But Pilate could hardly believe that He was already dead. He called, however, for the Centurion and inquired whether He had been long dead;

wmth@Mark:16:1 @ When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, in order to come and anoint His body.

wmth@Mark:16:4 @ But then, looking up, they saw that the stone was already rolled back: for it was of immense size.

wmth@Mark:16:5 @ Upon entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at their right hand, clothed in a long white robe. They were astonished and terrified.

wmth@Mark:16:7 @ But go and tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you into Galilee: and that there you will see Him, as He told you.«

wmth@Mark:16:8 @ So they came out, and fled from the tomb, for they were greatly agitated and surprised; and they said not a word to any one, for they were afraid.

wmth@Mark:16:11 @ But they, when they were told that He was alive and that she had seen Him, could not believe it.

wmth@Mark:16:14 @ Later still He showed Himself to the Eleven themselves whilst they were at table, and He upbraided them with their unbelief and obstinacy in not having believed those who had seen Him alive.

wmth@Mark:16:17 @ And signs shall attend those who believe, even such as these. By making use of my name they shall expel demons. They shall speak new languages.

wmth@Mark:16:18 @ They shall take up venomous snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison it shall do them no harm whatever. They shall lay their hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover.«

wmth@Mark:16:19 @ So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

wmth@Mark:16:20 @ But they went out and made proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming their Message by the signs which accompanied it.]

wmth@Luke:1:1 @ Seeing that many have attempted to draw up a narrative of the facts which are received with full assurance among us

wmth@Luke:1:3 @ it has seemed right to me also, after careful investigation of the facts from their commencement, to write for you, most noble Theophilus, a connected account,

wmth@Luke:1:4 @ that you may fully know the truth of the things which you have been taught by word of mouth.

wmth@Luke:1:10 @ and the whole multitude of the people were outside praying, at the hour of incense.

wmth@Luke:1:12 @ and Zechariah on seeing him was agitated and terrified.

wmth@Luke:1:15 @ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.

wmth@Luke:1:17 @ and he will be His forerunner in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn fathers' hearts to the children, and cause the rebellious to walk in the wisdom of the upright, to make a people perfectly ready for the lord.«

wmth@Luke:1:18 @ »By what proof,« asked Zechariah, »shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years.«

wmth@Luke:1:20 @ And now you will be dumb and unable to speak until the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words–words which will be fulfilled at their appointed time.«

wmth@Luke:1:21 @ Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah, and were surprised that he stayed so long in the Sanctuary.

wmth@Luke:1:22 @ When, however, he came out, he was unable to speak to them; and they knew that he must have seen a vision in the Sanctuary; but he kept making signs to them and continued dumb.

wmth@Luke:1:23 @ When his days of service were at an end, he went to his home;

wmth@Luke:1:25 @ »Thus has the Lord dealt with me,« she said, »now that He has graciously taken away my reproach among men.«

wmth@Luke:1:29 @ She was greatly agitated at his words, and wondered what such a greeting meant.

wmth@Luke:1:32 @ He will be great and He will be called `Son of the Most High.' And the Lord God will give Him the throne of His forefather David;

wmth@Luke:1:34 @ »How can this be,« Mary replied, »seeing that I have no husband?«

wmth@Luke:1:36 @ And see, your relative Elizabeth–she also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

wmth@Luke:1:43 @ But why is this honour done me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

wmth@Luke:1:48 @ Because He has not turned from His maidservant in her lowly position; For from this time forward all generations will account me happy,

wmth@Luke:1:49 @ Because the mighty One has done great things for me –Holy is His name!–

wmth@Luke:1:50 @ And His compassion is, generation after generation, Upon those who fear Him.

wmth@Luke:1:51 @ He has manifested His supreme strength. He has scattered those who were haughty in the thoughts of their hearts.

wmth@Luke:1:52 @ He has cast monarchs down from their thrones, And exalted men of low estate.

wmth@Luke:1:53 @ The hungry He has satisfied with choice gifts, But the rich He has sent empty-handed away.

wmth@Luke:1:55 @ In fulfillment of His promises to our forefathers–For Abraham and his posterity for ever.«

wmth@Luke:1:58 @ and her neighbours and relatives heard how the Lord had had great compassion on her; and they rejoiced with her.

wmth@Luke:1:59 @ And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.

wmth@Luke:1:61 @ »There is not one of your family,« they said, »who has that name.«

wmth@Luke:1:62 @ They asked his father by signs what he wished him to be called.

wmth@Luke:1:66 @ All who heard the story treasured it in their memories. »What then will this child be?« they said. For the lord's hand was indeed with him.

wmth@Luke:1:67 @ And Zechariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke in a rapture of praise.

wmth@Luke:1:71 @ To deliver us from our foes and from the power of all who hate us.

wmth@Luke:1:72 @ He dealt pitifully with our forefathers, And remembered His holy covenant,

wmth@Luke:1:73 @ The oath which He swore to Abraham our forefather,

wmth@Luke:1:77 @ To give to His People a knowledge of salvation In the forgiveness of their sins,

wmth@Luke:1:79 @ Dawning on those who now dwell in the darkness and shadow of death–To direct our feet into the path of peace.«

wmth@Luke:2:1 @ Just at this time an edict was issued by Caesar Augustus for the registration of the whole Empire.

wmth@Luke:2:2 @ It was the first registration made during the governorship of Quirinius in Syria;

wmth@Luke:2:8 @ Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,

wmth@Luke:2:10 @ But the angel said to them, »Put away all fear; for I am bringing you good news of great joy–joy for all the People.

wmth@Luke:2:13 @ And immediately there was with the angel a multitude of the army of Heaven praising God and saying,

wmth@Luke:2:15 @ Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, »Let us now go over as far as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.«

wmth@Luke:2:17 @ And when they saw the child, they told what had been said to them about Him;

wmth@Luke:2:18 @ and all who listened were astonished at what the shepherds told them.

wmth@Luke:2:20 @ And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen in accordance with the announcement made to them.

wmth@Luke:2:22 @ And when the days for their purification appointed by the Law of Moses had passed, they took Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord–

wmth@Luke:2:24 @ During the passage He fell asleep, and there came down a squall of wind on the Lake, so that the boat began to fill and they were in deadly peril.

wmth@Luke:2:26 @ Now there was a man in Jerusalem of the name of Symeon, an upright and God-fearing man, who was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

wmth@Luke:2:27 @ To him it had been revealed by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death until he had seen the Lord's Anointed One.

wmth@Luke:2:31 @ Because mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,

wmth@Luke:2:32 @ Which Thou hast made ready in the sight of all nations–

wmth@Luke:2:34 @ And while the child's father and mother were wondering at the words of Symeon concerning Him,

wmth@Luke:2:36 @ and a sword will pierce through your own soul also; that the reasonings in many hearts may be revealed.«

wmth@Luke:2:37 @ There was also Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, belonging to the tribe of Asher. She was of a very great age, having had after her maidenhood seven years of married life,

wmth@Luke:2:39 @ And coming up just at that moment, she gave thanks to God, and spoke about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.

wmth@Luke:2:40 @ Then, as soon as they had accomplished all that the Law required, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

wmth@Luke:2:42 @ Now His parents used to go up year by year to Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover.

wmth@Luke:2:43 @ And when He was twelve years old they went up as was customary at the time of the Feast, and,

wmth@Luke:2:45 @ but supposing Him to be in the travelling company, they proceeded a day's journey. Then they searched up and down for Him among their relatives and acquaintances;

wmth@Luke:2:48 @ while all who heard Him were astonished at His intelligence and at the answers He gave.

wmth@Luke:2:49 @ When they saw Him, they were smitten with amazement, and His mother said to Him, »My child, why have you behaved thus to us? Your father and I have been searching for you in anguish.«

wmth@Luke:2:50 @ »Why is it that you have been searching for me?« He replied; »did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?«

wmth@Luke:2:53 @ And as Jesus grew older He gained in both wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

wmth@Luke:3:1 @ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being Governor of Judaea, Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,

wmth@Luke:3:7 @ Accordingly John used to say to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, `O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

wmth@Luke:3:8 @ Live lives which shall prove your change of heart; and do not begin to say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones.

wmth@Luke:3:9 @ And even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which fails to yield good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire.«

wmth@Luke:3:10 @ The crowds repeatedly asked him, »What then are we to do?«

wmth@Luke:3:11 @ »Let the man who has two coats,« he answered, »give one to the man who has none; and let the man who has food share it with others.«

wmth@Luke:3:12 @ There came also a party of tax-gatherers to be baptized, and they asked him, »Rabbi, what are we to do?«

wmth@Luke:3:14 @ The soldiers also once and again inquired of him, »And we, what are we to do?« His answer was, »Neither intimidate any one nor lay false charges; and be content with your pay.«

wmth@Luke:3:15 @ And while the people were in suspense and all were debating in their minds whether John might possibly be the Anointed One,

wmth@Luke:3:16 @ he answered the question by saying to them all, »As for me, I am baptizing you with water, but One mightier than I is coming, whose very sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten: He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and with fire.

wmth@Luke:3:17 @ His winnowing-shovel is in His hand to clear out His threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into His storehouse; but the chaff He will burn up in fire unquenchable.«

wmth@Luke:3:18 @ With many exhortations besides these he declared the Good News to the people.

wmth@Luke:3:19 @ But Herod the Tetrarch, being repeatedly rebuked by him about Herodias his brother's wife, and about all the wicked deeds that he had done,

wmth@Luke:3:20 @ now added this to crown all the rest, that he threw John into prison.

wmth@Luke:3:24 @ son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,

wmth@Luke:3:25 @ son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai,

wmth@Luke:3:26 @ son of Mahath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda,

wmth@Luke:3:29 @ son of Joshua, son of Eliezar, son of Jorim, son of Maththat, son of Levi,

wmth@Luke:3:31 @ Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David,

wmth@Luke:4:2 @ tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.

wmth@Luke:4:5 @ The Devil next led Him up and caused Him to see at a glance all the kingdoms of the world.

wmth@Luke:4:13 @ So the Devil, having fully tried every kind of temptation on Him, left Him for a time.

wmth@Luke:4:16 @ He came to Nazareth also, where He had been brought up; and, as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

wmth@Luke:4:20 @ And rolling up the book, He returned it to the attendant, and sat down–to speak. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

wmth@Luke:4:22 @ And they all spoke well of Him, wondering at the sweet words of kindness which fell from His lips, while they asked one another, »Is not this Joseph's son?«

wmth@Luke:4:23 @ »Doubtless,« said He, »you will quote to me the proverb, `Physician, cure yourself: all that we hear that you have done at Capernaum, do here also in your native place.'«

wmth@Luke:4:24 @ »I tell you in solemn truth,« He added, »that no Prophet is welcomed among his own people.

wmth@Luke:4:25 @ But I tell you in truth that there was many a widow in Israel in the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three years and six months and there came a severe famine over all the land;

wmth@Luke:4:26 @ and yet to not one of them was Elijah sent: he was only sent to a widow at Zarephath in the Sidonian country.

wmth@Luke:4:31 @ So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days.

wmth@Luke:4:32 @ And they were greatly impressed by His teaching, because He spoke with the language of authority.

wmth@Luke:4:34 @ »Ha! Jesus the Nazarene, what have you to do with us? I know who you are–God's Holy One!«

wmth@Luke:4:36 @ All were astonished and awe-struck; and they asked one another, »What sort of language is this? For with authority and real power He gives orders to the foul spirits and they come out.«

wmth@Luke:4:38 @ Now when He rose and left the synagogue He went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from an acute attack of fever; and they consulted Him about her.

wmth@Luke:4:39 @ Then standing over her He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she at once rose and waited on them.

wmth@Luke:4:40 @ At sunset all who had friends suffering from any illness brought them to Him, and He laid His hands on them all, one by one, and cured them.

wmth@Luke:4:42 @ Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them.

wmth@Luke:5:2 @ He, however, saw two fishing-boats drawn up on the beach (for the men had gone away from them and were washing the nets),

wmth@Luke:5:3 @ and going on board one of them, which was Simon's He asked him to push out a little from land. Then He sat down and taught the crowd of people from the boat.

wmth@Luke:5:4 @ When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, »Push out into deep water, and let down your nets for a haul.«

wmth@Luke:5:5 @ »Rabbi,« replied Peter, »all night long we have worked hard and caught nothing; but at your command I will let down the nets.«

wmth@Luke:5:7 @ So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came, and they filled both the boats so that they almost sank.

wmth@Luke:5:8 @ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, and exclaimed, »Master, leave my boat, for I am a sinful man.«

wmth@Luke:5:9 @ (For he was astonished and terrified –he and all his companions– at the haul of fish which they had taken;

wmth@Luke:5:10 @ and so were Simon's partners James and John, the sons of Zabdi.) But Jesus replied to Simon, »Fear not: from this time you shall be a catcher of men.«

wmth@Luke:5:11 @ Then, after bringing their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.

wmth@Luke:5:12 @ On another occasion, when He was in one of the towns, there was a man there covered with leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, threw himself at His feet and implored Him, saying, »Sir, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean.«

wmth@Luke:5:14 @ He ordered him to tell no one. »But go,« He said, »show yourself to the Priest, and make the offering for your purification which Moses appointed, as evidence for them.«

wmth@Luke:5:15 @ But all the more the report about Him spread abroad, and great multitudes crowded to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

wmth@Luke:5:22 @ Well aware of their reasonings, Jesus answered their questions by asking in turn, »What is this that you are debating in your hearts?

wmth@Luke:5:24 @ But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins« –Turning to the paralytic He said, »I bid you, Rise, take up your bed, and go home.«

wmth@Luke:5:25 @ Instantly he stood up in their presence, took up the mattress on which he had been lying, and went away to his home, giving glory to God.

wmth@Luke:5:27 @ After this He went out and noticed a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the Toll office; and He said to him, »Follow me.«

wmth@Luke:5:29 @ Levi also gave a great entertainment at his house in honour of Jesus, and there was a large party of tax-gatherers and others at table with them.

wmth@Luke:5:30 @ This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, »Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?«

wmth@Luke:5:33 @ Again they said to Him, »John's disciples fast often and pray, as do also those of the pharisees; but yours eat and drink.«

wmth@Luke:5:35 @ But a time for this will come, when the Bridegroom has been taken away from them: then, at that time, they will fast.«

wmth@Luke:5:36 @ He also spoke in figurative language to them. »No one,« He said, »tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old.

wmth@Luke:6:1 @ Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain.

wmth@Luke:6:2 @ And some of the Pharisees asked, »Why are you doing what the Law forbids on the Sabbath?«

wmth@Luke:6:3 @ »Have you never read so much as this,« answered Jesus– »what David did when he and his followers were hungry;

wmth@Luke:6:4 @ how he entered the house of God and took and ate the Presented Loaves and gave some to his followers–loaves which none but the Priests are allowed to eat?«

wmth@Luke:6:5 @ »The Son of Man,« He added, »is Lord of the Sabbath also.«

wmth@Luke:6:6 @ On another Sabbath He had gone to the synagogue and was teaching there; and in the congregation was a man whose right arm was withered.

wmth@Luke:6:7 @ The Scribes and the Pharisees were on the watch to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath that they might be able to bring an accusation against Him.

wmth@Luke:6:9 @ Then Jesus said to them, »I put it to you all whether we are allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil; to save a life, or to destroy it.«

wmth@Luke:6:11 @ But they were filled with madness, and began to discuss with one another what they should do to Jesus.

wmth@Luke:6:12 @ About that time He went out on one occasion into the hill country to pray; and He remained all night in prayer to God.

wmth@Luke:6:15 @ Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

wmth@Luke:6:16 @ James's relative Judas, and Judas Iscariot who proved to be a traitor.

