[Matthew 1]


     1:1 The book of lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: 1:2 Abraham fathered Isaac; and Isaac fathered Jacob; and Jacob fathered Judah and his brethren; 1:3 and Judah fathered Perez and Zerah from Tamar; and Perez fathered Hezron; and Hezron fathered {F} Ram; 1:4 and Ram fathered Amminadab; and Amminadab fathered Nahshon; and Nahshon fathered Salmon; 1:5 and Salmon fathered Boaz from Rahab; and Boaz fathered Obed from Ruth; and Obed fathered Jesse; 1:6 and Jesse fathered David, the king.


     And David, the king, fathered Solomon from the widow of Uriah; 1:7 and Solomon fathered Rehoboam; and Rehoboam fathered Abijah; and Abijah fathered Asa; 1:8 and Asa fathered Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat fathered Jehoram; and Jehoram fathered Uzziah; 1:9 and Uzziah fathered Jotham; and Jotham fathered Ahaz; and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah; 1:10 and Hezekiah fathered Manasseh; and Manasseh fathered Amon; and Amon fathered Josiah; 1:11 and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the exile of Babylon.


     1:12 And after the exile of Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel; and Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel; 1:13 and Zerubbabel fathered Abiud; and Abiud fathered Eliakim; and Eliakim fathered Azor; 1:14 and Azor fathered Sadoc; and Sadoc fathered Achim; and Achim fathered Eliud; 1:15 and Eliud fathered Eleazar; and Eleazar fathered Matthan; and Matthan fathered Jacob; 1:16 and Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called the Christ.


     1:17 Therefore all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations; and from David until the exile of Babylon, were fourteen generations; and from the exile of Babylon until the Christ, were fourteen generations.


     1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was thus: for* when his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant from the Holy Spirit. 1:19 And Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man and not willing to disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly. 1:20 But when he was contemplating these things, behold, a messenger of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary to you, as your wife for* what is {F} born in her is from the Holy Spirit. 1:21 And she will bear a son, and you will call his name Jesus, for* he will save his people from their sins. 1:22 Now this all happened, in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled , saying, 1:23 ‘Behold, the virgin will be pregnant and will bear a son and they will call his name Immanuel;’ which is, after being translated, ‘God with us.’ {Is. 7:14, 8:8, 10} 1:24 And being aroused from his sleep, Joseph did as the messenger of the Lord commanded him and took his wife to him; 1:25 and did not know her intimately until she had given birth to her firstborn son and he called his name JESUS.


    {Footnotes: Please read the Preface. * is our universal footnoting for words contained in the Appendix. These words are NOT the same Greek word as the non-asterisk form; i.e. *for is different from for* is different from for. Mt 1:3- In this translation Old Testament names will be in their Old Testament form. Mt 1:20- Or: conceived.}


[Matthew 2]


     2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, {F} wise-men from the east came into Jerusalem, saying, 2:2 Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For* we saw his star in its rising and have come to worship him. 2:3 And when Herod the king heard it, he was disturbed and all Jerusalem with him. 2:4 And gathering together all the high-priests and scribes of the people, he inquired from them where the Christ should be born.

     2:5 And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for* thus it has been written through the prophet, 2:6 ‘And Bethlehem, a land of Judah, you are by no means least among the governors of Judah; for* a leader will come forth from you, who will shepherd my people Israel.’ {Mic. 5:2, 2Sam 5:2}


     2:7 Then Herod having called the {F} wise-men secretly, ascertained accurately from them the time of the star’s appearing. 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, Go and probe out accurately the things concerning the young child. And whenever you* have found him, report to me, *that I may also come and may worship him. 2:9 And having heard the king, they went away. And behold, the star, which they saw in the east, preceding them until it came and stood above where the young child was. 2:10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with extremely great joy. 2:11 And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother. They fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh to him. {Is. 60:6, Ps. 72:10, 15} 2:12 And being divinely-warned in a dream not to revisit Herod, they departed into their own country through another way.


     2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, a messenger of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother and escape into Egypt and be there until I should tell you, because Herod is about to seek the young child to destroy him. 2:14 And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt; 2:15 and they were there until the end of Herod; in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son.’ {Hos. 11:1} 2:16 Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked by the {F} wise-men, was exceedingly enraged and sent forth soldiers and assassinated all the boys who were in Bethlehem and in all its borders, from two years and downward, according to the time which he had ascertained accurately from the {F} wise-men. 2:17 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, 2:18 ‘A voice was heard in Ramah, mourning and weeping and with much anguish, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not wish to be comforted, because they are not there.’ {Jer. 31:15}


     2:19 But when Herod was dead*, behold, a messenger of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 2:20 Arise and take the young child and his mother and go into the land of Israel, for* those seeking the young child's life have died. 2:21 And he arose and took the young child and his mother and entered into the land of Israel. 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus is reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being divinely-warned in a dream, he departed into the parts of Galilee, 2:23 and having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth; *that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, that he will be called a Nazarene.


    {Footnotes: Mt 2:1, 7, 16- Or Magi, a title of Persian wise-men; Compare Esther 1:13, Dan. 2:12.}


[Matthew 3]


    {Mk 1:1-8 & Mt 3:1-12 & Lk 3:1-18) Judea near Jordan River 25 or 26 AD}

     3:1 And in those days John the Immerser* comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 3:2 and saying, Repent; for* the kingdom of heaven has drawn near. 3:3 For* this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make* his paths straight.’ {Is. 40:3} 3:4 Now John himself had his outer clothing made of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey. 3:5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the people of the region around the Jordan were going out to him. 3:6 And they were immersed* by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion*, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who warned you* to flee from the future wrath? 3:8 Therefore you* produce fruits worthy of repentance. 3:9 Do not think to say among yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for* I say to you* that God is able to lift up children out of these stones for Abraham. 3:10 And even already, the ax is lying to the root of the trees, because every tree which is not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 3:11 I indeed immerse* you* in water toward repentance; but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not sufficient to bear. He will immerse* you* in the Holy Spirit; 3:12 whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and he will gather his grain into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.


    {Mk 1:9-11 & Mt 3:13-17 Lk 3:21-23 Jordan east of Jericho, Spring 27 AD}

     3:13 Then Jesus comes from Galilee to John to be immersed* by him in the Jordan. 3:14 But John was preventing him, saying, I have need to be immersed* by you and you are coming to me?

     3:15 But Jesus answering, said to him, {F} Allow it now; for* thus it is suitable for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allows him.

     3:16 And Jesus when he was immersed*, came up immediately from the water. And behold, the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and coming upon him; 3:17 and behold, a voice came out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted.


    {Footnotes: In this translation words of Jesus, God the Father and the Holy Spirit are in BOLD or RED depending on book or electronic versions.}

    

[Matthew 4]


    {Mk 1:12-13 & Mt 4:1-11 & Lk 4:1-13}

     4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Slanderer. 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, later he hungered. 4:3 And the Tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, speak, in order that these stones may become bread.

     4:4 But answering, he said, It has been written, ‘Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that goes out through the mouth of God!’ {Deut. 8:3}

     4:5 Then the Slanderer takes him into the holy city. And he stands him upon the pinnacle of the temple, 4:6 and says to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself downward; for* it has been written, ‘He will command the messengers concerning you, and they will lift you up upon their hands, lest you might hit your foot against a stone. ’ {Ps. 91:11f}

     4:7 Jesus said to him, Again it has been written, ‘You will not test the Lord, your God.’ {Deut. 6:16}

     4:8 Again, the Slanderer takes him to an exceedingly high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; 4:9 and he says to him, I will give you all these things, if you fall down and worship me.

     4:10 Then Jesus says to him, Go behind me, Satan! For* it has been written, ‘You will worship the Lord your God and you will give-divine service to him only.’ {Deut. 6:13} 4:11 Then the Slanderer leaves him, and behold, messengers came and served him.


    {Mk 1:14a & Mt 4:12 & Lk 3:19-20 & Jn 4:1-4 Judea to Galilee}

     4:12 Now Jesus, having heard John was given up, departed into Galilee; 4:13 and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali; 4:14 in order that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 4:15 ‘The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the {F} Gentiles, 4:16 the people who sat in darkness saw a great light and to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light has risen for them.’ {Is. 9:1f}


    {Mk 1:14b-15 & Mt 4:17 & Lk 4:14b-15}

     4:17 From then onward, Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent; for* the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.


    {Mk 1:16-20 & Mt 4:18-22 & Lk 5:1-11 Sea of Galilee near Capernaum.}

     4:18 And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for* they were fishermen. 4:19 And he says to them, Come-here after me and I will make* you* fishermen of men. 4:20 And immediately they left the nets and followed him. 4:21 And advancing from there, he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee and John, his brother, in the ship with Zebedee, their father, mending their nets. And he called them. 4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father and followed him.


    {Mk 1:35-39 & Mt 4:23-25 & Lk 4:42-44 Preaching through Galilee}

     4:23 And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good-news of the kingdom and healing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness among the people. 4:24 And the report of him went forth into all Syria and they brought to him all who were ill, held by various diseases and torments and demon-possessed and epileptic and paralyzed, and he healed them. 4:25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and on the other side of the Jordan.


    {Footnotes: Mt 4:15- Greek: nations, and so elsewhere, see Appendix.}


[Matthew 5]


    {Mt 5:1 & Lk 6:17-20}

     5:1 And seeing the crowds, he went up into the mountain and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

    {Mt 5:2-12 & Lk 6:20-26}

    5:2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 5:3 The poor in spirit are fortunate, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:4 Those who are mourning are fortunate, because they will be comforted. 5:5 The meek are fortunate, because they will inherit the earth. 5:6 Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness are fortunate, because they will be fed. 5:7 The merciful are fortunate, because they will be shown-mercy. 5:8 The clean in heart are fortunate, because they will see God. 5:9 The peacemakers are fortunate, because they will be called sons of God. 5:10 Those who have been persecuted because of righteousness are fortunate, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:11 you* are fortunate whenever they reproach and persecute you* and say every evil word against you*– lying, because of me. 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, because your* reward is great in the heavens; for* thus, they persecuted the prophets who were before you*.


     5:13 You* are the salt of the earth; but if the salt is flavorless, then with what shall it be salted? It is still not strong-enough to be used *for anything, except to be cast outside and trampled by men. 5:14 You* are the light of the world. A city laying upon a mountain is not able to be hid. 5:15 Nor are they burning a lamp and placing it under a peck container, but upon the lamp-stand, and it is shining to all who are in the house. 5:16 So let your* light shine in front of men, *that they may see your* good works and may glorify your* Father who is in the heavens.


    {Mt 5:17-48 & Lk 6:27-36}

     5:17 Do not suppose that I came to tear-down the law or the prophets; I did not come to tear-down, but to fulfill. 5:18 For* assuredly I say to you*, Until heaven and earth should pass away, one iota or one serif may never* pass away from the law, until all things should happen. 5:19 Therefore whoever loosens one of these least commandments and might teaches men to do so, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and should teach them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 5:20 For* I say to you* that if your* righteousness does not abound more-than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you* may never* enter into the kingdom of heaven.


     5:21 You* have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’, but ‘whoever murders will be liable to the judgment.’ {Ex. 20:13 & Deut. 5:17} 5:22 But I say to you* that everyone who is {F} vainly angry toward his brother will be liable to the judgment, and whoever says to his brother, {F} You, empty-head, will be liable to the council, but whoever says, {F} You fool, will be liable to the hell of fire. 5:23 Therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar and while you are there if you remember that your brother has something against you, 5:24 leave your gift there in front of the altar and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother and then come and offer your gift. 5:25 Be agreeable with your opponent quickly, while you are with him by the road; lest the opponent should give you to the judge and the judge might give you to the attendant and you will be cast into prison. 5:26 Assuredly I say to you, You may never* come out from there, until you should have repaid the last copper coin.


     5:27 You* have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ {Ex. 20:14 & Deut. 5:18} 5:28 But I say to you* that everyone who is looking at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 5:29 And if your right eye is {F} offending you, pluck it out and cast it from you*; for* it is advantageous for you, that* one of your members should perish and not that* your whole body might be cast into hell. 5:30 And if your right hand is offending you, cut it off and cast it away from you*; for* it is advantageous for you, that* one of your members might perish and not that* your whole body should be cast into hell. 5:31 It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a document of divorcement.’ {Deut. 24:1, 3} 5:32 But I say to you* that whoever divorces his wife, except-for the reason of fornication, is making* her commit adultery and whoever marries she who has been divorced is committing adultery.


