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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Abbreviations Used in the ISV ........................................................................................ ii
Book Abbreviations Used in the ISV ............................................................................. ii
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................iii
The Manifestation of the Good News
Matthew: The Messiah for the Jewish People–What did the Messiah say? .................... 1
Mark: The Messiah for the Romans–What did the Messiah do? .................................... 61
Luke: The Messiah for the Gentiles–Who followed the Messiah? .................................. 99
John: The Messiah for the Believers–Who is the Messiah? ........................................... 162
The Proclamation of the Good News
Acts: Preaching the Messiah ............................................................................................ 207
The Explanation of the Good News
Romans: The Gospel of the Messiah .............................................................................. 263
First Corinthians: Holy Living in the Messiah ............................................................ 288
Second Corinthians: The Ministry in the Messiah ..................................................... 311
Galatians: Our Freedom in the Messiah ........................................................................ 325
Ephesians: The Blessings in the Messiah ...................................................................... 334
Philippians: The Humility of the Messiah .................................................................... 343
Colossians: The Preeminence of the Messiah ................................................................ 349
First Thessalonians: Suffering for the Messiah ............................................................ 355
Second Thessalonians: The Return of the Messiah .................................................... 360
First Timothy: A Teacher for the Messiah ..................................................................... 363
Second Timothy: True Teaching of the Messiah.......................................................... 370
Titus: Young Churches in the Messiah .......................................................................... 375
Philemon: Equality in the Messiah ................................................................................ 378
The Application of the Good News
Hebrews: The Superiority of the Messiah ..................................................................... 380
James: The Works of the Messiah ................................................................................... 398
First Peter: Courage for the Messiah .............................................................................. 404
Second Peter: The Revelation of the Messiah ............................................................... 411
First John: Our Assurance in the Messiah .................................................................... 415
Second John: The Doctrine of the Messiah ................................................................... 421
Third John: The Hospitality of the Messiah .................................................................. 422
Jude: The Defense of the Messiah ................................................................................... 423
The Consumation of the Good News
Revelation: The Victory of the Messiah ......................................................................... 425
The Psalms and Proverbs
Psalms ............................................................................................................................... 455
Proverbs ........................................................................................................................... 597
Appendix ............................................................................................................................ 649
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International Standard Version Abbreviations Used in the ISV
Abbreviations Used in the ISV

1QIsa DSS Great Isaiah Scroll ms., mss. manuscript(s)
4QIsa DSS Isaiah Scroll MT Masoretic Text of the Heb. OT
4QCatena DSS ms from Cave 4 NT New Testament
4Q98 DSS Psalms from Cave 4 OT Old Testament
4QpPs DSS commentary on Psalms Or An alternate rendering
5/6HevPs DSS Psalms from Nahal Hever p., pp. page(s)
5QPs DSS Psalms from Cave 5 pl. plural
11QPs DSS Psalms from Cave 11 nQ Qumran (n=Cave number)
ABBREVIATIONS
Aram. Aramaic language Se4 DSS Psalms from Cave Seiyal

BC Before Christ sing. singular
c. circa, about SP Samaritan Pentateuch ms.
cf. confer, compare Syr Syriac, Christian era Aram. mss.
ch., chs. chapter(s) written in a distinctive variation
DSS Dead Sea Scrolls (usu. Qumran) of the Aram. alphabet
e.g. exemplia gratia, for example Targ Targumim, ancient Aram. mss.
ff. following (verses, pages) paraphrases of and commentaries
Gk. Greek language of the NT on the OT
nHev Nahal Hever cave (n=number) Tan Tanakh: the Heb. OT
Heb. Hebrew language of the MT usu. usually
I.e. Id est., that is v., vs. verse(s)
Lit. Literally Vg Vulgate
LXX Septuagint, Gk. version of OT XHev unknown Nahal Hever cave
Book Abbreviations Used in the ISV

Genesis...................... Gen Isaiah ............................ Isa Romans .................... Rom
Exodus ..................... Exod Jeremiah....................... Jer 1 Corinthians .......... 1Cor
Leviticus .................... Lev Lamentations ........... Lam 2 Corinthians .......... 2Cor
Numbers..................Num Ezekiel ...................... Ezek Galatians .................... Gal
Deuteronomy ......... Deut Daniel ........................ Dan Ephesians .................. Eph
Joshua ....................... Josh Hosea..........................Hos Philippians ............... Phil
Judges ...................... Judg Joel .............................. Joel Colossians .................. Col
Ruth .......................... Ruth Amos....................... Amos 1 Thessalonians .... 1Thes
1 Samuel ................. 1Sam Obadiah ..................Obad 2 Thessalonians .... 2Thes
2 Samuel ................. 2Sam Jonah ...................... Jonah 1 Timothy ............... 1Tim
1 Kings ................... 1King Micah .......................... Mic 2 Timothy ............... 2Tim
2 Kings ................... 2King Nahum ...................... Nah Titus ..........................Titus
1 Chronicles ............ 1Chr Habakkuk ................. Hab Philemon................. Phlm
2 Chronicles ............ 2Chr Zephaniah .............. Zeph Hebrews .................... Heb
Ezra............................ Ezra Haggai ....................... Hag James ...................... James
Nehemiah ................ Neh Zechariah................. Zech 1 Peter........................ 1Pet
Esther ........................ Esth Malachi ...................... Mal 2 Peter........................ 2Pet
Job ................................ Job Matthew .................. Matt 1 John ..................... 1John
Psalms ........................... Ps Mark ........................ Mark 2 John ..................... 2John
Proverbs....................Prov Luke ..........................Luke 3 John ..................... 3John
Ecclesiastes ................ Eccl John .......................... John Jude ........................... Jude
Song of Solomon ... Song Acts ............................ Acts Revelation .................. Rev
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Introduction
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The Uniqueness of the ISV
With so many English language Bible translations available today, the
reader is faced with an important question: “What distinguishes the ISV from
other Bible translations?” The ISV offers six features that distinguish it from
other recent English language translations:
1. The ISV is a New Translation, Not a Revision
The ISV is a totally new work translated directly from the original languages
of Scripture and derived from no other English translation. It was produced by
Bible scholars who believe that “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (2
Timothy 3:16 ISV). The ISV takes advantage not only of the most ancient
manuscripts available, but also of the most recent archaeological discoveries. The
translators of the ISV have selected the English equivalent that most closely
reflects the meaning of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts.
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2. The ISV is a Computer-Friendly Translation

When the ISV project began in October 1994 (actual translation began in the
spring of 1996), the ISV became the first English language Bible translation
conceived, designed, translated, and formatted primarily for a computer-literate
generation. It has been produced entirely by computer and is the first Bible
translation ever published with version numbers after the manner of fine
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and build of the ISV text may be downloaded free from http://isv.org, the ISV
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3. The ISV is Sensitive to Poetic Forms in the Original Text
The ISV treats subtle nuances of the original texts with special care. For
example, several passages of the Bible appear to have been rendered in poetic
form when first penned by their authors. The ISV has meticulously crafted these
original passages as true poems—thus communicating a sense of their original
literary form as well as translating the original intent of the author. As a result,
passages that would have been read as poetry by first century readers actually
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appear in poetic form in the ISV. For example, see Christ’s complaint to the
Pharisees recorded in Luke 7:32 (page 117), the Christ Hymn of Philippians 2:6-
11 (page 345), the Apostle Paul’s description of love in 1 Corinthians 13 (page
303), the Common Confession of 1 Timothy 3:16 (page 365), Paul’s Hymn to
Christ in Titus 3:4-7 (page 377), Paul’s witty quote of the ancient Greek poet
Epimenides in Titus 1:12 (page 375), and the “trustworthy sayings” of Paul in 1
Timothy 1:15 (page 364), 1 Timothy 3:1 (page 365), 1 Timothy 4:8 (page 366), and
2 Timothy 2:11 (page 371).
4. The ISV is Sensitive to Literary Forms in the Original Text
The ISV treats synoptic parallels with special sensitivity. For example,
historical narratives in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke were carefully
examined in the original Greek text in order to compare each occurrence in the
text where the narratives appeared to describe similar instances. Unlike all other
English language translations available today, the ISV translates each separate
synoptic instance with exact translational parity in each textual occurrence. In
those parallel passages where the Greek text occurs with word-for-word
synoptic identity, readers will discover that the ISV translates these passages into
word-for-word English equivalents. In those parallel passages where the Greek
text in the parallel passages approaches, but does not reach, a word-for-word
identity, the ISV has adjusted the English language translation to reflect the
similar, but not exact, nature of the parallel passages. Similar attention to detail
has been adhered to in the synoptic pre-exilic Old Testament history books of
Chronicles, Kings, and Samuel.
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The reader will notice—particularly in the Bible’s historical narratives, in the

four Gospels, and in the Book of Acts—that the ISV usually shifts its style of
English composition in order to utilize contractions when translating quoted
words of a speaker, even though the ISV generally avoids the use of contractions
when rendering historical narratives or written correspondence. It was intended
that a sense of the informal be communicated when people are speaking and
that a sense of the formal be communicated when people are writing.
5. The ISV is Sensitive to Conservative, Modern Textual Scholarship
The ISV includes the latest scholarly analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls and is
the first modern English language translation to contain an exhaustive treatment
of catalogued Dead Sea Scrolls materials produced courtesy of Dr. Peter Flint and
Dr. Eugene Ulrich, two authorities on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Every major variant
from the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Scriptures contained in the Dead Sea
Scrolls and the Septuagint was carefully examined and catalogued for the ISV by
a special team of scholars under the direction of Dr. Peter Flint. All significant
departures from traditional understandings of various Old Testament readings
were carefully analyzed and are presented for the reader’s consideration in
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footnotes. The present release of the ISV contains these analyses only for the
Psalms and Proverbs. A future version release of the ISV will contain an analysis
for the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures. The ISV’s book of Isaiah was translated by
Dr. Peter W. Flint directly from the text of the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa), which
was found among the Qumran Cave 1 collection of Dead Sea Scrolls
manuscripts.
6. The ISV is a Literal-Idiomatic Translation
The translation theory behind the ISV differs from theories employed in
previous Bible translations. Traditionally, two basic methods of Bible translation
have been used. The older method (and for many centuries practically the only
method used) has been labeled “literal” or “formal equivalent.” This type of
translation allows readers to identify as fully as possible with the source
languages of Scripture and to understand as much as they can of the Bible’s
customs, manners of thought, and means of expression.
The other method is termed “idiomatic” or “functional equivalent.” The goal
of an idiomatic translation is to achieve the closest natural equivalent in modern
language to match the ideas of the original text. Idiomatic translations have little
or no concern for maintaining the grammatical forms, sentence structure, and
consistency of word usage of the source languages.
All major translations of the Bible fall somewhere on a scale between
complete formal equivalence and complete functional equivalence. It is clear that
each of these methods of Bible translation has its limitations. Competent Bible
translators have always recognized that a strictly literal translation of the words
of Scripture can be misleading. For example, “the wicked will not stand in the
judgment” might be interpreted as proving that evil people actually would not
be judged. Hence literalness is not always equivalent to accuracy.
On the other hand, the limitations of idiomatic translations are also obvious.
Such translations frequently tend to cast the words of Scripture into new molds
that convey the ideas in a significantly different spirit or emphasis. Idiomatic
translations have, in a sense, a commentary built into them; they represent a
choice made by the translators as to what the translators think a passage means.
For that reason, an idiomatic translation is easier to read but less reliable for
careful study.
A good translation will steer a careful course between word-for-word
translation and interpretation under the guise of translating. In other words, a
good translation will be both reliable and readable. The best translation, then, is
one that is both accurate and idiomatic at the same time. It will make every
effort to reproduce the culture and exact meaning of the text without sacrificing
readability. The ISV Foundation calls this type of translation “literal-idiomatic.”
Of these three basic types of translation—literal, literal-idiomatic, and
idiomatic—the translators of the ISV have, without hesitation, opted for the
second. This is not because it happens to be the middle option, simply avoiding
extremes, but because the literal-idiomatic translation is the only choice that
avoids the dangers of over-literalness and of over-interpretation discussed
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above. Teaching biblical truth demands extreme fidelity to the original text of
Scripture. However, a translation of the Bible need not sacrifice English clarity in
order to maintain a close correspondence to the source languages. The goal of
the ISV, therefore, has been both accuracy and excellence in communication.
Principles of Translation Used in the ISV

The following principles of translation were followed in producing the ISV.
1. For the Tanakh, or Old Testament, the Masoretic text as published in the
latest editions of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and Quinta is used as the base
text, in consultation with other ancient Hebrew texts such as the Dead Sea
Scrolls, the Samaritan Pentateuch, and a select number of ancient versions
(the Septuagint, the Vulgate, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Targums). All
significant departures from the base text, as well as all significant textual
variants, are indicated in footnotes. With respect to the book of Isaiah,
Qumran Cave 1's Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa) was used, along with certain
other Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts, as the base text for translation, with the
MT secondarily consulted for variants to 1QIsa.
2. For the New Testament, the main text of the 27th edition of the Nestle-Aland
Novum Testamentum Graece and the main text of the 4th Revised Edition of
the United Bible Societies’ Greek New Testament is used for the base text. The
ISV New Testament does not rely solely on one family of manuscripts, such
as the Textus Receptus redaction (commonly known as the Received Text),
or the Westcott-Hort redaction. Instead, a wide choice of manuscript
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traditions was consulted. All significant departures from the base text, as
well as all significant textual variants, are indicated in footnotes.
3. The ISV uses literary English, avoiding idioms that come and go, and is as
traditional as necessary. Terms such as “justification,” “redemption,”
“atonement,” and the Johannine “abide in” formulae have been retained.
Where the Committee on Translation determines that a word-for-word
translation is unacceptable, a change can be made in the direction of a more
current language idiom. In these instances, the more literal rendering is
indicated in a footnote.
4. In the ISV New Testament, the word Christos (itself a Greek language
translation of the Hebrew word moshiach) is translated as “Messiah”. For
example, the ISV renders the name and title traditionally rendered as Jesus
Christ as Jesus the Messiah in order to emphasize the unique claim made by
the New Testament writers that the things about which they wrote
pertained to Jesus as the claimed fulfillment of the hope of Israel’s Messiah.
The alternate rendering “Christ” appears in footnotes. The rarely utilized NT
Greek transliteration messias of the Hebrew language moshiach is rendered in
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the ISV NT as “Anointed One”.
5. When the text can be understood in different ways, an attempt is made
either to provide a rendering in which the same ambiguity appears in
English, or to decide the more likely sense and translate accordingly. In the
latter case, a footnote indicates the alternative understanding of the text. In
general, the ISV attempts to preserve the relative ambiguity of the text rather
than to make positive statements that depend on the translators’ judgment
or that might reflect theological bias.
6. Whenever possible, a short sentence is translated by a short sentence.
However, a very long sentence may be translated in two or more sentences,
provided the original intent of the text is accurately reflected.
7. Regarding the Greek tenses, the ISV is guided by observing the grammatical
nuances of the Greek in conjunction with the language rules of
contemporary English. The policy of distinguishing the Greek imperfect
tense from the aorist indicative is followed when the distinction is
grammatically significant and stylistically acceptable. For example, in
addition to the progressive imperfect (e.g., “he was proclaiming”), other
possible renderings of the imperfect tense include the inceptive imperfect
(“he began to proclaim”), the iterative imperfect (“he used to proclaim”), and
the customary imperfect (“he would proclaim”). Where the context indicates
that no distinction is being made between the imperfect and the aorist, the
aoristic imperfect (“he proclaimed”) is used.
8. Special attention is given to the translation of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek
conjunctions. They are rendered in ways that best fit the immediate context
or omitted in translation without a footnote when deemed pleonastic.
9. In the Old Testament, the traditional “LORD” is used for Yahweh. Where the
Hebrew Adonai Yahweh occurs, the rendering “Lord GOD” is used. Yahweh
Elohim is rendered as LORD God. Most titles of God are translated in the text,
with the original title placed in a footnote.
10. A noun may be substituted for a pronoun when it is needed for clarity. In
these cases, the literal rendering is placed in a footnote.
11. Characteristic features of the original languages, such as order of words and
the structure of phrases and clauses, are to be reproduced in translation
wherever possible without sacrificing English style.
12. The use of inclusive language is limited to where the meaning of the original
text is inclusive of both sexes, and then only without compromising
scholarly integrity or good English style. Specifically:
a. The generic use of “he,” “him,” “his,” “himself,” etc. may be used to
translate generic third person masculine singular pronouns in Hebrew,
Aramaic, and Greek. Person and number are retained: Generally,
singulars are not changed to plurals, and third person statements are not
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changed to second person or first person statements.

b. Substantival participles such as ho pisteuon may be rendered inclusively:
“the one who believes,” “the person who believes,” etc.
c. “Man,” “mankind,” “humankind,” “humanity,” “people,” “human
beings,” etc. may be used to designate the human race or human beings
in general.
d. Hebrew zaqar and Greek aner are usually translated “man” or “men.”
The Hebrew ‘am, usually translated “people”, is occasionally rendered
“army” when utilized in a military context. Hebrew tribal names usually
are referred to with the introductory phrase “the tribe of,” even if the
base text does not utilize this phrase, with the additional words noted in
an explanatory footnote.
e. The Greek plural noun anthropoi may be translated “people” or
“persons” instead of “men.” The singular anthropos may be translated
“person” or “man” when it refers to a male human being.
f. The Greek indefinite pronoun tis may be rendered “anyone,”
“someone,” “a person,” “a man,” etc.
g. Pronouns such as the Greek oudeis may be rendered “no one,” “no
person,” etc.
h. When used substantivally, the Hebrew kol and the Greek pas may be
rendered “everyone,” “every man,” or (in the plural) “all people.”
i. “Son of Man” as a traditional reference to Messiah is retained.
j. Masculine references to God are retained.
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k. The Greek plural noun adelphoi is normally rendered “brothers” but may
be changed to such expressions as “fellow believers” or “dear friends” in
appropriate contexts.
l. Hebrew ben and Greek huios may be rendered “child” or “children” and
“son” or “sons.” When used as a descriptive term preceding an ethnic
group meaning “descendants of,” the Hebrew term ben may be rendered
“descendants of” or the term may be conflated into a generic descriptor
(e.g., bene Israel is rendered “Israelites), depending upon context
m. Hebrew ab and Greek pater may be rendered “parent” or “parents,”
“ancestor” or “ancestors,” or “forefathers.”
13. Because the original languages of Scripture provide no special indication
other than grammatical context to identify pronouns or predicate
nominatives that refer to deity, predicate nominatives and pronouns whose
antecedent is God the Father, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit are not capitalized.
14. Words that describe portions of Scripture, such as “law” are capitalized only
when they refer to a specific section of Scripture (e.g., the “Law and the
Prophets”) or are used as a part of a title (e.g., “this Book of the Law”). In
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certain contexts, particularly in the Psalms, the Hebrew word “law” may
mean either divine instruction in general, or the Torah (Genesis –
Deuteronomy), or both. In these instances, the word “law” is rendered as
“instruction”.
15. The serial comma is used before the last item in a series of persons, places, or
things.
16. The relative pronoun “which” is used (1) after a comma, (2) in the expression
“that which,” and (3) in a question. Otherwise, the pronoun “that” is used.
17. For the future tense, the auxiliary verb “will” is used in place of “shall.” The
Hebrew verb form traditionally rendered as an imperatival future (e.g., “You
shall not murder”) is translated in the ISV as a descriptive imperatival (e.g.,
“You are not to murder.”). With the simple future, “will” is used.
18. Hebrew and Greek exclamatory indicators (e.g., the Hebrew hine and the
Greek idou) traditionally translated “Behold!” or “Lo!” are rendered in ways
that best fit the immediate context and that best represent contemporary
English usage (e.g., “Look,” “See,” “Suddenly,” “Here,” “Indeed,” etc.). In
certain cases, exclamatory indicators have been omitted entirely, with an
exclamation point added at the termination of the sentence to indicate the
placement of exclamatory indicators in the base text.
19. Because the Hebrew and Greek equivalents to the English “It came to
pass…” are often only transitional words marking the beginning of a new
episode, they are sometimes not reproduced. In other instances, the
translator may use a more natural English equivalent (e.g., “It was so,” “And
then,” “Later,” etc.).
20. In parallel texts such as the Synoptic Gospels, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, and
1 & 2 Chronicles, consistency of rendering is carefully observed.
21. The Hebrew and Greek counterpart for “saying,” when pleonastic, may be
omitted in translation without a footnote. When introducing a question, the
Hebrew and Greek “said” may be rendered “asked” or “inquired”.
22. Marginal notes may include literal renderings (Lit.), alternate renderings
(Or), explanatory words or phrases (I.e.), notes on significant textual
variants, and other explanatory comments. With textual variants, language
such as “the earliest and best manuscripts omit...” or “most manuscripts
add...” is avoided. Instead, the following language is used: “other
manuscripts lack...,” “other manuscripts read...,” etc.
23. When the New Testament quotes from the Tanakh or Old Testament,
quotation marks surround the quote and a reference to the source of the
quotation is footnoted. The sources of New Testament quotations from
literature other than the Old Testament are also referenced in footnotes,
when known.
24. If additional words are necessary to clarify the sense of the translation, the
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literal rendering is set forth in a footnote. Alternatively, an explanatory

footnote may be added indicating that the original text lacks the additional
wording.
25. The Greek term Hades appears to be employed as the equivalent of the
Hebrew Sheol, the general realm of the dead. Both terms rarely appear in
transliteration; instead, the ISV New Testament usually renders these terms
as “realm of the dead,” “afterlife,” or “where the dead are,” depending upon
context. Departures from this policy are clearly footnoted, and usually occur
in Old Testament poetry. The Greek Gehenna is rendered “hell.” Tartarus is
rendered “lowest hell,” with an explanatory footnote.
26. Subheads are used to identify flow of thought and themes. Parallel passages,
where they exist, are cited in subheads.
27. Parentheses may be used in the text whenever called for by the sense of the
passage. The ISV does not use brackets to indicate disputed verses. Instead,
footnotes indicate the absence of such verses in some manuscripts.
28. Poetic passages in both the Old and New Testaments are printed in poetic
form. Certain New Testament hymns and sayings are rendered in poetry
(e.g., 2 Timothy 2:11-13, page 371).
29. Quoted statements of speakers may be rendered into English using
contractions (e.g., “can’t,” “won’t,” “don’t,” etc.) in order to communicate a
sense of natural spoken informality. The use of English language
contractions will usually be avoided when translating historical narratives or
apostolic correspondence in order to communicate a sense of formal literary
composition.
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30. Numbers less than 20 are rendered as words unless they comprise part of an
inventory list or census enumeration. Numbers from 20 and above are
rendered with Arabic numerals unless they begin a sentence. Measurements
are rendered in English units with metric equivalents placed within an
explanatory footnote.
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Chapter 1
An Introduction to Jesus the Messiah and his brothers at the time of the
1 This isa a record of the lifeb of deportation to Babylon.

1
12
Jesus the Messiah, the son of After the deportation to
David, the son of Abraham. Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Salathiel,
Salathiel fathered Zerubbabel,
The Ancestry of Jesus 13
Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud
(Luke 3:23-28) fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered
2
Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac Azor, 14Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok
fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered fathered Achim, Achim fathered
Judah and his brothers. 3Judah Eliud, 15Eliud fathered Eleazar,
fathered Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, and
Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron Matthan fathered Jacob. 16Jacob
fathered Aram, 4Aram fathered fathered Joseph, the husband of
Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Mary, who was the mother of Jesus,h
Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered who is called the Messiah.i
Salmon. 5Salmon fathered Boaz by 17
So all the generations from
Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, Abraham to David totaled fourteen j
Obed fathered Jesse, 6and Jesse generations, and from David to the
fathered King David. deportation to Babylon totaled
David fathered Solomon by the fourteen generations, and from the
wife of Uriah, 7Solomon fathered deportation to Babylon to the
Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Messiahk there were fourteen
Abijah, Abijah fathered Asaph,c generations. 1
8
Asaphd fathered Jehoshaphat,
The Birth of Jesus
Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram
(Luke 2:1-7)
fathered Uzziah, 9Uzziah fathered 18
Now the birth of Jesus the
Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz Messiahl happened in this way.
10
fathered Hezekiah, Hezekiah When his mother Mary was
fathered Manasseh, Manasseh engagedm to Joseph, before they lived
fathered Amos,e and Amosf fathered together she was discovered to be
Josiah. 11Josiah fathered Jechoniahg
h 1:16 Lit. of whom Jesus was born
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks This is i 1:16 Or Christ
b 1:1 Or birth j 1:17 I.e. the numerical value of the Heb.
c 1:7 Other mss. read Asa; cf. 1Chr 3:10 name David
d 1:8 Other mss. read Asa; cf. 1Chr 3:10 k 1:17 Or Christ
e 1:10 Other mss. read Amon; cf. 1Chr 3:13 l 1:18 Or Christ
f 1:10 Other mss. read Amon; cf. 1Chr 3:13 m 1:18 Engagement involved a legally
g 1:11 Cf. Jer 22:28-30 binding promise of marriage.
1
Matthew 1:19 The Holy Bible
pregnant by the Holy Spirit. 19Her “Where is the one who was born king
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husband Joseph, being a righteous of the Jews? We saw his star in the
man and unwilling to disgrace her, eastg and have come to worship
decided to divorce her secretly. 1
him.”
20
After he had thought about it, 3
When King Herod heard this,
an angel of the Lord appeared to him he was disturbed, as was all of
in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” Jerusalem. 4He called together all the
he said, “don't be afraid to take Mary high priests and scribes of the people
as your wife, because what has been and asked them where the Messiahh
conceived in her is from the Holy was to be born. 5They told him, “In
Spirit. 21She will give birth to a son,
Bethlehem of Judea, because that is
and you are to name him Jesus,a
what was written by the prophet:
because he is the one who will save
6
his people from their sins.” 1 ‘O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,
22
Now all this happened to fulfill you are by no means least
what was declared by the Lord among the rulers of Judah,
through the prophet when he said, because from you will come a
23
“See, a virgin will become ruler
pregnant who will shepherdi my people
and give birth to a son, Israel.’”j
and they will name him 7
Then Herod secretly called together
Immanuel,”b the wise men, found out from them
which means, “God with us.” 24When the time the star had appeared, 8and
Joseph got up from his sleep, he did sent them to Bethlehem. He told
as the angel of the Lord had them,k “As you go, search carefully
commanded him and took Mary asc for the child. When you find him, tell
his wife. 25He did not have marital me so that I, too, may go and worship
relations withd her until she had him.”
given birth to a son;e and he named 9
After listening to the king, they
him Jesus. set out, and the star they had seen in
the eastl went ahead of them until it
Chapter 2
The Visit of the Wise Men
2
1
After Jesus had been born in came and stopped over the place
Bethlehem of Judea in the days of where the child was. 10When they
saw the star, they were ecstatic with
King Herod, wise menf from the east
arrived in Jerusalem 2and asked,
astrologers; and so throughout the chapter; cf.
a 1:21 The name Jesus means The Lord saves Dan 1:4
b 1:23 Isa 7:14 g 2:2 Or at its rising
c 1:24 The Gk. lacks Mary as h 2:4 Or Christ
d 1:25 Lit. not know i 2:6 Or govern
e 1:25 Other mss. read to her firstborn son j 2:6 Mic 5:2; 2 Sam 5:2
f 2:1 Lit. magoi (Magi); i.e. Aramaic speaking k 2:8 The Gk. lacks them
wise men from Mesopotamia; or magi- l 2:9 Or at its rising
2
International Standard Version 2.0 Matthew 3:3
joy. 11After they went into the house She refused to be comforted,
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and saw the child with his mother because they no longer
Mary, they fell down and worshiped existed.”c
him. Then they opened their treasure The Return to Nazareth
sacks and offered him gifts of gold, 19
But after Herod died, an angel
frankincense, and myrrh. 12Having of the Lord appeared in a dream to
been warned in a dream not to go Joseph in Egypt. 20“Get up,” he said.
back to Herod, they left for their own “Take the child and his mother, and
country by a different road. go to the land of Israel, because those
The Escape to Egypt who were trying to killd the child are
13
After they had gone, an angel dead.”
of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a 21
So Josephe got up, took the
dream. “Get up, take the child and child and his mother, and went into
his mother, and flee to Egypt,” he the land of Israel. 22But when he
said. “Stay there until I tell you, heard that Archelaus was ruling over
because Herod intends to search for Judea in place of his father Herod, he
the child and kill him.” 14So Josepha was afraid to go there. After having
got up, took the child and his mother, been warned in a dream, he left for
and left at night for Egypt. 15He the region of Galilee 23and came and
stayed there until Herod's death in settled in a town called Nazareth in
order to fulfill what was declared by order to fulfill what was said by the
the Lord through the prophet when prophets: “He will be called a
he said, “Out of Egypt I called my Nazarene.”f
Son.”b Chapter 3
John the Baptist Prepares the Way

The Massacre of the Infants (Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-9, 15-17; John
16
Herod flew into a rage when 1:19-28)
he learned that he had been tricked
3 About this time,g John the
1
by the wise men, so he ordered the Baptist appeared, preaching in

execution of all the male children in the Judean wilderness 2and saying,
Bethlehem and all its neighboring “Repent, because the kingdom fromh
regions, who were two years old and heaven is near!” 3He was the one the
younger, according to the time that prophet Isaiah was referring to when
he had determined from the wise he said,
men. 17Then what was declared by
the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled
when he said, 16 2
c 2:18 Jer 31:15

18
“A voice was heard in Ramah: d 2:20 Lit. were seeking the life of
e 2:21 Lit. he
wailing and great mourning.
f 2:23 The Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play
Rachel was crying for her children.
between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isa
11:1), and the name Nazareth.
a 2:14 Lit. he g 3:1 Lit. In those days
b 2:15 Hos 11:1 h 3:2 Lit. of
3
“He is a voice calling out in the hand. He will clean up his threshing
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wilderness: floor and gather his grain into the

‘Prepare the way for the Lord! barn, but he will burn the chaff with
Make his paths straight!’”a inextinguishable fire.”
4
John had clothing made of camel's Jesus is Baptized
hair and woreb a leather belt around (Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22)
13
his waist. His diet consisted of locusts Then Jesus came from Galilee
and wild honey. to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
5
Then the people ofc Jerusalem, 14
But John tried to stop him, saying, “I
all Judea, and the entire region along need to be baptized by you, and are
the Jordan began flocking to him, you coming to me?”
6
being baptized by him in the Jordan 15
But Jesus answered him, “Let it
River while they confessed their sins. 3
be this way for now, because this is

7
But when Johnd saw many the proper way for us to fulfill all
Pharisees and Sadducees coming to righteousness.”i
where he was baptizing,e he said to At this, he permitted him to be
them, “You children of serpents! Who
baptized.j 16When Jesus had been
warned you to flee from the coming
baptized, he immediately came up
wrath? 8Produce fruit that is
out of the water. Suddenly the
consistent with repentance! 9Don't
think you can say to yourselves, ‘We heavens opened up for him, and he
have father Abraham!’ because I tell saw the Spirit of God descending like
you that God can raise up a dove and coming to rest on him.
17
descendants for Abraham from these Then a voice from heaven said,
stones! 10The ax already lies against “This is my Son, whom I love. I am
the roots of the trees. So every tree pleased with him!”
that isn’t producing good fruit will be
Chapter 4
Jesus is Tempted by Satan

cut down and thrown into the fire. 11I
(Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)
am baptizing you withf water as a
4
1
After this, Jesus was led by the
token of repentance,g but the one
Spirit into the wilderness to be
who is coming after me is stronger
tempted by the devil. 2After fasting
than I am, and I am not worthy to
for 40 days and 40 nights, he finally
carry his sandals. It is he who will
baptize you withh the Holy Spirit and became hungry.
fire. 12His winnowing fork is in his
3
Then the tempter came. “Sincek
you are the Son of God,” he said, “tell
these stones to become loaves of
a 3:3 Isa 40:3
b 3:4 The Gk. lacks wore bread.”
4
c 3:5 The Gk. lacks the people of But he answered, “It is written,
d 3:7 Lit. he
e 3:7 Lit. to his baptism
f 3:11 Or in i 3:15 Dan 9:24
g 3:11 Lit. for repentance j 3:15 The Gk. lacks to be baptized
h 3:11 Or in k 4:3 Or “If, as is the case,
4
‘One must not live on bread alone, 11

So the devil left him, and
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but on every word coming angels came and began ministering to
out of the mouth of God.’”a him.
5
Then the devil took him to the Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee
Holy Cityb and had him stand on the (Mark 1:14-15; Luke 4:14-15)
highest point of the temple. 6He said 12
Now when Jesusk heard that
to Jesus,c “Sinced you are the Son of John had been arrested, he went back
God, throw yourself down, because it to Galilee. 13He left Nazareth and
is written, went and settled in Capernaum by
the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and
‘Gode will put his angels in charge Naphtali, 14in order to fulfill what was
of you,’ declared by the prophet Isaiah when
and he said,
15
‘With their hands they will hold “O Land of Zebulun and Land of
you up, Naphtali,
so that you will never hit your on the road to the sea, across the
foot against a rock.’”f Jordan,
7 Galilee of the Gentiles!
Jesus responded to him, “It is 16
The people livingl in darkness
also written, ‘You must not tempt the
have seen a great light,
Lord your God.’”g and for those livingm in the land
8
Once more the devil took him and shadow of death,
to a very high mountain and showed a light has risen.”n
him all the kingdoms of the world,
17
along with their splendor. 9He said to From then on, Jesus began to preach
Jesus,h “I will give you all these and to say, “Repent, because the
things if you will bow down and kingdom fromo heaven is near!”
worship me!” Jesus Calls Four Fishermen
10
Then Jesus said to him, “Go (Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:1-11)
away,i Satan! Because it is written, 18
While Jesusp was walking
‘You must worship the Lord your beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two
God brothers—Simon (alsoq called Peter)
and serve only him.’”j and his brother Andrew. They were
casting a net into the sea, because
they were fishermen. 19“Follow me,”
a 4:4 Deut 8:3
b 4:5 I.e. Jerusalem
he told them, “and I will make you
c 4:6 Lit. him
d 4:6 Or “If, as is the case, k 4:12 Lit. he
e 4:6 Lit. He l 4:16 Lit. sitting
f 4:6 Ps 91:11-12 m 4:16 Lit. sitting
g 4:7 Deut 6:16 n 4:16 Isa 9:1-2
h 4:9 Lit. him o 4:17 Lit. of
i 4:10 Other mss. read Get behind me p 4:18 Lit. he
j 4:10 Deut 6:13 q 4:18 The Gk. lacks also
5
fishers of people!” 20So at once they because the kingdom frome

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left their nets and followed him. heaven belongs to them!

4
21
Going on from there he saw two “How blessed are those who
other brothers—James son of mourn,
Zebedee and his brother John. They because it is they who will be
were in a boat with their father comforted!
5
Zebedee repairing their nets. When “How blessed are those who are
he called them, 22they immediately humble,f
left the boat and their father and because it is they who will
followed him. 19
inherit the earth!
6
“How blessed are those who are
Jesus Ministers to Many People
hungry and thirsty for
(Luke 6:17-19)
23
Then he went throughout righteousness,g
Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, because it is they who will be
proclaiming the gospel of the satisfied!
7
kingdom, and healing every disease “How blessed are those who are
and every illness among the people. merciful,
24
His fame spread throughout Syria, because it is they who will
and peoplea brought to him everyone receive mercy!
8
who was sick—those afflicted with “How blessed are those who are
various diseases and pains, the pure in heart,
demon-possessed, the epileptics, and because it is they who will see
the paralyzed—and he healed them. God!
9
25
Large crowds from Galilee, the “How blessed are those who make
Decapolis,b Jerusalem, Judea, and peace,
from across the Jordan followed him. because it is they who will be
called God's children!
4
Chapter 5
Jesus Teaches about the Kingdom 10

“How blessed are those who are
5 When Jesusc saw the crowds, he persecuted for

1
went up on the hill. After taking righteousness’ sake,

his seat, his disciples came to him, because the kingdom fromh
2
and he begand to teach them, saying: heaven belongs to them!
11
The Blessed Attitudes “How blessed are you whenever
(Luke 6:20-23) peoplei insult you, persecute you,
3
“How blessed are those who are and say all sorts of evil things against
destitute in spirit, you falselyj because of me! 12Rejoice
e 5:3 Lit. of
a 4:24 Lit. they f 5:5 Or gentle
b 4:25 Lit. the Ten Cities, a loose federation of g 5:6 Or justice
ten cities strongly influenced by Greek culture h 5:10 Lit. of
c 5:1 Lit. he i 5:11 Lit. they
d 5:2 Lit. he opened his mouth and began j 5:11 Other mss. lack falsely
6
and be extremely glad, because your your righteousness greatly exceeds
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reward in heaven is great! That's how that of the scribes and Pharisees, you
they persecuted the prophets who will never enter the kingdom fromf
came before you.” heaven!”
Salt and Light in the World Teaching about Anger
21
(Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34-35) “You have heard that it was
13
“You are the salt of the world. said to those who lived long ago,
But if the salt should lose its taste, ‘You must not murder,’g and
how can it be made salty again? It's ‘Whoever murders will be subject to
good for nothing but to be thrown punishment.’h 22But I say to you,
out and trampled on by people. anyone who is angry with his brother
14
“You are the light of the world. without a causei will be subject to
A city located on a hill can't be punishment. And whoever says to his
hidden. 15Peoplea don't light a lamp brother ‘Raka!’j will be subject to the
and put it under a basket but on a Council.k And whoever says ‘You
lamp stand, and it gives light to fool!’ will be subject to helll fire.
23
everyone in the house. 16In the same “So if you are presenting your
way, let your light shine before gift at the altar and remember there
people in such a way that they will that your brother has something
see your good actions and glorify against you, 24leave your gift there
your Father in heaven.” before the altar and first go and be
reconciled to your brother. Then
Jesus Fulfills the Law and the Prophets come and offer your gift. 25Come to
17
“Do not think that I came to terms quickly with your opponent
destroy the Law or the Prophets. I while you are on the way to court,m
didn't come to destroy them, but to or your opponent may hand you over
fulfill them, 18because I tell you with to the judge, and the judge to the
certainty that until heaven and earth guard, and you will be thrown into
disappear, not one letterb or one prison. 26I tell you with certainty, you
stroke of a letter will disappear from will not get out of there until you pay
the Law until everything has been back the last dollar!”n26
accomplished. 19So whoever sets
asidec one of the least of these
commandments and teaches others to
do the same will be called least in the
kingdom fromd heaven. But whoever f 5:20 Lit. of
does them and teaches them will be g 5:21 Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17
called great in the kingdom frome h 5:21 Exod 21:12; Lev 24:17
heaven 20because I tell you, unless i 5:22 Other mss. lack without a cause
j 5:22 Raka is Aram. for You worthless one
k 5:22 Or Sanhedrin
a 5:15 Lit. They l 5:22 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of
b 5:18 Lit. one iota the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
c 5:19 Or breaks m 5:25 Lit. while you are with him on the way
d 5:19 Lit. of n 5:25 Lit. quadran; i.e. about 1/64th of a daily
e 5:19 Lit. of wage for a common worker
7
Teaching about Adultery God's throne, 35nor by the earth,

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27
“You have heard that it was because it is his footstool, nor by
said, ‘You must not commit Jerusalem, because it is the city of the
adultery.’a 28But I say to you, anyone Great King. 36Nor should you swear
who stares at a woman with lust for by your head, because you cannot
her has already committed adultery make one hair white or black.
37
with her in his heart. 29So if your right Instead, let your message be ‘Yes’
eye causes you to sin, tear it out and for ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ for ‘No.’ Anything
throw it away. It is better for you to more than that comes from the evil
lose one of your body parts than to one.”
have your whole body thrown into
Teaching about Retaliation
hell.b 30And if your right hand causes (Luke 6:29-30)
you to sin, cut it off and throw it 38
“You have heard that it was
away from you. It is better for you to said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth
lose one of your body parts than to for a tooth.’f 39But I tell you not to
have your whole body go into hell.”c 27
resist an evildoer. On the contrary,

Teaching about Divorce whoever slaps you on the right
(Matthew 19:1-12; Mark 10:1-12; cheek, turn the other to him as well.
40
Luke 16:18) If anyone wants to sue you and take
31
“It was also said, ‘Whoever your shirt, let him have your coat as
divorces his wife must give her a well. 41And if anyone forces you to go
written notice of divorce.’ d 32But I say one mile, go two with him. 42Give to
to you, any man who divorces his the person who asks you for
wife, except for sexual immorality, something, and do not turn away
causes her to commit adultery, and from the person who wants to
whoever marries a divorced woman borrow something from you.”
commits adultery.” Teaching about Love for Enemies
Teaching about Oaths (Luke 6:27-28, 32-36)
43
33
“Again, you have heard that it “You have heard that it was
was said to those who lived long ago, said, ‘You must love your neighbor’g
‘You must not swear an oath falsely,’ and hate your enemy. 44But I say to
but ‘You must fulfill your oaths to the you, love your enemies, and pray for
Lord.’e 34But I tell you not to swear at those who persecute you, 45so that
all, neither by heaven, because it is you will become children of your
Father in heaven, because he makes
a 5:27 Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18 his sun rise on both evil and good
b 5:29 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of people, and he lets rain fall on the
the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom righteous and the unrighteous. 46If
c 5:30 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of
the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
d 5:31 Deut 24:1, 3 f 5:38 Exod 21:24; Lev 24:20; Deut 19:21
e 5:33 Lev 19:12; Num 30:2; Deut 23:21-23 g 5:43 Lev 19:18
8
you love those who love you, what Father who sees from the hidden
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reward will you have? Even the tax place will reward you.e
collectors do the same, don't they? 7
“When you are praying, don't
47
And if you greet only your relatives, say meaningless thingsf like the
that’s no great thing you’re doing, is gentiles do, because they think they
it? Even the gentilesa do the same, will be heard by being so wordy.
don't they? 48So be perfect,b as your 8
Don't be like them, because your
heavenly Father is perfect.”c 47 5
Father knows what you need before
Chapter 6
you ask him. 9Therefore, this is how
Teaching about Giving to the Poor you should pray:
6
1
“Be careful not to practice your
righteousness in front of people ‘Our Father in heaven,
in order to be noticed by them. If you may your name be kept holy.
10
do, you will have no reward from May your kingdom come.
your Father in heaven. 2So whenever May your will be done,
you give to the poor, don't blow a on earth as it is in heaven.
11
trumpet before you like the Give us today our daily bread,
hypocrites do in the synagogues and
12
and forgive us our sins,g
in the streets so that they will be as we have forgiven those who
praised by people. I tell you with have sinned against us.h
13
certainty, they have their full reward! And never bring us into
3
But when you give to the poor, don't temptation,
let your left hand know what your but deliver us from the evil
right hand is doing, 4so that your one.’i
giving may be done in secret. And 14
Because if you forgive people their
your Father who sees in secret will offenses, your heavenly Father will
reward you.”d2 also forgive you. 15But if you do not
Teaching about Prayer forgive people their offenses,j your
(Luke 11:2-4) Father will not forgive your offenses.”
5
“And whenever you pray, don't Teaching about Fasting
be like the hypocrites who love to 16
“Whenever you fast, don't be
stand in the synagogues and on the gloomy like the hypocrites, because
street corners so that they will be they put on sad faces to show others
seen by people. I tell you with they are fasting. I tell you with
certainty, they have their full reward! certainty, they have their full reward!
6
But whenever you pray, go into your
room, close the door, and pray to e 6:6 Other mss. read reward you openly
your Father who is hidden. And your f 6:7 Or words
g 6:12 Or debts
h 6:12 Or forgiven our debtors
a 5:47 Other mss. read tax collectors i 6:13 Other mss. read evil one. For yours is
b 5:48 Or mature the kingdom and the power and the glory
c 5:48 Or mature forever. Amen.
d 6:4 Other mss. read reward you openly j 6:15 Other mss. lack their offenses
9
But when you fast, put oil on a your

17 Stop Worrying
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head and wash your face, 18so that (Luke 12:22-34)

25
your fasting will not be noticed by “That's why I'm telling you to
others but by your Father who is in stop worrying about your life—what
the hidden place. And your Father you will eat or what you will
who watches from the hidden place drinkd—or about your body—what
will reward you.”b16 you will wear. Life is more than food,
isn't it, and the body more than
Teaching about Treasures
clothing? 26Look at the birds in the
(Luke 12:33-34)
19
sky. They don't plant or harvest or
“Stop storing up treasures for
gather food into barns, and yet your
yourselves on earth, where moths
heavenly Father feeds them. You are
and rust destroy and where thieves
more valuable than they are, aren't
break in and steal. 20But keep on
you? 27Can any of you add a single
storing up treasures for yourselves in
hour to the length of your lifee by
heaven, where moths and rust do not
worrying? 28And why do you worry
destroy and where thieves do not
about clothes? Consider the lilies in
break in and steal, 21because where
the field and how they grow. They
your treasure is, there your heart will
don't work or spin yarn, 29but I tell
be also.”
you that not even Solomon in all his
The Lamp of the Body splendor was clothed like one of
(Luke 11:34-36) them. 30Now if that is the way God
22
“The eye is the lamp of the clothes the grass in the field, which is
body. So if your eye is healthy, your alive today and thrown into an oven
whole body will be full of light. 23But tomorrow, won't he clothe you much
if your eye is evil, your whole body better—you who have little faith?26 6
will be full of darkness. Therefore, if 31

“So don't ever worry by saying,
the light within you has turned into ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What
darkness, how great is that darkness!” are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are
we going to wear?’ 32because it is the
God and Riches
gentiles who are eager for all those
(Luke 16:13)
24 things. Surely your heavenly Father
“No one can serve two masters,
knows that you need all of them!
because either he will hate one and 33
But first be concerned about God's
love the other, or be loyal to one and
despise the other. You cannot serve kingdom and his righteousness,f and
all of these things will be provided for
God and riches!”c
you as well. 34So never worry about
d 6:25 Other mss. lack or what you will drink

a 6:17 Or anoint e 6:27 Or add one cubit to your height
b 6:18 Other mss. read reward you openly f 6:33 Other mss. read his kingdom and
c 6:24 Lit. mammon; i.e. wealth righteousness
10
9
tomorrow, because tomorrow will “There isn't a person among
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worry about itself. Each day has you who would give his son a stone if
enough trouble of its own.” he asked for bread, is there? 10Or if he
Chapter 7
asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a

Judging Others snake, would he? 11So if you who are
(Luke 6:37-38, 41-42) evil know how to give good gifts to
7
1
“Stop judging, so that you won't
your children, how much more will
be judged, 2because the way that
your Father in heaven give good
you judgea others will be the way things to those who keep on asking
that you will be judged, and you will him! 12Therefore, whatever you want
be evaluated by the standard with people to do for you, do the same for
which you evaluate others. them, because this summarizes the
3
“Why do you see the speck in Law and the Prophets.”
your brother's eye but fail to notice
the beam in your own eye? 4Or how The Narrow Gate
can you say to your brother, ‘Let me (Luke 13:24)
13
take the speck out of your eye,’ when “Go in through the narrow
the beam is in your own eye? 5You gate, because the gate is wide and the
hypocrite! First remove the beam road is spacious that leads to
from your own eye, and then you destruction, and many people are
will see clearly enough to remove the entering by it. 14How narrow is the
speck from your brother's eye.” gate and how constricted is the road
that leads to life, and there aren’t
Despising the Holy many people who find it!”
6
“Never give what is holy to
dogs or throw your pearls before A Tree is Known by Its Fruit
pigs. Otherwise, they will trample (Luke 6:43-44)
15
them with their feet and then turn “Beware of false prophets who
around and attack you.” come to you in sheep’s clothing but
inwardly are savage wolves. 16You
Ask, Search, Knock will know them by their fruit. Grapes
(Luke 11:9-13) aren't gathered from thorns, or figs
7
“Keep asking, and it will be from thistles, are they? 17In the same
given to you. Keep searching, and way, every good tree produces good
you will find. Keep knocking, and the fruit, but a rotten tree produces bad
doorb will be opened for you. fruit. 18A good tree cannot produce
8
Because everyone who keeps asking bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot
will receive, and the person who produce good fruit. 19Every tree that
keeps searching will find, and the doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut
person who keeps knocking will have down and thrown into a fire. 20So by
the doorc opened. their fruit you will know them.” 19
I Never Knew You

a 7:2 Lit. measure
b 7:7 Lit. and it (Luke 6:46; 13:25-27)
21
c 7:8 Lit. have it “Not everyone who keeps
saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get
11
into the kingdom froma heaven, but

Chapter 8
Jesus Cleanses a Leper

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only the person who keeps doing the (Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16)
8
will of my Father in heaven. 22Many 1
When Jesusf came down from
will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, the hillside, large crowds
Lord, we prophesied in your name, followed him. 2Suddenly a leperg
drove out demons in your name, and came up to him, fell down before
performed many miracles in your
him, and said, “Sir,h if you want to,
name, didn't we?’ 23Then I will tell
you can make me clean.”i
them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Get
away from me, you evildoers!’”b 21
3
So Jesusj reached out his hand,
touched him, and said, “I do want to.
The Two Foundations Be clean!” And instantly his leprosy
(Luke 6:47-49) was made clean. 4Then Jesus said to
24
“Therefore, everyone who him, “See to it that you don't speak to
listens to these messagesc of mine anyone. Instead, go and show
and puts them into practice is like a yourself to the priest, and then offer
wise man who built his house on a the sacrifice that Moses commandedk
rock. 25The rain fell, the floods came,
as proof to the authorities.”l
and the winds blew and beat against
that house, but it did not collapse Jesus Heals an Official's Son
because its foundation was on the (Luke 7:1-10; John 4:43-54)
rock. 7
5
When Jesusm returned to
26
“Everyone who keeps on Capernaum, a centurionn came up to
hearing these messagesd of mine and him and begged him repeatedly,
never puts them into practice is like a 6
“Sir,o my servant is lying at home
foolish man who built his house on paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
sand. 27The rain fell, the floods came, 7
Jesusp said to him, “I will come
and the winds blew and battered that
and heal him.”
house, and it collapsed, and its 8
The centurion replied, “Sir,q I
collapse was total.”
28 am not worthy to have you come
When Jesus had finished
saying all these things,e the crowds under my roof. But just say the word,
were utterly amazed at his teaching,
29
because he was teaching them like a f 8:1 Lit. he
g 8:2 I.e. a man with a serious skin disease
person who had authority, and not h 8:2 Or Lord
like their scribes. i 8:2 I.e. restored to health and qualified to
participate in worship
j 8:3 Lit. He
k 8:4 Lev 14:3-32
l 8:4 Lit. to them
a 7:21 Lit. of m 8:5 Lit. he
b 7:23 Ps 6:8 n 8:5 I.e. a commander of about 100 soldiers
c 7:24 Or words o 8:6 Or Lord
d 7:26 Or words p 8:7 Lit. He
e 7:28 Lit. finished all these sayings q 8:8 Or Lord
12
and my servant will be healed, possessed by demons. He drove out
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9
because I, too, am a man under the spirits by speaking a commandh
authority and I have soldiers under and healed everyone who was sick.
me. I say to one of them a ‘Go’ and he 17
This was to fulfill what was declared
goes, to another ‘Come’ and he by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
comes, and to my servant ‘Do this’
“It was he who took our illnesses
and he does it.”
10 away
When Jesus heard this, he was
and removed our diseases.”i
amazed and said to those who were
following him, “I tell you with The Would-be Followers of Jesus
certainty, not evenb in Israel have I (Luke 9:57-62)
18
found this kind of faith! 11I tell you, When Jesus saw the large
many will come from east and west crowds around him, he gave orders
and will feast with Abraham, Isaac, to cross to the other side of the Sea of
and Jacob in the kingdom fromc Galilee.j 19Just then, a scribe came up
heaven. 12But the unfaithful heirsd of and said to him, “Teacher, I will
that kingdom will be thrown into the follow you wherever you go.”
20
darkness outside. In that place there Jesus told him,
will be wailing and gnashing of “Foxes have holes and birdsk have
teeth.”e nests,
13
“Go,” Jesus said to the but the Son of Man has no place
centurion, “and it will be done for to rest.”l
you, just as you have believed.” And 21
his servant was healed that very Then another of his disciples
hour. said to him, “Lord,m first let me go
and bury my father.”
Jesus Heals Many People 22
But Jesus told him, “Follow me,
(Mark 1:29-34; Luke 4:38-41) and let the dead bury their own
14
When Jesus went into Peter's dead.”
house, he saw Peter'sf mother-in-law
lying in bed, sick with a fever. 15He Jesus Calms the Sea
touched her hand, and the fever left (Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25)
her. Then she got up and began
23
When Jesusn got into the boat,
serving him. his disciples went with him.
24
16
When evening came, people g Suddenly a violent storm came up
brought to him many who were on the sea, so that the boat began to
a 8:9 The Gk. lacks of them h 8:16 Lit. spirits with a word
b 8:10 Other mss. read in no one i 8:17 Isa 53:4
c 8:11 Lit. of j 8:18 The Gk. lacks of the Sea of Galilee
d 8:12 Lit. the sons k 8:20 Lit. birds in the sky
e 8:12 I.e. extreme pain l 8:20 Lit. no place to lay his head
f 8:14 Lit. his m 8:21 Or Sir
g 8:16 Lit. they n 8:23 Lit. he
13
be swamped by the waves. Yet Jesus a down the cliff into the sea and
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kept sleeping. 25Theyb went to him drowned in the water.

33
and woke him up. “Lord!” they cried, Now when those who had
“save us! We're going to die!” 24
8
been taking care of the pigs ran away,
26
He asked them, “Why are you they came into the city and reported
afraid, you who have little faith?” everything, especially what had hap-
Then he got up and rebuked the pened to the demon-possessed men.
34
winds and the sea, and there was a Then the whole city went out to
great calm. meet Jesus, and as soon as they saw
27
The men were amazed. “What him, they begged him to leave their
kind of man is this?” they asked. region.
“Even the winds and the sea obey Chapter 9
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

him!”
(Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26)
Jesus Heals Two Demon-Possessed
9 After getting into a boat, Jesusf
1
Men crossed to the other side and

(Mark 5:1-20; Luke 8:26-39) came to his own city. 2All at once
28
When Jesusc arrived on the some peopleg brought him a
other side in the region of the paralyzed man lying on a stretcher.
Gerasenes,d two demon-possessed When Jesus saw their faith, he said to
men met him as they were coming the paralyzed man, “Be courageous,
out of the tombs. They were so son! Your sins are forgiven.”
3
violent that no one could travel on Then some of the scribes said to
that road. 29Suddenly they screamed, themselves, “This fellow is blas-
“What do you want with us, Son of pheming!”
God? Did you come here to torture us 4
But Jesus, knowingh what they
before the proper time?” were thinking, replied, “Why do you
30
Now a large herd of pigs was have such evil thoughts in your
grazing some distance away from hearts? 5Which is easier: to say ‘Your
them. 31So the demons began to plead sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up
with Jesus,e saying, “If you drive us and walk’? 6But so you will know that
out, send us into that herd of pigs.” the Son of Man has authority on
32
He said to them, “Go,” and earth to forgive sins…” he said to the
they came out and went into the pigs. paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your
Suddenly, the whole herd rushed stretcher, and go home!”
7
So the mani got up and went
home. 8When the crowds saw this,
a 8:24 Lit. he
b 8:25 Other mss. read The disciples
c 8:28 Lit. he f 9:1 Lit. he
d 8:28 Other mss. read Gergesenes; still other g 9:2 Lit. they
mss. read Gadarenes h 9:4 Lit. saw
e 8:31 Lit. him i 9:7 Lit. he
14
they became frighteneda and glorified But the time will come when the
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God for giving such authority to groom will be taken away from them,
humans. and then they will fast.”
Jesus Calls Matthew The Unshrunk Cloth
(Mark 2:13-17; Luke 5:27-32) (Mark 2:21; Luke 5:36)
16
9
As Jesus went on from there, he “No one patches an old
saw a man named Matthew sitting at garment with a piece of unshrunk
the tax collector's desk and said to cloth, because the patch pulls away
him, “Follow me.” So he got up and from the garment, and a worse tear
followed him. results. 17Nor do peopleh pour new
10
While he was having dinner at wine into old wineskins. If they do,
Matthew'sb home, many tax the skins will burst, the wine will spill
collectors and sinners arrived and out, and the skins will be ruined.
began eating with Jesus and his Instead, they pour new wine into
disciples. 11The Pharisees saw this and fresh wineskins, and both are
asked his disciples, “Why does your preserved.”
teacher eat with tax collectors and Jesus Heals a Woman and Resurrects
sinners?” a Girl
12
When Jesusc heard that, he (Mark 5:21-43; Luke 8:40-56)
said, “Healthy people don't need a 18
While Jesusi was telling them
physician, but sick people do. 13Go these things, an official came up and
and learn what this means: ‘I want fell down before him. “My daughter
mercy and not sacrifice,’ d because I has just died,” he said. “But come and
did not come to call righteous people, lay your hand on her, and she will
but sinners.” live.” 19So Jesus got up and followed
A Question about Fasting him, along with his disciples.
20
(Mark 2:18-22; Luke 5:33-39) Just then a woman who had
14
Then John's disciples came to been suffering from chronic bleeding
Jesuse and asked, “Why do we and for twelve years came up behind him
the Pharisees fast often,f but your and touched the tassel of his garment,
21
disciples don't fast?” because she had been saying to
15
Jesus asked them, “The herself, “If I just touch his robe, I will
get well.”
wedding guestsg can't mourn as long 22
When Jesus turned and saw
as the groom is with them, can they?
her, he said, “Be courageous,
daughter! Your faith has made you
a 9:8 Other mss. read they were amazed
b 9:10 Lit. the well.” And from that very hour the
c 9:12 Lit. he woman was well.
d 9:13 Hos 6:6
e 9:14 Lit. him
f 9:14 Other mss. lack often
g 9:15 Lit. The children of the wedding hall; h 9:17 Lit. they
or The children of the groom i 9:18 Lit. he
15
23 34
When Jesus came to the But the Pharisees kept saying,
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official's house and saw the flute “He drives out demons by the ruler
players and the crowd making a of demons.”d 9
commotion, 24he said, “Go away! The

The Compassion of Jesus
young lady hasn't died but is 35
Then Jesus began traveling
sleeping.” But they ridiculed him
throughout all the cities and villages,
with laughter. 25When the crowd had
teaching in their synagogues,
been driven outside, he went in, took
proclaiming the gospel of the
her by the hand, and the young lady
kingdom, and healing every disease
got up. 26The news of this spread
and every illness. 36When he saw the
throughout that land.
crowds, he was deeply moved with
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men compassion for them, because they
27
As Jesus was traveling on from were troubled and helpless, like
there, two blind men followed him, sheep without a shepherd.
shouting, “Have mercy on us, Son of 37
Then he said to his disciples,
David!” 28When he had gone into the “The harvest is vast, but the workers
house, the blind men came to him. are few. 38So ask the Lord of the
Jesus asked them, “Do you harvest to send out workers into his
believe I can do this?” harvest.”
They said to him, “Yes, Lord!”a Chapter 10
29 Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles

Then he touched their eyes and
(Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16)
said, “According to your faith, let it be
10 Then Jesuse called his twelve
1
done for you!” 30And their eyes were
opened. Then Jesus sternly told them, disciples to him and gave
“See to it that nobody knows about them authority over unclean spirits,
this.” 31But they went out and spread so that they could drive them out and
the news about him throughout that heal every disease and every illness.
2
region.30 These are the names of the twelve
apostles: first, Simon (who is called
Jesus Heals a Man Who Couldn't Talk Peter) and his brother Andrew;
32
As the menb were going out, a James, the son of Zebedee, and his
man who couldn't talk because he brother John; 3Philip and Bar-
was demon-possessed was brought to tholomew; Thomas and Matthew the
him. 33As soon as the demon had tax collector; James, the son of
been driven out, the manc began to Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;f 4Simon
speak. The crowds were amazed and the Cananaeang and Judas Iscariot,
said, “Nothing like this has ever been
seen in Israel!”
d 9:34 Other mss. lack this verse
e 10:1 Lit. he
a 9:28 Or Sir f 10:3 Other mss. read Lebbaeus called
b 9:32 Lit. As they Thaddaeus
c 9:33 Lit. the man who couldn't talk g 10:4 Cananaean is Aram. for Zealot.
16
who latera betrayed Jesus.b or town, shake its dust off your feet.
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15
I tell you with certainty, it will be
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples
more bearable for the region of
(Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6)
5
Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of
These were the Twelve whom
judgment than for that town!”
Jesus sent out after he had given
them thesec instructions: “Don't turn Future Persecutions
on to the road that leads to the (Matthew 24:9-14; Mark 13:9-13;
gentiles, and don't enter Samaritan Luke 21:12-19)
16
towns. 6Instead, go to the lost sheep “See, I am sending you out like
of the nationd of Israel. 7As you go, sheep among wolves. So be as
make this announcement: ‘The cunning as serpents and as innocent
kingdom frome heaven is near!’ 8Heal as doves. 17Watch out for people who
the sick, raise the dead, cleanse will hand you over to the local
lepers, drive out demons. councils and whip you in their
synagogues. 18You will be brought
You have received without before governors and kings because
payment, of me, to testify to them and to the
so give without payment. gentiles. 19When they hand you over,
9
Don't take any gold, silver, or copper don't worry about how you are to
in your moneybags, 10or a traveling speakk or what you are to say,
bag for the trip, or an extra shirt,f or because in that hour what you are to
sandals, or a walking stick, because a say will be given to you. 20It won't be
worker deserves his food. you speaking, but the Spirit of your
11
“Whatever town or village you Father speaking throughl you. 18
21
enter, find out who is receptive g in it “Brother will hand brother over
and stay there until you leave. 12As for execution, and a father his child.
you enter the house, greet its Children will rebel against parents
occupants.h 13If the household is and have them put to death. 22You
will be hated by everyone because of
receptive,i let your blessing of peace
my name. But the person who en-
come on it. But if it isn't receptive, j let
dures to the end will be saved. 23So
your blessing of peace return to you.
14
when they persecute you in one
If no one welcomes you or listens to
town, flee to the next, because I tell
your words, as you leave that house
you with certainty that you will not
a 10:4 Lit. also have gone through the towns of Is-
b 10:4 Lit. him rael before the Son of Man comes.1024
24
c 10:5 The Gk. lacks these “A disciple is not above his
d 10:6 Lit. house teacher, and a slave is not above his
e 10:7 Lit. of
f 10:10 Lit. two shirts
master. 25It is enough for a disciple to
g 10:11 Lit. worthy be like his teacher and a slave to be
h 10:12 The Gk. lacks its occupants
i 10:13 Lit. worthy k 10:19 The Gk. lacks you are to speak
j 10:13 Lit. worthy l 10:20 Or in
17
like his master. If they have called the denies me before people I, too, will
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head of the house Beelzebul,a how deny before my Father in heaven.”

much more will they do the same tob Not Peace, but Division
those of his household!”1025 (Luke 12:49-53)
34
Fear God “Do not think that I came to
(Luke 12:2-7) bring peace on earth. I did not come
26
“So never be afraid of them, to bring peace but a sword!h 35I came
because there is nothing hidden that to turn
will not be revealed, and nothing ‘a man against his father,
secret that will not be made known. a daughter against her mother,
27
What I tell you in darkness you and a daughter-in-law against
must speak in the daylight, and what her mother-in-law.
is whisperedc in your ear you must 36
A person's enemies will include
shout from the housetops. 28Stop members of his own family.’i
beingd afraid of those who kill the
body but can't kill the soul. Instead, The Cost of Discipleship
be afraid of the one who can destroy (Luke 14:25-27)
37
both body and soul in hell.e “The one who loves his father
29
“Two sparrows are sold for a or mother more than me isn't worthy
penny, aren't they? Yet not one of of me, and the one who loves a son
them will fall to the ground without or daughter more than me isn't
worthy of me. 38The one who doesn't
your Father's permission.f 30Indeed,
take up his cross and follow me isn't
even the hairs on your head have all
worthy of me. 39The one who finds
been counted! 31So stop beingg afraid.
his life will lose it, and the one who
You are worth more than a bunch of
loses his life because of me will find
sparrows.”
it.”
Acknowledging the Messiah
Rewards
(Luke 12:8-9)
32
(Mark 9:41)
“Therefore, everyone who 40
“The one who receives you
acknowledges me before people I,
receives me, and the one who
too, will acknowledge before my
receives me receives the one who
Father in heaven. 33But whoever
sent me. 41The one who receives a
prophet asj a prophet will receive a
a 10:25 The name means Lord of the Flies; i.e. prophet's reward, and the one who
Satan
b 10:25 The Gk. lacks will they do the same to receives a righteous person as k a
c 10:27 Lit. what you hear righteous person will receive a
d 10:28 Or Don't be
e 10:28 Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the h 10:34 I.e. conflict
Heb. for Valley of Hinnom i 10:36 Mic 7:6
f 10:29 Lit. apart from your Father j 10:41 Lit. in the name of
g 10:31 Or don't be k 10:41 Lit. in the name of
18
righteous person's reward. 42I tell you ‘See, I am sending my messenger
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with certainty, whoever gives even a ahead of you,
cup of cold water to one of these little who will prepare your way
ones because he isa a disciple will before you.’d
never lose his reward.” 11
I tell you with certainty, among
11
Chapter 11
1
When Jesus had finished those born of women no one has
instructing his twelve appeared who is greater than John
disciples, he left there to teach and the Baptist. Yet even the least
preach in their home towns. important person in the kingdom
John the Baptist Sends Messengers to frome heaven is greater than he.
12
Jesus “From the days of John the
(Luke 7:18-35) Baptist until the present, the kingdom
2
Now when John in prison fromf heaven has been forcefully
heard about the activities of the advancing, and violent people have
Messiah,b he sent a messagec by his been attacking it, 13because the Law
disciples 3and asked him, “Are you and all the Prophets prophesied up to
the Coming One, or should we wait the time of John. 14If you are willing
for someone else?” to accept it, he is Elijah who is to
4
Jesus answered them, “Go and come.g 15Let the person who has
tell John what you hear and observe: earsh listen!
5 16
the blind see, the lame walk, lepers “To what can I compare the
are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead people living today? They’rei like
are raised, and the destitute hear the little children who sit in the
good news. 6How blessed is anyone marketplaces and shout to each other,
who is not offended by me!” 17
7 ‘A wedding song we played for
As they were leaving, Jesus
you,
began to speak to the crowds about
the dance you simply scorned.
John. “What did you go out into the
A woeful dirge we chanted, too,
wilderness to see? A reed shaken by
but then you would not mourn.’
the wind? 8Really, what did you go
18
out to see? A man dressed in fancy Because John didn't come eating or
clothes? See, those who wear fancy drinking, yet peoplej say, ‘He has a
clothes live in kings’ houses. 9Really, demon!’ 19The Son of Man came
what did you go out to see? A eating and drinking, and they say,
prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even
more than a prophet! 10This is the
man about whom it is written,9
d 11:10 Mal 3:1
e 11:11 Lit. of
f 11:12 Lit. of
g 11:14 Or is about to come
a 10:42 Lit. in the name of h 11:15 Other mss. read ears to hear
b 11:2 Or Christ i 11:16 Lit. compare this generation? It’s
c 11:2 The Gk. lacks a message j 11:18 Lit. they
19
‘Look, a glutton and a drunk, a friend infants. 26Yes, Father, because this is
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of tax collectors and sinners!’ 11 what was pleasing to you. 27All things
have been entrusted to me by my
Absolved from every act of sin,
Father. No one fully knows the Son
is wisdom by her kith and kin.”a
except the Father, and no one fully
Jesus Denounces Unrepentant Cities knows the Father except the Son and
(Luke 10:13-15) the person to whom the Son chooses
20
Then Jesusb began to denounce to reveal him.
28
the cities in which most of his “Come to me, all of you who
miracles had taken place, because are weary and loaded down with
they didn't repent. 21“How terrible it burdens, and I will give you rest.
29
will be for you, Chorazin! How Place my yoke on you and learn
terrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! from me, because I am gentle and
Because if the miracles that happened humble,d and you will find rest for
in you had taken place in Tyre and your souls,e 30because my yoke is
Sidon, they would have repented pleasant,f and my burden is light.”
long ago in sackcloth and ashes. Chapter 12
22
Indeed I tell you, it will be more Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the (Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5)
12
1
day of judgment than for you! At that time Jesus walked
23
“And you, Capernaum! You through the grain fields on a
won't be lifted up to heaven, will Sabbath.g His disciples became
you? You'll go down to Hell!c hungry and began picking heads of
Because if the miracles that happened grain to eat. 2When the Pharisees saw
in you had taken place in Sodom, it this, they said to him, “Look! Your
would have remained to this day. disciples are doing what is not lawful
24
Indeed I tell you, it will be more to do on the Sabbath!”
3
bearable for the land of Sodom on the But he said to them, “Haven't
day of judgment than for you!” you read what David did when he
and his companions were hungry?
Jesus Praises the Father and Invites 4
How is it that he went into the house
the Disciples to Come to Him of God and ate the Bread of the
(Luke 10:21-22) Presence, which was not lawful for
25
At that time Jesus said, “I praise him and his companions to eat but
you, Father, Lord of heaven and
was reservedh for the priests? 5Or
earth, because you have hidden these
haven't you read in the law that on
things from wise and intelligent
people and have revealed them to
d 11:29 Lit. humble in heart
a 11:19 Lit. by all her children; other mss. e 11:29 cf. Jer 6:16
read by her actions f 11:30 Or kind
b 11:20 Lit. he g 12:1 Lit. on the Sabbaths
c 11:23 Lit. Hades; i.e. the realm of the dead h 12:4 Lit. but only
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every Sabbatha the priests in the Jesus, God's Chosen Servant
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temple violate the Sabbathb and yet When Jesus became aware of
are innocent?c 6But I tell you, this, he left that place. Many crowds k
something greater than the temple is followed him, and he healed all of
here! 7If you had known what ‘I want them, 16ordering them not to make
mercy and not sacrifice’ d means, you him known. 17This was to fulfill what
would not have condemned the was declared by the prophet Isaiah
innocent, 8for the Son of Man is Lord when he said,
of the Sabbath.”5 18
“Here is my Servant whom I have
Jesus Heals a Man with a Paralyzed chosen,
Hand whom I love, and with whom I
(Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11) am pleased!
I will put my Spirit on him,
9
Moving on from there, Jesuse
went into their synagogue. 10Sud- and he will proclaim justicel to
the gentiles.m
denly a man with a paralyzed hand 19
He will not quarrel or shout,
appeared. The peoplef asked Jesusg if
and no one will hear him
it was lawful to heal on Sabbath
shoutingn in the streets.
days,h intending to accuse him of 20
He will not snap off a broken reed
doing something wrong. or snuff out a smoldering wick
11
But he asked them, “Is there a until he has brought justiceo
man among you who, if he had one through to victory.
sheep and it fell into a ditch on the 21
And in his name the gentilesp will
Sabbath, wouldn't take hold of it and hope.”q
pull it out? 12How much more is a
human being worth than a sheep! So Jesus is Accused of Working with
it is lawful to do good on Sabbath Beelzebul
days.”i (Mark 3:20-30; Luke 11:14-23; 12:10)
22
13
Then he said to the man, “Hold Then a demon-possessed man who
out your hand.” He held it out and it was blind and unable to talk was
became normal, as healthy as his brought to him. Jesusr healed him so
other hand. 14The Pharisees, however, that the mans could speak and see.
23
went out and plotted against Jesus j to All the crowds were amazed and
kill him. kept saying, “This man isn't the Son
of David, is he?” ’ 11
a 12:5 Lit. on the Sabbaths

b 12:5 I.e. by carrying out priestly duties k 12:15 Other mss. lack crowds
c 12:5 Exod 25:30; 29:32-33; Lev 8:31 l 12:18 Or judgment
d 12:7 Hos 6:6 m 12:18 Or nations
e 12:9 Lit. he n 12:19 Lit. hear his voice
f 12:10 Lit. They o 12:20 Or judgment
g 12:10 Lit. him p 12:21 Or nations
h 12:10 Lit. on the Sabbaths q 12:21 Isa 42:1-4
i 12:12 Lit. on the Sabbaths r 12:22 Lit. He
j 12:14 Lit. him s 12:22 Lit. the man who was unable to talk
21
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But when the Pharisees heard and its fruit rotten, because a tree is
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this, they said, “This man drives out known by its fruit. 34You children of
demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler serpents! How can you say anything
of the demons.” good when you are evil? The mouth
25
He knew what they were speaks about what overflows from
thinking and said to them, “Every the heart. 35A good person brings
kingdom divided against itself is good things out of a good treasure
destroyed, and every city or house, and an evil person brings evil
household divided against itself will things out of an evil treasure house.
not stand. 26So if Satan drives out 36
I tell you, on the day of judgment
Satan, he is divided against himself. people will give an account for every
How, then, can his kingdom stand? thoughtlessc word they have uttered,
27
If I drive out demons by Beelzebul, 37
because by your words you will be
by whom do your own followers a acquitted, and by your words you
drive them out? That is why they will will be condemned.”36
be your judges! 28But if I drive out
The Sign of Jonah
demons by the Spirit of God, then the
(Mark 8:11-12; Luke 11:29-32)
kingdom of God has come to you. 38
29 Then some of the scribes and
How can someone go into a strong
Pharisees said to Jesus,d “Teacher, we
man's house and carry off his
want to see a sign from you.”
possessions without first tying up the 39
But he replied to them, “An
strong man? Then he can ransack his
evil and adulterous generation craves
house.
30 a sign. Yet no sign will be given to it
“The person who isn't with me
except the sign of the prophet Jonah,
is against me, and the person who 40
because just as Jonah was in the
isn't gathering with me is scattering.
31 stomach of the sea creature for three
So I tell you, every sin and
days and three nights,e so the Son of
blasphemy will be forgiven,b but
Man will be in the heart of the earth
blasphemy against the Spirit will not
for three days and three nights. 41The
be forgiven. 32Whoever speaks a word
men of Nineveh will stand up at the
against the Son of Man will be
judgment and condemn the people
forgiven, but whoever speaks against
the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, living today,f because they repented
either in this age or in the one to at the preaching of Jonah. But look—
come.” something greater than Jonah is here!
42
The queen of the south will stand
A Tree is Known by Its Fruit up and condemn the people living
(Luke 6:43-45)
33
“Either make the tree good and
c 12:36 Or worthless
its fruit good, or make the tree rotten d 12:38 Lit. him
e 12:40 Jonah 1:17
a 12:27 Lit. sons f 12:41 Lit. judgment with this generation and
b 12:31 Lit. will be forgiven to people condemn it
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today,a because she came from so far The Parable about a Farmer
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awayb to hear the wisdom of (Mark 4:1-9; Luke 8:4-18)
13
1
Solomon. But look! Something greater That day Jesus left the house
than Solomon is here!” and sat down beside the sea.
2
Such large crowds gathered around
The Return of the Unclean Spirit
him that he got into a boat and sat
(Luke 11:24-26)
43
down, while the entire crowd stood
“Whenever an unclean spirit
on the shore. 3Then he began to tell
goes out of a person, it wanders
them many things in parables. He
through waterless places looking for a
said, “Listen! A farmer went out to
place to rest but finds none. 44Then it
sow. 4As he was sowing, some seeds
says, ‘I will go back to my home that I
fell along the path, and birds came
left.’ When it arrives, it finds it empty,
and ate them up. 5Other seeds fell on
swept clean, and put in order. 45Then
stony ground, where they did not
it goes and brings with it seven other
have a lot of soil. They sprouted at
spirits more evil than itself, and they
once because the soil wasn't deep.
go in and settle there. And so the 6
But when the sun came up, they
final condition of that person
were scorched. Since they did not
becomes worse than the first. That's
have any roots, they dried up. 7Other
just what will happen to this evil
seeds fell among thorn bushes, and
generation!”
the thorn bushes grew higher and
The True Family of Jesus choked them out. 8But other seeds fell
(Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21) on good soil and produced a crop,
46
While Jesusc was still speaking some 100, some 60, and some 30 times
to the crowds, his mother and what was sown.e 9Let the person who
brothers stood outside, wanting to has earsf listen!”8
speak to him. 47Someone told him,
The Purpose of the Parables
“Look! Your mother and your
(Mark 4:10-12; Luke 8:9-10)
brothers are standing outside asking 10
Then the disciples came and
to speak to you.”d
48 asked Jesus,g “Why do you speak to
He asked the man who told
him, “Who is my mother, and who peopleh in parables?”
11
are my brothers?” 49Then pointing He answered them, “You have
with his hand at his disciples, he said, been given knowledge about the
“Here are my mother and my secrets of the kingdom fromi heaven,
brothers, 50because whoever does the but it hasn't been given to them,
12
will of my Father in heaven is my because to anyone who has
brother and sister and mother.” something, more will be given, and
a 12:42 Lit. judgment with this generation and e 13:8 The Gk. lacks what was sown
condemn it f 13:9 Other mss. read ears to hear
b 12:42 Lit. from the ends of the earth g 13:10 Lit. him
c 12:46 Lit. he h 13:10 Lit. to them
d 12:47 Other mss. lack this verse i 13:11 Lit. of
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he will have more than enough. But Jesus Explains the Parable about the
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from the one who doesn't have Farmer

anything, even what he has will be (Mark 4:13-20; Luke 8:11-15)
18
taken away from him. 13That's why I “Listen, then, to the parable
speak to them in parables, because12 about the farmer. 19When anyone
hears the word about the kingdom
‘they look but don't see,
yet doesn't understand it, the evil one
and they listen but don't hear or
comes and snatches away what was
understand.’
sown in his heart. This is what was
14
“With them the prophecy of Isaiah sown along the path. 20As for what
is being fulfilled, which says: was sown on the stony ground, this is
‘You will listen and listen but the person who hears the word and
never understand. accepts it joyfully at once, 21but since
he doesn't have any root in himself,
You will look and look but never
comprehend, he lasts for only a short time. When
15
for this people's heart has become trouble or persecution comes along
dull, because of the word, he immediately
and their ears are hard of falls away. 22As for what was sown
hearing.a among the thorn bushes, this is the
They have shut their eyes person who hears the word, but the
so that they might not see with worries of life and the deceitful
their eyes, pleasures of wealth choke the word
and hear with their ears, so that it can't produce a crop. 23But
and understand with their heart as for what was sown on good soil,
and turn, this is the person who hears the
and I would heal them.’b word, understands it, and produces a
16
crop that yields 100, 60, or 30 times
“How blessed are your eyes
what was sown.”c
because they see, and your ears
because they hear! 17I tell you with The Parable about the Weeds among
certainty, many prophets and the Wheat
24
righteous people longed to see the He presented another parable
things you see but did not see them, to them, saying, “The kingdom fromd
and to hear the things you hear but heaven may be compared to a man
did not hear them.” who sowed good seed in his field.
25
While people were sleeping, his
enemy came and sowed weeds
among the wheat and went away.
26
When the crop came up and bore
grain, the weeds appeared, too. 27The
a 13:15 Lit. they hear with ears of heaviness c 13:23 The Gk. lacks what was sown
b 13:15 Isa 6:9-10 d 13:24 Lit. of
24
owner's servants came and asked them anything without usinge a
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him, ‘Master, you sowed good seed in parable. 35This was to fulfill what was
your field, didn't you? Then where declared by the prophetf when he
did these weeds come from?’ 28He said,
told them, ‘An enemy did this!’ The
servants asked him, ‘Then do you “I will open my mouth to speakg
want us to go and pull them out?’ in parables.
29
He said, ‘No! If you pull out the I will declare what has been
weeds, you might pull out the wheat hidden
with them. 30Let both grow together since the creation of the
until the harvest, and at harvest time world.”h
I will tell the reapers, “Gather the Jesus Explains the Parable about the
weeds first and tie them in bundles Weeds
for burning, but bring the wheat into 36
Then Jesusi left the crowds and
my barn.”’” went into the house. His disciples
The Parables about a Mustard Seed came to him and asked, “Explain to
and Yeast us the parable about the weeds in the
(Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:18-21) field.”
37
31
He presented another parable He answered, “The person who
to them, saying, “The kingdom froma sowed good seed is the Son of Man,
38
heaven is like a mustard seed that a while the field is the world. The
man took and planted in his field. good seed are those who belong to j
32
Although it is the smallest ofb all the kingdom, while the weeds are
seeds, when it is fully grown it is those who belong tok the evil one.
39
larger than the garden plants and The enemy who sowed them is the
becomes a tree, and the birds in the devil, the harvest is the end of the
sky come and nest in its branches.” age, and the reapers are the angels.
40
33
He told them another parable: Just as weeds are gathered and
“The kingdom fromc heaven is like burned with fire, so it will be at end
yeast that a woman took and mixed of thel age. 41The Son of Man will
withd three measures of flour until all send his angels, and they will gather
of it was leavened.” from his kingdom everything that
causes others to sin and those who
Why Jesus Used Parables practice lawlessness 42and they will
(Mark 4:33-34) throw them into a blazing furnace. In
34
Jesus told the crowds all these
things in parables. He did not tell e 13:34 The Gk. lacks using
f 13:35 Other mss. read Isaiah the prophet
g 13:35 The Gk. lacks to speak
h 13:35 Ps 78:2
a 13:31 Lit. of i 13:36 Lit. he
b 13:32 Or it is smaller than j 13:38 Lit. the sons of
c 13:33 Lit. of k 13:38 Lit. the sons of
d 13:33 Lit. hid in l 13:40 Other mss. read this
25
that place there will be wailing and New and Old Treasures
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51
gnashing of teeth.a 43Then the “Do you understand all these
righteous will shine like the sun in things?”
their Father's kingdom. Let the They said to him, “Yes.”
52
person who has earsb listen!” 42 Then he told them, “That is
why every scribe who has been
The Parable about a Hidden Treasure
trained for the kingdom fromh
44
“The kingdom fromc heaven is heaven is like the master of a
like treasure hidden in a field that a household who brings both new and
man found and hid. In his excitement old things out of his treasure chest.”
he went and sold everything he had
and bought that field.” Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth
(Mark 6:1-6; Luke 4:16-30)
The Parable about a Valuable Pearl 53
When Jesus had finished these
45
“Again, the kingdom fromd parables, he left that place. 54He went
heaven is like a merchant searching to his hometown and began teaching
for fine pearls. 46When he found a the peoplei in their synagogue in
very valuable pearl, he went and sold such a way that they were amazed
everything he had and bought it.” and asked, “Where did this man get
The Parable about a Net this wisdom and these miracles?
47
“Again, the kingdom frome
55
This is the builder'sj son, isn't it? His
heaven is like a large net thrown into mother is named Mary, isn't she? His
the sea that gathered all kinds of fish. brothers are James, Joseph, Simon,
48
When it was full, the fishermenf and Judas, aren't they? 56And his
hauled it ashore. Then they sat down, sisters are all with us, aren't they? So
sorted the good fish into containers, where did this man get all these
and threw the bad ones away. 49That things?” 57And they were offended by
is how it will be at the end of the age. him.
The angels will go out, cull out the But Jesus told them, “A prophet
evil people from among the righteous is without honor only in his
ones, 50and will throw them into a hometown and in his own home.”
58
blazing furnace. In that place there He did not perform many miracles
will be wailing and gnashing of there because of their unbelief. 13
teeth.”g
a 13:42 I.e. extreme pain

b 13:43 Other mss. read ears to hear
c 13:44 Lit. of
d 13:45 Lit. of
e 13:47 Lit. of h 13:52 Lit. of
f 13:48 Lit. they i 13:54 Lit. them
g 13:50 I.e. extreme pain j 13:55 Or carpenter's
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Chapter 14
The Death of John the Baptist body and buried it. Then they went
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(Mark 6:14-29; Luke 9:7-9) and told Jesus.8
14
1
At that time Herod the Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand
tetrarch,a hearing about the People
fame of Jesus, 2said to his servants, (Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John
“This is John the Baptist! He has been 6:1-14)
raised from the dead, and that's why 13
When Jesus heard this, he left
these miracles are being done by that place and wenth by boat to a
him.” 3Herod had arrested John, deserted place by himself. The
bound him with chains, and put him crowds heard of it and followed him
in prison on account of Herodias, his
on foot from the neighboringi towns.
brother Philip'sb wife.
4
14
When he got out of the boat,j he
John had been telling him, “It is
saw a large crowd. He had
not lawful for you to have her.”
compassion for them and healed their
5
Although Herodc wanted to kill him, sick. 15When evening had come, the
he was afraid of the crowd, since they disciples went to him and said, “This
regarded Johnd as a prophet. is a deserted place, and it's already
6
But when Herod's birthday late. Send the crowds away so that
celebration was held, the daughter of they can go into the villages and buy
Herodias danced before the guests. e food for themselves.”13
She pleased Herod 7so much that he 16
But Jesus said to them, “They
promised with an oath to give her don't need to go away. You give
whatever she asked for. 8Prompted them something to eat.”
by her mother, she said, “Give me, 17
They told him, “We don't have
right here on a platter, the head of anything here except five loaves of
John the Baptist.” 9Under pressure bread and two fish.”
because of his promises and his 18
He said, “Bring them to me.”
assembled guests, the king ordered 19
Then he ordered the crowds to sit
that it be done. 10So he sent wordf down on the grass. Taking the five
and had John beheaded in prison. loaves and the two fish, he looked up
11
His head was brought on a platter to heaven and blessed them. Then he
and given to the girl, and she took it broke the loaves in pieces and gave
to her mother. 12When John'sg them to his disciples, and the
disciples came, they carried off the disciples gave themk to the crowds.
20
All of them ate and were filled.
a 14:1 I.e. Herod Antipas, a son of King Then the disciplesl picked up what
Herod and ruler over one of four districts in was left of the broken pieces, twelve
and around the territory of Israel.
b 14:3 Other mss. read his brother's
c 14:5 Lit. he h 14:13 The Gk. lacks and went
d 14:5 Lit. him i 14:13 The Gk. lacks neighboring
e 14:6 Lit. in the middle j 14:14 The Gk. lacks of the boat
f 14:10 The Gk. lacks word k 14:19 The Gk. lacks gave them
g 14:12 Lit. his l 14:20 Lit. they
27
baskets full. 21Now those who had he began to sink, he shouted, “Lord,
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eaten were about 5,000 men, besides save me!”

