Forasmuch as many
have taken
in hand
to set forth
in order
a declaration
of those things
which are
most surely believed among us,
Even as
they
delivered them unto us,
which from the beginning
were eyewitnesses,
and ministers
of the word;
It seemed good
to me also,
having had
perfect understanding
of all things
from the very first,
to write
unto thee
in order,
most excellent Theophilus,
That thou
mightest know
the certainty
of those things,
wherein thou
hast been instructed.
THERE was
in the days
of Herod,
the king
of Judaea,
a certain priest
named Zacharias,
of the course
of Abia:
and his wife
was of the daughters
of Aaron,
and her name
was Elisabeth.
And
they were both righteous
before God,
walking in all
the commandments
and ordinances
of the Lord blameless.
And they
had
no child,
because
that Elisabeth
was barren,
and
they both
were now well stricken
in years.
And it
came
to pass,
that while
he executed
the priest's office
before God
in the order
of his course,
According to
the custom
of the priest's office,
his lot
was
to burn
incense
when
he went into the temple
of the Lord.
And
the whole multitude
of the people
were praying without
at the time
of incense.
And there appeared
unto him an angel
of the Lord
standing on the right side of the altar
of incense.
And
when Zacharias
saw him,
he was troubled,
and fear
fell upon him.
But the angel
said unto him,
Fear not,
Zacharias:
for thy prayer
is heard;
and thy wife Elisabeth
shall bear thee
a son,
and
thou shalt call
his name John.
And
thou shalt have
joy and gladness;
and many
shall rejoice
at his birth.
For he
shall be great
in the sight
of the Lord,
and shall drink neither wine
nor strong drink;
and
he shall be filled
with the Holy Ghost,
even from his mother's womb.
And many
of the children
of Israel
shall
he turn
to the Lord their God.
And he
shall go
before him
in the spirit
and power
of Elias,
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.
And Zacharias
said
unto the angel,
Whereby
shall
I know this?
for I
am an old man,
and my wife
well stricken
in years.
And the angel
answering
said unto him,
I am Gabriel,
that stand
in the presence
of God;
and am sent
to speak
unto thee,
and
to shew thee
these glad tidings.
And,
behold,
thou shalt be dumb,
and not able
to speak,
until the day
that these things
shall be performed,
because
thou believest not
my words,
which shall be fulfilled
in their season.
And the people
waited
for Zacharias,
and marvelled that
he tarried so long
in the temple.
And
when he came out,
he could not speak unto them:
and
they perceived
that he
had seen
a vision
in the temple:
for he beckoned unto them,
and remained speechless.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
as soon as the days
of his ministration
were accomplished,
he departed
to his own house.
And after those days
his wife Elisabeth conceived,
and hid herself
five months,
saying,
Thus
hath
the Lord
dealt with me
in the days
wherein he
looked on me,
to take away my reproach
among men.
And
in the sixth month
the angel Gabriel
was sent
from God
unto a city
of Galilee,
named Nazareth,
To a virgin
espoused
to a man
whose name
was Joseph,
of the house
of David;
and the virgin's name
was Mary.
And the angel
came in
unto her,
and said,
Hail,
thou
that art
highly favoured,
the Lord
is with thee:
blessed art
thou among women.
And
when she
saw him,
she was troubled
at his saying,
and cast
in her mind
what manner
of salutation
this should be.
And the angel
said
unto her,
Fear not,
Mary:
for thou
hast found
favour
with God.
And,
behold,
thou shalt conceive
in thy womb,
and bring forth a son,
and shalt call
his name JESUS.
He shall be great,
and shall be called
the Son
of the Highest:
and the Lord God
shall give
unto him the throne
of his father David:
And
he shall reign
over the house
of Jacob
for ever;
and
of his kingdom
there shall be
no end.
Then said Mary
unto the angel,
How shall
this be,
seeing
I know not
a man?
And the angel
answered
and said
unto her,
The Holy Ghost
shall come upon thee,
and
the power
of the Highest
shall overshadow thee:
therefore also
that holy thing
which shall be born
of thee
shall be called
the Son
of God.
And,
behold,
thy cousin Elisabeth,
she hath also conceived
a son
in her old age:
and this
is
the sixth month
with her,
who was called barren.
For with God nothing
shall be impossible.
And Mary said,
Behold the handmaid
of the Lord;
be it
unto me according to
thy word.
And the angel
departed
from her.
And Mary
arose
in those days,
and went into the hill country
with haste,
into a city
of Juda;
And entered
into the house
of Zacharias,
and saluted
Elisabeth.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
when Elisabeth
heard
the salutation
of Mary,
the babe
leaped
in her womb;
and Elisabeth
was filled
with the Holy Ghost:
And
she spake out
with a loud voice,
and said,
Blessed art
thou among women,
and blessed
is the fruit
of thy womb.
And whence is
this to me,
that the mother
of my Lord
should come to me?
For, lo,
as soon as the voice
of thy salutation
sounded in mine ears,
the babe
leaped
in my womb
for joy.
And blessed
is she
that believed:
for there shall be
a performance
of those things
which were told her
from the Lord.
And Mary said,
My soul
doth magnify
the Lord,
And my spirit
hath rejoiced
in God
my Saviour.
For he
hath regarded
the low estate
of his handmaiden:
for,
behold,
from henceforth all generations
shall call me blessed.
For he
that is mighty
hath done
to me great things;
and holy
is his name.
And his mercy
is on them that fear him
from generation to generation.
He hath shewed strength
with his arm;
he hath scattered
the proud
in the imagination
of their hearts.
He hath put down
the mighty
from their seats,
and exalted them
of low degree.
He hath filled
the hungry
with good things;
and the rich
he hath sent
empty away.
He hath holpen
his servant Israel,
in remembrance
of his mercy;
As he
spake to our fathers,
to Abraham,
and
to his seed
for ever.
And Mary abode
with her
about three months,
and returned
to her own house.
Now Elisabeth's full time
came
that
she should be delivered;
and
she brought forth a son.
And her neighbours
and her cousins
heard how
the Lord
had shewed
great mercy
upon her;
and they
rejoiced
with her.
And it
came
to pass,
that on the eighth day
they came
to circumcise
the child;
and
they called him
Zacharias,
after the name
of his father.
And his mother
answered
and said,
Not so;
but
he shall be called John.
And they
said
unto her,
There is none of
thy kindred
that is called
by this name.
And they
made
signs
to his father,
how he
would have him called.
And he
asked for
a writing table,
and wrote,
saying,
His name is John.
And
they marvelled all.
And his mouth
was opened immediately,
and his tongue loosed,
and he spake,
and praised God.
And fear
came on all
that dwelt round
about them:
and all these sayings
were noised
abroad throughout all
the hill country
of Judaea.
And all
they
that heard them
laid
them up
in their hearts,
saying,
What manner
of child
shall this be!
And
the hand
of the Lord
was with him.
And his father Zacharias
was filled
with the Holy Ghost,
and prophesied,
saying,
Blessed
be the Lord God
of Israel;
for he
hath visited
and redeemed
his people,
And hath raised
up an horn
of salvation
for us
in the house
of his servant David;
As he
spake by the mouth
of his holy prophets,
which have been
since the world began:
That we
should be saved
from our enemies,
and from the hand
of all that hate us;
To perform
the mercy
promised
to our fathers,
and to remember
his holy covenant;
The oath
which he
sware to our father Abraham,
That he
would grant unto us,
that we
being delivered
out of the hand
of our enemies
might serve him
without fear,
In holiness
and righteousness
before him,
all the days
of our life.
And thou,
child,
shalt be called
the prophet
of the Highest:
for thou
shalt go
before the face
of the Lord
to prepare his ways;
To give knowledge
of salvation
unto his people
by the remission
of their sins,
Through the tender mercy
of our God;
whereby the dayspring from
on high
hath visited us,
To give
light to them
that sit
in darkness
and in the shadow
of death,
to guide our feet
into the way
of peace.
And the child grew,
and waxed strong
in spirit,
and was in the deserts
till the day
of his shewing
unto Israel.
And it
came to pass
in those days,
that there went out a decree
from Caesar Augustus
that all the world
should be taxed.
(And this
taxing
was first made
when Cyrenius
was governor
of Syria.)
And all went
to be taxed,
every one
into his own city.
And Joseph
also went up
from Galilee,
out of the city
of Nazareth,
into Judaea,
unto the city
of David,
which is called
Bethlehem;
(because
he was of the house
and lineage
of David:)
To be taxed
with Mary
his espoused wife,
being great
with child.
And so
it was,
that,
while they
were there,
the days
were accomplished that
she should be delivered.
And
she brought forth
her firstborn son,
and wrapped him
in swaddling clothes,
and laid him
in a manger;
because there was no room
for them
in the inn.
And there were
in the same country shepherds
abiding
in the field,
keeping
watch over their flock
by night.
And,
lo,
the angel
of the Lord
came upon them,
and the glory
of the Lord shone round
about them:
and
they were sore afraid.
And the angel
said unto them,
Fear not:
for,
behold,
I bring
you good tidings
of great joy,
which shall be
to all people.
For unto you
is born
this day
in the city
of David a Saviour,
which is Christ
the Lord.
And this
shall be a sign
unto you;
Ye shall find
the babe
wrapped
in swaddling clothes,
lying
in a manger.
And suddenly there was
with the angel
a multitude
of the heavenly host
praising God,
and saying,
Glory to God
in the highest,
and
on earth peace,
good will
toward men.
And it
came
to pass,
as the angels
were gone away
from them
into heaven,
the shepherds said one
to another,
Let us
now go even
unto Bethlehem,
and see
this thing
which is come
to pass,
which the Lord
hath made
known unto us.
And they
came
with haste,
and found Mary,
and Joseph,
and the babe
lying
in a manger.
And
when
they had seen it,
they made
known abroad
the saying which
was told them concerning
this child.
And all
they
that
heard
it wondered
at those things
which were told them
by the shepherds.
But Mary
kept all
these things,
and pondered them
in her heart.
And the shepherds returned,
glorifying and
praising God
for all
the things that
they had heard
and seen,
as it
was told unto them.
And
when eight days
were accomplished
for the circumcising
of the child,
his name
was called JESUS,
which was so
named
of the angel
before he
was conceived
in the womb.
And
when the days
of her purification
according to
the law
of Moses
were accomplished,
they brought him
to Jerusalem,
to present him
to the Lord;
(As it
is written
in the law
of the LORD,
Every male that
openeth
the womb
shall be called holy
to the Lord;)
And to offer
a sacrifice according to that
which is said
in the law
of the Lord,
A pair
of turtledoves,
or two young pigeons.
And,
behold,
there was a man
in Jerusalem,
whose name
was Simeon;
and the same man
was just
and devout,
waiting
for the consolation
of Israel:
and the Holy Ghost
was upon him.
And it
was revealed
unto him
by the Holy Ghost,
that he
should not see death,
before he
had seen
the Lord's Christ.
And
he came
by the Spirit
into the temple:
and
when the parents
brought in
the child Jesus,
to do
for him
after the custom
of the law,
Then took
he him up
in his arms,
and blessed God,
and said,
Lord,
now lettest
thou thy servant
depart in peace,
according to
thy word:
For mine
eyes
have seen
thy salvation,
Which thou
hast prepared before the face
of all people;
A light
to lighten the Gentiles,
and the glory
of thy people Israel.
And Joseph
and his mother
marvelled
at those things
which were spoken of him.
And Simeon
blessed them,
and said
unto Mary his mother,
Behold,
this child
is set
for the fall
and rising again
of many
in Israel;
and for a sign
which shall be spoken against;
(Yea,
a sword
shall pierce
through thy own soul also,)
that the thoughts
of many hearts
may be revealed.
And there was
one Anna,
a prophetess,
the daughter
of Phanuel,
of the tribe
of Aser:
she was of a great age,
and had lived
with an husband seven years
from her virginity;
And
she was a widow of
about fourscore
and four years,
which departed not
from the temple,
but served God
with fastings
and prayers
night and day.
And she
coming in
that instant
gave thanks likewise
unto the Lord,
and spake of him
to all
them
that looked for redemption
in Jerusalem.
And
when
they had performed all things
according to
the law
of the Lord,
they returned
into Galilee,
to their own city Nazareth.
And the child grew,
and waxed strong
in spirit,
filled
with wisdom:
and
the grace
of God
was upon him.
Now his parents
went to Jerusalem every year
at the feast
of the passover.
And
when he
was
twelve years old,
they went
up to Jerusalem
after the custom
of the feast.
And
when
they had fulfilled
the days,
as they returned,
the child Jesus
tarried behind
in Jerusalem;
and Joseph
and his mother
knew not of it.
But they,
supposing him
to have been
in the company,
went a day's journey;
and
they sought him
among their kinsfolk
and acquaintance.
And
when
they found him not,
they turned
back again
to Jerusalem,
seeking him.
And it
came
to pass,
that after three days
they found him
in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the doctors,
both hearing them,
and asking them questions.
And all
that heard him
were astonished
at his understanding
and answers.
And
when
they saw him,
they were amazed:
and his mother
said unto him,
Son,
why hast
thou thus dealt with us?
behold,
thy father
and
I have sought
thee sorrowing.
And
he said unto them,
How is it
that ye
sought me?
wist
ye not
that I
must be
about my Father's business?
And
they understood not
the saying
which he
spake unto them.
And
he went down with them,
and came
to Nazareth,
and was
subject unto them:
but his mother
kept all
these sayings
in her heart.
And Jesus
increased
in wisdom
and stature,
and in favour
with God and man.
Now in the fifteenth year
of the reign
of Tiberius Caesar,
Pontius Pilate
being governor
of Judaea,
and Herod
being tetrarch
of Galilee,
and his brother Philip tetrarch
of Ituraea
and of the region
of Trachonitis,
and Lysanias
the tetrarch
of Abilene,
Annas
and Caiaphas
being the high priests,
the word
of God
came
unto John the son
of Zacharias
in the wilderness.
And he
came
into all
the country
about Jordan,
preaching the baptism
of repentance
for the remission
of sins;
As it is written
in the book
of the words
of Esaias the prophet,
saying,
The voice of one
crying
in the wilderness,
Prepare
ye the way
of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
Every valley
shall be filled,
and every mountain
and hill
shall be brought low;
and the crooked
shall be made straight,
and the rough ways
shall be made smooth;
And all flesh
shall see
the salvation
of God.
Then said
he to the multitude
that came forth
to be baptized of him,
O generation
of vipers,
who hath warned you
to flee
from the wrath
to come?
Bring forth therefore fruits worthy
of repentance,
and begin not
to say
within yourselves,
We have Abraham
to our father:
for I
say unto you,
That God
is able of these
stones
to raise
up children
unto Abraham.
And
now also
the axe
is laid unto the root
of the trees:
every tree therefore which
bringeth not
forth good fruit
is hewn down,
and cast
into the fire.
And the people
asked him,
saying,
What
shall
we do then?
He answereth
and
saith unto them,
He that
hath two coats,
let him
impart to him
that hath none;
and he that
hath meat,
let him do likewise.
Then came also
publicans
to be baptized,
and
said unto him,
Master,
what shall
we do?
And
he said unto them,
Exact no
more than
that which
is appointed you.
And the soldiers likewise
demanded of him,
saying,
And
what shall
we do?
And
he said unto them,
Do violence
to no man,
neither accuse
any falsely;
and be content
with your wages.
And as the people
were in expectation,
and all men
mused
in their hearts
of John,
whether he
were the Christ,
or not;
John answered,
saying unto them all,
I indeed baptize you
with water;
but
one mightier than
I cometh,
the latchet
of whose shoes
I am not worthy
to unloose:
he shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost
and with fire:
Whose fan
is in his hand,
and
he will throughly purge
his floor,
and will gather
the wheat
into his garner;
but the chaff
he will burn
with fire unquenchable.
And many other things
in his exhortation preached
he unto the people.
But Herod
the tetrarch,
being reproved
by him for Herodias
his brother Philip's wife,
and
for all
the evils which Herod
had done,
Added yet
this above all,
that he shut
up John
in prison.
Now
when
all the people
were baptized,
it came to pass,
that Jesus
also being baptized,
and praying,
the heaven
was opened,
And the Holy Ghost
descended in a
bodily shape like
a dove
upon him,
and a voice
came
from heaven,
which said,
Thou art
my beloved Son;
in thee
I am well pleased.