     5:33 Again, you* have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘You will not perjure yourself, but will give your oaths to the Lord.’ {Lev. 19:12, Num. 30:2, Deut. 23:21} 5:34 But I say to you*, Do not swear literally; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God; 5:35 nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor in Jerusalem, because it is the city of the Great King, 5:36 nor should you swear by your head, because you are not able to make* one hair white or black. 5:37 But let your* word be, a Yes, yes; a No, no; and whatever is more-than these, is from the evil one.


     5:38 You* have heard that it was said, An eye in exchange-for an eye and a tooth in exchange-for a tooth. {Ex. 21:24, Lev. 24:20, Deut.19:21} 5:39 But I say to you*, Do not withstand an evil man; but whoever slaps you upon your right jaw, also turn the other to him. 5:40 And to him, who is willing to go to court with you and wants to take away your tunic, then also allow for him to take your outer garment. 5:41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. 5:42 Give to him who asks you and do not turn away from the one who wishes to borrow from you.


     5:43 You* have heard that it was said, ‘You will love* your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ {Lev. 19:18} 5:44 But I say to you*, Love* your* enemies, speak well of those who curse you*, do good things to those who hate you* and pray on behalf of those who are misusing you* and are persecuting you*. 5:45 Do this *that you* may become sons of your* Father who is in the heavens, because his sun rises upon the evil and the good and it rains upon the righteous and the unrighteous. 5:46 For* if you* love* those who love* you*, what reward do you* have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 5:47 And if you* only greet your* friends, what are you* doing more-than others? Are not even the tax collectors doing so? 5:48 Therefore you* will be perfect, like your* Father who is in the heavens is perfect.


    {Footnotes: Mt 5:22a- OR with emptiness (without cause or reason) or to further one’s vanity. Mt 5:22b- An expression of contempt. The Greek here could be simply ‘fool’ said as an expression of condemnation or could be a transliteration of ‘Moreh’ which is a Hebrew expression of condemnation. In Mt 5:22 the wording doesn’t matter; it’s the way it is said or meant. Mt 5:29- and all other places - offend literally means ‘cause to stumble’ or ‘snare.’}


[Matthew 6]


     6:1 Take-heed not to do your* charity in front of men, to be seen by them otherwise you* have no reward from your* Father who is in the heavens.

     6:2 Therefore whenever you are doing charity, do not sound a trumpet in front of you like the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the lanes, *that they may be glorified by men. Assuredly I say to you*, They have their reward. 6:3 But when you are doing charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 6:4 *that your charity may be in secret and your Father who sees in secret will repay you openly.


     6:5 And whenever you* pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the squares, *that they may appear devout to men. Assuredly I say to you* that they have their reward. 6:6 But you, whenever you pray, enter into your storeroom and locking your door, pray to your Father who is in secret and your Father who sees in secret will repay you openly. 6:7 And in praying, do not be repetitious like the Gentile; for* they think that they will be heard in their many words. 6:8 Therefore do not be similar to them, for* your* Father knows what things you* have need of before you* ask him. 6:9 Therefore pray thus: our Father who is in the heavens, may your name be sanctified. 6:10 May your kingdom come. May your will be done as in heaven, also upon the earth. 6:11 Give us today our {F} needful bread. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 6:13 And do not bring us into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one, because yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen. 6:14 For* if you* forgive men their trespasses, your* heavenly Father will also forgive you*. 6:15 But if you* do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your* Father forgive your* trespasses.


     6:16 Now whenever you* fast, do not become like the hypocrites, with a gloomy face; for* they disfigure their faces, *that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly I say to you*, They have their reward. 6:17 But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face 6:18 *that you do not appear to be fasting to men, but to your Father who is in secret and your Father who sees in secret, will repay you.


     6:19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust ingest and where thieves burrow through your* wall and steal. 6:20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust ingest and where thieves do not burrow through or steal. 6:21 For* where your* treasure is, your* heart will also be there.

    6:22 The lamp of the body is the eye, because if your eye is clear, your whole body will be radiant. 6:23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

     6:24 No one is able to serve* two lords, for* either he will hate the one and love* the other; or he will hold to one and despise the other. You* are not able to serve* God and money.

     6:25 Because of this, I say to you*, Do not be anxious for your* life, what you* may eat and what you* may drink; nor for what you* may clothe your* body with. Is not the life worth more-than the nourishment and the body worth more-than the clothing? 6:26 Look at the birds of the heaven, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your* heavenly Father nourishes them. Do you* not carry much more-value than them? 6:27 And which one out of you* is able to add one cubit upon his stature by being anxious? 6:28 And why are you* anxious about clothing? Learn from the lilies of the field, how they are growing; they are not laboring, nor spinning. 6:29 Yet I say to you* that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 6:30 But if God so dresses-up the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you*? O you* of little faith!

     6:31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we dress ourselves with? 6:32 For* the Gentiles are seeking after all these things; for* your* heavenly Father knows that you* need all these things. 6:33 But first seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you*. 6:34 Therefore do not be anxious *for the next-day; for* the next-day will be anxious enough for itself. Its evil is enough for the one day.

    {Footnotes: Mt 6:11- No one knows for sure what the original word means. It is only in the N.T. twice. Mt 6:24 Or: Money as in your ‘God of Money’.}


[Matthew 7]


    {Mt 7:1-6 & Lk 6:37-42}

     7:1 Do not judge, that* you* might not be judged! 7:2 For* in what judgment you* judge, you* will be judged and in what measure you* measure, it will be measured again to you*. 7:3 And why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam that is in your own eye? 7:4 Or how will you say to your brother, Allow me, that I may cast out the speck from your eye, and behold, the beam that is in your own eye? 7:5 You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see precisely to cast out the speck from your brother's eye.


     7:6 Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your* pearls in front of the swine, lest they might trample them down with their feet and turn and might rip at you*.


     7:7 Ask and it will be given to you*; seek and you* will find; knock and it will be opened to you*. 7:8 For* everyone who is asking, receives; and the one who is seeking, finds; and to the one who is knocking, it will be opened. 7:9 Or what man is there out of you*, who, if his son asks him for a loaf he will not give him a stone, will he? 7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a serpent, will he? 7:11 Therefore if you*, being evil, know how to give good presents to your* children, how much more will your* Father who is in the heavens give good things to those who ask him?

    {Mt 7:12 & Lk 6:31}

    7:12 Therefore as many things as you* might wish, that* men should do for you*, so you* also do to them; for* this is the law and the prophets.

    {Mt 7:13-23 & Lk 6:43-45}

     7:13 Enter in through the narrow gate, because wide is the gate and broad is the way, which leads to destruction and there are many who enter through it. 7:14 O how narrow is the gate and straight is the way, which is leading to life and few are those who find it.


     7:15 But take-heed of false prophets, who are coming to you* in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves. 7:16 You* will recognize them from their fruits. They do not collect grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? 7:17 Thus every good tree produces good fruit; but the rotten tree produces evil fruit. 7:18 A good tree is not able to produce evil fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit. 7:19 Every tree which does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 7:20 Consequently, you* will recognize them from their fruits. 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who is practicing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and cast out demons in your name and do many miracles in your name? 7:23 And then I will confess to them, I never* knew you*. Depart from me, you* who work lawlessness.

    {Mt 7:24-29 & Lk 6:46-49}

     7:24 Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and practices them, he will be similar to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock; 7:25 and the rain came down and the rivers came up and the winds blew and fell down upon that house, and it did not fall; for* it had a foundation upon the rock. 7:26 And everyone hearing these words of mine and who is not doing them, will be similar to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand; 7:27 and the rain came down and the rivers came up and the winds blew and hit that house and it fell and great was its fall.


     7:28 And it happened, when Jesus had finished with these words, the crowds were astounded at his teaching; 7:29 for* he is teaching them like one having authority and not like the scribes.


[Matthew 8]


    {Mt 8:1, 5-13 & Lk 7:1-10 Capernaum}

     8:1 And when he had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.


    {Mk 1:40-45 & Mt 8:2-4 & Lk 5:12-16}

     8:2 And behold, a leper having come to him, worshiped him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.

     8:3 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 8:4 And Jesus says to him, See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, *for a testimony to them. {Lev. 13:49, 14:2ff}


    {Mt 8:1, 5-13 & Lk 7:1-10 Capernaum}

     8:5 And when Jesus entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him, 8:6 and saying, Lord, my young-servant, a paralytic, has been laid in the house, terribly tormented.

     8:7 And Jesus says to him, I will come and heal him.

     8:8 And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not sufficient that* you should come under my roof; but only speak by word and my young-servant will be healed. 8:9 For* I am a man also under authority, having soldiers under me and I say to this one, Go and he goes, and to another, Come and he comes, and to my bondservant, Do this and he does it.

     8:10 And when Jesus heard it, he marveled and said to those who followed, Assuredly I say to you*, I have not found so-great a faith, not even in Israel. 8:11 And I say to you* that many will come from the east and the west and will recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; 8:12 but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there. 8:13 And Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way and as you have believed, so it has happened for you. And his young-servant was healed in that hour.


    {Mk 1:29-34 & Mt 8:14-17 & Lk 4:38-41 Capernaum}

     8:14 And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw that his mother-in-law was lying and fevered. 8:15 And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she arose and served him. 8:16 And when it became evening, they brought to him many demon-possessed and he cast out the spirits by word and healed all who were ill; 8:17 *that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ‘He himself took our sicknesses and bears our diseases.’ {Is. 53:4}


    {Mk 4:35-41 & Mt:8:18-27 & Lk 8:22-25 Sea of Galilee}

     8:18 Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave commands to go to the other side. 8:19 And a scribe, having come to him, said, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.

     8:20 And Jesus says to him, The foxes have burrows and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere he may bow his head.

     8:21 And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

     8:22 But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.


     8:23 And when he had stepped into the ship, his disciples followed him. 8:24 And behold, a great squall happened in the sea, so-that the ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. 8:25 And the disciples came to him and aroused him, saying, Save us Lord! We are perishing!

     8:26 And he says to them, Why are you* cowardly? O you* of little faith! Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.

     8:27 And the men marveled, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea are obeying* him?


    {Mk 5:1-21 & Mt 8:28-34 & Lk 8:26-40 Gergesa}

     8:28 And when he had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming forth out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so-that no one was strong-enough to pass through that way. 8:29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus the Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time? 8:30 Now a herd of many swine was feeding from afar, away from them. 8:31 And the demons pleaded with him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.

     8:32 And he said to them, Go. And they came out and went into the herd of swine and behold, the whole herd of swine rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the waters. 8:33 And those who are feeding them fled and went away into the city and reported everything and what had happened to those who were demon-possessed. 8:34 And behold, all the city came out *for a meeting with Jesus and when they saw him, they pleaded with him *that he might proceed from their borders.


[Matthew 9]


     9:1 And he stepped into the ship and ferried over and came into his own city.


    {Mk 2:1-12 & Mt 9:2-8 & Lk 5:17-26}

     9:2 And behold, they brought to him a man, a paralytic, lying upon a cot and Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Child, have courage; your sins have been forgiven.

     9:3 And behold, some of the scribes said among themselves, This man is blaspheming.

     9:4 And Jesus knowing their contemplations said, Why are you* contemplating evil in your* hearts? 9:5 For* which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise and walk? 9:6 But in order that you* may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralytic), Arise and lift up your cot and go up to your house. 9:7 And having arisen, he went away to his house. 9:8 But when the crowds saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.


    {Mk 2:13-14 & Mt 9:9 & Lk 5:27-28 At or near Capernaum}

     9:9 And passing by from there, Jesus saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at a tax-office and he says to him, Follow me. And he stood up and followed him.


    {Mk 2:15-22 & Mt 9:10-17 & Lk 5:29-39 Capernaum}

     9:10 And it happened, as he reclined at a meal in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples. 9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why is your* teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?

     9:12 But Jesus having heard it, said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill. 9:13 But you* go and learn what is meant by, ‘I will to have mercy and not sacrifice.’ {Hos. 6:6} For* I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.


     9:14 Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?

     9:15 And Jesus said to them, The {F} sons of the bridal-party are not able to fast, inasmuch as the bridegroom is with them, are they? But the days will come when the bridegroom might be taken away from them and then they will fast. 9:16 But no one puts a patch of unshrunk fabric upon an old garment; for* its fullness shrinks and lifts away from the garment and a worse split happens. 9:17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst and the wine is spilled and the wineskins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into new wineskins and both are protected.