31
women and children. 20 At once Jesus reached out his
hand, caught him, and asked him,
Jesus Walks on the Sea
“You who have so little faith, why
(Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21)
did you doubt?” 32As they got into the
22
Jesusa immediately had the
disciples get into a boat and cross to boat, the wind stopped blowing.
33
the other side ahead of him, while he Then the men in the boat
sent the crowds away. 23After began to worship Jesus,h saying, “You
dismissing the crowds, he went up on certainly are the Son of God!”
a hillside by himself to pray. When Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret
evening came, he was there alone. (Mark 6:53-56)
24
By this time the boat was in the 34
They crossed over and came
middle of the seab and was being ashore at Gennesaret. 35When the
battered by the waves, because the
men of that place recognized Jesus, i
wind was against them. 25Shortly
before dawnc Jesusd came to them, they sent wordj throughout that
walking on the sea. 26When the region and brought him everyone
disciples saw him walking on the sea, who was sick. 36They kept begging
they were terrified and cried out, “It's him to let them touch just the tassel
a ghost!” And they screamed in of his garment, and everyone who
terror. touched it was completely healed. 35 14
27
“Have courage!” Jesus Chapter 15
Jesus Challenges the Tradition of the

immediately told them. “It’s me. Stop
Elders
being afraid!”
28 (Mark 7:1-23)
Peter answered him, “Lord, if
15
1
Then some Pharisees and
it's you, order me to come to you on
the water.” scribes came from Jerusalem to
Jesus and asked, 2“Why do your
29
Jesuse said, “Come on!” So
disciples disregard the tradition of the
Peter got down out of the boat,
elders? They don't wash their hands
started walking on the water, and
when they eat.”k
camef to Jesus. 3
30 But he answered them, “Why
But when he noticed the
do you also disregard the
strongg wind, he was frightened. As
commandment of God because of
your tradition? 4Because God said,l
a 14:22 Lit. He ‘Honor your father and your
b 14:24 Other mss. read many furlongs from
the land
c 14:25 Lit. In the fourth watch of the night h 14:33 Lit. him
d 14:25 Lit. he i 14:35 Lit. him
e 14:29 Lit. He j 14:35 The Gk. lacks word
f 14:29 Other mss. read to go k 15:2 Lit. eat bread
g 14:30 Other mss. lack strong l 15:4 Other mss. read commanded, saying
28
mother,’a and ‘Whoever curses father another blind person, both will fall
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or mother must certainly be put to into a ditch.”
death.’b 5But you say ‘Whoever tells 15
Then Peter said to him,
his father or his mother, “Whatever “Explain to us thisi parable.”
support you might have received 16
Jesusj said, “Are you still so
from me has been given to God,” c ignorant? 17Don't you know that
6
does not have to honor his father.’ d everything that goes into the mouth
Because of your tradition, then, you passes into the stomach and then is
have disregardede the authority of expelled as waste? 18But the things
God's word.f 7You hypocrites! How that come out of the mouth come
well did Isaiah prophesy of you when from the heart, and it is those things
he said, that make a person unclean. 19It is out
8
‘These people honor me with their of the heart that evil thoughts come,
lips, as well as murder, adultery, sexual
but their hearts are far from me. immorality, stealing, false testimony,
9
Their worship of me is empty, and slander.k 20These are the things
because they teach human rules that make a person unclean. But
as doctrines.’”g eating with unwashed hands doesn't
10
Then calling out to the crowd, make a person unclean.” 18
he addressed them, “Listen and A Canaanite Woman's Faith

understand! 11It is not what goes into (Mark 7:24-30)
the mouth that makes a person 21
Then Jesus left that place and
unclean. It is what comes out of the went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
mouth that makes a person unclean.” 22
Suddenly a Canaanite woman from
12
Then the disciples came and that territory came near and began to
asked him, “Do you realize that the shout, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son
Pharisees were offended when they of David! My daughter is severely
heard this statement?”
13
demon-possessed!” 23But he didn't
He replied, “Every plant that
answer her at all.l
my heavenly Father did not plant will
Then his disciples came up and
be pulled up by the roots. 14Leave
kept urging him, “Send her away,
them alone. They are blind guides of
the blind.h If one blind person leads because she keeps on screaming as
she followsm us.”
24
But he replied, “I was sent only
a 15:4 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16 to the lost sheep of the nationn of
b 15:4 Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9
c 15:5 Lit. is a gift Israel.”
d 15:6 Other mss. read his father or his
mother i 15:15 Other mss. read the
e 15:6 Or invalidated j 15:16 Lit. He
f 15:6 Other mss. read law; still other mss. k 15:19 Or blasphemy
read commandment l 15:23 Lit. a word
g 15:9 Isa 29:13 m 15:23 Lit. screaming behind
h 15:14 Other mss. lack of the blind n 15:24 Lit. house
29
33
25
Then she came and fell down The disciples asked him,
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before him, saying, “Lord, help me!” “Where in the wilderness are we to
26
He replied, “It’s not righta to get enough bread to feed such a
take the children's bread and throw it crowd?”
34
Jesus asked them, “How many
to the puppies.”
27 loaves of bread do you have?”
She said, “Yes, Lord. But even
They said, “Seven, and a few
the puppies eat the crumbs that fall
small fish.”
from their masters’ tables.” 35
Ordering the crowd to sit
28
Then Jesus answered her, down on the ground, 36he took the
“Lady,b your faith is great! What you seven loaves and the fish and gave
want is granted.” That very hour her thanks. Then he broke them in pieces
daughter was healed. and kept giving them to his disciples,
and the disciples gave themc to the
Jesus Heals Many People
29 crowds. 37All of them ate until they
Jesus left there and went along
were filled, then the disciplesd picked
the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up
up what was left of the broken
on a hillside and sat down. 30Large pieces—seven baskets full. 38Now
crowds came to him, bringing with those who had eaten were four
them the lame, the blind, the thousand men, besides women and
crippled, those unable to talk, and children. 39After he sent the crowds
many others. They placed them at his away, he got into a boat and went to
feet, and he healed them. 31As a the region of Magadan.e
result, the crowd was amazed to see Chapter 16
Interpreting the Time

those who were unable to talk
(Mark 8:11-13; Luke 12:54-56)
speaking, the crippled healed, the
16
1
When the Pharisees and
lame walking, and the blind seeing. Sadducees arrived, in order to
So they praised the God of Israel. test Jesusf they asked him to show
Jesus Feeds More Than Four them a sign from heaven. 2He replied
Thousand People to them, “You say,
(Mark 8:1-10) ‘Red sky at night,
32
Then Jesus called his disciples what a delight!
and said, “I have compassion for the 3
Red sky in the morning,
crowd because they have already cloudy and storming.’
been with me for three days and have
nothing to eat. I don't want to send You know how to interpret the
them away without food, or they may appearance of the sky, yet you can't
faint on the road.” 15
c 15:36 The Gk. lacks gave them

d 15:37 Lit. they
a 15:26 Other mss. read lawful e 15:39 Other mss. read Magdala
b 15:28 Lit. Woman f 16:1 Lit. him
30
interpret the signs of the times?a 4An They said, “Some sayc John the
14
MATTHEW
evil and adulterous generation craves Baptist, others Elijah, and still others
a sign, but no sign will be given to it Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15
except the sign of Jonah.” Then he He asked them, “But who do
left them and went away. you say I am?”
16
Simon Peter answered, “You
The Yeast of the Pharisees and
are the Messiah,d the Son of the
Sadducees
living God!”
(Mark 8:14-21) 17
5 Then Jesus said to him, “How
When his disciples reached the
blessed you are, Simon son of Jonah,e
other side, they had forgotten to take
since flesh and blood has not
any bread along. 6Jesus said to them,
revealed this to you, though my
“Watch out! Beware of the yeast of
Father in heaven has. 18I tell you that
the Pharisees and Sadducees!”
7 you are Peter,f and it is on this rockg
As they began to discuss this
that I will build my congregation,h
among themselves, they kept saying,
and the powers of helli will not
“We didn't bring along any bread.”
8 conquer it. 19I will give you the keys
Knowing this, Jesus asked them,
to the kingdom fromj heaven.
“You who have little faith, why are
Whatever you prohibit on earth will
you discussing among yourselves the
have been prohibitedk in heaven, and
fact that you don't have any bread?
9 whatever you permit on earth will
Don't you understand yet? Don't
have been permittedl in heaven.”
you remember the five loaves for the
16
20
Then he strictly ordered the
5,000 and how many baskets you
disciples not to tell anyone that he
collected, 10or the seven loaves for the
was the Messiah.m
4,000 and how many baskets you
16
collected? 11How can you fail to Jesus Predicts His Death and
understand that I wasn't talking to Resurrection
you about bread? Beware of the yeast (Mark 8:31-9:1; Luke 9:21-27)
21
of the Pharisees and Sadducees!” From that time on, Jesus began
12
Then they understood that he to show his disciples that he would
did not say to beware of the yeast have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a
used in bread,b but of the teaching of great deal because of the elders, the
the Pharisees and Sadducees.
c 16:14 The Gk. lacks say
Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus
d 16:16 Or Christ
(Mark 8:27-30; Luke 9:18-21) e 16:17 Or Simon son of John; Lit. Simon bar
13
When Jesus had come to the Jonah; cf. John 1:42
region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked f 16:18 Lit. Petros
his disciples, “Who do people say the g 16:18 Lit. petra
h 16:18 Or church
Son of Man is?”
i 16:18 Lit. the gates of Hades, a reference to
the realm of the dead
j 16:19 Lit. of
a 16:3 Other mss. lack You say. . . the signs of k 16:19 Or will be prohibited
the times? l 16:19 Or will be permitted
b 16:12 Other mss. read the loaf of bread m 16:20 Or Christ
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high priests, and the scribes. Then he 3

Suddenly, Moses and Elijah
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would be killed, but on the third day appeared to them, talking with
he would be raised. 22Peter took him Jesus.d
aside and began to rebuke him, 4
Then Peter said to Jesus, “Lord,
saying, “God be merciful to you, it's good that we're here! If you want,
Lord! This must never happen to
I’ll set up three shelterse—one for
you!” 21
you, one for Moses, and one for
16
23
But Jesusa turned and said to
Elijah.” 5He was still speaking when a
Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are
an offenseb to me, because you are bright cloud suddenly overshadowed
not thinking God's thoughts but them.
human thoughts!” A voice from the cloud said,
24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “This is my Son, whom I love. I am
“If anyone wants to follow me, he pleased with him. Keep on listening
must deny himself, pick up his cross, to him!”
6
and follow me continually. 25Whoever When the disciples heard this,
wants to save his life will lose it, but they fell on their faces and were
whoever loses his life for my sake will terrified.
find it, 26because what profit will a 7
But Jesus came up to them and
person have if he gains the whole touched them, saying, “Get up, and
world and forfeits his life? Or what stop being afraid.” 8When they raised
can a person give in exchange for his their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus
life? 27The Son of Man is going to all by himself.
come with his angels in his Father's 9
On their way down the
glory, and then he will repay mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Don't
everyone according to what he has tell anyone about this vision until the
done. 28I tell you with certainty, some
Son of Man has been raised from the
people standing here will not
dead.”
experiencec death before they see the 10
So the disciples asked him,
Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Chapter 17
“Why, then, do the scribes say that
Jesus’ Appearance is Changed Elijah must come first?”
11
(Mark 9:2-13; Luke 9:28-36) He answered them, “Elijah is
17
1
Six days later, Jesus took indeed coming and will restore all
Peter, James, and his brother things. 12But I tell you that Elijah has
John and led them up a high already come, yet peoplef did not
mountain by themselves. 2His recognize him and treated him just as
appearance was changed in front of they pleased. In the same way, the
them, his face shone like the sun, and Son of Man is going to suffer at their
his clothes became as white as light. hands.” 13Then the disciples under-
a 16:23 Lit. he d 17:3 Lit. him

b 16:23 Or a hindrance e 17:4 Or tents
c 16:28 Lit. taste f 17:12 Lit. they
32
stood that he had been speaking to “The Son of Man is going to be
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them about John the Baptist. betrayed into human hands. 23They
will kill him, but he will be raised on
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon
the third day.” Then they were filled
(Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-42)
14 with grief.
As they approached the crowd,
1722
a man came up to Jesus,a knelt down Questions about the Temple Tax
24
in front of him, 15and said, “Sir,b have When they came to
mercy on my son, because he is an Capernaum, the collectors of the
epileptic and suffers terribly. Often temple taxf came up to Peter and
he falls into fire and often into water. asked, “Your teacher pays the temple
16
I brought him to your disciples, but tax,g doesn't he?”
25
they couldn't heal him.” He answered, “Yes.”
17
Jesus replied, “You unbeliev- When Peterh went home,i Jesus
ing and perverted generation! How spoke to him first and asked him,
long must I be with you? How long “What do you think, Simon? From
must I put up with you? Bring him whom do kings on the earth collect
here to me!” 18Then Jesus rebuked the tolls or tributes? From their own
demon and it came out of him, and subjects,j or from foreigners?”
the boy was healed that very hour. 26
“From foreigners,” he replied.
19
Then the disciples came to So Jesus said to him, “In that
Jesus privately and asked, “Why case, the subjectsk are exempt.
couldn't we drive it out?” 27
However, so that we don't offend
20
He told them, “Because of your them, go to the sea and throw in a
lack of faith.c I tell you with certainty, hook. Take the first fish that comes
if you have faith like a grain of up, open its mouth, and you will find
mustard seed, you can say to this a coin.l Take it and give it to them for
mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ me and you.” 17
and it will move, and nothing will be Chapter 18
impossible for you. 21But this kind True Greatness

does not come out except by prayer (Mark 9:33-37; Luke 9:46-48)
18
1
and fasting.”d 17
At that time the disciples
came to Jesus and asked,
Jesus Again Predicts His Death and “Who, then, is the greatest in the
Resurrection kingdom fromm heaven?”
(Mark 9:30-32; Luke 9:43-45)
22
While they were gathering
f 17:24 Lit. didrachma
togethere in Galilee, Jesus told them, g 17:24 Lit. didrachma
h 17:25 Lit. he
i 17:25 Or went into the house
a 17:14 Lit. him j 17:25 Lit. sons
b 17:15 Or Lord k 17:26 Lit. sons
c 17:20 Other mss. read your little faith l 17:27 Lit. stater, a coin worth two
d 17:21 Other mss. lack this verse didrachmas
e 17:22 Other mss. read were staying m 18:1 Lit. of
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2
Calling a little child forward, he heaven always have access to my
MATTHEW
had him stand among them. 3Then he Father in heaven. 11For the Son of
said, “I tell you with certainty, unless Man came to save the lost.”e
you changea and become like little
The Parable about The Faithful
children, you will never get into the
Shepherd
kingdom fromb heaven. 4Therefore,
(Luke 15:1-7)
whoever humbles himself as this little 12
“What do you think? If a man
child is the greatest in the kingdom
has a hundred sheep and one of
fromc heaven, 5and whoever receives
them strays, he leaves the ninety-nine
a little child like this in my name
in the hills and goes to look for the
receives me.”
one that has strayed, doesn't he? 13If
Causing Others to Sin he finds it, I tell you with certainty
(Mark 9:42-48; Luke 17:1-2) that he rejoices over it more than
6
“If anyone causes one of these over the ninety-nine that haven't
little ones who believe in me to sin, it strayed. 14In the same way, it is not
would be better for him if a large the will of yourf Father in heaven
millstone were hung around his neck that one of these little ones should be
and he were drowned at the bottom lost.”13
of the sea. 7How terrible it will be for
Dealing with a Brother Who Sins
the world due to its temptations to
(Luke 17:3)
sin! Temptations to sin are bound to 15
“If your brother sins against
happen, but how terrible it will be for g
you, go and confront him while the
that person who causes someone to
two of you are alone. If he listens to
sin!
8 you, you have won back your
“So if your hand or your foot
brother. 16But if he doesn't listen, take
causes you to sin, cut it off and throw
one or two others with you so that
it away. It is better for you to enter
‘every word may be confirmed by the
life injured or crippled than to have
testimonyh of two or three
two hands or two feet and be thrown
witnesses.’i 17If, however, he ignores
into eternal fire. 9And if your eye
them, tell it to the congregation.j If he
causes you to sin, tear it out and
also ignores the congregation,k
throw it away. It is better for you to
regard him as a gentile and a tax
enter life with one eye than to have
collector.
two eyes and be thrown into hell d 18
“I tell you with certainty,
fire.
10 whatever you prohibit on earth will
“See to it that you do not
despise one of these little ones, e 18:11 Other mss. lack this verse.
because I tell you, their angels in f 18:14 Other mss. read our; still other mss.
read my
a 18:3 Lit. turn g 18:15 Other mss. lack against you
b 18:3 Lit. of h 18:16 Lit. mouth
c 18:4 Lit. of i 18:16 Deut 19:15
d 18:9 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of j 18:17 Or church
the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom k 18:17 Or church
34
28
have been prohibiteda in heaven, and “But when that servant went
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whatever you permit on earth will away, he found one of his fellow
have been permittedb in heaven. servants who owed him a hundred
19
Furthermore, I tell you with denarii.g He grabbed him, seized him
certainty that if two of you agree on by the throat, and said, ‘Pay what
earth about anything you request, it you owe!’ 29Then his fellow servant
will be done for you by my Father in fell down and began begging him, ‘Be
heaven, 20because where two or three patient with me and I will repay you!’
30
have come together in my name, I am But he refused and went and had
there among them.” him thrown into prison until he could
repay the debt.
The Parable about an Unforgiving 31
“When his fellow servants saw
Servant
21
what had happened, they were very
Then Peter came up and asked
disturbed and went and reported to
him, “Lord, how many times may my
their master everything that had
brother sin against me and I have to
occurred. 32Then his master sent for
forgive him? Seven times?”
22
him and said to him, ‘You evil
Jesus said to him, “I tell you,
servant! I canceled that entire debt for
not just seven times, but 77 times!c you because you begged me.
23
“That is why the kingdom fromd 33
Shouldn't you have had mercy on
heaven may be compared to a king your fellow servant, just as I had
who wanted to settle accounts with mercy on you?’ 34In anger his master
his servants. 24When he had begun to handed him over to the torturersh
settle the accounts, a person who until he could repay the entire debt.
owed him 10,000 talentse was brought 35
This is how my heavenly Father will
to him. 25Because he couldn't pay, his treat each one of you unless you
master ordered him, his wife, his forgive your brother from your
children, and everything that he hearts.” 18
34
owned to be sold so that payment Chapter 19
could be made. 26Then the servant fell Teaching about Divorce

down and bowed low before him, (Mark 10:1-12)
19
1
saying, ‘Be patientf with me, and I When Jesus had finished
will repay you everything!’ 27The saying these things,i he left
master of that servant had com- Galilee and went to the territory of
passion and released him, canceling Judea on the other sidej of the Jordan.
2
his debt. Large crowds followed him, and he
healed them there.
a 18:18 Or will be prohibited
b 18:18 Or will be permitted
c 18:22 Or seventy times seven g 18:28 The denarius was the usual day's wage
d 18:23 Lit. of for a laborer.
e 18:24 A talent was worth a lifetime of wages h 18:34 Or jailers
for an average laborer. i 19:1 Lit. finished these sayings
f 18:26 Other mss. read Master, be patient j 19:1 I.e. the east side
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3
Some Pharisees came to him in birth,h while some are celibate
MATTHEW
order to test him. They asked, “Is it because they have been made that
lawful for a mana to divorce his wife way by others. Still others are celibate
for any reason?” because they have made themselves
4
He answered them, “Haven't that way for the sake of the kingdom
you read that the one who made b fromi heaven. Let anyone accept this
them at the beginning ‘made them who can.”
male and female’c 5and said, ‘That is
Jesus Blesses the Little Children
why a man will leave his father and
(Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17)
mother and be united with his wife, 13
Then some little children were
and the two will become one flesh’?d
6 brought to him so that he might lay
So they are no longer two, but one
his hands on them and pray. But the
flesh. Therefore, what God has joined
disciples rebuked those who brought j
together, man must never separate.”
7 them. 14Jesus, however, said, “Let the
They asked him, “Why, then,
little children come to me, and stop
did Moses order us ‘to give a
keeping them away, because the
certificate of divorce and divorce
kingdom fromk heaven belongs to
her’?”e
8 people like these.” 15When he had
He said to them, “It was
laid his hands on them, he went on
because of your hardness of heart
from there.
that Moses allowed you to divorce
your wives. But from the beginning it A Rich Man Comes to Jesus
was not this way. 9I tell you that (Mark 10:17-22; Luke 18:18-23)
16
whoever divorces his wife, except for Just then a man came up to
sexual immorality, and marries Jesus.l “Teacher,”m he asked, “what
another woman commits adultery.”f8 19 good deed should I do to have
10
His disciples asked him, “If that eternal life?”
is the relationship of a man with his 17
Jesusn asked him, “Why ask me
wife, it's not worth getting married!” about what is good? There is only one
11
“Not everyone can accept this who is good.o If you want to get into
saying,” he replied, “except those to that life, you must keep the com-
whom celibacyg has been granted, mandments.”
12
because some men are celibate from
a 19:3 Other mss. lack for a man h 19:12 Lit. from the mother's womb
b 19:4 Other mss. read created i 19:12 Lit. of
c 19:4 Gen 1:27; 5:2 j 19:13 The Gk. lacks those who brought
d 19:5 Gen 2:24 k 19:14 Lit. of
e 19:7 Deut 24:1, 3 l 19:16 Lit. him
f 19:9 Other mss. read adultery, and the man m 19:16 Other mss. read Good Teacher
who marries a divorced woman commits n 19:17 Lit. He
adultery o 19:17 Other mss. read Why do you call me
g 19:11 Lit. it good? No one is good except for one—God
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25
The young mana asked him,
18 When the disciples heard this,
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“Which ones?” they were completely astonished.
Jesus said, “‘You must not “Who, then, can be saved?” they
murder,b you must not commit asked. 19
26
adultery,c you must not steal,d you Jesus looked at them intently
must not give false testimony,e and said, “For humans this is
impossible, but for God all things are
19
honor your father and mother,’f and
possible.”
‘you must love your neighbor as 27
“Look!” Peter replied. “We
yourself.’”g
20 have left everything and followed
The young man said to him, “I
you. So what will we get?”
have kept all of these.h What do I still 28
Jesus said to them, “I tell you
lack?” with certainty, when the Son of Man
21
Jesus said to him, “If you want sits on his glorious throne in the
to be perfect, go and sell what you renewed creation, you who have
own and give the moneyi to the followed me will also sit on twelve
destitute, and you will have treasure thrones, governing the twelve tribes
in heaven. Then come back and of Israel. 29In fact, everyone who has
follow me.” 22But when the young left his homes, brothers, sisters,
man heard this statement he went father, mother, children, or fields
away sad, because he had many because of my name will receive a
possessions. hundred times as muchk and will
Salvation and Reward inherit eternal life. 30But many who
(Mark 10:23-31; Luke 18:24-30) are first will be last, and the last will
23
Then Jesus said to his disciples, be first.”
“I tell you with certainty, it will be Chapter 20
The Workers in the Vineyard

hard for a rich person to get into the
20 “The kingdom froml heaven
1
kingdom fromj heaven. 24Again I tell
is like a landowner who went
you, it is easier for a camel to squeeze
out early in the morning to hire
through the eye of a needle than for a
workers for his vineyard. 2After
rich person to get into the kingdom
agreeing to pay the workers one
of God.”
denariusm a day, he sent them into
19
his vineyard. 3When he went out

a 19:18 Lit. He about nine o'clock,n he saw others
b 19:18 Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17 standing in the marketplace without
c 19:18 Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18 work. 4He said to them, ‘You go into
d 19:18 Exod 20:15; Deut 5:19 the vineyard, too, and I will pay you
e 19:18 Exod 20:16; Deut 5:20
f 19:19 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
g 19:19 Lev 19:18 k 19:29 Other mss. read many times as much
h 19:20 Other mss. read kept all of these since l 20:1 Lit. of
I was a young man m 20:2 The denarius was the usual day's wage
i 19:21 The Gk. lacks the money for a laborer.
j 19:23 Lit. of n 20:3 Lit. the third hour
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whatever is right.’ 5So off they went. to do what I want with my own
MATTHEW
He went out again about noona and money,h am I not? Or are you
about three o'clockb and did the same enviousi because I’m generous?’
16
thing. 6About five o'clockc he went “In the same way, the last will
out and found some others standing be first, and the first will be last,
around. He asked them, ‘Why are because many are called, but few are
you standing here all day long chosen.”j
without work?’ 7They told him,
Jesus Predicts His Death and
‘Because no one has hired us.’ He
Resurrection a Third Time
said to them, ‘You go into the
(Mark 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34)
vineyard as well.’ 4 17
8 When Jesus was going up to
“When evening came, the
Jerusalem, he took the twelve
owner of the vineyard said to his
disciplesk aside and said to them as
manager, ‘Call the workers and give
they were walking along, 18“See, we
them their wages, beginning with the
are going up to Jerusalem, and the
last and ending withd the first.’
9 Son of Man will be handed over to
Those who were hired at five
the high priests and scribes, and they
o'clocke came, and each received a will condemn him to death. 19Then
denarius. they will hand him over to the
10
“When the first came, they gentiles to be mocked, whipped, and
thought they would receive more, but crucified, but on the third day he will
each received a denarius as well. be raised.”
11
When they received it, they began
to complain to the landowner, The Request of James and John
12
‘These last fellows worked only one (Mark 10:35-45)
20
hour, but you paid them the same as Then Zebedee's wife came to
l
Jesus with her sons. She bowed
us, and we’ve been working all day,f
enduring the scorching heat!’ down in front of him to ask him for a
13
“But he said to one of them, favor. 21He asked her, “What do you
‘Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. want?”
You did agree with me for a denarius, She said to him, “Promisem that
didn't you? 14Take what is yours and in your kingdom these two sons of
go. I want to give this last man as mine will sit on your right and on
much as I gave you.g 15I am allowed your left.”
a 20:5 Lit. the sixth hour

b 20:5 Lit. the ninth hour h 20:15 Lit. things
c 20:6 Lit. the eleventh hour i 20:15 Lit. Or is your eye evil
d 20:8 Lit. and up to j 20:16 Other mss. lack For many are called,
e 20:9 Lit. the eleventh hour but few are chosen
f 20:12 Lit. we’ve endured the burden of the k 20:17 Other mss. lack disciples
day l 20:20 Lit. him
g 20:14 Lit. to this last man as also to you m 20:21 Lit. Say
38
22
Jesus replied, “You don't to be silent, they shouted even
MATTHEW
realize what you're asking. Can you louder, “Have mercy on us, Lord, Son
drink from the cup that I'm going to of David!” 30
32
drink from?”a Jesus stopped and called them,
They told him, “We can.” saying, “What do you want me to do
23
He said to them, “You will for you?” 20
33
indeed drink from my cup. But it's They told him, “Lord, we want
not up to me to grant you a seat at to be able to see!”e 34Then Jesus,
my right hand or at my left. These deeply moved with compassion,
positions have already been prepared touched their eyes, and at once they
for others by my Father.” could see again. So they followed
24
When the ten heard this, they him.
became furious with the two Chapter 21
brothers. 25But Jesus called the The King Enters Jerusalem

(Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-38; John
disciplesb and said, “You know that
12:12-19)
the rulers of the gentiles lord it over
21
1
When they came near
them and their superiors act like
Jerusalem and had reached
tyrants over them. 26That's not the
Bethphage on the Mount of Olives,
way it should be among you. Instead,
Jesus sent two disciples on ahead and
whoever wants to be great among 2
said to them, “Go into the village
you must be your servant, 27and
ahead of you. At once you will find a
whoever wants to be first among you
donkey tied up and a colt with it.
must be your slave. 28That's the way it
Untie them, and bring them to me. 3If
is with the Son of Man. He did not
anyone says anything to you, tell
come to be served, but to serve and to
him, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and that
give his life as a ransom for many
person will send them at once.”
people.” 4
Now this happened to fulfill
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men what had been spoken through the
(Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-43) prophet when he said,
29
As they were leaving Jericho, a 5
“Tell the daughterf of Zion,
large crowd followed Jesus.c 30When
‘Look, your king is coming to
two blind men who were sitting by
you!g
the roadside heard that Jesus was
He is humble and mounted on a
passing by, they shouted, “Have
donkey,
mercy on us, Lord,d Son of David!” even on a colt of a donkey.’”h
31
When the crowd told them harshly
6
So the disciples went and did as
Jesus had directed them. 7They
a 20:22 Other mss. read to drink from, or be
baptized with the baptism with which I'm
going to be baptized? e 20:33 Lit. Lord, that our eyes be opened
b 20:25 Lit. them f 21:5 I.e. people
c 20:29 Lit. him g 21:5 Isa 62:11
d 20:30 Other mss. read Jesus h 21:5 Zech 9:9
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brought the donkey and the colt and 14

Blind and lame people came to
MATTHEW
put their coats on them, and he sat him in the temple, and he healed
upon them. 8Many people in the them. 15But when the high priests
crowd spread their own coats on the and the scribes saw the amazing
road, while others began cutting things that he had done and the
down branches from the trees and children shouting in the temple,
spreading them on the road. 9Both “Hosannag to the Son of David,” they
the crowds that went ahead of him became furious 16and asked him, “Do
and those that followed him kept you hear what these people are
shouting, 7 saying?”
Jesus said to them, “Yes! Haven't
“Hosannaa to the Son of David!
you ever read, ‘From the mouths of
How blessed is the one who comes
infants and nursing babies you have
in the name of the Lord! created praise’?”h 17Then he left them
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”b and went out of the city to Bethany
10
When he came into Jerusalem, and spent the night there.
the whole city was trembling with Jesus Curses a Fig Tree
excitement. The peoplec were asking, (Mark 11:12-14, 20-24)
“Who is this?” 18
In the morning, as Jesusi was
11
The crowds kept saying, “This returning to the city, he became
is the prophet Jesus, the man from hungry. 19Seeing a fig tree by the
Nazareth in Galilee.” roadside, he went up to it but found
Confrontation in the Temple Over nothing on it except leaves. He said
Money to it, “May fruit never come from you
(Mark 11:15-19; Luke 19:45-48; John again!” And immediately the fig tree
2:13-22) dried up.
20
12 When the disciples saw this,
Then Jesus went into the
they were amazed. “How did the fig
temple,d threw out everyone who
tree dry up so quickly?” they asked.
was selling and buying in the temple, 21
Jesus answered them, “I tell
and overturned the moneychangers’
you with certainty, if you have faith
tables and the chairs of those who
and do not doubt, not only will you
sold doves. 13He told them, “It is
be able to do what has been done to
written, ‘My house is to be called a the fig tree, but you will also say to
house of prayer,’e but you are turning this mountain, ‘Be removed and
it into a hideoutf for bandits!” thrown into the sea,’ and it will
happen. 22You will receive whatever
a 21:9 Hosanna is Heb. for Please save or
you ask for in prayer, if you believe.”
Praise.
b 21:9 Ps 118:25-26; Ps 148:1
c 21:10 Lit. They g 21:15 Hosanna is Heb. for Please save or
d 21:12 Other mss. read temple of God Praise.
e 21:13 Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11 h 21:16 Ps 8:2
f 21:13 Lit. cave i 21:18 Lit. he
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Jesus’ Authority is Challenged told him the same thing. He replied,
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(Mark 11:27-33; Luke 20:1-8) ‘I will,g sir,’ but he didn't go. 31Which
23
Then Jesusa went into the of the two did the father's will?”28
temple. While he was teaching, the They answered, “The first one.”
high priests and the elders of the Jesus said to them, “I tell you
people came to him and asked, “By with certainty, tax collectors and
what authority are you doing these prostitutes will get into God's king-
things, and who gave you this dom ahead of you! 32John came to
authority?” you living a righteous life,h and you
24
Jesus answered them, “I, too, didn't believe him, but the tax
will ask you one question.b If you collectors and prostitutes did. But
answer it for me, I will also tell you even when you saw that, you didn't
by what authority I am doing these change your mindsi at last and
things. 25Where did John's authority believe him.”
to baptizec come from? From heaven
The Parable about the Tenant Farmers
or from humans?”
(Mark 12:1-12; Luke 20:9-19)
They began discussing this 33
“Listen to another parable.
among themselves, saying, “If we say,
There was a landowner who planted
‘From heaven,’ he will say to us,
a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug
‘Then why didn't you believe him?’
26 a wine press in it, and built a
But if we say, ‘From humans,’ we
watchtower. Then he leased it to
are afraid of the crowd, because
tenant farmers and went abroad.
everyone regards John as a prophet.” 34
27 When harvest time approached, he
So they said to Jesus, “We don't
sent his servants to the tenant
know.”
farmers to collect his produce. 35But
He in turn told them, “Then I
the farmers took his servants and beat
won't tell you by what authority I am
one, killed another, and attacked
doing these things.”
another with stones. 36Again, he sent
The Parable about Two Sons other servants to them, a greater
28
“But what do you think? A number than the first, but the tenant
man had two sons. He went to the farmersj treated them the same way.
first and said, ‘Son, go and work in 37
Finally, he sent his son to them,
the vineyard today.’ 29His sond thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’
38
replied, ‘I don't want to,’ but later he But when the tenant farmers saw
changed his mind and went. 30Then his son, they said to one another,
the fathere went to the other sonf and ‘This is the heir. Come on, let's kill
him and get his inheritance!’ 39So they
a 21:23 Lit. he
grabbed him, threw him out of the
b 21:24 Lit. one word
c 21:25 Lit. John's baptism g 21:30 The Gk. lacks will
d 21:29 Lit. He h 21:32 Lit. you in the way of righteousness
e 21:30 Lit. he i 21:32 Or didn’t repent
f 21:30 The Gk. lacks son j 21:36 Lit. they
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vineyard, and killed him. 40Now kingdom frome heaven may be

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when the owner of the vineyard compared to a king who gave a

returns, what will he do to those wedding banquet for his son. 3He
farmers?” 39 21
sent his servants to call those who
41
They said to him, “He will put had been invited to the wedding, but
those horrible men to a horrible they refused to come. 4Sof he sent
death. Then he will lease the other servants, saying, ‘Tell those
vineyard to other farmers who will who have been invited, “Look, I've
give him his produce at harvest prepared my dinner. My oxen and
time.” fattened calves have been
42
Jesus asked them, “Have you slaughtered. Everything is ready.
never read in the Scriptures, Come to the wedding!”’ 5But they
‘The stone that the builders paid no attention to this and went
rejected away, one to his farm, another to his
has become the cornerstone.a business. 6The rest grabbed the
This was the Lord's doing, king'sg servants, treated them
and it is amazing in our eyes.’?b brutally, and then killed them. 7Then
43
the king became outraged. He sent
That is why I tell you that the his troops, and they destroyed those
kingdom of God will be taken away murderers and burned their city.
from you and given to a people who 8
“Then he said to his servants,
will produce fruit for it. 44The person ‘The wedding is ready, but those who
who falls over this stone will be were invited were not worthy. 9So go
broken to pieces, but it will crush into the roads leading out of town
anyone on whom it falls.”c and invite as many people as you can
45
When the high priests and the find to the wedding.’ 10Those servants
Pharisees heard his parables, they went out into the streets and brought
knew that he was talking about them. in everyone they found, evil and
46
Although they wanted to arrest him, good alike, and the wedding hall was
they were afraid of the crowds, who packed with guests.
considered Jesusd to be a prophet. 11
“When the king came in to see
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the guests, he noticed a man there

The Parable about a Banquet
who was not wearing wedding
(Luke 14:15-24)
clothes. 12He asked him, ‘Friend, how
22
1
Again Jesus spoke to them in
did you get in here without wedding
parables. He said, 2“The
clothes?’ But the manh was
13
speechless. Then the king told his
a 21:42 Or capstone e 22:2 Lit. of

b 21:42 Ps 118:22-23 f 22:4 Lit. Again
c 21:44 Other mss. lack this verse g 22:6 Lit. his
d 21:46 Lit. him h 22:12 Lit. he
42
servants, ‘Tie his hands and feet, and A Question about the Resurrection
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throw him into the darkness outside!’ (Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40)
23
In that place there will be weeping That same day some
and gnashing of teeth,a 14because Sadducees, who claim there is no
many are invited, but few are resurrection, came to Jesuse and
chosen.” asked him, 24“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If
a man dies having no children, his
A Question about Paying Taxes brother must marry the widow and
(Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26) have children for his brother.’f 25Now
15
Then the Pharisees went and there were seven brothers among us.
planned how to trap Jesusb in The first one married and died, and
conversation. 16They sent their since he had no children, he left his
disciples to him along with the widow to his brother. 26The same
Herodians.c They said, “Teacher, we thing happened with the second
know that you are sincere and that brother, and then the third, and
you teach the way of God truthfully. finally with the rest of the brothers.g
You don't favor any individual, 27
Finally, the woman died, too. 28Now
because you pay no attention to in the resurrection, whose wife of the
external appearance. 17So tell us what seven will she be, since all of them
you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to had marriedh her?” 26
Caesar or not?” 29
Jesus answered them, “You are
18
Recognizing their wickedness, mistaken because you don't know the
Jesus asked, “Why are you testing me, Scriptures or God's power, 30because
you hypocrites? 19Show me the coin in the resurrection, peoplei neither
used for the tax.” marry nor are given in marriage but
They brought him a denarius.d are like the angelsj in heaven. 31As for
20
Then he asked them, “Whose face the resurrection from the dead,
and name is this?” haven't you read what was spoken to
21
They said to him, “Caesar's.” you by God when he said, 32‘I am the
So he said to them, “Then give God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
back to Caesar the things that are and the God of Jacob’?k Hel is not the
Caesar's, and to God the things that God of the dead, but of the living.”
are God's.” 33
When the crowds heard this,
22
When they heard this, they they were amazed at his teaching.
were amazed. Then they left him and
went away.
e 22:23 Lit. him

f 22:24 Deut 25:5-6
g 22:26 Lit. with the seven
a 22:13 I.e. extreme pain h 22:28 The Gk. lacks married
b 22:15 Lit. him i 22:30 Lit. they
c 22:16 I.e. Royal party sympathizers j 22:30 Other mss. read God's angels
d 22:19 The denarius was the usual day's wage k 22:32 Exod 3:6
for a laborer. l 22:32 Other mss. read God
43
45
The Greatest Commandment If David calls him 'Lord', how can
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(Mark 12:28-34; Luke 10:25-28) he be his son?”

34
When the Pharisees heard that 46
No one could answer him at
a
Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, i
all, and from that day on no one
they met together in the same place. dared to ask him another question.
35
One of them, an expert in the law, Chapter 23
tested him by asking, 36“Teacher, Jesus Denounces the Scribes and the
which is the greatest commandment Pharisees
in the law?” (Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47)
23
1
Then Jesus said to the crowds
22
37
Jesusb said to him, “‘You must
and to his disciples, 2“The
love the Lord your God with all your
scribes and the Pharisees administer
heart, with all your soul, and with all
the authority of Moses,j 3So do
your mind.’c 38This is the greatest and
whatever they tell you and follow it,
most importantd commandment.
39
but stop doing what they do, because
The second is exactly like it: ‘You
they don't do what they say. 4They tie
must love your neighbor as yourself.’ e up burdens that are heavy and
40
All the Law and the Prophets unbearable and lay them on people's
depend on these two command- shoulders, but they refuse to lift a
ments.” finger to remove them.
5
A Question about David's Son “They do everything to be seen
(Mark 12:35-37; Luke 20:41-44) by people. They increase the size of
41
While the Pharisees were stillf their phylacteriesk and lengthen the
gathered, Jesus asked them, 42“What tassels of their garments. 6They love
do you think about the Messiah?g to have the places of honor at feasts,
Whose son is he?” the best seats in the synagogues, 7to
They told him, “David's.” be greeted in the marketplaces, and
43
He asked them, “Then how can to be called ‘Rabbi’l by people.
8
David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord’ “But you are not to be called
when he says, ‘Rabbi,’m because you have only one
44 teacher, and all of you are brothers.
‘The Lord said to my Lord, 9
And don't call anyone on earth
“Sit at my right hand,
‘Father,’ because you have only one
until I put your enemies under
Father, the one in heaven. 10Nor are
your feet.”’?h
a 22:34 Lit. he i 22:46 Lit. a word

b 22:37 Lit. He j 23:2 Lit. Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat
c 22:37 Deut 6:5 k 23:5 I.e. leather cases containing Scripture
d 22:38 Or first texts
e 22:39 Lev 19:18 l 23:7 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or
f 22:41 The Gk. lacks still Teacher.
g 22:42 Or Christ m 23:8 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or
h 22:44 Ps 110:1 Teacher
44
you to be called ‘Teachers,’ because holy? 18Again you say,h ‘Whoever
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you have only one teacher, the swears an oath by the altar is
Messiah!a 11The person who is excused,i but whoever swears by the
greatest among you must be your gift that is on it must keep his oath.’ j
servant. 12Whoever exalts himself will 19
You blind men!k Which is more
be humbled, and whoever humbles important, the gift or the altar that
himself will be exalted. makes the gift holy? 20Therefore, the
13
“How terrible it will be for you, one who swears an oath by the altar
scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! swears by it and by everything on it.
21
You shut the door to the kingdom The one who swears an oath by the
fromb heaven in people's faces. You sanctuary swears by it and by the one
don't go in yourselves, and you don't who lives there. 22And the one who
allow those who are trying to enter to swears an oath by heaven swears by
go in. God's throne and by the one who sits
14
“How terrible it will be for you, on it.17
23
scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! “How terrible it will be for you,
You devour widows’ houses and say scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
long prayers to cover it up. Therefore, You give a tenth of your mint, dill,
you will receive greater condem- and cummin, but have neglected the
nation!c more important matters of the law:
15
“How terrible it will be for you, justice, mercy, and faithfulness.l
scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! These are the things you should have
You travel over land and sea to make practiced, without neglecting the
a single convert, and when this others. 24You blind guides! You filter
happens you make him twice as fit out a gnat, yet swallow a camel!
25
ford helle as you are. “How terrible it will be for you,
16
“How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
blind guides! You say, ‘Whoever You clean the outside of the cup and
swears an oath by the sanctuary is the plate, but on the inside they are
excused,f but whoever swears an oath full of greed and self-indulgence.
26
by the gold of the sanctuary must You blind Pharisee! First clean the
keep his oath.’g 17You blind fools! inside of the cup,m so that its outside
What is more important, the gold or may also be clean.
27
the sanctuary that made the gold “How terrible it will be for you,
scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You are like whitewashed tombs that
a 23:10 Or Christ
b 23:13 Lit. of h 23:18 Lit. And
c 23:14 Other mss. omit vs. 14. i 23:18 Lit. is nothing
d 23:15 Lit. twice as much a son of j 23:18 Lit. owes a debt
e 23:15 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of k 23:19 Other mss. read blind and foolish men
the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom l 23:23 Or faith
f 23:16 Lit. is nothing m 23:26 Other mss. read of the cup and the
g 23:16 Lit. owes a debt plate
45
look beautiful on the outside but the altar. 36I tell you with certainty, all
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inside are full of dead people's bones these things will happen to those
and every kind of impurity. 28In the living today.”g
same way, on the outside you look
Jesus Rebukes Jerusalem
righteous to people, but inside you
(Luke 13:34-35)
are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 37
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who
27
29
“How terrible it will be for you,
kills the prophets and stones to death
scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
those who have been sent to her!
You build tombs for the prophets and
How often I wanted to gather your
decorate the monuments of the
children together as a hen gathers her
righteous. 30Then you say, ‘If we had
chicks under her wings, but you were
been living in the days of our
unwilling! 38Look! Your house is left
ancestors, we would have had no
abandoned! 39I tell you, you will not
part with them in sheddinga the
see me again until you say, ‘How
blood of the prophets.’ 31Therefore,
blessed is the one who comes in the
you testify against yourselves that
name of the Lord!’”h
you are descendants of those who
23
murdered the prophets. 32Then finish

Chapter 24
Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the

what your ancestors started!b 33You Temple
snakes, you children of serpents! (Mark 13:1-2; Luke 21:5-6)
How can you escape being
24
1
As Jesus left the temple and
condemned to hell? c was walking away, his
34
“That is why I am sending you disciples came up to him to point out
prophets, wise men, and scribes. to him the temple buildings. 2But he
Some of them you will kill and said to them, “You see all these
crucify, and some of them you will things, don't you? I tell you with
whip in your synagogues and certainty, there isn’t a single stone
persecute from town to town. 35As a here that will be left standing on top
result, you will be held accountable of another. They will all be torn
ford all the righteous blood shed on down.”
earth, from the blood of the righteous Cults, Revolutions, Famines, and
Abele to the blood of Zechariah,f the Earthquakes
son of Berechiah, whom you (Mark 13:3-13; Luke 21:7-19)
murdered between the sanctuary and 3
While Jesusi was sitting on the
Mount of Olives, the disciples came
a 23:30 The Gk. lacks shedding to him privately and said, “Tell us,
b 23:32 Lit. Fill up the measure of your when will these things take place,
ancestors
c 23:33 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of
the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
d 23:35 Lit. on you will come g 23:36 Lit. to this generation
e 23:35 Gen 4:8 h 23:39 Ps 118:26
f 23:35 2Chr 24:20-21 i 24:3 Lit. he
46
and what will be the sign of your Signs of the End
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coming and of the end of the age?” (Mark 13:14-23; Luke 21:20-24)
4 15
Jesus answered them, “See to it “So when you see the
that no one deceives you, 5because destructive desecration, mentioned
many will come in my name and say, by the prophet Daniel, standing in
‘I am the Messiah,’a and they will the Holy Place (let the reader take
deceive many people. 6You are going note),e 16then those who are in Judea
to hear of wars and rumors of wars. must flee to the mountains. 17Anyone
See to it that you are not alarmed. who’s on the housetop must not
These things must take place, but the come down to get what is in his
end hasn't come yet, 7because nation house, 18and anyone who’s in the
will rise up in arms against nation, field must not turn back to get his
and kingdom against kingdom. There coat.
19
will be famines and earthquakes in “How terrible it will be for
various places. 8But all these things women who are pregnant or who are
are only the beginning of the birth nursing babies in those days! 20Pray
pains.” that it may not be in winter or on a
Sabbath when you flee, 21because at
Future Persecution, Apostasy, and
that time there will be great
Evangelism
(Mark 13:9-13; Luke 21:12-19) suffering,f the kind that has not
9
“Then they will hand you over happened from the beginning of the
world until now and certainly will
to sufferb and will kill you, and you
never happen again. 22If those days
will be hated by all the nationsc
had not been limited, no oneg would
because of my name. 10Then many
survive. But for the sake of the elect,
people will fall away, will betray one
those days will be limited.
another, and will hate one another. 23
11 “At that time, if anyone says to
Many false prophets will appear
and deceive many people, 12and you, ‘Look! Here is the Messiah!’ h or
because lawlessness will increase, the ‘There he is!’, don't believe it,
love of many people will grow cold.
24
because false messiahsi and false
13
But the person who endures to the prophets will appear and display
end will be saved. 14And this gospel great signs and wonders to deceive, if
of the kingdom will be proclaimed possible, even the elect. 25Remember,
throughout the world as a testimony I have told you this beforehand. 26So
to all nations,d and then the end will if they say to you, ‘Look! He's in the
come.” wilderness,’ don't go out looking for
him.j And if they say, ‘Look! He's in
e 24:15 Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11

f 24:21 Or tribulation
a 24:5 Or Christ g 24:22 Lit. flesh
b 24:9 Or tribulation h 24:23 Or Christ
c 24:9 Or gentiles i 24:24 Or christs
d 24:14 Or gentiles j 24:26 The Gk. lacks looking for him
47
the storeroom,’ don't believe it, Manh is near, right at the door. 34I tell
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27
because just as the lightning comes you with certainty, this generation
from the east and flashes as far as the will not disappear until these things
west, so will be the coming of the Son happen. 35Heaven and earth will
of Man. 28Wherever there's a corpse, disappear, but my words will never
there the vulturesa will gather. 26 disappear.”33
The Coming of the Son of Man The Unknown Day and Hour of
(Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28) Messiah's Return
29
“Immediately after the (Mark 13:32-37; Luke 17:20-36)
36
troublesb of those days, “No one knows when that day
or hour will comei—not the angels in
‘The sun will be darkened,
the moon will not give its light, heaven, nor the Son,j but only the
the stars will fall from the sky, Father, 37because just as it was in the
and the powers of heaven will days of Noah, so it will be when the
be shaken loose.’c Son of Man comes. 38In those days
before the flood, people k were eating
30
Then the sign of the Son of Man will and drinking, marrying and giving in
appear in the sky, and all ‘the tribes marriage right up to the day when
of the landd will mourn’e when they Noah went into the ark. 39They were
see ‘the Son of Man coming on the unaware of what was happeningl
clouds of heaven’f with power and until the flood came and swept all of
great glory. 31He will send out his them away. That's how it will be
angels with a loud trumpet blast, and when the Son of Man comes. 40At that
they will gather his elect from the time two people will be in the field.
four winds, from one end of heaven One will be taken, and the other will
to another.” be left behind. 41Two women will be
The Lesson from the Fig Tree grinding grain at the mill. One will be
(Mark 13:28-31; Luke 21:29-33) taken, and the other will be left
32
“Now learn a lessong from the behind.38
42
fig tree. When its branches become “So keep on watching, because
tender and it produces leaves, you you don't know on what day your
know that summer is near. 33In the Lord is coming. 43But be sure of this:
same way, when you see all these if the owner of the house had known
things, you will know that the Son of when duringm the night the thief
would be coming, he would have
a 24:28 Or eagles
b 24:29 Or tribulation h 24:33 Lit. that he
c 24:29 Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10 i 24:36 Lit. about that day and hour
d 24:30 Or earth j 24:36 Other mss. lack nor the Son
e 24:30 Zech 12:12 k 24:38 Lit. they
f 24:30 Dan 7:13 l 24:39 The Gk. lacks of what was happening
g 24:32 Or parable m 24:43 Lit. known at what watch of
48
stayed awake and not allowed his the groom.h 2Now five of them were
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house to be broken into. 44So you, too, foolish, and five were wise, 3because
must be ready, because at an hour when the foolish ones took their
you are not expecting him the Son of lamps, they didn't take any oil with
Man will come.” them. 4But the wise ones took flasks
The Faithful or the Wicked Servant of oil with their lamps. 5Since the
(Luke 12:42-48) groom was late, all of them became
45
“Who, then, is the faithful and sleepy and lay down. 1
6
wise servant whom his master has “But at midnight there came a
put in charge of his household to give shout: ‘The groom is here! Come out
the othersa their food at the right to meet him!’ 7Then all the
time? 46How blessed is that servant bridesmaidsi woke up and got their
whom his master finds doing this lamps ready. 8But the foolish ones
when he comes! 47I tell you with said to the wise, ‘Give us some of
certainty, he will put him in charge of your oil, because our lamps are going
all his property. out!’ 9But the wise ones replied, ‘No!
48
“But if that wicked servant says There will never be enough for us
to himself,b ‘My master has been and for you. You’d better go to the
delayed,’ 49and begins to beat his dealers and buy some for yourselves.’
10
fellow servants and eat and drink “While they were away buying
with the drunks, 50the master of that it, the groom arrived. Those who
servant will come on a day when he were ready went with him into the
doesn't expect him and at an hour wedding banquet, and the door was
that he doesn't know. 51Then his closed. 11Later the other bridesmaidsj
masterc will punish him severelyd arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open up
and assign him a place with the for us!’ 12But he replied, ‘I tell you
hypocrites. In that place there will be with certainty, I don't know you!’ 13So
weeping and gnashing of teeth.”e keep on watching, because you don't
know the day or the hour.”k 12
Chapter 25
The Parable about the Ten

Bridesmaids The Parable about the Talents
25
1
“At that time, the kingdom 14
“Similarly, it is like a man going
fromf heaven will be compar- on a trip who called his servants and
able to ten bridesmaids g who took turned his money over to them. 15To
their oil lamps and went out to meet one man he gave five talents,l to
another two, and to another one,
h 25:1 Other mss. read the groom and the

a 24:45 Lit. them bride
b 24:48 Lit. in his heart i 25:7 Lit. virgins
c 24:51 Lit. he j 25:11 Lit. virgins
d 24:51 Lit. will cut him in pieces k 25:13 Other mss. read the hour when the
e 24:51 I.e. extreme pain and anger Son of Man will come
f 25:1 Lit. of l 25:15 A talent was worth a lifetime of wages
g 25:1 Lit. virgins for an average laborer.
49
26
based on their ability. Then he went “His master answered him,
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on his trip. ‘You evil and lazy servant! So you

16
“The one who received five knew that I harvested where I
talents went out at once and invested haven't planted and gathered where I
them and earned five more. 17In the haven't scattered any seed? 27Then
same way, the one who had two you should have invested my money
talents earned two more. 18But the with the bankers. When I returned, I
one who received one talent went off, would have received my money back
dug a hole in the ground, and buried with interest.’ 28Then the master
his master's money. said,a ‘Take the talent from him and
19
“After a long time the master of give it to the man who has the ten
those servants returned and settled talents, 29because to everyone who
accounts with them. 20The one who has something, more will be given,
had received five talents came up and and he will have more than enough.
brought five more talents, saying, But from the person who has
‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, nothing, even what he has will be
I've earned five more talents.’ 21His taken away from him. 30Throw this
master said to him, ‘Well done, good useless servant into the darkness
and trustworthy servant! Since you outside! In that place there will be
have been trustworthy with a small weeping and gnashing of teeth.’”b
amount, I will put you in charge of a
large amount. Come and share your The Judgment of the Nations
31
master's joy!’ “When the Son of Man comes
22
“The one with two talents also in his glory and all the angels are
came forward and said, ‘Master, you with him, he will sit on his glorious
gave me two talents. See, I've earned throne. 32All the nations will be
two more talents.’ 23His master said to assembled in front of him, and he will
him, ‘Well done, good and cull them out, one from another, like
trustworthy servant! Since you have a shepherd separates sheep from
been trustworthy with a small goats. 33He will put the sheep on his
amount, I will put you in charge of a right but the goats on his left.
34
large amount. Come and share your “Then the king will say to those
master's joy!’ on his right, ‘Come, you who have
24
“Then the one who had been blessed by my Father! Inherit
received one talent came forward and the kingdom prepared for you from
said, ‘Master, I knew that you were a the foundation of the world,
35
hard man, harvesting where you because I was hungry, and you gave
haven't planted and gathering where me something to eat. I was thirsty,
you haven't scattered any seed. and you gave me something to drink.
25
Being afraid, I went off and hid I was a stranger, and you welcomed
your talent in the ground. Here, take
a 25:28 The Gk. lacks ‘Then the master said’
what is yours!’ b 25:30 I.e. extreme pain
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me. 36I was naked, and you clothed eternal punishment, but the righteous
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me. I was sick, and you took care of will goa into eternal life.”
me. I was in prison, and you visited Chapter 26
me.’ The Plot to Kill Jesus

37
“Then the righteous will say to (Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-2; John
him, ‘Lord, when did we see you 11:45-53)
26
1
hungry and give you something to When Jesus had finished
eat, or thirsty and give you saying all these things,b he
something to drink? 38When did we told his disciples, 2“You know that
see you as a stranger and welcome the Passover will take place in two
you, or see you naked and clothe days, and the Son of Man will be
you? 39When did we see you sick or handed over to be crucified.”
3
in prison and visit you?’ Then the high priests and the
40
The king will answer them, ‘I elders of the people assembled in the
tell you with certainty, since you did courtyard of the high priest, who was
it for one of the least important of named Caiaphas. 4They conspired to
these brothers of mine, you did it for arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill
me.’ him. 5But they kept saying, “This
41
“Then he will say to those on must not happen during the festival.
his left, ‘Get away from me, you who Otherwise, there’ll be a riot among
are accursed, into the eternal fire that the people.” 4
has been prepared for the devil and A Woman Anoints Jesus
his angels! 42Here’s why: I was (Mark 14:3-9; John 12:1-8)
hungry, and you gave me nothing to 6
While Jesus was in Bethany at
eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me the home of Simon the leper, 7a
nothing to drink. 43I was a stranger, woman came to him with an
and you didn't welcome me. I was alabaster jar of very expensive
naked, and you didn't clothe me. I perfume and poured it on his head
was sick and in prison, and you while he sat at the table. 8But when
didn't visit me.’
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the disciples saw this they became

44
“Then they will reply, ‘Lord, irritated and said, “Why this waste?
when did we see you hungry or 9
Surely this perfume could have been
thirsty or as a stranger or naked or sold for a high price and the money c
sick or in prison and didn't help given to the destitute.”7
you?’ 10
But knowing this,d Jesus asked
45
Then he will say to them, ‘I tell them, “Why are you bothering the
you with certainty, since you didn’t woman? She has done a beautiful
do it for one of the least important of thing for me. 11You will always have
these, you didn’t do it for me.’ the destitute with you, but you will
46
These people will go away into
a 25:46 The Gk. lacks will go
b 26:1 Lit. finished all these sayings
c 26:9 The Gk. lacks the money
d 26:10 The Gk. lacks this
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not always have me. 12When she said, “I tell you with certainty, one of
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poured this perfume on my body, she you is going to betray me.”

was preparing me for burial. 13I tell 22
Feeling deeply distressed, each
you with certainty, wherever this one began to ask him, “Surely I am
gospel is proclaimed throughout the not the one, Lord?”
23
whole world, what she has done will He replied, “The man who has
also be told as a memorial to her.”11 dipped his hand into the bowl with
me will betray me. 24The Son of Man
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
is going away, just as it has been
(Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-6)
14 written about him. How terrible it
Then one of the Twelve, who
will be for that man by whom the Son
was called Judas Iscariot, went to the
of Man is betrayed! It would have
high priests 15and inquired, “What are
been better for him if he had never
you willing to give me if I betray
been born.”
Jesusa to you?” They offered him 30 25
Then Judas, who was going to
pieces of silver, 16and from then on he
betray him, asked, “Rabbi,g I'm not
began to look for an opportunity to
the one, am I?”
betray Jesus.b
Jesush said to him, “You have
The Passover with the Disciples said so.”
(Mark 14:12-21; Luke 22:7-14, 21-23;
The Lord's Supper
John 12:21-30)
(Mark 14:22-26; Luke 22:15-20)
17
On the first day of the Festivalc 26
While they were eating, Jesus
of Unleavened Bread, the disciples
approached Jesus and asked, “Where took a loaf of bread and blessed it.
do you want us to make preparations Then he broke it in pieces and
for you to eat the Passover meal?” handed it to the disciples, saying,
18
He said, “Go to a certain man “Take this and eat it. This is my
in the city and say to him, ‘The body.”
27
Teacher says, “My time is near. I will Then he took a cup, gave
celebrate the Passover with my thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
disciples at your house.”’”d 19So the “Drink from it, all of you, 28because
disciples did as Jesus had directed this is my blood of the newi covenant
them, and they prepared the that is being poured out for many
Passover meal. people for the forgiveness of sins. 29I
20
When evening came, Jesuse tell you, I will never again drink the
was sitting at the table with the product of the vine until that day
Twelve.f 21While they were eating, he when I drink it with you once again
in my Father's kingdom.”
a 26:15 Lit. him
b 26:16 Lit. him
c 26:17 The Gk. lacks day of the Festival g 26:25 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or
d 26:18 Lit. with you Teacher.
e 26:20 Lit. he h 26:25 Lit. He
f 26:20 Other mss. read twelve disciples i 26:28 Other mss. lack new
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30
After singing a hymn, they Father, if it is possible, let this cup
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went out to the Mount of Olives. pass from me. Yet not what I want
but what you want.”
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 40
When he went back to the
(Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-34; John
disciples, he found them asleep. He
13:36-38)
31 said to Peter, “So, you men couldn't
Then Jesus said to them, “All of
stay awake with me for one hour,
you will turn against me this very
could you? 41All of you must stay
night, because it is written,
awake and pray that you won't be
‘I will strike the shepherd, tempted. The spirit is indeed willing,
and the sheep of the flock will but the body is weak.” 40
be scattered.’a 42
He went away a second time
32
However, after I have been raised, I and prayed, “My Father, if this cup
will go to Galilee ahead of you.” cannot go away unless I drink it, let
33
But Peter said to him, “Even if your will be done.” 43Then he came
everyone else turns against you, I back and found them asleep, because
certainly won't!” they could not keep their eyes open.
44
34
Jesus said to him, “I tell you After leaving them again, he went
with certainty, before a rooster crows away and prayed again for the third
this very night, you will deny me time, saying the same thing.
45
three times.” Then he came back to the
35
Peter told him, “Even if I have disciples and said to them, “You
to die with you, I will never deny might as well keep on sleeping and
you!” And all the disciples said the resting.b Look! The time is near for
same thing. the Son of Man to be betrayed into
the hands of sinners. 46Get up! Let's
Jesus Prays in the Garden of go! See, the one who is betraying me
Gethsemane is near!” 45
(Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46)
36
Then Jesus went with them to Jesus is Arrested
a place called Gethsemane. He said to (Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53; John
the disciples, “Sit down here while I 18:3-12)
go over there and pray.” 37Taking
47
Just then, while Jesusc was still
Peter and the two sons of Zebedee speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve,
with him, he began to be grieved and arrived. A large crowd armed with
troubled. 38Then he said to them, “I’m swords and clubs was with him. They
so deeply grieved that I feel I’m about were from the high priests and elders
to die. Wait here and stay awake with of the people. 48Now the betrayer
me.” personally had given them a signal,
39
Going on a little farther, he fell
on his face and prayed, “O my
b 26:45 Or Are you still sleeping and resting?
a 26:31 Zech 13:7 c 26:47 Lit. he
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saying, “The one I kissa is the man. Jesus is Tried before the High Priest
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Arrest him.” (Mark 14:53-65; Luke 22:54-55, 63-

49
So Judasb immediately went up 71; John 18:13-14, 19-24)
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to Jesus and said, “Hello, Rabbi!”c and Those who had arrested Jesus
kissed him tenderly. took him to Caiaphas, the high priest,
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Jesus asked him, “Friend, why where the scribes and the elders had
are you here?”d Then the other mene assembled. 58Peter, however, followed
surged forward, took hold of Jesus, him at a distance as far as the high
and arrested him. priest's courtyard. He went inside
51
Suddenly, one of the men with and sat down with the servants to see
Jesus reached out his hand, drew his how this would end.
59
sword, and struck the high priest's Meanwhile, the high priests
servant, cutting off his ear. 52Jesus and the whole Councili were looking
said to him, “Put your sword back in for false testimony against Jesus in
its place! Everyone who uses a sword order to have him put to death. 60But
will be killed by a sword. 53Don't you they couldn't find any, even though
think that I could call on my Father, many false witnesses had come
and he would send me more than forward. At last two men came
twelve legions of angels now? 54How, forward 61and stated, “This man said,
then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled ‘I can destroy the sanctuary of God
that say this must happen?” and rebuild it in three days.’”
62
55
At this point,f Jesus asked the At this, the high priest stood up
crowds, “Have you come out with and asked Jesus,j “Don't you have
swords and clubs to arrest me as if I any answer to what these men are
were a bandit?g Day after day I sat testifying against you?” 63But Jesus
teaching in the temple, yet you didn't was silent. Then the high priest said
arrest me. 56But all of this has to him, “I command you by the living
happened so that the writings of the God to tell us if you are the Messiah, k
prophets might be fulfilled.” the Son of God!”
64
Then all the disciples deserted Jesus said to him, “You have
Jesush and ran away. said so. Nevertheless I tell you, from
now on you will see ‘the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of Power’l
and ‘coming on the clouds of
a 26:48 People customarily greeted their
heaven.’”m
friends with a kiss. 65
Then the high priest tore his
b 26:49 Lit. he
c 26:49 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or robes and said, “He has blasphemed!
Teacher.
d 26:50 Or do what you came for i 26:59 Or Sanhedrin
e 26:50 Lit. they j 26:62 Lit. him
f 26:55 Lit. In that hour k 26:63 Or Christ
g 26:55 Or revolutionary l 26:64 Ps 110:1
h 26:56 Lit. him m 26:64 Dan 7:13
54
Why do we still need witnesses? words of Jesus when he said, “Before
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Listen! You yourselves have just a rooster crows, you will deny me
heard the blasphemy! 66What is your three times.” Then he went outside
verdict?” and cried bitterly.
They replied, “He deserves to Chapter 27
die!” Jesus is Taken to Pilate

67 (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1-2; John 18:28-
Then they spit in his face and
32)
hit him. Some slapped him, 68saying,
27
1
When morning came, all the
“Prophesy to us, you Messiah!a Who
high priests and elders of the
hitb you?”
people conspired against Jesus to put
Peter Denies Jesus him to death. 2They bound him with
(Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:56-62; John chains, led him away, and handed
18:15-18, 25-27) him over to Pontiusd Pilate, the
69
Now Peter was sitting outside governor.
in the courtyard when a servant girl
The Death of Judas
came up to him and said, “You, too,
(Acts 1:18-19)
were with Jesus the Galilean.” 3
Then Judas, who had betrayed
26
70
But he denied it in front of
him, regretted what had happened
them all, saying, “I don't know what
when he saw that Jesuse was
you're talking about.”
71 condemned. He brought the 30 pieces
As he went out to the gateway,
of silver back to the high priests and
another woman saw him and said to
those who were there, “This man was elders, 4saying, “I have sinned by
betraying innocentf blood.”3
with Jesus from Nazareth.”c
72 But they replied, “What do we
Again he denied it and swore
care? Attend to that yourself.” 5Then
with an oath, “I don't know the
man!” he flung the pieces of silver into the
73 sanctuary and went outside. Then he
After a little while the people
went away and hanged himself.
who were standing there came up 6
The high priests picked up the
and said to Peter, “Obviously you're
pieces of silver and said, “It is not
also one of them, because your accent
lawful to put this into the temple
gives you away.”
treasury, because it is blood money.”
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Then he began to curse 7
So they decided to use the money to
violently. “I don't know the man!” he
buy the Potter's Field as a burial
swore solemnly. Just then a rooster
ground for foreigners. 8That is why
crowed. 75Peter remembered the
that field has been called the Field of
Blood to this day. 9Then what had
a 26:68 Or Christ
b 26:68 Lit. Who is the one who hit
c 26:71 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk.
Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. d 27:2 Other mss. lack Pontius
netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the e 27:3 Lit. he
name Nazareth. f 27:4 Other mss. read righteous
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been declared through the prophet gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which
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Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said, man do you want me to release for
you—Barabbas,i or Jesus who is
“Theya took the 30 pieces of silver,
the value of the man on whom a called the Messiah?”j 18He did thisk
price had been set by the because he knew that they had
Israelites, handed him over out of jealousy.
19
10
and theyb gave them for the While he was sitting on the
potter's field, judge's seat, his wife sent him a
as the Lord commanded me.”c message.l It said, “Have nothing to do
with that righteous man, because
Pilate Questions Jesus today I have suffered terribly due to a
(Mark 15:2-5; Luke 23:3-5; John dream I had about him.”
18:33-38) 20
But the high priests and elders
11
Meanwhile, Jesus was made to persuaded the crowds to ask for
stand in front of the governor. The Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be
governor asked him, “Are you the put to death. 21So the governor asked
king of the Jews?” them, “Which of the two men do you
Jesus said, “You say so.” want me to release for you?”
12
While Jesusd was being accused “Barabbas!” they replied.
by the high priests and elders, he 22
Pilate asked them, “Then what
made no reply. 13Then Pilate asked should I do with Jesus, who is called
him, “Don't you hear how many the Messiah?”m
charges they're bringing against They all said, “Let him be
you?” 14But Jesuse did not reply at all, crucified!”
so that the governor was very 23
He asked, “What has he done
surprised. wrong?”
Jesus is Sentenced to Death But they kept shouting louder
(Mark 15:6-15; Luke 23:13-25; John and louder, “Let him be crucified!”
24
18:39-19:16) Pilate saw that he was getting
15
At every festivalf the governor nowhere, but that a riot was about to
had a custom of releasing to the break out instead. So he took some
crowd any prisoner whom they water and washed his hands in front
wanted. 16At that time they were of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent
holding a notorious prisoner named of this man'sn blood. Attend to that
Barabbas.g 17So when the peopleh had yourselves.”
a 27:9 Or I h 27:17 Lit. they

b 27:10 Other mss. read I i 27:17 Other mss. read Jesus Barabbas
c 27:10 Zech 11:12-13; Jer 32:6-9 j 27:17 Or Christ
d 27:12 Lit. he k 27:18 The Gk. lacks He did this
e 27:14 Lit. he l 27:19 The Gk. lacks a message
f 27:15 I.e. Passover Festival m 27:23 Or Christ
g 27:16 Other mss. read Jesus Barabbas n 27:24 Other mss. read this righteous man's
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All the people answered, “Let it. 35After they had crucified him, they
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his blood be on us and our children!” determined who would get his
26
Then he released Barabbas for them, clothes by throwing dice for them.e
but he had Jesus whipped and 36
Then they sat down there and
handed over to be crucified. continued guarding him. 37Above his
The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus head they placed the charge against
(Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3) him. It read, “This is Jesus, the king of
27
Then the governor's soldiers the Jews.”
took Jesus into the imperial
38
At that time two banditsf were
headquartersa and gathered the crucified with him, one on his right
whole company of soldiers around and the other on his left. 39Those who
him. 28They strippedb him and put a passed by kept insultingg him,
scarlet robe on him. 29Twisting some shaking their heads, 40and saying,
thorns into a victor's crown, they “You who were going to destroy the
sanctuary and rebuild it in three
placed it on his head and putc a stick
days—save yourself! If you are the
in his right hand. They knelt down in
Son of God, come down from the
front of him and began making fun of
cross!”
him, saying, “Long live the king of 41
In the same way the high
the Jews!” 30Then they spit on him
priests, along with the scribes and
and took the stick and hit him
elders, were also making fun of him.
repeatedly on his head.
31 They kept saying, 42“He saved others
When they had finished
but can't save himself! He is the king
making fun of him, they stripped him
of the robe, put his own clothes back of Israel. Let himh come down from
on him, and led him away to crucify the cross now, and we will believe in
him. him. 43He trusts in God. Let Godi
rescue him, if he wants to do so now.
Jesus is Crucified After all, he said ‘I am the Son of
(Mark 15:21-32; Luke 23:26-43; John God.’”42
19:17-27) 44
In a similar way, the banditsj
32
As they were leaving, they who were being crucified with him
found a man from Cyrene named kept insulting him.
Simon, whom they forced to carry
Jesus’d cross. 33When they came to a
place called Golgotha (which means
“Skull Place”), 34they offered him a
drink of wine mixed with gall. But
when he tasted it, he refused to drink e 27:35 The Gk. lacks for them
f 27:38 Or revolutionaries
g 27:39 Or blaspheming
a 27:27 Lit. praetorium h 27:42 Other mss. read If he is the king of
b 27:28 Other mss. read clothed Israel, let him
c 27:29 The Gk. lacks put i 27:43 Lit. him
d 27:32 Lit. his j 27:44 Or revolutionaries
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Jesus Dies on the Cross split open, 52tombs were opened, and
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(Mark 15:33-41; Luke 23:44-49; John manym saints who had diedn were
19:28-30) brought back to life. 53After his
45
From noona on, darkness came resurrection, they came out of their
over the whole landb until three in tombs and went into the Holy Cityo
the afternoon.c 46About three o'clock,d and appeared to many people.
Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eli, 54
When the centurionp and those
Eli,e lema sabachthani?”,f which guarding Jesus with him saw the
means, “My God, my God, why have earthquake and the other things that
you forsaken me?”g were taking place, they were terrified
47
When some of the people and said, “This man certainly was the
standing there heard this, they said, Son of God!”
55
“He's calling for Elijah.”h 48So one of Now many women were also
the men ran off at once, took a there, watching from a distance. They
sponge, and soaked it in some sour had accompanied Jesus from Galilee
wine. Then he put it on a stick and and had ministered toq him. 56Among
offered Jesusi a drink. them were Mary Magdalene, Mary
49
But the others kept saying, the mother of James and Joseph, and
“Wait! Let's see if Elijah will come the mother of Zebedee's sons.
and save him.”j Jesus is Buried
50
Then Jesus cried out with a (Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John
loud voice again and died.k 19:38-42)
51
Suddenly the curtainl in the 57
Later that evening, a rich man
sanctuary was torn in two from top to arrived from Arimathea. His name
bottom, the earth shook, rocks were was Joseph, and he had become a
disciple of Jesus. 58He went to Pilate
a 27:45 Lit. the sixth hour and asked for the body of Jesus, and
b 27:45 Or earth Pilate ordered it to be done. 59So
c 27:45 Lit. the ninth hour
d 27:46 Lit. the ninth hour
Joseph took the body and wrapped it
e 27:46 Eli, Eli are Gk. transliterations for the in a clean linen cloth. 60Then he
Heb. My God, my God in Ps 22:1 placed it in his own new tomb, which
f 27:46 lema sabachthani is a Gk. he had cut out of the rock. After
transliteration for the Aram. rendering of the rolling a large stone across the door
Heb. in Ps 22:1, which means Why have you of the tomb, he left, 61but Mary
forsaken me?
g 27:46 Ps 22:1 Magdalene and the other Mary
h 27:47 Elijah in Heb. sounds like Eli
i 27:48 Lit. him
j 27:49 Other mss. read save him.” And m 27:52 Lit. and the corpses of many
another took a spear and pierced his side, and n 27:52 Lit. fallen asleep
water and blood came out. o 27:53 I.e. Jerusalem
k 27:50 Or and gave up his spirit p 27:54 A Roman centurion commanded
l 27:51 This curtain separated the Holy Place about 100 men.
from the Most Holy Place. q 27:55 Or provided for
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remained there, sitting in front of the as snow. 4Trembling from fear, even
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tomb. the guards themselves became
The Tomb is Secured catatonic.f 2
5
62 Responding to the women, the
The following day (that is, after
angel said, “Stop being frightened! I
the Day of Preparation), the high
know you're looking for Jesus, who
priests and Pharisees gathered before
was crucified. 6He is not here. He has
Pilate 63and said, “Sir, we remember
been raised, just as he said. Come and
how that impostor said while he was see the place where heg was lying.
still alive, ‘After three days I will be 7
Then go quickly and tell his disciples
raised.’ 64Therefore, order the tomb to that he is risen from the dead. He is
be secured until the third day, or his going ahead of you into Galilee, and
disciples may go and steal him and you will see him there. Remember, I
then tell the people, ‘He has been have told you!”
raised from the dead.’ Then the last 8
So they quickly left the tomb,
deception would be worse than the terrified but also ecstatic, and ran to
first one.” 27 tell Jesus’h disciples. 9Suddenly Jesus
65
Pilate told them, “You havea a met them and said, “Greetings!” They
military guard. Go and make the went up to him, took hold of his feet,
tombb as secure as you know how.” and worshiped him. 10Then Jesus said
66
So they went and secured the tomb to them, “Stop being frightened! Go
and tell my brothers to leave for
by putting a seal on the stone in the
Galilee, and they will see me there.”
presence of the guards.
Chapter 28
The Guards Report to the High Priests

Jesus is Raised from the Dead 11
While the women were on
(Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John their way, some of the guards went
20:1-10) into the city and told the high priests
28 After the Sabbaths,c around

1
everything that had happened. 12So
dawn on the first day of the they met with the elders and agreed
week,d Mary Magdalene and the on a plan to give the soldiers a large i
other Mary went to take a look at the amount of money. 13They said, “Say
burial site.e 2Suddenly there was a that Jesus’j disciples came at night
powerful earthquake, because an and stole him while you were
angel of the Lord had come down sleeping. 14If this is reported to the
governor, we’ll personally persuade
from heaven, approached the stone,
him to keep you out of trouble.”k 15So
rolled it away, and was sitting on top
the soldiersl took the money, did as
of it. 3His appearance was bright as
lightning, and his clothes were white
f 28:4 Lit. became like the dead
g 28:6 Other mss. read the Lord
a 27:65 Or Take h 28:8 Lit. his
b 27:65 Lit. it i 28:12 Or a sufficient
c 28:1 I.e., the Passover and Saturday j 28:13 Lit. his
d 28:1 Lit. first of the Sabbaths k 28:14 Lit. from worry
e 28:1 Or the tomb l 28:15 Lit. they
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they were instructed, and this story

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has been spread among the Jews to

this day.
Jesus Commissions His Disciples
(Mark 16:14-18; Luke 24:36-49; John
20:19-23; Acts 1:6-8)
16
The eleven disciples went into
Galilee to the hillside to which Jesus
had directed them. 17When they saw
him, they worshiped him, though
some had doubts.
18
Then Jesus came up and said to
them, “All authority in heaven and
on earth has been given to me.
19
Therefore, as you go, disciple people
in all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, and the Son, and
the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to
obey everything that I’ve
commanded you. And remember, I
am with you each and every daya
until the end of the age.”b
a 28:20 Lit. you all the days

b 28:20 Other mss. read age. Amen
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way for you withh water, but it is he who will
Jesus baptize you withi the Holy Spirit.”
(Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-9, 15-17;
John 1:19-28) Jesus is Baptized
1
(Matthew 3:13-17; Luke 3:21-22)
1
This isa the beginning of the 9
In those days Jesus came from
gospel of Jesus the Messiah,b the
Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized
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Son of God.c 2As it is written in the
by John in the Jordan. 10Just as he was
prophet Isaiah, coming up out of the water, he saw
“See! I am sending my messenger the heavens split open and the Spirit
ahead of you, descending on him like a dove.
11
who will prepare your way.d Then a voice came from heaven:
3
He is a voice calling out in the “You are my Son, whom I love. I am
wilderness: pleased with you!”
‘Prepare the way for the Lord! Jesus is Tempted by Satan
Make his paths straight!’”e (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13)
12
4
John was baptizing in the At once the Spirit drove him
wilderness, proclaiming a baptism into the wilderness. 13He was in the
about repentance for the forgiveness wilderness for 40 days being tempted
of sins. 5People fromf the whole by Satan. He was among wild
Judean countryside and all the people animals, and angels were ministering
of Jerusalem were flocking to him, to him.
being baptized by him while they Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee
confessed their sins. 6Now John was (Matthew 4:12-17; Luke 4:14-15)
dressed in camel's hair withg a 14
Now after John had been
leather belt around his waist. He ate arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and
locusts and wild honey. 7He kept proclaimed the gospel about the
proclaiming, “The one who is coming kingdomj of God. 15He said, “The
after me is stronger than I am, and I time is now! The kingdom of God is
am not worthy to bend down and near! Repent, and keep believing the
untie his sandal straps. 8I baptized gospel!”
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks This is
b 1:1 Or Christ
c 1:1 Other mss. lack the Son of God
d 1:2 Mal 3:1
e 1:3 Isa 40:3 h 1:8 Or in
f 1:5 The Gk. lacks People from i 1:8 Or in
g 1:6 Lit. and j 1:14 Other mss. lack about the kingdom
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Jesus Calls His First Disciples man,f cried out with a loud voice, and
(Matthew 4:18-22; Luke 5:1-11) came out of him.
16
While Jesusa was walking 27
All the people were so stunned
beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw that they kept saying to each other,
Simon and his brother Andrew. They “What is this? A new teaching with
were throwing a net into the sea authority! He tells even the unclean
because they were fishermen. 17Jesus spirits what to do, and they obey
said to them, “Follow me, and I will him!” 28At once his fame began to
make you fishermen of people!” 18So spread throughout the surrounding
immediately they left their nets and region of Galilee.
followed him. 19Going on a little
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farther he saw James, the son of

(Matthew 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-41)
Zebedee, and his brother John. They 29
After they left the synagogue,
were in a boat repairing their nets.
20 they went directly to the house of
He immediately called them, and
Simon and Andrew, along with James
they left their father Zebedee in the
and John. 30Now Simon's mother-in-
boat with the hired men and
law was lying in bed, sick with a
followed him.
fever, so they promptly told Jesusg
Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean about her. 31He went up to her, took
Spirit her by the hand, and helped her up.
(Luke 4:31-37) The fever left her, and she began
21
Then they went to Capernaum. serving them.
As soon as it was the Sabbath,b Jesusc 32
When evening came, after the
went into the synagogue and began sun had set, peopleh started bringing
to teach. 22The peopled were utterly to him everyone who was sick or
amazed at his teaching, because he possessed by demons. 33In fact, the
was teaching them like one with whole city gathered at the door. 34He
authority and not like their scribes. healed many who were sick with
23
Suddenlye there was a man in their various diseases and drove out many
synagogue who had an unclean demons. However, he wouldn't allow
spirit. He screamed, 24“What do you the demons to speak because they
want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? knew who he was.
Have you come to destroy us? I know
Jesus Goes on a Preaching Tour
who you are—the Holy One of God!”
25 (Luke 4:42-44)
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, 35
In the morning, while it was
“Be quiet, and come out of him!” 26At
this, the unclean spirit shook the still very dark, Jesusi got up and went
to a deserted place and prayed there.
36
Simon and his companions searched
a 1:16 Lit. he
b 1:21 Lit. Sabbaths f 1:26 Lit. him
c 1:21 Lit. he g 1:30 Lit. him
d 1:22 Lit. They h 1:32 Lit. they
e 1:23 Lit. Immediately i 1:35 Lit. he
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frantically for him. 37When they

Chapter 2
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

found him, they told him, (Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26)
“Everyone's looking for you.”
2 Jesusi
1
Several days later,
38
“Let's go to the neighboring returned to Capernaum and it
town,” he replied, “so I can preach was reported that he was at home.
there, too, because that’s why I 2
Such a large crowd gathered that
came.” 39So he went throughout there wasn't room for them, even in
Galilee, preaching in their front of the door. Jesusj was speaking
synagogues and driving out demons. his message to them 3when some
Jesus Cleanses a Leper peoplek came and brought him a
(Matthew 8:1-4; Luke 5:12-16) paralyzed man being carried by four
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40
Then a lepera came to Jesusb men. 4Since they couldn't bring him
and began pleading with him. He fell to Jesus because of the crowd, they
on his knees and said to him, “If you made an opening in the roof over the
want to, you can make me clean.” 1
place where he was. They dug
41
Moved with compassion, Jesusc through it and let down the mat on
reached out his hand, touched him, which the paralyzed man was lying.
5
and said to him, “I do want to. Be When Jesus saw their faith, he
made clean!” 42Instantly the leprosy said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your
left him, and he was clean. sins are forgiven.”
6
43
Then Jesusd sternly warned Now some scribes were sitting
him and encouraged him to go at there, arguing among themselves,l
7
once, 44saying to him, “Be sure that “Why does this man talk this way?
you don't tell anyone. Instead, go and He is blaspheming! Who can forgive
show yourself to the priest, and then sins but God alone?”
8
offer for your cleansing what Moses At once, Jesus knew in his spirit
commanded as proof to the what they were saying to themselves.
authorities.”e 45But when the manf “Why are you arguing about such
left, he began to proclaim it freely. He things among yourselves?”m he asked
spread the news so widely that Jesus g them. 9“Which is easier: to say to the
could no longer enter a town openly, paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are for-
but had to stay out in deserted places. given,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up
Still, peopleh kept coming to him your mat, and walk’? 10But I want you
from everywhere. to known that the Son of Man has
authority on earth to forgive sins.
a 1:40 I.e. a man with a serious skin disease
b 1:40 Lit. him
c 1:41 Lit. he i 2:1 Lit. he
d 1:43 Lit. he j 2:2 Lit. He
e 1:44 Lit. to them k 2:3 Lit. they
f 1:45 Lit. he l 2:6 Lit. in their hearts
g 1:45 Lit. he m 2:8 Lit. in your hearts
h 1:45 Lit. they n 2:10 Lit. So that you will know
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Then he said to the paralyzed A Question about Fasting

man, 11“I say to you, get up, pick up (Matthew 9:14-17; Luke 5:33-39)
18
your mat, and go home!” 12So the Now John's disciples and the
mana got up, immediately picked up Pharisees would fast regularly. Some
his mat, and went out in front of all peopleg came and asked Jesus,h “Why
of them. do John's disciples and the Pharisees’
As a result, all of the people disciples fast, but your disciples don't
were amazed and began to glorify fast?”
19
God, saying, “We have never seen Jesus replied, “The wedding
anything like this!” guestsi can't fast while the groom is
with them, can they? As long as they
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Jesus Calls Matthew

have the groom with them, they can't
(Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32)
fast. 20But the time will come when
13
Jesusb went out again beside
the groom will be taken away from
the sea. The whole crowd kept
them, and then they will fast on that
coming to him, and he kept teaching
day.”
them. 14As he was walking along, he
saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting The Unshrunk Cloth
at the tax collector's desk. Jesusc said (Matthew 9:16; Luke 5:36)
21
to him, “Follow me!” So Levid got up “No one patches an old
and followed him. garment with a piece of unshrunk
15
Later he was having dinner at cloth. If he does, the patch pulls away
Levi'se house. Many tax collectors from it—the new from the old—and a
and sinners were also eating with worse tear is made. 22And no one
Jesus and his disciples, because there pours new wine into old wineskins. If
were many who were following him. he does, the wine will make the skins
16
When the scribes and the Pharisees burst, and both the wine and the
saw him eating with sinners and tax skins will be ruined. Instead, new
collectors, they asked his disciples, wine is pouredj into fresh wineskins.”
“Why does he eat and drinkf with tax Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
collectors and sinners?” (Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5)
17
When Jesus heard that, he said 23
Jesusk happened to be going
to them, “Healthy people don't need through the grain fields on a
a physician, but sick ones do. I did Sabbath.l As they made their way, his
not come to call righteous people, but disciples began picking the heads of
sinners.”
g 2:18 Lit. They
a 2:12 Lit. he h 2:18 Lit. him
b 2:13 Lit. He i 2:19 Lit. The children of the wedding hall; or
c 2:14 Lit. He The children of the groom
d 2:14 Lit. he j 2:22 The Gk. lacks is poured
e 2:15 Lit. his k 2:23 Lit. He
f 2:16 Other mss. lack and drink l 2:23 Lit. on the Sabbaths
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grain. 24The Pharisees asked him, 5

Jesusi looked around at them in
“Look! Why are they doing what is anger, deeply hurt because of their
not lawful on Sabbath days?”a hard hearts. Then he said to the man,
25
He asked them, “Haven't you “Hold out your hand.” The manj held
read what David did when he and it out, and his hand was restored to
his companions were hungry and in health. 6Immediately the Pharisees
need? 26How was it that he went into and Herodiansk went out and began
the House of God during the to plot how to kill him.
lifetimeb of Abiathar the high priest
and ate the Bread of the Presence, Jesus Encounters a Large Crowd
7
which was not lawful for anyone but So Jesus withdrew with his
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the priests to eat, and gave some of it disciples to the sea. A large crowd
to his companions?” from Galilee, Judea, 8Jerusalem,
27
Then he said to them, “The Idumea, from across the Jordan, and
Sabbath was made for people, not from the region around Tyre and
people for the Sabbath. 28Therefore, Sidon followed him. They came to
the Son of Man is Lord even of the him because they kept hearing about
Sabbath.” everything he was doing. 9Jesusl told
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his disciples to have a boat ready for

Jesus Heals a Man with a Paralyzed him so that the crowd wouldn't crush
Hand him, 10because he had healed so
(Matthew 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11) many people that everyone who had
3 Jesusc went into the synagogue

1
diseases kept crowding up against
again, and a man with a him in order to touch him.
paralyzed hand was there. 2The 11
Whenever the unclean spirits saw
peopled watched Jesuse closely to see him, they would fall down in front of
whether he would heal him on the him and scream, “You are the Son of
Sabbath,f intending to accuse him of God!” 12But he sternly ordered them
doing something wrong. 3He said to again and again not to tell people
the man with the paralyzed hand, who he was.
“Come forward.”g 4Then he asked
Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles
them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do
(Matthew 10:1-4; Luke 6:12-16)
evil on Sabbath days,h to save a life or 13
Then Jesusm went up on a
to destroy it?” But they remained
hillside and called to himself those
silent.3
whom he had decided on, and they
a 2:23 Lit. on the Sabbaths approached him. 14He appointed the
b 2:26 The Gk. lacks the lifetime
c 3:1 Lit. He
d 3:2 Lit. They i 3:5 Lit. He
e 3:2 Lit. him j 3:5 Lit. He
f 3:2 Lit. Sabbaths k 3:6 I.e. Royal party sympathizers
g 3:3 Lit. into the middle l 3:9 Lit. He
h 3:4 Lit. on the Sabbaths m 3:13 Lit. he
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Twelve,a whom he called apostles, to against itself, that household will not
accompany him, to be sent out to stand. 26So if Satan rebels against
preach, 15and to have the authority to himself and is divided, he cannot
drive out demons. 16He appointed the stand. Indeed, his end has come. 27No
Twelve:b Simon (whom he named one can go into a strong man's house
Peter), 17Zebedee’s sons James and his and carry off his possessions without
brother John (whom he named first tying up the strong man. Then
Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder), he can ransack his house. 28I tell you
18
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, with certainty, people will be
Matthew, Thomas, James son of forgiven their sins and whatever
Alphaeus, Thaddeus,c Simon the blasphemies they utter.g 29
But
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Cananaean,d 19and Judas Iscariot, whoever blasphemes against the

who also betrayed him.14 Holy Spirit can never be forgiven, but
is guilty of eternal sin.”
Jesus is Accused of Working with 30
For they had been saying, “He
Beelzebul has an unclean spirit.”
(Matthew 12:22-32; Luke 11:14-23;
12:10) The True Family of Jesus
20
Then he went home. Such a (Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 8:19-21)
31
large crowd gathered again that Jesus Then his mother and his
and his disciplese couldn't even eat. brothers arrived. Milling around
21
When his family heard about it, outside, they sent for him, continually
they went to restrain him, because summoning him. 32A crowd was
they kept saying, “He's out of his sitting around him. They said to him,
mind!” “Look! Your mother and your
22
The scribes who had come brothersh are outside asking for you.” 3
33
down from Jerusalem kept repeating, He answered them, “Who are
“He has Beelzebul,” and “He drives my mother and my brothers?” 34Then
out demons by the ruler of demons.” looking at the people sitting around
23
So Jesusf called them together him, he said, “Here are my mother
and began to speak to them in and my brothers! 35Whoever does the
parables. “How can Satan drive out will of God is my brother and sister
Satan? 24If a kingdom is divided and mother.”
against itself, that kingdom cannot
Chapter 4
The Parable about a Farmer

stand. 25And if a household is divided (Matthew 13:1-9; Luke 8:4-18)
4 Then Jesusi began to teach again

