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tcent@Matthew:8:19 @ Then a certain scribe came and said to him, »Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.«

tcent@Matthew:8:23 @ And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

tcent@Matthew:8:25 @ The disciples went and woke him, saying, »Lord, save us! We are perishing!«

tcent@Matthew:8:26 @ And he said to them, »Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?« Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

tcent@Matthew:8:27 @ And the men marveled, saying, »What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?«

tcent@Matthew:8:28 @ When he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one could pass that way.

tcent@Matthew:8:30 @ Now a herd of many swine was feeding at some distance from them.

tcent@Matthew:8:31 @ And the demons begged him, »If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.«

tcent@Matthew:8:32 @ And he said to them, »Go.« So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the water.

tcent@Matthew:8:33 @ Then those who kept them fled, and they went away into the city and told everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

tcent@Matthew:9:1 @ And getting into a boat, he crossed over and came to his own city.

tcent@Matthew:9:2 @ And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, »Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.«

tcent@Matthew:9:3 @ And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, »This man is blaspheming!«

tcent@Matthew:9:4 @ But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, »Why do you think evil in your hearts?

tcent@Matthew:9:5 @ For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?

tcent@Matthew:9:6 @ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins«—he then said to the paralytic—»Rise, take up your bed and go home.«

tcent@Matthew:9:9 @ As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, »Follow me.« And he rose and followed him.

tcent@Matthew:9:10 @ And as Jesus sat at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

tcent@Matthew:9:11 @ And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, »Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?«

tcent@Matthew:9:13 @ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.«

tcent@Matthew:9:14 @ Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, »Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?«

tcent@Matthew:9:17 @ Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins; if they do, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and so both are preserved.«

tcent@Matthew:9:18 @ While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came and knelt before him, saying, »My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.«

tcent@Matthew:9:20 @ And behold, a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment.

tcent@Matthew:9:24 @ he said, »Depart; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.« And they laughed at him.

tcent@Matthew:9:25 @ But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.

tcent@Matthew:9:27 @ And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, »Have mercy on us, Son of David.«

tcent@Matthew:9:28 @ When he had entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, »Do you believe that I am able to do this?« They said to him, »Yes, Lord.«

tcent@Matthew:9:29 @ Then he touched their eyes, saying, »According to your faith be it done to you.«

tcent@Matthew:9:32 @ As they were going out, behold, a mute and demon-possessed man was brought to him.

tcent@Matthew:9:33 @ And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds marveled, saying, »Never was anything like this seen in Israel.«

tcent@Matthew:9:34 @ But the Pharisees said, »He casts out demons by the prince of demons.«

tcent@Matthew:9:35 @ And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness.

tcent@Matthew:9:38 @ Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.«

tcent@Matthew:10:7 @ And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

tcent@Matthew:10:9 @ Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,

tcent@Matthew:10:11 @ Now whatever village or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go out.

tcent@Matthew:10:12 @ As you enter the house, give it your greeting.

tcent@Matthew:10:16 @ »Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

tcent@Matthew:10:17 @ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

tcent@Matthew:10:18 @ You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

tcent@Matthew:10:19 @ But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;

tcent@Matthew:10:20 @ for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

tcent@Matthew:10:21 @ Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

tcent@Matthew:10:23 @ When they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

tcent@Matthew:10:26 @ »So do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

tcent@Matthew:10:27 @ What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim on the housetops.

tcent@Matthew:10:28 @ And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

tcent@Matthew:10:32 @ »Therefore whoever acknowledges me before men, him I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.

tcent@Matthew:10:33 @ But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

tcent@Matthew:10:34 @ »Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

tcent@Matthew:10:39 @ He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

tcent@Matthew:11:1 @ And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

tcent@Matthew:11:2 @ Now when John heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

tcent@Matthew:11:5 @ the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

tcent@Matthew:11:7 @ As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: »What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

tcent@Matthew:11:8 @ But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

tcent@Matthew:11:11 @ Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

tcent@Matthew:11:12 @ From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.

tcent@Matthew:11:14 @ And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.

tcent@Matthew:11:16 @ »But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions,

tcent@Matthew:11:18 @ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

tcent@Matthew:11:19 @ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her deeds.«

tcent@Matthew:11:20 @ Then he began to rebuke the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.

tcent@Matthew:11:21 @ »Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

tcent@Matthew:11:25 @ At that time Jesus declared, »I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to babes.

tcent@Matthew:11:27 @ »All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

tcent@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.

tcent@Matthew:12:1 @ At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. And his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

tcent@Matthew:12:2 @ But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, »Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.«

tcent@Matthew:12:5 @ Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are innocent?

tcent@Matthew:12:9 @ And he went on from there, and went into their synagogue.

tcent@Matthew:12:11 @ He said to them, »What man of you, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?

tcent@Matthew:12:14 @ But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, how they might destroy him.

tcent@Matthew:12:22 @ Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and he healed him, so that the mute man both spoke and saw.

tcent@Matthew:12:24 @ But when the Pharisees heard this they said, »It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.«

tcent@Matthew:12:25 @ Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, »Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

tcent@Matthew:12:26 @ If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

tcent@Matthew:12:28 @ But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

tcent@Matthew:12:29 @ Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

tcent@Matthew:12:30 @ He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

tcent@Matthew:12:31 @ Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

tcent@Matthew:12:32 @ Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

tcent@Matthew:12:35 @ The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

tcent@Matthew:12:40 @ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

tcent@Matthew:12:41 @ The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here.

tcent@Matthew:12:42 @ The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

tcent@Matthew:12:43 @ »When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

tcent@Matthew:12:44 @ Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

tcent@Matthew:12:46 @ While he was still talking to the people, behold, his mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

tcent@Matthew:12:47 @ Someone told him, »Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.«

tcent@Matthew:12:49 @ And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, »Here are my mother and my brothers!

tcent@Matthew:12:50 @ For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.«

tcent@Matthew:13:2 @ And great crowds gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the shore.

tcent@Matthew:13:3 @ Then he told them many things in parables, saying: »A sower went out to sow his seed.

tcent@Matthew:13:10 @ The disciples came and said to him, »Why do you speak to them in parables?«

tcent@Matthew:13:11 @ And he answered them, »To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

tcent@Matthew:13:13 @ This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

tcent@Matthew:13:14 @ In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says:

tcent@Matthew:13:19 @ when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

tcent@Matthew:13:21 @ yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. And when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.

tcent@Matthew:13:23 @ But the one who received seed on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.«

tcent@Matthew:13:24 @ Another parable he put forth to them, saying: »The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

tcent@Matthew:13:25 @ but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

tcent@Matthew:13:26 @ So when the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.

tcent@Matthew:13:27 @ And the servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?’

tcent@Matthew:13:30 @ Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers. Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’«

tcent@Matthew:13:31 @ Another parable he put forth to them, saying: »The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

tcent@Matthew:13:32 @ it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.«

tcent@Matthew:13:33 @ He told them another parable: »The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour till it was all leavened.«

tcent@Matthew:13:34 @ All these things Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; and without a parable he did not speak to them.

tcent@Matthew:13:36 @ Then he left the crowd and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, »Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.«

tcent@Matthew:13:38 @ the field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

tcent@Matthew:13:40 @ Therefore as the weeds are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

tcent@Matthew:13:41 @ The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil,

tcent@Matthew:13:42 @ and will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

tcent@Matthew:13:43 @ Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

tcent@Matthew:13:44 @ »Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and then in his joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

tcent@Matthew:13:45 @ »Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,

tcent@Matthew:13:47 @ »Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind;

tcent@Matthew:13:48 @ which, when it was full, they drew it up on the shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.

tcent@Matthew:13:50 @ and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.«

tcent@Matthew:13:51 @ Jesus asked, »Have you understood all these things?« »Yes,« they said to him.

tcent@Matthew:13:52 @ And he said to them, »Therefore every scribe who has been instructed for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.«

tcent@Matthew:13:53 @ When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.

tcent@Matthew:13:54 @ And coming to his own country he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, »Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?

tcent@Matthew:13:56 @ And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?«

tcent@Matthew:13:57 @ And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, »A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.«

tcent@Matthew:14:2 @ and he said to his servants, »This is John the Baptist, he has risen from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him.«

tcent@Matthew:14:3 @ For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

tcent@Matthew:14:9 @ And the king was sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, he commanded it to be given to her;

tcent@Matthew:14:10 @ so he sent and had John beheaded in prison.

tcent@Matthew:14:13 @ Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

tcent@Matthew:14:15 @ When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, »This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.«

tcent@Matthew:14:16 @ Jesus said, »They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.«

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

tcent@Matthew:14:19 @ Then he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave them to the multitudes.

tcent@Matthew:14:22 @ Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the multitudes.

tcent@Matthew:14:23 @ And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

tcent@Matthew:14:24 @ but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land, beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them.

tcent@Matthew:14:25 @ And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.

tcent@Matthew:14:26 @ But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, »It is a ghost!« And they cried out for fear.

tcent@Matthew:14:27 @ But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, »Take courage! It is I; do not be afraid.«

tcent@Matthew:14:30 @ But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, »Lord, save me!«

tcent@Matthew:14:32 @ And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

tcent@Matthew:14:33 @ Then those who were in the boat worshipped him, saying, »Truly you are the Son of God.«

tcent@Matthew:14:35 @ And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent to all that surrounding region and brought to him all who were sick,

tcent@Matthew:14:36 @ and begged him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched it were made well.

tcent@Matthew:15:11 @ not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.«

tcent@Matthew:15:12 @ Then the disciples came and said to him, »Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?«

tcent@Matthew:15:14 @ Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.«

tcent@Matthew:15:15 @ But Peter said to him, »Explain the parable to us.«

tcent@Matthew:15:16 @ So Jesus said, »Are you also still without understanding?

tcent@Matthew:15:17 @ Do you not yet see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?

tcent@Matthew:15:18 @ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

tcent@Matthew:15:23 @ But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, »Send her away, for she is crying out after us.«

tcent@Matthew:15:25 @ But she came and knelt before him, saying, »Lord, help me!«

tcent@Matthew:15:29 @ And Jesus went on from there and passed along the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain, and sat down there.

tcent@Matthew:15:30 @ Then great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others; and they laid them down at his feet, and he healed them.

tcent@Matthew:15:31 @ So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

tcent@Matthew:15:32 @ Now Jesus called his disciples to him and said, »I have compassion on the multitude, because they have been with me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.«

tcent@Matthew:15:33 @ Then his disciples said to him, »Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to feed such a great crowd?«

tcent@Matthew:15:36 @ Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

tcent@Matthew:15:39 @ And he sent away the crowds, got into the boat, and went to the region of Magadan.

tcent@Matthew:16:2 @ He answered them, »When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.’

tcent@Matthew:16:3 @ And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

tcent@Matthew:16:7 @ And they discussed among themselves, saying, »It is because we have taken no bread.«

tcent@Matthew:16:12 @ Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

tcent@Matthew:16:13 @ When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, »Who do men say that the Son of Man is?«

tcent@Matthew:16:16 @ Simon Peter answered, »You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.«

tcent@Matthew:16:17 @ And Jesus answered him, »Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

tcent@Matthew:16:18 @ And I tell you, that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

tcent@Matthew:16:19 @ I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.«

tcent@Matthew:16:21 @ From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

tcent@Matthew:16:22 @ Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him saying, »Never, Lord! This shall never happen to you!«

tcent@Matthew:16:23 @ But he turned and said to Peter, »Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.«

tcent@Matthew:16:25 @ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

tcent@Matthew:16:26 @ What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

tcent@Matthew:16:27 @ For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each man according to what he has done.

tcent@Matthew:16:28 @ Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.«

tcent@Matthew:17:1 @ After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

tcent@Matthew:17:3 @ And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.

tcent@Matthew:17:5 @ While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and a voice from the cloud said, »This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!«

tcent@Matthew:17:9 @ And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, »Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.«

tcent@Matthew:17:11 @ Jesus replied, »Elijah is coming first and will restore all things.

tcent@Matthew:17:13 @ Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.

tcent@Matthew:17:14 @ And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and kneeling before him said,

tcent@Matthew:17:15 @ »Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.

tcent@Matthew:17:17 @ Then Jesus answered, »O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me.«

tcent@Matthew:17:20 @ So he said to them, »Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.«

tcent@Matthew:17:22 @ Now while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, »The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men,

tcent@Matthew:17:25 @ He said, »Yes.« And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, »What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or taxes, from their sons or from others?«

tcent@Matthew:17:27 @ Nevertheless, so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you open its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for me and you.«

tcent@Matthew:18:1 @ At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, »Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?«

tcent@Matthew:18:2 @ He called to him a little child, and put him in the midst of them,

tcent@Matthew:18:3 @ and he said, »Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

tcent@Matthew:18:4 @ Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

tcent@Matthew:18:5 @ Whoever receives one little child like this in my name receives me.

tcent@Matthew:18:6 @ »But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

tcent@Matthew:18:7 @ Woe to the world because of temptations to sin! For temptations must come, but woe to the man by whom the temptation comes!

tcent@Matthew:18:8 @ And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

tcent@Matthew:18:9 @ And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

tcent@Matthew:18:10 @ »See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

tcent@Matthew:18:12 @ What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains in search of the one that went astray?

tcent@Matthew:18:13 @ And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

tcent@Matthew:18:14 @ So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

tcent@Matthew:18:15 @ »If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

tcent@Matthew:18:18 @ »Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

tcent@Matthew:18:19 @ Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

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

tcent@Matthew:18:21 @ Then Peter came to him and said, »Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?«

tcent@Matthew:18:23 @ Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

tcent@Matthew:18:26 @ So the servant fell on his knees before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’

tcent@Matthew:18:28 @ But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe.’

tcent@Matthew:18:30 @ But he refused, and went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.

tcent@Matthew:18:34 @ And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

tcent@Matthew:19:1 @ Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

tcent@Matthew:19:4 @ And he answered them, »Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’

tcent@Matthew:19:5 @ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

tcent@Matthew:19:6 @ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.«

tcent@Matthew:19:8 @ He said to them, »Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

tcent@Matthew:19:11 @ But he said to them, »Not all men can accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given.

tcent@Matthew:19:12 @ For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.«

tcent@Matthew:19:14 @ But Jesus said, »Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.«

tcent@Matthew:19:16 @ Now behold, one came up and said to him, »Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?«

tcent@Matthew:19:21 @ Jesus said to him, »If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.«

tcent@Matthew:19:23 @ Then Jesus said to his disciples, »Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

tcent@Matthew:19:24 @ Again 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.«

tcent@Matthew:19:25 @ When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, »Who then can be saved?«

tcent@Matthew:19:26 @ But Jesus looked at them and said to them, »With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.«

tcent@Matthew:19:27 @ Then Peter answered him, »Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?«

tcent@Matthew:19:28 @ Jesus said to them, »Truly I say to you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

tcent@Matthew:19:29 @ And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

tcent@Matthew:20:1 @ »For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

tcent@Matthew:20:2 @ Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

tcent@Matthew:20:3 @ And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

tcent@Matthew:20:4 @ and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went.

tcent@Matthew:20:5 @ Again he went out about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.

tcent@Matthew:20:6 @ And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’

tcent@Matthew:20:7 @ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.’

tcent@Matthew:20:8 @ And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’

tcent@Matthew:20:11 @ And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner,

tcent@Matthew:20:12 @ saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’

tcent@Matthew:20:13 @ But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

tcent@Matthew:20:17 @ Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

tcent@Matthew:20:18 @ »Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death,

tcent@Matthew:20:20 @ Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to him with her sons and, kneeling down, asked something of him.

tcent@Matthew:20:21 @ And he said to her, »What do you want?« She said to him, »Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.«

tcent@Matthew:20:22 @ But Jesus answered, »You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?« They said to him, »We are able.«

tcent@Matthew:20:23 @ He said to them, »You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right or my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.«

tcent@Matthew:20:24 @ And when the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

tcent@Matthew:20:30 @ And behold, two blind men sitting by the roadside, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, »Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!«

tcent@Matthew:20:31 @ The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet; but they cried out all the more, »Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!«

tcent@Matthew:20:32 @ And Jesus stopped and called them, saying, »What do you want me to do for you? »

tcent@Matthew:21:2 @ saying to them, »Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

tcent@Matthew:21:3 @ If any one says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and he will send them immediately.«

tcent@Matthew:21:4 @ This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying:

tcent@Matthew:21:6 @ The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

tcent@Matthew:21:10 @ And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, »Who is this?«

tcent@Matthew:21:12 @ And Jesus entered the temple of God and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

tcent@Matthew:21:14 @ And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

tcent@Matthew:21:15 @ But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, »Hosanna to the Son of David!« they were indignant;

tcent@Matthew:21:16 @ and they said to him, »Do you hear what these are saying?« And Jesus said to them, »Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise’?«

tcent@Matthew:21:18 @ In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he was hungry.

tcent@Matthew:21:19 @ And seeing a fig tree by the road he went to it, and found nothing on it but leaves only. And he said to it, »May no fruit ever come from you again!« And immediately the fig tree withered.

tcent@Matthew:21:20 @ And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, »How did the fig tree wither away so soon?«

tcent@Matthew:21:21 @ And Jesus answered them, »Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will be done.

tcent@Matthew:21:22 @ And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.«

tcent@Matthew:21:23 @ And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, »By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?«

tcent@Matthew:21:24 @ Jesus answered them, »I also will ask you one question; and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

tcent@Matthew:21:25 @ The baptism of John—where was it from? From heaven or from men?« And they reasoned among themselves, saying, »If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

tcent@Matthew:21:27 @ So they answered Jesus, »We do not know.« And he said to them, »Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

tcent@Matthew:21:28 @ »What do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’

tcent@Matthew:21:30 @ Then he went to the second and said the same thing. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go.

tcent@Matthew:21:31 @ Which of the two did the will of his father?« They said, »The first.« Jesus said to them, »Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

tcent@Matthew:21:32 @ For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.

tcent@Matthew:21:33 @ »Hear another parable: there was a landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far country.

tcent@Matthew:21:36 @ Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did the same to them.

tcent@Matthew:21:37 @ Last of all, he sent his son to them saying, ‘They will respect my son,’

tcent@Matthew:21:38 @ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

tcent@Matthew:21:39 @ So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.

tcent@Matthew:21:40 @ Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?«

tcent@Matthew:21:41 @ They said to him, »He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.«

tcent@Matthew:21:42 @ Jesus said to them, »Have you never read in the Scriptures:

tcent@Matthew:21:43 @ »Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.

tcent@Matthew:21:45 @ When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.

tcent@Matthew:22:1 @ And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying:

tcent@Matthew:22:2 @ »The kingdom of heaven is like a king who arranged a marriage for his son,

tcent@Matthew:22:3 @ and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; but they were not willing to come.

tcent@Matthew:22:4 @ Again, he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, »See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding.’«

tcent@Matthew:22:5 @ But they made light of it and went off, one to his own farm, another to his business.

tcent@Matthew:22:7 @ The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

tcent@Matthew:22:8 @ Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

tcent@Matthew:22:9 @ Go therefore to the highways, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.’

tcent@Matthew:22:10 @ And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests.

tcent@Matthew:22:11 @ But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment.

tcent@Matthew:22:12 @ And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless.

tcent@Matthew:22:13 @ Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

tcent@Matthew:22:15 @ Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk.

tcent@Matthew:22:16 @ And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, »Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and you care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men.

tcent@Matthew:22:17 @ Tell us, then, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?«

tcent@Matthew:22:18 @ But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, »Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

tcent@Matthew:22:20 @ And he said to them, »Whose image and inscription is this?«

tcent@Matthew:22:21 @ They said, »Caesar’s.« Then he said to them, »Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.«

tcent@Matthew:22:24 @ saying, »Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.

tcent@Matthew:22:25 @ Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and having no children, he left his wife to his brother.

tcent@Matthew:22:28 @ Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.«

tcent@Matthew:22:30 @ For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

tcent@Matthew:22:32 @ ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.«

tcent@Matthew:22:33 @ And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.

tcent@Matthew:22:36 @ »Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?«

tcent@Matthew:22:37 @ Jesus said to him, »‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

tcent@Matthew:22:42 @ »What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?« They said to him, »The son of David.«

tcent@Matthew:22:43 @ He said to them, »How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’, saying,

tcent@Matthew:23:2 @ »The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

tcent@Matthew:23:4 @ They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

tcent@Matthew:23:6 @ And they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues,

tcent@Matthew:23:7 @ and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi.’

tcent@Matthew:23:9 @ And do not call anyone on earth your ‘Father,’ for you have one Father, he who is in heaven.

tcent@Matthew:23:13 @ »But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who would enter to go in.

tcent@Matthew:23:15 @ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win a single proselyte, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

tcent@Matthew:23:16 @ »Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

tcent@Matthew:23:17 @ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?

tcent@Matthew:23:18 @ And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift that is on it, he is bound by his oath.’

tcent@Matthew:23:19 @ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

tcent@Matthew:23:20 @ Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

tcent@Matthew:23:21 @ And he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it.

tcent@Matthew:23:23 @ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law, justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

tcent@Matthew:23:24 @ You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

tcent@Matthew:23:25 @ »Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.

tcent@Matthew:23:26 @ Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

tcent@Matthew:23:27 @ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which outwardly appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

tcent@Matthew:23:28 @ Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

tcent@Matthew:23:30 @ And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

tcent@Matthew:23:31 @ Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

tcent@Matthew:23:33 @ You serpents! You brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?

tcent@Matthew:23:34 @ Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

tcent@Matthew:23:37 @ »O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

tcent@Matthew:23:39 @ For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’«

tcent@Matthew:24:1 @ Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came up to point out to him the buildings of the temple.

tcent@Matthew:24:2 @ But he answered them, »You see all these things, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.«

tcent@Matthew:24:3 @ Now as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, »Tell us, when will this be? And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?«

tcent@Matthew:24:5 @ For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

tcent@Matthew:24:6 @ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

tcent@Matthew:24:7 @ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

tcent@Matthew:24:8 @ All these are the beginning of birth pains.

tcent@Matthew:24:12 @ And because wickedness will increase, the love of most will grow cold.

tcent@Matthew:24:14 @ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

tcent@Matthew:24:15 @ »So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand)

tcent@Matthew:24:16 @ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

tcent@Matthew:24:17 @ Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

tcent@Matthew:24:18 @ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

tcent@Matthew:24:19 @ But woe for those who are pregnant and for those who are nursing babies in those days!

tcent@Matthew:24:20 @ Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.

tcent@Matthew:24:21 @ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

tcent@Matthew:24:26 @ So if they say to you, ‘There he is, out in the desert,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

tcent@Matthew:24:27 @ For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

tcent@Matthew:24:30 @ Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

tcent@Matthew:24:31 @ And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

tcent@Matthew:24:33 @ So also, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.

tcent@Matthew:24:34 @ Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place.

tcent@Matthew:24:37 @ But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

tcent@Matthew:24:38 @ For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

tcent@Matthew:24:39 @ and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

tcent@Matthew:24:40 @ Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

tcent@Matthew:24:41 @ Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left.

tcent@Matthew:24:42 @ Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

tcent@Matthew:24:43 @ But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.

tcent@Matthew:24:44 @ Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

tcent@Matthew:24:46 @ Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing.

tcent@Matthew:24:48 @ But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

tcent@Matthew:24:49 @ and he then begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

tcent@Matthew:24:51 @ and he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

tcent@Matthew:25:1 @ »Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

tcent@Matthew:25:4 @ but the wise took oil in their flasks with their lamps.

tcent@Matthew:25:7 @ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.

tcent@Matthew:25:8 @ And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

tcent@Matthew:25:10 @ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

tcent@Matthew:25:11 @ Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us!’

tcent@Matthew:25:14 @ »For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them.

tcent@Matthew:25:15 @ To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

tcent@Matthew:25:17 @ So also, he who had the two talents gained two more.

tcent@Matthew:25:18 @ But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

tcent@Matthew:25:20 @ So he who had received the five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents.’

tcent@Matthew:25:21 @ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

tcent@Matthew:25:22 @ He also who had received the two talents came and said, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents.’

tcent@Matthew:25:23 @ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’

tcent@Matthew:25:24 @ Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

tcent@Matthew:25:25 @ So I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’

tcent@Matthew:25:27 @ Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.