wmth@Luke:6:17 @ With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

wmth@Luke:6:21 @ »Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied.« Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.

wmth@Luke:6:22 @ »Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.«

wmth@Luke:6:23 @ »Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets!«

wmth@Luke:6:24 @ »But alas for you rich men, because you already have your consolation!«

wmth@Luke:6:25 @ »Alas for you who now have plenty to eat, because you will be hungry!« Alas for you who laugh now, because you will mourn and weep aloud!

wmth@Luke:6:26 @ »Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the false Prophets!«

wmth@Luke:6:27 @ »But to you who are listening to me I say, Love your enemies; seek the welfare of those who hate you;«

wmth@Luke:6:32 @ »If you love those who love you, what credit is it to you? Why, even bad men love those who love them.«

wmth@Luke:6:33 @ And if you are kind to those who are kind to you, what credit is it to you? Even bad men act thus.

wmth@Luke:6:34 @ And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is it to you? Even bad men lend to their fellows so as to receive back an equal amount.

wmth@Luke:6:35 @ Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

wmth@Luke:6:36 @ Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.

wmth@Luke:6:38 @ give, and gifts shall be bestowed on you. Full measure, pressed, shaken down, and running over, shall they pour into your laps; for with the same measure that you use they shall measure to you in return.«

wmth@Luke:6:39 @ He also spoke to them in figurative language. »Can a blind man lead a blind man?« He asked; »would not both fall into the ditch?

wmth@Luke:6:41 @ »And why look at the splinter in your brother's eye instead of giving careful attention to the beam in your own?«

wmth@Luke:6:42 @ How can you say to your brother, `Brother, let me take that splinter out of your eye,' when all the while you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? Vain pretender! take the beam out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.

wmth@Luke:6:43 @ »There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit.«

wmth@Luke:6:44 @ Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.

wmth@Luke:6:45 @ A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

wmth@Luke:6:46 @ »And why do you all call me `Master, Master' and yet not do what I tell you?«

wmth@Luke:6:48 @ He is like a man building a house, who digs and goes deep, and lays the foundation on the rock; and when a flood comes, the torrent bursts upon that house, but is unable to shake it, because it is securely built.

wmth@Luke:6:49 @ But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house.«

wmth@Luke:7:2 @ Here the servant of a certain Captain, a man dear to his master, was ill and at the point of death;

wmth@Luke:7:4 @ And they, when they came to Jesus, earnestly entreated Him, pleading, »He deserves to have this favour granted him,

wmth@Luke:7:5 @ for he loves our nation, and at his own expense he built our synagogue for us.«

wmth@Luke:7:8 @ For I too am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one, `Go,' and he goes; to another, `Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, `Do this or that,' and he does it.«

wmth@Luke:7:9 @ Jesus listened to the Captain's message and was astonished at him, and He turned and said to the crowd that followed Him, »I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that.«

wmth@Luke:7:11 @ Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.

wmth@Luke:7:12 @ And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

wmth@Luke:7:15 @ The dead man sat up and began to speak; and He restored him to his mother.

wmth@Luke:7:16 @ All were awe-struck, and they gave glory to God–some saying, »A Prophet, a great Prophet, has risen up among us.« Others said, »God has not forgotten His People.«

wmth@Luke:7:17 @ And the report of what Jesus had done spread through the whole of Judaea and in all the surrounding districts.

wmth@Luke:7:19 @ so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. »Are you the Coming One?« he asked, »or is there another that we are to expect?«

wmth@Luke:7:20 @ The men came to Jesus and said, »John the Baptist has sent us to you with this question: `Are you the Coming One, or is there another that we are to expect?'«

wmth@Luke:7:21 @ He immediately cured many of diseases, severe pain, and evil spirits, and to many who were blind He gave the gift of sight.

wmth@Luke:7:22 @ Then He answered the messengers, »Go and report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind men receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are purified, deaf persons hear, the dead are raised to life, the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them.

wmth@Luke:7:24 @ When John's messengers were gone, He proceeded to say to the multitude concerning John, »What did you go out into the Desert to gaze at? A reed waving in the wind?

wmth@Luke:7:25 @ But what did you go out to see? A man wearing luxurious clothes? People who are gorgeously dressed and live in luxury are found in palaces.

wmth@Luke:7:26 @ But what did you go out to see? A Prophet? Aye, I tell you, and far more than a Prophet.

wmth@Luke:7:28 @ »I tell you that among all of women born there is not one greater than John. Yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.«

wmth@Luke:7:29 @ And all the people, including the tax-gatherers, when they listened to him upheld the righteousness of God, by being baptized with John's baptism.

wmth@Luke:7:30 @ But the Pharisees and expounders of the Law have frustrated God's purpose as to their own lives, by refusing to be baptized.

wmth@Luke:7:31 @ »To what then shall I compare the men of the present generation, and what do they resemble?«

wmth@Luke:7:33 @ For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, `He has a demon!'

wmth@Luke:7:34 @ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, `Look, there is a man who is overfond of eating and drinking–he is a friend of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners!'

wmth@Luke:7:36 @ Now one of the Pharisees repeatedly invited Him to a meal at his house; so He entered the house and reclined at the table.

wmth@Luke:7:37 @ And there was a woman in the town who was a notorious sinner. Having learnt that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house she brought a flask of perfume,

wmth@Luke:7:39 @ Noticing this, the Pharisee, His host, said to himself, »This man, if he were really a Prophet, would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him–and would know that she is an immoral woman.«

wmth@Luke:7:44 @ Then turning towards the woman He said to Simon, »Do you see this woman? I came into your house: you gave me no water for my feet; but she has made my feet wet with her tears, and then wiped the tears away with her hair.

wmth@Luke:7:47 @ This is the reason why I tell you that her sins, her many sins, are forgiven–because she has loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.«

wmth@Luke:7:50 @ But He said to the woman, »Your faith has cured you: go, and be at peace.«

wmth@Luke:8:4 @ And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

wmth@Luke:8:9 @ The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.

wmth@Luke:8:10 @ »To you,« He replied, »it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but all others are taught by parables, in order that they may see and yet not see, and may hear and yet not understand.

wmth@Luke:8:14 @ That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.

wmth@Luke:8:15 @ But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.

wmth@Luke:8:16 @ »When any one lights a lamp, he does not cover it with a vessel or hide it under a couch; he puts it on a lampstand, that people who enter the room may see the light.«

wmth@Luke:8:18 @ Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything, to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing, even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him.«

wmth@Luke:8:22 @ One day He went on board a boat–both He and his disciples; and He said to them, »Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake.« So they set sail.

wmth@Luke:8:24 @ So they came and woke Him, crying, »Rabbi, Rabbi, we are drowning.« Then He roused Himself and rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased and there was a calm.

wmth@Luke:8:28 @ When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, »What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? Do not torture me, I beseech you.«

wmth@Luke:8:29 @ For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.

wmth@Luke:8:30 @ »What is your name?« Jesus asked him. »Legion,« he replied–because a great number of demons had entered into him;

wmth@Luke:8:32 @ Now there was a great herd of swine there feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Him to give them leave to go into them, and He gave them leave.

wmth@Luke:8:34 @ The swineherds, seeing what had happened, fled and reported it both in town and country;

wmth@Luke:8:35 @ whereupon the people came out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were terrified.

wmth@Luke:8:37 @ Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.

wmth@Luke:8:39 @ »Return home,« He said, »and tell there all that God has done for you.« So he went and published through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

wmth@Luke:8:41 @ Just then there came a man named Jair, a Warden of the Synagogue, who threw himself at the feet of Jesus, and entreated Him to come to his house;

wmth@Luke:8:46 @ »Some one has touched me,« Jesus replied, »for I feel that power has gone out from me.«

wmth@Luke:8:47 @ Then the woman, perceiving that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and throwing herself down at His feet she stated before all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she was instantly cured.

wmth@Luke:8:48 @ »Daughter,« said He, »your faith has cured you; go, and be at peace.«

wmth@Luke:8:51 @ So He came to the house, but allowed no one to go in with Him but Peter and John and James and the girl's father and mother.

wmth@Luke:8:52 @ The people were all weeping aloud and beating their breasts for her; but He said, »Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep.«

wmth@Luke:8:53 @ And they jeered at Him, knowing that she was dead.

wmth@Luke:8:56 @ Her parents were astounded; but He forbad them to mention the matter to any one.

wmth@Luke:9:4 @ Whatever house you enter, make that your home, and from it start afresh.

wmth@Luke:9:5 @ Wherever they refuse to receive you, as you leave that town shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them.«

wmth@Luke:9:7 @ Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was going on; and he was bewildered because of its being said by some that John had come back to life,

wmth@Luke:9:8 @ by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that some one of the ancient Prophets had come back to life.

wmth@Luke:9:10 @ The Apostles, on their return, related to Jesus all they had done. Then He took them and withdrew to a quiet retreat, to a town called Bethsaida.

wmth@Luke:9:12 @ Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said, »Send the people away, that they may go to the villages and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food; because here we are in an uninhabited district.«

wmth@Luke:9:17 @ So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.

wmth@Luke:9:18 @ One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, »Who do the people say that I am?«

wmth@Luke:9:19 @ »John the Baptist,« they replied; »but others say Elijah; and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come back to life.«

wmth@Luke:9:20 @ »But you,« He asked, »who do you say that I am?«»God's Anointed One,« replied Peter.

wmth@Luke:9:22 @ and He said, »The Son of Man must suffer much cruelty, be rejected by the Elders and High Priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised to life again.«

wmth@Luke:9:25 @ Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.

wmth@Luke:9:26 @ For whoever shall have been ashamed of me and my teachings, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own and the Father's glory and in that of the holy angels.

wmth@Luke:9:27 @ I tell you truly that there are some of those who stand here who will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God.«

wmth@Luke:9:28 @ It was about eight days after this that Jesus, taking with Him Peter, John, and James, went up the mountain to pray.

wmth@Luke:9:31 @ They came in glory, and kept speaking about His death, which He was so soon to undergo in Jerusalem.

wmth@Luke:9:33 @ And when they were preparing to depart from Him, Peter said to Jesus, »Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents–one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.« He did not know what he was saying.

wmth@Luke:9:36 @ After this voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They kept it to themselves, and said not a word to any one at that time about what they had seen.

wmth@Luke:9:37 @ On the following day, when they were come down from the mountain, a great crowd came to meet Him;

wmth@Luke:9:39 @ At times a spirit seizes him and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him, and makes him foam at the mouth, and does not leave him till it has well-nigh covered him with bruises.

wmth@Luke:9:40 @ I entreated your disciples to expel the spirit, but they could not.«

wmth@Luke:9:41 @ »O unbelieving and perverse generation!« replied Jesus; »how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here to me.«

wmth@Luke:9:42 @ Now while the youth was coming, the spirit dashed him to the ground and cruelly convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the foul spirit, and cured the youth and gave him back to his father.

wmth@Luke:9:43 @ And all were awe-struck at the mighty power of God. And while every one was expressing wonder at all that He was doing, He said to his disciples,

wmth@Luke:9:45 @ But they did not understand His meaning: it was veiled from them that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

wmth@Luke:9:46 @ Now there arose a dispute among them, which of them was to be the greatest.

wmth@Luke:9:47 @ And Jesus, knowing the reasoning that was in their hearts, took a young child and made him stand by His side

wmth@Luke:9:48 @ and said to them, »Whoever for my sake receives this little child, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives Him who sent me. For the lowliest among you all–he is the greatest.«

wmth@Luke:9:59 @ »Follow me,« He said to another. »Master,« the man replied, »allow me first to go and bury my father.«

wmth@Luke:9:61 @ »Master,« said yet another, »I will follow you; but allow me first to go and say good-bye to my friends at home.«

wmth@Luke:10:2 @ And He addressed them thus: »The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few: therefore entreat the Owner of the harvest to send out more reapers into His fields. And now go.

wmth@Luke:10:3 @ Remember that I am sending you out as lambs into the midst of wolves.

wmth@Luke:10:5 @ »Whatever house you enter, first say, `Peace be to this house!'«

wmth@Luke:10:7 @ And in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table; for the labourer deserves his wages. Do not move from one house to another.

wmth@Luke:10:8 @ »And whatever town you come to and they receive you, eat what they put before you.«

wmth@Luke:10:9 @ Cure the sick in that town, and tell them, »`The Kingdom of God is now at your door.'

wmth@Luke:10:10 @ »But whatever town you come to and they will not receive you, go out into the broader streets and say,«

wmth@Luke:10:11 @ »`The very dust of your town that hangs about us we wipe off as a protest. Only be sure of this, that the Kingdom of God is close at hand.'«

wmth@Luke:10:12 @ »I tell you that it will be more endurable for Sodom on the great day than for that town.«

wmth@Luke:10:14 @ However, for Tyre and Sidon it will be more endurable at the Judgement than for you.

wmth@Luke:10:18 @ »I saw Satan fall like a lightning-flash out of Heaven,« He replied.

wmth@Luke:10:20 @ Nevertheless rejoice not at this, that the spirits submit to you; but rejoice that your names are registered in Heaven.«

wmth@Luke:10:21 @ On that same occasion Jesus was filled by the Holy Spirit with rapturous joy. »I give Thee fervent thanks,« He exclaimed, »O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of understanding, and hast revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will.

wmth@Luke:10:22 @ All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal Him.«

wmth@Luke:10:23 @ And He turned towards His disciples and said to them apart, »Blessed are the eyes which see what you see!

wmth@Luke:10:24 @ For I tell you that many Prophets and kings have desired to see the things you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things you hear, and have not heard them.«

wmth@Luke:10:25 @ Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. »Rabbi,« he asked, »what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?«

wmth@Luke:10:26 @ »Go to the Law,« said Jesus; »what is written there? how does it read?«

wmth@Luke:10:28 @ »A right answer,« said Jesus; »do that, and you shall live.«

wmth@Luke:10:29 @ But he, desiring to justify himself, said, »But what is meant by my `fellow man'?«

wmth@Luke:10:30 @ Jesus replied, »A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell among robbers, who after both stripping and beating him went away, leaving him half dead.

wmth@Luke:10:31 @ Now a priest happened to be going down that way, and on seeing him passed by on the other side.

wmth@Luke:10:35 @ The next day he took out two shillings and gave them to the innkeeper. »`Take care of him,' he said, `and whatever further expense you are put to, I will repay it you at my next visit.'

wmth@Luke:10:39 @ She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and listened to His teaching.

wmth@Luke:10:40 @ Martha meanwhile was busy and distracted in waiting at table, and she came and said, »Master, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do all the waiting? Tell her to assist me.«

wmth@Luke:11:1 @ At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, »Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.«

wmth@Luke:11:2 @ So He said to them, »When you pray, say, `Father may Thy name be kept holy; let Thy Kingdom come;

wmth@Luke:11:4 @ and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every one who fails in his duty to us; and bring us not into temptation.'«

wmth@Luke:11:6 @ for a friend of mine has just come to my house from a distance, and I have nothing for him to eat'?

wmth@Luke:11:8 @ »I tell you that even if he will not rise and give him the loaves because he is his friend, at any rate because of his persistency he will rouse himself and give him as many as he requires.«

wmth@Luke:11:9 @ »So I say to you, `Ask, and what you ask for shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.'«

wmth@Luke:11:11 @ And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?

wmth@Luke:11:13 @ If you then, with all your human frailty, know how to give your children gifts that are good for them, how much more certainly will your Father who is in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!«

wmth@Luke:11:15 @ But some among them said, »It is by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of the demons, that he expels the demons.«

wmth@Luke:11:17 @ And, knowing their thoughts, He said to them, »Every kingdom in which civil war rages goes to ruin: family attacks family and is overthrown.

