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and Jesse fathered David the king. And David the king fathered Solomon by her <i>[who had been]</i> the <i>[wife]</i> of Uriah,


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and Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, the One being called Christ <i>["the Anointed One"]</i>.


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So all the generations from Abraham to David <i>[were]</i> fourteen generations, and from David to the Babylonian captivity <i>[were]</i> fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian captivity to the Christ <i>["the Anointed One"]</i> <i>[were]</i> fourteen generations.


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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this manner: For His mother Mary, having been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together <i>[fig., had sexual relations]</i> was found having in <i>[the]</i> womb <i>[fig., to have become pregnant]</i> by <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit.


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But Joseph her husband being righteous and not wanting to publicly disgrace her, intended to privately send her away <i>[or, to divorce her]</i>.


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But while he was thinking about these <i>[things]</i>, look!, an angel <i>[or, messenger, and throughout NT]</i> of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, you should not be afraid to take Mary <i>[as]</i> your wife, for the <i>[Baby]</i> in her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.


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And she will give birth to a Son, and you will call His name Jesus <i>["Yahweh saves"]</i>, for _He_ will save His people from their sins."


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Now this whole <i>[thing]</i> has happened so that the <i>[word]</i> spoken by the Lord through the prophet should be fulfilled, saying,


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"Look! The virgin will have in <i>[the]</i> womb <i>[fig., will conceive]</i>, and she will give birth to a Son, and they will call His name Emmanuel," which is, being translated, "God with us." <i>[Isaiah 7:14]</i>


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Now Joseph, having been awakened from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord ordered him, and he took his wife,


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and he was not knowing her <i>[fig., was not having sexual relations with her]</i> until she gave birth to her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.


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Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in <i>[the]</i> days of Herod the king, look!, learned astrologers <i>[or, Magi, and in verses 7,16]</i> from <i>[the]</i> east arrived in Jerusalem,


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saying, "Where is the One having been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star at the rising <i>[of the sun]</i> <i>[fig., in the east]</i>, and we came to prostrate ourselves in reverence before Him."


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And having gathered together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he began inquiring from them where the Christ <i>[or, the Messiah, and throughout book]</i> would be born.


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'And you, Bethlehem, <i>[in the]</i> land of Judah, you are by no means least among the leaders of Judah, for out of you will come forth a Ruling <i>[One]</i>, who will shepherd <i>[or, rule]</i> My people Israel.'" <i>[Micah 5:2]</i>


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Then Herod, having called the learned astrologers privately, found out from them the exact time of the appearing <i>[of the]</i> star.


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And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, "Go and search carefully for the young Child, but whenever you* find <i>[Him]</i>, report back to me, in order that _I_ also, having come, shall prostrate myself in reverence before Him."


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So having heard the king, they departed. And look! The star which they saw at the rising <i>[of the sun]</i> <i>[fig., in the east]</i> was going before them, until, having come, it stood over where the young Child was.


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Then having come to the house, they found the young Child with Mary His mother, and having fallen down, they prostrate themselves in reverence before Him, and having opened their treasure boxes, they presented to Him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh <i>[i.e., expensive incense and ointment, respectively]</i>.


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And having been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own region by another way.


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Now when _they_ had departed, look!, an angel of <i>[the]</i> Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, "Arise, take the young Child and His mother and be fleeing to Egypt, and be there until I speak to you, for Herod is about to be seeking the young Child to destroy Him."


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and he was there until the death of Herod, so that the <i>[word]</i> spoken by the Lord through the prophet should be fulfilled, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My Son." <i>[Hosea 11:1]</i>


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Then Herod, having seen that he was deceived by the learned astrologers, became extremely enraged; and having sent out <i>[soldiers]</i>, he executed all the male children, the <i>[ones]</i> in Bethlehem and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the exact time that he found out from the learned astrologers.


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"A voice in Ramah was heard, lamentation and weeping and much mourning, Rachel weeping <i>[for]</i> her children, and she was not wanting to be comforted because they are not." <i>[Jer 31:15]</i>


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Now Herod having come to the end <i>[of his life]</i>, look!, an angel of <i>[the]</i> Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,


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saying, "Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and be going to the land of Israel, for the ones seeking the life of the young Child have died."


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But having heard that Archelaus reigns over Judea in place of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there, so having been divinely warned in a dream, he departed to the parts <i>[or, region]</i> of Galilee,


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and having gone, he settled down in a city being called Nazareth, in order that the <i>[word]</i> having been spoken through the prophets should be fulfilled, "He will be called a Nazarene." <i>[No specific OT passage]</i>


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Now in those days John the Baptist <i>[or, the Immerser, and throughout book]</i> arrives, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,


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For this is the <i>[one]</i> having been spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "A voice of <i>[one]</i> shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of <i>[the]</i> LORD; be making His paths straight!'" <i>[Isaiah 40:3]</i>


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Now John himself was having his clothing <i>[made]</i> from camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.


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Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the surrounding region of the Jordan <i>[River]</i> were going out to him,


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and they were being baptized <i>[or, immersed, Gr. baptizo, and throughout book]</i> in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.


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But having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism <i>[or, immersion, and throughout book]</i>, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you* to flee from the coming wrath?


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"And you* should not presume to be saying within yourselves, 'We have Abraham <i>[as our]</i> father,' for I say to you* that God is able to raise children to Abraham out of these stones.


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"But also already the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree not bearing good fruit is cut down and is thrown into fire.


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"_I_ indeed baptize you* in water <i>[or, with water, and throughout book]</i> to <i>[or, because of]</i> repentance. But the One coming after me is mightier <i>[than]</i> I, of whom I am not worthy to carry His sandals, _He_ will baptize you* in <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit,


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whose winnowing-shovel <i>[is]</i> in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor and will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn the chaff in unquenchable fire!"


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But answering, Jesus said to him, "Permit <i>[it]</i> now, for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permits Him.


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And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water. And look! The heavens were opened to Him, and he <i>[i.e. John]</i> saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him.


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And listen! A voice <i>[comes]</i> out of the heavens, saying, "This is My Son-the Beloved-in whom I am well-pleased!"


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Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the Devil <i>["Slanderer"]</i>.


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And having approached Him, the Tempter said, "Since You are God's Son, speak, so that these stones shall become loaves of bread."


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But answering, He said, "It has been written, 'A person will not live on bread alone, _but_ on every word coming out through <i>[the]</i> mouth of God.'" <i>[Deut 8:3]</i>


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and says to Him, "Since You are God's Son, throw Yourself down, for it has been written, 'He will give orders to His angels concerning You,' and 'they will lift You up on <i>[their]</i> hands, lest You strike Your foot against a stone.'" <i>[Psalm 91:11,12]</i>


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Jesus said to him, "Again, it has been written, 'You will not put the LORD your God to the test.'" <i>[Deut 6:16]</i>


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Again the Devil takes Him along to a very high mountain and shows to Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,


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and says to Him, "All these I will give to You, if having fallen down, You prostrate Yourself in worship before me."


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Then Jesus says to him, "Be going away behind Me Satan <i>["Adversary"]</i>! For it has been written, 'The LORD your God you will prostrate yourself in worship before, and Him only will you sacredly serve.'" <i>[Deut 6:13]</i>


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And having left Nazareth, having come, He settled down in Capernaum, the <i>[city]</i> by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,


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"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, <i>[the]</i> way of <i>[the]</i> sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,


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the people, the ones sitting in darkness, saw a great light, and to the ones sitting in <i>[the]</i> region and shadow of death, light rose <i>[fig., has dawned]</i> on them." <i>[Isaiah 9:1,2]</i>


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From that time Jesus began to be proclaiming and to be saying, "Be repenting, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near!"


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Now walking about by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon, the one being called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.


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And having gone on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the <i>[son]</i> of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father mending their nets, and He called them.


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And Jesus was traveling around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every malady among the people.


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And the fame <i>[or, news]</i> of Him went forth to all Syria, and they brought to Him all the ones having it badly <i>[fig., who were sick]</i>, being afflicted with various diseases and pains, and ones being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by a demon]</i> and ones being moonstruck <i>[or, lunatics]</i> and paralytics. And He healed them.


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And large crowds followed Him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan <i>[River]</i>.


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Now having seen the crowds, He went up into the mountain, and after He had sat down, His disciples came to Him.


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"Happy <i>[or, Blessed, and through verse 11]</i> <i>[are]</i> the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.


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"Happy <i>[are]</i> the ones hungering and thirsting for righteousness, because _they_ will be filled.


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"Happy <i>[are]</i> the pure in heart <i>[fig., in their inner selves, and throughout book]</i>, because _they_ will see God.


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"Happy <i>[are]</i> the peacemakers, because _they_ will be called sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of God.


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"Happy <i>[are]</i> the ones having been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.


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"Happy are you* whenever they insult you* and persecute <i>[you*]</i> and by lying say every evil word against you* because of Me.


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"Be rejoicing and be continually glad, because your* reward <i>[is]</i> great in the heavens, for in this manner they persecuted the prophets, the <i>[ones]</i> before you*.


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"_You*_ are the salt of the earth, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be salted? It is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and to be trampled down by people.


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"Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the measuring basket, _but_ on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all the <i>[ones]</i> in the house.


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"In the same manner, let your* light shine before the people, in order that they shall see your* good works and glorify your* Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens.


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"Do not suppose that I came to tear down <i>[fig., abolish]</i> the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to tear down _but_ to fulfill.


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"For positively, I say to you*, until the heaven and the earth pass away, by no means shall one iota <i>[i.e., the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet]</i> or one tittle <i>[i.e., a stroke of a letter]</i> pass away from the Law, until all <i>[things]</i> happen.


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"Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and thus teaches the people, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens, but whoever does and teaches <i>[them]</i>, he will be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.


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"For I say to you*, unless your* righteousness greatly exceeds <i>[that]</i> of the scribes and Pharisees, by no means shall you* enter into the kingdom of the heavens.


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"You heard that it was said to the ancients: "You will not murder," but whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment. <i>[Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17]</i>


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"But _I_ say to you*, every <i>[one]</i> being enraged at his brother without cause will be in danger of the judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Empty-headed fool!' will be in danger of the high council, and whoever says, 'You worthless fool!' will be in danger of the hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i> of the fire <i>[or, the fiery hell]</i>.


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"Therefore, if you are bringing your gift to the altar, and there you are reminded that your brother has something against you,


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leave your gift there before the altar, and be going, first be reconciled to your brother, and then having come, continue bringing your gift.


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"Be coming to terms with your opponent <i>[in a lawsuit]</i> quickly, during which <i>[time]</i> you are with him on the way, lest the opponent hands you over to the judge, and the judge hands you over to the <i>[court]</i> attendant, and you will be cast into prison.


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"Positively, I say to you, by no means shall you get out of there until you pay the last kodrantes <i>[i.e. a small, Roman copper coin worth about 1/500th of an ounce or 0.05 grams of silver]</i>.


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"But _I_ say to you*, every <i>[one]</i> looking on a woman in order to lust after her already committed adultery <i>[with]</i> her in his heart.


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"But if your right eye causes you to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, pluck it out and cast <i>[it]</i> from you, for it is better for you that one of your body parts perish and not your whole body be cast into hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i>.


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"And if your right hand causes you to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, cut it off and cast <i>[it]</i> from you, for it is better for you that one of your body parts perish and not your whole body be cast into hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i>.


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"Now it was said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give to her a written notice of divorce.' <i>[Deut 24:1,3]</i>


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"But _I_ say to you*, whoever divorces his wife, except for a matter of sexual sin <i>[or, fornication, and throughout NT]</i>, makes her to be committing adultery; and whoever marries the one having been divorced commits adultery.


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"Again, you heard that it was said to the ancients: 'You will not swear falsely, but you will pay to the Lord your oaths.' <i>[Lev 19:12; Numb 30:2]</i>


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"But _I_ say to you* not to take an oath at all; neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God,


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nor by the earth, because it is <i>[the]</i> footstool for His feet, nor by Jerusalem, because it is '<i>[the]</i> city of the great King,' <i>[cp. Isaiah 66:1; Psalm 48:2]</i>


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"But let your* word be, 'Yes, Yes' <i>[or]</i> 'No, No,' but the <i>[word which is]</i> more <i>[than]</i> these is from the evil <i>[one]</i>.


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"You* heard that it was said: 'Eye for eye and tooth for tooth,' <i>[Exod 21:24; Lev 24:20; Deut 19:21]</i>


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but _I_ say to you* not to resist the evil <i>[one]</i>, _but_ whoever will slap you on {your} right cheek, turn to him also the other."


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"Be giving to the one asking of you, and you should not turn away the one wanting to borrow from you.


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"You* heard that it was said, 'You will love your neighbor,' and you will hate your enemy, <i>[Lev. 19:18]</i>


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but _I_ say to you*, be loving your* enemies; be blessing the ones cursing you*; be doing good to the ones hating you*, and be praying on behalf of the ones mistreating you* and persecuting you*,


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in order that you* shall become <i>[or, prove to be]</i> sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of your Father, the <i>[One]</i> in {the} heavens, because He causes His sun to rise on evil <i>[ones]</i> and good <i>[ones]</i>, and He sends rain on righteous <i>[ones]</i> and unrighteous <i>[ones]</i>.


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"For, if you* love the ones loving you*, what reward do you* have? Even the tax collectors do the same, do they not?


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"And if you* greet <i>[fig., are friendly towards]</i> your* friends only, what more do you* do <i>[than others]</i>? Even the tax collectors do so, do they not?


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"Therefore, _you*_ will be perfect, just as your* Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, is perfect.


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"Be taking care not to be doing your* charitable giving before the people, in order to be seen by them; but if not <i>[fig., otherwise]</i>, you* do not have a reward from your Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens.


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"So when you are doing charitable giving, you should not sound a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, in order that they shall be praised by the people. Positively, I say to you*, they are receiving their reward in full.


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in order that your charitable giving shall be in secret, and your Father, the <i>[One]</i> seeing in secret, will Himself reward you in the open.


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"And when you are praying, you will not be like the hypocrites, because they affectionately love standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the open streets to be praying, in order that they shall be seen by the people. Positively, I say to you*, they have their reward in full.


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"But when you* are praying, enter into your private room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father, the <i>[One]</i> in secret, and your Father, the <i>[One]</i> seeing in secret, will reward you in the open.


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"Now when you pray, do not use vain repetitions <i>[or, many meaningless words]</i> like the Gentiles, for they suppose that they will be heard by their many words.


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"Therefore, you* shall not be like them, for your* Father knows what <i>[things]</i> you* have need of before you ask Him.


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"Therefore, _you*_, be praying like this: 'Our Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, let Your name be regarded as holy.


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'And forgive us our debts <i>[fig., sins]</i>, in the same way as _we _ also forgive our debtors <i>[fig., the ones having sinned against us]</i>.


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'And do not lead us into temptation, _but_ deliver us from evil <i>[or, from the evil [one]]</i>. Because Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages <i>[fig., forever]</i>! So be it <i>[Gr. amen]</i>!'


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"For, if you* forgive the people their transgressions, your Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, will also forgive you,*


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but if you* do not forgive the people their transgressions, neither will your* Father forgive your* transgressions.


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"And when you* are fasting, stop becoming gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces, in order that they shall appear to the people <i>[as]</i> fasting. Positively, I say to you, they are receiving their reward in full.


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in order that you shall not appear to the people <i>[as]</i> fasting, _but_ <i>[only]</i> to your Father, the <i>[One]</i> in secret, and your Father, the <i>[One]</i> seeing in secret, will reward you.


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"Stop storing <i>[or, treasuring]</i> up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal,


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but be storing <i>[or, treasuring]</i> up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in nor steal,


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"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, all your body will be full of light.


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"But if your eye is bad, all your body will be dark. Therefore, if the light in you is darkness, how great the darkness!


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"No one is able to be serving as a slave to two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other; _you_ are not able to be serving as a slave to God and to worldly wealth.


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"For this reason I say to you*, stop being anxious <i>[about]</i> your* life, what you* shall eat and what you* shall drink, nor <i>[about]</i> your* body, what you* shall wear. Life is more <i>[than]</i> the nourishment, and the body <i>[more than]</i> the clothing, is it not?


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"Look attentively at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father provides for them. You* are of much more worth than they, are you* not?


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"And why are you* anxious about clothing? Be attentively observing the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not labor, nor do they spin <i>[to make clothing]</i>.


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"Now if God clothes in such a manner the grass of the field, being <i>[here]</i> today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, <i>[He will]</i> much more <i>[clothe]</i> you*, <i>[O you*]</i> of little faith, will He not?


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"Therefore, do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or, 'What shall we drink?' or, 'What shall we wear?'


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"For all these <i>[things]</i> the Gentiles seek, for your* heavenly Father knows that you* have need of all these <i>[things]</i>.


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"But be seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these <i>[things]</i> will be added to you.*


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"Therefore, you* should not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for the <i>[things]</i> of itself; sufficient for the day <i>[is]</i> the evil of it.


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for with what judgment you* judge, you* will be judged, and with what measure you* measure, it will be measured to you.*


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"But why do you look at the speck, the <i>[one]</i> in your brother's eye, but you do not notice the log, the <i>[one]</i> in your own eye?


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"Or, how will you say to your brother, 'Allow <i>[me]</i>, I shall take the speck from your eye, and look!, the log <i>[is]</i> in your own eye?'


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"Hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.


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"You* shall not give the holy <i>[thing]</i> to the dogs, nor shall you* throw your* pearls before the pigs, lest they trample them among their feet, and having turned around, they tear you* to pieces.


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"Be asking, and it will be given to you*; be seeking, and you* will find; be knocking, and it will be opened to you*.


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"For every <i>[one]</i> asking receives, and the one seeking finds, and to the one knocking it will be opened.


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"Or what person is <i>[there]</i> from you*, whom, if his son asks <i>[for]</i> a loaf, he will not give to him a stone, will he?


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"Therefore, if _you*_ being evil, know <i>[how]</i> to be giving good gifts to your* children, how much more will your Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, give good <i>[things]</i> to the ones asking Him!


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"Therefore, all things, whatever you* shall be wanting that the people shall be doing to you*, in the same manner also _you*_ be doing to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.


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"Enter in through the narrow gate, because wide <i>[is]</i> the gate and spacious <i>[is]</i> the way which leads to the destruction, and many are the ones entering in through it.


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"How narrow <i>[is]</i> the gate and having been constricted <i>[is]</i> the way which leads to the life, and few are the ones finding it!


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"But be watching out for the false prophets, who come to you* in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.


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"By their fruits you* will know them. They do not gather a grape cluster from thorns, or figs from thistles, do they?


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"Not every one saying to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, _but_ the one doing the will of My Father, the <i>[One]</i> in <i>[the]</i> heavens.


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"Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, we prophesied in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and did many miraculous works in Your name, did we not?


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"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you*; be departing from Me, the ones practicing lawlessness!'


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"Therefore, every <i>[one]</i> who hears these words of Mine and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house on the solid rock;


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and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat against that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the solid rock.


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"And every <i>[one]</i> hearing these words of Mine and not doing them will be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand;


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and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat against that house, and it fell, and its fall was great."


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And look! A leper <i>[or, one with a skin disease]</i> having come, began prostrating himself in reverence before Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me."


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And having stretched out His hand, Jesus took hold of him, saying, "I am willing. Be cleansed!" And immediately his leprosy <i>[or, skin disease]</i> was cleansed.


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And Jesus says to him, "See <i>[that]</i> you tell no one. _But_ be going, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them." <i>[cp. Lev 14:2-57]</i>


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and saying, "Lord, my slave boy has been laid in the house a paralytic, being terribly tormented <i>[or, being in great pain]</i>."


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And answering, the centurion said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof, _but_ only say a word, and my slave boy will be healed.


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For _I_ also am a person under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Be coming,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does <i>[it]</i>."


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So having heard, Jesus marveled and said to the ones following, "Positively, I say to you*, I <i>[have]</i> not found such great faith even in Israel!


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"Now I say to you*, many from east and west will come and will be reclined <i>[to eat]</i> with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens.


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"But the sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of the <i>[earthly]</i> kingdom <i>[or, the kingdom [of Satan]]</i> will be cast out into the outer darkness. In that place <i>[there]</i> will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!"


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And Jesus said to the centurion, "Be going, and as you believed, let it happen to you." And his slave boy was healed in that hour <i>[or, at that moment]</i>.


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And Jesus having come into the house of Peter, He saw his mother-in-law having been laid down and sick with a fever.


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Now evening having come, they brought to Him many being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by demons]</i>, and He cast the spirits out with a word, and He healed all the ones having it badly <i>[fig., who were sick]</i>,


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in order that the <i>[word]</i> having been spoken through Isaiah the prophet should be fulfilled, saying, "He Himself took our sicknesses, and He bore our diseases." <i>[Isaiah 53:4]</i>


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And a certain scribe having approached, said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow You wherever You are going."


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And Jesus says to him, "The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air nests, but the Son of Humanity does have <i>[any]</i>where He should lay His head."


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And look! A great storm happened in the sea, with the result that the boat was being covered by the waves, but He was sleeping.


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And having approached, the disciples woke Him up, saying, "Lord, save us! We ourselves are perishing!"


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And He says to them, "Why are you* cowardly, <i>[O you*]</i> of little faith?" Then having arisen, He rebuked <i>[or, gave orders to]</i> the winds and the sea, and <i>[there]</i> became a great calm.


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But the men were amazed, saying, "What sort <i>[of Person]</i> is this, that even the wind and the sea obey <i>[or, are subject to]</i> Him?" <i>[cp. Job 38:25-38; Ps 135:7]</i>


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And when He came to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, <i>[there]</i> met Him two <i>[men]</i> being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by demons]</i> coming out from the tombs, very fierce, with the result that no one was able to pass over by that way.


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And listen! They cried out, saying, "What to us and to You <i>[fig., What have we to do with You]</i>, Jesus, Son of God? Did You come here before <i>[the]</i> time to torment us?"


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So the demons began calling on Him, saying, "If You cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of those pigs."


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And He says to them, "Be going!" So having come out, they went into the herd of the pigs. And look! The whole herd of the pigs stampeded down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.


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Then the ones feeding <i>[the pigs]</i> fled; and, having gone into the city, they reported all <i>[things]</i> and the <i>[matter]</i> of the ones being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by demons]</i>.


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And look! The whole city came out to meet Jesus; and having seen Him, they implored <i>[Him]</i> that He would depart from their borders.


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And look! They were bringing to Him a paralytic having been lain on a cot. And having seen their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "Be having courage, child, your sins have been forgiven you."


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"For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, and be walking about?'


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"But so that you* shall know that the Son of Humanity has authority on the earth to be forgiving sins"-then He says to the paralytic, "Having gotten up, take up your cot and be going to your house."


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But the crowds having seen were amazed and glorified God, the One having given such authority to people.


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And passing by from there, Jesus saw a man sitting at the tax-office, being called Matthew, and He says to him, "Be following Me!" And having stood up, he followed Him.


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And it happened, as He reclined <i>[to eat]</i> in the house, that look!, many tax collectors and sinners having come, were reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with Jesus and His disciples.


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And the Pharisees having seen, said to His disciples, "Why does your* Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?"


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But having heard, Jesus said to them, "The ones being strong do not have need of a physician, _but_ the ones having <i>[it]</i> badly <i>[fig., who are sick]</i>.


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"So having gone, learn what it is <i>[fig., what this means]</i>, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' for I did not come to call righteous <i>[people]</i>, _but_ sinners to repentance." <i>[Hosea 6:6]</i>


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Then the disciples of John approach Him, saying, "Why do _we_ and the Pharisees fast much, but Your disciples do not fast?"


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And Jesus said to them, "The sons of the bridal chamber <i>[fig., the bridegroom's attendants]</i> are not able to be mourning so long as the bridegroom is with them, are they? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.


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"But no one puts a patch of a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old garment, for its fullness <i>[fig., the patch]</i> takes from the garment, and <i>[the]</i> tear becomes worse.


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"Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins; but if not <i>[fig., or else]</i> the wineskins are burst, and the wine is poured out, and the wineskins will be ruined. _But_ they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved together."


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While _He_ is speaking these <i>[things]</i> to them, look!, a certain ruler having come was prostrating himself in reverence before Him, saying, "My daughter just now came to the end <i>[of her life]</i>; _but_ having come, lay your* hand on her, and she will live."


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And look! A woman suffering from chronic bleeding <i>[for]</i> twelve years, having approached Him from behind, touched the fringe of His cloak.


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Then Jesus having turned around and having seen her, said, "Be having courage, daughter; your faith has cured you." And the woman was cured from that hour.


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And Jesus having come to the house of the ruler, and having seen the flute-players and the crowd being so upset,


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He says to them, "Go away, for the girl did not die, _but_ is sleeping!" And they began laughing at Him.


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And Jesus passing on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, "Be merciful to us, Son of David!"


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Then when He came to the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus says to them, "Do you* believe that I am able to do this?" They say to Him, "Yes, Lord."


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And their eyes were opened! And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, "Be seeing <i>[that you*]</i> let no one know."


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Now as they are going out, look!, they brought to Him a mute man, being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by a demon]</i>.


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And when the demon had been cast out, the mute <i>[man]</i> spoke, and the crowd was amazed, saying, "Never was <i>[something]</i> like this seen in Israel!"


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And Jesus was traveling around all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every malady among the people.


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Now having seen the crowds, He was moved with compassion concerning them, that they had been distressed and had been dejected, like sheep not having a shepherd.


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"Therefore, implore the Lord of the harvest, in order that He should send out laborers to His harvest."


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Then having summoned His twelve disciples, He gave to them power over unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirits so as to be casting them out and to be healing every disease and every malady.


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Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first Simon, the one being called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James <i>[son]</i> of Zebedee and John his brother,


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Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, James the <i>[son]</i> of Alpheus and Lebbeus, the one having been surnamed Thaddeus,


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Simon the Cananean <i>[i.e. Aramaic for "Zealot"]</i> and Judas Iscariot, the one also having betrayed Him.


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These twelve Jesus sent out, having given strict orders to them, saying, "You* shall not go into the way of the Gentiles, and you* shall not enter into a city of the Samaritans,


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"Be healing <i>[ones]</i> being sick, be cleansing lepers <i>[or, [ones] with a skin disease]</i>, be casting out demons; freely you* received, freely give.


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nor a traveler's bag for <i>[the]</i> journey, nor two tunics nor sandals nor staff, for the laborer is worthy of his food.


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"But into whatever city or village you* enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there until you* depart.


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"And if indeed the house is worthy, let your* peace come on it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you*.


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"And whoever shall not receive you*, nor hear *your words, as you* go out from that house or city, shake off the dust from your* feet.


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"Positively, I say to you*, it will be more tolerable for <i>[the]</i> land of Sodom and Gomorrah in <i>[the]</i> day of judgment than for that city.


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"Listen! _I_ am sending you* out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, continue becoming wise as the serpents and innocent as the doves.


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"But be watching out <i>[for]</i> <i>[or, be aware of]</i> the people, for they will hand you* over to local councils <i>[or, courts]</i>, and they will scourge you* in their synagogues,


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and you* will be brought before governors <i>[or, rulers]</i> and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.


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"But whenever they are handing you* over, you* shall not be anxious how or what you* should speak, for it shall be given to you* in that hour what you* will speak;


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for _you*_ are not the ones speaking, _but_ the Spirit of your* Father <i>[is]</i> the One speaking in you*.


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"But brother will betray brother to death, and a father <i>[his]</i> child; and children will rebel against parents and will put them to death.


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"And you* will be hated by all because of My name, but the one having endured to <i>[the]</i> end, this <i>[one]</i> will be saved.


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"But whenever they are persecuting you* in this city, be fleeing to the other. For positively, I say to you*, by no means shall you* complete the cities of Israel until the Son of Humanity comes.


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"<i>[It is]</i> enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his lord. If they called the master of the house Beelzebul <i>[i.e. a Philistine deity, used as a name for the devil]</i>, how much more the members of his household?


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"Therefore, do not be frightened <i>[by]</i> them, for nothing has been concealed which will not be revealed, and secret which will not be known.


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"What I am saying to you* in the darkness, be speaking in the light; and what you* are hearing in the ear, be proclaiming on the housetops.


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"And stop fearing the ones killing the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but fear rather the One being able to destroy both {the} soul and {the} body in hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i>!


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"Two sparrows are sold for an assarion <i>[i.e. a small, Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of an ounce or 0.22 grams of silver]</i>, are they not? And one of them does not fall on the ground without the <i>[will]</i> of your* Father.


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"Therefore, every <i>[one]</i> who will confess Me before the people, _I_ also will confess him before My Father, the <i>[One]</i> in <i>[the]</i> heavens.


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"But whoever denies <i>[or, disowns]</i> Me before the people, _I_ also will deny him before My Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens.


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"You* should not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, _but_ a sword.


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"For I came to 'turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,'


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"The one affectionately loving father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and the one affectionately loving son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me,


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"The one receiving a prophet in <i>[the]</i> name of a prophet will take hold of a prophet's reward, and the one receiving a righteous <i>[person]</i> in the name of a righteous <i>[person]</i> will take hold of a righteous <i>[person's]</i> reward.


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"And whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water to drink only in the name of a disciple, positively, I say to you*, by no means shall he lose his reward."


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And it happened, when Jesus finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He departed from there to be teaching and to be preaching in their cities.


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But John having heard in the jail <i>[about]</i> the works of Christ, having sent two of his disciples,


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blind <i>[ones]</i> receive sight and lame <i>[ones]</i> walk about, leprous <i>[ones]</i> <i>[or, ones with a skin disease]</i> are cleansed and deaf <i>[ones]</i> hear, dead <i>[ones]</i> are raised and the Gospel is proclaimed to poor <i>[ones]</i>. <i>[cp. Isaiah 35:5,6; 61:1]</i>


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"And happy is <i>[the one]</i> who is not caused to stumble <i>[fig., not offended]</i> because of Me."


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Then as these <i>[ones]</i> are going, Jesus began to be saying to the crowds concerning John, "What did you* go out into the wilderness to observe, a reed being shaken by the wind?


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"_But_ what did you* go out to see? A man having been clothed in soft garments? Listen! The ones wearing such soft <i>[things]</i> are in the royal houses.


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"_But_ what did you* go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you*, and more <i>[than]</i> a prophet.


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"For this is <i>[he]</i> concerning whom it has been written, 'Look! _I_ am sending My messenger before Your face <i>[fig., ahead of You]</i>, who will prepare Your way before You.' <i>[Mal 3:1]</i>


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"Positively, I say to you*, there has not been raised among <i>[those]</i> born of women a greater <i>[one than]</i> John the Baptist, but the <i>[one]</i> least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater <i>[than]</i> he.


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"But from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of the heavens suffers violence, and violent <i>[ones]</i> take it by force.


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"And if you* are willing to receive <i>[it]</i>, _he_ is Elijah, the one about to be coming. <i>[cp. Mal 3:1]</i>


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"But to what will I compare this generation? It is like young children sitting in market-places and calling to their friends,


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and saying, 'We played a flute for you*, and you* did not dance; we mourned for you*, and you* did not beat your* breasts <i>[fig., lament]</i>.


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"The Son of Humanity came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look! A man, a glutton, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' And wisdom was justified <i>[or, vindicated]</i> by her children."


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Then He began to be denouncing the cities in which were done the most of His miraculous works, because they did not repent.


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"How horrible it will be to you, Chorazin! How horrible it will be to you, Bethsaida! For if the miraculous works had happened in Tyre and Sidon, the ones having happened in you*, they <i>[would have]</i> repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.


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"Nevertheless, I say to you*, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in <i>[the]</i> day of judgment than for you.*


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"And you, Capernaum, the one having been exalted to heaven, you will be brought down to the realm of the dead <i>[Gr., hades]</i>, for if the miraculous works had happened in Sodom, the ones having happened in you, it <i>[would have]</i> remained to this day.


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"Nevertheless, I say to you*, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in <i>[the]</i> day of judgment than for you."


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At that time answering, Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that You hid these <i>[things]</i> from wise and understanding <i>[ones]</i> and revealed them to young children.


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"All <i>[things]</i> were handed over to Me by My Father, and no one fully knows the Son, except the Father, nor does anyone fully know the Father, except the Son, and <i>[the one]</i> to whom the Son shall be desiring to reveal <i>[Him]</i>.


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"Take My yoke upon you* and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, 'and you* will find rest for your* souls.' <i>[Jer 6:16]</i>


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At that time Jesus went on the Sabbaths through the grainfields, and His disciples were hungry, and they began to be picking heads of grain and to be eating.


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But the Pharisees having seen, said to Him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to be doing on a Sabbath!"


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But He said to them, "You* read what David did, when he was hungry, he and the <i>[ones]</i> with him, did you* not?


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"How he went into the house of God and ate the loaves of bread of the presentation <i>[fig., the consecrated bread]</i>, which were not lawful for him to eat nor for the <i>[ones]</i> with him, except for the priests alone? <i>[cp. 1Sam 21:3-6; Exod 29:32-33]</i>


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"Or you* did read in the Law that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and are blameless, did you* not?


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"But if you* had known what is <i>[fig., what this means]</i>: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you* <i>[would]</i> not <i>[have]</i> condemned the blameless <i>[ones]</i>. <i>[Hosea 6:6]</i>


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And look! A man was <i>[there]</i> having his hand withered <i>[fig., deformed]</i>; and they questioned Him, saying, "Is it lawful to be healing on the Sabbaths?"-so that they should accuse <i>[or, bring charges against]</i> Him.


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But He said to them, "What person will <i>[there]</i> be of you*, who will have one sheep, and if this <i>[sheep]</i> falls into a ditch on the Sabbaths, will not take hold of it and raise <i>[it]</i> up?


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"By how much more then is a person worth than a sheep? Accordingly, it is lawful on the Sabbaths to be doing good."


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Then He says to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched <i>[it]</i> out, and it was restored <i>[as]</i> healthy as the other!


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in order that the <i>[word]</i> having been spoken through Isaiah the prophet should be fulfilled, saying,


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"'Look! My servant whom I chose; My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the nations.


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'He will not break a bruised reed, and He will not extinguish a smoldering wick, until He sends out justice to victory <i>[fig., causes justice to triumph]</i>.


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Then was brought to Him <i>[one]</i> being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by a demon]</i>, blind and mute; and He healed him, with the result that the blind and mute <i>[person]</i> <i>[was]</i> both speaking and seeing!


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But the Pharisees having heard, said, "This One does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul <i>[i.e. a Philistine deity, used as a name for the devil]</i>, ruler of the demons."


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So Jesus knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom having been divided against itself is laid waste, and every city or house having been divided against itself will not stand.


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"And if Satan casts out Satan, he was divided against himself. Therefore, how will his kingdom stand?


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"And if _I_ cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your* sons <i>[fig., followers]</i> cast <i>[them]</i> out? For this reason, _they_ will be your* judges.


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"But if by the Spirit of God _I_ cast out the demons, in that case, the kingdom of God already came upon you*.


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"Or how is one able to enter into the house of the strong man and to plunder his property, unless first he binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.


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"The <i>[one]</i> not being with Me is against Me, and the <i>[one]</i> not gathering with Me, is scattering.


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"For this reason I say to you*, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to the people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven to the people.


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"And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Humanity it will be forgiven to him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven to him, neither in the present age nor in the coming <i>[one]</i>.


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"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, for the tree is known by its fruit.


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"Brood of vipers! How are you* able to be speaking good things, being evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.


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"The good person out of the good treasure <i>[within him]</i> brings forth good <i>[things]</i>, and the evil person out of the evil treasure <i>[within him]</i> brings forth evil <i>[things]</i>.


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"But I say to you*, every idle <i>[or, careless]</i> word which the people shall speak, they will render an account concerning it in <i>[the]</i> day of judgment.


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"For by your words you will be justified <i>[or, declared righteous]</i>, and by your words you will be condemned."


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But answering, He said to them, "An evil and adulterous <i>[or, unfaithful]</i> generation seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.


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"For just as 'Jonah was in the belly of the sea monster three days and three nights,' so will the Son of Humanity be in the heart <i>[fig., depths]</i> of the earth three days and three nights. <i>[Jonah 1:17]</i>


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"Men, Ninevites, will stand up in the judgment against this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at <i>[or, because of]</i> the proclamation of Jonah. And listen! <i>[One]</i> greater than Jonah <i>[is]</i> here!


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"<i>[The]</i> Queen of <i>[the]</i> South will be raised up in the judgment against this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And listen! <i>[One]</i> greater than Solomon <i>[is]</i> here! <i>[1Kings 10:1-29]</i>


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"But when the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit goes out from the person, it goes through waterless places seeking rest and does not find <i>[any]</i>.


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"Then it says, 'I will return to my house from where I came out.' And having come, it finds <i>[it]</i> unoccupied, having been swept and having been put in order.


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"Then it goes and takes with itself seven different spirits more evil than itself, and having entered in, they dwell there; and the last <i>[state]</i> of that person becomes worse <i>[than]</i> the first. Thus it will be also for this evil generation."


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Now while He is still speaking to the crowds, look!, His mother and brothers had stood outside, seeking to speak to Him.


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And someone said to Him, "Listen! Your mother and Your brothers have stood outside seeking to speak to You."


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But answering, He said to the one having spoken to Him, "Who is My mother? And who are My brothers?"


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"For whoever does the will of my Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, _he_ is My brother and sister and mother."


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And large crowds were gathered together to Him, with the result that He stepped into the boat to be sitting down. And the entire crowd had stood on the beach.


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And He spoke to them many <i>[things]</i> in allegories <i>[or, parables, and throughout book]</i>, saying: "Listen! The one sowing went out to be sowing.


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"But others fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprouted, because of it not having depth of soil.


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"But <i>[the]</i> sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of it not having root, it withered.


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"But others fell on the good ground and began yielding fruit, some a hundred<i>[fold]</i> and some sixty<i>[fold]</i> and some thirty<i>[fold]</i>.


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So answering, He said to them, "To you* it has been given to know the secrets <i>[or, mysteries]</i> of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those <i>[ones]</i> it has not been given.


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"For whoever has, <i>[more]</i> will be given to him, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.


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"For this reason I speak in allegories to them, that seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.


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"And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, the one saying, 'With hearing you* will hear, and by no means will you* understand; and seeing you will see, and by no means will you* perceive.