tcent@Matthew:25:30 @ And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

tcent@Matthew:25:31 @ »When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

tcent@Matthew:25:34 @ Then the King will say to those on his right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

tcent@Matthew:25:35 @ for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you took me in,

tcent@Matthew:25:36 @ I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’

tcent@Matthew:25:37 @ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?

tcent@Matthew:25:38 @ When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or naked and clothe you?

tcent@Matthew:25:39 @ When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

tcent@Matthew:25:40 @ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’

tcent@Matthew:25:41 @ »Then he will say to those on his left hand, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

tcent@Matthew:25:42 @ for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,

tcent@Matthew:25:43 @ I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’

tcent@Matthew:25:44 @ Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’

tcent@Matthew:25:46 @ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.«

tcent@Matthew:26:1 @ When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,

tcent@Matthew:26:3 @ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

tcent@Matthew:26:5 @ But they said, »Not during the feast, lest there be a riot among the people.«

tcent@Matthew:26:6 @ Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,

tcent@Matthew:26:8 @ But when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, »Why this waste?

tcent@Matthew:26:10 @ But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, »Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me.

tcent@Matthew:26:12 @ For in pouring this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

tcent@Matthew:26:13 @ Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.«

tcent@Matthew:26:15 @ and said, »What are you willing to give me if I deliver him to you?« And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.

tcent@Matthew:26:17 @ Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, »Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?«

tcent@Matthew:26:18 @ He said, »Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, my time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’«

tcent@Matthew:26:20 @ When evening had come, he sat at the table with the twelve.

tcent@Matthew:26:21 @ And as they were eating, he said, »Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.«

tcent@Matthew:26:23 @ He answered, »He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me.

tcent@Matthew:26:25 @ Then Judas, who was betraying him, answered, »Rabbi, is it I?« He said to him, »You have said it.«

tcent@Matthew:26:26 @ Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, »Take, eat; this is my body.«

tcent@Matthew:26:27 @ Then he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, »Drink from it, all of you.

tcent@Matthew:26:28 @ For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

tcent@Matthew:26:29 @ I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.«

tcent@Matthew:26:38 @ Then he said to them, »My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with me.«

tcent@Matthew:26:39 @ And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, »O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.«

tcent@Matthew:26:40 @ Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, »So, could you not watch with me one hour?

tcent@Matthew:26:41 @ Watch and pray, so that you will not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.«

tcent@Matthew:26:42 @ Again, a second time, he went away and prayed, »O my Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink it, your will be done.«

tcent@Matthew:26:43 @ And again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

tcent@Matthew:26:44 @ So he left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

tcent@Matthew:26:45 @ Then he came to the disciples and said to them, »Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

tcent@Matthew:26:46 @ Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.«

tcent@Matthew:26:47 @ While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people.

tcent@Matthew:26:48 @ Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, »The one I kiss is the man; seize him.«

tcent@Matthew:26:49 @ And at once he went up to Jesus and said, »Greetings, Rabbi!« and kissed him.

tcent@Matthew:26:52 @ But Jesus said to him, »Put your sword back in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

tcent@Matthew:26:53 @ Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?

tcent@Matthew:26:54 @ But how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this way?«

tcent@Matthew:26:55 @ At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, »Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me.

tcent@Matthew:26:59 @ Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

tcent@Matthew:26:61 @ and said, »This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’«

tcent@Matthew:26:62 @ And the high priest stood up and said, »Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?«

tcent@Matthew:26:63 @ But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, »I charge you under oath by the living God: tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.«

tcent@Matthew:26:66 @ What do you think?« They answered, »He is worthy of death.«

tcent@Matthew:26:67 @ Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists; and others slapped him,

tcent@Matthew:26:68 @ saying, »Prophesy to us, Christ! Who is the one who struck you?«

tcent@Matthew:26:69 @ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him and said, »You also were with Jesus of Galilee.«

tcent@Matthew:26:70 @ But he denied it before them all, saying, »I do not know what you are talking about.«

tcent@Matthew:26:72 @ But again he denied it with an oath, »I do not know the man!«

tcent@Matthew:26:74 @ Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, »I do not know the man.« And immediately the rooster crowed.

tcent@Matthew:27:1 @ When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

tcent@Matthew:27:4 @ saying, »I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.« And they said, »What is that to us? You see to it!«

tcent@Matthew:27:5 @ Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.

tcent@Matthew:27:6 @ But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, »It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are the money of blood.«

tcent@Matthew:27:7 @ So they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

tcent@Matthew:27:9 @ Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, »And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,

tcent@Matthew:27:11 @ Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, »Are you the king of the Jews?« So Jesus said to him, »It is as you say.«

tcent@Matthew:27:13 @ Then Pilate said to him, »Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?«

tcent@Matthew:27:14 @ But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge; so that the governor wondered greatly.

tcent@Matthew:27:19 @ While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, »Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered greatly today in a dream because of him.«

tcent@Matthew:27:24 @ When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, »I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves.«

tcent@Matthew:27:27 @ Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around him.

tcent@Matthew:27:29 @ and when they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand. And they bowed the knee before him and mocked him, saying, »Hail, King of the Jews!«

tcent@Matthew:27:34 @ they offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

tcent@Matthew:27:35 @ And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots;

tcent@Matthew:27:36 @ and sitting down, they kept watch over him there.

tcent@Matthew:27:37 @ And they put up over his head the charge written against him:

tcent@Matthew:27:39 @ And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging their heads

tcent@Matthew:27:40 @ and saying, »You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.«

tcent@Matthew:27:41 @ So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,

tcent@Matthew:27:42 @ »He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

tcent@Matthew:27:43 @ He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’«

tcent@Matthew:27:44 @ And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

tcent@Matthew:27:45 @ Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land.

tcent@Matthew:27:46 @ And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, »Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?« that is, »My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?«

tcent@Matthew:27:47 @ When some of those standing there heard this, they said, »This man is calling Elijah.«

tcent@Matthew:27:48 @ Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with wine vinegar and put it on a reed, and offered it to him to drink.

tcent@Matthew:27:50 @ And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

tcent@Matthew:27:51 @ And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split;

tcent@Matthew:27:52 @ the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,

tcent@Matthew:27:53 @ and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

tcent@Matthew:27:54 @ So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified, and said, »Truly this was the Son of God!«

tcent@Matthew:27:55 @ And many women were also there, looking on from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him;

tcent@Matthew:27:57 @ And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself also become a disciple of Jesus.

tcent@Matthew:27:59 @ When Joseph took the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

tcent@Matthew:27:60 @ and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

tcent@Matthew:27:61 @ Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

tcent@Matthew:27:63 @ and said, »Sir, we remember how that deceiver said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

tcent@Matthew:27:66 @ So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

tcent@Matthew:28:3 @ His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

tcent@Matthew:28:7 @ Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead. And behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. Behold, I have told you.«

tcent@Matthew:28:11 @ Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and reported to the chief priests all the things that had happened.

tcent@Matthew:28:15 @ So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

tcent@Matthew:28:16 @ Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.

tcent@Matthew:28:18 @ And Jesus came and said to them, »All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

tcent@Matthew:28:19 @ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

tcent@Matthew:28:20 @ teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.«

tcent@Mark:1:1 @ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

tcent@Mark:1:2 @ As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

tcent@Mark:1:4 @ John came baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

tcent@Mark:1:5 @ And all the land of Judea, and the people from Jerusalem, went out to him and they were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

tcent@Mark:1:7 @ And he preached, saying, »After me comes One who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

tcent@Mark:1:9 @ In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

tcent@Mark:1:10 @ And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove.

tcent@Mark:1:12 @ The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.

tcent@Mark:1:13 @ And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.

tcent@Mark:1:14 @ Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,

tcent@Mark:1:15 @ and saying, »The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel.«

tcent@Mark:1:16 @ And as he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the Sea; for they were fishermen.

tcent@Mark:1:19 @ When he had gone a little farther from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets.

tcent@Mark:1:20 @ And immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him.

tcent@Mark:1:21 @ And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.

tcent@Mark:1:22 @ And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.

tcent@Mark:1:23 @ Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,

tcent@Mark:1:24 @ saying, »Let us alone! What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!«

tcent@Mark:1:25 @ But Jesus rebuked him, saying, »Be quiet, and come out of him!«

tcent@Mark:1:26 @ And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

tcent@Mark:1:27 @ And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, »What is this? A new teaching! With authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.«

tcent@Mark:1:28 @ And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

tcent@Mark:1:30 @ Now Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

tcent@Mark:1:32 @ Now at evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick and those who were demon-possessed.

tcent@Mark:1:35 @ Now in the morning, a long while before daylight, he rose and went out to a solitary place, and there he prayed.

tcent@Mark:1:37 @ and when they found him, they said to him, »Everyone is looking for you.«

tcent@Mark:1:39 @ And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

tcent@Mark:1:40 @ Then a leper came to him, imploring him, kneeling down to him and saying to him, »If you are willing, you can make me clean.«

tcent@Mark:1:41 @ And Jesus, moved with compassion, put out his hand and touched him, and said to him, »I am willing; be clean.«

tcent@Mark:1:44 @ and he said to him, »See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.«

tcent@Mark:1:45 @ But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was outside in the deserted places; and people came to him from every quarter.

tcent@Mark:2:3 @ Then they came to him, bringing a paralytic carried by four men.

tcent@Mark:2:4 @ And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

tcent@Mark:2:5 @ When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, »Son, your sins are forgiven.«

tcent@Mark:2:6 @ Now some of the scribes were sitting there, reasoning in their hearts,

tcent@Mark:2:7 @ »Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?«

tcent@Mark:2:8 @ And immediately, when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, he said to them, »Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?

tcent@Mark:2:9 @ Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your pallet and walk’?

tcent@Mark:2:10 @ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins«—he said to the paralytic,

tcent@Mark:2:12 @ And he rose, and immediately took up the pallet and went out in the sight of them all; so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, »We never saw anything like this!«

tcent@Mark:2:13 @ Then he went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd came to him, and he taught them.

tcent@Mark:2:14 @ As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, »Follow me.« So he rose and followed him.

tcent@Mark:2:15 @ And as he sat at table in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were sitting with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.

tcent@Mark:2:16 @ And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw him eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, »Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?«

tcent@Mark:2:17 @ And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, »Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.«

tcent@Mark:2:18 @ Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, »Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?«

tcent@Mark:2:20 @ But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.

tcent@Mark:2:22 @ And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.«

tcent@Mark:2:23 @ One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.

tcent@Mark:2:24 @ And the Pharisees said to him, »Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?«

tcent@Mark:2:25 @ But he said to them, »Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those who were with him:

tcent@Mark:2:26 @ how he entered the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful to eat, except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?«

tcent@Mark:3:1 @ He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.

tcent@Mark:3:6 @ Then the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

tcent@Mark:3:8 @ and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things he was doing, came to him.

tcent@Mark:3:13 @ And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those he himself wanted. And they came to him.

tcent@Mark:3:14 @ Then he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach,

tcent@Mark:3:20 @ Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.

tcent@Mark:3:21 @ When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, »He is out of his mind.«

tcent@Mark:3:22 @ And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, »He is possessed by Beelzebub, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.«

tcent@Mark:3:23 @ So he called them to himself and said to them in parables: »How can Satan cast out Satan?

tcent@Mark:3:24 @ If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

tcent@Mark:3:25 @ And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

tcent@Mark:3:26 @ And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.

tcent@Mark:3:27 @ No one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.

tcent@Mark:3:28 @ Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;

tcent@Mark:3:29 @ but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin«—

tcent@Mark:3:31 @ Then his brothers and his mother came. And standing outside they sent to him, and called him.

tcent@Mark:3:32 @ And a crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, »Your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you.«

tcent@Mark:3:34 @ And he looked at those who sat in a circle around him, and said, »Here are my mother and my brothers!

tcent@Mark:4:1 @ Again he began to teach by the sea. and a very large crowd gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

tcent@Mark:4:2 @ Then he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his teaching:

tcent@Mark:4:7 @ Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

tcent@Mark:4:8 @ But other seed fell on good soil and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced thirtyfold, sixty, and a hundred.«

tcent@Mark:4:11 @ And he said to them, »To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those outside everything is in parables;

tcent@Mark:4:15 @ And these are the ones along the path where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them.

tcent@Mark:4:17 @ and they have no root in themselves, but endure for only a time. Then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

tcent@Mark:4:19 @ but the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

tcent@Mark:4:22 @ For there is nothing hidden, except to be revealed; nor is anything secret, but that it should come to light.

tcent@Mark:4:26 @ And he said, »The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground,

tcent@Mark:4:28 @ All by itself the earth produces grain—first the blade, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

tcent@Mark:4:29 @ But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.«

tcent@Mark:4:30 @ And he said, »With what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?

tcent@Mark:4:31 @ It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is the smallest of all seeds in the earth;

tcent@Mark:4:32 @ yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.«

tcent@Mark:4:34 @ But without a parable he did not speak to them. And when they were alone, he explained everything to his own disciples.

tcent@Mark:4:35 @ On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, »Let us go over to the other side.«

tcent@Mark:4:36 @ And leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.

tcent@Mark:4:37 @ And a great storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.

tcent@Mark:4:38 @ But he was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. And they woke him and said to him, »Teacher, do you not care if we perish?«

tcent@Mark:4:39 @ Then he rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, »Peace! Be still!« And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

tcent@Mark:4:41 @ And they were filled with awe, and said to one another, »Who is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!«

tcent@Mark:5:3 @ who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain,

tcent@Mark:5:4 @ for he had often been bound with shackles and chains. But the chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.

tcent@Mark:5:5 @ Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

tcent@Mark:5:7 @ And crying out with a loud voice, he said, »What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me.«

tcent@Mark:5:11 @ Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside.

tcent@Mark:5:12 @ So all the demons begged him, »Send us to the swine, that we may enter them.«

tcent@Mark:5:13 @ So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.

tcent@Mark:5:14 @ So those who fed the swine fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people went out to see what it was that had happened.

tcent@Mark:5:15 @ And they came to Jesus, and saw the man who had been possessed sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had had the legion; and they were afraid.

tcent@Mark:5:16 @ And those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the swine.

tcent@Mark:5:18 @ And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.

tcent@Mark:5:20 @ And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.

tcent@Mark:5:21 @ And when Jesus had crossed over again by the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea.

tcent@Mark:5:22 @ Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And seeing him, he fell at his feet,

tcent@Mark:5:23 @ and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, »My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed, and live.«

tcent@Mark:5:27 @ When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.

tcent@Mark:5:29 @ And immediately the bleeding stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

tcent@Mark:5:30 @ And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and said, »Who touched my clothes?«

tcent@Mark:5:31 @ And his disciples said to him, »You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’«

tcent@Mark:5:33 @ But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him in fear and trembling and told him the whole truth.

tcent@Mark:5:34 @ And he said to her, »Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.«

tcent@Mark:5:35 @ While he was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house who said, »Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?«

tcent@Mark:5:36 @ But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, »Do not be afraid; only believe.«

tcent@Mark:5:38 @ When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly.

tcent@Mark:5:39 @ And when he came in, he said to them, »Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.«

tcent@Mark:5:40 @ And they laughed at him. But after he put them all outside, he took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

tcent@Mark:5:43 @ He strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.

tcent@Mark:6:2 @ And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many who heard him were astonished, saying, »Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him, that such mighty works are performed by his hands!

tcent@Mark:6:4 @ But Jesus said to them, »A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.«

tcent@Mark:6:6 @ And he marveled because of their unbelief. Then he went around the villages teaching.

tcent@Mark:6:8 @ He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bag, no bread, no money in their belts—

tcent@Mark:6:11 @ And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them.«

tcent@Mark:6:13 @ And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them.

tcent@Mark:6:14 @ King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some said, »John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why these powers are at work in him.«

tcent@Mark:6:17 @ For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

tcent@Mark:6:19 @ And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

tcent@Mark:6:20 @ for Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard him, he was much perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly.

tcent@Mark:6:21 @ But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his high officers and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

tcent@Mark:6:22 @ And when the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, »Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you.«

tcent@Mark:6:23 @ And he vowed to her, »Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.«

tcent@Mark:6:25 @ Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, »I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.«

tcent@Mark:6:26 @ And the king was exceedingly sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

tcent@Mark:6:27 @ And immediately the king sent an executioner and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,

tcent@Mark:6:29 @ When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

tcent@Mark:6:31 @ And he said to them, »Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while.« For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

tcent@Mark:6:32 @ So they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves.

tcent@Mark:6:33 @ But many saw them going, and knew them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns, and got there ahead of them.

tcent@Mark:6:34 @ When Jesus went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.

tcent@Mark:6:35 @ When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him and said, »This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late.

tcent@Mark:6:36 @ Send them away, so they can go to the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves something to eat.«

tcent@Mark:6:37 @ But he answered them, »You give them something to eat.« And they said to him, »Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?«

tcent@Mark:6:39 @ Then he commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.

tcent@Mark:6:40 @ So they sat down in groups, of hundreds and fifties.

tcent@Mark:6:41 @ And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all.

tcent@Mark:6:45 @ Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

tcent@Mark:6:46 @ And after he had left them, he went up on the mountain to pray.

tcent@Mark:6:47 @ When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he was alone on land.

tcent@Mark:6:48 @ And he saw the disciples straining at the oars, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He was about to pass by them,

tcent@Mark:6:49 @ but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out;

tcent@Mark:6:51 @ Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind ceased. And they were completely amazed,

tcent@Mark:6:56 @ Wherever he entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were made well.

tcent@Mark:7:2 @ they saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

tcent@Mark:7:3 @ (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.

tcent@Mark:7:4 @ When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash themselves. And there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pitchers and copper vessels. )

tcent@Mark:7:5 @ The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, »Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with impure hands?«

tcent@Mark:7:9 @ And he said to them, »You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition!

tcent@Mark:7:12 @ then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother,

tcent@Mark:7:13 @ thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.«

tcent@Mark:7:14 @ And he called all the people to him again, and said to them, »Hear me, everyone, and understand:

tcent@Mark:7:15 @ there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.«

tcent@Mark:7:18 @ So he said to them, »Are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

tcent@Mark:7:19 @ since it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?« (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

tcent@Mark:7:21 @ For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil thoughts, fornications, theft, murder, adultery,

tcent@Mark:7:22 @ coveting, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

tcent@Mark:7:23 @ All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man.«

tcent@Mark:7:29 @ Then he said to her, »For this saying you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.«

tcent@Mark:7:30 @ She went home, and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

tcent@Mark:7:32 @ Then they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged him to put his hand on him.

tcent@Mark:7:33 @ And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue.

tcent@Mark:7:34 @ And looking up to heaven he sighed and said to him, »Ephphatha,« that is, »Be opened.«

tcent@Mark:7:35 @ And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly.

tcent@Mark:7:37 @ And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, »He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.«

tcent@Mark:8:1 @ In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to them,

tcent@Mark:8:2 @ »I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat.

tcent@Mark:8:3 @ And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a long distance.«

tcent@Mark:8:4 @ And his disciples answered him, »How can one feed these men with bread here in the desert?«

tcent@Mark:8:6 @ So he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

tcent@Mark:8:7 @ They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set before them.

tcent@Mark:8:9 @ About four thousand men were present. And having sent them away,

tcent@Mark:8:10 @ he immediately got into the boat with his disciples, and went to the region of Dalmanutha.

tcent@Mark:8:11 @ The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.

tcent@Mark:8:12 @ And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, »Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.«

tcent@Mark:8:13 @ And he left them, and getting into the boat again he departed to the other side.

tcent@Mark:8:14 @ Now the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

tcent@Mark:8:15 @ And he cautioned them, saying, »Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.«

tcent@Mark:8:16 @ And they discussed it with one another, saying, »It is because we have no bread.«

tcent@Mark:8:17 @ Being aware of it, Jesus said to them, »Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

tcent@Mark:8:18 @ Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?

tcent@Mark:8:22 @ And they came to Bethsaida; and some people brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.

tcent@Mark:8:23 @ So he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. And when he had spit on his eyes and put his hands on him, he asked him »Do you see anything?«

tcent@Mark:8:24 @ And he looked up and said, »I see men; but they look like trees, walking.«

tcent@Mark:8:25 @ Then he put his hands on his eyes again and made him look up. And he was restored, and saw everything clearly.

tcent@Mark:8:26 @ And he sent him away to his home, saying, »Do not even go into the village.«

tcent@Mark:8:31 @ And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

tcent@Mark:8:32 @ He spoke plainly about this. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

tcent@Mark:8:33 @ But when he had turned around and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, »Get behind me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.«

tcent@Mark:8:36 @ For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

tcent@Mark:8:37 @ Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

tcent@Mark:8:38 @ For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.«

tcent@Mark:9:1 @ And he said to them, »Truly, I say to you that there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come with power.«

tcent@Mark:9:2 @ After six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,

tcent@Mark:9:3 @ and his clothes became dazzling, exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth could bleach them.

tcent@Mark:9:4 @ And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

tcent@Mark:9:9 @ And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

tcent@Mark:9:10 @ So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.

tcent@Mark:9:12 @ Then he said to them, »Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man, that he must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

tcent@Mark:9:14 @ And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.

tcent@Mark:9:16 @ And he asked them, »What are you discussing with them?«

tcent@Mark:9:19 @ He answered him, »O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.«

tcent@Mark:9:20 @ And they brought the boy to him. And when the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

tcent@Mark:9:22 @ And it has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us.«

tcent@Mark:9:23 @ Jesus said to him, »If you can, all things are possible to him who believes.«

tcent@Mark:9:25 @ And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, »You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again.«

tcent@Mark:9:28 @ And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, »Why could we not cast it out?«

tcent@Mark:9:29 @ And he said to them, »This kind can only come out by prayer.«

tcent@Mark:9:31 @ For he was teaching his disciples and said to them, »The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and when he is killed, after three days he will rise.«

tcent@Mark:9:32 @ But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.

tcent@Mark:9:33 @ And they came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, »What were you discussing on the road?«

tcent@Mark:9:36 @ And he took a little child, and put him in the midst of them. And taking him in his arms, he said to them,

tcent@Mark:9:37 @ »Whoever receives one of these little children in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.«

tcent@Mark:9:38 @ John said to him, »Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name and we forbade him, because he was not one of us.«

tcent@Mark:9:39 @ But Jesus said, »Do not forbid him, for no one who does a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.

tcent@Mark:9:40 @ For he who is not against us is for us.

tcent@Mark:9:41 @ For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, will by no means lose his reward.

tcent@Mark:9:42 @ »Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

tcent@Mark:9:43 @ If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, to the fire that shall never be quenched.

tcent@Mark:9:45 @ And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell.

tcent@Mark:9:47 @ And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

tcent@Mark:9:50 @ Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.«

tcent@Mark:10:1 @ Then he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan. And crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them.

tcent@Mark:10:2 @ The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, »Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?«

tcent@Mark:10:6 @ But from the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’

tcent@Mark:10:7 @ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,

tcent@Mark:10:9 @ Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.«

tcent@Mark:10:10 @ In the house his disciples also asked him again about this matter.

tcent@Mark:10:11 @ So he said to them, »Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

tcent@Mark:10:13 @ And they were bringing children to him, that he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them.

tcent@Mark:10:14 @ But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, »Let the little children come to me; and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

tcent@Mark:10:15 @ Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will not enter it.«

tcent@Mark:10:16 @ And he took them in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.

tcent@Mark:10:17 @ And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, »Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?«

tcent@Mark:10:21 @ Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, »You lack one thing; go and sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.«

tcent@Mark:10:23 @ Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, »How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!«

tcent@Mark:10:24 @ And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, »Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

tcent@Mark:10:25 @ 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.«

tcent@Mark:10:26 @ And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, »Then who can be saved?«

tcent@Mark:10:27 @ Jesus looked at them and said, »With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.«

tcent@Mark:10:28 @ Peter began to say to him, »See, we have left everything and followed you.«

tcent@Mark:10:30 @ who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time—house and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.

tcent@Mark:10:32 @ They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And he took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him.