    {Mk 5:22-43 & Mt 9:18-26 & Lk 8:41-56 Capernaum}

     9:18 While he spoke these things to them, behold, one ruler came to him and worshiped him, saying, My daughter is just now dead*; but come and lay your hand upon her and she will live. 9:19 And Jesus and his disciples arose and followed him.

     9:20 And behold, a woman, having had a flow of blood for twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his garment; 9:21 for* she said to herself, ‘If only I touch his garment, I will be cured.

     9:22 But Jesus having turned and saw her, said, Daughter, have courage; your faith has cured you. And the woman was cured from that hour.


     9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the flute-players and the crowd being in an uproar, 9:24 he says to them, Depart; for* the girl is not dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed at him. 9:25 But when the crowd was put out, having entered, he took-hold of her hand, and the girl arose. 9:26 And this fame went forth into all that land.


    {Mt 9:27-34 Probably Capernaum}

     9:27 And Jesus passing by from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, son of David.

     9:28 And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him and Jesus says to them, You* believe that I am able to do this?

     They say to him, Yes, Lord.

     9:29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, Let it happen for you* according to your* faith. 9:30 And their eyes were opened. And Jesus scolded them, saying, See that no one know it. 9:31 But they went forth and broadcasted his fame in all that land.


     9:32 And as they went forth, behold, a demon-possessed mute man was brought to him. 9:33 And when the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke and the crowds marveled, saying, This was never* so seen in Israel.

     9:34 But the Pharisees said, He is casting out demons by the ruler of the demons.


    {Mk 6:6b-13 & Mt 9:35-10:42 & Lk 9:1-6 Third circuit of Galilee}

     9:35 And Jesus went around all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good-news of the kingdom and healing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness among the people. 9:36 But when he saw the crowds, he had compassion concerning them, because they had been bothered and tossed about, like sheep not having a shepherd. 9:37 Then he says to his disciples, The harvest is indeed great, but the workers are few. 9:38 Therefore beseech of the Lord of the harvest, *that he should put out workers into his harvest.


    {Footnotes: Mt 9:15- That is: companions of the bridegroom.}


[Matthew 10]


     10:1 And having called his twelve disciples, he gave to them authority over unclean spirits, so-that they are able to cast them out and to heal all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.


     10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first is Simon, who is called Peter and Andrew his brother; James and John his brother, the sons of Zebedee; 10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus who was surnamed Thaddaeus; 10:4 Simon the {F} Canaanite and Judas the Iscariot, who gave him up to the Jews.


     10:5 Jesus sent forth these twelve apostles and commanded them, saying, Do not go into any road of the Gentiles and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans; 10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 10:7 And as you* are going, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven has drawn near. 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons; freely you* received, freely you* give. 10:9 Do not procure gold, nor silver, nor brass coins *for your* money belts; 10:10 no knapsack *for your* journey, neither two tunics nor shoes nor staffs; for* the worker is worthy of his nourishment. 10:11 And into whatever city or village you* enter, probe out who is worthy in it, and abide there until you* should go. 10:12 And as you* enter into the house, greet it. 10:13 And if the house is worthy, let your* peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your* peace return to you*. 10:14 And whoever does not accept you*, nor hears your* words, when you* go forth from that house or that city, shake-off the dust from your* feet. 10:15 Assuredly I say to you*, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.


     10:16 Behold, I am sending you* forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore, become prudent like serpents and harmless like doves. 10:17 But take-heed of men; for* they will give you* up to councils, and they will scourge you* in their synagogues; 10:18 and you* will also be led before governors and kings because of me, *for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 10:19 But whenever they give you* up, do not be anxious how or what you* might speak; for* it will be given to you* in that hour what you* will speak. 10:20 For* it is not you* who speaks, but the Spirit of your* Father who speaks in you*. 10:21 And brother will give up brother to death and the father his child and children will stand up against parents and will put them to death. 10:22 And you* will be hated by all men because of my name. But he who endures to the end, this one will be saved. 10:23 But whenever they persecute you* in this city, escape into another; for* assuredly I say to you*, You* may never* finish the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man should come.


     10:24 A disciple is not over his teacher, nor a bondservant over his lord. 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that* he may become like his teacher and the bondservant like his lord. If they have called the householder Beelzebub, how much more the kinfolk! 10:26 Therefore do not fear them; for* there is nothing covered, which will not be revealed, and nothing secret, which will not be known. 10:27 What I tell you* in the darkness, speak in the light, and what you* hear in your* ear, preach upon the housetops. 10:28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 10:29 Are two sparrows not sold for a copper coin? And not one out of them will fall to the earth without your* Father knowing it; 10:30 but even the hairs of your* head are all numbered. 10:31 Therefore do not fear, because you* carry more-value than many sparrows. 10:32 Therefore every one who will confess in me in front of men, I will also confess in him in front of my Father who is in the heavens. 10:33 But whoever denies me in front of men, I will also deny him in front of my Father who is in heaven.


     10:34 Do not suppose that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I did not come to cast peace, but a sword. 10:35 For* I came to pit man against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 10:36 and, ‘A man's enemies will be his own kinfolk.’ {Mic 7:6} 10:37 He who loves his father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves his son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. 10:38 And he who is not taking up his cross and following after me, is not worthy of me. 10:39 He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life because of me, will find it.


     10:40 He who accepts you*, accepts me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me. 10:41 He who accepts a prophet in the name of a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward, and he who accepts a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, will receive a righteous man's reward. 10:42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, assuredly I say to you*, He may never* lose his reward.


    {Footnotes: Mt 10:4- Or: zealot. See Lk. 6:15, Acts 1:13.}


[Matthew 11]


     11:1 And it happened when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he proceeded from there to teach and to preach in their cities.


    {Mt 11:2-30 & Lk 7:18-35 Galilee}

     11:2 Now when John heard the works of the Christ while in prison, he sent two of his disciples 11:3 and said to him, Are you he who is coming, or should we expect another?

     11:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and report to John what you* hear and see: 11:5 the blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead arise and the poor have the good-news proclaimed to them. 11:6 And whoever is not offended by me is fortunate.


     11:7 And as these disciples traveled on, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What did you* go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 11:8 But what did you* go out to see? A man dressed-up in soft garments? Behold, those who are wearing soft garments are in king's houses. 11:9 But why did you* go out? To see a prophet? I say to you*, Yes, and one who is more-than a prophet. 11:10 For* this is he, concerning whom it has been written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way in front of you.’ {Mal. 3:1} 11:11 Assuredly I say to you*, A greater man has not arisen among those born from women than John the Immerser*. But he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 11:12 And from the days of John the Immerser* until now the kingdom of heaven suffers-violently and the violent seize it. 11:13 For* all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 11:14 And if you* are willing to accept it, this is Elijah, who is about to come. 11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


     11:16 But to what shall be similar to this generation? It is similar to children sitting in the marketplaces and shouting to their comrades 11:17 and saying, We piped to you* and you* did not dance. We grieved *for you* and you* did not mourn. 11:18 For* John came neither eating nor drinking and they say, He has a demon. 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they say, Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom was justified by her children.


     11:20 Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his miracles had happened, because they did not repent. 11:21 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon which have happened in you*, they would have repented long-ago in sackcloth and ashes. 11:22 However I say to you*, It will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you*. 11:23 And you, Capernaum, who has been exalted to heaven, you will step down to Hades, because if the miracles had happened in Sodom which have happened in you, it would have remained till today. 11:24 However I say to you* that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.


     11:25 Jesus answered and said at that time, I profess you, O Father, Lord of heaven and the earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to infants. 11:26 Yes, Father, because thus it became a delight in front of you. 11:27 All things have been given to me by my Father and no one fully knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father fully, except the Son and he to whomever the Son wills to reveal him. 11:28 Come-here to me, all you* who labor and are loaded down, and I will give-rest to you*. 11:29 Take my yoke upon you* and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart and you* will find rest for your* souls. 11:30 For* my yoke is easy and my load is light.


[Matthew 12]


    {Mk 2:23-28 & Mt 12:1-8 & Lk 6:1-5 Jerusalem to Galilee}

     12:1 Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grainfields at that time, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck the tops and to eat them. 12:2 But the Pharisees, having seen it, said to him, Behold, your disciples are doing what is not legal to do upon the Sabbath.

     12:3 But he said to them, Have you* not read what David did, when he himself was hungry and those with him; 12:4 how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not legal for him to eat, nor those with him, unlawful except for the priests only? 12:5 Or have you* not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and yet are crimeless? {1Sam. 21:6} 12:6 But I say to you* that a greater thing than the temple is here. 12:7 But if you* had known what is meant by this, ‘I will to have mercy and not sacrifice,’ {Hos. 6:6} You* would not have sentenced the crimeless. 12:8 For* the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.


    {Mk 3:1-6 & Mt 12:9-14 & Lk 6:6-11 Probably Galilee}

     12:9 And having proceeded from there, he went into their synagogue. 12:10 And behold, there was a man who had a dried up hand. And they asked him, in order that they might accuse him, saying, Is it legal to heal on the Sabbath day?

     12:11 And he said to them, What man shall there be out of you*, who shall have one sheep and if this one falls into a ditch on the Sabbath day, shall he not take-hold of it and lift it up? 12:12 Then* how much more-value does a man carry than a sheep? So-then it is legal to do good on the Sabbath day?

     12:13 Then he says to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored as healthy as the other. 12:14 But the Pharisees having gone out, took counsel against him, *that they might destroy him.


    {Mk 3:7-12 & Mt 12:15-21 Sea of Galilee}

     12:15 And Jesus having known it departed from there and many crowds followed him, and he healed them all, 12:16 and rebuked them, that* they should not make* him apparent; 12:17 *that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 12:18 ‘Behold, my young-servant whom I selected. My beloved in whom my soul is delighted. I will place my Spirit upon him and he will proclaim judgment to the Gentiles.’ 12:19 ‘He will not have selfish ambition, nor cry-out; nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 12:20 He will not fracture a bruised reed and he will not quench a smoking wick, until he should cast out judgment into victory. 12:21 And in his name the Gentiles will hope.’ {Is. 42:1-3}


    {Mk 3:19b-30 & Mt 12:22-37}

     12:22 Then a demon-possessed man was brought to him, blind and mute and he healed him, so-that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 12:23 And all the crowds were astonished and said, This is not the son of David, is it?

     12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man is not casting out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.

     12:25 And Jesus knowing their contemplations said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 12:26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. Then* how will his kingdom stand? 12:27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your* sons cast them out? They will be your* judges because of this. 12:28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God; consequently the kingdom of God has arrive-unexpectedly upon you*. 12:29 Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, if he does not first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 12:30 He who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters. 12:31 Because of this, I say to you*, Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy of the Spirit will not be forgiven. 12:32 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, not in the age which is now, nor in the future one. 12:33 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. 12:34 You* offspring of vipers, how are you*, being evil, able to speak good things? For* out of the abundance of the heart the mouth is speaking. 12:35 The good man out of his good treasure is putting out good things and the evil man out of his evil treasure is putting out evil things. 12:36 And I say to you* that every idle word whatever men speak, they will give an account in the day of judgment concerning it. 12:37 For* you will be justified from your words and you will be sentenced from your words.


     12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.

     12:39 But answering, he said to them, An evil and adulterous generation is seeking a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet; 12:40 for* as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea-creature; so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

    12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation in the judgment and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, more-than Jonah is here. 12:42 The queen of the south will arise with this generation in the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, more-than Solomon is here.

     12:43 But the unclean spirit, whenever it has gone out of the man, goes through waterless places, seeking rest and does not find it. 12:44 Then it says, I will return into my house from where I came out, and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept and adorned. 12:45 Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself and they go in and dwell there and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be with this evil generation.


    {Mk 3:31-35 & Mt 12:46-50 & Lk 8:19-21}

     12:46 But while he was speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren were standing outside, seeking to speak to him. 12:47 And one said to him, Behold, your mother and your brethren are standing outside, seeking to speak to you.

     12:48 But answering, he said to him who spoke to him, Who is my mother? And who are my brethren? 12:49 And he stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! 12:50 For* whoever does the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother and sister and mother.


[Matthew 13]


    {Mk 4:1-25 & Mt 13:1-23 & Lk 8:4-18 Sea of Galilee}

     13:1 And in that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. 13:2 And great crowds were gathered to see him, so-that he stepped onto a ship and sat, and all the crowd stood upon the beach.