And Jesus himself
began
to be
about thirty years
of age,
being
(as was supposed)
the son
of Joseph,
which was the son
of Heli,
Which was the son
of Matthat,
which was the son
of Levi,
which was the son
of Melchi,
which was the son
of Janna,
which was the son
of Joseph,
Which was the son
of Mattathias,
which was the son
of Amos,
which was the son
of Naum,
which was the son
of Esli,
which was the son
of Nagge,
Which was the son
of Maath,
which was the son
of Mattathias,
which was the son
of Semei,
which was the son
of Joseph,
which was the son
of Juda,
Which was the son
of Joanna,
which was the son
of Rhesa,
which was the son
of Zorobabel,
which was the son
of Salathiel,
which was the son
of Neri,
Which was the son
of Melchi,
which was the son
of Addi,
which was the son
of Cosam,
which was the son
of Elmodam,
which was the son of Er,
Which was the son
of Jose,
which was the son
of Eliezer,
which was the son
of Jorim,
which was the son
of Matthat,
which was the son
of Levi,
Which was the son
of Simeon,
which was the son
of Juda,
which was the son
of Joseph,
which was the son
of Jonan,
which was the son
of Eliakim,
Which was the son
of Melea,
which was the son
of Menan,
which was the son
of Mattatha,
which was the son
of Nathan,
which was the son
of David,
Which was the son
of Jesse,
which was the son
of Obed,
which was the son
of Booz,
which was the son
of Salmon,
which was the son
of Naasson,
Which was the son
of Aminadab,
which was the son
of Aram,
which was the son
of Esrom,
which was the son
of Phares,
which was the son
of Juda,
Which was the son
of Jacob,
which was the son
of Isaac,
which was the son
of Abraham,
which was the son
of Thara,
which was the son
of Nachor,
Which was the son
of Saruch,
which was the son
of Ragau,
which was the son
of Phalec,
which was the son
of Heber,
which was the son
of Sala,
Which was the son
of Cainan,
which was the son
of Arphaxad,
which was the son
of Sem,
which was the son
of Noe,
which was the son
of Lamech,
Which was the son
of Mathusala,
which was the son
of Enoch,
which was the son
of Jared,
which was the son
of Maleleel,
which was the son
of Cainan,
Which was the son
of Enos,
which was the son
of Seth,
which was the son
of Adam,
which was the son
of God.
And Jesus
being full of
the Holy Ghost
returned
from Jordan,
and was led
by the Spirit
into the wilderness,
Being forty days
tempted
of the devil.
And in those days
he did eat nothing:
and
when
they were ended,
he afterward hungered.
And the devil
said unto him,
If thou
be the Son
of God,
command
this stone
that it
be made bread.
And Jesus
answered him,
saying,
It is written,
That man
shall not live
by bread alone,
but by every word
of God.
And the devil,
taking him up
into an high mountain,
shewed
unto him all the kingdoms
of the world
in a moment
of time.
And the devil
said unto him,
All this power
will
I give thee,
and the glory
of them:
for that is delivered unto me;
and to whomsoever
I will
I give it.
If thou
therefore wilt worship me,
all shall be thine.
And Jesus
answered
and
said unto him,
Get thee
behind me, Satan:
for it
is written,
Thou
shalt worship
the Lord thy God,
and him
only shalt thou serve.
And
he brought him
to Jerusalem,
and set him
on a pinnacle
of the temple,
and
said unto him,
If thou
be the Son
of God,
cast thyself down
from hence:
For it
is written,
He shall give
his angels charge
over thee,
to keep thee:
And
in their hands
they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time
thou dash thy
foot
against a stone.
And Jesus
answering
said unto him,
It is said,
Thou
shalt not tempt
the Lord thy God.
And
when the devil
had ended all
the temptation,
he departed
from him
for a season.
And Jesus
returned
in the power
of the Spirit
into Galilee:
and there went out
a fame
of him
through all
the region round about.
And he
taught
in their synagogues,
being glorified
of all.
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 for to
read.
And there was delivered
unto him the book
of the prophet Esaias.
And
when
he had opened
the book,
he found
the place
where it
was written,
The Spirit
of the Lord
is upon me,
because
he hath anointed me
to preach the gospel
to the poor;
he hath sent me
to heal
the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance
to the captives,
and recovering
of sight
to the blind,
to set at liberty
them
that are bruised,
To preach
the acceptable year
of the Lord.
And
he closed
the book,
and he
gave it
again to the minister,
and sat down.
And the eyes
of all
them
that
were in the synagogue
were fastened on him.
And
he began to say unto them,
This day
is
this scripture
fulfilled
in your ears.
And all bare him witness,
and wondered
at the gracious words
which proceeded
out of his mouth.
And they said,
Is not
this Joseph's son?
And
he said unto them,
Ye will surely say
unto me this proverb,
Physician,
heal thyself:
whatsoever
we have heard
done in Capernaum,
do also here
in thy country.
And he said,
Verily I
say unto you,
No prophet
is accepted
in his own country.
But I
tell you
of a truth,
many widows
were in Israel
in the days
of Elias,
when the heaven
was shut
up three years
and six months,
when great famine
was throughout all
the land;
But unto none of them
was
Elias sent,
save
unto Sarepta,
a city of Sidon,
unto a woman
that was a widow.
And many lepers
were in Israel
in the time
of Eliseus
the prophet;
and none of them
was cleansed,
saving Naaman
the Syrian.
And all
they
in the synagogue,
when
they heard
these things,
were filled
with wrath,
And rose up,
and thrust him
out of the city,
and led him
unto the brow
of the hill
whereon
their city
was built,
that they
might cast him
down headlong.
But he
passing
through the midst
of them went his way,
And came down
to Capernaum,
a city
of Galilee,
and taught them
on the sabbath days.
And
they were astonished
at his doctrine:
for his word
was with power.
And
in the synagogue
there was a man,
which had
a spirit
of an unclean devil,
and cried out
with a loud voice,
Saying,
Let us alone;
what have
we to do
with thee,
thou Jesus
of Nazareth?
art
thou come
to destroy us?
I know thee
who thou art;
the Holy One
of God.
And Jesus
rebuked him,
saying,
Hold thy peace,
and
come out of him.
And
when the devil
had thrown him
in the midst,
he came out of him,
and hurt him not.
And
they were all amazed,
and spake among themselves,
saying,
What a word
is this!
for with authority
and power
he commandeth the unclean spirits,
and they come out.
And the fame
of him went out into every place
of the country round about.
And he
arose
out of the synagogue,
and entered
into Simon's house.
And Simon's wife's mother
was taken
with a great fever;
and
they besought him
for her.
And he
stood
over her,
and rebuked
the fever;
and it
left her:
and immediately
she arose
and
ministered unto them.
Now
when the sun
was setting,
all they
that had any sick
with divers diseases
brought them unto him;
and he
laid
his hands
on every one
of them,
and healed them.
And devils
also came out of many,
crying out,
and saying,
Thou art Christ
the Son
of God.
And
he rebuking them
suffered them not
to speak:
for they
knew
that he
was Christ.
And
when it
was day,
he departed
and went into a desert place:
and the people
sought him,
and
came unto him,
and stayed him,
that he
should not depart from them.
And
he said unto them,
I must preach
the kingdom
of God
to other cities also:
for therefore am
I sent.
And he
preached
in the synagogues
of Galilee.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
as the people
pressed
upon him
to hear the word
of God,
he stood by the lake
of Gennesaret,
And saw two ships
standing by
the lake:
but the fishermen
were gone out of them,
and were washing
their nets.
And he
entered
into one
of the ships,
which was Simon's,
and prayed him that
he would thrust
out a little
from the land.
And he sat down,
and taught
the people
out of the ship.
Now
when
he had left speaking,
he said
unto Simon,
Launch out
into the deep,
and let down
your nets for a draught.
And Simon
answering
said unto him,
Master,
we have toiled all the night,
and have taken
nothing:
nevertheless at
thy word
I will let down
the net.
And when they
had this done,
they inclosed
a great multitude
of fishes:
and their net brake.
And they
beckoned
unto their partners,
which were in the other ship,
that they
should come and help them.
And they came,
and filled
both the ships,
so that
they began to sink.
When Simon Peter
saw it,
he fell down
at Jesus' knees,
saying,
Depart from me;
for I
am a sinful man,
O Lord.
For he
was astonished,
and all
that were with him,
at the draught
of the fishes
which they
had taken:
And so
was also James,
and John,
the sons
of Zebedee,
which were
partners
with Simon.
And Jesus
said
unto Simon,
Fear not;
from henceforth
thou shalt catch men.
And
when
they had brought
their ships
to land,
they forsook all,
and followed him.
And it
came
to pass,
when
he was in a certain city,
behold a man
full of leprosy:
who seeing Jesus
fell on his face,
and besought him,
saying,
Lord,
if thou wilt,
thou canst
make me clean.
And
he put forth
his hand,
and touched him,
saying,
I will:
be thou clean.
And immediately
the leprosy
departed from him.
And
he charged him
to tell
no man:
but go,
and shew thyself
to the priest,
and offer
for thy cleansing,
according
as Moses commanded,
for a testimony
unto them.
But so much
the more
went there
a fame
abroad of him:
and great multitudes
came together
to hear,
and
to be healed
by him
of their infirmities.
And
he withdrew himself
into the wilderness,
and prayed.
And it
came to pass
on a certain day,
as he
was teaching,
that there were Pharisees
and doctors
of the law
sitting by,
which were come
out of every town
of Galilee,
and Judaea,
and Jerusalem:
and
the power
of the Lord
was present
to heal them.
And,
behold,
men brought in
a bed
a man which
was taken
with a palsy:
and they
sought
means
to bring him in,
and to lay him
before him.
And
when
they could not find
by what way
they might bring him in
because
of the multitude,
they went upon the housetop,
and let him down
through the tiling
with his couch
into the midst
before Jesus.
And
when
he saw
their faith,
he said unto him,
Man,
thy sins
are forgiven thee.
And the scribes
and the Pharisees
began to reason,
saying,
Who is
this which
speaketh blasphemies?
Who can forgive sins,
but God alone?
But
when Jesus
perceived
their thoughts,
he answering
said unto them,
What
reason
ye in your hearts?
Whether is easier,
to say,
Thy sins
be forgiven thee;
or to say,
Rise up and walk?
But that
ye may know that
the Son
of man
hath
power
upon earth
to forgive sins,
(he said
unto the sick
of the palsy,)
I say unto thee,
Arise,
and take up
thy couch,
and go
into thine house.
And immediately
he rose up
before them,
and took up
that whereon
he lay,
and departed
to his own house,
glorifying God.
And
they were all amazed,
and
they glorified God,
and were filled
with fear,
saying,
We have seen strange things
to day.
And
after these things
he went forth,
and saw
a publican,
named Levi,
sitting at the receipt of custom:
and
he said unto him,
Follow me.
And he
left all,
rose up,
and followed him.
And Levi
made him
a great feast
in his own house:
and there was
a great company
of publicans
and of others
that sat down with them.
But their scribes
and Pharisees
murmured
against his disciples,
saying,
Why do
ye eat
and drink
with publicans
and sinners?
And Jesus
answering
said unto them,
They that
are whole
need not
a physician;
but they
that are sick.
I came not
to call the righteous,
but sinners
to repentance.
And
they
said unto him,
Why do
the disciples
of John
fast often,
and make prayers,
and likewise
the disciples
of the Pharisees;
but thine
eat and drink?
And
he said unto them,
Can
ye make
the children
of the bridechamber fast,
while the bridegroom
is with them?
But the days
will come,
when the bridegroom
shall be taken away from them,
and
then shall
they fast
in those days.
And he
spake also
a parable
unto them;
No man
putteth a piece
of a new garment
upon an old;
if otherwise,
then both
the new
maketh
a rent,
and the piece
that was taken
out of the new
agreeth not
with the old.
And no man
putteth
new wine
into old bottles;
else the new wine
will burst
the bottles,
and be spilled,
and the bottles
shall perish.
But new wine
must be put
into new bottles;
and both
are preserved.
No man
also having drunk
old wine
straightway desireth new:
for he saith,
The old
is better.
And it
came
to pass
on the second sabbath
after the first,
that he
went
through the corn fields;
and his disciples plucked
the ears of corn,
and did eat,
rubbing them
in their hands.
And certain
of the Pharisees
said unto them,
Why do
ye that which
is not lawful
to do
on the sabbath days?
And Jesus answering them said,
Have
ye not read
so much as this,
what David did,
when himself
was an hungred,
and
they
which were with him;
How he
went into the house
of God,
and did take
and eat
the shewbread,
and gave also
to them
that were with him;
which it
is not lawful
to eat
but for the priests alone?
And
he said unto them,
That the Son
of man
is Lord
also of the sabbath.
And it
came to pass also
on another sabbath,
that he
entered
into the synagogue
and taught:
and there was
a man
whose right hand
was withered.
And the scribes
and Pharisees
watched him,
whether he
would heal
on the sabbath day;
that they
might find
an accusation
against him.
But
he knew their thoughts,
and said
to the man
which had
the withered hand,
Rise up,
and stand forth
in the midst.
And he
arose
and
stood forth.
Then said Jesus
unto them,
I will ask
you one thing;
Is it lawful
on the sabbath days
to do good,
or to do evil?
to save life,
or to destroy it?
And looking round about
upon them all,
he said
unto the man,
Stretch forth thy hand.
And he
did so:
and his hand
was restored whole
as the other.
And
they were filled
with madness;
and communed one
with another
what
they might do
to Jesus.
And it
came to pass
in those days,
that he
went out
into a mountain
to pray,
and continued all night
in prayer
to God.
And
when it
was day,
he called
unto him his disciples:
and of them he
chose twelve,
whom also
he named apostles;
Simon,
(whom
he also named Peter,)
and Andrew
his brother,
James and John,
Philip
and Bartholomew,
Matthew
and Thomas,
James the son
of Alphaeus,
and Simon
called Zelotes,
And Judas
the brother
of James,
and Judas Iscariot,
which also was
the traitor.
And
he came down with them,
and stood
in the plain,
and the company
of his disciples,
and a great multitude
of people
out of all Judaea
and Jerusalem,
and
from the sea coast
of Tyre
and Sidon,
which came
to hear him,
and
to be healed
of their diseases;
And
they
that were vexed
with unclean spirits:
and
they were healed.
And the whole multitude
sought
to touch him:
for there went virtue
out of him,
and healed them all.
And he
lifted
up his eyes
on his disciples,
and said,
Blessed
be
ye poor:
for yours
is the kingdom
of God.
Blessed
are
ye that hunger now:
for ye
shall be filled.
Blessed
are
ye that
weep now:
for ye
shall laugh.
Blessed are ye,
when men
shall hate you,
and
when
they shall separate you
from their company,
and shall reproach you,
and cast
out your name
as evil,
for the Son
of man's sake.
Rejoice
ye in that day,
and leap for joy:
for,
behold,
your reward
is great
in heaven:
for in the like
manner
did
their fathers
unto the prophets.
But woe unto you
that are rich!
for ye
have received
your consolation.
Woe unto you
that are full!
for ye shall hunger.
Woe unto you
that laugh now!
for ye
shall mourn and weep.
Woe unto you,
when all men
shall speak well
of you!
for so
did their fathers
to the false prophets.
But
I say unto you
which hear,
Love your enemies,
do good
to them which hate you,
Bless them that curse you,
and pray for them
which despitefully use you.
And unto him that
smiteth
thee on the one cheek
offer also
the other;
and him
that
taketh away
thy cloak
forbid not
to take thy
coat also.
Give
to every man
that asketh of thee;
and of him that
taketh away
thy goods
ask them
not again.
And as ye
would
that men
should do to you,
do ye
also to them likewise.
For if
ye love them which love you,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also love
those that love them.
And
if ye
do good
to them
which do good
to you,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also do even
the same.
And
if ye
lend
to them
of whom
ye hope
to receive,
what thank
have ye?
for sinners
also lend
to sinners,
to receive
as much again.
But love
ye your enemies,
and do good,
and lend,
hoping
for nothing again;
and your reward
shall be great,
and
ye shall be the children
of the Highest:
for he
is kind
unto the unthankful
and to the evil.
Be ye therefore merciful,
as your Father
also is merciful.