wmth@Luke:11:18 @ And if Satan really has engaged in fierce conflict with himself, how shall his kingdom stand?–because you say that I expel demons by the power of Baal-zebul.

wmth@Luke:11:19 @ And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons, by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges.

wmth@Luke:11:20 @ But if it is by the power of God that I drive out the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

wmth@Luke:11:22 @ but as soon as another stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away that complete armour of his in which he trusted, and distributes the plunder he has collected.

wmth@Luke:11:23 @ Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.

wmth@Luke:11:26 @ Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more malignant than itself, and they enter and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first.

wmth@Luke:11:27 @ As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, »Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked.«

wmth@Luke:11:28 @ »Nay rather,« He replied, »they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it.«

wmth@Luke:11:29 @ Now when the crowds came thronging upon Him, He proceeded to say, »The present generation is a wicked generation: it requires some sign, but no sign shall be given to it except that of Jonah.

wmth@Luke:11:30 @ For just as Jonah became a sign to the men of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a token to the present generation.

wmth@Luke:11:31 @ The Queen of the South will awake at the Judgement together with the men of the present generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the extremity of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; but mark! One greater than Solomon is here.

wmth@Luke:11:32 @ There will stand up men of Nineveh at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and mark! One greater than Jonah is here.

wmth@Luke:11:33 @ »When any one lights a lamp, he never puts it in the cellar or under the bushel, but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light.

wmth@Luke:11:35 @ Consider therefore whether the light that is in you is anything but mere darkness.

wmth@Luke:11:36 @ If, however, your whole body is penetrated with light, and has no part dark, it will be so lighted, all of it, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.«

wmth@Luke:11:37 @ When He had thus spoken, a Pharisee invited Him to breakfast at his house; so He entered and took His place at table.

wmth@Luke:11:38 @ Now the Pharisee saw to his surprise that He did not wash His hands before breakfasting.

wmth@Luke:11:39 @ The Master however said to him, »Here we see how you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup or plate, while your secret hearts are full of greed and selfishness.

wmth@Luke:11:41 @ But as to what is within, give alms, and instantly all is clean in you.

wmth@Luke:11:42 @ »But alas for you Pharisees! for you pay tithes on your mint and rue and every kind of garden vegetable, and are indifferent to justice and the love of God. These are the things you ought to have attended to, while not neglecting the others.

wmth@Luke:11:43 @ Alas for you Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues, and you like to be bowed to in places of public resort.

wmth@Luke:11:47 @ Alas for you! for you repair the tombs of the Prophets, whom your forefathers killed.

wmth@Luke:11:48 @ It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.

wmth@Luke:11:50 @ so that the blood of all the Prophets, that is being shed from the creation of the world onwards, may be required from the present generation.

wmth@Luke:11:51 @ Yes, I tell you that, from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the House, it shall all be required from the present generation.

wmth@Luke:11:53 @ After He had left the house, the Scribes and Pharisees commenced a vehement attempt to entangle Him and make Him give off-hand answers on numerous points,

wmth@Luke:11:54 @ lying in wait to catch some unguarded expression from His lips.

wmth@Luke:12:1 @ Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, »Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.

wmth@Luke:12:2 @ There is nothing that is covered up which will not be uncovered, nor hidden which will not become known.

wmth@Luke:12:3 @ Whatever therefore you have said in the dark, will be heard in the light; and what you have whispered within closed doors will be proclaimed from the house-tops.

wmth@Luke:12:4 @ »But to you who are my friends I say,« `Be not afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do nothing further.

wmth@Luke:12:8 @ »And I tell you that every man who shall have acknowledged me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.«

wmth@Luke:12:11 @ And when they are bringing you before synagogues and magistrates and governors, do not anxiously ponder the manner or matter of your defence, nor what you are to say;

wmth@Luke:12:12 @ for the Holy Spirit shall teach you at that very moment what you must say.«

wmth@Luke:12:14 @ »Man,« He replied, »who has constituted me a judge or arbitrator over you?«

wmth@Luke:12:17 @ and he debated within himself, saying, »`What am I to do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

wmth@Luke:12:18 @ »And he said to himself,« `This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;

wmth@Luke:12:19 @ and I will say to my life, »`Life, you have ample possessions laid up for many years to come: take your ease, eat, drink, enjoy yourself.'

wmth@Luke:12:20 @ »But God said to him,« `Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations–for whom shall they be?'

wmth@Luke:12:22 @ Then turning to His disciples He said, »For this reason I say to you, `Dismiss all anxious care for your lives, inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you are to put on.'

wmth@Luke:12:23 @ For life is a greater gift than food, and the body is a greater gift than clothing.

wmth@Luke:12:26 @ If then you are unable to do even a very little thing, why be over-anxious about other matters?

wmth@Luke:12:27 @ Observe the lilies, how they grow. They neither labour nor spin. And yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was as beautifully dressed as one of these.

wmth@Luke:12:28 @ But if God so clothes the vegetation in the fields, that blooms to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more certainly will He clothe you, you men of feeble faith!

wmth@Luke:12:29 @ »Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.«

wmth@Luke:12:30 @ For though the nations of the world pursue these things, as for you, your Father knows that you need them.

wmth@Luke:12:32 @ »Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom.«

wmth@Luke:12:33 @ Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, a treasure inexhaustible in Heaven, where no thief can come nor moth consume.

wmth@Luke:12:36 @ and be yourselves like men waiting for their master –on the look-out till he shall return from the wedding feast– that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door instantly.

wmth@Luke:12:37 @ Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them.

wmth@Luke:12:38 @ And whether it be in the second watch or in the third that He comes and finds them so, blessed are they.

wmth@Luke:12:39 @ Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

wmth@Luke:12:40 @ Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come.«

wmth@Luke:12:42 @ »Who, then,« replied the Lord, »is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times?

wmth@Luke:12:43 @ Blessed is that servant whom his Master when He comes shall find so doing.

wmth@Luke:12:44 @ I tell you truly that He will put him in authority over all His possessions.

wmth@Luke:12:45 @ But if that servant should say in his heart, `My Master is a long time in coming,' and should begin to beat the menservants and the maids, and to eat and drink, drinking even to excess;

wmth@Luke:12:46 @ that servant's Master will come on a day when he is not expecting Him and at an hour that he knows not of, and will punish him severely, and make him share the lot of the unfaithful.

wmth@Luke:12:47 @ And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes.

wmth@Luke:12:48 @ But he who had not been told it and yet did what deserved the scourge, will receive but few lashes. To whomsoever much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him a larger amount will be demanded.

wmth@Luke:12:49 @ »I came to throw fire upon the earth, and what is my desire? Oh that it were even now kindled!

wmth@Luke:12:51 @ Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension.

wmth@Luke:12:53 @ father against son and son against father; mother attacking daughter and daughter her mother, mother-in-law her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law her mother-in-law.«

wmth@Luke:12:54 @ Then He said to the people also, »When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, `There is to be a shower;' and it comes to pass.

wmth@Luke:12:57 @ »Why, too, do you not of yourselves arrive at just conclusions?

wmth@Luke:12:58 @ For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.

wmth@Luke:13:1 @ Just at that time people came to tell Him about the Galilaeans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

wmth@Luke:13:2 @ »Do you suppose,« He asked in reply, »that those Galilaeans were worse sinners than the mass of the Galilaeans, because this happened to them?

wmth@Luke:13:4 @ Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell, do you suppose they had failed in their duty more than all the rest of the people who live in Jerusalem?

wmth@Luke:13:9 @ If after that it bears fruit, well and good; if it does not, then you shall cut it down.'«

wmth@Luke:13:10 @ Once He was teaching on the Sabbath in one of the synagogues

wmth@Luke:13:13 @ And He put His hands on her, and she immediately stood upright and began to give glory to God.

wmth@Luke:13:14 @ Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, »There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day.«

wmth@Luke:13:15 @ But the Lord's reply to him was, »Hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his bullock or his ass from the stall and lead him to water?

wmth@Luke:13:16 @ And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?«

wmth@Luke:13:17 @ When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed, while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious things continually done by Him.

wmth@Luke:13:18 @ This prompted Him to say, »What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what shall I compare it?

wmth@Luke:13:20 @ And again He said, »To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

wmth@Luke:13:24 @ »Strain every nerve to force your way in through the narrow gate,« He answered; »for multitudes, I tell you, will endeavour to find a way in and will not succeed.

wmth@Luke:13:25 @ As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door, and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door and say, »`Sir, open the door for us' –«`I do not know you,' He answers; `you are no friends of mine.'

wmth@Luke:13:26 @ »Then you will plead,« `We have eaten and drunk in your company and you have taught in our streets.'

wmth@Luke:13:27 @ »But He will reply,« `I tell you that you are no friends of mine. Begone from me, all of you, wrongdoers that you are.'

wmth@Luke:13:29 @ They will come from east and west, from north and south, and will sit down at the banquet in the Kingdom of God.

wmth@Luke:13:30 @ And I tell you that some now last will then be first, and some now first will then be last.«

wmth@Luke:13:31 @ Just at that time there came some Pharisees who warned Him, saying, »Leave this place and continue your journey; Herod means to kill you.«

wmth@Luke:13:32 @ »Go,« He replied, »and take this message to that fox: «`See, to-day and to-morrow I am driving out demons and effecting cures, and on the third day I finish my course.'

wmth@Luke:13:33 @ »Yet I must continue my journey to-day and to-morrow and the day following; for it is not conceivable that a Prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

wmth@Luke:13:34 @ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!

wmth@Luke:13:35 @ See, your house is left to you. But I tell you that you will never see me again until you say,

wmth@Luke:14:1 @ One day –it was a Sabbath– He was taking a meal at the house of one of the Rulers of the Pharisee party, while they were closely watching Him.

wmth@Luke:14:3 @ This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, »Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?«

wmth@Luke:14:5 @ Then He turned to them and said, »Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?«

wmth@Luke:14:7 @ Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,

wmth@Luke:14:8 @ »When any one invites you to a wedding banquet, do not take the best seat, lest perhaps some more honoured guest than you may have been asked,

wmth@Luke:14:10 @ On the contrary, when you are invited go and take the lowest place, that when your host comes round he may say to you, `My friend, come up higher.' This will be doing you honour in the presence of all the other guests.

wmth@Luke:14:12 @ Also to His host, who had invited Him, He said, »When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbours, lest perhaps they should invite you in return and a requital be made you.

wmth@Luke:14:14 @ and you will be blessed, because they have no means of requiting you, but there will be requital for you at the Resurrection of the righteous.«

wmth@Luke:14:16 @ »A man once gave a great dinner,« replied Jesus, »to which he invited a large number of guests.

wmth@Luke:14:17 @ At dinner-time he sent his servant to announce to those who had been invited, »`Come, for things are now ready.'

wmth@Luke:14:18 @ »But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him,« `I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold me excused.'

wmth@Luke:14:22 @ »Soon the servant reported the result, saying,« `Sir, what you ordered is done, and there is room still.'

wmth@Luke:14:23 @ »`Go out,' replied the master, `to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.

wmth@Luke:14:24 @ For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my dinner.'«

wmth@Luke:14:25 @ On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned and said,

wmth@Luke:14:26 @ »If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.«

wmth@Luke:14:28 @ »Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it?« –

wmth@Luke:14:29 @ lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,

wmth@Luke:14:31 @ Or what king, marching to encounter another king in war, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?

wmth@Luke:14:33 @ Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.

wmth@Luke:14:34 @ »Salt is good: but if even the salt has become tasteless, what will you use to season it?

wmth@Luke:15:1 @ Now the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners were everywhere in the habit of coming close to Him to listen to Him;

wmth@Luke:15:2 @ and this led the Pharisees and the Scribes indignantly to complain, saying, »He gives a welcome to notorious sinners, and joins them at their meals!«

wmth@Luke:15:3 @ So in figurative language He asked them,

wmth@Luke:15:5 @ And when he has found it, he lifts it on his shoulder, glad at heart.

wmth@Luke:15:6 @ Then coming home he calls his friends and neighbours together, and says, `Congratulate me, for I have found my sheep–the one I had lost.'

wmth@Luke:15:7 @ I tell you that in the same way there will be rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner–more rejoicing than over ninety-nine blameless persons who have no need of repentance.

wmth@Luke:15:8 @ »Or what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully till she finds it?«

wmth@Luke:15:9 @ And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbours, and says, »`Congratulate me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'

wmth@Luke:15:10 @ »I tell you that in the same way there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one repentant sinner.«

wmth@Luke:15:12 @ The younger of them said to his father, »`Father, give me the share of the property that comes to me.' «So he divided his wealth between them.

wmth@Luke:15:14 @ At last, when he had spent everything, there came a terrible famine throughout that country, and he began to feel the pinch of want.

wmth@Luke:15:15 @ So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;

wmth@Luke:15:16 @ and he longed to make a hearty meal of the pods the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.

wmth@Luke:15:17 @ »But on coming to himself he said,« `How many of my father's hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am dying of hunger!

wmth@Luke:15:18 @ I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you:

wmth@Luke:15:19 @ I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'

wmth@Luke:15:20 @ »So he rose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and pitied him, and ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him tenderly.«

wmth@Luke:15:21 @ »`Father,' cried the son, `I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.'«

wmth@Luke:15:22 @ »But the father said to his servants,« `Fetch a good coat quickly –the best one– and put it on him; and bring a ring for his finger and shoes for his feet.

wmth@Luke:15:23 @ Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves;

wmth@Luke:15:26 @ Then he called one of the lads to him and asked what all this meant.

wmth@Luke:15:27 @ »`Your brother has come,' he replied; `and your father has had the fat calf killed, because he has got him home safe and sound.'«

wmth@Luke:15:28 @ »Then he was angry and would not go in. But his father came out and entreated him.«

wmth@Luke:15:29 @ »`All these years,' replied the son, `I have been slaving for you, and I have never at any time disobeyed any of your orders, and yet you have never given me so much as a kid, for me to enjoy myself with my friends;«

wmth@Luke:15:30 @ but now that this son of yours is come who has eaten up your property among his bad women, you have killed the fat calf for him.'

wmth@Luke:15:31 @ »`You my dear son,' said the father, `are always with me, and all that is mine is also yours.«

wmth@Luke:16:1 @ He said also to His disciples: »There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.

wmth@Luke:16:2 @ He called him and said, »`What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'

wmth@Luke:16:3 @ »Then the steward said within himself,« `What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

wmth@Luke:16:4 @ I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'

wmth@Luke:16:7 @ »To a second he said,« `And how much do you owe?' »`A hundred quarters of wheat,' was the answer.« »`Here is your account,' said he: `change it into eighty quarters.'«

wmth@Luke:16:8 @ »And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light.«

wmth@Luke:16:9 @ »But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents that never perish.«

wmth@Luke:16:10 @ The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.

wmth@Luke:16:11 @ If therefore you have not proved yourselves faithful in dealing with the wealth that is tainted with fraud, who will entrust to you the true good?

wmth@Luke:16:12 @ And if you have not been faithful in dealing with that which is not your own, who will give you that which is your own?

wmth@Luke:16:13 @ »No servant can be in bondage to two masters. For either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will cling fast to one and scorn the other. You cannot be bondservants both of God and of gold.«

wmth@Luke:16:14 @ To all this the Pharisees listened, bitterly jeering at Him; for they were lovers of money.

wmth@Luke:16:15 @ »You are they,« He said to them, »who boast of their own goodness before men, but God sees your hearts; for that which holds a proud position among men is detestable in God's sight.

wmth@Luke:16:16 @ The Law and the Prophets continued until John came: from that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been spreading, and all classes have been forcing their way into it.