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'For the heart of this people has become dull <i>[or, insensitive]</i>, and they heard heavily with the ears <i>[fig., they are hard of hearing]</i>, and they closed their eyes, lest they see with the eyes, and they hear with the ears, and they understand with the heart, and they turn back, and I will heal them.' <i>[Isaiah 6:9,10]</i>


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"For positively, I say to you*, many prophets and righteous <i>[ones]</i> desired to see what you* see, and they did not see, and to hear what you* hear, and they did not hear.


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"Every <i>[one]</i> hearing the word of the kingdom and not understanding <i>[it]</i>, the evil <i>[one]</i> comes and snatches away the <i>[word]</i> having been sown in his heart; this is the <i>[seed]</i> having been sown beside the road.


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"But the <i>[seed]</i> having been sown on the rocky ground, this is the <i>[one]</i> hearing the word and immediately receives it with joy.


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"But he does not have root in himself, _but_ is temporary; and affliction or persecution having taken place because of the word, immediately he is caused to stumble <i>[fig., he falls away]</i>.


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"But the <i>[seed]</i> having been sown into the thorns, this is the <i>[one]</i> hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age and the deception of the riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.


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"And the <i>[seed]</i> having been sown on the good ground: this is the <i>[one]</i> hearing the word and understanding, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundred<i>[fold]</i>, but some sixty<i>[fold]</i>, but some thirty<i>[fold]</i>."


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Another allegory He set before them, saying: "The kingdom of the heavens was compared to a person sowing good seed in his field.


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"But while the people are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel <i>[i.e. a weed resembling wheat]</i> in the midst of the wheat, and he went away.


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"So the slaves of the landowner, having approached, said to him, 'Lord, you sowed good seed in your field, did you not? So from where does it have darnel?'


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"So he says to them, 'A person, an enemy, did this.' But the slaves said to him, 'So do you want, having gone away, <i>[that]</i> we will gather them up?'


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"'Allow both to be growing together until the harvest, and at <i>[the]</i> time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "Gather up first the darnel and bind them into bundles to burn it, but gather up the wheat into my barn."'"


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Another allegory He set before them, saying: "The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard <i>[or, a mustard seed]</i>, which having taken, a person sowed in his field,


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which indeed is smaller than all the seeds, but when it is grown is largest of the vegetables. And it becomes a tree, with the result that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."


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Another allegory He spoke to them: "The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven <i>[or, yeast]</i>, which a woman having taken hid in three sata <i>[about 36 quarts or 40 liters]</i> of wheat flour, until which <i>[time the]</i> whole was leavened <i>[or, was risen]</i>."


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All these things Jesus spoke in allegories to the crowds, and without an allegory He did not speak to them,


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in order that the <i>[word]</i> having been spoken through the prophet should be fulfilled, saying, "I will open my mouth in allegories, I will utter things having been hidden from the laying of <i>[the]</i> foundation of <i>[the]</i> world <i>[or, from the beginning of [the] creation of [the] universe]</i>." <i>[Psalm 78:2]</i>


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Then having dismissed the crowds, Jesus came to the house; and His disciples approached Him, saying, "Explain to us the allegory of the darnel of the field."


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"And the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of the kingdom, and the darnel are the sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of the evil one.


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"And the enemy, the one sowing them, is the Devil, and the harvest is <i>[the]</i> conclusion of the age, and the reapers are angels.


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"Therefore, just as the darnel is gathered up and will be burned with fire, so will it be at the conclusion of this age.


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"The Son of Humanity will send out His angels, and they will gather up out of His kingdom all the stumbling-blocks <i>[or, everything that offends]</i> and the ones practicing lawlessness.


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And they will throw them into the furnace of fire <i>[or, the fiery furnace]</i>. In that place <i>[there]</i> will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!


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"Then will the righteous <i>[ones]</i> shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one having ears to be hearing, let him be hearing <i>[or, be paying attention]</i>."


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"Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like treasure hid in the field, which a person having found hid, and as a result of his joy, he goes, and all, as much as he has, he sells, and buys that field.


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who having found one very valuable pearl, having gone away, has sold all, as much as he has, and bought it.


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"Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a dragnet having been cast into the sea, and having gathered together <i>[fish]</i> of every kind,


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which, when it was filled, when they dragged <i>[it]</i> up again on the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good <i>[fish]</i> into containers, but they threw out the rotten <i>[fish]</i>.


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"In this manner it will be at the conclusion of the age. The angels will go out and will separate the evil <i>[ones]</i> out of <i>[the]</i> midst of the righteous <i>[ones]</i>


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and will throw them into the furnace of fire <i>[or, the fiery furnace]</i>. In that place <i>[there]</i> will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!"


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Then He said to them, "For this reason, every scribe having been made a disciple in the kingdom of the heavens is like a person, a householder, who brings out from his treasury new and old <i>[things]</i>."


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And having come into His hometown, He was teaching them in their synagogue, with the result that they are being astonished and are saying, "From where to this One <i>[or, Where [did] this One [get]]</i> this wisdom and these miraculous powers?


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"This is the craftsman's Son, is He not? His mother is called Mary, and His brothers <i>[are]</i> James and Joses and Simon and Judas, are they not?


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"And His sisters are all with us, are they not? So from where to this One all these <i>[things]</i> <i>[or, where then [did] this One [get] all these [things]]</i>?"


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And they were caused to stumble because of Him <i>[fig., were having doubts about Him]</i>. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his house"


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At that time Herod the ruler of the quadrant <i>[or, the tetrarch]</i> heard the report <i>[about]</i> Jesus,


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and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist! _He_ rose from the dead! And for this reason these miraculous powers supernaturally work in him."


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For Herod having arrested John, bound him and put <i>[him]</i> in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother.


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And <i>[although]</i> desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they were regarding him as a prophet.


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Now as the birthday festivities of Herod were being celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and she pleased Herod.


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So having been instigated by her mother, she says, "Give to me here on a wooden platter the head of John the Baptist!"


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And the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of the ones reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with <i>[him]</i>, he commanded <i>[it]</i> to be given.


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And his head was brought on a wooden platter and was given to the girl, and she brought <i>[it]</i> to her mother.


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And his disciples having come, they took up the body and buried it; and having come, they reported <i>[it]</i> to Jesus.


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And having heard, Jesus departed from there in a boat privately to a desolate place. And the crowds having heard followed Him on foot <i>[or, by land]</i> from the cities.


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And having come out, Jesus saw a large crowd and was moved with compassion for them and healed their infirm <i>[or, sickly]</i> <i>[ones]</i>.


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But evening having come, His disciples came to Him, saying, "The place is desolate, and the hour already passed by <i>[fig., the time is already late]</i>. Send away the crowds so that, having gone into the villages, they should buy food for themselves."


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But Jesus said to them, "They do not have need to go away; _you*_ give <i>[something]</i> to them to eat."


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But they say to Him, "We do not have <i>[anything]</i> here except five loaves of bread and two fish."


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And having commanded the crowds to be reclined on the grasses <i>[or, areas of grass]</i>, having taken the five loaves of bread and the two fish, having looked up to heaven, He bestowed a blessing; and having broken, He gave the loaves of bread to the disciples, and the disciples <i>[gave them]</i> to the crowds.


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And they all ate and were filled! And they took up the leftover broken pieces of bread-twelve hand-baskets full!


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And immediately Jesus compelled the disciples to step into the boat and to be going before Him to the other side, until He sends the crowds away.


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And having sent away the crowds, He went up into the mountain privately to pray. Now evening having come, He was there alone.


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But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against <i>[them]</i>.


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But in the fourth watch of the night <i>[i.e., between 3:00 - 6:00 a.m.]</i>, Jesus went to them, walking about on the sea.


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And the disciples having seen Him walking about on the sea were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost <i>[or, an apparition]</i>!" And they cried out because of the fear.


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So He said, "Come!" And having stepped down from the boat, Peter walked about on the waters to come to Jesus.


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But seeing the strong wind, he was frightened; and having begun to be sinking, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"


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Then immediately Jesus, having stretched out His hand, took hold of him and says to him, "<i>[O you]</i> of little faith! Why did you waver <i>[or, doubt]</i>?"


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Then the <i>[ones]</i> in the boat having come, prostrated themselves in worship before Him, saying, "Truly You are God's Son!"


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And having recognized Him, the men of that place sent out into that whole surrounding region, and they brought to Him all the ones having it badly <i>[fig., who were sick]</i>.


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And they were pleading with Him that they should only touch the fringe of His garment, and as many as touched <i>[it]</i> were completely cured.


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"Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not <i>[ritually]</i> wash their hands whenever they are eating bread."


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But answering, He said to them, "Why do _you*_ also transgress the commandment of God because of your* tradition?


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"For God commanded, saying, 'Be honoring your father and mother,' and, 'The one speaking evil of father or mother, let him come to the end <i>[of his life]</i>, to <i>[his]</i> death.' <i>[Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16; Exod 21:17]</i>


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"But _you*_ say, 'Whoever says to father or mother, "<i>[It is]</i> an offering, whatever you should be benefited from me,"-'and by no means shall he <i>[fig., then he has no need at all to]</i> honor his father or his mother.'


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'This people draws near to Me with their mouth <i>[fig., speech]</i> and honors Me with the lips <i>[fig., words]</i>, but their heart is far distant from Me.


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'But in vain <i>[or, to no purpose]</i> do they worship Me, teaching <i>[as]</i> teachings <i>[or, doctrines]</i>, commandments of people.'" <i>[Isaiah 29:13, LXX]</i>


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"The <i>[thing]</i> having entered into the mouth does not defile the person, _but_ the <i>[thing]</i> coming out from the mouth, this defiles the person."


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Then His disciples having approached, said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were caused to stumble <i>[fig., were offended]</i>?"


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"Leave them alone. They are blind guides of blind <i>[people]</i>, but if a blind <i>[person]</i> guides a blind <i>[person]</i>, both will fall into a ditch."


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"Do you* not yet understand that every <i>[thing]</i> entering into the mouth goes into the stomach and is cast out into a latrine?


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"But the <i>[things]</i> coming out from the mouth come out from the heart, and these <i>[things]</i> defile the person.


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"For from the heart come out evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies:


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these are the <i>[things]</i> defiling the person, but to eat with ritually unwashed hands does not defile the person."


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And look! A woman, a Canaanite, having come out from those borders, called to Him, saying, "Be merciful to me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is miserably demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by a demon]</i>."


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But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples having approached Him, were asking Him, saying, "Send her away, because she cries out after us."


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But answering, He said, "I was not sent except to the sheep, the ones lost from the house of Israel."


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But answering, He said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and to throw <i>[it]</i> to the little dogs."


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But she said, "Yes, Lord, for even the little dogs eat from the crumbs, the ones falling from their lord's table."


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Then answering, Jesus said to her, "O woman, great <i>[is]</i> your faith! Let it happen to you as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.


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And Jesus having departed from there, went along the Sea of Galilee; and having gone up into the mountain, He was sitting there.


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And large crowds came to Him, having with them <i>[the]</i> lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at the feet of Jesus, and He healed them;


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with the result that the crowds marveled <i>[or, were amazed]</i>, seeing mute ones speaking, crippled <i>[ones made]</i> whole, <i>[the]</i> lame <i>[ones]</i> walking and <i>[the]</i> blind <i>[ones]</i> seeing, and they glorified the God of Israel.


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Then Jesus having summoned His disciples, said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they are already staying with Me three days, and they do not have anything they should eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the journey."


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And His disciples say to Him, "From where to us <i>[fig., Where can we get]</i> in <i>[this]</i> desolate place so many loaves of bread, so as to fill so great a crowd?"


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And Jesus says to them, "How many loaves of bread do you* have?" So they said, "Seven, and a few small fish."


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And having taken the seven loaves of bread and the fish, having given thanks, He broke <i>[them]</i> and gave <i>[them]</i> to His disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.


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And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up the leftover broken pieces-seven large baskets full.


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And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, testing <i>[Him]</i>, asked for Him to show to them a sign from heaven.


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But answering, He said to them, "When evening comes, you* say, '<i>[It will be]</i> fair weather, for the sky is red,'


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and in the morning, 'Today <i>[will be]</i> stormy, for the sky is red <i>[and]</i> overcast.' Hypocrites! The face <i>[fig., appearance]</i> of the sky indeed you* know <i>[how]</i> to be discerning, but the signs of the times you* are not able <i>[to be discerning]</i>!


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"An evil and adulterous <i>[or, unfaithful]</i> generation seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet." And having left them, He went away.


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Then Jesus said to them, "Be watching out, and be guarding against the leaven <i>[or, yeast]</i> of the Pharisees and Sadducees."


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But Jesus having known, said to them, "Why are you* reasoning within yourselves, <i>[you*]</i> of little faith, because you* took no loaves of bread?


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"Do you* not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of bread of the five thousand and how many hand-baskets you* took up?


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"How do you* not understand that <i>[it was]</i> not concerning bread I said to you* to be guarding against the leaven <i>[or, yeast]</i> of the Pharisees and Sadducees?"


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Then they understood that He did not say to be guarding against the leaven <i>[or, yeast]</i> of the bread, _but_ against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.


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Then Jesus, having come to the regions of Caesarea of Philippi, began asking His disciples, saying, "Who are the people saying Me to be <i>[or, that I am]</i>, the Son of Humanity?"


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And they said, "Some <i>[are saying]</i> John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; but others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."


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And answering, Jesus said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah <i>["son of Jonah"]</i>, because flesh and blood did not reveal <i>[it]</i> to you, _but_ My Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens.


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"Now _I_ also say to you, that _you_ are Peter <i>["a stone"]</i>, and on this solid rock I will build my Assembly <i>[or, Church]</i>, and <i>[the]</i> gates of the realm of the dead <i>[Gr., hades]</i> will not prevail against it.


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"And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you bind on the earth will have been bound in the heavens; and whatever you loose on the earth will have been loosed in the heavens."


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Then He gave orders to His disciples that they should tell no one that _He_ is Jesus the Christ <i>["the Anointed One"]</i>.


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From that time Jesus began to be showing to His disciples that it is necessary <i>[for]</i> Him to go away to Jerusalem and to suffer many <i>[things]</i> from the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death and on the third day to be raised.


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And having taken Him aside, Peter began to be rebuking Him, saying, "<i>[May God]</i> be merciful to You, Lord; by no means will this happen to You!"


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But having turned around, He said to Peter, "Be going away behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to Me, for you do not keep in mind the <i>[things]</i> of God, _but_ the <i>[things]</i> of people."


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Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, he must deny <i>[or, disown]</i> himself and take up his cross and be following Me.


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"For whoever shall be desiring to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.


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"For what is a person benefited if he gains the whole world, but his soul is forfeited? Or what will a person give in an exchange for his soul?


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"For the Son of Humanity is about to be coming in the glory of His Father, with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his work.


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"Positively, I say to you*, <i>[there]</i> are some having stood here who will by no means taste of death until they see the Son of Humanity coming in His kingdom."


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And after six days Jesus takes along Peter and James and John his brother, and leads them up privately into a high mountain.


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And He was transfigured <i>[or, His appearance was changed]</i> before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became <i>[as]</i> white as the light.


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Then answering, Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good <i>[for]</i> us to be here. If You desire, You should let us make three tents here: one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah."


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While he is still speaking, look!, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And listen! A voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My Son-the Beloved-in whom I am well-pleased! Be paying attention to Him!"


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And as they come down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "You* shall tell no one the vision, until the Son of Humanity rises from <i>[the]</i> dead."


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And His disciples questioned Him, saying, "Why then do the scribes say that it is necessary <i>[for]</i> Elijah to come first?"


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"But I say to you*, Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, _but_ they did with him whatever they desired; in the same manner the Son of Humanity is also about to be suffering by them."


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and saying, "Lord, be merciful to my son, for he is moonstruck <i>[or, is a lunatic]</i> and suffers miserably; for frequently he falls into the fire and frequently into the water.


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So answering, Jesus said, "O unbelieving <i>[or, faithless]</i> and having been perverted generation, how long will I be with you*? How long will I put up with you*? Be bringing him here to Me."


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So Jesus said to them, "Because of your* unbelief. For positively I say to you*, if you* are having faith like a grain of mustard <i>[or, a mustard seed]</i>, you* will say to this mountain, 'Move from here <i>[to]</i> there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible to you*.


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Now while they are staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Humanity is about to be betrayed into <i>[the]</i> hands of people,


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Now when they came into Capernaum, the ones receiving the didrachmas <i>[i.e. a temple-tax of a silver coin worth about a quarter of an ounce or seven grams of silver]</i> approached Peter, and said, "Your Teacher does not pay the didrachma, does He?"


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He says, "Yes." And when he entered into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive custom or tribute <i>[or, a tax]</i>? From their sons or from the strangers?"


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"But so that we do not cause them to stumble <i>[fig., offend them]</i>, going up to the sea, cast <i>[in]</i> a hook, and take up the first fish coming up. And having opened its mouth, you will find a stater <i>[i.e. a silver coin worth two didrachmas]</i>. Having taken that, give <i>[it]</i> to them for Me and you."


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In that hour <i>[or, At that time]</i> the disciples approached Jesus, saying, "So who is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?"


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and said, "Positively, I say to you*, unless you* are turned around <i>[fig., changed inwardly]</i> and become like such young children, by no means shall you* enter into the kingdom of the heavens.


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"Therefore, whoever will humble himself like this young child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.


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"And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, it <i>[would be]</i> better for him that a millstone of a donkey <i>[fig., a huge millstone]</i> be hanged on his neck, and he be drowned in the depth of the sea.


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"How horrible it will be to the world because of the stumbling-blocks <i>[fig., the things that cause people to sin]</i>! For it is a necessity <i>[for]</i> the stumbling-blocks to come; nevertheless, how horrible it will be to that person through whom the stumbling-block comes!


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"But if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, cut them off and cast <i>[them]</i> from you! It is better for you to enter into the life lame or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the eternal fire.


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"And if your eye causes you to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, pluck it out and cast from you; it is better for you to enter into the life one-eyed, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i> of the fire <i>[or, the fiery hell]</i>.


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"Be seeing <i>[that]</i> you* do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you*, their angels in the heavens through all <i>[fig. always]</i> look at the face of My Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens.


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"What do you think? If a person has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, having left behind the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains, he seeks the one having gone astray, does he not?


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"And if he happens to find it, positively, I say to you*, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine, the ones not having gone astray.


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"In this manner, it is not <i>[the]</i> will before your* Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, that one of these little ones perish.


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"Now if your brother sins against you, be going, and show him his fault between you and him alone, if he hears you, you gained your brother.


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"But if he does not hear <i>[you]</i>, take along with you yet one or two, so that 'by <i>[the]</i> mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.' <i>[Deut 19:15]</i>


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"But if he refuses to listen to them, tell <i>[it]</i> to the assembly <i>[or, church]</i>; but if he also refuses to listen to the assembly, he shall be to you just like the heathen and the tax collector.


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"Positively, I say to you*, whatever <i>[things]</i> you* bind on the earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever <i>[things]</i> you* loose on the earth will have been loosed in heaven.


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"Again, positively I say to you*, if two of you* agree together on the earth concerning any matter, whatever they ask, it will be done to them from my Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens.


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Then Peter having approached Him, said, "Lord, how often will my brother <i>[or sister]</i> sin against me, and I will forgive him, up to seven times?"


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"For this reason the kingdom of the heavens was compared to a person, a king, who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.


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"So when he began to be settling the accounts, one debtor was brought near to him <i>[owing]</i> ten thousand talents <i>[i.e. about 950,000 pounds or 490,000 kilograms of gold or silver]</i>.


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"But he not having <i>[anything]</i> to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and the children, and all, whatever he was having, and to be repaid.


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"So the slave, having fallen down, began prostrating himself in reverence before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all.'


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"Then the lord of that slave, having been moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.


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"But that slave having gone out, found one of his fellow-slaves who was owing to him a hundred denarii <i>[i.e., 100 days' wages]</i>, and having seized him, he began choking <i>[him]</i>, saying, 'Repay to me if you owe anything!'


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"His fellow-slave then, having fallen down at his feet, began pleading with him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will repay all to you.'


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"But he was not willing, _but_ having gone away, he threw him into prison until he should repay the <i>[amount]</i> being owed.


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"But his fellow-slaves, having seen the <i>[things]</i> having been done, were extremely grieved; and having come, they reported to their own lord all the <i>[things]</i> having been done.


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"Then having summoned him, his lord says to him, 'Evil slave! All that debt I forgave you, since you pleaded with Me.


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"'It was necessary <i>[for]</i> you also to be merciful to your fellow-slave, just as _I_ also was merciful to you, was it not?'


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"And having been enraged, his lord handed Him over to the torturers <i>[or, jailers]</i>, until he should repay all being owed to him.


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"In this manner also My heavenly Father will do to you*, unless you* forgive each <i>[one]</i> his brother <i>[or sister]</i> their transgressions from your* hearts."


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And it happened, when Jesus finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan.


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And the Pharisees came to Him, testing Him and saying to Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"


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But answering, He said, "Did you* not read that the One having made <i>[them]</i> from <i>[the]</i> beginning made them male and female; <i>[Gen 1:27]</i>


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and said, "For this reason, a man will leave behind {his} father and mother and will be joined to <i>[or, be united with]</i> his wife. And they will be-the two-into one flesh <i>[or, the two will become one flesh]</i>? <i>[Gen 2:24]</i>


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"With the result that they are no longer two, _but_ one flesh. Therefore, what God joined together, stop letting a person separate!"


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They say to Him, "Why then did Moses command to 'give a scroll of divorce and to divorce her?'" <i>[Deut 24:1,3]</i>


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He says to them, "Because of your* stubbornness Moses permitted you* to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been this way.


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"But I say to you*, whoever divorces his wife <i>[but]</i> not for sexual sin and marries another commits adultery, and the one having married the one having been divorced commits adultery."


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His disciples say to Him, "If the relationship of the man with the woman is like this, it is better not to marry."


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But He said to them, "All do not accept this word, _but_ <i>[only those]</i> to whom it has been given.


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"For there are eunuchs <i>[i.e., men incapable of having sex]</i> who from <i>[their]</i> mother's womb were so born, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by the people, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens: the one able to be accepting <i>[it]</i>, let him be accepting <i>[it]</i>."


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Then young children were brought to Him, so that He should lay His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.


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But Jesus said, "Allow the young children, and stop forbidding them to come to Me, for of such is the kingdom of the heavens."


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And look! Someone having approached said to Him, "Good teacher, what good <i>[thing]</i> shall I do that I shall be having eternal life?"


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But He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one <i>[is]</i> good except One-God. But if you desire to enter into that life, keep the commandments."


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He says to Him, "Which <i>[ones]</i>?" So Jesus said, "'You will not murder; You will not commit adultery; You will not steal; You will not give false testimony;


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'Honor your father and mother;' and, 'You will love your neighbor as yourself.'" <i>[Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20; Lev 19:18]</i>


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Jesus said to him, "If you desire to be perfect, be going away; sell your possessions and give to <i>[the]</i> poor <i>[ones]</i>, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come! Be following Me!"


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But the young man having heard the word, went away sorrowing <i>[or, distressed]</i>, for he was having many possessions.


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Then Jesus said to His disciples, "Positively, I say to you*, with difficulty will a rich <i>[person]</i> enter into the kingdom of the heavens.


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"Now again I say to you*, it is easier <i>[for]</i> a camel to pass through an eye of a needle, than <i>[for]</i> a rich <i>[person]</i> to enter into the kingdom of God."


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So His disciples having heard were extremely amazed, saying, "In that case, who is able to be saved?"


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But Jesus having looked attentively <i>[at them]</i>, said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all <i>[things]</i> {are} possible!"


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So Jesus said to them, "Positively, I say to you*, that you*, the ones having followed Me, in the Regeneration, when the Son of Humanity sits on <i>[the]</i> throne of His glory, _you*_ also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.


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"And every <i>[one]</i> who left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or farms for My name's sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.


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"For the kingdom of the heavens is like a person, a landowner, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.


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"And having agreed with the laborers for a denarius <i>[for]</i> the day <i>[i.e., a normal day's wage]</i>, he sent them into his vineyard.


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"And having gone out about <i>[the]</i> third hour <i>[i.e. 9:00 a.m.]</i>, he saw others having stood in the market-place idle.


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"And he said to those <i>[ones]</i>, '_You*_ also be going into the vineyard, and whatever is just I will give to you.*'


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"And they went off. Again, having gone out about <i>[the]</i> sixth and <i>[the]</i> ninth hour <i>[i.e. 12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m., respectively]</i>, he did in the same manner.


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"Then about the eleventh hour <i>[i.e. 5:00 p.m.]</i>, having gone out, he found others having stood idle, and he says to them, 'Why have you* stood here idle the whole day?'


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"They say to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He says to them, '_You*_ also be going into the vineyard, and whatever is just you* will receive.'


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"Then evening having come, the lord of the vineyard says to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wage, beginning from the last <i>[ones]</i> to the first <i>[ones]</i>.


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"Then the ones having come first assumed that they will receive more, and _they_ also received each a denarius.


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"saying, 'These, the last <i>[ones]</i>, did one hour, and you made them equal to us, the ones having borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'


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"But answering, he said to one of them, 'Friend, I am not doing you wrong. You agreed with me for a denarius, did you not?


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"'Take <i>[what is]</i> yours, and be going; but I want to give to this <i>[one]</i>, the last, as also to you.


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"'Or is it not lawful for me to do what I want with the <i>[things]</i> of me? Is your eye evil <i>[fig., Are you envious]</i> because _I_ am good?'


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And while Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took aside the twelve disciples privately on the road and said to them,


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"Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Humanity will be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death,


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"and they will hand Him over to the Gentiles to ridicule and to scourge and to crucify. And on the third day He will rise again."


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Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, approached Him, prostrating herself in reverence <i>[or, in worship]</i> and asking something from Him.


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And He said to her, "What do you want?" She says to Him, "Say <i>[or, Command]</i> that these, my two sons, shall sit one at Your right <i>[hand]</i> and one at Your left in Your kingdom."


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But answering, Jesus said, "You* do not know what you* are asking. Are you* able to drink the cup which _I_ am about to be drinking, or to be baptized <i>[with]</i> the baptism which _I_ am baptized?" They say to him, "We are able."


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And He says to them, "Indeed, My cup you* will drink, and the baptism which _I_ am baptized <i>[with]</i>, you* will be baptized. But to sit at My right <i>[hand]</i> and at My left is not Mine to give, _but_ <i>[it is for those]</i> for whom it has been prepared by My Father."


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But Jesus having summoned them, said, "You* know that the rulers of the nations domineer over them and their great <i>[ones]</i> tyrannize them,


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but it will not be so among you*; _but_ whoever among you* is desiring to become great, he will be your* servant.


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"Just as the Son of Humanity did not come to be served, _but_ to serve, and to give His life <i>[as]</i> a ransom <i>[or, price of release]</i> for <i>[or, in the place of]</i> many."


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And look! Two blind <i>[ones]</i> sitting beside the road, having heard that Jesus is passing by, cried out, saying, "Be merciful to us, Lord, Son of David!"


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But the crowd warned them that they should keep silent. But they began crying out louder, saying, "Be merciful to us, Lord, Son of David!"


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And having stood still, Jesus summoned them and said, "What do you* desire <i>[that]</i> I should do for you*?"


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So having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received <i>[their]</i> sight! And they followed Him.


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And when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,


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saying to them, "Proceed into the village, the <i>[one]</i> opposite you*, and immediately you* will find a donkey tied up and a colt <i>[or, young donkey]</i> with her; having untied <i>[them]</i>, bring <i>[them]</i> to Me.


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And if anyone says anything to you*, you* will say, 'The Lord has need of them.' Then immediately he <i>[will]</i> send them."


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"Say to the daughter of Zion, Look! Your King is coming to you, gentle, and having mounted on a donkey, and a colt, <i>[the]</i> son <i>[or, foal]</i> of a beast of burden." <i>[Isaiah 62:11; Zech 9:9]</i>


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brought the donkey and the colt and laid their coats on them, and sat <i>[Him]</i> on them <i>[i.e. on the coats]</i>.


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Then the very large crowd spread their own coats on the road, but others began cutting off branches from the trees and began spreading <i>[them]</i> on the road.


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Then the crowds, the ones going in front <i>[of Him]</i> and the ones following, began crying out, saying, "'We give praise to You, <i>[Gr., Hosanna]</i> to the Son of David! Having been blessed <i>[is]</i> the One coming in the name of the LORD!' We give praise to You in the highest!" <i>[Psalm 118:26]</i>


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And Jesus entered into the temple of God and threw out all the ones selling and buying in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of the ones selling the doves.


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And He says to them, "It has been written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer.' But _you*_ made it a 'hideout for robbers!'" <i>[Isaiah 56:7; Jer 7:11]</i>


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But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous <i>[things]</i> which He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, "We give praise to You, the Son of David," they were indignant.


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And they said to Him, "Do You hear what these <i>[ones]</i> are saying?" But Jesus says to them, "Yes, did you* never read, 'Out of <i>[the]</i> mouth of young children and nursing infants You prepared praise for Yourself?'" <i>[Psalm 8:3, LXX]</i>


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And having seen a certain fig-tree by the road, He came up to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He says to it, "Fruit shall no longer come from you into the age <i>[fig., forever]</i>." And immediately the fig-tree was withered.


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But answering, Jesus said to them, "Positively, I say to you*, if you* are having faith and do not doubt, not only will you* perform the <i>[sign]</i> of the fig-tree, _but_ even if you* say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and be cast into the sea,' it will happen.


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And when He came to the temple, as He was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him, saying, "By what authority are You doing these <i>[things]</i>? And who gave to You this authority?"


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But answering, Jesus said to them, "_I_ also will ask you* one word <i>[or, question]</i>, which if you* tell me, _I_ also will tell you* by what authority I am doing these <i>[things]</i>.


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"The baptism of John, from where was it? From heaven, or from people?" So they began reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Why then did you* not believe him?'


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"But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for all hold John as <i>[or, consider John to be]</i> a prophet."


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And answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." _He_ also said to them, "Neither do _I_ tell you* by what authority I am doing these <i>[things]</i>.


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"But what do you* think? A man was having two children, and having approached the first <i>[one]</i>, he said, 'Child, be going today, be working in my vineyard.'


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"And having approached the second <i>[one]</i>, he spoke in the same manner. Then answering, he said, 'I <i>[am going]</i>, lord,' yet he did not go.


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"Which of the two did the will of the father?" They say to Him, "The first <i>[one]</i>." Jesus says to them, "Positively, I say to you*, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going before you* into the kingdom of God.


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"For John came to you* in <i>[the]</i> way of righteousness, and you* did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; but _you*_, having seen, did not regret <i>[it]</i> later <i>[so as]</i> to believe him.


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"Be paying attention to another allegory: There was a {certain} man, a landowner, who 'planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug in it a winepress and built a lookout tower' and leased it to vineyard keepers and went on a journey. <i>[Isaiah 5:1,2]</i>


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"Then when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his slaves to the vineyard keepers to receive the fruits of it.


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"And the vineyard keepers having taken hold of his slaves, one they repeatedly beat, and one they killed, and one they stoned.


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"Again he sent other slaves, more than the first <i>[ones]</i>, and they did to them in the same manner.


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"But the vineyard keepers having seen the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come; let us be killing him, and let us take possession of his inheritance!'


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They say to Him, "Evil <i>[men]</i>! He will severely destroy them, and he will lease the vineyard to other vineyard keepers, who will render to him the fruits in their seasons."


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Jesus says to them, "Did you* never read in the Scriptures, 'A stone which the ones building rejected, this <i>[one]</i> has become <i>[the]</i> head of a corner; this happened from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes?' <i>[Psalm 118:22,23]</i>


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"For this reason I say to you*, the kingdom of God will be taken from you* and will be given to a nation <i>[or, people]</i> yielding its fruits.


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"And the one falling on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush him."


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And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard His allegories, knew that He <i>[was]</i> speaking about them.


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And seeking to take Him into custody, they were afraid of the crowds, since they were holding Him as <i>[or, considering Him to be]</i> a prophet.


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"And he sent out his slaves to call the ones having been invited to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.


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"Again he sent out other slaves, saying, 'Say to the ones having been invited, "Listen! I prepared my dinner; my oxen and the fattened calves have been killed, and all things <i>[are]</i> ready; come to the marriage-feasts.'"


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"But they, having disregarded <i>[it]</i>, went away, one indeed to his own field, but one to his business.


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"And that king having heard, was enraged, and having sent out his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.


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"Then he says to his slaves, 'The marriage-feast indeed is ready, but the ones having been invited were not worthy.


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"'So be going on the outlets of the roads <i>[i.e. the roads heading from the city to the countryside]</i>, and as many as you* shall find invite <i>[them]</i> to the marriage-feasts.


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"And those slaves having gone out into the roads, gathered together all, as many as they found, both evil and good <i>[people]</i>. And the marriage-feast <i>[hall]</i> was filled with <i>[ones]</i> reclining <i>[to eat]</i>.


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"But the king having entered to observe the ones reclining <i>[to eat]</i>, saw there a person not having been clothed with <i>[the]</i> clothing of the marriage-feast.


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"And he says to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here, not having <i>[the]</i> clothing of the marriage-feast?' But he was speechless.


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"Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie up his feet and hands; take him away and throw <i>[him]</i> into the outer darkness! In that place <i>[there]</i> will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'


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And they send their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful, and You teach in truth the way of God, and You are not concerned for anyone, for You do not look to the face of people <i>[fig., You do not show favoritism to people]</i>.


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"Show to Me the coin <i>[used]</i> for the tribute <i>[or, the tax]</i>." So they brought to Him a denarius <i>[i.e., a Roman, silver coin]</i>.


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They say to Him, "Caesar's." Then He says to them, "So render the <i>[things]</i> of Caesar to Caesar, and the <i>[things]</i> of God to God."


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On that day Sadducees approached Him, {the ones} saying <i>[there]</i> is not a resurrection, and they questioned Him,


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saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If anyone dies not having children, his brother will marry his wife, and will raise up seed <i>[fig., offspring]</i> to his brother.' <i>[Deut 25:5]</i>


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"Now seven brothers were with us. And the first <i>[one]</i> having married, came to the end <i>[of his life]</i>, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother.


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But answering, Jesus said to them, "You are led astray <i>[fig., are mistaken]</i>, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.


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"For in the resurrection neither do they marry, nor are they given in marriage, _but_ they are like angels of God in heaven.


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"But concerning the resurrection of the dead, you* read the <i>[word]</i> spoken to you* by God, saying,


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'_I_ am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob,' did you* not? God is not a God of dead <i>[ones]</i>, _but_ of living <i>[ones]</i>!" <i>[Exod 3:6]</i>


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Then Jesus said to him, "'You will love the LORD your God with your whole heart <i>[fig., your entire inner self]</i> and with your whole soul and with your whole understanding.' <i>[Deut 6:4,5]</i>


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"But a second <i>[one is]</i> similar to it, 'You will love your neighbor as yourself.' <i>[Lev 19:18]</i>


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'The LORD said to my Lord, "Be sitting at My right hand, until I put Your enemies <i>[as]</i> a footstool for Your feet?"' <i>[Psalm 110:1]</i>


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"Therefore, all <i>[things]</i>, as many as they tell you* to be observing, be observing and doing, but stop doing according to their works, for they say and do not do.


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"For they bind together heavy and hard to carry burdens and lay <i>[them]</i> on the shoulders of the people, but they are not willing to move them with their finger.


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"But all their works they do to be seen by the people, and they enlarge their phylacteries <i>[i.e. small boxes containing Scripture verses]</i>, and they extend the fringes of their robes.


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"They also affectionately love the first couches <i>[fig., places of honor]</i> at the banquets, and the first seats <i>[fig., most important places]</i> in the synagogues,


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"But _you*_ shall not be called 'Rabbi,' for One is your* Master-the Christ, and _you*_ are all brothers <i>[and sisters]</i>.


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"And you* shall not call <i>[anyone]</i> your* father on the earth, for one is your* Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens.


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"But how horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* devour the houses of the widows, <i>[fig., illegally cheat widows' out of their property]</i> and in pretense <i>[or, with a false show]</i> are long <i>[in]</i> praying, because of this you* will receive more severe judgment <i>[or, condemnation]</i>.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* shut off the kingdom of the heavens before the people, for _you*_ do not enter, nor do You* allow the ones entering to enter.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* travel over the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte <i>[or, convert to Judaism]</i>, and whenever it happens, you* make him twice as much a son of hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i> <i>[as]</i> you* <i>[are]</i>.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, blind guides, the ones saying, 'Whoever takes an oath by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the temple is obligated <i>[to fulfill the oath]</i>!'


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"Fools and blind <i>[ones]</i>! For which <i>[is]</i> greater, the gold or the temple, the one sanctifying the gold?


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"And <i>[you* say]</i>, 'Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever takes an oath by the gift that is on it is obligated <i>[to fulfill the oath]</i>!'


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"Fools and blind <i>[ones]</i>! For which <i>[is]</i> greater, the gift or the altar which sanctifies the gift?


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"And the one having taken an oath by the sanctuary, takes an oath by it and by the One having dwelt in it.


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"And the one having taken an oath by heaven, takes an oath by the throne of God and by the One sitting on it.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you tithe <i>[i.e. give a tenth as an offering]</i> of the mint and the dill and the cumin <i>[i.e., various seasonings]</i> and neglected the weightier <i>[fig., more important]</i> <i>[matters]</i> of the Law: the judgment <i>[or, justice]</i> and the mercy and the faith; these it was necessary to do, and those not to be neglecting.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* cleanse <i>[or, purify]</i> the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are full of violent greed and unrighteousness.


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"Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of them should also become clean.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* resemble graves having been whitewashed <i>[or, whitewashed graves]</i>, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of dead <i>[people]</i> and of all uncleanness <i>[or, impurity]</i>.


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"In the same way, _you*_ also indeed outwardly appear to the people <i>[as]</i> righteous, but within you* are full of hypocrisy <i>[or, insincerity]</i> and lawlessness.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* build the graves of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the righteous,


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and you* say, 'If we were <i>[fig., had lived]</i> in the days of our fathers, we would not have been participants with them in the blood of the prophets,'


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with the result that you* testify against yourselves that you* are sons of the ones having murdered the prophets.