Judge not,
and
ye shall not be judged:
condemn not,
and
ye shall not be condemned:
forgive,
and
ye shall be forgiven:
Give,
and it
shall be given
unto you;
good measure,
pressed down,
and
shaken together,
and running over,
shall men
give into your bosom.
For with the same measure
that
ye mete withal it
shall be measured
to you again.
And
he spake a parable
unto them,
Can the blind
lead
the blind?
shall
they not both fall
into the ditch?
The disciple
is not above
his master:
but every one
that is
perfect
shall be
as his master.
And
why beholdest
thou the mote
that is
in thy brother's eye,
but perceivest not
the beam
that is
in thine own eye?
Either how canst thou
say to thy brother,
Brother,
let me
pull out the mote
that is
in thine eye,
when
thou thyself
beholdest not
the beam
that is
in thine own eye?
Thou hypocrite,
cast out first
the beam
out of thine own eye,
and
then shalt
thou see clearly
to pull
out the mote
that is
in thy brother's eye.
For a good tree
bringeth not
forth corrupt fruit;
neither doth
a corrupt tree
bring forth
good fruit.
For every tree
is known
by his own fruit.
For of thorns men
do not gather figs,
nor
of a bramble bush
gather they grapes.
A good man
out of the good treasure
of his heart
bringeth forth that which
is good;
and an evil man
out of the evil treasure
of his heart
bringeth forth that
which is evil:
for of the abundance
of the heart
his mouth speaketh.
And
why call ye me,
Lord, Lord,
and do not
the things
which I say?
Whosoever cometh to me,
and heareth
my sayings,
and doeth them,
I will shew you
to whom
he is like:
He is like
a man which built
an house,
and digged deep,
and laid
the foundation
on a rock:
and
when the flood arose,
the stream
beat vehemently
upon that house,
and could not shake it:
for it
was founded
upon a rock.
But
he that heareth,
and doeth not,
is like
a man
that without a foundation
built
an house
upon the earth;
against which
the stream
did beat vehemently,
and immediately
it fell;
and the ruin
of that house
was great.
Now
when
he had ended all
his sayings
in the audience
of the people,
he entered
into Capernaum.
And a
certain centurion's servant,
who was dear
unto him,
was sick,
and ready
to die.
And
when he
heard
of Jesus,
he sent
unto him the elders
of the Jews,
beseeching him that
he would come
and heal
his servant.
And
when they
came
to Jesus,
they besought him instantly,
saying,
That he
was worthy
for whom
he should do this:
For he
loveth our nation,
and
he hath built us
a synagogue.
Then Jesus
went with them.
And
when
he was now not far
from the house,
the centurion
sent friends
to him,
saying unto him,
Lord,
trouble
not thyself:
for I
am not worthy
that thou
shouldest enter
under my roof:
Wherefore neither thought
I myself worthy to
come unto thee:
but say
in a word,
and my servant
shall be healed.
For I
also am
a man
set
under authority,
having under me soldiers,
and
I say unto one,
Go,
and he goeth;
and to another,
Come,
and he cometh;
and to my servant,
Do this,
and
he doeth it.
When Jesus
heard these things,
he marvelled at him,
and
turned him about,
and said
unto the people
that followed him,
I say unto you,
I have not found
so great faith,
no,
not in Israel.
And they
that were sent,
returning
to the house,
found
the servant whole
that had been sick.
And it
came to pass
the day after,
that he
went into a
city called Nain;
and
many of his disciples
went with him,
and much people.
Now
when he
came nigh
to the gate
of the city,
behold,
there was
a dead man carried out,
the only son
of his mother,
and
she was a widow:
and much people
of the city was with her.
And
when the Lord
saw her,
he had compassion
on her,
and said
unto her,
Weep not.
And he
came
and touched
the bier:
and
they
that bare him
stood still.
And he said,
Young man,
I say unto thee,
Arise.
And he
that was dead
sat up,
and began
to speak.
And
he delivered him
to his mother.
And there came
a fear on all:
and
they glorified God,
saying,
That a great prophet
is risen up among us;
and,
That God
hath visited
his people.
And this rumour
of him went forth
throughout all Judaea,
and
throughout all
the region round about.
And the disciples
of John
shewed him of all
these things.
And John
calling
unto him two
of his disciples
sent them
to Jesus,
saying,
Art
thou
he that
should come?
or look
we for another?
When the men
were come unto him,
they said,
John Baptist
hath sent us
unto thee,
saying,
Art
thou
he that
should come?
or look
we for another?
And in that
same hour
he cured many
of their infirmities
and plagues,
and
of evil spirits;
and unto many
that were
blind
he gave sight.
Then Jesus
answering
said unto them,
Go your way,
and tell John
what things
ye have seen
and heard;
how that
the blind see,
the lame walk,
the lepers
are cleansed,
the deaf hear,
the dead
are raised,
to the poor
the gospel
is preached.
And blessed
is he,
whosoever
shall not be offended in me.
And
when the messengers
of John
were departed,
he began to speak
unto the people concerning John,
What
went
ye out
into the wilderness
for to see?
A reed
shaken with the wind?
But
what went
ye out
for to see?
A man
clothed
in soft raiment?
Behold,
they which
are gorgeously
apparelled,
and live delicately,
are in kings' courts.
But
what went
ye out
for to see?
A prophet?
Yea,
I say unto you,
and much more
than a prophet.
This is he,
of whom
it is written,
Behold,
I send
my messenger
before thy face,
which shall prepare
thy way
before thee.
For I
say unto you,
Among those
that
are born of women
there is not
a greater prophet
than John
the Baptist:
but
he that is least
in the kingdom
of God
is greater than he.
And all
the people
that heard him,
and the publicans,
justified God,
being baptized
with the baptism
of John.
But the Pharisees
and lawyers
rejected
the counsel
of God
against themselves,
being not baptized of him.
And the Lord said,
Whereunto
then shall
I liken
the men
of this generation?
and to what
are they like?
They are like
unto children
sitting in the marketplace,
and calling one
to another,
and saying,
We have piped
unto you,
and
ye have not danced;
we have mourned
to you,
and
ye have not wept.
For John
the Baptist
came
neither eating bread
nor drinking wine;
and ye say,
He hath
a devil.
The Son of man
is come
eating and drinking;
and ye say,
Behold a gluttonous man,
and a winebibber,
a friend
of publicans
and sinners!
But wisdom
is justified
of all her children.
And one
of the Pharisees
desired him
that he
would eat with him.
And
he went into the Pharisee's house,
and sat down
to meat.
And,
behold,
a woman
in the city,
which was a sinner,
when she
knew
that Jesus
sat
at meat
in the Pharisee's house,
brought
an alabaster box
of ointment,
And stood
at his feet
behind him weeping,
and began
to wash his feet
with tears,
and did wipe them
with the hairs
of her head,
and kissed
his feet,
and anointed them
with the ointment.
Now
when the Pharisee which
had bidden him
saw it,
he spake within himself,
saying,
This man,
if he
were a prophet,
would have known
who and
what manner
of woman
this
is that
toucheth him:
for she
is a sinner.
And Jesus
answering
said unto him,
Simon,
I have somewhat
to say
unto thee.
And he saith,
Master,
say on.
There was
a certain creditor
which had
two debtors:
the one
owed five hundred pence,
and the other fifty.
And
when
they had nothing
to pay,
he frankly forgave them both.
Tell me therefore,
which of them will love him
most?
Simon
answered
and said,
I suppose
that he,
to whom
he forgave most.
And
he said unto him,
Thou hast rightly judged.
And he
turned
to the woman,
and said
unto Simon,
Seest
thou this woman?
I entered
into thine house,
thou gavest me
no water
for my feet:
but
she hath washed
my feet
with tears,
and wiped them
with the hairs
of her head.
Thou gavest me
no kiss:
but this woman
since the time
I came
in hath not ceased
to kiss my feet.
My head
with oil
thou didst not anoint:
but this woman
hath anointed my feet
with ointment.
Wherefore
I say unto thee,
Her sins,
which are many,
are forgiven;
for she
loved much:
but
to whom little
is forgiven,
the same loveth little.
And he
said
unto her,
Thy sins
are forgiven.
And they
that sat at meat
with him began
to say
within themselves,
Who is
this
that forgiveth
sins also?
And he
said
to the woman,
Thy faith
hath saved thee;
go in peace.
And it
came
to pass afterward,
that he
went throughout every city
and village,
preaching
and shewing
the glad tidings
of the kingdom
of God:
and the twelve
were with him,
And certain women,
which had been healed
of evil spirits
and infirmities,
Mary called
Magdalene,
out of whom went seven devils,
And Joanna
the wife
of Chuza Herod's steward,
and Susanna,
and many others,
which ministered
unto him
of their substance.
And
when much people
were gathered together,
and were come
to him
out of every city,
he spake by a parable:
A sower
went out
to sow his seed:
and as he sowed,
some fell
by the way side;
and it
was trodden down,
and
the fowls
of the air devoured it.
And some fell
upon a rock;
and
as soon as it
was sprung up,
it withered away,
because
it lacked moisture.
And some fell
among thorns;
and the thorns
sprang up
with it,
and choked it.
And other
fell
on good ground,
and sprang up,
and bare fruit
an hundredfold.
And
when
he had said
these things,
he cried,
He that
hath ears
to hear,
let him hear.
And his disciples
asked him,
saying,
What might this parable be?
And he said,
Unto you
it is given
to know the mysteries
of the kingdom
of God:
but to others
in parables;
that seeing
they might not see,
and hearing
they might not understand.
Now the parable
is this:
The seed
is the word
of God.
Those by the way side
are they that
hear;
then cometh the devil,
and taketh away
the word
out of their hearts,
lest
they should believe
and be saved.
They on the rock
are they,
which,
when they hear,
receive the word
with joy;
and these
have
no root,
which for a
while believe,
and
in time
of temptation
fall away.
And that
which fell
among thorns
are they,
which,
when
they have heard,
go forth,
and are choked
with cares
and riches
and pleasures
of this life,
and bring
no fruit
to perfection.
But
that on the good ground
are they,
which in an honest
and good heart,
having heard
the word,
keep it,
and bring forth fruit
with patience.
No man,
when
he hath lighted
a candle,
covereth
it with a vessel,
or putteth
it under a bed;
but setteth
it on a candlestick,
that they
which enter
in may see the light.
For nothing
is secret,
that shall not be made manifest;
neither any thing hid,
that shall not be known
and come abroad.
Take
heed therefore how
ye hear:
for whosoever hath,
to him
shall be given;
and whosoever
hath not,
from him shall be taken even
that
which he
seemeth
to have.
Then came
to him his mother
and his brethren,
and could not come
at him
for the press.
And it
was told him
by certain which said,
Thy mother
and thy brethren
stand without,
desiring to see thee.
And he
answered
and
said unto them,
My mother
and my brethren
are these which
hear the word
of God,
and do it.
Now it
came
to pass
on a certain day,
that he
went into a ship
with his disciples:
and
he said unto them,
Let us go over
unto the other side
of the lake.
And
they
launched forth.
But as they
sailed
he fell asleep:
and there came
down a storm
of wind
on the lake;
and
they were filled
with water,
and were in jeopardy.
And they
came
to him,
and awoke him,
saying,
Master,
master,
we perish.
Then he arose,
and rebuked
the wind
and the raging
of the water:
and they ceased,
and there was
a calm.
And
he said unto them,
Where is your faith?
And
they being afraid wondered,
saying one
to another,
What manner
of man
is this!
for he
commandeth even the winds
and water,
and they obey him.
And
they arrived at
the country
of the Gadarenes,
which is over
against Galilee.
And
when
he went forth
to land,
there met him
out of the city
a certain man,
which had
devils long time,
and ware no clothes,
neither abode
in any house,
but in the tombs.
When
he saw Jesus,
he cried out,
and fell down
before him,
and
with a loud voice said,
What
have
I to do
with thee,
Jesus,
thou Son
of God most high?
I beseech thee,
torment me not.
(For
he had commanded
the unclean spirit to
come
out of the man.
For oftentimes
it had caught him:
and
he was kept
bound
with chains and
in fetters;
and
he brake
the bands,
and was driven
of the devil
into the wilderness.)
And Jesus
asked him,
saying,
What
is thy name?
And he said,
Legion:
because
many devils
were entered into him.
And
they besought him
that he
would not command them to go out
into the deep.
And there was there an herd
of many swine feeding
on the mountain:
and
they besought him
that he
would suffer them
to enter into them.
And
he suffered them.
Then went
the devils
out of the man,
and entered
into the swine:
and the herd
ran violently down a steep place
into the lake,
and were choked.
When they
that fed them
saw
what was done,
they fled,
and went
and told it
in the city
and in the country.
Then
they went out
to see
what was done;
and came
to Jesus,
and found
the man,
out of whom the devils
were departed,
sitting at the feet
of Jesus,
clothed,
and
in his right mind:
and
they were afraid.
They
also which saw it
told them
by what
means
he that
was possessed
of the devils
was healed.
Then the whole multitude
of the country
of the Gadarenes round
about besought him
to depart from them;
for they
were taken
with great fear:
and
he went up
into the ship,
and returned
back again.
Now the man
out of whom the devils
were departed
besought him
that he
might be with him:
but Jesus
sent him away,
saying,
Return to thine own house,
and shew how
great things God
hath done
unto thee.
And
he went his way,
and published
throughout the whole city
how great things
Jesus
had done unto him.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
when Jesus
was returned,
the people
gladly received him:
for they were
all waiting for him.
And,
behold,
there came a man
named Jairus,
and
he was a ruler
of the synagogue:
and he
fell down
at Jesus' feet,
and besought him
that he
would come
into his house:
For he
had one only daughter,
about twelve years
of age,
and she
lay a dying.
But as he
went
the people thronged him.
And a woman
having an issue
of blood twelve years,
which had spent all
her
living
upon physicians,
neither could be healed
of any,
Came behind him,
and touched
the border
of his garment:
and immediately
her issue
of blood stanched.
And Jesus said,
Who touched me?
When all denied,
Peter and they
that were with him said,
Master,
the multitude throng thee
and press thee,
and sayest thou,
Who touched me?
And Jesus said,
Somebody hath touched me:
for I
perceive that virtue
is gone out of me.
And
when the woman
saw that
she was not hid,
she came trembling,
and falling down
before him,
she declared
unto him
before all the people
for what
cause
she had touched him,
and
how she
was healed immediately.
And he
said
unto her,
Daughter,
be of good comfort:
thy faith
hath made thee whole;
go in peace.
While he
yet spake,
there cometh one
from the ruler
of the synagogue's house,
saying to him,
Thy daughter
is dead;
trouble
not the Master.
But
when Jesus
heard it,
he answered him,
saying,
Fear not:
believe only,
and
she shall be made whole.
And
when he
came
into the house,
he suffered no man
to go in,
save Peter,
and James,
and John,
and the father
and the mother
of the maiden.
And all wept,
and bewailed her:
but he said,
Weep not;
she is not dead,
but sleepeth.
And
they laughed him
to scorn,
knowing that
she was dead.
And
he put them all out,
and took her
by the hand,
and called,
saying,
Maid,
arise.
And her spirit
came again,
and
she arose straightway:
and he
commanded
to give
her meat.
And her parents
were astonished:
but
he charged them that
they should tell no man
what was done.
Then he
called
his twelve disciples
together,
and gave them
power
and authority
over all devils,
and to cure diseases.
And he
sent them
to preach the kingdom
of God,
and to heal
the sick.
And
he said unto them,
Take nothing
for your journey,
neither staves,
nor scrip,
neither bread,
neither money;
neither have two
coats apiece.
And whatsoever house ye enter into,
there abide,
and thence depart.
And whosoever
will not receive you,
when
ye go
out of that city,
shake
off the very
dust
from your feet
for a testimony
against them.
And
they departed,
and went through the towns,
preaching
the gospel,
and healing every where.
Now Herod
the tetrarch heard
of all
that was done by him:
and
he was perplexed,
because that it
was said of some,
that John
was risen
from the dead;
And of some,
that Elias
had appeared;
and of others,
that one
of the old prophets
was risen again.
And Herod said,
John
have
I beheaded:
but who
is this,
of whom
I hear
such things?
And
he desired
to see him.
And the apostles,
when
they were returned,
told him all that
they had done.
And he
took them,
and went aside
privately into a desert place
belonging
to the city called Bethsaida.
And the people,
when
they knew it,
followed him:
and
he received them,
and spake unto them
of the kingdom
of God,
and healed them
that had
need of healing.