     13:3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went forth to sow; 13:4 and as he sowed, some fell by the road and the birds came and devoured them. 13:5 And others fell upon the rocky areas, where they did not have much earth and immediately they rise up, because they had no depth of earth; 13:6 and when the sun had risen, they were scorched, and they dried up because they had no root. 13:7 And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns shot up and choked them. 13:8 And others fell upon the good soil and gave fruit, which some was a hundred times, which some was sixty, some thirty. 13:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


     13:10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?

     13:11 And answering, he said to them, It is given to you* to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not given to them. 13:12 For* whoever has, to him will be given and he will abound; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13:13 Because of this, I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they do not see and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand. 13:14 And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled upon them, which says, ‘By hearing you* will hear and may never* understand, and seeing you* will see and may never* know; 13:15 for* the heart of this people has become-callous and they have selectively heard with the ears and they have closed their eyes; lest they might see with their eyes and might hear with their ears and might understand with their heart and should turn again and I will heal them.’ {Is. 6:9f} 13:16 But your* eyes are fortunate, because they see, and your* ears, because they hear. 13:17 For* assuredly I say to you* that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things you* see and did not see them, and to hear the things you* hear and did not hear them.

     13:18 Therefore you* hear the parable of the sower: 13:19 when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the evil one comes and takes away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who was sown by the road. 13:20 And he who was sown upon the rocky areas, this is he who hears the word and immediately is receiving it with joy; 13:21 yet he does not have root in himself, but is temporary, and when affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 13:22 And he who was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deception of riches, choke the word and he becomes unfruitful. 13:23 And he who was sown upon the good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; who bears-fruit and produces some a hundred times, and some sixty, and some thirty!


     13:24 He placed another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is similar to a man who sowed good seed in his field; 13:25 but while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel between stalks of the wheat and went away. 13:26 But when the blade had sprouted and produced fruit, then the darnel also appeared. 13:27 And the bondservant of the householder came and said to him, Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then* from where has the darnel come?

     13:28 And he said to them, A man, an enemy, did this.

     And the bondservant says to him, Then* do you wish that we go and collect them?

     13:29 But he said, No; lest while collecting up the darnel, you* might uproot the wheat at the same time with them. 13:30 Allow both to grow together till the harvest and I will say to the reapers in the time of the harvest, Collect first the darnel and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.


    {Mk 4:30-34 & Mt 13:31-35}

     13:31 He placed another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is similar to a kernel of a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; 13:32 which indeed is little compared to all of the other seeds; but whenever it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so-that the birds of the heaven come and nest in its branches.


     13:33 He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of heaven is similar to leaven, which a woman took and mixed in three three-gallon containers of flour, until it was all leavened.


     13:34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and without a parable he did not speak to them; 13:35 *that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ‘I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things hidden from the conception of the world.’ {Ps. 78:2}


     13:36 Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

     13:37 And answering, he said to them, He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man; 13:38 and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one; 13:39 and the enemy that sowed them is the Slanderer and the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are messengers. 13:40 Therefore as the darnel is collected and burned with fire; so it will be in the end of the world. 13:41 The Son of Man will send forth his messengers and they will collect out of his kingdom all the offenses and those who are practicing lawlessness, 13:42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there. 13:43 Then the righteous will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


     13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is similar to a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found and hid, and in his joy he goes and sells all things, as many things as he has and buys that field.


     13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is similar to a man who is a merchant seeking good pearls; 13:46 who having found one very precious pearl, went and sold all things, as many things as he had and bought it.


     13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is similar to a dragnet, that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every type; 13:48 which, when it was filled, having hauled it up upon the beach, and having sat down, they collected the good into containers, but they cast the rotten outside. 13:49 So it will be in the end of the world; the messengers will go out and separate* the evil from the midst of the righteous, 13:50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.


     13:51 And Jesus says to them, Have you* understood all these things?

     They say to him, Yes, Lord.

     13:52 And he said to them, Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is similar to a man who is a householder, who casts forth out of his treasure, new and old things.


     13:53 And it happened, when Jesus had finished these parables, he took off from there.


    {Mk 6:1-6a & Mt 13:54-58 Nazareth}

     13:54 And coming into his homeland, he taught them in their synagogue, so-that they were astounded and said, From where does this man receive this wisdom and these miracles? 13:55 Is this not the carpenter's son? Is his mother not called Mary? And his brethren, James and Joseph and Simon and Jude? 13:56 And are they not all his sisters with us? Then* from where did this man receive all these things? 13:57 And they were offended by him.

     But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his homeland and in his own house. 13:58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.


[Matthew 14]


    {Mk 6:14-29 & Mt 14:1-12 & Lk 9:7-9}

     14:1 Herod the Tetrarch heard the report of Jesus at that time, 14:2 and said to his young-servants, This is John the Immerser*; he has arisen from the dead, and therefore these powers are working in him. 14:3 For* Herod had took-hold of John and bound him and placed him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

     14:4 For* John said to him, It is not legal for you to have her.

     14:5 And wishing to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him as a prophet.

     14:6 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst of the court and pleased Herod. 14:7 Therefore he confessed with an oath to give her whatever she asks of him.

     14:8 And being pushed forward by her mother, she says, Give me the head of John the Immerser* upon a platter here.

     14:9 And the king was sorrowful; but because of his oaths and of those who reclined at the meal with him, he commanded it to be given. 14:10 And he sent and beheaded John in the prison. 14:11 And his head was brought upon a platter and given to the girl and she brought it to her mother. 14:12 And his disciples came and lifted up the body and buried it, and they went and reported to Jesus.


    {Mk 6:30-32 & Mt 14:13 & Lk 9:10 & Jn 6:1 East shore of Galilee}

     14:13 And when Jesus heard it, he departed from there in a ship, privately to a desolate place and when the crowds heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

    {Mk 6:33-44 & Mt 14:14-21 & Lk 9:11-17 & Jn 6:2-14}

    14:14 And Jesus having gone forth, saw a great crowd and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 14:15 And when it became evening, his disciples came to him, saying, The place is desolate and the hour has already passed away; dismiss the crowds, that* when they go into the villages, they might buy food for themselves.

     14:16 But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go away; you* give them food to eat.

     14:17 And they say to him, We do not have anything here except five loaves and two fish.

     14:18 And he said, Bring them here to me. 14:19 And he commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, and he took the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave-thanks and broke them and he gave the loaves to the disciples and the disciples then gave to the crowds. 14:20 And they all ate and were well fed and they took up what was leftover of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. 14:21 And those eating were about five thousand men, plus women and children.


    {Mk 6:45-56 & Mt 14:22-36 & Jn 6:15-21}

     14:22 And immediately Jesus urged the disciples to step into the ship and to precede him toward the other side, until he should dismiss the crowds. 14:23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up into the mountain privately to pray and when it became evening, he was alone there. 14:24 But the ship was already in the midst of the sea, tormented by the waves; for* the wind was adverse. 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came to them, walking upon the sea. 14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking upon the sea, they were disturbed, saying, It is an apparition and they cried out from their fear.

     14:27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Have courage; it is I; do not be afraid.

     14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you upon the waters.

     14:29 And he said, Come.

     And Peter went down from the ship and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus. 14:30 But when he saw the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.

     14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and grabbed him and says to him, O you of little faith, why were you skeptical?

     14:32 And when they stepped into the ship, the wind pauses. 14:33 And those in the ship having come to him, worshiped him, saying, You are truly the Son of God.


     14:34 And when they had ferried over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. 14:35 And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent word into all that region around and brought to him all who were ill, 14:36 and they pleaded with him that* they might only touch the hem of his garment and as many as touched it were cured.


[Matthew 15]


    {Mk 7:1-23 & Mt 15:1-20 & Jn 7:1 Galilee, probably Capernaum Spring 29 AD}

     15:1 Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come to Jesus, saying, 15:2 Why are your disciples transgressing the tradition of the elders? For* they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread.

     15:3 And answering, he said to them, Why do you* also transgress the commandment of God because of your* tradition? 15:4 For* God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ {Ex. 20:12 & Deut. 5:16} And, ‘He who is speaking evil of their father or mother, let him be, by the sentence of death– ended.’ {Ex. 21:17 & Lev. 20:9} 15:5 But you* say, Whoever says to his father or his mother, In whatever you might have been profited from me, it is a gift to God, 15:6 and may never* honor his father and mother, and thus you* invalidated the commandment of God because of your* tradition. 15:7 You* hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied well concerning you*, saying, 15:8 ‘These people are drawing near to me with their mouth and are honoring me with their lips; but their heart is faraway from me. 15:9 But they are worshiping me with futility, teaching as their teachings– the commandments of men.’ {Is. 29:13}

     15:10 And he called to him the crowd and said to them, Hear and understand! 15:11 Not what goes into the mouth desecrates the man; but what goes out of the mouth, this desecrates the man.


     15:12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this speech?

     15:13 Answering, he said, Every plant my heavenly father did not plant will be uprooted. 15:14 Allow them; they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a ditch.

     15:15 And Peter answered and said to him, Explain to us the parable.

     15:16 And Jesus said, Are you* also without understanding at this point? 15:17 Do you* not yet perceive, that whatever goes into the mouth makes room in the belly and is cast out into the sewer? 15:18 But the things which goes out from the mouth come out from the heart, and they desecrate the man. 15:19 For* out of the heart comes forth evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. 15:20 These are the things which desecrate the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not desecrate the man.


    {Mk 7:24 & Mt 15:21}

     15:21 And Jesus went out from there and departed into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.


    {Mk 7:25-30 & Mt 15:22-28 Tyre and Sidon}

     15:22 And behold, a woman from Canaan came out from those borders and cried-out to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you the son of David. My daughter is evilly demon-possessed. 15:23 But he answered her not a word.

     And his disciples came and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, because she is crying behind us.

     15:24 But answering, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

     15:25 But she came and worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.

     15:26 And answering, he said, It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the puppies.

     15:27 But she said, Yes, Lord; for* even the puppies eat of the crumbs which are falling from the table of their lords.

     15:28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith. Let it happen for you as you will it. And her daughter was healed from that hour.


     15:29 And Jesus proceeded from there and came near to the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat there.

    {Mk 7:32-37 & Mt 15:30-31 Magadan and Bethsaida Summer 29 AD}

     15:30 And great crowds came to him there, having the lame, blind, mute, crippled and many others with them. They tossed them beside the feet of Jesus, and he healed them; 15:31 so-that the crowd marveled when they saw the mute speaking; the crippled, healthy; the lame walking and the blind seeing and they glorified the God of Israel.


    {Mk 8:1-8:9 & Mt 15:32-39}

     15:32 And Jesus called his disciples to him and said, I have compassion upon the crowd, because they already remain with me three days and do not have anything in which they might eat and I am not willing to dismiss them starving, lest they might faint by the road.

     15:33 And his disciples say to him, From where can we buy so-many loaves for us in the wilderness so-then to feed so-great a crowd?

     15:34 And Jesus said to them, How many loaves do you* have?

     And they said, Seven and a few small-fish.

     15:35 And he commanded the crowd to lean-back upon the land. 15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the few fish, and he gave-thanks and broke them and gave to his disciples and the disciples gave to the crowds. 15:37 And they all ate and were well fed and they took up what was leftover of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. 15:38 And those eating were about four thousand men, plus women and children.


    {Mk 8:10-26 & Mt 15:39-16:12 Near Caesarea Philippi Summer 29 AD}

     15:39 And he dismissed the crowds and stepped into the ship and went into the borders of Magadan.


[Matthew 16]


     16:1 And having come to him, the Pharisees and Sadducees testing him asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 16:2 But answering, he said to them, When it becomes evening, you* say, It will be fair-weather; for* the heaven is red. 16:3 And in the morning, There will be a storm today; for* the heaven is red and dismal. Hypocrites! Indeed, you* know how to discern the face of the heaven; but you* are not able to discern the signs of the times. 16:4 An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And he left them and went away.


     16:5 And his disciples came to the other side and forgot to take bread. 16:6 And Jesus said to them, See and take-heed of things from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

     16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we took no bread.

     16:8 And Jesus having known it, said to them, O you* of little faith, why are you* reasoning among yourselves, because you* took no bread? 16:9 Do you* not yet perceive, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you* took up? 16:10 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many baskets you* took up? 16:11 How is it that you* do not perceive that I did not speak to you* concerning bread, but to take-heed of things from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees? 16:12 Then they understood that he did not say to take-heed of things from the leaven of bread, but of things from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.


     16:13 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say, the Son of Man is?

     16:14 And they said, Some say John the Immerser*; others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

     16:15 He says to them, But who do you* say that I am?