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"For this reason, look!, _I_ send to you* prophets and wise men and scribes; and <i>[some]</i> of them you* will kill and crucify, and <i>[some]</i> of them you* will scourge in your* synagogues and will pursue from city to city;


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in order that on you* shall come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous up to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom you* murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. <i>[cp. Gen 4:8-10; 2Chron 24:20-22]</i>


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"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one killing the prophets and stoning the ones having been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her own chickens under the wings, and you did not want to!


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"For I say to you*, by no means shall you* see Me hereafter, until you* say, 'Blessed <i>[is]</i> the One coming in the name of the LORD!'" <i>[Psalm 118:26]</i>


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And having gone out, Jesus was departing from the temple, and His disciples approached Him to point out to Him the buildings of the temple.


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But Jesus said to them, "You* are looking at all these, are you* not? Positively, I say to you*, by no means shall <i>[there]</i> be left here a stone upon a stone which will not be torn down."


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Then as He is sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately, saying, "Tell us when these <i>[things]</i> will be? And what <i>[is]</i> the sign of Your Arrival and of the conclusion of the age?"


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "Be watching lest anyone leads you* astray <i>[fig., deceives you*]</i>.


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"For many will come in My Name, saying, '_I_ am the Christ'-and they will lead many astray <i>[fig., will deceive many]</i>.


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"But you* will begin to be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. Take care! Stop being alarmed! For it is necessary <i>[for]</i> all <i>[these things]</i> to take place, _but_ the end is not yet.


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"For nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and <i>[there]</i> will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in <i>[various]</i> places.


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"Then they will deliver you* up to tribulation <i>[or, affliction]</i> and will kill you*, and you* shall be hated by all the nations on account of My name.


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"And then many will be caused to stumble <i>[fig., will fall away]</i>, and they will betray one another and will hate one another.


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"And many false prophets will be raised up and will lead many astray <i>[fig., will deceive many]</i>.


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"And this Gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.


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"Therefore, when you* see the 'abomination of the desolation' <i>[or, the 'detestable thing that causes desecration']</i>, the one having been spoken <i>[of]</i> through Daniel the prophet, having stood in the holy place (the one reading, let him be understanding <i>[or, be paying attention]</i>), <i>[Dan 8:13; 9:27; 12:11]</i>


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"The <i>[one]</i> on the housetop must not be coming down to take the <i>[things]</i> out of his house.


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"But how horrible it will be to the ones having in the womb <i>[fig., who are pregnant]</i> and to the ones nursing <i>[babies]</i> in those days!


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"For then <i>[there]</i> will be great tribulation <i>[or, affliction]</i>, such as has not been from <i>[the]</i> beginning of the world until now, nor never at all shall be.


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"And if those days were not cut short, no flesh would be saved; but because of the chosen ones <i>[or, the elect]</i>, those days will be cut short.


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"Then if anyone says to you*, 'Look! Here <i>[is]</i> the Christ!' or 'Here!' you* shall not believe <i>[him]</i>.


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"For false christs and false prophets will be raised up, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray <i>[fig., to deceive]</i>, if possible, even the chosen ones <i>[or, the elect]</i>.


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"Therefore, if they say to you*, 'Look! He is in the wilderness!' you* shall not go out, <i>[or they say]</i>, 'Look! <i>[He is]</i> in the private rooms!' you* shall not believe <i>[them]</i>.


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"For just as the lightning comes out from the east and shines as far as <i>[the]</i> west, in this way the Arrival of the Son of Humanity will {also} be.


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"But immediately after the tribulation <i>[or, affliction]</i> of those days, 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall down' from heaven <i>[or, the sky]</i>, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. <i>[cp. Isaiah 34:4; Joel 2:10; 2:31]</i>


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"And then the sign of the Son of Humanity will appear in heaven <i>[or, the sky]</i>; and then all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts <i>[fig., will mourn]</i>, and they will see the 'Son of Humanity coming on the clouds of heaven <i>[or, the sky]</i>,' with power and great glory! <i>[Dan 7:13]</i>


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"And He will send out His angels with <i>[the]</i> 'sound of a loud trumpet-blast,' and 'they will gather together' His chosen ones <i>[or, elect]</i> from the four winds, from <i>[the]</i> farthest limits of <i>[the]</i> heavens to <i>[the other]</i> farthest limits of them. <i>[Exod 19:16; Deut 30:4]</i>


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"Now learn the allegory from the fig tree: whenever its branch already becomes tender, and it is putting forth the leaves, you* know that the summer <i>[is]</i> near.


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"In this way also _you*_, whenever you* see all these <i>[things]</i>, you* know that it is near-at <i>[the]</i> doors!


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"Positively, I say to you*, this generation <i>[or, race]</i> shall by no means pass away until all these <i>[things]</i> happen.


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"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, except My Father only.


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"But just as <i>[in]</i> the days of Noah, in this way also will be the Arrival of the Son of Humanity.


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"For just as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until which day Noah entered into the ark,


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and they did not know until the flood came and swept all away, in this way also will be the Arrival of the Son of Humanity.


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"But know this, if the home owner had known in what watch <i>[of the night]</i> the thief is coming, he would have kept watch and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.


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"For this reason, _you*_ also become ready, because in what hour you* do not think, the Son of Humanity is coming.


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"Who then is the faithful and wise slave whom his lord put in charge over his household servants, the <i>[one]</i> to be giving to them food in season <i>[fig., at the proper time]</i>?


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and begins to be beating his fellow-slaves, and to be eating and to be drinking with the <i>[ones]</i> being drunk,


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the lord of that slave will come on a day which he does not expect, and in an hour which he does not know,


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and he will cut him in pieces and will appoint his portion with the hypocrites. In that place <i>[there]</i> will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!


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"Then will the kingdom of the heavens be compared to ten virgins, who having taken their lamps, went out to the meeting of the bridegroom.


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"But in the middle of the night a cry had been made: 'Look! The bridegroom is coming! You* yourselves be going out to his meeting.'


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"Then the foolish <i>[ones]</i> said to the wise <i>[ones]</i>, 'Give to us out of your* oil, because our lamps are being extinguished.'


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"But the wise <i>[ones]</i> answered, saying, '<i>[No]</i>, lest there not be enough for us and for you. But rather be going to the ones selling, and buy for yourselves.'


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"But while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and the <i>[ones being]</i> ready went in with him into the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut.


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"Therefore, keep watching! For you* do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Humanity is coming.


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"For <i>[the kingdom of heaven is]</i> like a man going on a journey, <i>[who]</i> called his own slaves and entrusted to them his possessions.


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"And to one he gave five talents <i>[Greek coins, each worth about 95 pounds or 42 kilograms of gold or silver]</i>, but to another two, but to another one, to each according to his ability; and he went on a journey immediately.


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"Then the one having received the five talents, having gone, traded with them and made five other talents.


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"In the same manner, also the <i>[one having received]</i> the two, gained also two other <i>[talents]</i>.


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"But the one having received the one, having gone away, dug a hole in the ground and hid his lord's money.


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"And the one having received the five talents, having come, brought five other talents, saying, 'Lord, you entrusted five talents to me, look!, I gained five other talents besides them.'


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"So his lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things, I will put you in charge over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.'


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"Then having come also the one having received the two talents, he said, 'Lord, you entrusted two talents to me, look!, I gained two other talents besides them.'


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"His lord said to him, 'Well done good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things, I will put you in charge over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.'


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"Then having come also the one having received the one talent, he said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter.


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And having been frightened, having gone away, I hid your talent in the ground. Look! You have <i>[what is]</i> yours!'


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"But answering, his lord said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather from where I did not scatter.


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"'Therefore, it was necessary <i>[for]</i> you to give my money to the money-changers <i>[or, bankers]</i>, and having come, _I_ <i>[would have]</i> received <i>[what is]</i> mine with interest.


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"For to every <i>[one]</i> having, <i>[more]</i> will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one not having, even what he has will be taken from him.


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"And throw the worthless slave out into the outer darkness. In that place <i>[there]</i> will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!


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"But when the Son of Humanity comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit down on <i>[the]</i> throne of His glory <i>[or, His glorious throne]</i>.


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"And all the nations will be gathered together before Him, and He will separate them from one another, just as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.


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"Then the King will say to the <i>[ones]</i> at His right hand, 'Come, the ones having been blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom having been prepared for you* from <i>[the]</i> laying of the foundation of <i>[the]</i> world <i>[or, from [the] beginning of the creation of [the] universe]</i>.


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"'For I was hungry, and you* gave to Me to eat; I was thirsty, and you* gave me <i>[something]</i> to drink; I was a stranger, and you* took Me in;


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naked, and you* clothed Me; I was sick, and you* looked after Me; I was in prison, and you* came to Me.'


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"Then the righteous <i>[ones]</i> will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungering and we fed <i>[You]</i>? Or thirsting and we gave <i>[You something]</i> to drink?


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"'But when did we see You a stranger and took <i>[You]</i> in? Or naked and we clothed <i>[You]</i>?


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"And answering, the King will say to them, 'Positively, I say to you*, to the degree that you* did <i>[it]</i> to one of these, the least of My brothers <i>[and sisters]</i>, you* did <i>[it]</i> to Me.'


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"Then He will also say to the <i>[ones]</i> at the left hand, 'Be going away from Me, the ones having been cursed, into the eternal fire, the one having been prepared for the Devil and his angels;


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'For I was hungry, and you* did not give Me <i>[something]</i> to eat; I was thirsty, and you* did not give Me <i>[something]</i> to drink;


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I was a stranger, and you* did not take me in; naked, and you* did not clothe Me; sick and in prison, and you* did not look after Me.'


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"Then _they_ also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungering or thirsting or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and we did not take care of You?'


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"Then He will answer them, saying, 'Positively, I say to you*, to the degree that you* did not do <i>[it]</i> to one of these, the least, you* did not do <i>[it]</i> to Me.'


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"You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Humanity is being handed over to be crucified."


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Then the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people were gathered together to the court of the high priest, the one being called Caiaphas.


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And they plotted among themselves so that they should seize Jesus by deceit <i>[or, treachery]</i> and kill <i>[Him]</i>.


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Now Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper <i>[or, the one with a skin disease]</i>,


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a woman came to Him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment <i>[or, perfume]</i>, and she poured <i>[it]</i> on His head as He <i>[was]</i> reclining <i>[to eat]</i>.


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But having known, Jesus said to them, "Why do you* cause the woman troubles <i>[fig., bother the woman]</i>? For she worked a good work to Me <i>[or, performed a good deed for Me]</i>.


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"For when this <i>[woman]</i> put this ointment on My body, she did <i>[it]</i> to prepare Me for burial.


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"Positively, I say to you*, wherever this Gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this <i>[woman]</i> did will also be spoken of-in memory of her."


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said, "What are you* willing to give to me, and _I_ will hand Him over to you*?" So they weighed out for him thirty silver <i>[coins]</i>.


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Now on the first <i>[day]</i> of the <i>[Feast of]</i> Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus saying to Him, "Where do You desire <i>[that]</i> we will prepare for You to eat the Passover?"


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So He said, "Be going away into the city, to such a one, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near; I am keeping the Passover with you <i>[fig., in your house]</i>, with My disciples."'"


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And being extremely grieved, they began to be saying to Him, each of them, "Surely Lord, _I_ am not <i>[the one]</i>, am I?"


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But answering, He said, "The one having dipped his hand with Me in the bowl, this <i>[one]</i> will betray Me.


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"Indeed, the Son of Humanity is going away just as it has been written concerning Him. But how horrible it will be to that man through whom the Son of Humanity is betrayed! <i>[It would have been]</i> good for him if that man had not been born!"


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But Judas, the one betraying Him, answering said, "Surely Rabbi, _I_ am not <i>[the one]</i>, am I?" He says to him, "_You_ said <i>[it]</i>."


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Now while _they_ were eating, Jesus having taken the bread and having bestowed a blessing upon <i>[it]</i>, broke <i>[it]</i> and began giving <i>[it]</i> to the disciples. And He said, "Take, eat; this is My body."


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And having taken the cup and having given thanks, He gave <i>[it]</i> to them, saying, "Drink from it, all <i>[of you]</i>,"


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"for this is My blood, the <i>[blood]</i> of the New Covenant, the <i>[blood]</i> poured out on behalf of many for forgiveness of sins.


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"But I say to you*, from now on by no means shall I drink of this fruit of the grapevine until that day when I shall be drinking it with you* new in the kingdom of My Father."


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Then Jesus says to them, "_You*_ will all be caused to stumble <i>[fig, caused to fall away]</i> because of Me on this night, for it has been written, 'I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' <i>[Zech 13:7]</i>


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But answering, Peter said to Him, "Even if all will be caused to stumble <i>[fig., caused to fall away]</i> because of You, {yet} _I_ will never be caused to stumble."


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Jesus began saying to him, "Positively, I say to you, on this night, before a rooster crows three times you will deny <i>[or, disown]</i> Me."


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Peter says to Him, "Even if it is necessary <i>[for]</i> me to die with You, by no means shall I deny <i>[or, disown]</i> You." And likewise said also all the disciples.


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Then Jesus comes with them to a place being called Gethsemane. And He says to the disciples, "Sit here until which <i>[time]</i>, having gone over there, I pray."


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And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be grieving and to be suffering from distress.


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Then Jesus says to them, "My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; stay here and keep watching with Me."


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And having approached <i>[God]</i> a little <i>[distance away]</i>, He fell on His face praying and saying, "My Father! If it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me. Nevertheless, not as _I_ desire, _but_ as You <i>[desire]</i>."


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And He comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping. And He says to Peter, "So! You* were not able to keep watch one hour with Me, were you*?


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"Keep watching and praying so that you* do not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed <i>[is]</i> willing <i>[or, eager]</i>, but the flesh <i>[is]</i> weak."


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Again a second time having gone away, He prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done."


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Then He comes to His disciples and says to them, "Are you* still sleeping and resting? Look! The hour has drawn near, and the Son of Humanity is being betrayed into the hands of sinners!


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And while _He_ is still speaking, look!, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a large crowd, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people.


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And immediately, having approached Jesus, he said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" And he affectionately kissed Him.


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But Jesus said to him, "Friend, for what <i>[or, why]</i> are you here?" Then having approached, they laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.


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And look! One of the <i>[ones]</i> with Jesus, having stretched out his hand, drew his sword, and having struck the slave of the high priest, he cut off his ear.


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Then Jesus says to him, "Put your sword back into its place! For all the ones taking up a sword will die by a sword.


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"Or do you think that I am not able <i>[even]</i> now to call upon My Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions <i>[i.e. military units of 6,000 soldiers each]</i> of angels?


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"How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that in this way it is necessary <i>[for it]</i> to happen?"


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In that hour <i>[or, At that time]</i> Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you* come out as against a robber <i>[or, an insurrectionist]</i> with swords and clubs to arrest Me? "Daily I was sitting with you* teaching in the temple, and you* did not arrest Me."


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But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets shall be fulfilled." Then all the disciples having left Him fled.


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Then the ones taking Jesus into custody led <i>[Him]</i> away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.


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But Peter was following Him from a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; and having entered inside, he was sitting with the <i>[courtyard]</i> attendants to see the end <i>[or, outcome]</i>.


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Now the chief priests and the elders and the whole High Council <i>[or, Sanhedrin]</i> were seeking false testimony against Jesus, in order that they should put Him to death,


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but they did not find <i>[any]</i>. And <i>[even with]</i> many false witnesses having come forward, they did not find <i>[any]</i>.


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But later two false witnesses having come forward, said, "This One said, 'I am able to tear down the temple of God and by three days to build it." <i>[cp. John 2:19]</i>


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And the high priest having stood up, said to Him, "Do You answer nothing? What are these <i>[men]</i> testifying against You?"


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But Jesus kept silent. And answering, the high priest said to Him, "I put You under an oath by the living God, that You tell us if _You_ are the Christ, the Son of God."


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Jesus says to him, "_You_ said <i>[it]</i>; nevertheless, I say to you*, from now on you* will see 'the Son of Humanity sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven <i>[or, the sky]</i>.'" <i>[Psalm 110:1; Dan 7:13,14]</i>


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Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has blasphemed! What need do we still have of witnesses? Listen! Now you* heard His blasphemy.


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Then they spit into His face and beat Him with their fists, but others slapped <i>[Him]</i> with their hands <i>[or, struck [Him] with a club]</i>,


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Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a certain slave-girl approached him, saying, "_You_ also were with Jesus the Galilean."


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Then _he_ having gone out to the porch, another <i>[slave-girl]</i> saw him and says to them there, "This one also was with Jesus of Nazareth."


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Then after a little while, the ones standing by, having approached, said to Peter, "Surely _you_ also are <i>[one]</i> of them, for even your accent makes you evident <i>[or, gives you away]</i>."


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Then he began to be calling down curses and to be taking an oath, "I do not know the Man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.


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And Peter was reminded of the saying of Jesus, He having said to him, "Before a rooster crows three times you will deny <i>[or, disown]</i> Me." And having gone forth outside, he wept bitterly. <i>[cp. Matt 26:34]</i>


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Now morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel <i>[or, plotted]</i> against Jesus, so as to put Him to death.


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And having bound Him, they lead <i>[Him]</i> away and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate the governor.


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Then Judas, the one betraying Him, having seen that he was condemned, having felt remorse, brought back the thirty silver <i>[coins]</i> to the chief priests and to the elders,


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saying, "I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood!" But they said, "What <i>[is that]</i> to us? _You_ will see <i>[to it yourself]</i>!"


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And having thrown down the silver <i>[coins]</i> in the temple, he departed; and having gone away, he hanged himself.


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But the chief priests having taken the silver <i>[coins]</i>, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is <i>[the]</i> price of blood <i>[or, is blood money]</i>."


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So having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for a burial-place for strangers.


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Then was fulfilled the saying having been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "And they took the thirty silver <i>[coins]</i>, the price of the One having been priced, whom they priced from the sons of Israel,


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Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned Him, saying, "Are _You_ the King of the Jews?" But Jesus said to him, "_You_ say <i>[it]</i>."


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And He did not answer him, not even in regards to one charge, with the result that the governor is quite amazed.


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Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to <i>[or, was in the habit of]</i> releasing one prisoner to the crowd, <i>[anyone]</i> whom they were desiring.


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So when _they_ were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you* desire <i>[that]</i> I release to you*, Barabbas or Jesus, the One being called Christ?"


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But while _he_ is sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Nothing to you and to that Righteous <i>[One]</i> <i>[fig., Have nothing to do with that Righteous One]</i>, for many <i>[things]</i> I suffered today in a dream because of Him."


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But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should request for themselves Barabbas, but Jesus they should kill.


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So answering, the governor said to them, "Which of the two do you* desire <i>[that]</i> I release to you*?" Then they said, "Barabbas!"


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Pilate says to them, "What then should I do with Jesus, the One being called Christ?" They all say to him, "Let Him be crucified!"


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But the governor said, "For what evil did He do?" But they began shouting all the more, saying, "Let Him be crucified!"


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So Pilate having seen that he is accomplishing nothing, _but_ rather a commotion is being made, having taken water, he washed his hands in full view of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this Righteous <i>[One]</i>! _You*_ will see <i>[to it yourselves]</i>."


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Then he released to them Barabbas. Then after having Jesus beaten with a whip, he handed <i>[Him]</i> over so that He should be crucified.


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Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the Fortified Palace <i>[or, Praetorium]</i>, gathered the entire garrison around Him.


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And having woven a victor's wreath <i>[or, crown]</i> out of thorns, they put <i>[it]</i> on His head and a reed in His right hand. And having knelt before Him, they kept ridiculing Him, saying, "Hail! The King of the Jews!"


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And when they <i>[had]</i> ridiculed Him, they stripped the cloak off Him, and they put on Him His <i>[own]</i> garments, and they led Him away to crucify <i>[Him]</i>.


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Then as they are going out they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: they forced this <i>[man]</i> into service so that he should carry His cross.


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they gave to Him wine vinegar having been mixed with gall to drink. And having tasted <i>[it]</i>, He was not wanting to drink <i>[it]</i>.


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And they put up over His head the accusation against Him, having been written, "This is Jesus: the King of the Jews."


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At that time being crucified with Him <i>[were]</i> two robbers <i>[or, insurrectionists]</i>, one on <i>[His]</i> right hand and one on <i>[the]</i> left.


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and saying, "The One tearing down the temple and in three days building <i>[it]</i>-save yourself! Since You are God's Son, come down from the cross!"


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Then likewise also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders and Pharisees, ridiculing <i>[Him]</i>, were saying,


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"He saved others; He is not able to save Himself! Since He is King of Israel, let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him!


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"He had confidence in God, let Him now deliver Him, if He wants Him, because He said, 'I am God's Son.'"


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Now also the robbers <i>[or, insurrectionists]</i>, the ones being crucified with Him, were insulting Him with the same <i>[words]</i>.


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Then from the sixth hour <i>[i.e., 12:00 noon]</i> darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour <i>[i.e., 3:00 p.m.]</i>.


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But about the ninth hour <i>[i.e., 3:00 p.m.]</i> Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying <i>[in Aramaic]</i>, "'Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?'" this is, "'My God, My God, why did You abandon Me?'" <i>[Psalm 22:1]</i>


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Then some of the ones having stood there, having heard, began saying, "This <i>[One]</i> is calling Elijah!"


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And immediately, one of them having ran and having taken a sponge and having filled <i>[it]</i> with wine vinegar and having put <i>[it]</i> around a reed, began giving <i>[it]</i> to Him to drink.


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And look! The veil <i>[or, curtain]</i> of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split.


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And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy ones <i>[or, saints]</i> having fallen asleep <i>[fig., having died]</i> were raised.


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And having come out from their tombs after His resurrection, they went into the holy city <i>[i.e. Jerusalem]</i> and appeared to many.


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So the centurion and the <i>[ones]</i> with him having watched over Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the <i>[things]</i> having been done, were extremely frightened, saying, "Truly this <i>[One]</i> was God's Son!"


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Now many women were there watching from a distance, who followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him,


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among whom was Mary the Magdalene <i>[or, Mary, a woman from Magdala]</i>, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.


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Now evening having come, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple to Jesus.


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Having approached Pilate, this one requested for himself the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up <i>[to him]</i>.


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and laid it in his new tomb, which he <i>[had]</i> cut in the rock. And having rolled a large stone against <i>[or, to]</i> the entrance of the tomb, he went away.


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Then the next day, that is after the preparation <i>[day]</i>, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,


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saying, "Lord, we remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, 'After three days I am being raised.'


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"Therefore, command the grave to be secured until the third day, lest His disciples having come by night should steal Him and say to the people, 'He was raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse <i>[than]</i> the first."


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Then Pilate said to them, "_You_ have a guard <i>[of soldiers]</i>; be going away; secure <i>[it]</i> as you* know <i>[how]</i>."


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So having gone, they secured the grave, having sealed the stone, together with the guard <i>[of soldiers]</i>.


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Now after <i>[the]</i> Sabbaths, at the dawning into <i>[the]</i> first <i>[day]</i> of the week <i>[i.e. early Sunday morning]</i>, Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the grave.


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And look! A great earthquake occurred, for an angel of the Lord having come down out of heaven, having come to <i>[the tomb]</i>, rolled away the stone from the entrance and was sitting on it.


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Then answering, the angel said to the women, "_You*_, stop being afraid! For I know that you* seek Jesus, the One having been crucified.


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"And go quickly, say to His disciples, 'He was raised from the dead!' And listen! He is going before you* to Galilee; there you* will see Him. Listen! I told you*."


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And having gone out quickly from the tomb, with fear and great joy, they ran to report to His disciples.


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But as they were going to tell to His disciples, and look!, Jesus met them, saying, "Greetings!" So having approached, they take hold of His feet and prostrated themselves in worship before Him.


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Then Jesus says to them, "Stop being afraid! Be going, report to My brothers that they should go away to Galilee, and there they will see Me."


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Now while they are going, look!, some of the guard <i>[of soldiers]</i> having come into the city reported to the chief priests all the <i>[things]</i> having happened.


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And having been gathered together with the elders, and having taken counsel <i>[or, having plotted]</i>, they gave much money to the soldiers,


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"And if this is heard by the governor, _we_ will persuade him, and we will make you* free from anxiety <i>[fig., will keep you* out of trouble]</i>."


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So having received the money, they did as they were taught. And this account was spread widely among Jews until this day.


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But the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus appointed <i>[or, designated]</i> to them.


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And having approached, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "All authority in heaven and on earth was given to Me.


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"When you* have gone, make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,


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teaching them to be observing all <i>[things]</i>, as many as I commanded you*. And listen! _I_ am with you* all the days, until the conclusion of the age! So be it!" <i>[Gr. amen, and throughout NT]</i>.


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As it has been written in the prophets, "Look! _I_ am sending My messenger before Your face <i>[fig., ahead of You]</i>, who will prepare Your way before You." <i>[Mal 3:1]</i>


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"A voice of <i>[one]</i> shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of <i>[the]</i> LORD! Be making His paths straight!'" <i>[Isaiah 40:3]</i>


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John came baptizing <i>[or, immersing, and throughout book]</i> in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism <i>[or, immersion, and throughout book]</i> of repentance for <i>[or, because of]</i> forgiveness of sins.


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And all the region of Judea was going out to him, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized in the Jordan River by him, they themselves confessing their sins <i>[or, after they themselves confessed their sins]</i>.


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Now John had clothed himself with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. And he eats locusts and wild honey.


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And he began proclaiming, saying, "He is coming after me, the <i>[One]</i> greater than I, of whom I am not worthy, having stooped down, to untie the strap of His sandals!


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"_I_ indeed baptize you* in water <i>[or, with water, and throughout book]</i>, but _He_ will baptize you* in <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit!"


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And it happened in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and He was baptized by John in the Jordan.


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And immediately coming up from the water, he <i>[i.e. John]</i> saw the heavens being parted and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him.


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And He was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And He was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to Him.


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and saying, "The time has been fulfilled and the kingdom of God has come near! Be repenting and believing <i>[or, trusting]</i> in the Gospel!"


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Now walking about by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother, <i>[that is]</i> of Simon, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.


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And having gone on from there a little, he saw James, the <i>[son]</i> of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they <i>[were]</i> in the boat mending the nets.


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And immediately He called them. Then having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers, they went away after Him.


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And they are going into Capernaum. And immediately on the Sabbaths having gone into the synagogue, He was teaching.


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And they were astonished at His teaching, for He was teaching them as <i>[one]</i> having authority, and not as the scribes.


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And <i>[there]</i> was in their synagogue a person with an unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit. And it cried out,


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saying, "Away! What to us and to You <i>[fig., What have we to do with You]</i>, Jesus the Nazarene? You came to destroy us! I know You, who You are, the Holy <i>[One]</i> of God!"


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Then the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit, having torn him back and forth <i>[fig., having thrown him into convulsions]</i> and having cried out with a loud voice, came out from him.


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And they were all shocked, so as to be disputing among themselves, saying, "What is this? What new teaching <i>[or, doctrine]</i> <i>[is]</i> this, that with authority even the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirits He commands, and they obey Him?"


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Then immediately, having come out from the synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.


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Now the mother-in-law of Simon was lying down, being sick with a fever. And immediately they tell Him about her.


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And having come near, He raised her up, having taken hold of her hand. And the fever immediately left her! Then she began serving them.


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Now evening having come, when the sun set, they began bringing to Him all the ones having it badly <i>[fig., who were sick]</i> and the ones being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by demons]</i>.


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And He healed many having it badly <i>[fig., who were sick]</i> with various diseases, and He cast out many demons. But He did not allow the demons to be speaking, because they knew Him.


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Then early in the morning, while it was still quite dark, having risen, He went out and went away into a deserted place, and He was there praying.


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Then He says to them, "Let us be going into the neighboring market towns, so that there I shall also preach, for this <i>[reason]</i> I have come forth."


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Then there comes to Him a leper <i>[or, one with a skin disease]</i>, calling on Him and kneeling before Him and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You are able to cleanse me."


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So Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched out His hand, took hold of him and says to him, "I am willing. Be cleansed!"


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And _He_ having spoken <i>[this]</i>, immediately the leprosy <i>[or, skin disease]</i> went away from him, and he was cleansed!


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and He says to him, "See <i>[that]</i> you say nothing to anyone; _but_ be going, show yourself to the priest and bring as an offering for your purification the things Moses directed, as a testimony to them." <i>[Lev 14:2-32]</i>


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But that one, having gone out, began to be proclaiming <i>[it]</i> much and to be spreading widely the news, with the result that no longer was He able to openly enter into the city, _but_ He was outside in deserted places, and they kept coming to Him from all directions.


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And He again entered into Capernaum after <i>[several]</i> days, and it was heard that He is in a house.


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And immediately many were gathered together, with the result that <i>[there]</i> was no longer <i>[any]</i> room, not even at the door, and He was speaking the word to them.


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And not being able to come near to Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof <i>[or, uncovered [a hole in] the roof]</i> where He was, and having dug through, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.


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Now Jesus having seen their faith, says to the paralytic, "Child, your sins have been forgiven you."


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But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts <i>[fig., inner selves, and throughout book]</i>,


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And immediately Jesus, having known in His spirit that _they_ are reasoning in this manner within themselves, said to them, "Why do you* reason these <i>[things]</i> in your* hearts?"


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"Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins have been forgiven?' or to say, 'Get up, and take up your cot and be walking about?'


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"But so that you* shall know that the Son of Humanity has authority to be forgiving sins on the earth,"-He says to the paralytic,


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And he rose up immediately! And having taken up his cot, he went out before all, with the result that all were themselves amazed and <i>[began]</i> to be glorifying God, saying, "We have never seen <i>[anything]</i> like this!"


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And passing by, He saw Levi, the <i>[son]</i> of Alpheus, sitting at the tax-office. Then He says to him, "Be following Me!" And having stood up, he followed Him.


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And it happened, while He <i>[was]</i> reclining <i>[to eat]</i> in his <i>[i.e. Levi's]</i> house, <i>[that]</i> also many tax collectors and sinners were reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with Jesus and His disciples, for <i>[there]</i> were many, and they followed Him.


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And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, said to His disciples, "Why is that <i>[One]</i> eating and drinking with those tax collectors and sinners?"


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Then Jesus, having heard, says to them, "The ones being strong do not have need of a physician, _but_ the ones having it badly <i>[fig., who are sick]</i>. I did not come to call righteous <i>[ones]</i>, _but_ sinners to repentance."


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Now the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to Him, "Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?"


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Then Jesus said to them, "The sons of the bridal chamber <i>[fig., the bridegroom's attendants]</i> in which <i>[time]</i> <i>[fig., while]</i> the bridegroom is with them, are not able to be fasting, are they? As long a time as they have the bridegroom with themselves they are not able to be fasting.


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"But days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast in those days.


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"And no one sews a patch of a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old garment; but if not <i>[fig., or else]</i> it takes up the new fullness <i>[fig., patch]</i> from the old, and the tear becomes worse.


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"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; but if not <i>[fig., or else]</i> the new wine bursts the wineskins, and the wine is poured out, and the wineskins will be ruined. _But_ new wine must be put into new wineskins."


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And it happened, He is going along on the Sabbaths through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make <i>[their]</i> way, picking the heads of grain.


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Then _He_ said to them, "Did you* never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?


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"How he went into the house of God at the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the loaves of bread of the presentation <i>[fig., the consecrated bread]</i>, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to the ones with him?" <i>[cp. 1Sam 21:3-6; Exod 29:32-33]</i>


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And He said to them, "The Sabbath came to be for the sake of humanity, not humanity for the sake of the Sabbath.


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And they were watching Him closely <i>[to see]</i> if He would heal him on the Sabbaths, so that they should accuse Him.


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And He says to the man, the one having the hand <i>[which]</i> had been withered, "Get up <i>[and come]</i> into the midst <i>[or, forward]</i>!"


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Then He says to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbaths to do good or to do evil? To save life or to kill?" But they were keeping silent.


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And having looked around upon them with anger, being deeply grieved at the hardness <i>[fig., stubbornness]</i> of their heart, He says to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" And he stretched <i>[it]</i> out-and his hand was restored healthy like the other!


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And the Pharisees having gone out, immediately they began creating a plot with the Herodians against Him in order that they should destroy Him.


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Then Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a large multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea


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and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and beyond the Jordan and the <i>[ones]</i> around Tyre and Sidon-a large multitude having heard what great <i>[things]</i> He was doing, came to Him.


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And He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him, because of the crowd, so that they would not be pressing upon Him.


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For He healed many, with the result that they kept pushing their way to Him, so that they could touch Him, as many as were having ailments.


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And the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirits, when they would see Him, were falling down before Him and were crying out, saying, "You are the Son of God!"


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Then He appointed twelve, so that they should be with Him, and so that He should send them out to be preaching


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and to be having power <i>[or, authority]</i> to be healing the diseases and to be casting out the demons.


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and James <i>[son]</i> of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and He gave them names-Boanerges, which is <i>[fig., means]</i>, "Sons of Thunder,"


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and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James <i>[son]</i> of Alpheus and Thaddeus and Simon the Cananite <i>[i.e. Aramaic for "Zealot"]</i>


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And the <i>[ones]</i> from His side <i>[fig., His relatives]</i> having heard, they went out to take hold of Him, for they said that He was out of His mind.


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And the scribes, the <i>[ones]</i> from Jerusalem, having come down, said "He has Beelzebul <i>[i.e. a Philistine deity used as a name for the devil]</i>!" And, "By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons."


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Then having summoned them, He began saying to them in allegories <i>[or, parables, and throughout book]</i>, "How is Satan able to be casting out Satan?


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"And if Satan rose up against himself and has been divided, he is not able to stand, _but_ has an end <i>[or, is finished]</i>.


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"No one, having entered into his house is able to plunder the property of the strong man, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he shall plunder his house.


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"Positively, I say to you*, that all the sins will be forgiven to the sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of people, also blasphemies, as many as they shall blaspheme.


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But whoever shall blaspheme in regard to <i>[or, against]</i> the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness into the age <i>[fig., forever]</i>, _but_ is in danger of eternal judgment <i>[or, punishment]</i>"-


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Then His brothers and mother come, and standing outside they sent <i>[word]</i> to Him, calling for Him.


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And a crowd was sitting around Him. So they said to Him, "Listen! Your mother and Your brothers and Your sisters are outside seeking You."


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And having looked around in a circle at the ones sitting around Him, He says, "Look! My mother and My brothers!


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And again He began to be teaching by the sea. And a large crowd was gathered to Him, with the result that He, having stepped into the boat, sat <i>[in it]</i> on the sea. And the whole crowd was by the sea on the land.


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And He began teaching them many <i>[things]</i> in allegories. And He was saying to them in His teaching:


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"And it happened, in the sowing, some <i>[seed]</i> fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured it.


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"But other <i>[seed]</i> fell on the rocky ground where it was not having much soil, and immediately it sprouted because of it not having depth of soil.


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"And other <i>[seed]</i> fell into the thorns. And the thorns came up and choked it, and it did not give fruit.


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"And other <i>[seed]</i> fell into the good ground, and it kept yielding fruit, coming up and increasing, and it kept producing: one thirty<i>[fold]</i> and one sixty<i>[fold]</i> and one a hundred<i>[fold]</i>."


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And He was saying to them, "The one having ears to be hearing-let him be hearing <i>[or, be paying attention]</i>."


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But when He came to be alone, those around Him, with the twelve, asked Him <i>[about]</i> the allegory.


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And He was saying to them, "To you* it has been given to know the secret <i>[or, mystery]</i> of the kingdom of God, but to the ones outside, all the <i>[things]</i> are in allegories,


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so that, 'Seeing they shall be seeing yet shall not perceive, and hearing they shall be hearing yet shall not be understanding, lest they turn back, and their sins be forgiven to them.'" <i>[Isaiah 6:9,10]</i>


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Then He says to them, "You* do understand this allegory, do you* not? And how will you* understand all the allegories?


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"Now these are the <i>[seeds]</i> beside the road where the word is sown: and whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches away the word, the one having been sown in their hearts.


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"And similarly, these are the <i>[seeds]</i> sown on the rocky ground: which, whenever they hear the word, immediately with joy they receive it.


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"And they do not have root in themselves, _but_ are temporary; afterward, affliction or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are caused to stumble <i>[fig., fall away]</i>.


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and the anxieties <i>[or, cares]</i> of this age <i>[fig, the present life]</i> and the deception of riches and the desires <i>[or, lusts]</i> concerning the remaining <i>[things]</i> entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.


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"And these are the <i>[seeds]</i> having been sown on the good ground: who hear the word and receive <i>[it]</i>. And they keep yielding fruit: one thirty<i>[fold]</i> and one sixty<i>[fold]</i> and one a hundred<i>[fold]</i>."


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Then He was saying to them, "The lamp does not come so that it should be put under the basket nor under the bed, does it? <i>[It comes]</i> so that it should be placed on the lampstand, does it not?


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"For <i>[there]</i> is not anything hidden which shall not be revealed, nor <i>[which]</i> was kept secret, _but_ that it should come into light.


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And He was saying to them, "Be watching <i>[or, Beware of]</i> what you* pay attention to. By what measure <i>[or, standard]</i> you* measure, it will be measured to you*, and to the ones hearing <i>[more]</i> will be added to you*.


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"For whoever shall be having, <i>[more]</i> will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him."


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And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like this: as if a person should cast the seed on the ground


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and should be sleeping and rising night and day, and the seed should be sprouting and growing. How? He himself does not know.


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"For the earth bears fruit by itself <i>[or, spontaneously]</i>: first a blade, then a head of grain, then full-grown wheat in the head.


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"But whenever the crop yields <i>[its fruit]</i>, immediately he sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come."


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And He said, "To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or by what kind of allegory shall we illustrate it?


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"<i>[It is]</i> like a grain of mustard <i>[or, a mustard seed]</i>, which, whenever it is sown on the earth, is smaller than all of the seeds on the earth.


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"And whenever it is sown, it comes up and becomes larger than all of the vegetables, and it produces large branches, with the result that 'the birds of the air are able to be nesting under its shade.'" <i>[Ezek 17:23; 31:6]</i>


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And with many such allegories He was speaking to them the word, as much as they were able to be hearing.


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But without an allegory He was not speaking to them, but privately to His disciples He was explaining all.


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And having left the crowd, they take Him along, as He was <i>[already]</i> in the boat. And other small boats were also with Him.