1
a 3:14 Or appointed twelve beside the sea. Such a large crowd

b 3:16 Other mss. lack He appointed the gathered around him that he got into
Twelve
c 3:18 Other mss. read Lebbaeus g 3:28 Lit. they blaspheme
d 3:18 Cananaean is Aram. for Zealot. h 3:32 Other mss. read your brothers and
e 3:20 Lit. so that they sisters
f 3:23 Lit. he i 4:1 Lit. he
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a boat and sat in it,a while the entire Jesus Explains the Parable about the
crowd remained beside the sea on the Farmer
shore. 2He began teaching them many (Matthew 13:18-23; Luke 8:11-15)
things in parables. While he was 13
Then he said to them, “You
teaching them he said, 3“Listen! A don't understand this parable, so how
farmer went out to sow. 4As he was can you understand any of the
sowing, some seeds fell along the parables? 14The farmer sows the
path, and birds came and ate them word. 15Some people are like the
up. 5Others fell on stony ground, seedsd along the path, where the
where they did not have a lot of soil. word is sown. When they hear it,
They sprouted at once because the Satan immediately comes and takes
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soil wasn't deep. 6But when the sun
away the word that was sown in
came up, they were scorched. Since
them. 16Others are like the seedse
they did not have any roots, they
dried up. 7Others fell among thorn sown on the stony ground. When
bushes, and the thorn bushes came they hear the word, at once they
up and choked them out, and they joyfully accept it, 17but since they
did not produce anything. 8But others don't have any roots, they last for
fell on good soil and produced a crop. only a short time. When trouble or
They grew up, increased in size, and persecution comes along because of
produced 30, 60, or 100 times what the word, they immediately fall away.
was sown.”b 9He added, “Let the 18
Still others are like the seedsf sown
person who has ears to hear, listen!” among the thorn bushes. These are
the people who hear the word, 19but
the worries of life, the deceitful
(Matthew 13:10-17; Luke 8:9-10)
10 pleasures of wealth, and the desires
When he was alone with the
for other things come in and choke
Twelve and those around him, they
the word so that it can't produce a
began to ask him about the parables.
11 crop. 20Others are like the seedsg
He said to them, “The secret about
sown on good soil. They hear the
the kingdom of God has been given
word, accept it, and produce crops—
to you. But to those on the outside,
everything comes in parables 12so that 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown.”h
‘they may see clearly but not A Light under a Basket

perceive, (Luke 8:16-18)
and they may hear clearly but
21
Then Jesusi said to them, “A
not understand, lamp isn't brought indoors to be put
otherwise they might turn
around and be forgiven.’”c d 4:15 Lit. These are the ones
e 4:16 Lit. These are the ones
f 4:18 Lit. are those
a 4:1 Lit. on the sea g 4:20 Lit. are those
b 4:8 The Gk. lacks what was sown h 4:20 The Gk. lacks what was sown
c 4:12 Isa 6:9-10 i 4:21 Lit. he
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under a basket or under a bed, is it? plants. It grows such large branches
It's to be put on a lamp stand, isn't it? that the birds in the sky can nest in its
22
Nothing is hidden except for the shade.”
purpose of having it revealed, and
Why Jesus Used Parables
nothing is secret except for the
(Matthew 13:34-35)
purpose of having it come to light. 23If 33
With many other parables like
anyone has ears to hear, let him
these, Jesusb kept speaking his
listen! 21
24 message to them according to their
He went on to say to them,
ability to understand. 34He did not tell
“Pay attention to what you're
hearing! You will be evaluated by the them anything without usingc a
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same standard with which you do parable, though he explained

your evaluating, and still more will be everything to his disciples in private.
given to you, 25because whoever has Jesus Calms the Sea
something, will have more given to (Matthew 8:23-27; Luke 8:22-25)
him. But whoever has nothing, even 35
That day, when evening had
what he has will be taken away.” come, he said to them, “Let's cross to
The Parable about a Growing Seed the other side.” 36So they left the
26
He was also saying, “The crowd and took him away in a boat
kingdom of God is like a man who without making any special
scatters seeds on the ground. 27He d
preparations. Other boats were with
sleeps and gets up night and day him. 37A violent windstorm came up,
while the seeds sprout and grow, and the waves began breaking into
although he doesn't know how. 28The the boat, so that the boat was rapidly e
ground produces grain by itself, first becoming swamped.
the stalk, then the head, then the full 38
But Jesusf was in the back of
grain in the head. 29But when the the boat, asleep on a cushion. So they
grain is ripe, he immediately starts woke him up and asked him,
cutting with his sickle because the “Teacher, don't you care that we're
harvest time has come.” going to die?”
39
The Parable about a Mustard Seed Then he got up, rebuked the
(Matthew 13:31-32; Luke 13:18-19) wind, and said to the sea, “Calm
30
He was also saying, “How can down! Be still!” Then the wind
we show what the kingdom of God is stopped blowing, and there was a
like, or what parable can we use to great calm. 40He asked them, “Why
describe it? 31It is like a mustard seed are you such cowards? Don't you
planted in the ground. Although it is have any faith yet?”
the smallest ofa all the seeds on earth,
32 b 4:33 Lit. he
when it is planted it comes up and c 4:34 The Gk. lacks using
becomes larger than all the garden d 4:36 Lit. boat just as he was
e 4:37 Lit. already
a 4:31 Or smaller than f 4:38 Lit. he
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41
Overcome with fear, they kept He said to him, “My name is
saying to one another, “Who is this Legion,f because there are many of
man? Even the wind and the sea us.” 10He kept pleading with Jesusg
obey him!” 4 not to send them out of that region.
11
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Now a large herd of pigs was

Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man
grazing on a hillside nearby. 12So the
(Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39)
demonsh begged him, “Send us
5
1
They arrived at the other side of
among the pigs, so that we can go
the sea in the territory of the
into them!” 13So he let them do this.
Gerasenes.a 2Just as Jesusb stepped The unclean spirits came out of the
out of the boat, a man with an mani and went into the pigs, and the
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unclean spirit came out of the tombs herd of about 2,000 rushed down the
and met him. 3He lived among the cliff into the sea and drowned there.j
tombs, and no one could restrain him 14
Now when those who had
any longer, not even with a chain. been taking care of the pigs ran away,
4
He had often been restrained with they reported what had happenedk
shackles and chains but had snapped in the city and countryside. So the
the chains apart and broken the peoplel went to see what had
shackles in pieces. No one could tame happened. 15When they came to Jesus
him. 5Night and day he kept and saw the man who had been
screaming among the tombs and on possessed by the legion of demons,
the mountainsides and kept cutting sitting there dressed and in his right
himself with stones. mind, they were frightened. 16The
6
When he saw Jesus from a people who had seen it told them
distance, he ran and fell down in what had happened to the demon-
front of him, 7screaming in a loud
possessed man and the pigs. 17So they
voice, “What do you want with me,
began to beg Jesusm to leave their
Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I
territory.
beg you in the name ofc God never to
torment me!”
18
As Jesusn was getting into the
8
Jesusd had been saying to him, boat, the man who had been demon-
“Come out of the man, you unclean possessed kept begging him to let
spirit!” 9Then Jesuse asked him, him go with him. 19But Jesuso
“What's your name?”
f 5:9 A Roman legion consisted of about 6,000
men.
g 5:10 Lit. him
h 5:12 Lit. they
i 5:13 The Gk. lacks of the man
a 5:1 Other mss. read Gergesenes; still other j 5:13 Lit. drowned in the sea
mss. read Gadarenes k 5:14 Lit. they reported it
b 5:2 Lit. he l 5:14 Lit. they
c 5:7 The Gk. lacks the name of m 5:17 Lit. him
d 5:8 Lit. Because he n 5:18 Lit. he
e 5:9 Lit. he o 5:19 Lit. he
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wouldn't let him. Instead, he told can just touch his robe, I will get
him, “Go home to your family, and well.” 29Her bleeding stopped at once,
tell them how much the Lord has and she felt in her body that she was
done for you and how merciful he healed from her illness.
30
has been to you.” 20So the mana left Immediately Jesus became
and began proclaiming in the aware that power had gone out of
Decapolisb how much Jesus had done him. So he turned around in the
for him. And everyone was utterly crowd and asked, “Who touched my
amazed. 19 clothes?”
31
His disciples asked him, “You
Jesus Heals a Woman and Resurrects see the crowd jostling you, and yet
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a Girl you ask, ‘Who touched me?’” 32But he

(Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56) kept looking around to see the
21
When Jesus again had crossed woman who had done this. 33So the
to the other side in a boat,c a large woman, knowing what had
crowd gathered around him by the happened to her, came forward
seashore. 22Then a synagogue leader fearfully, fell down trembling in front
named Jairus arrived. When he saw of him, and told him the whole truth.
Jesus,d he fell at his feet 23and begged 34
He said to her, “Daughter, your
him urgently, saying, “My little faith has made you well. Go in peace
daughter is dying. Come and lay and be healed from your illness.”
your hands on her so that she may 35
While he was still speaking,
get well and live.” 24So Jesuse went some peoplef came from the
with him. A huge crowd kept synagogue leader's homeg and said,
following him and jostling him. “Your daughter is dead. Why bother
25
Now there was a woman who the Teacher anymore?”
had been suffering from chronic 36
But when Jesus heardh what
bleeding for twelve years. 26Although
they said, he told the synagogue
she had endured a great deal under
leader, “Stop being afraid! Just keep
the care of many doctors and had
spent all of her money, she had not on believing.” 37Jesusi allowed no one
been helped at all but rather grew to go further with him except Peter,
worse. 27Since she had heard about James, and John, the brother of
Jesus, she came up behind him in the James.
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crowd and touched his robe, When they came to the home
28
because she had been saying, “If I of the synagogue leader, Jesusj saw
a 5:20 Lit. he
b 5:20 Lit. the Ten Cities, a loose federation of f 5:35 Lit. they
ten cities strongly influenced by Greek culture. g 5:35 Lit. from the synagogue leader
c 5:21 Other mss. lack in a boat h 5:36 Other mss. read overheard
d 5:22 Lit. him i 5:37 Lit. He
e 5:24 Lit. he j 5:38 Lit. he
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mass confusion. People a were crying miracles are being done by his hands!
and sobbing loudly. 39He entered the 3
This is the builder,h the son of Mary,
houseb and asked them, “Why all this and the brother of James, Joseph,
confusion and crying? The child isn't Judas, and Simon, isn't it? His sisters
dead. She’s sleeping.” 40They laughed are here with us, aren't they?” And
they were offended by him.2
and laughed at him. But when he 4
Jesus was telling them, “A
had driven all of them outside, he
prophet is without honor only in his
took the child's father and mother,
hometown, among his relatives, and
along with the men who were with in his own home.” 5He couldn't
him, and went into the roomc where perform a miracle there except to lay
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the child was. his hands on a few sick people and
41
He took her by the hand and heal them. 6He was amazed at their
said to her, “Talitha koum,”d which unbelief. Then he went around to the
means, “Young lady, I tell you, get villages and continued teaching.
up!” 42The young lady got up at once Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
and started to walk. She was twelve (Matthew 10:1, 5-15; Luke 9:1-6)
years old. Instantly they were 7
He called the Twelve and began
overcome with astonishment. 43But to send them out two by two, giving
Jesuse strictly ordered them not to let them authority over unclean spirits.
8
anyone know about this. He also told He instructed them to take nothing
them to give her something to eat. along on the trip except a walking
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stick—no bread, no traveling bag,
Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth nothing in their moneybag. 9They
(Matthew 13:53-58; Luke 4:16-30) could wear sandals but not take along
6 Jesusf left that place and went

1
an extra shirt.i 10He told them
back to his hometown,g and his repeatedly, “Whenever you go into a
disciples followed him. 2When the home, stay there until you leave that
Sabbath came, he began to teach in place. 11If any place will not welcome
the synagogue, and many who heard you and the peoplej refuse to listen to
him were utterly amazed. “Where did you, when you leave, shake its dust
this man get all these things?” they off your feet as a testimony against
asked. “What is this wisdom that has them.” 12So they went and preached
been given to him? What great that peoplek should repent. 13They
also kept driving out many demons
a 5:38 Lit. They and anointing with oil many who
b 5:39 The Gk. lacks the house were sick, and healing them.
c 5:40 The Gk. lacks the room
d 5:41 Talitha Koum is Heb./Aram. for Little
girl, get up! h 6:3 Or carpenter
e 5:43 Lit. he i 6:9 Lit. along two shirts
f 6:1 Lit. He j 6:11 Lit. they
g 6:1 I.e. Nazareth k 6:12 Lit. they
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21
The Death of John the Baptist An opportunity came during
(Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9) Herod's birthday celebration, when
14
King Herod heard about this, he gave a banquet for his top officials,
because Jesus’a name had become military officers, and the most
well-known. He wasb saying, “John important people of Galilee. 22When
the Baptist has been raised from the the daughter of Herodiasj came in
dead! That's why he is able to do and danced, she pleased Herod and
these miracles.” his guests. So the king told the girl,
15
Others were saying, “He is “Ask me for anything you want, and
Elijah.” I'll give it to you.” 23He swore with an
Still others were saying, “He is a
oath to her, “I'll give you anything
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prophet like one of the otherc

you ask for, up to half of my
prophets.”
16 kingdom.”
But when Herod heard about 24
So she went out and asked her
it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded,
mother, “What should I ask for?”
has been raised,” 17because Herod
himself had sent men who arrested d Her motherk replied, “The head
John, bound him with chains, and of John the Baptist.”
put him in prison on account of
25
Immediately the girll hurried
Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, back to the king with her request, “I
whom Herode had married. want you to give me right now the
18
John had been telling Herod, head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
26
“It's not lawful for you to have your The king was deeply saddened,
brother's wife.” 19So Herodias bore a yet because of his oaths and his
grudge against Johnf and wanted to guests he was reluctant to refuse her.
27
kill him. But she couldn't do it So without delay the king sent a
20
because Herod was afraid of John. soldier and ordered him to bring
He knew that Johng was a righteous John'sm head. The soldiern went and
and holy man, and so he protected beheaded him in prison. 28Then he
him. Whenever he listened to John,h brought John'so head on a platter and
he did much of what he said.i In fact, gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it
he liked listening to him. to her mother. 29When John'sp
disciples heard about this, they came
and carried off his body and laid it in
a tomb.
a 6:14 Lit. his
b 6:14 Other mss. read They were
c 6:15 The Gk. lacks other j 6:22 Other mss. read his daughter by
d 6:17 Lit. sent and arrested Herodias
e 6:17 Lit. he k 6:24 Lit. She
f 6:19 Lit. him l 6:25 Lit. she
g 6:20 Lit. he m 6:27 Lit. his
h 6:20 Lit. him n 6:27 Lit. He
i 6:20 Lit. did many things; other mss. read he o 6:28 Lit. his
became very disturbed p 6:29 Lit. his
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38
Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand He asked them, “How many
People loaves of bread do you have? Go and
(Matthew 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; see.”
John 6:1-14) They found out and told him,
30
The apostles gathered around “Five loavese and two fish.”
Jesus and told him everything they 39
Then he ordered them to have
had done and taught. 31He said to all the people sit down in groups on
them, “Come away to a deserted the green grass. 40So they sat down in
place all by yourselves and rest for a groups of hundreds and fifties.
while,” because so many people were 41
Taking the five loaves and the two
coming and going that theya didn't fish, he looked up to heaven and
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even have time to eat. 32So they went blessed them. Then he broke the
away in a boat to a deserted place by loaves in pieces and kept giving them
themselves. 33But when many people to his disciples to set before the
saw them leave and recognized them, people.f He also divided the two fish
they hurried on foot from all the among them all. 42All of them ate and
towns and arrived ahead of them. were filled. 43Then the disciplesg
34
When he got out of the boat,b he picked up twelve baskets full of
saw a large crowd. He had leftover bread and fish. 44There were
compassion for them, because they 5,000 men who had eaten the loaves.
were like sheep without a shepherd,
Jesus Walks on the Sea
and he began to teach them many
(Matthew 14:22-33; John 6:16-21)
things.
35
45
Jesush immediately had his
When it was quite late, his
disciples get into a boat and cross to
disciples came to him and said, “This
Bethsaida ahead of him, while he sent
is a deserted place, and it's already
the crowd away. 46After saying
late. 36Send the crowdsc away so that
goodbye to them, he went up on a
they can go to the neighboring farms
hillside to pray. 47When evening had
and villages and buy themselves come, the boat was in the middle of
something to eat.” the sea, while he was alone on the
37
But he answered them, “You land. 48He saw that his disciplesi were
give them something to eat.” straining at the oars, because the
They asked him, “Should we go wind was against them. Shortly
and buy 200 denariid worth of bread before dawnj he came to them,
and give it to them to eat?” walking on the sea. He intended to
go up right beside them, 49but when
e 6:38 The Gk. lacks loaves

a 6:31 Lit. and they f 6:41 Lit. before them
b 6:34 The Gk. lacks of the boat g 6:43 Lit. they
c 6:36 Lit. them h 6:45 Lit. He
d 6:37 The denarius was the usual day's wage i 6:48 Lit. that they
for a laborer. j 6:48 Lit. In the fourth watch of the night
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they saw him walking on the sea, disciples were eatinge with unclean
they thought it was a ghost and hands, that is, without washing them.
began to scream. 50All of them saw 3
(The Pharisees—and indeed all the
him and were terrified. Immediately Jewish people—don't eat unless they
he said to them, “Have courage! It is wash their hands properly,f following
I. Stop being afraid!” 49 the tradition of their elders. 4They
51
Then he got into the boat with don't eat anything from the
them, and the wind stopped blowing. marketplace unless they dip it in
The disciplesa were utterly water. They also observe many other
astounded, 52because they didn't traditions, such as the proper
understand the significance of the washing of washing cups, jars, brass
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loaves. Instead, their hearts were

pots, and dinner tables.)g3
hardened. 5
So the Pharisees and the scribes
45 6
Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret asked Jesus,h “Why don't your
(Matthew 14:34-36) disciples live according to the
53
When they had crossed over, tradition of the elders? Instead, they
they came ashore at Gennesaret and eati with unclean hands.”
anchored the boat. 54As soon as they 6
He told them, “Isaiah was right
got out of the boat, the people when he prophesied about you
recognized Jesus.b 55They ran all over hypocrites. As it is written,
the countryside and began carrying
the sick on their mats to any place ‘These people honor me with their
where they heard he was. 56Wherever lips,
he went, whether into villages, but their hearts are far from me.
7
towns, or farms, peoplec would place Their worship of me is worthless,
their sick in the marketplaces and beg because they teach human rules
him to let them touch even the tassel as doctrines.’j
of his garment, and everyone who 8
You abandon the commandment of
touched it was healed. God and hold to human tradition.”
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Then he said to them, “You

Jesus Challenges the Tradition of the
have such a fine way of rejecting the
Elders
commandment of God in order to
(Matthew 15:1-20)
keep your own tradition! 10Because
7
1
The Pharisees and some of the
Moses said, ‘Honor your father and
scribes who had come from
Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.d your mother,’k and ‘Whoever curses
2
They noticed that some of his
e 7:2 Lit. eating bread
f 7:3 Lit. with a fist
g 7:4 Other mss. lack and dinner tables
a 6:51 Lit. They h 7:5 Lit. him
b 6:54 Lit. him i 7:5 Lit. eat bread
c 6:56 Lit. they j 7:7 Isa 29:13
d 7:1 Lit. him k 7:10 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
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his father or mother must certainly be slander,d arrogance, and foolishness.

put to death.’a 11But you say, ‘If 23
All these things come from inside
anyone tells his father or mother, and make a person unclean.”18
“Whatever support you might have
A Canaanite Woman's Faith
received from me is Corban,” (that is, (Matthew 15:21-28)
an offering to God) 12‘you no longer 24
Jesuse left that place and went
let him do anything for his father or
to the territory of Tyre and Sidon.f He
mother.’ 13You are destroying the
went into a house, not wanting
word of God through your tradition
anyone to know he was there.
that you have handed down. And
However, it couldn't be kept a secret.
you do many other things like that.”
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25
14 In fact, a woman whose little
Then he called to the crowd
daughter had an unclean spirit
again and said to them, “Listen to me,
immediately heard about him and
all of you, and understand! 15Nothing
came and fell down at his feet. 26Now
that goes into a person from the
the woman happened to be a Greek,
outside can make him unclean. It’s
born in Phoenicia in Syria. She kept
what comes out of a person that
asking him to drive the demon out of
makes a person unclean. 16If anyone
her daughter. 27But he kept telling
has ears to hear, let him listen!”b
17 her, “First let the children be filled. It
When he had left the crowd
is not right to take the children's
and gone home, his disciples began
bread and throw it to the puppies.”
asking him about the parable. 18He 28
But she answered him, “Yes,g
asked them, “Are you so ignorant?
Lord. Yet even the puppies under the
Don't you know that nothing that
table eat some of the children's
goes into a person from the outside
crumbs.”
can make him unclean? 19Because it 29
Then he said to her, “Because
doesn't go into his heart but into his
you have said this, go! The demon
stomach, and is expelled as waste.”
has left your daughter.” 30So she went
(By this he declared all foods clean.) c
20 home and found her child lying in
He continued, “It’s what comes out
bed, and the demon was gone.
of a person that makes a person
unclean, 21because it’s from within, Jesus Heals a Deaf Man with a Speech
from the human heart, that evil Impediment
thoughts come, as well as sexual 31
Then Jesush left the territory of
immorality, stealing, murder, Tyre and passed through Sidon
22
adultery, greed, wickedness, towards the Sea of Galilee, in the
cheating, shameless lust, envy,
d 7:22 Or blasphemy
e 7:24 Lit. He
a 7:10 Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9 f 7:24 Other mss. lack and Sidon
b 7:16 Other mss. lack this verse. g 7:28 Other mss. lack Yes
c 7:19 Lit. he cleansed all foods h 7:31 Lit. he
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territory of the Decapolis.a 32Some they have already been with me for
peopleb brought him a deaf man who three days and have nothing to eat.
3
also had a speech impediment. They If I send them away to their homes
begged him to lay his hand on him. hungry, they will faint on the road.
33
Jesusc took him away from the Some of them have come a long
crowd to be alone with him. Putting distance.”
4
his fingers into the man's d ears, he His disciples answered him,
“Where could anyone get enough
touched the man’se tongue with
bread to feed these people out here in
saliva. 31
34 the wilderness?”
Then he looked up to heaven, 5
He asked them, “How many
sighed, and said to him,
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loaves of bread do you have?”

f
“Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened!” “Seven,” they said.
35
The man'sg hearing and speech 6
So he ordered the crowd to sit
were restored at once, and he began down on the ground. Then he took
to talk normally. 36Jesush ordered the the seven loaves and gave thanks. He
peoplei not to tell anyone, but the broke them in pieces and kept giving
more he kept ordering them, the them to his disciples to distribute. So
more they kept spreading the news. 7
they served them to the crowd. 7They
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Amazed beyond measure, they also had a few small fish. He blessed
kept on saying, “He does everything them and said that the fishk should
well! He even makes deaf people also be distributed. 8The peoplel ate
hear and mute people talk!” and were filled. Then the disciplesm
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picked up the leftover pieces—seven
Jesus Feeds More Than Four large baskets full. 9Now about 4,000
Thousand People men were there. Then he sent them
(Matthew 15:32-39) on their way. 10Immediately he got
8 into a boat with his disciples and

1
At that time, after a large crowd
again had gathered together with went to the region of Dalmanutha.n
nothing to eat, Jesusj called his Interpreting the Time
disciples and said to them, 2“I have (Matthew 16:1-4; Luke 12:54-56)
compassion for the crowd because 11
The Pharisees arrived and
began arguing with Jesus.o They
a 7:31 Lit. the Ten Cities, a loose federation of
tested him by demanding from him a
ten cities strongly influenced by Greek culture sign from heaven. 12He sighed deeply
b 7:32 Lit. They
c 7:33 Lit. He in his spirit and remarked, “Why do
d 7:33 Lit. his
e 7:33 Lit. his
f 7:34 Ephphatha is Heb./Aram. for Be k 8:7 Lit. these
opened! l 8:8 Lit. They
g 7:35 Lit. his m 8:8 Lit. they
h 7:36 Lit. He n 8:10 Other mss. read Mageda; still other
i 7:36 Lit. them mss. read Magdala
j 8:1 Lit. he o 8:11 Lit. him
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those living todaya demand a sign? I They told him, “Seven.”

21
tell you with certainty, no sign will be Then he asked them, “Don't
given to this generation.” 13Leaving you understand yet?”
them, he got into a boat again and Jesus Heals a Blind Man in Bethsaida
crossed to the other side. 22
As they came to Bethsaida,
The Yeast of the Pharisees and some peoplei brought a blind man to
Sadducees Jesusj and begged him to touch him.k
(Matthew 16:5-12) 23
Jesusl took the blind man by the
14
Now the disciplesb had hand and led him out of the village.
forgotten to take any bread along, but He spit into his eyes, placed his
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they had one loaf with them in the hands on him, and asked him, “Do
boat. 15Jesusc had been warning them, you see anything?”
“Watch out! Beware of the yeast of 24
The manm looked up and said,
the Pharisees and the yeast of “I see people, but they look like trees
Herod!”d walking around.” 25Then Jesusn
16
So they were discussing with placed his hands on the man'so eyes
one another the fact that they didn't again, and he saw clearly. His sight
have any bread. 17Knowing this, was restored, and he saw everything
Jesuse asked them, “Why are you perfectly even from a distance.
discussing the fact that you don't 26
Then Jesusp sent him home,
have any bread? Don't you saying, “Don't go into the village or
understand or perceive yet? Are your tell anyone in the village.”q
hearts hardened? 18Do you have eyes
Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus
but fail to see? Do you have ears but
(Matthew 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-21)
fail to hear?f Don't you remember? 27
19 Then Jesus and his disciples set
When I broke the five loaves for the
out for the villages around Caesarea
5,000, how many baskets did you fill
Philippi. On the way he was asking
with leftover pieces?”
his disciples, “Who do people say I
They told him, “Twelve.”
am?”
20
“When I brokeg the seven 28
They answered him, “Some
loavesh for the 4,000, how many large r
say John the Baptist, others Elijah,
baskets did you fill with the leftover
pieces?” i 8:22 Lit. they
j 8:22 Lit. him
k 8:22 The Gk. lacks him
a 8:12 Lit. Why does this generation l 8:23 Lit. Then he
b 8:14 Lit. they m 8:24 Lit. He
c 8:15 Lit. He n 8:25 Lit. he
d 8:15 Other mss. read of the Herodians o 8:25 Lit. his
e 8:17 Lit. he p 8:26 Lit. he
f 8:18 Jer 5:21 q 8:26 Other mss. lack or tell anyone in the
g 8:20 The Gk. lacks I broke village
h 8:20 The Gk. lacks loaves r 8:28 The Gk. lacks Some say
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and still others one of the prophets.” exchange for his life? 38If anyone is
29
Then he began to ask them, ashamed of me and my words in this
“But who do you say I am?” adulterous and sinful generation, the
Peter answered him, “You are Son of Man will be ashamed of him
the Messiah!”a 30Jesusb sternly when he comes with the holy angels
ordered them not to tell anyone in his Father's glory.” 8
9
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about him. 1
Then he said to them, “I tell you
with certainty, some people
Resurrection standing here will not experiencee
(Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:21-27) death until they see the kingdom of
God arrive with power.”
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31
Then he began to teach them
that the Son of Man would have to Jesus’ Appearance is Changed
suffer a great deal and be rejected by (Matthew 17:1-13; Luke 9:28-36)
the elders, the high priests, and the 2
Six days later, Jesus took Peter,
scribes. Then he would be killed, but James, and John and led them up a
after three days he would rise again. high mountain to be alone with him.
32
He was speaking about this matter His appearance was changed in front
quite openly. of them, 3and his clothes became
Peter took him aside and began dazzling white, whiter than anyonef
to rebuke him. 33But turning and on earth could bleach them. 4Then
looking at his disciples, Jesusc Elijah appeared to them,
rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind accompanied by Moses, and they
me, Satan, because you’re not were talking with Jesus.
thinking God's thoughts but human 5
Then Peter said to Jesus,
thoughts!” “Rabbi,g it's good that we're here!
34
Then Jesusd called the crowd to Let's set up three shelters h—one for
himself along with his disciples and you, one for Moses, and one for
said to them, “If anyone wants to Elijah.” 6(Peteri didn't know how to
follow me, he must deny himself, respond, because they were terrified.)
pick up his cross, and follow me 7
Then a cloud appeared and
continually, 35because whoever wants overshadowed them. A voice came
to save his life will lose it, but out of the cloud and said,j “This is my
whoever loses his life for my sake and Son, whom I love. Keep on listening
for the gospel will save it. 36What to him!” 8Suddenly, as they looked
profit will a person have if he gains
the whole world and forfeits his life?
37
Indeed, what can a person give in
e 9:1 Lit. taste
f 9:3 Lit. anyone who cleans
a 8:29 Or Christ g 9:5 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher
b 8:30 Lit. He h 9:5 Or tents
c 8:33 Lit. he i 9:6 Lit. He
d 8:34 Lit. he j 9:7 The Gk. lacks and said
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around, they saw no one with them asked your disciples to drive the
but Jesus alone. spiritf out, but they didn't have the
9
On their way down the power.”
mountain, Jesusa ordered them not to 19
Jesusg said to them, “You
tell anyone what they had seen until unbelieving generation! How long
the Son of Man had risen from the must I be with you? How long must I
dead. 10They kept the matter to put up with you? Bring him to me!”
themselves but argued about what 20
So they brought the boyh to
“rising from the dead” meant. 11So him. When the spirit saw Jesus,i it
they asked him, “Don't the scribes immediately threw the boy j into
say that Elijah must come first?” convulsions. He fell on the ground
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12
He told them, “Elijah is indeed and kept rolling around and foaming
coming first and will restore all
at the mouth. 21Then Jesusk asked his
things. Why, then, is it written that
father, “How long has this been
the Son of Man must suffer a great
happening to him?” He said, “Since
deal and be treated shamefully? 13But
he was a child. 22The spiritl has often
I tell you that Elijah has come, yet
thrown him into fire and into water
peopleb treated him just as they
to destroy him. But if you are able to
pleased, as it is written about him.”
do anything, have pity on us and
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon help us!” 21
23
(Matthew 17:14-20) Jesus said to him, “‘If you are
14
As they approached the otherc able?’ Everything is possible for the
disciples, they saw a large crowd person who believes!”
around them and some scribes 24
With tears flowing,m the child's
arguing with them. 15The whole father at once cried out, “I do believe!
crowd was very surprised to see Help my unbelief!”
25
Jesusd and ran to welcome him. When Jesus saw that a crowd
16
He asked the scribes,e “What was running to the scene, he rebuked
are you arguing about with them?” the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You
17
A man in the crowd answered spirit that won't let him talk or hear—
him, “Teacher, I brought my son to I command you to come out of him
you. He has a spirit that won't let him and never enter him again!” 26The
talk. 18Whenever it brings on a spiritn screamed, shook the childa
seizure, it throws him to the ground.
Then he foams at the mouth, grinds f 9:18 Lit. it
his teeth, and becomes stiff. So I g 9:19 Lit. He
h 9:20 Lit. him
i 9:20 Lit. him
a 9:9 Lit. he j 9:20 Lit. him
b 9:13 Lit. they k 9:21 Lit. he
c 9:14 The Gk. lacks other l 9:22 Lit. It
d 9:15 Lit. him m 9:24 Other mss. lack With tears flowing
e 9:16 Lit. them n 9:26 Lit. It
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35
violently, and came out. The boy was So he sat down, called the
like a corpse, and many said that he Twelve,h and told them, “If anyone
was dead. 27But Jesus took his hand wants to be first he must be last of all
and helped him up, and he stood and servant of all.” 36Then he took a
up.26 little child and had him stand among
28
When Jesusb came home, his them. He took him in his arms and
disciples asked him privately, “Why said to them, 37“Whoever welcomes a
couldn't we drive the spiritc out?” child like this in my name welcomes
29
He told them, “This kind can me, and whoever welcomes me
come out only by prayer and welcomes not me but the one who
fasting.”d sent me.”
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Jesus Again Predicts His Death and The True Follower of Jesus
Resurrection (Luke 9:49-50)
(Matthew 17:22-23; Luke 9:43-45) 38
John said to Jesus,i “Teacher,
30
Then they left that place and we saw someone driving out demons
passed through Galilee. Jesuse didn't in your name. We tried to stop him,
want anyone to find out about it, because he wasn't a follower like us.”
39
31
because he was teaching his But Jesus said, “Don't stop him,
disciples, “The Son of Man will be because no one who works a miracle
betrayed into human hands. They in my name can slander me soon
will kill him, but after being dead for afterwards. 40Whoever is not against
three days he will be raised.” 32They us is for us. 41I tell you with certainty,
didn't understand what this whoever gives you a cup of water to
statement meant, and they were drink because you belong to the
afraid to ask him. Messiahj will never lose his reward.”
True Greatness Causing Others to Sin

(Matthew 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48) (Matthew 18:6-9; Luke 17:1-2)
42
33
Then they came to Capernaum. “If anyone causes one of these
little ones who believe in me to sin, it
While Jesusf was at home, he asked
would be better for him if a large
the disciples,g “What were you
millstone were hung around his neck
arguing about on the road?” 34But
and he were thrown into the sea. 43So
they kept silent, because they had
if your hand causes you to sin, cut it
argued on the road with one another
off. It is better for you to enter life
about who was the greatest.
injured than to have two hands and
go to hell,k to the fire that cannot be
a 9:26 The Gk. lacks the child
b 9:28 Lit. he
c 9:28 Lit. drive it h 9:35 The Gk. lacks disciples
d 9:29 Other mss. lack and fasting i 9:38 Lit. him
e 9:30 Lit. He j 9:41 Or Christ
f 9:33 Lit. he k 9:43 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of
g 9:33 Lit. them the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
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put out. 44In that place, worms never asked, “Is it lawful for a man to
die, and the fire is never put out.a divorce his wife?”
45
And if your foot causes you to 3
He answered them, “What did
sin, cut it off. It is better for you to Moses command you?”
enter life crippled than to have two 4
They said, “Moses allowed a
feet and be thrown into hell.b 46In man to write a certificate of divorce
that place, worms never die, and the and to divorce her.”h
fire is never put out.c 5
But Jesus said to them, “It was
47
And if your eye causes you to because of your hardness of heart
sin, tear it out. It is better for you to that he wrote this command for you.
enter the kingdom of God with one 6
But from the beginning of creation,
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eye than to have two eyes and be ‘Godi made them male and female.’ j
thrown into hell.d 48In that place, 7
‘That is why a man will leave his
worms never die, and the fire is never father and mother and be united with
put out. his wife, 8and the two will become
49
Because everyone will be salted
one flesh.’k So they are no longer
with fire, and every sacrifice will be
two, but one flesh. 9Therefore, what
salted with salt.e 50Salt is good. But if God has joined together, man must
salt loses its taste, how can you
never separate.”
restore its flavor? Keep on having salt 10
Back in the house, the
among yourselves, and live in peace
disciples asked him about this again.
with one another.” 11
So he said to them, “Whoever
divorces his wife and marries another
Chapter 10
Teaching about Divorce

(Matthew 19:1-12) woman commits adultery against her.
10 And if a womanl divorces her

12
1
Then Jesusf left that place and
went into the territory of husband and marries another man,
Judea on the other sideg of the she commits adultery.” 11
Jordan. Crowds gathered around him Jesus Blesses the Little Children
as usual, and he began to teach them (Matthew 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17)
again as was his custom. 2Some 13
Some peoplem were bringing
Pharisees came to test him. They little children to Jesusn to have him
touch them. But the disciples rebuked
those who broughto them. 14When
a 9:44 Other mss. lack this verse
b 9:45 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of
the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom h 10:4 Deut 24:1, 3
c 9:46 Other mss. lack this verse i 10:6 Other mss. read He
d 9:47 Lit. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of j 10:6 Gen 1:27; 5:2
the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom k 10:8 Gen 2:24
e 9:49 Other mss. lack and every sacrifice will l 10:12 Lit. she
be salted with salt m 10:13 Lit. They
f 10:1 Lit. he n 10:13 Lit. him
g 10:1 I.e. the east side o 10:13 The Gk. lacks those who brought
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Jesus saw this, he became furious and everything you own, give the money j
told them, “Let the little children to the destitute, and you will have
come to me, and stop keeping them treasure in heaven. Then come back
away, because the kingdom of God and follow me.” 22Shocked at this
belongs to people like these. 15I tell statement, the mank went away sad,
you with certainty, whoever doesn't because he had many possessions.
receive the kingdom of God as a little
child will never enter it.” 16Then after Salvation and Reward
(Matthew 19:23-26; Luke 18:24-30)
he had hugged the children,a he 23
Then Jesus looked around and
tenderly blessed them as he laid his
said to his disciples, “How hard it will
hands on them. 14
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be for those who are wealthy to enter

A Rich Man Comes to Jesus the kingdom of God!” 24The disciples
(Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30) were startled by these words, but
17
As Jesusb was setting out Jesus said to them again, “Children,
c
again, a man ran up to him, knelt how hard it is for those who trust in
down in front of him, and asked him, their wealthl to get into the kingdom
“Good Teacher, what must I do to of God! 25It is easier for a camel to
inherit eternal life?” squeeze through the eye of a needle
18
“Why do you call me good?” than for a rich person to get into the
Jesus asked him. “Nobody is good kingdom of God.”
except for one—God. 19You know the 26
The disciplesm were utterly
commandments: ‘Never murder.’d amazed and asked one another,n
‘Never commit adultery.’e ‘Never “Then who can be saved?”
27
steal.’f ‘Never give false testimony.’g Jesus looked at them intently
‘Never cheat.’ ‘Honor your father and and said, “For humans it is
mother.’”h impossible, but not for God. All
20
The mani replied to him, things are possible for God.”
28
“Teacher, I have obeyed all of these Then Peter began to say to
since I was a young man.” him, “See, we have left everything
21
Jesus looked at him and loved and followed you.”
29
him. Then he told him, “You're Jesus said, “I tell you with
missing one thing. Go and sell certainty, there is no one who has left
his home, brothers, sisters, mother,
father, children, or fields because of
a 10:16 Lit. hugged them me and the gospel 30who will not
b 10:17 Lit. he
c 10:17 Lit. out on a journey
d 10:19 Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17 j 10:21 The Gk. lacks the money
e 10:19 Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18 k 10:22 Lit. he
f 10:19 Exod 20:15; Deut 5:19 l 10:24 Other mss. lack for those who trust in
g 10:19 Exod 20:16; Deut 5:20 their wealth
h 10:19 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16 m 10:26 Lit. They
i 10:20 Lit. He n 10:26 Other mss. read to him
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receive a hundred times as much They asked him, “Let us sit in
here in this world—homes, brothers, your glory, one on your right and
sisters, mothers, children, and fields, one on your left.”
38
along with persecution—as well as But Jesus told them, “You don't
eternal life in the age to come. 31But realize what you're asking. Can you
many who are first will be last, and drink from the cup that I'm going to
the last will be first.” drink from or be baptized with the
32
Now Jesus and his disciples a baptism with which I'm going to be
had been on the road going up to baptized?”
39
Jerusalem, with Jesus walking ahead They told him, “We can.”
of them. They were astonished, and Jesus said to them, “You will
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the others who followed were afraid. drink from the cup that I'm going to
drink and be baptized with the
baptism with which I'm going to be
Resurrection a Third Time
baptized. 40But it's not up to me to
(Matthew 20:17-19; Luke 18:31-34)
grant you a seat at my right or my
Once again, Jesusb took the left. Those positions have already
Twelve aside and began to tell them been prepared for others.”
what was going to happen to him.
33
41
When the ten other disciplesd
“See, we are going up to Jerusalem.
heard this, they began to be furious
The Son of Man will be handed over
with James and John. 42Jesus called
to the high priests and the scribes,
his disciplese and said to them, “You
and they will condemn him to death.
know that those who are recognized
Then they will hand him over to the
as rulers among the gentiles lord it
gentiles, 34and they will make fun of
over them, and their superiors act like
him, spit on him, whip him, and kill
tyrants over them. 43That's not the
him. But after three days he will be
way it should be among you. Instead,
raised.”
whoever wants to become great
The Request of James and John among you must be your servant,
(Matthew 20:20-28) 44
and whoever wants to be first
35
James and John, the sons of among you must be a slave to
Zebedee, went to Jesus c and said to everyone, 45because even the Son of
him, “Teacher, we want you to do for Man did not come to be served, but
us whatever we ask you.” to serve and to give his life as a
36
He asked them, “What do you ransom for many people.”1045
want me to do for you?”
a 10:32 Lit. They

b 10:32 Lit. he d 10:41 The Gk. lacks other disciples
c 10:35 Lit. him e 10:42 Lit. called them
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Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus ahead 2and said to them, “Go into the
(Matthew 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43) village ahead of you. As soon as you
46
Then they came to Jericho. As go into it, you will find a colt tied up
a
Jesus, his disciples, and a large that no one has ever ridden. Untie it,
crowd were leaving Jericho, a blind and bring it along. 3If anyone asks
beggar named Bartimaeus (the son of you, ‘Why are you doing this?,’ say,
Timaeus) was sitting by the road. ‘The Lord needs it,’ and he will send
47
When he heard that Jesus of it back here at once.”2
4
Nazareth was there, he began to So they went and found the colt
shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have outside in the street tied up next to a
mercy on me!” 48Many people sternly doorway. While they were untying it,
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5
told him to be quiet, but he started some men standing there asked
shouting even louder, “Son of David, them, “What are you doing untying
have mercy on me!” 1045 that colt?” 6The disciplesf told them
49
So Jesus stopped and said, what Jesus had said, and the meng let
“Call him!” them go.
7
So they called the blind man and They brought the colt to Jesus
told him, “Have courage! Get up. and threw their coats upon it, and he
He's calling you.” 50He threw off his sat on it. 8Many people spread their
coat, jumped up, and went to Jesus. coats on the road, while others
51
Then Jesus asked him, “What spread leafy branches that they had
do you want me to do for you?” cut in the fields. 9Those who went
The blind man said to him, ahead and those who followed him
“Rabbouni,b I want to see again.” were shouting,
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Jesus told him, “Go. Your faith “Hosanna!h
has made you well.” At once the How blessed is the one who comes
manc could see again, and he began in the name of the Lord!
10
to follow Jesusd down the road. How blessed is the coming
Chapter 11
kingdomi
The King Enters Jerusalem of our ancestor David!
(Matthew 21:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; Hosanna in the highest heaven!”j
John 12:12-19)
11
11
1
When they came near Then Jesus went into Jerusalem and
Jerusalem, at Bethphage and into the temple and looked around at
Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, everything. Since it was already late,
he went out with the Twelve to
Jesuse sent two of his disciples on
Bethany.
a 10:46 Lit. he f 11:6 Lit. They

b 10:51 Rabbouni is Heb. for My Master g 11:6 Lit. they
and/or Teacher h 11:9 Hosanna is Heb. for Please save or
c 10:52 Lit. he Praise.
d 10:52 Lit. him i 11:10 Ps 148:1
e 11:1 Lit. he j 11:10 Ps 118:25-26; Ps 148:1
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Jesus Curses a Fig Tree The Lesson from the Dried Fig Tree
(Matthew 21:18-19) (Matthew 21:20-22)
12 20
The next day, as they were While they were walking along
leaving Bethany, Jesusa became early the next morning, they saw the
hungry. 13Seeing in the distance a fig fig tree dried up to its roots.
tree covered with leaves, he went to 21
Remembering what Jesus had said,e
see if he could find anything on it. Peter pointed out to him, “Rabbi,f
When he came to it, he found look! The fig tree you cursed has
nothing except leaves because it dried up!”
wasn't the season for figs. 14So he said 22
Jesus said to his disciples,g
to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from “Have faith in God! 23I tell you with
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you again!” Now his disciples were certainty, if anyone says to this
listening to this.13 mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown
into the sea,’ if he doesn't doubt in
Confrontation in the Temple Over
his heart but believes that what he
Money
says will happen, it will be done for
(Matthew 21:12-17; Luke 19:45-48;
him. 24That is why I tell you,
John 2:13-22)
15 whatever you ask for in prayer,
When they came to Jerusalem,
believe that you have receivedh it and
he went into the temple and began to
it will be yours.
throw out those who were selling 25
“Whenever you stand up to
and those who were buying in the
pray, forgive whatever you have
temple. He overturned the
against anyone, so that your Father in
moneychangers’ tables and the chairs
heaven will forgive your sins. 26But if
of those who sold doves. 16He
you do not forgive, your Father in
wouldn't even let anyone carry a
heaven will not forgive your sins.”i
vessel through the temple.
25
17
Then he began to teach them: Jesus’ Authority is Challenged
“It is written, is it not, ‘My house is to (Matthew 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8)
27
be called a house of prayer for all Then they went into Jerusalem
nations’?b But you have turned it into again. While Jesusj was walking in
a hideoutc for bandits!” 18When the the temple, the high priests, the
high priests and elders heard this, scribes, and the elders came to him
28
they began to look for a way to kill and asked him, “By what authority
him, because they were afraid of him, are you doing these things, and who
since the whole crowd was amazed at gave you this authority to do them?”
his teaching. 19When evening came,
Jesus and his disciplesd would leave e 11:21 The Gk. lacks what Jesus had said
the city. f 11:21 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or
Teacher
g 11:22 Lit. to them
a 11:12 Lit. he h 11:24 Other mss. read are receiving; still
b 11:17 Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11 other mss. read will receive
c 11:17 Lit. cave i 11:26 Other mss. lack this verse
d 11:19 Lit. came, they j 11:27 Lit. he
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Jesus said to them, “I will ask 5
Then the mang sent another, and
you one question.a Answer me, and that one they killed. So it was with
then I will tell you by what authority many other servants.h Some of these
I am doing these things. 30Was John's they beat, and others they killed. 6He
authority to baptizeb from heaven or still had one more person to send,i a
from humans? Answer me.”
son whom he loved. Finally, he sent
11
31
They began discussing this
him to them, saying, ‘They will
among themselves. “If we say, ‘From
respect my son.’ 7But those farmers
heaven,’ he will say, ‘Then why
said to one another, ‘This is the heir.
didn't you believe him?’ 32But if we
Come on, let's kill him, and the
say, ‘From humans’…?” They were
inheritance will be ours!’ 8So they
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afraid of the crowd, because everyone

really thought John was a prophet. grabbed him, killed him, and threw
33
So they answered Jesus, “We him out of the vineyard.5
9
don't know.” “Now what will the owner of
Then Jesus told them, “Then I the vineyard do? He will come,
won't tell you by what authority I am execute the farmers, and give the
doing these things.” vineyard to others. 10Haven't you
Chapter 12 ever read this Scripture:
(Matthew 21:33-46; Luke 20:9-19) ‘The stone that the builders
12
1
Then Jesusc began to speak to rejected
them in parables. “A man has become the cornerstone.j
11
This was the Lord's doing,
planted a vineyard. He put a wall
and it is amazing in our eyes’?”k
around it, dug a pit for the wine
press, and built a watchtower. Then 12
They were trying to arrest him but
he leased it to tenant farmers and were afraid of the crowd. Realizing
went abroad. 2At the right time he that he had spoken this parable
sent a servant to the farmers to collect against them, they left him alone and
from them a share of the produce went away.
from the vineyard. 3But the farmersd
A Question about Paying Taxes
grabbed the servant,c beat him, and (Matthew 22:15-22; Luke 20:20-26)
sent him back empty-handed. 4Again, 13
Then they sent some Pharisees
the mane sent another servant to and some Herodiansl to him,
them. They beat the servantf over the intending to trap him in what he
head and treated him shamefully. said. 14They came and said to him,
a 11:29 Lit. one word

b 11:30 Lit. John's baptism g 12:5 Lit. he
c 12:1 Lit. he h 12:5 Lit. with many others
d 12:3 Lit. they i 12:6 The Gk. lacks more person to send
C 12:3 Lit. him j 12:10 Or capstone
e 12:4 Lit. he k 12:11 Ps 118:22-23
f 12:4 Lit. him l 12:13 I.e. Royal party sympathizers
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“Teacher, we know that you are resurrection, whose wife will she be,
sincere. You don't favor any since all seven had married her?”d21
individual, because you pay no 24
Jesus answered them, “Aren't
attention to external appearance. you mistaken because you don't
Rather, you teach the way of God know the Scriptures or God's power?
truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to 25
When peoplee rise from the dead,
Caesar or not? Should we pay them they neither marry nor are given in
or should we not?” marriage but are like the angels in
15
Seeing through their hypocrisy, heaven. 26As for the dead being
Jesusa replied to them, “Why are you raised, haven't you read in the book
testing me? Bring me a denarius and of Moses, in the story about the bush,
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let me look at it.” how God said, ‘I am the God of
16
So they brought one. Then he Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
asked them, “Whose face and name God of Jacob’?f 27He is not the God of
are on this?” the dead, but of the living. You are
They said to him, “Caesar's.” badly mistaken!”
17
So Jesus told them, “Give back
to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, The Greatest Commandment
and to God the things that are (Matthew 22:34-40; Luke 10:25-28)
28
God's.” And they were utterly Then one of the scribes came
amazed at him. near and heard the Sadduceesg
arguing with one another. He saw
A Question about the Resurrection how well Jesush answered them, so
(Matthew 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-40) he asked him, “Which commandment
18
Then some Sadducees, who is the most important of them all?”
claim there is no resurrection, came to 29
Jesus answered, “The most
Jesusb and asked him, 19“Teacher, important is, ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord
Moses wrote for us that if a man's our God is one Lord, 30and you must
brother dies and leaves a wife but no love the Lord your God with all your
child, he should marry the widow heart, with all your soul, with all your
and have children for his brother.c mind, and with all your strength.’ i
20
There were seven brothers. The first 31
The second is this: ‘You must love
one married and died without having your neighbor as yourself.’ j No other
children. 21Then the second married commandment is greater than these.”
her and died without having
children, and so did the third. 22None
of the seven left any children. Last of
all, the woman died, too. 23In the d 12:23 Lit. had her as wife
e 12:25 Lit. they
f 12:26 Exod 3:6
g 12:28 Lit. heard them
a 12:15 Lit. he h 12:28 Lit. he
b 12:18 Lit. him i 12:30 Deut 6:4-5
c 12:19 Deut 25:5-6 j 12:31 Lev 19:18
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Then the scribe said to him, around in long robes, to be greeted in
“Well said,a Teacher! You have told the marketplaces, 39and to have the
the truth that ‘Godb is one, and there best seats in the synagogues and the
is no other besides him.’ c 33To love places of honor at banquets. 40They
him with all your heart, with all your devour widows’ housesg and say
understanding, and with all your long prayers to cover it up. They will
strength, and to love your neighbor receive greater condemnation!”
as yourself is more important than all The Widow's Offering
the burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 12 (Luke 21:1-4)
34
When Jesus saw how wisely 41
As Jesush sat facing the offering
the mand answered, he told him,
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box, he watched how the crowd was

“You are not far from the kingdom of dropping their money into it.i Many
God.” After that, no one dared to ask rich people were dropping in large
him another question. amounts. 42Then a destitute widow
A Question about David's Son came and dropped in two small
(Matthew 22:41-46; Luke 20:41-44) copper coins, worth about a cent.
43
35
While Jesus was teaching in the He called his disciples and said to
temple, he asked, “How can the them, “I tell you with certainty, this
scribes say that the Messiahe is destitute widow has dropped in more
David's son? 36David himself said by than everyone who is contributing to
the Holy Spirit, the offering box, 44because all of them
contributed out of their surplus, but
‘The Lord said to my Lord, out of her poverty she has given
“Sit at my right hand, everything she had to live on.”
until I put your enemies under Chapter 13
your feet.”’f Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the

37 Temple
David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ so
(Matthew 24:1-2; Luke 21:5-6)
how can he be his son?” And the
13 As Jesusj was leaving the
1
large crowd kept listening to him
with delight. temple, one of his disciples
said to him, “Look, Teacher, what
Jesus Denounces the Scribes large stones and what beautiful
(Matthew 23:1-36; Luke 20:45-47) buildings!”
38
As he taught, he said, “Beware 2
“Do you see these large
of the scribes! They like to walk buildings?” Jesus responded. “Not
one stone here will be left on another
a 12:32 The Gk. lacks said that will not be torn down.”
b 12:32 Lit. he
c 12:32 Deut 6:4
d 12:34 Lit. he g 12:40 I.e. rob widows by taking their houses
e 12:35 Or Christ h 12:41 Lit. he
f 12:36 Ps 110:1; other mss read until I make i 12:41 Lit. into the offering box
your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ j 13:1 Lit. he
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Cults, Revolutions, Famines, and say. Instead, say whatever is given to

Earthquakes you at that time, because it won't be
(Matthew 24:3-14; Luke 21:7-19) you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
3
As Jesusa was sitting on the 12
Brother will betray brother to death,
Mount of Olives facing the temple, and a father his child. Children will
Peter, James, John, and Andrew were rebel against their parents and have
asking him privately, 4“Tell us, when them put to death. 13You will be
will these things happen, and what hated continuously by everyone
will be the sign when these things because of my name. But the person
will be put into effect?” who endures to the end will be
5
Jesus began to say to them, “See saved.”
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to it that no one deceives you. 6Many
Signs of the End
will come in my name and say, ‘I
(Matthew 24:15-28; Luke 21:20-24)
AM,’ and they will deceive many 14
“So when you see the
people.b 7But when you hear of wars
destructive desecration standing
and rumors of wars, stop being
where it should not be (let the reader
alarmed. These things must take
take note),e then those who are in
place, but the end hasn't come yet,
8 Judea must flee to the mountains.
because nation will rise up in arms 15
The one who is on his housetop
against nation, and kingdom against
must not come down and go into his
kingdom. There will be earthquakes
house to take anything out of it, 16and
and famines in various places. These
the one who is in the field must not
things are only the beginning of the
turn back to get his coat.
birth pains.”
14
17
“How terrible it will be for
Future Persecution and Evangelism women who are pregnant or who are
(Matthew 10:16-25; Matthew 24:9-14; nursing babies in those days! 18Pray
Luke 21:12-19) that it may not be in winter, 19because
9
“As for yourselves, be on your those days will be a time of suffering,f
guard! Peoplec will hand you over to a kind that has not happened from
local councils, and you will be beaten the beginning of God’s creation until
in their synagogues. You will stand now, and certainly will never happen
before governors and kings to testify again. 20If the Lord had not shortened
to them because of me. 10But first, the those days, no one would be saved.
gospel must be proclaimed to all But for the sake of the elect whom he
nations.d has chosen, he has shortened those
11
“When they take you away and days. 17
21
hand you over for trial, don't worry “At that time, if anyone says to
ahead of time about what you will you, ‘Look! Here is the Messiah!’,g or,
‘Look! There he is!’, don't believe it,
a 13:3 Lit. he
b 13:6 The Gk. lacks people e 13:14 Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
c 13:9 Lit. They f 13:19 Or tribulation
d 13:10 Or gentiles g 13:21 Or Christ
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22
because false messiahsa and false earth will disappear, but my words
prophets will appear and produce will never disappear.” 13
signs and omens to deceive, if

The Unknown Day and Hour of the
possible, the elect. 23So be on your
guard! I've told you everything Messiah's Return
before it happens.” 1321 (Matthew 24:36-44)
32
“No one knows when that day
The Coming of the Son of Man or hour will comeg—not the angels in
(Matthew 24:29-31; Luke 21:25-28) heaven, not the Son, but only the
24
“But after the suffering of those Father. 33Be careful! Watch out!
days, Because you don't know when the
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‘The sun will be darkened, time will come. 34It's like a man who
the moon will not give its light, went on a trip. As he left home, he
25
the stars will fall from the sky, put his servants in charge, each with
and the powers of heaven will his own work, and he ordered the
be shaken loose.’b doorkeeper to be alert. 35So keep on
watching, because you don't know
Then peoplec will see ‘the Son of
26
when the master of the house is
Man coming in clouds’ d with great coming—whether in the evening, at
power and glory. 27He will send out three o'clock in the morning,h or at
his angels and gather his elect from dawn. 36Otherwise, he may come
the four winds, from the ends of the suddenly and find you asleep. 37I'm
earth to the ends of heaven.” telling you what I'm telling everyone:
The Lesson from the Fig Tree Be alert!”
(Matthew 24:32-35; Luke 21:29-33) Chapter 14
The Plot to Kill Jesus

28
“Now learn a lessone from the (Matthew 26:1-5; Luke 22:1-2; John
fig tree. When its branches become 11:45-53)
14
tender and it produces leaves, you 1
Now it was two days before
know that summer is near. 29In the the Passover and the Festival
same way, when you see these things of Unleavened Bread. The high
taking place, you will know that the priests and the scribes were looking
Son of Manf is near, right at the door. for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and
30
I tell you with certainty, this to have him put to death, 2because
generation will not disappear until all they kept saying, “This must not
these things take place. 31Heaven and happen during the festival.
Otherwise, there’ll be a riot among
the people.”
a 13:22 Or christs
b 13:25 Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10
c 13:26 Lit. they
d 13:26 Dan 7:13
e 13:28 Or parable g 13:32 Lit. about that day and hour
f 13:29 Lit. that he h 13:35 Lit. at cock crow
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A Woman Anoints Jesus had listened to him,e they were

(Matthew 26:6-13; John 12:1-8) delighted and promised to give him
3
While Jesusa was in Bethany money. So he began to look for a
sitting at the table in the home of good opportunity to betray him.
Simon the leper, a woman arrived
The Passover with the Disciples
with an alabaster jar of very
(Matthew 26:17-25; Luke 22:7-14, 21-
expensive perfume made from pure
23; John 13:21-30)
nard. She broke open the jar and 12
On the first day of the Festivalf
poured the perfume on his head.
4 of Unleavened Bread, when the
Irritated, some who were there asked
one another, “Why was the perfume Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’g
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wasted like this? 5This perfume could disciples asked him, “Where do you
have been sold for more than 300 want us to go and make preparations
for you to eat the Passover meal?”
denariib and the moneyc given to the 13
He sent two of his disciples,
destitute.” So they got extremely
telling them, “Go into the city, and
angry with her.4
6 you will meet a man carrying a jug of
But Jesus said, “Leave her
water. Follow him. 14When he goes
alone. Why are you bothering her?
She has done a beautiful thing for into a house,h say to its owner that
me, 7because you will always have the Teacher asks, ‘Where is my room
the destitute with you and can help where I can eat the Passover meal
them whenever you want, but you with my disciples?’ 15Then he will
will not always have me. 8She has show you a large upstairs room that
done what she could. She poured is furnished and ready. Get every-
perfume on my body in preparation thing ready for us there.” 16So the
for my burial. 9I tell you with disciples left and went into the city.
certainty, wherever the gospel is They found everything just as Jesus i
proclaimed in the whole world, what had told them, and they prepared the
she has done will also be told as a Passover meal.
memorial to her.”
17
When evening came, Jesusj
arrived with the Twelve. 18While they
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I
(Matthew 26:14-16; Luke 22:3-6) tell you with certainty, one of you is
10
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the going to betray me, one who is eating
Twelve, went to the high priests to with me.”
betray Jesusd to them. 11After they
e 14:11 The Gk. lacks to him

a 14:3 Lit. he f 14:12 The Gk. lacks of the Festival
b 14:5 A denarius was the average day's wage g 14:12 Lit. his
for a laborer. h 14:14 Lit. Wherever he enters
c 14:5 The Gk. lacks the money i 14:16 Lit. he
d 14:10 Lit. him j 14:17 Lit. he
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19 28
They began to be very sad and However, after I have been raised, I
asked him, one after the other, will go to Galilee ahead of you.”
29
“Surely I am not the one, am I?” But Peter said to him, “Even if
20
He said to them, “It's one of everyone else turns against you, I
you Twelve, the one who is dipping certainly won't.”
his bread into the bowl with me. 21For 30
Jesus said to him, “I tell you
the Son of Man is going away, just as with certainty, today, this very night,
it has been written about him, but before a rooster crows twice, you will
how terrible it will be for that man by deny me three times.”
whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It 31
But Peterd kept saying
would have been better for him if he emphatically, “Even if I have to die
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had never been born.” with you, I will never deny you!”
The Lord's Supper And all the others kept saying the
(Matthew 26:26-30; Luke 22:15-20) same thing.
22
While they were eating, Jesusa Jesus Prays in the Garden of
took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Gethsemane
Then he broke it in pieces and (Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:39-46)
handed it to them, saying, “Take 32
Then they came to a place
some. This is my body.” 23Then he called Gethsemane, and he said to his
took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it disciples, “Sit down here while I
to them, and they all drank from it. pray.” 33He took Peter, James, and
24
He said to them, “This is my blood John along with him, and he began to
of the covenant that is being poured feel distressed and troubled. 34So he
out for many people. 25I tell you with said to them, “I am deeply grieved,
certainty, I will never again drink this even to the point of death. Wait here
wineb until that day when I drink it and stay awake.”
35
new in the kingdom of God.” Going on a little farther, he fell
26
After singing a hymn, they to the ground and kept praying that
went out to the Mount of Olives. if it were possible the hour might
pass from him. 36He kept repeating,
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
“Abba!e Father! All things are possible
(Matthew 26:31-35; Luke 22:31-34;
for you. Take this cup away from me.
John 13:36-38)
27 Yet not what I want but what you
Then Jesus said to them, “All of
want.”
you will turn against me, because it is 37
When he went back, he found
written,
his disciplesf asleep. “Simon, are you
‘I will strike the shepherd, asleep?” he asked Peter. “You
and the sheep will be scattered.’c couldn't stay awake for one hour,
a 14:22 Lit. he d 14:31 Lit. he

b 14:25 Lit. drink the product of the grapevine e 14:36 Abba is Heb./Aram. for Father
c 14:27 Zech 13:7 f 14:37 Lit. found them
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could you? 38All of you must stay 46

Then the meni took hold of
awake and pray that you won't be Jesusj and arrested him. 47But one of
tempted. The spirit is indeed willing, those standing there drew his sword
but the flesh is weak.” and struck the high priest's servant,
39
He went away again and cutting off his ear. 48Jesus asked them,
prayed the same prayer as before.a “Have you come out with swords and
40
Again he came back and found clubs to arrest me as if I were a
them asleep, because they could not bandit?k 49Day after day I was with
keep their eyes open. They didn't you in the temple teaching, yet you
even know what they should say to didn't arrest me. But the Scriptures
him. must be fulfilled.” 50Then all the
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41
He came back a third time. disciplesl deserted Jesusm and ran
“Are you still sleeping and resting?”b away.
he asked. “Enough of that! The time
has come. Look! The Son of Man is The Young Man Who Ran Away
51
being betrayed into the hands of A certain young man, who was
sinners. 42Get up! Let's go! See, the wearing nothing but a linen sheet,
one who is betraying me is near!” was following Jesus.n When the meno
grabbed him, 52he left the linen sheet
Jesus is Arrested behind and ran away naked.
(Matthew 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53;
John 18:3-12) Jesus is Tried before the High Priest
43
Just then, while Jesusc was still (Matthew 26:57-68; Luke 22:54-55;
speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, John 18:13-14, 19-24)
53
arrived. A crowd armed with swords Then they took Jesus to the
and clubs was with him. They were high priest. All the high priests,
from the high priests, the scribes, and elders, and scribes had gathered
the elders. 44Now the betrayer together. 54Peter followed Jesusp at a
personally had given them a signal, distance as far as the high priest's
saying, “The one I kissd is the man. courtyard. He was sitting with the
Arrest him, and lead him safely servants and warming himself at the
fire.
away.” 45So Judase immediately went 55
Meanwhile, the high priests
up to Jesusf and said, “Rabbi,”g,h and
kissed him tenderly.44
h 14:45 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or
a 14:39 Lit. the same word Teacher
b 14:41 Or You might as well keep on sleeping i 14:46 Lit. they
and resting. j 14:46 Lit. him
c 14:43 Lit. he k 14:48 Or revolutionary
d 14:44 People customarily greeted their l 14:50 Lit. all of them
friends with a kiss. m 14:50 Lit. him
e 14:45 Lit. he n 14:51 Lit. him
f 14:45 Lit. him o 14:51 Lit. they
g 14:45 Other mss. read Rabbi, Rabbi. p 14:54 Lit. him
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and the whole Councila were looking verdict?” All of them condemned him
for some testimony against Jesus in as deserving death.
65
order to have him put to death, but Some of them began to spit on
they couldn't find any. 56Although him. They blindfolded him and kept
many people gave false testimony hitting him with their fists and telling
against him, their testimony didn't him, “Prophesy!” Even the servants
agree. took him and slapped him around.
57
Then some men stood up and Peter Denies Jesus
gave false testimony against him, (Matthew 26:69-75; Luke 22:56-62;
saying, 58“We ourselves heard him John 18:15-18, 25-27)
say, ‘I will destroy this sanctuary 66
While Peter was down in the
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made by humanb hands, and in three courtyard, one of the high priest's
days I will build another one not servant girls came by. 67When she
made by humanc hands.’” 59But even saw Peter warming himself, she
on this point their testimony didn't glared at him and said, “You, too,
agree.58 were with Jesus from Nazareth.”
60
Then the high priest stood up 68
But he denied it, saying, “I
before themd and asked Jesus, “Don't don't know—or even understand—
you have any answer to what these what you're talking about!” Then he
men are testifying against you?” 61But went out into the entryway. Just then
he kept silent and didn't answer at a rooster crowed.h
all. The high priest asked him again, 69
The servant girl saw him and
“Are you the Messiah,e the Son of the again said to those who were
Blessed One?” standing around, “This man is one of
62
Jesus said, “I AM, and them!” 70Again he denied it.
After a little while the people
‘you will see the Son of Man
who were standing there began to
seated at the right hand of the
say to Peter again, “Obviously you're
Power’f
one of them, because you are a
and ‘coming with the clouds
Galilean!”
of heaven.’”g 71
Then he began to invoke a
63
Then the high priest tore his divine curse and to swear with an
clothes. “Why do we still need oath, “I don't know this man you're
witnesses?” he asked. 64“You have talking about!” 72Just then a rooster
heard his blasphemy! What is your crowed a second time. 14
Peter remembered that Jesus

a 14:55 Or Sanhedrin
said to him, “Before a rooster crows
b 14:58 The Gk. lacks human twice, you will deny me three times.”
c 14:58 The Gk. lacks human Then he broke down and cried.
d 14:60 Lit. in the middle
e 14:61 Or Christ
f 14:62 Ps 110:1 h 14:68 Other mss. lack Just then a rooster
g 14:62 Dan 7:13 crowed
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Chapter 15
Jesus is Taken to Pilate priests had handed him over due to

(Matthew 27:1-2, 11-14; Luke 23:1-5; jealousy.8
11
John 18:28-38) But the high priests stirred up
15
1
As soon as it was morning, the crowd to get him to release
the high priests convened a Barabbas for them instead. 12So Pilate
meeting with the elders and scribes asked them again, “Then what should
and the whole Council.a They bound I do with the man you callh ‘the King
of the Jews’?”
Jesus with chains, led him away, and 13
They shouted back, “Crucify
handed him over to Pilate. 2Pilate
him!”
asked him, “Are you the king of the 14
Pilate asked them, “Why? What
Jews?”
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has he done wrong?”
Jesusb answered him, “You say
But they shouted even louder,
so.”
3 “Crucify him!”
The high priests kept accusing 15
So Pilate, wanting to satisfy the
him of many things. 4So Pilate asked
crowd, released Barabbas for them,
him again, “Don't you have any
but he had Jesus whipped and
answer? Look how many accusations
handed over to be crucified.
they're bringing against you!” 5But
since Jesus no longer answered, Pilate The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus
was astonished. (Matthew 27:27-31; John 19:2-3)
Jesus is Sentenced to Death
16
The soldiers led Jesus i into the
(Matthew 27:15-26; Luke 23:13-25; courtyard of the palace (that is, the
John 18:39-19:16) governor's headquarters)j and called
6
At every festivalc Pilated would out the whole guard. 17They dressed
release any one prisoner whom the him in a purple robe, twisted some
peoplee requested. 7Now there was a thorns into a victor's crown, and
man in prison named Barabbas. He placed it on his head.k 18They began
had been with the insurgents who to greet him, “Long live the king of
had committed murder during the the Jews!” 19They kept hitting him on
rebellion. 8So the crowd came and the head with a stick, spitting on him,
began to request that Pilatef do for kneeling in front of him, and
them what he always did.g 9Pilate worshiping him. 20When they had
answered them, “Do you want me to finished making fun of him, they
release the king of the Jews for you?” stripped him of the purple robe, put
10
because he knew that the high his own clothes back on him, and led
him away to crucify him.20
a 15:1 Or Sanhedrin
b 15:2 Lit. He
c 15:6 I.e. Passover
d 15:6 Lit. he
e 15:6 Lit. they h 15:12 Other mss. lack the man you call
f 15:8 The Gk. lacks Pilate i 15:16 Lit. him
g 15:8 I.e. release one condemned prisoner j 15:16 Lit. praetorium
during Passover k 15:17 Lit. on him
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Jesus is Crucified 32
Let the Messiah,h the king of Israel,
(Matthew 27:32-44; Luke 23:26-43; come down from the cross now, since
John 19:17-27) seeing is believing!” Even the men
21
They forced a certain passer-by who were crucified with him kept
nameda Simon of Cyrene, the father insulting him.
of Alexander and Rufus, who
Jesus Dies on the Cross
happened to be coming in from the
(Matthew 27:45-56; Luke 23:44-49;
country, to carry Jesus’ b cross. 22They John 19:28-30)
took Jesusc to a place called Golgotha, 33
At noon,i darkness came over
which means Skull Place. 23They tried
the whole landj until three in the
to give him wine mixed with myrrh,
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afternoon.k 34At three o'clockl Jesus

but he wouldn't accept it.
24 cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi,
Then they crucified him. They
divided his clothes among themselves eloi,m lema sabachthani?”,n which
by throwing dice to see what each means, “My God, my God, why have
one would get. 25It was nine in the you forsaken me?”o
35
morningd when they crucified him. When some of the people
26
The written notice of the charge standing there heard this, they said,
against him read, “The king of the “Listen! He's calling for Elijah!”p
36
Jews.” 27They crucified two bandits e So someone ran and soaked a
with him, one on his right and the sponge in some sour wine. Then he
put it on a stick and offered Jesusq a
other on his left.f 29Those who passed
drink, saying, “Wait! Let's see if Elijah
by kept insultingg him, shaking their
comes to take him down!”
heads, and saying, “Ha! You who 37
Then Jesus gave a loud cry and
were going to destroy the sanctuary
breathed his last. 38The curtainr in the
and rebuild it in three days— 30save
sanctuary was torn in two from top to
yourself and come down from the
cross!”
31
In the same way the high
h 15:32 Or Christ
priests, along with the scribes, were
i 15:33 Lit. At the sixth hour
also making fun of him among j 15:33 Or earth
themselves. They kept saying, “He k 15:33 Lit. the ninth hour
saved others but can't save himself! l 15:34 Lit. the ninth hour
m 15:34 Eloi, Eloi are Gk. transliterations for
the Heb. My God, my God in Ps 22:1
a 15:21 The Gk. lacks named n 15:34 lema sabachthani is a Gk.
b 15:21 Lit. his transliteration for the Aram. rendering of the
c 15:22 Lit. him Heb. in Ps 22:1, which means Why have you
d 15:25 Lit. the third hour forsaken me?
e 15:27 Or revolutionaries o 15:34 Ps 22:1
f 15:27 Other mss. read on his left. 28Then the p 15:35 Elijah in Heb. sounds like Eloi.
Scripture was fulfilled that says, “He was q 15:36 Lit. him
counted with criminals.” r 15:38 This curtain separated the Holy Place
g 15:29 Or blaspheming from the Most Holy Place.
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bottom. 39When the centuriona who had been cut out of the rock, and
stood facing Jesusb saw how he had rolled a stone against the door of the
cried out andc breathed his last, he tomb. 47Now Mary Magdalene and
said, “This man certainly was the Son Mary the mother of Joseph observed
of God!” where the bodyi had been laid. 15
40
Now there were women Chapter 16
Jesus is Raised from the Dead

watching from a distance. Among
(Matthew 28:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John
them were Mary Magdalene, Mary
20:1-10)
the mother of young James and
16
1
When the Sabbath was over,
Joseph, and Salome. 41They used to
Mary Magdalene, Mary the
accompany him and care for him
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mother of James, and Salome bought
while he was in Galilee. Many other
women who had come up to spices to go and anoint Jesus.j 2Very
Jerusalem with him were there, too. early on the first day of the week,k
when the sun had just come up, they
Jesus is Buried were going to the tomb. 3They kept
(Matthew 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; saying to one another, “Who will roll
John 19:38-42) away the stone for us from the
42
It was the Day of Preparation, entrance to the tomb?” 4Then they
that is, the day before the Sabbath. looked up and saw that the stone had
Since it was already evening, 43Joseph been rolled away. (It was a very large
of Arimathea, a highly respected stone.)
member of the Council,d who was 5
As they went into the tomb,
waiting for the kingdom of God, they saw a young man dressed in a
went boldly to Pilate and asked for white robe sitting on the right side,
the body of Jesus. 44Pilate was amazed and they were utterly astonished.
to heare that Jesusf had already died, 6
But he said to them, “Stop being
so he summoned the centurion to ask astonished! You are looking for Jesus
him if he was in fact dead. 45When he of Nazareth, who was crucified. He
learned from the centurion that he has been raised. He is not here. Look
was dead, he let Joseph have the at the place where they laid him. 7But
corpse. 46Josephg bought some linen go and tell his disciples, especially
cloth, took the bodyh down, wrapped Peter, that Jesusl is going ahead of
it in the cloth, laid it in a tomb that you to Galilee. There you will see
him, just as he told you.” 16
8
So they left the tomb and ran
a 15:39 A Roman centurion commanded about
away, overwhelmed by shock and
100 men.
b 15:39 Lit. him
c 15:39 Other mss. lack cried out and
d 15:43 Or Sanhedrin
e 15:44 The Gk. lacks to hear i 15:47 Lit. where it
f 15:44 Lit. he j 16:1 Lit. him
g 15:46 Lit. He k 16:2 first of the Sabbaths
h 15:46 Lit. it l 16:7 Lit. he
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astonishment. They didn't say a thing unbelief and stubbornness, because

to anyone, because they were afraid.a they had not believed those who had
seen him after he had risen. 15Then he
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
said to them, “As you go into all the
(Matthew 28:9-10; John 20:11-18)
world, proclaim the gospel to
9
After Jesusb had risen early on
everyone.i 16Whoever believes and is
the first day of that week,c he
baptized will be saved, but whoever
appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
doesn't believe will be condemned.15
from whom he had driven out seven 17
“These are the signs that will
demons. 10She went and told those
accompany those who believe: In my
who had been with Jesus d and who
name they will drive out demons;
now were grieving and crying.
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11 they will speak in new tongues;

When they heard that he was alive 18
they will pick up snakes with their
and that he had been seen by her,
hands;j even if they drink any deadly
they refused to believe Mary.e
poison it will not hurt them; and they
Jesus Appears to Two Disciples will place their hands on the sick, and
(Luke 24:13-35) they will recover.”
12
After this, Jesusf appeared in a
Jesus is Taken Up to Heaven
different form to two disciples g as
(Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:9-11)
they were walking into the country.
13
They went back and told the others,
19
So the Lord Jesus,k after talking
who didn't believe them, either. with his disciples,l was taken up to
heaven and sat down at the right
Jesus Commissions His Disciples
hand of God. 20Then his disciplesm
(Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 24:36-49;
went out and preached everywhere,
John 20:19-23; Acts 1:6-8)
14 while the Lord kept working with
Finally he appeared to his
them and confirming the message by
eleven disciplesh while they were
the signs that accompanied it. 1045
eating. He rebuked them for their
a 16:8 Some mss. end Mark here; others

include verses 9-20. Some mss. conclude the
book with the following shorter ending (others
include the shorter ending and then continue
with verses 9-20): They reported to those who
were with Peter everything they had been
commanded. After this, Jesus sent out through
them, from east to west, the sacred and
indestructible message of eternal salvation.
Amen.
b 16:9 Lit. he
c 16:9 Lit. first Sabbath
d 16:10 Lit. him i 16:15 Lit. to the whole creation
e 16:11 Lit. her j 16:18 Other mss. lack with their hands
f 16:12 Lit. he k 16:19 Other mss. lack Jesus
g 16:12 Lit. two of them l 16:19 Lit. with them
h 16:14 The Gk. lacks disciples m 16:20 Lit. Then they
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LUKE
Chapter 1
Luke's Dedication to Theophilus burn incense, according to the custom
1
1
Since many people have of the priests. 10And the entire
attempted to write an orderly congregation of people was praying
account of the events that have outside at the time when the incense
transpired among us, 2just as they was burned.
were passed down to us by those 11
An angel of the Lord appeared
who had been eyewitnesses and to him, standing at the right side of
servants of the word from the the incense altar. 12When Zechariah
beginning, 3I, too, have carefully saw him, he was startled, and fear
investigated everything from the overwhelmed him. 13But the angel
beginning and have decided to write said to him, “Stop being afraid,
an orderly account for you, most Zechariah, because your prayer has
excellent Theophilus, 4so that you been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will
may know the certainty of the things bear you a son, and you are to name
you have been taught. him John. 14You will have great joy, c
The Birth of John the Baptist is and many people will rejoice at his
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Foretold birth, 15because he will be great in the
5
In the days of King Herod of Lord’s presence. He will never drink
Judea, there was a priest named wine or any strong drink, and he will
Zechariah, who belonged to the be filled with the Holy Spirit even
priestly order of Abijah. His wife was before he is born. 16He will bring
a descendant of Aaron, and her name many of Israel's descendants back to
was Elizabeth. 6Both of them were the Lord their God. 17He is the one
righteous before God, having lived who will go before the Lordd with the
blamelessly according to all of the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the
commandments and regulations of hearts of parents to their children and
the Lord. 7They had no children the disobedient to the wisdom of the
because Elizabeth was barren and righteous, and to prepare the people
because both of them were getting to be ready for the Lord.”
18
old.a Then Zechariah asked the
angel, “How can I be sure of this,
8
When Zechariahb was serving
since I am an old man, and my wife is
with his division of priests in God's
presence, 9he was chosen by lot to go getting older?”e
into the sanctuary of the Lord and
c 1:14 Lit. have joy and gladness

a 1:7 Lit. were advancing in their days d 1:17 Lit. before him
b 1:8 Lit. he e 1:18 Lit. is advancing in her days
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Luke 1:19 The Holy Bible
19
The angel answered him, “I am favored! The Lord is with you!”f
Gabriel! I stand in the very presence 29
Startled by his statement, she tried
of God. I have been sent to speak to to figure out what his greeting meant.
you and to announce this good news 30
Then the angel told her, “Stop being
to you. 20But because you did not afraid, Mary, because you have found
believe my announcement, which favor with God. 31Listen! You will
will be fulfilled at its proper time, a become pregnant and give birth to a
you will become silent and unable to son, and you are to name him Jesus.
32
speak until the day this happens.” He will be great and will be called
21
Meanwhile, the people kept the Son of the Most High, and the
waiting for Zechariah and wondering Lord God will give him the throne of
why he stayed in the sanctuary so his ancestor David. 33He will rule over
long. 22But when he did come out, he the house of Jacob forever, and his
was unable to speak to them. Then kingdom will never end.”
34
they realized that he had seen a Mary asked the angel, “How
vision in the sanctuary. He kept can this happen, since I have not had
motioning to them but remained relations withg a man?”
unable to speak. 23When the days of 35
The angel answered her, “The
his service were over, he went home. Holy Spirit will come over you, and
24
After this,b his wife Elizabeth the power of the Most High will
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became pregnant and remained in surround you. Therefore, the child

seclusion for five months. She said, will be holy and will be called the Son
25
“This is what the Lord did for me of God. 36And listen! Elizabeth, your
when he looked favorably on me and relative, has herself conceived a son
took away my public disgrace.” in her old age, this woman who was
said to be barren is in her sixth
The Birth of Jesus is Foretold
26 month. 37Nothing is impossible with
Now in the sixth month of her
respect to any of God’s promises.”
pregnancy,c the angel Gabriel was 38
Then Mary said, “Truly I am
sent by God to a city in Galilee called
the Lord's servant. Let everything
Nazareth, 27to a virgin engaged to a
you have said happen to me.” Then
man named Joseph, a descendantd of the angel left her.
David. The virgin's name was Mary.
28
The angele came to her and said, Mary Visits Elizabeth
“Greetings, you who are highly
39
Later on,h Mary set out for a
Judean city in the hill country. 40She
went into Zechariah's home and
greeted Elizabeth. 41When Elizabeth
a 1:20 Lit. in their times
b 1:24 Lit. After those days f 1:28 Other mss. read is with you! How
c 1:26 The Gk. lacks of her pregnancy blessed are you among women!
d 1:27 Lit. of the house g 1:34 Lit. I have not known
e 1:28 Lit. He h 1:39 Lit. In those days
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International Standard Version 2.0 Luke 1:64
53
heard Mary's greeting, the baby He filled hungry people with good
jumped in her womb. Elizabeth was things
filled with the Holy Spirit 42and she and sent rich people away with
loudly exclaimed, “How blessed are nothing.
54
you among women, and how blessed He helped his servant Israel,
is the infant ina your womb! 43Why remembering to be merciful,
should this happen to me, to have the 55
according to the promise he madec
mother of my Lord visit me? 44As to our ancestors—
soon as the sound of your greeting to Abraham and his descendants
reached my ears, the baby in my forever.”
womb jumped for joy. 45How blessed
Now Mary stayed with Elizabethd
56
is this woman for believing that what
about three months and then went
was spoken to her by the Lord would
back home.
be fulfilled!”
The Birth of John the Baptist
Mary's Song of Praise 57
46
When the time came for
Then Mary said,
Elizabeth to have her child, she gave
“My soul praises the greatness of birth to a son. 58Her neighbors and
the Lord! relatives heard that the Lord had
47
My spirit exults in God, my shown his great mercy to her, and
they rejoiced with her.
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Savior,
59
48
because he has looked On the eighth day they went to
favorably on his humble circumcise the child. They were going
servant. to name him Zechariah after his
father, 60but his mother said,
From now on, all generations will
“Absolutely not! He must be named
call me blessed,
49
John.”
because the Almighty has done 61
Their friendse said to her,
great things for me.
“None of your relatives has that
His name is holy.
50 name.”
His mercy lasts from generation to
generation
62
So they motioned to the baby'sf
for those who fear him. father to see what he wanted to name
51
He displayed his mighty power him. 63He asked for a writing tablet
with his arm. and wrote, “His name is John.” And
He scattered people who were everyone was amazed.
64
proud in mind and heart.b Suddenly, Zechariah could
52
He pulled powerful rulers from open his mouth,g his tongue was set
their thrones
and lifted up humble people. c 1:55 Lit. just as he spoke
d 1:56 Lit. with her
e 1:61 Lit. They
a 1:42 Lit. the fruit of f 1:62 Lit. to his
b 1:51 Lit. in the mind of their heart g 1:64 Lit. his mouth was opened
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free, and he began to speak and to and be holy and righteous
praise God. 65Fear came over all their before him all of our days.
neighbors, and throughout the hill 76
And you, child, will be called a
country of Judea all these things were
prophet of the Most High,
being discussed. 66Everyone who
because you will go ahead of the
heard about it kept thinking what
Lord to prepare his way
had happened and asked, “What will 77
and to give his people knowledge
this child become?” because it was
of salvation
obvious that the hand of the Lord
through forgiveness of their sins.
was with him. 164
78
Because of the tender mercy of our
The Prophecy of Zechariah God,
67
Then his father Zechariah was his lightb from on high has
filled with the Holy Spirit and visited us,
prophesied: 79
to shine on those who sit in
68
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel! darkness and in death's
He has taken care of his people shadow,
and has set them free. and to guide our feet into the
way of peace.”
69
He has raised up a mighty Saviora
80
for us Now the child continued to grow
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David, lived in the wilderness until the day
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just as he promised long ago he appeared in Israel.
through the mouth of his holy Chapter 2
The Birth of Jesus

prophets
71 (Matthew 1:18-25)
that he would save us from our
2
1
Now in those days an order was
enemies
published by Caesar Augustus
and from the grip of all who
that the whole world should be
hate us.
registered. 2This was the first
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He has shown mercy to our registration taken while Quirinius
ancestors was governor of Syria. 3So all the
and remembered his holy people went to their hometowns to
covenant, be registered.2
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the oath that he swore to our 4
Joseph, too, went up from the
ancestor Abraham. city of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea,
He granted us 74deliverance from to the city of David called Bethlehem,
our enemies' grip because he was a descendantd of the
so that we could serve him household and family of David. 5He
without fear
b 1:78 Or dawn
c 1:80 Or become strong in the Spirit
a 1:69 Lit. a horn of salvation d 2:4 The Gk. lacks a descendant
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went therea to be registered with about.” 16So they went quickly and
Mary, who had been promised to him found Mary and Joseph with the
in marriage and was pregnant.4 baby, who was lying in the feeding
6
While they were there, the time trough. 17When they saw this, they
came for her to have her baby, 7and repeated what they had been told
she gave birth to her first child, a son. about this child. 18All who heard it
She wrapped him in strips of cloth were amazed at what the shepherds
19
and laid him in a feeding trough, told them. However, Mary
because there was no place for them continued to treasure all these things
in the guest quarters. in her heart and to ponder them.
20
Then the shepherds returned to
The Shepherds Visit Jesus
8 their flock,d glorifying and praising
In that region there were
God for everything they had heard
shepherds living in the fields,
and seen, just as it had been told to
watching their flock during the night.
9 them.
An angel of the Lord appeared to
them, and the glory of the Lord Jesus is Circumcised
21
shone around them, and they were After eight days had passed,
terrified. 10Then the angel said to the infante was circumcised and
them, “Stop being afraid! Listen! I am named Jesus, the name given him by
bringing you good news of great joy the angel before he was conceived in
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for all the people. 11Today your the womb.
Savior, the Lord Messiah,b was born
Jesus is Presented in the Temple
in the city of David. 12And this will be 22
When the time came for their
a sign for you: You will find a baby
purification according to the law of
wrapped in strips of cloth and lying
Moses, Joseph and Mary f took Jesusg
in a feeding trough.”
13 up to Jerusalem to present him to the
Suddenly a multitude of the
Lord, 23as it is written in the law of
Heavenly Army appeared with the
the Lord, “Every firstborn son is to be
angel, praising God by saying,
14
“Glory to God in the highest, and designated as holy to the Lord.”h
24
peace on earth to people who enjoy They also offered a sacrifice
according to what is specified in the
his favor!”c
15 law of the Lord: “a pair of turtledoves
When the angels had left them
and gone back to heaven, the or two young pigeons.”i
25
shepherds said to one another, “Let's Now a man named Simeon
go to Bethlehem and see what has was in Jerusalem. This man was
taken place that the Lord has told us
d 2:20 The Gk. lacks to their flock
e 2:21 Lit. he
a 2:5 The Gk. lacks He went there f 2:22 Lit. they
b 2:11 Or Christ g 2:22 Lit. him
c 2:14 Other mss. read peace on earth, and h 2:23 Exod 13:2, 12, 15
favor to people i 2:24 Lev 12:8
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righteous and devout. He was own soul, too, so that the inner
waiting for the one who would thoughts of many people might be
comfort Israel,a and the Holy Spirit revealed.”
36
was upon him. 26It had been revealed Now Anna, a prophetess, was
to him by the Holy Spirit that he also there. She was a descendant of
would not dieb until he had seen the Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She
Lord's Messiah.c 25
was very old, having lived with her
27
Ledd by the Spirit, he went into husband for seven years after her
the temple. When the parents marriage, 37and then as a widow for
brought the child Jesus to do for him 84 years. She never left the temple,
what was customary under the law, but continued to worship there night
and day with times of fasting and
28
Simeone took the infantf in his arms
prayer. 38Just then she came forward
and praised God, saying,
and began to thank God and to speak
29
“Master, now you are dismissing about Jesusj to everyone who was
your servant in peace waiting for the redemption of
according to your promise. Jerusalem.
30
Because my eyes have seen your
salvation, The Return to Nazareth
39
31
which you prepared for all After doing everything
people to see— required by the law of the Lord,
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a light that will reveal salvationg to Joseph and Maryk returned to their
the gentiles hometown of Nazareth in Galilee.
40
and bring glory to your people Meanwhile, the child continued to
Israel.” grow and to become strong. He was
filled with wisdom, and God's favor
33
Jesus’h father and mother kept rested upon him.
wondering at the things being said
Jesus Visits the Temple
about him. 34Then Simeoni blessed
them and said to Mary, his mother,
41
Every year Jesus’l parents
“This infant is destined to cause many would go to Jerusalem for the
in Israel to fall and rise. Also, he will Passover Festival. 42When Jesusm was
be a sign that will be opposed. twelve years old, they went up to the
35
Indeed, a sword will pierce your festival as usual. 43When the days of
the festivaln were over, they left for
home. The young man Jesus stayed
a 2:25 Lit. for the comfort of Israel
b 2:26 Lit. see death behind in Jerusalem, but his parents
c 2:26 Or Christ did not know it. 44They thought that
d 2:27 The Gk. lacks Led
e 2:28 Lit. he j 2:38 Lit. him
f 2:28 Lit. him k 2:39 Lit. they
g 2:32 Lit. a light for revelation l 2:41 Lit. his
h 2:33 Lit. His m 2:43 Lit. he
i 2:34 Lit. he n 2:43 The Gk. lacks of the festival
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he was in their group of travelers. and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of