And when the day
began
to wear away,
then came
the twelve,
and
said unto him,
Send the multitude away,
that they
may go
into the towns
and country round about,
and lodge,
and get victuals:
for we
are here
in a desert place.
But
he said unto them,
Give
ye them to eat.
And they said,
We have no more
but five loaves
and two fishes;
except we
should go
and buy meat
for all this people.
For they
were about five thousand men.
And he
said
to his disciples,
Make them
sit down
by fifties
in a company.
And they
did so,
and made them
all sit down.
Then he
took
the five loaves
and the two fishes,
and looking up to heaven,
he blessed them,
and brake,
and gave to the disciples
to set
before the multitude.
And they
did eat,
and were all filled:
and there was taken up
of fragments
that remained
to them twelve baskets.
And it
came
to pass,
as he
was alone praying,
his disciples
were with him:
and
he asked them,
saying,
Whom say
the people that
I am?
They answering said,
John the Baptist;
but some say,
Elias;
and others say,
that one
of the old prophets
is risen again.
He said unto them,
But whom say
ye that I am?
Peter answering said,
The Christ
of God.
And
he straitly charged them,
and commanded them
to tell
no man
that thing;
Saying,
The Son of man
must suffer
many things,
and be rejected
of the elders
and chief priests
and scribes,
and be slain,
and be raised
the third day.
And he
said
to them all,
If any man
will come
after me,
let him
deny himself,
and take up
his cross daily,
and follow me.
For whosoever
will save
his life
shall lose it:
but whosoever
will lose
his life
for my sake,
the same shall save it.
For what
is a man advantaged,
if he
gain the whole world,
and lose himself,
or be cast away?
For whosoever
shall be ashamed
of me and
of my words,
of him shall
the Son of man
be ashamed,
when
he shall come in
his own glory,
and
in his Father's,
and
of the holy angels.
But I
tell you
of a truth,
there be
some standing here,
which shall not taste
of death,
till they
see the kingdom
of God.
And it
came to pass
about an eight days after
these sayings,
he took Peter
and John
and James,
and went up
into a mountain
to pray.
And as he prayed,
the fashion
of his countenance
was altered,
and his raiment
was white
and glistering.
And,
behold,
there talked
with him two men,
which were Moses
and Elias:
Who appeared
in glory,
and spake of his decease
which he
should accomplish
at Jerusalem.
But Peter
and they
that were with him
were heavy
with sleep:
and
when
they were awake,
they saw
his glory,
and the two men
that stood with him.
And it
came
to pass,
as they departed from him,
Peter
said
unto Jesus, Master,
it is good
for us to be here:
and let us
make three tabernacles;
one for thee,
and one
for Moses,
and one
for Elias:
not knowing
what he said.
While he thus spake,
there came a cloud,
and overshadowed them:
and they
feared
as they
entered
into the cloud.
And there came
a voice
out of the cloud,
saying,
This is my beloved Son:
hear him.
And
when the voice
was past,
Jesus was found alone.
And they
kept
it close,
and told no man
in those days any
of those things
which they
had seen.
And it
came
to pass,
that on the next day,
when
they were come down
from the hill,
much people
met him.
And,
behold,
a man
of the company cried out,
saying,
Master,
I beseech thee,
look upon my son:
for he
is mine only child.
And,
lo,
a spirit
taketh him,
and
he suddenly crieth out;
and it
teareth him that
he foameth again,
and bruising him
hardly departeth from him.
And I
besought
thy disciples
to cast him out;
and
they could not.
And Jesus answering said,
O faithless
and perverse generation,
how long
shall
I be with you,
and suffer you?
Bring thy son hither.
And as he
was yet
a coming,
the devil
threw him down,
and tare him.
And Jesus
rebuked the unclean spirit,
and healed
the child,
and delivered him again
to his father.
And
they were all amazed
at the mighty power
of God.
But
while they
wondered every one
at all
things which Jesus did,
he said
unto his disciples,
Let these sayings
sink down
into your ears:
for the Son
of man
shall be delivered
into the hands
of men.
But they
understood not
this saying,
and it
was
hid from them,
that they
perceived it not:
and
they feared
to ask him
of that saying.
Then there arose
a reasoning among them,
which of them should be greatest.
And Jesus,
perceiving the thought
of their heart,
took a child,
and set
him by him,
And
said unto them,
Whosoever
shall receive
this child
in my name
receiveth me:
and whosoever
shall receive me
receiveth him
that sent me:
for he
that is least
among you all,
the same
shall be great.
And John
answered
and said,
Master,
we saw one
casting
out devils
in thy name;
and
we forbad him,
because
he followeth not with us.
And Jesus
said unto him,
Forbid him not:
for he
that is not
against us is for us.
And it
came
to pass,
when the time
was come
that he
should be received up,
he stedfastly set
his face
to go
to Jerusalem,
And sent messengers
before his face:
and they went,
and entered
into a village
of the Samaritans,
to make ready
for him.
And
they did not receive him,
because
his face
was as
though he
would go
to Jerusalem.
And
when his disciples James
and John
saw this,
they said,
Lord,
wilt
thou
that
we command
fire to
come down
from heaven,
and consume them,
even as Elias did?
But he turned,
and rebuked them,
and said,
Ye know not
what manner
of spirit ye are of.
For the Son
of man
is not come
to destroy men's lives,
but
to save them.
And
they went to another village.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
as they went in the way,
a certain man
said unto him,
Lord,
I will follow thee
whithersoever
thou goest.
And Jesus
said unto him,
Foxes have holes,
and birds
of the air
have nests;
but the Son
of man
hath not
where to lay
his head.
And he
said
unto another,
Follow me.
But he said,
Lord,
suffer me first
to go
and bury
my father.
Jesus
said unto him,
Let the dead
bury
their dead:
but go
thou
and preach
the kingdom
of God.
And
another also said,
Lord,
I will follow thee;
but let me
first go
bid them farewell,
which are at home
at my house.
And Jesus
said unto him,
No man,
having put his hand
to the plough,
and looking back,
is fit
for the kingdom
of God.
After these things
the LORD
appointed other seventy also,
and sent them two
and two
before his face
into every city
and place,
whither
he himself
would come.
Therefore said
he unto them,
The harvest
truly is great,
but the labourers
are few:
pray ye
therefore the Lord
of the harvest,
that he
would send forth labourers
into his harvest.
Go your ways:
behold,
I send you forth
as lambs
among wolves.
Carry neither purse,
nor scrip,
nor shoes:
and salute no man
by the way.
And
into whatsoever house
ye enter,
first say,
Peace be
to this house.
And
if the son
of peace
be there,
your peace
shall rest
upon it:
if not,
it shall turn
to you again.
And
in the same house remain,
eating
and drinking
such things
as they give:
for the labourer
is worthy
of his hire.
Go not
from house to house.
And into whatsoever city
ye enter,
and
they receive you,
eat such things as
are set
before you:
And heal
the sick
that are therein,
and
say unto them,
The kingdom
of God
is come nigh
unto you.
But into whatsoever city
ye enter,
and they
receive
you not,
go your ways
out into the streets
of the same,
and say,
Even
the very
dust of your city,
which cleaveth on us,
we do wipe off
against you:
notwithstanding be
ye sure of this,
that the kingdom
of God
is come nigh
unto you.
But
I say unto you,
that it
shall be more tolerable
in that day
for Sodom,
than
for that city.
Woe unto thee,
Chorazin!
woe unto thee,
Bethsaida!
for if
the mighty works
had been done
in Tyre
and Sidon,
which have been done
in you,
they had a great
while ago repented,
sitting in sackcloth
and ashes.
But it
shall be more tolerable
for Tyre
and Sidon
at the judgment,
than for you.
And thou,
Capernaum,
which art exalted
to heaven,
shalt be
thrust down
to hell.
He that heareth
you heareth me;
and he
that despiseth you
despiseth me;
and he
that despiseth me
despiseth him
that sent me.
And the seventy returned again
with joy,
saying,
Lord,
even
the devils
are subject
unto us through thy name.
And
he said unto them,
I beheld
Satan
as lightning
fall
from heaven.
Behold,
I give unto you
power
to tread on serpents
and scorpions,
and
over all
the power
of the enemy:
and nothing
shall by any means hurt you.
Notwithstanding in this
rejoice not,
that the spirits
are subject
unto you;
but
rather rejoice,
because
your names
are written
in heaven.
In that hour Jesus
rejoiced
in spirit,
and said,
I thank thee,
O Father,
Lord
of heaven
and earth,
that thou
hast
hid
these things
from the wise
and prudent,
and hast revealed them
unto babes:
even so,
Father;
for so
it seemed good
in thy sight.
All things
are delivered to me
of my Father:
and
no man
knoweth
who the Son is,
but the Father;
and
who the Father is,
but the Son,
and he
to whom the Son
will reveal him.
And
he turned him
unto his disciples,
and said privately,
Blessed are the eyes
which see
the things that
ye see:
For I
tell you,
that many prophets
and kings
have desired
to see those things
which ye see,
and have not seen them;
and
to hear those things
which ye hear,
and have not heard them.
And,
behold,
a certain lawyer stood up,
and tempted him,
saying,
Master,
what shall
I do
to inherit eternal life?
He said unto him,
What is written
in the law?
how readest thou?
And
he answering said,
Thou
shalt love
the Lord thy God
with all thy heart,
and
with all thy soul,
and
with all thy strength,
and
with all
thy mind;
and thy neighbour
as thyself.
And
he said unto him,
Thou hast answered right:
this do,
and
thou shalt live.
But he,
willing
to justify himself,
said unto Jesus,
And
who is my neighbour?
And Jesus answering said,
A certain man
went down
from Jerusalem
to Jericho,
and fell
among thieves,
which stripped him
of his raiment,
and wounded him,
and departed,
leaving him half dead.
And by chance
there came
down a certain priest
that way:
and
when he
saw him,
he passed by
on the other side.
And likewise a Levite,
when
he was at the place,
came
and
looked on him,
and passed by
on the other side.
But a certain Samaritan,
as he journeyed,
came
where he was:
and
when he
saw him,
he had compassion
on him,
And went to him,
and bound
up his wounds,
pouring in oil
and wine,
and set him
on his own beast,
and brought him
to an inn,
and took care of him.
And on the morrow
when he departed,
he took out two pence,
and gave them
to the host,
and
said unto him,
Take care of him;
and whatsoever
thou spendest more,
when
I come again,
I will repay thee.
Which now of these three,
thinkest thou,
was neighbour
unto him
that fell
among the thieves?
And he said,
He that
shewed mercy
on him.
Then said Jesus
unto him, Go,
and do
thou likewise.
Now it
came
to pass,
as they went,
that he
entered
into a certain village:
and a certain woman
named Martha
received him
into her house.
And she
had a sister
called Mary,
which also sat
at Jesus' feet,
and heard
his word.
But Martha
was cumbered
about much serving,
and came to him,
and said,
Lord,
dost
thou not care
that my sister
hath left me
to serve alone?
bid her
therefore that
she help me.
And Jesus
answered
and said
unto her,
Martha, Martha,
thou art careful
and troubled
about many things:
But one thing
is needful:
and Mary
hath chosen
that good part,
which shall not be taken away
from her.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
as he
was praying
in a certain place,
when he ceased,
one
of his disciples
said unto him,
Lord,
teach us to pray,
as John
also taught
his disciples.
And
he said unto them,
When
ye pray,
say,
Our Father which art
in heaven,
Hallowed
be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
as in heaven,
so in earth.
Give us
day by day
our daily bread.
And forgive us
our sins;
for we
also forgive every one
that is indebted to us.
And lead us not
into temptation;
but deliver us
from evil.
And
he said unto them,
Which of you
shall have
a friend,
and shall go
unto him
at midnight,
and say unto him,
Friend,
lend me
three loaves;
For a friend
of mine
in his journey
is come to me,
and
I have nothing
to set
before him?
And
he from
within shall answer
and say,
Trouble me not:
the door
is now shut,
and my children
are with me in bed;
I cannot rise
and give thee.
I say unto you,
Though
he will not rise
and give him,
because
he is his friend,
yet
because
of his importunity
he will rise
and give him
as many as he needeth.
And
I say unto you,
Ask,
and it
shall be given you;
seek,
and
ye shall find;
knock,
and it
shall be opened
unto you.
For every one
that asketh receiveth;
and he
that seeketh findeth;
and to him
that
knocketh
it shall be opened.
If a son
shall ask
bread
of any of you
that is
a father,
will
he give him
a stone?
or if
he ask a fish,
will
he for a fish
give him
a serpent?
Or if
he shall ask
an egg,
will
he offer him
a scorpion?
If ye then,
being evil,
know how
to give good gifts
unto your children:
how much more
shall
your heavenly Father
give
the Holy Spirit
to them that ask him?
And
he was casting
out a devil,
and it
was dumb.
And it
came
to pass,
when the devil
was gone out,
the dumb spake;
and the people wondered.
But some of them said,
He casteth out devils
through Beelzebub
the chief
of the devils.
And others,
tempting him,
sought
of him a sign
from heaven.
But he,
knowing their thoughts,
said unto them,
Every kingdom
divided
against itself
is brought
to desolation;
and a house
divided
against a house falleth.
If Satan
also be divided
against himself,
how shall
his kingdom stand?
because
ye say
that I cast
out devils
through Beelzebub.
And
if I
by Beelzebub
cast out devils,
by whom do
your sons
cast them out?
therefore shall
they be
your judges.
But
if I
with the finger
of God
cast out devils,
no doubt
the kingdom
of God
is come upon you.
When
a strong man
armed
keepeth his palace,
his goods
are in peace:
But
when a stronger than
he shall come upon him,
and overcome him,
he taketh from him all
his armour
wherein he trusted,
and divideth his spoils.
He that is not
with me is against me:
and he
that gathereth not
with me scattereth.
When the unclean spirit
is gone
out of a man,
he walketh through dry places,
seeking rest;
and finding none,
he saith,
I will return
unto my house
whence I
came out.
And
when he cometh,
he findeth
it swept
and garnished.
Then goeth he,
and taketh
to him seven other spirits
more wicked
than himself;
and
they enter in,
and dwell there:
and the last state
of that man
is worse
than the first.
And it
came
to pass,
as he
spake these things,
a certain woman
of the company
lifted
up her voice,
and
said unto him,
Blessed is the womb
that bare thee,
and the paps which
thou hast sucked.
But he said,
Yea rather,
blessed
are they that
hear the word
of God,
and keep it.
And
when the people
were gathered thick
together,
he began to say,
This is an evil generation:
they seek a sign;
and there shall
no sign
be given it,
but the sign
of Jonas the prophet.
For as Jonas
was a sign
unto the Ninevites,
so shall also
the Son of man
be to this generation.
The queen
of the south
shall rise up
in the judgment
with the men
of this generation,
and condemn them:
for she came
from the utmost parts
of the earth
to hear the wisdom
of Solomon;
and,
behold,
a greater than Solomon
is here.
The men of Nineve
shall rise up
in the judgment
with this generation,
and shall condemn it:
for they repented
at the preaching
of Jonas;
and,
behold,
a greater than Jonas
is here.
No man,
when
he hath lighted
a candle,
putteth
it in a secret place,
neither under a bushel,
but on a candlestick,
that they
which come in
may see
the light.
The light
of the body
is the eye:
therefore when thine
eye
is single,
thy whole body
also is
full of light;
but
when thine
eye
is evil,
thy body
also is
full of darkness.
Take
heed therefore
that the light
which is in thee
be not darkness.
If thy whole body
therefore be
full of light,
having
no part dark,
the whole
shall be
full of light,
as when
the bright shining
of a candle
doth give thee light.
And as he spake,
a certain Pharisee
besought him
to dine with him:
and he went in,
and sat down
to meat.
And
when the Pharisee saw it,
he marvelled
that he
had not first washed
before dinner.
And the Lord
said unto him,
Now do
ye Pharisees
make
clean the outside
of the cup
and the platter;
but your inward part
is
full of ravening
and wickedness.
Ye fools,
did not
he
that made that
which is without make
that which
is within also?
But
rather give alms
of such things
as ye have;
and,
behold,
all things
are clean
unto you.
But woe unto you,
Pharisees!
for ye
tithe
mint
and rue
and all manner
of herbs,
and pass
over judgment
and the love
of God:
these ought
ye to have done,
and not
to leave
the other undone.