     16:16 And Simon Peter answering, said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

     16:17 And Jesus answering, said to him, You are fortunate, Simon, Son of Jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 16:18 And I also say to you, that you are {F} Peter and upon this, {F} the rock, I will build my congregation, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against her. 16:19 I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatever you bind upon the earth will be, having already been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose upon the earth will be, having already been loosed in the heavens. 16:20 Then he ordered the disciples that* they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.


    {Mk 8:31-9:1 & Mt 16:21-28 & Lk 9:22-27 Caesarea Philippi}

     16:21 From then, Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and high-priests and scribes and to be killed and to arise in the third day. 16:22 And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, God will be lenient to you, Lord. This will never* be happening to you.

     16:23 But he turned and said to Peter, Go behind me, adversary! You are an offense to me, because you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.

     16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself and lift up his cross and follow me. 16:25 For* whoever wishes to save his life, will lose it and whoever loses his life because of me, will find it. 16:26 For* in what is a man profited, if he gains the whole world and should forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life? 16:27 For* the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his messengers, and then he will give to everyone according to his practices. 16:28 Assuredly I say to you*, Some of those who are standing here, may never* taste of death, until they should see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.


    {Footnotes: Mt 16:18 - These words are different in Greek. Peter translated is a ‘pebble’ and the other word is ‘rock’ as in ‘a massive rock or rock foundation,’ the kind of rock that the wise man built his house on in Mt 7:24-25.}


[Matthew 17]


    {Mk 9:2-13 & Mt 17:1-13 & Lk 9:28-36 Caesarea Philippi}

     17:1 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter and James and John his brother and privately brings them up into a high mountain. 17:2 And he was transformed in front of them, and his face shined like the sun and his garments became white like the light. 17:3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, speaking with him.

     17:4 And Peter answering, said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you will it. Should we make* three tabernacles here; one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah?

     17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a radiant cloud overshadowed them and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted; you* hear him.

     17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell upon their face and were extremely afraid. 17:7 And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise and do not be afraid. 17:8 And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only.

     17:9 And as they are coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of Man should rise* from the dead.

     17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Then* why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

     17:11 And Jesus answering, said to them, Indeed Elijah comes first and will restore all things. 17:12 But I say to you* that Elijah already came and they did not recognize him, but did as many things as they wished to him. So the Son of Man is also about to suffer by them. 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them about John the Immerser*.


    {Mk 9:14-29 & Mt 17:14-21 & Lk 9:37-43 Region of Caesarea Philippi}

     17:14 And when they had came to the crowd, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying, 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is epileptic and suffers evilly; for* he often falls into the fire and often into the water. 17:16 And I brought him to your disciples and they could not heal him.

     17:17 And Jesus answering, said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, until when shall I be with you*? Until when shall I tolerate you*? Bring him here to me. 17:18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon went out of him, and the boy was healed from that hour.

     17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, Why could we not cast it out?

     17:20 And Jesus said to them, Because of your* unbelief. For* assuredly I say to you*, If you* have faith like a kernel of a mustard-seed, you* will say to this mountain, Proceed from here to over there, and it will proceed, and nothing will be impossible for you*. 17:21 But this type of demon does not go out except by prayer and fasting.


    {Mk 9:30-32 & Mt 17:22-23 & Lk 9:43-45 Return to Galilee}

     17:22 And while they were conducting work for themselves in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is about to be given up into the hands of men; 17:23 and they will kill him and he will arise in the third day. And they were extremely sorry.


     17:24 And when they had come to Capernaum, those who receive the four-denarius tax came to Peter and said, Does your* teacher not pay the four-denarius tax?

     17:25 He says, Yes.

     And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive tax or tribute? From their sons or from aliens?

     17:26 And Peter says to him, From aliens.

     Jesus said to him, Consequently, the sons are free. 17:27 But, in order that we might not offend them, you go to the sea and cast a fishhook and lift out the fish that ascends first, and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a four-denarius coin. Take that and give it to them in exchange-for you and me.


[Matthew 18]


    {Mk 9:33-50 & Mt 18:1-14 & Lk 9:46-50 Sept. 29 AD}

     18:1 The disciples came to Jesus in that hour, saying, Who then is greater in the kingdom of heaven?

     18:2 And Jesus having called to him a little child, stood it in the midst of them, 18:3 and said, Assuredly I say to you*, If you* do not turn and become like little children, you* may never* enter into the kingdom of heaven. 18:4 Therefore whoever humbles himself like this little child, this one is the greater one in the kingdom of heaven. 18:5 And whoever accepts one such child in my name, accepts me. 18:6 But whoever offends one of these little ones who believes in me, it is more advantageous for him that* a millstone, the ones rotated by a donkey, should be hung upon his neck and that* he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.


     18:7 Woe to the world from where the offenses come! For* it is a necessity that the offenses come; however woe to that man through whom the offense comes! 18:8 And if your hand or your foot offends you, cut both of them off and cast them from you. It is good for you to enter into life lame or crippled, rather than to be cast into the eternal fire having two hands or two feet. 18:9 And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is good for you to enter into life one-eyed, rather than having two eyes but to be cast into the hell of fire.

     18:10 Beware that you* do not despise one of these little ones; for* I say to you* that in the heavens their messengers are always looking at the face of my Father who is in the heavens. 18:11 For* the Son of Man came to save what was lost. 18:12 What are you* thinking? If any man has a hundred sheep and if one out of them has been misled, does he not leave the ninety nine and go to the mountains and seek what has been misled? 18:13 And if he happens to find it, assuredly I say to you*, He rejoices over it more than over the ninety nine which have not been misled. 18:14 So it is also not the will in front of your* Father who is in heaven, that* one of these little ones should perish.

        

     18:15 And if your brother sins {F} against you, go and reprove him, the sin is between you and him only; if he hears you, you have gained your brother. 18:16 But if he does not hear you, take with you one or two more, that*, ‘at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ {Deut. 19:15} 18:17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the congregation and if he also refuses to hear the congregation, let him be like the Gentile and the tax collector to you.

     18:18 Assuredly I say to you*, As many things as you* may bind upon the earth will be, having already been bound in heaven, and as many things as you* may loose upon earth will be, having already been loosed in heaven. 18:19 Again I say to you* that if two of you* agree upon the earth concerning any matter whatever they ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in the heavens. 18:20 For* where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them.


     18:21 Then Peter having come to him, said, Lord, how many times will my brother sin {F} against me and I forgive him? Until seven times?

     18:22 Jesus says to him, I do not say to you, Until seven times; but, until seventy times seven. 18:23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is similar to a certain king, who wished to settle the account with his bondservants. 18:24 And when he had begun to settle the account, one was brought to him, a debtor of ten-thousand silver talants. 18:25 But he did not have anything to repay him with, so his lord commanded him and his wife and children and all things, as many things as he had to be sold and the money to be repaid to him.

     18:26 Then* the bondservant falling down, worshiped him, saying, Lord, be patient with me and I will repay all of it to you. 18:27 And the lord of that bondservant, having compassion on him, released him and forgave him the loan.

     18:28 But that bondservant went out and found one of his fellow bondservants, who owed him a hundred denarius and he took-hold of him and was choking him, saying, Repay what you owe me.

     18:29 Then* his fellow bondservant falling down at his feet, pleaded with him, saying, Be patient with me and I will repay you. 18:30 And he did not wish to, but went and cast him into prison, until he should repay what was owed. 18:31 And his fellow bondservants having seen what things had happened, were extremely sorry. And having come to their lord, they told all the things which had happened.

     18:32 Then his lord called him and says to him, You evil bondservant, I forgave you all that debt, since you pleaded with me. 18:33 Is it not essential that you should also have had mercy on your fellow bondservant, even as I had mercy on you? 18:34 And his lord being angry, gave him to the torturers, until he should repay all that was owed to him. 18:35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you*, if each one of you* does not forgive his brother his trespasses from your* hearts.


    {Footnotes: Mt 18:15 & 18:21 - Greek: into, toward.}


[Matthew 19]


    {Mk 10:1-12 & Mt 19:1-12}

     19:1 And it happened when Jesus had finished these words, he took off from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea on the other side of the Jordan; 19:2 and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.


     19:3 And the Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying to him, Is it legal for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?

     19:4 And answering, he said to them, Have you* not read, He who made* them made* them male and female from the beginning. {Gen. 1:27, 5:2} 19:5 And said, Because of this a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife and the two will become one flesh. {Gen. 2:24} 19:6 So-that they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has yoked together, do not let man separate.

     19:7 They say to him, Then* why did Moses command us to give a document of divorcement and to dismiss her? {Deut. 24:1-4}

     19:8 He says to them, Moses permitted you* to divorce your* wives for your* hardness of heart; but from the beginning it was not so. 19:9 And I say to you*, Whoever divorces his wife (if not from fornication) and should marry another, is committing adultery and he who marries her when she is divorced is committing adultery.

     19:10 His disciples say to him, If thus is the case of the man with his wife, it is not advantageous to marry.

     19:11 But he said to them, Not all men can make room for this saying, but they to whom it has been given: 19:12 for* there are eunuchs, that were born so out of their mother's womb and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men and there are eunuchs, who made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to make room for it, let him make room for it.


    {Mk 10:13-16 & Mt 19:13-15 & Lk 18:15-17 Peraea}

     19:13 Then little children were brought to him, that* he might lay his hands on them and might pray for them and the disciples rebuked them. 19:14 But Jesus said, Allow the little children and do not forbid them to come to me; for* of such is the kingdom of heaven. 19:15 And he laid his hands on them and went from there.


    {Mk 10:17-31 & Mt 19:16-20:16 & Lk 18:18-30 Peraea}

     19:16 And behold, one came to him and said to him, Good teacher, what good things should I do that* I may have eternal life?

     19:17 And he said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is good except one – God; but if you wish to enter into eternal life, keep the commandments.

     19:18 He says to him, What ones?

     And Jesus said, You will not murder, You will not commit adultery, You will not steal, You will not falsely-testify, 19:19 Honor your father and mother. {Ex. 20:12-16 & Deut. 5:16-20} And, You will love* your neighbor like yourself. {Lev. 19:18}

     19:20 The young-man says to him, I have observed all these things from my youth. So what do I still lack?

     19:21 Jesus said to him, If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come-here. Follow me. 19:22 But when the young-man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for* he had great properties.


     19:23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Assuredly I say to you*, A rich man will hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 19:24 And again I say to you*, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

     19:25 And when his disciples heard it, they were extremely astounded, saying, Who then is able to be saved?

     19:26 And Jesus looking on them said to them, This is impossible with men; but with God all things are possible.

     19:27 Then Peter answering, said to him, Behold, we have left all and followed you; what then will we have?

     19:28 And Jesus said to them, Assuredly I say to you* that you* who have followed me, in the rebirth whenever the Son of Man sits upon the throne of his glory, you* will also sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brethren or sisters or their father or mother or wife or children or fields, because of my name, will receive a hundred times that and will inherit eternal life. 19:30 But many will be last who are first, and first who are last.


[Matthew 20]


     20:1 For* the kingdom of heaven is similar to a man who was a householder, who went out at the same time every morning to hire workers into his vineyard. 20:2 And when he had agreed with the workers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 20:3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace; 20:4 and he said to them, You* also go into the vineyard and I will give you* whatever is just. And they went. 20:5 Again going out about the sixth and the ninth hour and he did likewise*. 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and he says to them, Why are you* standing here idle all day?

     20:7 They say to him, Because no one has hired us.

     So he says to them, You* also go into the vineyard and I will give you* whatever is just. 20:8 And when it became evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his commissioner, Call the workers and give to them their wages, beginning from the last to the first. 20:9 And when they who were hired about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius apiece. 20:10 And when the first came, they supposed that they will receive more; but they themselves also received a denarius apiece.

     20:11 And when they received it, they murmured against the householder, 20:12 saying, These last ones have only done one hour of work and you have made* them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.

     20:13 But answering, he said to one of them, Comrade, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 20:14 Take up what is yours and go your way. It is my will to give to this last one, as I also did to you. 20:15 Or is it not legal for me to do what I will with my own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good? 20:16 So the last will be first and the first last; for* many are invited but few are chosen.


    {Mk 10:32-45 & Mt 20:17-28 & Lk 18:31-34; Peraea or Judea, near Jordan}

     20:17 And while going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples privately by the road and he said to them, 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be given up to the high-priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, 20:19 and they will give him to the Gentiles, *that* they should mock and scourge and crucify him, and in the third day he will rise* again.