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Then a great storm of wind comes, and the waves were splashing into the boat, with the result that it is already being filled.


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And _He_ was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. And they wake Him up and say to Him, "Teacher, You are concerned that we perish, are You not?"


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And having woken up, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Be silent! Be muzzled <i>[fig., Be still]</i>!" And the wind abated, and <i>[there]</i> was a great calm.


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Then they feared a great fear. And they were saying to one another, "Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey <i>[or, are subject to]</i> Him?" <i>[cp. Job 38:25-38; Ps 135:7]</i>


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And _He_ having come out from the boat, immediately a man met him out of the tombs with an unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit,


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because _he_ had frequently been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles had been broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him.


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And through all <i>[fig. continually]</i>, night and day, in the mountains and in the tombs, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.


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And having cried out with a loud voice, he said, "What to me and to You <i>[fig., What have I to do with You]</i>, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure You <i>[or, place You under an oath]</i> <i>[by]</i> God; You shall not torment me!"


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For He was saying to him, "Come out from the man, <i>[you]</i> unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit!"


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And He was questioning him, "What <i>[is]</i> your name?" And he answered, saying, "Legion <i>[is]</i> my name, because we are many."


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And all the demons pleaded with Him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, so that we shall enter into them."


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Then immediately Jesus permitted them. And having come out, the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirits entered into the pigs, and the herd stampeded down the steep bank into the sea-now they were about two thousand-and they were being drowned in the sea.


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So the ones feeding the pigs fled, and they reported <i>[it]</i> in the city and in the farms. And they came out to see what it is, the <i>[thing]</i> having happened.


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And they come to Jesus, and they see the one being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by demons]</i> sitting and having been clothed and being of sound mind, the one having had the legion. And they were frightened.


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Now the ones having seen <i>[it]</i> related to them how it had happened to the one being demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by demons]</i> and about the pigs.


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And as _He_ stepped into the boat, the one having been demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by demons]</i> was pleading with Him that he should be with Him.


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But Jesus did not allow him, _but_ He says to him, "Be going away into your home, to your own <i>[people]</i> and report to them how great <i>[things]</i> the Lord has done to you, and <i>[how]</i> He was merciful to you."


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And he went away and began to be proclaiming in the Decapolis <i>[or, Ten Cities]</i> how great <i>[things]</i> Jesus did to him, and all were marveling.


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And Jesus having crossed over in the boat again to the other side, a large crowd was gathered to him, and He was by the sea.


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Then look! One of the synagogue leaders, by name Jairus, comes, and having seen Him, he falls at His feet.


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And he was earnestly pleading with Him, saying, "My little daughter has the last extremity <i>[fig., is at the point of death]</i>. <i>[I ask]</i> that having come, You lay Your hands on her, in order that she shall be cured and will live."


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and having suffered many <i>[things]</i> under many physicians and having spent all the <i>[things]</i> with her <i>[fig., everything that she had]</i> and not having been benefited at all, _but_ rather having come to <i>[be]</i> much worse,


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And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she has been healed of that affliction.


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Then immediately Jesus, having known in Himself the power having gone out from Him, having turned around in the crowd, said, "Who touched My garments?"


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And His disciples were saying to Him, "You see the crowd pressing upon You, and You say, "Who touched Me!"


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Now the woman, having been afraid and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him, and she told to Him all the truth.


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So He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has cured you; be going away in peace and be cured from your affliction."


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As _He_ is still speaking, they come from the synagogue leader, saying, "Your daughter died; why do you still trouble the Teacher?"


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But immediately Jesus, having heard the word being spoken, says to the synagogue leader, "Stop being afraid, only be believing <i>[or, trusting]</i>!"


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And He did not allow anyone to follow with Him, except Peter and James and John, the brother of James.


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Then He comes into the house of the synagogue leader and sees a commotion, weeping, and loud wailing.


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And having gone in, He says to them, "Why are you* so upset and weeping? The young child did not die, _but_ is sleeping!"


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And they began laughing at Him. But having sent <i>[them]</i> all out, He takes the father of the young child and the mother and those with Him, and He goes in where the child was lying.


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And having taken hold of the hand of the young child, He says to her, "Talitha koumi!" which is, being translated, "Girl (I say to you), get up!"


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And immediately the girl rose up and was walking about! (for she was twelve years <i>[old]</i>). And they were amazed <i>[with]</i> great amazement.


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And He gave strict orders to them that no one should know <i>[about]</i> this. Then He said <i>[for something]</i> to be given to her to eat.


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And <i>[the]</i> Sabbath having come, He began to be teaching in the synagogue. And many hearing were astonished, saying, "Where <i>[did]</i> this One <i>[get]</i> these <i>[things]</i>? And what <i>[is]</i> the wisdom having been given to Him? And <i>[how]</i> are such miraculous works being done through His hands?


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"This is the craftsman, the Son of Mary and Brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, is it not? And His sisters are here with us, are they not?" And they were caused to stumble because of Him <i>[fig., were having doubts about Him]</i>.


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But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own house."


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And He was not able to do any miraculous work there, except having laid His hands on a few infirm <i>[or, sickly]</i> <i>[people]</i>, He healed <i>[them]</i>.


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And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He was traveling around the villages in a circuit, teaching.


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Then He summons the twelve. And He began to be sending them out two <i>[by]</i> two, and He was giving to them authority <i>[or, power]</i> over the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirits.


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And He gave strict orders to them that they should be taking nothing for the journey, except a staff only-no traveler's bag, no bread, no copper coin <i>[or, money]</i> in their money belt-


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And He was saying to them, "Whenever you* enter into a house, be staying there until you* depart from there.


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"And as many as shall not receive you* nor hear you*, going out from there, shake off the dust that <i>[is]</i> under your* feet for a testimony to <i>[or, against]</i> them. Positively, I say to you*, it will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in <i>[the]</i> day of judgment than for that city."


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And they were casting out many demons, and they were anointing many infirm <i>[or, sickly]</i> <i>[people]</i> with oil and were healing <i>[them]</i>.


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And Herod the king heard (for His name became well known), and he said, "John, the one baptizing, was raised from <i>[the]</i> dead! And because of this these miraculous powers are supernaturally working in Him."


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Others were saying, "He is Elijah." But others were saying, "He is a prophet like one of the prophets."


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But Herod having heard, said, "John whom _I_ beheaded-this is he! _He_ was raised from <i>[the]</i> dead!"


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For Herod himself, having sent <i>[soldiers]</i>, arrested John and bound him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her.


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for Herod was fearing John, knowing him <i>[to be]</i> a righteous and holy man, and was protecting him. And having heard him, he was doing many <i>[things]</i>, and he would hear him gladly.


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And a suitable day having come, when Herod, for his birthday festivities, was making a banquet for his nobles and the commanding officers <i>[or, Chiliarchs]</i> and the most prominent people of Galilee,


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and the daughter of Herodias herself having come in and having danced and having pleased Herod and the ones reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with <i>[him]</i>, the king said to the girl, "Ask of me whatever you want and I will give <i>[it]</i> to you."


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So having gone out, she said to her mother, "What will I ask for myself?" So she said, "The head of John the Baptist <i>[or, the Immerser]</i>!"


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And having come in, immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, "I want that you give to me at once, on a wooden platter, the head of John the Baptist!"


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And the king-<i>[although]</i> having become deeply grieved-because of the oaths and of the ones reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with <i>[him]</i>, did not want to regard her <i>[request]</i> as nothing.


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So having gone, he beheaded him in the prison. And he brought his head on a wooden platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.


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And the apostles are gathered together to Jesus, and they reported all to Him, and how many <i>[things]</i> they did, and how many <i>[things]</i> they taught.


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And He said to them, "Come you* by yourselves privately to a desert place, and be resting yourselves a little." For the ones coming and the ones going were many, and they were not even finding time to eat.


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And they saw them going away, and many recognized Him. And they ran together there on foot <i>[or, by land]</i> from all the cities, and they went before them and came together to Him.


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And having come out <i>[of the boat]</i>, Jesus saw a large crowd. And He was moved with compassion on them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd, and He began to be teaching them many <i>[things]</i>.


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Then the hour already having become late, His disciples having approached Him, say, "The place is desolate and the hour is already late.


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"Send them away so that, having gone away into the surrounding farms and villages, they should buy for themselves loaves of bread, for they do not have something they should eat <i>[or, for they do not have anything to eat]</i>."


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But answering, He said to them, "You* give to them to eat." And they say to Him, "Having gone away, should we buy two hundred denarii <i>[i.e., 200 days' wages]</i> <i>[worth of]</i> loaves of bread and give to them to eat?"


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But He says to them, "How many loaves of bread do you* have? Be going away and see." And when they found out, they say, "Five, and two fish."


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And having taken the five loaves of bread and the two fish, having looked up to heaven, He bestowed a blessing and broke the loaves of bread in pieces, and He began giving to His disciples so that they should distribute to them, and He divided the two fish to all.


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And immediately He compelled His disciples to step into the boat and to go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, until _He_ sent the crowd away.


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And evening having come, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He <i>[was]</i> alone on the land.


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And He saw them being tormented <i>[or, straining]</i> in the rowing, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night <i>[i.e., between 3:00 - 6:00 a.m.]</i>, He comes to them walking about on the sea. And He wanted to pass by them.


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But having seen Him walking about on the sea, they supposed <i>[Him]</i> to be an apparition, and they cried out.


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For they all saw Him and were terrified. And immediately He spoke with them and says to them, "Be taking courage! _I_ am! Stop fearing!"


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And He went up to them into the boat, and the wind abated. And they were very much utterly amazed within themselves, and they began marveling.


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For they did not understand concerning the loaves of bread, for their heart had been hardened <i>[fig., they were stubborn in their inner selves]</i>.


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having run about that whole surrounding region, they began to be carrying on the cots the ones having it badly <i>[fig., who were sick]</i> wherever they would hear that He is there.


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And wherever He was going, into villages or cities or farms, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces. And they were pleading with Him that they should at least touch the fringe of His garment, and as many as were touching Him were being healed.


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And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, are gathered together to Him.


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And having seen some of His disciples eating bread with defiled <i>[or, ceremonially unclean]</i> hands-that is, not ritually washed-they found fault.


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For the Pharisees and all the Jews, if they do not wash their hands with <i>[the]</i> fist <i>[fig., in the proper manner]</i>, do not eat, keeping the tradition of the elders.


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And <i>[coming]</i> from the marketplace, unless they baptize <i>[or, ceremonially wash]</i> themselves, they do not eat, and many other <i>[traditions there]</i> are which they received <i>[and]</i> are keeping: <i>[like]</i> baptisms <i>[or, ceremonial washings]</i> of cups and pitchers and brazen vessels and cots.


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Afterwards the Pharisees and the scribes ask Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk about <i>[fig., conduct themselves]</i> according to the tradition of the elders? _But_ they eat their bread with ritually unwashed hands."


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But answering, He said to them, "Correctly did Isaiah prophesy concerning you*, the hypocrites! As it has been written, 'This people honors Me with their lips <i>[fig., words]</i>, but their heart is far distant from Me.


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'But in vain <i>[or, to no purpose]</i> do they worship Me, teaching <i>[as]</i> teachings <i>[or, doctrines]</i> <i>[the]</i> commandments of people.' <i>[Isaiah 29:13, LXX]</i>


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For having left behind <i>[or, having neglected]</i> the commandment of God, you* keep the tradition of people: baptisms <i>[or, ceremonial washings]</i> of pitchers and cups, and many such other similar things you* do."


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And He was saying to them, "<i>[All too]</i> well do you* regard as nothing the commandment of God, so that you* should keep your* tradition.


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"For Moses said, 'Be honoring your father and your mother', and, 'The one speaking evil of father or mother, let him be coming to the end <i>[of his life]</i>, to <i>[his]</i> death.' <i>[Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16; Exod 21:17]</i>


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"But _you*_ say, 'If a person says to his father or to his mother, "<i>[It is]</i> Corban (which is, a gift), whatever you should be benefited from me."'


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"<i>[thus]</i> nullifying the word of God for your* tradition which you* handed down. And many such other similar things you* do."


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And having summoned all the crowd, He was saying to them, "Be paying attention to Me, all <i>[of you*]</i> and be understanding:


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"There is nothing from outside the person entering into him which is able to defile him, _but_ the <i>[things]</i> coming out from him, those are the <i>[things]</i> defiling the person.


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And He says to them, "So you* also are without understanding! You* do understand that nothing from outside entering into the person is able to defile him, do you* not?


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"Because it does not enter into his heart, _but_ into the stomach, and goes out into the latrine, purifying <i>[or, purging]</i> all the foods."


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"For from within, out of the heart of people, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders,


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thefts, covetous desires <i>[or, greed]</i>, wicked deeds, deceit <i>[or, treachery]</i>, flagrant sexual immorality, an evil eye <i>[fig., envy]</i>, blasphemy, arrogance, foolishness.


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Then having risen from there, He went away into the boundaries of Tyre and Sidon. And having entered into a house, He was wanting no one to know, yet He was not able to escape notice.


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For a woman having heard about Him, whose little daughter was having an unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit, having come, she fell at His feet.


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Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by race. And she kept asking Him that He would cast out the demon from her daughter.


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But Jesus said to her, "Allow the children to be filled first, for it is not proper to take the children's bread and to cast <i>[it]</i> to the little dogs."


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But she answered and says to Him, "Yes indeed, Lord, but even the little dogs under the table eat from the young children's crumbs."


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And having gone away into her house, she found the demon having gone out and her daughter having been placed on the bed.


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And again, having gone out from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, He came to the Sea of Galilee, in the middle of the borders of Decapolis <i>[or, Ten Cities]</i>.


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And they bring to Him a deaf <i>[person]</i> with a speech impediment, and they plead with Him that He lay His hand on him.


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And having taken him aside privately, away from the crowd, He put His fingers into his ears, and having spit, He touched his tongue.


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Then immediately his ears were opened, and the bond <i>[fig., impediment]</i> of his tongue was loosed, and he began speaking plainly!


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And He gave orders to them that they should tell no one, but as much as _He_ was giving orders to them, all the more abundantly <i>[or, widely]</i> they were proclaiming <i>[it]</i>.


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And they were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done all <i>[things]</i> well; He makes both the deaf to be hearing and the mute to be speaking!"


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In those days, the crowd being very great and not having anything they should eat, Jesus having summoned His disciples, says to them,


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"I have compassion on the crowd because they are already staying with Me three days and do not have anything they should eat.


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"And if I send them away hungry to their home, they will faint on the journey, for some of them come from a distance."


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Then His disciples answered to Him, "From where will anyone be able to feed these with bread here in <i>[this]</i> desolate place?"


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Then He gave strict orders to the crowd to recline on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves of bread, having given thanks, He broke <i>[them]</i> and began giving <i>[them]</i> to His disciples so that they should set <i>[them]</i> before <i>[the people]</i>. And they set <i>[them]</i> before the crowd.


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And they were having a few small fish. And having bestowed a blessing upon <i>[them]</i>, He said to set them also before <i>[the people]</i>.


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So they ate and were satisfied! And they took up leftover broken pieces of bread-seven large baskets.


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And immediately having stepped into the boat with His disciples, He came into the parts <i>[or, district]</i> of Dalmanutha.


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Then the Pharisees came out and began disputing with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him.


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And having sighed deeply in His spirit, He says, "Why does this generation seek after a sign? Positively, I say to you*, no sign will be given to this generation."


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And the disciples forgot to take loaves of bread, and they had nothing with them in the boat except one loaf of bread.


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And He began giving orders to them, saying, "Be watching out! Continually beware of the leaven <i>[or, yeast]</i> of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod."


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Then they began discussing with one another, saying, "<i>[He said this]</i> because we have no loaves of bread."


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And Jesus having known, says to them, "Why do you* discuss that you* have no loaves of bread?' Do you* not yet perceive nor understand? Do you* still have your* heart having been hardened <i>[fig., Are you* still stubborn in your* inner selves]</i>?


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"'Having eyes, do you* not see? And having ears, do you* not hear?' And do you* not remember? <i>[Jer 5:21; Ezek 12:12]</i>


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"When I broke the five loaves of bread for the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces of bread did you* take up?" They say to Him, "Twelve."


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"But when <i>[I broke]</i> the seven <i>[loaves]</i> for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces of bread did you* take up?" And they said, "Seven."


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Then He comes into Bethsaida. And they bring to Him a blind <i>[man]</i> and plead with Him that He touch him.


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And having taken hold of the hand of the blind <i>[man]</i>, He led him forth outside of the village. And having spit into his eyes, having placed His hands on him, He began asking him if he sees <i>[or, is able to see]</i> anything.


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And he, having looked up, was saying, "I see people that like trees I see <i>[them]</i> walking about."


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Then He again placed the hands on his eyes and made him look up. And he was restored and saw everyone clearly!


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And He sent him away to his house, saying, "Neither enter into the village, nor tell <i>[it]</i> to anyone in the village."


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Then Jesus went out, and His disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way He was questioning His disciples, saying to them, "Who are people saying Me to be <i>[or, [that] I am]</i>?"


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So they answered, "John the Baptist <i>[or, the Immerser]</i>, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets."


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Then He says to them, "But you*, who do you* say Me to be <i>[or, [that] I am]</i>?" So answering, Peter says to Him, "_You_ are the Christ" <i>["the Anointed One"]</i>.


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Then He began to be teaching them that it is necessary <i>[for]</i> the Son of Humanity to suffer many <i>[things]</i> and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and to be killed and after three days to rise again.


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But He, having turned back and having seen His disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, "Be going away behind Me, Satan! For you do not keep in mind the <i>[things]</i> of God, _but_ the <i>[things]</i> of people."


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And having summoned the crowd, with His disciples, He said to them, "Whoever desires to be following after Me, let him deny <i>[or, disown]</i> himself and take up his cross and be following Me.


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"For whoever is desiring to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his own life on account of Me and the Gospel, will save it.


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"For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous <i>[fig., unfaithful]</i> and sinful generation, the Son of Humanity will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father, with the holy angels."


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And He was saying to them, "Positively, I say to you*, there are some of the ones standing here who by no means shall taste of <i>[fig., experience]</i> death until they see the kingdom of God having come in power."


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Then after six days Jesus takes Peter and James and John and leads them up privately into a high mountain, alone. And He was transfigured <i>[or, His appearance was changed]</i> before them.


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And His garments became radiant, extremely white, like snow, such as a bleacher <i>[or, launderer]</i> on the earth is not able to whiten <i>[them]</i>.


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And answering, Peter says to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good <i>[for]</i> us to be here. And let us make three tents: one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah"-


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And a cloud appeared overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My Son-the Beloved! Be paying attention to Him!"


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Now while they descended from the mountain, He gave orders to them that they should relate to no one what they saw, except when the Son of Humanity rises from <i>[the]</i> dead.


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And they kept this word to themselves, questioning together what the rising from <i>[the]</i> dead is.


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Then they began questioning Him, saying, "The scribes say that it is necessary <i>[for]</i> Elijah to come first."


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But answering, He said to them, "Elijah indeed, having come first, restores all <i>[things]</i>. But why has it been written concerning the Son of Humanity that many <i>[things]</i> He shall suffer and be treated with contempt?


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"_But_ I say to you* that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him as much as they wanted, just as it has been written concerning him."


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Then immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were greatly surprised, and running up <i>[to Him]</i>, they began greeting Him.


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Then one from the crowd answering, said, "Teacher, I brought my son to You, because he has a mute spirit <i>[i.e., a spirit which makes him mute]</i>.


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And wherever it seizes him, it tears him <i>[fig., throws him into convulsions]</i>. And he foams at the mouth and gnashes his teeth, and he is withering away. And I spoke to Your disciples that they cast it out, but they were not able."


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So answering him, He said, "O unbelieving <i>[or, faithless]</i> generation, how long will I be with you*? How long will I put up with you*? Be bringing him to Me."


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And they brought him to Him. And having seen Him, immediately the spirit tore him back and forth <i>[fig., threw him into convulsions]</i>, and having fallen on the ground, he began rolling about, foaming at the mouth.


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And He questioned his father, "How long a time is it <i>[that]</i> it has happened like this to him?" Then he said, "From childhood.


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"And also, frequently it casts him into the fire and into water, so that it should destroy him. _But_ if You are able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us."


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So Jesus said to him, "If you are able to believe <i>[or, to have faith]</i>-all <i>[things are]</i> possible to the one believing <i>[or, having faith]</i>!"


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And immediately, having cried out, the father of the young child with tears said, "I do believe <i>[or, I do have faith]</i>! Lord, be helping my unbelief <i>[or, my weak faith]</i>!"


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Now Jesus having seen that a crowd is gathering rapidly, He rebuked the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, _I_ command you, come out from him, and you shall no longer enter into him!"


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And having cried out and having greatly torn him back and forth <i>[fig., having thrown him into terrible convulsions]</i>, it came out. And he became as dead, with the result that many are saying that he was dead.


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And when He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, "Why were we not able to cast it out?"


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Then having gone out from there, they were passing through Galilee, and He did not want that any should know.


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For He was teaching His disciples, and He was saying to them, "The Son of Humanity is being betrayed into the hands of people, and they will kill Him. And having been killed, the third day He will rise."


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And He came into Capernaum. And being in the house, He began questioning them, "What were you* discussing on the road among yourselves?"


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But they were keeping silent, for on the road they discussed with one another who <i>[is the]</i> greatest."


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And having sat down, He called the twelve and says to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he will be last of all and a servant of all."


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And having taken a young child, He set him in the middle of them. And having taken him in His arms, He said to them,


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"Whoever receives one like these young children in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me, does not receive Me, _but_ the One having sent Me."


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Then John answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, who does not follow us, and we tried to prevent him, because he does not follow us."


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But Jesus said, "Stop preventing him, for <i>[there]</i> is no one who will perform a miraculous work in <i>[or, on the basis of]</i> My name and will soon <i>[afterwards]</i> be able to speak evil of Me.


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"For whoever gives you* a cup of water to drink in My name because you* are Christ's, positively I say to you*, he shall by no means lose his reward.


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"And whoever causes one of the little <i>[ones]</i> believing <i>[or, trusting]</i> in Me to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, it is better for him if rather a millstone <i>[i.e. a large stone used for grinding grain]</i> is hung around his neck, and he has been cast into the sea.


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"And if your hand is causing you to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled, than having your two hands, to go away into hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i>, into the unquenchable fire,


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where their worm does not come to the end <i>[of their lives]</i>, and the fire is not extinguished.


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"And if your foot is causing you to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into the life lame, than having your two feet to be cast into hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i>, into the unquenchable fire,


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"And if your eye is causing you to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>, cast it out! It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God one-eyed, than having two eyes, to be cast into the hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i> of the fire <i>[or, the fiery hell]</i>,


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"The salt <i>[is]</i> good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, by what will you season <i>[it]</i>? Be having salt in yourselves, and be living in peace with one another."


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Having risen from there, He comes into the borders of Judea, by the other side of the Jordan. And crowds are again gathering together to Him, and, as He was accustomed, He again began teaching them.


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And {the} Pharisees, having come to <i>[Him]</i>, questioned Him if it is lawful <i>[for]</i> a husband to divorce a wife, testing Him.


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So they said, "Moses permitted <i>[one]</i> 'to write a scroll of divorce and to divorce.'" <i>[Deut 24:1,3]</i>


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"But from <i>[the]</i> beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.' <i>[Gen 1:27]</i>


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"'For this reason, a man will leave behind his father and mother and will be joined to <i>[or, united with]</i> his wife.


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'And they will be-the two-into one flesh' <i>[or, 'the two will become one flesh']</i>, with the result that they are no longer two, _but_ one flesh. <i>[Gen 2:24]</i>


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And they were bringing to Him young children, so that He should touch them. But the disciples were rebuking the ones bringing <i>[them]</i>.


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But having seen, Jesus was indignant. And He said to them, "Allow the young children to be coming to Me; stop forbidding <i>[or, preventing]</i> them, for of such <i>[ones]</i> is the kingdom of God.


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"Positively, I say to you*, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like <i>[or, in the same way as]</i> a young child shall by no means enter into it."


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And having taken them in His arms, having placed His hands on them, He began bestowing a blessing upon them.


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Then as He was going out into <i>[the]</i> road, one having run up and having knelt before Him, began questioning Him, "Good Teacher, what should I do so that I shall inherit eternal life?"


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"The commandments you know: 'You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.'" <i>[Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20]</i>


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Then Jesus having looked attentively at him, loved him, and said to him, "One <i>[thing]</i> you lack. Be going away; as many <i>[things]</i> as you have, sell and give to the poor <i>[ones]</i>, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come! Be following Me, having taken up the cross."


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But having become appalled at the word, he went away distressed, for he was having many possessions.


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And Jesus having looked around, says to His disciples, "How with difficulty will the ones having possessions <i>[or, riches]</i> enter into the kingdom of God!"


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But the disciples were shocked at His words. So Jesus again answering, says to them, "Children, how difficult it is <i>[for]</i> the ones having confidence in <i>[or, relying on]</i> possessions <i>[or, riches]</i> to enter into the kingdom of God!


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"It is easier <i>[for]</i> a camel to enter through the eye of the needle than <i>[for]</i> a rich <i>[person]</i> to enter into the kingdom of God."


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But having looked attentively at them, Jesus says, "With people it is impossible, _but_ not with God! For all <i>[things]</i> are possible with God!"


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{But} answering, Jesus said, "Positively, I say to you*, there is no one who left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or farms for My sake and {for the sake of} the Gospel,


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who shall not receive a hundred times as much now, in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, with persecutions, and in the coming age, eternal life.


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Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them. And they were astonished, and <i>[as they were]</i> following, they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, He began to be telling them the <i>[things]</i> which were to be happening to Him:


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"Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Humanity shall be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes. And they will condemn Him to death, and they will deliver Him to the Gentiles.


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"And they will ridicule Him and will scourge Him and will spit on Him and will kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again."


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And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him, saying, "Teacher, we desire that whatever we ask, You shall do for us."


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Then they said to Him, "Grant to us that we shall sit, one at Your right <i>[hand]</i> and one at Your left, in Your glory."


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But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you* ask. Are you* able to drink the cup which _I_ am drinking and to be baptized <i>[with]</i> the baptism which _I_ am being baptized?"


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So they said to Him, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "Indeed, the cup which _I_ am drinking, you* will drink, and the baptism which _I_ am being baptized <i>[with]</i>, you* will be baptized <i>[with]</i>.


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"But to sit at My right and at My left is not mine to give, _but_ <i>[it is for those]</i> for whom it has been prepared."


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But Jesus having summoned them, says to them, "You* know that the ones recognized to be ruling the nations domineer over them, and their great <i>[ones]</i> tyrannize them.


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But it will not be so among you*. _But_ whoever shall be desiring to become great among you*, he will be your* servant.


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"For even the Son of Humanity did not come to be served, _but_ to serve, and to give His life <i>[as]</i> a ransom <i>[or, price of release]</i> for <i>[or, in the place of]</i> many."


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And they come to Jericho. And as He is going out from Jericho, with His disciples and a large crowd, a son of Timaeus-Bartimaeus the blind-was sitting beside the road begging.


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And having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to be crying out and to be saying, "The Son of David-Jesus! Be merciful to me!"


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And many began warning him that he should keep silent, but all the more he kept crying out, "Son of David! Be merciful to me!"


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And Jesus having stood still, said <i>[for]</i> him to be summoned. And they summoned the blind <i>[man]</i>, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up! He is summoning you."


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And answering, Jesus says to him, "What do you want <i>[that]</i> I should do for you?" So the blind <i>[man]</i> said to him, "Rabboni, that I receive <i>[my]</i> sight!"


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Then Jesus said to him, "Be going! Your faith has cured you!" And immediately he received <i>[his]</i> sight! And he began following Jesus on the road.


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And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, to the Mount of Olives, He sends out two of His disciples


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and says to them, "Be going away into the village, the <i>[one]</i> opposite you*, and immediately entering into it, you* will find a colt <i>[or, young donkey]</i> having been tied, on which no person has sat. Having untied it, bring <i>[it]</i>.


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And if anyone says to you*,' Why are you* doing this?', you* say, "The Lord has need of it." And immediately he <i>[will]</i> send it here."


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So they went away and found {the} colt having been tied by the door outside in the street, and they untied it.


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Then many spread their coats in the road, but others were cutting down leafy branches from the trees and were spreading <i>[them]</i> in the road.


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And the ones going before and the ones following began crying out, saying, "We praise You <i>[Gr., Hosanna]</i>! 'Having been blessed <i>[is]</i> the One coming in the name of the LORD!' <i>[Psalm 118:26]</i>


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Having been blessed <i>[is]</i> the kingdom of our father David coming in the name of the Lord! We praise You <i>[Gr., Hosanna]</i> in the highest!"


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And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And having looked around at all <i>[things]</i>, the hour already being late, He went out into Bethany with the twelve.


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And having seen a fig-tree from a distance having leaves, He came, if perhaps He will find anything on it. Then having come upon it, He found nothing except leaves, for it was not <i>[the]</i> season for figs.


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And answering, Jesus said to it, "No longer will anyone eat fruit from you into the age <i>[fig., forever]</i>." And His disciples were listening.


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And they come into Jerusalem. Then Jesus having gone into the temple, He began to be casting out the ones selling and buying in the temple. And He overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of the ones selling the doves.


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Then He began teaching <i>[them]</i>, saying to them, "Has it not been written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But _you*_ made it a 'hideout for robbers!'" <i>[Isaiah 56:7; Jer 7:11]</i>


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And the scribes and the chief priests heard. And they began seeking how they could destroy Him, for they were fearing Him, because the entire crowd was being astonished by His teaching.


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Then in the early morning, passing by, they saw the fig-tree having been dried up from <i>[the]</i> roots.


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And having remembered, Peter says to Him, "Rabbi, look! The fig-tree which You cursed has been dried up."


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"For positively, I say to you*, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and be cast into the sea' and does not doubt in his heart, _but_ believes <i>[or, has faith]</i> that what he says is going to happen, it will be <i>[granted]</i> to him whatever he says.


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For this reason I say to you*, all <i>[things]</i>, as many as while praying you* shall be asking <i>[for]</i>, be believing <i>[or, be having faith]</i> that you* are receiving, and it will be <i>[granted]</i> to you*.


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"And whenever you* stand praying, be forgiving, if you* are holding anything against anyone, so that also your* Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, shall forgive you* of your* transgressions.


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"But if you* do not forgive, neither will your* Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, forgive your* transgressions."


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And they come again into Jerusalem. And in the temple, as _He_ walks about, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to Him.


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And they say to Him, "By what authority do You do these <i>[things]</i>? And who gave to You this authority, so that these <i>[things]</i> You are doing?"


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But answering, Jesus said to them, "_I_ will also ask you* one word <i>[or, thing]</i>, and <i>[if]</i> you* answer Me, I also will tell you* by what authority I am doing these <i>[things]</i>.


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And they began considering with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Then why did you* not believe him?'


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"_But_ shall we say, 'From people?'"-they were fearing the people, for all were holding that John was really a prophet.


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And answering, they say to Jesus, "We do not know." Then answering, Jesus says to them, "Neither do _I_ tell you* by what authority I am doing these <i>[things]</i>."


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And He began to be speaking to them in allegories: "A man 'planted a vineyard and put a fence around <i>[it]</i> and dug a trough <i>[or, trench for gathering juice under the wine press]</i> and built a lookout tower,' and he leased it to vineyard keepers and went on a journey. <i>[Isaiah 5:1,2]</i>


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"Then he sent a slave to the vineyard keepers at the <i>[harvest]</i> time, so that from the vineyard keepers he should receive from the fruit of the vineyard.


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"And again he sent to them another slave. And that one, having cast stones at <i>[him]</i>, they wounded in the head and sent <i>[him]</i> away, having been treated shamefully.


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"And again he sent another. And that one they killed. And many others: some repeatedly beating, but others killing.


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"Therefore, having still one son-his beloved-he sent even him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.'


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"But those vineyard keepers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come; let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'


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"Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, and he will destroy the vineyard keepers, and he will give the vineyard to others.


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"Did you* not even read this Scripture, 'A stone which the builders rejected, this <i>[stone]</i> became <i>[the]</i> cornerstone.


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Then they began seeking to take Him into custody-but they feared the crowd-for they knew that He spoke the allegory against them. And having left Him, they went away.


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And they send to Him some of the Pharisees and <i>[some]</i> of the Herodians, so that they should trap Him in <i>[some]</i> word.


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So having come, they say to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful, and You are not concerned for anyone; for you do not look to the face of people <i>[fig., You do not show favoritism to people]</i>, _but_ You teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute <i>[or, a tax]</i> to Caesar or not?


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"Should we give, or should we not give?" But knowing their insincerity, He said to them, "Why do you* test Me? Be bringing to Me a denarius <i>[i.e., a Roman, silver coin]</i>, so that I should see <i>[it]</i>."


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So they brought <i>[it]</i>. Then He says to them, "Whose image <i>[is]</i> this? And the inscription?" So they said to Him, "Caesar's."


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "Give back <i>[or, Render]</i> the <i>[things]</i> of Caesar to Caesar and the <i>[things]</i> of God to God." And they were amazed at Him.


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"Teacher, Moses wrote to us that 'if someone's brother dies' (and leaves behind a wife) 'and leaves no children, that his brother shall take his wife and raise up seed <i>[fig., offspring]</i> to his brother.' <i>[Deut 25:5]</i>


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"Then the second took her, and died, and neither did he leave seed. And the third in the same manner.


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"In the resurrection, whenever they rise, whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her <i>[as]</i> wife."


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you* are led astray <i>[fig., are mistaken]</i>: you* do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God?


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"For when they rise from <i>[the]</i> dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, _but_ they are as angels, the <i>[ones]</i> in the heavens.


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"But concerning the dead <i>[ones]</i>, that they rise: you* have read in the Scroll of Moses (at The Bush), how God spoke to him, saying, 'I <i>[am]</i> the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob,' have you* not? <i>[Exod 3:6]</i>


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He is not the God of dead <i>[ones]</i>, _but_ <i>[the]</i> God of living <i>[ones]</i>! Therefore, _you*_ are greatly led astray <i>[fig., mistaken]</i>!"


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Then one of the scribes having approached, having heard them debating, knowing that He answered them well, questioned Him, "Which is <i>[the]</i> first commandment of all?"


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Then Jesus answered him, "<i>[The]</i> first of all the commandments <i>[is]</i>, 'Be hearing <i>[or, Be paying attention]</i>, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one.'


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'And you* will love the LORD your God with your whole heart <i>[fig., your entire inner self]</i> and with your whole soul and with your whole understanding and with your whole strength'-this <i>[is]</i> the first commandment. <i>[Deut 6:4,5]</i>


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"And <i>[the]</i> second <i>[is]</i> similar to it, 'You will love your neighbor as yourself'-no other commandment is greater <i>[than]</i> these." <i>[Lev 19:18]</i>


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Then the scribe said to Him, "Well <i>[said]</i>, Teacher! You have spoken in truth that He is one, and <i>[there]</i> is not another besides Him. <i>[Deut 4:35,39]</i>


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"And to be loving Him with the whole heart <i>[fig., one's entire inner self]</i> and with the whole understanding and with the whole soul and with the whole strength and to be loving one's neighbor as oneself is more <i>[than]</i> all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices." <i>[Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18' 1Sam 15:22]</i>


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And Jesus, having seen him, that he answered wisely, said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And no one dared any longer to question Him.


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Then answering, Jesus was saying, teaching in the temple, "How are the scribes saying that the Christ <i>[or, the Messiah, and throughout book]</i> is <i>[the]</i> Son of David?


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"For David himself said by <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit, 'The LORD says to my Lord, "Be sitting at My right hand until I put Your enemies <i>[as]</i> Your footstool for Your feet."' <i>[Psalm 110:1]</i>


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"Therefore, David himself calls Him 'Lord.' Then how is He his Son?" And the large crowd was gladly hearing him.


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And He was saying to them in His teaching, "Be watching out for <i>[or, Beware of]</i> the scribes, the ones desiring to be walking about in long robes and <i>[desiring]</i> greetings in the marketplaces,


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and first seats <i>[fig., most important places]</i> in the synagogues and first couches <i>[fig., places of honor]</i> at the banquets;


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the ones devouring the houses of the widows <i>[fig., illegally cheating widows out of their property]</i> and in pretense <i>[or, with a false show]</i> are long <i>[in]</i> praying. These will receive more severe judgment <i>[or, condemnation]</i>."


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And Jesus having sat down opposite the treasury <i>[fig., collection boxes]</i>, He began watching how the crowd put copper coin <i>[or, money]</i> into the treasury. And many rich <i>[people]</i> were putting in much.


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Then having come, one poor widow put <i>[in]</i> two lepta <i>[or, two very small copper coins]</i>, which are a kodrantes <i>[or, a small copper coin]</i>.


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And having summoned His disciples, He says to them, "Positively, I say to you*, this poor widow has put <i>[in]</i> more <i>[than]</i> all the ones having put into the treasury <i>[fig., the collection boxes]</i>.


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"For all put in out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, all, as much as she was having-she put in her whole livelihood."


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Then as He goes out from the temple, one of His disciples says to Him, "Teacher, look! What great stones! And what great buildings!"


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And answering, Jesus said to him, "Are you looking at these great buildings? By no means shall a stone be left on a stone which by no means shall not be torn down."


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Then as He sits on the Mount of Olives, opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew began questioning Him privately.


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"Tell us when these <i>[things]</i> will be? And what <i>[is]</i> the sign when all these <i>[things]</i> shall be about to be fulfilled?"


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So answering them, Jesus began to say, "Be watching out lest anyone leads you* astray <i>[fig., deceives you*]</i>.


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"For many will come in My name, saying, '_I_ am!'-and they will lead many astray <i>[fig., will deceive many]</i>.


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"But when you* hear of wars and rumors of wars, stop being alarmed. For it is necessary <i>[for]</i> these <i>[things]</i> to take place, _but_ the end <i>[is]</i> not yet.


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"For nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in <i>[various]</i> places, and there will be famines and disturbances <i>[fig., uprisings]</i>. These <i>[are the]</i> beginnings of birth pains <i>[fig., great sufferings]</i>.


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"But _you*_, be watching out <i>[for]</i> yourselves. For they will hand you* over to local councils <i>[or, courts]</i>, and you* will be repeatedly beaten in synagogues, and you* will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.