Woe unto you,
Pharisees!
for ye
love the uppermost seats
in the synagogues,
and greetings
in the markets.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
for ye
are as graves
which appear not,
and the men
that walk
over them are not aware
of them.
Then answered one
of the lawyers,
and
said unto him,
Master,
thus saying
thou reproachest us also.
And he said,
Woe unto you also,
ye lawyers!
for ye
lade men
with burdens grievous
to be borne,
and
ye yourselves
touch not
the burdens
with one
of your fingers.
Woe unto you!
for ye
build the sepulchres
of the prophets,
and your fathers
killed them.
Truly
ye bear
witness that
ye allow
the deeds
of your fathers:
for they
indeed killed them,
and
ye build
their sepulchres.
Therefore also said
the wisdom
of God,
I will send them prophets
and apostles,
and some of them
they shall slay
and persecute:
That the blood
of all the prophets,
which was
shed from the foundation
of the world,
may be required
of this generation;
From the blood
of Abel
unto the blood
of Zacharias which
perished
between the altar
and the temple:
verily
I say unto you,
It shall be required
of this generation.
Woe unto you,
lawyers!
for ye
have taken away the key
of knowledge:
ye entered not
in yourselves,
and them
that were entering
in ye hindered.
And as he
said these things
unto them,
the scribes
and the Pharisees
began
to urge him vehemently,
and
to provoke him
to speak
of many things:
Laying
wait for him,
and seeking
to catch
something
out of his mouth,
that they
might accuse him.
In the mean time,
when there were gathered
together an innumerable multitude
of people,
insomuch
that
they trode one
upon another,
he began
to say
unto his disciples
first of all,
Beware
ye of the leaven
of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.
For there is
nothing covered,
that shall not be revealed;
neither hid,
that shall not be known.
Therefore whatsoever
ye have spoken
in darkness
shall be heard
in the light;
and
that which
ye have spoken
in the ear
in closets
shall be proclaimed
upon the housetops.
And
I say unto you
my friends,
Be not afraid
of them that
kill the body,
and after that
have no more that
they can do.
But
I will forewarn
you whom
ye shall fear:
Fear him,
which after he
hath killed
hath
power
to cast
into hell;
yea,
I say unto you,
Fear him.
Are not
five sparrows
sold
for two farthings,
and not one
of them is forgotten
before God?
But even
the very hairs
of your head
are all numbered.
Fear
not therefore:
ye are of more value
than many sparrows.
Also I
say
unto you,
Whosoever
shall confess me
before men,
him shall
the Son of man
also confess
before the angels
of God:
But
he that
denieth me
before men
shall be denied
before the angels
of God.
And whosoever
shall speak
a word
against the Son
of man,
it shall be forgiven him:
but unto him that
blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost
it shall not be forgiven.
And
when
they bring you
unto the synagogues,
and
unto magistrates,
and powers,
take
ye no
thought how
or
what thing
ye shall answer,
or what
ye shall say:
For the Holy Ghost
shall teach you
in the same hour
what
ye ought to say.
And
one
of the company
said unto him,
Master,
speak
to my brother,
that he
divide
the inheritance
with me.
And
he said unto him,
Man,
who made me
a judge
or a divider
over you?
And
he said unto them,
Take heed,
and beware
of covetousness:
for a man's life
consisteth not
in the abundance
of the things
which he possesseth.
And
he spake a parable
unto them,
saying,
The ground of a
certain rich man
brought forth plentifully:
And he
thought
within himself,
saying,
What
shall
I do,
because
I have no room
where to bestow
my fruits?
And he said,
This
will
I do:
I will pull down
my barns,
and build
greater;
and there will
I bestow all
my fruits
and my goods.
And
I will say
to my soul,
Soul,
thou hast
much goods
laid up
for many years;
take
thine ease,
eat,
drink,
and be merry.
But God
said unto him,
Thou fool,
this night
thy soul
shall be required
of thee:
then
whose shall those things be,
which thou
hast provided?
So is
he that
layeth
up treasure
for himself,
and is not rich
toward God.
And he
said
unto his disciples,
Therefore I
say unto you,
Take no
thought
for your life,
what
ye shall eat;
neither for the body,
what
ye shall put on.
The life
is more than meat,
and the body
is more than
raiment.
Consider the ravens:
for they neither sow
nor reap;
which neither
have storehouse
nor barn;
and God
feedeth them:
how much more
are
ye better
than the fowls?
And
which of you
with taking
thought
can add
to his stature one cubit?
If ye
then be not able to do
that thing which
is least,
why take
ye thought
for the rest?
Consider
the lilies
how
they grow:
they toil not,
they spin not;
and yet
I say unto you,
that Solomon
in all his glory
was not arrayed like one
of these.
If then God so
clothe the grass,
which is to day
in the field,
and to morrow
is cast
into the oven;
how much more
will
he clothe you,
O ye
of little faith?
And seek not ye
what
ye shall eat,
or what
ye shall drink,
neither be
ye of doubtful mind.
For all
these things
do
the nations
of the world seek after:
and your Father
knoweth that
ye have
need
of these things.
But rather seek
ye the kingdom
of God;
and all these things
shall be added
unto you.
Fear not,
little flock;
for it
is your Father's good pleasure
to give
you the kingdom.
Sell that
ye have,
and give alms;
provide yourselves
bags
which wax not old,
a treasure
in the heavens
that faileth not,
where no thief approacheth,
neither moth corrupteth.
For where
your treasure is,
there will
your heart be also.
Let your loins
be girded about,
and your lights burning;
And
ye yourselves like
unto men
that wait
for their lord,
when
he will return
from the wedding;
that when
he cometh
and knocketh,
they may open
unto him immediately.
Blessed are those servants,
whom the lord
when
he cometh
shall find watching:
verily
I say unto you,
that he
shall gird himself,
and make them to
sit down to meat,
and will come
forth and serve them.
And
if he
shall come in
the second watch,
or come in
the third watch,
and find them so,
blessed are those servants.
And this know,
that if the goodman
of the house
had known
what
hour the thief
would come,
he would have watched,
and not have suffered
his house
to be broken through.
Be ye therefore ready also:
for the Son
of man
cometh at an hour
when
ye think not.
Then Peter
said unto him,
Lord,
speakest
thou this parable
unto us,
or even to all?
And the Lord said,
Who
then is that
faithful
and wise steward,
whom
his lord
shall make ruler
over his household,
to give them their portion
of meat
in due season?
Blessed is that servant,
whom his lord
when
he cometh
shall find so doing.
Of a truth
I say unto you,
that he
will make him ruler
over all
that he hath.
But and
if that servant
say in his heart,
My lord
delayeth his coming;
and shall begin
to beat the menservants
and maidens,
and to eat and drink,
and to be drunken;
The lord
of that servant
will come in a day
when
he looketh
not for him,
and at an hour
when
he is not aware,
and will cut him
in sunder,
and will appoint him
his portion
with the unbelievers.
And that servant,
which knew his lord's will,
and prepared not
himself,
neither did according to
his will,
shall be beaten
with many stripes.
But he
that knew not,
and did commit things worthy
of stripes,
shall be beaten
with few stripes.
For unto whomsoever much
is given,
of him shall be
much required:
and to whom men
have committed much,
of him they
will ask
the more.
I am come
to send
fire
on the earth;
and what
will I,
if it
be already kindled?
But
I have
a baptism
to be baptized with;
and how am
I straitened till
it be accomplished!
Suppose
ye that
I am come
to give peace
on earth?
I tell you,
Nay;
but rather division:
For from henceforth there shall be
five
in one house divided,
three against two,
and two
against three.
The father
shall be divided
against the son,
and the son
against the father;
the mother
against the daughter,
and the daughter
against the mother;
the mother
in law
against her daughter
in law,
and the daughter
in law
against her mother
in law.
And he
said also
to the people,
When
ye see
a cloud rise
out of the west,
straightway
ye say,
There cometh a shower;
and so
it is.
And
when
ye see
the south wind blow,
ye say,
There will be heat;
and it
cometh to pass.
Ye hypocrites,
ye can discern the face
of the sky
and of the earth;
but how is it that
ye do not discern
this time?
Yea,
and
why even of yourselves
judge
ye not
what is right?
When
thou goest
with thine adversary
to the magistrate,
as thou art
in the way,
give diligence
that thou
mayest be delivered from him;
lest
he hale thee
to the judge,
and the judge
deliver thee
to the officer,
and the officer
cast thee
into prison.
I tell thee,
thou shalt not depart
thence,
till thou
hast paid
the very last mite.
There were
present
at that season
some
that told him
of the Galilaeans,
whose blood Pilate
had mingled
with their sacrifices.
And Jesus
answering
said unto them,
Suppose
ye that
these Galilaeans
were
sinners above all the Galilaeans,
because
they suffered
such things?
I tell you,
Nay:
but,
except ye repent,
ye shall all
likewise perish.
Or
those eighteen,
upon whom
the tower
in Siloam fell,
and slew them,
think ye that
they were sinners above all men
that dwelt
in Jerusalem?
I tell you,
Nay:
but,
except ye repent,
ye shall all
likewise perish.
He spake also
this parable;
A certain man
had
a fig tree
planted
in his vineyard;
and he
came
and sought fruit thereon,
and found none.
Then said
he unto the dresser
of his vineyard,
Behold,
these three years
I come seeking fruit
on this fig tree,
and find none:
cut it down;
why cumbereth it
the ground?
And
he answering
said unto him,
Lord,
let it alone
this year also,
till I
shall dig
about it,
and dung it:
And
if it
bear fruit,
well:
and if not,
then
after that thou
shalt cut it down.
And
he was teaching in one
of the synagogues
on the sabbath.
And,
behold,
there was
a woman which
had a spirit
of infirmity eighteen years,
and
was bowed together,
and could in no
wise lift
up herself.
And
when Jesus
saw her,
he called her
to him,
and said
unto her,
Woman,
thou art
loosed
from thine infirmity.
And he
laid
his hands
on her:
and immediately
she was made straight,
and glorified God.
And
the ruler
of the synagogue
answered
with indignation,
because
that Jesus
had healed
on the sabbath day,
and said
unto the people,
There are six days
in which men
ought to work:
in them therefore come
and be healed,
and
not on the sabbath day.
The Lord
then answered him,
and said,
Thou hypocrite,
doth not each one
of you
on the sabbath loose
his ox or his ass
from the stall,
and lead him away
to watering?
And ought not
this woman,
being a daughter
of Abraham,
whom Satan
hath bound,
lo,
these eighteen years,
be loosed
from this bond
on the sabbath day?
And
when
he had said
these things,
all his adversaries
were ashamed:
and all
the people
rejoiced
for all
the glorious things
that were done by him.
Then said he,
Unto what
is
the kingdom
of God like?
and whereunto shall
I resemble it?
It is like
a grain
of mustard seed,
which a man took,
and cast
into his garden;
and it grew,
and waxed
a great tree;
and
the fowls
of the air
lodged
in the branches of it.
And
again
he said,
Whereunto
shall
I liken
the kingdom
of God?
It is like leaven,
which a woman
took and hid
in three measures
of meal,
till the whole
was leavened.
And
he went through the cities
and villages,
teaching,
and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Then said one
unto him, Lord,
are there
few that
be saved?
And
he said unto them,
Strive to enter in
at the strait gate:
for many,
I say unto you,
will seek
to enter in,
and shall not be able.
When once
the master
of the house
is risen up,
and hath shut
to the door,
and
ye begin
to stand without,
and
to knock
at the door,
saying,
Lord, Lord,
open unto us;
and
he shall answer
and say unto you,
I know you
not whence
ye are:
Then shall
ye begin to say,
We have eaten
and drunk
in thy presence,
and
thou hast taught
in our streets.
But he
shall say,
I tell you,
I know you
not whence
ye are;
depart from me,
all
ye workers
of iniquity.
There shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth,
when
ye shall see Abraham,
and Isaac,
and Jacob,
and all
the prophets,
in the kingdom
of God,
and you yourselves
thrust out.
And
they shall come
from the east,
and
from the west,
and
from the north,
and
from the south,
and shall sit down
in the kingdom
of God.
And,
behold,
there are
last which
shall be first,
and there are first which
shall be last.
The same day
there came certain
of the Pharisees,
saying unto him,
Get thee out,
and depart hence:
for Herod
will kill thee.
And
he said unto them,
Go ye,
and tell
that fox,
Behold,
I cast
out devils,
and
I do
cures
to day
and to morrow,
and the third day
I shall be perfected.
Nevertheless
I must walk
to day,
and to morrow,
and the day following:
for it
cannot be
that a prophet
perish out of Jerusalem.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
which killest the prophets,
and stonest them
that
are sent
unto thee;
how often would
I have gathered
thy children
together,
as a hen
doth gather
her brood
under her wings,
and ye would not!
Behold,
your house
is left
unto you desolate:
and verily
I say unto you,
Ye shall not see me,
until the time
come
when
ye shall say,
Blessed
is
he that
cometh in the name
of the Lord.
And it
came
to pass,
as he
went into the house
of one
of the chief Pharisees
to eat bread
on the sabbath day,
that they
watched him.
And,
behold,
there was
a certain man
before him which
had the dropsy.
And Jesus answering
spake unto the lawyers
and Pharisees,
saying,
Is it lawful
to heal
on the sabbath day?
And
they held
their peace.
And he
took him,
and healed him,
and let him go;
And answered them,
saying,
Which of you
shall have
an ass or an ox
fallen
into a pit,
and will not straightway pull
him out
on the sabbath day?
And
they could not answer him again
to these things.
And he put forth
a parable
to those which
were bidden,
when
he marked how
they chose
out the chief rooms;
saying unto them.
When
thou art
bidden
of any man
to a wedding,
sit not down
in the highest room;
lest a
more honourable man than
thou
be bidden of him;
And
he that
bade thee
and him
come
and say
to thee,
Give this man place;
and
thou begin
with shame
to take
the lowest room.
But
when
thou art bidden,
go and sit down
in the lowest room;
that when he
that
bade
thee cometh,
he may say
unto thee,
Friend,
go up higher:
then shalt
thou have
worship
in the presence
of them that sit
at meat
with thee.
For whosoever
exalteth himself
shall be abased;
and he
that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.
Then said
he also to him that
bade him,
When
thou makest
a dinner
or a supper,
call
not thy friends,
nor thy brethren,
neither thy kinsmen,
nor thy rich neighbours;
lest
they also bid thee again,
and a recompence
be made thee.
But
when
thou makest a feast,
call the poor,
the maimed,
the lame,
the blind:
And
thou shalt be blessed;
for they
cannot recompense thee:
for thou
shalt be recompensed
at the resurrection
of the just.
And
when one
of them that sat
at meat
with him heard these things,
he said unto him,
Blessed
is
he that
shall eat bread
in the kingdom
of God.
Then said
he unto him,
A certain man
made a great supper,
and bade many:
And sent
his servant
at supper
time to say
to them
that were bidden,
Come;
for all things
are now ready.
And
they
all with one consent
began to make excuse.
The first said
unto him,
I have bought
a piece
of ground,
and
I must needs go
and see it:
I pray thee
have me excused.
And another said,
I have bought five yoke
of oxen,
and
I go
to prove them:
I pray thee
have me excused.
And another said,
I have married
a wife,
and
therefore I
cannot come.
So that servant came,
and shewed
his lord these things.
Then
the master
of the house
being angry said
to his servant,
Go out
quickly into the streets
and lanes
of the city,
and bring in hither
the poor,
and the maimed,
and the halt,
and the blind.
And the servant said,
Lord,
it is done
as thou
hast commanded,
and yet there is room.
And the lord
said
unto the servant,
Go out
into the highways
and hedges,
and compel them
to come in,
that my house
may be filled.
For I
say unto you,
That none of those men
which were bidden
shall taste
of my supper.
And there went
great multitudes
with him:
and he turned,
and
said unto them,
If any man
come to me,
and hate not
his father,
and mother,
and wife,
and children,
and brethren,
and sisters,
yea,
and his own life also,
he cannot be
my disciple.
And whosoever
doth not bear
his cross,
and come
after me,
cannot be
my disciple.
For which of you,
intending
to build a tower,
sitteth not
down first,
and counteth the cost,
whether he
have sufficient
to finish it?
Lest haply,
after he
hath laid
the foundation,
and is not able
to finish it,
all that
behold it
begin
to mock him,
Saying,
This man
began to build,
and was not able
to finish.