After traveling for a day, they started Abilene, 2and Annas and Caiaphas
looking for him among their relatives high priests, the word of God came to
and friends. 45When they did not find John, the son of Zechariah, in the
him, they returned to Jerusalem, wilderness. 3Johnc went throughout
searching desperately for him. the entire Jordan region, proclaiming
46
Three days later they found him in a baptism about repentance for the
the temple sitting among the forgiveness of sins, 4as it is written in
teachers, listening to them, and the book of the words of the prophet
posing questions to them. 47All who Isaiah,
heard him were amazed at his
“He is a voice calling out in the
intelligence and his answers. 48When
wilderness:
Jesus’ parentsa saw him, they were
‘Prepare the way for the Lord!
shocked. His mother asked him, “Son, Make his paths straight!
why have you treated us like this? 5
Every valley will be filled,
Your father and I have been worried and every mountain and hill will
sick looking for you!” be leveled.
49
He asked them, “Why were The crooked ways will be made
you looking for me? Didn't you know straight,
that I had to be in my Father's and the rough roads will be
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house?”b 50But they did not made smooth.
understand what he said to them. 6
Everyoned will see the salvation
51
Then he went back with them, that God has provided.’”e
returning to Nazareth and remaining 7
John would say to the crowds
in submission to them. His mother
that were coming out to be baptized
continued to treasure all these things
by him, “You children of serpents!
in her heart. 52Meanwhile, Jesus kept Who warned you to flee from the
on growing wiser and more mature, coming wrath? 8Produce fruit that is
and in favor with God and his fellow consistent with repentance! Don't
man. begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have
father Abraham!’ because I tell you
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way for

Jesus that God can raise up descendants for
Abraham from these stones! 9The ax
(Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-8; John
already lies against the roots of the
1:19-28)
trees. So every tree not producing
3
1
Now in the fifteenth year of the
good fruit will be cut down and
reign of Caesar Tiberius, when
thrown into a fire.”
Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea,
Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother
Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea
c 3:3 Lit. He
a 2:48 Lit. they d 3:6 Lit. All flesh
b 2:49 Or about my Father's work e 3:6 Isa 40:3-5
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10
The crowds kept asking him, because he had marriedf his brother's
“What, then, should we do?” wife Herodias and because of all of
11
He answered them, “The the other evil things Herod had done.
person who has two coats must share 20
Added to all this, Herodg locked
with the one who doesn't have any, John up in prison.
and the person who has food must
do the same.” Jesus is Baptized
12
Even some tax collectors came (Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11)
21
to be baptized. They asked him, When all the people had been
“Teacher, what should we do?” baptized, Jesus, too, was baptized.
13
He told them, “Stop collecting While he was praying, heaven
more money than the amount you opened, 22and the Holy Spirit
are told to collect.” descended on him, appearing in the
14
Even some soldiers were asking form of a dove. Then a voice came
him, “And what should we do?” from heaven, saying,h “You are my
He told them, “Never extort Son, whom I love. I am pleased with
money from anyone by threats or you!”i
blackmail, and be satisfied with your The Ancestry of Jesus
pay.” (Matthew 1:1-17)
15
Now the people were filled 23
Jesus himself was about 30
with expectation, and all of them
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years old when he began his

were wondering if John was perhaps
ministry.j He was (so it was thought)
the Messiah.a 16John replied to all of the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
them, “I am baptizing you withb 24
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
water, but one is coming who is more the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai,
powerful than I, and I’m not worthy the son of Joseph, 25the son of
to untie his sandal straps. It is he who Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son
will baptize you withc the Holy Spirit of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of
and fire. 17His winnowing fork is in Naggai, 26the son of Maath, the son of
his hand to clean up his threshing Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son
floor. He will gather the grain into his of Josech, the son of Joda, 27the son of
barn, but he will burn the chaff with Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of
inextinguishable fire.” Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,k the
18
With many other exhortations son of Neri, 28the son of Melchi, the
d
John continued to proclaim the good son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the
news to the people. 19Now Herod the
tetrarch had been rebuked by John e f 3:19 Lit. because of
g 3:20 Lit. he
a 3:15 Or Christ h 3:22 The Gk. lacks saying
b 3:16 Or in i 3:22 Other mss. read You are my Son. Today
c 3:16 Or in I have become your Father.
d 3:18 Lit. he j 3:23 The Gk. lacks his ministry
e 3:19 Lit. him k 3:27 Lit. Salathiel
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son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29the and when they were over he became
son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the hungry.
son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the 3
The devil said to him, “Since d
son of Levi, 30the son of Simeon, the you are the Son of God, tell this stone
son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the to become a loaf of bread.”
son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 4
Jesus answered him, “It is
31
the son of Melea, the son of Menna, written,
the son of Matattha, the son of
‘One must not live on bread alone,
Nathan, the son of David, 32the son of
but on every word of God.’”e
Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of
Boaz, the son of Salmon,a the son of 5
The devilf also took him to a
Nahshon, 33the son of Amminadab, high placeg and showed him all the
the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the kingdoms of the world in an instant.
son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the 6
He said to Jesus,h “I will give you all
son of Judah, 34the son of Jacob, the this authority, along with their glory,
son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the because it has been given to me, and I
son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35the give it to anyone I please. 7So if you
son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son will worship me, all this will be
of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of yours.”6
Shelah, 36the son of Cainan,b the son 8
But Jesus answered him, “It is
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of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the written,
son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37the
‘You must worship the Lord your
son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,
the son of Jared, the son of God and serve only him.’”i
Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38the 9
The devilj also took him into
son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son Jerusalem and had him stand on the
of Adam, the son of God. highest point of the temple. He said
to Jesus,k “Sincel you are the Son of
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Jesus is Tempted by Satan

(Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13) God, throw yourself down from here,
4
10
1
Then Jesus, filled with the Holy because it is written, 10
Spirit, returned from the Jordan

River.c He was led by the Spirit into
the wilderness, 2where he was being
tempted by the devil for 40 days. d 4:3 Or “If, as is the case,
During that time he ate nothing at all, e 4:4 Deut 8:3; Other mss. lack but on every
word of God
f 4:5 Lit. He
g 4:5 Lit. took him up
a 3:32 Other mss. read Sala h 4:6 Lit. him
b 3:36 The inclusion of Cainan here follows i 4:8 Deut 6:13
the LXX; cf. Gen 10:4,24; 11:12-13; 1Chron j 4:9 Lit. He
1:7 k 4:9 Lit. him
c 4:1 The Gk. lacks River l 4:9 Or “If, as is the case,
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‘Goda will put his angels in charge He has sent me to announce

of you release to the prisoners
to watch over you carefully. and recovery of sight to the
11
With their hands they will hold blind,
you up, to set oppressed people free,
19
so that you will never hit your and to announce the year of the
foot against a rock.’”b Lord's favor.”e
12 20
Jesus answered him, “It has Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it
been said, ‘You must not tempt the back to the attendant, and sat down.
Lord your God.’”c While the eyes of everyone in the
13
After the devil had finished synagogue were fixed on him, 21he
tempting Jesus in every possible way, began to say to them, “Today this
he left him until another time. Scripture has been fulfilled, as you’ve
heard it read aloud.”f
Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee 22
All the people began to speak
(Matthew 4:12-17; Mark 1:14-15)
14 well of him and to wonder at the
Then Jesus returned to Galilee
gracious words that flowed from his
by the power of the Spirit.
mouth. They said, “This is Joseph's
Meanwhile, the news about him
son, isn't it?”
spread throughout the surrounding 23
So he said to them, “You will
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country. 15He began to teach in their

probably quote this proverb to me,
synagogues and was continuously
‘Doctor, heal yourself! Do everything
receiving praise from everyone.
here in your hometown that we hear
Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth you did in Capernaum.’”
(Matthew 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6) 24
He added, “I tell all of you with
16
Then Jesusd came to Nazareth, certainty, a prophet is not accepted in
where he had been raised. As was his his hometown. 25I’m telling you the
custom, he went into the synagogue truth—there were many widows in
on the Sabbath day. When he stood Israel in Elijah's time, when it didn’t
up to read, 17the scroll of the prophet raing for three years and six months
Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling and there was a severe famine
the scroll, he found the place where it everywhere in the land. 26Yet Elijah
was written, wasn't sent to a single one of those
18 widows except to one at Zarephath in
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me;
Sidon. 27There were also many lepers
he has anointed me to tell
in Israel in the prophet Elisha's time,
the good news to the poor.
yet not one of them was cleansed
except Naaman the Syrian.”
a 4:10 Lit. He
b 4:11 Ps 91:11-12 e 4:19 Isa 61:1-2; 58:6
c 4:12 Deut 6:16 f 4:21 Lit. fulfilled in your ears
d 4:16 Lit. he g 4:25 Lit. when the heavens were closed
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28
All the people in the this?—because with authority and
synagogue became furious when they power he gives orders to unclean
heard this. 29They got up, forced spirits, and they come out!” 37So news
Jesusa out of the city, and led him to about him spread to every place in
the edge of the hill on which their the surrounding region.
city was built, intending to throw him Jesus Heals Many People
off. 30But he walked right through the (Matthew 8:14-17; Mark 1:29-34)
middle of them and went away.29 38
Then Jesusi got up to leave the
Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean synagogue and went into Simon's
Spirit house. Now Simon's mother-in-law
(Mark 1:21-28) was sick with a high fever, so they
31
Then Jesusb went down to asked Jesusj about her. 39He bent over
Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.
began teaching the peoplec on She got up at once and began serving
Sabbath days.d 32They were utterly them.
40
amazed at what he taught, because When the sun was setting,
his message was spokene with everyone who had any friends k
authority. suffering from various diseases
33
In the synagogue was a man brought them to him. He placed his
who had a demon.f He screamed hands on each of them and began
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with a loud voice, 34“Oh, no! What do healing them. 41Even demons came
you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? out of many people, screaming, “You
Have you come to destroy us? I know are the Son of God!” But Jesusl
who you are—the Holy One of God!” rebuked them and ordered them not
35
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, to speak, because they knew he was
“Be quiet, and come out of him!” At the Messiah.m
this, the demon threw the mang Jesus Goes on a Preaching Tour
down in the middle of the (Mark 1:35-39)
synagogueh and came out of him 42
At daybreak he left and went to
without hurting him. a deserted place, while the crowds
36
Overwhelmed with amaze- kept looking for him. When they
ment, they all kept saying to one came to him, they tried to keep him
another, “What kind of statement is from leaving them. 43But he said to
them, “I have to proclaim the good
a 4:29 Lit. him news about the kingdom of God in
b 4:31 Lit. he other cities, because I was sent to do
c 4:31 Lit. them
d 4:31 Lit. Sabbaths i 4:38 Lit. he
e 4:32 The Gk. lacks spoken j 4:38 Lit. him
f 4:33 Lit. a spirit of an demon of uncleanness k 4:40 Lit. people
g 4:35 Lit. him l 4:41 Lit. he
h 4:35 The Gk. lacks of the synagogue m 4:41 Or Christ
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that also.” 44So he continued to him were amazed at the number of

preach in the synagogues of Galilee.a443
fish they had caught, 10and so were
Chapter 5
James and John, Zebedee's sons and
Jesus Calls His First Disciples Simon's partners.
(Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20) Then Jesus said to Simon, “Stop
5
1
One day as the crowd was being afraid. From now on you will
pressing in on him to listen to be catching people.” 11So when they
God's word, Jesusb was standing by brought the boats to shore, they left
the lake of Gennesaret. 2He saw two everything and followed Jesus.g
boats lying on the shore, but the
fishermen had stepped out of them Jesus Cleanses a Leper
and were washing their nets. 3So (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45)
Jesusc got into one of the boats (the
12
One day while Jesush was in
one that belonged to Simon) and one of the cities, a man covered with
asked him to push out a little from leprosy saw Jesus and fell on his face,
the shore. Then he sat down and begging him, “Lord, if you want to,
began to teach the crowds from the you can make me clean.”
boat.2
13
So Jesusi reached out his hand
4
When he had finished speaking, and touched him, saying, “I do want
he said to Simon, “Push out into deep to. Be clean!” Instantly the leprosy left
water, and lower your nets for a him. 14Then Jesusj ordered him,
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catch.” “Don't tell anyone. Instead, go and

5
Simon answered, “Master, we show yourself to the priest and make
have worked hard all night and an offering for your cleansing, just as
caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll Moses commanded, as proof to the
lower the nets.” 6After the mend had authorities.”k 15But the news about
done this, they caught so many fish Jesusl spread even more, and many
that the nets began to tear. 7So they crowds began gathering to hear him
signaled to their partners in the other and to be healed of their diseases.
boat to come and help them. They 16
However, he continued his habit of
came and filled both boats until the retiring to deserted places and
boatse began to sink. 8When Simon praying.
Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’
knees and said, “Leave me, Lord! I
am a sinful man!”— 9because Simonf
and all the people who were with
a 4:44 Other mss. read of Judea g 5:11 Lit. him

b 5:1 Lit. he h 5:12 Lit. he
c 5:3 Lit. he i 5:13 Lit. he
d 5:6 Lit. they j 5:14 Lit. he
e 5:7 Lit. they k 5:14 Lit. to them
f 5:9 Lit. he l 5:15 Lit. him
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Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man knowj that the Son of Man has
(Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12) authority on earth to forgive sins.”
17
One day as Jesusa was Then he said to the paralyzed
teaching, some Pharisees and man, “I say to you: Get up, pick up
teachers of the law happened to be your stretcher, and go home!” 25So
sitting near by. The peopleb had the mank immediately stood up in
come from every village in Galilee front of them and picked up what he
and Judea and from Jerusalem. The had been lying on. Then he went
power of the Lord was present to home, praising God.
26
heal them.c 18Some men were Amazement seized all the
bringing a paralyzed man on a people, and they began to praise
stretcher. They were trying to take God. They were filled with fear l and
him into the housed and place him in declared, “We have seen wonderful
things today!”
front of Jesus.e 19When they couldn't
find a way to get him in because of Jesus Calls Levi
the crowd, they went up on the roof (Matthew 9:9-13; Mark 2:13-17)
and let him down on his stretcher 27
After that, Jesusm went out and
through the tiles into the middle of saw a tax collector named Levi sitting
the room,f right in front of Jesus. at the tax collector's desk. He said to
20
When Jesusg saw their faith, he said, him, “Follow me!” 28So Levin left
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“Mister,h your sins are forgiven.” everything behind, got up, and
21
The scribes and the Pharisees followed him.
29
Then Levi gave a large banquet
began to argue among themselves,
at his home for Jesus.o A large crowd
saying, “Who is this man who is
of tax collectors and others were
uttering blasphemies? Who can
eating with them. 30The Pharisees and
forgive sins but God alone?”
22 their scribes started complaining to
Because Jesus knew that they
Jesus’p disciples, “Why do you eat
were arguing, he asked them, “Why
and drink with tax collectors and
are you arguing about this among
sinners?”
yourselves?i 23Which is easier: to say 31
But Jesus answered them,
‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say ‘Get “Healthy people don't need a
up and walk’? 24But I want you to physician, but sick people do. 32I have
not come to call righteous people, but
a 5:17 Lit. he sinners, to repentance.”
b 5:17 Lit. They
c 5:17 Other mss. read was present with him to
heal j 5:24 Lit. So that you will know
d 5:18 The Gk. lacks the house k 5:25 Lit. he
e 5:18 Lit. him l 5:26 Or awe
f 5:19 The Gk. lacks of the room m 5:27 Lit. he
g 5:20 Lit. he n 5:28 Lit. he
h 5:20 Lit. Man o 5:29 Lit. him
i 5:22 Lit. in your hearts p 5:30 Lit. his
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A Question about Fasting Sabbath.f His disciples were picking

(Matthew 9:14-17; Mark 2:18-22) the heads of grain, rubbing them in
33
Then they said to him, “John's their hands, and eating them. 2Some
disciples frequently fast and pray, of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you
and so do those of the Pharisees. But doing what is not lawful on Sabbath
your disciplesa keep right on eating days?”g
and drinking.” 5
3
Jesus answered them, “Haven't
34
But Jesus said to them, “You you read what David did when he
can't force the wedding guestsb to and his companions became hungry?
4
fast while the groom is still with How was it that he went into the
them, can you? 35But the time will house of God, took the Bread of the
come when the groom will be taken Presence and ate it, which was not
away from them, and at that time lawful for anyone but the priests to
they will fast.” eat, and then gave some of it to his
companions?”
The Unshrunk Cloth 5
Then he said to them, “The Son
(Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21)
36 of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Then he told them a parable:
“No one tears a piece of cloth from a Jesus Heals a Man with a Paralyzed
new garment and sews it on an old Hand
garment. If he does, the new cloth (Matthew 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6)
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will tear, and the piece from the new 6

Once, on another Sabbath,
will not match the old. 37And no one Jesush went into a synagogue and
pours new wine into old wineskins. If began teaching. A man whose right
he does, the new wine will make the hand was paralyzed was there. 7The
skins burst, the winec will be spilled, scribes and the Pharisees were
and the skins will be ruined. 38Rather, watching Jesusi closely to seej
new wine is to be poured into fresh whether he would heal on the
wineskins. 39No one who has been Sabbath, in order to find a way of
drinking old wine wants new wine, accusing him of doing something
because he says, ‘The old wine is wrong. 8But Jesusk knew what they
good enough!’”d 5
were thinking. So he said to the man
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with the paralyzed hand, “Get up,

Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
and stand in the middle of the
(Matthew 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28)
6 One time Jesuse was walking

1
through some grain fields on a

f 6:1 Other mss. read on the second Sabbath
a 5:33 Lit. yours after the first
b 5:34 Lit. The children of the wedding hall; g 6:2 Lit. on the Sabbaths
or The children of the groom h 6:6 Lit. he
c 5:37 Lit. it i 6:7 Lit. him
d 5:39 Other mss. lack this verse j 6:7 The Gk. lacks to see
e 6:1 Lit. he k 6:8 Lit. he
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synagogue.”a So he got up and stood over Judea, Jerusalem, and the

there. seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. 18They
9
Then Jesus asked them, “I ask had come to hear him and to be
you, is it lawful to do good or to do healed of their diseases. Even those
evil on the Sabbath, to save a life or to who were being tormented by
destroy it?” unclean spirits were being healed.
19
10
He looked around at all of The entire crowd was trying to
them and then said to the man,b touch him, because power was
“Hold out your hand.” The manc did coming out from him and healing all
so, and his hand was restored to of them.18
health. 11The others were furiousd Jesus Pronounces Blessings and
and began to discuss with each other Judgment
what they could do to Jesus. (Matthew 5:1-12)
Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles 20
Then Jesusg looked at his
(Matthew 10:1-4; Mark 3:13-19) disciples and said,
12
Now it was in those days that “How blessed are you who are
Jesuse went to a mountain to pray, destitute,
and he spent the whole night in because the kingdom of God is
prayer to God. 13When daylight came, yours!
he called his disciples and chose 21
How blessed are you who are
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twelve of them, whom he also called hungry now,
apostles: 14Simon (whom he named because you will be satisfied!
Peter), his brother Andrew, James, How blessed are you who are
John, Philip, Bartholomew, crying now,
15
Matthew, Thomas, James (the son of because you will laugh!
Alphaeus), Simon (who was called
22
the Zealot), 16Judas (the son of James), “How blessed are you whenever
and Judas Iscariot (who became a people hate you, avoid you, insult
traitor). you, and slander you because of the
Son of Man! 23Rejoice in that day and
Jesus Ministers to Many People leap for joy, because your reward in
(Matthew 4:23-25) heaven is great! That's the way their
17
Then Jesusf came down with ancestors used to treat the prophets.
them and stood on a level place,
24
along with many of his disciples and “But how terrible it will be for you
a large gathering of people from all who are rich,
because you have had your
comfort!
a 6:8 The Gk. lacks of the synagogue 25
b 6:10 Lit. him
How terrible it will be for you who
c 6:10 Lit. He are full now,
d 6:11 Or were stupefied because you will be hungry!
e 6:12 Lit. he
f 6:17 Lit. he g 6:20 Lit. he
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How terrible it will be for you who Judging Others

are laughing now, (Matthew 7:1-5)
37
because you will mourn and cry! “Stop judging, and you will
26 never be judged. Stop condemning,
“How terrible it will be for you
and you will never be condemned.
when everyone says nice things
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
about you, because that's the way 38
Give, and it will be given to you. A
their ancestors used to treat the false
large quantity, pressed together,
prophets!”
shaken down, and running over will
Teaching about Love for Enemies be put into your lap, because you will
(Matthew 5:38-48) be evaluated by the same standard
27
“But I say to you who are with which you evaluate others.”
listening: Love your enemies. Do 39
He also told them a parable:
good to those who hate you. 28Bless “One blind person can't lead another
those who curse you, and pray for blind person, can he? Both will fall
those who insult you. 29If someone into a ditch, won't they? 40A disciple
strikes you on the cheek, offer him is not better than his teacher. But
the other one as well, and if someone everyone who is fully-trained will be
takes your coat, don't keep back your like his teacher.
shirt, either. 30Keep on giving to 41
“Why do you see the speck in
everyone who asks you for some-
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your brother's eye but fail to notice

thing, and if anyone takes what is the beam in your own eye? 42How
yours, do not insist on getting it back. can you say to your brother, ‘Brother,
31
Whatever you want people to do for let me take the speck out of your eye,’
you, do the same for them. when you don't see the beam in your
32
“If you love those who love own eye? You hypocrite! First remove
you, what thanks do you deserve? the beam from your own eye, and
Why, even sinners love those who then you'll see clearly enough to
love them. 33If you do good to those remove the speck from your brother's
who do good to you, what thanks do eye.”
you deserve? Even sinners do that.
34 A Tree is Known by Its Fruit
If you lend to those from whom you
(Matthew 7:17-20)
expect to get something back, what 43
“A good tree doesn't produce
thanks do you deserve? Even sinners
rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn't
lend to sinners to get back what they
produce good fruit, 44because every
lend. 35Rather, love your enemies, do
tree is known by its own fruit.
good to them, and lend to them,
expecting nothing in return. Then Peoplea don't gather figs from thorny
your reward will be great, and you plants or pick grapes from a thorn
will be children of the Most High, bush. 45A good person produces good
because he is kind even to ungrateful from the good treasure of his heart,
and evil people. 36Be merciful, just as a 6:44 Lit. They
your Father is merciful.”
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and an evil person produces evil from to come and save his servant's life.
4
an evil treasure, because the mouth So they went to Jesus and begged
speaks from the overflow of the him repeatedly, “He deserves to have
heart.” this done for him, 5because he loves
our people and built our synagogue
The Two Foundations
for us.”
(Matthew 7:24-27) 6
46 So Jesus went with them. He
“Why do you keep calling me
was not far from the house when the
‘Lord, Lord,’ but don't do what I tell
you? 47I will show you what everyone centurion sent friends to tell Jesus,g
is like who comes to me, hears my “Sir,h stop troubling yourself, because
words, and acts on them. 48They are I’m not worthy to have you come
like a person building a house, who under my roof. 7That's why I didn't
dug a deep hole to lay the foundation presume to come to you. But just say
on rock. When a flood came, the the word, and let my servant be
floodwaters pushed against that healed, 8because I, too, am a man
house but couldn't shake it, because it under authority and have soldiers
had been founded on the rock.a 49But under me. I say to one ‘Go’ and he
goes, to another ‘Come’ and he
the person who hears what I sayb but
comes, and to my servant ‘Do this’
doesn't act on it is like someone who
and he does it.”
built a house on the ground without
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9
When Jesus heard this, he was
any foundation. When the flood-
amazed at him. Turning to the crowd
waters pushed against it, that house c
that was following him, he said, “I tell
quickly collapsed, and the resulting
you, not even in Israel have I found
destruction of that house was
this kind of faith!” 10Then the men
extensive.”
who had been sent returned to the
house and found the servant in
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Jesus Heals an Official's Son

(Matthew 8:5-13; John 4:43-54) perfect health.
7 After Jesusd had finished saying

1
Jesus Raises a Widow's Son
all these thingse to the people 11
Soon afterwards, Jesusi went to
who were there listening, he went to a city called Nain. His disciples and a
Capernaum. 2There a centurion's large crowd were going along with
servant, whom he valued highly, was him. 12As he approached the entrance
sick and about to die. 3When the to the city, a man who had died was
centurionf heard about Jesus, he sent being carried out. He was his
some Jewish elders to him to ask him mother's only son, and she was a
widow. A large crowd from the city
a 6:48 Other mss. read had been built well
b 6:49 The Gk. lacks what I say was with her.
c 6:49 Lit. it
d 7:1 Lit. he g 7:6 Lit. him
e 7:1 Lit. finished all his sayings h 7:6 Or Lord
f 7:3 Lit. he i 7:11 Lit. he
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13
When the Lord saw her, he felt the blind see, the lame walk, lepers
compassion for her. He said to her, are cleansed, the deaf hear again, the
“You can stop crying.” 14Then he dead are raised, and the destitute
went up and touched the bier, and hear the good news. 23How blessed is
the men who were carrying it anyone who is not offended by me!”
24
stopped. He said, “Young man, I say When John's messengers had
to you, get up!” 15The man who had gone, Jesuse began to ask the crowds
been dead sat up and began to speak, about John. “What did you go out
and Jesusa gave him back to his into the wilderness to see? A reed
mother. 14 shaken by the wind? 25Really, what
16
Fear gripped everyone, and did you go out to see? A man dressed
they began to praise God, saying, “A in fancy clothes? See, those who wear
great prophet has appeared among fine clothes and live in luxury are in
us,” and “God has helped his royal palaces. 26Really, what did you
people.” 17This news about Jesusb go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell
spread throughout Judea and all the you, and even more than a prophet!
27
surrounding countryside. This is the man about whom it is
written,
John the Baptist Sends Messengers to
Jesus ‘See, I am sending my messenger
(Matthew 11:2-19) ahead of you,
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18
John's disciples told him about who will prepare your way
all these things. So John called two of before you.’f
his disciples 19and sent them to the 28
I tell you, no one has ever been born
Lord to ask, “Are you the Coming
who isg greater than John. Yet even
One, or should we wait for someone
the least important person in the
else?”
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kingdom of God is greater than he.”
When the men had come to 29
By having been baptized with
Jesus,c they said, “John the Baptist John’s baptism, all the people who
has sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the listened, including the tax collectors,
Coming One, or should we wait for
acknowledged God’s justice.h 30But
someone else?’”
the Pharisees and the experts in the
21
At that time Jesusd had healed law rejected God's plan for
many people of diseases, plagues,
themselvesi by refusing to be
and evil spirits and had given sight to
baptized by John.j
many who were blind. 22So he
answered them, “Go and tell John
what you have observed and heard: e 7:24 Lit. he
f 7:27 Mal 3:1; Exod 23:20
g 7:28 Lit. one among those born of women
a 7:15 Lit. he have been
b 7:17 Lit. him h 7:29 Or judgment
c 7:20 Lit. him i 7:30 Or God's decision in their case
d 7:21 Lit. he j 7:30 Lit. him
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Jesus continued,a “To what

31 his feet over and over again,
may I compare the people living anointing them constantly with the
today?b 32They are like little children perfume.
39
who sit in the marketplace and shout Now the Pharisee who had
to each other, invited Jesusi saw this and said to
himself, “If this man were a prophet,
‘A wedding song we played for
he would have known who is
you,
touching him and what kind of
the dance you simply scorned.
woman she is. She's a sinner!”
A woeful dirge we chanted, too, 40
Jesus said to him, “Simon, I
but then you did not mourn.’
have something to ask you.”
33
Because John the Baptist has come “Teacher,” he replied, “ask it.”
neither eating bread nor drinking 41
“Two men were in debt to a
wine, yet you say, ‘He has a demon!’ moneylender. One owed him 500
34
The Son of Man has come eating denarii,j and the other 50. 42When
and drinking, and you say, ‘Look! they couldn't pay it back, he gener-
He’sc a glutton and a drunk, a friend ously canceled the debts for both of
of tax collectors and sinners!’ them. Now which of them will love
35
Wisdom is vindicated by alld her him more?”
43
children.” Simon answered, “I suppose
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the one who had the larger debt
Jesus Forgives a Sinful Woman
36
canceled.”
Now one of the Pharisees
Jesusk said to him, “You have
invited Jesuse to eat with him. So he
answered correctly.”
went to the Pharisee's home and took 44
Then, turning to the woman,
his place at the table. 37There was a
he said to Simon, “Do you see this
woman who was a notoriousf sinner woman? I came into your house. You
in that city. When she learned that didn't give me any water for my feet,
Jesusg was eating at the Pharisee's but this woman has washed my feet
home, she took an alabaster jar of with her tears and dried them with
perfume 38and knelt at his feet behind her hair. 45You didn't give me a kiss,l
him. She was crying and began to but this woman, from the moment I
wash his feet with her tears and dry came in, has not stopped kissing my
them with her hair.h Then she kissed feet. 46You didn't anoint my head
with oil, but this woman has anointed
a 7:31 The Gk. lacks Jesus continued my feet with perfume. 47So I'm telling
b 7:31 Lit. people of this generation
c 7:34 The Gk. lacks He’s i 7:39 Lit. him
d 7:35 Other mss. lack all j 7:41 A denarius was the usual day's wage for
e 7:36 Lit. him a laborer.
f 7:37 The Gk. lacks notorious k 7:43 Lit. He
g 7:37 Lit. he l 7:45 People customarily greeted their friends
h 7:38 Lit. the hair of her head with a kiss.
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you that her sins, as many as they his seed. As he was sowing, some
are, have been forgiven, and that's seeds fell along the path, were
why she has shown such great love. trampled on, and birds from the sky
But the one to whom little is forgiven ate them up. 6Others fell on stony
loves little.” ground, and as soon as they came up,
48
Then Jesusa said to the they dried up because they had no
woman,b “Your sins are forgiven!” 7
moisture. 7Others fell among thorn
49
Those who were at the table bushes, and the thorn bushes grew
with them began to say among with them and choked them. 8But
themselves, “Who is this man who others fell on good soil, and when
even forgives sins?” 7
they came up, they produced a
50
But Jesusc said to the woman, hundred times as much as was
“Your faith had saved you. Go in planted.” As he said this, he called
peace.” out, “Let the person who has ears to
Chapter 8
hear, listen!”
Some Women Accompany Jesus
8
1
After this, Jesusd traveled from
(Matthew 13:10-17; Mark 4:10-12)
one city and village to another, 9
Then his disciples began to ask
preaching and spreading the good
him what this parable meant. 10So he
news about God's kingdom. The
said, “You have been given
Twelve were with him, 2as well as
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knowledge about the secrets of the

some women who had been healed
kingdom of God. But to others they
of evil spirits and illnesses: Mary, also
called Magdalene, from whom seven are givenh in parables, so that
demons had gone out; 3Joanna, the ‘they might look but not see,
wife of Herod's household manager and they might listen but not
Chuza; Susanna; and many others. understand.’”i
These womene continued to support
Jesus Explains the Parable about the
themf out of their personal resources.1 Farmer
The Parable about a Farmer (Matthew 13:18-23; Mark 4:13-20)
11
(Matthew 13:1-9; Mark 4:1-9) “Now this is what the parable
4
Now while a large crowd was means. The seed is God's word. 12The
gathering and people were coming to ones on the path are the people who
Jesusg from every city, he said in a listen, but then the devil comes and
parable: 5“A farmer went out to sow takes the word away from their
hearts, so that they may not believe
a 7:48 Lit. he and be saved. 13The ones on the stony
b 7:48 Lit. to her ground are the people who joyfully
c 7:50 Lit. he
welcome the word when they hear it.
d 8:1 Lit. he
e 8:3 Lit. They
f 8:3 Other mss. read him h 8:10 The Gk. lacks they are given
g 8:4 Lit. him i 8:10 Isa 6:9-10
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21
But since they don't have any roots, But he answered those
they believe for a while, but in a time people,b “My mother and my
of testing they fall away. 14The ones brothers are those who hear the word
that fell among the thorn bushes are of God and do it.”
the people who listen, but as they go
Jesus Calms the Sea
on their way they are choked by the
(Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41)
worries, wealth, and pleasures of life,
and their fruit doesn't mature. 15But
22
One day Jesusc and his
the ones on the good soil are the disciples got into a boat. He said to
people who hear the word but also them, “Let's cross to the other side of
hold on to it with good and honest the lake.” So they started out.
23
hearts, producing a crop through Now as they were sailing,
endurance.” Jesusd fell asleep. A violent storm
swept over the lake, and they were
A Light under a Bowl taking on water and were in great
(Mark 4:21-25) danger. 24So his disciplese went to
16
“No one lights a lamp and him, woke him up, and kept telling
hides it under a bowl or puts it under him, “Master! Master! We're going to
a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lamp die!” He got up and rebuked the
stand so that those who come in will wind and the raging waves. They
see the light. 17There is nothing stopped, and there was calm.
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hidden that will not be revealed, and 25
Then he asked the disciples,f
there is nothing secret that will not
“Where’s your faith?”
become known and come to light.
18
Frightened and amazed, they
So pay attention to how you listen,
asked one another, “Who is this man?
because to the one who has some-
He commands even the winds and
thing, more will be given. However,
the water, and they obey him!”
from the one who doesn't have, even
what he thinks he has will be taken Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man
away from him.” (Matthew 8:28-34; Mark 5:1-20)
26
They landed in the region of
The True Family of Jesus
the Gerasenes,g which is just across
(Matthew 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35)
19
His mother and his brothers the lake from Galilee. 27When Jesush
came to him, but they couldn't get stepped out on the shore, a man from
near him because of the crowd. the city met him. This man was
20
Jesusa was told, “Your mother and
b 8:21 Lit. them
your brothers are standing outside
c 8:22 Lit. he
and want to see you.” d 8:23 Lit. he
e 8:24 Lit. So they
f 8:25 Lit. them
g 8:26 Other mss. read Gadarenes; still other
mss. read Gergesenes
a 8:20 Lit. He h 8:27 Lit. he
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controlled bya demons and had not the herd rushed down the cliff into
worn clothes for a long time. He did the lake and drowned.
34
not live in a house but in the tombs. Now when those who had
28
When he saw Jesus, he screamed, been taking care of the pigs saw what
fell down in front of him, and cried had happened, they ran away and
out in a loud voice, “What do you reported it in the city and in the
want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most countryside. 35So the peoplek went
High God? I beg you not to torture out to see what had happened. When
me!” 29because Jesusb was in the they came to Jesus and found the
process of ordering the unclean spirit man from whom the demons had
to come out of the man. On many gone out sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed
occasions the unclean spiritc had and in his right mind, they were
seized the man,d and though he was frightened. 36The people who had
kept under guard and bound with seen it told them how the demon-
chains and shackles, he would break possessed man had been healed.
37
the chains and be driven by the Then all the people from the region
demon into deserted places. 27
surrounding the Gerasenesl asked
30
Jesus asked the man,e “What's Jesusm to leave them, because they
your name?” were terrified. So he got into a boat
He answered, “Legion,”f because and started back.
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38
many demons had gone into him. Now the man from whom the
31
Then the demonsg began begging demons had gone out kept begging
Jesush not to order them to go into Jesusn to let him go with him. But
the bottomless pit. Jesuso sent him away, saying, 39“Go
32
Now a large herd of pigs was home and tell what God has done for
grazing there on the hillside. So the you.” So the manp left and kept
demonsi begged Jesusj to let them go proclaiming throughout the whole
into those pigs, and he consented to city how much Jesus had done for
that. 33Then the demons came out of him.
the man and went into the pigs, and Jesus Heals a Woman and Resurrects
a Girl
(Matthew 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43)
40
a 8:27 Lit. He had When Jesus came back, the
b 8:29 Lit. he crowd welcomed him, because
c 8:29 Lit. it
d 8:29 Lit. him
e 8:30 Lit. him k 8:35 Lit. they
f 8:30 A Roman legion consisted of about l 8:37 Other mss. read Gadarenes; still other
6,000 men. mss. read Gergesenes
g 8:31 Lit. they m 8:37 Lit. him
h 8:31 Lit. him n 8:38 Lit. him
i 8:32 Lit. they o 8:38 Lit. he
j 8:32 Lit. him p 8:39 Lit. he
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everyone was expecting him. 41Just her, “Daughter, your faith has made
then a synagogue leader by the name you well. Go in peace.”47
49
of Jairus arrived. He fell at Jesus’ feet While he was still speaking,
and kept begging him to come to his someone came from the synagogue
home, 42because his only daughter, leader's homeg and told him,h “Your
who was about twelve years old, was daughter is dead. Stop bothering the
dying. While Jesusa was on his way, teacher anymore.” 8
50
the crowds continued to press in on But when Jesus heard this, he
him. told the synagogue leader,i “Stop
43
A woman was thereb who had being afraid! Just believe, and she will
been suffering from chronic bleeding get well.”
for twelve years. Although she had 51
When he arrived at the man’sj
spent all she had on doctors,c no one house, he allowed no one to go in
could heal her. 44She came up behind with him except Peter, John, James,
Jesusd and touched the tassel of his and the young girl’s father and
garment, and her bleeding stopped at mother. 52Now everyone was crying
once. and wailing for her. But Jesusk said,
45
Jesus asked, “Who touched “Stop crying! She's not dead. She’s
me?” sleeping.” 53They laughed and
While everyone was denying it, laughed at him, because they knew
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Peter and those who were with him e she was dead. 54But he took her hand
said, “Master, the crowds are sur- and called out, “Young lady, get up!”
55
rounding you and pressing in on So her spirit returned, and she got
you.” up at once. Then Jesusl directed that
46
Still Jesus said, “Somebody she be given something to eat. 56Her
touched me, because I know that parents were amazed, but he ordered
power has gone out of me.” them not to tell anyone what had
47
When the woman saw that she happened.
couldn't hide, she came forward Chapter 9
trembling. Bowing down in front of Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

him, she explained in the presence of (Matthew 10:5-15; Mark 6:7-13)
9 Jesusm
1
all the people why she had touched called the Twelve
together and gave them power
Jesusf and how she had been
and authority over all the demons
instantly healed. 48Then he said to
and to heal diseases. 2Then he sent
a 8:42 Lit. he
b 8:43 The Gk. lacks was there g 8:49 Lit. from the synagogue leader
c 8:43 Other mss. lack Though she had spent h 8:49 The Gk. lacks him
all she had on doctors i 8:50 Lit. him
d 8:44 Lit. him j 8:51 The Gk. lacks man’s
e 8:45 Other mss. lack and those who were k 8:52 Lit. he
with him l 8:55 Lit. he
f 8:47 Lit. him m 9:1 Lit. He
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them to proclaim the kingdom of and followed him. He welcomed

God and to heal the sick. 3He told them and began to speak to them
them, “Don't take anything along on about the kingdom of God and to
your trip—no walking stick, traveling heal those who needed healing.
12
bag, bread, money, or even an extra As the day was drawing to a
shirt.a 4When you visit a home and close, the Twelve came to him and
stay there, and go out from there, 5if said, “Send the crowd away to the
people don't welcome you, when you neighboring villages and farms so
leave that city, shake its dust off your they can rest and get some food,
feet as a testimony against them.” 6So because we are here in a deserted
they left and went from village to place.”
13
village, spreading the good news and But he said to them, “You give
healing diseases everywhere.2 them something to eat.”
They replied, “We have nothing
Herod Tries to See Jesus
more than five loaves of bread and
(Matthew 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29)
7
two fish—unless we go and buy food
Now Herod the tetrarch heard
for all these people.”
about everything that was 14
Now there were about 5,000
happening. He was puzzled because
men. So he said to his disciples,
it was said by some that John had
“Have them sit down in groups of
been raised from the dead, 8by others
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about 50.” 15They did this and got all

that Elijah had appeared, and by still
of them seated. 16Taking the five
others that one of the ancient
loaves and the two fish, he looked up
prophets had come back to life.
9
to heaven and blessed them. Then he
Herod said, “I beheaded John. But
broke the loaves in pieces and kept
who is this man I'm hearing so much
giving them to the disciples to pass
about?” So Herodb kept trying to see on to the crowd. 17All of them ate and
Jesus.c were filled. When they collected the
Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand leftover pieces, there were twelve
People baskets.
(Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus
John 6:1-14) (Matthew 16:13-19; Mark 8:27-29)
10
The apostles came back and 18
One day while Jesuse was
told Jesusd everything they had done. praying privately and the disciples
Then he took them away with him were with him, he asked them, “Who
privately to a city called Bethsaida. do the crowds say I am?”
11
But the crowds found out about this 19
They answered, “Some sayf
John the Baptist, others Elijah, and
a 9:3 Lit. two shirts
b 9:9 Lit. he
c 9:9 Lit. him e 9:18 Lit. he
d 9:10 Lit. him f 9:19 The Gk. lacks Some say
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still others one of the ancient Jesus’ Appearance is Changed

prophets who has come back to life.” (Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8)
20
He asked them, “But who do 28
Now about eight days after
you say I am?” Jesus said this,d he took Peter, John,
“God’s Messiah,”a Peter replied. and James with him and went up on
a mountain to pray. 29While he was
praying, the appearance of his face
Resurrection
changed, and his clothes turned
(Matthew 16:21-28; Mark 8:31-9:1)
21 dazzling white. 30Suddenly, two men
He gave them strict orders,
were talking with him. They were
commanding them not to tell this to
Moses and Elijah. 31They had a
anyone. 22He said, “The Son of Man
glorified appearance, and were dis-
must suffer a great deal and be
cussing Jesus’e departure that he
rejected by the elders, the high
would shortly bring about in
priests, and the scribes. Then he must
Jerusalem.
be killed, but on the third day he will 32
Now Peter and the men with
be raised.”
23 him had been overcome by sleep.
Then he said to all of them, “If
When they woke up, they saw Jesus’f
anyone wants to come with me, he
glory and the two men standing with
must deny himself, pick up his cross
him. 33Just as Moses and Elijahg were
every day, and follow me continually,
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24 leaving,h Peter said to Jesus, “Master,
because whoever wants to save his
it's good that we're here! Let's set up
life will lose it, but whoever loses his
three sheltersi—one for you, one for
life for my sake will save it. 25What
Moses, and one for Elijah.” (Peterj
profit will a person have if he gains
didn't know what he was saying.)
the whole world, but destroys himself 34
But while he was saying this, a
or is lost? 26If anyone is ashamed of
cloud appeared and surrounded
me and my words, the Son of Man
them, and they became terrified as
will be ashamed of him when he
they were being overshadowed by
comes in his glory and the glory of b
the cloud.
the Father and the holy angels. 27I tell 35
Then a voice came out of the
you with certainty, some people who
cloud and said, “This is my Son,
are standing here will not experience c
whom I have chosen.k Keep listening
death until they see the kingdom of
to him!” 36After the voice had spoken,
God.”
d 9:28 Lit. after these sayings

e 9:31 Lit. his
f 9:32 Lit. his
g 9:33 Lit. Just as they
h 9:33 Lit. leaving him
a 9:20 Or Christ i 9:33 Or tents
b 9:26 Lit. and that of j 9:33 Lit. He
c 9:27 Lit. taste k 9:35 Other mss. read whom I love
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Jesus wasa alone. The disciplesb kept Jesus Again Predicts His Death and
silent and at that time c told no one Resurrection
about what they had seen. (Matthew 17:22-23; Mark 9:30-32)
43
All the people continued to be
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon
amazed at the greatness of God.
(Matthew 17:14-18; Mark 9:14-27)
37 Indeed, everyone was astonished at
The next day, when they had
all the things Jesusk was doing. So he
come down from the mountain, a
said to his disciples, 44“Listen
large crowd met Jesus.d 38Suddenly a
carefully to these words.l The Son of
man in the crowd shouted, “Teacher,
Man is going to be betrayed into
I beg you to look at my son, because
human hands.” 45But they didn't
he is my only child.e 39Without
know what this meant. Indeed, the
warning a spirit takes control of him,
meaning was hidden from them so
and he suddenly screams, goes into
that they didn't understand it; and
convulsions, and foams at the mouth.
they were afraid to ask him about this
The spiritf mauls him and refuses to statement.
leave him. 40I begged your disciples to
drive it out, but they couldn't.”37
True Greatness
41
Jesus answered, “You (Matthew 18:1-5; Mark 9:33-37)
46
unbelieving and perverted genera- Later, an argument started
tion! How much longer must I be among the disciplesm as to which of
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with youg and put up with you? h them might be the greatest. 47But
Bring youri son here!” 42Even while Jesus, knowing their inner thoughts,
the boyj was coming, the demon took a little child and had him stand
knocked him to the ground and beside him. 48Then he said to them,
threw him into convulsions. But Jesus “Whoever welcomes this little child in
rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the my name welcomes me, and whoever
boy, and gave him back to his father. welcomes me welcomes the one who
sent me, because the one who is least
among all of you is the one who is
greatest.” 47
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The Person Who is Not Against You is

for You
(Mark 9:38-40)
49
a 9:36 Lit. was found to be John said, “Master, we saw
b 9:36 Lit. They someone driving out demons in your
c 9:36 Lit. in those days
d 9:37 Lit. him name. We tried to stop him, because
e 9:38 Lit. only one he wasn't a follower like us.”
f 9:39 Lit. It
g 9:41 The Gk. you is plural
h 9:41 The Gk. you is plural k 9:43 Lit. he
i 9:41 The Gk. you is singular l 9:44 Lit. Put these words into your ears
j 9:42 Lit. he m 9:46 Lit. among them
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50 59
Jesus said to him, “Don't stop He told another man, “Follow
him! Because whoever is not against me.”
you is for you.” But he said, “Lord,j first let me
A Samaritan Village Refuses to go and bury my father.”
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Welcome Jesus But he told him, “Let the dead
51
When the days grew closer for bury their own dead. But you go and
Jesusa to be taken up to heaven,b he proclaim the kingdom of God.”
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was determined to continue his Still another man said, “I will
journey to Jerusalem. 52So he sent follow you, Lord, but first let me say
messengers on ahead of him. On goodbye to those at home.”
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their way they went into a Samaritan Jesus told him, “No one who
village to get things ready for him. puts his hand to the plow and looks
53
But the peoplec would not welcome back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
him, because he was determined to Chapter 10
go to Jerusalem. 54When his disciples The Mission of the Seventy
10
1
James and John observed this After this, the Lord appointed
rejection,d they asked, “Lord, do you seventyk other disciplesl and
want us to call fire down from was about to send them ahead of him
heaven to destroy them?”e 55But he in pairs to every town and place that
turned and rebuked them,f 56and they he intended to go. 2So he instructed
allg went on to another village. them, “The harvest is vast, but the
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workers are few. So ask the Lord of
The Would-be Followers of Jesus
the harvest to send workers out into
(Matthew 8:19-22)
57 his harvest. 3Get going! See, I am
While they were walking along
sending you out like lambs among
the road, a man said to him, “I will
wolves. 4Don't carry a wallet, a
follow you wherever you go.”
58
Jesus told him, traveling bag, or sandals, and don't
greet anyone on the way.
“Foxes have holes and birdsh have 5
“Whatever house you go into,
nests, first say, ‘May there be peace in this
but the Son of Man has no place house.’ 6If a peaceful person lives
to rest.”i there, your greeting of peace will
remain with him. But if that's not the
a 9:51 Lit. for him
case, your greetingm will come back
b 9:51 The Gk. lacks to heaven to you. 7Stay with the same family,
c 9:53 Lit. they eating and drinking whatever they
d 9:54 The Gk. lacks rejection provide, because the worker deserves
e 9:54 Other mss. read them, as Elijah did?”
f 9:55 Other mss. read them,saying, “You
don’t know what kind of spirit you are! 56For i 9:58 Lit. no place to lay his head
the son of man did not come to destroy the j 9:59 Other mss. lack Lord
souls of men, but to save them.” k 10:1 Other mss. read seventy-two
g 9:56 The Gk. lacks all l 10:1 Lit. others
h 9:58 Lit. birds in the sky m 10:6 Lit. it
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his pay. Don't move from house to The Return of the Seventy
house. 17
The seventye disciplesf came
8
“Whenever you go into a town back and joyously reported, “Lord,
and the peoplea welcome you, eat even the demons are submitting to us
whatever they serve you, 9heal the in your name!”
18
sick that are there, and tell them, ‘The He said to them, “I watched
kingdom of God is near you!’ 10But Satan falling from heaven like
whenever you go into a town and lightning. 19Look! I have given you
peopleb don't welcome you, go out the authority to trample on snakes
into its streets and say, 11‘We are and scorpions and to destroyg all the
wiping off your town's dust that enemy's power, and nothing will ever
clings to our feet in protest against hurt you. 20However, stop rejoicing
you! But realize this: the kingdom of because the spirits are submitting to
God is near!’ 12I tell you, on the lastc you. Rather, rejoice because your
day it will be easier for Sodom than names are written in heaven.”
for that town!” 10
Jesus Praises the Father

Jesus Denounces Unrepentant Cities (Matthew 11:25-27; 13:16-17)
21
(Matthew 11:20-24) At that moment, the Holy
13
“How terrible it will be for you, Spirith made Jesusi extremely joyful,
Chorazin! How terrible it will be for so Jesus said, “I praise you, Father,
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you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that Lord of heaven and earth, because
happened in you had taken place in you have hidden these things from
Tyre and Sidon, they would have wise and intelligent people and have
repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth revealed them to infants. Yes, Father,
and ashes. 14It will be easier for Tyre because this is what was pleasing to
and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
22
you!13 “All things have been entrusted
15
And you, Capernaum! You to me by my Father. No one knows
won't be lifted up to heaven, will who the Son is except the Father, and
you? You'll go down to Hell!d 16The no one knowsj who the Father is
person who listens to you listens to except the Son and the person to
me, and the person who rejects you whom the Son chooses to reveal
rejects me. The person who rejects him.”
23
me rejects the one who sent me.” Then turning to his disciples in
private, he said to them, “How
e 10:17 Other mss. read seventy-two

f 10:17 The Gk. lacks disciples
a 10:8 Lit. they g 10:19 Lit. and over
b 10:10 Lit. they h 10:21 Other mss. read in the spirit
c 10:12 The Gk. lacks last i 10:21 Lit. he
d 10:15 Lit. Hades; i.e. the realm of the dead j 10:22 The Gk. lacks no one knows
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blessed are the eyes that see what that road. When he saw the man,h he
you see! 24Because I tell you, many went by on the other side. 32Similarly,
prophets and kings wanted to see the a Levite came to that place. When he
things you see but didn't see them, saw the man,i he also went by on the
and to hear the things you hear but other side. 33But as he was traveling
didn't hear them.” along, a Samaritan came across the
The Good Samaritan man.j When the Samaritank saw him,
25
Just then an expert in the law he was moved with compassion. 34He
stood up to test Jesus.a He asked, went to him and bandaged his
“Teacher, what must I do to inherit wounds, pouring oil and wine on
eternal life?” them. Then he put him on his own
26
Jesusb answered him, “What is animal, brought him to an inn, and
written in the law? What do you read took care of him. 35The next day he
there?” took out two denariil and gave them
27
He answered, “You must love to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take good
the Lord your God with all your care of him. If you spend more than
heart, with all your soul, with all your that, I'll repay you when I come
strength, and with all your mind.c back.’31
36
“Of these three men, who do
And you must loved your neighbor as
you think was a neighbor to the man
yourself.”e
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who fell into the hands of the
28
Jesusf told him, “You have bandits?”
answered correctly. ‘Do this, and you 37
He said, “The one who showed
will live.’”g mercy to him.”
29
But the man wanted to justify Jesus told him, “Go and do what
himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who he did.”
is my neighbor?”
30
After careful consideration, Jesus Visits Mary and Martha
38
Jesus replied, “A man was going Now as they were traveling
down from Jerusalem to Jericho when along, Jesusm went into a village. A
he fell into the hands of bandits. They woman named Martha welcomed
stripped him, beat him, and went him into her home. 39She had a sister
away, leaving him half dead. 31By named Mary, who sat down at the
chance, a priest was traveling along Lord's feet and kept listening to what
he was saying. 40But Martha was
a 10:25 Lit. him h 10:31 Lit. him

b 10:26 Lit. He i 10:32 Lit. him
c 10:27 Deut 6:5 j 10:33 Lit. him
d 10:27 The Gk. lacks you must love k 10:33 Lit. he
e 10:27 Lev 19:18 l 10:35 A denarius was the usual day's wage
f 10:28 Lit. He for a laborer.
g 10:28 Cf. Gen 42:18 m 10:38 Lit. he
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5
worrying about all the things she had Then he said to them, “Suppose
to do, so she came to him and asked, one of you has a friend, and you go
“Lord, you do care that my sister has to him at midnight and say to him,
left me to do the work all by myself, ‘Friend, let me borrow three loaves of
don't you? Then tell her to help me.” 10 bread. 6A friend of mine on a trip has
41
The Lord answered her, dropped in on me, and I don't have
“Martha, Martha! You worry and fuss anything to serve him.’ 7Suppose he
about a lot of things. 42But there's answers from inside, ‘Stop bothering
onlya one thing you need. Mary has me! The door is already locked, and
chosen what is better,b and it is not to my children are here with us in the
be taken away from her.” bedroom.i I can't get up and give you
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anything!’ 8I tell you, even though
Teaching about Prayer that manj doesn't want to get up and
(Matthew 6:9-15; 7:7-11) give him anything because he is his
11 Once Jesusc was praying in a
1
friend, he will get up and give him
certain place. After he had whatever he needs because of his
finished, one of his disciples said to persistence.
him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John
taught his disciples.” Ask, Search, Knock
2
So he told them, “Whenever (Matthew 7:7-12)
9
you pray you are to say, So I say to you: Keep asking,
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and it will be given you. Keep

‘Father,d may your name be kept searching, and you will find. Keep
holy. knocking, and the doork will be
May your kingdom come.e opened for you, 10because everyone
3
Keep giving us every day our who keeps asking will receive, and
daily bread,f the person who keeps searching will
4
and forgive us our sins, find, and the person who keeps
as we forgive everyone who sins knocking will have the doorl opened.
against us.g 11
“What father among you, if his
And never bring us into son asks for bread, would give him a
temptation.’”h stone, or if he asks for a fish,m would
give him a snake instead of the fish?
12
a 10:42 Other mss. read out of a few things, Or if he asks for an egg, would he
there's only
give him a scorpion? 13So if you who
b 10:42 Lit. the better part are evil know how to give good gifts
c 11:1 Lit. he
d 11:2 Other mss. read Our Father in heaven
e 11:2 Other mss. read kingdom come. May i 11:7 Lit. with me in the bed
your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. j 11:8 Lit. though he
f 11:3 Or our bread from above k 11:9 Lit. it
g 11:4 Lit. is indebted to us l 11:10 Lit. it
h 11:4 Other mss. read into temptation, but m 11:11 Other mss. read What father among
deliver us from the evil one you, if his son asks for a fish
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to your children, how much more defeats him, the stronger manh strips
will the Father in heaven give the off that man’s armor in which he
Holy Spirit to those who keep asking trusted and then divides his plunder.
23
him!” “The person who isn't with me
is against me, and the person who
Jesus is Accused of Working with doesn't gather with me scatters.”
Beelzebul
(Matthew 12:22-30; Mark 3:20-27) The Return of the Unclean Spirit
14
Jesusa was driving a demon out (Matthew 12:43-45)
24
“Whenever an unclean spirit
of a man who wasb unable to talk.
goes out of a person, it wanders
When the demon had gone out, the
through dry places looking for a place
manc began to speak, and the crowds
to rest but doesn't find any. So it says,
were amazed. 15But some of them ‘I will go back to my home that I left.’
said, “He drives out demons by 25
When it gets back home, it finds it
Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” swept clean and put in order. 26Then
16
Others, wanting to test Jesus,d kept it goes and brings with it seven other
asking him for a sign from heaven. spirits more evil than itself, and they
17
Since he knew what they were all go in and settle there. And so the
thinking, he said to them, “Every final condition of that person is worse
kingdom divided against itself is than the first.”
devastated, and a divided household
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collapses.e 18Now, if Satan is divided True Blessedness
against himself, how can his kingdom
27
As Jesusi was saying this, a
last? After all, you say that I drive out woman in the crowd raised her voice
demons by Beelzebul. 19If I drive out and said to him, “How blessed is the
demons by Beelzebul, by whom do womb that gave birth to you and the
your own followersf drive them out? breasts that nursed you!”
28
That is why they will be your judges! But he said, “Rather, how
20
But if I drive out demons by the blessed are those who hear God's
powerg of God, then the kingdom of word and obey it!”
God has come to you. The Sign of Jonah
21
“When a strong man, fully (Matthew 12:38-42; Mark 8:12)
armed, guards his own mansion, his 29
Now as the crowds continued
property is safe. 22But when a to throng around Jesus,j he went on
stronger man than he attacks and
to say, “This people living today arek
an evil generation. It craves a sign,
but no sign will be given to it except
a 11:14 Lit. He the sign of Jonah, 30because just as
b 11:14 Lit. driving out a demon that was
c 11:14 Lit. the man who was unable to talk
d 11:16 Lit. him h 11:22 Lit. him, he
e 11:17 Lit. and house falls on house i 11:27 Lit. he
f 11:19 Lit. sons j 11:29 Lit. him
g 11:20 Lit. finger k 11:29 Lit. This generation is
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Jonah became a signa to the people of Jesus Denounces the Pharisees and
Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a the Experts in the Law
sign to this generation. 31The queen of (Matthew 23:1-36; Mark 12:38-40;
the south will stand up at the Luke 20:45-47)
judgment and condemn the people 37
After Jesusf had said this, a
living today,b because she came from Pharisee invited him to have a meal
the ends of the earth to hear the with him. So Jesusg went and took his
wisdom of Solomon. But look, place at the table. 38The Pharisee was
something greater than Solomon is surprised to see that he didn't first
here! 32The men of Nineveh will wash before the meal. 39But the Lord
stand up at the judgment and said to him, “Now you Pharisees
condemn the people living today,c clean the outside of the cup and the
because they repented at the dish, but on the inside you are full of
preaching of Jonah. But look, greed and evil. 40You fools! The one
something greater than Jonah is who made the outside made the
here!”30 inside, too, didn't he? 41So give what
is inside to the poor, and then
The Lamp of the Body
everything will be clean for you.
(Matthew 5:15; 6:22-23) 42
33
“How terrible it will be for you
“No one lights a lamp and puts
Pharisees! You give a tenth of your
it in a hiding placed or under a
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mint, spices, and every kind of herb,

basket,e but on a lamp stand, so that but you neglect justice and the love
those who enter may see its light. of God. These are the things you
34
Your eye is the lamp of your body. should have practiced, without
When your eye is healthy, your neglecting the others.
whole body is full of light. But when 43
How terrible it will be for you
it is evil, your body is full of darkness. Pharisees! You love to have the places
35
Therefore, be careful that the light of honor in the synagogues and to be
in you isn't darkness. 36Now if your greeted in the marketplaces.
whole body is full of light, with no 44
How terrible it will be for you!
part of it in darkness, it will be as full You are like unmarked graves—
of light as when a lamp gives you people walk on them without
light with its rays.” realizing it.”
45
Then one of the experts in the
law said to him, “Teacher, when you
say these things, you insult us, too.”
46
Jesush said, “How terrible it
will be for you experts in the law, too!
a 11:30 The Gk. lacks a sign
b 11:31 Lit. condemn this generation
c 11:32 Lit. condemn this generation f 11:37 Lit. he
d 11:33 Or cellar g 11:37 Lit. he
e 11:33 Other mss. lack or under a basket h 11:46 Lit. He
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Chapter 12
You load people with burdens that A Warning Against Hypocrisy

are hard to carry, yet you don't even
12 Meanwhile, the peoplef had
1
lift a finger to ease those burdens. gathered by the thousands

47
How terrible it will be for you! and were trampling on one another.
You build monuments for the Jesusg began to speak first to his
prophets, and it was your ancestors disciples. “Watch out for the yeast—
who killed them! 48So you are that is, the hypocrisy—of the
witnesses and approve of the deeds Pharisees! 2There is nothing covered
of your ancestors, because they killed up that will not be exposed and
those for whom you are building nothing secret that will not be made
monuments. 49That is why the known. 3Therefore, what you have
Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send said in darkness will be heard in the
them prophets and apostles. They daylight, and what you have
will kill some of them and persecute whisperedh in private rooms will be
others,’a 50so those living todayb will shouted from the housetops.”
be charged with the blood of all the Fear God
prophets that was shed since the (Matthew 10:28-31)
foundation of the world, 51from the 4
“But I tell you, my friends,
blood of Abelc to the blood of never be afraid of those who kill the
Zechariah,d who died between the body and after that can't do anything
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altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell more. 5I'll show you the one you
you, it will be charged against this should be afraid of. Be afraid of the
generation! 11
one who has the authority to throw
52
How terrible it will be for you you into helli after killing you. Yes, I
experts in the law! You have taken tell you, be afraid of him!
away the key to knowledge. You 6
“Five sparrows are sold for two
didn't go in yourselves, and you kept pennies, aren't they? Yet not one of
out those who were trying to go in.” them is forgotten by God. 7Why, even
53
As Jesuse was leaving, the all the hairs on your head have been
scribes and the Pharisees began to counted! Stop being afraid. You are
oppose him fiercely, interrogating worth more than a bunch of
him about many things. 54They sparrows.”
watched him closely in an effort to Acknowledging the Messiah
trap him in something he might say. (Matthew 10:32-33; 12:32; 10:19-20)
8
“But I tell you, the Son of Man
will acknowledge before God's angels
a 11:49 The source of this quotation is
unknown. f 12:1 Lit. crowd
b 11:50 that this generation g 12:1 Lit. He
c 11:51 Gen 4:8 h 12:3 Lit. spoken in the ear
d 11:51 2Chr 24:20-21 i 12:5 Lit. Gehenna; a transliteration of the
e 11:53 Lit. he Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
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everyone who acknowledges me many years. Take it easy, eat, drink,

before people. 9But whoever denies and enjoy yourself.”’ 20But God said
me before people will be denied to him, ‘You fool! This very night
before God's angels. 10Everyone who your life will be demanded back from
speaks a word against the Son of Man you. Now who will get the things
will be forgiven, but the person who you've accumulated?’ 21That's how it
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit is with the person who stores up
will not be forgiven. 11When peoplea treasures for himself rather than with
bring you before synagogue leaders,b God.”
rulers, or authorities, don't worry
Stop Worrying
about howc you will defend your-
(Matthew 6:25-34, 19-21)
selves or what you will say, 12because 22
Then Jesusf said to his
at that time the Holy Spirit will teach
disciples, “That's why I'm telling you
you what you are to say.”
to stop worrying about your life—
8
The Parable of the Rich Fool what you will eat—or about your
13
Then someone in the crowd body—what you will wear, 23because
said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother life is more than food, and the body
to divide the family inheritance with more than clothing. 24Consider the
me.” crows.g They don't plant or harvest,
14
But Jesusd asked him, “Mister,e they don't even have a storeroom or
who appointed me to be a judge or barn, yet God feeds them. How much
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arbitrator over you people?” 15Then more valuable are you than birds!
25
he said to them, “Be careful to guard Can any of you add an hour to the
yourselves against every kind of length of your lifeh by worrying? 26So
greed, because a person's life doesn't if you can't do a small thing like that,
consist of the amount of possessions why worry about other things?
27
he has.” Consider how the lilies grow. They
16
Then he told them a parable. don't work or spin yarn, but I tell you
He said, “The land of a certain rich that not even Solomon in all his
man produced good crops. 17So he splendor was clothed like one of
began to think to himself, ‘What them. 28Now if that's the way God
should I do, since I have no place to clothes the grass in the field, which is
store my crops?’ 18Then he said, ‘This alive today and thrown into an oven
is what I'll do. I'll tear down my tomorrow, how much more will he
barns and build bigger ones, and I'll clothe you—you who have little
store all my grain and goods in them. faith?
19 29
Then I'll say to myself, “You've “So stop concerning yourselves
stored up plenty of good things for about what you will eat or what you
will drink, and stop being distressed,
a 12:11 Lit. they
b 12:11 Lit. synagogues
c 12:11 Lit. how or what f 12:22 Lit. he
d 12:14 Lit. he g 12:24 Or ravens
e 12:14 Lit. Man h 12:25 Or add one cubit to your height
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30
because it is the gentiles who are watched ande would not have let his
concerned about all these things. house be broken into. 40So be ready,
Surely your Father knows that you because the Son of Man is coming at
need them! 31Instead, be concerned a time when you don't expect him.”38
about hisa kingdom, and these things 41
Peter asked, “Lord, are you
will be provided for you as well. telling this parable just for us or for
32
Stop being afraid, little flock, everyone?”
42
because your Father is pleased to give The Lord said, “Who, then, is
you the kingdom. the faithful and careful servant
33
“Sell your possessions, and give manager whom his master will put in
the money to the poor. Make your- charge of giving all his other servants
selves wallets that don't wear out—a their share of food at the right time?
43
dependable treasure in heaven, How blessed is that servant whom
where no thief can get close and no his master finds doing this when he
moth can destroy anything. 34Because comes! 44I tell you with certainty, he
where your treasure is, there your will put him in charge of all his
heart will be also.” property.
45
“But if that servant says to
The Watchful Servants
himself,f ‘My master is taking a long
(Matthew 24:45-51)
35 time to come back,’ and begins to
“You must keep your belts
beat the other servants and to eat,
fastened and your lamps burning.
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36 drink, and get drunk, 46the master of
Be like people who are waiting for
that servant will come on a day when
their master to return from a
he doesn't expect him and at an hour
wedding. As soon as he arrives and
that he doesn't know. Then his
knocks, they will open the door for
masterg will punish him severelyh
him. 37How blessed are those servants
and assign him a place with
whom the master finds watching for
unfaithful people. 47That servant who
him when he comes! I tell you with
knew what his master wanted but
certainty, he himself will put on an
didn't prepare himself or do what
apron, make them sit down at the
was wanted will receive a severe
table, and go around and serve them.
38 beating. 48But the servanti who did
How blessed they will be if their
things that deserved a beating
masterb comes in the middle of the
without knowing it will receive a
night or near dawnc and finds them
light beating. Much will be required
awake!d 39But be sure of this: if the
from everyone to whom much has
homeowner had known at what time
been given. But even more will be
the thief were coming, he would have
e 12:39 Other mss. lack would have watched

and
a 12:31 Other mss. read God's f 12:45 Lit. in his heart
b 12:38 Lit. if he g 12:46 Lit. he
c 12:38 Lit. in the second or the third watch h 12:46 Lit. cut him in pieces
d 12:38 Lit. finds them so i 12:48 Lit. the one
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demanded from the one to whom best to settle with him on the way
much has been entrusted.” there. Otherwise, you will be dragged
in front of the judge, and the judge
Not Peace, but Division
(Matthew 10:34-36) will hand you over to an officer, and
49
“I’ve come to set the earth on the officer will throw you into prison.
59
fire, and how I wish it were already I tell you, you will never get out of
ablaze! 50I have a baptism to be there until you pay back the last
baptized with, and what stress I am penny!”
under until it’s completed!
Chapter 13
51
Repent or Die
“Do you think that I came to
13
1
At that time, some people
bring peace on earth? Not at all, I tell
who were there told Jesusb
you, but rather division! 52From now
about the Galileans whose blood
on, five people in one household will
be divided, three against two and two Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.c
2
against three. 53They will be divided He asked them, “Do you think that
father against son, son against father, these Galileans were more sinful than
mother against daughter, daughter all the other Galileans because they
against mother, mother-in-law suffered like this? 3Absolutely not, I
against daughter-in-law, and daugh- tell you! But if you don't repent, then
ter-in-law against mother-in-law.” 12
you, too, will all die. 4What about
those eighteen people who were
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Interpreting the Time

killed when the tower at Siloam fell
(Matthew 16:2-3; Mark 8:11-13)
on them? Do you think they were
54
Then Jesusa said to the crowds, worse offenders than all the other
“When you see a cloud coming in the people living in Jerusalem? 5Abso-
west, you immediately say, ‘There's lutely not, I tell you! But if you don't
going to be a storm,’ and that's what repent, then you, too, will all die.”
happens. 55When you see a south
wind blowing, you say, ‘It's going to The Parable about an Unfruitful Fig
be hot,’ and so it is. 56You hypocrites! Tree
You know how to interpret the 6
Then Jesusd told them this
appearance of the earth and the sky, parable: “A man had a fig tree that
yet you don't know how to interpret had been planted in his vineyard. He
the present time?” went to look for fruit on it but didn't
find any. 7So he said to the gardener,
Settling with Your Opponent
‘Look here! For three years I have
(Matthew 5:25-26)
57
been coming to look for fruit on this
“Why don't you judge for
tree but haven't found any. Cut it
yourselves what is right? 58For
example, when you go with your
opponent in front of a ruler, do your b 13:1 Lit. him
c 13:1 I.e. whom Pilate had executed while
they were sacrificing animals
a 12:54 Lit. he d 13:6 Lit. he
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down! Why should it waste the soil?’ The Parables about a Mustard Seed
8
But the gardenera replied, ‘Sir, leave and Yeast
it alone for one more year, until I dig (Matthew 13:31-33; Mark 4:30-32)
around it and fertilize it. 9Maybe next 18
So Jesusc went on to say,
year it'll bear fruit. If not, then cut it “What is the kingdom of God like?
down.’” What can I compare it to? 19It is like a
mustard seed that someone took and
Jesus Heals a Woman on the Sabbath
planted in his garden. It grew and
10
Jesusb was teaching in one of
became a tree, and the birds of the
the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11A
sky nested in its branches.”
woman was there who had a spirit 20
Again he said, “What can I
that had disabled her for eighteen
compare the kingdom of God to? 21It
years. She was hunched over and
is like yeast that a woman took and
completely unable to stand up
mixed withd three measures of flour
straight. 12When Jesus saw her, he
until all of it was leavened.”
called to her and said, “Woman, you
are free from your illness.” 13Then he The Narrow Door
placed his hands on her, and (Matthew 7:13-14, 21-23)
immediately she stood up straight 22
Then Jesuse taught in one town
and began praising God.11 and village after another as he made
14
But the synagogue leader, his way to Jerusalem. 23Someone
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indignant because Jesus had healed asked him, “Lord,f are only a few
on the Sabbath, told the crowd, people going to be saved?”
“There are six days when work is to He said to them, 24“Keep on
be done. So come on those days to be struggling to enter through the
healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” narrow door, because I tell you that
15
The Lord replied to him, “You many people will try to enter, but
hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on won't be able to do so. 25After the
the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey homeowner gets up and closes the
and lead it out of its stall to give it door, you can standg outside, knock
some water? 16Shouldn't this woman, on the door, and say again and again,
a descendant of Abraham whom ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he
Satan has kept bound for eighteen will answer you, ‘I don't know where
long years, be set free from this you come from.’ 26Then you will say,h
bondage on the Sabbath day?” 17Even ‘We ate and drank with you, and you
as he was saying this, all of his taught in our streets.’ 27But he will tell
opponents were blushing with
shame. But the rest of the crowd was
c 13:18 Lit. he
rejoicing at all the wonderful things
d 13:21 Lit. hid in
he was doing. e 13:22 Lit. he
f 13:23 Or Sir
a 13:8 Lit. he g 13:25 Lit. begin to stand
b 13:10 Lit. He h 13:26 Lit. begin to say
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you, ‘I don't know where you come say, ‘How blessed is the one who
from. Get away from me, all you comes in the name of the Lord!’”c 13
evildoers!’ 28In that place there will be Chapter 14
crying and gnashing of teetha when Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath
14 One Sabbath, Jesusd went to

1
you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all
the prophets in the kingdom of God, the house of a leader of the
and you yourselves being driven Pharisees to eat a meal. The guestse
away on the outside. 29People will were watching Jesusf closely. 2A man
come from east and west, and from whose body was swollen with fluid
north and south, and will eat in the suddenly appeared in front of him.
3
kingdom of God. 30You see, some So Jesus asked the Pharisees and
who are last will be first, and some experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal
who are first will be last.27 on the Sabbath or not?” 4But they
kept silent. So he took hold of the
Jesus Rebukes Jerusalem
man,g healed him, and sent him
(Matthew 23:37-39)
31 away.
At that hour some Pharisees 5
Then he asked them, “If your
came and told Jesus,b “Leave and get h
son or ox falls into a well on the
away from here, because Herod
Sabbath day, you would pull him out
wants to kill you!”
32 immediately, wouldn't you?” 6And
He said to them, “Go and tell
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they couldn't argue with him about

that fox, ‘Listen! I am driving out
this.
demons and healing today and
tomorrow, and on the third day I will A Lesson about Guests
finish my work. 33But I must be on 7
When Jesusi noticed how the
my way today, tomorrow, and the guests were choosing the places of
next day, because it's not possible for honor, he told them a parable.
a prophet to be killed outside of 8
“When you are invited by someone
Jerusalem.’ to a wedding banquet, don't sit down
34
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who at the place of honor in case someone
kills the prophets and stones to death more important than you was invited
those who have been sent to her! by the host.j 9Then the host who
How often I wanted to gather your invited both of you would come to
children together as a hen gathers her you and say, ‘Give this person your
chicks under her wings, but you
people were unwilling! 35Look! Your c 13:35 Ps 118:26
house is left vacant to you. I tell you, d 14:1 Lit. he
you will not see me again until you e 14:1 Lit. They
f 14:1 Lit. him
g 14:4 Lit. him
h 14:5 Other mss. read donkey; still other mss.
read sheep
a 13:28 I.e. extreme pain i 14:7 Lit. he
b 13:31 Lit. him j 14:8 Lit. by him
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place.’ In disgrace, you would have to excused. The first said to him, ‘I
take the place of least honor. 10But bought a field, and I need to go out
when you are invited, go and sit and inspect it. Please excuse me.’
19
down at the place of least honor. Another said, ‘I bought five pairs of
Then, when your host comes, he will oxen, and I'm on my way to try them
tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher,’ out. Please excuse me.’ 20Still another
and you will be honored in the said, ‘I recently got married, so I can't
presence of everyone who eats with come.’
you. 11Because everyone who exalts 21
“So the servant went back and
himself will be humbled, but the reported all this to his master. Then
person who humbles himself will be the master of the house became angry
exalted.” and told his servant, ‘Go quickly into
12
Then he told the man who had the streets and alleys of the town and
invited him, “When you give a bring back the poor, the crippled, the
luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting blind, and the lame.’ 22The servant
onlya your friends, brothers, relatives, said, ‘Sir, what you ordered has been
or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they done, and there is still room.’ 23Then
may invite you in return and you the master told the servant, ‘Go out
would be repaid. 13Instead, when you into the streets and the lanes and
give a banquet, make it your habit to make the people come in, so that my
house may be full. 24Because I tell all
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invite the poor, the crippled, the
lame, and the blind. 14Then you will of you, none of those men who were
be blessed because they can't repay invited will taste anything at my
you. And you will be repaid when banquet.’”
the righteous are resurrected.” The Cost of Discipleship
The Parable about a Banquet (Matthew 10:37-39)
25
(Matthew 22:1-10) Now large crowds were
15
Now one of those eating with traveling with Jesus.d He turned and
him heard this and said to him, “How said to them, 26“If anyone comes to
blessed is the person who will eat b in me and does not hate his father,
the kingdom of God!” mother, wife, children, brothers, and
16
Jesusc said to him, “A man gave sisters, as well as his own life, he can't
a large banquet and invited many be my disciple. 27Whoever doesn't
people. 17When it was time for the carry his cross and follow me can't be
banquet, he sent his servant to tell my disciple.
28
those who were invited, ‘Come! “Suppose one of you wants to
Everything is now ready.’ 18Every build a tower. He will first sit down
single one of them began asking to be and estimate the cost to see whether
he has enough money to finish it,
a 14:12 The Gk. lacks only won't he? 29Otherwise, if he lays a
b 14:15 Lit. eat bread
c 14:16 Lit. He d 14:25 Lit. him
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foundation and can't finish the them. He leaves the ninety-nine in

building,a everyone who watches will the wilderness and looks for the one
begin to ridicule him 30and say, ‘This that is lost until he finds it, doesn't
person started a building but couldn't he? 5When he finds it, he puts it on
finish it.’ 29
14
his shoulders and rejoices. 6Then he
31
“Or suppose a king is going to goes home, calls his friends and
war against another king. He will first neighbors together, and says to them,
sit down and consider whether with ‘Rejoice with me, because I’ve found
10,000 men he can fight the one my lost sheep!’ 7In the same way, I
coming against him with 20,000 men, tell you that there will be more joy in
won't he? 32If he can't, he will send a heaven over one sinner who repents
delegation to ask for terms of peace than over ninety-nine righteous
while the other kingb is still far away. people who don’t need to repent.”
33
In the same way, none of you can The Story of the Diligent Housewife
be my disciple unless he gives up all 8
“Or suppose a woman has ten
his possessions.” 3214
coins and loses one of them.e She

Tasteless Salt lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and
(Matthew 5:13; Mark 9:50) searches carefully until she finds it,
34
“Now, salt is good. But if the doesn't she? 9When she finds it, she
salt should lose its taste, how can its calls her friends and neighbors
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flavor be restored? 35It is suitable together and says, ‘Rejoice with me,
neither for the soil nor for the because I have found the coin that I
manure pile. Peoplec throw it away. lost!’ 10In the same way, I tell you that
Let the person who has ears to hear, there is joy in the presence of God's
listen!” angels over one sinner who repents.”9
The Story of the Loving Father
Chapter 15
The Parable about The Faithful

Shepherd
11
Then Jesusf said, “A man had
(Matthew 18:12-14) two sons. 12The younger one said to
15
1
Now all the tax collectors and his father, ‘Father, give me my share
sinners kept coming to listen of the estate.’ So the fatherg divided
to Jesus.d 2But the Pharisees and the his property between them. 13A few
scribes kept complaining, “This man days later, the younger son gathered
welcomes sinners and eats with everything he owned and traveled to
them.” 3So he told them this parable: a distant country. There he wasted it
4
“Suppose one of you has a allh on wild living. 14After he had
hundred sheep and loses one of spent everything, a severe famine
a 14:29 The Gk. lacks the building e 15:8 Lit. one coin
b 14:32 Lit. while he f 15:11 Lit. he
c 14:35 Lit. They g 15:12 Lit. he
d 15:1 Lit. him h 15:13 Lit. wasted his possessions
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took place throughout that country, been found.’ And they began to
and he began to be in need. 15So he celebrate.
went out to work for one of the 25
“Now the father’se older son
citizens of that country, who sent him was in the field. As he was coming
into his fields to feed pigs. 16No one back to the house, he heard music
would give him anything, even and dancing. 26So he called to one of
though he would gladly have filled the servants and asked what was
himself with the husks the pigs were happening. 27The servantf told him,
eating. ‘Your brother has come home, and
17
“Then he came to his senses your father has killed the fattened
and said, ‘How many of my father's calf because he got him back safely.’ 26 15
hired men have more food than they 28

“Then the older song became
can eat, and here I am starving to angry and wouldn't go into the
death! 18I will get up, go to my father, house.h So his father came out and
and say to him, “Father, I have began to plead with him. 29But he
sinned against heavena and you. 19I answered his father, ‘Listen! All these
don't deserve to be called your son years I've worked like a slave for you.
anymore. Treat me like one of your I've never disobeyed a command of
hired men.”’ yours. Yet you've never given me so
20
“So he got up and went to his much as a young goat for a feasti so I
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father. While he was still far away, his could celebrate with my friends. 30But
father saw him and was filled with this son of yours spent your money
compassion. He ran to his son,b on prostitutes, and when he came
threw his arms around him, and back, you killed the fattened calf for
kissed him affectionately. 21Then his him!’
son said to him, ‘Father, I have 31
“His fatherj said to him, ‘My
sinned against heavenc and you. I child, you are always with me, and
don't deserve to be called your son everything I have is yours. 32But we
anymore.’d 22But the father said to his had to celebrate and rejoice, because
servants, ‘Hurry! Bring out the best this brother of yours was dead and
robe and put it on him, and put a has come back to life. He was lost and
ring on his finger and sandals on his has been found.’”
feet. 23Bring the fattened calf and kill
it, and let's eat and celebrate!
24
Because my son was dead and has
come back to life. He was lost and has
e 15:25 Lit. Now his
a 15:18 I.e. God f 15:27 Lit. He
b 15:20 The Gk. lacks to his son g 15:28 Lit. he
c 15:21 I.e. God h 15:28 Lit. wouldn't go in
d 15:21 Other mss. read anymore. Treat me i 15:29 The Gk. lacks for a feast
like one of your hired men. j 15:31 Lit. He
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Chapter 16
The Parable about a Dishonest in dealing with their own.h

9
Manager “I'm telling you, make friends
16 Now Jesusa was saying to the for yourselves by means of

1
disciples, “A rich man had a unrighteous wealth, so that when it

servant manager who was accused of fails, they will welcome you into
wasting his assets. 2So he called for eternal homes.i 10Whoever is faithful
him and asked him, ‘What's this I with very little is also faithful with a
hear about you? You can’t be my lot, and whoever is dishonest with
manager any longer. Now give me a very little is also dishonest with a lot.
11
report about your management!’ So if you haven’t been faithful with
3
“Then the servant manager unrighteous wealth, who will trust
said to himself, ‘What should I do? you with true wealth? 12And if you
My master is taking my position haven’t been faithful with what
away from me. I'm not strong belongs to foreigners, who will give
enough to plow, and I'm ashamed to you what is your own?
13
beg. 4I know what I'll do so that “No servant can serve two
peopleb will welcome me into their masters, because either he will hate
homes when I'm dismissed from my one and love the other, or be loyal to
job.’3
one and despise the other. You
5
“So he called for each of his cannot serve both God and wealth!”
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master's debtors. He asked the first, The Law and the Kingdom of God
‘How much do you owe my master?’ (Matthew 11:12-13)
6
The man replied, ‘A hundred jars of 14
Now the Pharisees, who love
olive oil.’ The managerc told him, money, had been listening to all this
‘Get your bill. Sit down quickly and and began to ridicule Jesus.j 15So he
write “50.”’ 7Then he asked another said to them, “You try to justify
debtor,d ‘How much do you owe?’ yourselves in front of people, but
The man replied, ‘A hundred God knows your hearts, because
containers of wheat.’ The managere what is highly valued by people is
told him, ‘Get your bill and write detestable to God.
“80.”’ 8The master praised the 16
“The Law and the Prophets
dishonest servant manager for being remainedk until John. Since then, the
so clever, because worldly people f are good news about the kingdom of
more clever than enlightened people g God has been proclaimed, and
everyone entering it is under attack.
17
However, it is easier for heaven and
a 16:1 Lit. he earth to disappear than for one stroke
b 16:4 Lit. they
c 16:6 Lit. He
d 16:7 The Gk. lacks debtor h 16:8 Lit. own generation
e 16:7 Lit. He i 16:9 Lit. tents
f 16:8 Lit. the sons of this age j 16:14 Lit. him
g 16:8 Lit. the sons of light k 16:16 The Gk. lacks remained
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of a letter in the Law to be dropped. from this side to you cannot do so,
18
Any man who divorces his wife and nor can they cross from your side to
marries another woman commits us.’
adultery, and the man who marries a 27
“The rich mane said, ‘Then I
woman divorced from her husband beg you, father, send Lazarusf to my
commits adultery.” father's house— 28because I have five
The Rich Man and Lazarus brothers—to warn them, so that they
19
“Once there was a rich man won't end up in this place of torture,
who used to dress in purple and fine too.’16
29
linen and live in great luxury every “Abraham said, ‘They have
day. 20A beggar named Lazarus, who Moses and the Prophets. They should
was covered with sores, was brought listen to them!’
to his gate. 21He was always trying to
30
“But the rich mang replied,
satisfy his hunger with what fella ‘No, father Abraham! But if someone
from the rich man's table. Even the from the dead went to them, they
dogs used to come and lick his sores. would repent.’
22
“One day the beggar died and
31
“Then Abrahamh said to him,
was carried away by the angels to ‘If your brothersi do not listen to
Abraham's side. The rich man also Moses and the Prophets, they will not
died and was buried. 23In the be persuaded, even if someone were
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afterlife,b where he was in constant to rise from the dead.’”
torment, he looked up and saw
Chapter 17
Causing Others to Sin

Abraham far away and Lazarus by his (Matthew 18:6-7, 21-22; Mark 9:42)
17
side. 24So he shouted, ‘Father 1
Jesusj said to his disciples, “It
Abraham, have mercy on me! Send
is inevitable that temptations
Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in
to sin will come, but how terrible it
water to cool off my tongue, because
will be for the person through whom
I am suffering in this fire.’
they come! 2It would be better for him
16
25
“But Abraham said, ‘My child,
if a millstone were hung around his
remember that during your lifetime
neck and he were thrown into the sea
you received blessings,c while than for him to cause one of these
Lazarus received hardships. d But little ones to sin.
now he is being comforted here, 3
“Watch yourselves! If your
while you suffer. 26Besides all this, a brother sins, rebuke him, and if he
wide chasm has been fixed between repents, forgive him. 4Even if he sins
us, so that those who want to cross
e 16:27 Lit. He
a 16:21 Other mss. read the scraps that fell f 16:27 Lit. him
b 16:23 Lit. Hades, i.e. the realm of the dead g 16:30 Lit. he
c 16:25 Lit. good things h 16:31 Lit. he
d 16:25 Lit. and Lazarus in like manner evil i 16:31 Lit. If they
things j 17:1 Lit. He
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against you seven times in a day and 14