wmth@Luke:16:20 @ while at his outer door there lay a beggar, Lazarus by name,

wmth@Luke:16:24 @ So he cried aloud, and said, »`Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'

wmth@Luke:16:25 @ »`Remember, my child,' said Abraham, `that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.«

wmth@Luke:16:26 @ And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'

wmth@Luke:16:27 @ »`I entreat you then, father,' said he, `to send him to my father's house.«

wmth@Luke:16:30 @ »`No, father Abraham,' he pleaded; `but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'«

wmth@Luke:17:1 @ Jesus said to His disciples, »It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!

wmth@Luke:17:2 @ It would be well for him if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea, rather than that he should cause even one of these little ones to fall.

wmth@Luke:17:7 @ But which of you who has a servant ploughing, or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the farm, `Come at once and take your place at table,'

wmth@Luke:17:8 @ and will not rather say to him, `Get my dinner ready, make yourself tidy, and wait upon me till I have finished my dinner, and then you shall have yours'?

wmth@Luke:17:10 @ So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, »`There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'«

wmth@Luke:17:12 @ And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.

wmth@Luke:17:15 @ One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,

wmth@Luke:17:16 @ and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.

wmth@Luke:17:20 @ Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God was coming, He answered, »The Kingdom of God does not so come that you can stealthily watch for it.

wmth@Luke:17:25 @ But first He must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the present generation.

wmth@Luke:17:27 @ Men were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving wives, up to the very day on which Noah entered the Ark, and the Deluge came and destroyed them all.

wmth@Luke:17:28 @ The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;

wmth@Luke:17:29 @ but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.

wmth@Luke:17:30 @ Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.

wmth@Luke:17:31 @ »On that day, if a man is on the roof and his property indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back.«

wmth@Luke:17:34 @ On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.

wmth@Luke:18:1 @ He also taught them by a parable that they must always pray and never lose heart.

wmth@Luke:18:3 @ And in the same town was a widow who repeatedly came and entreated him, saying, »`Give me justice and stop my oppressor.'

wmth@Luke:18:10 @ »Two men went up to the Temple to pray,« He said; »one being a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.

wmth@Luke:18:11 @ The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: »`O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people–I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.

wmth@Luke:18:13 @ »But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not so much as lift his eyes to Heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying,« `O God, be reconciled to me, sinner that I am.'

wmth@Luke:18:14 @ »I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted.«

wmth@Luke:18:16 @ Jesus however called the infants to Him. »Let the little children come to me,« He said; »do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs.

wmth@Luke:18:17 @ I tell you in solemn truth that, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will certainly not enter it.«

wmth@Luke:18:18 @ The question was put to Him by a Ruler:»Good Rabbi, what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?«

wmth@Luke:18:29 @ »I solemnly tell you,« replied Jesus, »that there is no one who has left house or wife, or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of God's Kingdom,

wmth@Luke:18:30 @ who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this life, and in the age that is coming the Life of the Ages.«

wmth@Luke:18:33 @ They will scourge Him and put Him to death, and on the third day He will rise to life again.«

wmth@Luke:18:34 @ Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.

wmth@Luke:18:36 @ He heard a crowd of people going past, and inquired what it all meant.

wmth@Luke:18:38 @ Then, at the top of his voice, he cried out, »Jesus, son of David, take pity on me.«

wmth@Luke:18:40 @ At length Jesus stopped and desired them to bring the man to Him; and when he had come close to Him He asked him,

wmth@Luke:18:41 @ »What shall I do for you?« »Sir,« he replied, »let me recover my sight.«

wmth@Luke:19:3 @ He was anxious to see what sort of man Jesus was; but he could not because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

wmth@Luke:19:4 @ So he ran on in front and climbed up a mulberry tree to see Him; for He was about to pass that way.

wmth@Luke:19:5 @ As soon as Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, »Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for I must stay at your house to-day.«

wmth@Luke:19:7 @ When they all saw this, they began to complain with indignation. »He has gone in to be the guest of a notorious sinner!« they said.

wmth@Luke:19:9 @ Turning towards him, Jesus replied, »To-day salvation has come to this house, seeing that he too is a son of Abraham.

wmth@Luke:19:10 @ For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.«

wmth@Luke:19:11 @ As they were listening to His words, He went on to teach them by a parable, because He was near to Jerusalem and they supposed that the Kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

wmth@Luke:19:14 @ »Now his countrymen hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, `We are not willing that he should become our king.'«

wmth@Luke:19:15 @ And upon his return, after he had obtained the sovereignty, he ordered those servants to whom he had given the money to be summoned before him, that he might learn their success in trading.

wmth@Luke:19:17 @ »`Well done, good servant,' he replied; `because you have been faithful in a very small matter, be in authority over ten towns.'«

wmth@Luke:19:21 @ For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

wmth@Luke:19:22 @ »`By your own words,' he replied, `I will judge you, you bad servant. You knew me to be a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow:«

wmth@Luke:19:23 @ why then did you not put my money into a bank, that when I came I might have received it back with interest?

wmth@Luke:19:26 @ »`I tell you that to every one who has anything, more shall be given; and from him who has not anything, even what he has shall be taken away.

wmth@Luke:19:27 @ But as for those enemies of mine who were unwilling that I should become their king, bring them here, and cut them to pieces in my presence.'«

wmth@Luke:19:29 @ And when he was come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount called the Oliveyard, He sent two of the disciples on in front,

wmth@Luke:19:40 @ »I tell you,« He replied, »that if became silent, the very stones would cry out.«

wmth@Luke:19:42 @ »O that at this time thou hadst known –yes even thou– what makes peace possible! But now it is hid from thine eyes.

wmth@Luke:19:44 @ And they will dash thee to the ground and thy children within thee, and will not leave one stone upon another within thee; because thou hast not recognized the time of thy visitation.«

wmth@Luke:20:2 @ together with the Elders, and they asked Him, »Tell us, By what authority are you doing these things? And who is it that gave you this authority?«

wmth@Luke:20:5 @ So they debated the matter with one another. »If we say `Heavenly,'« they argued, »he will say, `Why did you not believe him?'

wmth@Luke:20:6 @ And if we say, `human,' the people will all stone us; for they are thoroughly convinced that John was a Prophet.«

wmth@Luke:20:7 @ And they answered that they did not know the origin of it.

wmth@Luke:20:8 @ »Nor will I tell you,« said Jesus, »by what authority I do these things.«

wmth@Luke:20:10 @ At vintage-time he sent a servant to the vine-dressers, for them to give him a share of the crop; but the vine-dressers beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

wmth@Luke:20:11 @ Then he sent a second servant; and him too they beat and ill treated and sent away empty-handed.

wmth@Luke:20:13 @ Then the owner of the vineyard said, »`What am I to do? I will send my son–my dearly-loved son: they will probably respect him.'

wmth@Luke:20:14 @ »But when the vine-dressers saw him, they discussed the matter with one another, and said,« `This is the heir: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'

wmth@Luke:20:15 @ »So they turned him out of the vineyard and murdered him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?«

wmth@Luke:20:16 @ He will come and put these vine-dressers to death, and give the vineyard to others.« »God forbid!« exclaimed the hearers.

wmth@Luke:20:17 @ He looked at them and said, »What then does that mean which is written,

wmth@Luke:20:18 @ Every one who falls on that stone will be severely hurt, but on whomsoever it falls, he will be utterly crushed.«

wmth@Luke:20:19 @ At this the Scribes and the High Priests wanted to lay hands on Him, then and there; only they were afraid of the people. For they saw that in this parable He had referred to them.

wmth@Luke:20:20 @ So, after impatiently watching their opportunity, they sent spies who were to act the part of good and honest men, that they might fasten on some expression of His, so as to hand Him over to the ruling power and the Governor's authority.

wmth@Luke:20:21 @ So they put a question to Him. »Rabbi,« they said, »we know that you say and teach what is right and that you make no distinctions between one man and another, but teach God's way truly.

wmth@Luke:20:25 @ »Pay therefore,« He replied, »what is Caesar's to Caesar–and what is God's to God.«

wmth@Luke:20:26 @ There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.

wmth@Luke:20:27 @ Next some of the Sadducees came forward (who deny that there is a Resurrection), and they asked Him,

wmth@Luke:20:28 @ »Rabbi, Moses made it a law for us that if a man's brother should die, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.«

wmth@Luke:20:33 @ The woman, then –at the Resurrection– whose wife shall she be? for they all seven married her.«

wmth@Luke:20:35 @ But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

wmth@Luke:20:37 @ But that the dead rise to life even Moses clearly implies in the passage about the Bush, where he calls the Lord

wmth@Luke:20:40 @ From that time, however, no one ventured to challenge Him with a single question.

wmth@Luke:20:41 @ But He asked them, »How is it they say that the Christ is a son of David?

wmth@Luke:20:46 @ »Beware of the Scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love to be bowed to in places of public resort and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues or at a dinner party;

wmth@Luke:21:3 @ and He said, »In truth I tell you that this widow, so poor, has thrown in more than any of them.

wmth@Luke:21:4 @ For from what they could well spare they have all of them contributed to the offerings, but she in her need has thrown in all she had to live on.«

wmth@Luke:21:5 @ When some were remarking about the Temple, how it was embellished with beautiful stones and dedicated gifts, He said,

wmth@Luke:21:7 @ »Rabbi, when will this be?« they asked Him, »and what will be the token given when these things are about to take place?«

wmth@Luke:21:8 @ »See to it,« He replied, »that you are not misled; for many will come assuming my name and professing, `I am He,' or saying, `The time is close at hand.' Do not go and follow them.

wmth@Luke:21:9 @ But when you hear of wars and turmoils, be not afraid; for these things must happen first, but the end does not come immediately.«

wmth@Luke:21:11 @ And there will be great earthquakes, and in places famines and pestilence; and there will be terrible sights and wonderful tokens from Heaven.

wmth@Luke:21:16 @ You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, friends; and some of you they will put to death.

wmth@Luke:21:17 @ You will be the objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name;

wmth@Luke:21:19 @ By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.

wmth@Luke:21:20 @ »But when you see Jerusalem with armies encamping round her on every side, then be certain that her overthrow is close at hand.«

wmth@Luke:21:22 @ For those are the and of fulfilling all that is written.

wmth@Luke:21:23 @ »Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and anger towards this People.«

wmth@Luke:21:25 @ »There will be signs in sun, moon, and stars; and on earth anguish among the nations in their bewilderment at the roaring of the sea and its billows;«

wmth@Luke:21:26 @ while men's hearts are fainting for fear, and for anxious expectation of what is coming on the world. For

wmth@Luke:21:27 @ And then will they see the with great power and glory.

wmth@Luke:21:30 @ As soon as they have shot out their leaves, you know at a glance that summer is now near.

wmth@Luke:21:31 @ So also, when you see these things happening, you may be sure that the Kingdom of God is near.

wmth@Luke:21:32 @ I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

wmth@Luke:21:33 @ Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

wmth@Luke:21:34 @ »But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;

wmth@Luke:21:36 @ But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man.«

wmth@Luke:21:37 @ His habit at this time was to teach in the Temple by day, but to go out and spend the night on the Mount called the Oliveyard.

wmth@Luke:22:3 @ Satan, however, entered into Judas (the man called Iscariot) who was one of the Twelve.

wmth@Luke:22:5 @ This gave them great pleasure, and they agreed to pay him.

wmth@Luke:22:8 @ Jesus sent Peter and John with instructions. »Go,« He said, »and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.«

wmth@Luke:22:10 @ »You will no sooner have entered the city,« He replied, »than you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house to which he goes,

wmth@Luke:22:11 @ and say to the master of the house, »`The Rabbi asks you, Where is the room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?'

wmth@Luke:22:12 @ »And he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. There make your preparations.«

wmth@Luke:22:14 @ When the time was come, and He had taken His place at table, and the Apostles with Him,

wmth@Luke:22:15 @ He said to them, »Earnestly have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

wmth@Luke:22:16 @ for I tell you that I certainly shall not eat one again till its full meaning has been brought out in the Kingdom of God.«

wmth@Luke:22:18 @ for I tell you that from this time I will never drink the produce of the vine till the Kingdom of God has come.«

wmth@Luke:22:20 @ He gave them the cup in like manner, when the meal was over. »This cup,« He said, »is the new Covenant ratified by my blood which is to be poured out on your behalf.

wmth@Luke:22:21 @ Yet the hand of him who is betraying me is at the table with me.

wmth@Luke:22:22 @ For indeed the Son of Man goes on His way–His pre-destined way; yet alas for that man who is betraying Him!«

wmth@Luke:22:24 @ There arose also a dispute among them which of them should be regarded as greatest.

wmth@Luke:22:26 @ With you it is not so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and the leader be like him who serves.

wmth@Luke:22:27 @ For which is the greater–he who sits at table, or he who waits on him? Is it not he who sits at table? But my position among you is that of one who waits on others.

wmth@Luke:22:29 @ and I covenant to give you, as my Father has covenanted to give me, a Kingdom–

wmth@Luke:22:30 @ so that you shall eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones as judges over the twelve tribes of Israel.

wmth@Luke:22:31 @ »Simon, Simon, I tell you that Satan has obtained permission to have all of you to sift as wheat is sifted.

wmth@Luke:22:32 @ But have prayed for that your faith may not fail, and you, when at last you have come back to your true self, must strengthen your brethren.«

wmth@Luke:22:33 @ »Master,« replied Peter, »with you I am ready to go both to prison and to death.«

wmth@Luke:22:34 @ »I tell you, Peter,« said Jesus, »that the cock will not crow to-day till you have three times denied that you know me.«

wmth@Luke:22:37 @ For I tell you that those words of Scripture must yet find their fulfilment in me: for indeed that saying about me has its accomplishment.«

wmth@Luke:22:38 @ »Master, here are two swords,« they exclaimed. »That is enough,« He replied.

wmth@Luke:22:40 @ But when He arrived at the place, He said to them, »Pray that you may not come into temptation.«

wmth@Luke:22:41 @ But He Himself withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed repeatedly, saying,

wmth@Luke:22:42 @ »Father, if it be Thy will, take this cup away from me; yet not my will but Thine be done!«

wmth@Luke:22:44 @ while He –an agony of distress having come upon Him– prayed all the more with intense earnestness, and His sweat became like clots of blood dropping on the ground.

wmth@Luke:22:46 @ »Why are you sleeping?« He said; »stand up; and pray that you may not come into temptation.«

wmth@Luke:22:47 @ While He was still speaking there came a crowd with Judas, already mentioned as one of the Twelve, at their head. He went up to Jesus to kiss Him.

wmth@Luke:22:49 @ Those who were about Him, seeing what was likely to happen, asked Him, »Master, shall we strike with the sword?«

wmth@Luke:22:50 @ And one of them struck a blow at the High Priest's servant and cut off his right ear.

wmth@Luke:22:55 @ And when they had lighted a fire in the middle of the court and had seated themselves in a group round it, Peter was sitting among them,

wmth@Luke:22:56 @ when a maidservant saw him sitting by the fire, and, looking fixedly at him, she said, »This man also was with him.«

wmth@Luke:22:60 @ »Man, I don't know what you mean,« replied Peter. No sooner had he spoken than a cock crowed.

wmth@Luke:22:63 @ Meanwhile the men who held Jesus in custody repeatedly beat Him in cruel sport,

wmth@Luke:22:64 @ or blindfolded Him, and then challenged Him. »Prove to us,« they said, »that you are a prophet, by telling us who it was that struck you.«

wmth@Luke:22:69 @ But from this time forward the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God's omnipotence.«

wmth@Luke:22:71 @ »What need have we of further evidence?« they said; »for we ourselves have heard it from his own lips.«

wmth@Luke:23:1 @ Then the whole assembly rose and brought Him to Pilate, and began to accuse Him.