Or what king,
going to make
war against another king,
sitteth not
down first,
and consulteth
whether he
be able
with ten thousand
to meet him
that cometh against him
with twenty thousand?
Or else,
while the other
is yet
a great way off,
he sendeth an ambassage,
and desireth
conditions
of peace.
So likewise,
whosoever
he be of you
that forsaketh not all that
he hath,
he cannot be
my disciple.
Salt is good:
but
if the salt
have lost
his savour,
wherewith shall
it be seasoned?
It is neither fit
for the land,
nor
yet for the dunghill;
but men
cast it out.
He that
hath ears
to hear,
let him hear.
Then drew near
unto him all the publicans
and sinners
for to hear him.
And the Pharisees
and scribes murmured,
saying,
This man
receiveth sinners,
and
eateth with them.
And
he spake this parable
unto them,
saying,
What man of you,
having an hundred sheep,
if he
lose one
of them,
doth not leave the ninety
and nine
in the wilderness,
and go
after that which
is lost,
until he
find it?
And
when
he hath found it,
he layeth it
on his shoulders,
rejoicing.
And
when
he cometh home,
he calleth
together his friends
and neighbours,
saying unto them,
Rejoice with me;
for I
have found my sheep
which was lost.
I say unto you,
that likewise joy
shall be
in heaven
over one sinner
that repenteth,
more than over ninety
and nine
just persons,
which need no repentance.
Either what woman
having ten pieces
of silver,
if she
lose one piece,
doth not light
a candle,
and sweep
the house,
and seek diligently
till she
find it?
And
when
she hath found it,
she calleth her friends
and her neighbours
together,
saying,
Rejoice with me;
for I
have found the piece
which I
had lost.
Likewise,
I say unto you,
there is
joy
in the presence
of the angels
of God
over one sinner
that repenteth.
And he said,
A certain man
had two sons:
And the younger
of them said
to his father,
Father,
give me the portion
of goods
that falleth to me.
And he
divided
unto them his living.
And
not many days
after the younger son
gathered all together,
and took
his journey
into a far country,
and there wasted
his substance
with riotous living.
And
when
he had spent all,
there arose
a mighty famine
in that land;
and
he began
to be in want.
And he
went
and joined himself
to a citizen
of that country;
and he
sent him
into his fields
to feed swine.
And he
would fain
have filled his belly
with the husks
that the swine
did eat:
and
no man
gave unto him.
And
when he
came
to himself,
he said,
How many
hired
servants of my father's
have bread enough
and
to spare,
and I
perish with hunger!
I will arise
and go
to my father,
and
will say unto him,
Father,
I have sinned
against heaven,
and before thee,
And am
no more worthy
to be called thy son:
make me
as one of thy
hired servants.
And he arose,
and came
to his father.
But
when he
was yet
a great way off,
his father
saw him,
and had
compassion,
and ran,
and fell
on his neck,
and kissed him.
And the son
said unto him,
Father,
I have sinned
against heaven,
and in thy sight,
and am
no more worthy
to be called thy son.
But the father
said
to his servants,
Bring forth
the best robe,
and put it
on him;
and put
a ring
on his hand,
and shoes
on his feet:
And bring hither
the fatted calf,
and kill it;
and let us eat,
and be merry:
For this
my son
was dead,
and is alive again;
he was lost,
and is found.
And
they began
to be merry.
Now his elder son
was in the field:
and as he
came
and drew nigh
to the house,
he heard musick
and dancing.
And he
called one
of the servants,
and asked
what these things meant.
And
he said unto him,
Thy brother
is come;
and thy
father
hath killed
the fatted calf,
because
he hath received him safe
and sound.
And he
was angry,
and would not go in:
therefore came his father out,
and intreated him.
And he
answering
said to his father,
Lo,
these many years
do
I serve thee,
neither transgressed
I at any time
thy commandment:
and yet
thou never gavest me a kid,
that I
might make merry
with my friends:
But
as soon as this
thy son
was come,
which hath devoured thy
living
with harlots,
thou hast killed
for him the fatted calf.
And
he said unto him,
Son,
thou art
ever with me,
and all that
I have
is thine.
It was
meet that
we should make merry,
and be glad:
for this
thy brother
was dead,
and is alive again;
and was lost,
and is found.
And he
said also
unto his disciples,
There was a
certain rich man,
which had
a steward;
and the same
was accused
unto him that
he had wasted
his goods.
And
he called him,
and
said unto him,
How is it that
I hear this
of thee?
give an account
of thy stewardship;
for thou
mayest be no longer
steward.
Then the steward
said
within himself,
What
shall
I do?
for my lord
taketh away
from me the stewardship:
I cannot dig;
to beg
I am ashamed.
I am resolved
what to do,
that,
when
I am put
out of the stewardship,
they may receive me
into their houses.
So he
called every one
of his lord's debtors
unto him,
and said
unto the first,
How much
owest
thou
unto my lord?
And he said,
An hundred
measures of oil.
And
he said unto him,
Take thy bill,
and sit down quickly,
and write fifty.
Then said
he to another,
And how much
owest thou?
And he said,
An hundred
measures
of wheat.
And
he said unto him,
Take thy bill,
and write
fourscore.
And the lord
commended
the unjust steward,
because
he had done wisely:
for the children
of this world
are in their generation wiser
than the children
of light.
And
I say unto you,
Make
to yourselves friends
of the mammon
of unrighteousness;
that,
when ye fail,
they may receive you
into everlasting habitations.
He that is faithful
in that which
is least
is faithful
also in much:
and
he that is unjust
in the least
is unjust
also in much.
If therefore
ye have not been faithful
in the unrighteous mammon,
who will commit
to your trust
the true riches?
And
if ye
have not been faithful
in that which
is
another man's,
who shall give
you
that which
is your own?
No servant
can serve
two masters:
for either
he will hate
the one,
and love
the other;
or else
he will hold
to the one,
and despise
the other.
Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
And the Pharisees also,
who were covetous,
heard all
these things:
and
they derided him.
And
he said unto them,
Ye are they which
justify yourselves
before men;
but God
knoweth your hearts:
for that
which is highly esteemed
among men
is abomination
in the sight
of God.
The law
and the prophets
were until John:
since that time
the kingdom
of God
is preached,
and every man
presseth into it.
And it
is easier
for heaven
and earth
to pass,
than one tittle
of the law
to fail.
Whosoever
putteth away
his wife,
and marrieth
another,
committeth adultery:
and whosoever
marrieth
her
that is put away
from her husband
committeth adultery.
There was
a certain rich man,
which was clothed
in purple
and fine linen,
and fared sumptuously every day:
And there was
a certain beggar
named Lazarus,
which was laid
at his gate,
full of sores,
And desiring
to be fed
with the crumbs
which fell
from the rich man's table:
moreover the dogs
came
and licked
his sores.
And it
came
to pass,
that the beggar died,
and was carried
by the angels
into Abraham's bosom:
the rich man
also died,
and was buried;
And in hell
he lift
up his eyes,
being
in torments,
and seeth Abraham
afar off,
and Lazarus
in his bosom.
And he
cried
and said,
Father Abraham,
have mercy on me,
and send Lazarus,
that he
may dip
the tip
of his finger
in water,
and cool
my tongue;
for I
am tormented
in this flame.
But Abraham said,
Son,
remember that
thou in thy lifetime receivedst
thy good things,
and likewise
Lazarus evil things:
but now
he is comforted,
and
thou art tormented.
And
beside all this,
between us
and you
there is
a great gulf fixed:
so that
they which
would pass from
hence to you cannot;
neither can
they pass to us,
that would come
from thence.
Then he said,
I pray thee
therefore,
father,
that thou
wouldest send him
to my father's house:
For I
have five brethren;
that he
may testify unto them,
lest
they also come
into this place
of torment.
Abraham
saith unto him,
They have Moses
and the prophets;
let them
hear them.
And he said,
Nay,
father Abraham:
but
if one
went unto them
from the dead,
they will repent.
And
he said unto him,
If they
hear not Moses
and the prophets,
neither will
they be persuaded,
though one rose
from the dead.
Then said
he unto the disciples,
It is impossible
but that offences
will come:
but woe unto him,
through whom
they come!
It were
better for him that
a millstone
were hanged
about his neck,
and he cast
into the sea,
than
that
he should offend one
of these little ones.
Take heed
to yourselves:
If thy brother
trespass against thee,
rebuke him;
and if he repent,
forgive him.
And
if he
trespass
against thee seven times
in a day,
and seven times
in a day
turn again
to thee,
saying,
I repent;
thou shalt forgive him.
And the apostles
said
unto the Lord,
Increase our faith.
And the Lord said,
If ye
had faith
as a grain
of mustard seed,
ye might say
unto this sycamine tree,
Be thou
plucked up
by the root,
and be
thou planted
in the sea;
and it
should obey you.
But which of you,
having a servant plowing
or feeding cattle,
will say
unto him by and by,
when he
is come
from the field,
Go and sit down
to meat?
And will not
rather say unto him,
Make ready
wherewith
I may sup,
and gird thyself,
and serve me,
till I
have eaten
and drunken;
and afterward
thou shalt eat
and drink?
Doth
he thank
that servant
because
he did
the things
that were commanded him?
I trow not.
So likewise ye,
when ye
shall have done all
those things which
are commanded you,
say,
We are unprofitable servants:
we have done
that which
was our duty to do.
And it
came
to pass,
as he
went to Jerusalem,
that he
passed
through the midst
of Samaria and Galilee.
And as he
entered
into a certain village,
there met him
ten men that
were lepers,
which stood afar off:
And they
lifted
up their voices,
and said,
Jesus, Master,
have mercy on us.
And
when he
saw them,
he said unto them,
Go shew yourselves
unto the priests.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
as they went,
they were cleansed.
And one of them,
when he
saw that
he was healed,
turned back,
and
with a loud voice
glorified God,
And fell down
on his face
at his feet,
giving him thanks:
and
he was a Samaritan.
And Jesus answering said,
Were
there not ten cleansed?
but
where are the nine?
There are not found
that returned
to give
glory to God,
save this stranger.
And
he said unto him,
Arise,
go thy way:
thy faith
hath made thee whole.
And
when
he was demanded
of the Pharisees,
when
the kingdom
of God
should come,
he answered them
and said,
The kingdom
of God
cometh not
with observation:
Neither shall
they say,
Lo here!
or,
lo there!
for,
behold,
the kingdom
of God is within you.
And he
said
unto the disciples,
The days
will come,
when
ye shall desire
to see one
of the days
of the Son
of man,
and
ye shall not see it.
And
they shall say
to you,
See here;
or,
see there:
go not
after them,
nor follow them.
For as the lightning,
that lighteneth out of the
one part
under heaven,
shineth unto the other part
under heaven;
so shall also
the Son of man
be in his day.
But first must
he suffer
many things,
and be rejected
of this generation.
And as it
was in the days
of Noe,
so shall
it be also
in the days
of the Son
of man.
They did eat,
they drank,
they married wives,
they were given
in marriage,
until the day
that Noe
entered
into the ark,
and the flood came,
and destroyed them all.
Likewise also as it
was in the days
of Lot;
they did eat,
they drank,
they bought,
they sold,
they planted,
they builded;
But the same day
that Lot
went out of Sodom it
rained
fire
and brimstone
from heaven,
and destroyed them all.
Even thus
shall
it be
in the day
when the Son
of man
is revealed.
In that day,
he which
shall be
upon the housetop,
and his stuff
in the house,
let him
not come down
to take it away:
and
he that is
in the field,
let him
likewise not return back.
Whosoever
shall seek
to save
his life
shall lose it;
and whosoever
shall lose
his life
shall preserve it.
I tell you,
in that night
there shall be two men
in one bed;
the one
shall be taken,
and the other
shall be left.
Two women
shall be grinding together;
the one
shall be taken,
and the other left.
Two men
shall be
in the field;
the one
shall be taken,
and the other left.
And they
answered
and
said unto him,
Where, Lord?
And
he said unto them,
Wheresoever the body is,
thither
will
the eagles
be gathered together.
And
he spake a parable
unto them
to this end,
that men ought always
to pray,
and not
to faint;
Saying,
There was in a
city a judge,
which feared not God,
neither regarded man:
And there was
a widow
in that city;
and
she
came unto him,
saying,
Avenge me
of mine adversary.
And he
would not
for a while:
but afterward
he said
within himself,
Though I
fear not God,
nor regard man;
Yet
because this widow
troubleth me,
I will avenge her,
lest by her continual coming
she weary me.
And the Lord said,
Hear
what the unjust judge saith.
And shall not
God avenge
his own elect,
which cry day and night
unto him,
though he
bear long
with them?
I tell you
that
he will avenge them speedily.
Nevertheless
when the Son
of man cometh,
shall
he find faith
on the earth?
And
he spake this parable
unto certain which
trusted
in themselves
that
they were righteous,
and despised
others:
Two men
went up
into the temple
to pray;
the one a Pharisee,
and the other
a publican.
The Pharisee
stood and prayed thus
with himself,
God,
I thank thee,
that I
am not
as other men are,
extortioners,
unjust,
adulterers,
or even as this publican.
I fast twice
in the week,
I give
tithes of all
that I possess.
And the publican,
standing afar off,
would not lift
up so much as
his eyes
unto heaven,
but smote upon his breast,
saying,
God be merciful
to me a sinner.
I tell you,
this man
went down
to his house
justified rather than
the other:
for every one
that exalteth himself
shall be abased;
and he
that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.
And they
brought
unto him also infants,
that he
would touch them:
but
when his disciples
saw it,
they rebuked them.
But Jesus
called them unto him,
and said,
Suffer little children
to come unto me,
and forbid them not:
for of such
is the kingdom
of God.
Verily
I say unto you,
Whosoever
shall not receive
the kingdom
of God
as a little child
shall in no wise
enter therein.
And a certain ruler
asked him,
saying,
Good Master,
what shall
I do
to inherit eternal life?
And Jesus
said unto him,
Why callest
thou me good?
none is good,
save one,
that is,
God.
Thou knowest
the commandments,
Do not commit adultery,
Do not kill,
Do not steal,
Do not bear
false witness,
Honour thy
father
and thy mother.
And he said,
All these
have
I kept
from my youth up.
Now
when Jesus
heard these things,
he said unto him,
Yet lackest
thou one thing:
sell all that
thou hast,
and distribute
unto the poor,
and
thou shalt have
treasure
in heaven:
and come,
follow me.
And
when
he heard this,
he was very sorrowful:
for he
was very rich.
And
when Jesus
saw that
he was very sorrowful,
he said,
How hardly shall
they that
have riches
enter
into the kingdom
of God!
For it
is easier
for a camel
to go
through a needle's eye,
than for a
rich man
to enter
into the kingdom
of God.
And they
that
heard
it said,
Who
then can be saved?
And he said,
The things which
are impossible
with men
are possible
with God.
Then Peter said,
Lo,
we have left all,
and followed thee.
And
he said unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
There is no man
that hath left house,
or parents,
or brethren,
or wife,
or children,
for the kingdom
of God's sake,
Who shall not receive
manifold more
in this present time,
and
in the world
to come life everlasting.
Then
he took unto him the twelve,
and
said unto them,
Behold,
we go
up to Jerusalem,
and all things
that
are written
by the prophets
concerning the Son
of man
shall be accomplished.
For he
shall be delivered
unto the Gentiles,
and shall be mocked,
and spitefully entreated,
and
spitted on:
And
they shall scourge him,
and put him
to death:
and the third day
he shall rise again.
And
they understood none of
these things:
and this
saying
was
hid from them,
neither knew
they the things which
were spoken.
And it
came
to pass,
that as he
was come nigh
unto Jericho,
a certain blind man
sat
by the way side begging:
And hearing
the multitude pass by,
he asked
what it meant.
And
they told him,
that Jesus
of Nazareth passeth by.
And he cried,
saying,
Jesus,
thou son
of David,
have mercy on me.
And they which
went
before rebuked him,
that he
should hold
his peace:
but
he cried so much
the more,
Thou son
of David,
have mercy on me.
And Jesus stood,
and commanded him
to be brought unto him:
and
when
he was come near,
he asked him,
Saying,
What
wilt
thou
that I
shall do
unto thee?
And he said,
Lord,
that I
may receive
my sight.