tcent@Mark:10:33 @ »Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles;

tcent@Mark:10:37 @ And they said to him, »Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and the other at your left, in your glory.«

tcent@Mark:10:38 @ But Jesus said to them, »You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?«

tcent@Mark:10:39 @ They said to him, »We are able.« So Jesus said to them, »You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;

tcent@Mark:10:40 @ but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.«

tcent@Mark:10:41 @ And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant with James and John.

tcent@Mark:10:46 @ And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside begging.

tcent@Mark:10:49 @ So Jesus stopped and said, »Call him.« And they called the blind man, saying to him, »Take heart; rise, he is calling you.«

tcent@Mark:10:50 @ And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.

tcent@Mark:10:51 @ And Jesus said to him, »What do you want me to do for you?« And the blind man said to him, »Master, let me receive my sight.«

tcent@Mark:11:2 @ and said to them, »Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

tcent@Mark:11:3 @ If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.’«

tcent@Mark:11:4 @ They went away and found a colt tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied it.

tcent@Mark:11:5 @ And some of those who stood there said to them, »What are you doing, untying the colt?«

tcent@Mark:11:11 @ Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple. And when he had looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

tcent@Mark:11:13 @ And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

tcent@Mark:11:14 @ And he said to it, »May no one ever eat fruit from you again.« And his disciples heard it.

tcent@Mark:11:15 @ So they came to Jerusalem. And Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

tcent@Mark:11:18 @ And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to destroy him; for they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

tcent@Mark:11:19 @ When evening came, they went out of the city.

tcent@Mark:11:20 @ In the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.

tcent@Mark:11:22 @ And Jesus answered them, »Have faith in God.

tcent@Mark:11:23 @ Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.

tcent@Mark:11:24 @ Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

tcent@Mark:11:25 @ And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.

tcent@Mark:11:27 @ Then they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him.

tcent@Mark:11:28 @ And they said to him, »By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?«

tcent@Mark:11:29 @ Jesus said to them, »I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

tcent@Mark:11:33 @ So they answered Jesus, »We do not know.« And Jesus said to them, »Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.«

tcent@Mark:12:1 @ Then he began to speak to them in parables: »A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far country.

tcent@Mark:12:2 @ At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants, to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

tcent@Mark:12:4 @ Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully.

tcent@Mark:12:6 @ He still had one left to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

tcent@Mark:12:7 @ But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

tcent@Mark:12:8 @ So they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

tcent@Mark:12:9 @ What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and give the vineyard to others.

tcent@Mark:12:12 @ And they sought to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.

tcent@Mark:12:13 @ Then they sent to him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

tcent@Mark:12:14 @ When they came, they said to him, »Teacher, we know that you are true, and care about no man; for you do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

tcent@Mark:12:15 @ Should we pay them, or should we not?« But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, »Why do you put me to the test? Bring me a denarius, and let me look at it.«

tcent@Mark:12:16 @ And they brought one. And he said to them, »Whose likeness and inscription is this?« They said to him, »Caesar's.«

tcent@Mark:12:17 @ Jesus said to them, »Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.« And they were amazed at him.

tcent@Mark:12:18 @ Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him; and they asked him a question, saying:

tcent@Mark:12:21 @ And the second took her, and he died; leaving behind no children. And the third likewise.

tcent@Mark:12:23 @ In the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.«

tcent@Mark:12:25 @ For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

tcent@Mark:12:26 @ And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

tcent@Mark:12:27 @ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.«

tcent@Mark:12:28 @ And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him, »Which commandment is the first of all?«

tcent@Mark:12:30 @ And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

tcent@Mark:12:33 @ and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.«

tcent@Mark:12:34 @ And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, »You are not far from the kingdom of God.« And after that no one dared to ask him any question.

tcent@Mark:12:35 @ And Jesus said, while he taught in the temple, »How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

tcent@Mark:12:36 @ David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared:

tcent@Mark:12:38 @ And in his teaching he said, »Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places

tcent@Mark:12:39 @ and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

tcent@Mark:12:41 @ And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the multitude putting money into the treasury. Many people who were rich put in large sums.

tcent@Mark:12:42 @ And a poor widow came, and put in two copper coins, which make a penny.

tcent@Mark:12:43 @ And he called his disciples to him, and said to them, »Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury.

tcent@Mark:12:44 @ For they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in everything—all she had to live on.«

tcent@Mark:13:1 @ And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, »Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!«

tcent@Mark:13:2 @ And Jesus said to him, »Do you see all these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.«

tcent@Mark:13:4 @ »Tell us, when will this be? And what will be the sign when these things are all to be fulfilled?«

tcent@Mark:13:6 @ Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many.

tcent@Mark:13:7 @ When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

tcent@Mark:13:8 @ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginning of birth pains.

tcent@Mark:13:9 @ But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

tcent@Mark:13:11 @ And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand what you are to say. But say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

tcent@Mark:13:12 @ Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

tcent@Mark:13:14 @ »When you see ‘the abomination of desolation’ standing where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

tcent@Mark:13:15 @ Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

tcent@Mark:13:16 @ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his cloak.

tcent@Mark:13:17 @ But woe for those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days!

tcent@Mark:13:18 @ Pray that it may not happen in winter.

tcent@Mark:13:19 @ For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

tcent@Mark:13:23 @ But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.

tcent@Mark:13:24 @ »But in those days, after that tribulation,

tcent@Mark:13:26 @ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

tcent@Mark:13:27 @ And then he will send out his angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

tcent@Mark:13:29 @ So also, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door.

tcent@Mark:13:30 @ Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away before all these things take place.

tcent@Mark:13:32 @ »But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

tcent@Mark:13:34 @ It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.

tcent@Mark:13:35 @ Watch therefore—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

tcent@Mark:13:36 @ lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.

tcent@Mark:14:1 @ It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him.

tcent@Mark:14:2 @ But they said, »Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.«

tcent@Mark:14:3 @ And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly. And she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

tcent@Mark:14:4 @ But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, »Why was this ointment wasted?

tcent@Mark:14:6 @ But Jesus said, »Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

tcent@Mark:14:8 @ She has done what she could. She has come beforehand to anoint my body for burial.

tcent@Mark:14:9 @ And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.«

tcent@Mark:14:13 @ And he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, »Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him.

tcent@Mark:14:17 @ And when it was evening he came with the twelve.

tcent@Mark:14:18 @ And as they were at table eating, Jesus said, »Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.«

tcent@Mark:14:20 @ He said to them, »It is one of the twelve, one who dips bread into the dish with me.

tcent@Mark:14:22 @ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, »Take; this is my body.«

tcent@Mark:14:25 @ Truly, I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.«

tcent@Mark:14:35 @ And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

tcent@Mark:14:36 @ And he said, »Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me; yet not what I will, but what you will.«

tcent@Mark:14:37 @ Then he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, »Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

tcent@Mark:14:38 @ Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.«

tcent@Mark:14:39 @ And again he went away and prayed, saying the same words.

tcent@Mark:14:40 @ And when he came again, he found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what to answer him.

tcent@Mark:14:41 @ Then he came the third time and said to them, »Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

tcent@Mark:14:43 @ And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

tcent@Mark:14:44 @ Now the betrayer had given them a signal, saying, »The one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard.«

tcent@Mark:14:48 @ And Jesus said to them, »Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?

tcent@Mark:14:49 @ Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But the scriptures must be fulfilled.«

tcent@Mark:14:51 @ And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth around his body. And they seized him,

tcent@Mark:14:52 @ and he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked.

tcent@Mark:14:54 @ But Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.

tcent@Mark:14:55 @ Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

tcent@Mark:14:56 @ For many bore false witness against him, but their testimonies did not agree.

tcent@Mark:14:57 @ Then some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying,

tcent@Mark:14:58 @ »We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another not made with hands.’«

tcent@Mark:14:60 @ And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, »Have you no answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?«

tcent@Mark:14:61 @ But he was silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, »Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?«

tcent@Mark:14:64 @ You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?« And they all condemned him as worthy of death.

tcent@Mark:14:65 @ Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to beat him, and to say to him, »Prophesy!« And the guards received him with slaps in the face.

tcent@Mark:14:66 @ Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

tcent@Mark:14:67 @ And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, »You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.«

tcent@Mark:14:68 @ But he denied it, saying, »I neither know nor understand what you mean.« And he went out into the gateway.

tcent@Mark:14:69 @ And the servant girl saw him again, and began to say to those who stood by, »This is one of them.«

tcent@Mark:14:70 @ But again he denied it. And after a little while again those standing near said to Peter, »Surely you are one of them; for you are a Gallilean.«

tcent@Mark:14:71 @ But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, »I do not know this man of whom you speak.«

tcent@Mark:15:1 @ Very early in the morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council; and they bound Jesus, led him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

tcent@Mark:15:2 @ Then Pilate asked him, »Are you the King of the Jews?« And he answered him, »It is as you say.«

tcent@Mark:15:3 @ And the chief priests accused him of many things.

tcent@Mark:15:4 @ And Pilate again asked him, »Have you no answer to make? See how many things they bring against you.«

tcent@Mark:15:7 @ And with the rebels in prison, who had committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas.

tcent@Mark:15:9 @ But Pilate answered them, »Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?«

tcent@Mark:15:11 @ But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release for them Barabbas instead.

tcent@Mark:15:12 @ And Pilate again said to them, »Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?«

tcent@Mark:15:13 @ And they cried out again, »Crucify him!«

tcent@Mark:15:15 @ So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged him, to be crucified.

tcent@Mark:15:16 @ The soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and they called together the whole battalion.

tcent@Mark:15:17 @ And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and they twisted a crown of thorns and put it on him.

tcent@Mark:15:18 @ And they began to salute him, »Hail, King of the Jews!«

tcent@Mark:15:19 @ Then they struck him on the head with a reed and spat on him; and falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.

tcent@Mark:15:21 @ Then they compelled a certain man, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to carry his cross.

tcent@Mark:15:23 @ Then they offered him wine mingled with myrrh, but he did not take it.

tcent@Mark:15:26 @ And the inscription of the charge written against him read:

tcent@Mark:15:29 @ And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging their heads, and saying, »Aha! You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days,

tcent@Mark:15:32 @ Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.« Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.

tcent@Mark:15:33 @ And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

tcent@Mark:15:34 @ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, »Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?«—which means, »My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?«

tcent@Mark:15:35 @ When some of those standing near heard this, they said, »Behold, he is calling Elijah.«

tcent@Mark:15:36 @ And one ran and filled a sponge full of wine vinegar, put it on a reed, and offered it to him to drink, saying, »Wait, let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.«

tcent@Mark:15:38 @ Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

tcent@Mark:15:40 @ There were also women looking on from afar, among whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,

tcent@Mark:15:41 @ who also followed him and ministered to him when he was in Galilee; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.

tcent@Mark:15:42 @ Now when evening had come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

tcent@Mark:15:43 @ Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

tcent@Mark:15:44 @ Pilate marveled that he was already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him if he was already dead.

tcent@Mark:15:46 @ Then he bought fine linen, took him down, and wrapped him in the linen. And he laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

tcent@Mark:16:1 @ Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.

tcent@Mark:16:5 @ And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were alarmed.

tcent@Mark:16:7 @ But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as he told you.«

tcent@Mark:16:8 @ So they went out quickly and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them. And they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

tcent@Mark:16:12 @ After this he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country.

tcent@Mark:16:15 @ And he said to them, »Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

tcent@Mark:16:17 @ And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

tcent@Mark:16:18 @ they will pick up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.«

tcent@Mark:16:19 @ So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

tcent@Luke:1:1 @ Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been fulfilled among us,

tcent@Luke:1:2 @ just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

tcent@Luke:1:3 @ it seemed good to me also, having carefully investigated all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus,

tcent@Luke:1:4 @ so that you may know the certainty of the things which you have been taught.

tcent@Luke:1:5 @ In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

tcent@Luke:1:6 @ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

tcent@Luke:1:7 @ But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.

tcent@Luke:1:8 @ Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

tcent@Luke:1:9 @ according to the custom of the priesthood, it fell to him by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

tcent@Luke:1:10 @ And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

tcent@Luke:1:11 @ Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

tcent@Luke:1:15 @ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

tcent@Luke:1:17 @ And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.«

tcent@Luke:1:18 @ And Zechariah said to the angel, »How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.«

tcent@Luke:1:19 @ And the angel answered him, »I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

tcent@Luke:1:20 @ And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things come to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.«

tcent@Luke:1:21 @ And the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple.

tcent@Luke:1:22 @ But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he made signs to them and remained speechless.

tcent@Luke:1:24 @ After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she hid herself, saying,

tcent@Luke:1:25 @ »Thus the Lord has done to me, in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.«

tcent@Luke:1:26 @ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

tcent@Luke:1:27 @ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.

tcent@Luke:1:29 @ But she was greatly troubled at his saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.

tcent@Luke:1:31 @ And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

tcent@Luke:1:33 @ And he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end.«

tcent@Luke:1:34 @ And Mary said to the angel, »How can this be, since I am a virgin?«

tcent@Luke:1:36 @ And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

tcent@Luke:1:37 @ For with God nothing will be impossible.«

tcent@Luke:1:38 @ Then Mary said, »Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.« And the angel departed from her.

tcent@Luke:1:39 @ In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah,

tcent@Luke:1:41 @ And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

tcent@Luke:1:44 @ For behold, as soon as the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy.

tcent@Luke:1:56 @ And Mary remained with her about three months, and returned to her home.

tcent@Luke:1:62 @ And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he would have him called.

tcent@Luke:1:63 @ And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, »His name is John.« And they all marveled.

tcent@Luke:1:64 @ And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God.

tcent@Luke:1:65 @ And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were discussed throughout all the hill country of Judea;

tcent@Luke:1:66 @ and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, »What then will this child be?« For the hand of the Lord was with him.

tcent@Luke:1:67 @ Now his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:

tcent@Luke:1:80 @ And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

tcent@Luke:2:1 @ In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.

tcent@Luke:2:2 @ This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

tcent@Luke:2:4 @ And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

tcent@Luke:2:7 @ And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

tcent@Luke:2:8 @ And in that region there were shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.

tcent@Luke:2:10 @ Then the angel said to them, »Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.

tcent@Luke:2:11 @ For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

tcent@Luke:2:12 @ And this will be a sign to you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.«

tcent@Luke:2:13 @ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

tcent@Luke:2:15 @ When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, »Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.«

tcent@Luke:2:16 @ And they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

tcent@Luke:2:17 @ Now when they had seen him, they made widely known the saying which had been told them concerning this child.

tcent@Luke:2:19 @ But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.

tcent@Luke:2:20 @ Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

tcent@Luke:2:21 @ And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

tcent@Luke:2:22 @ And when the time of their purification according to the law of Moses was completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord

tcent@Luke:2:23 @ (as it is written in the law of the Lord, »Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord«),

tcent@Luke:2:24 @ and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, »a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.«

tcent@Luke:2:25 @ Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

tcent@Luke:2:27 @ So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

tcent@Luke:2:28 @ he took him up in his arms and blessed God, and said:

tcent@Luke:2:34 @ Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, »Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against

tcent@Luke:2:36 @ And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,

tcent@Luke:2:37 @ and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, but worshipped with fasting and prayer night and day.

tcent@Luke:2:38 @ And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

tcent@Luke:2:39 @ And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

tcent@Luke:2:42 @ And when he was twelve years old, they went up to the Feast, according to the custom.

tcent@Luke:2:43 @ And when the feast was over, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

tcent@Luke:2:44 @ but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they sought him among their relatives and acquaintances.

tcent@Luke:2:45 @ And when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.

tcent@Luke:2:46 @ After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

tcent@Luke:2:47 @ And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

tcent@Luke:2:48 @ And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, »Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.«

tcent@Luke:2:49 @ And he said to them, »Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?«

tcent@Luke:2:50 @ But they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.

tcent@Luke:2:51 @ Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them, but his mother kept all these things in her heart.

tcent@Luke:2:52 @ And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

tcent@Luke:3:1 @ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

tcent@Luke:3:2 @ during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

tcent@Luke:3:3 @ And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

tcent@Luke:3:4 @ As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

tcent@Luke:3:8 @ Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

tcent@Luke:3:9 @ And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.«

tcent@Luke:3:13 @ And he said to them, »Collect no more than is appointed you.«

tcent@Luke:3:15 @ As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ,

tcent@Luke:3:16 @ John answered them all, »I baptize you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

tcent@Luke:3:17 @ His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.«

tcent@Luke:3:19 @ But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the other evil things Herod had done,

tcent@Luke:3:20 @ added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

tcent@Luke:3:21 @ When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was also baptized. And as he was praying, the heaven was opened

tcent@Luke:3:22 @ and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, »You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.«

tcent@Luke:3:23 @ Now Jesus himself, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

tcent@Luke:3:26 @ the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

tcent@Luke:3:33 @ the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

tcent@Luke:3:36 @ the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

tcent@Luke:3:37 @ the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

tcent@Luke:4:1 @ Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

tcent@Luke:4:2 @ being tempted for forty days by the devil. In those days he ate nothing, and when they had ended, he was hungry.

tcent@Luke:4:5 @ Then the devil took him up to a high place, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

tcent@Luke:4:9 @ He took him to Jerusalem, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, »If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;

tcent@Luke:4:14 @ Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of him went out through all the surrounding country.

tcent@Luke:4:15 @ And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

tcent@Luke:4:16 @ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

tcent@Luke:4:20 @ Then he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

tcent@Luke:4:21 @ And he began to say to them, »Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.«

tcent@Luke:4:23 @ He said to them, »Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here also in your own country what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’«

tcent@Luke:4:24 @ Then he said, »Truly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.

tcent@Luke:4:25 @ But I tell you truly, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;

tcent@Luke:4:26 @ but Elijah was sent to none of them except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

tcent@Luke:4:27 @ And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha; and not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.«

tcent@Luke:4:28 @ When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

tcent@Luke:4:30 @ But passing through the midst of them, he went his way.

tcent@Luke:4:31 @ Then he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and he was teaching them on the Sabbath.

tcent@Luke:4:32 @ And they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

tcent@Luke:4:33 @ And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,

tcent@Luke:4:35 @ But Jesus rebuked him, saying, »Be quiet, and come out of him!« And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him without doing him any harm.

tcent@Luke:4:37 @ And the report about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

tcent@Luke:4:38 @ And he arose and left the synagogue, and entered Simon's house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they made request of him on her behalf.

tcent@Luke:4:40 @ When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

tcent@Luke:4:41 @ And demons also came out of many, crying, »You are the Son of God!« But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

tcent@Luke:4:42 @ Now when it was day, he departed and went into a deserted place. And the people sought him and came to him, and tried to keep him from leaving them;

tcent@Luke:4:43 @ but he said to them, »I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because I was sent for this purpose.«

tcent@Luke:4:44 @ And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

tcent@Luke:5:1 @ Now as the people pressed around him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.

tcent@Luke:5:2 @ And he saw two boats by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets.

tcent@Luke:5:3 @ Then he got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

tcent@Luke:5:4 @ When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, »Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.«

tcent@Luke:5:5 @ And Simon answered, »Master, we toiled all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.«

tcent@Luke:5:6 @ And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets were breaking.

tcent@Luke:5:7 @ So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

tcent@Luke:5:8 @ When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, »Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!«

tcent@Luke:5:11 @ So when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

tcent@Luke:5:12 @ While he was in one of the cities, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and begged him, »Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.«

tcent@Luke:5:13 @ And he stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, »I am willing; be clean.« And immediately the leprosy left him.

tcent@Luke:5:14 @ And he charged him to tell no one, »But go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing as a testimony to them, just as Moses commanded.«

tcent@Luke:5:15 @ But the report went around concerning him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

tcent@Luke:5:17 @ One day as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal.

tcent@Luke:5:18 @ Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus.

tcent@Luke:5:19 @ When they could not find a way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

tcent@Luke:5:20 @ When he saw their faith he said, »Man, your sins are forgiven you.«

tcent@Luke:5:21 @ And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, »Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?«

tcent@Luke:5:22 @ But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered them, »Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

tcent@Luke:5:23 @ Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Rise up and walk’?

tcent@Luke:5:24 @ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins«—he said to the man who was paralyzed— »I say to you, rise, take up your bed and go home.«

tcent@Luke:5:25 @ Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

tcent@Luke:5:26 @ And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, »We have seen strange things today.«

tcent@Luke:5:27 @ After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, »Follow me.«

tcent@Luke:5:28 @ And he left everything, rose up and followed him.

tcent@Luke:5:29 @ Then Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there were a great number of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them.

tcent@Luke:5:30 @ And the Pharisees and their scribes complained against his disciples, saying, »Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?«

tcent@Luke:5:32 @ I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.«

tcent@Luke:5:33 @ They said to him, »The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.«

tcent@Luke:5:35 @ But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days.«

tcent@Luke:5:37 @ And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.

tcent@Luke:5:38 @ But new wine must be put into new wineskins.

tcent@Luke:5:39 @ And no one after drinking old wine desires the new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’«

tcent@Luke:6:1 @ One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields, and his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.

tcent@Luke:6:2 @ But some of the Pharisees said, »Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?«

tcent@Luke:6:7 @ The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

tcent@Luke:6:12 @ In those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

tcent@Luke:6:23 @ Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

tcent@Luke:6:32 @ If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

tcent@Luke:6:33 @ And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

tcent@Luke:6:34 @ And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much back.

tcent@Luke:6:35 @ But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.

tcent@Luke:6:38 @ Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.«

tcent@Luke:6:39 @ He also told them a parable: »Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

tcent@Luke:6:40 @ A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

tcent@Luke:6:41 @ And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the plank in your own eye?

tcent@Luke:6:42 @ Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the plank from out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

tcent@Luke:6:45 @ The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

tcent@Luke:6:48 @ he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

tcent@Luke:6:49 @ But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.«

tcent@Luke:7:1 @ When he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.

tcent@Luke:7:3 @ When he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.

tcent@Luke:7:4 @ And when they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, »He is worthy to have you do this for him,

tcent@Luke:7:6 @ And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, »Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

tcent@Luke:7:9 @ When Jesus heard this, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that followed him, »I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.«

tcent@Luke:7:11 @ Soon afterward, he went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.

tcent@Luke:7:12 @ As he came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.

tcent@Luke:7:14 @ Then he came and touched the open coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And he said, »Young man, I say to you, arise.«

tcent@Luke:7:16 @ Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, »A great prophet has arisen among us;« and »God has visited his people.«

tcent@Luke:7:17 @ And this report about him spread throughout all Judea and all the surrounding country.

tcent@Luke:7:18 @ Then the disciples of John told him about all these things.

tcent@Luke:7:19 @ And John, calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, »Are you the One who is to come, or shall we look for another?«

tcent@Luke:7:20 @ When the men had come to him, they said, »John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the One who is to come, or shall we look for another?’«

tcent@Luke:7:21 @ At that very hour he cured many of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and to many that were blind he gave sight.

tcent@Luke:7:22 @ He answered them, »Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the good news preached to them.

tcent@Luke:7:24 @ When the messengers of John had departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: »What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

tcent@Luke:7:25 @ What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts.

tcent@Luke:7:28 @ I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.«

tcent@Luke:7:29 @ (And when they heard him, all the people, even the tax collectors, justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

tcent@Luke:7:30 @ But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

tcent@Luke:7:32 @ They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another:

tcent@Luke:7:33 @ For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

tcent@Luke:7:34 @ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

tcent@Luke:7:36 @ One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went to the Pharisee's house, and reclined at the table.

tcent@Luke:7:37 @ And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of perfume,

tcent@Luke:7:38 @ and as she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.

tcent@Luke:7:39 @ Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, »If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.«

tcent@Luke:7:40 @ And Jesus answered him, »Simon, I have something to say to you.« And he said, »Teacher, say it.«

tcent@Luke:7:41 @ »A certain creditor had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

tcent@Luke:7:42 @ When they had nothing with which to pay him back, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?«

tcent@Luke:7:45 @ You gave me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss my feet from the time I came in.

tcent@Luke:7:46 @ You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.