When Jesusc saw them, he told
comes back to you seven times and them, “Go and show yourselves to
says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive the priests.” While they were going,
him.”4 they were made clean. 15But one of
Faith and Obedience them, when he saw that he had been
5
Then the apostles said to the healed, came back and praised God
Lord, “Give us more faith!” with a loud voice. 16He fell on his face
6
The Lord replied, “If you have at Jesus’d feet and thanked him. Now
faith the size ofa a mustard seed, you that mane was a Samaritan.
17
could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be Jesus asked, “Ten men were
uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and made clean, weren't they? Where are
it would obey you! the other nine? 18Except for this
7
“Suppose a man among you has foreigner, were any of them found to
a servant plowing or watching sheep. return and give praise to God?”
Would he say to him when he comes
19
Then he told the man,f “Get up, and
in from the field, ‘Come at once and go home! Your faith has made you
have something to eat’? 8Of course well.”
not. Instead, he would say to him, The Coming of the Kingdom
‘Get dinner ready for me, and put on (Matthew 24:23-28, 36-41)
your apron and wait on me until I eat 20
Once Jesusg was asked by the
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and drink. Then you can eat and Pharisees when the kingdom of God
drink.’ 9He doesn't praise the servant would come. He answered them,
for doing what was commanded, “The kingdom of God is not coming
does he? 10That's the way it is with
with a visible display. 21Peopleh won't
you. When you have done everything
be saying, ‘Look! Here it is!’ or ‘There
you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are
it is!’ because now the kingdom of
worthless servants. We have done
God is amongi you.”
only what we ought to have done.’” 22
Then Jesusj said to the
7
Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers disciples, “The time will come during
11
One day, Jesusb was traveling which you will long to see one of
along the border between Samaria these days when the Son of Man is
and Galilee on the way to Jerusalem. with you,k but you will not see it.
12
As he was going into a village, ten
lepers met him. They stood at a
distance 13and shouted, “Jesus, c 17:14 Lit. he
d 17:16 Lit. his
Master, have mercy on us!” e 17:16 Lit. Now he
f 17:19 Lit. him
g 17:20 Lit. he
h 17:21 Lit. They
i 17:21 Or within
a 17:6 Lit. faith of j 17:22 Lit. he
b 17:11 Lit. he k 17:22 The Gk. lacks is with you
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23
Peoplea will say to you, ‘Look! grinding grain together. One will be
There he is!’ or ‘Look! Here he is!’ But taken, and the other will be left
don't go and chase after him. behind.”g
24 37
Because just as lightning flashes and Then they asked him, “Where,
shines from one end of the sky to the Lord, will this take place?”h
other, so will the Son of Man be in his He told them, “Wherever there's
time.b 25But first he must suffer a a corpse, there the vulturesi will
great deal and be rejected by those gather.”
living today.c24 Chapter 18
26
“Just as it was in Noah’s time, The Parable about the Judge and the
Widow
so it will be in the days of the Son of
18 Jesusj told his disciplesk a
1
Man. 27Peopled were eating, drinking,
parable about their need to
marrying, and being given in
pray all the time and never give up.
marriage right up to the day when 2
Noah went into the ark. Then the He said, “In a city there was a judge
who didn't fear God or respect
flood came and destroyed all of them.
people. 3In that city there was also a
28
So it was in the days of Lot. People e
widow who kept coming to him and
were eating and drinking, buying and
saying, ‘Grant me justice against my
selling, planting and building. 29But
adversary.’ 4For a while the judgel
on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire
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refused. But later he said to himself, ‘I
and sulfur rained down from heaven
don't fear God or respect people, 5yet
and destroyed all of them. 30The day
when the Son of Man is revealed will because this widow keeps bothering
me, I will grant her justice.
be like that.
31 Otherwise, she will keep coming and
“The person who is on the
wear me out.’”
housetop that day must not come 6
down to get his belongings out of his Then the Lord added, “Listen
to what the unrighteous judge says.
house. The person in the field, too, 7
Won't God grant his chosen people
must not turn back to what’s left
justice when they cry out to him day
behind. 32Remember Lot's wife!
and night? Is he slow to help them? 8I
33
Whoever tries to save his lifef will
tell you, he will give them justice
lose it, but whoever loses his life will
quickly. But when the Son of Man
preserve it. 34I tell you, two people
comes, will he find faith on earth?”
will be in the same bed that night.
One will be taken, and the other will
be left behind. 35Two women will be g 17:35 Other mss. read left behind. 36Two
people will be in a field. One will be taken,
a 17:23 Lit. They and the other will be left behind
b 17:24 Lit. day; other mss. lack in his day h 17:37 The Gk. lacks will this take place
c 17:25 Lit. by this generation i 17:37 Or eagles
d 17:27 Lit. They j 18:1 Lit. He
e 17:28 Lit. They k 18:1 Lit. them
f 17:33 Other mss. read to make his life secure l 18:4 Lit. he
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The Parable about the Pharisee and said, “Let the little children come to
the Tax Collector me, and stop keeping them away,
9
Jesusa also told this parable to because the kingdom of God belongs
some people who trusted in to people like these. 17I tell you with
themselves, thinking they were certainty, whoever doesn't receive the
righteous, but who looked down on kingdom of God as a little child will
everyone else: 10“Two men went up never get into it at all.”
to the temple to pray. One was a
A Rich Man Comes to Jesus
Pharisee, and the other was a tax
(Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31)
collector. 11The Pharisee stood by 18
Then an official asked Jesus,g
himself and prayed, ‘O God, I thank
“Good Teacher, what must I do to
you that I'm not like other people—
inherit eternal life?”
thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, 19
“Why do you call me good?”
or even this tax collector. 12I fast twice
Jesus asked him. “Nobody is good
a week, and I give a tenth of my
except for God. 20You know the
entire income.’
commandments: ‘Never commit
11
13
“But the tax collector stood at a h i
adultery. Never murder. Never
distance and would not even look up
to heaven. Instead, he continued to steal.j Never give false testimony.k
beat his chest and said, ‘O God, be Honor your father and mother.’”l
21
The officialm replied, “I have
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merciful to me, the sinner that I am!’ b

14
I tell you, this man, rather than the kept all of these since I was a young
other one, went down to his home man.”
22
justified, because everyone who When Jesus heard this, he said
exalts himself will be humbled, but to him, “You still need to do one
the person who humbles himself will thing. Sell everything you have and
be exalted.” 13
give the moneyn to the destitute, and
you will have treasure in heaven.
Jesus Blesses the Little Children Then come back and follow me.”
(Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16) 23
But when the officialo heard this he
15
Now some peoplec were even became sad, because he was very
bringing their infants to Jesusd to rich.
have him touch them. But when the
disciples saw this, they sternly told
the peoplee not to do that. 16Jesus,
however, called for the childrenf and g 18:18 Lit. him
h 18:20 Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18
i 18:20 Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17
a 18:9 Lit. He j 18:20 Exod 20:15; Deut 5:19
b 18:13 The Gk. lacks that I am k 18:20 Exod 20:16; Deut 5:20
c 18:15 Lit. they l 18:20 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
d 18:15 Lit. him m 18:21 Lit. He
e 18:15 Lit. them n 18:22 The Gk. lacks the money
f 18:16 Lit. them o 18:23 Lit. he
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Salvation and Reward gentiles and will be mocked, insulted,

(Matthew 19:23-26; Mark 10:23-31) and spit on. 33After they have
24
So when Jesus saw how sad he whipped him, they will kill him, but
was, hea said, “How hard it is for rich on the third day he will rise again.”
34
people to get into the kingdom of But they didn't understand any of
God! 25Indeed, it is easier for a camel this. What he said was hidden from
to squeeze through the eye of a them, and they didn't know what he
needle than for a rich person to get meant.
into the kingdom of God.”
26
Jesus Heals a Blind Man
Those who were listening to (Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-50)
b
Jesus asked, “Then who can be 35
As Jesusf was approaching
saved?” Jericho, there was a blind man sitting
27
Jesusc replied, “The things that by the road begging. 36When he
are impossible for people are possible heard the crowd going by, he asked
for God.” what was happening. 37They told him
28
Then Peter said, “See, we have that Jesus from Nazarethg was
left everything we have and followed coming by. 38So he shouted, “Jesus,
you.”
Son of David, have mercy on me!”
29
Jesusd said to them, “I tell you 39
The people at the front of the
with certainty, there is no one who crowdh sternly told him to be quiet,
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has left his home, wife, brothers, but he started shouting even louder,
parents, or children because of the “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
kingdom of God 30who will not
18
40
Then Jesus stopped and
receive many times as much in this ordered the man to be brought to
world, as well as eternal life in the
him. When he came near, Jesusi
age to come.”
asked him, 41“What do you want me
Jesus Predicts His Death and to do for you?”
Resurrection a Third Time He said, “Lord, I want to see
(Matthew 20:17-19; Mark 10:32-34) again!”
31
Jesuse took the Twelve aside 42
So Jesus told him, “See again!
and said to them, “Pay attention! Your faith has made you well.”
We’re going up to Jerusalem. 43
Immediately the manj could see
Everything written by the prophets again and began to follow Jesus, k
about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
32
He will be handed over to the f 18:35 Lit. he
g 18:37 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk.
Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb.
a 18:24 Other mss. read So Jesus looked at netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the
him and name Nazareth.
b 18:26 Lit. him h 18:39 The Gk. lacks of the crowd
c 18:27 Lit. He i 18:40 Lit. he
d 18:29 Lit. He j 18:43 Lit. he
e 18:31 Lit. He k 18:43 Lit. him
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glorifying God. All the people saw has come to seek and to save the
this and gave praise to God. lost.”
Chapter 19
Jesus and Zacchaeus The Parable about the Coins
19
11
1
As Jesusa entered Jericho and As they were listening to this,
was passing through it, 2a man Jesusj went on to tell a parable
named Zacchaeus appeared. He was because he was near Jerusalem and
a leading tax collector, and a rich one because the peoplek thought that the
at that! 3He was trying to see who kingdom of God would appear
Jesus was, but he couldn't do so due immediately. 12So he said, “A prince
to the crowd, since he was a short went to a distant country to be
man. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a appointed king and then to return.
13
sycamore tree to see Jesus,b who was He called ten of his servants and
going to pass that way. gave them ten coins.l He said to
5
When Jesus came to the tree,c them, ‘Invest this money until I come
he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, back.’ 14But the citizens of his country
hurry and come down! I must stay at hated him and sent a delegation to
your house today.” 6Zacchaeusd came follow him and to announce, ‘We
down quickly and was glad to don't want this man to rule over us!’
15
welcome him into his home.e 5
“After he was appointed king,
the princem came back. He ordered
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7
But all the people who saw this
began to complain: “Jesus f is going to the servants to whom he had given
be the guest of a notoriousg sinner!” the money to be called so he could
8
Later, Zacchaeus stood up and find out what they had earned by
announced to the Lord, “Lord, I'll investing. 16The first servantn came
give half of my possessions to the and said, ‘Sir, your coin has earned
poor. I'll pay four times as much as I ten more coins.’ 17The kingo said to
oweh if I have cheated anyone in any him, ‘Well done, good servant!
way.” Because you have been trustworthy
9
Then Jesus said to him, “Today in a very small thing, take charge of
salvation has come to this home, ten cities.’
because this mani is also a descendant
18
“The second servantp came and
of Abraham, 10and the Son of Man said, ‘Your coin, sir, has earned five
a 19:1 Lit. he
b 19:4 Lit. him j 19:11 Lit. he
c 19:5 Lit. to the place k 19:11 Lit. they
d 19:6 Lit. He l 19:13 Lit. minas. A mina was equivalent to
e 19:6 The Gk. lacks into his home about eight months of wages for a laborer.
f 19:7 Lit. He m 19:15 Lit. he
g 19:7 The Gk. lacks notorious n 19:16 The Gk. lacks servant
h 19:8 The Gk. lacks as I owe o 19:17 Lit. He
i 19:9 Lit. because he p 19:18 The Gk. lacks servant
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coins.’ 19The kinga said to him, ‘You Jerusalem. 29When he came near
take charge of five cities.’ Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount
20
“Then the other servantb came of Olives, he sent two of his disciples
and said, ‘Sir, look! Here's your coin. on ahead 30and said, “Go into the
I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping village ahead of you. As you enter,
21
because I was afraid of you. You are you will find a colt tied up that no
a hard man. You withdraw what you one has ever ridden.g Untie it, and
didn't deposit and harvest what you bring it along. 31If anyone asks you
didn't plant.’ 22The kingc said to him, why you are untying it, say this: ‘The
‘I will judge you by your own words, Lord needs it.’”
32
you evil servant! You knew, did you, So those who were sent went
that I was a hard man, and that I off and found it as Jesus h had told
withdraw what I didn't deposit and them. 33While they were untying the
harvest what I didn't plant? 23Then colt, its owners asked them, “Why are
why didn't you put my money in the you untying the colt?”
bank? When I returned, I could have 34
The disciplesi answered, “The
collected it with interest.’ Lord needs it.” 35Then they brought
24
“So the kingd told those the colt to Jesus and put their coats
standing nearby, ‘Take the coin away on it, and Jesus sat upon it.
from him and give it to the man who 36
As he was riding along, people j
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has the ten coins.’ 25They answered kept spreading their coats on the
him, ‘Sir, he alreadye has ten coins!’ road. 37He was now approaching the
26
‘I tell you, to everyone who has descent from the Mount of Olives.
something, more will be given, but The whole crowd of disciples began
from the person who has nothing, to rejoice and to praise God with a
even what he has will be taken away. loud voice because of all the miracles
27
But as for these enemies of mine they had seen. 38They said,
who didn't want me to be their “How blessed is the king
king—bring them here and slaughter who comes in the name of the
them in my presence!’”26 Lord!k
The King Enters Jerusalem Peace in heaven,
(Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; and glory in the highest
John 12:12-19) heaven!”
28
After Jesusf had said this, he 39
Some of the Pharisees in the
traveled on and went up to crowd said to Jesus,a “Teacher, tell
your disciples to be quiet.”
a 19:19 Lit. He
b 19:20 The Gk. lacks servant g 19:30 Lit. ever sat on
c 19:22 Lit. He h 19:32 Lit. he
d 19:24 Lit. he i 19:34 Lit. They
e 19:25 The Gk. lacks already j 19:36 Lit. they
f 19:28 Lit. he k 19:38 Ps 118:26
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40
He replied, “I tell you, if they the scribes, and the leaders of the
were quiet, the stones would cry people kept looking for a way to kill
out!” him, 48but they couldn't find a way to
41
When he came closer and saw do it, because all the people were
the city, he began to grieve over it: eager to hear him.
42
“If youb had only known today Chapter 20
Jesus’ Authority is Challenged

what could have brought you peace!
(Matthew 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33)
But now it is hidden from your sight,
20 One day while Jesusk was
1
43
because the days will comec when
teaching the people in the
your enemies will build walls around
temple and telling them the good
you, surround you, and close you in
news, the high priests and the scribes
on every side. 44They will level you to
came with the elders 2and asked him,
the ground—you and those who lived
“Tell us: By what authority are you
within your city limits.e They will not doing these things, and who gave
leave one stone on another within you this authority?”
your walls,f because you didn't 3
He answered them, “I, too, will
recognize the time when God came to ask you a question.l Tell me: 4Was
help you.”g 19
John's authority to baptizem from

Confrontation in the Temple Over heaven or from humans?”
5
They discussed this among
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Money
(Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15-19; themselves: “If we say, ‘From
John 2:13-22) heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Then why
45
Then Jesush went into the didn't you believe him?’ 6But if we
temple and began to throw out those say, ‘From humans,’ all the people
who were selling things. 46He said to will stone us to death, because they
them, “It is written, ‘My house is to are convinced that John was a
be called a house of prayer,’i but you prophet.” 7So they answered that
have turned it into a hideoutj for they didn't know where it was from.6
8
bandits!” Then Jesus told them, “Then I
47
Then he began teaching in the won't tell you by what authority I am
temple every day. The high priests, doing these things.”
a 19:39 Lit. him (Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12)
9
b 19:42 I.e. the city of Jerusalem personified; Then he began to tell the people
and so throughout the paragraph
c 19:43 Lit. come on you
this parable: “A man planted a
d 19:44 Lit. and your children vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers,
e 19:44 The Gk. lacks city limits and went abroad for a long time. 10At
f 19:44 Lit. within you
g 19:44 Lit. the time of your visitation
h 19:45 Lit. he k 20:1 Lit. he
i 19:46 Isa 56:7 l 20:3 Lit. word
j 19:46 Lit. cave m 20:4 Lit. John's baptism
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the right time he sent a servant to the A Question about Paying Taxes
farmers in order to get his share of (Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17)
the produce of the vineyard. But the 20
So they watched him closely
farmers beat him and sent him back and sent spies who pretended to be
empty-handed. 11He sent another honest men in order to trap him in
servant, and they beat him, too, what he would say. They wanted to
treated him shamefully, and sent him hand him over to the jurisdictiond of
back empty-handed. 12Then he sent a the governor. 21So they asked him,
third, and they wounded him and “Teacher, we know that you are right
threw him out, too.11 in what you say and teach, and that
13
“Then the owner of the you don't favor any individual, but
vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I'll teach the way of God truthfully. 22Is it
send my son whom I love. Maybe lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or
they'll respect him.’ 14But when the not?”
farmers saw him, they talked it over 23
But he discerned their
among themselves and said, ‘This is craftiness and responded to them,
the heir. Let's kill him so that the 24
“Show me a denarius. Whose face
inheritance will be ours!’ 15So they and name does it have?”
threw him out of the vineyard and “Caesar's,” they replied.
killed him. Now what will the owner 25
So he said to them, “Then give
of the vineyard do to them? 16He will
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back to Caesar the things that are
come and destroy those farmers and Caesar's, and to God the things that
give the vineyard to others.”
are God's.”
Those who heard him said, 26
So they couldn't catch him
“That must never happen!”
before the people in what he said.
17
But Jesusa looked at them and
Amazed at his answer, they became
asked, “What does this text mean:
silent.
‘The stone that the builders
A Question about the Resurrection
rejected
(Matthew 22:23-33; Mark 12:18-27)
has become the cornerstone’?b 27
Now some Sadducees, who
18
Everyone who falls on that stone claim there is no resurrection, came to
will be broken to pieces, and it will Jesuse 28and asked him, “Teacher,
crush anyone on whom it falls.” Moses wrote for us that if a man's
19
When the scribes and the high brother dies and leaves a wife but no
priests realized that Jesus c had told child, the manf should marry the
this parable about them, they wanted widow and have children for his
to arrest him right then, but they brother. 29Now there were seven
were afraid of the crowd. brothers. The first one married and
a 20:17 Lit. he d 20:20 Lit. the power and authority

b 20:17 Or capstone; Ps 118:22 e 20:27 Lit. him
c 20:19 Lit. he f 20:28 Lit. the brother
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died childless. 30Then the second 43

until I make your enemies a
31
and the third married her. In the footstool for your feet.”’d
same way, all seven died and left no 44
So David calls him ‘Lord.' Then how
children. 32Finally, the woman died,
can he be his son?”
too. 33Now in the resurrection, whose
wife will the woman be, since the Jesus Denounces the Scribes
seven had married her?” 29
(Matthew 23:1-36; Mark 12:38-40;
34
Jesus said to them, “Those who Luke 11:37-54)
belong to this age marry and are 45
While all the people were
married, 35but those who are listening, he said to his disciples,
considered worthy of a place in that 46
“Beware of the scribes! They like to
age and in the resurrection from the walk around in long robes and love
dead neither marry nor are given in to be greeted in the marketplaces and
marriage. 36Nor can they die to have the best seats in the
anymore, because they are like the synagogues and the places of honor
angels and, since they share in the at banquets. 47They devour widows’
resurrection, are God's children. housese and say long prayers to cover
37
Even Moses demonstrated in the it up. They will receive greater
story about the bush that the dead condemnation!” 20
are raised, when he calls the Lord Chapter 21
The Widow's Offering

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‘the God of Abraham, the God of

Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’a 38He is (Mark 12:41-44)
21 Now Jesusf looked up and

1
not the God of the dead, but of the
living, because he considers all people saw rich people dropping their
to be alive to him.” 36
gifts into the offering box.g 2Then he
39
Then some of the scribes saw a destitute widow drop in two
replied, “Teacher, you have given a small copper coins. 3He said, “I tell
fine answer.” 40Then they no longer you with certainty, this destitute
dared to ask him another question. widow has dropped in more than all
of them, 4because all the others
A Question about David's Son
contributed to the offeringh out of
(Matthew 22:41-46; Mark 12:35-37)
41
their surplus, but she, in her poverty,
Then he asked them, “How can
dropped in everything she had to live
peopleb say that the Messiahc is on.”
David's son? 42Because David himself
in the book of Psalms says,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
d 20:43 Ps 110:1
e 20:47 I.e. rob widows by taking their houses
a 20:37 Exod 3:6, 15, 16 f 21:1 Lit. he
b 20:41 Lit. they g 21:1 Or treasury
c 20:41 Or Christ h 21:4 Other mss. read to the offering of God
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Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the persecute you. They will hand you
Temple over to synagogues and prisons, and
(Matthew 24:1-2; Mark 13:1-2) you will be brought before kings and
5
Now while some people were governors for my name's sake. 13It
talking about the temple—how it was will give you an opportunity to
decorated with beautiful stones and testify. 14So purpose in your hearts
gifts dedicated to God—he said, 6“As not to prepare your defense ahead of
for these things that you see, the time time, 15because I will give you the
will come when not one stone will be ability to speak, along with wisdom,
left on another that will not be that none of your opponents will be
knocked down.” able to resist or refute.
16
“You will be betrayed even by
The Coming Wars and Revolutions
parents, brothers, relatives, and
(Matthew 24:3-8; Mark 13:3-8)
7 friends, and they will put some of
Then they asked him, “Teacher,
you to death. 17You will be hated
when will these things take place,
continuously by everyone because of
and what will be the sign that these
my name. 18And yet not a hair on
things are about to take place?”
8 your head will be lost. 19By your
He said, “Be careful that you are
endurance you will protect your
not deceived, because many will
lives.”
come in my name and say, ‘I AM’ and
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‘The time has come.’ Don't follow Signs of the End
them. 9When you hear of wars and (Matthew 24:15-21; Mark 13:14-19)
revolutions, never be alarmed, 20
“When you see Jerusalem
because these sort of things must take surrounded by armies, then
place first, but the end won't come understand that its devastation is
right away.” approaching. 21Then those in Judea
10
Then he went on to say to must flee to the mountains, those
them, “Nation will rise up in arms inside the city must leave it, and
against nation, and kingdom against those in the countryside must not go
kingdom. 11There will be great into it, 22because these are the days of
earthquakes and famines and plagues vengeance when all that is written
in various places, and there will be will be fulfilled.
fearful events and awful signs from 23
“How terrible it will be for
heaven.” those women who are pregnant or
who are nursing babies in those days!
Future Persecutions
Because there will be great distress in
(Matthew 10:16-25; Matthew 24:9-14;
Mark 13:9-13) the landb and wrath against this
12
“But before all these things take people. 24They will fall by the edge of
the sword and be carried off as
place, peoplea will arrest you and
captives among all the nations, and
a 21:12 Lit. they b 21:23 Or on earth
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Jerusalem will be trampled on by the down with self-indulgence, drunken-

gentiles until the times of the gentiles ness, and the worries of this life, or
are fulfilled.” that day will take you by surprise
35
like a trap, because it will come on
The Coming of the Son of Man
everyone who lives on the face of the
(Matthew 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27)
25 earth. 36So be alert at all times,
“There will be signs in the sun,
praying that you may have strength
the moon, and the stars, and there
to escape all these things that are
will be distress on earth among the
going to take place and to take your
nations that are confused by the
stand in the presence of the Son of
roaring of the sea and its waves.
26 Man.”
People will faint from fear and
apprehension because of the things
37
Now during the day Jesusb
that are to come on the inhabited would teach in the temple, but when
world, because the powers of heaven evening came he would go out and
will be shaken. 27Then they will see spend the night on what is called the
‘the Son of Man coming in a cloud’a Mount of Olives. 38And all the people
with power and great glory. would get up early in the morning to
28
“Now when these things begin listen to him in the temple.
to take place, stand up and lift up
Chapter 22
The Plot to Kill Jesus

your heads, because your deliverance
(Matthew 26:1-5, 14-16; Mark 14:1-2,
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is approaching.”
10-11; John 11:45-53)
21
22
1
The Lesson from the Fig Tree Now the Festival of Un-
(Matthew 24:32-35; Mark 13:28-31) leavened Bread, which is
29
Then he told them a parable: called the Passover, was near. 2So the
“Look at the fig tree and all the trees. high priests and the scribes were
30
As soon as they produce leaves, you looking for a way to put him to
can see for yourselves and know that death, because they were afraid of
summer is already near. 31In the same the crowd.
3
way, when you see these things But Satan went into Judas called
taking place, you will know that the Iscariot, who belonged to the circle c
kingdom of God is near. of the Twelve. 4So he went off and
32
“I tell you with certainty, this discussed with the high priests and
generation will not disappear until all the temple police how he could
these things take place. 33Heaven and betray Jesusd to them. 5They were
earth will disappear, but my words delighted, and agreed to give him
will never disappear.” money. 6Judase accepted their offer
Be Alert and began to look for a good
34
“Constantly be on your guard
so that your hearts will not be loaded b 21:37 Lit. he
c 22:3 Lit. number
d 22:4 Lit. him
a 21:27 Dan 7:13 e 22:6 Lit. He
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opportunity to betray Jesusa to them never eat it again until it finds its
when no crowd was present. fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”
17
Then he took a cup, gave
The Passover with the Disciples
thanks, and said, “Take this and share
(Matthew 26:17-25; Mark 14:12-21;
it among yourselves, 18because I tell
John 13:21-30)
you, from now on I will never drink
7
Then the day of the Festivalb of the product of the vine until the
Unleavened Bread came, on which kingdom of God comes.”
the Passover lamb was to be 19
Then he took a loaf of bread,
sacrificed. 8So Jesusc sent Peter and gave thanks, broke it in pieces, and
John, saying, “Go and make prepa- handed it to them, saying, “This is my
rations for us to eat the Passover body, which is given for you. Keep
meal.” on doing this in memory of me.”
9
They asked him, “Where do you 20
He did the same with the cup
want us to prepare it?” after supper, saying, “This cup is the
10
He said to them, “Just after you new covenant sealedf by my blood,
go into the city, a man carrying a jug which is being poured out for you.
of water will meet you. Follow him 21
Yet look! The hand of the man who
into the house he enters 11and say to is betraying me is with me on the
the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher table! 22The Son of Man is going
asks you, “Where is the room where I
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away, just as it has been determined,
can eat the Passover meal with my but how terrible it will be for that
disciples?”’ 12Then he will show you a man by whom he is betrayed!” 23Then
large upstairs room that is furnished. they began to discuss among
Get things ready for us there.” 13So themselves which one of them was
they went and found everything just going to do this.
as Jesusd had told them, and they
prepared the Passover meal. An Argument about Greatness
24
Now an argument sprang up
The Lord's Supper among them as to which one of them
(Matthew 26:26-30; Mark 14:22-26) was to be regarded as the greatest.
14
Now when the hour came, 25
But he said to them, “The kings of
Jesuse took his place at the table, the gentiles lord it over them, and
along with his apostles. 15He said to those who exercise authority over
them, “I have eagerly desired to eat them are called benefactors. 26But you
this Passover meal with you before I are not to do so. On the contrary, the
suffer, 16because I tell you, I will greatest among you should become
like the youngest, and the one who
leads should become like the one
a 22:6 Lit. him
b 22:7 The Gk. lacks of the Festival who serves. 27Because who is greater,
c 22:8 Lit. he the one who sits at the table, or the
d 22:13 Lit. he
e 22:14 Lit. he f 22:20 The Gk. lacks sealed
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one who serves? It is the one at the And the one who has no sword must
table, isn't it? But I am among you as sell his coat and buy one. 37Because I
one who serves. tell you, what has been written about
28
“You are the ones who have me must be fulfilled: ‘He was counted
always stood by me in my trials. among the criminals.’f Indeed, what
29
And I confer a kingdom on you, just is written about me must be
as my Father has conferred a king- fulfilled.”36
38
doma on me, 30so that you may eat So they said, “Lord, look! Here
and drink at my table in my kingdom are two swords.”
and sit down on thrones to govern He answered them, “Enough of
that!”g
the twelve tribes of Israel.”
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
(Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-42)
(Matthew 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; 39
Then he left and went to the
John 13:36-38)
31 Mount of Olives, as usual. The
“Simon, Simon, listen! Satan
disciples went with him. 40When he
has asked permission to sift all of you
arrived, he said to them, “Keep on
like wheat, 32but I have prayed for
praying that you may not be
you that your own faith may not fail.
tempted.” 41Then he withdrew from
When you have come back, you must
them about a stone's throw, knelt
strengthen your brothers.”
down, and began to pray, 42“Father, if
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31
33
Peterb said to him, “Lord, I am
you are willing, take this cup away
ready even to go to prison and to die
from me. Yet not my will but yours
with you!”
be done.”
34
But Jesusc said, “I tell you, 43
Then an angel from heaven
Peter, the rooster will not crow today
appeared to him and strengthened
until you deny three times that you
him. 44In his anguish he prayed more
know me.”
earnestly, and his sweat became like
Be Prepared for Trouble large drops of blood falling on the
35
Then Jesusd asked his ground.h
disciples,e “When I sent you out 45
When he got up from prayer,
without a wallet, traveling bag, or he went to the disciples and found
sandals, you didn't lack anything, did them asleep from sorrow. 46He asked
you?” them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up
They replied, “Nothing at all.” and keep on praying that you may
36
Then he said to them, “But not be tempted.”
now whoever has a wallet must take
it along, and his traveling bag, too.
a 22:28 The Gk. lacks a kingdom

b 22:33 Lit. He
c 22:34 Lit. he f 22:37 Isa 53:12
d 22:35 Lit. he g 22:38 Or That is enough
e 22:35 Lit. to them h 22:44 Other mss. lack verses 43 and 44
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Jesus is Arrested had kindled a fire in the middle of

(Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-50; the courtyard and had taken their
John 18:3-11) seats, Peter, too, sat down among
47
While Jesusa was still speaking, them. 56A servant girl saw him sitting
a crowd arrived. The man called by the fire, stared at him, and said,
Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading “This man was with him, too.”
57
them, and he came close to Jesus to But he denied it, saying, “I
kissb him. 48But Jesus asked him, don't know him, woman!”
58
“Judas, are you betraying the Son of A little later a man looked at
Man with a kiss?” him and said, “You are one of them,
49
When those who were around too.”
Jesusc saw what was about to take But Peter said, “Mister,g I am
place, they asked, “Lord, should we not!”
attack with our swords?” 50Then one 59
About an hour later another
of them struck the high priest's man emphatically asserted, “This man
servant, cutting off his right ear. was certainly with him, because he is
51
But Jesus said, “No more of a Galilean!”
this!” So he touched the wounded 60
But Peter said, “Mister,h I don't
man’sd ear and healed him. know what you're talking about!”
52
Then Jesus said to the high Just then, while he was still speaking,
priests, the temple police, and the a rooster crowed.
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61
elders, who had come for him, “Have Then the Lord turned and
you come out with swords and clubs looked at Peter. And Peter
as if I were a bandit?e 53While I was remembered the word from the Lord,
with you day after day in the temple, and how he had said to him, “Before
you didn't lay a hand on me. But this a rooster crows today, you will deny
is your hour, when darkness reigns!”f me three times.” 62So he went outside
and cried bitterly.
Peter Denies Jesus
61
(Matthew 26:57-58, 69-75; Mark Jesus is Insulted and Beaten

14:53-54, 66-72; John 18:12-18, 25- (Matthew 26:67-68; Mark 14:65)
63
27) Then the men who were
54
Then they arrested him, led holding Jesus in custody began to
him away, and brought him to the make fun of him while they beat him.
64
high priest's house. But Peter was They blindfolded him and asked
following at a distance. 55When they him over and over again, “Prophesy!
Who is the one who hit you?” 65And
a 22:47 Lit. he they kept insultingi him in many
b 22:47 People customarily greeted their
other ways.
friends with a kiss.
c 22:49 Lit. him
d 22:51 The Gk. lacks wounded man’s
e 22:52 Or revolutionary g 22:58 Lit. Man
f 22:53 Lit. your hour and the power of h 22:60 Lit. Man
darkness i 22:65 Or blaspheming
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66
As soon as day came, the elders teaches all over Judea, from where he
of the people, the high priests, and started in Galilee to this place.”
the scribes assembled and brought
Jesus is Sent to Herod
him before their Council.a 67They 6
When Pilate heard this, he
said, “If you are the Messiah,b tell us.”
asked whether the man was a
But he said to them, “If I tell
Galilean. 7When he learned with
you, you won't believe me, 68and if I
ask you a question, you won't answer certainty that Jesuse came from
me. 69But from now on the Son of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him off
Man will be seated at the right hand to Herod, who was in Jerusalem at
of the mighty God.”c that time.
8
22
70
Then they all asked, “Are you, Now Herod was very glad to
then, the Son of God?” see Jesus, because he had been
He answered them, “You said it, wanting to see him for a long time on
I AM.” account of what he had heard about
71
“Why do we need any more him. He was also hoping to see some
testimony?” they asked. “We have sign done by him. 9So he continued to
heard it ourselves from his own question him for a long time, but
mouth!” 22
Jesusf gave him no answer at all.
10
Chapter 23
Meanwhile, the high priests
Jesus is Taken to Pilate and the scribes stood nearby and
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(Matthew 27:1-2, 11-14; Mark 15:1-5; continued to accuse him vehemently.

John 18:28-38) 11
Eveng Herod and his soldiers
23
1
Then the whole crowd got up
treated him with contempt and made
and took him to Pilate. 2They
fun of him. He put a magnificent robe
began to accuse him, “We found this
on Jesush and sent him back to Pilate.
man corrupting our nation, 12
So Herod and Pilate became friends
forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar,
with each other that very day. Before
and saying that he is the Messiah,d a
this they had been enemies.
king.”
3
Then Pilate asked him, “Are you Jesus is Sentenced to Death
the king of the Jews?” (Matthew 27:15-26; Mark 15:6-15;
He answered, “You say so.” John 18:39-19:16)
13
4
Then Pilate said to the high Then Pilate called the high
priests and crowds, “I do not find priests, the otheri leaders, and the
anything chargeable in this man.” people together 14and said to them,
5
But they kept insisting, “He is “You brought this man to me as one
stirring up the people with what he who turns the people against the
e 23:7 Lit. he
a 22:66 Or Sanhedrin f 23:9 Lit. he
b 22:67 Or Christ g 23:11 Other mss. lack Even
c 22:69 Or the power of God h 23:11 Lit. him
d 23:2 Or Christ i 23:13 The Gk. lacks other
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government. And here in your Jesus is Crucified

presence I have examined him and (Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32;
have found him “Not Guilty” of the John 19:17-27)
charges you make against him. 15Nor 26
As they led Jesusf away, they
does Herod, because he sent him grabbed Simon, a man from Cyrene,
back to us. Indeed, this mana has as he was coming in from the
done nothing to deserve death. 16So I country, and they put the cross on
will punish him and let him go.” him and made him carry it behind
17
Now he was obligated to release Jesus. 27A large crowd of people
someone for them at the festival.b followed him, including some women
18
But they all shouted out who kept mourning and wailing for
together, “Away with this man! him.
28
Release Barabbas for us!” 19(This man But Jesus turned to them and
had been put in prison for murder said, “Womeng of Jerusalem, stop
and for a revolt that had taken place crying for me. Instead, cry for
in the city.) 20But Pilate wanted to let yourselves and for your children,
29
Jesus go, so he appealed to them because the time is surely coming
again, 21but they continued to shout, when peopleh will say, ‘How blessed
“Crucify him! Crucify him!” are the women who couldn't bear
22
Then he spoke to them a third children and the wombs that never
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time: “What has he done wrong? I bore and the breasts that never
have found nothing in him worthy of nursed!’ 30Then peoplei will begin to
death. So I will punish him and let say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’,
him go.” 23But they kept pressing him and to the hills, ‘Cover us up!’ j 31And
with loud shouts, demanding that if they do this when the wood is
Jesusc be crucified, and their shouts green, what will happen when it is
began to prevail. dry?”
24
Then Pilate pronounced his 32
Two others, who were
sentence that their demand should be criminals, were also led away to be
carried out. 25So he released the man executed with Jesus.k 33When they
who had been put in prison for revolt reached the place called The Skull,
and murder—the man whose they crucified him there with the
released they continued to demand— criminals, one on his right and one on
but he let them have their way with his left. 34Jesus kept saying, “Father,
Jesus.e forgive them, because they don't
f 23:26 Lit. him

a 22:15 Lit. Indeed, he g 23:28 Lit. Daughters
b 23:17 Other mss. lack verse 17 h 23:29 Lit. they
c 23:23 Lit. he i 23:30 Lit. they
d 23:25 The Gk. lacks whose release j 23:30 Hos 10:8
e 23:25 Lit. he turned Jesus over to their will k 23:32 Lit. him
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know what they're doing.” a Then Jesush said to him, “I tell you
43
they divided his clothes among them with certainty, today you will be with
by throwing dice. me in Paradise.”
35
Meanwhile, the people stood
Jesus Dies on the Cross
looking on. The leaders were
(Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41;
mocking him by saying, “He saved
John 19:28-30)
others. Let him save himself, if he is 44
It was already about noon,i and
the Messiahb of God, the chosen
the whole landj became dark until
one!”
36
The soldiers also made fun of three in the afternoonk 45because the
c sun had stopped shining. And the
Jesus by coming up and offering him
sour wine, 37saying, “If you are the curtainl in the sanctuary was torn in
king of the Jews, save yourself!” two. 46Then Jesus cried out with a
38
There was also an inscription over loud voice and said, “Father, into
him written in Greek, Latin, and your hands I entrust my spirit.”m
Hebrew:d “This is the King of the After he said this, he breathed his
Jews.” last.
39
Now one of the criminals
47
When the centurionn saw what
hanging there kept insulting e him, had taken place, he praised God and
said, “This man certainly was
“You are the Messiah,f aren't you?
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righteous!” 48When all the crowds

Save yourself and us!”
who had come together for this
23
40
But the other criminal rebuked
spectacle saw what had taken place,
him, “Aren't you afraid of God, since
they beat their chests and left. 49But
you are suffering the same penalty?
41 all his acquaintances, including the
We have been condemned justly,
women who had followed him from
because we are getting what we
Galilee, were standing at a distance
deserve for what we have done, but
watching these things.
this man has done nothing wrong.”
42
Then he went on to plead, “Jesus, Jesus is Buried
remember me when you come intog (Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47;
your kingdom!” John 19:38-42)
50
Now there was a man named
Joseph, a member of the Council, a
a 23:34 Other mss. lack Jesus kept saying,
“Father, forgive them, for they don't know h 23:43 Lit. He
what they're doing.” i 23:44 Lit. the sixth hour
b 23:35 Or Christ j 23:44 Or earth
c 23:36 Lit. him k 23:44 Lit. the ninth hour
d 23:38 Other mss. lack written in Greek, l 23:45 This curtain separated the Holy Place
Latin, and Hebrew from the Most Holy Place.
e 23:39 Or blaspheming m 23:46 Ps 31:5
f 23:39 Or Christ n 23:47 A Roman centurion commanded
g 23:42 Other mss. read in about 100 men.
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good and righteous man— 51he had been raised.e Remember what he told
not voted for their plan and action— you while he was still in Galilee: 7‘The
from the Jewish town of Arimathea; Son of Man must be handed over to
and he was waiting for the kingdom sinful men, be crucified, and rise on
of God. 52He went to Pilate and asked the third day.’”
for the body of Jesus. 53Then he took 8
Then the womenf remembered
it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, Jesus’g words. 9They returned from
and laid it in a tomb cut in the rock, the tomb and reported all these
in which no one had yet been laid. things to the eleven disciplesh and all
54
It was the Preparation Day, the others. 10The women who told the
and the Sabbath was just beginning. apostles about it were Mary
55
So the women who had come with Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother
Jesusa from Galilee, following close of James, and somei others. 11But
behind, saw the tomb and how his what they said seemed nonsense to
body was laid. 56Then they went back them, so they did not believe them.
and prepared spices and perfumes, 12
Peter, however, got up and ran to
and on the Sabbath they rested the tomb. He stooped down and saw
according to the commandment. only the linen cloths. Then he went
home, wondering about what had
Chapter 24
Jesus is Raised from the Dead

(Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-8; John happened.j
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20:1-10) Jesus Meets Two Disciples
24
1
But at early dawn on the first (Mark 16:12-13)
day of the week,b they went to 13
On the same day, two of Jesus’
the tomb, taking the spices they had followersk were walking to a village
prepared. 2They found the stone
called Emmaus, about seven milesl
rolled away from the tomb, 3but
from Jerusalem. 14They were talking
when they went in, they didn't find with each other about all these things
the body of the Lord Jesus.c2 that had taken place. 15While they
4
While they were puzzling over were discussing and analyzing what
this, two men in dazzling robes
had happened,m Jesus himself
suddenly stood beside them. 5While
the women remained terrified,
e 24:6 Other mss. lack He is not here, but has
bowing their faces to the ground, the
been raised
mend asked them, “Why are you f 24:8 Lit. Then they
looking among the dead for someone g 24:8 Lit. his
who is living? 6He is not here, but has h 24:10 The Gk. lacks disciples
i 24:10 Lit. the
j 24:12 Other mss. lack verse 12.
k 24:13 Lit. of them
a 23:55 Lit. him l 24:13 Lit. sixty stadia; The Roman mile
b 24:1 Lit. first of the Sabbaths contained eight stadia, one stadion was about
c 24:3 Other mss. lack of the Lord Jesus 604.5 feet long.
d 24:5 Lit. they m 24:15 The Gk. lacks what had happened
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approached and began to walk with are to believe everything the

them, 16but their eyes were prevented prophets said! 26The Messiahe had to
from recognizing him.15 suffer these things and then enter his
17
He asked them, “What are you glory, didn't he?” 27Then, beginning
discussing with each other as you're with Moses and all the Prophets, he
walking along?” They stood still and explained to them all the passages of
looked gloomy. Scripture about himself.
18
The one whose name was 28
As they came near the village
Cleopas answered him, “Are you the where the two menf were headed,
only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't Jesusg acted as though he were going
know what happened there in the farther. 29But they strongly urged
past few days?” him, “Stay with us, because it is
19
He asked them, “What things?” almost evening and the daylight is
They answered him, “The events nearly gone.” So he went in to stay
involving Jesus of Nazareth,a who with them.
was a prophet, mighty in what he 30
While he was at the table with
said and did before God and all the them, he took the bread, blessed it,
people, 20and how our high priests broke it in pieces, and gave it to
and leaders handed him over to be them. 31Then their eyes were opened,
condemned to death and had him and they knew who he was. And he
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crucified. 21But we kept hoping that vanished from them.

he would be the one to redeemb 32
Then they asked each other,
Israel. What is more, this is now the “Our hearts kept burning within ush
third day since these things occurred. as he was talking to us on the road
22
Even some of our women have and explaining the Scriptures to us,
startled us by what they told us.c didn't they?”
They were at the tomb early this 33
They got up right away, went
morning 23and didn't find his body back to Jerusalem, and found the
there, so they came back and told us eleven disciplesi and their
that they had seen a vision of angels, companions all together. 34They kept
who were saying that he was alive. saying, “The Lord has really risen and
24
Then some of those who were with has appeared to Simon!” 35Then the
us went to the tomb and found it just two menj began to tell what had
as the women had said. However, happened on the road and how they
they didn't see him.” 20
had recognized him when he broke

25
Then Jesusd said to them, “O, the bread in pieces.
how foolish you are! How slow you
e 24:26 Or Christ
f 24:28 Lit. where they
a 24:19 Other mss. read the Nazorean g 24:28 Lit. he
b 24:21 Or to free h 24:32 Other mss. lack within us
c 24:22 The Gk. lacks by what they told us i 24:33 The Gk. lacks disciples
d 24:25 Lit. he j 24:35 Lit. Then they
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Jesus Appears to the Disciples forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed

(Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:14-18; in his name to all the nations,
John 20:19-23; Acts 1:6-8) beginning at Jerusalem. 48You are
36
While they were all talking witnesses of these things. 49I am
about this, Jesusa himself stood sending to you what my Father
among them and said to them, “Peace promised, so stay here in the city
be with you.”b until you have been clothed with
37
They were startled and power from on high.”47
terrified, thinking they were seeing a
ghost. 38But Jesusc said to them, Jesus is Taken up to Heaven
“What’s frightening you? And why (Mark 16:19-20; Acts 1:9-11)
50
are you doubting? 39Look at my Later, he led them out as far as
hands and my feet, because it’s really Bethany, lifted up his hands, and
me. Touch me and look at me, blessed them. 51While he was blessing
because a ghost doesn't have flesh them, he left them and was taken up
and bones as you see that I have.” to heaven.g 52They worshiped him
40
After he had said this, he andh returned to Jerusalem filled
showed them his hands and his feet.d with great joy. 53They were contin-
41
Even though they were still ually in the temple, blessingi God.j
skeptical due to their joy and
astonishment, Jesuse asked them, “Do
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you have anything here to eat?”
42
They gave him a piece of
broiled fish, 43and he took it and ate it
in their presence. 44Then he said to
them, “These are the words that I
spoke to you while I was still with
you—that everything written about
me in the law of Moses, the Prophets,
and the Psalms had to be fulfilled.”
45
Then he opened their minds so
that they might understand the
Scriptures. 46He said to them, “This is
how it is written: the Messiahf was to
suffer and rise from the dead on the
third day, 47and then repentance and
a 24:36 Lit. he
b 24:36 Other mss. lack and said to them, g 24:51 Other mss. lack and was taken up to
“Peace be with you.” heaven
c 24:38 Lit. he h 24:52 Other mss. lack worshiped him and
d 24:40 Other mss. lack verse 40 i 24:53 Other mss. read praising; still other
e 24:41 Lit. he mss. read praising and blessing
f 24:46 Or Christ j 24:53 Other mss. read God. Amen.
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JOHN
Chapter 1
The Word and Creation gave authority to become God's
1 children, 13who were born, not merely

1
In the beginning, the Word
existed. The Word was with God, in a genetic sense,h nor from lust,i nor
and the Word was God. 2He existed from man’s desire, but from the will
in the beginning with God. 3Through ofj God.
him all things were made, and apart The Word Becomes Human
from him nothing was made that has 14
The Word became flesh and
been made. 4In him was life, and that livedk among us. We gazed on his
life brought light to humanity.a 5And glory, the kind of glory that belongs
the light shines on in the darkness, to the Father's unique Son,l who is
and the darkness has never put it full of grace and truth. 15John told the
out.b truth about him when he cried out,
“This is the person about whom I
John's Witness to the Word
6
said, ‘The one who comes after me
There was a man sent from
ranks higher than me, because he
God, whose name was John. 7He
existed before me.’” 16We have all
came as a witness to testify about the
received one gracious gift after
light, so that all might believe because
another from his abundance,m
of him. 8Johnc was not the light, but 17
because while the Law was given
he camed to testify about the light.
through Moses, grace and truth came
9
Thise was the true light that en-
through Jesus the Messiah.n 18No one
lightens every person by his coming
has ever seen God. The unique God,o
into the world.f 10He was in the
who is close to the Father's side, has
world, and the world was made
revealed him.
through him. Yet the world did not
recognize him. The Testimony of John the Baptist
JOHN
(Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:2-8; Luke

Responses to the Word
3:15-17)
11
He came to his own creation,g 19
This was John's testimony
yet his own people did not receive
when the Jews sent priests and
him. 12However, to all who received
descendants of Levi to him from
him, those believing in his name, he
a 1:4 Lit. was the light of people h 1:13 Lit. not of bloods
b 1:5 Or understood it i 1:13 Lit. from desire of the flesh
c 1:8 Lit. He j 1:13 The Gk. lacks the will of
d 1:8 The Gk. lacks he came k 1:14 Lit. pitched his tent
e 1:9 Lit. He l 1:14 The Gk. lacks Son
f 1:9 Or every person who is coming into the m 1:16 Lit. received grace for grace
world n 1:17 Or Christ
g 1:11 Or possessions o 1:18 Other mss. read Son
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International Standard Version 2.0 John 1:39
Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” the Lamb of God who takes away the
20
He spoke openly and, sin of the world! 30This is the one
remaining true to himself,a admitted, about whom I said, ‘After me comes a
“I am not the Messiah.”b man who ranks above me, because he
21
So they asked him, “Well then, existed before me.’ 31I didn't recog-
are you Elijah?” nize him, but I came baptizing withk
Johnc said, “I am not.” water so that he might be revealed to
“Are you the Prophet?” Israel.”
32
He answered, “No.” John also testified, “I saw the
22
“Who are you?” they asked Spirit coming down from heaven like
him. “We must give an answer to a dove, and it remained on him. 33I
those who sent us. What do you say didn't recognize him, but the one
about yourself?” who sent me to baptize withl water
23
He replied, “I am told me, ‘The person on whom you
see the Spirit descending and
‘…a voice crying out in the
remaining is the one who baptizes
wilderness,
withm the Holy Spirit.’ 34I have seen
“Prepare the Lord’s highway,”’d
this and have testified that this is the
as the prophet Isaiah said.” Sonn of God.”
24
Now those mene had been
The First Disciples
sent from the Pharisees. 25They asked 35
The next day John was
him, “Why, then, are you baptizing if
standing there again with two of his
you are not the Messiah,f or Elijah, or
the Prophet?” disciples. 36As he watched Jesus walk
26
John answered them, “I am by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37
baptizing withg water, but among When the two disciples heard him
you stands a man whom you do not say this, they followed Jesus.
38
know, 27the one who is coming after But when Jesus turned around
me, whose sandal straps I am not and saw them following, he asked
worthy to untie.” 28This happened in them, “What are you looking for?”
Bethanyh on the other sidei of the They asked him, “Rabbi,” (which
JOHN
Jordan, where John was baptizing. is translated “Teacher”), “where are

29
The next day Johnj saw Jesus you staying?”
39
coming toward him and said, “Look, He told them, “Come and see!”
So they went and saw where he was
a 1:20 Lit. and did not deny staying, and they remained with him
b 1:20 Or Christ that day. It was about four o'clock in
c 1:21 Lit. He the afternoon.o
d 1:23 Isa 40:3
e 1:24 Lit. Now they
f 1:25 Or Christ k 1:31 Or in
g 1:26 Or in l 1:33 Or in
h 1:28 Other mss. read Bethabara m 1:33 Or in
i 1:28 I.e. the east side n 1:34 Other mss. read Chosen One
j 1:29 Lit. he o 1:39 Lit. the tenth hour
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John 1:40 The Holy Bible
40
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, Jesus answered him, “Before
was one of the two who heard John Philip called you, while you were
and followed Jesus.a 41The first thing under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49
Andrewb did was to find his brother Nathaniel replied to him,
Simon and say to him, “We have “Rabbi,i you are the Son of God! You
found the Anointed One!”c (which is are the King of Israel!”
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translated “Messiah”).d Jesus said to him, “Do you
42
He led Simone to Jesus. Jesus believe because I told you that I saw
looked at him intently and said, “You you under the fig tree? You will see
greater things than that.” 51Then he
are Simon, John’s son.f You will be
said to him, “Truly, I tell all of you
called Cephas!”g (which is translated
with certainty, you will see heaven
“Peter”).h standing open and the angels of God
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathaniel going up and coming down to the
43
The next day Jesus decided to Son of Man.”
go away to Galilee, where he found Chapter 2
Jesus Changes Water into Wine

Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
2 On the third day of that weekj
1
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Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the
there was a wedding in Cana of
hometown of Andrew and Peter.
Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2and
1
45
Philip found Nathaniel and
told him, “We have found the man Jesus and his disciples had also been
about whom Moses in the Law and invited to the wedding. 3When the
wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to
the Prophets wrote—Jesus, the son of
him, “They don't have any more
Joseph, from Nazareth.”
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Nathaniel asked him, “Out of wine.”
4
Nazareth? Can anything good come “How does that concern us,
from there?” dear lady?”k Jesus asked her. “My
Philip told him, “Come and see!” time hasn’t come yet.”
5
47
Jesus saw Nathaniel coming His mother told the servants,
toward him and said about him, “Do whatever he tells you.”
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6
“Look, a genuine Israelite, in whom Now standing there were six
there is no deceit!” stone water jars used for the Jewish
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Nathaniel asked him, “How do rites of purification, each one holding
you know me?” from 20 to 30 gallons. 7Jesus told the
servants,l “Fill the jars with water.” So
a 1:40 Lit. him they filled them up to the brim. 8Then
b 1:41 Lit. He he said to them, “Now draw some
c 1:41 The Gk. word messias is a
transliteration of the Heb. word for Messiah
d 1:41 Or Christ i 1:49 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or
e 1:42 Lit. him Teacher
f 1:42 Cf. Matthew 16:17 j 2:1 The Gk. lacks of that week
g 1:42 Cephas means rock in Aram. k 2:4 Or us, woman
h 1:42 Peter means rock in Gk. l 2:7 Lit. them
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out and take it to the man in charge out of here! Stop making my Father's
of the banquet.” So they did. house a marketplace!” 17His disciples
9
When the man in charge of the remembered that it was written, “Zeal
banquet tasted the water that had for your house will consume me.”e
become wine (without knowing 18
Then the Jews asked him,
where it had come from, though the “What sign can you show us as
servants who had drawn the water authority for doing these things?”
knew), hea called for the bridegroom 19
Jesus answered them, “Destroy
10
and said to him, “Everyone serves this sanctuary, and in three days I
the best wine first, and the cheap will rebuild it.”
20
kind when peopleb are drunk. But The Jews said, “This sanctuary
you have kept the best wine until has been under construction for 46
now!” 11Jesus did this, the firstc of his years, and you're going to rebuild it
signs, in Cana of Galilee. He revealed in three days?” 21But the sanctuary he
his glory, and his disciples believed in was speaking about was his own
him. body. 22After he had been raised from
12
After this, Jesusd went down to the dead, his disciples remembered
Capernaum—he, his mother, his that he had said this. So they believed
brothers, and his disciples—and they the Scripture and the statement that
remained there for a few days. Jesus had made.f
Confrontation in the Temple Over Jesus Knows All People

Money 23
While Jesusg was in Jerusalem
(Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; for the Passover Festival, many
Luke 19:45-46) people believed in himh because they
13
The Jewish Passover was near, saw the signs that he was doing.
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In 24
Jesus, however, did not entrust
the temple he found people selling himself to them, because he knew all
cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as people 25and didn't need anyone to
moneychangers sitting at their tables. tell him what people were like,
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15
After making a whip out of cords, because he himself knew what was in
he drove all of them out of the every person.i 2
temple, including the sheep and the Chapter 3
cattle. He scattered the coins of the Jesus Talks with Nicodemus
3
1
moneychangers and knocked over Now there was a man from the
their tables. Pharisees, a leader of the Jews,
16
Then he told those who were
selling the doves, “Take these things
e 2:17 Ps 69:9
a 2:9 Lit. the man in charge of the banquet f 2:22 Lit. spoken
b 2:10 Lit. they g 2:23 Lit. he
c 2:11 Or beginning h 2:23 Lit. in his name
d 2:12 Lit. he i 2:25 Lit. in a person
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whose name was Nicodemus. 2He with certainty, we know what we're
came to Jesusa at night and said to talking about, and we testify about
him, “Rabbi,b we know that you have what we've seen. Yet you people h do
come from God as a teacher, because not accept our testimony. 12If I have
no one can perform these signs that told you peoplei about earthly things
you are doing unless God is with and you do not believe, how will you
him.” believe if I tell you about heavenly
3
Jesus replied to him, “Truly, I things?
13
tell you with certainty, unless a “No one has gone up to heaven
person is born from above c he cannot except the one who came down from
see the kingdom of God.” heaven, the Son of Man who is in
4
Nicodemus asked him, “How heaven.j 14Just as Moses lifted up the
can a person be born when he is old? serpent in the wilderness, so must the
He can't go back into his mother's Son of Man be lifted up, 15so that
womb a second time and be born, can everyone who believes in him may
he?” have eternal life.k
5
Jesus answered, “Truly, I tell 16
“For this is how God loved the
you with certainty, unless a person is world: He gave his unique Son so
born of water and Spirit he cannot that everyone who believes in him
enter the kingdom of God.d 6What is might not be lost but have eternal life.
17
born of the flesh is flesh, and what is Because God sent the Son into the
born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Don't be world, not to condemn the world, but
astonished that I said to you, ‘All of that the world might be saved
you must be born from above.’ e 8The through him. 18Whoever believes in
windf blows where it wants to. You him is not condemned, but whoever
hear its sound, but you don't know does not believe has already been
where it comes from or where it is condemned, because he has not
going. That's the way it is with believed in the name of God's unique
everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Son. 19And this is the basis for
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9
Nicodemus asked him, “How judgment: The light has come into
can that be?” the world, but people loved the
10
Jesus answered him, “You're ag darkness more than the light because
teacher of Israel, and you can't their actions were evil. 20Everyone
understand this? 11Truly, I tell you who practices wickedness hates the
light and does not come to the light,
a 3:2 Lit. him so that his actions may not be
b 3:2 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher
c 3:3 Or born again
d 3:5 Other mss. read of heaven h 3:11 The Gk. lacks people
e 3:7 Or born again i 3:12 The Gk. lacks people
f 3:8 The Gk. word can be translated both j 3:13 Other mss. lack who is in heaven
wind and spirit. k 3:15 The quotation possibly concludes with
g 3:10 Lit. the this verse instead of with verse 21.
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exposed.a 21But whoever does what is is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom's

true comes to the light, so that it may voice. That's why this joy of mine is
become evident that his actions have now complete. 30He must become
God’s approval.”b20 more important, but I must become
less important.”
John the Baptist Talks about Jesus
3
22
After this, Jesus and his The One Who Comes from Above
31
disciples went into the Judean The one who comes from
countryside. He spent some time above is superior to everything. The
there with them and began baptizing. one who is of the earth belongs to the
23
John was also baptizing in Aenon, earth and speaks about earthly
near Salim, because there was plenty things.j The one who comes from
of water there. Peoplec kept coming heaven is superior to everything. 32He
and were being baptized, 24since John testifies about what he has seen and
had not yet been thrown into prison. heard, yet no one accepts his
25
Then a controversy about ritual testimony. 33The person who has
purification sprang up between a accepted his testimony has
certain Jewd and John's disciples, 26so acknowledged that God is truthful.k
34
they went to John and told him, The one whom God sent speaks the
“Rabbi,e the man who was with you words of God, because Godl does not
on the other sidef of the Jordan, the give the Spirit in limited measure to
one about whom you testified—look, him.m 35The Father loves the Son and
he's baptizing, and everyone is going has put everything in his hands. 36The
to him!” one who believes in the Son has
27
John replied, “No one can eternal life, but the one who disobeys
receive anything unless it has been the Son will not see life. Instead, the
given to them from heaven. 28You wrath of God remains on him.
yourselves are myg witnesses that I
Chapter 4
Jesus Meets a Samaritan Woman
4
said, ‘I am not the Messiah,h but I 1
Now when Jesusn realized that
have been sent ahead of him.’ 29It is
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the Pharisees had heard he was
the bridegroom who gets the bride, making and baptizing more disciples
yet the bridegroom's friend, who than John— 2although it was not
merelyi stands by and listens for him, Jesus who did the baptizing but his
disciples— 3he left Judea and went
a 3:20 Other mss. read as being evil
b 3:21 Lit. actions are in God back to Galilee. 4Now it was
c 3:23 Lit. They necessary for him to go through
d 3:25 Other mss. read the Jews
e 3:26 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or
Teacher j 3:31 Lit. of the earth
f 3:26 I.e. the east side k 3:33 Or true
g 3:28 Other mss. lack my l 3:34 Lit. he
h 3:28 Or Christ m 3:34 The Gk. lacks to him
i 3:29 The Gk. lacks merely n 4:1 Other mss. read the Lord
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Samaria. 5So he came to a town in 15

The woman said to him, “Sir,
Samaria called Sychar, near the piece give me this water, so that I won't get
of land that Jacob had given to his thirsty or have to keep coming here
son Joseph. 6Jacob's Well was also to draw water.”
16
there, and Jesus, tired out by the He said to her, “Go and call
journey, sat down by the well. It was your husband, and come back here.”
17
about noon.a 4 The woman answered him, “I
7
A Samaritan woman came to don't have a husband.”
draw water, and Jesus said to her, Jesus said to her, “You are quite
“Please give me a drink,” 8since his right in saying, ‘I don't have a
disciples had gone off into town to husband,’ 18because you have had
buy food. five husbands, and the man you have
9
The Samaritan woman asked now is not your husband. What you
him, “How can you, a Jew, ask for a have said is true.”
19
drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” The woman said to him, “Sir, I
Because Jews do not have anything to see that you are a prophet! 20Our
do with Samaritans.b ancestors worshiped on this
10
Jesus answered her, “If you mountain. But you Jewsd say that the
knew the gift of God, and who it is place where people should worship is
who is saying to you, ‘Please give me in Jerusalem.”
21
a drink,’ you would have been the Jesus said to her, “Believe me,
one to ask him, and he would have dear lady,e the hour is coming when
given you living water.” you Samaritansf will worship the
11
The womanc said to him, “Sir, Father neither on this mountain nor
you don't have a bucket, and the well in Jerusalem. 22You don't know what
is deep. Where are you going to get you're worshiping. We Jews g know
this living water? 12You're not greater what we're worshiping, because
than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us salvation comes from the Jews. 23Yet
the well and drank from it, along the time is coming, and is now here,
with his sons and his flocks, are you?” when true worshipers will worship
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13
Jesus answered her, “Everyone the Father in spirith and truth.
who drinks this water will become Indeed, the Father is looking for
thirsty again. 14But whoever drinks people like that to worship him.
the water that I will give him will 24
God is spirit,i and those who
never become thirsty again. The worship him must worship in spirit j
water that I will give him will become and truth.”
a well of water for him, springing up
to eternal life.” d 4:20 The Gk. lacks Jews
e 4:20 Or me, woman
f 4:21 The Gk. lacks Samaritans
a 4:6 Lit. the sixth hour g 4:21 The Gk. lacks Jews
b 4:9 Other mss. lack For Jews do not have h 4:23 Or in the Spirit
anything to do with Samaritans. i 4:24 Or Spirit
c 4:11 Other mss. read She j 4:24 Or in the Spirit
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25
The woman said to him, “I the fields are readyg for harvesting
know that the Anointed Onea is now! 36The one who harvests is
coming, who is being called already receiving his wages and
‘Messiah’.b When that person comes, gathering a crop for eternal life, so
he will explain everything.” that the one who sows and the one
26
“I am he,” Jesus replied, “the who harvests may rejoice together.
37
one who is speaking to you.” In this respect the saying is true:
27
At this point his disciples ‘One person sows, and another
arrived, and they were astonished person harvests.’h 38I have sent you to
that he was talking to a woman. Yet harvest what you have not worked
no one said, “What do you want from for. Others have worked, and you
her?”c or, “Why are you talking to have adopted their work as your
her?” 28Then the woman left her own.”
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water jar and went back to town. She Now many of the Samaritans
told people, 29“Come, see a man who of that town believed in Jesus i
told me everything I've ever done! because the woman had testified, “He
Could he possibly be the Messiah?” d told me everything I've ever done.”
40
30
The peoplee left the town and So when the Samaritans came
started on their way to him. to Jesus,j they asked him to stay with
31
Meanwhile, the disciples were them, and he stayed there for two
urging him, “Rabbi,f have something days. 41And many more believed
to eat.” because of what he said. 42They kept
32
But he said to them, “I have telling the woman, “It is no longer
food to eat that you know nothing because of what you said that we
about.” believe, because now we have heard
33
So the disciples began to say to him ourselves, and we know that he
one another, “No one has brought really is the Savior of the world.”
him anything to eat, have they?” Jesus Heals an Official's Son
34
Jesus told them, “My food is (Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10)
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doing the will of the one who sent 43
Two days later, Jesus k left for
me and completing his work. 35You Galilee from there, 44since Jesus
say, don't you, ‘In four more months himself had testified that a prophet
the harvest will begin?’ Look, I tell has no honor in his own country.
you, open your eyes and observe that 45
When he arrived in Galilee, the
Galileans welcomed him because they
a 4:25 The Gk. word messias is a had seen everything that he had
transliteration of the Heb. word for Messiah
b 4:25 Or Christ
c 4:27 The Gk. lacks from her g 4:35 Lit. white
d 4:29 Or Christ h 4:37 Mic 6:15
e 4:30 Lit. They i 4:39 Lit. in him
f 4:31 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or j 4:40 Lit. him
Teacher k 4:43 Lit. he
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Chapter 5
done in Jerusalem during the festival The Healing at the Pool

and because they, too, had gone to
5 Later on, there was anotherf
1
the festival. 46So Jesusa returned to festival of the Jews, and Jesus
Cana in Galilee, where he had turned went up to Jerusalem. 2Near the
the water into wine. Meanwhile, in Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool
Capernaum there was a government called Bethesdag in Hebrew. It has
official whose son was ill. 47When this five colonnades, 3and under these a
man heard that Jesus had come from large number of sick people were
Judea to Galilee, he went to him and lying—blind, lame, or paralyzed—
asked him repeatedly to come down waiting for the movement of the
and heal his son, because he was water.h 4At certain times an angel of
about to die. 44 the Lord would go down into the
48
Jesus told him, “Unless you pool and stir up the water, and
peopleb see signs and wonders, you whoever stepped in first after the
will never believe.” stirring of the water was healed of
49
The official said to him, “Sir,c whatever disease he had.i2
please come down before my little 5
One particular man was there
boy dies.” who had been ill for 38 years. 6When
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Jesus said to him, “Go home. Jesus saw him lying there and knew
Your son will live.” The man believed that he had already been there a long
what Jesus told him and started back time, he asked him, “Do you want to
home. get well?”
51
While he was on his way, his 7
The sick man answered him,
servants met him and told him that “Sir, I don't have anyone to put me
his childd was alive. 52So he asked into the pool when the water is
them at what hour he had begun to stirred up. While I'm trying to get
recover, and they told him, “The there, someone else steps down
fever left him yesterday at one o'clock ahead of me.”
in the afternoon.”e 8
Jesus said to him, “Stand up,
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53
Then the father realized that pick up your mat, and walk!” 9The
this was the very hour when Jesus man immediately became well, and
had told him, “Your son will live.” So he picked up his mat and started
he himself believed, along with his walking. Now that day was a
whole family. 4 Sabbath.
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Now this was the second sign 10
So the Jews said to the man
that Jesus did after coming from who had been healed, “It is the
Judea to Galilee.
f 5:1 Other mss. read the
a 4:46 Lit. he g 5:2 Other mss. read Bethzatha; still other
b 4:48 The Gk. lacks people mss. read Bethsaida
c 4:49 Or Lord h 5:3 Other mss. lack waiting for the
d 4:51 Other mss. read son movement of the water
e 4:52 Lit. the seventh hour i 5:4 Other mss. lack v. 4
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Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you likewise. 20The Father loves the Son
to carry your mat. and shows him everything he is
11
But he answered them, “The doing, and he will show him even
man who made me well told me, greater actions than these, so that you
‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” may be amazed. 21Just as the Father
12
They asked him, “Who is the raises the dead and gives them life, so
man who told you, ‘Pick it up and also the Son gives life to those he
walk’?” chooses. 22The Father judges no one,
13
But the one who had been but has given all authority to judge to
healed did not know who it was, the Son, 23so that everyone may
because Jesus had slipped away from honor the Son as they honor the
the crowd in that place. 14Later on, Father. Whoever does not honor the
Jesus found him in the temple and Son does not honor the Father who
told him, “See, you have become sent him.
24
well. Stop sinning or something “Truly, I tell all of you with
worse may happen to you.” 15The certainty, whoever hears what I say
man went off and told the Jews a that and believes in the one who sent me
it was Jesus who had made him well. has eternal life and will not be
16
So the Jewsb began persecuting judged, but has passed from death to
Jesus,c because he kept doing such life. 25Truly, I tell all of you with
things on the Sabbath. certainty, the time approaches, and is
17
But Jesusd answered them, now here, when the dead will hear
“My Father has been working until the voice of the Son of God, and
now, and I, too, am working.” 18So those who hear it will live. 26Just as
the Father has life in himself, so also
the Jewse were trying all the harder
he has granted the Son to have life in
to kill him, because he was not only
himself, 27and he has given him
breaking the Sabbath but was also
authority to judge, because he is the
calling God his own Father, thereby
Son of Man.
making himself equal to God. 28
“Don't be amazed at this,
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The Authority of the Son because the time is approaching

19
Jesus said to them, “Truly, I tell when everyone in their graves will
all of you with certainty, the Son can hear the Son of Man’sf voice 29and
do nothing on his own accord, but will come out—those who have done
only what he sees the Father doing, what is good to the resurrection that
What the Father does, the Son does leads tog life, and those who have
practiced what is evil to the resur-
a 5:15 I.e. Jewish leaders rection that ends inh condemnation.a
b 5:16 I.e. Jewish leaders
c 5:16 Other MSS add and were seeking to kill
him f 5:28 Lit. hear his
d 5:17 Other mss. read he g 5:29 Lit. resurrection of
e 5:18 I.e. Jewish leaders h 5:29 Lit. resurrection of
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30 41
I can do nothing on my own accord. “I do not accept human praise.
42
I judge according to what I hear, and I know that you do not have the
my judgment is just, because I do not love of God in you. 43I have come in
seek my own will but the will of the my Father's name, and you do not
one who sent me.” 29 accept me. Yet if another man comes
in his own name, you will accept him.
Jesus’ Greater Testimony 44
31 How can you believe when you
“If I testify on my own behalf,
accept each other's praise and do not
my testimony is not trustworthy.
32 look for the praise that comes from
There is another who testifies about
the only God?f 45Do not suppose that
me, and I knowb that the testimony
I will be the one to accuse you before
he gives about me is true. 33You have
the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on
sent messengersc to John, and he has
whom you have set your hope,
testified to the truth. 34I myself do not 46
because if you believed Moses, you
accept human testimony, but I am
would believe me, since he wrote
saying these things so that you may
about me. 47But if you do not believe
be saved. 35That man Johnd was a what he wrote, how will you believe
lamp that burns and brightly shines, my words?”
and for a while you were willing to Chapter 6
rejoice in his light. 34

5
Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand
36
“But I have a greater testimony (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44;
than John's, because the actions that Luke 9:10-17)
6
1
the Father has given me to After this, Jesus went away to the
complete—the very actions that I am other side of the Sea of Galilee (or
doing—testify on my behalf that the Tiberias). 2A large crowd kept
Father has sent me. 37Moreover, the following him because they had seen
Father who sent me has himself the signs that he was performing by
testified on my behalf. You have healing the sick. 3But Jesus went up
never heard his voice or seen what he on a hillside and sat down there with
looks like, 38nor do you have his word his disciples.
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4
at worke in you, because you do not Now the Passover, the festival
believe in the one whom he sent. of the Jews, was near. 5When Jesus
39
You examine the Scriptures looked up and saw that a large crowd
carefully because you suppose that in was coming toward him, he asked
them you have eternal life. Yet they Philip, “Where can we buy bread for
testify about me. 40But you are not these people to eat?” 6Jesusg said this
willing to come to me to have life. to test him, because he himself knew
what he was going to do.
a 5:29 Or judgment
b 5:32 Other mss. read you know
c 5:33 The Gk. lacks messengers
d 5:35 The Gk. lacks John f 5:44 Other mss. read the only One
e 5:38 Lit. word abiding g 6:6 Lit. He
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7
Philip answered him, “Two Jesus Walks on the Sea
hundred denariia worth of bread isn’t (Matthew 14:22-27; Mark 6:45-52)
16
enough for each of them to have a When evening came, his
little.” disciples went down to the sea, 17got
8
One of his disciples, Andrew, into a boat, and started across the sea
who was Simon Peter's brother, said to Capernaum. Darkness had already
to him, 9“There's a little boy here who fallen, and Jesus had not yet come to
has five barley loaves and two small them. 18A strong wind was blowing,
fish. But what are these among so and the sea was getting rough. 19After
many people?” they had rowed about three or four
10
Jesus said, “Have the people sit miles,f they saw Jesus walking on the
down.” Now there was plenty of sea toward their boat. They became
grass in that area, so they sat down, terrified. 20But he said to them, “It is I.
numbering about 5,000 men. Stop being afraid!” 21So they were
11
Then Jesus took the loaves, glad to take him on board, and
gave thanks, and distributed them to immediately the boat reached the
those who were seated. He also land toward which they were going.20
distributedb as much fish as they Jesus the Bread of Life
12
wanted. When they were 22
The next day, the crowd that
c
completely satisfied, Jesus told his had remained on the other side of the
disciples, “Collect the pieces that are sea noticed that only one boat had
left over so that nothing is wasted.” been there, and no other, and that
13
So they collected and filled twelve Jesus had not gotten into that boat
baskets full of pieces of the five barley with his disciples. Instead, his
loaves left over by those who had disciples had gone away by
eaten. themselves. 23Other small boats from
14
When the people saw the signd Tiberias arrived near the place where
that he had done, they kept saying, they had eaten the bread after the
“Truly this is the Prophet who was to Lord had given thanks.g 24When the
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come into the world!” 15Then Jesus, crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his
realizing that they were about to disciples were there, they got into
come and take him by force to make these boats and went to Capernaum
him king, withdrewe again to the to look for Jesus.
hillside by himself. 25
When they had found him on
the other side of the sea, they asked
a 6:7 The denarius was the usual day's wage

for a laborer. f 6:19 Lit. 25 or 30 stadia; The Roman mile
b 6:11 Lit. Likewise also contained eight stadia, one stadion was about
c 6:12 Lit. he 604.5 feet long.
d 6:14 Other mss. read signs g 6:23 Other mss. lack after the Lord had
e 6:15 Other mss. read fled given thanks
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him, “Rabbi,a when did you get will never become hungry, and
here?” whoever believes in me will never
26
Jesus replied to them, “Truly, I become thirsty. 36I told you that you
tell all of you with certainty, you are have seen me,c yet you don’t believe.
37
looking for me, not because you saw Everything the Father gives me will
signs, but because you ate the loaves come to me, and I’ll never turn away
and were completely satisfied. 27Do the one who comes to me. 38I have
not work for food that perishes but come down from heaven, not to do
for food that lasts for eternal life, my own will, but the will of the one
which the Son of Man will give you, who sent me. 39And this is the will of
because God the Father has set his the one who sent me, that I should
seal on him.” not lose anything that he has given
28
Then they asked him, “What me, but should raise it to life on the
must we do to perform the actions of last day. 40This is my Father's will:
God?” That everyone who sees the Son and
29
Jesus answered them, “This is believes in him should have eternal
the action of God: to believe in the life, and I will raise him to life on the
one whom he has sent.” last day.”
30
So they asked him, “What sign 41
Then the Jewsd began
are you going to do so that we may grumbling about him because he said,
see it and believe in you? What “I am the bread that came down from
actions are you performing? 31Our heaven.”
ancestors ate the manna in the 42
They kept saying, “This is
wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He Jesus, the son of Joseph, isn't it,
gave them bread from heaven to whose father and mother we know?
eat.’”b So how can he say, ‘I have come
32
Jesus said to them, “Truly, I tell down from heaven’?”
43
all of you with certainty, it was not Jesus answered them, “Stop
Moses who gave you the bread from grumbling among yourselves. 44No
heaven, but it is my Father who gives one can come to me unless the Father
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you the true bread from heaven. who sent me draws him, and I will
33
The bread of God is the one who raise him to life on the last day. 45It is
comes down from heaven and gives written in the Prophets, ‘And all of
life to the world.” them will be taught by God.’e
34
Then they said to him, “Sir, Everyone who has listened to the
give us this bread all the time.” Father and has learned anything
35
Jesus said to them, “I am the comes to me. 46Not that anyone has
bread of life. Whoever comes to me seen the Father except the one who
a 6:25 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or c 6:36 Other mss. lack me
Teacher d 6:41 I.e. Jewish leaders
b 6:31 Ps 78:24; Exod 16:15; Num 11:7-9 e 6:45 Isa 54:13
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comes from God. This one has seen The Words of Eternal Life
the Father. 47Truly, I tell all of you 60
When many of his disciples
with certainty, the one who believes heard this, they said, “This is a
in mea has eternal life. 48I am the difficult statement. Who can acceptd
bread of life. 49Your ancestors ate the it?”6
61
manna in the wilderness and died. But Jesus, knowing within
50
This is the bread that comes down himself that his disciples were
from heaven, so that a person may grumbling about this, asked them,
eat it and not die. 51I am the living “Does this offend you? 62What if you
bread that came down from heaven. saw the Son of Man going up to the
If anyone eats this bread, he will live place where he was before? 63It is the
forever. And the bread I will give for Spirit who gives life; the flesh
the life of the world is my flesh.”46 accomplishes nothing. The words that
52
Then the Jews debated angrily I have spoken to you are spirit and
with each other, asking, “How can life. 64But there are some among you
this man give us his flesh to eat?” who do not believe...”—because Jesus
53
So Jesus told them, “Truly, I tell knew from the beginning those who
all of you with certainty, unless you weren’t believing, as well as the one
eat the flesh of the Son of Man and who would betray him. 65So he said,
drink his blood, you do not have life “That's why I told you that no one
in yourselves. 54Whoever eats my can come to me unless it be granted
flesh and drinks my blood has eternal him by the Father.” 66As a result,e
life, and I will raise him to life on the many of his disciples turned back and
last day, 55because my flesh is realb no longer associatedf with him.
food, and my blood is realc drink. 67
So Jesus asked the Twelve,
56
The person who eats my flesh and “You don't want to leave, too, do
drinks my blood remains in me, and I you?”
68
in him. 57Just as the living Father sent Simon Peter answered him,
me and I live because of the Father, “Lord, to whom would we go? You
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so the one who feeds on me will also have the words of eternal life.
69
live because of me. 58This is the bread Besides, we have believed and
that came down from heaven, not the remain convinced that you are the
kind that your ancestors ate. They Holy One of God.”g
died, but the one who eats this bread 70
Jesus answered them, “I chose
will live forever.” 59He said this while you, the Twelve, didn't I? Yet one of
teaching in the synagogue at Caper- you is a devil.” 71Now he was
naum.57 speaking about Judas, the son of
d 6:60 Lit. listen to

e 6:66 Or From this time
a 6:47 Other mss. lack in me f 6:66 Lit. walked
b 6:55 Or true g 6:69 Other mss. read the Messiah, the Son of
c 6:55 Or true the living God
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Simon Iscariot,a because this man was the festival, asking, “Where is that
going to betray him, even though he man?” 12And there was a great deal of
was one of the Twelve. 6 15 discussion about him among the
Chapter 7 crowds.j Some were saying, “He is a
The Unbelief of Jesus’ Brothers good man,” while others were saying,
7 After this, Jesus traveled aboutb

1
“No, he is deceiving the crowds!”
in Galilee, because he didn't want 13
Nevertheless, no one would speak
to travelc in Judea, since the Jewsd openly about him because they were
there were trying to kill him. 2Now afraid of the Jewish leaders.k
the Jewish Festival of Tentse was Jesus Openly Declares His Authority
approaching. 3So his brothers said to 14
Halfway through the festival,
him, “You should leave this place and Jesus went up to the temple and
go to Judea, so that your disciples can began teaching. 15The Jewish leadersl
see the actions that you're doing, were astonished and remarked, “How
4
since no one acts in secret if he can this man be so educated when he
wants to be known publicly. If you're has never gone to school?”
going to do these things, you should 16
Jesus replied to them, “My
reveal yourself to the world!” 5Not teaching is not mine but comes from
even his brothers believed in him. the one who sent me. 17If anyone
6
Jesus told them, “My time has wants to do his will, he will know
not yet come, but your time is always whether this teaching is from God or
here.f 7The world cannot hate you, whether I am speaking on my own.
18
but it hates me because I testify The one who speaks on his own
against it that its actions are evil. 8Go seeks his own praise. But the one
up to the festival yourselves. I am not who seeks the praise of him who sent
yetg going to this festival, because my him is genuine, and there is nothing
time has not yet fully come.” 9After false in him. 19Moses gave you the
saying this, he remained in Galilee. law, didn't he? Yet none of you is
keeping the law. Why are you trying
Jesus Arrives in Jerusalem
10
to kill me?”
But after his brothers had gone
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20
The crowd answered, “You
up to the festival, he went up himself,
have a demon! Who is trying to kill
not openly but, as it were,h in secret.
you?”
11
The Jewsi kept looking for him at 21
Jesus answered them, “I
performed one action, and all of you
a 6:71 Other mss. read Judas Iscariot, the son
are astonished. 22Moses gave you
of Simon circumcision—not that it is from
b 7:1 Lit. walked
c 7:1 Lit. to walk Moses, but from the Patriarchs—and
d 7:1 I.e. Jewish leaders so you circumcise a man on the
e 7:2 Or Booths
f 7:6 Lit. ready
g 7:8 Other mss. lack yet j 7:12 Other mss. read crowd
h 7:10 Other mss. lack as it were k 7:13 Lit. the Jews
i 7:11 I.e. Jewish leaders l 7:15 Lit. the Jews
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Sabbath. 23If a man receives cir- Officers are Sent to Arrest Jesus
32
cumcision on the Sabbath so that the The Pharisees heard the crowd
law of Moses may not be broken, are debating these things about him, so
you angry with me because I made a the high priests and the Pharisees
man perfectly well on the Sabbath? sent officers to arrest Jesus.e
33
24
Stop judging by appearances, but Then Jesus said, “I will be with
judge with righteous judgment!”22 you only a little while longer, and
then I am going back to the one who
Is This the Messiah? sent me. 34You will look for me but
25
Then some of the people of
will not find me.f And where I am,
Jerusalem began saying, “This is the
you cannot come.”
man they are trying to kill, isn't it? 35
26 Then the Jewish leaders asked
And look, he is speaking in public,
and they are not saying anything to one another, “Where does this man
him! Can it be that the authorities intend to go that we won’t be able to
really know that this is the Messiah? a find him? Surely he's not going to the
27
We know where this man comes Dispersiong among the Greeks and
from. But when the Messiahb comes, teach the Greeks, is he? 36What does
no one will know where he comes this statement mean that he said,
from.” ‘You will look for me but will not find
28
At this point Jesus, still me,’ and ‘Where I will be, you cannot
teaching in the temple, shouted, “So come’?”
you know me and know where I
Rivers of Living Water
have come from? I have not come on 37
On the last and most important
my own accord. But the one who sent
day of the festival, Jesus stood up and
me is true, and he is the one you do
shouted, “If anyone is thirsty, let him
not know. 29I know him because I
have come from him and he sent come to meh and drink! 38The one
me.” who believes in me, as the Scripture
30
Then theyc tried to seize him, has said, will have rivers of living
but no one laid a hand on him water flowing from his heart.” 39Now
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because his hour had not yet come. he said this about the Spirit, whom
31
However, many in the crowd those who were believing in him
believed in him, saying, “When the were to receive, because the Spirit i
Messiahd comes, he won't do more was not yet presentj and Jesus had
signs than this man has done, will not yet been glorified. 7
he?”
e 7:32 Lit. him

f 7:34 Other mss. lack me
g 7:35 I.e. the Jewish communities outside the
a 7:26 Or Christ land of Israel
b 7:27 Or Christ h 7:37 Other mss. lack to me
c 7:30 Lit. the Jews i 7:39 Other mss. read Holy Spirit
d 7:31 Or Christ j 7:39 Other mss. read given
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Division among the People They answered him, “You
40
When they heard these words, aren't from Galilee, too, are you?
some in the crowd were saying, “This Search and see that no prophet comes
really is the Prophet,” 41while others from Galilee.” 53Then each of them
were saying, “This is the Messiah!”a went to their own home.
But some were saying, “The Chapter 8
The Woman Caught in Adultery

Messiahb doesn't come from Galilee,
8
1
Jesus, however, went to the
does he? 42Doesn't the Scripture say
that the Messiahc is from David's Mount of Olives. 2At daybreak he
family and from Bethlehem, the appeared again in the temple, and all
village where David lived?” 43So there the people came to him. So he sat
was a division in the crowd because down and began to teach them. 3But
of him. 44Some of them were wanting the scribes and the Pharisees brought
to seize him, but no one laid hands a woman who had been caught in
on him. adultery.f After setting her before
them,g 4they said to him, “Teacher,
The Unbelief of the Authorities this woman has been caught in the
45
Then the officers returned to very act of adultery. 5Now in the law,
the high priests and Pharisees, who Moses commanded us to stone such
asked them, “Why didn't you bring women to death. What do you say?”
him?” 6
They said this to test him, so that
46
The officers answered, “No they might have a charge against
man ever spoke like that!” him. But Jesus bent down and began
47
Then the Pharisees replied to to write on the ground with his
them, “You haven't been deceived, finger.2
too, have you? 48None of the 7
When they persisted in
authorities or Pharisees has believed
questioning him, he straightened up
in him, have they? 49But this mob that
and said to them, “Let the person
does not know the law—they’re
among you who is without sin be the
under a curse!”
first to throw a stone at her.” 8Then
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50
One of their own, Nicodemus
he bent down again and continued
(the man who had previously met
writing on the ground.h 9When they
with Jesus),d asked them, 51“Surely
heard this, they went away one by
our law does not condemne a person
without first hearing from him and one,i beginning with the oldest,j and
finding out what he is doing, does he was left alone with the woman
it?”
f 8:3 Other mss. read in sin
g 8:3 Lit. in the middle
h 8:8 Other mss read ground the sins of each
a 7:41 Or Christ one of them
b 7:41 Or Christ i 8:9 Other mss. read one by one, being
c 7:42 Or Christ convicted by their conscience
d 7:50 Lit. him j 8:9 Other mss. read from the oldest to the
e 7:51 Or judge youngest
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standing there.a 10Then Jesus stood testimony of two people is valid. j 18I
up and asked her, “Dear lady,b where am testifying about myself, and the
are your accusers?c Hasn't anyone Father who sent me is testifying
condemned you?9 about me.”
19
11
“No one, sir,”d she replied. Then they asked him, “Where
Then Jesus said, “I don't is this Father of yours?”
condemn you, either. Go home, and Jesus replied, “You do not know
from now on do not sin any more.”e me or my Father. If you had known
me, you would have known my
Jesus the Light of the World Father also.” 20He spoke these words
12
Later on Jesus spoke to them in the treasury, while he was teaching
again, saying, “I am the light of the in the temple. Yet no one arrested
world. The one who follows me will him, because his hour had not yet
never walk in darkness, but will have come.
the light of life.”
13
The Pharisees said to him, “You The One from Above
21
are testifying about yourself. Your Later on he said to them again,
“I am going away, and you will look
testimony is not valid.”f
14
Jesus answered them, “Even for me, but you will die in your sin. k
though I am testifying about myself, You cannot come where I am going.”
22
So the Jews were asking, “He
my testimony is validg because I
isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is
know where I have come from and
where I am going. But you do not that why he said,l ‘You cannot come
know where I come from or where I where I am going’?”
23
am going. 15You are judging by He said to them, “You are from
below, I am from above. You are of
human standards,h but I am not
this world, but I am not of this world.
judging anyone. 16Yet even if I should 24
That is why I told you that you will
judge, my judgment would be valid, i
die in your sins, for unless you
because it is not I alone who judges,
believe that I AM, you will die in
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but I and the one who sent me. 17In
your sins.”
your own law it is written that the 25
Then they asked him, “Who
are you?”
a 8:9 Lit. in the middle Jesus told them, “What have I
b 8:10 Or Woman
c 8:10 Other mss. read where are they? been telling you all along?m 26I have
d 8:11 Or Lord much to say about you and to
e 8:11 Some mss. lack 7:53-8:11; one ms. condemn you for.n But the one who
locates the text after Luke 21:38; some mss.
locate it after John 7:36, some after John 7:52,
and some after John 21:25. j 8:17 Or true
f 8:13 Or true k 8:21 I.e. their sinful nature
g 8:14 Or true l 8:22 Lit. Because he said
h 8:15 Lit. according to the flesh m 8:25 Or from the beginning
i 8:16 Or true n 8:26 The Gk. lacks you for
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sent me is truthful,a and what I have trying to kill me because you’ve not
heard from him I declare to the received what I’ve told you. 38I
world.” declare what I have seen in my c
27
They didn't realize that he was Father's presence, and you are doing
talking to them about the Father. 28So what you have heard from your
Jesus told them, “When you have father.”
39
lifted up the Son of Man, then you They replied to him, “Our
will know that I AM, and that I do father is Abraham!”
nothing on my own authority. Jesus said to them, “If you were
Instead, I speak only what the Father Abraham's children, you would be
has taught me. 29Moreover, the one doing what Abraham did.d 40But now
who sent me is with me. He has you are trying to kill me, a man who
never left me alone because I always has told you the truth that I heard
do what pleases him.” 30While he was from God. Abraham would not have
saying these things, many believed in done that. 41You are doing your
him.29 father's actions.”
Freedom and Slavery They said to him, “We are not
31
So Jesus said to those Jews who illegitimate children. We have one
had believed in him, “If you continue Father, God himself.”
42
in my word, you are really my Jesus told them, “If God were
disciples. 32And you will know the your Father, you would have loved
truth, and the truth will set you free.” me, because I came from God and am
33
They replied to him, “We are here. I have not come on my own
Abraham's descendants and have accord, but he sent me. 43Why don't
never been slaves to anybody. So you understand what I’ve said? It's
how can you say, ‘You will be set because you can't listen to my words.
44
free’?” You belong to your father the devil,
34
Jesus answered them, “Truly, I and you want to carry out the desires
tell all of you with certainty that of your father. He was a murderer
from the beginning and has never
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everyone who commits sin is a slave

stood for truth, since there is no truth
of sin.b 35The slave does not remain in
in him. Whenever he tells a lie he
the household forever, but the son
speaks in character, because he is a
does remain forever. 36So if the Son
liar and the father of lies. 45But it is
sets you free, you will be free
because I speak the truth that you do
indeed!”
not believe me. 46Can any of you
The Real Children of Abraham prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling
37
“I know that you are the truth, why don't you believe me?
Abraham's descendants. Yet you are 47
The one who belongs to God listens
a 8:26 Or true c 8:38 Other mss. read the

b 8:34 Other mss. lack of sin d 8:39 Lit. the works of Abraham
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to the words of God. The reason you 57