wmth@Luke:23:2 @ »We have found this man,« they said, »an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king.«

wmth@Luke:23:3 @ Then Pilate asked Him, »You, then, are the King of the Jews?«»It is as you say,« He replied.

wmth@Luke:23:4 @ Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, »I can find no crime in this man.«

wmth@Luke:23:6 @ On hearing this, Pilate inquired, »Is this man a Galilaean?«

wmth@Luke:23:7 @ And learning that He belonged to Herod's jurisdiction he sent Him to Herod, for he too was in Jerusalem at that time.

wmth@Luke:23:8 @ To Herod the sight of Jesus was a great gratification, for, for a long time, he had been wanting to see Him, because he had heard so much about Him. He hoped also to see some miracle performed by Him.

wmth@Luke:23:11 @ Then, laughing to scorn the claims of Jesus, Herod (and his soldiers with him) made sport of Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous costume, and sent Him back to Pilate.

wmth@Luke:23:12 @ And on that very day Herod and Pilate became friends again, for they had been for some time at enmity.

wmth@Luke:23:13 @ Then calling together the High Priests and the Rulers and the people, Pilate said,

wmth@Luke:23:14 @ »You have brought this man to me on a charge of corrupting the loyalty of the people. But, you see, I have examined him in your presence and have discovered in the man no ground for the accusations which you bring against him.

wmth@Luke:23:15 @ No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.

wmth@Luke:23:20 @ But Pilate once more addressed them, wishing to set Jesus free.

wmth@Luke:23:22 @ A third time he appealed to them: »Why, what crime has the man committed? I have discovered in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him.«

wmth@Luke:23:23 @ But they urgently insisted, demanding with frantic outcries that He should be crucified; and their clamour prevailed.

wmth@Luke:23:24 @ So Pilate gave judgement, yielding to their demand.

wmth@Luke:23:27 @ A vast crowd of the people also followed Him, and of women who were beating their breasts and wailing for Him.

wmth@Luke:23:31 @ For if they are doing these things in the case of the green tree, what will be done in that of the dry?«

wmth@Luke:23:32 @ They brought also two others, criminals, to put them to death with Him.

wmth@Luke:23:33 @ When they reached the place called `The Skull,' there they nailed Him to the cross, and the criminals also, one at His right hand and one at His left.

wmth@Luke:23:34 @ Jesus prayed, »Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing.« And they divided His garments among them, drawing lots for them;

wmth@Luke:23:35 @ and the people stood looking on. The Rulers, too, repeatedly uttered their bitter taunts. »This fellow,« they said, »saved others: let him save himself, if he is God's Anointed, the Chosen One.«

wmth@Luke:23:41 @ And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving due requital for what we have done. But He has done nothing amiss.«

wmth@Luke:23:43 @ »I tell you in solemn truth,« replied Jesus, »that this very day you shall be with me in Paradise.«

wmth@Luke:23:46 @ and Jesus cried out in a loud voice, and said, »Father, to Thy hands I entrust my spirit.« And after uttering these words He yielded up His spirit.

wmth@Luke:23:47 @ The Captain, seeing what had happened, gave glory to God, saying, »Beyond question this man was innocent.«

wmth@Luke:23:48 @ And all the crowds that had come together to this sight, after seeing all that had occurred, returned to the city beating their breasts.

wmth@Luke:23:49 @ But all His acquaintances, and the women who had been His followers after leaving Galilee, continued standing at a distance and looking on.

wmth@Luke:23:51 @ who came from the Jewish town of Arimathaea and was awaiting the coming of the Kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the design or action of the Council,

wmth@Luke:23:52 @ and now he went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

wmth@Luke:23:54 @ It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was near at hand.

wmth@Luke:23:56 @ Then they returned, and prepared spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested in obedience to the Commandment.

wmth@Luke:24:1 @ And, on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices they had prepared.

wmth@Luke:24:3 @ and on entering they found that the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.

wmth@Luke:24:4 @ At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.

wmth@Luke:24:7 @ when He told you that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.«

wmth@Luke:24:10 @ The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; and they and the rest of the women related all this to the Apostles.

wmth@Luke:24:12 @ Peter, however, rose and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw nothing but the linen cloths: so he went away to his own home, wondering at what had happened.

wmth@Luke:24:13 @ On that same day two of the disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village seven or eight miles from Jerusalem,

wmth@Luke:24:15 @ and, in the midst of their conversation and discussion, Jesus Himself came and joined them,

wmth@Luke:24:17 @ »What is the subject,« He asked them, »on which you are talking so earnestly, as you walk?« And they stood still, looking full of sorrow.

wmth@Luke:24:18 @ Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered, »Are you a stranger lodging alone in Jerusalem, that you have known nothing of the things that have lately happened in the city?«

wmth@Luke:24:19 @ »What things?« He asked. »The things about Jesus the Nazarene,« they said, »who was a Prophet powerful in work and word before God and all the people;

wmth@Luke:24:20 @ and how our High Priests and Rulers delivered Him up to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him.

wmth@Luke:24:21 @ But we were hoping that it was He who was about to ransom Israel. Yes, and moreover it was the day before yesterday that these things happened.

wmth@Luke:24:22 @ And, besides, some of the women of our company have amazed us. They went to the tomb at daybreak,

wmth@Luke:24:23 @ and, finding that His body was not there, they came and declared to us that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive.

wmth@Luke:24:25 @ »O dull-witted men,« He replied, »with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!

wmth@Luke:24:30 @ But as soon as He had sat down with them, and had taken the bread and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,

wmth@Luke:24:35 @ Then they related what had happened on the way, and how He had been recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

wmth@Luke:24:37 @ Startled, and in the utmost alarm, they thought they were looking at a spirit;

wmth@Luke:24:43 @ and He took it and ate it in their presence.

wmth@Luke:24:44 @ And He said to them, »This is what I told you while I was still with you–that everything must be fulfilled that is written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me.«

wmth@Luke:24:46 @ and He said, »Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise again from among the dead;

wmth@Luke:24:47 @ and that proclamation would be made, in His name, of repentance and forgiveness of sins to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem.

wmth@Luke:24:49 @ And remember that I am about to send out my Father's promised gift to rest upon you. But, as for you, wait patiently in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.«

wmth@Luke:24:52 @ They worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

wmth@Luke:24:53 @ Afterwards they were continually in attendance at the Temple, blessing God.

wmth@John:1:3 @ All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.

wmth@John:1:4 @ In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men.

wmth@John:1:7 @ He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light–so that all might believe through him.

wmth@John:1:8 @ He was not the Light, but he existed that he might give testimony concerning the Light.

wmth@John:1:9 @ The true Light was that which illumines every man by its coming into the world.

wmth@John:1:11 @ He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.

wmth@John:1:12 @ But all who have received Him, to them –that is, to those who trust in His name– He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;

wmth@John:1:13 @ who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

wmth@John:1:14 @ And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory–the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.

wmth@John:1:18 @ No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom–He has made Him known.

wmth@John:1:19 @ This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.

wmth@John:1:21 @ »What then?« they inquired; »are you Elijah?«»I am not,« he said. »Are you the Prophet?«»No,« he answered.

wmth@John:1:22 @ So they pressed the question. »Who are you?« they said– »that we may take an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?«

wmth@John:1:26 @ »I baptize in water only,« John answered, »but in your midst stands One whom you do not know–

wmth@John:1:28 @ This conversation took place at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

wmth@John:1:29 @ The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, »Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!

wmth@John:1:31 @ I did not yet know Him; but that He may be openly shown to Israel is the reason why I have come baptizing in water.«

wmth@John:1:32 @ John also gave testimony by stating: »I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove out of Heaven; and it remained upon Him.

wmth@John:1:33 @ I did not yet know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, »`The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

wmth@John:1:34 @ »This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of God.«

wmth@John:1:36 @ when he saw Jesus passing by, and said, »Look! that is the Lamb of God!«

wmth@John:1:37 @ The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.

wmth@John:1:38 @ Then Jesus turned round, and seeing them following He asked them, »What is your wish?« »Rabbi,« they replied- »where are you staying?«

wmth@John:1:39 @ »Come and you shall see,« He said. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained and spent that day with Him. It was then about ten o'clock in the morning.

wmth@John:1:40 @ Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John's exclamation and followed Jesus.

wmth@John:1:41 @ He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, »We have found the Messiah!« –that is to say, the Anointed One.

wmth@John:1:42 @ He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, »You are Simon, son of John: you shall be called Cephas« –that is to say, Peter (or `Rock').

wmth@John:1:45 @ Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, »We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets–Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth.«

wmth@John:1:46 @ »Can anything good come out of Nazareth?« replied Nathanael. »Come and see,« said Philip.

wmth@John:1:47 @ Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, and said of him, »Look! here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceitfulness!«

wmth@John:1:48 @ »How do you know me?« Nathanael asked. »Before Philip called you,« said Jesus, »when you were under the fig-tree I saw you.«

wmth@John:1:49 @ »Rabbi,« cried Nathanael, »you are the Son of God, you are Israel's King!«

wmth@John:1:50 @ »Because I said to you, `I saw you under the fig-tree,'« replied Jesus, »do you believe? You shall see greater things than that.«

wmth@John:1:51 @ »I tell you all in most solemn truth,« He added, »that you shall see Heaven opened wide, and God's angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man.«

wmth@John:2:1 @ Two days later there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there,

wmth@John:2:4 @ »Leave the matter in my hands,« He replied; »the time for me to act has not yet come.«

wmth@John:2:5 @ His mother said to the attendants, »Whatever he tells you to do, do it.«

wmth@John:2:6 @ Now there were six stone jars standing there (in accordance with the Jewish regulations for purification), each large enough to hold twenty gallons or more.

wmth@John:2:7 @ Jesus said to the attendants, »Fill the jars with water.« And they filled them to the brim.

wmth@John:2:9 @ So they carried some to him. And no sooner had the President tasted the water now turned into wine, than –not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn the water knew– he called to the bridegroom

wmth@John:2:10 @ and said to him, »It is usual to put on the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then that which is inferior. But you have kept the good wine till now.«

wmth@John:2:11 @ This, the first of His miracles, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and thus displayed His glorious power; and His disciples believed in Him.

wmth@John:2:14 @ And He found in the Temple the dealers in cattle and sheep and in pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.

wmth@John:2:16 @ And to the pigeon-dealers He said, »Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's house into a market.«

wmth@John:2:18 @ So the Jews asked Him, »What proof of your authority do you exhibit to us, seeing that you do these things?«

wmth@John:2:22 @ When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.

wmth@John:2:23 @ Now when He was in Jerusalem, at the Festival of the Passover, many became believers in Him through watching the miracles He performed.

wmth@John:2:25 @ and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man, for He of Himself knew what was in the man.

wmth@John:3:2 @ He came to Jesus by night and said, »Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

wmth@John:3:3 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you,« answered Jesus, »that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God.«

wmth@John:3:5 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

wmth@John:3:6 @ Whatever has been born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever has been born of the Spirit is spirit.

wmth@John:3:7 @ Do not be astonished at my telling you, `You must all be born anew.'

wmth@John:3:11 @ In most solemn truth I tell you that we speak what we know, and give testimony of that of which we were eye-witnesses, and yet you all reject our testimony.

wmth@John:3:15 @ in order that every one who trusts in Him may have the Life of the Ages.«

wmth@John:3:16 @ For so greatly did God love the world that He gave His only Son, that every one who trusts in Him may not perish but may have the Life of Ages.

wmth@John:3:17 @ For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

wmth@John:3:20 @ For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.

wmth@John:3:21 @ But he who does what is honest and right comes to the light, in order that his actions may be plainly shown to have been done in God.

wmth@John:3:23 @ And John too was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there were many pools of water there; and people came and received baptism.

wmth@John:3:25 @ As the result, a discussion having arisen on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification,

wmth@John:3:26 @ they came to John and reported to him, »Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of people are resorting to him.«

wmth@John:3:30 @ He must grow greater, but I must grow less.

wmth@John:3:32 @ What He has seen and heard, to that He bears witness; but His testimony no one receives.

wmth@John:3:33 @ Any man who has received His testimony has solemnly declared that God is true.

wmth@John:3:34 @ For He whom God has sent speaks God's words; for God does not give the Spirit with limitations.«

wmth@John:3:35 @ The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything to His hands.

wmth@John:4:1 @ Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, »Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John«–

wmth@John:4:5 @ and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

wmth@John:4:6 @ Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.

wmth@John:4:7 @ Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;

wmth@John:4:9 @ »How is it,« replied the woman, »that a Jew like you asks me, who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?« (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

wmth@John:4:10 @ »If you had known God's free gift,« replied Jesus, »and who it is that said to you, `Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.«

wmth@John:4:11 @ »Sir,« she said, »you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?

wmth@John:4:12 @ Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?«

wmth@John:4:13 @ »Every one,« replied Jesus, »who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;

wmth@John:4:14 @ but whoever drinks any of the water that I shall give him will never, never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become a fountain within him of water springing up for the Life of the Ages.«

wmth@John:4:15 @ »Sir,« said the woman, »give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well.«

wmth@John:4:17 @ »I have no husband,« she replied. »You rightly say that you have no husband,« said Jesus;

wmth@John:4:18 @ »for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that.«

wmth@John:4:19 @ »Sir,« replied the woman, »I see that you are a Prophet.

wmth@John:4:20 @ Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.«

wmth@John:4:21 @ »Believe me,« said Jesus, »the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

wmth@John:4:22 @ You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.

wmth@John:4:23 @ But a time is coming –nay, has already come– when the true worshippers will worship the Father with true spiritual worship; for indeed the Father desires such worshippers.

wmth@John:4:25 @ »I know,« replied the woman, »that Messiah is coming–`the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything.«

wmth@John:4:27 @ Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, »What is your wish?« or »Why are you talking with her?«

wmth@John:4:31 @ Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. »Rabbi,« they said, »eat something.«

wmth@John:4:32 @ »I have food to eat,« He replied, »of which you do not know.«

wmth@John:4:33 @ So the disciples began questioning one another. »Can it be,« they said, »that some one has brought Him something to eat?«

wmth@John:4:36 @ The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.

wmth@John:4:37 @ For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, `The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'

wmth@John:4:39 @ Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, »He has told me all that I have ever done.«

wmth@John:4:42 @ and they said to the woman, »We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world.«

wmth@John:4:44 @ though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.

wmth@John:4:45 @ When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.

wmth@John:4:46 @ So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.

wmth@John:4:47 @ Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

wmth@John:4:51 @ and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.

wmth@John:4:52 @ So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. »Yesterday, about seven o'clock,« they replied, »the fever left him.«

wmth@John:4:53 @ Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, »Your son has recovered,« and he and his whole household became believers.

wmth@John:4:54 @ This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.

wmth@John:5:2 @ Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, called in Hebrew `Bethesda.' It has five arcades.

wmth@John:5:3 @ In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

wmth@John:5:6 @ Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, »Do you wish to have health and strength?«

wmth@John:5:7 @ »Sir,« replied the sufferer, »I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me.«

wmth@John:5:8 @ »Rise,« said Jesus, »take up your mat and walk.«

wmth@John:5:9 @ Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.

wmth@John:5:10 @ That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, »It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat.«

wmth@John:5:11 @ »He who cured me,« he replied, »said to me, `Take up your mat and walk.'«

wmth@John:5:12 @ »Who is it,« they asked, »that said to you, `Take up your mat and walk'?«

wmth@John:5:15 @ The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored him to health;

wmth@John:5:16 @ and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus–because He did these things on the Sabbath.

wmth@John:5:17 @ His reply to their accusation was, »My Father works unceasingly, and so do I.«

wmth@John:5:18 @ On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death–because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.