tcent@Luke:7:47 @ Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.«

tcent@Luke:7:48 @ And he said to her, »Your sins are forgiven.«

tcent@Luke:7:49 @ Then those who reclined at the table with him began to say among themselves, »Who is this who even forgives sins?«

tcent@Luke:7:50 @ He said to the woman, »Your faith has saved you; go in peace.«

tcent@Luke:8:1 @ Soon afterward, he went on through every city and village, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,

tcent@Luke:8:2 @ and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out,

tcent@Luke:8:4 @ And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:

tcent@Luke:8:10 @ he said, »To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others it is given in parables, so that

tcent@Luke:8:13 @ And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

tcent@Luke:8:15 @ But the ones that fell on the good soil are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

tcent@Luke:8:17 @ For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light.

tcent@Luke:8:18 @ Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.«

tcent@Luke:8:20 @ And it was told him, »Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you.«

tcent@Luke:8:22 @ One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, »Let us go over to the other side of the lake.« So they set out.

tcent@Luke:8:23 @ As they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in danger.

tcent@Luke:8:24 @ And they went and woke him, saying, »Master, Master, we are perishing!« Then he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; and they ceased, and there was a calm.

tcent@Luke:8:25 @ He said to them, »Where is your faith?« And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, »Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and water, and they obey him?«

tcent@Luke:8:27 @ When he stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but in the tombs.

tcent@Luke:8:29 @ For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles; and he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the wilderness.

tcent@Luke:8:31 @ And they begged him repeatedly not to command them to go into the Abyss.

tcent@Luke:8:32 @ Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter them. So he gave them permission.

tcent@Luke:8:33 @ Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

tcent@Luke:8:34 @ When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

tcent@Luke:8:35 @ Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

tcent@Luke:8:37 @ Then all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

tcent@Luke:8:38 @ The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying,

tcent@Luke:8:39 @ »Return to your home, and tell how much God has done for you.« And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

tcent@Luke:8:40 @ Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

tcent@Luke:8:42 @ for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying.

tcent@Luke:8:44 @ came up behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her flow of blood stopped.

tcent@Luke:8:47 @ When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.

tcent@Luke:8:48 @ And he said to her, »Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.«

tcent@Luke:8:49 @ While he was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue's house and said, »Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.«

tcent@Luke:8:50 @ But Jesus on hearing this answered him, »Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be well.«

tcent@Luke:8:51 @ When he came into the house he permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl.

tcent@Luke:8:52 @ Now all were wailing and mourning for her; but he said, »Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.«

tcent@Luke:8:53 @ And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

tcent@Luke:8:54 @ But he took her by the hand and called, saying, »Child, arise.«

tcent@Luke:8:55 @ Then her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat.

tcent@Luke:9:2 @ And he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

tcent@Luke:9:3 @ And he said to them, »Take nothing for the journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.

tcent@Luke:9:5 @ And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.«

tcent@Luke:9:6 @ So they departed and went through the towns, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

tcent@Luke:9:8 @ by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

tcent@Luke:9:9 @ And Herod said, »John I have beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?« So he sought to see him.

tcent@Luke:9:11 @ But when the crowds learned it, they followed him; and he welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

tcent@Luke:9:12 @ Now the day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, »Send the crowd away, to go to the surrounding villages and country, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a deserted place.«

tcent@Luke:9:13 @ But he said to them, »You give them something to eat.« And they said, »We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all these people.«

tcent@Luke:9:14 @ For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, »Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.«

tcent@Luke:9:16 @ Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

tcent@Luke:9:18 @ Now it happened that as he was praying alone his disciples were with him; and he asked them, »Who do the crowds say that I am?«

tcent@Luke:9:19 @ So they answered, »John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.«

tcent@Luke:9:22 @ saying, »The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.«

tcent@Luke:9:25 @ For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?

tcent@Luke:9:26 @ For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

tcent@Luke:9:27 @ But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.«

tcent@Luke:9:28 @ Now about eight days after these sayings, he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

tcent@Luke:9:29 @ And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his robe became white and glistening.

tcent@Luke:9:31 @ who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

tcent@Luke:9:33 @ As the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, »Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah«—not knowing what he said.

tcent@Luke:9:34 @ While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

tcent@Luke:9:35 @ And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, »This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!«

tcent@Luke:9:36 @ When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet, and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

tcent@Luke:9:37 @ On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

tcent@Luke:9:39 @ And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and will hardly leave him, bruising him.

tcent@Luke:9:41 @ Then Jesus answered, »O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.«

tcent@Luke:9:42 @ While he was coming, the demon threw him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

tcent@Luke:9:44 @ »Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.«

tcent@Luke:9:45 @ But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

tcent@Luke:9:47 @ Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by him,

tcent@Luke:9:48 @ and said to them, »Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is least among you all is the one who is great.«

tcent@Luke:9:49 @ Now John answered, »Master, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.«

tcent@Luke:9:50 @ But Jesus said to him, »Do not forbid him, for he that is not against you is for you.«

tcent@Luke:9:57 @ As they were going along the road, a man said to him, »I will follow you wherever you go.«

tcent@Luke:9:60 @ Jesus said to him, »Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.«

tcent@Luke:9:62 @ Jesus said to him, »No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.«

tcent@Luke:10:1 @ After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

tcent@Luke:10:2 @ And he said to them, »The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

tcent@Luke:10:7 @ And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they give, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

tcent@Luke:10:9 @ Heal the sick there and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

tcent@Luke:10:10 @ But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say,

tcent@Luke:10:11 @ ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’

tcent@Luke:10:13 @ »Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

tcent@Luke:10:17 @ The seventy returned with joy, saying, »Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name.«

tcent@Luke:10:18 @ And he said to them, »I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

tcent@Luke:10:19 @ Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.

tcent@Luke:10:20 @ Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.«

tcent@Luke:10:21 @ At that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, »I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it was your good pleasure.

tcent@Luke:10:22 @ All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.«

tcent@Luke:10:24 @ For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.«

tcent@Luke:10:25 @ And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, »Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?«

tcent@Luke:10:26 @ He said to him, »What is written in the law? How do you read?«

tcent@Luke:10:27 @ And he answered, »‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind’; and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’«

tcent@Luke:10:29 @ But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, »And who is my neighbor?«

tcent@Luke:10:30 @ Jesus said: »A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing, beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

tcent@Luke:10:31 @ Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

tcent@Luke:10:34 @ He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

tcent@Luke:10:35 @ The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’

tcent@Luke:10:36 @ Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?«

tcent@Luke:10:38 @ Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.

tcent@Luke:10:40 @ But Martha was distracted with much serving; and she went to him and said, »Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.«

tcent@Luke:10:41 @ But the Lord answered her, »Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things;

tcent@Luke:10:42 @ but only one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.«

tcent@Luke:11:1 @ He was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, »Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.«

tcent@Luke:11:6 @ for a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

tcent@Luke:11:7 @ and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything’?

tcent@Luke:11:9 @ So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

tcent@Luke:11:10 @ For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

tcent@Luke:11:11 @ What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?

tcent@Luke:11:14 @ Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. So it was, when the demon had gone out, that the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

tcent@Luke:11:15 @ But some of them said, »He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of demons.«

tcent@Luke:11:16 @ Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

tcent@Luke:11:17 @ But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them: »Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against itself falls.

tcent@Luke:11:18 @ If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

tcent@Luke:11:20 @ But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

tcent@Luke:11:21 @ When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are in peace.

tcent@Luke:11:22 @ But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

tcent@Luke:11:23 @ He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

tcent@Luke:11:24 @ »When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

tcent@Luke:11:25 @ And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.

tcent@Luke:11:27 @ As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, »Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you!«

tcent@Luke:11:29 @ When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, »This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

tcent@Luke:11:30 @ For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

tcent@Luke:11:31 @ The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

tcent@Luke:11:32 @ The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.

tcent@Luke:11:33 @ »No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

tcent@Luke:11:35 @ Therefore be careful that the light in you is not darkness.

tcent@Luke:11:36 @ If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light.«

tcent@Luke:11:37 @ While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table.

tcent@Luke:11:38 @ The Pharisee was surprised to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

tcent@Luke:11:39 @ But the Lord said to him, »Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

tcent@Luke:11:40 @ You foolish ones! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

tcent@Luke:11:41 @ But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.

tcent@Luke:11:42 @ But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

tcent@Luke:11:43 @ Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

tcent@Luke:11:44 @ Woe to you! For you are like graves which are not seen, and men walk over them without knowing it.«

tcent@Luke:11:45 @ One of the lawyers answered him, »Teacher, by saying these things you reproach us also.«

tcent@Luke:11:46 @ And he said, »Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

tcent@Luke:11:52 @ Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.«

tcent@Luke:11:53 @ As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,

tcent@Luke:11:54 @ lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.

tcent@Luke:12:1 @ In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trampled one another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, »Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

tcent@Luke:12:2 @ There is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

tcent@Luke:12:3 @ Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

tcent@Luke:12:5 @ But I will show you whom you should fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him!

tcent@Luke:12:7 @ Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.

tcent@Luke:12:10 @ And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

tcent@Luke:12:11 @ Now when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you are to say;

tcent@Luke:12:12 @ for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.«

tcent@Luke:12:13 @ Someone in the crowd said to him, »Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.«

tcent@Luke:12:15 @ And he said to them, »Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.«

tcent@Luke:12:16 @ And he told them a parable, saying: »The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

tcent@Luke:12:17 @ And he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

tcent@Luke:12:18 @ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

tcent@Luke:12:19 @ And I will say to my soul, »Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.«’

tcent@Luke:12:20 @ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?’

tcent@Luke:12:23 @ For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

tcent@Luke:12:25 @ And which of you by worrying can add a single cubit to his span of life?

tcent@Luke:12:26 @ If you then are not able to do this very little thing, why are you anxious about the rest?

tcent@Luke:12:27 @ Consider the lilies, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

tcent@Luke:12:28 @ But if God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!

tcent@Luke:12:29 @ And do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, nor have an anxious mind.

tcent@Luke:12:30 @ For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

tcent@Luke:12:31 @ But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

tcent@Luke:12:32 @ Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

tcent@Luke:12:33 @ Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

tcent@Luke:12:35 @ »Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning,

tcent@Luke:12:36 @ and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and knocks.

tcent@Luke:12:37 @ Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and will come and serve them.

tcent@Luke:12:38 @ If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants.

tcent@Luke:12:39 @ But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

tcent@Luke:12:40 @ Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.«

tcent@Luke:12:41 @ Peter said, »Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to all?«

tcent@Luke:12:43 @ Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

tcent@Luke:12:45 @ But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

tcent@Luke:12:47 @ And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not ready himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

tcent@Luke:12:48 @ But he who did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask the more.

tcent@Luke:12:49 @ »I came to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

tcent@Luke:12:51 @ Do you think that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.

tcent@Luke:12:52 @ For from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

tcent@Luke:12:54 @ He also said to the multitudes, »When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, »A shower is coming’; and so it happens.

tcent@Luke:12:55 @ And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is.

tcent@Luke:12:56 @ You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; but how is it you do not know how to interpret this present time?

tcent@Luke:12:58 @ As you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

tcent@Luke:13:1 @ There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

tcent@Luke:13:2 @ And Jesus answered them, »Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?

tcent@Luke:13:4 @ Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?

tcent@Luke:13:6 @ He told this parable: »A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

tcent@Luke:13:7 @ So he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?’

tcent@Luke:13:9 @ And if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, you can cut it down.’«

tcent@Luke:13:10 @ Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.

tcent@Luke:13:11 @ And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

tcent@Luke:13:12 @ When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, »Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.«

tcent@Luke:13:14 @ But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, »There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.«

tcent@Luke:13:17 @ When he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

tcent@Luke:13:18 @ Then he said, »What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

tcent@Luke:13:19 @ It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.«

tcent@Luke:13:20 @ And again he said, »To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?

tcent@Luke:13:21 @ It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour till it was all leavened.«

tcent@Luke:13:22 @ He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

tcent@Luke:13:25 @ When once the owner of the house has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open for us.’ He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’

tcent@Luke:13:26 @ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

tcent@Luke:13:27 @ But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!’

tcent@Luke:13:28 @ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

tcent@Luke:13:29 @ And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God.

tcent@Luke:13:32 @ And he said to them, »Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.’

tcent@Luke:13:33 @ Nevertheless I must journey today and tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

tcent@Luke:13:34 @ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

tcent@Luke:13:35 @ Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’«

tcent@Luke:14:1 @ One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they watched him.

tcent@Luke:14:3 @ And Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, »Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?«

tcent@Luke:14:5 @ Then he said to them, »Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?«

tcent@Luke:14:7 @ So he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noted how they chose the places of honor, saying to them:

tcent@Luke:14:8 @ »When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest one more distinguished than you be invited by him;

tcent@Luke:14:9 @ and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

tcent@Luke:14:10 @ But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

tcent@Luke:14:12 @ Then he also said to the one who invited him, »When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers, your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.

tcent@Luke:14:13 @ But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

tcent@Luke:14:15 @ When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, »Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!«

tcent@Luke:14:16 @ Then he said to him, »A certain man gave a great banquet and invited many.

tcent@Luke:14:17 @ And at the time of the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all is now ready.’

tcent@Luke:14:19 @ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’

tcent@Luke:14:21 @ So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in the poor and the maimed, the blind and the lame.’

tcent@Luke:14:23 @ Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

tcent@Luke:14:24 @ For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’«

tcent@Luke:14:28 @ For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

tcent@Luke:14:29 @ Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,

tcent@Luke:14:30 @ saying, ‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’

tcent@Luke:14:31 @ Or what king, going to make war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

tcent@Luke:15:1 @ Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

tcent@Luke:15:2 @ And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, »This man receives sinners and eats with them.«

tcent@Luke:15:4 @ »What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

tcent@Luke:15:5 @ And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

tcent@Luke:15:6 @ And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’

tcent@Luke:15:7 @ I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

tcent@Luke:15:8 @ »Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

tcent@Luke:15:9 @ And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.’

tcent@Luke:15:10 @ In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.«

tcent@Luke:15:12 @ And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.’ So he divided his living between them.

tcent@Luke:15:13 @ Not many days after, the younger son gathered together all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in loose living.

tcent@Luke:15:14 @ And when he had spent everything, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in want.

tcent@Luke:15:15 @ So he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

tcent@Luke:15:16 @ And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

tcent@Luke:15:18 @ I will arise and go to my father and will say to him, »Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

tcent@Luke:15:21 @ And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

tcent@Luke:15:22 @ But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

tcent@Luke:15:23 @ And bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;

tcent@Luke:15:24 @ for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

tcent@Luke:15:25 @ »Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

tcent@Luke:15:26 @ So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

tcent@Luke:15:28 @ But he was angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

tcent@Luke:15:29 @ But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have been serving you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends.

tcent@Luke:15:30 @ But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted calf!’

tcent@Luke:15:32 @ It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’«

tcent@Luke:16:1 @ He also said to his disciples: »There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.

tcent@Luke:16:3 @ The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

tcent@Luke:16:4 @ I have decided what to do, so that people may receive me into their houses when I am put out of the stewardship.’

tcent@Luke:16:5 @ So he called in each one of his master's debtors, and he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’

tcent@Luke:16:8 @ So the master commended the dishonest steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

tcent@Luke:16:9 @ And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

tcent@Luke:16:10 @ He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.

tcent@Luke:16:11 @ If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust you with the true riches?

tcent@Luke:16:12 @ And if you have not been faithful in what is another's, who will give you what is your own?

tcent@Luke:16:15 @ He said to them, »You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

tcent@Luke:16:16 @ The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

tcent@Luke:16:19 @ »There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.

tcent@Luke:16:20 @ And a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,

tcent@Luke:16:21 @ longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

tcent@Luke:16:23 @ And in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

tcent@Luke:16:24 @ And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy upon 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.’

tcent@Luke:16:25 @ But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus received evil things; but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

tcent@Luke:16:31 @ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.’«

tcent@Luke:17:1 @ Then he said to his disciples, »Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

tcent@Luke:17:2 @ It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

tcent@Luke:17:3 @ Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

tcent@Luke:17:4 @ And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and turns to you seven times, and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.«

tcent@Luke:17:5 @ The apostles said to the Lord, »Increase our faith!«

tcent@Luke:17:6 @ So the Lord said, »If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

tcent@Luke:17:7 @ »Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

tcent@Luke:17:8 @ Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare my supper, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'?

tcent@Luke:17:11 @ On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee.

tcent@Luke:17:15 @ Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;

tcent@Luke:17:16 @ and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

tcent@Luke:17:17 @ Then said Jesus, »Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

tcent@Luke:17:20 @ Now when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, »The kingdom of God does not come with observation;

tcent@Luke:17:21 @ nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is within you.«

tcent@Luke:17:22 @ Then he said to the disciples, »The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

tcent@Luke:17:24 @ For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one part to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

tcent@Luke:17:25 @ But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

tcent@Luke:17:26 @ Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.

tcent@Luke:17:27 @ They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

tcent@Luke:17:28 @ Likewise as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

tcent@Luke:17:29 @ but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

tcent@Luke:17:31 @ On that day, let him who is on the housetop, with his goods in the house, not come down to take them away. And likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.

tcent@Luke:17:34 @ I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.

tcent@Luke:17:35 @ Two women will be grinding together; one will be taken and the other left.«

tcent@Luke:18:2 @ He said: »In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man.

tcent@Luke:18:3 @ And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

tcent@Luke:18:5 @ yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or she will wear me out by her continual coming.’«

tcent@Luke:18:7 @ And will not God bring about justice for his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?

tcent@Luke:18:8 @ I tell you that he will bring about justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?«

tcent@Luke:18:9 @ Also he told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

tcent@Luke:18:13 @ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’

tcent@Luke:18:15 @ Now they were also bringing infants to him that he might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

tcent@Luke:18:16 @ But Jesus called them to him and said, »Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

tcent@Luke:18:17 @ Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will not enter it.«

tcent@Luke:18:18 @ Now a certain ruler asked him, »Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?«

tcent@Luke:18:22 @ When Jesus heard it, he said to him, »One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.«

tcent@Luke:18:24 @ Jesus looked at him and said, »How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

tcent@Luke:18:25 @ For 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.«

tcent@Luke:18:29 @ So he said to them, »Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

tcent@Luke:18:30 @ who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.«

tcent@Luke:18:31 @ Then he took the twelve aside and said to them, »Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written of the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

tcent@Luke:18:32 @ For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

tcent@Luke:18:33 @ They will scourge him and kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.«

tcent@Luke:18:34 @ But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.

tcent@Luke:18:35 @ As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

tcent@Luke:18:36 @ And hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

tcent@Luke:18:37 @ They told him, »Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.«

tcent@Luke:18:39 @ And those who led the way rebuked him, telling him to be quiet; but he cried out all the more, »Son of David, have mercy on me!«

tcent@Luke:18:43 @ And immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

tcent@Luke:19:1 @ Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.

tcent@Luke:19:4 @ So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

tcent@Luke:19:7 @ And when they saw it they all murmured, »He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.«

tcent@Luke:19:8 @ And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, »Look, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have defrauded any one of anything, I restore it fourfold.«

tcent@Luke:19:11 @ As they heard these things, he went on to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.

tcent@Luke:19:12 @ Therefore he said: »A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return.

tcent@Luke:19:13 @ So he called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’

tcent@Luke:19:14 @ But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

tcent@Luke:19:15 @ And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

tcent@Luke:19:16 @ Then came the first, saying, ‘ Master, your mina has earned ten minas more.’

tcent@Luke:19:17 @ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, be in authority over ten cities.’

tcent@Luke:19:18 @ And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’

tcent@Luke:19:20 @ Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept laid away in a handkerchief;

tcent@Luke:19:22 @ He said to him, ‘I will judge you out of your own mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

tcent@Luke:19:23 @ Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

tcent@Luke:19:24 @ And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’

tcent@Luke:19:25 @ And they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas already!’

tcent@Luke:19:27 @ But those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.’«

tcent@Luke:19:28 @ When he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

tcent@Luke:19:30 @ saying, »Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

tcent@Luke:19:31 @ If any one asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say to him, ‘The Lord has need of it.’«

tcent@Luke:19:33 @ And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, »Why are you untying the colt?«

tcent@Luke:19:37 @ And, as he was now drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

tcent@Luke:19:38 @ saying,

tcent@Luke:19:39 @ And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, »Teacher, rebuke your disciples.«

tcent@Luke:19:42 @ saying, »If you had known, even you, this day, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

tcent@Luke:19:43 @ For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,

tcent@Luke:19:44 @ and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation.«

tcent@Luke:19:46 @ saying to them, »It is written,

tcent@Luke:19:47 @ And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests the scribes and the leaders of the people sought to destroy him,

tcent@Luke:19:48 @ but they could not find anything they could do, for all the people hung upon his words.

tcent@Luke:20:1 @ One day as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, came up to him

tcent@Luke:20:2 @ and said to him, »Tell us by what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is that gave you this authority.«

tcent@Luke:20:5 @ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, »If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

tcent@Luke:20:8 @ And Jesus said to them, »Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.«

tcent@Luke:20:9 @ Then he began to tell the people this parable: »A man planted a vineyard, leased it to vine-dressers, and went into another country for a long time.

tcent@Luke:20:10 @ At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants, that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

tcent@Luke:20:13 @ Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’

tcent@Luke:20:14 @ But when the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’

tcent@Luke:20:15 @ So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

tcent@Luke:20:16 @ He will come and destroy those tenants, and give the vineyard to others.« When they heard this, they said, »May this never be!«

tcent@Luke:20:18 @ Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.«

tcent@Luke:20:19 @ The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them.

tcent@Luke:20:20 @ So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might catch him on what he said, in order to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

tcent@Luke:20:21 @ And they asked him, »Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and you do not show partiality, but teach the way of God in truth.

tcent@Luke:20:23 @ But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them,

tcent@Luke:20:24 @ »Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?« They said, »Caesar’s.«

tcent@Luke:20:25 @ He said to them, »Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.«

tcent@Luke:20:26 @ And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said. But marveling at his answer they were silent.

tcent@Luke:20:28 @ and they questioned him, »Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the wife and raise up children for his brother.

tcent@Luke:20:31 @ and then the third took her, and in the same way the seven died, and they left no children.

tcent@Luke:20:32 @ Finally the woman died also.

tcent@Luke:20:33 @ In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be? For all seven had her as wife.«

tcent@Luke:20:34 @ And Jesus said to them, »The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

tcent@Luke:20:35 @ But those who are considered worthy to attain that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

tcent@Luke:20:36 @ nor can they die any more, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

tcent@Luke:20:37 @ But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’

tcent@Luke:20:38 @ Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to him.«

tcent@Luke:20:42 @ For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,

tcent@Luke:20:45 @ And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,

tcent@Luke:20:46 @ »Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,

tcent@Luke:21:1 @ He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

tcent@Luke:21:2 @ and he also saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.

tcent@Luke:21:3 @ So he said, »Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of the others;

tcent@Luke:21:4 @ for these all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on.«

tcent@Luke:21:5 @ And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, he said,

tcent@Luke:21:6 @ »As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.«

tcent@Luke:21:7 @ So they asked him, »Teacher, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when they are about to take place?«

tcent@Luke:21:8 @ And he said: »Take heed that you not are deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not go after them.

tcent@Luke:21:9 @ And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified; for these things must first take place, but the end will not come immediately.«

tcent@Luke:21:10 @ Then he said to them, »Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

tcent@Luke:21:11 @ There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

tcent@Luke:21:12 @ But before all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. And you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

tcent@Luke:21:13 @ This will turn into an opportunity for you to bear testimony.

tcent@Luke:21:14 @ Therefore settle it in your minds not to meditate beforehand how you will answer;

tcent@Luke:21:19 @ By your endurance you will gain your lives.

tcent@Luke:21:21 @ Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it.

tcent@Luke:21:23 @ Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

tcent@Luke:21:25 @ »There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,

tcent@Luke:21:26 @ men fainting from fear and foreboding of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

tcent@Luke:21:27 @ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

tcent@Luke:21:28 @ Now when these things begin to take place, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.«

tcent@Luke:21:30 @ When they are sprouting, you see and know for yourselves that summer is already near.

tcent@Luke:21:31 @ So you also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

tcent@Luke:21:32 @ Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all things take place.

tcent@Luke:21:36 @ Watch at all times, and pray always that you may have strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.«

tcent@Luke:21:37 @ And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out to spend the night on the mount called Olivet.