And Jesus
said unto him,
Receive thy sight:
thy faith
hath saved thee.
And immediately
he received
his sight,
and followed him,
glorifying God:
and all
the people,
when they
saw it,
gave
praise
unto God.
And Jesus
entered
and passed
through Jericho.
And,
behold,
there was a man
named Zacchaeus,
which was the chief
among the publicans,
and
he was rich.
And
he sought
to see Jesus
who he was;
and could not
for the press,
because
he was little
of stature.
And
he ran before,
and climbed up
into a sycomore tree
to see him:
for he
was to pass
that way.
And
when Jesus
came
to the place,
he looked up,
and saw him,
and
said unto him,
Zacchaeus,
make haste,
and come down;
for to day
I must abide
at thy house.
And
he made haste,
and came down,
and received him joyfully.
And
when they
saw it,
they all murmured,
saying,
That he
was gone
to be guest
with a man
that is
a sinner.
And Zacchaeus stood,
and said
unto the Lord:
Behold, Lord,
the half
of my goods
I give
to the poor;
and
if I
have taken any thing
from any man
by false accusation,
I restore him
fourfold.
And Jesus
said unto him,
This day
is salvation
come
to this house,
forsomuch as he
also is a son
of Abraham.
For the Son
of man
is come to seek
and
to save
that which
was lost.
And as they
heard these things,
he added
and spake a parable,
because
he was nigh
to Jerusalem,
and
because
they thought
that
the kingdom
of God
should immediately appear.
He said therefore,
A certain nobleman
went into a far country
to receive
for himself a kingdom,
and to return.
And
he called
his ten servants,
and delivered them
ten pounds,
and
said unto them,
Occupy
till I come.
But his citizens
hated him,
and sent
a message
after him,
saying,
We will not have
this man
to reign over us.
And it
came
to pass,
that when
he was returned,
having received
the kingdom,
then he
commanded
these servants
to be called unto him,
to whom
he had given
the money,
that he
might know
how much every man
had gained by trading.
Then came
the first,
saying,
Lord,
thy pound
hath gained
ten pounds.
And
he said unto him,
Well,
thou good servant:
because
thou hast been faithful
in a very little,
have
thou authority
over ten cities.
And the second came,
saying,
Lord,
thy pound
hath gained
five pounds.
And
he said likewise
to him,
Be thou
also over five cities.
And another came,
saying,
Lord,
behold,
here
is
thy pound,
which I
have kept
laid up
in a napkin:
For I feared thee,
because
thou art
an austere man:
thou takest up that thou
layedst not down,
and reapest that
thou didst not sow.
And
he saith unto him,
Out of thine
own
mouth
will
I judge thee,
thou wicked servant.
Thou knewest
that I
was an austere man,
taking up
that I
laid not down,
and reaping that
I did not sow:
Wherefore
then gavest not
thou my money
into the bank,
that at my coming
I might have required
mine
own
with usury?
And he
said
unto them that stood by,
Take from him the pound,
and give it
to him
that hath
ten pounds.
(And
they
said unto him,
Lord,
he hath ten pounds.)
For I
say unto you,
That unto every one
which hath
shall be given;
and from him that
hath not,
even
that
he hath
shall be taken away from him.
But
those mine enemies,
which would not
that I
should reign over them,
bring hither,
and slay them
before me.
And
when
he had thus spoken,
he went before,
ascending up to Jerusalem.
And it
came
to pass,
when
he was come nigh
to Bethphage
and Bethany,
at the mount
called the mount
of Olives,
he sent two
of his disciples,
Saying,
Go ye
into the village over
against you;
in the which
at your entering
ye shall find
a colt tied,
whereon yet never man sat:
loose him,
and bring him hither.
And
if any man
ask you,
Why do
ye loose him?
thus
shall
ye say unto him,
Because the Lord
hath
need of him.
And they
that were sent
went their way,
and found
even as
he had said unto them.
And as they
were loosing
the colt,
the owners thereof said
unto them,
Why loose
ye the colt?
And they said,
The Lord
hath
need of him.
And
they brought him
to Jesus:
and they cast
their garments
upon the colt,
and
they set Jesus thereon.
And as he went,
they spread their clothes
in the way.
And
when
he was come nigh,
even now
at the descent
of the mount
of Olives,
the whole multitude
of the disciples
began
to rejoice
and praise
God
with a loud voice
for all
the mighty
works that
they had seen;
Saying,
Blessed
be the King
that cometh in the name
of the Lord:
peace in heaven,
and glory
in the highest.
And some of the Pharisees from
among the multitude
said unto him,
Master,
rebuke thy disciples.
And he
answered
and
said unto them,
I tell you that,
if these
should hold
their peace,
the stones
would immediately cry out.
And
when
he was come near,
he beheld
the city,
and wept
over it,
Saying,
If thou
hadst known,
even thou,
at least
in this thy day,
the things which
belong unto thy peace!
but now
they are
hid
from thine eyes.
For the days
shall come upon thee,
that thine enemies
shall cast
a trench
about thee,
and compass thee round,
and keep thee in
on every side,
And shall lay thee
even with the ground,
and thy children
within thee;
and
they shall not leave
in thee one stone
upon another;
because
thou knewest not
the time
of thy visitation.
And
he went into the temple,
and began to cast
out them that
sold therein,
and them
that bought;
Saying unto them,
It is written,
My house
is the house
of prayer:
but
ye have made it
a den
of thieves.
And
he taught daily
in the temple.
But the chief priests
and the scribes
and the chief
of the people
sought
to destroy him,
And could not find
what
they might do:
for all
the people
were very attentive
to hear him.
And it
came
to pass,
that on one
of those days,
as he taught
the people
in the temple,
and preached
the gospel,
the chief priests
and the scribes
came upon him
with the elders,
And
spake unto him,
saying,
Tell us,
by what authority
doest
thou these things?
or who
is
he that
gave thee
this authority?
And he
answered
and
said unto them,
I will also ask
you one thing;
and answer me:
The baptism
of John,
was it
from heaven,
or of men?
And they
reasoned
with themselves,
saying,
If we
shall say,
From heaven;
he will say,
Why
then believed
ye him not?
But and
if we say,
Of men;
all the people
will stone us:
for they
be persuaded that John
was a prophet.
And
they answered,
that they
could not tell whence
it was.
And Jesus
said unto them,
Neither
tell
I you
by what authority
I do
these things.
Then began
he to speak
to the people
this parable;
A certain man
planted a vineyard,
and let it forth
to husbandmen,
and went into a far country
for a long time.
And at the season
he sent a servant
to the husbandmen,
that they
should give him of the fruit
of the vineyard:
but the husbandmen
beat him,
and sent him
away empty.
And again
he sent
another servant:
and
they beat him also,
and entreated him shamefully,
and sent him
away empty.
And again
he sent a third:
and
they wounded him also,
and
cast him out.
Then said
the lord
of the vineyard,
What
shall I do?
I will send
my beloved son:
it may be
they will reverence him
when they see him.
But
when the husbandmen
saw him,
they reasoned
among themselves,
saying,
This is the heir:
come,
let us
kill him,
that the inheritance
may be ours.
So they cast him
out of the vineyard,
and killed him.
What therefore shall
the lord
of the vineyard
do unto them?
He shall come
and destroy
these husbandmen,
and shall give
the vineyard
to others.
And
when
they heard it,
they said,
God forbid.
And
he beheld them,
and said,
What is this
then that is written,
The stone
which the builders rejected,
the same
is become
the head
of the corner?
Whosoever
shall fall
upon that stone
shall be broken;
but on whomsoever
it shall fall,
it will grind him
to powder.
And the chief priests
and the scribes
the same hour
sought
to lay hands
on him;
and
they feared
the people:
for they
perceived that
he had spoken
this parable
against them.
And
they watched him,
and sent
forth spies,
which should feign themselves just
men,
that they
might take
hold
of his words,
that so
they might deliver him
unto the power
and authority
of the governor.
And
they asked him,
saying,
Master,
we know that thou
sayest and teachest rightly,
neither acceptest
thou the person
of any,
but teachest
the way
of God truly:
Is it lawful
for us
to give tribute
unto Caesar,
or no?
But
he perceived
their craftiness,
and
said unto them,
Why tempt
ye me?
Shew me a penny.
Whose image
and superscription
hath it?
They answered
and said,
Caesar's.
And
he said unto them,
Render
therefore unto
Caesar the things which
be Caesar's,
and
unto God the things which
be God's.
And
they could not take
hold
of his words
before the people:
and
they marvelled
at his answer,
and held
their peace.
Then came
to him certain
of the Sadducees,
which deny that
there is
any resurrection;
and
they asked him,
Saying,
Master,
Moses
wrote unto us,
If any man's brother die,
having a wife,
and he
die
without children,
that his brother
should take
his wife,
and raise
up seed
unto his brother.
There were therefore
seven brethren:
and the first took
a wife,
and died
without children.
And the second
took her
to wife,
and
he died childless.
And the third
took her;
and
in like manner
the seven also:
and
they left no children,
and died.
Last of all
the woman died also.
Therefore in the resurrection
whose wife
of them is she?
for seven
had her
to wife.
And Jesus
answering
said unto them,
The children
of this world marry,
and are given
in marriage:
But they which
shall be accounted worthy
to obtain that world,
and the resurrection
from the dead,
neither marry,
nor are given
in marriage:
Neither can
they die any more:
for they
are equal
unto the angels;
and are the children
of God,
being the children
of the resurrection.
Now
that the dead
are raised,
even
Moses
shewed
at the bush,
when
he calleth
the Lord
the God
of Abraham,
and the God
of Isaac,
and the God
of Jacob.
For he is not
a God
of the dead,
but of the living:
for all live unto him.
Then certain
of the scribes answering said,
Master,
thou hast well said.
And
after that they durst
not ask him any question
at all.
And
he said unto them,
How say
they that Christ
is David's son?
And David himself
saith in the book
of Psalms,
The LORD
said unto my Lord,
Sit
thou
on my right hand,
Till I
make
thine enemies thy footstool.
David
therefore
calleth him Lord,
how is he
then his son?
Then
in the audience
of all the people
he said
unto his disciples,
Beware
of the scribes,
which desire
to walk
in long robes,
and love greetings
in the markets,
and the highest seats
in the synagogues,
and the chief rooms
at feasts;
Which devour
widows' houses,
and for a
shew make long prayers:
the same
shall receive
greater damnation.
And he looked up,
and saw
the rich men
casting
their gifts
into the treasury.
And he
saw also
a certain poor widow casting
in thither two mites.
And he said,
Of a truth
I say unto you,
that this poor widow
hath cast in
more than
they all:
For all
these have
of their abundance
cast in
unto the offerings
of God:
but
she of her penury
hath cast in all
the living that
she had.
And as some
spake of the temple,
how it
was adorned
with goodly stones
and gifts,
he said,
As for these things
which ye behold,
the days
will come,
in the which
there shall not be left
one stone
upon another,
that shall not be thrown down.
And
they asked him,
saying,
Master,
but when
shall
these things be?
and what
sign
will there be
when these things
shall come
to pass?
And he said,
Take heed that
ye be not deceived:
for many
shall come in my name,
saying,
I am Christ;
and the time
draweth near:
go ye not
therefore after them.
But
when
ye shall hear
of wars
and commotions,
be not terrified:
for these things
must first come
to pass;
but the end
is not by and by.
Then said
he unto them,
Nation
shall rise
against nation,
and kingdom
against kingdom:
And great earthquakes
shall be
in divers places,
and famines,
and pestilences;
and fearful sights
and great signs
shall there be
from heaven.
But before all these,
they shall lay their hands
on you,
and persecute you,
delivering
you up to
the synagogues,
and into prisons,
being brought
before kings
and rulers
for my name's sake.
And it
shall turn to you
for a testimony.
Settle it
therefore in your hearts,
not to meditate
before what
ye shall answer:
For I
will give
you a mouth
and wisdom,
which all
your adversaries
shall not be able
to gainsay nor resist.
And
ye shall be betrayed both
by parents,
and brethren,
and kinsfolks,
and friends;
and some of you
shall
they cause
to be put
to death.
And
ye shall be hated
of all men
for my name's sake.
But there shall not
an hair
of your head perish.
In your patience
possess ye your souls.
And
when ye
shall see
Jerusalem
compassed
with armies,
then know
that the desolation
thereof is nigh.
Then let them
which are in Judaea
flee
to the mountains;
and let them
which are in the midst
of it depart out;
and let not them
that
are in the countries
enter thereinto.
For these
be the days
of vengeance,
that all things
which are written
may be fulfilled.
But woe
unto them that
are with child,
and to them
that give suck,
in those days!
for there shall be great
distress
in the land,
and wrath
upon this people.
And
they shall fall
by the edge
of the sword,
and shall be led away captive
into all nations:
and Jerusalem
shall be trodden down
of the Gentiles,
until the times
of the Gentiles
be fulfilled.
And there shall be
signs in the sun,
and in the moon,
and in the stars;
and
upon the earth distress
of nations,
with perplexity;
the sea
and the waves roaring;
Men's hearts
failing them
for fear,
and
for looking
after those things
which are coming
on the earth:
for the powers
of heaven
shall be shaken.
And
then shall
they
see the Son
of man
coming in
a cloud
with power
and great glory.
And
when these things
begin
to come to pass,
then look up,
and lift
up your heads;
for your redemption
draweth nigh.
And he
spake
to them
a parable;
Behold the fig tree,
and all
the trees;
When
they
now shoot forth,
ye see
and know
of your own
selves that summer
is now nigh
at hand.
So likewise ye,
when
ye see
these things
come to pass,
know ye that
the kingdom
of God
is nigh
at hand.
Verily
I say unto you,
This generation
shall not pass away,
till all be fulfilled.
Heaven
and earth
shall pass away:
but my words
shall not pass away.
And take
heed
to yourselves,
lest at any
time your hearts
be overcharged
with surfeiting,
and drunkenness,
and cares
of this life,
and
so that day
come upon you unawares.
For as a snare
shall it come
on all
them that
dwell on the face
of the whole earth.
Watch ye
therefore,
and pray always,
that ye
may be accounted worthy
to escape all
these things
that shall come
to pass,
and
to stand
before the Son
of man.
And in the day
time
he was teaching
in the temple;
and at night
he went out,
and abode
in the mount
that is called the mount
of Olives.
And all
the people
came early
in the morning
to him
in the temple,
for to hear him.
Now
the feast
of unleavened bread
drew nigh,
which is called
the Passover.
And the chief priests
and scribes
sought how
they might kill him;
for they
feared the people.
Then entered Satan
into Judas surnamed Iscariot,
being
of the number
of the twelve.
And
he went his way,
and communed
with the chief priests
and captains,
how he
might betray him unto them.
And
they were glad,
and covenanted
to give him money.
And he promised,
and sought
opportunity
to betray him
unto them
in the absence
of the multitude.
Then came
the day
of unleavened bread,
when the passover
must be killed.
And he
sent Peter
and John,
saying,
Go and prepare us
the passover,
that we
may eat.
And
they
said unto him,
Where
wilt
thou
that we prepare?
And
he said unto them,
Behold,
when
ye are entered
into the city,
there shall a man
meet you,
bearing a pitcher
of water;
follow him
into the house
where he
entereth in.
And
ye shall say unto the goodman
of the house,
The Master
saith unto thee,
Where is the guestchamber,
where I
shall eat
the passover
with my disciples?
And
he shall shew you
a large upper room furnished:
there make ready.
And they went,
and found
as he
had said unto them:
and
they made ready
the passover.
And
when the hour
was come,
he sat down,
and the twelve apostles
with him.
And
he said unto them,
With
desire
I have desired
to eat this passover
with you
before I suffer:
For I
say unto you,
I will not any more
eat thereof,
until it
be fulfilled
in the kingdom
of God.
And
he took the cup,
and gave thanks,
and said,
Take this,
and divide it
among yourselves:
For I
say unto you,
I will not drink
of the fruit
of the vine,
until the kingdom
of God
shall come.
And
he took bread,
and gave thanks,
and brake it,
and
gave unto them,
saying,
This is my body
which is given
for you:
this do
in remembrance of me.
Likewise
also the cup
after supper,
saying,
This cup
is the new testament
in my blood,
which is
shed for you.
But,
behold,
the hand
of him that
betrayeth me
is with me
on the table.
And truly
the Son
of man goeth,
as it was determined:
but woe
unto that man
by whom
he is betrayed!