     20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons came to him, worshiping him and asking something of him. 20:21 And he said to her, What do you wish?

     She says to him, Command that* these, my two sons, may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your kingdom.

     20:22 But Jesus answering, said, You* do not know what you* ask. Are you* able to drink the cup which I am about to drink and to be immersed* with the immersion* to which I am about to be immersed*?

     They say to him, We are able.

     20:23 And he says to them, My cup indeed you* will drink and you* will be immersed* with the immersion* to which I am immersed*; but to sit at my right and at my left, is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it has been prepared by my Father. 20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were indignant concerning the two brothers.

     20:25 But Jesus called them to him and said, You* know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them and their great ones wield authority over them. 20:26 But it will not be so among you*; but whoever wishes to become great among you*, he will be your* servant; 20:27 and whoever wishes to be first among you*, let him be your* bondservant; 20:28 just-like the Son of Man did not come to be served to, but to serve and to give his life as a redemption in exchange-for many.


    {Mk 10:46-52 & Mt 20:29-34 & Lk 18:35-43; Jericho}

     20:29 And as they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him. 20:30 And behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, saying, Lord, son of David, have mercy on us! 20:31 And the crowd rebuked them, that* they should be silent; but they cried out louder, saying, Lord, son of David, have mercy on us!

     20:32 And Jesus stood and summoned them and said, What do you* will that I might do for you*?

     20:33 They say to him, Lord, that* our eyes might be opened. 20:34 And Jesus, having compassion, touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes recovered their sight and they followed him.




[Matthew 21]


    {Week of the Crucifixion.)

     21:1 And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, toward the Mountain of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 21:2 saying to them, Go into the village that is before you* and immediately you* will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Loose them and lead them to me. 21:3 And if anyone says anything to you*, You* will say, The Lord has need of them, and immediately he will send them. 21:4 Now this all happened, in order that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, 21:5 ‘You* tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, meek and is mounted upon an donkey and a colt, the son of a donkey.’ {Is. 62:11 & Zech. 9:9} 21:6 And the disciples having gone and having done just-as Jesus commanded them, 21:7 they led the donkey and the colt and placed their garments upon them, and he sat upon them. 21:8 And most of the crowd spread their garments in the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them in the road.

     21:9 And the crowds that precede him and who are following him, cried, saying, ‘Hosanna to the son of David. He who is coming in the name of the Lord is blessed.’ Hosanna in the highest.’ {Ps. 118:25-26} 21:10 And when he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, Who is this?

     21:11 And the crowds said, This is Jesus, the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.


    {Mk 11:12-18 & Mt 21:18, 19, 12, 13 & Lk 19:45-48 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Mon.}

     21:12 And Jesus entered into the temple of God and cast out all those who are selling and buying in the temple and turned over the tables of the brokers and the chairs of those selling the doves; 21:13 and he says to them, It has been written, My house will be called a house of prayer; but you* made* it a den of robbers. {Is. 56:7 & Jer. 7:11}

     21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 21:15 But when the high-priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things that he did and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David.

     They were indignant, 21:16 and said to him, Do you hear what they are saying?

     And Jesus says to them, Yes. Have you* never* read, ‘You have perfected praise out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies.’ {Ps. 8:2} 21:17 And he left them and went forth outside the city to Bethany and camped there.


     21:18 Now in the morning as he was leading them back to the city, he hungered. 21:19 And seeing a fig tree upon the road, he came upon it and found nothing in it, except leaves only, and he says to it, Let there be no fruit from you any longer, forever. And instantly the fig tree dried up.


    {Mk 11:19-26 & Mt 21:20-22 & Lk 21:37-38 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Tues.}

     21:20 And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How did the fig tree instantly dry up?

     21:21 And Jesus answering, said to them, Assuredly I say to you*, If you* have faith and do not doubt, you* will not only do the miracle of the fig tree, but even if you* say to this mountain, Be lifted up and cast yourself into the sea, it will happen. 21:22 And all things, as many things as you* may ask in prayer, and believing, you* will receive.


     21:23 And when he had come into the temple, the high-priests and the elders of the people came to him, as he was teaching, saying, By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?

     21:24 And Jesus answering, said to them, I will also ask you* one question, which if you* tell me, then I will also tell you* by what authority I am doing these things. 21:25 The immersion* of John, where was it from, heaven or from men?

     And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Then* why did you* not believe him? 21:26 But if we say, From men; we fear the crowd; for* all hold John as a prophet. 21:27 And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know.

     He also said to them, Nor do I tell you* by what authority I am doing these things.

     21:28 But what do you* think? A man had two children, and he came to the first and said, Child, go work today in my vineyard.

    21:29 And answering, he said, I will not; but later he regretted it and went.

    21:30 And he came to the second and said likewise*. And answering, he said, I will go lord and did not go. 21:31 Which one out of the two did the will of his father?

     They say, The first.

     Jesus says to them, Assuredly I say to you* that the tax collectors and the harlots precede you* into the kingdom of God. 21:32 For* John came to you* in the way of righteousness and you* did not believe him; but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him, and when you* saw it, you* did not even regret it later, that you* might believe him.


     21:33 Hear another parable: there was a certain man who was a householder, who planted a vineyard and placed a fence around it and shoveled a winepress in it and built a tower and rented it out to farmers and went abroad. 21:34 And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his bondservants to the farmers, to receive his fruits. 21:35 And then the farmers took his bondservants and whipped one and killed another and stoned another. 21:36 Again, he sent other bondservants more-than the first and they did to them likewise*. 21:37 But later he sent to them his son, saying, They will revere my son. 21:38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir. Come-here. We should kill him and we might hold-onto his inheritance. 21:39 And they took him and cast him forth outside the vineyard and killed him. 21:40 Therefore whenever the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those farmers?

     21:41 They say to him, He will evilly destroy those evil men and will rent the vineyard to other farmers, who will give to him the fruits at their seasons.

     21:42 Jesus says to them, Have you* never* read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected*, this has become the head of the corner; this was from the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes? {Ps. 118:22f} 21:43 Because of this, I say to you*, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you* and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it. 21:44 And he who falls upon this stone will be shattered; but upon whomever it will fall, it will smash him. 21:45 And when the high-priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke about them. 21:46 And seeking to take-hold of him, but they feared the crowds, since they held him as a prophet.


[Matthew 22]


     22:1 And Jesus answering, spoke again to them in parables, saying: 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is similar to a certain king, who made* a marriage feast for his son, 22:3 and sent forth his bondservants to call to those who were invited to the marriage feast and they did not wish to come. 22:4 Again he sent forth other bondservants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I prepared my meal; my oxen and my fattened calves are sacrificed and all things are prepared. Come-here to the marriage feast. 22:5 But they neglecting it, went away, one to his own field, another to his merchandise; 22:6 and the rest took-hold of his bondservants and abused them and killed them. 22:7 And the king having heard it was angry, and he having sent his armies, destroyed those murderers and incinerated their city.

     22:8 Then he says to his bondservants, The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 22:9 Therefore you* go to the thoroughfares of the roads and as many as you* may find, invite to the marriage feast. 22:10 And those bondservants having gone out into the roads, gathered together all things, as many things as they found, both evil and good and the wedding was filled with people reclining at the table.

     22:11 But when the king came in to look at those reclining at the table, he saw a man there not clothed with wedding attire; 22:12 and he says to him, Comrade, how did you come in here not having on your wedding attire? And he was dumbfounded. 22:13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there. 22:14 For* many are called, but few are the chosen.


     22:15 Then the Pharisees went away and took counsel on how they might ensnare him in his words. 22:16 And they send their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth and do not care about anyone’s appearance; for* you do not look to the countenance of men. 22:17 Therefore tell us, What do you think? Is it legal to give tribute to Caesar or not?

     22:18 But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said, Why do you* test me, you* hypocrites? 22:19 Show me the tribute coin. And they brought to him a denarius. 22:20 And he says to them, Whose face is this image and inscription? 22:21 They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Therefore give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. 22:22 And when they heard it, they marveled, and went away, leaving him.


     22:23 In that day the Sadducees came to him, saying that there is no resurrection and they asked him, 22:24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, If anyone dies, having no children, his brother will marry his wife and will raise* up seed to his brother. {Deut. 25:5} 22:25 Now seven brethren were with us and the first having married, but after he was dead*, his wife had no seed left to his brother; 22:26 likewise also the second and the third, to the seventh. 22:27 But after them all, the woman also died. 22:28 Therefore whose wife will she be of the seven in the resurrection? For* they all had her as a wife.

     22:29 But Jesus answering, said to them, You* are being misled, by not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. 22:30 For* in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are betrothed, but are like messengers of God in heaven. 22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you* not read what was spoken to you* by God, saying, 22:32 I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? {Ex. 3:6} God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 22:33 And when the crowds heard it, they were astounded at his teaching.


     22:34 But the Pharisees gathered themselves together, having heard that he had hushed the Sadducees. 22:35 And one out of them, a professor of the law, asked a question, testing him and saying, 22:36 Teacher, what is the greatest commandment in the law?

     22:37 And Jesus said to him, You will love* the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. {Deut. 6:5} 22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 22:39 And the second commandment is similar to it, You will love* your neighbor like yourself. {Lev. 19:18} 22:40 In these two commandments hangs the whole law and the prophets.


     22:41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, 22:42 saying, What do you* think about the Christ? Whose son is he?

     They say to him, David’s.

     22:43 He says to them, Then* how does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, 22:44 The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right, until I should place your enemies under the footstool of your feet? {Ps. 110:1} 22:45 Therefore if David calls him Lord, how is he his son? 22:46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day forth to ask him any more questions.


[Matthew 23]


     23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, 23:2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit upon the seat of Moses. 23:3 Therefore as many things as they may say for you* to observe, do and observe; but do not do them according to their works; for* they say and are not doing. 23:4 For* they bind burdensome and unbearable loads and place them upon men's shoulders; but they are not willing to move them even with their finger. 23:5 And they are doing all their works to be seen by men. And they widen their phylacteries and magnify the hems of their garments, 23:6 and they love the foremost-places in the suppers and the foremost seats in the synagogues, 23:7 and the greeting in the marketplaces and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 23:8 But do not be called Rabbi; for* only one is your* leader, the Christ and you* are all brethren. 23:9 And do not call anyone your* father upon the earth; for* only one is your* Father, who is in the heavens; 23:10 nor be called leaders; for* only one is your* leader– the Christ. 23:11 But the greatest of you* will be your* servant. 23:12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.


     23:13 {F} Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* devour widows' houses, even while you* are praying long prayers for a pretext, because of this you* will receive even-more condemnation.

     23:14 {F} But woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* lock the kingdom of heaven in front of men; for* you* are not entering in yourselves, nor are you* allowing those who are entering in, to enter either.

     23:15 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* go all around the sea and the dry land to make* one Jewish-convert, and whenever he has become one, you* are making* him twice as much the son of hell as you* are yourselves.

     23:16 Woe to you*, you* blind guides, that say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated. 23:17 You* are foolish and blind; for* which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 23:18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift which is upon it, he is obligated. 23:19 You* are foolish and blind; for* which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 23:20 Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things upon it. 23:21 And he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it. 23:22 And he who swears by the heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who is sitting upon it.

     23:23 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* tithe mint and dill and cumin and yet have left behind the weighty things of the law: justice and mercy and faith. You* ought to do these and not to have left behind those other things either. 23:24 You* blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!

     23:25 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate, but they are full from extortion and unrighteousness inside. 23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the cup from within and the plate, that* the outside of them may also become clean.

     23:27 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* are similar to whitewashed burial chambers, which on the outside indeed appear beautiful, but inside are full of dead men's bones and full of all uncleanness. 23:28 So on the outside you* also appear righteous to men, but inside you* are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

     23:29 Woe to you*, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you* build the burial chambers of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the righteous, 23:30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we might not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets. 23:31 So-then you* are testifying to yourselves, that you* are sons of those who murdered the prophets. 23:32 You* then fill up the measure of your* fathers. 23:33 You* serpents, you* offspring of vipers, how may you* escape from the judgment of hell? 23:34 Therefore, behold, I am sending to you* prophets and wise men and scribes and out of them you* will kill and crucify, and some of them you* will scourge in your* synagogues and persecute from city to city, 23:35 so *that upon you* may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous {Gen. 4:8} to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you* murdered between the temple and the altar. {Zech 1:7 (?)} 23:36 Assuredly I say to you*, All these things will come upon this generation.