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"But when they lead you* away, handing <i>[you]</i> over, stop worrying beforehand what you* shall speak, neither be thinking about <i>[it]</i>; _but_ whatever shall be given to you* in that hour, this you* are to be speaking, for it is not you* speaking, _but_ the Holy Spirit.


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"And you* will be hated by all because of My name, but the one having endured to <i>[the]</i> end-this one will be saved.


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"Now when you* see the abomination of the desolation <i>[or, the detestable thing that causes desecration]</i>, the one having been spoken <i>[of]</i> by Daniel the prophet, having stood where it should not be, (the one reading, let him be understanding <i>[or, be paying attention]</i>), then the <i>[ones]</i> in Judea must be fleeing into the mountains. <i>[Dan 8:13; 9:27; 12:11]</i>


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"Then the <i>[one]</i> on the housetop must not go down to the house, nor go in to take anything out of his house.


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"And the one being in the field must not return to the <i>[things]</i> behind <i>[him]</i>, to take up his garment <i>[or, coat]</i>.


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"For <i>[in]</i> those days <i>[there]</i> will be tribulation <i>[or, affliction]</i>, such as <i>[there]</i> has not been like from <i>[the]</i> beginning of <i>[the]</i> creation which God created, until now, and never at all shall be.


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"And if <i>[the]</i> Lord did not cut the days short, no flesh would be saved; _but_ because of the chosen <i>[or, the elect]</i>, whom He Himself chose, He cut the days short.


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"{And} then, if anyone says to you*, 'Look! Here <i>[is]</i> the Christ,' or, 'Look there!' stop believing <i>[him]</i>.


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"For false christs and false prophets will be raised up, and they will give signs and wonders in order to be leading astray <i>[fig., deceiving]</i>, if possible, even the chosen <i>[or, the elect]</i>.


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"_But_ in those days, after that tribulation, 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.


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"And the stars of heaven <i>[or, the sky]</i> will be falling,' and the powers, the <i>[ones]</i> in the heavens, will be shaken. <i>[Isaiah 34:4; Joel 2:10; 2:31]</i>


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"And then they will see 'the Son of Humanity coming in clouds' with much power and glory! <i>[Daniel 7:13]</i>


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"And then He will send out His angels, and He will gather together His chosen <i>[ones]</i> from the four winds, from <i>[the]</i> farthest limits of the earth to <i>[the]</i> farthest limits of heaven.


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"Now learn the allegory from the fig tree: whenever its branch already becomes tender and is putting forth the leaves, you* know that the summer is near.


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"So also you*, when you* see these <i>[things]</i> happening, you* know that it is near-at the doors!


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"But concerning that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels, the <i>[ones]</i> in heaven, nor the Son, except the Father.


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"<i>[It is]</i> like a person away from home on a journey, having left his house, and having given the authority to his slaves <i>[or, having put his slaves in charge]</i> and to each <i>[one]</i> his work, commanded also the doorkeeper that he should keep watching.


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"Therefore, keep watching! For you* do not know when the lord of the house is coming-evening, or midnight, or rooster-crowing <i>[fig., before dawn]</i>, or early morning-


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Now the Passover and the <i>[Feast of]</i> Unleavened Bread were two days away. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by deceit <i>[or, treachery]</i>, having arrested Him, they should be killing Him.


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And He being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper <i>[or, the one with a skin disease]</i>, while He reclines <i>[to eat]</i>, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment <i>[or, perfume]</i> of very costly, pure nard <i>[i.e., an aromatic oil]</i>. And having broken the alabaster jar, she poured <i>[it]</i> over His head.


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"For this could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii <i>[i.e., 300 days' wages]</i> and given to the poor." And they were harshly criticizing her.


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But Jesus said, "Leave her alone! Why do you* cause her troubles <i>[fig., bother her]</i>? She worked a good work to Me <i>[or, performed a good deed for Me]</i>.


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"For the poor you* always have with yourselves, and whenever you* are desiring you* are able to do them good, but Me you* do not always have.


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"What _she_ had <i>[or, was able to do]</i>, this <i>[woman]</i> did. She undertook beforehand to anoint My body for the burial preparation.


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"{So} positively, I say to you*, wherever this Gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, also what this <i>[woman]</i> did will be spoken of-in memory of her."


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Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests so that he could betray Him to them.


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Now having heard, they were glad, and they promised to give to him money <i>[or, silver]</i>. And he began seeking how conveniently <i>[or, how at a convenient time]</i> he should betray Him.


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And on the first day of the <i>[Feast of]</i> Unleavened Bread, when they were sacrificing the Passover <i>[or, Paschal lamb]</i>, His disciples say to Him, "Where do You desire <i>[that]</i>, having gone away, we should prepare, so that You shall eat the Passover?"


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Then He sends out two of His disciples and says to them, "Be going into the city, and a man will meet you* carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him.


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"And wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I shall eat the Passover, with My disciples?'"


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"And _he_ will show to you* a large, upstairs room, having been furnished <i>[and]</i> ready. There prepare <i>[it]</i> for us."


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And His disciples went out and came into the city, and they found <i>[everything]</i> just as He said to them. And they prepared the Passover.


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And while _they_ are reclining and eating, Jesus said, "Positively, I say to you*, one of you*, the one eating with Me, will betray Me."


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So they began to be sorrowful and to say to Him, one by one, "Surely not I, is it?" And another, "Surely not I, is it?"


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"Indeed, the Son of Humanity is going away, just as it has been written concerning Him. But how horrible it will be to that man through whom the Son of Humanity is betrayed! It was better for him if that man had not been born!"


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And while _they_ are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having bestowed a blessing upon <i>[it]</i>, broke and gave <i>[it]</i> to them, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."


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And having taken the cup, having given thanks, He gave <i>[it]</i> to them, and they all drank of it.


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Then He said to them, "This is My blood of the New Covenant, the <i>[blood]</i> being poured out for many.


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"Positively, I say to you*, no longer by any means shall I drink of the fruit of the grapevine until that day when I shall be drinking it new in the kingdom of God."


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Then Jesus says to them, "You* will all be caused to stumble because of Me on this night, because it has been written, 'I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' <i>[Zech 13:7]</i>


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And Jesus said to him, "Positively, I say to you that you today, on this night, before a rooster crows twice, three times you will deny <i>[or, disown]</i> Me."


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But he kept saying all the more insistently, "Even if it should be necessary <i>[for]</i> me to die with You, by no means shall I deny <i>[or, disown]</i> You." And in the same manner also they all were saying.


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And they come to a place, the name of which <i>[is]</i> Gethsemane. And He says to His disciples, "Sit here until I pray."


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Then He takes Peter and James and John with Him, and He began to be greatly disturbed and to be suffering from distress.


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Then having approached <i>[God]</i> a little <i>[distance away]</i>, He fell on the ground, and He began praying that if it is possible, the hour should pass away from Him.


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And He was saying, "Dad <i>[Gr. Abba]</i>, Father! All <i>[things]</i> are possible to You; take this cup away from Me; _but_ not what _I_ desire, _but_ what You <i>[desire]</i>."


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Then He comes and finds them sleeping. And He says to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? You were not able to keep watch one hour, were you?


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"Keep watching and praying so that you* shall not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed <i>[is]</i> eager <i>[or, willing]</i>, but the flesh weak."


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Then having returned, He found them again sleeping, for their eyes had been weighed down. And they did not known what they should answer to Him.


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And He comes the third time and says to them, "Are you* still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour came. Look! The Son of Humanity is being betrayed into the hands of the sinners.


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Then immediately-while He is still speaking-Judas arrives, one of the twelve, and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.


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Now the one betraying Him had given a prearranged signal to them, saying, "Whomever I kiss, it is He; arrest Him and lead Him away under guard."


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And having come, immediately having approached Him, he says to Him, "Rabbi, Rabbi!" And he affectionately kissed Him.


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But a certain one of the ones having stood by, having drawn his sword, struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "<i>[Why]</i> did you* come out as against a robber <i>[or, insurrectionist]</i> with swords and clubs to arrest Me?


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"Daily I was with you* teaching in the temple, and you* did not arrest Me, but_ <i>[you* are doing so now]</i> so that the Scriptures should be fulfilled."


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And one certain young man followed Him, having put a linen cloth on <i>[his]</i> naked <i>[body]</i>, and the young men seized him.


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And they led Jesus away to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes gather together to him.


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And Peter followed Him from a distance, as far as inside the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting together with the <i>[courtyard]</i> attendants and warming himself near the fire.


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Now the chief priests and the entire High Council <i>[or, Sanhedrin]</i> were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding <i>[any]</i>.


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"_We_ heard Him saying, '_I_ will tear down this temple made with human hands, and by three days, I will build another not made with human hands.'" <i>[cp. John 2:19]</i>


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Then the high priest, having risen up in the middle <i>[of them]</i>, questioned Jesus, saying, "You do not answer anything, do You? What do these testify against You?"


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But He was keeping silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and says to Him, "Are _You_ the Christ-the Son of the Blessed <i>[One]</i>?"


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So Jesus said, "_I_ am. And you* will see 'the Son of Humanity sitting at the right hand of the Power' and 'coming with the clouds of heaven <i>[or, the sky]</i>.'" <i>[Psalm 110:1; Dan 7:13,14]</i>


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"You heard the blasphemy! What does it appear to you*?" Then they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.


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And some began to be spitting on Him and to be covering His face <i>[or, blindfolding Him]</i> and to be beating Him with their fists and to be saying to Him, "Prophesy!" And the attendants kept hurling at <i>[fig., striking]</i> Him with slaps of their hands <i>[or, with blows from a club]</i>.


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and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked attentively at him, she said, "_You_ also were with Jesus the Nazarene!"


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But he denied <i>[it]</i>, saying, "I do not know <i>[Him]</i>, neither do I understand what you are saying." And he went forth outside into the porch, and a rooster crowed.


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And the slave-girl having seen him again, began to be saying to the ones having stood by, "This one is <i>[one]</i> of them."


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But he was again denying <i>[it]</i>. And after a little while, again, the ones having stood by said to Peter, "Surely you are <i>[one]</i> of them, for you also are a Galilean, and your accent is like <i>[theirs]</i>."


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But he began to be invoking a curse upon himself and to take an oath, "I do not know this One of whom you* speak."


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Then a second time a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying which Jesus said to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny <i>[or, disown]</i> Me three times." And having cast upon <i>[it]</i> <i>[fig., having thought seriously about it]</i>, he began weeping. <i>[cp. Mark 14:30]</i>


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And immediately, in the early morning, the chief priests having created a plot <i>[or, having held a consultation]</i> with the elders and scribes and the whole High Council <i>[or, Sanhedrin]</i>, having bound Jesus, they led <i>[Him]</i> away and handed <i>[Him]</i> over to Pilate.


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And Pilate questioned Him, "Are _You_ the King of the Jews?" So answering, He said to him, "_You_ are saying <i>[it]</i>."


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Then Pilate again questioned Him, saying, "You do not answer anything, do You? Look <i>[at]</i> how many <i>[things]</i> they testify against You!"


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And <i>[there]</i> was the <i>[one]</i> being called Barabbas, having been bound with the fellow insurrections, who had committed murder in the insurrection.


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And the crowd having cried out, began to be asking <i>[him to do]</i> just as he would always do for them.


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But Pilate answered to them, saying, "Do you* desire <i>[that]</i> I release to you* the King of the Jews?"


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But the chief priests shook up <i>[fig., incited]</i> the crowd, so that he should rather release Barabbas to them.


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So Pilate answering, again said to them, "What then do you* desire <i>[that]</i> I should do to <i>[the One]</i> whom you* call King of the Jews?"


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But Pilate said to them, "But what evil did He do?" But they cried out <i>[or, shouted]</i> all the more, "Crucify Him!"


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So Pilate, because he was wanting to do <i>[what would]</i> satisfy the crowd, released to them Barabbas. And he handed over Jesus-after having <i>[Him]</i> beat with a whip-so that He should be crucified.


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Then the soldiers led Him away inside the court, which is <i>[called the]</i> Fortified Palace <i>[or, Praetorium]</i>, and they call together the entire garrison.


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And they clothe Him with a purple robe, and having woven a victor's wreath <i>[or, crown]</i> of thorns, they put <i>[it]</i> on Him.


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And they kept beating His head with a reed and kept spitting on Him, and having placed the knee <i>[fig., having knelt down]</i>, they began prostrating themselves in <i>[mock]</i> reverence before Him.


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And when they <i>[had]</i> ridiculed Him, they stripped the purple robe off Him and clothed Him in His own garments. And they led Him out so that they should crucify Him.


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And they forced someone passing by into service-Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from <i>[the]</i> countryside (the father of Alexander and Rufus)-so that he should carry His cross. <i>[cp. Acts 19:33; Rom 16:13]</i>


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Then they bring Him to the place <i>[called]</i> Golgotha (which is, having been translated, "Place of a Skull)."


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And they tried giving Him wine having been flavored with myrrh to drink, but He did not take <i>[it]</i>.


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And having crucified Him, they divide His garments, casting a lot on them <i>[to determine]</i> who should take what.


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And they crucify two robbers <i>[or, insurrectionists]</i> with Him, one on <i>[His]</i> right hand, and one on His left.


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And the Scripture was fulfilled, the one saying, "And He was numbered with lawless ones." <i>[Isaiah 53:12]</i>


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And the ones passing by were deriding Him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! The One tearing down the temple and in three days building <i>[it]</i>!


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And likewise also the chief priests mocking <i>[Him]</i> to one another, along with the scribes, were saying, "Others He saved; Himself He is not able to save!"


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"The Christ! The King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross so that we shall see and believe {in Him}." And the ones being crucified with Him were insulting Him.


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Now the sixth hour <i>[i.e., 12:00 noon]</i> having come, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour <i>[i.e., 3:00 p.m.]</i>.


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And at the ninth hour <i>[i.e., 3:00 p.m.]</i>, Jesus shouted with a loud voice, saying <i>[in Aramaic]</i>, "'Eloi, Eloi, lima sabachthani?'"-which is, having been translated, "'My God, My God, why did You abandon Me?'" <i>[Psalm 22:1]</i>


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So one <i>[of them]</i> having ran and having filled a sponge with wine vinegar and having put <i>[it]</i> around a reed, began giving <i>[it]</i> to Him to drink, saying, "Leave <i>[Him]</i> alone! Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down."


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And the centurion, the one having stood opposite Him, having seen that, having cried out in such a manner, He breathed His last, said, "Truly this Man was God's Son!"


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Now <i>[there]</i> were also women watching from a distance, among whom was both Mary the Magdalene <i>[or, Mary, a woman from Magdala]</i> and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome


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(who also, when He was in Galilee, would follow Him and would minister to Him), and many other women, the ones having come up together with Him to Jerusalem.


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And now evening having come, since it was the preparation <i>[day]</i> (which is <i>[the day]</i> before the Sabbath),


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Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the High Council, who also himself was waiting for <i>[or, expecting]</i> the kingdom of God, having been brave enough, he went in to Pilate and requested for himself the body of Jesus.


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And Pilate was amazed that He was already dead <i>[or, wondered if He was already dead]</i>. And having summoned the centurion, he question him if He was already dead.


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And having bought a linen cloth and having taken Him down, he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been cut out of rock. And he rolled a stone against <i>[or, upon]</i> the entrance of the tomb.


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And the Sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene and Mary {the} <i>[mother]</i> of James and Salome bought spices, so that having come they should anoint Him.


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And very early in the morning on the first <i>[day]</i> of <i>[the]</i> week <i>[i.e. Sunday morning]</i>, they come to the tomb, the sun having risen.


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And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"


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And having entered into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right, having been clothed in a long, white robe, and they were frightened.


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And he says to them, "Stop being frightened! You* seek Jesus the Nazarene, the One having been crucified. He was raised! He is not here! Look <i>[at]</i> the place where they laid Him.


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"_But_ be going. Say to His disciples and to Peter that He is going before you* to Galilee; there you* will see Him, just as He said to you*."


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And having gone out, they fled from the tomb. But trembling and amazement were holding them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.


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Now having risen in the early morning on the first <i>[day]</i> of the week <i>[i.e. Sunday morning]</i>, He appeared first to Mary the Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.


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But after these <i>[things]</i>, to two of them, while they are walking about, He was revealed in a different form, while they are going into <i>[the]</i> countryside.


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Later, while they are reclining <i>[to eat]</i>, He was revealed to the eleven, and He denounced their unbelief and stubbornness, because they did not believe the ones having seen Him after He had been raised.


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And He said to them, "Having gone <i>[or, Go]</i> into all the world, proclaim the Gospel to all the creation.


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"The one having believed and having been baptized will be saved, but the one refusing to believe will be condemned.


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"Now these signs will accompany the ones believing: they will cast out demons in My name; they will speak with new tongues <i>[fig., languages]</i>;


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they will take up serpents, and if they drink anything poisonous, it shall not harm them; they will lay hands on infirm <i>[or, sickly]</i> <i>[people]</i> and they will be well."


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So then, after He spoke to them, <i>[the]</i> Lord was taken up into heaven, and He sat at the right hand of God.


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So having gone out, they preached everywhere, the Lord working with <i>[them]</i> and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. So be it!


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Since many undertook to arrange in proper order an account about the events having been accomplished among us,


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just as they were handed down to us by the ones having became eye-witnesses and attendants of the Word from the beginning,


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it seemed good also to me, having closely followed <i>[or, having investigated]</i> every<i>[thing]</i> carefully from the beginning, to write <i>[it out]</i> to you in consecutive order <i>[or, in an orderly fashion]</i>, most excellent Theophilus,


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<i>[There]</i> was in the days of Herod the king of Judea a certain priest by name Zacharias, from <i>[the]</i> division of Abijah, and his wife <i>[was]</i> from the daughters of Aaron, and her name <i>[was]</i> Elizabeth.


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Now they were both righteous before God, going in <i>[fig., observing]</i> all the commandments and regulations of the Lord blameless.


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And no child was <i>[born]</i> to them, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.


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Now it happened, while he <i>[was]</i> serving as priest in the <i>[appointed]</i> order of his division before God,


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according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to offer incense, having entered into the temple of the Lord.


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And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, having stood on <i>[the]</i> right <i>[side]</i> of the altar of incense.


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But the angel said to him, "Stop being afraid, Zacharias, for your petition was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you will call his name John.


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"For he will be great before {the} Lord, and he shall by no means drink wine and strong drink, and he will be filled <i>[with the]</i> Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb.


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"And _he_ will go before Him in <i>[the]</i> spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts <i>[fig., inner elves, and throughout book]</i> of fathers to children, and disobedient <i>[ones]</i> to the way of thinking of righteous <i>[ones]</i>, to make ready a people having been prepared for the Lord."


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And Zacharias said to the angel, "By what <i>[fig., How]</i> will I know this <i>[will happen]</i>? For _I_ am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days?"


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And answering, the angel said to him, "_I_ am Gabriel, the one having stood in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to proclaim the good news to you <i>[of]</i> these <i>[things]</i>.


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"And listen! You will be silent and not being able to speak, until which day these <i>[things]</i> occur, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their <i>[appointed]</i> time."


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And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they began wondering <i>[why]</i> he <i>[was]</i> delaying in the temple.


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But having come out, he was not being able to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And _he_ was making gestures to them and was remaining mute.


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Now after those days, his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she kept herself in seclusion <i>[for]</i> five months, saying,


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"In this way the Lord has done to me, in <i>[the]</i> days in which He took notice of <i>[me]</i> to take away my disgrace among people."


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Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, to which <i>[is the]</i> name Nazareth,


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to a virgin having been promised in marriage to a man, whose name <i>[was]</i> Joseph, from the house of David. And the name of the virgin <i>[was]</i> Mary.


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And having come in, the angel said to her, "Greetings, <i>[one]</i> having been bestowed grace <i>[or, shown kindness]</i>! The Lord <i>[is]</i> with you. _You_ have been blessed among women." <i>[cp. Eph 1:6]</i>


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But having seen <i>[him]</i>, she was greatly perplexed at his word and was pondering what sort of greeting this might be.


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"And listen! You will conceive in <i>[your]</i> womb, and you will give birth to a Son, and you will call His name Jesus <i>["Yahweh saves"]</i>.


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"This One will be great, and He will be called <i>[the]</i> Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to Him the throne of David His father.


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"And He will reign over the house of Jacob into the ages <i>[fig. forever]</i>, and of His kingdom there will be no end."


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And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be since I do not know a man <i>[fig., since I am a virgin]</i>?"


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And answering, the angel said to her, "<i>[The]</i> Holy Spirit will come upon you, and <i>[the]</i> power of the Most High will overshadow you, and so the Holy One being born will be called God's Son.


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"And listen! Elizabeth your relative, _she_ also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month to her, the one being called barren.


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And Mary said, "Look! The slave of the Lord! May it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.


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Now Mary having risen in those days, she went to the mountainous <i>[countryside]</i> with haste, to a city of Judea.


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And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leapt for joy in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit.


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And she exclaimed with a loud voice, and said, "_You_ have been blessed among women, and the fruit of your womb has been blessed!


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"For listen! When the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby in my womb leapt for joy with great happiness!


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"And happy <i>[or, blessed, and throughout book]</i> <i>[is]</i> the one having believed, for <i>[there]</i> will be a fulfillment to the <i>[things]</i> having been spoken to her from the Lord."


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"For He looked with care upon the humble state of His slave. For, look! From now on all generations will consider me to be fortunate.


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"He performed mightily with His arm; He scattered proud <i>[ones]</i> in <i>[the]</i> attitude of their heart.


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"Hungering <i>[ones]</i> He satisfied with good <i>[things]</i>, and <i>[ones]</i> being rich He sent away empty.


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just as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed into the age <i>[fig., to his descendents forever]</i>."


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And the neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord was magnifying His mercy with her, and they were rejoicing with her.


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And it happened on the eighth day <i>[that]</i> they came to circumcise the young child, and they were going to call him by the name of his father Zacharias.


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And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, "John is his name." And they were all amazed.


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And fear came on all the ones living around them, and all these sayings were being discussed in all the mountainous <i>[countryside]</i> of Judea.


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And all the ones having heard <i>[these things]</i>, they themselves kept <i>[fig., reflected on]</i> <i>[them]</i> in their hearts, saying, "What then will this young child be?" And <i>[the]</i> hand of <i>[the]</i> Lord was with him.


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"Blessed <i>[is the]</i> Lord, the God of Israel, because He visited and made redemption for His people.


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<i>[in order]</i> to do mercy with <i>[fig., show mercy to]</i> our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,


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to give to us, <i>[by]</i> having been delivered out of the hand of our enemies, to <i>[be able to]</i> sacredly serve Him without fear,


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"And _you_, young child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before <i>[the]</i> face <i>[fig., presence]</i> of <i>[the]</i> Lord to prepare His ways,


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because of <i>[the]</i> bowels of mercy <i>[fig., tender mercies]</i> of our God, with which the Rising <i>[Sun]</i> from on high <i>[has]</i> visited us,


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to give light to the ones sitting in darkness and <i>[the]</i> shadow of death, to guide our feet into <i>[the]</i> way of peace."


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Now the young child was growing and was being strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts until <i>[the]</i> day of his public appearance to Israel.


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Now it happened in those days <i>[that]</i> a decree went out from Caesar Augustus <i>[for]</i> all the inhabited earth to be registered.


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So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from <i>[the]</i> city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is being called Bethlehem, because of his being from <i>[the]</i> house and family of David,


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Then it happened, in their being there <i>[fig., while they were there]</i>, the days were completed <i>[for]</i> her to give birth.


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And she gave birth to her firstborn Son, and she wrapped Him in long strips of cloth and laid Him in the feeding trough <i>[or, manger, and in verses 12,16]</i>, because there was no place for them in the guest room <i>[or, inn]</i>.


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And shepherds were in the same region staying in the fields and watching over their flock <i>[during the]</i> watches of the night.


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And look! An angel of the Lord stood over them, and <i>[the]</i> glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared <i>[with]</i> a great fear.


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And the angel said to them, "Stop being afraid! For listen! I bring to you* the Gospel of great joy, which will be to all people.


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"And this <i>[will be]</i> the sign to you*: You* will find a Baby having been wrapped in long strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."


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And suddenly <i>[there]</i> was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army <i>[or, host]</i>, praising God, and saying,


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And it happened, when the angels departed from them into heaven, that the men, the shepherds, said to one another, "Let us go then as far as Bethlehem and see this <i>[thing]</i>, the one having happened, which the Lord revealed to us."


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And having hurried, they came and found both Mary and Joseph, and the Baby lying in the feeding trough.


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So having seen, they spread the news <i>[or, reported accurately]</i> about the word, the one having been spoken to them about this young Child.


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And all the ones having heard were amazed about the things having been spoken by the shepherds to them.


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But Mary was keeping <i>[fig., treasuring]</i> all these things, pondering <i>[them]</i> in her heart.


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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all which they heard and saw, just as it was spoken to them.


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And when eight days were completed to circumcise Him, then His name was called Jesus, the <i>[name]</i> having been called <i>[fig., given]</i> by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.


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And when the days of their purification were completed, according to the Law of Moses, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present <i>[Him]</i> to the Lord,


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just as it has been written in <i>[the]</i> Law of <i>[the]</i> Lord, "Every male opening a womb will be called holy to the LORD," <i>[Exod 13:2, 12,15]</i>


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and to give a sacrifice, according to the <i>[word]</i> having been spoken in <i>[the]</i> Law of <i>[the]</i> Lord, "A pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons." <i>[Lev 12:8]</i>


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And look! There was a man in Jerusalem whose name <i>[was]</i> Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for <i>[or, expecting]</i> the comforting help of Israel, and <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit was upon him.


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And it had been divinely told him by the Holy Spirit <i>[that he would]</i> not see death before he saw the Christ <i>["the Anointed One"]</i> of <i>[the]</i> Lord.


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And he came by the Spirit to the temple, and the parents brought in the young Child Jesus, <i>[for]</i> them to do according to the custom of the Law concerning Him.


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And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Listen! This <i>[One]</i> is set <i>[fig., appointed]</i> for <i>[the]</i> fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign being spoken against


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(but also a sword will pierce your own soul), in order that the thoughts of many hearts shall be revealed."


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And <i>[there]</i> was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, this <i>[woman]</i> having advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity <i>[i.e., her husband died seven years after they were married]</i>,


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and she <i>[was]</i> a widow of about eighty-four years <i>[or, then [as] a widow [until] she was about eighty-four years [old]]</i>, who was not departing from the temple, sacredly serving night and day with fastings and petitions.


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And _she_, at that very hour, having come up, began giving thanks to the Lord, and she was speaking about Him to all the ones waiting for <i>[or, expecting]</i> redemption in Jerusalem.


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And when they completed all <i>[things]</i>, the ones according to the Law of <i>[the]</i> Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.


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And the young Child was growing and was being strengthened in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.


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And when He became twelve years old, they having gone up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,


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and having completed the days, in their returning, the Child Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and His mother did not know <i>[it]</i>.


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But having supposed Him to be among the group of travelers, they went a day's journey and were looking for Him among their relatives and among their acquaintances.


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And it happened, after three days, they found Him in the temple, sitting in <i>[the]</i> middle of the teachers, both listening to them and questioning them.


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And having seen Him, they were amazed. And His mother said to Him, "Child, why did You <i>[treat]</i> us in this way? Listen! Your father and I, being deeply distressed, were seeking You."


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And He said to them, "Why <i>[is it]</i> that you* were seeking Me? Did you* not know that it is necessary <i>[for]</i> Me to be <i>[occupied]</i> in the <i>[things]</i> of My Father?"


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And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He was being subjected to them. And His mother was treasuring all these things in her heart.


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Now in <i>[the]</i> fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate governing Judea, and Herod being ruler of the quadrant <i>[or, the tetrarch]</i> of Galilee, but Philip his brother being ruler of the quadrant of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being ruler of the quadrant of Abilene,


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in the time of <i>[the]</i> high priest Annas and <i>[the high priest]</i> Caiaphas, <i>[the]</i> word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.


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And he went into the whole surrounding region of the Jordan <i>[River]</i>, proclaiming a baptism <i>[or, immersion, and throughout book]</i> of repentance to <i>[or, for; or, because of]</i> forgiveness of sins,


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as it has been written in a scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, "A voice of <i>[one]</i> shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the LORD; be making His paths straight!"


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'Every valley will be filled and every mountain and hill will be leveled, and the crooked <i>[roads]</i> will be <i>[made]</i> into straight <i>[roads]</i> and the rough <i>[roads made]</i> into smooth roads.


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Then he began saying to the crowds coming out to be baptized <i>[or, immersed, and throughout book]</i> by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you* to flee from the coming wrath?


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"Therefore, produce fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to be saying within yourselves, 'We have a father, Abraham,' for I say to you*, God is able to raise up children to Abraham out of these stones.


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"But also the axe is already laid to the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into fire."


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Then answering, he says to them, "The one having two tunics must share with the one not having <i>[any]</i>, and the one having food must be doing likewise."


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Then he said to them, "Be collecting no more than the <i>[amount]</i> having been instructed to you*."


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Now <i>[the]</i> ones serving as soldiers also began questioning him, saying, "And what will _we_ do?" And he said to them, "Violently extort money <i>[from]</i> no one nor accuse <i>[anyone]</i> falsely for money, and be content with your* wages."


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Now the people are anticipating, and all are pondering in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ <i>[or, the Messiah, and throughout book]</i>.


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John answered, saying to all, "_I_ indeed baptize you* in water <i>[or, with water, and throughout book]</i>, but <i>[One]</i> mightier than I is coming, of whom I am not worthy to loose the strap of His sandals, _He_ will baptize you* in <i>[or, with]</i> <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit and fire;


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whose winnowing shovel <i>[is]</i> in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor and will gather the wheat into His barn, but He will burn the chaff in unquenchable fire!"


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But Herod, the ruler of the quadrant <i>[or, the tetrarch]</i>, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias the wife of his brother and concerning all the evils which Herod did,


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Now it happened, while all the people <i>[were coming]</i> to be baptized, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, heaven <i>[or, the sky]</i> was opened,


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and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came out of heaven saying, "_You_ are My Son-the Beloved-in You I am well-pleased!"


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And Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began <i>[His public ministry]</i>, being, as was being supposed, <i>[the]</i> son of Joseph, the <i>[son]</i> of Eli,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Matthat, the <i>[son]</i> of Levi, the <i>[son]</i> of Melchi, the <i>[son]</i> of Janna, the <i>[son]</i> of Joseph,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Mattathias, the <i>[son]</i> of Amos, the <i>[son]</i> of Naum, the <i>[son]</i> of Esli, the <i>[son]</i> of Naggai,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Maath, the <i>[son]</i> of Mattathias, the <i>[son]</i> of Semei, the <i>[son]</i> of Joseph, the <i>[son]</i> of Judah,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Joanna, the <i>[son]</i> of Rhesa, the <i>[son]</i> of Zerubbabel, the <i>[son]</i> of Shealtiel, the <i>[son]</i> of Neri,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Melchi, the <i>[son]</i> of Addi, the <i>[son]</i> of Cosam, the <i>[son]</i> of Elmodam, the <i>[son]</i> of Er,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Jose, the <i>[son]</i> of Eliezer, the <i>[son]</i> of Jorim, the <i>[son]</i> of Matthat, the <i>[son]</i> of Levi,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Simeon, the <i>[son]</i> of Judah, the <i>[son]</i> of Joseph, the <i>[son]</i> of Jonan, the <i>[son]</i> of Eliakim,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Melea, the <i>[son]</i> of Mennan, the <i>[son]</i> of Mattatha, the <i>[son]</i> of Nathan, the <i>[son]</i> of David,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Jesse, the <i>[son]</i> of Obed, the <i>[son]</i> of Boaz, the <i>[son]</i> of Salmon, the <i>[son]</i> of Nahshon,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Amminadab, the <i>[son]</i> of Aram, the <i>[son]</i> of Hezron, the <i>[son]</i> of Perez, the <i>[son]</i> of Judah,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Jacob, the <i>[son]</i> of Isaac, the <i>[son]</i> of Abraham, the <i>[son]</i> of Terah, the <i>[son]</i> of Nahor,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Serug, the <i>[son]</i> of Reu, the <i>[son]</i> of Peleg, the <i>[son]</i> of Eber, the <i>[son]</i> of Shelah,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Cainan, the <i>[son]</i> of Arphaxad, the <i>[son]</i> of Shem, the <i>[son]</i> of Noah, the <i>[son]</i> of Lamech,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Methuselah, the <i>[son]</i> of Enoch, the <i>[son]</i> of Jared, the <i>[son]</i> of Mahalaleel, the <i>[son]</i> of Cainan,


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the <i>[son]</i> of Enos, the <i>[son]</i> of Seth, the <i>[son]</i> of Adam, the <i>[son]</i> of God.


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Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan <i>[River]</i> and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,


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being tempted forty days by the Devil. And He did not eat anything in those days, and they having been completed, afterward He was hungry.


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And the Devil said to Him, "Since You are God's Son, speak to this stone that it shall become bread."


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And Jesus answered to him, saying, "It has been written, '{The} person will not live on bread only, _but_ on every word of God.'" <i>[Deut 8:3]</i>


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And the Devil, having brought Him into a high mountain, showed to Him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in a moment of time.


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And the Devil said to Him, "I will give to You all this authority and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I shall be desiring.


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And answering, Jesus said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! It has been written, 'You will prostrate yourself in worship before the LORD your God, and Him only you will sacredly serve.'" <i>[Deut 6:13]</i>


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And he brought Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to Him, "Since You are God's Son, throw Yourself down from here.


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and, 'They will lift You up on <i>[their]</i> hands, lest You strike Your foot against a stone.'" <i>[Psalm 91:11,12]</i>


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And answering, Jesus said to him, "It has been said, 'You will not put the LORD your God to the test.'" <i>[Deut 6:16]</i>


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And having completed every temptation, the Devil departed from Him until an <i>[opportune]</i> time.


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And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news went out through the whole surrounding region concerning Him.


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And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And He entered, according to His custom, on the day of the Sabbaths into the synagogue, and He stood up to read aloud <i>[the Scriptures]</i>.


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And a scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And having unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it had been written:


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"<i>[The]</i> Spirit of <i>[the]</i> LORD <i>[is]</i> upon Me, on account of which He anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to poor <i>[ones]</i>; He has sent Me to heal the ones having been broken <i>[in]</i> heart <i>[fig., who have become despondent within themselves]</i>, to proclaim deliverance to captives and recovery of sight to blind <i>[ones]</i>, to send away <i>[ones]</i> having been oppressed with deliverance,


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And having rolled up the scroll, having returned <i>[it]</i> to the attendant, He sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were looking intently on Him.


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And all were bearing witnesses to Him <i>[or, were speaking well of Him]</i>, and they were wondering at the gracious words, the ones having come out from His mouth. And they were saying, "This is the Son of Joseph, is it not?"


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And He said to them, "Certainly, you* will say this allegory <i>[or, proverb]</i> to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself-as many <i>[things]</i> as we heard having been done in Capernaum, do also here in Your hometown.'"


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"But I say to you* in truth, many widows were in Israel during the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came upon all the land;


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and to none of them was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath <i>[in]</i> the <i>[region]</i> of Sidon, to a woman, a widow.


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"And many lepers <i>[or, ones with a skin disease]</i> were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian."


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And having risen, they forced Him outside the city and brought Him as far as <i>[the]</i> brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to thrown Him down from the cliff.


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And in the synagogue was a man having a spirit of an unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> demon. And he cried out with a loud voice,


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saying, "Away! What to us and to You <i>[fig., What have we to do with You]</i>, Jesus, O Nazarene? Did You come to destroy us? I know You, who You are-the Holy One of God!"


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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silenced, and come out from him!" And the demon having thrown him down into <i>[the]</i> midst, came out from him, in no way having harmed him.


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And amazement came upon all, and they were conversing with one another, saying, "What <i>[is]</i> this word, that with authority and power He commands the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirits, and they come out?"


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Then having risen from the synagogue, He entered into the house of Simon. But Simon's mother-in-law was being afflicted with a high fever, and they asked Him about her.


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And having stood over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her! Then immediately, having risen, she began serving them.


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Then <i>[at]</i> the setting of the sun, all, as many as were having ones being sick <i>[with]</i> various diseases, brought them to Him. Then having put His hands on each one of them, that One healed them.


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But demons also were coming out from many, crying out and saying, "_You_ are the Christ, the Son of God!" And rebuking <i>[them]</i>, He would not allow them to be speaking, because they knew Him to be the Christ.


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Now day having come, having gone out, He went into a deserted place, and the crowds were seeking Him, and they came to Him and were trying to restrain Him <i>[so He would]</i> not be going from them.


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But He said to them, "It is necessary <i>[for]</i> Me to also proclaim the Gospel of the kingdom of God to the other cities, for this <i>[reason]</i> I have been sent."


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And it happened, while the crowd <i>[was]</i> pressing upon Him to be hearing the word of God, that He had stood beside the lake of Gennesaret.


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And He saw two boats standing beside the lake, but the fishermen, having disembarked from them, were washing their nets.


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Then having stepped into one of the boats, which was Simon's, He asked him to put out a little from the land. And having sat down, He began teaching the crowds from the boat.


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Then when He ceased speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep <i>[water]</i> and let down your* nets for a catch."


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And answering, Simon said to Him, "Master, having labored through the whole night we caught nothing, but at Your word I will let down the net."


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And they signaled to their partners, the ones having come in the other boat, to help them. And they came and filled both the boats, with the result that they were being sunk.


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But Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, "Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O Lord!"


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For astonishment seized him, and all the <i>[ones]</i> with him, at the catch of the fish which they caught,


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and likewise also James and John, <i>[the]</i> sons of Zebedee, the ones <i>[who]</i> were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Stop being afraid! From now <i>[on]</i> you will be catching people."


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And it happened, in His being <i>[fig., while He was]</i> in one of the cities, that look!, a man full of <i>[or, covered with]</i> leprosy <i>[or, a skin disease]</i>, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on <i>[his]</i> face, he implored Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me."


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And having stretched out His hand, He took hold of him, having said, "I am willing. Be cleansed!" And immediately the leprosy <i>[or, skin disease]</i> went away from him!