And
they began
to enquire
among themselves,
which of them it
was
that should do
this thing.
And there was also a strife
among them,
which of them should be accounted
the greatest.
And
he said unto them,
The kings
of the Gentiles exercise lordship
over them;
and
they that exercise authority
upon them are called benefactors.
But
ye shall not be so:
but
he that is greatest
among you,
let him
be as the younger;
and
he that is chief,
as he
that doth serve.
For whether
is greater,
he that
sitteth at meat,
or he
that serveth?
is not
he that
sitteth at meat?
but
I am among you as he
that serveth.
Ye are
they
which have continued
with me
in my temptations.
And
I appoint
unto you
a kingdom,
as my Father
hath appointed unto me;
That ye
may eat
and drink
at my table
in my kingdom,
and sit
on thrones
judging
the twelve tribes
of Israel.
And the Lord said,
Simon, Simon,
behold,
Satan
hath desired
to have you,
that he
may sift you
as wheat:
But
I have prayed
for thee,
that thy faith
fail not:
and
when
thou art converted,
strengthen
thy brethren.
And
he said unto him,
Lord,
I am ready
to go with thee,
both into prison,
and to death.
And he said,
I tell thee,
Peter,
the cock
shall not crow
this day,
before that thou
shalt thrice deny
that thou
knowest me.
And
he said unto them,
When I
sent you
without purse,
and scrip,
and shoes,
lacked ye any thing?
And they said,
Nothing.
Then said
he unto them,
But now,
he that
hath a purse,
let him
take it,
and likewise
his scrip:
and he that
hath no sword,
let him
sell his garment,
and buy one.
For I
say unto you,
that this
that is written
must yet be accomplished in me,
And
he was reckoned
among the transgressors:
for the things
concerning
me have an end.
And they said,
Lord,
behold,
here are two swords.
And
he said unto them,
It is enough.
And he came out,
and went,
as he
was wont,
to the mount
of Olives;
and his disciples
also followed him.
And
when
he was at the place,
he said unto them,
Pray that
ye enter not
into temptation.
And
he was withdrawn
from them
about a stone's cast,
and kneeled down,
and prayed,
Saying,
Father,
if thou
be willing,
remove this cup
from me:
nevertheless not my will,
but thine,
be done.
And there appeared
an angel
unto him
from heaven,
strengthening him.
And being
in an agony
he prayed
more earnestly:
and his sweat
was as it
were great
drops of blood
falling down
to the ground.
And
when he
rose up
from prayer,
and was come
to his disciples,
he found them
sleeping for sorrow,
And
said unto them,
Why sleep ye?
rise and pray,
lest
ye enter
into temptation.
And
while he
yet spake,
behold a multitude,
and
he that
was called Judas,
one of the twelve,
went before them,
and drew near
unto Jesus
to kiss him.
But Jesus
said unto him,
Judas,
betrayest
thou the Son
of man
with a kiss?
When they which
were
about him saw
what would follow,
they said unto him,
Lord,
shall
we smite
with the sword?
And one
of them smote
the servant
of the high priest,
and cut off
his right ear.
And Jesus
answered
and said,
Suffer ye thus far.
And
he touched
his ear,
and healed him.
Then Jesus
said
unto the chief priests,
and captains
of the temple,
and the elders,
which were come
to him,
Be ye come out,
as against a thief,
with swords and staves?
When
I was daily
with you
in the temple,
ye stretched
forth no hands
against me:
but this
is your hour,
and the power
of darkness.
Then took
they him,
and led him,
and brought him
into the high priest's house.
And Peter
followed afar off.
And
when
they had kindled
a fire
in the midst
of the hall,
and
were set down together,
Peter
sat down among them.
But a certain maid
beheld him as he
sat
by the fire,
and
earnestly looked upon him,
and said,
This man
was also with him.
And
he denied him,
saying,
Woman,
I know him not.
And after a little
while another
saw him,
and said,
Thou art
also of them.
And Peter said,
Man,
I am not.
And
about the space
of one hour
after another
confidently affirmed,
saying,
Of a truth
this fellow
also was with him:
for he
is a Galilaean.
And Peter said,
Man,
I know not
what thou sayest.
And immediately,
while he
yet spake,
the cock crew.
And the Lord turned,
and looked
upon Peter.
And Peter
remembered
the word
of the Lord,
how he
had said unto him,
Before the cock crow,
thou shalt deny me thrice.
And Peter went out,
and wept bitterly.
And the men
that
held
Jesus mocked him,
and smote him.
And
when
they had blindfolded him,
they struck him
on the face,
and asked him,
saying,
Prophesy,
who is it
that smote thee?
And many other things
blasphemously spake
they
against him.
And
as soon as it
was day,
the elders
of the people
and the chief priests
and the scribes
came together,
and led him
into their council,
saying,
Art
thou the Christ?
tell us.
And
he said unto them,
If I
tell you,
ye will not believe:
And
if I
also ask you,
ye will not answer me,
nor let me go.
Hereafter shall
the Son
of man sit
on the right hand
of the power
of God.
Then said
they all,
Art thou
then the Son
of God?
And
he said unto them,
Ye say that
I am.
And they said,
What
need
we any
further witness?
for we ourselves
have heard
of his own mouth.
And the whole multitude
of them arose,
and led him
unto Pilate.
And
they began
to accuse him,
saying,
We found
this fellow
perverting
the nation,
and forbidding
to give tribute
to Caesar,
saying
that he himself
is Christ a King.
And Pilate
asked him,
saying,
Art
thou the King
of the Jews?
And
he answered him
and said,
Thou sayest it.
Then said Pilate
to the chief priests
and to the people,
I find no
fault in this man.
And
they were the more fierce,
saying,
He stirreth up the people,
teaching
throughout all Jewry,
beginning
from Galilee
to this place.
When Pilate
heard
of Galilee,
he asked
whether the man
were a Galilaean.
And
as soon as he
knew that
he belonged
unto Herod's jurisdiction,
he sent him
to Herod,
who himself
also was
at Jerusalem
at that time.
And
when Herod
saw Jesus,
he was exceeding glad:
for he
was desirous
to see him
of a long season,
because
he had heard many things
of him;
and he
hoped
to have seen
some miracle
done by him.
Then
he questioned
with him
in many words;
but
he answered him
nothing.
And the chief priests
and scribes
stood and vehemently accused him.
And Herod
with his men
of war
set him
at nought,
and mocked him,
and arrayed him
in a gorgeous robe,
and sent him again
to Pilate.
And the same day Pilate
and Herod
were made friends
together:
for before they
were at enmity
between themselves.
And Pilate,
when
he had called
together the chief priests
and the rulers
and the people,
Said unto them,
Ye have brought
this man unto me,
as one
that perverteth the people:
and,
behold,
I,
having examined him
before you,
have found no
fault
in this man
touching those things whereof
ye accuse him:
No,
nor yet Herod:
for I
sent you to him;
and,
lo,
nothing worthy
of death
is done unto him.
I will therefore chastise him,
and release him.
(For of necessity
he must release one
unto them
at the feast.)
And
they cried out all
at once,
saying,
Away with this man,
and release
unto us Barabbas:
(Who
for a certain sedition
made in the city,
and for murder,
was cast
into prison.)
Pilate therefore,
willing to release Jesus,
spake again
to them.
But they cried,
saying,
Crucify him,
crucify him.
And he
said
unto them the third time,
Why,
what evil
hath he done?
I have found no
cause
of death in him:
I will therefore chastise him,
and let him go.
And
they were instant
with loud voices,
requiring that
he might be crucified.
And the voices
of them and
of the chief priests prevailed.
And Pilate
gave
sentence
that it
should be
as they required.
And he
released
unto them him that
for sedition
and murder
was cast
into prison,
whom
they had desired;
but
he delivered Jesus
to their will.
And as they
led him away,
they laid
hold
upon one Simon,
a Cyrenian,
coming out of the country,
and on him they
laid the cross,
that he
might bear it
after Jesus.
And there followed him
a great company
of people,
and of women,
which also bewailed
and lamented him.
But Jesus
turning
unto them said,
Daughters
of Jerusalem,
weep not for me,
but weep
for yourselves,
and for your children.
For,
behold,
the days
are coming,
in the which
they shall say,
Blessed are the barren,
and the wombs that
never bare,
and
the paps
which never gave suck.
Then shall
they begin
to say
to the mountains,
Fall on us;
and to the hills,
Cover us.
For if they
do
these things
in a green tree,
what shall be done
in the dry?
And there were also
two other,
malefactors,
led with him
to be put
to death.
And
when
they were come
to the place,
which is called
Calvary,
there
they crucified him,
and the malefactors,
one
on the right hand,
and the other
on the left.
Then said
Jesus, Father,
forgive them;
for they
know not
what they do.
And
they parted
his raiment,
and cast lots.
And the people
stood beholding.
And the rulers
also with them derided him,
saying,
He saved others;
let him
save himself,
if he
be Christ,
the chosen
of God.
And the soldiers
also mocked him,
coming to him,
and offering him vinegar,
And saying,
If thou
be the king
of the Jews,
save thyself.
And a superscription
also was written
over him
in letters
of Greek,
and Latin,
and Hebrew,
THIS IS THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
And one
of the malefactors which
were hanged
railed on him,
saying,
If thou
be Christ,
save thyself
and us.
But the other answering
rebuked him,
saying,
Dost not
thou fear God,
seeing
thou art
in the same condemnation?
And
we indeed justly;
for we
receive the due reward
of our deeds:
but this man
hath done
nothing amiss.
And he
said
unto Jesus, Lord,
remember me
when thou
comest into thy kingdom.
And Jesus
said unto him,
Verily I
say unto thee,
To day
shalt
thou be with me
in paradise.
And it
was about the sixth hour,
and there was a darkness
over all the earth
until the ninth hour.
And the sun
was darkened,
and
the veil
of the temple
was rent
in the midst.
And
when Jesus
had cried
with a loud voice,
he said,
Father,
into thy
hands
I commend
my spirit:
and having said thus,
he gave up
the ghost.
Now
when the centurion
saw
what was done,
he glorified God,
saying,
Certainly this
was a righteous man.
And all
the people
that came together
to that sight,
beholding the things which
were done,
smote their breasts,
and returned.
And all
his acquaintance,
and the women
that followed him
from Galilee,
stood afar off,
beholding these things.
And,
behold,
there was a man
named Joseph,
a counsellor;
and
he was a good man,
and a just:
(The same
had not consented
to the counsel
and deed
of them;)
he was of Arimathaea,
a city
of the Jews:
who
also himself
waited
for the kingdom
of God.
This man
went unto Pilate,
and begged
the body
of Jesus.
And
he took it down,
and wrapped
it in linen,
and laid it
in a sepulchre
that was hewn
in stone,
wherein never man
before was laid.
And
that day
was the preparation,
and the sabbath
drew on.
And the women also,
which came
with him
from Galilee,
followed after,
and beheld
the sepulchre,
and
how his body
was laid.
And
they returned,
and prepared
spices
and ointments;
and rested
the sabbath day
according to the commandment.
Now upon
the first day
of the week,
very early
in the morning,
they came
unto the sepulchre,
bringing the spices
which they
had prepared,
and certain others
with them.
And they
found
the stone rolled away
from the sepulchre.
And
they entered in,
and found not
the body
of the Lord Jesus.
And it
came
to pass,
as they
were much perplexed
thereabout,
behold,
two men
stood by them
in shining garments:
And as they
were afraid,
and bowed
down their faces
to the earth,
they said unto them,
Why seek
ye the living
among the dead?
He is not here,
but is risen:
remember how
he spake unto you
when
he was yet
in Galilee,
Saying,
The Son of man
must be delivered
into the hands
of sinful men,
and be crucified,
and the third day
rise again.
And
they remembered
his words,
And returned
from the sepulchre,
and told all
these things
unto the eleven,
and
to all the rest.
It was Mary Magdalene
and Joanna,
and Mary
the mother
of James,
and other women that
were with them,
which told
these things
unto the apostles.
And their words
seemed
to them
as idle tales,
and
they believed them not.
Then arose Peter,
and ran unto the sepulchre;
and
stooping down,
he beheld
the linen
clothes
laid
by themselves,
and departed,
wondering
in himself
at that
which was come
to pass.
And,
behold,
two
of them went that same day
to a village called Emmaus,
which was from Jerusalem
about threescore furlongs.
And
they talked together
of all
these things
which had happened.
And it
came
to pass,
that,
while they
communed
together and reasoned,
Jesus himself drew near,
and
went with them.
But their eyes
were holden
that they
should not know him.
And
he said unto them,
What manner
of communications
are these that
ye have one
to another,
as ye walk,
and are sad?
And the one
of them,
whose name
was Cleopas,
answering
said unto him,
Art
thou
only a stranger
in Jerusalem,
and hast not known
the things which
are come
to pass there
in these days?
And
he said unto them,
What things?
And
they
said unto him,
Concerning Jesus
of Nazareth,
which was
a prophet mighty
in deed
and word
before God
and all
the people:
And
how the chief priests
and our rulers
delivered him
to be condemned
to death,
and have crucified him.
But
we trusted
that it
had been
he which
should have redeemed
Israel:
and
beside all this,
to day
is the third day
since these things
were done.
Yea,
and certain women
also of our company
made us astonished,
which were early
at the sepulchre;
And
when
they found not
his body,
they came,
saying,
that they
had also seen
a vision
of angels,
which said that
he was alive.
And certain
of them which
were with us
went to the sepulchre,
and found it even so
as the women
had said:
but him
they saw not.
Then
he said unto them,
O fools,
and slow
of heart
to believe all
that the prophets
have spoken:
Ought not Christ
to have suffered these things,
and
to enter
into his glory?
And beginning
at Moses
and all
the prophets,
he expounded
unto them
in all the scriptures
the things
concerning himself.
And
they drew nigh
unto the village,
whither
they went:
and he
made as
though he
would have gone further.
But
they constrained him,
saying,
Abide with us:
for it
is toward evening,
and the day
is far spent.
And he
went in
to tarry with them.
And it
came
to pass,
as he
sat
at meat
with them,
he took bread,
and blessed it,
and brake,
and gave
to them.
And their eyes
were opened,
and
they knew him;
and he
vanished
out of their sight.
And
they said one
to another,
Did
not our heart burn
within us,
while he
talked
with us
by the way,
and
while he
opened
to us the scriptures?
And they
rose
up the same hour,
and returned
to Jerusalem,
and found
the eleven gathered
together,
and them
that were with them,
Saying,
The Lord
is risen indeed,
and hath appeared
to Simon.
And they
told
what things
were done
in the way,
and
how he
was known
of them
in breaking
of bread.
And as they thus spake,
Jesus himself
stood
in the midst
of them,
and
saith unto them,
Peace be
unto you.
But
they were terrified
and affrighted,
and supposed
that they
had seen
a spirit.
And
he said unto them,
Why are
ye troubled?
and
why do
thoughts
arise
in your hearts?
Behold my hands
and my feet,
that it
is
I myself:
handle me,
and see;
for a spirit
hath not flesh
and bones,
as ye see me have.
And
when
he had thus spoken,
he shewed them
his hands
and his feet.
And
while they
yet believed not
for joy,
and wondered,
he said unto them,
Have
ye here any meat?
And they
gave him
a piece
of a broiled fish,
and
of an honeycomb.
And he
took it,
and did eat
before them.
And
he said unto them,
These are the words
which I
spake unto you,
while I
was yet with you,
that all things
must be fulfilled,
which were written in the law
of Moses,
and
in the prophets,
and
in the psalms,
concerning me.
Then opened
he their understanding,
that they
might understand
the scriptures,
And
said unto them,
Thus it
is written,
and thus it
behoved
Christ to suffer,
and to rise from the dead
the third day:
And that repentance
and remission
of sins
should be preached in his name
among all nations,
beginning
at Jerusalem.
And
ye are
witnesses
of these things.
And,
behold,
I send
the promise
of my Father
upon you:
but tarry
ye in the city
of Jerusalem,
until ye
be endued with
power from
on high.
And he
led
them out
as far
as to Bethany,
and he
lifted
up his hands,
and blessed them.
And it
came
to pass,
while he
blessed them,
he was parted from them,
and carried up
into heaven.
And
they worshipped him,
and returned
to Jerusalem
with great joy:
And were continually
in the temple,
praising
and blessing God.
Amen.