tcent@Luke:21:38 @ And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.

tcent@Luke:22:2 @ And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to kill him, for they feared the people.

tcent@Luke:22:6 @ So he consented, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude.

tcent@Luke:22:8 @ So he sent Peter and John, saying, »Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.«

tcent@Luke:22:10 @ He said to them, »Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house which he enters.

tcent@Luke:22:16 @ for I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.«

tcent@Luke:22:18 @ for I tell you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.«

tcent@Luke:22:19 @ And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, »This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.«

tcent@Luke:22:20 @ Likewise he took the cup after supper, saying, »This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

tcent@Luke:22:22 @ For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!«

tcent@Luke:22:25 @ And he said to them, »The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

tcent@Luke:22:28 @ You are those who have continued with me in my trials.

tcent@Luke:22:29 @ And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as my Father bestowed one on me,

tcent@Luke:22:30 @ so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

tcent@Luke:22:32 @ But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren.«

tcent@Luke:22:35 @ And he said to them, »When I sent you out with no purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?« They said, »Nothing.«

tcent@Luke:22:37 @ For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, ‘And he was numbered with transgressors’; for what is written about me has its fulfillment.«

tcent@Luke:22:40 @ When he came to the place, he said to them, »Pray that you may not enter into temptation.«

tcent@Luke:22:42 @ »Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done.«

tcent@Luke:22:44 @ And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

tcent@Luke:22:45 @ When he rose from prayer, and came to his disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow.

tcent@Luke:22:46 @ He said to them, »Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.«

tcent@Luke:22:47 @ While he was still speaking, a crowd came, and the man who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him;

tcent@Luke:22:48 @ but Jesus said to him, »Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?«

tcent@Luke:22:49 @ When those around him saw what was going to happen, they said, »Lord, shall we strike with the sword?«

tcent@Luke:22:52 @ Then Jesus said to the chief priests, officers of the temple, and the elders who had come to him, »Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

tcent@Luke:22:53 @ When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.«

tcent@Luke:22:54 @ Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest’s house. Peter followed at a distance.

tcent@Luke:22:55 @ When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.

tcent@Luke:22:56 @ And a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, looked at him, and said, »This man also was with him.«

tcent@Luke:22:57 @ But he denied it, saying, »Woman, I do not know him.«

tcent@Luke:22:59 @ Then after about an hour had passed, another insisted, saying, »Certainly this fellow also was with him, for he is a Galilean.«

tcent@Luke:22:60 @ But Peter said, »Man, I do not know what you are saying!« Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

tcent@Luke:22:63 @ Now the men who were holding Jesus mocked him and beat him.

tcent@Luke:22:64 @ They blindfolded him and asked him, »Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?«

tcent@Luke:22:65 @ And they spoke many other things against him, blaspheming.

tcent@Luke:22:66 @ As soon as it was day, the council of the elders of the people came together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away to their council chamber, saying,

tcent@Luke:23:2 @ And they began to accuse him, saying, »We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.«

tcent@Luke:23:3 @ So Pilate asked him, »Are you the King of the Jews?« He answered him, »It is as you say.«

tcent@Luke:23:4 @ Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, »I find no crime in this man.«

tcent@Luke:23:5 @ But they were urgent, saying, »He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee to this place.«

tcent@Luke:23:7 @ And when he learned that he belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was in Jerusalem at that time.

tcent@Luke:23:10 @ The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing him.

tcent@Luke:23:11 @ And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then, dressing him in a gorgeous robe, he sent him back to Pilate.

tcent@Luke:23:14 @ and said to them, »You have brought this man to me as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. And behold, having examined him in your presence, I have found no guilt in this man concerning those charges which you make against him;

tcent@Luke:23:15 @ neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him;

tcent@Luke:23:19 @ a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.

tcent@Luke:23:20 @ Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed to them again.

tcent@Luke:23:22 @ Then he said to them the third time, »Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no crime deserving death. I will therefore chastise him and release him.«

tcent@Luke:23:23 @ But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that he be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

tcent@Luke:23:25 @ And he released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

tcent@Luke:23:26 @ And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.

tcent@Luke:23:28 @ But Jesus turning to them said, »Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

tcent@Luke:23:29 @ For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!’

tcent@Luke:23:31 @ For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?«

tcent@Luke:23:32 @ Two others, criminals, were also led with him to be put to death.

tcent@Luke:23:33 @ And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

tcent@Luke:23:35 @ And the people stood watching; but even the rulers sneered at him, saying, »He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.«

tcent@Luke:23:36 @ The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him wine vinegar,

tcent@Luke:23:37 @ and saying, »If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself.«

tcent@Luke:23:38 @ There was also an inscription written over him:

tcent@Luke:23:39 @ One of the criminals who were hanged there hurled insults at him, saying, »Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!«

tcent@Luke:23:40 @ But the other rebuked him, saying, »Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

tcent@Luke:23:41 @ And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.«

tcent@Luke:23:42 @ Then he said, »Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.«

tcent@Luke:23:43 @ And Jesus said to him, »Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.«

tcent@Luke:23:44 @ It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,

tcent@Luke:23:45 @ for the sun was darkened; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.

tcent@Luke:23:46 @ And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, »Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.« And having said this, he breathed his last.

tcent@Luke:23:47 @ Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, and said, »Certainly this was a righteous man!«

tcent@Luke:23:49 @ But all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

tcent@Luke:23:51 @ who had not consented to their decision and deed. He came from of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

tcent@Luke:23:53 @ Then he took it down and wrapped it in linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock, where no one had ever yet been laid.

tcent@Luke:23:54 @ It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

tcent@Luke:24:1 @ But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

tcent@Luke:24:3 @ but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

tcent@Luke:24:4 @ While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel.

tcent@Luke:24:5 @ And as they were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, »Why do you seek the living among the dead?

tcent@Luke:24:6 @ He is not here, but is risen! Remember how he told you while he was still in Galilee,

tcent@Luke:24:7 @ ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’«

tcent@Luke:24:9 @ Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

tcent@Luke:24:12 @ But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen wrappings lying by themselves; and he went away, marveling to himself at what had happened.

tcent@Luke:24:13 @ Now behold, that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

tcent@Luke:24:14 @ And they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened.

tcent@Luke:24:16 @ But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

tcent@Luke:24:17 @ And he said to them, »What is this conversation which you are exchanging with each other as you walk?« And they stood still, looking sad.

tcent@Luke:24:18 @ Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, »Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?«

tcent@Luke:24:19 @ And he said to them, »What things?« And they said to him, »The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

tcent@Luke:24:21 @ But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since all this happened.

tcent@Luke:24:22 @ In addition, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning,

tcent@Luke:24:23 @ and when they did not find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said he was alive.

tcent@Luke:24:26 @ Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and enter his glory?«

tcent@Luke:24:27 @ And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

tcent@Luke:24:28 @ As they drew near the village to which they were going, he acted as though he would be going farther,

tcent@Luke:24:29 @ but they constrained him, saying, »Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.« So he went in to stay with them.

tcent@Luke:24:32 @ And they said to each other, »Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the road, while he opened to us the scriptures?«

tcent@Luke:24:34 @ saying, »The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!«

tcent@Luke:24:35 @ Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

tcent@Luke:24:36 @ As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, »Peace be with you.«

tcent@Luke:24:38 @ And he said to them, »Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your hearts?

tcent@Luke:24:41 @ And while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, he said to them, »Have you anything here to eat?«

tcent@Luke:24:43 @ and he took it and ate in their presence.

tcent@Luke:24:44 @ Then he said to them, »These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.«

tcent@Luke:24:45 @ Then he opened their minds, so they could understand the Scriptures.

tcent@Luke:24:46 @ And he said to them, »Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,

tcent@Luke:24:47 @ and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

tcent@Luke:24:48 @ You are witnesses of these things.

tcent@Luke:24:49 @ And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high.«

tcent@Luke:24:51 @ While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.

tcent@Luke:24:53 @ and were continually in the temple praising God.

tcent@John:1:1 @ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

tcent@John:1:2 @ He was with God in the beginning.

tcent@John:1:3 @ All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.

tcent@John:1:4 @ In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

tcent@John:1:5 @ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

tcent@John:1:9 @ The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.

tcent@John:1:10 @ He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him.

tcent@John:1:12 @ But to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

tcent@John:1:15 @ John bore witness of him and cried out, saying, »This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.’«

tcent@John:1:18 @ No one has ever seen God; God the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

tcent@John:1:28 @ This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

tcent@John:1:29 @ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, »Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

tcent@John:1:31 @ I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.«

tcent@John:1:32 @ And John bore witness, »I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

tcent@John:1:33 @ I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

tcent@John:1:35 @ Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples.

tcent@John:1:38 @ Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, »What do you seek?« They said to him, »Rabbi« (which means Teacher), »where are you staying?«

tcent@John:1:39 @ He said to them, »Come and see.« They came and saw where he was staying; and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.

tcent@John:1:45 @ Philip found Nathanael and said to him, »We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.«

tcent@John:1:46 @ And Nathanael said to him, »Can anything good come out of Nazareth?« Philip said to him, »Come and see.«

tcent@John:1:47 @ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said of him, »Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!«

tcent@John:1:49 @ Nathanael answered him, »Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!«

tcent@John:1:50 @ Jesus answered him, »Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.«

tcent@John:1:51 @ And he said to him, »Truly, truly, I say to you, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.«

tcent@John:2:1 @ On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

tcent@John:2:2 @ And Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

tcent@John:2:3 @ When the wine was gone, the mother of Jesus said to him, »They have no wine.«

tcent@John:2:6 @ Now six stone jars were standing there, according to the manner for purification of the Jews, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

tcent@John:2:9 @ When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom.

tcent@John:2:10 @ And he said to him, »Every man sets out the good wine first; and when the guests have drunk freely, then the poor wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.«

tcent@John:2:11 @ This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

tcent@John:2:14 @ In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers at their business.

tcent@John:2:15 @ And he made a whip of cords, and drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.

tcent@John:2:16 @ And he said to those who sold doves, »Take these things away! You shall not make my Father's house a house of merchandise!«

tcent@John:2:18 @ Then the Jews said to him, »What sign do you show to us, since you do this?«

tcent@John:2:19 @ Jesus answered them, »Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.«

tcent@John:2:20 @ The Jews then said, »It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?«

tcent@John:2:21 @ But he was speaking of the temple of his body.

tcent@John:2:23 @ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did.

tcent@John:2:25 @ and he had no need for anyone to bear witness of man, for he knew what was in man.

tcent@John:3:3 @ Jesus answered him, »Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.«

tcent@John:3:4 @ Nicodemus said to him, »How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?«

tcent@John:3:5 @ Jesus answered, »Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

tcent@John:3:7 @ Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

tcent@John:3:8 @ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.«

tcent@John:3:10 @ Jesus answered him, »Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

tcent@John:3:12 @ If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

tcent@John:3:13 @ No one has ascended into heaven, but he who came from heaven – the Son of Man.

tcent@John:3:14 @ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

tcent@John:3:15 @ that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

tcent@John:3:16 @ For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

tcent@John:3:17 @ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.

tcent@John:3:18 @ He who believes in him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

tcent@John:3:19 @ And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

tcent@John:3:21 @ But he who does the truth comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been done in God.«

tcent@John:3:22 @ After this Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea, and there he remained with them and baptized.

tcent@John:3:23 @ Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were baptized.

tcent@John:3:24 @ For John had not yet been put in prison.

tcent@John:3:25 @ Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.

tcent@John:3:26 @ And they came to John and said to him, »Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.«

tcent@John:3:29 @ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now full.

tcent@John:3:30 @ He must increase, but I must decrease.

tcent@John:3:35 @ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

tcent@John:3:36 @ He who believes in the Son has eternal life; he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.«

tcent@John:4:1 @ Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

tcent@John:4:3 @ he left Judea and departed again to Galilee.

tcent@John:4:7 @ There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, »Give me a drink.«

tcent@John:4:8 @ For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

tcent@John:4:9 @ Then the woman of Samaria said to him, »How is it that you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?« For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.

tcent@John:4:10 @ Jesus answered her, »If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.«

tcent@John:4:11 @ The woman said to him, »Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?

tcent@John:4:13 @ Jesus answered her, »Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,

tcent@John:4:14 @ but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. The water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.«

tcent@John:4:17 @ The woman answered, »I have no husband.« Jesus said to her, »You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;

tcent@John:4:20 @ Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.«

tcent@John:4:21 @ Jesus said to her, »Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

tcent@John:4:23 @ But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him.

tcent@John:4:24 @ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.«

tcent@John:4:25 @ The woman said to him, »I know that Messiah is coming« (who is called Christ). »When he comes, he will tell us all things.«

tcent@John:4:27 @ Just then his disciples came. And they marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, »What do you wish?« or, »Why are you talking with her?«

tcent@John:4:28 @ Then the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city, and said to the people,

tcent@John:4:31 @ Meanwhile his disciples urged him, saying, »Rabbi, eat.«

tcent@John:4:34 @ Jesus said to them, »My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to finish his work.

tcent@John:4:37 @ For here the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’

tcent@John:4:38 @ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.«

tcent@John:4:39 @ Many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony, »He told me all that I ever did.«

tcent@John:4:42 @ They said to the woman, »We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man is indeed the Savior of the world.«

tcent@John:4:44 @ For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

tcent@John:4:45 @ So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast.

tcent@John:4:46 @ So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was sick.

tcent@John:4:47 @ When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

tcent@John:4:51 @ As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living.

tcent@John:4:52 @ So he inquired of them the hour when his son got better, and they said to him, »Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.«

tcent@John:4:53 @ So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus had said to him, »Your son will live.« And he himself believed, and all his household.

tcent@John:5:2 @ Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

tcent@John:5:3 @ In these lay a multitude of disabled people, blind, lame, paralyzed.

tcent@John:5:5 @ One man who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

tcent@John:5:6 @ When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been in this condition for a long time, he said to him, »Do you want to be made well?«

tcent@John:5:7 @ The sick man answered him, »Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.«

tcent@John:5:13 @ Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in that place.

tcent@John:5:14 @ Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, »See, you are well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.«

tcent@John:5:16 @ For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

tcent@John:5:17 @ But Jesus answered them, »My Father is working still, and I am working.«

tcent@John:5:18 @ Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

tcent@John:5:19 @ Jesus said to them, »Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, the Son also does.

tcent@John:5:20 @ For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does; and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

tcent@John:5:24 @ Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

tcent@John:5:25 @ Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.

tcent@John:5:26 @ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself,

tcent@John:5:28 @ Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice

tcent@John:5:30 @ »I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

tcent@John:5:35 @ He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a time in his light.

tcent@John:5:36 @ But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to finish, these very works which I am doing, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me.

tcent@John:5:38 @ And you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent.

tcent@John:5:39 @ You search the Scriptures, because in them you think that you have eternal life; and these are they that testify of me.

tcent@John:5:42 @ But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

tcent@John:5:43 @ I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

tcent@John:5:45 @ Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope.

tcent@John:5:47 @ But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?«

tcent@John:6:3 @ Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples.

tcent@John:6:5 @ Then Jesus lifted up his eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward him, he said to Philip, »Where shall we buy bread, that these people may eat?«

tcent@John:6:10 @ Jesus said, »Make the people sit down.« Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

tcent@John:6:12 @ And when they had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, »Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost.«

tcent@John:6:14 @ When the people saw the sign that Jesus did, they said, »Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.«

tcent@John:6:15 @ Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

tcent@John:6:16 @ When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

tcent@John:6:17 @ got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

tcent@John:6:18 @ The sea rose because a strong wind was blowing.

tcent@John:6:19 @ So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid.

tcent@John:6:21 @ Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.

tcent@John:6:22 @ On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

tcent@John:6:24 @ So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they also got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

tcent@John:6:28 @ Then they said to him, »What must we do, to be doing the works of God?«

tcent@John:6:29 @ Jesus answered them, »This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.«

tcent@John:6:31 @ Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’«

tcent@John:6:35 @ And Jesus said to them, »I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

tcent@John:6:39 @ And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.

tcent@John:6:40 @ For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.«

tcent@John:6:45 @ It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

tcent@John:6:47 @ Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has everlasting life.

tcent@John:6:49 @ Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

tcent@John:6:51 @ I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.«

tcent@John:6:52 @ Then the Jews began to argue among themselves, saying, »How can this man give us his flesh to eat?«

tcent@John:6:53 @ So Jesus said to them, »Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

tcent@John:6:54 @ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

tcent@John:6:55 @ For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

tcent@John:6:56 @ He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

tcent@John:6:57 @ As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will live because of me.

tcent@John:6:59 @ This he said in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum.

tcent@John:6:60 @ Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, »This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?«

tcent@John:6:61 @ When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples complained about this, he said to them, »Does this offend you?

tcent@John:6:63 @ It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life.

tcent@John:6:64 @ But there are some of you who do not believe.« For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray him.

tcent@John:7:1 @ After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

tcent@John:7:3 @ So his brothers said to him, »Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples may see the works you are doing.

tcent@John:7:4 @ For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.«

tcent@John:7:5 @ For even his brothers did not believe in him.

tcent@John:7:8 @ You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.«

tcent@John:7:9 @ Having said this, he remained in Galilee.

tcent@John:7:10 @ But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but in secret.

tcent@John:7:11 @ The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, »Where is he?«

tcent@John:7:12 @ And there was much complaining among the people about him. Some said, »He is a good man«; others said, »No, on the contrary, he deceives the people.«

tcent@John:7:14 @ Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

tcent@John:7:15 @ And the Jews marveled, saying, »How did this man get such learning, having never studied?«

tcent@John:7:16 @ Jesus answered them, »My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

tcent@John:7:17 @ If anyone is willing to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.

tcent@John:7:18 @ He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

tcent@John:7:20 @ The people answered, »You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?«

tcent@John:7:26 @ Here he is, speaking publicly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that he is the Christ?

tcent@John:7:28 @ Then Jesus cried out, as he taught in the temple, »You know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come on my own, but he who sent me is true, and him you do not know.

tcent@John:7:31 @ And many of the people believed in him, and they said, »When the Christ comes, will he do more signs than this man has done?«

tcent@John:7:32 @ The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest him.

tcent@John:7:34 @ You will seek me, and you will not find me; where I am you cannot come.«

tcent@John:7:35 @ The Jews said to one another, »Where does this man intend to go that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

tcent@John:7:36 @ What does he mean when he said, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?«

tcent@John:7:37 @ On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, »If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

tcent@John:7:38 @ He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.«

tcent@John:7:39 @ Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

tcent@John:7:45 @ The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, »Why did you not bring him?«

tcent@John:7:48 @ Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?

tcent@John:7:51 @ »Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he is doing?«

tcent@John:7:52 @ They replied, »Are you from Galilee, too? Search and look, and you will find that no prophet is to rise out of Galilee.«

tcent@John:8:2 @ Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.

tcent@John:8:3 @ Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,

tcent@John:8:4 @ they said to him, »Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

tcent@John:8:5 @ Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say?«

tcent@John:8:6 @ They said this to test him, that they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

tcent@John:8:7 @ And when they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, »Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.«

tcent@John:8:8 @ And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

tcent@John:8:9 @ Then those who heard it went away one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last, and Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing before him.

tcent@John:8:11 @ She said, »No one, Lord.« And Jesus said, »Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more.«

tcent@John:8:12 @ Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, »I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.«

tcent@John:8:13 @ The Pharisees then said to him, »You are bearing witness of yourself; your testimony is not true.«

tcent@John:8:14 @ Jesus answered, »Even if I bear witness of myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from and where I am going.

tcent@John:8:15 @ You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

tcent@John:8:17 @ In your own law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

tcent@John:8:20 @ These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

tcent@John:8:21 @ Then Jesus said to them again, »I am going away, and you will seek me, and will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.«

tcent@John:8:22 @ Then the Jews said, »Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?«

tcent@John:8:24 @ Therefore I told to you that you would die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.«

tcent@John:8:25 @ They said to him, »Who are you?« Jesus said to them, »Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

tcent@John:8:28 @ So Jesus said, »When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority but speak just what the Father taught me.

tcent@John:8:29 @ And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.«

tcent@John:8:30 @ As he spoke these words, many believed in him.

tcent@John:8:31 @ Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, »If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples.

tcent@John:8:33 @ They answered him, »We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will be made free’?«

tcent@John:8:34 @ Jesus answered them, »Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

tcent@John:8:35 @ And a slave does not continue in the house forever, but a son continues forever.

tcent@John:8:36 @ So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

tcent@John:8:37 @ I know that you are Abraham's descendants, yet you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.

tcent@John:8:39 @ They answered him, »Abraham is our father.« Jesus said to them, »If you were Abraham's children, you would do the things Abraham did,

tcent@John:8:44 @ You are of your father the devil, and you want to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

tcent@John:8:46 @ Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

tcent@John:8:48 @ The Jews answered him, »Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?«

tcent@John:8:54 @ Jesus answered, »If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God.

tcent@John:9:1 @ As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

tcent@John:9:2 @ And his disciples asked him, »Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?«

tcent@John:9:3 @ Jesus answered, »Neither this man sinned nor his parents sinned. But that the works of God might be revealed in him,

tcent@John:9:4 @ we must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.

tcent@John:9:5 @ As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.«

tcent@John:9:6 @ As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the saliva, and anointed the man's eyes with the clay.

tcent@John:9:7 @ And he said to him, »Go, wash in the pool of Siloam« (which means, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.

tcent@John:9:11 @ He answered and said, »A man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.«

tcent@John:9:13 @ They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

tcent@John:9:15 @ Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, »He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.«

tcent@John:9:16 @ Some of the Pharisees said, »This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.« But others said, »How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?« And there was a division among them.

tcent@John:9:17 @ So they again said to the blind man, »What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?« He said, »He is a prophet.«

tcent@John:9:18 @ The Jews did not believe that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight.

tcent@John:9:19 @ And they asked them, »Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?«

tcent@John:9:20 @ His parents answered, »We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

tcent@John:9:24 @ So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, »Give God the glory; we know that this man is a sinner.«

tcent@John:9:25 @ He answered, »Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know. One thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see.«

tcent@John:9:27 @ He answered them, »I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?«

tcent@John:9:31 @ We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.

tcent@John:9:32 @ Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.

tcent@John:9:33 @ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.«

tcent@John:9:34 @ They answered him, »You were born in utter sin, and are you teaching us?« And they cast him out.

tcent@John:9:35 @ Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and when he found him, he said, »Do you believe in the Son of Man?«

tcent@John:9:36 @ He answered, »Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?«

tcent@John:9:39 @ Jesus said, »For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.«

tcent@John:9:40 @ Then some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this, and said to him, »Are we blind also?«

tcent@John:9:41 @ Jesus said to them, »If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

tcent@John:10:1 @ »Truly, truly, I say to you, the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in by some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

tcent@John:10:6 @ This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

tcent@John:10:7 @ Then Jesus said to them again, »Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

tcent@John:10:9 @ I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

tcent@John:10:12 @ But he who is a hireling and not the shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.

tcent@John:10:13 @ He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.

tcent@John:10:16 @ And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

tcent@John:10:17 @ For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

tcent@John:10:18 @ No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from my Father.«

tcent@John:10:19 @ There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

tcent@John:10:21 @ Others said, »These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?«

tcent@John:10:22 @ Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,

tcent@John:10:23 @ and Jesus was in the temple, walking in Solomon's Porch.

tcent@John:10:24 @ So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, »How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.«

tcent@John:10:25 @ Jesus answered them, »I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me;

tcent@John:10:31 @ The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

tcent@John:10:33 @ The Jews answered him, »For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God.«

tcent@John:10:34 @ Jesus answered them, »Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?

tcent@John:10:36 @ do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

tcent@John:10:38 @ but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.«

tcent@John:10:39 @ Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped from their hands.

tcent@John:10:40 @ He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.

tcent@John:10:42 @ And many believed in him there.

tcent@John:11:1 @ Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

tcent@John:11:2 @ It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

tcent@John:11:3 @ So the sisters sent to him, saying, »Lord, he whom you love is sick.«

tcent@John:11:6 @ So, when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.