wmth@John:5:19 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that the Son can do nothing of Himself–He can only do what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, that the Son does in like manner.

wmth@John:5:20 @ For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him, in order that you may wonder.

wmth@John:5:21 @ For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.

wmth@John:5:22 @ The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,

wmth@John:5:23 @ that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.

wmth@John:5:24 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you that he who listens to my teaching and believes Him who sent me, has the Life of the Ages, and does not come under judgement, but has passed over out of death into Life.«

wmth@John:5:25 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming –nay, has already come– when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.«

wmth@John:5:26 @ For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given to the Son to have life in Himself.

wmth@John:5:28 @ Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth–

wmth@John:5:29 @ they who have done what is right to the resurrection of Life, and they whose actions have been evil to the resurrection of judgement.

wmth@John:5:30 @ »I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.«

wmth@John:5:32 @ There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me.

wmth@John:5:34 @ But the testimony on my behalf which I accept is not from man; though I say all this in order that you may be saved.

wmth@John:5:35 @ He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.

wmth@John:5:36 @ »But the testimony which I have is weightier than that of John; for the work the Father has assigned to me for me to bring it to completion –the very work which I am doing– affords testimony concerning me that the Father has sent me.«

wmth@John:5:37 @ And the Father who sent me, has given testimony concerning me. None of you have ever either heard His voice or seen what He is like.

wmth@John:5:39 @ »You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me;«

wmth@John:5:40 @ and yet you are unwilling to come to me that you may have Life.

wmth@John:5:42 @ but I know you well, and I know that in your hearts you do not really love God.«

wmth@John:5:43 @ I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.

wmth@John:5:44 @ How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?

wmth@John:5:45 @ »Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, namely Moses, on whom your hope rests.

wmth@John:6:1 @ After this Jesus went away across the Lake of Galilee (that is, the Lake of Tiberias).

wmth@John:6:3 @ Then Jesus went up the hill, and sat there with His disciples.

wmth@John:6:4 @ The Jewish Festival, the Passover, was at hand.

wmth@John:6:5 @ And when He looked round and saw an immense crowd coming towards Him, He said to Philip, »Where shall we buy bread for all these people to eat?«

wmth@John:6:6 @ He said this to put Philip to the test, for He Himself knew what He was going to do.

wmth@John:6:9 @ »There is a boy here with five barley loaves and a couple of fish: but what is that among so many?«

wmth@John:6:10 @ »Make the people sit down,« said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so they sat down, the adult men numbering about 5,000.

wmth@John:6:12 @ When all were fully satisfied, He said to His disciples, »Gather up the broken portions that remain over, so that nothing be lost.«

wmth@John:6:13 @ Accordingly they gathered them up; and with the fragments of the five barley loaves –the broken portions that remained over after they had done eating– they filled twelve baskets.

wmth@John:6:15 @ Perceiving, however, that they were about to come and carry Him off by force to make Him a king, Jesus withdrew again up the hill alone by Himself.

wmth@John:6:17 @ There they got on board a boat, and pushed off to cross the Lake to Capernaum. By this time it had become dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.

wmth@John:6:19 @ When, however, they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the water and coming near the boat.

wmth@John:6:21 @ Then they were willing to take Him on board; and in a moment the boat reached the shore at the point to which they were going.

wmth@John:6:22 @ Next morning the crowd who were still standing about on the other side of the Lake found that there had been but one small boat there, and they had seen that Jesus did not go on board with His disciples, but that His disciples went away without Him.

wmth@John:6:23 @ Yet a number of small boats came from Tiberias to the neighbourhood of the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

wmth@John:6:24 @ When however the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they themselves also took boats and came to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

wmth@John:6:26 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that you are searching for me not because you have seen miracles, but because you ate the loaves and had a hearty meal.

wmth@John:6:27 @ Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages–that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.«

wmth@John:6:28 @ »What are we to do,« they asked, »in order to carry out the things that God requires?«

wmth@John:6:29 @ »This,« replied Jesus, »is above all the thing that God requires–that you should be believers in Him whom He has sent.«

wmth@John:6:30 @ »What miracle then,« they asked, »do you perform for us to see and become believers in you? What do you?

wmth@John:6:31 @ Our forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, as it is written,

wmth@John:6:32 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that Moses did not give you the bread out of Heaven, but my Father is giving you the bread –the true bread– out of Heaven.

wmth@John:6:33 @ For God's bread is that which comes down out of Heaven and gives Life to the world.«

wmth@John:6:34 @ »Sir,« they said, »always give us that bread.«

wmth@John:6:37 @ Every one whom the Father gives me will come to me, and him who comes to me I will never on any account drive away.

wmth@John:6:39 @ And this is the will of Him who sent me, that of all that He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it to life on the last day.

wmth@John:6:40 @ For this is my Father's will, that every one who fixes his gaze on the Son of God and believes in Him should have the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him to life on the last day.«

wmth@John:6:42 @ They kept asking, »Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he mean by now saying, `I have come down out of Heaven'?«

wmth@John:6:44 @ »no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; then I will raise him to life on the last day.«

wmth@John:6:45 @ It stands written in the Prophets, Every one who listens to the Father and learns from Him comes to me.

wmth@John:6:46 @ No one has ever seen the Father–except Him who is from God. He has seen the Father.

wmth@John:6:47 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you that he who believes has the Life of the Ages.

wmth@John:6:49 @ Your forefathers ate the manna in the Desert, and they died.

wmth@John:6:50 @ Here is the bread that comes down out of Heaven that a man may eat it and not die.

wmth@John:6:51 @ I am the living bread come down out of Heaven. If a man eats this bread, he shall live for ever. Moreover the bread which I will give is my flesh given for the life of the world.«

wmth@John:6:52 @ This led to an angry debate among the Jews. »How can this man,« they argued, »give us his flesh to eat?«

wmth@John:6:53 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you,« said Jesus, »that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no Life in you.

wmth@John:6:54 @ He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has the Life of the Ages, and I will raise him up on the last day.

wmth@John:6:56 @ He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in union with me, and I remain in union with him.

wmth@John:6:57 @ As the ever-living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father, so also he who eats me will live because of me.

wmth@John:6:58 @ This is the bread which came down out of Heaven; it is unlike that which your forefathers ate–for they ate and yet died. He who eats this bread shall live for ever.«

wmth@John:6:59 @ Jesus said all this in the synagogue while teaching at Capernaum.

wmth@John:6:61 @ But, knowing in Himself that His disciples were dissatisfied about it, Jesus asked them,

wmth@John:6:62 @ »Does this seem incredible to you? What then if you were to see the Son of Man ascending again where He was before?

wmth@John:6:63 @ It is the spirit which gives Life. The flesh confers no benefit whatever. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and are Life.

wmth@John:6:64 @ But there are some of you who do not believe.« For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were that did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.

wmth@John:6:65 @ So He added, »That is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father.«

wmth@John:6:66 @ Thereupon many of His disciples left Him and went away, and no longer associated with Him.

wmth@John:6:69 @ And we have come to believe and know that are indeed the Holy One of God.«

wmth@John:7:3 @ So His brothers said to Him, »Leave these parts and go into Judaea, that not only we but your disciples also may witness the miracles which you perform.

wmth@John:7:7 @ It is impossible for the world to hate you; but me it does hate, because I give testimony concerning it that its conduct is evil.

wmth@John:7:10 @ When however His brothers had gone up to the Festival, then He also went up, not openly, but as it were privately.

wmth@John:7:11 @ Meanwhile the Jews at the Festival were looking for Him and were inquiring, »Where is he?«

wmth@John:7:12 @ Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, »He is a good man.« Others said, »Not so: he is imposing on the people.«

wmth@John:7:15 @ The Jews were astonished. »How does this man know anything of books,« they said, »although he has never been at any of the schools?«

wmth@John:7:17 @ If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.

wmth@John:7:18 @ The man whose teaching originates with himself aims at his own glory. He who aims at the glory of Him who sent him teaches the truth, and there is no deception in him.

wmth@John:7:22 @ Consider therefore. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it began with Moses, but with your earlier forefathers), and even on a Sabbath day you circumcise a child.

wmth@John:7:23 @ If a child is circumcised even on a Sabbath day, are you bitter against me because I have restored a man to perfect health on a Sabbath day?

wmth@John:7:24 @ Do not form superficial judgements, but form the judgements that are just.«

wmth@John:7:26 @ But here he is, speaking openly and boldly, and they say nothing to him! Can the Rulers really have ascertained that this man is the Christ?

wmth@John:7:35 @ The Jews therefore said to one another, »Where is he about to betake himself, so that we shall not find him? Will he betake himself to the Dispersion among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

wmth@John:7:36 @ What do those words of his mean, `You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?«

wmth@John:7:37 @ On the last day of the Festival –the great day– Jesus stood up and cried aloud. »Whoever is thirsty,« He said, »let him come to me and drink.

wmth@John:7:38 @ He who believes in me, from within him –as the Scripture has said– rivers of living water shall flow.«

wmth@John:7:42 @ Has not the Scripture declared that the Christ is to come of the family of David and from Bethlehem, David's village?«

wmth@John:7:44 @ Some of them wanted at once to arrest Him, but no one laid hands upon Him.

wmth@John:7:51 @ »Does our Law,« he asked, »judge a man without first hearing what he has to say and ascertaining what his conduct is?«

wmth@John:7:52 @ »Do you also come from Galilee?« they asked in reply. »Search and see for yourself that no Prophet is of Galilaean origin.«

wmth@John:8:2 @ At break of day however He returned to the Temple, and there the people came to Him in crowds. He seated Himself;

wmth@John:8:5 @ Now, in the Law, Moses has ordered us to stone such women to death. But what do you say?«

wmth@John:8:6 @ They asked this in order to put Him to the test, so that they might have some charge to bring against Him. But Jesus leant forward and began to write with His finger on the ground.

wmth@John:8:7 @ When however they persisted with their question, He raised His head and said to them, »Let the sinless man among you be the first to throw a stone at her.«

wmth@John:8:16 @ And even if I do judge, my judgement is just; for I am not alone, but the Father who sent me is with me.

wmth@John:8:17 @ In your own Law, too, it is written that

wmth@John:8:18 @ I am one giving testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me gives testimony about me.«

wmth@John:8:19 @ »Where is your Father?« they asked. »You know my Father as little as you know me.« He replied; »if you knew me, you would know my Father also.«

wmth@John:8:22 @ The Jews began to ask one another, »Is he going to kill himself, do you think, that he says, `Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come'?«

wmth@John:8:24 @ That is why I told you that you will die in your sins; for, unless you believe that I am He, that is what will happen.«

wmth@John:8:25 @ »You–who are you?« they asked. »How is it that I am speaking to you at all?« replied Jesus.

wmth@John:8:27 @ They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.

wmth@John:8:28 @ So Jesus added, »When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He. Of myself I do nothing; but as the Father has taught me, so I speak.

wmth@John:8:29 @ And He who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone: for I do always what is pleasing to Him.«

wmth@John:8:33 @ »We are descendants of Abraham,« they answered, »and have never at any time been in slavery to any one. What do those words of yours mean, `You shall become free'?«

wmth@John:8:34 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

wmth@John:8:38 @ The words I speak are those I have learnt in the presence of the Father. Therefore you also should do what you have heard from your father.«

wmth@John:8:39 @ »Our father is Abraham,« they said. »If you were Abraham's children,« replied Jesus, »it is Abraham's deeds that you would be doing.

wmth@John:8:40 @ But, in fact, you are longing to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth which I have heard from God. Abraham did not do that.

wmth@John:8:41 @ You are doing the deeds of your father. »We,« they replied, »are not illegitimate children. We have one Father, namely God.«

wmth@John:8:42 @ »If God were your Father,« said Jesus, »you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but sent me.

wmth@John:8:44 @ The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth–for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

wmth@John:8:48 @ »Are we not right,« answered the Jews, »in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?«

wmth@John:8:49 @ »I am not possessed by a demon,« replied Jesus. »On the contrary I honour my Father, and you dishonour me.

wmth@John:8:50 @ I, however, am not aiming at glory for myself: there is One who aims at glory for me–and who judges.

wmth@John:8:51 @ In most solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall have obeyed my teaching he shall in no case ever see death.«

wmth@John:8:52 @ »Now,« exclaimed the Jews, »we know that you are possessed by a demon. Abraham died, and so did the Prophets, and yet say, `If any one shall have obeyed my teaching, he shall in no case ever taste death.'

wmth@John:8:53 @ Are you really greater than our forefather Abraham? For he died. And the prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?«

wmth@John:8:54 @ »Were I to glorify myself,« answered Jesus, »I should have no real glory. There is One who glorifies me–namely my Father, who you say is your God.

wmth@John:8:56 @ Abraham your forefather exulted in the hope of seeing my day: and he saw it, and was glad.«

wmth@John:8:58 @ »In most solemn truth,« answered Jesus, »I tell you that before Abraham came into existence, I am.«

wmth@John:9:2 @ So His disciples asked Him, »Rabbi, who sinned –this man or his parents– that he was born blind?«

wmth@John:9:3 @ »Neither he nor his parents sinned,« answered Jesus, »but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.

wmth@John:9:6 @ After thus speaking, He spat on the ground, and then, kneading the dust and spittle into clay, He smeared the clay over the man's eyes and said to him,

wmth@John:9:9 @ »Yes it is,« replied some of them. »No it is not,« said others, »but he is like him.« His own statement was, »I am the man.«

wmth@John:9:14 @ Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened the man's eyes was the Sabbath.

wmth@John:9:16 @ This led some of the Pharisees to say, »That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.«»How is it possible for a bad man to do such miracles?« argued others.

wmth@John:9:17 @ And there was a division among them. So again they asked the once blind man, »What is your account of him? –for he opened your eyes.«»He is a Prophet,« he replied.

wmth@John:9:18 @ The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him –that he had been blind and had obtained his sight– until they called his parents and asked them,

wmth@John:9:19 @ »Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?«

wmth@John:9:20 @ »We know,« replied the parents, »that this is our son and that he was born blind;

wmth@John:9:21 @ but how it is that he can now see or who has opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him himself; he is of full age; he himself will give his own account of it.«

wmth@John:9:22 @ Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogue.

wmth@John:9:23 @ That was why his parents said, »He is of full age: ask him himself.«

wmth@John:9:24 @ A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, »Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner.«

wmth@John:9:25 @ »Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know,« he replied; »one thing I know–that I was once blind and that now I can see.«

wmth@John:9:26 @ »What did he do to you?« they asked; »how did he open your eyes?«

wmth@John:9:28 @ Then they railed at him, and said, »You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

wmth@John:9:29 @ We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this fellow we do not know where he comes from.«

wmth@John:9:31 @ We know that God does not listen to bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.

wmth@John:9:32 @ From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth.

wmth@John:9:33 @ Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing.«

wmth@John:9:35 @ Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him, He asked him, »Do you believe in the Son of God?«

wmth@John:9:36 @ »Who is He, Sir?« replied the man. »Tell me, so that I may believe in Him.«

wmth@John:9:38 @ »I believe, Sir,« he said. And he threw himself at His feet.

wmth@John:9:39 @ »I came into this world,« said Jesus, »to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind.«

wmth@John:9:41 @ »If you were blind,« answered Jesus, »you would have no sin; but as a matter of fact you boast that you see. So your sin remains!«

wmth@John:10:1 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you that the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over some other way, is a thief and a robber.

wmth@John:10:4 @ When he has brought out his own sheep –all of them– he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

wmth@John:10:6 @ Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.

wmth@John:10:7 @ Again therefore Jesus said to them, »In most solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.

wmth@John:10:10 @ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.

wmth@John:10:12 @ The hired servant –one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep– no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.