     23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How many times I willed to have gathered your children together, in the manner a bird gathers her brood under her wings and you* did not will it! 23:38 Behold, your* house is left to you* desolate; 23:39 for* I say to you*, You* may never* see me from now on, until you* should say, He who is coming in the name of the Lord is blessed. {Ps. 118:26}


    {Footnotes: Mt 23:13 & 23:14 are flipped in various translations.}


[Matthew 24]


    {Mt 24:1-28 & Mk 13:1-23 & Lk 21:5-24 Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. It is best to read Luke 21 first. See also: Lk 19:41-44 & Lk 23:28-31.}

     24:1 And Jesus went out from the temple and was going forth, and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 24:2 But Jesus said to them, Do you* not see all these things? Assuredly I say to you*, One stone may not be left here upon another stone, which will not be torn-down.


     24:3 And as he sat upon the Mountain of Olives, the disciples privately came to him, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your presence and of the end of the world?

     24:4 And Jesus answering, said to them, Beware, do not let anyone mislead you*. 24:5 For* many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and may mislead many. 24:6 But you* are about to hear of wars and reports of wars; see that you* are not alarmed; for* all these things must happen; but the end is not yet. 24:7 For* nation will arise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and pestilence and earthquakes in different places. 24:8 But all these things are the beginning of travail. 24:9 Then they will give you* up to affliction and will kill you* and you* will be hated by all the nations because of my name. 24:10 And then many will be offended and will give up one another and will hate one another. 24:11 And many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. 24:12 And because lawlessness will be multiplied, the love* of the many will be cold. 24:13 But he who endures to the end, this one will be saved. 24:14 And this good-news of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world* *for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

     24:15 Therefore whenever you* behold the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him who is reading perceive), {Da 9:27 & 11:31 & 12:11 the destruction of Jerusalem, see Luke 21} 24:16 then let those who are in Judea escape to the mountains; 24:17 let him who is upon the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house, 24:18 and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his garments. 24:19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days! 24:20 And pray that* your* escape might not happen in the winter, nor on a Sabbath. 24:21 For* then will be great affliction, such-as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor may never* happen again. 24:22 And except if those days had not been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, those days will be shortened. 24:23 Then if anyone says to you*, Behold, here is the Christ; or, over here is the Christ. Do not believe it. 24:24 For* false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders; so-then to mislead, if possible, even the chosen. 24:25 Behold, I have spoken to you* beforehand. 24:26 Therefore if they say to you*, Behold, he is in the wilderness; do not go. Behold, he is in the storerooms; do not believe it. 24:27 For* as the lightning comes from the east and is seen even to the west; so also will be the presence of the Son of Man. 24:28 For* wherever the corpse is, the vultures will be gathered together there.


    {Mt 24:29-31 & Mk 13:24-37 & Lk 21:25-28 & 2Th 1:7-9 & 1Cor 15:51-15:58 & Rev 1:7 Second Coming.}

     24:29 But immediately after the affliction of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give her radiance and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; 24:30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven and then all the tribes of the earth will grieve and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 24:31 And he will send forth his messengers with a great voice of a trumpet and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the tip of the heavens to the tip of their four winds.


    {Mt 24:32-35 & Mk 13:28-31 & Lk 21:29-33 Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70}

     24:32 Now from the fig tree learn its parable: whenever its branch has already become tender and its leaves may have sprung forth, you* know that the summer is near; 24:33 so also you*, whenever you* behold all these things, you* know that it is near, even at the doors. 24:34 Assuredly I say to you*, This generation may never* pass away, until all these things should happen. 24:35 The heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words may never* pass away.


    {Mt 24:36-44 & Mk 13:32-37 & Lk 21:34-36 Second Coming}

     24:36 But concerning that day and the hour no one nor the messengers of the heavens knows, except my Father only. 24:37 But like the days of Noah were, so will the presence of the Son of Man also be. 24:38 For* like in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and being betrothed, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 24:39 and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away; so the presence of the Son of Man will also be. 24:40 Then two men will be in the field; the one is taken and the one is left. 24:41 Two women will be grinding in the mill-house; the one is taken and the one is left. 24:42 Therefore watch, because you* do not know in what hour your* Lord is coming. 24:43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief is coming, he would have watched and would have not permitted his house roof to be burrowed through. 24:44 Because of this, you* also become prepared, because in an hour you* do not think, the Son of Man is coming.

     24:45 Who then is the faithful and prudent bond-servant, whom his lord has designated over his bondservants, to give them their nourishment in season? 24:46 That bondservant is fortunate, whom when his lord comes, he will find him doing so. 24:47 Assuredly I say to you* that he will designate him over all his possessions. 24:48 But if that evil bondservant says in his heart, My lord is delaying to come; 24:49 and may begin to beat his fellow bondservants and to eat and drink with the drunken; 24:50 the lord of that bondservant will come in a day when he is not expecting him and in an hour which he does not know, 24:51 and will flog him and place his part with the hypocrites– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.


[Matthew 25]


     25:1 Then the kingdom of heaven will be similar to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 25:2 And five out of them were prudent and five were foolish. 25:3 Those who were foolish, having taken their lamps, took no oil with them; 25:4 but the prudent took oil in their containers with their lamps. 25:5 Now the bridegroom while he was delaying, they all slumbered and slept. 25:6 But in the middle of the night there is an outcry, Behold, the bridegroom is coming! Go forth to meet him. 25:7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 25:8 And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us some oil from your* oil, because our lamps are quenched. 25:9 But the prudent answered, saying, No, lest it might not be enough for us and you* too; but rather go to those who sell and buy for yourselves. 25:10 And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared went in with him to the marriage feast and the door was locked. 25:11 Later the rest of the virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 25:12 But answering, he said, Assuredly I say to you*, I do not know you*. 25:13 Therefore watch, because you* do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.


     25:14 For* it is like a man, going abroad, who called his own bondservants and gave to them his possessions. 25:15 And to one he gave five silver {F} talants, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability, and immediately went abroad. 25:16 Immediately he who received the five talants went and took them and worked with them and made* another five talants. 25:17 Likewise* he who also received the two also gained another two. 25:18 But he who received the one, having gone away, shoveled in the earth and hid his lord's silver. 25:19 Now after a long time the lord of those bondservants comes back and settles the account with them. 25:20 And he who received the five talants came and brought the other five talants, saying, Lord, You gave to me five talants. Behold, I have gained in addition to them another five talants.

     25:21 But his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful bondservant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will designate you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.

     25:22 And he who also received the two talants came and said, Lord, You gave to me two talants. Behold, I have gained in addition to them another two talants.

     25:23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful bondservant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will designate you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.

     25:24 And he who also had received the one talant came and said, Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter; 25:25 and I was afraid and went away and hid your talant in the earth. Behold, you have your own.

     25:26 But his lord answering, said to him, You evil and lazy bondservant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter? 25:27 Therefore, you ought to have put my silver with the bankers and at my coming I might get back my own with interest. 25:28 Therefore you* take away the talant from him and give it to him who has the ten talants. 25:29 For* to everyone who has will be given more and he will abound; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 25:30 And cast out the useless bondservant into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.

     25:31 But whenever the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the holy messengers with him. Then he will sit upon the throne of his glory; 25:32 and in front of him will be gathered all the nations and he will separate* them one from another, like the shepherd separates* the sheep from the goats; 25:33 and he will stand the sheep at his right, but the goats at the left. 25:34 Then the King will say to those at his right, You* come-here, the blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you* from the conception of the world: 25:35 for* I was hungry and you* gave me food to eat; I was thirsty and you* gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you* brought me in; 25:36 I was naked and you* dressed me; I was sick and you* visited me; I was in prison and you* came to me.

     25:37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and nourish you? Or thirsty and gave you a drink? 25:38 And when did we see you as a stranger and bring you in? Or naked and dressed you? 25:39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and came to you?

     25:40 And answering, the King will say to them, Assuredly I say to you*, Inasmuch as you* did it to one of these, my brethren, even the least, you* did it to me. 25:41 Then he will also say to them at the left, Go away from me, you* the cursed into the eternal fire which is prepared for the Slanderer and his messengers: 25:42 for* I was hungry and you* did not give me anything to eat; I was thirsty and you* gave me nothing to drink; 25:43 I was a stranger and you* did not bring me in; naked and you* did not dress me; sick and in prison and you* did not visit me.

     25:44 Then they will also answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or as a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not serve you?

     25:45 Then he will answer them, saying, Assuredly I say to you*, Inasmuch as you* did it not to one of these, the least, neither did you* do it to me. 25:46 And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life.


    {Footnotes: Mt 25:15- A talant is about 58-80 pounds of silver. Equal to about a million dollars in US money today.}


[Matthew 26]


    {Mk 14:1-2 & Mt 26:1-5 & Lk 22:1-2 mountain Olives, Bethany, Jerusalem, Tues. Evening, Wed. for the Jews}

     26:1 And it happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, 26:2 You* know that after two days the Passover happens and the Son of Man is given up, *that* he might be crucified.

     26:3 Then the high-priests and the scribes and the elders of the people were gathered together to the courtyard of the high-priest, who was called Caiaphas; 26:4 and they counseled together that* they might take-hold of Jesus with treachery and might kill him. 26:5 But they said, Not at the feast, in order that an uproar by the people might not happen.

    {Mk 14:3-9 & Mt 26:6-13}

     26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 26:7 a woman came to him, having an alabaster flask of precious perfume and she poured it upon his head, as he reclined at the table. 26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 26:9 For* this perfume might have been sold for much and given to the poor.

     26:10 But Jesus knowing it said to them, Why do you* harass the woman? For* she has worked a good work *for me. 26:11 For* you* always have the poor with you*; but you* do not always have me. 26:12 For* in that she put this perfume upon my body, she did it for my burial. 26:13 Assuredly I say to you*, Wherever this good-news is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of *for a memorial of her.


    {Mk 14:10-11 & Mt 26:14-16 & Lk 22:3-6 & Jn 12:2-8}

     26:14 Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the high-priests, 26:15 and said, What are you* willing to give me and I will give him to you*? And they weigh out thirty pieces of silver for him. 26:16 And he sought an opportunity from then onward that* he might give him to them.


    {Mk 14:12-17 & Mt 26:17-20 & Lk 22:7-18, 24-30 Bethany to Jerusalem Thurs. Evening}

     26:17 Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where do you wish that we prepare for you to eat the Passover?

     26:18 And he said, Go into the city to a certain-person and say to him, The Teacher says, My time is near. I will make* the Passover with you at your house with my disciples. 26:19 And the disciples did like Jesus commanded them, and they made* ready the Passover.


     26:20 Now when it became evening, he was reclining at the table with the twelve.

    {Mk 14:18-21, 27-31 & Mt 26:21-25, 31-35 & Lk 22:21-23, 31-38 & Jn 13:21-38}

     26:21 and as they were eating, he said, Assuredly I say to you* that one out of you will give me up.

     26:22 And they were extremely sorrowful and each one of them began to say to him, It is not me Lord, is it?

     26:23 And answering, he said, He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, this one will give me up to the Jews. 26:24 The Son of Man is going, just-as it has been written concerning him; but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is given up! It would be good for him if that man had not been born. {Ps 22:1-31?}

     26:25 And Judas, (who is giving him up to the Jews), answering, said, It is not me Rabbi, is it?

     He says to him, You have said so.


    {Mk 14:22-25 & Mt 26:26-29 & Lk 22:19-20, 1Cor: 11:23-26}

     26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took the bread and having given-thanks and broke it, gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 26:27 And having taken the cup and given-thanks, he gave it to them, saying, All out of you* drink from it; 26:28 for* this is my blood of the {F} new covenant*, which is poured out on behalf of many *for the forgiveness of sins. 26:29 But I say to you*, I may never* drink from this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day whenever I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.


    {Mk 14:26, 32-42 & Mt 26:30, 36-46 & Lk 22:39-46 & Jn 18:1 Garden between Stream of Kidron and Mountain of Olives, Late Thurs. night}

     26:30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mountain of Olives.


     26:31 Then Jesus says to them, All you* will be offended in me this night; for* it has been written, I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. {Zech. 13:7} 26:32 But after I arise, I will precede you* into Galilee.

     26:33 But Peter answering, said to him, If all will be offended in you, I will never* be offended.

     26:34 Jesus said to him, Assuredly I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.

     26:35 Peter says to him, Even if I must die with you, I may never* deny you. All the disciples also said likewise.


     26:36 Then Jesus comes with them to a parcel of ground called Gethsemane and says to his disciples, Sit over there, until I go over there and might pray. 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and disheartened. 26:38 Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. You* remain here and watch with me.