tcent@John:11:7 @ Then after this he said to the disciples, »Let us go to Judea again.«

tcent@John:11:8 @ The disciples said to him, »Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?«

tcent@John:11:9 @ Jesus answered, »Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

tcent@John:11:10 @ But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.«

tcent@John:11:11 @ These things he said, and after that he said to them, »Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to wake him up.«

tcent@John:11:13 @ Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

tcent@John:11:14 @ So then Jesus told them plainly, »Lazarus is dead;

tcent@John:11:16 @ Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, »Let us also go, that we may die with him.«

tcent@John:11:17 @ So when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the tomb four days.

tcent@John:11:19 @ and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

tcent@John:11:20 @ When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary sat in the house.

tcent@John:11:23 @ Jesus said to her, »Your brother will rise again.«

tcent@John:11:24 @ Martha said to him, »I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.«

tcent@John:11:25 @ Jesus said to her, »I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live;

tcent@John:11:26 @ and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?«

tcent@John:11:27 @ She said to him, »Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.«

tcent@John:11:28 @ And when she had said this, she went her way and called Mary her sister, saying, »The Teacher is here and is calling for you.«

tcent@John:11:30 @ Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

tcent@John:11:31 @ The Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

tcent@John:11:32 @ Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, »Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.«

tcent@John:11:33 @ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

tcent@John:11:37 @ But some of them said, »Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?«

tcent@John:11:38 @ Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

tcent@John:11:42 @ I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing by, that they may believe that you sent me.«

tcent@John:11:44 @ The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with grave clothes, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, »Unbind him, and let him go.«

tcent@John:11:45 @ Many of the Jews therefore, who had come to Mary and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.

tcent@John:11:48 @ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.«

tcent@John:11:49 @ But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, »You know nothing at all!

tcent@John:11:51 @ He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

tcent@John:11:52 @ and not for that nation only, but also that he would gather together into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

tcent@John:11:56 @ They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, »What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?«

tcent@John:12:3 @ Then Mary took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

tcent@John:12:6 @ This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief; and as he had the money box, he used to take what was put into it.

tcent@John:12:11 @ because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.

tcent@John:12:12 @ The next day a great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

tcent@John:12:13 @ They took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying,

tcent@John:12:16 @ His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

tcent@John:12:19 @ The Pharisees then said to one another, »You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, The world has gone after him!«

tcent@John:12:21 @ Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, »Sir, we wish to see Jesus.«

tcent@John:12:22 @ Philip went and told Andrew; and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus.

tcent@John:12:24 @ Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.

tcent@John:12:25 @ He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

tcent@John:12:28 @ Father, glorify your name.« Then a voice came from heaven, »I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.«

tcent@John:12:29 @ The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, »An angel has spoken to him.«

tcent@John:12:30 @ Jesus answered, »This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.

tcent@John:12:34 @ The crowd answered him, »We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever; and how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?«

tcent@John:12:35 @ Then Jesus said to them, »A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

tcent@John:12:36 @ While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.«

tcent@John:12:37 @ Though he had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him;

tcent@John:12:39 @ Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

tcent@John:12:42 @ Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

tcent@John:12:44 @ Then Jesus cried out and said, »He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.

tcent@John:12:46 @ I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.

tcent@John:13:1 @ Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

tcent@John:13:2 @ And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,

tcent@John:13:3 @ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God,

tcent@John:13:5 @ After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

tcent@John:13:6 @ Then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, »Lord, are you going to wash my feet?«

tcent@John:13:7 @ Jesus answered him, »You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.«

tcent@John:13:17 @ If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

tcent@John:13:18 @ I am not speaking of you all. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘he who ate my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’

tcent@John:13:21 @ When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, »Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.«

tcent@John:13:22 @ The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke.

tcent@John:13:23 @ One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was leaning close to the breast of Jesus.

tcent@John:13:25 @ Then, leaning back on the breast of Jesus, he said to him, »Lord, who is it?«

tcent@John:13:26 @ Jesus answered, »It is he to whom I shall give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.« And having dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

tcent@John:13:27 @ Then after the bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, »What you are going to do, do quickly.«

tcent@John:13:29 @ Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, »Buy what we need for the feast«; or, that he should give something to the poor.

tcent@John:13:30 @ Having received the piece of bread, he went out immediately. And it was night.

tcent@John:13:31 @ When he had gone out, Jesus said, »Now is the Son of Man glorified, and in him God is glorified.

tcent@John:13:32 @ If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.

tcent@John:13:33 @ Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.

tcent@John:13:36 @ Simon Peter said to him, »Lord, where are you going?« Jesus answered, »Where I am going you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow afterward.«

tcent@John:14:1 @ »Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.

tcent@John:14:2 @ In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

tcent@John:14:3 @ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

tcent@John:14:4 @ And you know the way where I am going.«

tcent@John:14:5 @ Thomas said to him, »Lord, we do not know where you are going, and how can we know the way?«

tcent@John:14:10 @ Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

tcent@John:14:11 @ Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.

tcent@John:14:12 @ Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father.

tcent@John:14:13 @ And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

tcent@John:14:14 @ If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

tcent@John:14:17 @ the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

tcent@John:14:20 @ In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

tcent@John:14:24 @ He who does not love me does not keep my words; and the word which you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

tcent@John:14:25 @ »These things I have spoken to you, while I am still with you.

tcent@John:14:26 @ But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

tcent@John:14:28 @ You have heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for the Father is greater than I.

tcent@John:14:30 @ I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me.

tcent@John:15:1 @ »I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.

tcent@John:15:2 @ Every branch in me that bears no fruit he takes away; and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

tcent@John:15:4 @ Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

tcent@John:15:5 @ I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from me you can do nothing.

tcent@John:15:6 @ If anyone does not abide in me, he is like a branch that is cast away and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned.

tcent@John:15:7 @ If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

tcent@John:15:9 @ As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you; abide in my love.

tcent@John:15:10 @ If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

tcent@John:15:11 @ »These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

tcent@John:15:15 @ No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

tcent@John:15:16 @ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

tcent@John:15:22 @ If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

tcent@John:15:24 @ If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

tcent@John:15:25 @ But this is to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

tcent@John:15:27 @ And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

tcent@John:16:2 @ They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

tcent@John:16:3 @ And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

tcent@John:16:4 @ But I have told you these things, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.

tcent@John:16:5 @ But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

tcent@John:16:6 @ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

tcent@John:16:8 @ And when he comes, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

tcent@John:16:9 @ of sin, because they do not believe in me;

tcent@John:16:12 @ »I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

tcent@John:16:13 @ But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come.

tcent@John:16:14 @ He will glorify me, for he will take of what is mine and declare it to you.

tcent@John:16:15 @ All that the Father has is mine. Therefore I said that he will take of what is mine and declare it to you.

tcent@John:16:16 @ »A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.«

tcent@John:16:17 @ Then some of his disciples said to one another, »What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?«

tcent@John:16:18 @ They said, »What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is saying.«

tcent@John:16:19 @ Now Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, »Are you asking yourselves about what I meant when I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me’?

tcent@John:16:20 @ Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

tcent@John:16:21 @ When a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but as soon as she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child has been born into the world.

tcent@John:16:22 @ So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

tcent@John:16:23 @ In that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

tcent@John:16:24 @ Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

tcent@John:16:25 @ »I have said this to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

tcent@John:16:26 @ In that day you will ask in my name. And I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;

tcent@John:16:28 @ I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.«

tcent@John:16:29 @ His disciples said, »See, now you are speaking plainly, and not using a figure of speech!

tcent@John:16:30 @ Now we are sure that you know all things, and have no need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.«

tcent@John:16:32 @ Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, when you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

tcent@John:16:33 @ I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world.«

tcent@John:17:4 @ I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work which you have given me to do.

tcent@John:17:5 @ And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made.

tcent@John:17:7 @ Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.

tcent@John:17:8 @ For I have given them the words which you have given me, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.

tcent@John:17:9 @ I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

tcent@John:17:10 @ And all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

tcent@John:17:11 @ And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name – the name you gave me – that they may be one, even as we are one.

tcent@John:17:12 @ While I was with them, I kept them in your name – the name you gave me. I have guarded them, and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

tcent@John:17:13 @ But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

tcent@John:17:18 @ As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

tcent@John:17:19 @ And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

tcent@John:17:20 @ »I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word;

tcent@John:17:21 @ that they all may be one, as you, Father, are in me, and I in you; that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.

tcent@John:17:23 @ I in them, and you in me; that they may become perfectly one, and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them even as you have loved me.

tcent@John:17:26 @ I have made known to them your name, and will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.«

tcent@John:18:3 @ So Judas, having received a detachment of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

tcent@John:18:4 @ Then Jesus, knowing all that was to come upon him, went forward and said to them, »Whom do you seek?«

tcent@John:18:5 @ They answered him, »Jesus of Nazareth.« Jesus said to them, »I am he.« And Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

tcent@John:18:7 @ Again he asked them, »Whom do you seek?« And they said, »Jesus of Nazareth.«

tcent@John:18:10 @ Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

tcent@John:18:11 @ Jesus said to Peter, »Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?«

tcent@John:18:12 @ Then the detachment of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him.

tcent@John:18:13 @ And they led him to Annas first; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

tcent@John:18:15 @ Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. As this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

tcent@John:18:16 @ But Peter stood at the door outside. Then the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the girl who kept the door, and brought Peter in.

tcent@John:18:18 @ Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

tcent@John:18:19 @ The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

tcent@John:18:20 @ Jesus answered him, »I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and I have said nothing in secret.

tcent@John:18:22 @ And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, »Is that the way you answer the high priest?«

tcent@John:18:25 @ Now Simon Peter stood warming himself. Therefore they said to him, »You are not also one of his disciples, are you?« He denied it and said, »I am not.«

tcent@John:18:26 @ One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, »Did I not see you in the garden with him?«

tcent@John:18:27 @ Peter again denied it; and at once a rooster crowed.

tcent@John:18:28 @ Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the Praetorium, and it was early morning. But they did not enter the Praetorium themselves, so that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

tcent@John:18:29 @ So Pilate went out to them and said, »What accusation do you bring against this man?«

tcent@John:18:32 @ This happened so that the words Jesus had spoken would be fulfilled, showing by what death he was going to die.

tcent@John:18:33 @ Then Pilate entered the Praetorium again, called Jesus, and said to him, »Are you the King of the Jews?«

tcent@John:18:36 @ Jesus answered, »My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingship is not from here.«

tcent@John:18:37 @ Pilate said to him, »You are a king then?« Jesus answered, »You say what I am—a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.«

tcent@John:18:39 @ But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?«

tcent@John:18:40 @ Then they all cried again, »Not this man, but Barabbas!« Now Barabbas was a robber.

tcent@John:19:2 @ And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

tcent@John:19:3 @ They came up to him, saying, »Hail, King of the Jews!« and struck him with their hands.

tcent@John:19:4 @ Pilate went out again, and said to them, »See, I am bringing him out to you, that you may know that I find no crime in him.«

tcent@John:19:5 @ So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, »Behold the man!«

tcent@John:19:6 @ When the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out, »Crucify him, crucify him!« Pilate said to them, »You take him and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.«

tcent@John:19:7 @ The Jews answered him, »We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.«

tcent@John:19:9 @ and he went again into the Praetorium and said to Jesus, »Where are you from?« But Jesus gave him no answer.

tcent@John:19:11 @ Jesus answered, »You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin.«

tcent@John:19:12 @ From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, »If you let this man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Anyone who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar.«

tcent@John:19:13 @ When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place that is called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

tcent@John:19:14 @ Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, »Behold your King!«

tcent@John:19:15 @ But they cried out, »Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!« Pilate said to them, »Shall I crucify your King?« The chief priests answered, »We have no King but Caesar.«

tcent@John:19:17 @ And he, bearing his cross, went out to a place called the Place of the Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

tcent@John:19:18 @ There they crucified him, and two others with him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.

tcent@John:19:20 @ Many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

tcent@John:19:21 @ The chief priests of the Jews then said to Pilate, »Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’«

tcent@John:19:23 @ When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments, and made four parts, one for each soldier, and also his tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

tcent@John:19:26 @ When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he said to his mother, »Woman, behold your son!«

tcent@John:19:28 @ After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, »I thirst.«

tcent@John:19:29 @ Now a vessel full of wine vinegar was sitting there; so they filled a sponge with the vinegar, put it on hyssop, and put it to his mouth.

tcent@John:19:30 @ So when Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, »It is finished!« And he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

tcent@John:19:31 @ Therefore, because it was the day of Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

tcent@John:19:36 @ For these things were done that the scripture should be fulfilled, »Not one of his bones shall be broken.«

tcent@John:19:37 @ And again another scripture says, »They shall look on him whom they have pierced.«

tcent@John:19:39 @ And Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.

tcent@John:19:40 @ So they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.

tcent@John:19:41 @ Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

tcent@John:20:3 @ Peter therefore went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb.

tcent@John:20:5 @ And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

tcent@John:20:6 @ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there,

tcent@John:20:7 @ and the napkin that had been around his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a place by itself.

tcent@John:20:8 @ Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in; and he saw and believed.

tcent@John:20:11 @ But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

tcent@John:20:12 @ And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

tcent@John:20:13 @ They said to her, »Woman, why are you weeping?« She said to them, »Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.«

tcent@John:20:14 @ Saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

tcent@John:20:15 @ Jesus said to her, »Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?« Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, »Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.«

tcent@John:20:16 @ Jesus said to her, »Mary!« She turned and said to him in Hebrew, »Rabboni!« (which means, Teacher).

tcent@John:20:17 @ Jesus said to her, »Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, »I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’«

tcent@John:20:18 @ Mary Magdalene went and said to the disciples, »I have seen the Lord!« And she told them that he had said these things to her.

tcent@John:20:19 @ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, »Peace be with you.«

tcent@John:20:21 @ Jesus said to them again, »Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I also send you.«

tcent@John:20:23 @ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.«

tcent@John:20:24 @ Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.

tcent@John:20:25 @ So the other disciples told him, »We have seen the Lord.« But he said to them, »Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger in the mark of the nails, and put my hand in his side, I will not believe.«

tcent@John:20:26 @ Eight days later, his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them, and said, »Peace be with you!«

tcent@John:20:27 @ Then he said to Thomas, »Put your finger here, and see my hands. Reach out your hand, and put it into my side; do not be unbelieving, but believing.«

tcent@John:20:30 @ Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;

tcent@John:20:31 @ but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

tcent@John:21:1 @ After this Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way he showed himself:

tcent@John:21:2 @ Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

tcent@John:21:3 @ Simon Peter said to them, »I am going fishing.« They said to him, »We will go with you.« They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing.

tcent@John:21:4 @ But early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

tcent@John:21:6 @ He said to them, »Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.« So they cast, and now they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.

tcent@John:21:7 @ Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, »It is the Lord!« Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and threw himself into the sea.

tcent@John:21:8 @ But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, but about a hundred yards off.

tcent@John:21:9 @ When they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, with fish lying on it, and bread.

tcent@John:21:10 @ Jesus said to them, »Bring some of the fish you have just caught.«

tcent@John:21:15 @ When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, »Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?« He said to him, »Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.« He said to him, »Feed my lambs.«

tcent@John:21:16 @ He said to him again a second time, »Simon, son of John, do you love me?« He said to him, »Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.« He said to him, »Tend my sheep.«

tcent@John:21:17 @ He said to him the third time, »Simon, son of John, do you love me?« Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, »Do you love me?« And he said to him, »Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.« Jesus said to him, »Feed my sheep.

tcent@John:21:20 @ Peter turned and saw following them the disciple whom Jesus loved, who had leaned on his breast at the supper and had said, »Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?«

tcent@John:21:22 @ Jesus said to him, »If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.«

tcent@John:21:23 @ Then the saying spread among the brethren that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, »If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?«

tcent@John:21:24 @ This is the disciple who testifies to these things, and who wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

tcent@John:21:25 @ But there are also many other things which Jesus did. If every one of them were to be written, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

tcent@Acts:1:1 @ In the first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,

tcent@Acts:1:3 @ To these he also presented himself alive after his suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

tcent@Acts:1:4 @ And while staying with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, »Which,« he said, »you heard of from me;

tcent@Acts:1:6 @ So when they had come together, they asked him, »Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?«

tcent@Acts:1:8 @ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.«

tcent@Acts:1:9 @ And after he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.

tcent@Acts:1:10 @ And as they were gazing intently into the sky while he was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

tcent@Acts:1:11 @ They also said, »Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched him go into heaven.«

tcent@Acts:1:13 @ And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.

tcent@Acts:1:14 @ All these with one mind devoted themselves to prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

tcent@Acts:1:15 @ In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,

tcent@Acts:1:16 @ »Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus.

tcent@Acts:1:17 @ For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry.«

tcent@Acts:1:18 @ (Now this man bought a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

tcent@Acts:1:19 @ And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

tcent@Acts:1:20 @ For it is written in the book of Psalms, and,

tcent@Acts:1:21 @ Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

tcent@Acts:1:22 @ beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.«

tcent@Acts:1:25 @ to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his own place.«

tcent@Acts:2:1 @ When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

tcent@Acts:2:2 @ And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

tcent@Acts:2:3 @ And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.

tcent@Acts:2:4 @ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

tcent@Acts:2:5 @ Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

tcent@Acts:2:6 @ And at this sound the crowd came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

tcent@Acts:2:7 @ They were amazed and wondered, saying, »Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

tcent@Acts:2:8 @ And how is it that we hear them, each of us in his own native language?

tcent@Acts:2:11 @ Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.«

tcent@Acts:2:12 @ And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, »What does this mean?«

tcent@Acts:2:13 @ But others were mocking and said, »They are full of sweet wine.«

tcent@Acts:2:14 @ But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: »Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.

tcent@Acts:2:15 @ For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day;

tcent@Acts:2:22 @ »Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—

tcent@Acts:2:23 @ this man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put him to death.

tcent@Acts:2:24 @ But God raised him up, having loosed the agony of death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power.

tcent@Acts:2:25 @ For David says concerning him,

tcent@Acts:2:32 @ This Jesus God raised up again, and of that we are all witnesses.

tcent@Acts:2:33 @ Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this which you see and hear.

tcent@Acts:2:34 @ For David did not ascend into heaven, but he says himself:

tcent@Acts:2:36 @ Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.«

tcent@Acts:2:38 @ And Peter said to them, »Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

tcent@Acts:2:40 @ And he testified with many other words and exhorted them, saying, »Save yourselves from this perverse generation.«

tcent@Acts:2:42 @ They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

tcent@Acts:2:44 @ And all who believed were together and had all things in common;

tcent@Acts:2:46 @ And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they ate together with glad and sincere hearts,

tcent@Acts:2:47 @ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

tcent@Acts:3:1 @ Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

tcent@Acts:3:2 @ And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful to beg alms of those who entered the temple.

tcent@Acts:3:3 @ When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked for alms.

tcent@Acts:3:5 @ And he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.

tcent@Acts:3:6 @ But Peter said, »I do not have silver and gold, but I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.«

tcent@Acts:3:7 @ And taking him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.

tcent@Acts:3:8 @ With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

tcent@Acts:3:9 @ And all the people saw him walking and praising God,

tcent@Acts:3:11 @ While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch called Solomon's, astounded.

tcent@Acts:3:13 @ The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

tcent@Acts:3:16 @ And his name, by faith in his name, has made this man strong whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Jesus has given him perfect health in the presence of you all.

tcent@Acts:3:17 @ And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

tcent@Acts:3:19 @ Repent therefore, and turn again, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

tcent@Acts:3:20 @ and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

tcent@Acts:3:21 @ whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago.

tcent@Acts:3:22 @ Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; you shall listen to everything he tells you.

tcent@Acts:3:25 @ You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

tcent@Acts:3:26 @ For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.«

tcent@Acts:4:1 @ And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

tcent@Acts:4:2 @ being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

tcent@Acts:4:3 @ And they seized them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.

tcent@Acts:4:5 @ On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

tcent@Acts:4:7 @ And when they had set them in the midst, they began to inquire, »By what power or by what name did you do this?«

tcent@Acts:4:9 @ if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a cripple, as to how this man has been healed,

tcent@Acts:4:12 @ And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.«

tcent@Acts:4:14 @ And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.

tcent@Acts:4:16 @ saying, »What shall we do with these men? For that a noteworthy miracle has been performed through them is apparent to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

tcent@Acts:4:17 @ But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any one in this name.«

tcent@Acts:4:18 @ Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

tcent@Acts:4:19 @ But Peter and John answered them, »Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

tcent@Acts:4:20 @ for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.«

tcent@Acts:4:21 @ And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for all the people were praising God for what had happened.

tcent@Acts:4:22 @ For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

tcent@Acts:4:24 @ And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God together and said, »Sovereign Lord, it is you who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them,

tcent@Acts:4:27 @ For truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

tcent@Acts:4:28 @ to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

tcent@Acts:4:32 @ Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one claimed that any of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.

tcent@Acts:5:4 @ While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.«

tcent@Acts:5:7 @ After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.

tcent@Acts:5:10 @ Immediately she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

tcent@Acts:5:11 @ And great fear came upon the whole church, and upon all who heard of these things.

tcent@Acts:5:12 @ Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Porch.

tcent@Acts:5:13 @ None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high honor.

tcent@Acts:5:14 @ And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number,

tcent@Acts:5:15 @ so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets, so that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

tcent@Acts:5:16 @ The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

tcent@Acts:5:18 @ They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

tcent@Acts:5:19 @ But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, and brought them out, and said,

tcent@Acts:5:20 @ »Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life.«

tcent@Acts:5:21 @ And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought.

tcent@Acts:5:22 @ But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported back,

tcent@Acts:5:23 @ »We found the prison securely locked, and the guards standing at the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside.«

tcent@Acts:5:24 @ Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were much perplexed about them, wondering what would come of this.

tcent@Acts:5:25 @ And someone came and told them, »Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.«

tcent@Acts:5:26 @ Then the captain went along with the officers and brought them back without violence, for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned.

tcent@Acts:5:28 @ saying, »We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.«

tcent@Acts:5:30 @ The God of our fathers raised Jesus—whom you had killed by hanging him on a tree.

tcent@Acts:5:31 @ God exalted him to his own right hand as Prince and Savior, to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

tcent@Acts:5:32 @ We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.«

tcent@Acts:5:34 @ But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while.

tcent@Acts:5:36 @ For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

tcent@Acts:5:37 @ After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who followed him were scattered.

tcent@Acts:5:38 @ So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will fail;

tcent@Acts:5:39 @ but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God.«

tcent@Acts:5:40 @ So they took his advice, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

tcent@Acts:5:41 @ Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

tcent@Acts:5:42 @ And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

tcent@Acts:6:1 @ Now in those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the native Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

tcent@Acts:6:2 @ So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, »It is not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables.

tcent@Acts:6:3 @ Therefore, brethren, pick out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this duty.

tcent@Acts:6:4 @ But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.«

tcent@Acts:6:7 @ The word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

tcent@Acts:6:10 @ But they could not stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

tcent@Acts:6:11 @ Then they secretly induced men to say, »We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.«

tcent@Acts:6:13 @ They put forward false witnesses who said, »This man never stops speaking against this holy place, and the law;

tcent@Acts:6:15 @ And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

tcent@Acts:7:1 @ The high priest said, »Are these things so?«

tcent@Acts:7:2 @ And he said: »Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

tcent@Acts:7:3 @ and said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and go into the land that I will show you.’

tcent@Acts:7:4 @ Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living.

tcent@Acts:7:5 @ But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even though he had no child, he promised that he would give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him.

tcent@Acts:7:6 @ But God spoke to this effect, that his descendants would be aliens in a foreign land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

tcent@Acts:7:7 @ ‘But I will judge the nation which they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.’

tcent@Acts:7:9 @ »And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

tcent@Acts:7:10 @ and rescued him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.

tcent@Acts:7:11 @ Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.

tcent@Acts:7:12 @ But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

tcent@Acts:7:14 @ Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five persons in all.

tcent@Acts:7:16 @ They were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

tcent@Acts:7:17 @ »But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

tcent@Acts:7:18 @ until there arose another king over Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.

tcent@Acts:7:19 @ He dealt craftily with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not survive.

tcent@Acts:7:20 @ At this time Moses was born, and was beautiful before God. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house;

tcent@Acts:7:22 @ Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

tcent@Acts:7:23 @ »When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.