Then the Jews asked him, “You
do not listen is because you do not are not even 50 years old, yet you
belong to God.” have seen Abraham?”c
58
Jesus is Superior to Abraham Jesus said to them, “Truly, I tell
48
The Jewsa replied to him, all of you with certainty, before there
“Surely we are right in saying that was an Abraham, I AM!” 59At this,
you are a Samaritan and have a they picked up stones to throw at
demon, aren't we?” 8
him, but Jesus hid himself and went
49
Jesus answered, “I don't have a out of the temple. Chapter 9
demon. On the contrary, I honor my Jesus Heals a Blind Man
9
1
Father, and you dishonor me. 50I As he was walking along, he
don't seek my own glory. There is observed a man who had been
one who seeks it, and he is the Judge. blind from birth. 2His disciples asked
51
Truly, I tell all of you with certainty, him, “Rabbi,d who sinned, this man
if anyone keeps my word, he will or his parents, that caused him to be
never see death.” born blind?”
3
Jesus answered, “Neither this
8
52
Then the Jewsb said to him,
man nor his parents sinned. This
“Now we really know that you have
a demon. Abraham died, and so did happened so thate God’s work might
the prophets, but you say, ‘If anyone be revealed in him. 4If must do the
keeps my word, he will never taste work of the one who sent meg while
death.’ 53You aren't greater than our it is day. Night is approaching, when
no one can work. 5As long as I am in
father Abraham, who died, are you?
the world, I am the light of the
The prophets also died. Who are you
world.” 6After saying this, he spit on
making yourself out to be?”
54
the ground and made mud with the
Jesus answered, “If I were
saliva. Then he spread the mud on
trying to glorify myself, my glory the man's eyes 7and told him, “Go
would mean nothing. It is my Father and wash in the pool of Siloam”
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who glorifies me, of whom you say, (which is translated “Sent One”). So
‘He is our God.’ 55You don't know he went off, washed, and came back
him, but I know him. If I were to say seeing. 97
that I don't know him, I would be a 8
Then the neighbors and those
liar like you. But I do know him and who had previously seen him as a
keep his word. 56Your father Abraham beggar said, “This is the man who
rejoiced that he would see my day,
and he saw it and was glad.” c 8:57 Other mss. read Abraham has seen
you?
d 9:2 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher
e 9:3 Lit. But so that
a 8:48 I.e. Jewish leaders f 9:4 Other mss. read We
b 8:52 I.e. Jewish leaders g 9:4 Other mss. read us
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used to sit and beg, isn't it?” 18

The Jewsd did not believe that
9
Some were saying, “It’s him,” the mane had been blind and had
while others were saying, “No, but gained sight until they summoned his
it’s someone like him.” parentsf 19and asked them, “Is this
He himself kept saying, “It’s your son, the one you say was born
me!” blind? How does he now see?”
10
So they asked him, “How, then, 20
His parents replied, “We know
did you gain your eyesight?”
11 that this is our son and that he was
He said, “The man named
born blind. 21But we don't know how
Jesus made some mud, spread it on
it is that he now sees, and we don't
my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam
know who opened his eyes. Ask him.
and wash.’ So off I went and washed,
and I received my sight.” He is of age and can speak for
12
They asked him, “Where is that himself.” 22His parents said this
man?” because they were afraid of the Jews,g
He said, “I don't know!” since the Jewsh had already agreed
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing that anyone who acknowledged that
13
So they brought to the Jesusi was the Messiahj would be
Pharisees the man who had once thrown out of the synagogue. 23That's
been blind. 14Now it was a Sabbath why his parents said, “He is of age.
day when Jesus made the mud and Ask him.”
healeda his eyes. 15So the Pharisees 24
The Jewish leadersk summoned
also began to ask him how he had the man who had been blind a
gained his sight. He told them, “He second time and told him, “Give
put mud on my eyes, then I washed, glory to God! We know that this man
and now I can see.” is a sinner.”
16
Some of the Pharisees began to 25
But he responded, “I don't
remark, “This man is not from God know whether he is a sinner or not.
because he does not keep the The one thing I do know is that I
Sabbath.” used to be blind and now I can see!”
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But others were saying, “How 26

Then they asked him, “What
can a sinful man perform such did he do to you? How did he heall
signs?” And there was a division
your eyes?”
among them.
17
So they asked the formerly b
blind man again, “What do you say d 9:18 I.e. Jewish leaders
about him, since it was your eyes he e 9:18 Lit. believe about him that he
f 9:18 Lit. the parents of the man who had
healed?”c
He said, “He is a prophet.” been given sight
g 9:22 I.e. Jewish leaders
h 9:22 I.e. Jewish leaders
i 9:22 Lit. he
a 9:13 Lit. opened j 9:22 Or Christ
b 9:17 The Gk. lacks formerly k 9:24 Lit. They
c 9:17 Lit. opened l 9:26 Lit. open
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27
He answered them, “I've seen him. He is the person who is
already told you, but you didn't talking with you.” 9
38
listen. Why do you want to hear it He said, “Lord, I do believe,”
again? You don't want to become his and worshiped him.
39
disciples, too, do you?” Then Jesus said, “I have come
28
At this, they turned on him in into this world to judge it, so that
fury and said, “You are his disciple, those who are blind may see and so
but we are disciples of Moses! 29We that those who see may become
know that God has spoken to Moses, blind.”
40
but we do not know where this Some of the Pharisees who
fellow comes from.” were near him overheard this and
30
The man answered them, “This asked him, “We aren't blind, too, are
is an amazing thing! You don't know we?”
41
where he comes from, yet he healeda Jesus told them, “If you were
my eyes. 31We know that God doesn't blind, you would not have any sin.
listen to sinners, but he does listen to But now that you insist, ‘We see,’
anyone who worships him and does your sin still exists.”Chapter 10
his will. 32Ever since creation it has

The Illustration of the Sheepfold
never been heard that anyone
10
1
“Truly, I tell all of you with
healedb the eyes of a man who was
certainty, the person who does
born blind. 33If this man were not
not enter the sheepfold through the
from God, he couldn't do anything
gate, but climbs in by some other
like that.”
34
way, is a thief and a bandit. 2The one
They asked him, “You were
who enters through the gate is the
born a sinnerc and you are trying to shepherd of the sheep. 3It is to him
instruct us?” And they threw him out. the gatekeeper opens the gate, and it
Spiritual Blindness is his voice the sheep hear. He calls
35
Jesus heard that they had his own sheep by name and leads
thrown him out. So when he found them out. 4When he has driven out
JOHN
him, he asked him, “Do you believe all his own, he goes ahead of them,
in the Son of Man?”d and the sheep follow him because
36
He answered, “And who is he, they recognize his voice. 5They will
sir? Tell me,f so that I may believe in
e never follow a stranger, but will run
him.” away from him because they do not
37
Jesus said to him, “You have recognize the voice of strangers.”
6
Jesus used this illustration with
them, but they didn't understand
a 9:30 Lit. opened what he was saying to them. 10 5
b 9:32 Lit. opened
c 9:34 Lit. born entirely in sins Jesus the Good Shepherd
d 9:35 Other mss. read Son of God 7
So again Jesus said, “Truly, I tell
e 9:36 Or Lord
f 9:36 The Gk. lacks Tell me all of you with certainty, I am the
gate for the sheep. 8All who came
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before mea are thieves and bandits, what Jesus had been saying. 20Many
but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9I of them were saying, “He has a
am the gate. If anyone enters through demon and is insane. Why bother
me, he will be saved. He will come in listening to him?”
21
and go out and find pasture. 10The Others were saying, “These are
thief comes only to steal, slaughter, not the words of a man who is
and destroy. I have come that they demon-possessed. A demon cannot
may have life, and have it open the eyes of the blind, can it?”
abundantly. Jesus is Rejected by the Jews
11
“I am the good shepherd. The 22
Nowe Hanukkahf was taking
good shepherd lays downb his life for place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
the sheep. 12The hired worker, who is 23
and Jesus was walking around in
not the shepherd and does not own the temple inside the open porch of
the sheep, sees the wolf coming, Solomon. 24So the Jews surrounded
deserts the sheep, and runs away. So him and quizzed him, “How long are
the wolf snatches them and scatters you going to keep us in suspense? If
them, 13because he is a hired worker,
you are the Messiah,g tell us so
and the sheep don’t matter to him.
14 plainly.”
I am the good shepherd. I 25
Jesus answered them, “I have
know my own and my own know
told you, but you do not believe it.
me, 15just as the Father knows me and
The actions that I do in my Father's
I know the Father. And I lay down c name testify on my behalf, 26but you
my life for the sheep. 16I have other do not believe because you do not
sheep that don’t belong to this fold. I
belong to my sheep.h 27My sheep
must lead these also, and they will
hear my voice. I know them, and
listen to my voice. So there will be
they follow me. 28I give them eternal
one flock and one shepherd. 17This is
life, they will never be lost, and no
why the Father loves me, because I
one will snatch them out of my hand.
lay down my life in order to take it 29
What my Father has given mei is
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back again. 18No one is taking it from

me; I lay it down of my own free will. more important than anything,j and
I have the authority to lay it down, no one can snatch it from the Father's
and I have the authority to take it hand. 30I and the Father are one.”
back again. This is what my Father
has commanded me.”
19
Once again there was a
e 10:22 Other mss. read Then
division among the Jews d because of f 10:22 Or the Festival of Dedication
g 10:24 Or Christ
h 10:26 Other mss. read my sheep, just as I
a 10:8 Other mss. lack before me told you
b 10:11 Other mss. read gives i 10:29 Some MSS read My father, who gave
c 10:15 Other mss. read give them to me,
d 10:19 I.e. Jewish leaders j 10:29 Or is greater than everything else
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Again the Jewsa picked up

31 man is true!” 42And many believed in
stones to stone him to death. Jesusg there.
32
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Jesus replied to them, “I have

shown you many good actions from The Death of Lazarus
11
1
Now a certain man was ill,
myb Father. For which of them are
Lazarus from Bethany, the
you going to stone me?”
33 village of Mary and her sister Martha.
The Jews answered him, “We 2
Mary was the woman who anointed
are not going to stone you for a good
the Lord with perfume and wiped his
action, but for blasphemy, because
feet with her hair. Her brother
you, a mere man, are making yourself
Lazarus was the one who was ill. 3So
God!”
the sisters sent word to Jesus,h saying,
10
34
Jesus replied to them, “Is it not
“Lord, the one whom you love is ill.”
written in yourc law, ‘I said, “You are 4
But when Jesus heard it, he
gods”’?d 35If he called those to whom
said, “This illness is not meant to end
the word of God came ‘gods’ (and the
in death. It is for God's glory, so that
Scripture cannot be disregarded),
36
the Son of God may be glorified
how can you say to the one whom
through it.” 5Now Jesus loved Martha
the Father has consecrated and sent
and her sister and Lazarus. 6Yet,
into the world, ‘You are
when he heard that Lazarusi was ill,
blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am
he stayed where he was for two more
the Son of God’? 37If I am not doing
days.
my Father's actions, do not believe 7
After this he said to the
me. 38But if I am doing them, even
disciples, “Let's go back to Judea.”
though you do not believe me, 8
The disciples said to him,
believe the actions, so that you may
“Rabbi,j the Jews were just now
know and understande that the
trying to stone you to death, and you
Father is in me and I am in the
are going back there again?”
Father.” 39Again they tried to seize 9
Jesus replied, “There are twelve
him, but he slipped away from them.f
hours in the day, aren't there? If
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40
Then he went away again
anyone walks during the day he does
across the Jordan to the place where
not stumble, because he sees the light
John had been baptizing at first, and
of this world. 10But if anyone walks at
he remained there. 41Many people
night he stumbles, because the light is
came to him and kept saying, “John
not in him.” 11These were the things
never performed a sign, but
he said. Then after this he told them,
everything that John said about this
a 10:31 I.e. Jewish leaders

b 10:32 Other mss. read the g 10:42 Lit. him
c 10:34 Other mss. read the h 11:3 Lit. sent to him
d 10:34 Ps 82:6 i 11:6 Lit. he
e 10:38 Other mss. read believe j 11:8 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or
f 10:39 Lit. away out of their hands Teacher
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25
“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, Jesus said to her, “I am the
but I am leaving to wake him up.” resurrection and the life.e The person
12
So the disciples said to him, who believes in me, even though he
“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will dies, will live. 26Indeed, everyone who
get well.” 13Jesus, however, had been lives and believes in me will never
speaking about his death, but they die. Do you believe that?”
27
thought that he was speaking about “Yes, Lord,” she said to him. “I
resting or sleeping. believe that you are the Messiah,f the
14
Then Jesus told them plainly, Son of God, the one who was to come
“Lazarus has died. 15For your sake I into the world.”
28
am glad that I was not there, so that When she had said this, she
you may believe. But let's go to him.” went away and called her sister Mary
16
Then Thomas, who was called and told her privately, “The Teacher
the Twin,a said to his fellow disciples, is here and is calling for you!”
“Let's go, too, so that we may die 29
As soon as Maryg heard this,
with him!” she got up quickly and went to him.
30
Now Jesus had not yet arrived at
Jesus the Resurrection and the Life
17
the village but was still at the place
When Jesus arrived, he found
where Martha had met him. 31When
that Lazarusb had already been in the
the Jews who had been with her,
tomb for four days. 18Now Bethany
consoling her in the house, saw Mary
was near Jerusalem, about two miles c
get up quickly and go out, they
away, 19and many of the Jews had
followed her, thinking that she had
come to Martha and Mary to console
gone to the tomb to cry there.
them about their brother. 20As soon as 32
As soon as Mary came to where
Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
Jesus was and saw him, she fell down
she went and met him, while Mary
at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if
stayed at home.
21
you had been here, my brother
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if
would not have died.”
you had been here, my brother 33
When Jesus saw her crying,
would not have died. 22But even now
and the Jews who had come with her
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I know that whatever you ask of God,

crying, he was greatly troubled in
hed will give it to you.”
23 spirit and deeply moved. 34He asked,
Jesus told her, “Your brother
“Where have you put him?”
will rise again.”
24
Martha said to him, “I know They said to him, “Lord, come
that he will rise again in the and see.”
35
resurrection on the last day.” Jesus burst into tears.
36
So the Jews said, “See how
a 11:16 Lit. Didymus much he loved him!”
b 11:17 Lit. he
c 11:18 Lit. 15 stadia; The Roman mile
contained eight stadia, one stadion was about e 11:25 Other mss. lack and the life
604.5 feet long. f 11:27 Or Christ
d 11:22 Lit. God g 11:29 Lit. she
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37
But some of them said, “Surely and said, “What are we going to do?
the one who opened the eyes of the This man is performing many signs.
48
blind man could have kept this man If we let him go on like this,
from dying, couldn't he?” everyone will believe in him, and the
Romans will come and destroy both
Jesus Brings Lazarus Back to Life our templeb and our nation.”
38
Groaning deeply again, Jesus 49
But one of them, Caiaphas,
came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a who was high priest that year, told
stone was lying in front of it. 39Jesus them, “You don't know anything!
said, “Remove the stone.” 50
You don't realize that it is better for
Martha, the dead man's sister,
youc to have one man die for the
told him, “Lord, there must be a
people than to have the whole nation
stench by now, because he's been
destroyed.” 51Now he did not say this
dead for four days.”
on his own initiative. As high priest
11
40
Jesus said to her, “I told you
that year, he prophesied that Jesus
that if you believed you would see
would die for the nation, 52and not
God's glory, didn't I?” 41So they
only for the nation, but that he would
removed the stone.
also gather into one the children of
Then Jesus looked upward and
God who were scattered abroad. 53So
said, “Father, I thank you for hearing
from that day on they resolved to put
me. 42I know that you always hear
him to death.
me, but I have said this for the sake of 54
As a result, Jesus no longer
the crowd standing here, so that they
walked openly among the Jews.d
may believe that you sent me.”
43 Instead, he went from theree to a
After saying this, he shouted
town called Ephraim in the region
with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come
near the wilderness. There he
out!” 44The man who had died came
remained with his disciples.
out, his hands and feet tied with 55
Now the Jewish Passover was
strips of cloth, and his face wrapped
approaching, and before the Passover
in a handkerchief. Jesus told them,
many people from the countryside
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“Untie him, and let him go.”
went up to Jerusalem to purify
The Jewish Council Plans to Kill Jesus themselves. 56They kept looking for
(Matthew 26:1; Mark 14:1-2; Luke Jesus and saying to one another as
22:1-2) they stood in the temple, “What do
45
Many of the Jews who had you think? Surely he won't come to
come with Mary and had observed the festival, will he?” 57Now the high
what Jesus did believed in him. priests and the Pharisees had given
46
Some of them, however, went to the orders that whoever knew where he
Pharisees and told them what Jesus
had done. 47So the high priests and b 11:48 Lit. place
the Pharisees assembled the Councila c 11:50 Other mss. read for us
d 11:54 I.e. Jewish leaders
a 11:47 Or Sanhedrin e 11:54 I.e. from Bethany
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was should tell them so that they see Lazarus, whom he had raised
could arrest him. 11 from the dead. 10So the high priests
planned to kill Lazarus, too, 11since he
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Mary Anoints Jesus was the reason why so many of the

(Matthew 26:6-13; Mark 14:3-9) Jews were leaving to believe in Jesus.
12
1
Six days before the Passover,
Jesus arrived in Bethany, The King Enters Jerusalem
where Lazarus lived,a the man whom (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11;
Jesus had raised from the dead. Luke 19:28-40)
12
2
There they gave a dinner for him. The next day the large crowd
Martha served, and Lazarus was one that had come to the festival heard
of those at the table with him. 3Mary that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem.
13
took a pound of very expensive So they took branches of palm trees
perfume made of pure nard and and went out to meet him, shouting,
anointed Jesus’ feet. She wiped his “Hosanna!d
feet with her hair, and the house How blessed is the one who comes
became filled with the fragrance of in the name of the Lord,e the
the perfume. King of Israel!”
4
But Judas Iscariot, one of his 14
Then Jesus found a young donkey
disciples, who was going to betray
and sat upon it, as it is written:
him, asked, 5“Why wasn't this
perfume sold for 300 denariib and the
15
“Stop being afraid, peoplef of
Zion.
moneyc given to the destitute?” 6He
Look, your king is coming,
said this, not because he cared about
sitting upon a donkey's colt!”g
the destitute, but because he was a
16
thief. He was in charge of the At first his disciples didn't
moneybag and would steal what was understand these things. However,
put into it. when Jesus had been glorified, they
7
Then Jesus said, “Leave her remembered that these things had
alone so she can observe the day of been written about him and that
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my burial, 8because you will always peopleh had done these things to
have the destitute with you, but you him. 17So the crowd that had been
with him when he called Lazarus out
will not always have me.”
of the tomb and raised him from the
The Plot Against Lazarus dead continued to testify to what
9
When the large crowd of Jews they had seen.i 18The crowd was
realized that he was there, they came
not only because of Jesus but also to d 12:13 Hosanna is Heb. for Please save or
Praise
e 12:13 Ps 118:25-26
a 12:1 Lit. was f 12:15 Lit. daughter
b 12:5 Three hundred denarii was about a g 12:15 Zech 9:9
year's wages for a laborer. h 12:16 Lit. they
c 12:5 The Gk. lacks the money i 12:17 The Gk. lacks to what they had seen
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going out to meet Jesus a because they Others were saying, “An angel
had heard that he had performed this has spoken to him.”
sign. 19Then the Pharisees said to one 30
Jesus replied, “This voice is for
another, “You see, there is nothing your benefit, not for mine. 31Now is
you can do. Look, the world has gone the time for the judgment of this
after him!”18 world to begin.b Now will the ruler of
this world be thrown out. 32As for me,
Some Greeks Ask to See Jesus
20 if I am lifted up from the earth, I will
Now some Greeks were among
draw all people to myself.” 33He said
those who had come up to worship at
this to indicate the kind of death he
the festival. 21They went to Philip was about to die.
(who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) 34
Then the crowd answered him,
and told him, “Sir, we would like to “We have learnedc from the Law that
see Jesus.” the Messiahd remains forever. So how
22
Philip went and told Andrew, can you say that the Son of Man must
and Andrew and Philip went and be lifted up? Who is this Son of
told Jesus. 23Jesus said to them, “The Man?”
hour has come for the Son of Man to 35
Jesus replied to the crowd,e
be glorified. 24Truly, I tell all of you “The light is among you only for a
with certainty, unless a grain of short time. Walk while you have the
wheat falls into the ground and dies, light, so that the darkness may not
it remains alone. But if it dies, it overtake you. The person who walks
produces a lot of grain. 25The one in the darkness is in the darkness and
who loves his life will destroy it, and does not know where he is going.
36
the one who hates his life in this As long as you have the light,
world will preserve it for eternal life. believe in the light, so that you may
26
If anyone serves me, he must follow become children of light.” After Jesus
me. And where I am, there my had said this, he went away and hid
servant will also be. If anyone serves from them. 12
me, the Father will honor him.” The Unbelief of the Jews
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37
Jesus Speaks about His Death Although he had performed
27
“Now my soul is in turmoil, numerous signs in their presence,
and what should I say—‘Father, save they did not believe in him, 38so that
me from this hour’? No! It was for what the prophet Isaiah spoke might
this very reason that I came to this be fulfilled when he said:
hour. 28Father, glorify your name.” “Lord, who has believed our
Then a voice came from heaven, message,
“I have glorified it, and I will glorify it
again!” 29The crowd standing there
heard this and said that it was b 12:31 Lit. Now is the judgment of this world
thunder. c 12:34 Lit. heard
d 12:34 Or Christ
a 12:18 Lit. him e 12:35 Lit. them
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and to whom has the Lord’s me and does not receive my words
powera been revealed?”b has something to judge him: The
39
This is why they could not believe: word that I have spoken will judge
Isaiah also said, him on the last day, 49because I have
40
not spoken on my own authority.
“He has blinded their eyes
Instead, the Father who sent me has
and hardened their heart,
himself commanded me what to say
so that they might not perceive
with their eyes, and how to speak. 50And I know that
and understand with their what he commands brings eternal
mindc and turn, life. What I speak, therefore, I speak
and I would heal them.”d just as the Father has told me.”
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41
Isaiah said this whenehe saw his Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet
13
1
Now before the Passover
glory and spoke about him. 42Yet
Festival, Jesus realized that his
many people, even some of the
hour had come to leave this world
authorities, believed in him, but
and return to the Father. Having
because of the Pharisees they did not
loved his own who were in the
admit it so they would not be thrown
world, he loved them to the end.h 2By
out of the synagogue. 43For they
supper time, the devil had already
loved the praise of human beings put it into the heart of Judas, the son
more than the praise of God. of Simon Iscariot, to betray him.
3
Judgment by Jesus’ Word Because Jesus knew that the Father
44
Then Jesus said loudly, “The had given everything into his
one who believes in me does not control,i that he had come from God,
believe in me only, but alsof in the and that he was returning to God,
4
one who sent me. 45The one who sees therefore he got up from the table,
me sees the one who sent me. 46I have removed his outer robe, and took a
towel and fastened it around his
come into the world as light, so that
waist. 5Then he poured some water
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everyone who believes in me will not

into a basin and began to wash the
remain in the darkness. 47If anyone
disciples’ feet and to dry them with
hears my words and does not keep
the towel that was tied around his
them, I do not condemn him, because waist.3
I did not come to condemn the world 6
Then he came to Simon Peter,
but to save it.g 48The one who rejects who asked him, “Lord, are you going
a 12:38 Lit. arm
to wash my feet?”
7
b 12:38 Isa 53:1 Jesus answered him, “You do
c 12:40 Lit. heart not realize now what I am doing, but
d 12:40 Isa 6:9-10
e 12:41 Other mss. read because
f 12:44 Lit. me but h 13:1 Or loved them completely
g 12:47 Lit. save the world i 13:3 Lit. hands
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later on you will understand.” bread with med has turned against
8
Peter said to him, “You must me.’e 19I'm telling you this now,
never wash my feet!” before it happens, so that when it
Jesus answered him, “Unless I does happen, you may believe that I
wash you, you cannot be involved AM. 20Truly, I tell all of you with
with me.” certainty, the one who receives
9
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, whomever I send receives me, and
not just my feet, but my hands and the one who receives me receives the
my head as well!” one who sent me.”18
10
Jesus told him, “Whoever has
bathed is entirely clean. He doesn’t Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
need to wash himself further, except (Matthew 26:20-25; Mark 14:17-21;
Luke 22:21-23)
for his feet. And you men a are clean, 21
After saying this, Jesus was
though not all of you.” 11For he knew
deeply troubled in spirit and declared
who was going to betray him. That's
solemnly, “Truly, I tell all of you with
why he said, “Not all of you are
certainty, one of you is going to
clean.” 10
betray me!” 22The disciples began
13
12
When Jesusb had washed their
looking at one another, completely
feet and put on his outer robe, he sat
mystified about whom he was
down again and said to them, “Do
speaking. 23One of his disciples, the
you realize what I have done to you?
13 one whom Jesus kept loving, had
You call me Teacher and Lord, and
been sitting very close to him.
you are rightc because that is what I 24
So Simon Peter motioned to
am. 14So if I, your Lord and Teacher, this man to ask Jesus about whom he
have washed your feet, you must also was speaking. 25Leaning forward on
wash one another's feet. 15I have set Jesus’ chest, he asked him, “Lord,
an example for you, so that you may who is it?”
do as I have done to you. 16Truly, I 26
Jesus answered, “He is the one
say to you with certainty, a servant is to whom I will give this piece of
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not greater than his master, and a bread after I have dipped it in the
messenger is not greater than the one
dish.”f
who sent him. 17If you understand
Then he took a piece of bread,
these things, how blessed you are if
dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the
you put them into practice! 18I'm not
son of Simon Iscariot.g 27After he had
talking about all of you. I know the
taken the piece of bread, Satan
ones I have chosen. But the Scripture
must be fulfilled: ‘The one who ate
d 13:18 Other mss. read ate my bread
e 13:18 Lit. has lifted up his heel against me;
cf. Ps 41:9
a 13:10 The Gk. lacks men f 13:26 The Gk. lacks in the dish
b 13:12 Lit. he g 13:26 Other mss. read Judas Iscariot, the
c 13:13 Lit. you speak well son of Simon
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entered him. Then Jesus said to him, Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
“Do quickly what you are going to (Matthew 26:31-34; Mark 14:27-31;
do!” 28Now no one at the table knew Luke 22:31-34)
36
why Jesusa said this to him. 29Some Simon Peter asked him, “Lord,
thought that, since Judas had the where are you going?” 13
moneybag, Jesus was telling him to Jesus answered him, “I am going

buy what they needed for the festival where you cannot follow me now,
or to give something to the destitute. though you will follow me later on.”
30
So Judasb took the piece of bread, 37
“Lord,h why can't I follow you
immediately went outside, and it was now?” Peter asked him. “I would lay
night. down my life for you!”
38
Jesus answered him, “Would
The New Commandment
you lay down your life for me? Truly,
31
After Judasc had gone out, I tell you with certainty, a rooster will
Jesus said, “The Son of Man is now not crow until you have denied me
glorified, and God has been glorified three times.”
by him. 32If God has been glorified by Chapter 14
him,d God himself also will glorify Jesus the Way to the Father
14
1
the Son of Man,e and he will do sof “Do not let your hearts be
quickly. 33Little children, I am with troubled. Believei in God,
you only a little longer. You will look believe also in me. 2There are many
for me, but what I told the Jews g I rooms in my Father's house. If there
now tell you, ‘Where I am going, you were not, would I have told you that
cannot come.’ 34I am giving you a I am going away to prepare a place
new commandment to love one for you? 3And if I am going away to
another. Just as I have loved you, you prepare a place for you, I will come
also should love one another. 35This is back again and welcome you into my
how everyone will know that you are presence, so that you may be where I
my disciples, if you have love for one am. 4You know where I am going,
another.” and you know the way.”
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5
Thomas asked him, “Lord, we
don't know where you are going, so
how can we know the way?”
6
Jesus said to him, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through
a 13:28 Lit. he me. 7If you have known me, you will
b 13:30 Lit. he also know my Father. From now on
c 13:31 Lit. he you know him and have seen him.”
d 13:32 Other mss. lack If God has been
glorified by him
e 13:32 Lit. him
f 13:32 Lit. will glorify him h 13:37 Other mss. lack Lord
g 13:33 I.e. Jewish leaders i 14:1 Or You believe
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8
Philip said to him, “Lord, show going to forsake you like orphans. I
us the Father, and that will satisfy will come back to you.
19
us.” “In a little while the world will
9
“Have I been with you all this no longer see me, but you will see
time, Philip, and you still do not me. Because I live, you will live also.
20
know me?” Jesus asked him. “The At that time you will know that I am
person who has seen me has seen the in my Father, that you are in me, and
Father. So how can you say, ‘Show us that I am in you. 21The person who
the Father’? 10You believe, don't you, has my commandments and keeps
that I am in the Father and the Father them is the one who loves me. The
is in me? The words that I say to you one who loves me will be loved by
I do not speak on my own. It is the my Father, and I, too, will love him
Father who dwells in me and who and reveal myself to him.”
carries out his work. 11Believe me, I 22
Judas (not Iscariot) asked him,
am in the Father and the Father is in “Lord, how is it that you are going to
me. Otherwise, believe mea because reveal yourself to us and not to the
of what I’ve been doing.b 10 world?”
12
“Truly, I tell all of you with 23
Jesus answered him, “If anyone
certainty, the one who believes in me loves me, he will keep my word.
will also do what I am doing. He will Then my Father will love him, and
do even greater things than these, we will go to him and make our
because I am going to the Father. 13I home within him. 24The one who
will do whatever you ask in my does not love me does not keep my
name, so that the Father may be words. The words that you’re hearing
glorified in the Son. 14If you ask mec me say are not mine, but come from
for anything in my name, I will do it.” the Father who sent me.
25
The Promise of the Helper “I have told you this while I am
15
“If you love me, keepd my still with you. 26But the Helper, the
commandments. 16I will ask the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
Father to givee you another Helper, send in my name, will teach you all
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to be with you always. 17He is the things and remind you of everything
Spirit of truth, whom the world that I have told you. 27I am leaving
cannot receive, because it neither sees you at peace. I am giving you my
him nor recognizes him. But you own peace. I am not giving it to you
recognize him, because he lives with as the world gives. So don’t let your
you and will be inf you. 18I am not hearts be troubled, and don’t be
afraid. 28You have heard me tell you,
‘I am going away, but I am coming
a 14:11 Other mss. lack me back to you.’ If you loved me, you
b 14:11 Lit. of the works themselves
c 14:14 Other mss. lack me would rejoice that I am going to the
d 14:15 Other mss. read you will keep Father, because the Father is greater
e 14:16 Lit. and he will give than I am. 29I have told you this now,
f 14:17 Or among before I leave, so that when I do
leave, you will believe. 30I will not talk
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with you much longer, because the have loved you. So abide in my love.
10
ruler of this world is coming. He has If you keep my commandments,
no power over me.a 31But I am doing you will abide in my love, just as I
what the Father has commanded me have kept my Father's
to let the world know that I love the commandments and abide in his love.
11
Father. Get up! Let us leave this I have told you this so that my joy
place.” 14 may be in you, and that your joy may
Chapter 15
be complete.9
Jesus the True Vine 12
“This is my commandment:
15
1
“I am the true vine, and my that you love one another as I have
Father is the vintner. 2He cuts
loved you. 13No one showse greater
off every branch that does not love than when he lays down his life
produce fruit in me, and he cuts back for his friends. 14You are my friends if
every branch that does produce fruit, you do what I command you. 15I do
so that it might produce more fruit.
3
not call you servants anymore,
You are already clean because of because a servant does not know
what I’ve spoken to you. what his master is doing. But I have
4
“Abide in me, and I will abide in called you friends, because I have
you. Just as the branch cannot
made known to you everything that I
produce fruit by itself unless it abides have heard from my Father.
in the vine, neither can you unless 16
“You have not chosen me, but I
you abide in me. 5I am the vine, you have chosen you. I have appointed
are the branches. The one who abides
you to go and produce fruit that will
in me while I abide in him b produces last,f so that whatever you ask the
much fruit, because apart from me Father in my name, he will give it to
you can do nothing. 6Unless a person you. 17I am giving you these
abides in me, he is thrown away like
commandments so that you may love
a prunedc branch and dries up. one another.”
People gather such branches,d throw
16
them into a fire, and they are burned The World's Hatred
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up. “If the world hates you, you
7
“If you abide in me and my should realize that it hated me before
words abide in you, you can ask for you. 19If you belonged to the world,
anything you want, and you will the world would love you as one of
receive it. 8This is how my Father is its own. But because you do not
glorified, when you produce a lot of belong to the world and I have
fruit and so prove to be my disciples. chosen you out of it,g the world hates
9
Just as the Father has loved me, so I you. 20Remember what I told you: ‘A
a 14:30 Lit. has nothing in me e 15:13 Lit. has

b 15:5 Lit. and I in him f 15:16 Lit. produce fruit, and your fruit is to
c 15:6 The Gk. lacks pruned last
d 15:6 Lit. They gather them g 15:19 Lit. out of the world
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servant is not greater than his The Work of the Spirit

5
master.’ If they persecuted me, they “But now I am going to the one
will also persecute you. If they kept who sent me. Yet none of you asks
my word, they will also keep yours. me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6But
21
They will do all these things to you because I have told you this, sorrow
on account of my name, because they has filled your hearts. 7However, I am
do not know the one who sent me. 20 telling you the truth. It is for your
22
“If I had not come and spoken advantage that I am going away,
to them, they would not have any because if I do not go away the
sin. But now they have no excuse for Helper will not come to you. But if I
their sin. 23The person who hates me go, I will send him to you. 8When he
also hates my Father. 24If I had not comes, he will convict the world of
done among them the actions that no sin, righteousness, and judgment—
9
one else did, they would not have of sin, because they do not believe in
any sin. But now they have seen and me; 10of righteousness, because I am
hated both me and my Father. 25But going to the Father and you will no
this happened so thata what has been longer see me; 11and of judgment,
written in their law might be fulfilled: because the ruler of this world has
‘They hated me for no reason.’b 2415
been judged.d10
12
26
“When the Helper comes, “I still have a lot to say to you,
whom I will send to you from the but you cannot bear it now. 13Yet
Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes when the Spirit of Truth comes, he
from the Father, he will testify on my will guide you into all truth. He will
behalf. 27You will testify also, because not speak on his own accord, but will
you have been with me from the speak whatever he hears and will
beginning. declare to you the things that are to
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come. 14He will glorify me, because he
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1
“I have told you this to keep
you from falling away.c 2You will take what is mine and declare it
will be thrown out of the synagogues. to you. 15All that the Father has is
mine. That is why I said, ‘He will take
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Yes, a time is coming when the one
who kills you will think he is serving what is mine and declare it to you.’
16
God. 3They will do this because they In a little while you will no longer
have not known the Father or me. see me, then in a little while you will
4
But I have told you this so that when see me again.” 16
17
the time comes you will remember At this point, some of his
that I told you about them. I did not disciples asked each other, “What
tell you this in the beginning, because does he mean by telling us, ‘In a little
I was still with you.” while you will no longer see me, then
in a little while you will see me
again,’ and ‘because I am going to the
a 15:25 Lit. But so that
b 15:25 Ps 35:19; 69:4
c 16:1 Or from stumbling d 16:11 Or condemned
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Father’?” 18They kept saying, “What is tell you plainly about the Father. 26At
this ‘in a little while’ that he keeps that time, you will make your
talking about? We don't know what requests in my name, so that I will
he means.” have no need to ask the Father on
your behalf, 27because the Father
Sorrow Will Turn to Joy
19 himself loves you, and because you
Jesus knew that they wanted to
have loved me and believed that I
ask him a question, so he asked them,
came from God.b 28I left the Father
“Are you discussing among your-
and came into the world. Nowc I am
selves what I meant when I said, ‘In a
leaving the world and going back to
little while you will no longer see me,
the Father.”
then in a little while you will see me 29
Jesus’d disciples said, “Well,
again’? 20Truly, I tell all of you with
now you're speaking plainly and not
certainty, you will cry and mourn,
using figurative language. 30Now we
but the world will rejoice. You will be
know that you know everything and
deeply distressed, but your pain will
do not need to have anyone ask you
turn into joy. 21When a woman is in
any questions. Because of this, we
labor she has pain, because her time
believe that you have come from
has come. Yet when she has given
God.”
birth to her child, she doesn't 31
Jesus answered them, “Do you
remember the agony anymore
now believe? 32Listen, the time is
because of the joy of having brought
coming, indeed it has already come,
a human being into the world. 22Now
when you will be scattered, each of
you are having pain. But I will see
you to his own home, and you will
you again, and your hearts will
leave me all by myself. Yet I am not
rejoice, and no one will take your joy
alone, because the Father is with me.
away from you. 23On that day, you 33
I have told you this so that through
will not ask me for anything. Truly, I
me you may have peace. In the world
tell all of you with certainty, what-
you will have trouble, but be
ever you ask the Father for in my
courageous—I have overcome the
name, he will give it to you.a 24So far
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world!”
you haven't asked for anything in my
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name. Keep asking and you will Jesus Prays for Himself, His Disciples,
receive, so that your joy may be and His Future Followers
17
complete.” 16
1
After Jesus had said this, he
Victory over the World looked up to heaven and said,
25
“I have said these things to you “Father, the hour has come. Glorify
in figurative language. The time is your Son, so that the Son may glorify
coming when I will no longer speak you. 2Fore you have given him
to you in figurative language, but will
b 16:27 Other mss. read from the Father
c 16:28 Lit. Again
a 16:23 Other mss. read ask the Father for, he d 16:29 Lit. His
will give it to you in my name e 17:2 Lit. Just as
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authority over all humanitya so that became lost except the one who was
he might give eternal life to all those destined fore destruction, so that the
you gave him. 3And this is eternal life: Scripture might be fulfilled.10
13
to know you, the only true God, and “And now I am coming to you,
the one whom you sent—Jesus the and I say these things in the world so
Messiah.b 4I glorified you on earth by that they may have my joy made
completing the task you gave me to complete in themselves. 14I have
do. 2 given them your word, and the world
5
“So now, Father, glorify me in has hated them, because they do not
your presence with the glory I had belong to the world, just as I do not
with you before the world existed. 6I belong to the world. 15I am not asking
have made your name known to you to take them out of the world but
these men whom you gave me from to protect them from the evil one.
16
the world. They were yours, and you They do not belong to the world,
gave them to me, and they have kept just as I do not belong to the world.
17
your word. 7Now they realize that “Sanctify them by the truth.
everything you gave me comes from Your word is truth. 18Just as you sent
you, 8because the words that you me into the world, so I have sent
gave me I passed on to them. They them into the world. 19It is for their
have received them and know for sakes that I sanctify myself, so that
sure that I came from you. They have they, too, may be sanctified by the
believed that you sent me. 6 truth. 20I ask not only on behalf of
9
“I am asking on their behalf. I these men,f but also on behalf of
am not asking on behalf of the world, those who will believe in me through
but on behalf of those you gave me, their message, 21so that they may all
because they are yours. 10All that is be one. Just as you, Father, are in me
mine is yours, and what is yours is and I am in you, may they also be
mine, and I have been glorified oneg in us, so that the world may
through them. 11I am no longer in the believe that you sent me.
world, but they are in the world, and
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22
“I have given them the glory
I am coming to you. Holy Father, that you gave me, so that they may
protect them by your name, the be one, just as we are one. 23I am in
namec that you gave me, so that they them, and you are in me. May they
may be one, as we are one. 12While I be completely one, so that the world
was with them, I protected them by may know that you sent me and that
the authorityd that you gave me. I you have loved them as you loved
guarded them, and not one of them me. 24Father, I want those you have
given me to be with me where I am
a 17:2 Lit. flesh

b 17:3 Or Christ e 17:12 Lit. the son of
c 17:11 Lit. the one f 17:20 The Gk. lacks men
d 17:12 Lit. by your name g 17:21 Other mss. lack one
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and to see my glory, which you gave 6

When Jesusc told them, “I AM,”
me because you loved me before the they backed away and fell to the
creation of the world. 21 17
ground. 7So he asked them again,
25
“Righteous Father, the world “Who are you looking for?”
has never known you. Yet I have They said, “Jesus from
known you, and these men have Nazareth.”d
known that you sent me. 26I made 8
Jesus replied, “I told you that I
your name known to them, and will am the one,e so if you are looking for
continue to make it known, so that me, let these men go.” 9This was to
the love you have for me a may be in fulfill what he had said, “I did not
them and I myself may be in them.” lose a single one of those you gave
me.”f
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Jesus is Betrayed and Arrested 10

(Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-40; Then Simon Peter, who had a
Luke 22:47-53) sword, drew it and struck the high
18
1
Ater Jesus had said this, he priest's servant, cutting off his right
went with his disciples across ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11
the Kidron valley to a place where Jesus told Peter, “Put your sword
there was a garden, which he and his back into its sheath. Shouldn't I drink
disciples entered. 2Now Judas, who the cup that the Father has given
betrayed him, also knew the place me?”
because Jesus often met there with Jesus before the High Priest
his disciples. 3So Judas took a (Matthew 26:57-58; Mark 14:53-54;
detachment of soldiers and some Luke 22:54)
officers from the high priests and the 12
Then the soldiers, along with
Pharisees and went there with their commander and the Jewish
lanterns, torches, and weapons. officers, arrested Jesus and tied him
4
Then Jesus, knowing everything up. 13First they brought him to Annas,
that was going to happen, went because he was the father-in-law of
forward and asked them, “Who are Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
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you looking for?” 14

Caiaphas was the person who had
5
They answered him, “Jesus advised the Jews that it was better to
from Nazareth.”b have one man die for the people.
Jesus said to them, “I AM.”
Judas, the man who betrayed him,
was standing with them.
c 18:6 Lit. he
d 18:7 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk.
a 17:26 Lit. the love with which you loved me Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb.
b 18:5 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the
Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. name Nazareth.
netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the e 18:8 The Gk. lacks the one
name Nazareth. f 18:9 cf. John 17:12
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23
Peter Denies Jesus Jesus answered him, “If I have
(Matthew 26:69-70; Mark 14:66-68; said anything wrong, tell me what it
Luke 22:55-57) was.a But if I have told the truth, why
15
Simon Peter and another do you hit me?” 24Then Annas sent
disciple were following Jesus. Since him, with his hands tied, to Caiaphas
the other disciple was known to the the high priest.
high priest, he accompanied Jesus
Peter Denies Jesus Again
into the courtyard of the high priest. (Matthew 26:71-75; Mark 14:69-72;
16
Peter, however, stood outside the Luke 22:58-62)
gate. So this other disciple who was 25
Meanwhile, Simon Peter was
known to the high priest went out standing and warming himself. Some
and spoke to the gatekeeper and peopleb asked him, “You aren't one
brought Peter inside. 17The young of his disciples, too, are you?”
woman at the gate asked Peter, “You He denied it by saying, “I am
aren't one of this man's disciples, too, not!”
are you?”15 26
Then one of the high priest's
“I am not,” he replied. servants, a relative of the man whose
18
Meanwhile, the servants and ear Peter had cut off, said, “I saw you
officers were standing around a
in the garden with Jesus,c didn't I?”
charcoal fire they had built and were 27
Peter again denied it, and
warming themselves because it was
immediately a rooster crowed.
cold. Peter was also standing with
them, keeping himself warm. Pilate Questions Jesus
(Matthew 27:1-2; Mark 15:1-5; Luke
The High Priest Questions Jesus
23:1-5)
(Matthew 26:59-66; Mark 14:55-64; 28
Then Jesus was led from
Luke 22:66-71)
19 Caiaphas to the governor's
Then the high priest
questioned Jesus about his disciples headquartersd early in the morning.
and about his own teaching. 20Jesus The Jewse did not go into the
headquarters, to avoid becoming
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answered him, “I have spoken
publicly to the world. I have always uncleanf and unable to eat the
taught in the synagogue or in the Passover meal. 29So Pilate came out to
temple, where all Jews meet together, them and asked, “What accusation
and I have said nothing in secret. are you bringing against this man?”
21
Why do you question me? Question
those who heard what I said. These
are the people who know what I
said.” a 18:23 Lit. about the wrong
22
When he said this, one of the b 18:25 Lit. They
officers standing nearby slapped c 18:26 Lit. him
d 18:28 Lit. to the praetorium
Jesus on the face and demanded, “Is e 18:28 Lit. they
that any way to answer the high f 18:28 I.e. ceremonially unqualified
priest?”
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30
They answered him, “If he 38
Pilate asked him, “What is
weren't a criminal, we wouldn't have ‘truth’?”
handed him over to you.” After he said this, he went out to
31
Pilate told them, “You take him the Jewsd again and told them, “I find
and try him according to your law.” no basis for a charge against him.
The Jews said to him, “It is not 39
But you have a custom that I release
legal for us to put anyone to death.” one person for you at Passover. Do
32
This was to fulfill what Jesus had
you want me to release for you the
saida when he indicated the kind of king of the Jews?”
death he was to die. 40
33
At this, they shouted out again,
So Pilate went back into the
“Not this fellow, but Barabbas!” Now
governor's headquarters,b summoned
Barabbas was a revolutionary.e
Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the
18
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king of the Jews?” Jesus is Sentenced to Death

34
Jesus replied, “Are you asking (Matthew 27:15-31; Mark 15:6-20;
this on your own initiative, or did Luke 23:13-25)
19
1
others tell you about me?” Then Pilate had Jesus taken
35
Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, away and whipped. 2The
am I? It is your own nation and high soldiers twisted some thorns into a
priests who have handed you over to victor's crown, put it on his head, and
me. What have you done?” threw a purple robe on him. 3They
36 kept coming up to him and saying,
Jesus answered, “My kingdom
“Long live the king of the Jews!”
does not belong to this world. If my
Then they began to slap him on the
kingdom belonged to this world, my
face.
servants would fight to keep me from 4
Pilate went outside again and
being handed over to the Jews.c But told the Jews,f “Look, I am bringing
for now my kingdom is not from him out to you to let you know that I
here.” find no basis for a charge against
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Pilate asked him, “So you are a him.” 5Then Jesus came outside,
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king?” wearing the victor's crown of thorns

Jesus answered, “You say that I and the purple robe.
am a king. I was born for this, and I Pilate said to them, “Here is the
came into the world for this: to testify man!”
6
to the truth. Everyone who is When the high priests and the
committed to the truth listens to my officials saw him, they shouted,
“Crucify him! Crucify him!”
voice.”
a 18:32 Lit. the word of Jesus that he said d 18:38 I.e. Jewish leaders
b 18:33 Lit. into the praetorium e 18:40 Or bandit
c 18:36 I.e. Jewish leaders f 19:4 Lit. them
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Pilate told them, “You take him Pilate asked them, “Should I
and crucify him. I find no basis for a crucify your king?”
charge against him.” The high priests responded, “We
7
The Jews answered Pilate,a “We have no king but Caesar!” 16Then
have a law, and according to that law Pilated handed him over to be
he must die because he made himself crucified, and they took Jesus away.
out to be the Son of God.”
8
When Pilate heard this, he Jesus is Crucified
became even more afraid. 9Returning (Matthew 27:32-44; Mark 15:21-32;
to his headquarters,b he asked Jesus, Luke 23:26-43)
17
“Where are you from?” Carrying the cross all by
But Jesus did not answer him. himself, he went out to what is called
10
So Pilate asked him, “Aren't The Place of a Skull, which in
you going to speak to me? You Hebrew is called Golgotha. 18There
realize, don't you, that I have the they crucified him, along with two
authority to release you and the others, one on each side of him with
authority to crucify you?” Jesus in the middle. 19Pilate wrote an
11
Jesus answered him, “You have inscription and put it on the cross. It
no authority over me at all, except read, “Jesus from Nazareth,e the King
what was given to you from above. of the Jews.” 20Many Jews read this
That's why the one who handed me inscription, because the place where
over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” Jesus was crucified was near the city.
12
From then on, Pilate tried to It was written in Hebrew, Latin, and
release him, but the Jews kept Greek.
21
shouting, “If you release this fellow, Then the Jewish high priests
you're not a friend of Caesar! Anyone told Pilate, “Don't write, ‘The King of
who claims to be a king is defying the Jews,’ but that this fellow said, ‘I
Caesar!” am the King of the Jews.’”
13 22
When Pilate heard these Pilate replied, “What I have
words, he brought Jesus outside and written I have written.”
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23
sat down on the judgment seat in a When the soldiers had
place called The Pavement, which in crucified Jesus, they took his clothes
Hebrew is called Gabbatha. 14Now it and divided them into four parts, one
was the Preparation Day for the for each soldier, and took his cloakf as
Passover, about noon.c He said to the well. The cloak was seamless, woven
Jews, “Here is your king!”13 in one piece from the top down. 24So
15
Then they shouted, “Take him
away! Take him away! Crucify him!”
d 19:16 Lit. he
e 19:19 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk.
a 19:7 Lit. him netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the
b 19:9 Lit. to the praetorium name Nazareth.
c 19:14 Lit. about the sixth hour f 19:23 Lit. and his tunic
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they said to each other, “Let's not tear the bodies on the crosses during the
it. Instead, let's throw dice to see who Sabbath, because that was a
gets it.” This was to fulfill the particularly important Sabbath. So
Scripture that says, they asked Pilate to have the men's
“They divided my clothes among legs broken and the bodies c removed.
32
themselves, So the soldiers went and broke the
and for my clothing they threw legs of the first man and then of the
dice.”a other man who had been crucified
with him. 33But when they came to
So that is what the soldiers did. Jesus and saw that he was already
25
Meanwhile, standing near dead, they did not break his legs.
Jesus’ cross were his mother, his 34
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced
mother's sister, Mary the wife of his side with a spear, and blood and
Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26When water immediately came out. 35The
Jesus saw his mother and the disciple one who saw this has testified, and
whom he kept loving standing there, his testimony is true. He knows he is
he said to his mother, “Dear lady,b telling the truth so that you, too, may
here is your son.” 27Then he said to believe, 36because these things
the disciple, “Here is your mother.” happened so that the Scripture might
And from that hour the disciple took be fulfilled:
her into his own home.
“None of his bones will be
Jesus Dies on the Cross broken.”d
(Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; 37
In addition, another passage of
Luke 23:44-49) Scripture says,
28
After this, when Jesus realized
that everything was now completed, “They will look on the one whom
he said (in order to fulfill the they pierced.”e 19
Scripture), “I'm thirsty.” 29A jar of Jesus is Buried

sour wine was standing there, so they (Matthew 27:57-61; Mark 15:42-47;
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put a sponge full of the wine on a Luke 23:50-56)

branch of hyssop and held it to his 38
Later on, Joseph of Arimathea,
mouth. 30After Jesus had taken the who was a disciple of Jesus (though a
wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he secret one because he was afraid of
bowed his head and released his the Jews), asked Pilate to let him
spirit. remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave
Jesus’ Side is Pierced him permission, and he came and
31
Since it was the Preparation removed his body. 39Nicodemus, the
Day, the Jews did not want to leave man who had first come to Jesus at
c 19:31 The Gk. lacks the bodies

a 19:24 Ps 22:18 d 19:36 Exod 12:46; Num 9:12; Ps 34:20
b 19:26 Or Woman e 19:37 Zech 12:10
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night, also arrived, bringing a mixture with the linen cloths but was rolled
of myrrh and aloes weighing about a up in a separate place. 8Then the
hundred pounds. 40They took the other disciple, who arrived at the
body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen tomb first, went inside, looked, and
cloths along with spices, according to believed. 9For they did not yet
the burial custom of the Jews. 41A understand the Scripture that saidb
garden was located in the place that Jesusc had to rise from the dead.
where he was crucified, and in that 10
So the disciples went back to their
garden was a new tomb in which no homes.
one had yet been placed. 42Because it
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
was the Jewish Preparation Day, and
(Mark 16:9-11)
because the tomb was nearby, they 11
Meanwhile, Mary stood crying
put Jesus there. 19 39
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outside the tomb. As she cried, she
Jesus is Raised from the Dead bent over and lookedd into the tomb.
(Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-8; Luke 12
She saw two angels in white clothes
24:1-12) who were sitting down, one at the
20 On the first day of the week,a

1
head and the other at the foot of the
early in the morning and place where Jesus’ body had been
while it was still dark, Mary Magda- lying. 13They asked her, “Lady,e why
lene went to the tomb and noticed are you crying?”
that the stone had been removed She told them, “Because they
from the tomb. 2So she ran off and have taken away my Lord, and I
went to Simon Peter and the other don't know where they have put
disciple, whom Jesus kept loving. She him.”
told them, “They have taken the Lord 14
After she had said this, she
out of the tomb, and we don't know turned around and noticed Jesus
where they have put him!” 3So Peter standing there, without realizing that
and the other disciple took off for the it was Jesus.
tomb. 4The two of them were running 15
Jesus asked her, “Dear lady,f
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together, but the other disciple ran why are you crying? Who are you
faster than Peter and came to the looking for?”
tomb first. 5Bending over to look Thinking he was the gardener,
inside, he noticed the linen cloths she said to him, “Sir, if you have
lying there but didn't go in. carried him away, tell me where you
6
At this point Simon Peter have put him, and I will take him
arrived, following him, and went away.”
straight into the tomb. He observed
that the linen cloths were lying there,
7 b 20:9 The Gk. lacks that said
and that the handkerchief that had c 20:9 Lit. he
been on Jesus’ head was not lying d 20:11 The Gk. lacks and looked
e 20:13 Or Woman
a 20:1 Lit. first of the Sabbaths f 20:15 Or Woman
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Jesus said to her, “Mary!” Jesus Appears to Thomas
24
She turned around and said to Thomas, one of the Twelve
him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which (called the Twin),c wasn't with them
means “Teacher”). when Jesus came. 25So the other
17
Jesus told her, “Don't hold on disciples kept telling him, “We have
to me, because I have not yet seen the Lord!” But he told them,
ascended to the Father. But go to my “Unless I see the nail marks in his
brothers and tell them, ‘I am hands, put my finger into them,d and
ascending to my Father and your put my hand into his side, I will
Father, to my God and your God.’” never believe!”
18 26
So Mary Magdalene went and A week later his disciples were
announced to the disciples, “I have again inside, and Thomas was with
seen the Lord!” She also told them them. Even though the doors were
what he had said to her. shut, Jesus came, stood among them,
and said, “Peace be with you.” 27Then
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
he said to Thomas, “Put your finger
(Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:14-18;
here, and look at my hands. Take
Luke 24:36-49)
19 your hand, and put it into my side.
It was the evening of the first
Stop doubting, but believe.”
day of the week,a and the doors of 28
Thomas answered him, “My
the house where the disciples had
Lord and my God!”
met were locked because they were 29
Jesus said to him, “Is it because
afraid of the Jews.b Jesus came and
you have seen me that you have
stood among them. He said to them,
believed? How blessed are those who
“Peace be with you.” 20After saying
have never seen me and yet have
this, he showed them his hands and
believed!”
his side, and when they saw the Lord
the disciples were overjoyed. 21Jesus The Purpose of the Book
30
said to them again, “Peace be with Jesus performed many other
you. Just as the Father has sent me, so signs in the presence of hise disciples
I am sending you.” 22When he had that are not recorded in this book.
JOHN
31
said this, he breathed on them and But these have been recorded so
said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. that you may believe that Jesus is the
23
If you forgive people's sins, they are Messiah,f the Son of God, and so that
forgiven. If you retain people's sins, through believing you may have life
they are retained.” 22 20 in his name. 20
c 20:24 Lit. called Didymus

a 20:19 Or evening of that day, the first of the d 20:25 Lit. into the nail marks
Sabbaths e 20:30 Other mss. read the
b 20:19 I.e. Jewish leaders f 20:31 Or Christ
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lying on it, and some bread. 10Jesus

Chapter 21
Jesus Appears to Seven of His

Disciples told them, “Bring me some of the fish
21 you've just caught.” 11So Simon Peter

1
Later on, Jesus revealed
himself again to the disciples went aboard and dragged the net
at the Sea of Tiberias. This is what ashore. It was full of large fish—153
happened: 2Simon Peter, Thomas of them. And although there were so
(called the Twin),a Nathaniel from many of them, the net was not torn.
12
Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, Then Jesus said to them,
and two of his other disciples were “Come, have breakfast.” Now none of
together. 3Simon Peter said to them, the disciples dared to ask him, “Who
“I'm going fishing.” 1 are you?”, because they knew it was
They all told him, “We'll go with the Lord. 13Jesus took the bread, gave
you, too.” So they went out and got it to them, and didd the same with
into the boat but didn't catch a thing the fish. 14This was now the third
that night. time that Jesus revealed himself to
4
Just as dawn was breaking, the disciples after he had been raised
Jesus stood on the shore. The from the dead.
disciples didn't realize it was Jesus. Jesus Speaks with Peter
5
Jesus asked them, “Children, you 15
When they had finished
don't have any fish, do you?” breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter,
They answered him, “No.” “Simon, son of John, do you love me
6
He told them, “Throw the net more than these?”
on the right hand side of the boat,
Petere said to him, “Yes, Lord,
and you'll catchb some.” So they you know that I love you.”
threw it out and were unable to haul
Jesusf told him, “Feed my
it in because it was so full of fish.
7
lambs.”
That disciple whom Jesus kept 16
Then he asked him a second
loving said to Peter, “It's the Lord!”
time, “Simon, son of John, do you
When Simon Peter heard that it was
love me?”
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the Lord, he put his clothes back on,
Peterg said to him, “Yes, Lord,
because he was practically naked, and
you know that I love you.”
jumped into the sea. 8But the other
disciples came in the boat, dragging Jesush told him, “Take care of
the net full of fish. They were only my sheep.” 17He asked him a third
time, “Simon, son of John, do you
about a hundred yards c away from
love me?”
the shore.
9
When they arrived at the shore,
they saw a charcoal fire with fish
d 21:13 The Gk. lacks did
e 21:15 Lit. He
a 21:2 Lit. Didymus f 21:15 Lit. He
b 21:6 Lit. find g 21:16 Lit. He
c 21:8 Lit. two hundred cubits h 21:16 Lit. He
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24
Peter was deeply hurt that he This is the disciple who is
had asked him a third time, “Do you testifying to these things and has
love me?” So he said to him, “Lord, written them down. We know that
you know everything. You know that his testimony is true.
25
I love you!” Of course, Jesus also did many
Jesus told him, “Feed my sheep. other things, and I suppose that if
18
“Truly, I tell you with certainty, every one of them were written
when you were young, you would down the world couldn't contain the
fasten your belt and go wherever you books that would be written.
liked. But when you get old, you will
stretch out your hands, and someone
else will fasten your belt and take you
where you don't want to go.” 19Now
he said this to show by what kind of
death he would glorify God.
After saying this, Jesusa told him,
“Keep following me.”
Jesus and the Beloved Disciple
20
Peter turned around and
noticed the disciple whom Jesus kept
loving following them. He was the
one who had put his head on Jesus’
chest at the supper and had asked,
“Lord, who is the one who is going to
betray you?”
21
When Peter saw him, he said,
“Lord, what about him?”
22
Jesus said to him, “If it is my
will for him to remain until I come
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back, how does that concern you?

You must keep following me!” 23So
the rumor spread among the
brothersb that this disciple wasn't
going to die. Yet Jesus didn't say to
Peterc that he wasn't going to die,
but, “If it is my will for him to remain
until I come back, how does that
concern you?”
a 21:19 Lit. he
b 21:23 I.e. Jesus’ followers
c 21:23 Lit. him
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ACTS
Chapter 1
Introduction and Samaria, and to the ends of the
1
1
In my first book, Theophilus, I earth.”
wrote about everything Jesus did
Jesus Goes Up to Heaven
and taught from the beginning, 2up to 9
After saying this, Jesuse was
the day when he was taken up to
taken up while those who had
heavena after giving orders by the
gathered togetherf were watching,
Holy Spirit to the apostles he had
and a cloud took him out of their
chosen. 3After he had suffered, he
sight. 10While he was going and they
had shown himself alive to them by
were gazing up toward heaven, two
many convincing proofs, appearing
men in white robes stood right beside
to them during a period of 40 days
them. 11They asked, “Men of Galilee,
and telling them about the kingdom
why do you stand looking up toward
of God.
heaven? This same Jesus, who has
The Promise of the Holy Spirit been taken up from you into heaven,
4
While he was meeting with will come back in the same way you
them, he ordered them, “Don’t leave saw him go up into heaven.”
Jerusalem. Instead, wait for what the
A New Apostle Takes the Place of
Father has promised, about which
Judas
you heard me speak. 5For John 12
Then they returned to
baptized withb water, but you will be
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives,g
baptized withc the Holy Spirit a few
which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath
days from now.”
6 day's journey away.h 13When they
Now those who had gathered
came into the city, these meni went to
together began to ask Jesus,d “Lord, is
the upstairs room where they had
this the time when you will restore
been staying: Peter and John, James
the kingdom to Israel?” 7He answered
and Andrew, Philip and Thomas,
them, “It is not for you to know what
Bartholomew and Matthew, James
times or periods the Father has fixed
the son of Alphaeus and Simon the
by his own authority. 8But you will
receive power when the Holy Spirit Zealot, and Judas the sonj of James.
14
comes on you, and you will be my With one mind all of them kept
witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea
e 1:9 Lit. he
f 1:9 Lit. while they
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a 1:2 The Gk. lacks to heaven g 1:12 Lit. from the mountain called Olives
b 1:5 Or in h 1:12 I.e. about a half mile away
c 1:5 Or in i 1:13 The Gk. lacks men
d 1:6 Lit. him j 1:13 Or brother
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23
devoting themselves to prayer, along So they nominated two men—
with the women, including Mary the Joseph called Barsabbas, who also
mother of Jesus, and his brothers. was called Justus, and Matthias.
24
15
At that timea Peter got up Then they prayed, “Lord, you know
among the brothers (there were about the hearts of all people. Show us
120 people present) and said, which one of these two men you
16
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be have chosen 25to serve in this office of
fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke apostle,f from which Judas left to go
long ago through the voice of David to his own place.” 24 1
26
about Judas, who was the guide for So they drew lots for them, and
those who arrested Jesus, 17because when the lot fell on Matthias, he was
he was one of our number and was enrolled with the eleven apostles.
appointedb to share in this ministry.” Chapter 2
18 The Coming of the Holy Spirit

(Now this man bought a field with
2
1
When the day of Pentecost was
the money he got for his crime.
Falling on his face, he burst open in being celebrated,g all of them
the middle, and all his intestines were together in one place. 2Sud-
gushed out. 19This became known to denly, a sound like the roar of a
mighty windstorm came from heaven
all the residents of Jerusalem, so that
and filled the whole house where
this field is called in their language
Hakeldama, that is, “The Field of they were sitting. 3They saw tongues
Blood”.) 20“For in the Book of Psalms like flames of fire that separated, and
one rested on each of them. 4All of
it is written, ‘Let his estate be
them were filled with the Holy Spirit
desolate, and let no one live on it,’ c
and began to speak in other
and ‘Let someone else take over his
languages as the Spirit gave them
office,’d 21who was one of the men
that ability.
associated with us all the time the 5
Now devout Jews from every
Lord Jesus came and went among us,
22 nationh were living in Jerusalem.
beginning when he was baptized by 6
When that sound came, a crowd
John until the day he was taken up
quickly gathered, startled because
from us. Therefore, someone like this e
each one heard the disciplesi
must become a witness with us to his
speaking in his own language.
resurrection.” 7
Stunned and amazed, they asked,
“All of these people who are speaking
are Galileans, aren't they? 8So how is
a 1:15 Lit. In those days it that each one of us hears them
b 1:17 Lit. was chosen by lot; i.e. by an
ostensibly random lottery, the outcome of
which was entrusted to God’s providence; cf. f 1:25 Lit. to receive the place of this service
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v. 26 and apostleship
c 1:20 Ps 69:25 g 2:1 Lit. Pentecost had fully arrived
d 1:20 Ps 109:8 h 2:5 Lit. nation under heaven
e 1:22 The Gk. lacks like this i 2:6 Lit. them
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speaking in his own native and your old men will dream
language:a 9
Parthians, Medes, dreams.
18
Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, In those days I will even pour out
Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, my Spirit
10
Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the on my slaves, men and women
district of Libya near Cyrene, Jewish alike,
and proselyte visitors from Rome, and they will prophesy.
19
11
Cretans, and Arabs, listening to I will display wonders in the sky
them talk in our own languages above
about the great deeds of God?” and signs on the earth below:
12
All of them continued to be blood, fire, and clouds of
stunned and puzzled, and they kept smoke.
20
asking one another, “What can this The sun will become dark,
mean?” and the moon turn to blood,
13
But others kept saying in before the coming of the great
derision, “They're drunk on sweet and glorious Day of the
wine!” Lord.
21
Then whoever calls on the name
Peter Addresses the Crowd of the Lord will be saved.’ e
14
Then Peter stood up among the
22
eleven apostlesb and raised his voice “Fellow Israelites, listen to
to address them: these words: Jesus from
Nazarethf was a man
“Men of Judea and everyone
living in Jerusalem! You must authenticated to you by God
understand something, so pay through miracles, wonders, and
close attention to my words. signs that God performed
15
These men are not drunk as through him among you, as you
you suppose, for it's only nine yourselves know. 23After he was
o'clock in the morning.c 16Rather, arrested according to the
this is what was spoken through predetermined plan and
the prophet Joel: foreknowledge of God, you
17
crucified this very man and
‘In the last days, God says, killed him by the hands of
I will pour out my Spirit on lawless men. 24But God raised
everyone.d
him up and put an end to
Your sons and your daughters will
suffering of death,g since it was
prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
e 2:21 Joel 2:28-32
f 2:22 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk.
a 2:8 Lit. in our language in which we were
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born netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the
b 2:14 The Gk. lacks apostles name Nazareth.
c 2:15 Lit. the third hour of the day g 2:24 Other mss. read Hades (the realm of the
d 2:17 Lit. on all flesh dead)
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impossible for him to be held by we are all witnesses. 33He has

it. 25For David says about him, 24 been exalted to the right hand
of God, has received from the
‘I always keep my eyes on the Lord,a
Father the promised Holy
for he is at my right hand
Spirit,g and has caused you to
so that I cannot be shaken.
26 experience what you are seeing
That is why my heart is glad
and hearing. 34For David did
and my tongue rejoices,
yes, even my body still rests not go up to heaven, but he
securely in hope. said,
27
For you will not abandon my soul ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
to Hadesb “Sit at my right hand,
or allow your Holy One to 35
until I make your enemies your
experience decay. footstool.”’h
28
You have made the ways of life
known to me,
36
“Therefore, let all the people i of
and you will fill me with Israel understand beyond a
gladness in your presence.’c doubt that God made this Jesus,
29
whom you crucified, both Lord
“Brothers, I can tell you
and Messiah!”j
confidently that the patriarch
37
David died and was buried, and When the crowd that had
that his tomb is among us to gatheredk heard this, they were
this day. 30Therefore, since he pierced to the heart. They asked Peter
was a prophet and knew that and the other apostles, “Brothers,
God had promised him with an what should we do?”
38
oath to put one of his Peter answered them, “Every
descendants on his throne, 31he one of you must repent and be
looked ahead and spoke about baptized in the name of Jesus the
the resurrection of the Messiahl for the forgiveness of your
Messiah: d sins. Then you will receive the Holy
Spirit as a gift.m 39For this promise
‘He was not abandoned to Hades,e
belongs to you and your children, as
and his flesh did not experience
well as to all those who are distant,
decay.’f
whom the Lord our God may call to
32
“It was this very Jesus himself.”
whom God raised, and of that
g 2:33 Or the promise of the Holy Spirit
a 2:25 Lit. always see the Lord in front of me h 2:35 Ps 110:1
b 2:27 I.e. the realm of the dead i 2:36 Lit. house
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c 2:28 Ps 16:8-11 j 2:36 Or Christ

d 2:31 Or Christ k 2:37 Lit. When they
e 2:31 I.e. the realm of the dead l 2:38 Or Christ
f 2:31 Ps 16:10 m 2:38 Or the gift of the Holy Spirit
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40
Using many different from birth was being carried in. Every
expressions, Petera continued to day peopleh would lay him at what
testify and to plead with them, was called the Beautiful Gate so that
saying, “Be saved from this corrupt he could beg from those who were
41
generation!” So those who going into the temple. 3When he saw
welcomed his message were baptized. that Peter and John were about to go
That day about 3,000 people were into the temple, he asked them to
added to their number. give him something.2
4
Life Among the Believers Peter, along with John, looked
42
The believersb continued to him straight in the eye and said,
devote themselves to what the “Look at us!” 5So the mani watched
apostles were teaching, to fellowship, them closely, expecting to get
to the breaking of bread, and to times something from them. 6However,
of prayer.c 43A sense of feard came Peter said, “I don't have any silver or
over everyone, and many wonders gold, but I'll give you what I do have.
and signs were being done by the In the name of Jesus the Messiahj
apostles. 44All the believers were from Nazareth, walk!”k 7Then Peterl
united and shared everything with took hold of his right hand and began
one another.e 45They made it their
to help him up. Immediately his feet
practice to sell their possessions and
and ankles became strong, 8and he
goods and to distribute the proceeds f
sprang to his feet, stood up, and
to anyone who was in need. 46United
began to walk. Then he went with
in purpose, they went to the temple
them into the temple, walking,
every day, ate at each other's homes,
and shared their food with glad and jumping, and praising God.
9
humble hearts. 47They were praising When all the people saw him
God and enjoying the good will of all walking and praising God, 10they
the people. Every day the Lord was knew that he was the man who used
adding to their number those who to sit and beg at the Beautiful Gate of
were being saved. 42 2
the temple, and they were filled with
Chapter 3 wonder and amazement at what had
A Crippled Man is Healed happened to him.
3
1
One afternoon, Peter and John
were on their way to the temple Peter Speaks to the Onlookers
11
for the three o’clock prayer time.g While he was holding on to
2
Now a man who had been crippled Peter and John, all the people came
running to them in what was called
“Solomon's Colonnade”. They were
a 2:40 Lit. he
b 2:42 Lit. They
c 2:42 Lit. to the prayers h 3:2 Lit. they
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d 2:43 Or awe i 3:5 Lit. he

e 2:44 Lit. and had all things in common j 3:6 Or Christ
f 2:45 Lit. to distribute them k 3:6 Other mss. read stand up and walk
g 3:1 Lit. temple at the ninth hour l 3:7 Lit. he
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dumbfounded. 12When Peter saw this, long ago through the voice of his
he said to the people: “Fellow holy prophets. 22In fact, Moses said,
Israelites, why are you wondering
about this, and why are you staring at ‘The Lord your God will raise up
us as if by our own power or for you a prophet like me from
godliness we made him walk? 13The among your brothers. You must
God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— listen to everything he tells you.d
23
the God of our ancestors—has Any person who will not listen
glorified his servant Jesus, whom you to that prophet will be utterly
betrayed and rejected in the presence destroyed from among the
of Pilate, even though he had decided people.’e
to let him go. 14You rejected the Holy 24
and Righteous One and asked to “Indeed, all the prophets who have
have a murderer released to you, spoken, from Samuel and those who
15
and you killed the source of life, followed him, also announced these
whom God raised from the dead. We days. 25You are the descendants of
are witnesses to that. 16It is his the prophets and the heirsf of the
name—that is, by faith in his name— covenant that God made with yourg
that has healed this man whom you ancestors when he said to Abraham,
see and know. Yes, the faith that ‘Through your descendanth all the
comes through Jesusa has given him families of the earth will be blessed.’ i
26
this perfect health in the presence of When God raised up his servant, he
all of you.11 sent him first to you to bless you by
17
“And now, brothers, I know turning every one of you from your
that you acted in ignorance like your evil ways.” 25
3
leaders. 18This is how God fulfilled Chapter 4
Peter and John are Tried before the

what he had predicted through the
Jewish Council
voice of all the prophets—that his
4
1
While they were speaking to the
Messiahb would suffer. 19Therefore, people, the priests, the
repent and turn to him to have your commander of the temple guards,
sins blotted out, 20so that times of and the Sadducees came to them.
refreshing may come from the 2
They were greatly disturbed that
presence of the Lord and so that he
Peter and Johnj were teaching the
may send you Jesus, whom he
people and announcing that Jesus
appointed long ago to be the
Messiah.c 21He must remain in
heaven until the time of universal d 3:22 Deut 18:15-16
restitution, which God announced e 3:23 Deut 18:19; Lev 23:29
f 3:25 The Gk. lacks the heirs
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g 3:25 Other mss. read our

a 3:16 Lit. him h 3:25 Lit. seed
b 3:18 Or Christ i 3:25 Gen 22:18; 26:4
c 3:20 Or Christ j 4:2 Lit. they
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had been resurrecteda from the dead. 13

Now when the Jewish leaderse
3
So they arrested them and placed saw the boldness of Peter and John
them in custody until the next day, and found out that they were
since it was already evening. 4But uneducated and ordinary men, they
many of those who heard their were amazed and realized that they
message believed, and the men grew had been with Jesus. 14And seeing the
to number about 5,000. man who was healed standing with
5
The next day their rulers, elders, them, they could not say anything
and scribes met in Jerusalem 6with against them. 15So they ordered them
Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, to leave the Councilf and began to
John,b Alexander, and the rest of the discuss the matter among themselves.
16
high priest's family. 7They made Peter They said, “What should we do
and Johnc stand in front of them and with these men? For it's obvious to
began asking, “By what power or by everybody living in Jerusalem that an
what name did you do this?” unmistakable sign has been done by
8
Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, them, and we cannot deny it. 17But to
said to them, “Rulers and elders of keep it from spreading any further
the people! 9If we are being among the people, let us warn them
questioned today for a good deed never again to speak to anyone in
done for someone who was sick or to this name.”
learn how this man was healed, 10you
18
So they called Peter and Johng
and all the people of Israel must back in and ordered them not to
understand that this man stands speak or teach at all in the name of
healthy before you because of the Jesus. 19But Peter and John answered
name of Jesus from Nazareth, whom them, “You must decide whether it is
you crucified but God raised from the right in the sight of God to listen to
dead. 11He is you rather than God, 20for we cannot
stop talking about what we’ve seen
‘the stone that was rejected by you and heard.”
builders, 21
So they threatened Peter and
which has become the h
John even more and then let them
cornerstone.’d go. They couldn't find any way to
12
There is no salvation by anyone punish them, because all the people
else, for there is no other name under were praising God for what had
heaven given among people by happened. 22For the man on whom
which we must be saved.” this sign of healing had been
performed was more than 40 years
old.
a 4:2 Lit. that in the case of Jesus there had
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been a resurrection e 4:13 Lit. when they

b 4:6 Other mss. read Jonathan f 4:15 Or Sanhedrin
c 4:7 Lit. them g 4:18 Lit. called them
d 4:11 Or capstone; Ps 118:22 h 4:21 Lit. threatened them
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The Believers Pray for Boldness The Believers Share Their Possessions
23 32
After they were released, Peter Now all the believers were one
and Johna went to their fellow in heart and soul, and nobody called
believersb and told them everything any of his possessions his own.
the high priests and the elders had Instead, they shared everything they
said. 24When they heard this, they all owned. 33With great power the
raised their voices to God and said, apostles continued to testify to the
“Master, you made heaven and earth, resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and
the sea, and everything in them. abundant grace was on them all. 34For
25
You said by the Holy Spirit through none of them needed anything,
the voice of our ancestor, your because everyone who had land or
servant David, 23
houses would sell them and bring the
money received for the things sold
‘Why do the gentiles rage, 35
and lay it at the apostles’ feet. Then
and the people devise useless it was distributed to anyone who
plots?
26 needed it. 36One man,d Joseph, a
The kings of the earth take their
Levite and a native of Cyprus, who
stand,
was named Barnabas by the apostles
and rulers meet together against
the Lord (the namee means “a son of
and against his Messiah.’c encouragement”), 37sold a field that
belonged to him and brought the
27
For in this city both Herod and money and laid it at the apostles’
Pontius Pilate actually met together feet.36
4
with the gentiles and the people of Chapter 5
Israel to oppose your holy servant Ananias and Sapphira are Punished
5
1
Jesus, whom you anointed, 28to carry But a man named Ananias, with
out everything that your hand and the consent of his wife Sapphira,
will had predetermined to take place. sold some property. 2With his wife's
29
Lord, pay attention to their threats full knowledge he kept back some of
now, and allow your servants to the money for himself and brought
speak your word boldly 30as you the remainder and laid it at the
stretch out your hand to heal and to apostles’ feet.
3
perform signs and wonders through Peter asked, “Ananias, why has
the name of your holy servant Jesus.” Satan filled your heart so that you
31
When they had prayed, the should lie to the Holy Spirit and keep
place where they were meeting was back some of the money you got for
shaken, and all of them were filled the land? 4As long as it remained
with the Holy Spirit and continued to unsold, wasn't it your own? And after
speak the word of God boldly. it was sold, wasn't the money at your
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disposal? So how could you have

a 4:23 Lit. released, they
b 4:23 Lit. their own d 4:36 Lit. Now
c 4:26 Or Christ; cf. Ps 2:1-2 e 4:36 Lit. which
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thought of doing what you did? You high regard. 14Nevertheless, believers
didn’t lie onlya to men, but alsob to were being added to the Lord in
God!” 5When Ananias heard these increasing numbers—both men and
words, he fell down and died. And women. 15As a result, peoplef kept
great fear seized everyone who heard carrying their sick into the streets and
about it. 6The young men got up, placing them on stretchers and mats
wrapped him up, carried him outside, so that at least Peter's shadow might
and buried him. fall on some of them as he went by.
7 16
After an interval of about three Even from the towns around
hours, Ananias’c wife came in, not Jerusalem crowds continued coming
knowing what had happened. 8So in to bring their sick and those who
Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell were troubled by unclean spirits, and
the land for that price?” all of them were healed.
She answered, “Yes, that was the The Apostles are Tried before the
price.” Jewish Council
9
“How could you have agreed 17
Then the high priest and all
together to test the Spirit of the those from the sect of the Sadducees
Lord?” Peter asked her. “Listen! The who were with him were filled with
feet of the men who buried your jealousy. So they went out, 18arrested
husband are at the door, and these the apostles, and put them in the city
mend will carry you outside as well.” jail. 19But at night the angel of the
10
She instantly fell down at Peter’se Lord opened the prison doors and
feet and died. When the young men led them out. The angelg told them,
came in, they found her dead. So 20
“Go, stand in the temple, and keep
they carried her out and buried her on telling the people the whole
next to her husband. 11And great fear message about this life they can
seized the whole church and have.”h
everyone else who heard about this. 21
After the apostlesi heard this,
The Apostles Perform Many Miracles they went into the temple at
12
Now many signs and wonders daybreak and began to teach. The
were being performed by the apostles high priest and those who were with
among the people, who were him arrived, called the Councilj and
gathered together in Solomon's all the elders of Israel together, and
Colonnade. 13None of the others sent wordk to the prison to have the
dared join them, although the rest of men brought in. 22When the temple
the people continued to hold them in
f 5:15 Lit. they
a 5:4 The Gk. lacks only g 5:19 Lit. He
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b 5:4 The Gk. lacks also h 5:20 The Gk. lacks they can have
c 5:7 Lit. his i 5:21 Lit. this, they
d 5:9 Lit. and they j 5:21 Or Sanhedrin
e 5:10 Lit. his k 5:21 The Gk. lacks word
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police got there, they did not find 33

When the Councilb heard this,
them in the prison. They came back they became furious and wanted to
and reported, 23“We found the prison kill them. 34But a Pharisee named
securely locked and the guards Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who
standing at the doors, but when we was respected by all the people, stood
opened them, we found no one up in the Councilc and ordered the
inside.” 24When the commander of men to be taken outside for a little
the temple guards and the high while. 35Then he said to them,
priests heard these words, they were “Fellow Israelites, consider carefully
utterly at a loss as to what could have what you propose to do to these men.
happened to them. 22
36
For in the recent past Theudas
25
Then someone came and told appeared, claiming that he was
them, “Look! The men you put in important, and about 400 men joined
prison are standing in the temple and him. He was killed, and all his
teaching the people!” 26So the followers were dispersed and
commander of the temple guards disappeared. 37After that man, at the
went with his men to bring them time of the census, Judas the Galilean
back without force, because they appeared and got people to follow
were afraid of being stoned to death him. He, too, died, and all his
by the people. 27When they brought followers were scattered.
them back, they made them stand 38
“I'm telling you to keep away
before the Council,a and the high from these men for now. Leave them
priest began to question them. 28He alone, because if this plan or
said, “We gave you strict orders not movement is of human origin, it will
to teach in his name, didn't we? Yet fail. 39However, if it is from God, you
you have filled Jerusalem with your won't be able to stop them, and you
teaching and are determined to bring may even discover that you are
this man's blood on us!” fighting against God!” So they were
29
But Peter and the apostles convinced by him.
answered, “We must obey God rather 40
After calling in the apostles and
than men. 30The God of our ancestors beating them, they againd ordered
raised Jesus to life after you killed them to stop speaking in the name of
him by hanging him on a tree. 31God Jesus and let them go. 41They left the
has exalted to his right hand this very Council,e rejoicing to have been
man as our Leader and Savior in considered worthy to suffer dishonor
order to extend repentance and for the sake of the Name. 42Every day
forgiveness of sins to Israel. 32We are in the temple and from house to
witnesses of these things, and so is
the Holy Spirit, whom God has given
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to those who keep on obeying him.” 5

b 5:33 Lit. When they
c 5:34 Or Sanhedrin
d 5:40 The Gk. lacks again
a 5:27 Or Sanhedrin e 5:41 Or Sanhedrin
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house they kept teaching and Stephen is Arrested