     26:39 And he went forward a little and fell upon his face and prayed, saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; however, not as I will, but as you will.

     26:40 And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping and says to Peter, What, were you* not strong-enough to watch with me one hour? 26:41 Watch and pray, that* you* may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed eager, but the flesh is weak.

     26:42 Having gone away again a second time , he prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup is not able to pass from me, if I do not drink it– your will be done.

     26:43 And he came again and finds them sleeping, for* their eyes were heavy. 26:44 And he left them again and went away and prayed a third time, saying again the same words.

     26:45 Then he comes to his disciples and says to them, Henceforth sleep on and rest yourselves. Behold, the hour has drawn near and the Son of Man is given up into the hands of sinners. 26:46 Arise, we should be going. Behold, he who is giving me up to the Jews, has drawn near.


     26:47 And while he still spoke, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high-priest and elders of the people. 26:48 Now he who is giving him up, gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I kiss; that is him; take-hold of him. 26:49 And immediately he came to Jesus and said, Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him.

     26:50 And Jesus said to him, Comrade, *for what purpose are you here? Then they came and put hands upon Jesus and took-hold of him. 26:51 And behold, one of those who was with Jesus stretched out his hand and pulled his sword and struck the bondservant of the high-priest and took off his ear.

     26:52 Then Jesus says to him, Return your sword into its place; for* all those who take the sword will perish with the sword. 26:53 Or do you think that I am not able now to plead with my Father and he will not stand beside me with more than twelve legions of messengers? 26:54 Then* how might the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must happen as thus?

     26:55 Jesus said to the crowds in that hour, Why have you* come out with swords and clubs, like against a robber, to take me? I sat daily with you* in the temple teaching and you* did not take-hold of me. 26:56 But all this has happened, in order that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled.


     26:57 And those who had taken-hold of Jesus, led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high-priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

     26:58 But Peter followed him from afar to the courtyard of the high-priest and entered inside and sat with the attendants, to see the end.

    {Mk 14:55-65 & Mt 26:59-68 & Lk 22:63-65}

     26:59 Now the high-priests and the elders and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, how they might put him to death; 26:60 and they did not find any, even though many false witnesses came. Still they did not find any. 26:61 But later two false witnesses came, and said, This man said, I am able to tear-down the temple of God and to build it back in three days.

     26:62 And the high-priest having stood up, said to him, Are you answering nothing? What do these witnesses testify against you? 26:63 But Jesus was silent. And the high-priest answering, said to him, I implore you by the living God, that* you should tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God?

     26:64 Jesus said to him, You have said so; but I say to you*, From now on you* will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming upon the clouds of heaven.

     26:65 Then the high-priest ripped his garments, saying, He has blasphemed. Why do we still have need of witnesses? Behold, now you* have heard his blasphemy. 26:66 What are you* thinking?

     They answered and said, He is liable for death. 26:67 Then they spat at his face and battered him and some slapped him, 26:68 saying, Prophesy to us, you Christ. Who is he who struck you?


    {Mk 14:66-72 & Mt 26:69-75 & Lk 22:54-62 & Jn 18:25-27}

     26:69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard and a maidservant came to him, saying, You were also with Jesus the Galilean.

     26:70 But he denied it in front of them all, saying, I do not know what you are saying.

     26:71 And when he had gone out into the gate area, another one saw him and says to those who were there, This man was also with Jesus the Nazarene.

     26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

     26:73 And after a little while those who stood by, came and said to Peter, You truly also are one out of them; for* even your speech makes* it evident.

     26:74 Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately the rooster crowed. 26:75 And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. And he went outside and wept bitterly.


    {Footnotes: Mt 26:28 See Appendix under Covenant.}


[Matthew 27]


    {Mk 15:1 & Mt 27:1-2 Lk 22:66-23:1 & Jn 18:28 Jerusalem early Friday morning}

     27:1 Now when it became morning, all the high-priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so-that they might put him to death; 27:2 and they bound him and led him away and gave him to Pontius Pilate the governor.


    {Mt 27:3-10 & Acts 1:18-19 Friday morning and toward the future}

     27:3 Then Judas, (the one giving him up), when he saw that he was condemned, regretted and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the high-priests and the elders, 27:4 saying, I have sinned, giving up innocent blood.

     But they said, What is that to us? You will see to it. 27:5 And tossing the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed. And having gone away, he hanged himself.

     27:6 And the high-priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not legal to put them into the depository, since it is the price of blood. 27:7 And they took counsel and bought from them the potter's field, *for the burial of strangers. 27:8 Hence that field was called, The Field of Blood, to this day. 27:9 Then what was spoken through the prophet was fulfilled, saying, ‘And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who was priced, whom some of the sons of Israel did price; 27:10 and they gave them *for the potter's field, just-as the Lord commanded me.’ {Jer. 32:6-9}


    {Mk 15:2-5 & Mt 27:11-14 & Lk 23:2-5 & Jn 18:28-38 Jerusalem early Friday morning}

     27:11 Now Jesus stood in front of the governor and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews?

     And Jesus said to him, You speak it correctly. 27:12 And when he was accused by the high-priests and the elders, he answered nothing.

     27:13 Then Pilate says to him, Do you not hear how many things they are testifying against you? 27:14 And he did not answer him, not even one word; so-that the governor marveled exceedingly.

    {Mk 15:6-19 & Mt 27:15-30 & Jn 18:39-19:16 Friday, April 7, 30AD}

     27:15 Now at the feast, the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they willed. 27:16 And they had a notable prisoner then called Barabbas. 27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you* wish that I may release to you*? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ? 27:18 For* he knew that they had given him up because of envy.

     27:19 And while he was sitting upon the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that righteous man; for* I have suffered many things today in a dream because of him.

     27:20 Now the high-priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that* they should ask for Barabbas and might destroy Jesus. 27:21 But the governor answering, said to them, Which of the two do you* will that I may release to you*?

     And they said, Barabbas!

     27:22 Pilate says to them, Then* what should I do to Jesus who is called Christ?

     They all say to him, Let him be crucified!

     27:23 And the governor said, For* what evil has he done?

     But they cried out even-more, saying, Let him be crucified!

     27:24 Pilate seeing he profited nothing, but rather that an uproar is happening, took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; you* see to it.

     27:25 And all the people answering, said, His blood be upon us and upon our children.

     27:26 Then he released to them Barabbas; but he scourged Jesus and gave him up in order that he should be crucified.


     27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace and gathered the whole cohort to him. 27:28 And they stripped him and placed a scarlet cloak around him. 27:29 And they braided a crown from thorns and placed it upon his head and a reed upon his right hand, and they knelt down in front of him and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 27:30 And having spit at him, they took the reed and beat him in the head.

    {Mk 15:20-23 & Mt 27:31-34 & Lk 23:26-33 & Jn 19:17 Road to the Cross, Friday morning}

     27:31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped the cloak off him and clothed him with his own garments and led him away, *that* they may crucify him.


     27:32 And as they came out, they found a man from Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled him to go with them, that* he might lift up his cross.


     27:33 And they came to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull, 27:34 they gave him vinegar mingled with gall to drink and when he had tasted it, he did not wish to drink it.

    {Mk 15:24-32 & Mt 27:35-44 & Lk 23:33-43 & Jn 19:18-27 9:00 until Noon, Friday}

    27:35 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them, casting a lot; {F} in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, ‘They divided my garments among them and they cast a lot for my garment.’ {Ps. 22. 18} 27:36 And sitting down, they guarded him there. 27:37 And they placed above his head an accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27:38 Then two robbers are crucified with him, one at the right and one at the left. 27:39 And those who traveled by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, 27:40 and saying, You who said he will tear-down the temple and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

     27:41 And likewise also the high-priests with the scribes and elders were mocking him, and said, 27:42 He saved others; but yet he is not able to save himself. If he is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross and we will believe in him. 27:43 He has confidence God. Let him rescue him now, if he is willing to save him; for* he said, I am the Son of God. 27:44 And the robbers who were also crucified together with him reproached him with the same thing.


    {Mk 15:34 & Mt 27:45 & Lk 23:44 about Noon.}

     27:45 Now there was darkness upon all the earth from the sixth hour until the ninth hour.


    {Mk 15:34-41 & Mt 27:46-56 & Lk 23:45-49 & Jn 19:28-30 about 5:00 PM}

     27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ {Ps. 22:1}

     27:47 And some of them were standing there, when they heard it, said, This man is summoning Elijah. 27:48 And immediately one out of them ran, taking a sponge and filled it with vinegar and placed it around a reed and gave it to him to drink.

     27:49 And the rest said, Allow it, that we may see if Elijah comes to save him.

     27:50 And Jesus having cried again with a loud voice, his spirit leaves. 27:51 And behold, the curtain of the temple was split-apart into two pieces, from the top to the bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks were split-apart; 27:52 and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy-ones who had fallen-asleep arose. 27:53 And coming forth out of the tombs after his awakening they entered into the holy city and appeared to many. 27:54 Now the centurion and those who were with him, guarding Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that happened, were extremely afraid, saying, This truly was the Son of God. 27:55 And many women were there viewing from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him: 27:56 among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.


    {Mk 15:42-47 & Mt 27:57-66 & Lk 23:50-56 & Jn 19:31-42 Before The Sabbath.}

     27:57 And when it became evening, a rich man came from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also made himself a disciple to Jesus. 27:58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. 27:59 And Joseph took the body and entwined it in a clean linen cloth, 27:60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock and he rolled a great stone against the door of the tomb and went away. 27:61 And Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting before the burial chamber.


     27:62 Now on the next-day, which is the day after the Preparation, the high-priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate, 27:63 saying, Lord, we remember what that misleader said, while still living, I will arise after three days. 27:64 Therefore command that the burial chamber be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples coming by night, might steal him away and might say to the people, He has arisen from the dead and the last deceit will be worse than the first.

     27:65 Pilate said to them, You* have a sentry. Go, make it as secure as you* know how. 27:66 So they went and the burial chamber was made secure, sealing the stone, the sentry being with them.


    {Footnote: 27:35b- This section of wording is not found in the majority of manuscripts. It is an early attempt to harmonize Jesus’ crucifixion accounts. See Jn 19:24.}


[Matthew 28]


    {Mk 16:1-8 & Mt 28:1-8 & Lk 24:1-8, 12 & Jn 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sunday}

     28:1 Now after the Sabbath day, as it was dawning toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came and the other Mary to view the burial chamber. 28:2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for* a messenger of the Lord, having come down from heaven, came and rolled away the stone from the door and was sitting upon it. 28:3 His form was like lightning and his clothing was white like snow; 28:4 and those who are guarding the door, shook out of fear of him and became like dead men.

     28:5 And the messenger answering, said to the women, Do not fear; for* I know that you* are seeking Jesus, who has been crucified. 28:6 He is not here; for* he has arose, just-as he said. Come-here, see the place where the Lord lay. 28:7 And go quickly and tell his disciples, He has arose from the dead, and behold, he precedes you* into Galilee; you* will see him there. Behold, I have said this to you*.

     28:8 And having gone out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to report to his disciples.

    {Mk 16:9-11 & Mt 28:9-10 & Lk 24:9-11 & Jn 20:11-18}

    28:9 But as they were going to also report it to his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, Hail! And they came and took-hold of his feet and worshiped him. 28:10 Then Jesus says to them, Do not fear. Go; report to my brethren in order that they might go into Galilee and they will see me there.


    {Mt 28:11-15 Sunday Morning}

     28:11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the sentries came into the city and reported to the high-priests all the things that had happened. 28:12 And when they were gathered together with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a considerable amount of silver to the soldiers, 28:13 saying, You* say, When we fell-asleep, his disciples came by night and stole him away. 28:14 And if this is heard by the governor, we will persuade him and will make* you* carefree. 28:15 So they took the silver and did like they were taught and this saying was broadcasted among the Jews and is continuing till this day.


    {Mt 28:16-17 & 1Cor: 15:6 Mountain in Galilee}

     28:16 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had commanded them. 28:17 And seeing him, they worshiped him; but some were skeptical.



    {Mk 16:15-18 & Mt 28:18-20 & Lk 24:46-47 Mountain in Galilee; The Great Commission.}

     28:18 And Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to me in heaven and upon earth.

     28:19 As you* are going, make disciples of all the nations, immersing* them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 28:20 teaching them to observe all things, as many things as I have commanded you* and behold, I am with you* all the days until the end of the world.


     Amen.




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