tcent@Acts:7:24 @ And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and avenged the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian.

tcent@Acts:7:25 @ And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.

tcent@Acts:7:26 @ On the following day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong each other?’

tcent@Acts:7:27 @ But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed him aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

tcent@Acts:7:29 @ At this remark Moses fled, and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.

tcent@Acts:7:30 @ »After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

tcent@Acts:7:33 @ And the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

tcent@Acts:7:34 @ I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, and I will send you to Egypt.’

tcent@Acts:7:35 @ This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

tcent@Acts:7:36 @ This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.

tcent@Acts:7:38 @ This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to us.

tcent@Acts:7:39 @ But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

tcent@Acts:7:40 @ saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt—we do not know what has happened to him.’

tcent@Acts:7:41 @ At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

tcent@Acts:7:42 @ But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

tcent@Acts:7:44 @ »Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen.

tcent@Acts:7:45 @ And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua when they took the land from the nations whom God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the time of David,

tcent@Acts:7:46 @ who found favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

tcent@Acts:7:48 @ However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:

tcent@Acts:7:51 @ »You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. You are doing just as your fathers did.

tcent@Acts:7:52 @ Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

tcent@Acts:7:55 @ But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;

tcent@Acts:7:56 @ and he said, »Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.«

tcent@Acts:7:59 @ And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, »Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.«

tcent@Acts:7:60 @ Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, »Lord, do not hold this sin against them.« And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

tcent@Acts:8:1 @ Saul was consenting to his death.

tcent@Acts:8:3 @ But Saul began ravaging the church, and, entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

tcent@Acts:8:4 @ Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.

tcent@Acts:8:6 @ The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

tcent@Acts:8:7 @ For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.

tcent@Acts:8:8 @ So there was much joy in that city.

tcent@Acts:8:9 @ Now there was a man named Simon, who had formerly practiced magic in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

tcent@Acts:8:10 @ and they all, from the least to the greatest, gave attention to him, saying, »This man is what is called the Great Power of God.«

tcent@Acts:8:12 @ But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

tcent@Acts:8:13 @ Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.

tcent@Acts:8:14 @ Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,

tcent@Acts:8:16 @ For he had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

tcent@Acts:8:18 @ Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

tcent@Acts:8:19 @ saying, »Give me also this power, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.«

tcent@Acts:8:20 @ But Peter said to him, »May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

tcent@Acts:8:21 @ You have no part or share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.

tcent@Acts:8:22 @ Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.

tcent@Acts:8:23 @ For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.«

tcent@Acts:8:24 @ And Simon answered, »Pray for me to the Lord, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.«

tcent@Acts:8:25 @ Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.

tcent@Acts:8:27 @ So he got up and went. And there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,

tcent@Acts:8:28 @ and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

tcent@Acts:8:29 @ And the Spirit said to Philip, »Go up and join this chariot.«

tcent@Acts:8:30 @ So Philip ran up to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and asked, »Do you understand what you are reading?«

tcent@Acts:8:31 @ And he said, »How can I, unless someone guides me?« And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

tcent@Acts:8:32 @ Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:

tcent@Acts:8:35 @ Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture he told him the good news of Jesus.

tcent@Acts:8:36 @ And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, »Look, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?«

tcent@Acts:8:38 @ And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

tcent@Acts:8:39 @ And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

tcent@Acts:8:40 @ But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

tcent@Acts:9:1 @ Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

tcent@Acts:9:2 @ and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

tcent@Acts:9:4 @ And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, »Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?«

tcent@Acts:9:5 @ And he said, »Who are you, Lord?« And he said, »I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,

tcent@Acts:9:7 @ The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.

tcent@Acts:9:8 @ Saul got up from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

tcent@Acts:9:10 @ Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, »Ananias.« And he said, »Here I am, Lord.«

tcent@Acts:9:11 @ And the Lord said to him, »Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying,

tcent@Acts:9:12 @ and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.«

tcent@Acts:9:13 @ But Ananias answered, »Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints at Jerusalem;

tcent@Acts:9:14 @ and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.«

tcent@Acts:9:15 @ But the Lord said to him, »Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

tcent@Acts:9:17 @ So Ananias departed and entered the house. And after laying his hands on him said, »Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.«

tcent@Acts:9:18 @ And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight. And he got up and was baptized,

tcent@Acts:9:20 @ And immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, »He is the Son of God.«

tcent@Acts:9:21 @ All those who heard him were amazed, and said, »Is this not he who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?«

tcent@Acts:9:22 @ But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ.

tcent@Acts:9:24 @ but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him;

tcent@Acts:9:25 @ but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.

tcent@Acts:9:26 @ When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

tcent@Acts:9:27 @ But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

tcent@Acts:9:28 @ And he was with them moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord.

tcent@Acts:9:29 @ And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.

tcent@Acts:9:31 @ So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace and was built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

tcent@Acts:9:32 @ Now as Peter went through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

tcent@Acts:9:36 @ Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha (which is translated Dorcas). She was full of good works and acts of charity.

tcent@Acts:9:37 @ And at that time she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her, they laid her body in an upper room.

tcent@Acts:9:38 @ Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, »Please come to us without delay.«

tcent@Acts:9:39 @ So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

tcent@Acts:9:40 @ But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body, he said, »Tabitha, arise.« And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

tcent@Acts:9:41 @ And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then calling the saints and widows he presented her alive.

tcent@Acts:9:42 @ It became known all over Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

tcent@Acts:9:43 @ And Peter stayed for many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

tcent@Acts:10:2 @ a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave alms generously to the people and prayed to God continually.

tcent@Acts:10:3 @ About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, »Cornelius!«

tcent@Acts:10:4 @ And he stared at him in terror, and said, »What is it, Lord?« And he said to him, »Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God.

tcent@Acts:10:5 @ Now send men to Joppa, and bring a man named Simon who is called Peter;

tcent@Acts:10:6 @ he is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the sea.«

tcent@Acts:10:8 @ and after he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

tcent@Acts:10:9 @ The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

tcent@Acts:10:10 @ And he became hungry and was desiring something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance

tcent@Acts:10:11 @ and he saw heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners to the earth.

tcent@Acts:10:12 @ In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and birds of the air.

tcent@Acts:10:14 @ But Peter said, »No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.«

tcent@Acts:10:15 @ And the voice came to him again a second time, »What God has cleansed, you must not call common.«

tcent@Acts:10:16 @ This happened three times, and immediately the thing was taken up to heaven.

tcent@Acts:10:17 @ Now while Peter was inwardly perplexed as to what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men that were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, appeared at the gate.

tcent@Acts:10:18 @ They called out, asking whether Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.

tcent@Acts:10:19 @ While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, »Behold, three men are looking for you.

tcent@Acts:10:21 @ Peter went down to the men and said, »Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason you have come?«

tcent@Acts:10:22 @ They said, »Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to hear what you have to say.«

tcent@Acts:10:23 @ So he invited them in to be his guests.

tcent@Acts:10:24 @ On the following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

tcent@Acts:10:26 @ But Peter raised him up, saying, »Stand up; I too am just a man.«

tcent@Acts:10:27 @ As he talked with him, he went in and found many people assembled.

tcent@Acts:10:29 @ So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. I ask then why you sent for me.«

tcent@Acts:10:30 @ Cornelius said, »Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments,

tcent@Acts:10:32 @ Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is called Peter; he is lodging in the house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.’

tcent@Acts:10:33 @ So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.«

tcent@Acts:10:34 @ And opening his mouth, Peter said: »I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality,

tcent@Acts:10:35 @ but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is welcome to him.

tcent@Acts:10:36 @ You know the word which he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all).

tcent@Acts:10:37 @ You know what has happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:

tcent@Acts:10:38 @ how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

tcent@Acts:10:39 @ We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree;

tcent@Acts:10:42 @ And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

tcent@Acts:10:43 @ Of him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.«

tcent@Acts:10:44 @ While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the message.

tcent@Acts:10:46 @ For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

tcent@Acts:10:48 @ And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days.

tcent@Acts:11:3 @ saying, »You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.«

tcent@Acts:11:4 @ But Peter began and explained to them in order:

tcent@Acts:11:5 @ »I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.

tcent@Acts:11:6 @ And when I looked into it I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

tcent@Acts:11:7 @ Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill and eat!’

tcent@Acts:11:8 @ But I said, ‘No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

tcent@Acts:11:10 @ This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.

tcent@Acts:11:11 @ And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

tcent@Acts:11:13 @ And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is also called Peter;

tcent@Acts:11:15 @ As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.

tcent@Acts:11:17 @ So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could oppose God?«

tcent@Acts:11:18 @ When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, »So then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance unto life.«

tcent@Acts:11:19 @ Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.

tcent@Acts:11:20 @ But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

tcent@Acts:11:23 @ When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts;

tcent@Acts:11:26 @ and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year they met with the church and taught great numbers of people; and the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

tcent@Acts:11:28 @ One of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius.

tcent@Acts:11:29 @ And the disciples determined, each according to his ability, to send relief for the brethren living in Judea.

tcent@Acts:11:30 @ And this they did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

tcent@Acts:12:1 @ Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to persecute them.

tcent@Acts:12:3 @ When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

tcent@Acts:12:4 @ When he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

tcent@Acts:12:5 @ So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

tcent@Acts:12:6 @ The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

tcent@Acts:12:7 @ And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and woke him up, saying, »Get up quickly.« And the chains fell off his hands.

tcent@Acts:12:9 @ So he went out and followed him; and he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

tcent@Acts:12:10 @ When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him.

tcent@Acts:12:11 @ When Peter came to himself, he said, »Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.«

tcent@Acts:12:12 @ When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

tcent@Acts:12:14 @ When she recognized Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

tcent@Acts:12:15 @ They said to her, »You are out of your mind!« But she kept insisting that it was so. They said, »It is his angel.«

tcent@Acts:12:16 @ But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door, they saw him and were amazed.

tcent@Acts:12:17 @ But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, »Tell this to James and to the brethren.« Then he left and went to another place.

tcent@Acts:12:19 @ When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there a while.

tcent@Acts:12:20 @ Now he was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

tcent@Acts:12:21 @ On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and made an address to them.

tcent@Acts:12:24 @ But the word of God continued to grow and to be multiplied.

tcent@Acts:12:25 @ And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark.

tcent@Acts:13:1 @ Now in the church that was at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

tcent@Acts:13:2 @ While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, »Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.«

tcent@Acts:13:4 @ So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

tcent@Acts:13:5 @ When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John as their helper.

tcent@Acts:13:6 @ When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, named Bar-Jesus,

tcent@Acts:13:7 @ who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

tcent@Acts:13:8 @ But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

tcent@Acts:13:9 @ But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him

tcent@Acts:13:10 @ and said, »You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

tcent@Acts:13:11 @ Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.« And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

tcent@Acts:13:12 @ Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had happened, for he was amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

tcent@Acts:13:13 @ Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem.

tcent@Acts:13:14 @ But they passed on from Perga and came to Pisidian Antioch. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

tcent@Acts:13:15 @ After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, »Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.«

tcent@Acts:13:16 @ Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said,

tcent@Acts:13:17 @ the God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.

tcent@Acts:13:18 @ For about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

tcent@Acts:13:19 @ When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years.

tcent@Acts:13:20 @ After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

tcent@Acts:13:21 @ Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

tcent@Acts:13:22 @ And after he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; concerning whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

tcent@Acts:13:24 @ Before his coming John had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

tcent@Acts:13:25 @ And as John was completing his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

tcent@Acts:13:27 @ For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning him.

tcent@Acts:13:29 @ When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.

tcent@Acts:13:33 @ he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:

tcent@Acts:13:34 @ As for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to decay, he spoke in this way:

tcent@Acts:13:35 @ Therefore he also says in another Psalm,

tcent@Acts:13:36 @ For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers and saw decay;

tcent@Acts:13:38 @ Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

tcent@Acts:13:39 @ and through him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

tcent@Acts:13:40 @ Therefore take care, so that what is said in the prophets may not come upon you:

tcent@Acts:13:42 @ As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people begged that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath.

tcent@Acts:13:43 @ When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

tcent@Acts:13:46 @ Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, »It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

tcent@Acts:13:48 @ When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

tcent@Acts:13:50 @ But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

tcent@Acts:13:51 @ So they shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

tcent@Acts:14:1 @ Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue, and so spoke that a great number believed, both of Jews and of Greeks.

tcent@Acts:14:2 @ But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.

tcent@Acts:14:3 @ So they spent a long time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

tcent@Acts:14:6 @ they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding country;

tcent@Acts:14:7 @ and there they continued to preach the gospel.

tcent@Acts:14:8 @ At Lystra there was a man sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked.

tcent@Acts:14:9 @ He listened to Paul speaking; and Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

tcent@Acts:14:11 @ And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, »The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!«

tcent@Acts:14:14 @ But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out

tcent@Acts:14:15 @ »Men, why are you doing this? We also are men, of like nature with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

tcent@Acts:14:16 @ In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways;

tcent@Acts:14:17 @ yet he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.«

tcent@Acts:14:18 @ Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.

tcent@Acts:14:19 @ But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

tcent@Acts:14:22 @ strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, »Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.«

tcent@Acts:14:23 @ And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.

tcent@Acts:14:24 @ They passed through Pisidia, and came into Pamphylia.

tcent@Acts:14:25 @ And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

tcent@Acts:15:1 @ But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brethren, »Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.«

tcent@Acts:15:2 @ And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.

tcent@Acts:15:3 @ So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, reporting the conversion of the Gentiles, and they gave great joy to all the brethren.

tcent@Acts:15:7 @ After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, »Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

tcent@Acts:15:8 @ And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he also did to us;

tcent@Acts:15:9 @ and he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith.

tcent@Acts:15:10 @ Now therefore why do you test God by putting upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

tcent@Acts:15:13 @ After they finished speaking, James replied, »Brethren, listen to me.

tcent@Acts:15:14 @ Simeon has related how God first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for his name.

tcent@Acts:15:19 @ Therefore it is my judgment that we should not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles,

tcent@Acts:15:20 @ but that we should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.

tcent@Acts:15:21 @ For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.«

tcent@Acts:15:22 @ Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

tcent@Acts:15:23 @ and they sent the following letter with them: »The apostles and the brethren who are elders, to the brethren in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia who are from the Gentiles, greetings.

tcent@Acts:15:24 @ Since we have heard that some persons from us have disturbed you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions,

tcent@Acts:15:25 @ it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

tcent@Acts:15:27 @ We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth.

tcent@Acts:15:29 @ that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication. If you keep yourselves free from these, you will do well. Farewell.«

tcent@Acts:15:30 @ So when they were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter.

tcent@Acts:15:33 @ And after they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brethren to those who had sent them.

tcent@Acts:15:35 @ But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

tcent@Acts:15:36 @ After some days Paul said to Barnabas, »Let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.«

tcent@Acts:15:38 @ But Paul kept insisting that they should not take along one who had deserted them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work.

tcent@Acts:15:40 @ But Paul chose Silas and left, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

tcent@Acts:15:41 @ And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

tcent@Acts:16:2 @ and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium.

tcent@Acts:16:3 @ Paul wanted this man to accompany him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.

tcent@Acts:16:4 @ As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions which had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

tcent@Acts:16:5 @ So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in numbers daily.

tcent@Acts:16:6 @ And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

tcent@Acts:16:7 @ And when they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them;

tcent@Acts:16:8 @ so passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas.

tcent@Acts:16:9 @ A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and begging him, and saying, »Come over to Macedonia and help us.«

tcent@Acts:16:10 @ When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

tcent@Acts:16:11 @ So putting out to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

tcent@Acts:16:12 @ and from there to Philippi, which is the leading city of the district of Macedonia, and a Roman colony. We stayed in this city some days;

tcent@Acts:16:13 @ and on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had come together.

tcent@Acts:16:14 @ A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, who was a worshiper of God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.

tcent@Acts:16:15 @ When she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, »If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.« And she prevailed upon us.

tcent@Acts:16:16 @ It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave-girl who had a spirit of divination. She brought her owners much profit by fortune-telling.

tcent@Acts:16:17 @ She followed Paul and the rest of us, crying, »These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way of salvation.«

tcent@Acts:16:18 @ She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, »I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!« And it came out at that very moment.

tcent@Acts:16:19 @ But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities,

tcent@Acts:16:20 @ and when they had brought them to the magistrates they said, »These men are Jews and they are throwing our city into an uproar.

tcent@Acts:16:22 @ The crowd joined against them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and ordered them to be beaten with rods.

tcent@Acts:16:23 @ And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to guard them securely.

tcent@Acts:16:24 @ Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

tcent@Acts:16:25 @ But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

tcent@Acts:16:26 @ and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened.

tcent@Acts:16:27 @ When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

tcent@Acts:16:29 @ And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas.

tcent@Acts:16:31 @ They said, »Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.«

tcent@Acts:16:32 @ They spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house.

tcent@Acts:16:34 @ Then he brought them up into his house, and set food before them; and he rejoiced with his whole household that he had believed in God.

tcent@Acts:16:35 @ But when it was day, the magistrates sent their police, saying, »Release those men.«

tcent@Acts:16:36 @ And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, »The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace.«

tcent@Acts:16:37 @ But Paul said to them, »They have beaten us publicly, without trial, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now cast us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.«

tcent@Acts:17:2 @ And Paul went in, as was his custom, and for three weeks he reasoned with them from the scriptures,

tcent@Acts:17:3 @ explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, »This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.«

tcent@Acts:17:4 @ And some of them were persuaded, and joined Paul and Silas; as did a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and not a few of the leading women.

tcent@Acts:17:5 @ But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men from the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; they attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

tcent@Acts:17:6 @ When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, shouting, »These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

tcent@Acts:17:7 @ and Jason has welcomed them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.«

tcent@Acts:17:10 @ The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

tcent@Acts:17:11 @ Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

tcent@Acts:17:12 @ Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men.

tcent@Acts:17:13 @ But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

tcent@Acts:17:14 @ Then the brethren immediately sent Paul out to go as far as the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.

tcent@Acts:17:15 @ Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left.

tcent@Acts:17:16 @ Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.

tcent@Acts:17:17 @ So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be there.

tcent@Acts:17:18 @ And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some said, »What would this idle babbler wish to say?« Others, »He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,«—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

tcent@Acts:17:19 @ And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, »May we know what this new teaching is which you present?

tcent@Acts:17:20 @ For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.«

tcent@Acts:17:21 @ (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

tcent@Acts:17:22 @ So Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: »Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

tcent@Acts:17:23 @ For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.

tcent@Acts:17:24 @ The God who made the world and everything in it, since he is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands;

tcent@Acts:17:25 @ nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything.

tcent@Acts:17:26 @ And he made from one man every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,

tcent@Acts:17:27 @ that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

tcent@Acts:17:29 @ Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

tcent@Acts:17:31 @ because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given proof to all men by raising him from the dead.«

tcent@Acts:17:32 @ Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, »We want to hear you again on this subject.«

tcent@Acts:17:34 @ But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

tcent@Acts:18:1 @ After this he left Athens and went to Corinth.

tcent@Acts:18:2 @ And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He went to see them,

tcent@Acts:18:4 @ And every Sabbath he was reasoning in the synagogue, and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

tcent@Acts:18:5 @ When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

tcent@Acts:18:8 @ Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized.

tcent@Acts:18:9 @ And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, »Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

tcent@Acts:18:10 @ for I am with you, and no man will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.«

tcent@Acts:18:11 @ And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

tcent@Acts:18:13 @ saying, »This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law.«

tcent@Acts:18:15 @ but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I refuse to be a judge of these things.«

tcent@Acts:18:17 @ And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio paid no attention to this.

tcent@Acts:18:18 @ After this Paul stayed many days longer, and then took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he had taken a vow.

tcent@Acts:18:19 @ They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

tcent@Acts:18:20 @ When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined;

tcent@Acts:18:21 @ but on taking leave of them he said, »I will return to you if God wills,« and he set sail from Ephesus.

tcent@Acts:18:23 @ After spending some time there, he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

tcent@Acts:18:24 @ Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the scriptures.

tcent@Acts:18:25 @ He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

tcent@Acts:18:26 @ And he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

tcent@Acts:18:28 @ for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, proving by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

tcent@Acts:19:1 @ While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

tcent@Acts:19:3 @ And he said, »Into what then were you baptized?« They said, »Into John's baptism.«

tcent@Acts:19:4 @ Paul said, »John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.«

tcent@Acts:19:5 @ On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

tcent@Acts:19:7 @ There were about twelve men in all.

tcent@Acts:19:8 @ And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, arguing and persuading about the kingdom of God.

tcent@Acts:19:9 @ But when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them, and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

tcent@Acts:19:10 @ This took place for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

tcent@Acts:19:11 @ God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

tcent@Acts:19:13 @ But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, »I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.«

tcent@Acts:19:14 @ Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

tcent@Acts:19:16 @ And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered all of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

tcent@Acts:19:17 @ This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

tcent@Acts:19:18 @ Many also of those who believed now came, confessing and disclosing their practices.

tcent@Acts:19:19 @ And a number of those who practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

tcent@Acts:19:21 @ Now after these things were finished, Paul purposed in the spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, »After I have been there, I must also see Rome.«

tcent@Acts:19:22 @ And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

tcent@Acts:19:23 @ About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.

tcent@Acts:19:24 @ For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.

tcent@Acts:19:25 @ These he gathered together, with the workmen of similar trades, and said, »Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.

tcent@Acts:19:26 @ And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

tcent@Acts:19:27 @ Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.«

tcent@Acts:19:28 @ When they heard this, they were enraged and began crying out, »Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!«

tcent@Acts:19:29 @ The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions from Macedonia.

tcent@Acts:19:30 @ Paul wanted to go in among the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

tcent@Acts:19:31 @ Some of the Asiarchs also, who were friends of his, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.

tcent@Acts:19:32 @ Now some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of the people did not know why they had come together.

tcent@Acts:19:33 @ Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense to the people.

tcent@Acts:19:36 @ Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.

tcent@Acts:19:38 @ If then Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.

tcent@Acts:19:39 @ But if you want anything further, it shall be settled in the lawful assembly.

tcent@Acts:19:40 @ As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of today's events. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.«

tcent@Acts:20:3 @ There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

tcent@Acts:20:5 @ These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.

tcent@Acts:20:6 @ But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days came to them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

tcent@Acts:20:7 @ On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

tcent@Acts:20:8 @ There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.

tcent@Acts:20:9 @ And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep. And as Paul talked on and on, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

tcent@Acts:20:10 @ But Paul went down and fell on him, and after embracing him, he said, »Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.«

tcent@Acts:20:13 @ But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there; for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land.

tcent@Acts:20:15 @ Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day after that we came to Miletus.

tcent@Acts:20:16 @ For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

tcent@Acts:20:18 @ And when they came to him, he said to them: »You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

tcent@Acts:20:19 @ serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews;

tcent@Acts:20:20 @ how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

tcent@Acts:20:21 @ testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

tcent@Acts:20:22 @ And now, behold, bound in the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,

tcent@Acts:20:23 @ except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

tcent@Acts:20:24 @ But I do not consider my life of any account nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

tcent@Acts:20:25 @ And now, behold, I know that all of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will see my face no more.

tcent@Acts:20:26 @ Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

tcent@Acts:20:27 @ For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

tcent@Acts:20:29 @ I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

tcent@Acts:20:30 @ and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

tcent@Acts:20:31 @ Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night and day to admonish each one with tears.

tcent@Acts:20:32 @ And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

tcent@Acts:20:34 @ You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

tcent@Acts:20:35 @ In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’«

tcent@Acts:20:38 @ grieving most of all over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.

tcent@Acts:21:2 @ And having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

tcent@Acts:21:3 @ When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo.

tcent@Acts:21:4 @ And having sought out the disciples, we stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.

tcent@Acts:21:5 @ And when our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.

tcent@Acts:21:7 @ When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we greeted the brethren and stayed with them for a day.

tcent@Acts:21:8 @ On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him.