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And He gave strict orders to him to tell no one, "_But_ having gone away, show yourself to the priest and bring as an offering for your cleansing <i>[or, purification]</i> just as Moses directed, for a testimony to them."


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But all the more the report was going about <i>[fig., spreading]</i> concerning Him, and large crowds were gathering to be hearing <i>[Him]</i> and to be healed by Him of their sicknesses.


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And it happened, on one of the days, that _He_ was teaching; and Pharisees and teachers of the Law were sitting <i>[there]</i>, the ones having come from every village of Galilee and of Judea and of Jerusalem, and <i>[the]</i> power of <i>[the]</i> Lord was <i>[present]</i> for <i>[Him]</i> to be healing them.


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And look! Men <i>[were]</i> carrying a man on a cot, <i>[who]</i> had been paralyzed, and they were trying to bring <i>[him]</i> in and to lay him before Him.


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And not having found by what <i>[way]</i> they could bring him in because of the crowd, having gone up on the roof, they lowered him with the stretcher through the tiles into the middle before Jesus.


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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this <i>[Man]</i> who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to be forgiving sins, except God alone?"


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So Jesus having known their thoughts, answering, said to them, "What are you* reasoning in your* hearts?


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"But so that you* shall know that the Son of Humanity has authority on the earth to be forgiving sins"-He said to the one having been paralyzed, "I say to you, get up, and having taken up your stretcher, be going to your house."


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And immediately having gotten up before them, having taken up <i>[the cot]</i> on which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God!


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And astonishment took hold of <i>[them]</i> all, and they began glorifying God and were filled with fear, saying "We saw remarkable <i>[things]</i> today!"


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And after these <i>[things]</i>, He went out and saw a tax collector by name Levi sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Be following Me!"


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And Levi made a great banquet for Him in his house. And <i>[there]</i> was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were with them reclining <i>[to eat]</i>.


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And their scribes and the Pharisees began complaining against His disciples, saying, "Why do you* eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "The ones being well have no need of a physician, _but_ the ones having it badly <i>[fig., those who are sick]</i>.


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Then they said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John frequently fast and make petitions, likewise also the <i>[disciples]</i> of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"


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But He said to them, "You* are not being able to make the sons of the bridal chamber <i>[fig., the bridegroom's attendants]</i> to fast in which <i>[time]</i> <i>[fig., while]</i> the bridegroom is with them, are you*?


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"But days will come when also the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."


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Now He also was telling them an allegory <i>[or, parable, and throughout book]</i>: "No one puts a patch of new clothing on old clothing, but if not <i>[fig., or else]</i> the new <i>[cloth]</i> tears, and also <i>[the patch]</i> from the new does not match with the old.


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"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, but if not <i>[fig., or else]</i> the new wine will burst the wineskins, and it will be poured out, and the wineskins will be destroyed.


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"And no one having drunk old <i>[wine]</i> immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'"


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Now it happened on the second-first Sabbath <i>[fig., the first Sabbath of the second month]</i> He <i>[was]</i> passing through the grainfields, and His disciples were picking the heads of grain and were eating, rubbing <i>[the husk from the grain]</i> with their hands.


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And some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you* doing what is not lawful to be doing on the Sabbaths?"


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "Did you* not even read this, what David did when he was hungry, himself and the ones being with him?


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"How he went into the house of God and took the loaves of bread of the presentation <i>[fig., the consecrated bread]</i> and ate <i>[them]</i> and gave <i>[them]</i> also to the <i>[ones]</i> with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?" <i>[cp. 1Sam 21:3-6; Exod 29:32-33]</i>


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Now it also happened on another Sabbath, He went into the synagogue and <i>[was]</i> teaching. And a man was there, and his right hand was withered <i>[fig., deformed]</i>.


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Now the scribes and the Pharisees were watching closely if He will heal on the Sabbath, so that they should find an accusation against Him.


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But He Himself knew their thoughts, and He said to the man, the one having the withered <i>[fig., deformed]</i> hand, "Get up, and stand in the middle!" So having risen, he stood.


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Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you* something: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbaths, or to do evil? To save life or to kill?"


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And having looked around at them all, He said to him, "Stretch out your hand!" Then he did so, and his hand was restored whole like the other!


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But they were filled with extreme rage, and they began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.


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Now it happened in those days, He went out into the mountain to pray and was spending the night in the prayer of God <i>[or, in prayer to God]</i>.


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And when it became day, He summoned His disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also He named apostles:


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Matthew and Thomas, James the <i>[son]</i> of Alphaeus, and Simon, the one being called <i>[the]</i> Zealot,


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And having come down with them, He stood on a level place with a crowd of His disciples and a large crowd of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the costal region of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed from their diseases;


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And the whole crowd was trying to be touching Him, because power was going out from Him, and He was healing <i>[them]</i> all.


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And having lifted up His eyes to His disciples, _He_ said: "Happy <i>[are]</i> the poor, because yours* is the kingdom of God.


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"Happy <i>[are]</i> the ones hungering now, because you* will be filled. Happy <i>[are]</i> the ones weeping now, because you* will laugh.


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"Happy are you* when people hate you*, and when they exclude you* and insult <i>[or, denounce]</i> <i>[you*]</i> and cast out <i>[fig., scorn]</i> your* name as evil because of the Son of Humanity.


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"Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For listen! Your* reward <i>[is]</i> great in heaven, for according to these <i>[things]</i> <i>[fig., in like manner]</i> were their fathers doing to the prophets.


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"Nevertheless, how horrible it will be to you*, the rich, because you* are receiving your* comfort in full.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, the ones having been satisfied, because you* will be hungry. How horrible it will be to you*, the ones laughing now, because you* will mourn and weep.


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"How horrible it will be when people speak well of you*, according to these <i>[things]</i> <i>[fig., in like manner]</i> were their fathers doing to false prophets.


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"_But_ I say to you*, the ones hearing: Be loving your* enemies. Be doing good to the ones hating you*.


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"To the one striking you on the cheek, be offering also the other; and from the one taking away from you your cloak, do not refuse the tunic also.


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"So be giving to every <i>[one]</i> asking of you, and stop demanding back from the one taking away your <i>[belongings]</i>.


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"And if you* love the ones loving you*, what grace <i>[fig., credit]</i> is <i>[it]</i> to you*? For even the sinful love the ones loving them.


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"And if you* are doing good to the ones doing good to you*, what grace <i>[fig., credit]</i> is <i>[it]</i> to you*? For even the sinful do the same.


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"And if you* are lending <i>[to the ones]</i> from whom you* hope <i>[or, expect]</i> to receive back, what grace <i>[fig., credit]</i> is <i>[that]</i> to you*? For even sinful <i>[ones]</i> lend to sinners so that they shall receive back the same <i>[amount]</i>.


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"Nevertheless, be loving your* enemies and be doing good and be lending, hoping for <i>[or, expecting]</i> nothing in return, and your* reward will be great, and you* will be sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of <i>[the]</i> Most High, because _He_ is kind to the ungrateful and evil.


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"And stop judging, and by no means shall you* be judged. Stop condemning, and by no means shall you* be condemned. Be forgiving, and you* will be forgiven.


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"Be giving, and it will be given to you*-good measure, having been pressed down and shaken and running over, they will give into your* bosom <i>[or, lap]</i>. For with the same measure with which you* are measuring, it will be measured to you* in return."


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Then He spoke an allegory to them, "A blind <i>[person]</i> is not able to be leading a blind <i>[person]</i>, is he? They will both fall into a ditch, will they not?


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"A disciple is not above his teacher, but every <i>[one]</i> having been fully trained will be like his teacher.


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"Or how are you able to be saying to your brother, 'Brother, allow <i>[me]</i>, I will take out the speck, the <i>[one]</i> in your eye,' <i>[but]</i> you yourself do not notice the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck, the <i>[one]</i> in your brother's eye.


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"For each tree is known by its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorn plants, nor do they pick a grape cluster from a thorn bush.


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"The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces the good <i>[thing]</i>, and the evil person out of the evil treasure of his heart produces the evil <i>[thing]</i>. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.


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"Every <i>[one]</i> coming to Me and hearing My words and doing them, I will show you* to whom he is like:


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he is like a person building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the solid rock, but a flood having come, the stream burst upon that house and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded on the solid rock.


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"But the one having heard and not having done <i>[so]</i>, is like a person having built a house on the ground without a foundation, <i>[against]</i> which the stream burst upon, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great."


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Then a certain centurion's slave having <i>[it]</i> badly <i>[fig., being ill]</i> was about to be coming to the end <i>[of his life]</i>, who was highly valued by him.


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But having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, urgently asking Him, in order that having come He would completely cure his slave.


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Then having come to Jesus, they began earnestly pleading with Him, saying, "He is worthy to whom You will do this,


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Then Jesus began going with them, but <i>[when]</i> He <i>[was]</i> already not far away from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, "Lord, stop being troubled, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof.


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"For this reason, I did not consider myself worthy to come to You, _but_ say a word, and my slave boy will be healed.


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"For _I_ also am a man having been appointed under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this <i>[one]</i>, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Be coming,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does <i>[it]</i>."


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So having heard these things, Jesus marveled at him, and having turned to the crowd following Him, He said, "I say to you*, not even in Israel did I find so great a faith!"


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And the ones having been sent, having returned to the house, found the ailing slave being in good health.


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And it happened on the next <i>[day]</i>, He was traveling to a city being called Nain, and many of His disciples were going along with Him, and a large crowd.


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Then as He approached the gate of the city, that look!, <i>[a man]</i> having died was being carried out <i>[for burial]</i>, an only-begotten son of his mother, and she {was} a widow, and a large crowd of the city was with her.


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And the Lord having seen her was moved with compassion towards her, and He said to her, "Stop weeping!"


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And having approached, He took hold of the open coffin. Then the ones carrying <i>[it]</i> stood still, and He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"


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But fear <i>[or, awe]</i> took hold of <i>[them]</i> all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has risen up among us," and, "God <i>[has]</i> visited His people!"


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And John having summoned a certain two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, "Are _You_ the Coming <i>[One]</i>, or do we look for another?"


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So having come to Him, the men said, "John the Baptist <i>[or, the Immerser, and throughout book]</i> sent us to You, saying, 'Are _You_ the Coming <i>[One]</i>, or do we look for another?'"


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Then in that very hour He healed many from diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and to many blind <i>[people]</i> He graciously gave <i>[the ability]</i> to be seeing.


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "Having gone, report to John what you* saw and heard, that blind <i>[people]</i> receive <i>[their]</i> sight, lame <i>[people]</i> walk, lepers <i>[or, ones with a skin disease]</i> are cleansed, deaf <i>[people]</i> hear, dead <i>[people]</i> are raised, poor <i>[people]</i> have the Gospel proclaimed <i>[to them]</i>.


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Now the messengers of John having gone away, He began to be saying to the crowds concerning John: "What have you* gone out into the wilderness to see? A reed having been shaken by the wind?


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"_But_ what have you* gone out to see? A man having been dressed in soft <i>[fig., delicate]</i> clothing? Listen! The <i>[ones]</i> in splendid clothes and living in luxury are in the royal <i>[palaces]</i> of kings!


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"_But_ what have you* gone out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you*, and much more <i>[than]</i> a prophet.


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"This is <i>[he]</i> concerning whom it has been written, "Look! _I_ am sending My messenger before Your face <i>[fig., ahead of You]</i>, who will prepare Your way before You." <i>[Mal 3:1]</i>


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"For I say to you*, no one is a greater prophet among the <i>[ones]</i> born of women than John the Baptist, but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."


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And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors, they justified God <i>[or, acknowledged God's righteousness]</i>, having been baptized with the baptism of John.


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But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel <i>[or, purpose]</i> of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.


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"They are similar to young children, the ones sitting in a market-place and calling to one another and saying, 'We played a flute for you*, and you* did not dance; we mourned for you*, and you* did not weep!'


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"The Son of Humanity came eating and drinking, and you* say, 'Look! A man, a glutton, and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'


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Now a certain one of the Pharisees was asking Him that He would eat with him. And having gone into the house of the Pharisee, He reclined <i>[to eat]</i>.


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And look! A woman in the city, who was a sinner, {and} having known that He is reclining <i>[to eat]</i> in the house of the Pharisee, having brought an alabaster jar of ointment <i>[or, perfume]</i>,


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and having stood behind <i>[Him]</i> beside His feet weeping, she began to be wetting His feet with her tears and was wiping <i>[them]</i> dry with the hairs of her head, and she kept affectionately kissing His feet and was anointing <i>[them]</i> with the ointment.


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But the Pharisee, the one having called <i>[or, having invited]</i> Him, having seen, spoke within himself, saying, "This one, if He were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman <i>[it is]</i> who is touching Him, that she is a sinner."


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And answering, Jesus said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." Then he says, "Teacher, say <i>[it]</i>."


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"<i>[There]</i> were two debtors to a certain creditor. The one was owing five hundred denarii, but the other fifty <i>[i.e., 500 and 50 days' wages, respectively]</i>.


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"But when they did not have <i>[anything]</i> to pay back, he freely forgave both. So tell <i>[Me]</i>, which of them will love him more?"


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Then answering, Simon said, "I suppose that <i>[it is the one]</i> to whom he freely forgave the greater <i>[amount]</i>." And He said to him, "You judged correctly."


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And having turned to the woman, He said to Simon, "See this woman? I entered into your house; you did not give water for My feet, but this <i>[woman]</i> wet My feet with her tears and wiped <i>[them]</i> dry with the hairs of her head.


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"You did not give a kiss to Me, but this <i>[woman]</i>, from what <i>[time]</i> <i>[fig., since]</i> I came in <i>[has]</i> not stopped affectionately kissing my feet.


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"For this reason, I say to you, her many sins have been forgiven, because she loved much. But <i>[the one]</i> to whom little is forgiven, loves little."


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And the ones reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with <i>[Him]</i> began to be saying within themselves, "Who is this, who also forgives sins?"


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And it happened in the next <i>[fig., afterward]</i> that _He_ was traveling through every city and village preaching and proclaiming the Gospel of the kingdom of God, and the twelve <i>[were]</i> with Him,


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and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary, the one being called Magdalene <i>[i.e. because she was from Magdala]</i>, from whom seven demons had gone out,


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and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna and many others, who were providing for them from their possessions.


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Now a large crowd having gathered, and the <i>[people]</i> from every city were coming to Him, He spoke by <i>[way of]</i> an allegory:


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"The one sowing went out to sow his seed, and in his sowing, some <i>[seed]</i> indeed fell beside the road, and it was trampled down, and the birds of the sky devoured it.


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"And other <i>[seed]</i> fell on the rock, and having grown up, it withered away, because of not having moisture.


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"And other <i>[seed]</i> fell in <i>[the]</i> middle of the thorn plants, and the thorn plants having grown up with <i>[it]</i>, choked it.


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"And other <i>[seed]</i> fell into the good ground, and having grown up, it produced fruit a hundred fold." These <i>[things]</i> saying, He was calling out, "The one having ears to be hearing, let him hear <i>[or, pay attention]</i>!"


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But His disciples began questioning Him, saying, "What might this allegory be <i>[fig., What does this allegory mean]</i>?"


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Then He said, "To you* it has been given to know the secrets <i>[or, mysteries]</i> of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in allegories; so that "seeing they shall not be seeing, and hearing they shall not be understanding." <i>[Isaiah 8:10]</i>


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"Now the <i>[ones]</i> beside the road are the ones hearing, then the Devil comes and snatches away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they are saved.


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"But the <i>[ones]</i> on the rock <i>[are those]</i> who, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation <i>[or, trial]</i> fall away.


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"But the <i>[seed]</i> having fallen into the thorns, these are the ones having heard, and going, are choked by anxieties and riches and pleasures of <i>[this]</i> life, and do not produce mature fruit.


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"But the <i>[seed]</i> in the good ground, these are such who with an upright and good heart, having heard the word, hold <i>[it]</i> fast and bear fruit with patient endurance.


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"Now no one having lit a lamp covers it with a container or puts <i>[it]</i> under a bed, _but_ he puts <i>[it]</i> on a lampstand, so that the ones coming in shall be seeing the light.


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"For no<i>[thing]</i> is hidden which will not become evident, nor secret which will not be known and come to light.


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"Therefore, be watching how you* hear, for whoever shall be having, it will be given to him, and whoever shall not having, even what he seems to be having will be taken away from him."


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Now His mother and brothers having come to Him, and they were not able to get near to Him because of the crowd.


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And it was reported to Him, saying, "Your mother and Your brothers have stood outside wanting to see You."


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But answering, He said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these: the ones hearing the word of God and doing it."


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And it happened, on one of those days, that _He_ stepped into a boat with His disciples, and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they put out to sea.


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But as they sailed, He fell asleep. And a storm of wind <i>[fig., a windstorm]</i> came down onto the lake, and they began being swamped and were being in danger.


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Then having approached, they awakened Him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And having gotten up, He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm!


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And He said to them, "Where is your* faith?" Then having been afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?"


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Then when He got out on the land, <i>[there]</i> met Him a certain man from the city, who was having <i>[fig., was possessed by; or, oppressed by]</i> demons for a long time, and he was not dressing himself with a garment, and he was not living in a house _but_ in the tombs.


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Now having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell down before Him and said with a loud voice, "What to me and to You <i>[fig., What have I to do with You]</i>, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me!"


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For He gave strict orders to the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit to come out from the man, for many times it had seized him, and he was being bound with chains and shackles, being guarded; and breaking the bonds, he was being driven by the demons into the uninhabited <i>[areas]</i>.


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Then Jesus questioned him, saying, "What is your name?" But he said, "Legion" (because many demons <i>[had]</i> entered into him).


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And he kept imploring Him that He would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit <i>[or, abyss]</i>.


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Now a herd of many pigs was in that place being fed in the mountain, and they kept imploring Him that He would permit them to enter into these, and He permitted them.


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Then the demons having gone out from the man, entered into the pigs, and the herd stampeded down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.


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Now the ones feeding <i>[the pigs]</i>, having seen the <i>[thing]</i> having happened, fled and reported <i>[it]</i> in the city and in the fields.


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Then they came out to see the <i>[thing]</i> having happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, having been clothed and being of sound mind, sitting at the feet of Jesus, and they were frightened.


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Now the ones having seen <i>[it]</i>, reported to them also how the one having been demon-possessed <i>[or, oppressed by demons]</i> was cured.


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And the whole multitude of the surrounding region of the Gadarenes asked Him to go away from them, because they were gripped with great fear. Then having stepped into the boat, _He_ returned.


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Now the man from whom the demons had gone out began begging Him to be with Him, but Jesus sent Him away, saying,


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"Be returning to your house and describe fully what great things God did to you." And he went away proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus did to him.


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Then it happened, when Jesus returned, the crowd received <i>[or, welcomed]</i> Him, for they were all looking for Him.


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And look! A man came whose name <i>[was]</i> Jairus, and _he_ was an official of the synagogue. And having fallen at the feet of Jesus, he began imploring Him to come to his house,


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because an only-begotten daughter was to him <i>[fig., he had an only-begotten daughter]</i> about twelve years <i>[old]</i>, and _she_ was dying. But while He <i>[was]</i> going away, the crowds were pressing against Him.


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And a woman being with a flow of blood for twelve years, who having spent her whole livelihood on physicians was not able to be healed by any,


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having approached <i>[Him]</i> from behind, touched the fringe of His cloak. And immediately the flow of her blood stood <i>[fig., stopped]</i>!


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And Jesus said, "Who <i>[is]</i> the one having touched Me?" But all <i>[were]</i> denying <i>[it]</i>. Peter and the <i>[ones]</i> with him said, "Master, the crowds are pressing against You and crowding <i>[You]</i>, and You say, 'Who <i>[is]</i> the one having touched Me?'"


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So the woman having seen that she did not escape notice, came trembling. And having fallen before Him, declared to Him before all the people for what reason she <i>[had]</i> touched Him, and how she was healed immediately.


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While _He_ is still speaking, someone comes from the synagogue leader saying to Him, "Your daughter has died. Stop troubling the Teacher."


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But Jesus having heard, answered Him, saying, "Stop being afraid; only be believing, and she will be cured."


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Then having come to the house, He did not allow anyone to go in, except Peter and John and James and the father of the child and the mother.


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Now they were all weeping and beating their breasts <i>[fig., mourning]</i> for her. But He said, "Stop weeping. She did not die, _but_ is sleeping!"


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But having sent <i>[them]</i> all outside, and having taken hold of her hand, _He_ called out, saying, "Child, be getting up!"


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And her spirit returned, and she got up immediately! And He instructed <i>[that something]</i> be given to her to eat.


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And her parents were amazed, but He gave strict orders to them to tell no one the <i>[thing]</i> having happened.


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Now having called the twelve together, He gave to them power and authority over all the demons and to be healing diseases.


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And He said to them, "Be taking nothing for the journey, neither staff nor traveler's bag nor bread nor money; neither be having two coats apiece.


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And as many as do not receive you*, going out from that city, shake off even the dust from your* feet as a testimony against them."


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Then going out, they began going about through the villages, proclaiming the Gospel and healing everywhere.


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Now Herod, the ruler of the quadrant <i>[or, the tetrarch]</i>, heard <i>[about]</i> all the <i>[things]</i> being done by Him, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because the <i>[thing]</i> being said by some <i>[was]</i> that John had been raised from <i>[the]</i> dead,


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but by some that Elijah <i>[had]</i> appeared, but by others that a prophet, one of the ancient <i>[ones, had]</i> risen.


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And Herod said, "_I_ beheaded John, but who is this concerning whom _I_ am hearing such things?" And he was trying to see Him.


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And the apostles having returned, related to Him what great <i>[things]</i> they did. And having taken them, He withdrew privately to a deserted place <i>[belonging to]</i> a city being called Bethsaida.


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But the crowds having known <i>[or, having found out]</i>, followed Him. And having received them, He began speaking to them concerning the kingdom of God and curing the ones having need of healing.


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Now the day began to be declining, and the twelve having approached, said to Him, "Send the crowd away, so that having gone away into the surrounding villages and the farms, they shall find lodging and find something to eat, because here we are in a deserted place."


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But He said to them, "_You*_ give them <i>[something]</i> to eat." But they said, "We have no more than five loaves of bread and two fish, unless, having gone, _we_ should buy food for all this people."


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For they were about five thousand men. But He said to His disciples, "Make them recline in groups <i>[of]</i> fifty each."


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Then having taken the five loaves of bread and the two fish, having looked up to heaven, He bestowed a blessing upon them and broke <i>[the bread]</i> in pieces and began giving <i>[them]</i> to the disciples to distribute to the crowd.


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And they all ate and were filled! And twelve hand-baskets were taken up of broken pieces of bread having been leftover to them.


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And it happened, while He <i>[was]</i> praying alone, the disciples gathered to Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the crowds say Me to be <i>[or, that I am]</i>?"


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Then answering, they said, "John the Baptist, but others, Elijah, but others, that a prophet, one of the ancient <i>[ones, has]</i> risen."


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So He said to them, "But _you*_, who do you* say Me to be <i>[or, that I am]</i>?" Then answering, Peter said, "The Christ of God."


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saying, "It is necessary <i>[for]</i> the Son of Humanity to suffer many <i>[things]</i> and to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be killed and to rise <i>[on]</i> the third day."


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Then He said to <i>[them]</i> all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, he must deny <i>[or, disown]</i> himself and take up his cross and be following Me.


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"For whoever shall be desiring to save his life, will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, this <i>[one]</i> will save it.


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"For what is a person benefited, having gained the whole world, but having lost or forfeited himself?


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"For whoever is ashamed of Me and of My words, this <i>[one]</i> the Son of Humanity will be ashamed of when He comes in His <i>[own]</i> glory and <i>[the glory]</i> of the Father and of the holy angels.


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"But I say to you* truly, <i>[there]</i> are some of the <i>[ones]</i> having stood here who by no means shall taste of death until they see the kingdom of God."


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Now it happened, about eight days after these words, that having taken Peter and John and James, He went up into the mountain to pray.


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And it happened, while He <i>[was]</i> praying, the appearance of His face <i>[became]</i> different, and His clothing <i>[became]</i> dazzling white.


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who, having appeared in glory, spoke of His departure <i>[Gr., exodus]</i> which He was about to be accomplishing in Jerusalem.


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But Peter and the <i>[ones]</i> with him having been overcome with sleep, but having become fully awake, they saw His glory, and the two men having stood with Him.


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And it happened, as they <i>[were]</i> parting from Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents: one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah"-not knowing what he <i>[was]</i> saying.


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But as he <i>[was]</i> saying these <i>[things]</i>, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were frightened as they entered into the cloud.


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And after the voice came, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent, and they reported to no one in those days anything of what they had seen.


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And listen! A man from the crowd cried out, saying, "Teacher, I beg You to look with care upon My son, because he is my only-begotten.


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"And listen! A spirit seizes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it tears him back and forth <i>[fig., throws him into convulsions]</i>, with foaming, and it hardly <i>[ever]</i> departs from him, bruising him.


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Then answering, Jesus said, "O unbelieving <i>[or, faithless]</i> and having been perverted generation, how long will I be with you* and put up with you*? Bring your son here."


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But as he <i>[was]</i> still approaching, the demon dashed him to the ground and threw <i>[him]</i> into convulsions. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit and healed the child and gave him back to his father.


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Then they were all amazed at the magnificence of God. But while all <i>[were]</i> marveling at all <i>[things]</i> which Jesus did, He said to His disciples,


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"_You*_ put your* ears to these words, for the Son of Humanity is about to be betrayed into the hands of people."


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But they were failing to understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they did not perceive <i>[the meaning of]</i> it, and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.


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But Jesus having seen the thought process of their heart <i>[fig., having known what they were thinking within themselves]</i>, having taken hold of a young child, set him beside Himself,


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and said to them, "Whoever receives this young child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One having sent Me. For the one being least among you* all, this one will be great."


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Then answering, John said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we prevented <i>[or, forbid]</i> him, because he does not follow with us."


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And Jesus said to him, "Stop preventing <i>[or, forbidding]</i> <i>[him]</i>, for who<i>[ever]</i> is not against us is for us."


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Now it happened, as the days <i>[were]</i> approaching <i>[for]</i> His ascension, that He fixed His face <i>[fig., made a firm resolve]</i> to go to Jerusalem,


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and He sent messengers before His face <i>[fig., ahead of Him]</i>. And having gone, they went into a village of Samaritans in order to prepare for Him.


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And they did not receive Him, because His face was <i>[fig., He had resolved to be]</i> going to Jerusalem.


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So His disciples James and John having seen <i>[this]</i>, said, "Lord, do You want <i>[that]</i> we should tell <i>[fig., command]</i> fire to come down from heaven and to consume them, as also Elijah did?"


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{"For the Son of Humanity did not come to destroy people's lives, _but_ to save!"} And they went on to another village.


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Now it happened, as they <i>[were]</i> going on the road, someone said to Him, "I will follow You wherever You go, Lord."


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And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have dens, and the birds of the sky nests, but the Son of Humanity does not have <i>[any]</i>where <i>[to]</i> be laying His head."


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Then He said to another, "Be following Me!" And he said, "Lord, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father."


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But Jesus said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own dead, but _you_, having gone away, be proclaiming far and wide the kingdom of God."


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Then another also said, "I will follow You, Lord, but first permit me to say good-bye to the <i>[ones]</i> in my house."


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But Jesus said to him, "No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking to the <i>[things]</i> behind <i>[fig., looking back]</i>, is fit for the kingdom of God."


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Now after these <i>[things]</i>, the Lord appointed also seventy others, and He sent them two each <i>[or, two by two]</i> before His face <i>[fig., ahead of Him]</i> into every city and place where He Himself was about to be going.


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Then He was saying to them, "The harvest truly <i>[is]</i> plentiful, but the laborers <i>[are]</i> few. Therefore, implore the Lord of the harvest in order that He shall put forth laborers into His harvest.


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"And if a son <i>[fig., person]</i> of peace is there, your* peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return upon you*.


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"Now be remaining in that very house, eating and drinking the <i>[things]</i> from them, for the laborer is worthy of his pay. Do not keep moving from house to house. <i>[cp. 1Tim 5:18]</i>


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"And into whatever city you* are entering, and they are receiving you*, be eating the <i>[things]</i> being set before you*;


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"And into whatever city you* are entering, and they are not receiving you*, having gone out into its open streets, say,


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'Even the dust having clung to us from your* city, we ourselves wipe off against you*. Nevertheless, be knowing this, that the kingdom of God has drawn near to you*.'


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"How horrible it will be to you, Chorazin! How horrible it will be to you, Bethsaida! For if the miraculous works had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, the ones having occurred in you*, they <i>[would have]</i> repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.


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"And you, Capernaum, the one having been exalted as far as heaven, you will be brought down as far as the realm of the dead <i>[Gr., hades]</i>.


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"The one hearing you* hears Me, and the rejecting you* <i>[or, regarding you* as nothing]</i> rejects Me, and the one rejecting Me rejects the One having sent Me."


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Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subjected to us in Your name."


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"Listen! I give to you* the authority to be treading on serpents and scorpions and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall injure you*.


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"Nevertheless, stop rejoicing in this, that the spirits are subjected to you*, but be rejoicing that your* names were written in the heavens."


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In that hour Jesus was very glad in the Spirit <i>[or, in His spirit]</i> and said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and of the earth, that You hid these <i>[things]</i> from wise and intelligent <i>[people]</i> and revealed them to young children. Yes, Father, because in this way it became well-pleasing before You."


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And turning to the disciples, He said, "All <i>[things]</i> were handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and to whom<i>[ever]</i> the Son shall be desiring to reveal <i>[Him]</i>."


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And having turned to the disciples, He said privately, "Happy <i>[are]</i> the eyes, the ones seeing what you* see.


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"For I say to you*, that many prophets and kings desired to see what _you*_ see, and did not see, and to hear what you* hear, and did not hear."


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And look! A certain lawyer stood up, testing Him and saying, "Teacher, <i>[by]</i> having done what, will I inherit eternal life?"


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Then answering, he said, "'You will love the LORD your God with your whole heart <i>[fig., your entire inner self]</i> and with your whole soul and with your whole strength and with your whole understanding,' and 'your neighbor as yourself.'" <i>[Deut 6:5; Lev 19:18]</i>


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But that one wanting to be justifying himself <i>[or, to be declaring himself righteous]</i>, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"


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Then Jesus having taken up <i>[the word]</i> <i>[fig., Jesus replying]</i>, said, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and encountered robbers, who having both stripped him and having inflicted wounds, they went away, having left <i>[him]</i> as it turned out half dead.


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"Now by a coincidence, a certain priest was going down on that road, and having seen him, he passed by on the opposite side <i>[of the road]</i>.


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"Then likewise also a Levite having been at the place, having come and seen, passed by on the opposite side.


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"But a certain Samaritan, being on a journey, came by him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion.


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"And having approached, he bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then having placed him on his own beast <i>[of burden]</i>, he brought him to an inn and took care of him.


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"And on the next day, when he departed, having taken out two denarii <i>[i.e., two days' wages]</i>, he gave <i>[them]</i> to the innkeeper and said to him, 'Take care of him, and whatever you spend besides, in my coming again, _I_ will pay back to you.'


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"So which of these three do you suppose to have become a neighbor of the one having fallen among the robbers?"


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Then he said, "The one having done the mercy with him <i>[fig., having shown him mercy]</i>." Then Jesus said to him, "Be going, and _you_ be doing likewise."


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Now it happened, as they <i>[were]</i> going, that _He_ entered into a certain village. Then a certain woman, by name Martha, welcomed Him into her house.


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And to this <i>[woman]</i> was a sister <i>[fig., she had a sister]</i> being called Mary, who also having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was listening to His word.


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But Martha was being distracted about much service, and coming up, she said, "Lord, _You_ are concerned that my sister has been leaving me alone to be serving, are You not? Then tell her, that she should help along with me."


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But answering, Jesus said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and disquieted about many <i>[things]</i>,


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but of one <i>[thing]</i> there is need. But Mary chose the good part, which will not be taken away from her."


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And it happened, while He <i>[was]</i> praying in a certain place, when He <i>[had]</i> finished, a certain one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as also John taught his disciples."


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Then He said to them, "Whenever you* are praying, be saying: 'Our Father, the <i>[One]</i> in the heavens, let Your name be regarded as holy; Let Your kingdom come; let Your will be done, as in heaven, <i>[so]</i> also on the earth.


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'And forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every <i>[one]</i> being indebted to us; and do not lead us into temptation, _but_ deliver us from evil <i>[or, the evil [one]]</i>.'"


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And He said to them, "Which of you* will have a friend and will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,


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and that <i>[one]</i> answering from within shall say, 'Stop causing me troubles! The door has already been shut, and my young children are with me in bed. I am not able, having gotten up, to give to you.'


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"I say to you*, even if he will not give to him, having gotten up, because of him being a friend, yet because of his shameless persistence, having gotten up, he will give to him as much as he needs.


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"And _I_ say to you*, be asking, and it will be given to you*; be seeking, and you* will find; be knocking, and it will be opened to you*.


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"Now which father <i>[among]</i> you*, <i>[if]</i> his son will ask <i>[for]</i> a loaf of bread, he will not give to him a stone, will he? Or also <i>[if he asks for]</i> a fish, he will not give to him a serpent instead of a fish, will he?


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"If you* then being evil know <i>[how]</i> to be giving good gifts to your* children, how much more will the Father of heaven <i>[fig., your* heavenly Father]</i> give <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit to the ones asking Him?"


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And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. Then it happened, the demon having gone out, the mute <i>[person]</i> spoke, and the crowds marveled.


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But some of them said, "By Beelzebul <i>[i.e. a Philistine deity, used as a name for the devil]</i>, ruler of the demons, He casts out demons."


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But knowing their thoughts, _He_ said to them, "Every kingdom having been divided against itself is laid waste, and a house <i>[divided]</i> against a house falls.


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"So if Satan also was divided against himself, how will his kingdom be made to stand? Because you* say <i>[that]</i> I am casting out demons by Beelzebul.


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"But if _I_ cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your* sons <i>[fig., disciples]</i> cast <i>[them]</i> out? For this reason they will be your* judges.


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"When the strong <i>[man]</i> having been fully armed is guarding his own palace, his possessions are in peace <i>[fig., undisturbed]</i>.


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"But when the <i>[one]</i> stronger than he, having come upon <i>[him]</i>, overcomes him, he takes away his complete suit of armor in which he had relied on, and he distributes his spoils.


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"When the unclean <i>[or, defiling]</i> spirit goes out from the person, it goes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding <i>[any]</i>, it says, 'I will return to my house from where I came out.'


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"Then it goes and takes along seven different spirits more evil <i>[than]</i> itself. And having come, they dwell there, and the last <i>[state]</i> of that person becomes worse <i>[than]</i> the first."


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Now it happened, while He <i>[was]</i> saying these <i>[things]</i>, a certain woman from the crowd having raised <i>[her]</i> voice, said to Him, "Happy <i>[is]</i> the womb, the one having carried You, and <i>[the]</i> breasts <i>[from]</i> which You nursed!"


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But He said, "But rather, happy <i>[are]</i> the ones hearing the word of God and keeping <i>[fig., obeying]</i> <i>[it]</i>!"


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Now <i>[as]</i> the crowds gathered even more, He began to be saying, "This generation is evil. It seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.


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"For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Humanity be to this generation. <i>[Jonah 1:17]</i>


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"<i>[The]</i> Queen of <i>[the]</i> South will be raised up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And listen! <i>[One]</i> greater than Solomon <i>[is]</i> here! <i>[1Kings 10:1-29]</i>


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"Men, Ninevites, will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because they repented at <i>[or, because of]</i> the proclamation of Jonah. And listen! <i>[One]</i> greater than Jonah <i>[is]</i> here! <i>[Jonah 3:5]</i>


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"But no one having lit a lamp puts <i>[it]</i> in a hidden place <i>[or, a cellar]</i> nor under the basket, _but_ on the lamp-stand, so that the one coming in shall be seeing the light.


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"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is healthy, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is also dark.


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"So if your whole body is full of light, not having any part darkened, the whole will be full of light, like when the lamp by its brightness shall be giving you light."


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Now while <i>[He]</i> <i>[was]</i> speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking Him that He should dine with him. So having entered, He reclined <i>[to eat]</i>.


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But the Pharisee having seen, marveled that He was not first baptized <i>[or, ceremonially washed]</i> before the meal.


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Then the Lord said to him, "Now you*, the Pharisees, make the outside of the cup and of the wooden platter clean, but the inside of you* is full of violent greed and wickedness.


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"Nevertheless, give the <i>[things]</i> being <i>[or, what is]</i> inside <i>[as]</i> charitable gifts. Then listen! All things are clean to you*.


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"_But_ how horrible it will be to you*, the Pharisees! Because you* tithe <i>[i.e. give a tenth of]</i> the mint and the rue <i>[i.e. a scented herb]</i> and every vegetable, and you* pass by <i>[fig., overlook]</i> the justice and the love of God. These <i>[things]</i> it is necessary to do, and those not to be neglecting.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, the Pharisees! Because you* love the first seats <i>[fig., most important places]</i> in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.


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"How horrible it will be to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* are like the unmarked tombs, and the people walking about above do not know <i>[it]</i>."


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Then answering, one of the lawyers says to Him, "Teacher, by saying these <i>[things]</i> You also insult us."


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But He said, "How horrible it will be to you* also, the lawyers! Because you* burden the people with hard to carry <i>[fig., difficult]</i> burdens, and you* yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your* fingers.


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"How horrible it will be to you*! Because you* build the tombs of the prophets, but your* fathers killed them.


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"Consequently, you* bear witness to and approve of the works of your* fathers, because _they_ indeed killed them, but you* build their tombs!


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"For this reason the wisdom of God also said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and <i>[some]</i> of them they will kill, and <i>[some]</i> they will persecute,


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so that the blood of all the prophets, the <i>[blood]</i> being shed from the laying of the foundation of the world, shall be charged against this generation,


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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, the one having perished between the altar and the house <i>[of God]</i>. Yes, I say to you*, it will be charged against this generation. <i>[Gen 4:8; 2Chron 36:16]</i>


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"How horrible it will be to you*, the lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You* yourselves did not enter, and you* hindered the ones entering in."