wmth@John:10:15 @ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.

wmth@John:10:17 @ For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.

wmth@John:10:18 @ No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father.«

wmth@John:10:21 @ Others argued, »That is not the language of a demoniac: and can a demon open blind men's eyes?«

wmth@John:10:22 @ The Dedication Festival came on in Jerusalem. It was winter,

wmth@John:10:24 @ when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, »How long do you mean to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so plainly.«

wmth@John:10:25 @ »I have told you,« answered Jesus, »and you do not believe. The deeds that I do in my Father's name–they give testimony about me.

wmth@John:10:29 @ What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides; and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand.

wmth@John:10:30 @ I and the Father are one.«

wmth@John:10:32 @ Jesus remonstrated with them. »Many good deeds,« He said, »have I shown you as coming from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?«

wmth@John:10:36 @ how is it that you say to one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, `You are blaspheming,' because I said, `I am God's Son'?

wmth@John:10:37 @ If the deeds I do are not my Father's deeds, do not believe me.

wmth@John:10:38 @ But if they are, then even if you do not believe me, at least believe the deeds, that you may know and see clearly that the Father is in me, and that I am in the Father.«

wmth@John:10:40 @ Then He went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John had been baptizing at first; and there He stayed.

wmth@John:10:41 @ Large numbers of people also came to Him. Their report was, »John did not work any miracle, but all that John said about this Teacher was true.«

wmth@John:11:4 @ Jesus received the message and said, »This illness is not to end in death, but is to promote the glory of God, in order that the Son of God may be glorified by it.«

wmth@John:11:6 @ When, however, He heard that Lazarus was ill, He still remained two days in that same place.

wmth@John:11:7 @ Then, after that, He said to the disciples, »Let us return to Judaea.«

wmth@John:11:13 @ Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.

wmth@John:11:15 @ »Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him.«

wmth@John:11:16 @ »Let us go also,« Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, »that we may die with him.«

wmth@John:11:17 @ On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been three days in the tomb.

wmth@John:11:19 @ and a considerable number of the Jews were with Martha and Mary, having come to express sympathy with them on the death of their brother.

wmth@John:11:22 @ And even now I know that whatever you ask God for, God will give you.«

wmth@John:11:24 @ »I know,« said Martha, »that he will rise again at the resurrection, on the last day.«

wmth@John:11:27 @ »Yes, Master,« she replied; »I thoroughly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.«

wmth@John:11:28 @ After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, telling her, »The Rabbi is here and is asking for you.«

wmth@John:11:29 @ So she, on hearing that, rose up quickly to go to Him.

wmth@John:11:30 @ Now Jesus was not yet come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

wmth@John:11:31 @ So the Jews who were with Mary in the house sympathizing with her, when they saw that she had risen hastily and had gone out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep aloud there.

wmth@John:11:32 @ Mary then, when she came to Jesus and saw Him, fell at His feet and exclaimed, »Master, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.«

wmth@John:11:40 @ »Did I not promise you,« replied Jesus, »that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?«

wmth@John:11:41 @ So they removed the stone. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, »Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.

wmth@John:11:42 @ I know that Thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the crowd standing round I have said this–that they may believe that Thou didst send me.«

wmth@John:11:46 @ though some of them went off to the Pharisees and told them what He had done.

wmth@John:11:47 @ Therefore the High Priests and the Pharisees held a meeting of the Sanhedrin. »What steps are we taking?« they asked one another; »for this man is performing a great number of miracles.

wmth@John:11:48 @ If we leave him alone in this way, everybody will believe in him, and the Romans will come and blot out both our city and our nation.«

wmth@John:11:49 @ But one of them, named Caiaphas, being High Priest that year, said, »You know nothing about it.

wmth@John:11:50 @ You do not reflect that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.«

wmth@John:11:51 @ It was not as a mere man that he thus spoke. But being High Priest that year he was inspired to declare that Jesus was to die for the nation,

wmth@John:11:52 @ and not for the nation only, but in order to unite into one body all the far-scattered children of God.

wmth@John:11:53 @ So from that day forward they planned and schemed in order to put Him to death.

wmth@John:11:54 @ Therefore Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but He left that neighbourhood and went into the district near the Desert, to a town called Ephraim, and remained there with the disciples.

wmth@John:11:55 @ The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

wmth@John:11:56 @ They therefore looked out for Jesus, and asked one another as they stood in the Temple, »What do you think? –will he come to the Festival at all?«

wmth@John:11:57 @ Now the High Priests and the Pharisees had issued orders that if any one knew where He was, he should give information, so that they might arrest Him.

wmth@John:12:2 @ So they gave a dinner there in honour of Jesus, at which Martha waited at table, but Lazarus was one of the guests who were with Him.

wmth@John:12:3 @ Availing herself of the opportunity, Mary took a pound weight of pure spikenard, very costly, and poured it over His feet, and wiped His feet with her hair, so that the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

wmth@John:12:5 @ »Why was not that perfume sold for 300 shillings and the money given to the poor?«

wmth@John:12:6 @ The reason he said this was not that he cared for the poor, but that he was a thief, and that being in charge of the money-box, he used to steal what was put into it.

wmth@John:12:7 @ But Jesus interposed. »Do not blame her,« He said, »allow her to have kept it for the time of my preparation for burial.

wmth@John:12:9 @ Now it became widely known among the Jews that Jesus was there; but they came not only on His account, but also in order to see Lazarus whom He had brought back to life.

wmth@John:12:10 @ The High Priests, however, consulted together to put Lazarus also to death,

wmth@John:12:12 @ The next day a great crowd of those who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

wmth@John:12:14 @ And Jesus, having procured a young ass, sat upon it, just as the Scripture says,

wmth@John:12:16 @ The meaning of this His disciples did not understand at the time; but after Jesus was glorified they recollected that this was written about Him, and that they had done this to Him.

wmth@John:12:17 @ The large number of people, however, who had been present when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and brought him back to life, related what they had witnessed.

wmth@John:12:18 @ This was also why the crowd came to meet Him, because they had heard of His having performed that miracle.

wmth@John:12:19 @ The result was that the Pharisees said among themselves, »Observe how idle all your efforts are! The world is gone after him!«

wmth@John:12:20 @ Now some of those who used to come up to worship at the Festival were Greeks.

wmth@John:12:24 @ In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was–a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.

wmth@John:12:26 @ If a man wishes to be my servant, let him follow me; and where I am, there too shall my servant be. If a man wishes to be my servant, the Father will honour him.

wmth@John:12:27 @ Now is my soul full of trouble; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

wmth@John:12:28 @ Father, glorify Thy name.« Thereupon there came a voice from the sky, »I have glorified it and will also glorify it again.«

wmth@John:12:29 @ The crowd that stood by and heard it, said that there had been thunder. Others said, »An angel spoke to him.«

wmth@John:12:30 @ »It is not for my sake,« said Jesus, »that that voice came, but for your sakes.

wmth@John:12:33 @ He said this to indicate the kind of death He would die.

wmth@John:12:34 @ The crowd answered Him, »We have heard out of the Law that the Christ remains for ever. In what sense do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is that Son of Man?«

wmth@John:12:35 @ »Yet a little while,« He replied, »the light is among you. Be faithful to the light that you have, for fear darkness should overtake you; for a man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

wmth@John:12:36 @ In the degree that you have light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.« Jesus said this, and went away and hid Himself from them.

wmth@John:12:37 @ But though He had performed such great miracles in their presence, they did not believe in Him–

wmth@John:12:38 @ in order that the words of Isaiah the Prophet might be fulfilled,

wmth@John:12:43 @ For they loved the glory that comes from men rather than the glory that comes from God.

wmth@John:12:46 @ I have come like light into the world, in order that no one who believes in me may remain in the dark.

wmth@John:12:48 @ He who sets me at naught and does not receive my teachings is not left without a judge: the Message which I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

wmth@John:12:49 @ Because I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me, Himself gave me a command what to say and in what words to speak.

wmth@John:12:50 @ And I know that His command is the Life of the Ages. What therefore I speak, I speak just as the Father has bidden me.«

wmth@John:13:1 @ Now just before the Feast of the Passover this incident took place. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father; and having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

wmth@John:13:3 @ although He knew that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was now going to God,

wmth@John:13:5 @ Then He poured water into a basin, and proceeded to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel which He had put round Him.

wmth@John:13:7 @ »What I am doing,« answered Jesus, »for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know.«

wmth@John:13:10 @ »Any one who has lately bathed,« said Jesus, »does not need to wash more than his feet, but is clean all over. And you my disciples are clean, and yet this is not true of all of you.«

wmth@John:13:11 @ For He knew who was betraying Him, and that was why He said, »You are not all of you clean.«

wmth@John:13:12 @ So after He had washed their feet, put on His garments again, and returned to the table, He said to them, »Do you understand what I have done to you?

wmth@John:13:15 @ For I have set you an example in order that you may do what I have done to you.

wmth@John:13:16 @ In most solemn truth I tell you that a servant is not superior to his master, nor is a messenger superior to him who sent him.

wmth@John:13:18 @ I am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but things are as they are in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled, which says,

wmth@John:13:19 @ From this time forward I tell you things before they happen, in order that when they do happen you may believe that I am He.

wmth@John:13:20 @ In most solemn truth I tell you that he who receives whoever I send receives me, and that he who receives me receives Him who sent me.«

wmth@John:13:21 @ After speaking thus Jesus was troubled in spirit and said with deep earnestness, »In most solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me.«

wmth@John:13:22 @ The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know to which of them He was referring.

wmth@John:13:23 @ There was at table one of His disciples –the one Jesus loved– reclining with his head on Jesus's bosom.

wmth@John:13:27 @ Then, after Judas had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. »Lose no time about it,« said Jesus to him.

wmth@John:13:28 @ But why He said this no one else at the table understood.

wmth@John:13:29 @ Some, however, supposed that because Judas had the money-box Jesus meant, »Buy what we require for the Festival,« or that he should give something to the poor.

wmth@John:13:30 @ So Judas took the piece of bread and immediately went out. And it was night.

wmth@John:13:34 @ A new commandment I give you, to love one another; that as I have loved you, you also may love one another.

wmth@John:13:35 @ It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples–if you love one another.«

wmth@John:13:36 @ »Master,« inquired Simon Peter, »where are you going?«»Where I am going,« replied Jesus, »you cannot be my follower now, but you shall be later.«

wmth@John:13:38 @ »You say you will lay down your life on my behalf!« said Jesus; »in most solemn truth I tell you that the cock will not crow before you have three times disowned me.«

wmth@John:14:2 @ In my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you.

wmth@John:14:3 @ And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, that where I am you also may be.

wmth@John:14:5 @ »Master,« said Thomas, »we do not know where you are going. In what sense do we know the way?«

wmth@John:14:6 @ »I am the Way,« replied Jesus, »and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

wmth@John:14:7 @ If you –all of you– knew me, you would fully know my Father also. From this time forward you know Him and have seen Him.«

wmth@John:14:8 @ »Master,« said Philip, »cause us to see the Father: that is all we need.«

wmth@John:14:9 @ »Have I been so long among you,« Jesus answered, »and yet you, Philip, do not know me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can ask me, `Cause us to see the Father'?

wmth@John:14:10 @ Do you not believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? The things that I tell you all I do not speak on my own authority: but the Father dwelling within me carries on His own work.

wmth@John:14:11 @ Believe me, all of you, that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me; or at any rate, believe me because of what I do.

wmth@John:14:12 @ In most solemn truth I tell you that he who trusts in me–the things which I do he shall do also; and greater things than these he shall do, because I am going to the Father.

wmth@John:14:13 @ And whatever any of you ask in my name, I will do, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

wmth@John:14:16 @ And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be for ever with you–the Spirit of truth.

wmth@John:14:17 @ That Spirit the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. You know Him, because He remains by your side and is in you.

wmth@John:14:20 @ At that time you will know that I am in my Father, and that you are in me, and that I am in you.

wmth@John:14:21 @ He who has my commandments and obeys them–he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal myself to him.«

wmth@John:14:22 @ Judas (not the Iscariot) asked, »Master, how is it that you will reveal yourself clearly to us and not to the world?«

wmth@John:14:23 @ »If any one loves me,« replied Jesus, »he will obey my teaching; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

wmth@John:14:24 @ He who has no love for me does not obey my teaching; and yet the teaching to which you are listening is not mine, but is the teaching of the Father who sent me.

wmth@John:14:26 @ But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will teach you everything, and will bring to your memories all that I have said to you.

wmth@John:14:27 @ Peace I leave with you: my own peace I give to you. It is not as the world gives its greetings that I give you peace. Let not your hearts be troubled or dismayed.

wmth@John:14:28 @ »You heard me say to you, `I am going away, and yet I am coming to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I am.

wmth@John:14:29 @ I have now told you before it comes to pass, that when it has come to pass you may believe.

wmth@John:14:31 @ but it is in order that the world may know that I love the Father, and that it is in obedience to the command which the Father gave me that I thus act. Rise, let us be going.«

wmth@John:15:1 @ »I am the Vine–the True Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser.«

wmth@John:15:2 @ Every branch in me–if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

wmth@John:15:4 @ Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself –that is, if it does not continue in the vine– so neither can you if you do not continue in me.

wmth@John:15:6 @ If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.

wmth@John:15:7 @ »If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you.«

wmth@John:15:9 @ As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love.

wmth@John:15:10 @ If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue in His love.

wmth@John:15:11 @ »These things I have spoken to you in order that I may have joy in you, and that your joy may become perfect.«

wmth@John:15:13 @ No one has greater love than this–a man laying down his life for his friends.

wmth@John:15:14 @ You are my friends, if you do what I command you.

wmth@John:15:15 @ No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

wmth@John:15:16 @ It is not you who chose me, but it is I who chose you and appointed you that you might go and be fruitful and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever petition you present to the Father in my name He may give you.

wmth@John:15:18 @ If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.

wmth@John:15:19 @ If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world–for that reason the world hates you.

wmth@John:15:20 @ Bear in mind what I said to you, `A servant is not superior to his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

wmth@John:15:23 @ He who hates me hates my Father also.

wmth@John:15:24 @ If I had not done among them, as I have, such miracles as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin; but they have in fact seen and also hated both me and my Father.

wmth@John:15:25 @ But this has been so, in order that the saying may be fulfilled which stands written in their Law,

wmth@John:15:26 @ »When the Advocate is come whom I will send to you from the Father's presence –the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father's presence– He will be a witness concerning me.«

wmth@John:16:1 @ »These things I have spoken to you in order to clear stumbling-blocks out of your path.«

wmth@John:16:3 @ And they will do these things because they have failed to recognize the Father and to discover who I am.

wmth@John:16:4 @ But I have spoken these things to you in order that when the time for their accomplishment comes you may remember them, and may recollect that I told you. I did not, however, tell you all this at first, because I was still with you.

wmth@John:16:7 @ »Yet it is the truth that I am telling you–it is to your advantage that I go away. For unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.«

wmth@John:16:10 @ of righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you will no longer see me;

wmth@John:16:12 @ »I have much more to say to you, but you are unable at present to bear the burden of it.«

wmth@John:16:13 @ But when He has come –the Spirit of Truth– He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak as Himself originating what He says, but all that He hears He will speak, and He will make known the future to you.

wmth@John:16:14 @ He will glorify me, because He will take of what is mine and will make it known to you.

wmth@John:16:15 @ Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said that the Spirit of Truth takes of what is mine and will make it known to you.

wmth@John:16:17 @ Some of His disciples therefore said to one another, »What does this mean which He is telling us, `A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me,' and `Because I am going to the Father'?«

wmth@John:16:18 @ So they asked one another repeatedly, »What can that `little while' mean which He speaks of? We do not understand His words.«

wmth@John:16:19 @ Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask Him, and He said, »Is this what you are questioning one another about–my saying, `A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me'?