tcent@Acts:21:10 @ As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

tcent@Acts:21:11 @ And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, »This is what the Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’«

tcent@Acts:21:13 @ Then Paul answered, »What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.«

tcent@Acts:21:16 @ And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge.

tcent@Acts:21:18 @ And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present.

tcent@Acts:21:19 @ After he had greeted them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

tcent@Acts:21:21 @ and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk according to the customs.

tcent@Acts:21:22 @ What then is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

tcent@Acts:21:24 @ take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in observance of the law.

tcent@Acts:21:25 @ But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote to them our decision that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication.«

tcent@Acts:21:26 @ The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each one of them.

tcent@Acts:21:27 @ When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

tcent@Acts:21:28 @ crying out, »Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place; and besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and he has defiled this holy place.«

tcent@Acts:21:29 @ For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

tcent@Acts:21:30 @ Then all the city was aroused, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

tcent@Acts:21:31 @ While they were trying to kill him, a report came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

tcent@Acts:21:32 @ At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

tcent@Acts:21:33 @ Then the commander came up and arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.

tcent@Acts:21:34 @ Some in the crowd shouted one thing, and some another; and as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.

tcent@Acts:21:36 @ for the mob of the people followed, shouting, »Away with him!«

tcent@Acts:21:37 @ As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, »May I say something to you?« And he said, »Do you know Greek?

tcent@Acts:21:38 @ Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?«

tcent@Acts:21:39 @ Paul replied, »I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; I beg you, let me speak to the people.«

tcent@Acts:21:40 @ When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

tcent@Acts:22:2 @ And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew language, they became more quiet. And he said:

tcent@Acts:22:3 @ »I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

tcent@Acts:22:4 @ I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women,

tcent@Acts:22:5 @ as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished.

tcent@Acts:22:7 @ And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?’

tcent@Acts:22:8 @ And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’

tcent@Acts:22:9 @ And those who were with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

tcent@Acts:22:10 @ And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.’

tcent@Acts:22:11 @ But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

tcent@Acts:22:12 @ »A certain Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,

tcent@Acts:22:13 @ came to me, and standing near said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very time I looked up at him.

tcent@Acts:22:14 @ Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.

tcent@Acts:22:16 @ Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

tcent@Acts:22:17 @ »When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

tcent@Acts:22:18 @ and saw him saying to me, ‘Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

tcent@Acts:22:19 @ And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in you.

tcent@Acts:22:20 @ When the blood of Stephen your witness was shed, I also was standing by and approving, and keeping the garments of those who were killing him.’

tcent@Acts:22:23 @ And as they were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

tcent@Acts:22:24 @ the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and commanded him to be examined by scourging so that he might find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way.

tcent@Acts:22:25 @ But when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, »Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?«

tcent@Acts:22:26 @ When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, »What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.«

tcent@Acts:22:29 @ So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately; and the commander also was afraid when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had put him in chains.

tcent@Acts:22:30 @ But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

tcent@Acts:23:1 @ And Paul, looking intently at the council, said, »Brethren, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.«

tcent@Acts:23:2 @ The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.

tcent@Acts:23:3 @ Then Paul said to him, »God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?«

tcent@Acts:23:6 @ But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, »Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead I am on trial.«

tcent@Acts:23:9 @ There occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, »We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?«

tcent@Acts:23:10 @ The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

tcent@Acts:23:11 @ The following night the Lord stood by him and said, »Take courage, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must bear witness also at Rome.«

tcent@Acts:23:12 @ When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

tcent@Acts:23:14 @ They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, »We have bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

tcent@Acts:23:15 @ You therefore, along with the council, give notice now to the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.«

tcent@Acts:23:17 @ Paul called one of the centurions and said, »Take this young man to the commander; for he has something to tell him.«

tcent@Acts:23:18 @ So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, »Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, since he has something to tell you.«

tcent@Acts:23:19 @ The commander took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, »What is it that you have to tell me?«

tcent@Acts:23:20 @ And he said, »The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the Council, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more thoroughly about him.

tcent@Acts:23:21 @ But do not yield to them; for more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him, having bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.«

tcent@Acts:23:22 @ So the commander dismissed the young man, instructing him, »Tell no one that you have informed me of this.«

tcent@Acts:23:24 @ Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.«

tcent@Acts:23:25 @ And he wrote a letter having this form:

tcent@Acts:23:26 @ »Claudius Lysias, to His Excellency, Governor Felix: greetings.

tcent@Acts:23:27 @ This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

tcent@Acts:23:28 @ And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.

tcent@Acts:23:29 @ I found that he was accused over questions about their Law, but there was no accusation against him deserving death or imprisonment.

tcent@Acts:23:30 @ And when I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you.«

tcent@Acts:23:31 @ So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

tcent@Acts:23:32 @ But the next day, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks.

tcent@Acts:23:34 @ When he had read the letter, he asked from what province he was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia,

tcent@Acts:23:35 @ he said, »I will hear you when your accusers arrive also.« And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

tcent@Acts:24:1 @ After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders, with an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor.

tcent@Acts:24:2 @ And when Paul was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying to Felix: »Since through you we have enjoyed much peace, and since by your provision, reforms are introduced on behalf of this nation,

tcent@Acts:24:3 @ we acknowledge this in every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all gratitude.

tcent@Acts:24:4 @ But, that I may not weary you further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly.

tcent@Acts:24:5 @ For we have found this man a pestilent fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

tcent@Acts:24:8 @ By examining him yourself you will be able to learn the truth about all these charges of which we accuse him.«

tcent@Acts:24:9 @ The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.

tcent@Acts:24:10 @ When the governor had motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: »Realizing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.

tcent@Acts:24:11 @ Since you can easily verify that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

tcent@Acts:24:12 @ They did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues, or in the city.

tcent@Acts:24:13 @ Neither can they prove to you the charges they are now making against me.

tcent@Acts:24:14 @ But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do worship the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,

tcent@Acts:24:15 @ having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there will certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

tcent@Acts:24:17 @ Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings.

tcent@Acts:24:18 @ As I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from Asia—

tcent@Acts:24:19 @ who ought to be here before you and to make accusation, if they should have anything against me.

tcent@Acts:24:20 @ Or else let these men themselves tell what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the Council,

tcent@Acts:24:21 @ except this one thing which I shouted out while standing among them, ‘With respect to the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.’«

tcent@Acts:24:22 @ But Felix, having a more exact knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, »When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.«

tcent@Acts:24:23 @ Then he gave orders to the centurion for him to be kept in custody but have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to his needs.

tcent@Acts:24:24 @ But some days later Felix came with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

tcent@Acts:24:25 @ But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, »Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.«

tcent@Acts:24:26 @ At the same time, he was hoping that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.

tcent@Acts:24:27 @ But when two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

tcent@Acts:25:1 @ Festus then, three days after arriving in the province, went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

tcent@Acts:25:2 @ And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews brought charges against Paul; and they urged him,

tcent@Acts:25:3 @ as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

tcent@Acts:25:4 @ Festus answered that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and that he himself intended to go there shortly.

tcent@Acts:25:5 @ »Therefore,« he said, »let the men of authority among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them prosecute him.«

tcent@Acts:25:7 @ And when Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

tcent@Acts:25:8 @ Paul said in his defense, »Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended at all.«

tcent@Acts:25:9 @ But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, »Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?«

tcent@Acts:25:10 @ But Paul said, »I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know.

tcent@Acts:25:11 @ If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of the charges brought against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.«

tcent@Acts:25:13 @ Now when a few days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus.

tcent@Acts:25:14 @ While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, »There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;

tcent@Acts:25:15 @ and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for sentence against him.

tcent@Acts:25:16 @ I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.

tcent@Acts:25:17 @ When therefore they came together here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

tcent@Acts:25:19 @ but they simply had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.

tcent@Acts:25:20 @ Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

tcent@Acts:25:21 @ But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor's decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I could send him to Caesar.

tcent@Acts:25:23 @ So on the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience room with the high ranking officers and the prominent men of the city. At the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.

tcent@Acts:25:24 @ Festus said, »King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer.

tcent@Acts:25:25 @ But I found that he had done nothing deserving of death; and as he himself appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.

tcent@Acts:25:26 @ But I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.

tcent@Acts:25:27 @ For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to indicate the charges against him.«

tcent@Acts:26:2 @ »I consider myself fortunate that it is before you, King Agrippa, I am to make my defense today against all the accusations of the Jews,

tcent@Acts:26:4 @ So then, all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem.

tcent@Acts:26:5 @ They have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion.

tcent@Acts:26:6 @ And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

tcent@Acts:26:7 @ the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews.

tcent@Acts:26:8 @ Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?

tcent@Acts:26:9 @ I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

tcent@Acts:26:10 @ And that is just what I did in Jerusalem; I not only shut up many of the saints in prison, by authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

tcent@Acts:26:11 @ And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

tcent@Acts:26:12 @ »On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

tcent@Acts:26:13 @ At midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

tcent@Acts:26:14 @ And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

tcent@Acts:26:15 @ And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.

tcent@Acts:26:16 @ But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness to the things which you have seen of me, and also to the things in which I will appear to you;

tcent@Acts:26:17 @ rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

tcent@Acts:26:18 @ to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

tcent@Acts:26:19 @ »So, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

tcent@Acts:26:21 @ For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

tcent@Acts:26:22 @ To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

tcent@Acts:26:23 @ that the Christ must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.«

tcent@Acts:26:24 @ And as he was saying this in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, »Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad.«

tcent@Acts:26:25 @ But Paul said, »I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking the sober truth.

tcent@Acts:26:26 @ For the king knows about these things, and to him I speak freely; for I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

tcent@Acts:26:27 @ King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do.«

tcent@Acts:26:28 @ And Agrippa said to Paul, »In a short time you think to persuade me to become a Christian!«

tcent@Acts:26:29 @ And Paul said, »Whether in a short or a long time, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains.«

tcent@Acts:26:30 @ The king rose and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,

tcent@Acts:26:31 @ and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, »This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment.«

tcent@Acts:27:2 @ And embarking in a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.

tcent@Acts:27:3 @ The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul kindly, and allowed him to go to his friends and be cared for.

tcent@Acts:27:4 @ We put out to sea from there and sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were against us.

tcent@Acts:27:5 @ When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia.

tcent@Acts:27:6 @ There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

tcent@Acts:27:7 @ When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete, off Salmone.

tcent@Acts:27:10 @ and said to them, »Men, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.«

tcent@Acts:27:11 @ But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the owner of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.

tcent@Acts:27:12 @ Because the harbor was not suitable to winter in, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, on the chance that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there.

tcent@Acts:27:13 @ When a gentle south wind came up, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

tcent@Acts:27:14 @ But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called the northeaster;

tcent@Acts:27:15 @ and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

tcent@Acts:27:16 @ And running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were scarcely able to secure the boat.

tcent@Acts:27:17 @ After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables to undergird the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along.

tcent@Acts:27:18 @ The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to throw the cargo overboard;

tcent@Acts:27:20 @ When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was raging on us, all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned.

tcent@Acts:27:21 @ When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up among them and said, »Men, you should have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

tcent@Acts:27:25 @ So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen exactly as I have been told.

tcent@Acts:27:27 @ But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to sense that they were approaching land.

tcent@Acts:27:28 @ They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took soundings again and found it to be fifteen fathoms.

tcent@Acts:27:29 @ Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.

tcent@Acts:27:30 @ But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the lifeboat into the sea, on the pretense of laying out anchors from the bow,

tcent@Acts:27:31 @ Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, »Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.«

tcent@Acts:27:33 @ As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, »Today is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and without food, having taken nothing.

tcent@Acts:27:34 @ Therefore I urge you to take some food; it will give you strength, since not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you.«

tcent@Acts:27:35 @ Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat.

tcent@Acts:27:37 @ All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons.

tcent@Acts:27:38 @ When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea.

tcent@Acts:27:40 @ So they cast off the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the ropes that tied the rudders; then hoisting the foresail to the wind they made for the beach.

tcent@Acts:27:41 @ But striking a sandbar they ran the vessel aground; the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, and the stern was broken up by the pounding of the surf.

tcent@Acts:27:43 @ But the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

tcent@Acts:28:2 @ The natives showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.

tcent@Acts:28:4 @ When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, »No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.«

tcent@Acts:28:5 @ However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

tcent@Acts:28:6 @ They waited, expecting him to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but after they had waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.

tcent@Acts:28:7 @ Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.

tcent@Acts:28:8 @ It happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed sick with recurrent fever and dysentery; and Paul went in to see him and after he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him.

tcent@Acts:28:10 @ They honored us in many ways; and when we were ready to sail, they furnished us with the supplies we needed.

tcent@Acts:28:11 @ After three months we set sail in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian ship, with the Twin Brothers as figurehead.

tcent@Acts:28:12 @ After we put in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days.

tcent@Acts:28:13 @ From there we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium, and a day later a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli.

tcent@Acts:28:14 @ There we found some brethren, and were invited to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome.

tcent@Acts:28:16 @ And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

tcent@Acts:28:17 @ After three days Paul called together the local leaders of the Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, »Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

tcent@Acts:28:18 @ And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death.

tcent@Acts:28:19 @ But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar—not that I had any charge to bring against my own nation.

tcent@Acts:28:20 @ For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.«

tcent@Acts:28:21 @ They said to him, »We have not received letters from Judea concerning you, and none of the brethren who have come here has reported or spoken anything bad about you.

tcent@Acts:28:22 @ But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.«

tcent@Acts:28:23 @ When they had appointed a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he explained the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

tcent@Acts:28:24 @ Some were convinced by what he said, but others would not believe.

tcent@Acts:28:25 @ When they disagreed among themselves, they began to leave, after Paul had made one final statement: »The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

tcent@Acts:28:26 @ saying,

tcent@Acts:28:30 @ And he stayed there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him,

tcent@Acts:28:31 @ preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ quite openly and unhindered.

tcent@Romans:1:2 @ which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

tcent@Romans:1:3 @ concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

tcent@Romans:1:4 @ and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

tcent@Romans:1:5 @ Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

tcent@Romans:1:7 @ To all in Rome who are beloved of God, called to be saints:

tcent@Romans:1:8 @ First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

tcent@Romans:1:9 @ For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers,

tcent@Romans:1:10 @ asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last find the way to come to you.

tcent@Romans:1:13 @ I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have some harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

tcent@Romans:1:15 @ so I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

tcent@Romans:1:17 @ For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, »The just shall live by faith.«

tcent@Romans:1:18 @ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth,

tcent@Romans:1:19 @ for what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

tcent@Romans:1:20 @ For since the creation of the world his invisible nature, even his eternal power and deity, has been clearly seen, being understood by the things that have been made. So they are without excuse;

tcent@Romans:1:21 @ for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

tcent@Romans:1:22 @ Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

tcent@Romans:1:24 @ Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

tcent@Romans:1:27 @ And the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error.

tcent@Romans:1:28 @ And since they did not see fit to retain the knowledge of God, God gave them over to a base mind, to do what ought not to be done.

tcent@Romans:1:30 @ slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

tcent@Romans:1:32 @ Though they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

tcent@Romans:2:1 @ Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge another; for in whatever point you pass judgment on him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.

tcent@Romans:2:2 @ We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.

tcent@Romans:2:3 @ Do you think, O man, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do the same yourself, you will escape the judgment of God?

tcent@Romans:2:4 @ Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

tcent@Romans:2:5 @ But by your hardness and your impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

tcent@Romans:2:6 @ For he »will render to each one according to his works«:

tcent@Romans:2:7 @ to those who by patience in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality, he will give eternal life;

tcent@Romans:2:8 @ but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

tcent@Romans:2:9 @ There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

tcent@Romans:2:12 @ All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

tcent@Romans:2:13 @ For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

tcent@Romans:2:14 @ When Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

tcent@Romans:2:15 @ They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing them

tcent@Romans:2:16 @ on that day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

tcent@Romans:2:18 @ and know his will and approve of what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,

tcent@Romans:2:19 @ and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

tcent@Romans:2:20 @ an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—

tcent@Romans:2:21 @ you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

tcent@Romans:2:23 @ You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

tcent@Romans:2:25 @ Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law; but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

tcent@Romans:2:28 @ For he is not a real Jew who is one outwardly, nor is true circumcision something outward and in the flesh.

tcent@Romans:2:29 @ He is a Jew who is one inwardly; and real circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, and not by the written code. His praise is not from men but from God.

tcent@Romans:3:2 @ Much in every way! To begin with, they are entrusted with the oracles of God.

tcent@Romans:3:4 @ Certainly not! Let God be true, though every man a liar. As it is written:

tcent@Romans:3:5 @ But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)

tcent@Romans:3:6 @ Certainly not! For then how could God judge the world?

tcent@Romans:3:7 @ But if through my falsehood God's truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?

tcent@Romans:3:8 @ Why not say – as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say—»Let us do evil that good may come«? Their condemnation is just.

tcent@Romans:3:9 @ What then? Are we Jews any better off? Certainly not; for we have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin.

tcent@Romans:3:20 @ Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

tcent@Romans:3:22 @ the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. For there is no difference,

tcent@Romans:3:23 @ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

tcent@Romans:3:24 @ and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

tcent@Romans:3:25 @ whom God put forward as an atoning sacrifice by his blood, to be received through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over sins committed beforehand;

tcent@Romans:3:26 @ and it was to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

tcent@Romans:3:27 @ Where then is our boasting? It is excluded. On what law? On the law of works? No, but on the law of faith.

tcent@Romans:3:30 @ since there is one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through their faith.

tcent@Romans:3:31 @ Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

tcent@Romans:4:1 @ What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?

tcent@Romans:4:2 @ For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

tcent@Romans:4:11 @ And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be reckoned to them.

tcent@Romans:4:12 @ And he is also the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

tcent@Romans:4:15 @ because the law brings wrath, for where there is no law there is no transgression.

tcent@Romans:4:17 @ (as it is written, »I have made you the father of many nations«) in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did.

tcent@Romans:4:18 @ In hope, he believed against hope, so that he became the father of many nations; as he had been told, »So shall your descendants be.«

tcent@Romans:4:19 @ And he did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.

tcent@Romans:4:20 @ He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

tcent@Romans:4:21 @ being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.

tcent@Romans:4:24 @ but for us also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

tcent@Romans:4:25 @ who was delivered to death for our sins and was raised for our justification.

tcent@Romans:5:1 @ Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

tcent@Romans:5:2 @ through whom we have obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of the glory of God.

tcent@Romans:5:3 @ And not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

tcent@Romans:5:5 @ And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

tcent@Romans:5:8 @ But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

tcent@Romans:5:9 @ Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God.

tcent@Romans:5:10 @ For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

tcent@Romans:5:11 @ Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received our reconciliation.

tcent@Romans:5:12 @ Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men, because all men sinned.

tcent@Romans:5:13 @ For sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted when there is no law.

tcent@Romans:5:14 @ Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sins were not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.

tcent@Romans:5:16 @ And the free gift is not like the effect of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the gift following many trespasses brings justification.

tcent@Romans:5:17 @ For if, by the one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.)

tcent@Romans:5:19 @ For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

tcent@Romans:5:20 @ Law came in, that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

tcent@Romans:5:21 @ so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

tcent@Romans:6:1 @ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

tcent@Romans:6:2 @ Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live any longer in it?

tcent@Romans:6:3 @ Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

tcent@Romans:6:4 @ We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

tcent@Romans:6:5 @ For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

tcent@Romans:6:6 @ We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

tcent@Romans:6:7 @ For he who has died has been freed from sin.

tcent@Romans:6:9 @ For we know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.

tcent@Romans:6:10 @ The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

tcent@Romans:6:11 @ So you also, consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

tcent@Romans:6:12 @ Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you obey its passions.

tcent@Romans:6:13 @ Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

tcent@Romans:6:14 @ For sin shall not have dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

tcent@Romans:6:15 @ What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!

tcent@Romans:6:16 @ Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one to obey as slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, whether of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

tcent@Romans:6:17 @ But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,

tcent@Romans:6:18 @ and, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.

tcent@Romans:6:19 @ I am speaking in human terms, because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you once yielded your members to impurity and to greater and greater iniquity, so now yield your members to righteousness for holiness.

tcent@Romans:6:20 @ When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

tcent@Romans:6:21 @ But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

tcent@Romans:6:22 @ But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.

tcent@Romans:6:23 @ For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

tcent@Romans:7:1 @ Do you not know, brethren—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?

tcent@Romans:7:4 @ Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit to God.

tcent@Romans:7:5 @ While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

tcent@Romans:7:6 @ But now, by dying to what once held us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

tcent@Romans:7:7 @ What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, »You shall not covet.«

tcent@Romans:7:8 @ But sin, finding opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetous desire. For apart from the law sin lies dead.

tcent@Romans:7:9 @ I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

tcent@Romans:7:10 @ The very commandment which was to bring life I found to be death to me.

tcent@Romans:7:11 @ For sin, finding opportunity in the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.

tcent@Romans:7:13 @ Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But it was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.

tcent@Romans:7:14 @ We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.

tcent@Romans:7:17 @ So then, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

tcent@Romans:7:18 @ For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will to do what is good, but I cannot do it.

tcent@Romans:7:20 @ Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

tcent@Romans:7:21 @ So I find it to be a law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

tcent@Romans:7:22 @ For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

tcent@Romans:7:23 @ but I see in my members another law, at war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members.

tcent@Romans:7:25 @ Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

tcent@Romans:8:1 @ There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

tcent@Romans:8:2 @ For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

tcent@Romans:8:3 @ For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin: he condemned sin in the flesh,

tcent@Romans:8:4 @ in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

tcent@Romans:8:5 @ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

tcent@Romans:8:6 @ To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

tcent@Romans:8:7 @ For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so;

tcent@Romans:8:8 @ and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

tcent@Romans:8:9 @ But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to him.

tcent@Romans:8:10 @ But if Christ is in you, although your body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

tcent@Romans:8:11 @ If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.

tcent@Romans:8:12 @ Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

tcent@Romans:8:13 @ For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

tcent@Romans:8:15 @ For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out, »Abba, Father.«

tcent@Romans:8:17 @ and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, in order that we may also be glorified with him.

tcent@Romans:8:18 @ I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us.

tcent@Romans:8:19 @ For the creation waits with eager expectation for the revealing of the sons of God.

tcent@Romans:8:20 @ For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;

tcent@Romans:8:21 @ because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God.

tcent@Romans:8:22 @ We know that the whole creation has been groaning in birth pangs together until now.

tcent@Romans:8:23 @ And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

tcent@Romans:8:24 @ For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?

tcent@Romans:8:26 @ Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

tcent@Romans:8:27 @ And he who searches the hearts of men knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

tcent@Romans:8:28 @ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

tcent@Romans:8:29 @ For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

tcent@Romans:8:30 @ And those whom he predestined, he also called; those whom he called, he also justified; and those whom he justified, he also glorified.

tcent@Romans:8:31 @ What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

tcent@Romans:8:32 @ He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?

tcent@Romans:8:33 @ Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

tcent@Romans:8:34 @ Who is he who condemns? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who is also interceding for us.

tcent@Romans:8:35 @ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

tcent@Romans:8:37 @ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

tcent@Romans:8:38 @ For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

tcent@Romans:8:39 @ nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

tcent@Romans:9:1 @ I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit,

tcent@Romans:9:2 @ that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

tcent@Romans:9:3 @ For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

tcent@Romans:9:4 @ They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

tcent@Romans:9:5 @ Of them are the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, forever blessed. Amen.

tcent@Romans:9:8 @ In other words, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.

tcent@Romans:9:11 @ though the twins were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that God's purpose of election might stand, not because of works but because of his call,

tcent@Romans:9:14 @ What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Certainly not!

tcent@Romans:9:17 @ For the scripture says to Pharaoh, »I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I may show my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.«

tcent@Romans:9:19 @ You will say to me then, »Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?«

tcent@Romans:9:22 @ What if God, choosing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

tcent@Romans:9:23 @ in order to make known the riches of his glory for the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory,

tcent@Romans:9:25 @ As indeed he says in Hosea:


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