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Now while He <i>[was]</i> speaking these <i>[things]</i> to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile towards <i>[Him]</i> and to be attacking Him with questions concerning many things,


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laying in wait for Him, seeking to catch something out of His mouth <i>[fig., to catch Him in something He might say]</i>, so that they should bring charges against Him.


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At which time <i>[fig., Meanwhile]</i>, when the countless thousands of the crowd had been gathered together, so as to be trampling on one another, He began to be saying to His disciples first <i>[of all]</i>, "You* yourselves be watching out for the leaven <i>[or, yeast]</i> of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy <i>[or, insincerity]</i>.


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"Because whatever you* said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you* spoke to the ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.


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"Now I say to you*, My friends, do not be afraid of the ones killing the body, and after these <i>[things]</i> are not having anything further to do.


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"But I will show to you* whom you* should fear: fear the <i>[One, who]</i> after <i>[having]</i> killed is having authority to cast into hell <i>[Gr., gehenna]</i>. Yes, I say to you*, fear this <i>[One]</i>!


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"Five sparrows are sold <i>[for]</i> two assars <i>[about 1/32 of an ounce or 0.44 grams of silver]</i>, are they not? And not one of them has been forgotten before God.


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"_But_ even the hairs of your* head have all been numbered. Therefore, stop fearing. You* are worth more than many sparrows!


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"Now I say to you*, all who shall confess Me before the people, the Son of Humanity also will confess with him before the angels of God.


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"But the one having denied <i>[or, disowned]</i> Me before the people will be denied before the angels of God.


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"And all who will speak a word against the Son of Humanity, it will be forgiven to him; but to the one having spoken against <i>[or, having blasphemed]</i> the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.


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"Now when they shall be bringing you* before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, stop being anxious how or what you* are to speak in your* defense, or what you* should say.


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Then someone from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."


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But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me a judge or a divider <i>[or, an arbitrator]</i> over you*?"


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Then He said to them, "Be watching out for and be guarding yourselves against covetous desire <i>[or, greed]</i>, because not in the abounding of his possessions is his life <i>[fig., a person's life does not consist of the abundance of his possessions]</i>."


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So He spoke an allegory to them, saying, "The field of a certain rich man brought forth well <i>[fig., produced a bountiful harvest]</i>.


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"And he was pondering within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, because I do not have where I will gather <i>[fig., room to store]</i> my harvest?'


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"And he said, 'This I will do: I will tear down my barns, and I will build larger ones, and there I will gather together <i>[fig., store]</i> all my crops and my goods.


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'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years, be resting <i>[or, be taking it easy]</i>, eat, drink, <i>[and]</i> be celebrating!"'


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"But God said to him, 'Fool! This night they are demanding your soul from you. Now what you prepared, to whom will it be <i>[fig., belong]</i>?'


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"In the same way <i>[is]</i> the one storing up <i>[earthly riches]</i> for himself and <i>[who]</i> is not rich toward God."


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Then He said to His disciples, "For this reason I say to you*, stop being anxious <i>[about]</i> your* life, what you* shall eat, and <i>[about]</i> the body, what you* shall wear.


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"Be considering the ravens, for they do not sow nor reap, to which there is no <i>[fig., which do not have]</i> storeroom nor barn, and God provides for them. How much more valuable you* are than the birds!


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"But which of you* <i>[by]</i> being anxious is able to add one cubit <i>[about 18 inches or 45 centimeters]</i> to his height?


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"So if you* are not able <i>[to do]</i> a very little <i>[thing]</i>, why are you* anxious <i>[about]</i> the rest?


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"Consider the lilies, how do they grow? They do not labor nor do they spin. But I say to you*, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.


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"But if God clothes in such a manner the grass in the field, being <i>[here]</i> today and tomorrow is thrown into a furnace, how much more <i>[will He clothe]</i> you*, <i>[O you*]</i> of little faith?


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"For all these <i>[things]</i> the nations of the world seek after, but your* Father knows that you* have need of these <i>[things]</i>.


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"Sell your* possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags <i>[which]</i> are not wearing out, an inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where a thief does not come near nor does a moth destroy.


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"Let your* waist be wrapped around <i>[with a belt]</i> <i>[fig., Prepare yourselves]</i>, and <i>[keep]</i> the lamps burning.


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"And you* <i>[are to be]</i> like people waiting for their lord, when he returns from the wedding feasts, so that having come and knocked, immediately they shall open to him.


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"Happy <i>[are]</i> those slaves, whom the lord having come will find keeping watch. Positively, I say to you*, he will wrap <i>[a belt]</i> around himself and have them recline <i>[to eat]</i>, and having come alongside, he will serve them.


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"And if he comes in the second watch <i>[i.e. between 9:00 p.m. and midnight]</i>, <i>[or]</i> he even comes in the third watch <i>[i.e. between midnight and 3:00 a.m.]</i>, and he finds <i>[them]</i> so, happy are those slaves.


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"But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief <i>[was]</i> coming, he would have kept watch and would not have allowed <i>[the walls of]</i> his house to be dug through.


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"Therefore, _you*_ also become ready, because the Son of Humanity is coming at the hour you* do not think <i>[fig., expect]</i>."


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Then the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom the lord will put in charge over his household servants to give <i>[them their]</i> food allowance at <i>[the right]</i> time?


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"But if that slave says in his heart, 'My lord is delaying to be coming,' and he begins to be beating the slave-boys and the slave-girls and to be eating and to be drinking and to be getting drunk,


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the lord of that slave will come in a day in which he does not expect <i>[him]</i>, and in an hour which he does not know, and he will cut him in two <i>[fig., punish him severely]</i>, and he will appoint his portion with the unbelievers.


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"So that slave, the one having known his lord's will and not having prepared nor having done according to his will, will be repeatedly beaten with many <i>[lashes]</i>.


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"But the one not having known, and having done <i>[things]</i> worthy of a beating, will be repeatedly beaten with few <i>[lashes]</i>. So to every <i>[one]</i> to whom much was given, much will be demanded from him, and to whom they entrusted much, all the more they will ask of him.


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"Do you* think that I came to give peace on the earth? Not at all, I say to you*, _but_ rather division!


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"For from now <i>[on]</i> five in one house will have been divided: three against two and two against three.


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"A father will be divided against a son and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." <i>[see Micah 7:6]</i>


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Then He also said to the crowds, "Whenever you* see the cloud rising from <i>[the]</i> west, immediately you* say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.


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"And whenever <i>[you* see]</i> a south wind blowing, you say*, 'It will be scorching heat <i>[i.e., It will be a hot day]</i>,' and so it happens.


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"Hypocrites! You know <i>[how]</i> to be interpreting the face of the earth and of the sky, but how <i>[is it]</i> you* are not interpreting this time?


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"But why do you* not even judge of yourselves the righteous <i>[thing]</i> <i>[fig., what is righteous]</i>?


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"For as you* are going with your opponent <i>[in a lawsuit]</i> to a ruler <i>[or, magistrate]</i>, on the way give work <i>[fig., make every effort]</i> to have been released from <i>[fig., to make an settlement with]</i> him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the court officer, and the court officer throw you into prison.


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"I say to you, by no means shall you come out from there until you pay back even the last lepton <i>[i.e. a small copper coin worth 1/1000th of an ounce or 0.025 grams of silver]</i>."


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Now some <i>[people]</i> were showing up at that very time reporting to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices.


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "Do you* think that these Galileans were sinners more than all the <i>[other]</i> Galileans, because they have suffered such <i>[things]</i>?


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"Or those, the eighteen, on whom the lookout tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you* think that these were debtors more <i>[fig., worse sinners]</i> than all the <i>[other]</i> people dwelling in Jerusalem?


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Then He spoke this allegory: "A certain <i>[man]</i> had a fig tree having been planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find <i>[any]</i>.


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"Then he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Look! Three years I <i>[have]</i> come looking for fruit in this fig tree and do not find <i>[any]</i>. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?'


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"But answering, he says to him, 'Lord, let it alone this year also, until which <i>[time]</i> I dig around it and put piles of manure <i>[on it]</i>.


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"And if then it produces fruit <i>[fine]</i>, but if not, in the coming <i>[year]</i> you will cut it down."


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And look! <i>[There]</i> was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she <i>[was]</i> bent double and <i>[was]</i> not being able to straighten up to the completion <i>[fig., at all]</i>.


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But Jesus having seen her called <i>[her]</i> over and said to her, "Woman, you have been set free from your infirmity!"


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But the synagogue leader answering (being indignant that Jesus healed on the Sabbath), began saying to the crowd, "There are six days in which it is necessary <i>[for us]</i> to be working. Therefore, on these <i>[days]</i> <i>[be]</i> coming <i>[and]</i> getting healed, and not on the day of the Sabbath."


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Then the Lord answered him and said, "Hypocrites! Does not each <i>[one]</i> of you* on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall, and having led <i>[it]</i> away, give <i>[it]</i> water?


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"But this <i>[woman]</i>, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan indeed bound eighteen years, it was necessary <i>[for her]</i> to be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath, was it not?"


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And when He said these <i>[things]</i> all the ones opposing Him were being put to shame, and the whole crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious <i>[things]</i>, the ones being done by Him.


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"It is like a grain of mustard <i>[or, mustard seed]</i>, which a man having taken, put into his garden, and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches."


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"It is like leaven <i>[or, yeast]</i>, which a woman having taken, hid <i>[or, mixed]</i> into three satons <i>[about 36 quarts or 40 liters]</i> of wheat flour until it was all leavened."


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And He was passing through according to <i>[fig., through various]</i> cities and villages teaching and making a journey to Jerusalem.


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"Be striving to go in through the narrow gate, because many, I say to you*, will seek to enter and will not be able.


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"From whatever <i>[time]</i> the Master of the house is risen up and shuts the door, and* you begin to have stood outside and to be knocking at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us,' and answering, He will say to you*, 'I do not know you*, where you* are from.'


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"Then you* will begin to be saying, 'We ate and drank before You, and You taught in our open streets.'


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"And He will say, 'I say to you*, I do not know you*, where you* are from. Depart from Me, all you* workers of unrighteousness!'


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"In that place <i>[there]</i> will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you* see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you* yourselves being thrown out outside!


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"And they will come from east and west and north and south, and they will recline <i>[to eat]</i> in the kingdom of God.


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"And listen! <i>[There]</i> are last <i>[ones]</i> who will be first, and <i>[there]</i> are first <i>[ones]</i> who will be last."


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On that very day some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, "Get out and be going from here, for Herod wants to kill You."


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And He said to them, "Having gone, say to this fox, 'Look! I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and the third <i>[day]</i> I am being perfected.'


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"Nevertheless, it is necessary <i>[for]</i> Me to be traveling today and tomorrow and the following <i>[day]</i>, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.


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"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the <i>[city]</i> killing the prophets and stoning the ones having been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather together your children <i>[by]</i> which manner <i>[fig., just as]</i> a hen <i>[gathers]</i> her brood <i>[of chicks]</i> under her wings, and you* did want <i>[to]</i>.


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"Look! Your* house is being left to you* desolate. But, I say to you*, by no means shall you* see Me until <i>[the time]</i> comes when you* shall say, 'Having been blessed <i>[is]</i> the One coming in <i>[the]</i> name of the LORD.'" <i>[Psalm 118:26]</i>


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And it happened, when He went into <i>[the]</i> house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that _they_ were watching Him closely.


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And answering, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to be healing on the Sabbath?"


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And replying to them, He said, "A son or ox of which of you* will fall into a well, and he will not immediately draw it up on the day of the Sabbath?"


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Then He began telling an allegory to the ones having been called, noticing how they were choosing the first couches <i>[fig., places of honor]</i>, saying to them,


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"Whenever you* are invited by someone to marriage feasts, do not recline <i>[to eat]</i> on the first couch <i>[fig., the place of honor]</i>, lest a more honorable <i>[person than]</i> you has been invited by him;


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and having come, the one having invited you and him, he will say to you, 'Give <i>[your]</i> place to this <i>[person]</i>,' and then you begin with shame to be taking the last place.


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"_But_ whenever you are invited, having gone, recline <i>[to eat]</i> in the last place, so that whenever the one having invited you comes, he shall say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then <i>[there]</i> will be glory for you before the ones reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with you.


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"Because every <i>[one]</i> exalting himself will be humbled, and the one humbling himself will be exalted."


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Then He also began saying to the one having invited Him, "Whenever you prepare a lunch or a dinner, do not be calling your friends nor your brothers nor your relatives nor rich neighbors, lest _they_ also invite you back, and <i>[that]</i> shall be your repayment.


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"_But_ whenever you prepare a banquet, be inviting poor <i>[people]</i>, crippled <i>[people]</i>, lame <i>[people]</i>, <i>[and]</i> blind <i>[people]</i>,


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and you will be happy <i>[or, blessed]</i>, because they do not have <i>[anything]</i> to repay to you, for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous."


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Then one of the ones reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with <i>[Him]</i>, having heard these things, said to him, "Happy <i>[or, Blessed]</i> <i>[is he]</i> who will eat dinner in the kingdom of God."


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and he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to the ones having been invited, 'Be coming, because all <i>[things]</i> are now ready.'


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"And they all began with one <i>[accord]</i> to be excusing themselves. The first said to him, 'I bought a field, and I have a need to go out and to see it. I beg of you, be having me having been excused.'


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"And another said, 'I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I beg of you, be having me having been excused.'


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"And that slave having come, reported these <i>[things]</i> to his lord. Then the master of the house, having been enraged, said to his slave, 'Go out quickly into the open streets and alleys of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.'


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"And the lord said to the slave, 'Go out into the roads and <i>[along the]</i> fences, and compel <i>[them]</i> to come in, so that my house shall be filled.


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'For I say to you*, none of those men, the ones having been invited, will taste of my banquet, {for many are called, but few chosen.}'"


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"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and in addition even his own life, he is not able to be My disciple.


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"For which of you*, the one wanting to build a lookout tower, does not first, having sat down, calculate the cost, whether he has the <i>[resources]</i> for <i>[its]</i> completion?


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"Lest perhaps, after he has laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all the ones watching begin to be ridiculing him,


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"Or what king going to engage another king in battle, does not, having sat down, first consider if he is able with ten thousand <i>[soldiers]</i> to encounter the one with twenty thousand <i>[soldiers]</i> coming against him?


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"But if not, while he is still far away, having sent a delegation, he asks the <i>[terms]</i> for peace.


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"So likewise, every <i>[one]</i> of you* who does not give up all his own possessions is not able to be My disciple.


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"It is fit neither for soil nor for a manure pile-they throw it out. The one having ears to be hearing, let him be hearing <i>[or, be paying attention]</i>."


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And the Pharisees and the scribes began protesting, saying, "This One welcomes sinners and eats with them."


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"What man from <i>[among]</i> you*, having a hundred sheep and having lost one of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one having been lost until he finds it?


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"And having come into his house, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep, the one having been lost!'


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"I say to you*, in the same way <i>[there]</i> will be <i>[more]</i> joy in heaven over one sinner repenting than over ninety-nine righteous <i>[people]</i> who have no need of repentance.


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"Or what woman having ten drachmas <i>[each worth about 1/8 of an ounce or 3.5 grams of silver]</i>, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until which <i>[time]</i> she finds <i>[it]</i>?


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"And having found <i>[it]</i>, she calls together her female friends and her female neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I found the drachma which I lost!'


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"In the same way, I say to you*, joy takes place in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."


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"And the younger of them said to the father, 'Father, give to me the share of the wealth falling <i>[by inheritance]</i> to <i>[me]</i>.' And he divided to them his livelihood <i>[or, his property]</i>.


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"And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth, living recklessly.


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"Then when he had spent all, a severe famine occurred throughout that country, and _he_ began to be having need.


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"And having gone, he was joined to <i>[or, hired out to]</i> one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the farms to be feeding pigs.


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"And he was longing to fill his stomach from the carob pods which the pigs were eating, and no one was giving <i>[anything]</i> to him.


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"But having come to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance of bread, but _I_ am perishing with hunger!


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'Having risen, I will go to my father and will say to him, "Father, I <i>[have]</i> sinned against heaven and before you,


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"And having risen, he went to his father. But he still being a long distance away, his father saw him and was moved with compassion; and having ran, he fell on his neck <i>[fig., embraced him]</i> and affectionately kissed him.


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"Then the son said to him, 'Father, I <i>[have]</i> sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'


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"But the father said to his slaves, 'Bring out the first <i>[fig., best]</i> long robe and clothe him, and give <i>[him]</i> a ring for his hand and sandals for his feet.


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because this son of mine was dead and came back to life, and he had been lost and was found!' And they began to be celebrating.


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"Now his older son was in a field. And while coming, he approached the house <i>[and]</i> heard music and dancing.


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"And having summoned one of the slave boys, he began inquiring what these <i>[things]</i> might be <i>[fig., meant]</i>.


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"Then he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father slaughtered the fatted calf, because he received him back being in good health.'


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"But answering, he said to the father, 'Listen! So many years I am serving as a slave to you, and I never transgressed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.


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'But when this son of yours, the one having devoured your livelihood with prostitutes came, you slaughtered the fatted calf for him!'


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'But it was necessary to celebrate and to be glad, because this your brother was dead and came back to life, and had been lost and was found.'"


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Now He was also saying to His disciples, "A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and this <i>[steward]</i> was accused to him as squandering his possessions.


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"And having called him, he said to him, 'What <i>[is]</i> this I hear about you? Give the account of your stewardship, for you will no longer be able to continue being steward.'


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"And the steward said within himself, 'What shall I do, since my lord is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not able to be digging. I am ashamed to be begging.


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'I known what I will do, so that when I am removed from the stewardship, they shall welcome me into their houses.'


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"And having summoned each one of his lord's debtors, he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'


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"And he said, 'A hundred baths <i>[about 1000 gallons or 3800 liters]</i> of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and having sat down, quickly write fifty.'


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"Next to another he said, 'Now _you_, how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred kors <i>[or, homers; about 1000 bushels or 30 metric tons]</i> of wheat.' And he says to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'


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"And the lord highly praised the unrighteous steward because he did wisely <i>[or, acted shrewdly]</i>, because the sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of this age are wiser <i>[or, more shrewd]</i> in their own generation than the sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of the light.


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"And _I_ say to you*, make friends for yourselves by means of the worldly wealth of unrighteousness, so that whenever you* fail, they shall welcome you* into the eternal tabernacles.


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"The one faithful in a very little <i>[thing]</i> <i>[is]</i> also faithful in much, and the one unrighteous in a very little <i>[thing]</i> is also unrighteous in much.


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"Therefore, if you* were not faithful in the unrighteous worldly wealth, who will entrust to you* the true?


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"And if you* were not faithful in the <i>[thing]</i> belonging to another, who will give to you* your own property?


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"No household servant is able to be serving as a slave to two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You* are not able to be serving as a slave to God and to worldly wealth."


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Now the Pharisees also were hearing all these things, being lovers of money, and they began sneering at Him.


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And He said to them, "_You*_ are the ones justifying yourselves <i>[or, declaring yourselves righteous]</i> before the people, but God knows your* hearts, because the exalted <i>[thing]</i> among people <i>[is]</i> an abomination before God.


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"The Law and the Prophets <i>[were]</i> until John, since that time the Gospel of the kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and every <i>[one]</i> is forcing his way into it.


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"But it is easier <i>[for]</i> the heaven and the earth to pass away than <i>[for]</i> one tittle <i>[i.e., a stroke of a letter]</i> of the Law to fall.


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"Every <i>[one]</i> divorcing his wife and marrying another commits adultery, and every <i>[one]</i> marrying the one having been divorced from a husband commits adultery.


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"Now a certain man was rich and was dressing himself in a purple garment and fine linen, lavishly celebrating every day.


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"But <i>[there]</i> was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who had been placed at his gate, covered with sores


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and longing to be fed from the crumbs, the ones falling from the table of the rich <i>[man]</i>, _but_ even the dogs, coming, were licking his ulcerated sores.


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"Now it happened, the poor man died, and he was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. Then the rich <i>[man]</i> also died and was buried.


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"And in the realm of the dead <i>[Gr. hades]</i>, having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham from a distance, and Lazarus in his bosom.


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"And having cried out, he said, 'Father Abraham, be merciful to me, and send Lazarus, so that he shall dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.'


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"But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that _you_ received your good <i>[things]</i> in your life, and Lazarus likewise the bad <i>[things]</i>, but now here he is comforted, but _you_ are in agony.


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'And besides all these <i>[things]</i>, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that the ones wanting to cross over from here to you* are not able, nor can the <i>[ones]</i> from there cross over to us.'


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for I have five brothers-in order that he should urgently warn them, so that _they_ also shall not come to this place of torment.'


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"Abraham says to him, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear <i>[or, pay attention to]</i> them.'


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"But he said, 'No, father Abraham! _But_ if someone goes to them from <i>[the]</i> dead, they will repent.'


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"But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from <i>[the]</i> dead.'"


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Now He said to the disciples, "It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but how horrible it will be <i>[to the one]</i> through whom they come!


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"It <i>[would have been]</i> better for him if a donkey millstone <i>[i.e., a huge millstone turned by a donkey]</i> <i>[had been]</i> put round about his neck, and he had been thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble <i>[fig., to sin]</i>.


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"Be watching yourselves! Now if your brother sins against you rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him.


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"And if he sins against you seven times in the day, and returns seven times in the day, saying, 'I repent,' you will forgive him."


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But the Lord said, "If you* have faith like a grain of mustard <i>[or, mustard seed]</i>, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would <i>[have]</i> obeyed you*.


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"Now which of you* having a slave plowing or feeding, who having come in from the field, will immediately say <i>[to him]</i>, 'Having come beside <i>[me]</i>, recline <i>[to eat]</i>?'


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"_But_ will he not say to him, 'Prepare what I shall eat, and having wrapped <i>[your belt]</i> around yourself, serve me, until I eat and drink, and after these <i>[things]</i> you will eat and drink'?


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"He does not have gratitude <i>[for]</i> that slave because he did the <i>[things]</i> having been instructed, does he? I think not.


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"In the same way _you*_ also, whenever you* do all the <i>[things]</i> having been instructed to you*, say, 'We are worthless slaves, because we have <i>[only]</i> done what we are obligated to do.'"


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And it happened, while He <i>[was]</i> traveling to Jerusalem, that _He_ was passing through between Samaria and Galilee.


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And as He <i>[was]</i> entering into a certain village, ten leprous men <i>[or, men with a skin disease]</i> met Him, who stood at a distance.


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And having seen <i>[them]</i>, He said to them, "Having gone, show yourselves to the priests." And it happened, while they <i>[were]</i> going, they were cleansed!


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Now having been questioned by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God is coming, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation;


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neither will they say, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' For listen! The kingdom of God is within <i>[or, among]</i> you*."


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Then He said to His disciples, "Days will come when you* will long to see one of the days of the Son of Humanity, and you* will not see <i>[it]</i>.


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"And they will say to you*, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go away, nor run after <i>[them]</i>.


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"For just as the lightning, the one flashing from the <i>[one part]</i> under heaven, shines to the <i>[other part]</i> under heaven, so will the Son of Humanity be in His day.


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"But first it is necessary <i>[for]</i> Him to suffer many <i>[things]</i> and to be rejected by this generation.


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"And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Humanity:


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they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, <i>[and]</i> they were being given in marriage, until which day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed <i>[them]</i> all.


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"Likewise also, as it happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, <i>[and]</i> they were building;


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but <i>[on the]</i> day which Lot went out from Sodom, He rained fire and sulfur <i>[or, brimstone]</i> from heaven and destroyed <i>[them]</i> all.


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"According to these <i>[things]</i> <i>[fig., In the same way]</i> it will be in <i>[the]</i> day which the Son of Humanity is revealed.


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"In that day, <i>[the one]</i> who will be on the house top and his goods in the house, he must not come down to take them away. And the <i>[one]</i> in the field, likewise, he must not turn back for the <i>[things left]</i> behind.


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"I say to you*, in that night there will be two <i>[people]</i> on one bed: one will be taken and the other will be left.


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"Two <i>[women]</i> will be grinding at the same <i>[place]</i>: one will be taken and the other will be left.


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And answering, they say to Him, "Where, Lord?" Then He said to them, "Where the body <i>[is]</i>, there will the vultures be gathered together."


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Now He was also telling an allegory to them to <i>[show]</i> that it is necessary to always be praying and not to continue becoming discouraged,


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saying, "A certain judge was in a certain city, <i>[who was]</i> not fearing God and not respecting humanity.


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"Now a widow was in that city, and she was coming to him, saying, 'Give justice to me against my opponent <i>[in a lawsuit]</i>.'


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"And he did not want <i>[to]</i> for a time, but after these <i>[things]</i> he said in himself, 'Even though I do not fear God and do not respect humanity,


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yet because this widow is causing me trouble, I will give justice to her, so that <i>[she will]</i> not be wearing me out by coming to <i>[the]</i> end <i>[fig., coming continually]</i>.'"


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"But shall not God surely execute justice for His chosen ones, the ones crying out to Him day and night? And is He <i>[not]</i> waiting patiently by them?


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"I say to you*, He will execute justice for them with quickness. Nevertheless, the Son of Humanity having come, will He find faith on the earth?"


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Now He spoke this allegory to some, the ones having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and despising <i>[or, looking down on]</i> the rest:


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"The Pharisee having stood, was praying these <i>[words]</i> to himself <i>[or, having stood by himself, was praying these [words]]</i>: 'God, I thank You that I am not just like the rest of people: swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.


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"And the tax collector, having stood at a distance, was not even willing to lift up his eyes to heaven, _but_ he was beating on his chest, saying, 'God be propitious <i>[or, merciful]</i> to me, the sinner!'


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"I say to you*, this <i>[one]</i> went down to his house having been justified <i>[or, declared righteous]</i>, rather than in fact that <i>[other one]</i>. For every <i>[one]</i> exalting himself will be humbled, but the one humbling himself will be exalted."


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And they were also bringing the young children to Him, so that He would be touching them, but the disciples having seen, rebuked them.


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But Jesus having summoned them, said, "Allow the young children to be coming to Me and stop forbidding them, for of such is the kingdom of God.


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"Positively, I say to you*, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a young child shall by no means enter into it."


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And a certain ruler questioned Him, saying, "Good Teacher, having done what will I inherit eternal life?"


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"The commandments you know: 'You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; Honor your father and your mother.'" <i>[Exod 20:12-16; Deut 5:16-20]</i>


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So having heard these <i>[things]</i>, Jesus said to him, "Yet one <i>[thing]</i> is lacking to you: all <i>[things]</i>-as many as you have-sell and distribute to <i>[the]</i> poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come! Be following Me!"


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Then Jesus having seen him, having become deeply grieved, said, "How with difficulty will the ones having possessions <i>[or, riches]</i> enter into the kingdom of God!"


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"For it is easier <i>[for]</i> a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, than <i>[for]</i> a rich <i>[person]</i> to enter into the kingdom of God."


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So He said to them, "Positively, I say to you*, <i>[there]</i> is no one who left house or parents or brothers or wife or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,


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who shall not certainly receive back many times more in this time, and in the coming age eternal life."


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Then having taken the twelve aside, He said to them, "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the <i>[things]</i> having been written through the prophets about the Son of Humanity will be fulfilled.


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"For He will be handed over to the Gentiles and will be ridiculed and will be mistreated and will be spit on,


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and having scourged <i>[Him]</i>, they will kill Him. And on the third day He Himself will rise again."


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And _they_ understood none of these <i>[things]</i>, and this saying had been hidden from them, and they were not knowing <i>[or, comprehending]</i> the <i>[things]</i> being said.


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Now it happened, as He <i>[was]</i> drawing near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the road begging.


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And the ones going ahead of <i>[Him]</i> began warning him that he should be silent, but all the more he kept crying out, "Son of David! Be merciful to me!"


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So Jesus having stood still, He commanded him to be brought to Him. Now when he drew near, He questioned him,


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saying, "What do you desire <i>[that]</i> I do for you?" Then he said, "Lord, that I receive <i>[my]</i> sight!"


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And immediately he received <i>[his]</i> sight! And he began following Him, glorifying God. And having seen, all the people gave praise to God.


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And look! <i>[There was]</i> a man by name being called Zaccheus, and _he_ was a tax collection superintendent, and he was rich.


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And he was trying to see Jesus, who He is, and he was not able <i>[to]</i> because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.


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And having run ahead in front of <i>[the crowd]</i>, he went up into a sycamore tree, so that he should see Him, because He was about to be passing {through} by that <i>[way]</i>.


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And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, He saw him and said to him, "Zaccheus, having hurried, come down, for it is necessary <i>[for]</i> Me to stay in your house today."


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Now Zaccheus having stood, said to the Lord, "Listen! The half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor, and if I defrauded anyone of anything, I give back four times as much."


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Now while they <i>[were]</i> hearing these <i>[things]</i>, again He spoke an allegory, because of His being near Jerusalem, and <i>[because]</i> they <i>[were]</i> thinking that the kingdom of God is about to immediately appear.


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Therefore, He said, "A certain man of noble birth went on to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and to return.


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"So having called ten of his own slaves, he gave to them ten minas <i>[each worth about 12.5 ounces or 350 grams of silver]</i> and said to them, 'Do business until I come.'


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"But his citizens were hating him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this <i>[man]</i> to reign over us.


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"And it happened, when he returned <i>[from]</i> having received the kingdom, {that} he commanded these slaves to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, so that he should know who gained what by trading.


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"A he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you were faithful in a very little <i>[thing]</i>, be having authority over ten cities.'


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'For I was fearing you, because you are a stern man. You take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.'


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"Then he says to him, 'Out of your mouth <i>[fig., By your own words]</i> I will judge you, evil slave! You knew that _I_ am a stern man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow.


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'And why did you not give my money to a <i>[money changer's]</i> table <i>[fig., a bank]</i>, and having come, _I_ might <i>[have]</i> collected it with interest?'


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"And to the ones having stood by he said, 'Take the mina away from him, and give <i>[it]</i> to the one having the ten minas.'


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'For I say to you*, to every one having, <i>[more]</i> will be given, but from the one not having, even what he has will be taken away from him.


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'Nevertheless, those enemies of mine, the ones not having wanted me to reign over them, bring <i>[them]</i> here and execute <i>[them]</i> before me.'"


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And having said these <i>[things]</i>, He was traveling ahead <i>[of His disciples]</i>, going up to Jerusalem.


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And it happened, as He drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, to the mountain, the one being called Of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,


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having said, "Go into the village opposite <i>[you*]</i>, in which entering you* will find a colt <i>[or, a young donkey]</i> having been bound, on which no person ever sat, having untied it, bring <i>[it]</i>.


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"And if anyone asks you*, 'Why are you* untying <i>[it]</i>?' thus you* will say to him, 'The Lord has need of it.'"


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And they brought it to Jesus. And having thrown their own cloaks on the colt, they placed Jesus on it.


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Then He having now drawn near to the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began rejoicing <i>[and]</i> to be praising God with a loud voice for all <i>[the]</i> miraculous works which they saw,


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saying, "Having been blessed <i>[is]</i> the One coming <i>[as]</i> King in <i>[the]</i> name of <i>[the]</i> LORD; peace in heaven and glory in <i>[the]</i> highest!" <i>[Psalm 118:26]</i>


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saying, "If <i>[only]</i> you knew, even you, at least in this your day, the <i>[things]</i> for your peace! But now they were hid from your eyes.


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"Because days will come upon you, and your enemies will throw up a barricade around you and will surround you and will hem you in on every side,


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and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you a stone on a stone, because you did not know the time of your visitation."


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saying to them, "It has been written, 'My house is a house of prayer. But _you_ made it a hideout for robbers!" <i>[Isaiah 56:7; Jer 7:11]</i>


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And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy Him, also the leading <i>[men]</i> of the people.


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And they could not find <i>[out]</i> what they should do, for all the people were hanging on His <i>[words]</i> as they <i>[were]</i> hearing <i>[Him]</i>.


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And it happened, on one of those days, as He <i>[was]</i> teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the Gospel, the priests and the scribes, with the elders, approached <i>[Him]</i>


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and spoke to Him, saying, "Tell us by what authority You are doing these <i>[things]</i>? Or who is the one having given this authority to You?"


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And answering, He said to them, "_I also will ask you* one word <i>[or, one thing]</i>, and tell Me:


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And they debated among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you* not believe him?'


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"But if we say, 'From people,' all the people will stone us, for they have been persuaded John is a prophet."


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And Jesus said to them, "Neither do _I_ tell you* by what authority I am doing these <i>[things]</i>."


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Then He began to be telling the people this allegory: "A man planted a vineyard and leased it to vineyard keepers and went on a journey <i>[for]</i> a long time.


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"And at <i>[harvest]</i> time, he sent a slave to the vineyard keepers, so that they should give to him from the fruit of the vineyard. But the vineyard keepers having repeatedly beat him, sent <i>[him]</i> away empty-handed.


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"And again he sent another slave, but that <i>[one]</i> also, having repeatedly beaten <i>[him]</i> and having treated <i>[him]</i> shamefully, they sent <i>[him]</i> away empty-handed.


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"And he again sent a third, and this <i>[one]</i> also, having wounded, they threw <i>[him]</i> out.


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"So the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my son-the beloved-perhaps having seen this <i>[one]</i>, they will respect <i>[him]</i>.'


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"But having seen him, the vineyard keepers reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let us be killing him, so that the inheritance shall become ours!"


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"And having thrown him outside of the vineyard, they killed <i>[him]</i>. Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?


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"He will come and will destroy these vineyard keepers and will give the vineyard to others." But having heard, they said, "Absolutely not!"


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Then having looked with care upon them, He said, "What then is this <i>[which]</i> has been written: 'A stone which the ones building rejected, this <i>[one]</i> became for <i>[the]</i> head of a corner'? <i>[Psalm 118:22]</i>


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"Every <i>[one]</i> having fallen on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will crush him."


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And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him in that very hour, and they were afraid, for they knew that He spoke this allegory against them.


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And having watched <i>[Him]</i> closely, they sent spies, pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they should seize on His word <i>[fig., catch Him in some statement]</i> in order to hand Him over to the rule and the authority of the governor.


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And they questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, we know that You say and teach correctly, and You do not accept a face <i>[fig., show favoritism]</i>, _but_ You teach the way of God in truth.


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"Show to Me a denarius <i>[i.e., a Roman, silver coin]</i>. Whose image and inscription does it have?" Then answering, they said, "Caesar's."


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Then He said to them, "So render the <i>[things]</i> of Caesar to Caesar and the <i>[things]</i> of God to God."


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And they were not able to seize on His saying <i>[fig., catch Him in some statement]</i> before the people, and having marveled at His answer, they kept silent.


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Then some of the Sadducees, the ones denying that <i>[there]</i> is a resurrection, having come to <i>[Him]</i>, questioned Him,


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saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us: if anyone's brother dies, having a wife, and this <i>[man]</i> dies childless, that his brother should take the wife and raise up seed <i>[fig., offspring]</i> for his brother. <i>[Deut 25:5]</i>


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"And the third took her in the same way; then in the same way also the seven. And they left no children, and they died.


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"So in the resurrection, of which of them does she become wife? For the seven had her <i>[as]</i> wife."


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And answering, Jesus said to them, "The sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of this age marry and are given in marriage.


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"But the ones being counted worthy to attain that age and the resurrection, the <i>[resurrection]</i> from <i>[the]</i> dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage.


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"For neither are they able to die any more, for they are like angels, and they are sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of God, being sons <i>[and daughters]</i> of the resurrection.


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"But that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed at the Bush, when he calls <i>[the]</i> Lord, 'the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.' <i>[Exod 3:6]</i>


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"Now He is not <i>[the]</i> God of dead <i>[people]</i>, _but_ of living <i>[people]</i>, for all are alive to Him."


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"Even David himself says in a scroll of <i>[the]</i> Psalms, 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Be sitting at My right hand,


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"Be watching out for <i>[or, Beware of]</i> the scribes, the ones desiring to be walking about in long robes and affectionately loving greetings in the market places and <i>[the]</i> first seats <i>[fig., most important places]</i> in the synagogues and <i>[the]</i> first couches <i>[fig., places of honor]</i> at the banquets,


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the ones devouring the houses of the widows <i>[fig., illegally cheating widows' out of their property]</i>, and in pretence <i>[or, with a false show]</i> are long <i>[in]</i> praying. These will receive more severe judgment <i>[or, condemnation]</i>."


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Now having looked up, He saw the rich <i>[people]</i> putting their offerings into the treasury <i>[fig., collection boxes]</i>.


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Then He saw also a certain poor widow putting <i>[in]</i> there two lepta <i>[or, two very small copper coins]</i>.


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"For all these out of their abundance <i>[or, surplus]</i> put into the offerings for God, but this <i>[woman]</i> out of her poverty, all her livelihood which she was having, she put <i>[in]</i>."


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And while some <i>[were]</i> saying about the temple, that it has been adorned with beautiful stones and dedicated offerings, He said,


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"These <i>[things]</i> which you* are looking at-days will come in which a stone will not be left on a stone, which will not be torn down."


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Then they questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, so when will these <i>[things]</i> be? And what <i>[will be]</i> the sign when these <i>[things]</i> are about to be happening?"


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So He said, "Be watching <i>[that]</i> you* are not led astray <i>[fig., deceived]</i>. For many will come in My name, saying, '_I_ am,' and 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore, do not go after them.


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"But when you* hear of wars and rebellions, do not be terrified, for it is necessary <i>[for]</i> these <i>[things]</i> to happen first, _but_ the end <i>[is]</i> not immediately."


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"And <i>[there]</i> will be great earthquakes in <i>[various]</i> places and famines and plagues, and <i>[there]</i> will be dreadful events and great signs from heaven.


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"But before all these <i>[things]</i>, they will lay their hands on you* and persecute <i>[you*]</i>, handing <i>[you*]</i> over to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors <i>[or, rulers]</i> for My name's sake.


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"So put <i>[it]</i> in your* hearts <i>[fig., make up your* minds]</i> not to be preparing beforehand to speak in your* own defense,


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for _I_ will give to you* a mouth and wisdom which all the ones opposing you* will not be able to refute nor to resist.


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"But you* will be betrayed even by parents and relatives and friends and brothers, and they will put <i>[some]</i> of you* to death.


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"But when you* see Jerusalem having been surrounded by armies, then know that her desolation <i>[or, desecration]</i> has drawn near.