wmth@John:16:20 @ In most solemn truth I tell you that you will weep aloud and lament, but the world will be glad. You will mourn, but your grief will be turned into gladness.

wmth@John:16:21 @ A woman, when she is in labour, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has given birth to the babe, she no longer remembers the pain, because of her joy at a child being born into the world.

wmth@John:16:23 @ You will put no questions to me then. »In most solemn truth I tell you that whatever you ask the Father for in my name He will give you.

wmth@John:16:24 @ As yet you have not asked for anything in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your hearts may be filled with gladness.

wmth@John:16:25 @ »All this I have spoken to you in veiled language. The time is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.«

wmth@John:16:26 @ At that time you will make your requests in my name; and I do not promise to ask the Father on your behalf,

wmth@John:16:27 @ for the Father Himself holds you dear, because you have held me dear and have believed that I came from the Father's presence.

wmth@John:16:28 @ I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.«

wmth@John:16:30 @ Now we know that you have all knowledge, and do not need to be pressed with questions. Through this we believe that you came from God.«

wmth@John:16:31 @ »Do you at last believe?« replied Jesus.

wmth@John:16:32 @ »Remember that the time is coming, nay, has already come, for you all to be dispersed each to his own home and to leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.«

wmth@John:16:33 @ »I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: have won the victory over the world.«

wmth@John:17:1 @ When Jesus had thus spoken, He raised his eyes towards Heaven and said, »Father, the hour has come. Glorify Thy Son that the Son may glorify Thee;

wmth@John:17:2 @ even as Thou hast given Him authority over all mankind, so that on all whom Thou hast given Him He may bestow the Life of the Ages.

wmth@John:17:5 @ And now, Father, do Thou glorify me in Thine own presence, with the glory that I had in Thy presence before the world existed.

wmth@John:17:7 @ Now they know that whatever Thou hast given me is from Thee.

wmth@John:17:8 @ For the truths which Thou didst teach me I have taught them. And they have received them, and have known for certain that I came out from Thy presence, and have believed that Thou didst send me.

wmth@John:17:10 @ and everything that is mine is Thine, and everything that is Thine is mine; and I am crowned with glory in them.«

wmth@John:17:11 @ I am now no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I am coming to Thee. »Holy Father, keep them true to Thy name –the name which Thou hast given me to bear– that they may be one, even as we are.

wmth@John:17:12 @ While I was with them, I kept them true to Thy name –the name Thou hast given me to bear– and I kept watch over them, and not one of them is lost but only he who is doomed to destruction–that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

wmth@John:17:13 @ »But now I am coming to Thee, and I speak these words while I am in the world, in order that they may have my gladness within them filling their hearts.«

wmth@John:17:14 @ I have given them Thy Message, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

wmth@John:17:15 @ I do not ask that Thou wilt remove them out of the world, but that Thou wilt protect them from the Evil one.

wmth@John:17:19 @ and on their behalf I consecrate myself, in order that they may become perfectly consecrated in truth.

wmth@John:17:20 @ »Nor is it for them alone that I make request. It is also for those who trust in me through their teaching;«

wmth@John:17:21 @ that they may all be one, even as Thou art in me, O Father, and I am in Thee; that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send me.

wmth@John:17:22 @ And the glory which Thou hast given me I have given them, that they may be one, just as we are one:

wmth@John:17:23 @ I in them and Thou in me; that they may stand perfected in one; that the world may come to understand that Thou didst send me and hast loved them with the same love as that with which Thou hast loved me.

wmth@John:17:24 @ »Father, those whom Thou hast given me – I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see the glory –my glory– my gift from Thee, which Thou hast given me because Thou didst love me before the creation of the world.

wmth@John:17:25 @ And, righteous Father, though the world has failed to recognize Thee, I have known Thee, and these have perceived that Thou didst send me.

wmth@John:17:26 @ And I have made known Thy name to them and will make it known, that the love with which Thou hast loved me may be in them, and that I may be in them.«

wmth@John:18:2 @ Now Judas also, who at that very time was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often resorted there with His disciples.

wmth@John:18:3 @ So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and lamps and weapons.

wmth@John:18:4 @ Jesus therefore, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to meet them. »Who are you looking for?« He asked them.

wmth@John:18:8 @ »I have told you,« replied Jesus, »that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way.«

wmth@John:18:9 @ He made this request in order that the words He had spoken might be fulfilled, »As for those whom Thou hast given me, I have not lost one.«

wmth@John:18:10 @ Simon Peter, however, having a sword, drew it, and, aiming at the High Priest's servant, cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

wmth@John:18:11 @ Jesus therefore said to Peter, »Put back your sword. Shall I refuse to drink the cup of sorrow which the Father has given me to drink?«

wmth@John:18:12 @ So the battalion and their tribune and the Jewish police closed in, and took Jesus and bound Him.

wmth@John:18:13 @ They then brought Him to Annas first; for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was High Priest that year.

wmth@John:18:14 @ (It was this Caiaphas who had advised the Jews, saying, »It is to your interest that one man should die for the People.«)

wmth@John:18:15 @ Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so also was another disciple. The latter was known to the High Priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the High Priest's palace.

wmth@John:18:21 @ Why do you question me? Question those who heard what it was I said to them: these witnesses here know what I said.«

wmth@John:18:22 @ Upon His saying this, one of the officers standing by struck Him with his open hand, asking Him as he did so, »Is that the way you answer the High Priest?«

wmth@John:18:23 @ »If I have spoken wrongly,« replied Jesus, »bear witness to it as wrong; but if rightly, why that blow?«

wmth@John:18:26 @ One of the High Priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, »Did I not see you in the garden with him?«

wmth@John:18:27 @ Once more Peter denied it, and immediately a cock crowed.

wmth@John:18:28 @ So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover.

wmth@John:18:29 @ Accordingly Pilate came out to them and inquired, »What accusation have you to bring against this man?«

wmth@John:18:31 @ »Take him yourselves,« said Pilate, »and judge him by your Law.«»We have no power,« replied the Jews, »to put any man to death.«

wmth@John:18:32 @ They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die.

wmth@John:18:33 @ Re-entering the Praetorium, therefore, Pilate called Jesus and asked Him, »Are the King of the Jews?«

wmth@John:18:35 @ »Am I a Jew?« exclaimed Pilate; »it is your own nation and the High Priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?«

wmth@John:18:36 @ »My kingdom,« replied Jesus, »does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my subjects would have resolutely fought to save me from being delivered up to the Jews. But, as a matter of fact, my kingdom has not this origin.«

wmth@John:18:37 @ »So then are a king!« rejoined Pilate. »Yes,« said Jesus, »you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world–to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a friend of the truth listens to my voice.«

wmth@John:18:38 @ »What is truth?« said Pilate. But no sooner had he spoken the words than he went out again to the Jews and told them, »I find no crime in him.

wmth@John:18:39 @ But you have a custom that I should release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So shall I release to you the King of the Jews?«

wmth@John:19:1 @ Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.

wmth@John:19:2 @ And the soldiers, twisting twigs of thorn into a wreath, put it on His head, and threw round Him a crimson cloak.

wmth@John:19:4 @ Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, »See, I am bringing him out to you to let you clearly understand that I find no crime in him.«

wmth@John:19:5 @ So Jesus came out, wearing the wreath of thorns and the crimson cloak. And Pilate said to them, »See, there is the man.«

wmth@John:19:6 @ As soon then as the High Priests and the officers saw Him, they shouted »To the cross! To the cross!« »Take him yourselves and crucify him,« said Pilate; »for I, at any rate, find no crime in him.«

wmth@John:19:7 @ »We,« replied the Jews, »have a Law, and in accordance with that Law he ought to die, for having claimed to be the Son of God.«

wmth@John:19:8 @ More alarmed than ever, Pilate no sooner heard these words than he re-entered the Praetorium and began to question Jesus.

wmth@John:19:9 @ »What is your origin?« he asked. But Jesus gave him no answer.

wmth@John:19:10 @ »Do you refuse to speak even to me?« asked Pilate; »do you not know that I have it in my power either to release you or to crucify you?«

wmth@John:19:11 @ »You would have had no power whatever over me,« replied Jesus, »had it not been granted you from above. On that account he who has delivered me up to you is more guilty than you are.«

wmth@John:19:12 @ Upon receiving this answer, Pilate was for releasing Him. But the Jews kept shouting, »If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar's. Every one who sets himself up as king declares himself a rebel against Caesar.«

wmth@John:19:13 @ On hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judge's seat in a place called the Pavement–or in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

wmth@John:19:14 @ It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about six o'clock in the morning. Then he said to the Jews, »There is your king!«

wmth@John:19:15 @ This caused a storm of outcries, »Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!«»Am I to crucify your king?« Pilate asked. »We have no king, except Caesar,« answered the High Priests.

wmth@John:19:16 @ Then Pilate gave Him up to them to be crucified. Accordingly they took Jesus;

wmth@John:19:18 @ where they nailed Him to a cross, and two others at the same time, one on each side and Jesus in the middle.

wmth@John:19:19 @ And Pilate wrote a notice and had it fastened to the top of the cross. It ran thus: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

wmth@John:19:20 @ Many of the Jews read this notice, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was in three languages–Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

wmth@John:19:21 @ This led the Jewish High Priests to remonstrate with Pilate. »You should not write `The King of the Jews,'« they said, »but that he claimed to be King of the Jews.«

wmth@John:19:22 @ »What I have written I have written,« was Pilate's answer.

wmth@John:19:24 @ So they said to one another, »Do not let us tear it. Let us draw lots for it.« This happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says, That was just what the soldiers did.

wmth@John:19:27 @ Then He said to the disciple, »Behold, your mother!« And from that time the disciple received her into his own home.

wmth@John:19:28 @ After this, Jesus, knowing that everything was now brought to an end, said–that the Scripture might be fulfilled, »I am thirsty.«

wmth@John:19:31 @ Meanwhile the Jews, because it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and in order that the bodies might not remain on the crosses during the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was one of special solemnity), requested Pilate to have the legs of the dying men broken, and the bodies removed.

wmth@John:19:33 @ Then they came to Jesus Himself: but when they saw that He was already dead, they refrained from breaking His legs.

wmth@John:19:34 @ One of the soldiers, however, made a thrust at His side with a lance, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

wmth@John:19:35 @ This statement is the testimony of an eye-witness, and it is true. He knows that he is telling the truth–in order that you also may believe.

wmth@John:19:36 @ For all this took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled which declares,

wmth@John:19:38 @ After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but for fear of the Jews a secret disciple, asked Pilate's permission to carry away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and removed the body.

wmth@John:19:39 @ Nicodemus too –he who at first had visited Jesus by night– came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, in weight about seventy or eighty pounds.

wmth@John:19:41 @ There was a garden at the place where Jesus had been crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried.

wmth@John:19:42 @ Therefore, because it was the day of Preparation for the Jewish Passover, and the tomb was close at hand, they put Jesus there.

wmth@John:20:1 @ On the first day of the week, very early, while it was still dark, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from it.

wmth@John:20:3 @ Peter and the other disciple started at once to go to the tomb, both of them running,

wmth@John:20:9 @ For until now they had not understood the inspired teaching, that He must rise again from among the dead.

wmth@John:20:12 @ and saw two angels clothed in white raiment, sitting one at the head and one at the feet where the body of Jesus had been.

wmth@John:20:15 @ »Why are you weeping?« He asked; »who are you looking for?« She, supposing that He was the gardener, replied, »Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him and I will remove him.«

wmth@John:20:17 @ »Do not cling to me,« said Jesus, »for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: `I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'«

wmth@John:20:18 @ Mary of Magdala came and brought word to the disciples. »I have seen the Master,« she said. And she told them that He had said these things to her.

wmth@John:20:19 @ On that same first day of the week, when it was evening and, for fear of the Jews, the doors of the house where the disciples were, were locked, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, »Peace be to you!«

wmth@John:20:20 @ Having said this He showed them His hands and also His side; and the disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Master.

wmth@John:20:21 @ A second time, therefore, He said to them, »Peace be to you! As the Father sent me, I also now send you.«

wmth@John:20:22 @ Having said this He breathed upon them and said, »Receive the Holy Spirit.

wmth@John:20:26 @ A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them, when Jesus came –though the doors were locked– and stood in their midst, and said, »Peace be to you.«

wmth@John:20:30 @ There were also a great number of other signs which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

wmth@John:20:31 @ But these have been recorded in order that you may believe that He is the Christ, the Son of God, and that, through believing, you may have Life through His name.

wmth@John:21:1 @ After this, Jesus again showed Himself to the disciples. It was at the Lake of Tiberias. The circumstances were as follows.

wmth@John:21:2 @ Simon Peter was with Thomas, called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zabdi, and two others of the Master's disciples.

wmth@John:21:3 @ Simon Peter said to them, »I am going fishing.«»We will go too,« said they. So they set out and went on board their boat; but they caught nothing that night.

wmth@John:21:4 @ When, however, day was now dawning, Jesus stood on the beach, though the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

wmth@John:21:7 @ This made the disciple whom Jesus loved say to Peter, »It is the Master.« Simon Peter therefore, when he heard the words, »It is the Master,« drew on his fisherman's shirt –for he had not been wearing it– put on his girdle, and sprang into the water.

wmth@John:21:8 @ But the rest of the disciples came in the small boat (for they were not far from land–only about a hundred yards off), dragging the net full of fish.

wmth@John:21:11 @ So Simon Peter went on board the boat and drew the net ashore full of large fish, 153 in number; and yet, although there were so many, the net had not broken.

wmth@John:21:12 @ »Come this way and have breakfast,« said Jesus. But not one of the disciples ventured to question Him as to who He was, for they felt sure that it was the Master.

wmth@John:21:15 @ When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, »Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?«»Yes, Master,« was his answer; »you know that you are dear to me.« »Then feed my lambs,« replied Jesus.

wmth@John:21:16 @ Again a second time He asked him, »Simon, son of John, do you love me?«»Yes, Master,« he said, »you know that you are dear to me.«»Then be a shepherd to my sheep,« He said.

wmth@John:21:17 @ A third time Jesus put the question:»Simon, son of John, am I dear to you?« It grieved Peter that Jesus asked him the third time, »Am I dear to you?«»Master,« he replied, »you know everything, you can see that you are dear to me.«»Then feed my much-loved sheep,« said Jesus.

wmth@John:21:18 @ »In most solemn truth I tell you that whereas, when you were young, you used to put on your girdle and walk whichever way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go.«

wmth@John:21:19 @ This He said to indicate the kind of death by which that disciple would bring glory to God; and after speaking thus He said to him, »Follow me.«

wmth@John:21:20 @ Peter turned round and noticed the disciple whom Jesus loved following–the one who at the supper had leaned back on His breast and had asked, »Master, who is it that is betraying you?«

wmth@John:21:21 @ On seeing him, Peter asked Jesus, »And, Master, what about him?«

wmth@John:21:22 @ »If I desire him to remain till I come,« replied Jesus, »what concern is that of yours? You, yourself, must follow me.«

wmth@John:21:23 @ Hence the report spread among the brethren that that disciple would never die. Yet Jesus did not say, »He is not to die,« but, »If I desire him to remain till I come, what concern is that of yours?«

wmth@John:21:24 @ That is the disciple who gives his testimony as to these matters, and has written this history; and we know that his testimony is true.

wmth@John:21:25 @ But there are also many other things which Jesus did–so vast a number indeed that if they were all described in detail, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would have to be written.

wmth@Acts:1:1 @ My former narrative, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught as a beginning, down to the day on which,

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