8
proclaiming that Jesus is the Now Stephen, full of grace and
Messiah.a power, was performing great
Chapter 6
wonders and signs among the
Seven Men are Chosen to Help the people. 9But some men who belonged
Apostles to the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as
6
1
In those days, as the number of it was called), as well as some
the disciples was growing larger Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men
and larger, a complaint was made by from Cilicia and Asia, stood up and
the Hellenistic Jews against the began to debate with Stephen. 10But
Hebraic Jews that their widows were they could neither refute the wisdom
being neglected in the daily nor withstand the Spirit by which he
distribution of food. 2So the Twelve kept speaking. 11So they secretly got
called the whole group of disciples some men to say, “We have heard
together and said, “It is not desirable him speaking blasphemous words
for us to neglect the word of God in against Moses and God.” 12They
order to wait on tables. 3Therefore, stirred up the people, the elders, and
brothers, appoint seven men among the scribes. Then they rushed at
you who have a good reputation, Stephen,c grabbed him, and brought
who are full of the Spirit and wisdom,
him before the Council.d
and we will put them in charge of 13
They had false witnesses stand
this work. 4Then we will devote
up and say, “This man never stops
ourselves to prayer and to the
saying things against this Holy Place
ministry of the word.”
5 and against the law. 14For we have
This suggestion pleased the
heard him say that this Jesus from
whole group. So they chose Stephen,
Nazarethe will destroy this place and
a man full of faith and the Holy
change the customs that Moses
Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor,
handed down to us.” 15Then
Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a
everyone who was seated in the
gentile convert to Judaism from
Antioch. 6They had these men stand Councilf glared at him and saw that
before the apostles, who prayed and his face was like the face of an angel.
laid their hands on them.
Chapter 7
Stephen Defends Himself
7
7
So the word of Godb continued 1
Then the high priest asked, “Is
to spread, and the number of this true?”
disciples in Jerusalem continued to
grow rapidly. Even a large number of
priests became obedient to the faith. c 6:12 Lit. him
d 6:12 Or Sanhedrin
e 6:14 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk.
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netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the
a 5:42 Or Christ name Nazareth.
b 6:7 Other mss. read of the Lord f 6:15 Or Sanhedrin
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2
Stephen replied: circumcised him on the eighth
day. Then Isaac fathered Jacob,
“Listen, brothers and fathers!
and Jacob fatheredj the twelve
“The glorious God patriarchs.
appeared to our ancestor 9
“Joseph’s brothersk became
Abraham while he was in jealous of him and sold Joseph as
Mesopotamia before he settled in a slavel in Egypt. However, God
Haran. 3Goda said to him, ‘Leave was with him 10and rescued him
your country and your relatives from all his troubles. He granted
and go to the land I will show him favor and wisdom before
you.’b 4So he left the country of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who
the Chaldeans and settled in appointed him ruler of Egypt
Haran. Then after the death of and of his whole household.
his father, God had him move to 11
“But a famine spread
this country where you now live. throughout Egypt and Canaan,
5
Godc gave him no property and with it great suffering, and
here,d not even a foot of land, our ancestors couldn't find any
yet he promised to give it to him food. 12But when Jacob heard
and to his descendantse after that there was grain in Egypt, he
him as a permanent possession, sent our ancestors on their first
even though he had no child. 3
trip. 13On their second trip,
6
“This is what God prom- Joseph made himself known to
ised: His descendants would be his brothers, and Joseph
strangers in a foreign country, introduced his familym to
and its peoplef would enslave Pharaoh. 14Then Joseph invited
them and oppress them for 400 his father Jacob and all his
years. 7‘But I will punish the relatives to come to him in
nation they serve,’ said God, Egyptn—75 persons in all. 15So
‘and afterwards they will leave Jacob went down to Egypt. Then
and worship me in this place.’g he and our ancestors died.
16
8
Later, Godh gave Abrahami They were brought back to
the covenant of circumcision. Shechem and laid in the tomb
Later, he fathered Isaac and that Abraham had bought at a
high priceo from Hamor’s
a 7:3 Lit. He descendants in Shechem.
b 7:3 Gen 12:1
c 7:5 Lit. He
d 7:5 Lit. in it j 7:8 The Gk. lacks fathered
e 7:5 Lit. seed k 7:9 Lit. The patriarchs
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f 7:6 Lit. they l 7:9 The Gk. lacks as a slave

g 7:7 Gen 15:13-14; Exod 3:12 m 7:13 Lit. Joseph’s family became known
h 7:8 Lit. he n 7:14 The Gk. lacks in Egypt
i 7:8 Lit. him o 7:16 Lit. Abraham for a sum of money
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17
“Now as the time ap- some of them while they were
proached for the fulfillment of fighting and tried to reconcile
the promise that God had made them. He said, ‘Men, you are
to Abraham, the people’s popu- brothers. Why should you be
lation increased a great deal in hurting another?’
Egypt. 18Eventually, a different 27
“But the man who was
king who had not known Joseph harming his neighbor pushed
became ruler of Egypt.a 19By Mosesd away and said, ‘Who
shrewdly scheming against our made you ruler and judge over
people, he oppressed our an- us? 28You don't want to kill me
cestors and forced them to aban- like you killed the Egyptian
don their infants to the elements, yesterday, do you?’ e 29Because of
so that they wouldn't live. this, Moses fled and lived as a
20
“At this time Moses was foreigner in the land of Midian.
born. He was beautiful in the There he had two sons.
sight of God, and for three 30
“After 40 years had
months he was cared for in his passed, an angel appeared to
father's house. 21When he was him in the flames of a burning
placed outside, Pharaoh's bush in the desert near Mount
daughter adopted him and Sinai. 31When Moses saw it, he
brought him up as her own son. was amazed at the sight, and
22
So Moses learned all the when he approached the bushf
wisdom of the Egyptians and to look at it, the voice of the Lord
became a great man, both in said,g 32‘I am the God of your
words and in deeds. ancestors—the God of Abraham,
23
“When he was 40 years Isaac, and Jacob.’h Moses became
old, he decidedb to visit his terrified and didn't dare to look.
brothers, the descendants of 33
Then the Lord said to him,
Israel. 24When he saw one of ‘Remove your sandals from your
them being mistreated, he feet, for the place where you are
defended himc and avenged the standing is holy ground. 34I have
man who was being mistreated surely seen the oppression of my
by killing the Egyptian. 25He people in Egypt and have heard
supposed that his brothers their groans, and I have come
would understand that God was down to rescue them. Now
using him to rescue them, but come, I will send you to Egypt.’i
they didn't understand. 26The
next day he presented himself to d 7:27 Lit. him
e 7:28 Exod 2:14
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f 7:31 The Gk. lacks the bush

a 7:18 Other mss. lack of Egypt g 7:31 Lit. came
b 7:23 Lit. old, his heart was moved h 7:32 Exod 3:6
c 7:24 The Gk. lacks him i 7:34 Exod 3:4-10
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35
“This same Moses—whom gave them over to worship the
they rejected by saying ‘Who heavenly bodies. As it is written
made you ruler and judge?’a— in the book of the Prophets:
was the man whom God sent to ‘O house of Israel,
be both their ruler and deliverer you didn't offer me slaughtered
with the help of the angel who animals and
had appeared to him in the sacrifices those 40 years in the
bush. 36It was he who led them wilderness, did you?
out, performing wonders and 43
You even took along the tent of
signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea, Moloch,
and in the wilderness for 40 the star of your god Rephan,
years. 37It was this Moses who and the images you made in order to
told the Israelites, ‘God will raise worship them.
up a prophet for you from So I will take you into exile as far
among your own brothers, just as Babylon.’g
as he didb me.’c 38This Mosesd is 44
“Our ancestors had the
the one who was in the assembly
in the wilderness with the angel Tent of Testimonyh in the
who spoke to him on Mount wilderness constructed,i just as
Sinai and to our ancestors. He the one who spoke to Moses
received living truths to give to directed him to make it
us,e 39but our ancestors refused according to the pattern he had
to obey him. Instead, they seen. 45Our ancestors brought it
rejected him and wished to here with Joshua when they
return to Egypt. 40They said to replaced the nations that God
Aaron, ‘Make gods for us who drove out in front of our
will lead us. This Moses who led ancestors, and it was here until
us out of the land of Egypt—we the time of David. 46He found
don't know what happened to favor with God and asked to
him!’f design a dwelling for the house j
of Jacob, 47but it was Solomon
35
41
“At that time they even
made a calf to be their idol, who built a house for him.
48
offered a sacrifice to it, and However, the Most High does
delighted in what they had not live in buildings made by
made with their hands. 42So God humank hands. As the prophet
turned away from them and says,
a 7:35 Exod 2:14 g 7:43 Amos 5:25-27

b 7:37 The Gk. lacks he did h 7:44 I.e. the tent containing the Ark of the
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c 7:37 Deut 18:15 Covenant

d 7:38 Lit. one i 7:44 The Gk. lacks constructed
e 7:38 Other mss. read to you j 7:46 Other mss. read God
f 7:40 Exod 32:1, 23 k 7:48 The Gk. lacks human
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49
“‘Heaven is my throne, stone Stephen, he kept praying,
and the earth is my footstool. “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” 60Then
What kind of house can you build he knelt down and cried out with a
for me,’ declares the Lord, loud voice, “Lord, don't hold this sin
“or what place is there in which against them!” After he had said this,
I can rest? he died.c
50
It was my hand that made all Chapter 8
these things, wasn't it?’”a The Church is Scattered
8
1
Now Saul heartily approved of
51
“You stubborn people putting Stephend to death. That
with uncircumcised hearts and day a severe persecution broke out
ears! You are always opposing against the church in Jerusalem, and
the Holy Spirit, just as your everyone except for the apostles was
ancestors used to do. 52Which of scattered throughout the countryside
the prophets did your ancestors of Judea and Samaria. 2Devout men
fail to persecute? They killed buried Stephen as they mourned
those who predicted the coming loudly for him. 3But Saul kept trying
of the Righteous One, and now to destroy the church. Going into one
you have become his betrayers house after another, he began
and murderers. 53You received dragging off men and women and
the law as ordained by angels, throwing them in prison.
and yet you haven’t obeyed it!”
Some Samaritans Become Believers
Stephen is Stoned to Death 4
54
Now those who were scattered
While they were listening to
went from place to place preaching
these things, they became more and
the word. 5Philip went down to thee
more furious and began to grind their
city of Samaria and began to preach
teeth at him. 55But Stephen,b filled
the Messiahf to the people.g 6The
with the Holy Spirit, looked straight
crowds, hearing his messageh and
into heaven and saw the glory of God
seeing the signs that he was doing,
and Jesus standing at the right hand
paid close attention to what was said
of God. 56He said, “Look! I see the
by Philip. 7Unclean spirits screamed
heavens opened and the Son of Man
with a loud voice as they came out of
standing at the right hand of God!” 55
the many people they had possessed,
7
57
But they shouted out loud,
and many paralyzed and lame people
stopped listening, and together they
were healed. 8As a result, there was
all rushed at him, 58ran him outside of
great rejoicing in that city.
the city, and began to stone him to
death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid
c 7:60 Lit. fell asleep
their coats at the feet of a young man d 8:1 Lit. him
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named Saul. 59As they continued to e 8:5 Other mss. read a

f 8:5 Or Christ
a 7:50 Isa 66:1-2 g 8:5 Lit. to them
b 7:55 Lit. he h 8:6 The Gk. lacks his message
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9
Now in that city there was a the Holy Spirit.”
20
man named Simon. He was But Peter said to him, “May
practicing occult arts and thrilling the your money perish with you because
people of Samaria, claiming to be you thought you could obtain God's
someone great. 10Everyone from the free gift with money! 21You have no
least to the greatest paid close part or share in what we’re saying,
attention to him, saying, “This is what because your heart isn't right with
we calla the great power of God!” God. 22So repent of this wickedness of
11
They paid careful attention to him yours, and pray to the Lord that, if
because he had thrilled them for a possible, your heart’s intent may be
long time with his occult per- forgiven you. 23For I see that you're
formances. 12But when Philip pro- being poisoned by bitterness and
claimed the good news about the you’re a prisoner of wickedness!”
24
kingdom of God and about the name Simon answered, “Both of you
d
of Jesus the Messiah,b men and pray to the Lord for me that none of
women believed and were baptized. the things you have said will happen
13
Even Simon believed, and after he to me.”
25
was baptized he became devoted to After they had given their
Philip. He was amazed to see the testimony and spoken the word of
signs and great miracles that were the Lord, they started back to
happening. 10
Jerusalem, continuing to proclaim the
14
Now when the apostles in good news in many Samaritan
Jerusalem heard that Samaritans had villages.
accepted the word of God, they sent Philip Tells an Ethiopian about Jesus
Peter and John to them. 15They went 26
Now an angel of the Lord said
down and prayed for them to receive to Philip, “Get up and go south on
the Holy Spirit. 16Before this he had the road that leads from Jerusalem to
not come on any of them. They had Gaza. This is a deserted road.” 27So he
only been baptized in the name of the got up and went. Now there was an
Lord Jesus. 17Then Peter and Johnc Ethiopian eunuch, who was a
laid their hands on them, and they member of the court of Candace,
received the Holy Spirit. queen of the Ethiopians. He was in
18
Now when Simon saw that the charge of all her treasures and had
Spirit was given through the laying come up to Jerusalem to worship.
on of the apostles’ hands, he offered 28
Now he was returning home, seated
them money 19and said, “Give me this in his chariot, and reading from the
power too, so that when I lay my prophet Isaiah.
hands on someone, he will receive 29
The Spirit said to Philip,
“Approach that chariot and stay near
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a 8:10 Lit. This man is called it.” 30So Philip ran up to it and heard
b 8:12 Or Christ
c 8:17 Lit.Then they d 8:24 Lit. Pray (pl.)
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him reading the prophet Isaiah out water, and Philipf baptized him.
loud. 8
39
When they came up out of the
Philipa asked, “Do you water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched
understand what you're reading?” Philip away. The eunuch went on his
31
The manb replied, “How can I way rejoicing and did not see Philip g
unless someone guides me?” So he again. 40But Philip found himself at
invited Philip to get in and sit with Azotus. As he was passing through
him. 32This was the passage of that region,h he kept proclaiming the
Scripture he was reading: good news in all the towns until he
“Like a sheep he was led away to came to Caesarea.
Chapter 9
be slaughtered, Saul Becomes a Believer
9
1
and like a lamb is silent before Meanwhile, still spewing death
its shearer, threats against the Lord’s
so he does not open his disciples, Saul went to the high priest.
mouth. 2
He asked him for letters to take with
33
In his humiliation, justice was himi to the synagogues in Damascus,
denied him. so that if he found any men or
Who can describe his women belonging to the Way, he
descendants?c might bring them in chains to
For his life is taken away from Jerusalem.
the earth.”d 3
As Saulj traveled along and was
34
The eunuch asked Philip, “I ask you, approaching Damascus, a light from
who is the prophet talking about? heaven suddenly flashed around him.
4
Himself? Or someone else?” 35Then He dropped to the ground and
Philip began to speak, and, starting heard a voice saying to him, “Saul,
from this Scripture, he told him the Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5
good news about Jesus. He asked, “Who are you,
36
As they were going along the Lord?”k
road, they came to some water. The The voicel said, “I am Jesus,
eunuch said, “Look, there's some whom you are persecuting. 6Now get
water. What keeps me from being up, go into the city, and you will be
baptized?”e 38So he ordered the told what you are to do.”
7
chariot to stop, and Philip and the Meanwhile, the men who were
eunuch both went down into the traveling with Saulm were standing
a 8:30 Lit. He f 8:38 Lit. he

b 8:31 Lit. He g 8:39 Lit. him
c 8:33 Or generation h 8:40 The Gk. lacks the region
d 8:33 Isa 53:7-8 (LXX) i 9:2 The Gk. lacks to take with him
ACTS
e 8:36 Other mss. Read 37Philip said, “If you j 9:3 Lit. he
believe with all your heart, you may.” He k 9:5 Or Sir
replied, “I believe that Jesus the Messiah is l 9:5 Lit. He
the Son of God.” m 9:7 Lit. him
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speechless, for they heard the voice Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on
but didn't see anyone. 8When Saul the road as you were traveling, has
got up off the ground, he couldn't see sent me so that you may see again
anything, even though his eyes were and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18
open. So his companionsa took him All at once something like scales fell
by the hand and led him into from Saul’sd eyes, and he could see
Damascus. 9For three days he again. He got up and was baptized,
19
couldn't see, and he didn't eat or and after eating some food, he felt
drink anything. 7 strong again. For several days he
10
Now in Damascus there was a stayed with the disciples in
disciple named Ananias. The Lord Damascus.
20
said to him in a vision, “Ananias!” He immediately started to
He answered, “Here I am, Lord.” preach about Jesus in the synagogues,
11
The Lord said to him, “Get up, saying, “This is the Son of God.”
21
go to the street called Straight, and in Everyone who heard him was
the home of Judas look for a man astonished and said, “This is the man
from Tarsus named Saul. At this very who harassed those who were calling
moment he is praying. 12He has seen on Jesus’e name in Jerusalem, isn't it?
in a visionb a man named Ananias Didn't he come here to bring them in
come in and lay his hands on him so chains to the high priests?” 22But Saul
he would see again.” grew more and more persuasive, and
13
But Ananias answered, “Lord, I continued to confound the Jews who
have heard many people tell how lived in Damascus by proving that
much evil this man has done to your this man was the Messiah.f
saints in Jerusalem. 14He is here with 23
After several days had gone by,
authority from the high priests to put the Jews plotted to murder Saul,g
in chains all who call on your name.” 24
but their plot became known to
15
But the Lord said to him, “Go, him.h They were even watching the
since he is my chosen instrument to gates day and night to murder him,
carry my name to the gentiles, to 25
but his disciples took him one night
their kings, and to the descendants of and let him down through the city
Israel. 16For I am going to show him wall by lowering him in a basket.
how much he must suffer for my 26
When Sauli arrived in
name's sake.” Jerusalem, he tried to join the
Saul's Sight is Restored disciples, but they all were afraid of
17
So Ananias left and went to him because they wouldn't believe he
that house. He laid his hands on
d 9:18 Lit. his
Saulc and said, “Brother Saul, the e 9:21 Lit. his
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f 9:22 Or Christ
a 9:8 Lit. So they g 9:23 Lit. him
b 9:12 Other mss. lack in a vision h 9:24 Lit. Saul
c 9:17 Lit. on him i 9:26 Lit. he
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was a disciple. 27Barnabas, however, Tabitha is Healed

36
introduced Saula to the apostles, In Joppa there was a disciple
telling them how on the road Saulb named Tabitha,g which in Greek is
had seen the Lord, who had spoken Dorcas.h She was known for her good
to him, and how courageously he had actions and acts of charity that she
spoken in the name of Jesus in was always doing. 37At that time she
Damascus. 28So he freely circulatedc got sick and died. After they had
among them in Jerusalem, speaking washed her, they laid her in an
courageously in the name of the upstairs room. 38Since Lydda was
Lord. 29He kept talking and arguing near Joppa, the disciples heard that
with the Hellenistic Jews, but they Peter was there and sent two men to
were bent on murdering him. 30When him and begged him, “Come here
the brothers found out about the quickly!” 39So Peter got up and went
plot,d they took him down to with them. When he arrived, they
Caesarea and sent him away to took him upstairs. All the widows
Tarsus. gathered around Peter,i crying and
31
So the church throughout showing him all the shirts and coats
Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed Dorcas had made while she was still
peace. As it continued to be built up with them. 9
40
and to live in the fear of the Lord, it Peter made them all go outside.
kept increasing in numbers through After kneeling down, he prayed,
the encouragement of the Holy Spirit. turned to the body, and said,
“Tabitha, get up!” She opened her
Aeneas is Healed
32
eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat
Now when Peter was going
up. 41He extended his hand and
around among all of the disciples,e he helped her get up. Then he called the
also visited the saints living in Lydda. saints, including the widows, and
33
There he found a man named gave her back to them alive. 42What
Aeneas who was paralyzed and had happened became known throughout
been bedridden for eight years. Joppa, and many believed in the
34
Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus the
Lord. 43Meanwhile, Peterj stayed in
Messiahf is healing you. Get up and Joppa for several days with Simon, a
put away your mat!” At once he got leatherworker.
up, 35and all the people who lived in
9
Chapter 10
Lydda and Sharon saw him and Cornelius Has a Vision
10
1
turned to the Lord. Now in Caesarea there was a
man named Cornelius, a cen-
a 9:27 Lit. him
b 9:27 Lit. he
ACTS
c 9:28 Lit. he went in and out g 9:36 Tabitha is Aram. for gazelle.
d 9:30 Lit. about it h 9:36 Dorcas is Gk. for gazelle.
e 9:32 Lit. all of them i 9:39 Lit. him
f 9:34 Or Christ j 9:43 Lit. he
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turiona in what was known as the while the foodh was being prepared,
Italian Regiment. 2He was a devout he fell into a trance 11and saw heaven
man who feared God, as did open and something like a large linen
everyone in his home. He gave many sheet coming down, being lowered
gifts to the poor among the people by its four corners to the ground. 12In
and always prayed to God. 1 it were all kinds of four-footed
3
One day about three in the animals, reptiles, and birds of the
afternoonb he had a vision and air.10
clearly saw an angel of God coming 13
Then a voice told him,i “Get
to him and saying to him, up, Peter! Kill something and eat it.”
14
“Cornelius!” But Peter said, “Absolutely not,
4
He stared at the angelc in terror Lord, for I have never eaten anything
and asked, “What is it, Lord?” that is common or unclean!”
15
The angeld answered him, “Your Again the voice came to him a
prayers and your gifts to the poor second time, “You must stop calling
have arisen as a remindere to God. unclean what God has made clean.”
16
5
Send men now to Joppa and sum- This happened three times. Then
mon Simon, who is called Peter. 6He the sheetj was quickly taken back into
is a guest of Simon, a leatherworker, heaven.
17
whose house is by the sea.” While Peter was still at a loss to
7
When the angel who had know what the vision he had seen
spoken to him had gone, Cornelius f could mean, the men sent by
summoned two of his household Cornelius asked for Simon's house
servants and a devout soldier, one of and went to the gate. 18They called
those who served him regularly. 8He out and asked if Simon who was
explained everything to them and called Peter was staying there. 19Peter
sent them to Joppa.7 was still thinking about the vision
when the Spirit said to him, “Look!
Peter Has a Vision Three men are looking for you. 20Get
9
Around noong the next day, up, go downstairs, and don't hesitate
while they were on their way and to go with them, for I have sent
coming close to the town, Peter went them.”
up on the roof to pray. 10He became 21
So Peter went to the men and
very hungry and wanted to eat, and said, “I'm the man you're looking for.
Why are you here?”
22
The men replied, “Cornelius, a
a 10:1 A Roman centurion commanded about
centurion and an upright and God-
100 men.
b 10:3 Lit. About the ninth hour of the day fearing man who is respected by the
c 10:4 Lit. at him
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d 10:4 Lit. He
e 10:4 Or memorial h 10:10 Lit. it
f 10:7 Lit. he i 10:13 Lit. came to him
g 10:9 Lit. About the sixth hour j 10:16 Lit. the vessel
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whole Jewish nation, was instructed messengersd to Joppa and summon

by a holy angel to send for you to Simon, who is called Peter, to come to
come to his home to hear what you you. He is a guest in the home of
have to say.” Simon, a leatherworker, by the sea.’
23
So Petera welcomed them as 33
So I sent for you immediately, and it
his guests. The next day he got up was good of you to come. All of us
and went with them, and some of the are here now in the presence of God
brothers from Joppa went along with to listen to everything the Lord has
him. ordered you to say.”
34
Then Peter began to speak:
Peter Speaks with Cornelius
24 “Now I understand that God shows
The next day they arrived in
no partiality. 35Indeed, whoever fears
Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting
him and does what is right is
them and had called his relatives and
acceptable to him in any nation. 36He
close friends together. 25When Peter
has sent his word to the descendants
was about to enter, Cornelius met
of Israel and brought them the good
him, bowed down at his feet, and
news of peace through Jesus the
began to worship him. 26But Peter
Messiah.e This man is the Lord of
made him get up, saying, “Stand up!
everyone. 37You know what hap-
I, too, am only a man.”
pened throughout Judea, beginning
27
As Peterb talked with him, he in Galilee after the baptism that John
went in and found that many people preached. 38God anointed Jesus of
had gathered. 28He said to them, Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and
“You understand how wrong it is for with power, and because God was
a Jew to associate or visit with a with him, he went around doing
gentile. But God has shown me that I good and healing everyone who was
should stop calling anyone common oppressed by the devil. 39We are
or unclean, 29and that is why I didn't witnesses of everything Jesusf did in
hesitate when I was sent for. Now
the land of the Jews, including
may I ask why you sent for me?”28 Jerusalem.
30
Cornelius replied, “Four days
“They hung him on a tree and
ago at this very hour, three o'clock in
killed him, 40but God raised him on
the afternoon,c I was praying in my
the third day and allowed him to
home. All at once a man in radiant
appear— 41not to all the people, but
clothes stood in front of me 31and
said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been to us who were chosen by God to be
heard. God has remembered your witnesses and who ate and drank
gifts to the poor 32so send with him after he rose from the dead.
42
He also ordered us to preach to the
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a 10:23 Lit. he d 10:32 The Gk. lacks messengers

b 10:27 Lit. he e 10:36 Or Christ
c 10:30 Lit. the ninth hour f 10:39 Lit. he
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people and to testify solemnly that went to uncircumcised men and ate
this is the one appointed by God to with them!”
4
be the judge of the living and the Then Peter began to explain to
dead. 43All the prophets testify to this: them point by point what had
everyone who believes in Jesusa happened. He said, 5“I was in the
receives forgiveness of sins through town of Joppa praying when in a
his name.” 42 trance I saw a vision: Something like
a large linen sheet descended down
The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit from heaven, lowered by its four
44
While Peter was still making corners, and it came right down to
this statement, the Holy Spirit fell on me. 6When I examined it closely, I
all the people who were listening to saw four-footed animals of the earth,
his message. 45Then the circumcised wild animals, reptiles, and birds of
believers who had come with Peter the air. 7I also heard a voice telling
were amazed that the gift of the Holy me, ‘Get up, Peter! Kill something
Spirit had been poured out on the and eat it.’ 8But I replied, ‘Absolutely
gentiles, too. 46For they heard them not, Lord, for nothing common or
speaking in tongues and praising unclean has ever entered my mouth!’
9
God. 45
Then the voice from heaven
Then Peter said, 47“No one can answered a second time, ‘You must
stop us from using water to baptize stop calling common what God has
these people who have received the made clean!’ 10This happened three
Holy Spirit in the same way that we times. Then everything was pulled
back up to heaven.
did, can they?”b 48So Peterc ordered 11
“At that very moment three
them to be baptized in the name of
men arrived at the house where we
Jesus the Messiah.d Then they asked
were staying. They had been sent to
him to stay there for several days. 10
me from Caesarea. 12The Spirit told

me to go with them without
Chapter 11
Peter Reports to the Church in

Jerusalem hesitating. These six brothers went
11
1
Now the apostles and the with me, too, and we entered the
brothers who were in Judea house of the man from Caesarea.f
13
heard that the gentiles had also Then he told us how he had seen an
accepted the word of God. 2But when angel standing in his home and
Peter went up to Jerusalem, those saying, ‘Send messengersg to Joppa
who emphasized circumcisione and summon Simon, who is called
3
disagreed with him. They said, “You Peter. 14He will discuss with you how
you and your entire household will
a 10:43 Lit. him be saved.’
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b 10:47 Lit. he
c 10:48 Lit. he
d10:48 Or Christ f 11:12 The Gk. lacks from Caesarea
e 11:2 Lit. those of the circumcision g 11:13 The Gk. lacks messengers
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15
“When I began to speak, the good man, full of the Holy Spirit and
Holy Spirit fell on them just as he was faith. And so a large number of
first given to us. 16Then I remembered people was brought to the Lord.
25
what the Lord had said: ‘John Then Barnabas left for Tarsus
baptized witha water, but you will be to look for Saul. 26When he found
baptized withb the Holy Spirit.’ him, he brought him to Antioch, and
17
Now if God gave them the same gift for a whole year they were guests of
that he gave us when we believed in the church and taught many people.
It was in Antioch that the disciples
the Lord Jesus, the Messiah,c who
were first called Christians.
was I to try to stop God?”16 27
At that time some prophets
11
18
When they heard this, they
from Jerusalem came down to
calmed down, and praised God,
Antioch. 28One of them named
saying, “So God has given repentance
Agabus got up and predicted by the
that leads to life even to gentiles.” Spirit that there would be a severe
The New Church in Antioch famine all over the world. This
19
Now the people who were happened during the reign of
scattered by the persecution that Claudius. 29So all of the disciples
started because of Stephen went as decided they would send a
far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and contribution to the brothers living in
Antioch, speaking the word to no one Judea, as they were able, 30by sending
except Jews. 20But among them were it throughf Barnabas and Saul to the
some men from Cyprus and Cyrene, elders.
who came to Antioch and began
Chapter 12
An Angel Frees Peter from Prison
12
proclaiming the Lord Jesus even to 1
About that time, Herod
the Hellenistic Jews.d 21The hand of arrested some people who
the Lord was with them, and a large belonged to the church and
number of people believed and mistreated them. 2He even had James
turned to the Lord. the brother of John killed with a
22
When the church in Jerusalem sword. 3When he saw how this was
heard this news, they sent Barnabas agreeable to the Jews, he proceeded
all the way to Antioch. 23When he to arrest Peter, too. This happened
arrived, he rejoiced to see what the during the Festival of Unleavened
grace of God had done,e and with Bread. 4When he arrested Peter,
hearty determination he kept Herodg put him in prison and turned
encouraging all of them to remain him over to four squads of soldiers to
faithful to the Lord. 24For he was a guard him, planning to bring him out
to the people after Passover season.h
5
a 11:16 Or in So Peter was kept in prison, but
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b 11:16 Or in
c 11:17 Or Christ f 11:30 Lit. sending by the hand of
d 11:20 Other mss. read to the Greeks g 12:4 Lit. arrested him, he
e 11:23 Lit. to see the grace of God h 12:4 The Gk. lacks season
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earnest prayer to God for him was were praying. 13When he knocked at
being offered by the assembly.a the outer gate, a servant-girl named
6
That very night, before Herod Rhoda came to answer it. 14On
was going to bring him out, Peter, recognizing Peter's voice, she was so
bound with two chains, was sleeping overjoyed that she didn't open the
between two soldiers, and guards in gate but ran back inside and
front of the door were watching the announced that Peter was standing at
prisoners. 7Suddenly an angel of the the gate. 15The other peoplef said to
Lord appeared and a light shone in her, “You're out of your mind!” But
the cell. He tapped Peter on his side, she kept insisting that it was so. Then
woke him up, and said, “Get up they said, “It's his angel.”
16
quickly!” His chains fell from his Meanwhile, Peter kept on
wrists. 8Then the angel said to him, knocking and knocking. When they
“Tuck in your shirt and put on your opened the gate, they saw him and
sandals!” He did this. Then the angelb were amazed. 17He motioned to them
told him, “Put on your coat and with his hand to be quiet, and then
follow me!” 9So Peterc went out and he told them how the Lord had
began to follow him, not realizing brought him out of the prison. He
that what was being done by the added, “Tell this to James and the
angel was real; he thought he was brothers.” Then he left and went
seeing a vision. 10They passed the first somewhere else. 12
18
guard, then the second, and came to When morning came, there
the iron gate that led into the city. It was a great commotion among the
opened by itself for them, and they soldiers as to what had become of
went outside and proceeded one Peter. 19Herod searched for him but
block when the angel suddenly left didn't find him, so he questioned the
him. 6
guards and ordered them to be
11
Then Peter came to himself and executed. Then he left Judea, went
said, “Now I'm sure that the Lord has down to Caesarea, and stayed there
sent his angel and rescued me from d for a while.
Herod and from everything the The Death of Herod
Jewish people were expecting!” 20
Now Herod had been in a
12
When Petere realized what had violent quarrel with the people of
happened, he went to the house of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him
Mary, the mother of John who was as a group. After they had won over
also called Mark, where a large Blastus, who oversaw security g for
number of people had gathered and the king's sleeping quarters, they
asked for a peace agreement because
a 12:5 Or church
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b 12:8 Lit. he their country depended on the king's

c 12:9 Lit. he
d 12:11 Lit. from the hands of f 12:15 Lit. They
e 12:12 Lit. he g 12:20 The Gk. lacks security
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country for food. 21Therefore, at a set an intelligent man. He sent for

time Herod put on his royal robes, sat Barnabas and Saul because he
down on the royal seat, and made a wanted to hear the word of God. 8But
speech to them. 22The people kept Elymas the occult practitioner (that is
shouting, “This is the voice of a god, the meaning of his name) continued
not of a man!” 23Immediately the to oppose them and tried to turn the
angel of the Lord struck him down proconsul away from the faith.6
because he did not give glory to God, 9
But Saul, also known asb Paul,
and he was eaten by worms and died. filled with the Holy Spirit, looked
24
But the word of God continued to him straight in the eye 10and said,
grow and spread. “You are full of every form of
25
When Barnabas and Saul had deception and trickery, you son of
fulfilled their mission, they returned the devil, you enemy of all that is
toa Jerusalem, bringing with them right! You will never stop perverting
John who was also called Mark. the straight ways of the Lord, will
Chapter 13
you? 11Thec Lord is against you now,

Barnabas and Saul Travel to Cyprus
and you will be blind and unable to
13
1
Now Barnabas, Simeon called
see the sun for a while!” At that
Niger, Lucius from Cyrene,
moment a dark mist came over him,
Manaen, who grew up with Herod
and he went around looking for
the tetrarch, and Saul were prophets
someone to lead him by the hand.
and teachers in the church at Antioch. 12
2 When the proconsul saw what had
While they were worshiping the
happened, he believed, for he was
Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,
astonished at the Lord's teaching.
“Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me
to do the work for which I called Paul and Barnabas Go to Antioch in
them.” 3Then they fasted and prayed, Pisidia
13
laid their hands on them, and let Then Paul and his men set sail
them go. 4After they had been sent from Paphos and arrived in Perga in
out by the Holy Spirit, they went to Pamphylia. But John left them and
Seleucia and from there sailed to went back to Jerusalem. 14They left
Cyprus. 5Arriving in Salamis, they Perga and arrived in Antioch in
began to preach God's word in the Pisidia. On the Sabbath day they
Jewish synagogues. They also had went into the synagogue and sat
John to help them. down. 15After the reading of the Law
6
They went through the whole and the Prophets, the synagogue
island as far as Paphos, where they leaders asked them,d “Brothers, if you
found a Jewish occult practitioner have any message of encouragement e
and false prophet named Bar-jesus.
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7
He was associated with the b 13:9 Lit. who was also
proconsul Sergius Paulus, who was c 13:11 Lit. The hand of the
d 13:15 Lit. sent to them
a 12:25 Other mss. read from e 13:15 Or word of exhortation
231
for the people, you may speak.” people in Israel. 25When John
16
Then Paul stood up, motioned was finishing his work, he said,
with his hand, and said: ‘Who do you think I am? I am
“Men of Israel and you who not the Messiah.g No, but he is
fear God, listen! 17The God of this coming after me, and I am not
people Israel chose our ancestors worthy to untie the sandals on
and made them a great people his feet.’
26
during their stay in the land of “My brothers, descendants
Egypt, and with a public display of Abraham's family, and those
among you who fear God, it is to
of powera he led them out of
there. 18After he had put up ush that the message of this
salvation has been sent. 27For the
withb them for 40 years in the
people who live in Jerusalem
wilderness, 19he destroyed seven
and their leaders, not knowing
nations in the land of Canaan.
Then God gave their land to the who Jesusi was, condemned him
and so fulfilled the words of the
Israelitesc as an inheritance 20for
prophets that are read every
about 450 years.
Sabbath. 28Although they found
17
“After that, he gave them

no reason to sentence him to
judges until the time of the
death, they asked Pilate to have
prophet Samuel. 21When they
him executed. 29When they had
demanded a king, God gave
finished doing everything that
them Kish’s son Saul, from the
was written about him, they took
tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.
him down from the tree and
22
Then Godd removed Saule and
placed him in a tomb. 30But God
made David their king, about
raised him from the dead, 31and
whom he testified, ‘I have found
for many days he appeared to
that David, the son of Jesse, is a
those who had come with him to
man after my own heart, who
Jerusalem from Galilee. These are
will carry out all my wishes.’f 23It now his witnesses to the people.
was from this man's descendants 32
We are telling you the good
that God, as he promised, news: What God promised our
brought to Israel a Savior, who is ancestors 33he has fulfilled for us,
Jesus. 24Before Jesus’ appearance, their descendants, by raising
John had already preached a Jesus. As it is written in the
baptism of repentance to all the second Psalm, ‘You are my Son.
Today I have become your
a 13:17 Lit. with an uplifted arm
b 13:18 Other mss. read nourished
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c 13:19 Lit. to them

d 13:22 Lit. But he g 13:25 Lit. one
e 13:22 Lit. him h 13:26 Other mss. read to you
f 13:22 Ps 89:20; 1 Sam 13:14 i 13:26 Lit. he
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Father.’a 34Godb raised him from to tell them the same things the next
the dead, never to experience Sabbath. 43When the meeting of the
decay, as he said, ‘I will give you synagogue broke up, many Jews and
the holy promises made to devout converts to Judaism followed
David.’c 35In another Psalmd he Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking
says, ‘You will not let your Holy to them and urging them to continue
One experience decay.’e 36For in the grace of God.
44
David, after he had served God's The next Sabbath almost the
purpose in his own generation, whole town gathered to hear the
diedf and was buried with his word of the Lord.i 45But when the
ancestors, and so he experienced Jews saw the crowds, they were filled
with jealousy and began to object to
decay. 37However, the man
the statements made by Paul and
whom God raised did not
even to abuse him.
experience decay. 46
38 Then Paul and Barnabas boldly
“Therefore, brothers, you
declared, “We had to speak God's
must understand that through
word to you first, but since you reject
him the forgiveness of sins is
it and consider yourselves unworthy
proclaimed to you, 39and that
of eternal life, we are now going to
everyone who believes in him is
turn to the gentiles. 47For that is what
justified and freed from
the Lord ordered us to do: ‘I have
everything that kept you from
made you a light to the gentiles to be
being justified by the law of
the means of salvation to the very
Moses. 40So be careful that what
ends of the earth.’”j
the prophets said does not
13
48
When the gentiles heard this,
happen to you:
they began rejoicing and glorifying
41
‘Look, you mockers! the word of the Lord. Meanwhile, all
Be amazed and die! who had been destined to eternal life
For I am performing an action in your believed, 49and the word of the Lord
days, began to spread throughout the
one that you would not believe whole region. 4813
even if someone told you!’”g 50

But the Jews stirred up devout
women of high social standing and
42
As Paul and Barnabash were
the officials in the city, started a
leaving, the people kept urging them
persecution against Paul and
Barnabas, and drove them out of
a 13:33 Ps 2:7 their territory. 51So Paul and
b 13:34 Lit. He Barnabask shook the dust off their
c 13:34 Isa 55:3 (LXX)
feet in protest against them and went
d 13:35 The Gk. lacks Psalm
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e 13:35 Ps 16:10 (LXX)

f 13:36 Lit. fell asleep i 13:44 Other mss. read of God
g 13:41 Hab 1:5 (LXX) j 13:47 Isa 49:6
h 13:42 Lit. As they k 13:51 Lit. So they
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10
to Iconium. 52Meanwhile, the disciples he said in a loud voice, “Stand up
continued to be full of joy and the straight on your feet!” Then the mand
Holy Spirit. 51 jumped up and began to walk.
11
Chapter 14
When the crowds saw what

Paul and Barnabas in Iconium
Paul had done, they shouted in the
14
1
In Iconium Paul and Barna-
Lycaonian language, “The gods have
busa went into the Jewish syn-
become like men and have come
agogue and spoke in such a way that
down to us!” 12They began to call
a great number of both Jews and
Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes,
Greeks believed. 2But the Jews who
because he was the main speaker.
refused to believe stirred up the 13
The priest of the temple of Zeus,
gentiles and poisoned their minds
which was just outside the city,
against the brothers. 3They stayed
brought bulls and garlands to the
there a considerable time and
gates. He and the crowds wanted to
continued to speak boldly for the
offer sacrifices.
Lord, who kept affirming his word of 14
But when the apostles Barna-
grace and granting signs and
bas and Paul heard of it, they tore
wonders to be done by them. 4But the
their clothes and rushed out into the
people of the city were divided. Some
crowd, shouting, 15“Men, why are
were with the Jews, while others
you doing this? We are merely
were with the apostles.
human beings with natures like
2
5
Now when an attempt was
yours. We are telling you the good
made by both gentiles and Jews,
news so you’ll turn from these
along with their authorities, to mis-
worthless things to the living God,
treat and stone them, 6Paul and
who made heaven and earth, the sea,
Barnabusb found out about it and
and everything in them.e 16In past
fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra
generations he allowed all the nations
and Derbe and to the surrounding
to go their own ways, 17yet he has not
territory. 7There they kept telling the
abandoned his witness: he continues
good news.
to do good, to give you rain from
Paul and Barnabas in Lystra heaven, to give youf fruitful seasons,
8
Now in Lystra there was a man to fill you with food and your hearts
sitting down who couldn't use his with joy.” 18Even by saying this, it
feet. He had been crippled from birth was all Paul and Barnabusg could do
and had never walked. 9He was to keep the crowds from offering
listening to Paul as he spoke. Paulc sacrifices to them.
watched him closely, and when he
saw that he had faith to be healed,
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d 14:10 Lit. he
a 14:1 Lit. Iconium, they e 14:15 Ex. 20:11; Psa 146:6
b 14:6 Lit. them, 6they f 14:17 The Gk. lacks to give you
c 14:9 Lit. He g 14:18 Lit. all they
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Chapter 15
Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch Controversy about the Law

in Syria
15
1
Then some men came down
19
But some Jews came from from Judea and started to teach
Antioch and Iconium and won over the brothers, “Unless you are
the crowds by persuasion. They circumcised according to the law of
stoned Paul and dragged him out of Moses, you can't be saved.” 2Paul and
the town, thinking he was dead. 20But Barnabas had quite a dispute and
the disciples formed a circle around argument with them. So Paul and
him, and he got up and went back to Barnabas and some of the others
town. The next day he went on with were appointed to go up to Jerusalem
Barnabas to Derbe. to confer with the apostles and elders
21
As they were proclaiming the about this question. 3They were sent
good news in that city, they discipled on their way by the church, and as
a large number of people. Then they they were going through Phoenecia
went back to Lystra, Iconium, and and Samaria they told of the
Antioch, 22strengthening the disciples conversion of the gentiles and
and encouraging them to continue in brought great joy to all the brothers.
the faith, saying, “We must endure 4
When they arrived in Jerusalem,
many hardships to get into the they were welcomed by the church,
kingdom of God.” 23Paul and the apostles, and the elders, and they
Barnabusa appointed elders for them reported everything that God had
in each church, and with prayer and done through them. 5But some
fasting they entrusted them to the believers from the party of the
Lord in whom they had believed. Pharisees stood up and said, “The
24
Then they passed through Pisidia gentilesc must be circumcised and
and came to Pamphylia. 25They spoke ordered to keep the law of Moses.”
the wordb in Perga and went down 6
So the apostles and the elders
to Attalia. 26From there they sailed met to look into this claim. 7After a
back to Antioch, where they had been lengthy debate, Peter stood up and
entrusted to the grace of God for the said to them, “Brothers, you know
work they had completed. 27When that in the early days God chose me
they arrived, they called the church to be the one among you through
together and told them everything whom the gentiles would hear the
that God had done with them and message of the gospel and believe.
how he had opened a door so that 8
God, who knows everyone's heart,
gentiles would believe. 28Then they showed them he approved by giving
spent a long time with the disciples. them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to
us. 9He made no distinction between
them and us, because of their faith-
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cleansed hearts. 10So why do you test

a 14:23 Lit. They
b 14:25 Other mss. read the word of the Lord;
still other mss. read the word of God c 15:5 Lit. They
235
God by putting on the disciples’ neck from things polluted by idols, from
a yoke that neither our ancestors nor sexual immorality, from anything
we could carry? 11We certainly believe strangled,e and from blood.f 21After
that it is through the grace of the all, Moses has had people to proclaim
Lord Jesus, the Messiah,a that we are him in every city for generations, and
saved, just as they are.” 10
15
on every Sabbath his books areg read
12
The whole crowd was silent as aloud in the synagogues.”
they listened to Barnabas and Paul
The Reply of the Church
tell about all the signs and wonders 22
Then the apostles, the elders,
that God had done through them
and the whole church decided to
among the gentiles. 13After Paul and
choose some of their men to send
Barnabusb had finished speaking,
with Paul and Barnabas to Antioch.
James responded, “Brothers, listen to
These were Judas, who was called
me: 14Simeonc has explained how Barsabbas, and Silas, who were
God first showed his concern for the leaders among the brothers. 23They
gentiles by taking from among them
wrote this letter for them to deliver:h
a people for his name. 15This agrees
with the words of the prophets. As it “From:i The apostles and the
is written, 14
elders, your brothers
16 To: Their gentile brothers in
‘“After this, I will come back
Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.
and set up David's fallen tent
again. Greetings. 24We have heard that
I will restore its ruined places some men, coming from us
and set it up again without instructions from us,
17
so that the rest of the people may have said things to trouble you
search for the Lord, and have unsettled you.j 25So we
including all the gentiles who have unanimously decided to
are called by my name,” choose men and send them to
declares the Lord. you with our dear Barnabas and
‘He is the one who has been doing Paul, 26who have risked their
these things lives for the sake of our Lord
18
that have been known from Jesus, the Messiah.k 27We have
long ago.’d therefore sent Judas and Silas to
19
Therefore, I have decided that we
should not trouble these gentiles who e 15:20 Other mss. lack from anything
are turning to God. 20Instead, we strangled
f 15:20 I.e. uncooked meat
should write to them to keep away g 15:21 Lit. Sabbath he is
h 15:23 Lit. They wrote through their hand
ACTS
a 15:11 Or Christ i 15:23 The Gk. lacks From

b 15:13 Lit. After they j 15:24 Other mss. read you by saying, ‘You
c 15:14 I.e. Simon Peter must be circumcised and keep the law.’
d 15:18 Amos 9:11-12; Isa 45:21 k 15:26 Or Christ
236
tell you the same things by word it was right to take along the man
of mouth. 28For it seemed good who had deserted them in Pamphylia
to the Holy Spirit and to us not and who had not gone with them
to place on you any burden but into the work. 39The disagreement
these essential requirements: 29to was so sharp that they parted ways.
keep away from food sacrificed Barnabas took Mark and sailed to
to idols, from blood,a from Cyprus, 40while Paul chose Silas and
anything strangled, and from left after the brothers had entrusted
sexual immorality. If you avoid him to the grace of the Lord.e 41He
these things, you will do well. went through Syria and Cilicia and
Goodbye.” strengthened the churches.
30
Chapter 16
So the men were sent on their Timothy Joins Paul in Lystra

way and arrived in Antioch. They
16 Paulf also went to Derbe and
1
gathered the congregation together Lystra, where there was a

and delivered the letter. 31When the disciple named Timothy, the son of a
peopleb read it, they were pleased believing Jewish wife whose husband
with how the letter encouraged them. was a Greek. 2Timothyg was highly
32
Then Judas and Silas, who were also regarded by the brothers in Lystra
prophets, said a lot to encourage and and Iconium. 3Paul wanted this man
strengthen the brothers. 33After to go with him, so he took him and
staying there for some time, they had him circumcised because of the
were sent back with a greeting c from Jews who lived in that region,
the brothers to those who had sent because everyone knew that
them.d 35Both Paul and Barnabas Timothy’sh father was a Greek. 4As
remained in Antioch to teach and they went from town to town, they
proclaim the word of the Lord, as did delivered the decisions reached by
many others. 15
the apostles and elders in Jerusalem
Paul and Barnabas Disagree for them to obey. 5So the churches
36
A few days later, Paul said to continued to be strengthened in the
Barnabas, “Let's go back and visit the faith and to increase in numbers
brothers in every town where we every day.4
proclaimed the word of the Lord and Paul Has a Vision
see how they're doing.” 37Barnabas 6
Because they had been
wanted to take along John, who was prevented by the Holy Spirit from
called Mark, 38but Paul did not think speaking the word in Asia, Paul and
Timothyi went through the region of
a 15:29 I.e. uncooked meat
b 15:31 Lit. they e 15:40 Other mss. read of God
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c 15:33 Lit. sent back with peace f 16:1 Lit. He

d 15:33 Other mss. read sent them. 34But it g 16:2 Lit. He
seemed good to Silas to remain there, and h 16:3 Lit. that his
Judas went back alone. i 16:6 Lit. Then they
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Phrygia and Galatia. 7They went as am a believer in the Lord, come and
far as Mysia and tried to enter stay at my home.” And she continued
Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did to insist that we do so.
not permit them, 8so they bypassed
The Fortune Teller
Mysia and went down to Troas. 16
9 Once, as we were going to the
During the night Paul had a vision.
place of prayer, we met a slave girl
A man from Macedonia was standing
who had a spirit of fortune-telling
there and pleading with him, “Come
and who had brought her owners a
over to Macedonia and help us!” 10As
great deal of money by predicting the
soon as he had seen the vision, we
future. 17She would follow Paul and
immediately looked for a way to go
us and shout, “These men are
to Macedonia, because we were
servants of the Most High God and
convinced that God had called us to
are proclaiming to youe a way of
tell the people therea the good news.6
salvation!”
18
Paul and Silas in Philippi She kept doing this for many
11
Sailing from Troas, we went days until Paul became annoyed,
straight to Samothrace, the next day turned to herf and said to the spirit, “I
to Neapolis, 12and from there to command you in the name of Jesus
Philippi, an important city of the the Messiahg to come out of her!”
districtb of Macedonia and a Romanc And it came out that very moment.h
colony. We were in this city for 19
When her owners realized that
several days. their hope of making money was
13
On the Sabbath day we went gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas
out the city gate and walkedd along and dragged them before the
the river, where we thought there authorities in the public square.i
was a place of prayer. We sat down 20
They brought them before the
and began talking to the women who magistrates and said, “These men are
had gathered there. 14A woman stirring up a lot of trouble in our city.
named Lydia, from the city of They are Jews 21and are advocating
Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, customs that we are not allowed to
was listening to us. She was a accept or practice as Romans.”
worshiper of God, and the Lord 22
The crowd joined in the attack
opened her heart to listen carefully to against them. Then the magistrates
what was being said by Paul. 15When had Paul and Silasj stripped of their
she and her family were baptized, she clothes and ordered them beaten
urged us, “If you are convinced that I
e 16:17 Other mss. read us
a 16:10 Lit. tell them f 16:18 The Gk. lacks to her
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b 16:12 Other mss. read a city of the first g 16:18 Or Christ

district h 16:18 Lit. that hour
c 16:12 The Gk. lacks Roman i 16:19 Or in the marketplace
d 16:13 the Gk. lacks walked j 16:22 Lit. had them
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with rods. 23After giving them a thrilled, as was his household, to

severe beating, they threw them in believe in God.
35
jail and ordered the jailer to keep When day came, the
them under tight security. 24Having magistrates sent guards, who
received these orders, he put them commanded, “Release those men.”
36
into the inner cell and fastened their The jailer reported these words
feet in leg irons. to Paul, and added, “The magistrates
25
Around midnight, Paul and have sent word to release you. So
Silas were praying and singing come out now and go in peace.”
hymns to God, and the other 37
But Paul told the guards,d “The
prisoners were listening to them. magistratese have had us beaten
26
Suddenly, there was an earthquake publicly without a trial and have
so violent that the foundations of the thrown us into jail, even though we
prison were shaken. All the doors are Roman citizens. Now are they
immediately flew open, and going to throw us out secretly?
everyone's chains were unfastened. Certainly not! Have them come and
27
When the jailer woke up and escort us out.”
saw the prison doors wide open, he 38
The guards reported these
drew his sword and was about to kill words to the magistrates, and they
himself, since he thought the became afraid when they heard that
prisoners had escaped. 28But Paul Paul and Silasf were Roman citizens.
shouted in a loud voice, “Don't hurt 39
So the magistratesg came,
yourself, because we are all here!” apologized to them, and escorted
29
The jailera asked for torches them out. Then they asked them to
and rushed inside. Trembling as he leave the city. 40Leaving the jail, Paul
knelt in front of Paul and Silas, 30he
and Silash went to Lydia's house.
took them outside and asked, “Sirs,
They saw the brothers, encouraged
what must I do to be saved?”
31
them, and then left.
They answered, “Believe on the Chapter 17
Lord Jesus, and you and your family Paul and Silas in Thessalonica
will be saved.” 32Then they spoke the
17 Paul and Silasi traveled
1
word of the Lordb to him and through Amphipolis and

everyone in his home. Apollonia and came to Thessalonica,
33
At that hour of the night he where there was a Jewish synagogue.
took them and washed their wounds. 2
As usual, Paul entered there and on
Then he and his entire family were three Sabbaths discussed the
baptized immediately. 34He brought
Paul and Silasc upstairs into his house
d 16:37 Lit. told them
and set food before them. He was e 16:37 Lit. They
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f 16:38 Lit. that they

a 16:29 Lit. He g 16:39 Lit. So they
b 16:32 Other mss. read of God h 16:40 Lit. jail, they
c 16:34 Lit. brought them i 17:1 Lit. They
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Scriptures with them. 3He explained than those in Thessalonica. They

and showed them that the Messiaha were very willing to receive the
had to suffer and rise from the dead: message, and every day they care-
“This very Jesus whom I proclaim to fully examined the Scriptures to see if
you is the Messiah.”b2 those things were so. 12Many of them
4
Some of them were persuaded believed, including a large number of
and began to be associated with Paul prominent Greek women and men.
13
and Silas, especially a large crowd of But when the Jews in Thessa-
devout Greeks and the wives of lonica found out that the word of
many prominent men. 5But the Jews God had been proclaimed by Paul
became jealous, and they took some also in Berea, they went there to
contemptible characters who used to upset and incite the crowds. 14Then
hang out in the public square,c the brothers immediately sent Paul
formed a mob, and started a riot in away to the coast, but Silas and
the city. They attacked Jason's home Timothy stayed there.
and searched it for Paul and Silas in Paul in Athens
order to bring them out to the people. 15
The men who escorted Paul
6
When they didn't find them, they took him all the way to Athens and,
dragged Jason and some other after receiving instructions to have
brothers before the city officials and Silas and Timothy join him as soon as
shouted, “These fellows who have possible, they left. 16While Paul was
turned the world upside down have waiting for them in Athens, his spirit
come here, too, 7and Jason has was deeply disturbed to see the city
welcomed them as his guests. All of full of idols. 17So he began holding
them oppose the emperor's decrees discussions in the synagogue with the
by saying that there is another king— Jews and other worshipers, as well as
Jesus!”4 every day in the public squared with
8
The crowd and the city officials anyone who happened to be there.
were upset when they heard this, 18
Some Epicurean and Stoic
9
but after they had gotten a bond philosophers also debated with him.
from Jason and the others they let Some asked, “What is this
them go. blabbermouth trying to say?” while
Paul and Silas in Berea others said, “He seems to be
10
That night the brothers preaching about foreign gods.” This
immediately sent Paul and Silas away was because Paule was telling the
to Berea. When they arrived, they good news about Jesus and the
went into the Jewish synagogue. resurrection.
19
11
These people were more receptive Then they took him, brought
him before the Areopagus,f and
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a 17:3 Or Christ d 17:17 Or in the marketplace

b 17:3 Or Christ e 17:18 Lit. because he
c 17:5 Or in the marketplace f 17:19 I.e. the city council
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asked, “May we know what this new we are God's children, we shouldn't
teaching of yours is? 20It sounds think that the divine being is like
rather strange to our ears, and we gold, silver, or stone, or is an image
would like to know what it means.” carved by humans using their own
21
Now all the Athenians and the imagination and skill. 30Though God
foreigners living there used to spend has overlooked those times of
their time doing nothing else other ignorance, he now commands every-
than listening to the latest ideas or one everywhere to repent, 31because
repeating them. he has set a day when he is going to
22
So Paul stood up in front of the judge the world with justicef through
Areopagusa and said, “Men of a man whom he has appointed. He
Athens, I see that you are very has given proof of this to everyone by
religious in every way. 23For as I was raising him from the dead.”
walking around and looking closely 32
When they heard about a
at the objects you worship, I even resurrection of the dead, some began
found an altar with this written on it: joking about it, while others said,
‘To an unknown god.’ So I am telling “We will hear you again about this.”
you about the unknown object you 33
And so Paul left the meeting.g
worship. 24The God who made the 34
Some men joined him and became
world and everything in it is the Lord believers. With them were Dionysius,
of heaven and earth. He doesn't live who was a member of the Areo-
in shrines made by human hands, pagus,h a woman named Damaris,
25
and he isn't served by people b as if and some others along with them. 17
he needed anything. He himself gives Chapter 18
everyone life, breath, and everything Paul in Corinth
18 After this, Pauli left Athens

1
else. 26From one manc he made every
nation of humanity to live all over the and went to Corinth. 2There
earth, fixing the seasons of the year he found a Jew named Aquila, a
and the national boundaries within native of Pontus, who had recently
which they live, 27so that they might come from Italy with his wife Priscilla
look for God,d somehow reach for because Claudius had ordered all the
him, and find him. Of course, he is Jews to leave Rome. Paulj went to
never far from any one of us. 28For we visit them, 3and because they had the
live, move, and exist because of him, same trade he stayed with them.
as some of your own poets have said: They worked together because they
‘For we are his children, too.’e 29So if were tentmakers by trade. 4Every
Stoic (3rd century BC) used almost identical

a 17:22 I.e. the city council language.
b 17:25 Lit. hands f 17:31 Or in righteousness
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c 17:26 Other mss. read From one blood g 17:33 Lit. went out from the middle of them
d 17:27 Other mss. read for the Lord h 17:34 I.e. the city council
e 17:28 Phainomena (5) by Aratus, a poet of i 18:1 Lit. he
Cicilian origin (3rd century BC). Cleanthes the j 18:2 Lit. He
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Sabbath he would speak in the worship God in ways that are

synagogue, trying to persuade both contrary to the law.”
Jews and Greeks. 5But when Silas and 14
Paul was about to speak when
Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Gallio admonished the Jews, “If there
Paul devoted himself entirely to the were some misdemeanor or crime
worda as he emphatically assured the involved, it would be reasonable to
Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.b 6But put up with you Jews. 15But since it is
when they began to oppose him and a question about words, names, and
insult him, he shook out his clothes in your own law, you will have to take
protest and told them, “Your blood be care of that yourselves. I refuse to be
on your own heads! I am innocent. a judge in these matters.” 16So he
From now on I will go to the gen- drove them away from the judge's
tiles.4 seat. 17Then all of themf took Sos-
7
Then he left that place and thenes, the synagogue leader, and
went to the home of a man named began beating him in front of the
Titiusc Justus, who worshiped God judge's seat. But Gallio paid no
and whose house was next door to attention to any of this.
the synagogue. 8Now Crispus, the Paul's Return Trip to Antioch
leader of the synagogue, believed in 18
After staying there for quite a
the Lord, along with his whole while longer, Paul said goodbye to
family. Many Corinthians who heard the brothers and sailed for Syria,
Paul also believed and were baptized. 7
accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
9
One night the Lord said to Paul In Cenchraea he had his hair cut,
in a vision, “Stop being afraid to since he was under a vow. 19When
speak out! Don’t remain silent! 10For I they arrived in Ephesus, he left
am with you, and no one will lay a Priscilla and Aquilag there. Then he
hand on you or harm you, because I went into the synagogue and had a
have many people in this city.” 11So discussion with the Jews. 20They
Pauld lived there for a year and a half asked him to stay longer, but he
and continued to teach the word of refused. 21As he told them goodbye,
God among the people there.e he said, “I will come backh to you
12
While Gallio was proconsul of again if it is God's will.” Then he set
Achaia, the Jews gathered together, sail from Ephesus. 22When he arrived
attacked Paul, and brought him in Caesarea, he went up to
before the judge's seat. 13They said, Jerusalem,i greeted the church there,
“This man is persuading people to and then returned to Antioch.
f 18:17 Other mss. read of the Greeks

a 18:5 Other mss. read Spirit g 18:19 Lit. left them
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b 18:5 Or Christ h 18:21 Other mss. read I must at all costs

c 18:7 Other mss. read Titus keep the approaching festival in Jerusalem,
d 18:11 Lit. he but I will come back
e 18:11 Lit. among them i 18:22 The Gk. lacks to Jerusalem
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23
After spending some time They answered him, “No, we
there, he departed and went from haven't even heard that there is a
place to place through the region of Holy Spirit.”
3
Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all He then asked, “Then into what
the disciples. were you baptized?”
They answered, “Into John's
Apollos Preaches in Ephesus
24 baptism.”
Meanwhile, a Jew named 4
Then Paul said, “John baptized
Apollos arrived in Ephesus. He was a
when they repented, telling the
native of Alexandria, an eloquent
people to believe in the one who was
man, and well versed in the
to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”
Scriptures. 25He had been instructed 5
On hearing this, they were baptized
in the Lord's way, and with spiritual
in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6When
fervor he kept speaking and teaching
Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy
accurately about Jesus, although he
Spirit came on them, and they began
knew only about John's baptism. 26He
to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
began to speak boldly in the 7
There were about twelve men in all.
synagogue, but when Priscilla and 8
He went into the synagogue
Aquila heard him, they took him
and spoke there boldly for three
home and explained God's way to
months, holding discussions and
him more accurately.
persuading those who heard himd
27
When Apollosa wanted to cross
about the kingdom of God. 9But
over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to
when some people became stubborn,
the disciples there, urging them to
refused to believe, and slandered the
welcome him. On his arrival he
greatly helped those who, through Way in front of the people, Paule left
them, taking his disciples away with
God’sb grace, had believed. 28He
him, and held daily discussions in the
successfully refuted the Jews in public
and proved by the Scriptures that lecture hall of Tyrannus.f 10This went
on for two years, so that all who lived
Jesus is the Messiah.c
Chapter 19
in Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard
Paul in Ephesus the word of the Lord. 11God
19 continued to do extraordinary mira-

1
It was while Apollos was in
Corinth that Paul passed cles through Paul.g 12When hand-
through the inland districts and came kerchiefs and aprons that had
to Ephesus. He found a few disciples touched his skin were taken to the
there 2and asked them, “Did you sick, their diseases left them and evil
receive the Holy Spirit when you spirits went out of them.
believed?”
d 19:8 Lit. persuading them
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e 19:9 Lit. he
a 18:27 Lit. he f 19:9 Other mss. read of a certain Tyrannus
b 18:27 The Gk. lacks God’s from the fifth hour to the tenth
c 18:28 Or Christ g 19:11 Lit. through Paul’s hands
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13
Then some Jews who went in Asia a while longer.
around trying to drive out demons
A Riot in Ephesus
attempted to use the name of the 23
Now about that time a great
Lord Jesus on those who had evil
commotion broke out concerning the
spirits, saying, “I command you by
Way. 24By making silver shrines of
that Jesus whom Paul preaches!”
14 Artemis, a silversmith named Deme-
Seven sons of a Jewish high priest
trius provided a large income for
named Sceva were doing this.
15 skilled workers. 25He called a meeting
But the evil spirit said to them,
of these men and others who were
“Jesus I know, and I am getting
engaged in similar trades and said,
acquainted with Paul, but who are
“Men, you well know that we get a
you?”
16 good income from this business.
Then the man with the evil 26
You also see and hear that, not only
spirit jumped on them, got the better
in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia,
of them, and so violently over-
this man Paul has won over and
powered all of them that they fled
taken away a large crowd by telling
out of the house naked and bruised.
17 them that gods made by human b
When this became known to
hands are not gods at all. 27There is a
everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and
danger not only that our business will
Greeks alike, they all became terrified,
lose its reputation but also that the
and the name of the Lord Jesus began
temple of the great goddess Artemis
to be held in high honor. 18Many who
will be brought into disrepute and
became believers kept coming to
that she will be robbed of her majesty
confess and talk about what they had
that brought all Asia and the world to
been doing. 19Moreover, many people
worship her.”
who had practiced occult arts 28
When they heard this, they
gathered their books and burned
became furious and began to shout,
them in front of everybody. They
“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
estimated their value and found them 29
The city was filled with confusion,
to have been worth 50,000 silver
coins. 20In that way the word of the and the peoplec rushed into the
Lord kept spreading and triumphing. theater together, dragging with them
Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's fellow
17
21
After these things had
travelers from Macedonia. 30Paul
happened, Paul decideda to go
wanted to go into the crowd, but the
through Macedonia and Achaia and
disciples wouldn't let him. 31Even
then to go on to Jerusalem, saying,
some officials of the province of Asia
“After I have gone there, I must also
who were his friends sent him a
see Rome.” 22Then he sent two of his
message urging him not to risk his
helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to
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life in the theater.

Macedonia, while he himself stayed
b 19:26 The Gk. lacks human
a 19:21 Or Paul resolved in the Spirit c 19:29 Lit. they
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32
Chapter 20
Meanwhile, some were Paul's Trip to Macedonia and Greece

shouting one thing and some
20
1
When the uproar was over,
another, since the crowd was Paul sent for the disciples and
confused, and most of them didn't encouraged them. Then he said
know why they were meeting. goodbye to them and left to go to
33
Some of the crowd concluded it was Macedonia. 2He went through those
because of Alexander, since the Jews regions and encouraged the people d
had pushed him to the front. So with everything he had to say. Then
Alexander motioned for silence and he went to Greece 3and stayed there
tried to make a defense before the for three months. When he was about
people. 34But when they found out to sail for Syria, a plot was initiated
that he was a Jew, they all started to against him by the Jews, so he
shout in unison for about two hours, decided to go back through
“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 33
19
Macedonia. 4He was accompanied by

35
When the city recorder had Sopater (the son of Pyrrhus) from
quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus
Ephesus, who in the worlda doesn't from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe,
know that this city of Ephesus is the Timothy, and Tychicus and
keeper of the temple of the great Trophimus from Asia. 5These men
Artemis and of the statue that fell went on ahead and were waiting for
down from heaven?b 36Since these us in Troas. 6After the Feaste of
things cannot be denied, you must be Unleavened Bread, we sailed from
quiet and not do anything reckless. Philippi, and days later we joined
37
For you have brought these men them in Troas and stayed there for
here, although they neither rob seven days.
temples nor blaspheme ourc goddess.
38 Paul's Farewell Visit to Troas
So if Demetrius and his workers 7
On the first day of the week,
have a charge against anyone, the
when we had met to break bread,
courts are open and there are
proconsuls. They should accuse one Paul began to address the people.f
Since he intended to leave the next
another there. 39But if you want
day, he went on speaking until
anything else, it must be settled in the
midnight. 8Now there were many
regular assembly, 40because we are in
lamps in the upstairs room where we
danger of being charged with rioting
were meeting. 9A young man named
today, and there is no good reason
Eutychus, who was sitting in a
we can give to justify this
window, began to sink off into a deep
commotion.” 41After saying this, he
sleep as Paul kept speaking longer
dismissed the assembly.
and longer. Overcome by sleep, he
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a 19:35 Lit. who among people d 20:2 Lit. them

b 19:35 Or from Zeus e 20:6 Lit. days
c 19:37 Other mss. read your f 20:7 Lit. them
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fell down from the third floor and plots of the Jews. 20I never shrank
was picked up dead. 10But Paul went from telling you anything that would
down, bent overa him, took him into help you nor from teaching you
his arms, and said, “Stop being publicly and from house to house. 21I
alarmed, because he’s still alive.” testified to both Jews and Greeks
11
Then he went back upstairs, broke about repentance to God and faith in
bread, and ate. He talked with them our Lord Jesus.d
22
for a long time, until dawn, and then “And now, compelled by the
left. 12They took the young man away Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem,
alive and were greatly relieved.9 not knowing what will happen to me
there, 23except that in town after town
Paul's Trip to Miletus
13 the Holy Spirit assures me that
We proceeded to the ship and
imprisonment and suffering are wait-
sailed for Assos, where we intended
ing for me. 24But I don't place any
to pick up Paul. He had arranged it
value on my life, if only I can finish
this way, since he had planned to
my race and the ministry that I
travel there on foot. 14When he met
received from the Lord Jesus of
us in Assos, we took him on board
testifying to the gospel of God's
and went to Mitylene. 15We sailed
grace.
from there and on the following day 25
“Now I know that none of you
arrived off Chios. The next day we
among whom I traveled preaching
crossed over to Samos and stayed at
about the kingdom will ever see my
Trogyllium.b The day after that we
face again. 26I therefore declare to you
came to Miletus. 16Paul had decided
today that I am not responsible for
to sail past Ephesus to avoid
the blood of any of you, 27for I never
spending time in Asia, as he was in a
shrank from telling you the whole
hurry to get to Jerusalem for the day
plan of God. 28Pay attention to
of Pentecost, if that was possible.
yourselves and to the entire flock
14
Paul Meets with the Ephesian Elders over which the Holy Spirit has made
17
From Miletus he sent messen- you overseers to be shepherds of
c
gers to Ephesus to ask the elders of God'se church, which he acquired
the church to meet with him. 18When with his own blood. 29I know that
they came to him, he said to them, when I'm gone savage wolves will
“You know how I lived among you come among you and not spare the
the entire time from the first day I set flock. 30Indeed, some of your own
foot in Asia. 19I served the Lord with men will arise and distort the truth in
all humility, with tears, and with order to lure the disciples into
trials that came to me through the following them. 31So be alert!
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a 20:10 Lit. fell on

b 20:15 Other mss. lack and stayed at d 20:21 Other mss. read Lord Jesus, the
Trogyllium Messiah
c 20:17 The Gk. lacks messengers e 20:28 Other mss. read the Lord's
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Remember that for three years, night aboard and sailed on. 3We came in
and day, I never stopped tearfully sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on our
warning each of you. 20 left we sailed on to Syria and landed
32
“I am now entrusting you to at Tyre because the ship was to
God and to the message of his grace, unload its cargo there. 4So we located
which is able to build you up and some disciples and stayed there for
secure for you an inheritance among seven days. Through the Spirit they
all who are sanctified. 33I never kept telling Paul not to go to
desired anyone's silver, gold, or Jerusalem, 5but when our time there
clothes. 34You yourselves know that I came to an end, we left and
worked with my own hands to proceeded on our journey. All of
support myself and those who were them with their wives and children
with me. 35In every way I showed accompanied us out of the city. We
you that by working hard like this we knelt on the beach, prayed, 6and said
should help the weak and remember goodbye to each other. Then we
the words that the Lord Jesus himself reboarded the ship, and they went
said, ‘It is more blessed to give than back home.
to receive.’”a Paul in Caesarea
36
When Paulb had said this, he 7
When we completed our
knelt down and prayed with all of voyage from Tyre, we arrived at
them. 37All of them cried and criedc as Ptolemais, greeted the brothers there,
they put their arms around Paul and and stayed with them for one day.
8
kissedd him affectionately. 38They The next day we left and came to
were especially sorrowful because of Caesarea. We went to the home of
what he had said—that they would Philip the evangelist, one of the
never see his face again. Then they Seven, and stayed with him. 9He had
took him to the ship. four unmarried daughters who could
Chapter 21 prophesy.
Paul in Tyre 10
After we had been there for a
21
1
When we had torn ourselves number of days, a prophet named
away from those brothers,e we Agabus arrived from Judea. 11He
sailed straight to Cos, and the next came to us, took Paul's belt, and tied
day to Rhodes, and from there to his own feet and hands with it. Then
Patara.f 2There we found a ship going he said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘This is
across to Phoenecia, so we went how the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up
the man who owns this belt. Then
a 20:35 This saying is not recorded in the they will hand him over to the
Gospels. gentiles.’” 12When we heard this, we
b 20:36 Lit. he and the people who lived there
c 20:37 Lit. Great crying came to all begged Paulg not to go up to
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d 20:37 People customarily greeted their

Jerusalem.
e 21:1 Lit. from them
f 21:1 Other mss. read Patara and Myra g 21:12 Lit. him
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13
At this Paul replied, “What do vow. 24Take these men, go through
you mean by crying and breaking my the purification ceremony with them,
heart? I'm ready not only to be tied and pay their expenses to shave their
up in Jerusalem but even to die for heads. Then everyone will know that
the name of the Lord Jesus!” there is nothing in what they have
14
When he could not be been told about you, but that you are
persuaded otherwise, we remained carefully observing and keeping the
silent except to say, “May the Lord's law. 25As for the gentiles who have
will be done.” become believers, we have sent a
letter with our decision that they
Paul in Jerusalem
should keep away from food that has
15
When our time there ended,a
been sacrificed to idols, from blood, d
we got ready to go up to Jerusalem.
16 from anything strangled,e and from
Some of the disciples from Caesarea
sexual immorality.”20
went with us. They took us to the
home of Mnason to be his guests. He Paul is Arrested in the Temple
was from Cyprus and had beenb an 26
Then Paul took those men and
early disciple. 17When we arrived in the next day purified himself with
Jerusalem, the brothers there wel- them. Then he went into the temple
comed us warmly. 15 to announce the time when their
18
The next day Paul went with days of purification would end and
us to visit James, and all the elders when the sacrifice would be offered
were present. 19After greeting them, for each of them. 27When the seven
Paulc related one by one the things days were almost over, the Jews from
that God had done among the Asia, seeing Paulf in the temple,
gentiles through his ministry. 20When stirred up a large crowd. They
they heard about it, they praised God grabbed Paul,g 28yelling, “Men of
and told him, “You see, brother, how Israel, help! This is the man who
many thousands of believers there teaches everyone everywhere to turn
are among the Jews, and all of them against our people, the law, and this
are zealous for the law. 21But they place. More than that, he has even
have been told about you—that you brought Greeks into the temple and
teach all the Jews living among the desecrated this holy place.” 29For they
gentiles to forsake the Law of Moses, had earlier seen Trophimus the
and that you tell them not to Ephesian in the city with him and
circumcise their children or observe assumed that Paul had taken him
the customs. 22What is to be done? into the temple. 30The whole city was
They will certainly hear that you in chaos. The people rushed together,
have come. 23So do what we tell you. grabbed Paul, dragged him out of the
We have four men who are under a
d 21:25 I.e. uncooked meat
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e 21:25 Other mss. lack from anything

a 21:15 Lit. After those days strangled
b 21:16 The Gk. lacks had been f 21:27 Lit. him
c 21:19 Lit. he g 21:27 Lit. him
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temple, and at once the doors were time ago and led 4,000 assassins into
sealed shut. the desert, are you?”
31
The crowda was trying to kill 39
Paul replied, “I am a Jew from
b
Paul when a report reached the Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no
tribune of the cohortc that all insignificant city. Please let me speak
Jerusalem was in an uproar. to the people.” 40The tribunem gave
32
Immediately the tribuned took some him permission, and Paul, standing
soldiers and officers and ran down to on the steps, motioned for the people
the crowd.e When the peoplef saw to be silent. When everyone had
the tribune and the soldiers, they quieted down, he spoke to them in
stopped beating Paul. 33Then the the Hebrew language:
tribune came up, grabbed Paul,g and
22
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1
“Brothers and fathers, listen
ordered him to be tied up with two to the defense that I am now
chains. He then asked who Paulh was making before you.” 2When they
and what he had done. 34Some of the heard him speaking to them in
crowd shouted this and some that. Hebrew, they became even more
Since the tribunei couldn't learn the quiet, and he continued:
facts due to the confusion, he ordered
3
Paulj to be taken into the barracks. “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus
35
When Paulk got to the steps, he had in Cilicia but raised in this city
to be carried by the soldiers because and educated at the feet of
the mob had become so violent. 36The Gamaliel in the strict ways of our
crowd of people kept following him ancestral law. I am as zealous for
and shouting, “Kill him!” God as all of you are today. 4I
persecuted this Way, even
Paul Speaks in His Own Defense
37
Just as Paul was about to be executing people,n and kept
taken into the barracks, he asked the tying up both men and women
tribune, “May I say something to and putting them in prison, 5as
you?” the high priest and the whole
The tribunel asked, “Oh, do you council of elders can testify
speak Greek? 38You're not the about me. From them I also
Egyptian who started a revolt some received letters to the brothers in
Damascus, and I was going there
a 21:31 Lit. They to tie up those who were there
b 21:31 Lit. him and bring them back to Jerusa-
c 21:31 I.e. perhaps as many as 600 soldiers lem to be punished.
d 21:31 Lit. Immediately he 6
“But while I was on my
e 21:32 Lit. them
f 21:32 Lit. When they way and approaching Damascus
g 21:33 Lit. him about noon, a bright light from
h 21:33 Lit. he heaven suddenly flashed around
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i 21:34 Lit. Since he

j 21:34 Lit. him
k 21:35 Lit. he m 21:40 Lit. He
l 21:37 Lit. He n 22:4 The Gk. lacks people
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me. 7I fell to the ground and own voice,c 15because you will be
heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul! his witness to all people of what
Saul! Why are you persecuting you have seen and heard. 16What
me?’ 6 are you waiting for now? Get up,
8
“I answered, ‘Who are you, be baptized, and have your sins
Lord?’a washed away as you call on his
"He said to me, ‘I am Jesus name.’
17
from Nazareth,b whom you are “Then I returned to
persecuting.’ 9The men who Jerusalem. While I was praying
were with me saw the light but in the temple, I fell into a trance
didn't understand the voice of 18
and saw the Lordd saying to
the one who was speaking to me, ‘Hurry up and get out of
me. Jerusalem at once, because the
10
“Then I asked, ‘What am I peoplee won't accept your testi-
to do, Lord?’ mony about me.’
“The Lord told me, ‘Get up 19
“I said, ‘Lord, they
and go into Damascus, and there themselves know that in every
you will be told everything you synagogue I kept imprisoning
are destined to do.’ 11Since I and beating those who believe in
could not see because of the you. 20Even when the blood of
brightness of the light, the men your witness Stephen was being
who were with me took me by shed, I was standing there
the hand and led me into approving it and guarding the
Damascus. coats of those who were killing
12
“A certain Ananias, who him.’
was a devout man with respect 21
“Then he said to me, ‘Go,
to the law and who was highly because I will send you far away
regarded by all the Jews living to the gentiles.’”
there, 13came to me. He stood
22
beside me and said, ‘Brother Up to this point they listened
Saul, receive your sight!’ At that to him, but then they began to shout,
moment I could see him. “Away with such a fellow from the
14
“Then he said, ‘The God of earth! He's not fit to go on living!”
23
our ancestors has chosen you to While they were yelling, tossing
know his will, to see the their coats around, and throwing dirt
Righteous One, and to hear his into the air, 24the tribune ordered
Paulf to be taken into the barracks
a 22:8 Or Sir
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b 22:8 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. c 22:14 Lit. the voice of his mouth
Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. d 22:18 Lit. him
netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the e 22:18 Lit. they
name Nazareth. f 22:24 Lit. him
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and told the soldiersa to beat and ordered the high priests and the
question him in order to find out why entire Councilh to meet. Then he
the peopleb were yelling at him like brought Paul down and had him
this. stand before them. 23:1Paul looked
25
But when they had tied him up straight at the Councili and said,
with the straps, Paul asked the “Brothers, with a clear conscience I
centurionc who was standing there, have done my duty before God up to
“Is it legal for you to whip a Roman this very day.”
23
Chapter 23
citizen who hasn't been 2

Then the high priest Ananias
condemned?” ordered the men standing
26
When the centurion heard this, near him to strike him on the mouth.
he went to the tribune and said to 3
At this Paul said to him, “God will
him, “What are you doing? This man strike you, you whitewashed wall!j
is a Roman citizen!” How can you sit there and judge me
27
So the tribune went and asked according to the law and yet in
d
Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman violation of the law order me to be
citizen?” struck?”
“Yes,” he said. 4
The men standing near him
28
Then the tribune replied, “I asked, “Do you mean to insult God's
paid a lot of money for this high priest?”
citizenship of mine.” 5
Paul answered, “I didn't realize,
Paul said, “But I was born a brothers, that he is the high priest.
citizen.” 29Immediately those who After all, it is written, ‘You must not
were about to examine him stepped speak evil about a ruler of your
back, and the tribune was afraid people.’”k
when he found out that Paule was a 6
When Paul saw that some of
Roman citizen and that he had tied them were Sadducees and others
him up. 23 were Pharisees, he shouted in the
Paul is Brought before the Jewish Council,l “Brothers, I am a Pharisee
Council and a descendantm of Pharisees. I am
30
The next day, since the on trial concerning the hope that the
Tribunef wanted to find out exactly dead will be resurrected.”
7
After he said that, an angry
what Paulg was being accused of by
quarrel broke out between the
the Jews, he released him and
Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the
a 22:24 Lit. them assembly was divided, 8because the
b Lit. why they
c 22:25 A Roman centurion commanded about h 22:30 Or Sanhedrin
i 23:1 Or Sanhedrin
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100 men.
d 22:27 Lit. him j 23:3 I.e. hypocrite
e 22:29 Lit. he k 23:5 Exod 22:28
f 22:30 Lit. he l 23:6 Or Sanhedrin
g 22:30 Lit. he m 23:6 Or son
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Sadducees say that there is no and got into the barracks and told
resurrection and that there is no such Paul. 17Then Paul called one of the
thing as an angel or spirit, but the centurions and said, “Take this young
Pharisees believe in all those things. man to the tribune, because he has
9
There was a great deal of something to tell him.”
shouting until some of the scribes 18
So the centurionc took him,
who belonged to the party of the brought him to the tribune, and said,
Pharisees stood up and argued “The prisoner Paul called me and
forcefully, “We find nothing wrong asked me to bring this young man to
with this man. What if a spirit or an you. He has something to tell you.”
angel has spoken to him?” 19
The tribune took him by the
10
The quarrel was becoming hand, stepped aside to be alone with
violent, and the tribune was afraid him, and asked, “What have you got
that they would tear Paul to pieces. to tell me?”
So he ordered the soldiers to go 20
He answered, “The Jews have
down, take him away from them by agreed to ask you to bring Paul down
force, and bring him into the to the Councild tomorrow as though
barracks. 11That night the Lord stood they were going to examine his case
near Paula and said, “Have courage! more carefully. 21Don't believe them,
For just as you have testified about because more than 40 of them are
me in Jerusalem, you must testify in planning to ambush him. They have
Rome, too.” taken an oath not to eat or drink
Some Jews Plot to Kill Paul before they have killed him. They are
12
In the morning, the Jews ready now, just waiting for your
formed a conspiracy and took an oath consent.”
22
not to eat or drink anything before The tribune dismissed the
they had killed Paul. 13More than 40 young man and ordered him not to
men formed this conspiracy. 14They tell anyone that he had notified him.
23
went to the high priests and elders Then he summoned two centurions
and said, “We have taken a solemn and ordered, “Get 200 soldiers ready
oath not to taste any food before we to leave for Caesarea at nine o'clock
have killed Paul. 15Now then, you tonight,e along with 70 mounted
and the Councilb must notify the soldiers and 200 soldiers with spears.
24
tribune to bring him down to you on Provide a mount for Paul to ride,
the pretext that you want to look into and take him safely to Governor
his case more carefully, but before he Felix.” 25He wrote a letter with this
arrives we'll be ready to kill him.” message:
16
But the son of Paul's sister
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heard about the ambush, so he came

c 23:18 Lit. So he
a 23:11 Lit. him d 23:20 Or Sanhedrin
b 23:15 Or Sanhedrin e 23:23 Lit. from the third hour of the night
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“From:a Claudius Lysias

26 your case when your accusers arrive.”
To: Governor Felix Then he ordered Paulg to be kept in
Greetings, Your Excellency: custody in Herod's palace.h
27
This man had been seized
Chapter 24
Paul Presents His Case to Felix
24
by the Jews and was about to be 1
Five days later, the high priest
killed by them when I went with Ananias arrived with certain
the guard and rescued him, elders and Tertullius, an attorney,
having learned that he was a and they summarized their case
Roman citizen. 28I wanted to against Paul before the governor.
know the exact charge they were 2
When Pauli had been summoned,
making against him, so I had Tertullius opened the prosecution by
him brought before their
b 29
saying:
Council. I found that,
although he was charged with “Your Excellency Felix, since
questions about their law, there we are enjoying lasting peace
was no charge against him because of you, and since
deserving death or imprison- reforms for this nation are being
ment. 30Since a plot against the brought about through your
man has been reported to me, I foresight, 3we always and
am at once sending him to you everywhere acknowledge it with
and have also ordered his profound gratitude. 4But so as
accusers to present their charges not to detain you any further, I
against him before you.”28 23
beg you to hear us briefly with
31
your customary graciousness.
So the soldiers, in keeping with 5
For we have found this man a
their orders, took Paul and brought perfect pest and an agitator
him by night to Antipatris. 32The next among all Jews throughout the
day they let the horsemen ride with world. He is a ringleader in the
Paulc while they returned to their sect of the Nazarenesj 6and even
barracks. 33When these mend came to tried to profane the temple, but
Caesarea, they delivered the letter to we arrested him.k 8By examining
the governor and handed Paul over him for yourself, you will be able
to him. 34After reading the letter, the
governore asked which province g 23:35 Lit. Paul
Paulf was from. On learning that he h 23:35 Lit. praetorium
i 24:2 Lit. he
was from Cilicia, 35he said, “I will hear
j 24:5 The Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play
between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isa
a 23:26 The Gk. lacks From 11:1), and the name Nazareth.
b 23:28 Or Sanhedrin k 24:6 Other mss. read arrested him, and we
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c 23:32 Lit. him wanted to try him under our law. 7But Tribune
d 23:33 The Gk. lacks men Lysias came along and took him out of our
e 23:34 Lit. letter, he hands with much force, 8ordering his accusers
f 23:34 Lit. Paul to come before you.
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to find out from him everything mob was present. 19But some
of which we accuse him.” Jews from Asia were there, and
9 they should be here before you
The Jews supported his accusations
to accuse me if they have
by asserting that these things were
anything against me. 20Other-
true. 10When the governor motioned
wise, these men themselves
for Paul to speak, he replied:
should tell what wrong they
“Since I know that you have found when I stood before the
been a judge over this nation for Councilb— 21unless it is for the
many years, I am pleased to one thing I shouted as I stood
present my defense. 11You can among them: ‘It is for the
verify for yourself that I went up resurrection of the dead that I
to worship in Jerusalem no more am on trial before you today.’”
than twelve days ago. 12They 22
never found me debating with Felix was rather well informed
anyone in the temple or stirring about the Way, and so he adjourned
up a crowd in the synagogues or the trial with the comment, “When
throughout the city, 13and they Tribune Lysias arrives, I will decide
cannot prove to you the charges your case.” 23He ordered the
they are now bringing against centurion to guard Paulc but to let
me. 14However, I admit to you him have some freedom and not to
that in accordance with the Way, keep any of his friends from caring
which they call a heresy,a I for his needs. 24
24
worship the God of our ances- Some days later, Felix arrived
tors and believe in everything with his wife Drusilla, who was
written in the Law and the Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened
Prophets. 15I have the same hope to him talk about faith in Jesusd the
in God that they themselves Messiah.e 25As Paulf talked about
cherish—that there is to be a righteousness, self-control, and the
resurrection of the righteous and coming judgment, Felix became
the wicked. 16Therefore, I always afraid and said, “For the present you
do my best to have a clear may go. When I get a chance, I will
conscience before God and send for you again.” 26At the same
people. 17After many years I have time he was hoping to receive a bribe
come back to my people to bring from Paul, and so he would send for
gifts for the poor and to offer him frequently to talk with him.
sacrifices. 18They found me in the
temple doing these things just as
I had completed the purification b 24:20 Or Sanhedrin
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c 24:23 Lit. him

ceremony. No crowd or noisy
d 24:24 Other mss. lack Jesus
e 24:24 Or Christ
a 24:14 Or sect f 24:25 Lit. he
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27 9
After two years had passed, Then Festus, wanting to do the
Felix was succeeded by Porcius Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Are you
Festus. Since Felix wanted to do the willing to go up to Jerusalem to be
Jews a favor, he left Paul in prison. tried there before me on these
Chapter 25
charges?”
Paul Appeals to the Emperor 10
But Paul said, “I am standing
25
1
Three days after Festus had
before the emperor's judgment seat
arrived in the province, he where I ought to be tried. I haven't
went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem. done anything wrong to the Jews, as
2
The high priests and Jewish leaders you know very well. 11If I am guilty
informed him of their charges against
and have done something that
Paul, urging 3and asking Festusa to deserves death, I am willing to die.
have Paulb brought to Jerusalem as a But if there is nothing to their charges
favor. They were laying an ambush to against me, no one can hand me over
kill him on the road. to them as a favor. I appeal to the
4
Festus replied that Paul was emperor!”
being kept in custody at Caesarea and 12
Festus talked it over with the
that he himself would be going there council and then answered, “To the
soon. 5“Therefore,” he said, “have emperor you have appealed; to the
your authorities come down with me emperor you will go!”
and present their charges against him
there, if there is anything wrong with King Agrippa Meets Paul
13
the man.” After several days had passed,
6
Festusc stayed with them no King Agrippa and Bernice came to
more than eight or ten days and then Caesarea to welcome Festus. 14Since
went down to Caesarea. The next day they were staying there for several
he sat on the judge's seat and days, Festus laid Paul's case before
ordered Paul brought in. 7When the king. He said, “There is a man
here who was left in prison by Felix.
Pauld arrived, the Jews who had 15
When I went to Jerusalem, the high
come down from Jerusalem
priests and the Jewish elders
surrounded him and began bringing
informed me about him and asked
a number of serious charges against
me to condemn him. 16I answered
him that they couldn't prove. 8Paul
them that it was not the Roman
said in his defense, “I have done
custom to sentence a man to be
nothing wrong against the law of the
punished until the accused met his
Jews, or of the temple, or of the
accusers face to face and had an
emperor.”
opportunity to defend himself against
the charge.
17
“So they came here with me,
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a 25:3 Lit. him

b 25:3 Lit. as a favor against him to have him and the next day without any delay I
c 25:6 Lit. He sat down in the judge's seat and
d 25:7 Lit. he ordered the man to be brought in.
18
When his accusers stood up, they
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didn't accuse him of any of the examined. 27For it seems to me absurd

crimesa I was expecting. 19Instead, to send a prisoner without specifying
they had several arguments with him the charges against him.”25 25
about their own religion and about a Chapter 26
Paul Presents His Case to Agrippa

certain Jesus who had died but whom
26
1
Then Agrippa said to Paul,
Paul kept claiming was alive. 20I was
“You have permission to speak
puzzled how I should investigate
for yourself.” So Paul stretched out
such matters, so I asked if he would
his hand and began his defense.
like to go to Jerusalem and be tried
there for these things. 21But Paul 2
“I consider myself fortunate
appealed his case and asked to be that it is before you, King
held in prison until the decision of his Agrippa, that I can defend
Majesty. So I ordered him to be held myself today against all the
in custody until I could send him to accusations of the Jews, 3since
the emperor.” 18 you are especially familiar with
22
Agrippa told Festus, “I would all the Jewish customs and
like to hear the man.” controversies. I beg you,
“Tomorrow,” he said, “you will therefore, to listen patiently to
hear him.” me. 4All the Jews know how I
23
The next day Agrippa and lived from the earliest days of
Bernice arrived with much fanfare my youth with my own people
and went into the auditorium along and in Jerusalem. 5They have
with the tribunes and the leading known for a long time, if they
men of the city. At the command of would but testify to it, that I
Festus, Paul was brought in. 24Then lived as a Pharisee, adhering to
Festus said, “King Agrippa and all the standards of our strictest
you men who are present with us! religious party.
You see this man about whom the 6
“And now I stand here on
whole Jewish nation petitioned me, trial for the hope of the promise
both in Jerusalem and here, shouting made by God to our ancestors.
that he ought not to live any longer. 7
Our twelve tribes, worshiping
25
I find that he has not done anything day and night with intense
deserving of death. But since he has devotion, hope to attain it. It is
appealed to his Majesty, I have because of this hope, O King,
decided to send him. 26I have nothing that I am accused by the Jews.
reliable to write our Sovereign about 8
Why is it thought incredible by
him, so I have brought him to all of all of you that God should raise
you, and especially to you, King the dead? 9Indeed, I myself
Agrippa, so that I will have thought it my duty to take
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something to write after he is cross- extreme measures against the
a 25:18 Other mss. read of anything
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name of Jesus from Nazareth.a to you for the very purpose of

10
That is what I did in Jerusalem. appointing you to be my servant
I received authority from the and witness of what you have
high priests and locked many of seen and of what I will show
the saints in prison. And when I you. 17I will continue to rescue
cast my vote against them, they you from your people and from
were put to death. 11I would the gentiles to whom I am
even punish them frequently in sending you. 18You will help
every synagogue and try to them understandd and turn
make them blaspheme. Raging them from darkness to light and
furiously against them, I would from Satan's control to God, so
hunt them down even in distant that their sins will be forgiven
cities. and they will receive a share
12
“That is how I happened among those who are sanctified
to be traveling to Damascus with by faith in me.’
19
authority based on a commission “And so, King Agrippa, I
from the high priests. 13On the was not disobedient to the
road at noon, O King, I saw a heavenly vision. 20Instead, I first
light from heaven that was told the people in Damascus and
brighter than the sun. It flashed Jerusalem, then all the people in
around me and those who were Judea—and after that the
traveling with me. gentiles—to repent, turn to God,
14
“All of us fell to the and perform deeds that are
ground, and I heard a voice consistent with such repentance.
21
asking me in the Hebrew For this reason the Jews
language, ‘Saul! Saul! Why are grabbed me in the temple and
you persecuting me? It is hurting kept trying to kill me. 22I have
you to keep on kicking against had help from God to this day,
the cattle prods.’b and so I stand here to testify to
15
”I asked, ‘Who are you, both the powerful and the lowly
Lord?’c alike, stating only what the
“The Lord answered, ‘I am prophets and Moses said would
Jesus, whom you are per- happen— 23that the Messiahe
secuting. 16But get up and stand would suffer and be the first to
on your feet, for I have appeared rise from the dead and would
bring light both to our people
a 26:9 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. and to the gentiles.”
24
netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the As he continued his defense,
Festus shouted, “You're out of your
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name Nazareth.
b 26:14 Quoted in The Bacchae by Euripides,
although Aeschylus in Prometheus Bound
used almost identical language. d 26:18 Lit. will open their eyes
c 26:15 Or Sir e 26:23 Or Christ
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mind, Paul! Too much education is and allowed him to visit his friends
driving you crazy!” there and receive any care he needed.
25 4
But Paul said, “I'm not out of After putting out from there, we
my mind, Your Excellency Festus. I'm sailed on the sheltered side of Cyprus
reporting what is absolutely true. because the winds were against us.
5
26
Indeed, the king knows about these We sailed along the sea off Cilicia
things, and I can speak to him freely. and Pamphylia and reached Myra in
For I am certain that none of these Lycia. 6There the centurion found an
things has escaped his notice, since Alexandrian ship bound for Italy and
this wasn't done in a corner. 27King put us on it. 7We sailed slowly for a
Agrippa, do you believe the number of days and with difficulty
prophets? I know you believe them!” arrived off Cnidus. Then, because the
28
Agrippa asked Paul, “Can you wind was against us, we sailed on the
so quickly persuade me to become a sheltered side of Crete off Cape
Christian?” 26 26
Salome. 8Sailing past it with difficulty,
29
Paul replied, “Whether quickly we came to a place called Fair
or not, I wish to God that not only Havens, near the town of Lasea.
9
you but everyone listening to me Much time had been lost, and
today would become what I am— because navigation had become
except for these chains!” dangerous and the day of fasting had
30
Then the king, the governor, already past, Paul began to warn
Bernice, and those who were sitting those on the ship,a 10“Men, I see that
with him got up. 31As they were during this voyage there will be
leaving, they began to say to each hardship and a heavy loss not only of
other, “This man hasn't been doing the cargo and ship, but also of our
anything to deserve death or im- lives.”
11
prisonment.” But the centurion was per-
32
Agrippa told Festus, “This man suaded by the pilot and the owner of
the ship and not by what Paul said.
could have been set free if he hadn't 12
Since the harbor was not a good
appealed to the emperor.”
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place to spend the winter, most of the
Paul Sails for Rome men favored putting out to sea from
27 there on the chance that somehow