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"Then the <i>[ones]</i> in Judea must be fleeing into the mountains, and the <i>[ones]</i> in her midst must depart, and the <i>[ones]</i> in the fields must not come into her.


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"But how horrible it will be to the ones having in the womb <i>[fig., who are pregnant]</i> and to the ones nursing <i>[babies]</i> in those days! For <i>[there]</i> will be great distress on the land and wrath among this people.


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"And they will fall by <i>[the]</i> mouth <i>[fig., edge]</i> of the sword, and they will be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be continually trampled down by <i>[the]</i> Gentiles until the times of <i>[the]</i> Gentiles are fulfilled.


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"And <i>[there]</i> will be signs in <i>[the]</i> sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations with perplexity <i>[at the]</i> roaring of <i>[the]</i> sea and waves; <i>[cp. Isaiah 34:4; Joel 2:10; 2:31]</i>


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people fainting <i>[or, ceasing to breathe]</i> from fear and <i>[the]</i> expectation of the <i>[things]</i> coming upon the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.


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"And then they will see the Son of Humanity coming in a cloud with power and great glory! <i>[Dan 7:13]</i>


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"But when these <i>[things]</i> are beginning to happen, straighten up and lift up your* heads, because your* redemption is drawing near."


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when they <i>[have]</i> already sprouted <i>[leaves]</i>, having seen, you* know for yourselves that the summer is already near.


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"In this way also when _you*_ see these <i>[things]</i> happening, be knowing that the kingdom of God is near!


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"Positively, I say to you*, this generation <i>[or, race]</i> shall by no means pass away until all <i>[things]</i> happen.


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"But be watching out for yourselves, lest your* hearts be weighed down with hangovers and drunkenness and anxieties over <i>[things]</i> pertaining to everyday life, and that day come on you* suddenly <i>[or, unexpectedly]</i>.


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"For it will come as a snare on all the ones sitting <i>[fig., living]</i> on <i>[the]</i> face of all the earth.


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Therefore, be staying alert in every season, imploring <i>[in prayer]</i> that you* shall be counted worthy to escape all the <i>[things]</i> about to be happening and to stand before the Son of Humanity."


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Now <i>[during]</i> the days He was teaching in the temple, but <i>[during]</i> the nights, going out, He would spend the night on the mount, the one being called Of Olives.


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And all the people would rise very early in the morning <i>[to come]</i> to Him in the temple to hear Him.


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And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they could execute Him, for they were fearing the people.


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And having gone away, he conferred with the chief priests and the captains <i>[of the temple guard]</i> <i>[about]</i> how he should betray Him to them.


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And he consented, and he began seeking a convenient moment to betray Him to them, away from a crowd.


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Then the day of the <i>[Feast of]</i> Unleavened Bread came, in which it was necessary <i>[for]</i> the Passover <i>[or, Paschal Lamb]</i> to be sacrificed.


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And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Having gone, prepare the Passover for us, so that we shall eat."


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Then He said to them, "Listen! When you* have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you*; follow him into the house which he enters.


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"And you* will say to the master <i>[or, owner]</i> of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room, where I shall eat the Passover with My disciples?'"


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"And that one will show to you* a large, upstairs room, having been furnished. There prepare <i>[it]</i>."


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Then having gone away, they found <i>[everything]</i> just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.


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And He said to them, "I desired with desire <i>[fig., I earnestly desired]</i> to eat this Passover with you* before _I_ suffer.


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"For I say to you*, no longer by any means shall I eat of it until which <i>[time]</i> it shall be fulfilled in the kingdom of God."


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And having taken a cup, having given thanks, He said, "Take this and divide <i>[it]</i> among yourselves.


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"For I say to you*, by no means shall I drink of the fruit of the grapevine until which <i>[time]</i> the kingdom of God comes."


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And having taken bread, having given thanks, He broke <i>[it]</i> and gave <i>[it]</i> to them, saying, "This is My body, the <i>[one]</i> being given on your* behalf *; be doing this in remembrance of Me."


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And in the same manner <i>[He took]</i> the cup after <i>[they]</i> ate, saying, "This cup <i>[is]</i> the New Covenant in My blood, the <i>[blood]</i> being poured out on your* behalf.


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"And indeed the Son of Humanity is going according to the <i>[thing]</i> having been determined. Nevertheless, how horrible it will be to that man through whom He is betrayed!"


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And they began to discuss among themselves which of them then it might be, the one about to be doing this <i>[thing]</i>.


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But He said to them, "The kings of the nations <i>[or, the Gentiles]</i> exercise lordship over them, and the ones exercising authority over them are called benefactors.


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"But you* <i>[shall]</i> not <i>[be acting]</i> in this way, _but_ the greatest among you* must become like the youngest, and the one leading like the one serving.


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"For who is greater, the one reclining <i>[to eat]</i> or the one serving? It is the one reclining <i>[to eat]</i>, is it not? But _I_ am in your* midst as the One serving.


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so that you* shall be eating and drinking at My table {in My kingdom}, and you* will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel."


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Then the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan himself asked for you* to sift <i>[you*]</i> like wheat.


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"But _I_ implored <i>[in prayer]</i> for you, so that your* faith shall not fail; and _you_, when having returned, strengthen your brothers."


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But He said, "I say to you, Peter, by no means shall a rooster crow today before you will deny three times to have known Me."


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And He said to them, "When I sent you* without money bag and traveler's bag and sandals, you* did not lack anything, did you*?" Then they said, "Nothing." <i>[cp. Luke 10:3-7]</i>


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Then He said to them, "_But_ now, the one having a money bag must take <i>[it]</i> up, and likewise also a traveler's bag. And the one not having <i>[a sword]</i> will sell his garment and will buy a sword.


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"For I say to you*, it is still necessary <i>[for]</i> this, the <i>[saying]</i> having been written, to be fulfilled in Me, 'And He was counted with lawless <i>[ones]</i>,' for also the <i>[things]</i> concerning Me have an end <i>[fig., a fulfillment]</i>." <i>[Isaiah 53:12]</i>


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Then they said, "Lord, look! Here <i>[are]</i> two swords." Then He said to them, "It is sufficient."


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And having gone out, He went according <i>[His]</i> custom to the Mount of Olives, and His disciples also followed Him.


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And _He_ was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and having placed the knees <i>[fig., having knelt down]</i>, He began praying,


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saying, "Father, if You are willing to take this cup away from Me-nevertheless, not My will, _but_ Yours be done."


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And having been in agony, He was <i>[even]</i> more fervently praying. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling on the ground.


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And having gotten up from the prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them sleeping from the sorrow.


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And He said to them, "Why are you* sleeping? Get up! Be praying, so that you* shall not enter into temptation."


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Now while He <i>[was]</i> still speaking, look!, a crowd, and the one being called Judas, one of the twelve, was going before them. And he approached Jesus to kiss Him.


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Now the ones around Him, having seen the <i>[thing]</i> going to happen, said to Him, "Lord, will we strike with a sword?"


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Then Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple guard and elders having come against Him, "Have you* come out with swords and clubs as <i>[you* would]</i> against a robber <i>[or, an insurrectionist]</i>?


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"When I <i>[was]</i> daily being with you* in the temple, you* did not stretch your* hands against Me <i>[fig., you* did not arrest Me]</i>. _But_ this is your* hour and the power of darkness!"


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Then having arrested Him, they led and brought Him into the house of the high priest. But Peter was following at a distance.


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Now _they_ having kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and having sat down together, Peter was sitting in <i>[the]</i> middle of them.


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Then a certain slave-girl, having seen him sitting by the firelight, and having looked intently at him, said, "This <i>[man]</i> also was with Him!"


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And after a short <i>[while]</i>, another <i>[person]</i> having seen him, was saying, "_You_ also are <i>[one]</i> of them!" But Peter said, "Man, I am not!"


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And about an hour having passed, a certain other <i>[person]</i> was insisting, saying, "Upon truth <i>[fig., Certainly]</i> this <i>[man]</i> also was with Him, for he is also a Galilean."


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But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are saying!" And immediately, while _he_ <i>[was]</i> still speaking, a rooster crowed.


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And the Lord, having turned around, looked attentively at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He said to him, "Before a rooster crows, you will deny <i>[or, disown]</i> Me three times." <i>[cp. Luke 22:34]</i>


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And the men, the ones holding Jesus prisoner, began ridiculing Him, repeatedly beating <i>[Him]</i>.


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And having blindfolded Him, they kept striking Him on the face and kept questioning Him, saying, "Prophesy, who is the one having struck You?"


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And when it became day, the council of the elders of the people, chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and they led Him up to their own High Council <i>[or, Sanhedrin]</i>, saying,


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"If _You_ are the Christ, tell us." But He said to them, "If I tell you*, by no means shall you* believe.


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"From now <i>[on]</i>, the Son of Humanity will be sitting at <i>[the]</i> right hand of the power of God." <i>[Psalm 110:1]</i>


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Then they all said, "Are _You_ then the Son of God?" So He said to them, "_You_ say <i>[it]</i>, because _I_ am!"


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Then they said, "What need do we still have of testimony? For we heard <i>[it]</i> ourselves from His mouth."


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Then they began to be accusing Him, saying, "We found this One misleading the nation and forbidding to give tribute <i>[or, tax]</i> to Caesar, saying <i>[that]</i> He Himself is Christ, a king."


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So Pilate questioned Him, saying, "Are _You_ the King of the Jews?" But answering Him, He said, "_You_ say <i>[it]</i>."


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But they kept insisting, saying, "He shakes up <i>[fig., incites]</i> the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea, having begun from Galilee to here."


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And having known that He is from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent Him to Herod, he also being in Jerusalem in those days.


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Now having seen Jesus, Herod was exceedingly glad, for he was desiring for a long <i>[time]</i> to see Him because of hearing many <i>[things]</i> about Him, and he was hoping to see some miraculous sign done by Him.


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Then Herod with his soldiers, having despised Him <i>[or, having treated Him with contempt]</i> and having ridiculed <i>[Him]</i>, having put an elegant robe around Him, sent Him back to Pilate.


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But both Pilate and Herod became friends with one another on that very day, for previously they were being hostile towards one another.


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said to them, "You brought this Man to me as misleading the people <i>[or, inciting the people to riot]</i>. And listen! Having examined <i>[Him]</i> in your* presence, _I_ found in this Man no cause at all <i>[for the]</i> charges which you* are bringing against Him.


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"_But_ neither <i>[did]</i> Herod, for I sent you* to him. And look! Nothing deserving of death has been done by Him.


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(who had been thrown into prison for a certain insurrection having occurred in the city, and <i>[for]</i> murder).


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Now a third time he said to them, "But what evil did this <i>[Man]</i> do? I did not find <i>[any]</i> cause for death <i>[fig., grounds for the death penalty]</i> in Him. Therefore, after having Him scourged, I will release <i>[Him]</i>."


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But they kept insisting with loud voices demanding <i>[for]</i> Him to be crucified. And their voices and the <i>[ones]</i> of the chief priests began prevailing.


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Then he released the one having been thrown into the prison for insurrection and murder, <i>[for]</i> whom they kept demanding. But he handed Jesus over to their will.


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And as they led Him away, having taken hold of Simon, a certain Cyrenian coming from <i>[the]</i> country, they put the cross on him, to be carrying <i>[it]</i> behind Jesus.


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Now a large crowd of the people was following Him, and women who also were beating their breasts <i>[fig., were mourning]</i> and were lamenting Him.


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But Jesus having turned to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me. Instead, be weeping for yourselves and for your* children.


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"For listen! Days are coming in which they will say, 'Happy <i>[are]</i> the barren <i>[or, women incapable of having children]</i>, and <i>[the]</i> wombs which did not give birth, and <i>[the]</i> breasts which did not nurse.'


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"Then they will begin to be saying to the mountains, 'Fall on us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.' <i>[Hosea 10:8]</i>4


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"For if they do these <i>[things]</i> in the green tree <i>[or, while the tree is green]</i>, what shall happen in the dry?"


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And when they came to the place, the one being called Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on <i>[His]</i> right hand and one on <i>[the]</i> left.


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But Jesus was saying, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Then dividing His garments, they cast a lot.


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And the people had stood looking on. Then the rulers also began sneering with them, saying, "He saved others, let Him save Himself, since this is the Christ, the Chosen One of God!"


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Now an inscription also had been written over Him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew letters: "This is the King of the Jews."


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Then one of the criminals having been hanged began deriding Him, saying, "Since _You_ are the Christ, save Yourself and us!"


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But answering, the other <i>[one]</i> began rebuking him, saying, "Do _you_ not even now fear God, since you are in the same judgment <i>[or, condemnation]</i>?


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"And we indeed <i>[are suffering]</i> justly, for we are receiving back <i>[things]</i> worthy of what we did, but this <i>[Man]</i> did nothing wrong."


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Now it was about the sixth hour <i>[i.e., 12:00 noon]</i>, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour <i>[i.e., 3:00 p.m.]</i>.


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And the sun was darkened, and the veil <i>[or, curtain]</i> of the sanctuary was torn in the middle.


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And having called out with a loud voice, Jesus said, "Father, into Your hands I will commit <i>[or, will entrust]</i> My spirit." And having said these <i>[things]</i>, He breathed His last.


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Now the centurion having seen the <i>[thing]</i> having happened, glorified God, saying, "Certainly, this Man was righteous!"


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And all the crowds, the ones having gathered to this sight <i>[or, for this spectacle]</i>, watching the <i>[things]</i> having happened, beating their breasts, began returning <i>[home]</i>.


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But all His acquaintances had stood at a distance, and the women, the ones having followed Him from Galilee, seeing these things.


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And look! A man by name <i>[of]</i> Joseph, being a member of the High Council <i>[or, the Sanhedrin]</i>, a good and righteous man


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(this one had not consented to their plan and action), from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who indeed also was himself waiting for <i>[or, expecting]</i> the kingdom of God,


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And having taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock, where no one was yet lying.


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Now the women who had accompanied Him out of Galilee, having followed closely, observed the tomb and how His body was placed.


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Then having returned <i>[home]</i>, they prepared spices and ointments <i>[or, perfumes]</i>. And on the Sabbath indeed they rested, according to the commandment <i>[cp. Exod 20:8-10]</i>.


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Now on <i>[the]</i> first <i>[day]</i> of the week <i>[i.e. Sunday]</i>, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, carrying the spices which they prepared, and some <i>[others]</i> with them.


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And it happened, while they <i>[were]</i> being thoroughly perplexed about this, and look!, two men stood by them in dazzling robes.


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Then they having become terrified and having bowed the face to the ground, they said to them, "Why are you* seeking the living among the dead?


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saying, 'It is necessary <i>[for]</i> the Son of Humanity to be betrayed into <i>[the]</i> hands of sinful men and to be crucified and on the third day to rise again?'" <i>[cp. Luke 9:22,44]</i>


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And having returned from the tomb, they told all these <i>[things]</i> to the eleven and to all the rest.


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Now it was Mary the Magdalene <i>[or, Mary, a woman from Magdala]</i> and Joanna and Mary {the} <i>[mother]</i> of James and the rest with them, who were telling these <i>[things]</i> to the apostles.


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And their words seemed before them <i>[fig., in their view]</i> like nonsense <i>[or, idle tales]</i>, and they were refusing to believe them.


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But Peter having gotten up, ran to the tomb, and having stooped down, he sees the linen strips lying alone. And he went away to himself <i>[fig., to his own home]</i> wondering about the <i>[thing]</i> having happened.


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And look! Two of them were traveling on that very day to a village to which <i>[was]</i> the name Emmaus <i>[at a]</i> distant <i>[of]</i> sixty stadia <i>[about 7.7 miles or 12.2 kilometers]</i> from Jerusalem.


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And it happened, while they <i>[were]</i> conversing and discussing, that Jesus Himself, having drawn near, began going along with them.


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But their eyes were being held <i>[or, restrained]</i> <i>[so as]</i> not to know <i>[or, recognize]</i> Him.


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Then He said to them, "What <i>[are]</i> these words which you* are exchanging with one another as you* are walking, and <i>[why]</i> are you* gloomy?"


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So one to whom <i>[was the]</i> name Cleopas, answering, said to Him, "Are _You_ alone living as a stranger <i>[in]</i> Jerusalem that You do not know the <i>[things]</i> having happened in it in these days?"


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And He said to them, "What <i>[things]</i>?" Then they said to Him, "The <i>[things]</i> about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Man, a Prophet, powerful in deed and word before God and all the people,


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how also the chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to a judgment of death, and they crucified Him.


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"But _we_ were hoping that _He_ is the One about to be redeeming Israel. _But_ besides even all these <i>[things]</i>, today brings this third day from which <i>[time]</i> these <i>[things]</i> happened.


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"_But_ also some women from our <i>[group]</i> astonished us, having come early in the morning to the tomb,


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and not having found His body, they came saying also to have seen a vision of angels, who say He is living.


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"And some of the <i>[ones]</i> with us went to the tomb and found <i>[it]</i> in the same way, just as the women said, but Him they did not see."


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And _He_ said to them, "O foolish <i>[ones]</i> and slow of heart to be believing in all which the prophets spoke!


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"It was necessary <i>[for]</i> the Christ to suffer these <i>[things]</i> and to enter into His glory, was it not?"


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And having begun with Moses and with all the prophets, He began interpreting for them in all the Scriptures the <i>[things]</i> about Himself.


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And they drew near to the village where they were going, and _He_ gave the impression that <i>[He was]</i> going farther.


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And they persuaded Him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is <i>[getting]</i> towards evening, and the day has declined." And He went in to stay with them.


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And it happened, while He <i>[was]</i> reclining <i>[to eat]</i> with them, having taken the bread, He bestowed a blessing upon <i>[it]</i>, and having broken <i>[it]</i>, He began giving <i>[it]</i> to them.


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Then their eyes were opened, and they knew <i>[or, recognized]</i> Him, and He became invisible from their <i>[sight]</i>.


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And they said to one another, "Our heart was burning within us as He was speaking to us on the road and as He was opening up the Scriptures to us, was it not?"


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And having gotten up that very hour, they returned to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven having been gathered together, and the <i>[ones]</i> with them,


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And they began describing their experiences on the road, and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.


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Now while they <i>[were]</i> telling these <i>[things]</i>, Jesus Himself stood in <i>[the]</i> middle of them and says to them, "Peace to you*."


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But having been startled and having become terrified, they were thinking <i>[they were]</i> seeing a spirit.


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"See My hands and My feet, that _I_ am I Myself. Handle Me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, just as you* see I have."


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Then while they <i>[were]</i> refusing to believe from the joy, and marveling, He said to them, "Do you* have anything edible here?"


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Then He said to them, "These <i>[are]</i> the words which I spoke to you*, being still with you*, that it is necessary <i>[for]</i> all the things to be fulfilled, the ones having been written in the Law of Moses and <i>[the]</i> Prophets and <i>[the]</i> Psalms about Me."


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And He said to them, "Thus it has been written, and thus it was necessary <i>[for]</i> the Christ to suffer and to rise from <i>[the]</i> dead the third day,


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and <i>[for]</i> repentance and forgiveness of sins to be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.


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"And listen! _I_ am sending the Promise of My Father upon you*. But _you*_ <i>[are to]</i> sit <i>[fig., wait]</i> in the city of Jerusalem until which <i>[time]</i> you* are clothed with power from on high."


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Then He led them outside as far as Bethany, and having lifted up His hands, He bestowed a blessing upon them.


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And it happened, while He <i>[was]</i> bestowing a blessing upon them, He parted from them and was being taken up into heaven.


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And _they_, having prostrated themselves in worship before Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy,


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and they were through all <i>[fig. continually]</i> in the temple, praising and blessing God. So be it!


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In the beginning was the Word <i>[or, the Expression of [divine] Logic]</i>, and the Word was with <i>[or, in communion with]</i> God, and the Word was God <i>[or, was as to His essence God]</i>.


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All <i>[things]</i> came to be through Him, and without Him not even one thing came to be which has come to be.


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There came a man having been sent from God, <i>[the]</i> name to him <i>[fig., whose name]</i> <i>[was]</i> John.


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This one came for a testimony, so that he should testify concerning the Light, so that all should believe through him.


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But as many as received Him, He gave to them authority to become children of God-to the ones believing <i>[or, trusting]</i> in His name,


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who were begotten, not from <i>[or, by]</i> bloods, nor from a will of flesh, nor from a will of a man, _but_ from God.


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And the Word <i>[or, the Expression of [divine] Logic]</i> became flesh and tabernacled among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of an only-begotten <i>[or, uniquely-begotten]</i> from <i>[the]</i> Father, full of grace and truth.


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John testifies concerning Him and has cried out, saying, "This was <i>[the One concerning]</i> whom I said, 'The One coming after me before me has come to be, for He was before me.'"


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No one has seen God at any time. The only-begotten <i>[or, unique]</i> Son, the One in the bosom of the Father, that One explained <i>[Him]</i> <i>[or, made [Him] known]</i>.


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And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites, so that they should question him, "You, who are you?"


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And he confessed and did not deny, and confessed, "_I_ am not the Christ <i>["the Anointed One"]</i>."


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And they questioned him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he says, "I am not."-"Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."


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So they said to him, "Who are you, so that we shall give an answer to the ones sending us? What do you say concerning yourself?"


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He said, "I <i>[am]</i> 'a voice shouting in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of <i>[the]</i> LORD,"' just as Isaiah the prophet said." <i>[Isaiah 40:3]</i>


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And they questioned him and said to him, "Why then do you baptize <i>[or, immerse, and throughout book]</i>, if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"


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John answered them saying, "_I_ baptize in water <i>[or, with water, and throughout book]</i>, but He has stood in the midst of you* whom you* do not know.


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"He is the One coming after me, who has come to be before me, of whom _I_ am not worthy that I untie the strap of His sandal."


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The next day {John} sees Jesus coming towards him and says, "Look! The Lamb of God, the One taking away the sin of the world!


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"This is <i>[the One]</i> concerning whom I said, 'After me comes a Man, who has come before me, because He was before me.'


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"And _I_ did not know Him. However, so that He should be revealed to Israel, for this reason _I_ came in water baptizing."


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And John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit coming down as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.


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"And _I_ did not know Him; _but_ the One having sent me to baptize in water, that <i>[One]</i> said to me, 'Upon whomever you see the Spirit coming down and remaining upon Him, this is the One baptizing in <i>[or, with]</i> <i>[the]</i> Holy Spirit.'


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But Jesus having been turned and having beheld them following, says to them, "What do you* seek?" But they said to Him, "Rabbi (which <i>[is]</i>, being interpreted, Teacher), where are You staying?"


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He says to them, "Be coming and see." They came and saw where He stayed, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about <i>[the]</i> tenth hour <i>[i.e. 4:00 p.m. Jewish time or 10:00 a.m. Roman time]</i>.


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Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two having heard from John and having followed Him.


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This one finds first his own brother Simon and says to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being translated, Christ).


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And he brought him to Jesus. {But} having looked attentively at him, Jesus says, "_You_ are Simon, the son of Jonah; _you_ will be called Cephas" (which is interpreted, Peter).


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The next day He wanted to go out to Galilee, and {Jesus} finds Philip and says to him, "Be following Me!"


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Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, "<i>[The One about]</i> whom Moses wrote in the Law and the prophets we have found-Jesus the Son of Joseph, who <i>[is]</i> from Nazareth."


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And Nathanael said to him, "Is anything good able to be <i>[fig., come]</i> out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Be coming and see."


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Jesus saw Nathanael coming towards Him, and He says concerning him, "Look! Truly an Israelite in whom <i>[there]</i> is no deceit <i>[or, treachery]</i>!"


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Nathanael says to him, "From where do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig-tree, I saw you."


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Nathanael answered and says to Him, "Rabbi, _You_ are the Son of God! _You_ are the King of Israel!"


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Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig-tree,' you believe; greater things than these you will see."


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And He says to him, "Most positively, I say to you*, from now <i>[on]</i> you* will see heaven <i>[or, the sky]</i> having been opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Humanity."


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Jesus says to her, "What <i>[concern is that]</i> to Me and to you, woman? My hour is not yet come."


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Now <i>[there]</i> were standing there six water-jugs of stone according to the purification <i>[rites]</i> of the Jews, each containing two or three measures <i>[about 18-27 gallons or 80-120 liters]</i>.


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And He says to them, "Now draw <i>[it]</i> out and be carrying <i>[it]</i> to the head steward." And they carried <i>[it]</i>.


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But when the head steward tasted the water having become wine and knew not from where <i>[it]</i> is <i>[from]</i> (but the servants knew, the ones having drawn the water), the head steward calls the bridegroom


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and says to him, "Every person first puts out the good wine, and when they have drunk freely, then the inferior. _You_ have kept the good wine until now!"


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This beginning of the signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed <i>[or, trusted]</i> in Him.


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After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples. And there they stayed not many days.


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And He found in the temple the ones selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting <i>[there]</i>.


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And having made a whip out of small cords, He cast out all <i>[of them]</i> out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen. And He poured out the coins of the money changers, and He overturned the tables.


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And He said to the ones selling the doves, "Take these things from here! Stop making the house of my Father a house of trade!"


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Then His disciples remembered that it is written, "The zeal of Your house will consume Me." <i>[Psalm 69:9]</i>


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Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up!" <i>[cp. Matt 26:61; Mark 14:58]</i>


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Then the Jews said, "This temple was built <i>[in]</i> forty and six years, and _You_ will raise it up in three days?"


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So when He was raised from <i>[the]</i> dead, His disciples remembered that He said this. And they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus said.


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Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, at the feast, many believed <i>[or, trusted]</i> in His name, watching the signs which He was doing.


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and because He did not need that any should testify concerning humanity, for He Himself was knowing what was in humanity.


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This one came to Him by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You have come <i>[as]</i> a teacher from God, for no one is able to be doing these signs which You are doing unless God is with him."


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Jesus answered and said to him, "Most positively, I say to you, unless someone is born from above <i>[or, born again]</i>, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."


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Nicodemus says to Him, "How is a person able to be born, being old? He is not able to enter into the womb of his mother a second time and to be born, is he?"


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Jesus answered, "Most positively, I say to you, unless someone is born from water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.


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The <i>[thing]</i> having been born from the flesh is flesh, and the <i>[thing]</i> having been born from the Spirit is spirit.


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"Stop marveling that I said to you, 'It is necessary <i>[for]</i> you* to be born from above <i>[or, born again]</i>.'"


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"The Spirit breathes where He desires, and you hear His voice, _but_ you do not know from where He comes and where He goes. In this manner <i>[or, Like this]</i> is every <i>[one]</i> having been born from the Spirit."


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Jesus answered and said to him, "_You_ are the teacher of Israel, and _you_ do not know these things!


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"Most positively, I say to you, We speak <i>[of]</i> what we know, and We testify <i>[of]</i> what we have seen, and _you_ do not receive Our testimony.


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"If I said to you* the earthly <i>[things]</i> and you* do not believe <i>[or, do not accept [them] as true]</i>, how if I shall say to you* the heavenly <i>[things]</i> will you* believe?


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"And no one has ascended into heaven, except the One having descended from heaven-the Son of Humanity, the One being in heaven.


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"And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so it is necessary <i>[for]</i> the Son of Humanity to be lifted up,


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so that every <i>[one]</i> believing <i>[or, trusting]</i> in Him shall not perish, _but_ shall be having eternal life.


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"For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten <i>[or, unique]</i> Son, so that every <i>[one]</i> believing <i>[or, trusting]</i> in Him shall not perish, _but_ shall be having eternal life!


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"For God did not send His Son into the world so that He should judge the world, _but_ so that the world shall be saved through Him.


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"The one believing <i>[or, trusting]</i> in Him is not judged, but the one not believing already has been judged, because he has not believed in the Name of the only-begotten <i>[or, unique]</i> Son of God.


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"Now this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their works were evil.


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"For every <i>[one]</i> practicing wicked <i>[things]</i> hates the Light and does not come towards the Light, so that his works shall not be exposed.


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"But the one doing the truth comes towards the Light, so that his works shall be revealed, that they have been done in God."


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After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was staying with them and was baptizing.


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But John was also baptizing in Aenon, near to Salem, because <i>[there]</i> was many waters <i>[or, much water]</i> in that place. And they were coming and were being baptized-


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Therefore, <i>[there]</i> occurred a dispute from the disciples of John with a Jew concerning purification <i>[rites]</i>.


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And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, <i>[He]</i> who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look!, this One is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!"


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John answered and said, "A person is not able to be receiving anything unless it has been given him from heaven.


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"_You*_ yourselves testify that I said, 'I myself am not the Christ', _but_ 'I have been sent before that One.'


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"The one having the bride is <i>[the]</i> bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, the one standing and hearing him, rejoices with joy because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore, <i>[in]</i> this my joy has been fulfilled.


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"The One coming from above is above all; the one being from the earth is from the earth and speaks from the earth; the One coming from heaven is above all.


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"For <i>[He]</i> whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.


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"The one believing <i>[or, trusting]</i> in the Son has eternal life, but the one refusing to believe the Son will not see {the} life, _but_ the wrath of God abides on him."


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So when the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John,


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Then He comes to a city of Samaria, being called Sychar, near the place which Jacob gave to Joseph his son.


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Now a well of Jacob was there. So Jesus, having grown weary from the journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour <i>[i.e. 12:00 noon Jewish time or 6:00 p.m. Roman time]</i>.


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So the Samaritan woman says to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?" (for Jews do not associate with Samaritans).


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Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the free gift of God and who is the One saying to you, 'Give Me to drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."


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The woman says to Him, "Lord, You do not even have a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; from where then do You have this living water?


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"_You_ are not greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and <i>[he]</i> himself drank out of it, and his sons and his cattle, are You?"


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"But whoever drinks of the water which _I_ will give to him will by no means thirst into the age <i>[fig., ever thirst again]</i>! _But_ the water which I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life!"


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The woman says to Him, "Lord, give this water to me so that I shall not be thirsting nor coming to this place to be drawing."


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The woman answered and said, "I do not have a husband." Jesus says to her, "Correctly you said, 'I do not have a husband.'


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"For five husbands you had, and <i>[the one]</i> whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly."


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"Our fathers prostrated themselves in worship in this mountain, and _you*_ say, 'In Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to be prostrating in worship.'"


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Jesus says to her, "Woman, be believing Me, that an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you* prostrate yourselves in worship before the Father.


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"_You*_ prostrate yourselves in worship before what you* do not know; we prostrate ourselves in worship before what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.


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"_But_ an hour is coming and now is when the true worshipers will prostrate themselves in worship before the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father is seeking such to be prostrating themselves in worship before Him.


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"God <i>[is]</i> Spirit <i>[or, [is] as to His essence Spirit]</i>, and it is necessary <i>[for]</i> the ones prostrating themselves in worship before Him to be prostrating in worship in spirit and truth."


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The woman says to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming, the one being called Christ, when that One comes He will tell us all things."


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And upon this <i>[or, at this [point]]</i> His disciples came, and they were marveling that He was speaking with a woman, although no one said, "What are You seeking?" or "Why are You speaking with her?"


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So the disciples said to one another, "Someone has not brought Him <i>[something]</i> to eat, has he?"


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Jesus says to them, "_My_ food is that I should be doing the will of the One having sent Me and should finish His work.


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"Do _you*_ not say, 'It is yet four months and the harvest comes?' Listen! _I_ say to you*, lift up your* eyes and see the fields, that they are already white to harvest.


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"And the one reaping receives a reward and gathers fruit to eternal life, so that both the one sowing and the one reaping shall rejoice together.


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"For in this the word is true, 'One is the one sowing and another is the one reaping.'" <i>[cp. Judges 6:3,4; Micah 6:15]</i>


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"_I_ sent you* to be reaping what _you*_ have not labored <i>[for]</i>; others have labored, and _you*_ have entered into their labor."


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Now from that city many of the Samaritans believed <i>[or, trusted]</i> in Him, because of the word of the woman testifying, "He told me all <i>[things]</i>-as many as I did."


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So when the Samaritans came to Him, they kept asking Him to remain with them, and He remained there two days.


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And so they were saying to the woman, "No longer do we believe because of your speech, for we ourselves have heard and know that this is truly the Savior of the world-the Christ!"


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So when He came into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all <i>[things]</i> which He did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.


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So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. And <i>[there]</i> was a certain royal official whose son was sick in Capernaum.


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This one, having heard that Jesus is coming out of Judea to Galilee, went away to Him and kept asking Him that He come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.


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Jesus says to him, "Be going; your son lives!" And the man believed <i>[or, trusted in]</i> the word which Jesus said to him and was going.


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So he inquired of them the hour in which he got better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour <i>[i.e. 1:00 p.m. Jewish time or 7:00 p.m. Roman time]</i> the fever left him."


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Then the father knew that <i>[it was]</i> in that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives!" And he himself believed, and his whole house.


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Now <i>[there]</i> is in Jerusalem by the sheep-<i>[gate]</i> a pool, the one being called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes <i>[or, covered walkways]</i>.


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In these were lying a great multitude of ones being sick, blind, lame, <i>[and]</i> withered, waiting for the moving of the water.


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For at a set time an angel would be descending into the pool and would be stirring up the water, then the first <i>[one]</i> having stepped in after the troubling of the water became well of whatever disease he was being held.


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Jesus having seen this one lying <i>[there]</i> and having known that a long time he had already <i>[been there]</i>, He says to him, "Do you wish to become well?"


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The one being sick answered Him, "Lord, I <i>[do]</i> not have a person that, whenever the water is stirred up, he should put me into the pool, but while _I_ am coming another descends before me."


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And immediately the man became well and took up his cot and began walking about! But it was a Sabbath on that day.


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Therefore the Jews were saying to the one having been healed, "It is a Sabbath! It is not lawful for you to take up your cot."


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He answered them, "The One having made me well, that <i>[One]</i> said to me, 'Take up your cot and be walking about.'"


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So they questioned him, "Who is the Person, the One saying to you, 'Take up your cot and be walking about?'"


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But the one having been healed did not know who He is, for Jesus left unnoticed, a crowd being in that place.


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After these things, Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him, "Look! You have become well! No longer be sinning, lest something worse should happen to you."


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And for this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus and were seeking to kill Him, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath.


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Therefore, for this reason, all the more the Jews were seeking to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, _but_ He also called God His own Father, making Himself equal to God.


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So Jesus answered and said to them, "Most positively, I say to you*, the Son is not able to be doing anything of Himself unless He sees the Father doing <i>[it]</i>, for whatever He is doing, these also the Son likewise does.


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"For the Father affectionately loves the Son and shows to Him all which He Himself does, and greater works than these He will show to Him, so that _you*_ shall be marveling.


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"For even as the Father raises the dead <i>[ones]</i> and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom He wills.


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so that all shall be honoring the Son just as they honor the Father. The one not honoring the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.


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"Most positively, I say to you*, the one hearing My word and believing <i>[or, trusting]</i> the One having sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment, _but_ has passed from death into life!


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"Most positively, I say to you*, an hour is coming and now is when the dead <i>[ones]</i> will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard will live.


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"For even as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son to be having life in Himself.


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"And He gave also to Him authority to be making judgment, because He is <i>[the]</i> Son of Humanity.


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"Stop marveling at this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice,


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and they will come forth: the ones having done the good <i>[things]</i> into a resurrection of life, but the ones having practiced the wicked <i>[things]</i> into a resurrection of judgment.


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"_I_ am not able to be doing anything of Myself. Just as I hear I judge, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My will _but_ the will of the Father having sent Me.


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"Another is the One testifying concerning Me, and I know that the testimony is true which He testifies concerning Me.


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"That one was the burning and shining lamp, but _you*_ were pleased to be very glad for an hour <i>[or, for a while]</i> in his light.


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"But _I_ have the testimony greater than John's, for the works which the Father gave to Me that I should finish them, the works themselves which _I_ am doing, they testify concerning Me that the Father has sent Me.


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"And the Father having sent Me, <i>[He]</i> Himself has testified concerning Me. Neither have you* heard His voice at any time nor have you* seen His form.


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And you* <i>[do]</i> not have His word remaining in you*, because whom that One sent, this One you* do not believe.


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"You* search the Scriptures, because you* think in them to be having eternal life, and these they are which testify concerning Me.


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"_I_ have come in the Name of My Father, and you* do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name, that one you* will receive.


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"How are _you*_ able to believe, while receiving glory from one another, and the glory that <i>[is]</i> from God alone you* do not seek?


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"Stop thinking that _I_ will accuse you* before the Father; the one accusing you* is Moses, in whom you* have hoped <i>[or, have trusted in]</i>.


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"For if you* were believing Moses, you* would have been believing Me, for that one wrote concerning Me.


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After these things Jesus departed to the other side of the sea of Galilee (that <i>[is]</i>, of Tiberias).


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And a large crowd was following Him, because they were seeing His signs which He was doing upon the ones being sick.


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Then Jesus, having lifted up His eyes and having seen that a large crowd is coming to Him, says to Philip, "From where shall we buy loaves of bread, so that these shall eat?"


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Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii <i>[i.e., 200 days' wages]</i> <i>[worth]</i> of loaves of bread are not sufficient for them that each of them shall receive some little <i>[piece]</i>."


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"There is one little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, _but_ these-what are they to so many?"


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But Jesus said, "Make the people to recline." Now there was much grass in the place. So they reclined (the men in number about five thousand).


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Then Jesus took the loaves of bread, and having given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to the ones reclining, likewise also of the fish, as much as they wanted!


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And when they were satisfied, He says to His disciples, "Gather together the broken pieces of bread having been leftover, so that nothing shall be lost."


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So they gathered together and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces of bread from the five barley loaves which were left over by the ones having eaten.


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Therefore, the people having seen the sign Jesus did, said, "This is truly the Prophet, the One coming into the world!"


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Then Jesus, having known that they are about to come and to take Him by force so that they should make Him king, withdrew into the mountain Himself alone.


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And having stepped into the boat, they began going over the sea to Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them.


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Then having rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia <i>[about three or four miles or five or six kilometers]</i>, they watched Jesus walking about on the sea and coming near the boat. And they were afraid.


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So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to be on the land to which they were going.


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The next day, the crowd which was standing on the other side of the sea, having seen that <i>[there]</i> was no other small boat there except that one which His disciples stepped into, and that Jesus did not enter with His disciples into the little boat, _but_ His disciples went away alone.