1
When it was decided that we
should sail to Italy, Paul and they could reach Phoenix and spend
some other prisoners were trans- the winter there. It is a Cretian harbor
ferred to a centurion named Julius, that faces southwest and northwest.
13
who belonged to the emperor's divi- When a gentle breeze began to blow
sion. 2After boarding a ship from from the south, they thought they
Adramyttium that was about to sail to could make it to Phoenix,b so they
hoisted anchor and began sailing
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the ports on the coast of Asia, we put

out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian
from Thessalonica, went with us.1 a 27:9 Lit. warn them
3 b 27:13 Lit. could achieve their purpose
The next day we arrived at
Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly
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along the shore of Crete. being afraid, Paul! You must stand
14
But it was not long before a before the emperor. Indeed, God has
violent wind (called a northeaster) given to you the lives ofg everyone
swept down from the island.a 15The who is sailing with you.’ 25So take
ship was caught so that it couldn't courage, men, because I trust God
face the wind, and we gave up and that it will turn out just as he told me.
were swept along. 16As we drifted to 26
However, we will have to run
the sheltered side of a small island aground on some island.”
called Cauda,b we barely managed to
The Shipwreck
secure the ship's lifeboat. 17The ship’s 27
It was the fourteenth night,
crewc pulled it up on deck and used
and we were drifting through the
ropes to brace the ship. Fearing that
Adriatic Sea when about midnight
they would hit the large sandbank
the sailors suspected that land was
near Lybia,d they lowered the sail
near. 28After taking soundings, they
and drifted along. 18The next day,
found the depth to be twenty
because we were being tossed so
fathoms. A little later they took
violently by the storm, they began to
throw the cargo overboard. 19On the soundings again and found it was
third day they threw the ship's fifteen fathoms. 29Fearing that we
equipment overboard with their own might run aground on the rocks, they
hands. 20For a number of days neither dropped four anchors from the stern
the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and began praying for daylight to
and the storm continued to rage until come. 30Meanwhile, the sailors had
at last all hope of our being saved begun trying to escape from the ship.
vanished.16 They lowered the lifeboat into the sea
21
After they had gone a long and pretended that they were going
time without food, Paul stood among to lay out the anchors from the bow.
31
his shipmatese and said, “Men, you Paul told the centurion and the
should have listened to me and not soldiers, “Unless these men remain
have sailed from Crete. You would onboard, you cannot be saved.”
32
have avoided this hardship and Then the soldiers cut the ropes that
damage. 22But now I urge you to have held the lifeboat and set it adrift.29
33
courage because there will be no loss Right up to daybreak Paul kept
of life among you, but only lossf of urging all of them to eat something.
the ship. 23For just last night an angel He said, “Today is the fourteenth day
of God, to whom I belong and whom that you have been waiting and
I serve, stood by me 24and said, ‘Stop going without food, not eating
anything. 34So I urge you to eat
a 27:14 Lit. from it something, for it will help you
b 27:16 Other mss. read Clauda survive, since none of you will lose so
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c 27:17 Lit. They

d 27:17 Lit. the Syrtis
e 27:21 Lit. among them
f 27:22 The Gk. lacks loss g 27:24 The Gk. lacks the lives of
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much asa a hair from his head.” island was called Malta. 2The people
35
After he said this, he took some who lived there were unusually kind
bread, thanked God in front of to us. It had started to rain and was
everyone, broke it, and began to eat. cold, so they started a bonfire and
36
Everyone was encouraged and had invited us to join themd around it.
3
something to eat. 37There were 276b Paul gathered a bundle of sticks and
of us on the ship. 38After they had put it on the fire. A poisonous snake
eaten all they wanted, they began to was forced out by the heat and
lighten the ship by dumping its cargo attached itself to Paul'se hand. 4When
ofc wheat into the sea. 34 the people who lived there saw the
39
When day came, they didn't snake hanging from his hand, they
recognize the land, but they could see said to one another, “This man must
a bay with a beach on which they be a murderer! He may have escaped
planned to run the ship ashore, if from the sea, but Justicef won't let
possible. 40So they cut the anchors him live.” 5But he shook the snake
free and left them in the sea. At the into the fire and wasn't harmed.
6
same time they untied the ropes that They were expecting him to swell up
held the steering oars, raised the or suddenly drop dead, but after
foresail to the wind, and headed for waiting a long time and seeing
the beach. 41But they struck a sandbar nothing unusual happen to him, they
and ran the ship aground. The bow changed their minds and said he was
stuck and couldn't be moved, while a god.
7
the stern was broken to pieces by the The governor of the island,
force of the waves. 42The soldiers’ whose name was Publius, owned
plan was to kill the prisoners to keep estates in that part of the island. He
them from swimming ashore and welcomed us and entertained us with
escaping, 43but the centurion wanted great hospitality for three days. 8The
to save Paul, so he prevented them father of Publius happened to be sick
from carrying out their plan. He in bed with fever and dysentery. Paul
ordered those who could swim to went to him, prayed, and healed him
jump overboard first and get to land. by placing his hands on him. 9After
44
The rest were to follow, some on that had happened, the rest of the
planks and others on various pieces sick people on the island went to him
of the ship. In this way everyone got and were healed. 10The islandersg
to shore safely. 40
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honored us in many ways, and when
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we were about to sail again,h they

Paul on the Island of Malta
28
1
When we were safely on
d 28:2 The Gk. lacks to join them
shore, we learned that the e 28:3 Lit. his
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f 28:4 I.e. a Roman god whom they supposed

a 27:34 The Gk. lacks so much as punished wrongdoers
b 27:37 Other mss. read 76 g 28:10 Lit. They
c 27:38 Lit. dumping the h 28:10 The Gk. lacks again
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19
supplied us with everything we But the Jews objected and forced me
needed. to appeal to the emperor, even
though I have no countercharge to
Paul Sails from Malta to Rome
11 bring against my own people. 20That's
Three months later, we
why I asked to see you and speak
continued our sailing onboard an
with you, since it is for the hope of
Alexandrian ship that had spent the
Israel that I'm wearing this chain.”
winter at the island. It had the Twin 21
The Jewish leadersd told him,
Brothersa as its figurehead. 12We
“We haven't received any letters from
stopped at Syracuse and stayed there
Judea about you, and none of the
for three days. 13Then we weighed
brothers coming here has reported or
anchor and came to Rhegium. A day
mentioned anything bad about you.
later a south wind began to blow, and 22
However, we would like to hear
on the second day we came to
from you what you believe, because
Puteoli. 14There we found some
people are talking against this sect
brothers and were invited to stay
everywhere.” 23So they set a day to
with them for seven days. After this,
we arrived in Rome. 15The brothers meet with Paule and came out in
there heard about us and came as far large numbers to see him where he
as the Forum of Appius and the was staying.
Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul From morning until evening he
saw them, he thanked God and felt continued to explain the kingdom of
encouraged. 16When we came into God to them, trying to convince them
Rome, Paul was allowed to live by about Jesus from the law of Moses
himself with the soldier who was and the Prophets. 24Some of them
guarding him. were convinced by what he said, but
others wouldn't believe. 25They
Paul in Rome disagreed with one another as they
17
Three days later, Paulb called were leaving, so Paul added this
the leaders of the Jews together. statement: “The Holy Spirit was so
When they assembled, he said to right when he spoke to your
them, “Brothers, although I haven't ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!
done anything against our people or 26
He said,
the customs of our ancestors, I was
‘Go to this people and say,
arrested in Jerusalem and handed
“You will listen and listen
over to the Romans. 18They examined
but never understand,
me and wanted to let me go because
and you will look and look
there was no reason for me to
but never see!
receivec the death penalty in my case.
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a 28:11 Lit. the Dioscuri; i.e. Castor and

Pollux, twin sons of Zeus
b 28:17 Lit. he d 28:21 Lit. They
c 28:18 The Gk. lacks me to receive e 28:23 Lit. him
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27
For this people's mindsa have
become stupid,
and their ears can barely hear,
and they have shut their eyes
so that they may never see with
their eyes,
and listen with their ears,
and understand with their heart
and turn and let me heal them.”’b
28
You must understand that this
message aboutc God’s salvation has
been sent to the gentiles, and they
will listen.”d
30
For two whole years Paule
lived in his own rented place and
welcomed everyone who came to
him. 31He continued to preach about
the kingdom of God and to teach
boldly and freely about the Lord
Jesus, the Messiah.f
a 28:27 Lit. heart

b 28:27 Isa 6:9-10
c 28:28 The Gk. lacks message about
d 28:28 Other mss. read will listen. 29When he
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had said these words, the Jews left, arguing

intensely among themselves.
e 28:30 Lit. he
f 28:31 Or Christ
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THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE
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Chapter 1
Greetings from Paul

Paul's Prayer and Desire to Visit
1 From:a Paul, a servant of Jesus
1
Rome
the Messiah,b called to be an 8
First of all, I thank my God
apostle and set apart for God’s through Jesus the Messiahj for all of
2
gospel, which he promised you, because the news about your
beforehand through his prophets in faith is being reported throughout the
the Holy Scriptures 3regardingc his world. 9For God, whom I serve with
Son. He was a descendant of David my spirit by preaching the gospel
with respect to his humanity 4and about his Son, is my witness how
was declared by the resurrection from constantly I mention you 10in my
the dead to be the powerful Son of prayers at all times, asking that
God according to the spiritd of somehow by God's will I may at last
holiness—Jesus the Messiah,e our succeed in coming to you. 11For I am
Lord. 5Through him we received longing to see you so that I may
grace and a commission as an apostle impart to you some spiritual gift to
to bring about faithful obedience make you strong, 12that is, that we
among all the gentiles for the sake of may be mutually encouraged by each
his name. 6You, too, are among those other's faith, both yours and mine.
who have been called to belong to 13
I do not want you to be
Jesus the Messiah.f unaware, brothers, that I often
planned to come to you (but have
To: Everyone in Rome,g loved by
7
been prevented from doing so until
God and called to be holy.h now), so that I might reap a harvest
May grace and peace from God among you, just as I have among the
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the rest of the gentiles. 14Both to Greeks
Messiah,i be yours! and to barbarians,k both to wise and
to foolish people, I am a debtor.
15
That is why I am so eager to
proclaim the gospel to you who live
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From in Rome,l too.
16
b 1:1 Or Christ; other mss. read of the For I am not ashamed of the
Messiah Jesus
c 1:3 Lit. About
gospel,m because it is God's power for
d 1:4 Or Spirit the salvation of everyone who
e 1:4 Or Christ
f 1:6 Or Christ j 1:8 Or Christ
g 1:7 Other mss. lack in Rome k 1:14 I.e. uncultured people
h 1:7 Or saints l 1:15 Other mss. lack who live in Rome
i 1:7 Or Christ m 1:16 Other mss. read gospel of the Messiah
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Romans 1:17 The Holy Bible
believes, of the Jew first and of the truth for a lie and worshipped and
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Greek as well. 17For in the gospela served the creation rather than the
God's righteousness is being revealed Creator, who is blessed forever.
from faith to faith, as it is written, Amen.
26
“The righteous will live by faith.” b For this reason, God delivered
them to degrading passions as their
God's Wrath Against Sinful Humanity females exchanged their natural
18
For God's wrath is being sexual function for one that is
revealed from heaven against all the unnatural. 27In the same way, their
ungodliness and wickedness of those males also abandoned their natural
who in their wickedness suppress the sexual function toward females and
truth. 19For what can be known about burned with lust toward one another.
God is plain to them, because God Males committed indecent acts with
himself has made it plain to them. males, and received within
20
For since the creation of the world themselves the appropriate penalty
God’sc invisible attributes—his for their perversion.g
eternal power and divine nature— 28
Furthermore, because they did
have been understood and observed not think it worthwhile to keep
by what he made, so that people d are knowing God fully, God delivered
without excuse. 21For although they them to degraded minds to perform
knew God, they neither glorified him acts that should not be done. 29They
as God nor gave thanks to him. have become filled with every kind of
Instead, their thoughts turned to wickedness, evil, greed, and
worthless things,e and their senseless depravity. They are full of envy,
hearts were darkened. 22Though murder, quarreling, deceit, and
claiming to be wise, they became viciousness. They are gossips,
fools 23and exchanged the glory of the 30
slanderers, God-haters, haughty,
immortal God for images that looked arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil,
like mortal human beings, birds, four- disobedient to their parents, 31foolish,
footed animals, and reptiles. faithless, heartless, ruthless.
24
For this reason, God delivered 32
Although they know God's just
them to sexual impurity as they requirement—that those who practice
followed the lustsf of their hearts and such things deserve to die—they not
dishonored their bodies with one only do these things but even
another. 25They exchanged God's applaud others who practice them. 28 1
Chapter 2
God Will Judge Everyone
2
1
a 1:17 Lit. in it Therefore, you have no excuse—
b 1:17 Hab 2:4
every one of you who judges. For
c 1:20 Lit. his
d 1:20 Lit. they when you pass judgment on another
e 1:21 Lit. they became worthless in their
thoughts
f 1:24 Lit. to impurity in the lusts g 1:27 Or deviation
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person, you condemn yourself, since in God's sight. No, it is those who
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you, the judge, practice the very same follow the law, who will be justified.
things. 2Now we know that God's 14
For whenever gentiles, who do not
judgment against those who act like possess the law, do instinctively what
this is based ona truth. 3So when you, the law requires, they are a law to
a mere man, pass judgment on those themselves, even though they do not
who practice these things and then have the law. 15They show that what
do them yourself, do you think you the law requires is written in their
will escape God's judgment? 4Or are hearts, a fact to which their own
you unaware of his rich kindness, consciences testify, and their
forbearance, and patience, that it is thoughts will either accuse or excuse
God's kindness that is leading you to them 16on that day when God,
repent? through Jesus the Messiah,b will
5
But because of your stubborn judge people's secrets according to
and unrepentant heart you are my gospel. 14
2
reserving wrath for yourself on the

Who is a Jew?
day of wrath, when God's righteous 17
Now if you call yourself a Jew,
judgment will be revealed. 6For he
and rely on the law, and boast about
will repay everyone according to
God, 18and know his will, and
what that person has done: 7eternal
approve of what is best because you
life to those who strive for glory,
have been instructed in the law; 19and
honor, and immortality by patiently
if you are convinced that you are a
doing good; 8but wrath and fury for
guide for the blind, a light to those in
those who in their selfish pride refuse
darkness, 20an instructor of ignorant
to believe the truth and practice
people, and a teacher of infants
wickedness instead. 9There will be
because you have the full content of
suffering and anguish for every
knowledge and truth in the law—
human being who practices doing 21
as you teach others, do you fail to
evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as
teach yourself? As you preach against
well. 10But there will be glory, honor,
stealing, do you steal? 22As you forbid
and peace for everyone who practices
adultery, do you commit adultery? As
doing good, initially for Jews but also
you abhor idols, do you rob temples?
for Greeks as well, 11because God 23
As you boast about the law, do you
does not show partiality.
12 dishonor God by breaking the law?
For all who have sinned apart 24
As it is written, “God's name is
from the law will also perish apart
being blasphemed among the gentiles
from the law, and all who have
because of you.”c
sinned under the law will be judged 25
For circumcision is valuable if
by the law. 13For it is not merely those
you observe the law, but if you break
who hear the law who are righteous
b 2:16 Or Christ
a 2:2 Lit. is according to the c 2:24 Isa 52:5
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5
the law, your having been circum- But if our unrighteousness serves to
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cised has no more value than if you confirm God's righteousness, what
were uncircumcised. 26So if a man can we say? God is not unrighteous
who is uncircumcised keeps the when he vents his wrath on us, is he?
requirements of the law, his uncir- (I am talking in human terms.) 6Of
cumcision will be regarded as cir- course not! Otherwise, how could
cumcision, won't it? 27The man who is God judge the world? 7Forg if
uncircumcised physically but who through my falsehood God's
keeps the law will condemn you who truthfulness glorifies him even more,
break the law, even though you have why am I still being condemned as a
the written lawa and circumcision. sinner? 8Or can we say—as some
28
For a person is not a Jew because of people slander us by claiming that we
his appearance, nor is circumcision say—“Let’s do evil that good may
something just external and physical. result”? They deserve to be
29
No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and condemned!
circumcision is a matter of the heart, 9
What, then, does this mean?h
brought about by the Spirit, not by a Are we Jewsi any better off? Not at
written law.b That person's praise will all! For we have already accused
come from God, not from people.2 25 everyone, both Jews and Greeks, of
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being under the power ofj sin. 10As it

Everyone is a Sinner
is written,
3
1
What advantage, then, does the
Jew have, or what value is there “Not even one person is righteous.
in circumcision? 2There are all kinds 11
No one understands.
of advantages! First of all, the Jews c No one searches for God.
12
have been entrusted with the utter- All have turned away.
ances of God. 3What if some of the They have become completely
Jewsd were unfaithful? Their unfaith- worthless.
fulness cannot cancel God's faithful- No one shows kindness, not
ness, can it? 4Of course not! God is even one person!k
13
true, even if everyone else is a liar. As Their throats are open graves.
it is written,3 With their tongues they
deceive.l
“You are right when you speak,e The venom of poisonous
and win your case when you go snakes is under their lips.m
into court.”f
g 3:7 Other mss. read But

a 2:27 Lit. what is written h 3:9 The Gk. lacks does this mean
b 2:29 Lit. what is written i 3:9 The Gk. lacks Jews
c 3:2 Lit. they j 3:9 The Gk. lacks the power of
d 3:3 Lit. of them k 3:12 Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccl 7:20
e 3:4 Lit. are justified in your words l 3:13 Ps 5:9
f 3:4 Ps 51:4 m 3:13 Ps 140:3
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14
Their mouths are full of cursing Messiah'sj blood would occur
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and bitterness.a through faith. He did this k to
15
They run swiftlyb to shed blood. demonstrate his righteousness,
16
Ruin and misery characterize because he had waited patiently to
their lives. deal with sins committed in the past.
17
They have not learned the path to
26
He wantedl to demonstrate at the
present time that he himself is
peace.c
righteous and that he justifies anyone
18
They don’t fear God.d who has the faithfulness of Jesus.m
19 27
Now we know that whatever What, then, is there to boast
the law says applies to those who are about? That has been eliminated. On
under the law, so that every mouth what principle? On that of actions?
may be silenced and the whole world No, but on the principle of faith.
held accountable to God. 20Therefore, 28
Forn we maintain that a person is
Gode will not justify any human justified by faith apart from the
being by means of the actions actions prescribed by the law. 29Is
prescribed by the law, for through God the God of the Jews only? Is he
the law comes the full knowledge of not the God of the gentiles, too? Yes,
sin. of the gentiles, too, 30since there is
God Gives Us Righteousness through only one God who will justify the
Faith circumcised on the basis of faith and
21
But now, apart from the law, the uncircumcised by that same faith.
31
God's righteousness is revealed and is Do we, then, abolish the law by this
attested by the Law and the faith? Of course not! Instead, we
Prophets— 22God's righteousness uphold the law.
through the faithfulness of Jesus f the
Chapter 4
The Example of Abraham

Messiahg— for all who believe. For
4
1
What, then, are we to say about
there is no distinction among
Abraham, our human ancestor?
people,h 23since all have sinned and 2
For if Abraham was justified by
continue to fall short of God's glory.
24 actions, he would have had some-
By his grace they are justified freely
through the redemption that is in the thing to boast about—though not
Messiahi Jesus, 25whom God offered before God. 3For what does the
as a place where atonement by the Scripture say? “Abraham believed
God, and it was credited to him as
righteousness.”o
a 3:14 Ps 10:7
b 3:15 Lit. Their feet are swift
c 3:17 Isa 59:7-8; Prov 1:16
d 3:18 Lit. God before their eyes j 3:25 Lit. by his
e 3:20 The Gk. lacks God k 3:25 The Gk. lacks He did this
f 3:22 Or through faith in Jesus l 3:26 The Gk. lacks He wanted
g 3:22 Or Christ m 3:26 Or faith in Jesus
h 3:22 The Gk. lacks among people n 3:28 Other mss. read Therefore
i 3:24 Or Christ o 4:3 Gen 15:6
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Now to someone who works, Abraham had before he was
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wages are not considered a gift but circumcised.

an obligation. 5However, to someone
The Promise Comes through Faith
who does not work, but simply 13
For the promise that he would
believes in the one who justifies the
inherit the world did not come to
ungodly, his faith is credited as
Abraham or to his descendants
righteousness. 6Likewise, David also
through the law, but through the
speaks of the blessedness of the
righteousness produced by faith. 14For
person whom God regards as
if those who were given the lawc are
righteous apart from actions:
the heirs, then faith is useless and the
5
7
“How blessed are those whose promise is worthless, 15for the law
iniquities are forgiven produces wrath. Now where there is
and whose sins are covered! no law, neither can there be any
8
How blessed is the person whose violation of it.
sins 16
Therefore, the promised is
the Lord will never charge based on faith, so that it may be a
against him!”a matter of grace and may be
9
Now does this blessedness come guaranteed for all of Abraham’se
to the circumcised alone, or also to descendants—not only for those who
the uncircumcised? For we say, were given the law,f but also for
“Abraham's faith was credited to him those who share the faith of
as righteousness.”b 10Under what Abraham, who is the father of us all.
17
circumstances was it credited? Was he As it is written, “I have made you
circumcised or uncircumcised? He the father of many nations.”g
had not yet been circumcised, but Abrahamh acted in faith when he
was uncircumcised. 11Afterward he stood in the presence of God, who
received the mark of circumcision as gives life to the dead and calls into
a seal of the righteousness that he existence things that don't yet exist.
had by faith while he was still 18
Hoping in spite of hopeless
uncircumcised. Therefore, he is the circumstances, he believed that he
ancestor of all who believe while would become “the father of many
uncircumcised, in order that nations,”i just as he had been told: j
righteousness may be credited to “This is how many descendants you
them. 12He is also the ancestor of the
circumcised—those who are not only
circumcised, but who also walk in the c 4:14 Lit. those of the law
d 4:16 Lit. it
footsteps of the faith that our father e 4:16 Lit. his
f 4:16 Lit. those of the law
g 4:17 Gen 17:5
h 4:17 Lit. He
a 4:8 Ps 32:1-2 i 4:18 Gen 17:5
b 4:9 Gen 15:6 j 4:18 Lit. according to what was said
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will have.”a 19His faith did not that, but we also boastj in our
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weaken when he thought about his sufferings, knowing that suffering
own body (which was already b as produces endurance, 4endurance
good as dead now that he was about produces character, and character
a hundred years old) or about Sarah's produces hope. 5Now this hope does
inability to have children, 20nor did he not disappoint us, because God's love
doubt God's promise out of a lack of has been poured out into our hearts
faith. Instead, his faith became by the Holy Spirit, who has been
stronger and he gave glory to God, given to us.3
6
21
being absolutely convinced that God For at just the right time, while
would do what he had promised. we were still powerless,k the Messiahl
22
This is why “it was credited to him died for the ungodly. 7For it is rare for
as righteousness.”c 4
anyone to die for a righteous person,
23
Now the words “it was though somebody might be brave
credited to him” were written not enough to die for a good person. 8But
only for him 24but also for us. Our God demonstrates his love for us by
faith will be regarded in the same the fact that the Messiahm died for us
way,d if we believe in the one who while we were still sinners.
9
raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. Now that we have been
25
He was sentenced to death because justified by his blood, how much
of our sins and raised to life to justify more will we be saved from wrath
us. through him! 10For if, while we were
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enemies, we were reconciled to God
We Enjoy Peace with God through through the death of his Son, how
Jesus much more, having been reconciled,
5
1
Therefore, since we have been will we be saved by his life! 11Not
justified by faith, we havee peace only that, but we also continue to
with God through our Lord Jesus the boast about God through our Lord
Messiah.f 2Through him we have also Jesus the Messiah,n through whom
obtainedg access by faithh into this we have now been reconciled.
grace by which we have been
Death in Adam, Life in the Messiah
established, and we boasti because of 12
Just as sin entered the world
our hope in God's glory. 3Not only
through one man, and death resulted
from sin, therefore everyone dies,
a 4:18 Gen 15:5 because everyone has sinned.
13
b 4:19 Other mss. lack already Certainly sin was in the world
c 4:22 Gen 15:6
d 4:24 Lit. It will be regarded
e 5:1 Other mss. read let’s have j 5:3 Or let’s also boast
f 5:1 Or Christ k 5:6 Or weak
g 5:2 Or let’s also obtain l 5:6 Or Christ
h 5:2 Other mss. lack by faith m 5:8 Or Christ
i 5:2 Or let’s boast n 5:11 Or Christ
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before the law was given,a but no everyone. 19For just as through one
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record of sin is kept when there is no man's disobedience many people

law. 14Nevertheless, death ruled from were made sinners, so also through
the time ofb Adam to Moses, even one man's obedience many people
over those who did not sin in the will be made righteous. 20Now the
same way Adam did when he law crept in so that the offense would
disobeyed.c He is a foreshadowing of increase. But where sin increased,
the one who would come. 13 grace increased even more, 21so that,
15
But God's free giftd is not like just as sin ruled by bringing death,i
Adam's offense.e For if many people so also grace might rule by bringing
died as the result of one man's justificationj that results in eternal life
offense, how much more have God's through Jesus the Messiah,k our Lord.
grace and the free gift given through Chapter 6
No Longer Sin's Slaves, but God's

the kindness of one man, Jesus the
Slaves
Messiah,f been showered on many
6
1
What should we say, then?
people! 16Nor can the free gift be Should we go on sinning so that
compared to what came through the grace may increase? 2Of course not!
man who sinned.g For the sentence How can we who died as far as sin is
that followed one man's offense concerned go on living in it?
resulted in condemnation, but the 3
Or don't you know that all of us
free gift brought justification, even who were baptized into union with
after many offenses. 17For if, through the Messiahl Jesus were baptized into
one man, death ruled because of that his death? 4Therefore, through
man's offense, how much more will baptism we were buried with him
those who receive such overflowing into his death so that, just as the
grace and the gift of righteousness
Messiahm was raised from the dead
rule in life because of one man, Jesus
by the Father's glory, we too may live
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Consequently, just as one become united with him in a death
offense resulted in condemnation for like his, we will certainly also be
everyone, so one act of righteousness united with him in a resurrection like
results in justification and life for his. 6We know that our old natures
were crucified with him so that our
a 5:13 The Gk. lacks was given sin-laden bodies might be rendered
b 5:14 The Gk. lacks the time of powerless and we might no longer be
c 5:14 Lit. in the likeness of Adam's
disobedience
d 5:15 Lit. But the free gift
e 5:15 Lit. like the offense i 5:21 Lit. ruled in death
f 5:15 Or Christ j 5:21 Lit. through justification
g 5:16 Lit. nor is the gift like the man who k 5:21 Or Christ
sinned l 6:3 Or Christ
h 5:17 Or Christ m 6:4 Or Christ
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slaves to sin. 7For the person who has slaves of the one you obey—either of
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died has been freed from sin. sin, which leads to death, or of
8
Now if we have died with the obedience, which leads to righteous-
Messiah,a we believe that we will also ness? 17But thank God that, though
live with him, 9for we know that the you were once slaves of sin, you
Messiah,b who was raised from the became obedient from your hearts to
dead, will never die again; death no that form of teaching with which you
longer has mastery over him. 10For were entrusted! 18And since you have
when he died, he died once and for been freed from sin, you have
all as far as sin is concerned. But now become slaves of righteousness.
that he is alive, he lives for God. 11In 19
I am speaking in simplei terms
the same way, you too must because of the frailty of your human
continually consider yourselves dead nature.j Just as you once offered the
as far as sin is concerned, but living parts of your bodyk as slaves to
for God through the Messiahc Jesus.d impurity and to greater and greater
12
Therefore, do not let sin rule disobedience, so now, in the same
your mortal bodies so that you obey way, you must offer the parts of your
their desires. 13Stop offeringe the parts bodyl as slaves to righteousness that
of your bodyf to sin as instruments of leads to sanctification. 20For when
unrighteousness. Instead, offer you were slaves of sin, you were
yourselves to God as people who “free” as far as righteousness was
have been brought from death to life concerned. 21What benefit did you get
and the parts of your body g as from doing those things you are now
instruments of righteousness to God. ashamed of? For those things resulted
14
For sin will not have mastery over in death. 22But now that you have
you, because you are not under law been freed from sin and have become
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God's slaves, the benefit you reap is
15
What, then, does this mean?h sanctification, and the result is eternal
Should we go on sinning because we life. 23For the wages of sin is death,
are not under law but under grace? but the free gift of God is eternal life
Of course not! 16Don't you know that in union with the Messiahm Jesus our
when you offer yourselves to Lord.
someone as obedient slaves, you are Chapter 7
Now We are Released from the Law
7
1
Don't you realize, brothers—for I
a 6:8 Or Christ am speaking to people who know
b 6:9 Or Christ the law—that the law can press its
c 6:11 Or Christ
d 6:11 Other mss. read the Messiah Jesus our
Lord i 6:19 Lit. human
e 6:13 Or Don't offer j 6:19 Lit. your flesh
f 6:13 Lit. your members k 6:19 Lit. your members
g 6:13 Lit. your members l 6:19 Lit. your members
h 6:15 The Gk. lacks does this mean m 6:23 Or Christ
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claims over a person only as long as kinds of sinful desires, since apart
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he is alive? 2For a married woman is from the law, sin is dead. 9At one
bound by the law to her husband time I was alive without any connec-
while he is living, but if her husband tion toe the law.f But when the rule
dies, she is released from the law was revealed, sin sprang to life, 10and
concerning her husband. 3So while I died. I found that the very rule that
her husband is living, she will be was intended to bring life actually
called an adulterer if she lives with brought death. 11For sin, seizing the
another man. But if her husband dies, opportunity provided by the rule,
she is free from this law, so that she is deceived me and used it to kill me.
not an adulterer if she marries 12
So then, the lawg itself is holy, and
another man. the rule is holy, just, and good.
4
In the same way, my brothers, The Problem of the Sin That Lives in
through the Messiah'sa body you also Us
died as far as the law is concerned, so 13
Now, did something good
that you may belong to another bring me death? Of course not! But in
person, the one who was raised from order that sin might be recognized as
the dead, and may bear fruit for God. being sin, it used something good to
5
For while we were living according cause my death, so that through the
to our human nature,b sinful passions rule, sin might become more exposed
were at work in our bodies c by means as beingh sinful than ever before.
of the law, to bear fruit resulting in 14
For we know that the law is
death. 6But now we have been spiritual, but I am merely human,i
released from the law by dying to sold as a slave to sin.j 15I don't
what enslaved us, so that we may understand what I am doing. For I
serve in the new life of the Spirit, not don't practice what I want to do, but
under the old writings. 4
instead do what I hate. 16Now if I

The Law Shows Us What Sin is practice what I don't want to do, I am
7
What should we say, then? Is admitting that the law is good. 17As it
the law sinful? Of course not! In fact, is, I am no longer the one who is
I wouldn't have become aware of sin doing it, but it is the sin that is living
if it had not been for the law. I in me.
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wouldn't have known what it means For I know that nothing good
to covet if the law had not said, “You lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I
must not covet.”d 8But sin seized the have the desire to do what is right,
opportunity provided by this com-
mandment and produced in me all
e 7:9 The Gk. lacks any connection to
f 7:9 Or instruction
a 7:4 Or Christ’s g 7:12 Or instruction
b 7:5 Lit. our flesh h 7:13 The Gk. lacks exposed as being
c 7:5 Lit. members i 7:14 Lit. am flesh
d 7:7 Exod 20:17 j 7:14 Lit. sold under sin
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but I cannot carry it out. 19For I don't the law was powerless to do in that it
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do the good I want to do, but instead was weakened by the flesh, God did.
do the evil that I don't want to do. By sending his own Son in the form
20
But if I do what I don't want to do, I of humanity,l he condemned sin by
am no longer the one who is doing it, being incarnate, 4so that the righteous
but it is the sin that is living in me. 19 7
requirement of the law might be
21
So I find this to be a principle: a fulfilled in us, who do not live
when I want to do what is good, evil according to human nature but
is right there with me. 22For I delight according to the Spirit.
5
in the law of God in my inner being, For those who live according to
23
but I see in my body b a different the flesh set their minds on the things
principlec waging war with the law in of the flesh, but those who live
my mind and making me a prisoner according to the Spirit set their minds
of the law of sin that exists in my on the things of the Spirit. 6To focus
body.d 24What a wretched man I am! our minds on the human nature leads
Who will rescue me from this body to death, but to focus our minds on
that is infected bye death? 25Thank the Spirit leads to life and peace.
7
That is why the mind that focuses on
God through Jesus the Messiah,f our
human nature is hostile toward God.
Lord, because with my mind I myself
It refuses to submit to the authority of
can serve the law of God, even while
God's law because it is powerless to
with my human natureg I serve the
do so. 8Indeed, those who are under
law of sin.
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the control of human nature cannot
The Spirit Gives Life please God.
8
9
1
Therefore, there is now no You, however, are not under
condemnation for those who are the control of the human nature but
in union with the Messiahh Jesus.i under the control of the Spirit, since
2
For the Spirit’s law of life in the God's Spirit lives in you. And if
Messiahj Jesus has set mek free from anyone does not have the Spirit of
the law of sin and death. 3For what the Messiah,m he does not belong to
him. 10But if the Messiahn is in you,
your bodies are dead due to sin, but
a 7:21 Lit. law
b 7:23 Lit. in my members the spirito is alive due to
c 7:23 Lit. law righteousness. 11And if the Spirit of
d 7:23 Lit. in my members the one who raised Jesus from the
e 7:24 Lit. body of death
dead is living in you, then the one
f 7:25 Or Christ
g 7:25 Lit. my flesh who raised the Messiahp from the
h 8:1 Or Christ
i 8:1 Other mss. read Jesus, who do not live l 8:3 Lit. of the flesh
according to the flesh but according to the m 8:9 Or Christ
Spirit n 8:10 Or Christ
j 8:2 Or Christ o 8:10 Or Spirit
k 8:2 Other mss. read you p 8:11 Or Christ
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dead will also make your mortal set free from corrupting bondage in
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bodies alive by his Spirit who lives in order to share the glorious freedom
you. of God's children. 22For we know that
12
Consequently, brothers, we are all the rest of creation has been
not—with respect to human nature, groaning with the pains of childbirth
that is—under an obligation to live up to the present time. 23However,
according to human nature. 13For if not only the creation, but we who
you live according to human nature, have the first fruits of the Spirit also
you are going to die, but if by the groan inwardly as we eagerly await
Spirit you continually put to death our adoption, the redemption of our
the activities of the body, you will bodies. 24For we were saved with this
live. 14For all who are led by God's hope in mind.e Now a hope that can
Spirit are God's children. 15For you be observed is not really hope, for
have not received a spirit of slavery who hopes for what can be seen?
25
that leads you into fear again. But if we hope for what we do not
Instead, you have received the Spirit yet observe, we eagerly wait for it
of adoption by whom we cry out, with patience. 18
26
“Abba!a Father!” 16The Spirit himself In the same way, the Spirit also
testifies with our spirit that we are helps us in our weakness, since we do
God's children. 17Now if we are not know how to pray as we should.
children, we are heirs—heirs of God But the Spirit himself intercedes for
usf with groans too deep for words,
and co-heirs with the Messiahb—if, in 27
and the one who searches our
fact, we share in his sufferings in
hearts knows the mind of the Spirit,
order that we may also share in his
for the Spiritg intercedes for the saints
glory.
according to God's will.h 28And we
God's Spirit Helps Us know that for those who love God,
18
For I consider that the that is, for those who are called
sufferings of this present time are not according to his purpose, all things
worth comparing with the glory that are working togetheri for good.
29
will be revealed to us. 19For the For those whom he foreknew
creation is eagerly awaiting the he also predestined to be conformed
revelation of God’s children, to the image of his Son, in order that
20
because the creation has become the Sonj might be the firstborn
subject to futility, though not by
anything it did.c The one who e 8:24 The Gk. lacks in mind
subjected it did so in the certaintyd f 8:26 Other mss. lack for us
21
that the creation itself would also be g 8:27 Lit. he
h 8:27 Lit. according to God
i 8:28 Other mss. read that God works all
a 8:15 Abba is Aram. for Father. things together for good for those who love
b 8:17 Or Christ God and who are called according to his
c 8:20 Lit. by its subjecting purpose
d 8:20 Lit. hope j 8:29 Lit. that he
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among many brothers. 30And those present, nor things to come, nor
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whom he predestined, he also called; powers, 39nor anything above, nor
and those whom he called, he also anything below, nor anything else in
justified; and those whom he justified all creation can separate us from the
he also glorified. 27
8
love of God that is oursh in union
Nothing Can Separate Us from God's with the Messiahi Jesus, our Lord.
Love
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Paul's Concern for the Jewish People
9
31
What, then, can we say about 1
I am telling the truth because I
all of this? If God is for us, who can
belong toj the Messiahk—I am
be against us? 32The one who did not
not lying, and my conscience
spare his own Son, but offered him as
confirms it by means of the Holy
a sacrificea for all of us, surely will
Spirit. 2I have deep sorrow and
give us all things, along with his
unceasing anguish in my heart, 3for I
Son,b won't he? 33Who shall accuse
could wish that I myself were
God's elect? It is God who justifies!
34
Who is the one to condemn? It is condemnedl and cut off from the
the Messiahc Jesus who is interceding Messiahm for the sake of my brothers,
on our behalf. He died, and more my own people,n 4who are Israelites.
importantly, has been raised and is To them belong the adoption, the
seated at the right hand of God. glory, the covenants,o the giving of
35
Who shall separate us from the the law, the worship, and the
Messiah'sd love? Can trouble, distress, promises. 5To the Israelitesp belong
persecution, hunger, nakedness, the patriarchs, and from them, the
danger, or a violent deathe do this?f Messiahq descended,r who is God
36
As it is written, over all, the one who is forever
blessed. Amen.
“For your sake we are being put to 6
Now it is not as though the
death all day long.
word of God has failed. For not all
We are thought of as sheep
Israelites truly belong to Israel, 7and
headed for slaughter.”g
not all of Abraham's descendants are
37
In all these things we are his true descendants. On the
triumphantly victorious due to the contrary, “It is through Isaac that
one who loved us. 38For I am
convinced that neither death, nor life, h 8:39 The Gk. lacks ours
nor angels, nor rulers, nor things i 8:39 Or Christ
j 9:1 Lit. truth in
k 9:1 Or Christ
a 8:32 The Gk. lacks as a sacrifice l 9:3 Or accursed
b 8:32 Lit. with him m 9:3 Or Christ
c 8:34 Or Christ n 9:3 Lit. own relatives according to the flesh
d 8:35 Or Christ’s o 9:4 Other mss. read the covenant
e 8:35 Lit. a sword p 9:5 Lit. To them
f 8:35 The Gk. lacks do this q 9:5 Or Christ
g 8:36 Ps 44:22 r 9:5 Lit. Messiah according to the flesh
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descendants will be named for you.” a “I have raised you up for this very
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8
That is, it is not merely the children purpose,
born through natural descent who to demonstrate my power
were regarded as God's children, but through you
it is the children born through the and that my name might be
promise who were regarded as proclaimed
descendants. 9For this is the language in all the earth.”i
of the promise: “At this time I will Therefore, Godj has mercy on
18
return, and Sarah will have a son.” b whomever he chooses, and he
10
Not only that, but Rebecca became hardens the heart of whomever he
pregnant by our ancestor Isaac. 11Yet chooses.
before their childrenc had been born
or had done anything good or bad God Chose People Who are Not
(so that God's plan of election might Jewish
19
continue to operate 12according to his You may ask me, “Then why
calling and not by actions), Rebecca d does Godk still find fault with
was told, “The older child will serve anybody?l For who can resist his
the younger one.”e 13So it is written, will?” 20On the contrary, who are
“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”f you—mere man that you are—to talk
14
What can we say, then? God is back to God? Can an object that was
not unrighteous, is he? Of course not! molded say to the one who molded
15
For he says to Moses, “I will be it, “Why did you make me like this?”
21
merciful to the person I want to be A potter has the right to do what he
merciful to, and I will be kind to the wants to with his clay, doesn't he? He
can make something for a special
person I want to be kind to.”g
occasion or something for ordinary
16
Therefore, God's choice h does not
use from the same lump of clay.
depend on a person's will or effort, 22
Now if God wants to
but on God himself, who shows
demonstrate his wrath and reveal his
mercy. 17For the Scripture says about
power, can't he be extremely patient
Pharaoh,
with the objects of his wrath that are
15
made for destruction? 23Can't he also

reveal his glorious riches to the
objects of his mercy that he has
prepared ahead of time for glory—
24
including us, whom he also called,
a 9:7 Gen 21:12
b 9:9 Gen 18:10, 14 not only from the Jews but from the
c 9:11 Lit. they
d 9:12 Lit. she
e 9:12 Gen 25:23 i 9:17 Exod 9:16
f 9:13 Mal 1:2-3 j 9:18 Lit. he
g 9:15 Exod 33:19 k 9:19 Lit. he
h 9:16 Lit. it l 9:19 The Gk. lacks with anybody
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gentiles as well? As the Scripturea

25 comes through faith. 31But Israel, who
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says in Hosea, pursued righteousness based on the
law, did not achieve the law. 32Why
“Those who are not my people
not? Because they did not pursue it
I will call my people,
on the basis of faith, but as if it were
and the one who was not loved
based on achievements. They
I will call my loved one.b
26 stumbled over the stone that causes
In the very place where it was said
people to stumble. 33As it is written,
to them,
‘You are not my people,’ “Look! I am placing a stone in
they will be called children of Zion
the living God.”c over which people will
27 stumble—
Isaiah also calls out concerning
a large rock that will make them
Israel,
fall—
“Although the descendants of and the one who believes in him
Israel will never be ashamed.”f
are as numerous as the grains of Chapter 10
sand on the seashore, The Person Who Believes Will be

only a few will be saved. Saved
10
1
28
For the Lord will carry out his Brothers, my heart's desire
plan decisively, and prayer to God about the
bringing it to completion on the Jewsg is that they would be saved.
2
earth.”d For I can testify on their behalf that
29
they have a zeal for God, but it is not
It is just as Isaiah predicted: in keeping with full knowledge. 3For
“If the Lord of the Heavenly they are ignorant of the righteousness
Armies 9
that comes from God while they try
had not left us some to establish their own, and they have
descendants, not submitted to God's means to
we would have become like attainh righteousness. 4For the
Sodom Messiahi is the culminationj of the
and would have been law as far as righteousness is
compared to Gomorrah.”e concerned for everyone who believes. 3
5
30
What can we say, then? For Moses writes about the
Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness that comes from the
righteousness, have attained law as follows: “The person who
righteousness, a righteousness that obeys these things will find life by
a 9:25 Lit. As it f 9:33 Isa 28:16

b 9:25 Hos 2:23 g 10:1 Lit. on behalf of them
c 9:26 Hos 1:10 h 10:3 The Gk. lacks means to attain
d 9:28 Isa 10:22-23 i 10:4 Or Christ
e 9:29 Isa 1:9 j 10:4 Or end
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them.”a 6But the righteousness that As it is written, “How beautiful are i

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comes from faith says, “Do not say in those who bring the good news!”j
your heart, ‘Who will go up to 16
But not everyone has obeyed the
heaven?’ (that is, to bring the gospel, for Isaiah asks, “Lord, who
Messiahb down), 7or ‘Who will go has believed our message?”k
down into the depths?’ (that is, to 17
Consequently, faith results from
bring the Messiahc back from the listening, and listening results
dead).” 5 through the word of the Messiah.l 14
8
But what does it say? “The 18
But I ask, “Didn't they hear?”
message is near you. It is in your Certainly they did! In fact,
mouth and in your heart.”d This is
“Their voice has gone out into the
the message about faith that we are
whole world,
proclaiming: 9If you declare with your
and their words to the ends of
mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe
the earth.”m
in your heart that God raised him
19
from the dead, you will be saved. Again I ask, “Did Israel not
10
For one believes with his heart and understand?” Moses was the first to
is justified, and declares with his say,
mouth and is saved. 11The Scripture “I will make you jealous
says, “Everyone who believes in him by those who are not a nation;
will never be ashamed.”e 12There is I will make you angry
no difference between Jew and by a nation that doesn't
Greek, because they all have the same understand.”n
Lord, who gives richly to all who call
20
on him. 13“Everyone who calls on the And Isaiah boldly says,
name of the Lord will be saved.”f10 “I was found by those who were
14
How, then, can peopleg call on not looking for me;
someone they have not believed? I was revealed to those who
And how can they believe in were not asking for me.”o
someone they have not heard about? 21
But about Israel he says,
And how can they hear without
10
someone preaching? 15And how can “All day long I have held out my
peopleh preach unless they are sent? hands
to a disobedient and rebellious
people.”a
a 10:5 Lev 18:5
b 10:6 Or Christ i 10:15 Lit. are the feet of
c 10:7 Or Christ j 10:15 Isa 52:7
d 10:8 Deut 9:4; 30:12-14 k 10:16 Isa 53:1
e 10:11 Isa 28:16 l 10:17 Or Christ; other mss. read of God
f 10:13 Joel 2:32 m 10:18 Ps 19:4
g 10:14 Lit. they n 10:19 Deut 32:21
h 10:15 Lit. they o 10:20 Isa 65:1
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Chapter 11
God's Love for His People “Let their table become a snare
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11 and a trap,
1
So I ask, “God has not
rejected his people, has he?” a stumbling block and a
Of course not! I am an Israelite punishment for them.
10
myself, a descendant of Abraham Let their eyes be darkened so that
from the tribe of Benjamin. 2God has they cannot see,
not rejected his people whom he and keep their backs forever
choseb long ago. Do you not know bent.”i
what the Scripture says in the story The Salvation of the Gentiles
about Elijah,c when he pleads with 11
And so I ask, “They have not
God against Israel? 3“Lord, they have stumbled so as to fall, have they?” Of
killed your prophets and demolished course not! On the contrary, because
your altars. I am the only one left, of their stumbling, salvation has come
and they are trying to take my life.”d to the gentiles to make the Jews j
4
But what was the divine reply to jealous. 12Now if their stumbling
him? “I have reserved for myself means riches for the world, and if
7,000 people who have not knelt to their fall means riches for the gentiles,
worship Baal.”e 5So it is at the present how much more will their full
time: there is a remnant, chosen by participation mean!
13
grace. 6But if this is by grace, then it is I am speaking to you gentiles.
no longer on the basis of actions. Because I am an apostle to the
Otherwise, grace would no longer be gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14in
grace. the hope that I can make my peoplek
7
What, then, does this mean?f It jealous and save some of them. 15For
means that Israel failed to obtain if their rejection results in recon-
what it was seeking, but the selected ciliation of the world, what will their
group obtained it while the rest were acceptance bring but life from the
hardened. 8As it is written, dead? 16If the first part of the dough
is holy, so is the whole batch. If the
“To this day God has put them
root is holy, so are the branches.
intog deep sleep.
15
17
Now if some of the branches
Their eyes do not see, and their
have been broken off, and you, a wild
ears do not hear.”h
olive branch, have been grafted in
9
And David says, their place to share the rich root of
the olive tree, 18do not boast about
a 10:21 Isa 65:2 (LXX) being better thanl the otherm
b 11:2 10:2 Lit. knew
c 11:2 The Gk. lacks the story about
d 11:3 1 Kings 19:10, 14 i 11:10 Ps 69:22-23; 35:8
e 11:4 1 Kings 19:18 j 11:11 Lit. them
f 11:7 The Gk. lacks does this mean k 11:14 Lit. flesh
g 11:8 Lit. has given them a spirit of l 11:18 The Gk. lacks being better than
h 11:8 Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10 m 11:18 The Gk. lacks other
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branches. If you boast, remember that “The Deliverer will come from
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you do not support the root, but the Zion;

11
root supports you. 19Then you will he will remove ungodliness from
say, “Branches were cut off so that I Jacob.
27
could be grafted in.” 20That's right! This is my covenant with them
They were broken off because of their when I take away their sins.”d
unbelief, but you remain only 28
As far as the gospel is concerned,
because of faith. Do not be arrogant, they are enemies for your sake, but as
but be afraid!a 21For if God did not far as election is concerned, they are
spare the natural branches, he loved for the sake of their ancestors.
certainly will not spare you, either. 17 29
For God's gifts and calling never
22
Consider, then, the kindness change. 30For just as you disobeyed
and severity of God: his severity God in the past but now have
toward those who fell, but God's received his mercy because of their
kindness toward you—if you disobedience, 31so they, too, have
continue receiving his kindness. now disobeyed. As a result, they
Otherwise, you too will be cut off. 23If maye receive mercy because of the
the Jewsb do not persist in their mercy shown to you. 32For God has
unbelief, they will be grafted in again, locked all people in the prison of
because God is able to graft them in. their own disobedience so that he
24
After all, if you were cut off from may have mercy on them all.
what is naturally a wild olive tree,
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and contrary to nature were grafted In Praise of God's Ways

33
into a cultivated olive tree, how much O how deep are God's riches,
easier it will be for these natural and wisdom, and knowledge!
branches to be grafted back into their How unfathomable are his
own olive tree! decisions
and unexplainable are his ways!
The Restoration of Israel 34
Who has known the mind of the
25
For I want to let you know Lord?
about this secret, brothers, so that you Or who has become his adviser?f
will not claim to be wiser than you 35
Or who has given him something
are: Stubbornness has come to part of only to have him pay it back?”g
Israel until the full number of the 36
For all things are from him, by
gentiles comes to faith.c 26In this way, him, and for him.
all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
25
Glory belongs to him forever!
Amen.
d 11:27 Isa 59:20-21

a 11:20 Or be reverent e 11:31 Other mss. read may now
b 11:23 Lit. they f 11:34 Isa 40:13 (LXX)
c 11:25 The Gk. lacks to faith g 11:35 Job 41:11
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Dedicate Your Lives to God share generously.h If it is leading,
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12 lead enthusiastically.i If it is helping,
1
I therefore urge you, brothers,
in view of God's mercies, to help cheerfully.j3
offer your bodies as living sacrifices 9
Your love must be without
that are holy and pleasing to God, for hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to
this is the reasonable way for you to what is good. 10Be devoted to each
worship.a 2Do not be conformed to other with mutual affection. Excel at
this world, but continually be showing respect for each other.
transformed by the renewing of your 11
Never be lazy in showing such
minds so that you may be able to devotion. Be on fire with the Spirit.
determine what God's will is—what Serve the Lord.k 12Be joyful in hope,
is proper,b pleasing, and perfect. patient in trouble, and persistent in
3
For by the grace given to me I prayer. 13Supply the needs of the
ask every one of you not to think of saints. Extend hospitality to strangers.
yourself more highly than you should 14
Bless those who persecute you.
think, rather to think of yourself with Keep on blessing them, and never
sober judgment on the measure of curse them. 15Rejoice with those who
faith that God has assigned each of are rejoicing. Cry with those who are
you. 4For we have many parts in one crying. 16Live in harmony with each
body, but these parts do not all have other. Do not be arrogant, but
the same function. 5In the same way, associate with humble people. Do not
even though we are many people, we think that you are wiser than you
are one body in the Messiahc and really are.
17
individual parts connected to each Do not pay anyone back evil
other. 6We have different gifts based for evil, butl focus your thoughts on
on the grace that was given to us. So what is right in the sight of all people.
if your gift is prophecy, use your gift d 18
If possible, so far as it depends on
in proportion to your faith. 7If your you, live in peace with all people.
19
gift is serving, devote yourself to Do not take revenge, dear friends,
serving others.e If it is teaching, but leave room for God'sm wrath. For
devote yourself to teaching others.f 8If it is written, “Vengeance belongs to
it is encouraging, devote yourself to me. I will pay them back, declares the
encouraging others.g If it is sharing, Lord.”n 20But “if your enemy is
h 12:8 Lit. The one who shares, with

generosity
a 12:1 Lit. to God, your reasonable worship i 12:8 Lit. The one who leads, with enthusiasm
b 12:2 Or good j 12:8 Lit. The one who helps, with
c 12:5 Or Christ cheerfulness
d 12:6 Lit. If prophecy k 12:11 Other mss. read the time
e 12:7 Lit. If serving, in serving l 12:17 The Gk. lacks but
f 12:7 Lit. If teaching, in teaching m 12:19 The Gk. lacks God's
g 12:8 Lit. If encouraging, in encouragement n 12:19 Deut 32:35
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hungry, feed him. For if he is thirsty, devoting themselves to their work.h

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give him a drink. If you do this, you 7

Pay everyone whatever you owe
will pile burning coals on his head.” a them—taxes to whom taxes are due,
21
Do not be conquered by evil, but tolls to whom tolls are due, fear i to
conquer evil with good. 19 whom fearj is due, honor to whom
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honor is due.
Obey Your Government
6
13
1
Every person must be subject Love One Another
to the governing authorities, 8
Do not owe anyone anything—
for no authority exists except by except to love one another. For the
God's permission.b The existing one who loves another has fulfilled
authorities have been established by the law. 9For the commandments,
God, 2so that whoever resists the “You must not commit adultery; you
authorities opposes what God has must not murder; you must not steal;
established, and those who resist will you must not covet,”k and every
bring judgment on themselves. 3For other commandment are summed up
the authorities are not a terror to in this statement: “You must love
good conduct, but to bad. Would you your neighbor as yourself.”l 10Love
like to live without being afraid of the never does anything that is harmful
authorities? Then do what is right, to its neighbor. Therefore, love is the
and you will receive their approval. fulfillment of the law.
4
For they are God's servants, working
for your good. Live in the Light of the Messiah's
But if you do what is wrong, you Return
11
should be afraid, for it is not without This is necessary because you
reason that they bear the sword. know the times—it’s already time for
Indeed, they are God's servants to you to wake up from sleep, because
our salvation is nearer now than
administer punishmentc to anyone
when we became believers. 12The
who does wrong. 5Therefore, it is
night is almost over, and the day is
necessary for you to be acquiescent to
near. Let’s therefore put aside the
the authorities,d not only for the sake
actions of darkness and put on the
of God'se punishment,f but also for armor of light. 13Let’s behave
the sake of your own conscience. decently, as people who live in the
6
This is also why you pay taxes. For
light of day.m No wild parties,
rulersg are God's servants faithfully drunkenness, sexual immorality,
promiscuity, quarreling, or jealousy!
a 12:20 Prov 25:21-22
b 13:1 Lit. except by God h 13:6 Lit. to this very thing
c 13:4 Lit. wrath i 13:7 Or respect
d 13:5 The Gk. lacks to the authorities j 13:7 Or respect
e 13:5 The Gk. lacks God's k 13:9 Exod 20:13-15, 17; Deut 5:17-19, 21
f 13:5 Lit. wrath l 13:9 Lev 19:18
g 13:6 Lit. they m 13:13 Lit. as in the day
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14 7
Instead, clothe yourselves with the For none of us lives for himself,
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Lord Jesus, the Messiah,a and do not and no one dies for himself. 8If we
obey your flesh and its desires. 12 13
live, we live to honor the Lord; and if
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we die, we die to honor the Lord. So

How to Treat Weak Believers
whether we live or die, we belong to
14
1
Accept anyone who is weak
the Lord. 9For this reason the
in faith, but not for the
Messiahj died and returned to life, so
purpose of arguing over differences
that he might become the Lord of
of opinion. 2One person believes that
both the dead and the living.
he may eat anything, while the 10
Why, then, do you criticize
weakb person eats onlyc vegetables.
3
your brother? Or why do you despise
The person who eats any kind of
your brother? For all of us will stand
foodd must not ridicule the person
before the judgment seat of God.k
who does not eat them,e and the 11
For it is written,
person who does not eat certain
foodsf must not criticize the person “As certainly as I live, declares the
who eats them,g for God has accepted Lord, 14
him. 4Who are you to criticize every knee will bow to me,
someone else's servant? He stands or and every tongue will praisel
God.”m
falls before his own Lord—and stand
he will, because the Lordh makes him 12
Consequently, each of us will give
stand. an account of himself to God.
5
One person decides in favor of
Acting in Love
one day over another, while another 13
Therefore, let’s no longer
person decides that all days are the criticizen each other. Instead, make
same. Let each one be fully convinced up your mind not to put a stumbling
in his own mind: 6The one who block or hindrance in the way of a
observes a special day,i observes it to brother. 14I know—and have been
honor the Lord. The one who eats, persuaded by the Lord Jesus—that
eats to honor the Lord, since he gives nothing is unclean in and of itself, but
thanks to God. And the one who it is unclean to a person who thinks it
does not eat, refrains from eating to is unclean. 15For if your brother is
honor the Lord; yet he, too, gives being hurt by what you eat, you are
thanks to God. no longer acting in love. Do not
destroy the person for whom the
a 13:14 Or Christ Messiaho died by what you eat. 16Do
b 14:2 Or ill
c 14:2 The Gk. lacks only
d 14:3 The Gk. lacks any kind of food j 14:9 Or Christ
e 14:3 The Gk. lacks them k 14:10 Other mss. read of the Messiah
f 14:3 The Gk. lacks certain foods l 14:11 Or confess
g 14:3 The Gk. lacks them m 14:11 Isa 49:18; 45:23
h 14:4 Other mss. read because God n 14:13 Or let’s not criticize
i 14:6 Lit. the day o 14:15 Or Christ
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not allow what seems good to you to on me.”d 4For everything that was
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be spoken of as evil. 17For God's written long ago was written to

kingdom does not consist of food and instruct us, so that we might have
drink, but of righteousness, peace, hope through the endurance and
and joy produced by the Holy Spirit. encouragement that the Scriptures
18
For the person who serves the give us.e
Messiaha in this way is pleasing to 5
Now may God, the source of
God and approved by people. endurance and encouragement, allow
19
Therefore, let’s keep on pursuing
you to live in harmony with each
those things that bring peace and that
other as you follow the Messiahf
lead to building up one another. 15
20
Do not destroy God's action for Jesus,g 6so that with one mind and
the sake of food. Everything is clean, one voice you might glorify the God
but it is wrong to make another and Father of our Lord Jesus, the
person stumble because of what you Messiah.h
7
eat. 21The right thing to do is to avoid Therefore, accept one another,
eating meat, drinking wine, or doing just as the Messiahi accepted you,j for
anything else that makes your the glory of God. 8For I tell you that
brother stumble, upset, or weak.b 22As the Messiahk became a servant of the
for the faith you do have, have it as circumcised on behalf of God's truth
your own conviction before God. in order to confirm the promises
How blessed is the person who has given to our ancestors, 9so that the
no reason to condemn himself gentiles may glorify God for his
because of what he approves! 23But mercy. As it is written,
the person who has doubts is
condemned if he eats, because he “That is why I will praisel you
does not act in faith; and anything among the gentiles;
that is not done in faith is sin. 21
14 I will sing praises to your
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name.”m
Please Others, Not Yourselves
15 Again he says,n
1 10
Now we who are strong
ought to be patient with the
weaknesses of those who are not
strong and must stop pleasing
ourselves. 2Each of us must please our
d 15:3 Ps 69:9
neighbor for the good purpose of e 15:4 Lit. of the Scriptures
building him up. 3For even the f 15:5 Or Christ
Messiahc did not please himself. g 15:5 Lit. according to the Messiah Jesus
Instead, as it is written, “The insults h 15:6 Or Christ
i 15:7 Or Christ
of those who insult you have fallen j 15:7 Other mss. read us
k 15:8 Or Christ
a 14:18 Or Christ l 15:9 Or confess
b 14:21 Other mss. lack upset, or weak m 15:9 Ps 18:49
c 15:3 Or Christ n 15:10 Lit. It
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“Rejoice, you gentiles, with his Therefore, in the Messiahh

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people!”a Jesus I have the right to boast about
11 my work for God. 18For I am bold
And again,
enough to tell you only about what
“Praise the Lord, all you gentiles! the Messiahi has accomplished
Let all the nationsb praise him.”c through me in bringing gentiles to
12
And again, Isaiah says, obedience. By my words and actions,
19
by the power of signs and wonders,
“There will be a Rootd from Jesse. and by the power of God's Spirit,j I
He will rise up to rule the have fully proclaimed the gospel of
gentiles, the Messiahk from Jerusalem as far as
and the gentiles will hope in Illyricum. 20My one ambition is to
him.”e proclaim the gospel where the name
13
Now may God, the source of hope, of the Messiahl is not known, so I
fill you with all joy and peace as you don’tm build on someone else's
believe, so that you may overflow foundation. 21Rather, as it is written,
with hope by the power of the Holy
“Those who were never told about
Spirit.
him will see,
Paul's Desire to Take the Gospel to and those who have never heard
the Whole World will understand.”n
14
I myself am convinced,f my
Paul's Plan to Visit Rome
brothers, that you yourselves are 22
This is why I have so often
filled with goodness and full of all the
been hindered from to you. 23But
knowledge you need to be able to
now, having no further opportunities
instruct each other. 15However, on
in these regions, I want to come to
some points I have written to you
you, as I’ve desired to do for many
rather boldly, both as a reminder to
years. 24Now that I am on my way to
you and because of the grace given
Spain, I hope to see you when I come
me by God 16to be a minister of the
your way and, after I have enjoyed
Messiahg Jesus to the gentiles in the your company for a while, to be sent
priestly service of the gospel of God, on by you.
so that the offering brought by 25
Right now, however, I’m going
gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified to Jerusalem to minister to the saints,
by the Holy Spirit.
a 15:10 Deut 32:43 h 15:17 Or Christ

b 15:11 Lit. all peoples i 15:18 Or Christ
c 15:11 Ps 117:1 j 15:19 Other mss. read of the Holy Spirit
d 15:12 I.e. Descendant k 15:19 Or Christ
e 15:12 Isa 11:10 l 15:20 Or Christ
f 15:14 Lit. convinced about you m 15:20 Lit. known, lest I
g 15:16 Or Christ n 15:21 Isa 52:15
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26
because the believers ina Macedonia she may need from you, for she has
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and Achaia have been eager to share assisted many people, including me.
their resources with the poor among 3
Greet Priscaf and Aquila, who
the saints in Jerusalem. 27Yes, they work with me for the Messiahg Jesus,
were eager to do this, and in fact they 4
and who risked their necks for my
are obligated to help them, for if the life. I am thankful to them, and so are
gentiles have shared in their spiritual all the churches among the gentiles.
blessings, they are obligated to be of 5
Greet also the church in their house.
service to them in material things. Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who
28
So when I have completed this was the first converth to the Messiahi
task and have put my seal on this in Asia. 6Greet Mary, who has worked
contribution of theirs, I will visit you very hard for you. 7Greet Andronicus
on my way to Spain. 29And I know and Junia,j my fellow Jews who are in
that when I come to you I will come prison with me and are prominent
with the full blessing of the Messiah.b 15
among the apostles. They belonged to

30
Now I urge you, brothers, by the Messiahk before I did. 8Greet
our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,c and by Ampliatus, my dear friend in the
the love that the Spirit produces, to Lord. 9Greet Urbanus, our co-worker
join me in my struggle, earnestly in the Messiah,l and my dear friend
praying to God for me 31that I may be Stachys. 10Greet Apelles, who has
rescued from the unbelievers in been approved by the Messiah.m
Judea, that my ministry to Jerusalem Greet those who belong to the family
may be acceptable to the saints, 32and of Aristobulus. 11Greet Herodion, my
that if it’s God’ will, I may come to fellow Jew. Greet those in the family
you with joy and be refreshed of Narcissus, who belong to the Lord.
together with you. 12
Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa,
Doxology who have worked hard for the Lord.
33
Now may the God who grantsd Greet my dear friend Persis, who has
peace be with all of you! Amen. toiled diligently for the Lord. 13Greet
Chapter 16 Rufus, the one chosen by the Lord,
Personal Greetings and his mother, who has been a
16
1
Now I commend to you our mother to me, too. 14Greet Asyncritus,
sister Phoebe, a servante in the Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas,
church at Cenchraea. 2Welcome her and the brothers who are with them.
in the Lord as is appropriate for
saints, and provide her with anything f 16:3 I.e. Priscilla
g 16:3 Or Christ
a 15:26 The Gk. lacks the believers in h 16:5 Lit. who was the first fruits
b 15:29 Or Christ; other mss. read the gospel i 16:5 Or Christ
of the Messiah j 16:7 Or Junias
c 15:30 Or Christ k 16:7 Or Christ
d 15:33 Lit. God of peace l 16:9 Or Christ
e 16:1 Or deaconess m 16:10 Or Christ
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15
Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,f
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and his sister, and Olympas and all be with all of you!g
the saints who are with them. 16Greet
Final Doxology
one another with a holy kiss.a All the 25
Now to the one who is able to
churches of the Messiahb greet you.
strengthen you with my gospel and
7
Final Warning the message that I preach about Jesus,

17
Now I urge you, brothers, to the Messiah,h by revealing the secret
watch out for those who create that was kept hidden from long ago
divisions and sinful enticements that 26
but now has been made known
oppose the teaching you have through the prophets to all the
learned. Stay away from them, gentiles, in keeping with the decree
18
because such people are not serving of the eternal God to bring them to
the Messiahc our Lord, but their own the obedience that springs from
desires. By their smooth talk and faith— 27to the only wise God,
flattering words they deceive the through Jesus the Messiah,i be glory
hearts of the unsuspecting. 19For your forever! Amen.
obedience has become known to
everyone, and I am full of joy for you.
But I want you to be wise about what
is good, and innocent about what is
evil. 20The God of peace will soon
crush Satan under your feet. May the
grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,d
be with all of you!e
Final Greeting
21
Timothy, my fellow worker,
greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and
Sosipater, my fellow Jews. 22I, Tertius,
who penned this letter, greet you in
the Lord. 23Gaius, who is host to me
and the whole church, greets you.
Erastus, the city treasurer, and our
brother Quartus greet you. 24May the
a 16:16 People customarily greeted their

friends with a kiss on the cheek.
b 16:16 Or Christ
c 16:18 Or Christ f 16:24 Or Christ
d 16:20 Or Christ g 16:24 Other mss. Lack this vs.
e 16:20 Other mss. lack May the grace of our h 16:25 Or Christ
Lord Jesus the Messiah be with all of you! i 16:27 Or Christ
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FIRST CORINTHIANS
Chapter 1
Paul Greets the Church in Corinth the Messiahl to be revealed. 8He will
1 From:a Paul, called to be an

1
keep you strong until the end, so that
apostle of the Messiahb Jesusc by you will be blameless on the Day of
the will of God, and from our brother our Lord Jesus the Messiah.m
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9
Sosthenes. Faithful is the God by whom you
2
To: God’s church in Corinth, to those were called into fellowship with his
who have been sanctified by the Son Jesus the Messiah,n our Lord.
Messiahd Jesus and called to be holy,e Divisions in the Church
together with all those everywhere 10
Brothers, in the name of our
who call on the name of our Lord Lord Jesus the Messiah,o I urge all of
Jesus, the Messiahf—their Lordg and you to be in agreementp and not to
ours. have divisions among you, so that
3
May grace and peace from God you may be perfectly united in your
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the understanding and opinions. 11My
Messiah,h be yours! brothers, some members of Chloe's
family have made it clear to me that
You are Rich there are quarrels among you. 12This
4
I always thank my i God for you is what I mean: Each of you is saying,
because of the grace of God given “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to
you by the Messiahj Jesus. 5For by Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” q or
him you have become rich in every “I belong to the Messiah.”r
way—in speech and knowledge of 13
Is the Messiahs divided? Paul
every kind— 6while, our testimony
wasn't crucified for you, was he? You
about the Messiahk has been weren't baptized in Paul's name,
confirmed among you. 7Therefore,
were you? 14I thank Godt that I did
you don't lack any spiritual gift as
not baptize any of you except Crispus
you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus
and Gaius, 15so that no one can say
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From

b 1:1 Or Christ l 1:7 Or Christ
c 1:1 Other mss. read Jesus the Messiah m 1:8 Or Christ
d 1:2 Or Christ n 1:9 Or Christ
e 1:2 Or to be saints o 1:10 Or Christ
f 1:2 Or Christ p 1:10 Lit. to say the same thing
g 1:2 Lit. theirs q 1:12 I.e. Peter
h 1:3 Or Christ r 1:12 Or Christ
i 1:4 Other mss. lack my s 1:13 Or Christ
j 1:4 Or Christ t 1:14 Other mss. read I thank my God; still
k 1:6 Or Christ other mss. read I am thankful
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International Standard Version 2.0 First Corinthians 2:2
that you were baptized in my name. called,f both Jews and Greeks, the
16
(Oh yes, I also baptized the family Messiahg is God's power and God's
of Stephanus. Beyond that, I'm not wisdom. 25For God's nonsense is
sure whether I baptized anyone else.) wiser than human wisdom,h and
17
For the Messiaha did not send me to God's weakness is stronger than
baptize but to preach the gospel, not human strength.i
with eloquent wisdom, so the cross of 26
Brothers, think about your own
the Messiahb won’t be emptied of its calling. Not many of you were wise
1 CORINTHIANS
power. by human standards,j not many were
The Messiah is God's Power and powerful, not many were of noble
Wisdom birth. 27But God chose what is
18
For the message about the nonsense in the world to make the
cross is nonsense to those who are wise feel ashamed. God chose what is
being destroyed, but it is God's weak in the world to make the strong
power to us who are being saved. feel ashamed. 28And God chose what
19
For it is written, is insignificant in the world, what is
despised, what is nothing, in order to
“I will destroy the wisdom of the destroy what is something, 29so that
wise, no onek may boast in God's presence.
and the intelligence of the 30
It is because of Godl that you are in
intelligent I will reject.”c
union with the Messiahm Jesus, who
20
Where is the wise person? Where is for us has become wisdom from God,
the scholar? Where is the philosopher as well as our righteousness,
of this age? God has turned the sanctification, and redemption.
wisdom of the world into nonsense, 31
Therefore, as it is written, “The
hasn't he? 21For since, in the wisdom person who boasts must boast in the
of God, the world through its wisdom Lord.”n 30
1
did not know God,d God was pleased Chapter 2
to save those who believe through Preaching in the Power of God
2
1
the nonsense of our preaching. 22Jews When I came to you, brothers, I
ask for signs, and Greeks look for didn't come and tell you about
wisdom, 23but we preach the God's secreto with rhetorical
2
Messiahe crucified. He is a stumbling language or wisdom. For while I was
block to Jews and nonsense to
f 1:24 Or chosen
gentiles, 24but to those who are g 1:24 Or Christ
h 1:25 Lit. than men
i 1:25 Lit. than men
j 1:26 Lit. according to the flesh
a 1:17 Or Christ k 1:29 Lit. flesh
b 1:17 Or Christ l 1:30 Lit. him
c 1:19 Isa 29:14 m 1:30 Or Christ
d 1:21 The Gk. lacks God n 1:31 Jer 9:24
e 1:23 Or Christ o 2:1 Other mss. read testimony
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with you I resolved to know nothing his own inner spirit? In the same
except Jesus the Messiah,a and him way, no one can know the thoughts
crucified. 3It was in weakness, fear, of God except God's Spirit. 12Now, we
and great trembling that I came to have not received the spirit of the
you. 4My message and my preaching world but the Spirit who comes from
were not accompanied by clever, wise God, so that we can understand the
words, but by a display of the Spirit's things that were freely given to us by
power, 5so that your faith would not God. 13We don't speak about these
1 CORINTHIANS
be based on human wisdom but on things with words taught us by

God's power. 2 human wisdom, but with words f
taught by the Spirit, as we explain
God's Spirit Reveals Everything
6
However, when we are among spiritual things to spiritual people.g
14
mature people, we do speak a A person who isn't spiritual doesn't
accept the things of God's Spirit, for
message ofb wisdom, but not the
they are nonsense to him. He can't
wisdom of this world or of the rulers
understand them because they are
of this world, who are passing off the
spiritually evaluated. 15The spiritual
scene. 7Instead, we speak about God's
person evaluates everything but is
wisdom in a hidden secret, which
subject to no one else's evaluation.
God destined before the world 16
For 12
beganc for our glory. 8None of the
2
rulers of this world understood it, “Who has known the mind of the
because if they had, they would not Lord
have crucified the Lord of glory. 9But so that he can advise him?”h
as it is written, However, we have the mind of the
“No eye has seen, no ear has Messiah.i
heard, Chapter 3
Spiritual Immaturity
and no mind has imagined
3
1
the things that God has prepared Brothers, I couldn't talk to you as
for those who love him.”d spiritual people but as worldly
people, as mere infants in the
10
Bute God has revealed those things Messiah.j 2I gave you milk to drink,
to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit not solid food, because you weren't
searches everything, even the deep ready for it. And you're still not
things of God. ready! 3That's because you are still
11
Is there anyone who can worldly. As long as there is jealousy
understand his own thoughts except and quarreling among you, you are
a 2:2 Or Christ f 2:13 Lit. in things

b 2:6 The Gk. lacks a message of g 2:13 Or in spiritual words
c 2:7 The Gk. lacks began h 2:16 Isa 40:13
d 2:9 Isa 64:4 i 2:16 Or Christ
e 2:10 Other mss. read For j 3:1 Or Christ
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worldly and living by human of each person's action. 14If what a

standards, aren't you? 4For when one person has built on the foundation
person says, “I follow Paul,” and survives, he will receive a reward.d
another person says, “I follow to 15
If his work is burned up, he will
Apollos,” you’re followinga your own suffer loss. However, he himself will
human nature, aren't you?2 be saved, but it will be like going
5
Who is Apollos, anyhow? Or through fire. 13
3
16
who is Paul? They’re merely servants You know that you are God's
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through whom you came to believe, sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives
as the Lord gave to each of us his in you, don't you? 17If anyone
task. 6I planted, Apollos watered, but destroys God's sanctuary, God will
God kept everything growing. 7So destroy him, for God's sanctuary is
neither the one who plants nor the holy. And you are that sanctuary!
one who waters is significant, but
True Wisdom
God, who keeps everything growing, 18
Let no one deceive himself. If
is the one who matters. 8The one who
any of you thinks he is wise in the
plants and the one who waters have
ways ofe this world, he must become
the same goal, and each will receive a
a fool to become really wise. 19For the
reward for his own action. 9For we
wisdom of this world is nonsense in
are God's co-workers. You are God's
God's sight. For it is written,
farmland and God's building.
“He catches the wise with their
The Messiah is Our Foundation
10
As an expert builder using the own trickery,”f
grace that God gave me, I laid the 20
and again,
foundation, and someone else is
building on it. But each person must “The Lord knows that the
be careful how he builds on it. 11After thoughts of the wise are
all, no one can lay any other worthless.”g
foundation than the one that is 21
So let no one boast about human
already laid, and that is Jesus the beings, since everything belongs to
Messiah.b 12Whether a person builds you, 22
whether Paul, Apollos,
on this foundation with gold, silver, h
Cephas, the world, life, death, the
expensive stones, wood, hay, or present, or the future—everything
straw, 13the workmanship of each belongs to you, 23but you belong to
person will become evident, for the
day of judgmentc will show what it
is, because it will be revealed with
fire, and the fire will test the quality
d 3:14 Or receive wages
e 3:18 The Gk. lacks the ways of
a 3:4 The Gk. lacks following f 3:19 Job 5:13
b 3:11 Or Christ g 3:20 Ps 94:11
c 3:13 The Gk. lacks of judgment h 3:22 I.e. Peter
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the Messiah,a and the Messiahb you want! You have already become
belongs to God. rich! You have become kings without
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us! I wish you really were kings so
Faithful Servants of the Messiah that we could be kings with you! 9For
4
1
Think of us as servants of the it seems to me that God has put us
Messiahc and as servant apostles on display in last place, like
managers entrusted with God's men condemned to death. We have
secrets. 2Now it is required of servant become a spectacle for the world, for
managers that each one should prove
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angels, and for people to stare at.

to be trustworthy.d 3It is a very small 10
We are fools for the Messiah'sg sake,
thing to me that I should be but you are wise in the Messiah.h We
examined by you or by any human are weak, but you are strong. You are
court. In fact, I don't even evaluate honored, but we are dishonored.
myself. 4For my conscience is clear,e 11
We are hungry, thirsty, dressed in
but that does not vindicate me. It is rags, brutally treated, and homeless,
the Lord who examines me. right up to the present. 12We wear
5
Therefore, stop judging prematurely, ourselves out from working with our
before the Lord comes, for he will own hands. When insulted, we bless.
bring to light what is now hidden in When persecuted, we endure. 13When
darkness and reveal the motives of slandered, we answer with kind
our hearts. Then each person will words. Even now we have become
receive his praise from God.3 the filth of the world, the scum of the
Fools for the Messiah's Sake universe.
6
Brothers, I have applied all this Fatherly Advice
to Apollos and myself for your 14
I'm not writing this to make
benefit, so that you may learn from you feel ashamed, but to warn you as
us not to go beyond what the my dear children. 15You may have
Scriptures say.f Then you will stop 10,000 mentors who work for the
boasting about one person at the Messiah,i but not many fathers. For in
expense of another. 4
the Messiahj Jesus I became your

7
For who makes you superior? father through the gospel. 16So I urge
What do you have that you did not you to imitate me. 17That's why I sent
receive? And if you did receive it, Timothy to you. He is my dear and
why do you boast as though you did dependable son in the Lord and will
not receive it? 8You already have all help you remember how I live for the
a 3:23 Or Christ
b 3:23 Or Christ
c 4:1 Or Christ
d 4:2 Or should be found faithful g 4:10 Or Christ’s
e 4:4 Lit. I don't know of anything against h 4:10 Or Christ
myself i 4:15 Or Christ
f 4:6 Lit. what is written j 4:15 Or Christ
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Messiaha Jesus as I teach everywhere whole batch of dough, don't you?

7
in every church. Get rid of the old yeast so that you
18
Some of you have become may be a new batch of dough, since
arrogant, as though I were not you are to be free from yeast. For the
coming to evaluateb you. 19But I will Messiah,e our Passover, has been
come to you soon if it's the Lord's sacrificed. 8So let’s keep celebrating
will. Then I'll discover not only what the festival, neither with old yeast nor
these arrogant people are saying but with yeast that is evil and wicked, but
with yeast-free bread that is both
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also what power they have, 20for the
sincere and true.
kingdom of God isn't just talk, but 9
I wrote to you in my letter to
also power. 21Which do you prefer?
stop associating with people who are
Should I come to you with a stick, or
sexually immoral— 10not at all
with love and a gentle spirit? 18
meaning the people of this world
4
who are immoral, greedy, robbers, or

Chapter 5
Disciplining for Sexual Immorality
5
1
It is actually reported that sexual idolaters. In that case you would have
immorality exists among you, and to leave this world. 11But now I am
of a kind that is not found even writing to you to stop associating
among the gentiles. A man is actually with any so-called brother if he is
living with his father's wife! 2And you sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater,
a slanderer, a drunk, or a robber. You
are being arrogant instead of being
must even stop eating with someone
filled with grief and seeing to it that
like that. 12After all, is it my business
the man who did this is removed
to judge outsiders? You are to judge
from among you. 3Even though I am
those who are in the community,
away from you physically, I am with
aren't you? 13God will judge
you in spirit. I have already passed
outsiders. “Expel that wicked man.”f
judgment on the man who did this, Chapter 6
as though I were present with you. Morality in Legal Matters
6
1
4
In the name of our Lord Jesus, when When one of you has a
you are gathered together (and I am complaint against another, does
there in spirit), and the power of our he dare to take the matter before
Lord Jesus is there, too, 5turn this those who are unrighteous and not
man over to Satan for the destruction before the saints? 2You know that the
of his body,c so that his spirit may be saints will rule the world, don't you?
saved on the Day of the Lord.d 54
And if the world is going to be ruled
6
Your boasting is not good. You by you, can't you handle insignificant
know that a little yeast leavens the cases? 3You know that we will rule
angels, not to mention things in this
life, don't you? 4So if you have cases
a 4:17 Or Christ
b 4:18 The Gk. lacks evaluate dealing with this life, why do you
c 5:5 Or flesh
d 5:5 Other mss. read Lord Jesus; still other e 5:7 Or Christ
mss. read our Lord Jesus, the Messiah f 5:13 Deut 17:7 (LXX)
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appoint as judges people who have body is not meant for sexual
no standing in the church? 5I say this immorality but for the Lord, and the
to make you feel ashamed. Has it Lord for the body. 14God raised the
come to this, that there is not one Lord, and by his power he will also
person among you who is wise raise us.
15
enough to settle disagreements You know that your bodies
between brothers?a 6Instead, one belong to the Messiah,d don't you?
brother goes to court against another Should I take what belongs to the
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brother, and before unbelieving Messiahe and unite them with a

judges,b at that! 7The very fact that prostitute? Certainly not! 16You know
you have lawsuits among yourselves that the person who unites himself
is already a defeat for you. Why not with a prostitute becomes one body
rather just accept the wrong? Why with her, don't you? For it is said,
not rather be cheated? 8Instead, you “The two will become one flesh.”f
yourselves practice doing wrong and 17
But the person who unites himself
cheating others, and brothers at with the Lord becomes one spirit
that!64 with him.
9
You know that wicked people 18
Keep on running away from
will not inherit the kingdom of God, sexual immorality. Any otherg sin
don't you? Stop deceiving yourselves! that a person commits is outside his
Sexually immoral people, idolaters, body, but the person who sins
adulterers, male prostitutes, homo- sexually sins against his own body.
sexuals, 10thieves, greedy people, 19
You know that your body is a
drunks, slanderers, and robbers will sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in
not inherit the kingdom of God. you, whom you have received from
11
That is what some of you were! But God, don't you? You do not belong to
you were washed, you were yourselves, 20because you were
sanctified, you were justified in the bought for a price. Therefore, glorify
name of our Lord Jesus the Messiahc God with your bodies.
and by the Spirit of our God. Chapter 7
Concerning Marriage
7
Morality in Sexual Matters 1
Now about what you asked: “Is
12
Everything is permissible for it advisable for a man not to
me, but not everything is helpful. marry?”h 2Because sexual immorality
Everything is permissible for me, but is so rampant,i every man should
I will not allow anything to control
me. 13Food is for the stomach, and the
stomach is for food, but God will d 6:15 Or Christ
e 6:15 Or Christ
make them both unnecessary. The f 6:16 Gen 2:24
g 6:18 The Gk. lacks other
a 6:5 Lit. between his brother h 7:1 Lit. to touch a woman
b 6:6 The Gk. lacks judges i 7:2 Lit. because of instances of sexual
c 6:11 Or Christ immorality
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12
have his own wife, and every woman I (not the Lord) say to the rest
should have her own husband. of you: If a brother has a wife who is
3
A husband should fulfill his an unbeliever and she is willing to
obligation to his wife, and a wife live with him, he must not abandone
should do the same for her husband. her. 13And if a woman has a husband
4
A wife does not have authority over who is an unbeliever and he is willing
her own body, but her husband does. to live with her, she must not
In the same way, a husband doesn't abandonf him. 14For the unbelieving
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have authority over his own body, husband has been sanctified because
but his wife does. 5Do not withhold of his wife, and the unbelieving wife
yourselves from each other unless has been sanctified because of her
you agree to do so just for a set time, husband.g Otherwise, your children
in order to devote yourselves to would be unclean, but now they are
prayer.a Then you should come holy. 15But if the unbelieving partnerh
together again so that Satan does not leaves, let him go. In such cases the
tempt you through your lack of self- brother or sister is not under
control. 6But I say this as a concession, obligation. God has called youi to live
not as a command. 7I would like in peace. 16Wife, you might be able to
everyone to be unmarried,b like I am. save your husband. Husband, you
However, each person has a special might be able to save your wife.13
gift from God, one this and another
that. Live according to God's Call
17
8
I say to those who are Nevertheless, everyone should
unmarried, especially to widows: It is live the life that the Lord gave him
good for them to remain like me. and to which God called him. This is
9
However, if they cannot control my rule in all the churches. 18Was
themselves, they should get married, anyone circumcised when he was
for it is better to marry than to burn called? He should not try to change
with passion.c 10To married people I that. Was anyone uncircumcised
give this command (not really I, but when he was called? He should not
the Lord): A wife must not leave her get circumcised. 19Circumcision is
husband. 11But if she does leave him, nothing, and uncircumcision is
she must remain unmarried or else be nothing, but obeying God's
reconciled to her husband. Likewise, commandments is everything.j
20
a husband must not abandond his Everyone should stay in the same
wife. 10
e 7:12 Or divorce
f 7:13 Or divorce
a 7:5 Other mss. read to fasting and prayer g 7:14 Other mss. read brother
b 7:7 The Gk. lacks unmarried h 7:15 The Gk. lacks partner
c 7:9 The Gk. lacks with passion i 7:15 Other mss. read us
d 7:11 Or divorce j 7:19 The Gk. lacks is everything
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29
conditiona in which he was called. This is what I mean, brothers:
21
Were you a slave when you were The time is short. From now on, those
called? Do not let that bother you. Of who have wives should live as
course, if you have a chance to though they had none, 30and those
become free, take advantage of the who mourn as though they did not
opportunity. 22For the slave who has mourn, and those who rejoice as
been called to belong to the Lord is though they were not rejoicing, and
the Lord's free person. In the same those who buy as though they did
not own a thing, 31and those who use
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way, the free person who has been

the things in the world as though
called is the Messiah's b slave. 23You
they were not dependent on them.
were bought for a price. Stop
For the world in its present form is
becoming slaves of people. 24Brothers,
passing away.
everyone should stay in the same 32
I want you to be free from
conditionc in which he was called by concerns. An unmarried man is
God. 20 concerned about the things of the
Concerning Virgins Lord, that is, about how he can please
25
Now concerning virgins, the Lord. 33But a married man is
although I do not have any command concerned about things of this world,
from the Lord, I will give you my that is, about how he can please his
opinion as one who by the Lord's wife, 34and so his attention is divided.
An unmarried woman or virgin
mercy is trustworthy. 26In view of the
is concerned about the affairs of the
present crisis, I think it is prudent for
Lord, so that she may be holy in body
a man to stay as he is. 27Have you
and spirit. But a married woman is
become committedd to a wife? Stop concerned about the affairs of this
trying to get released from your world, that is, about how she can
commitment.e Have you been freed please her husband. 35I'm saying this
from your commitment tof a wife? for your benefit, not to put a noose
Stop looking for one.g 28But if you do around your necks, but to promote
get married, you have not sinned. good order and unhindered devotion
And if a virgin gets married, she has to the Lord.
36
not sinned. However, these people If a man thinks he is not
will experience trouble in this life,h behaving properly toward his virgin, i
and I want to spare you from that. and if his passion is so strong that he
feels he ought to marry her, let him
do what he wants; he isn't sinning.
a 7:20 Lit. the calling Let them get married. 37However, if a
b 7:22 Or Christ’s man stands firm in his resolve, feels
c 7:25 Lit. the calling
d 7:27 Lit. you been bound no necessity, and has made up his
e 7:27 The Gk. lacks from your commitment mind to keep her a virgin, he will be
f 7:27 The Gk. lacks from your commitment
g 7:27 Lit. for a wife i 7:36 I.e. virgin fiancée, but possibly virgin
h 7:28 Lit. flesh daughter
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acting appropriately. 38So then the through whom everything came

man who marries the virgin acts into being
appropriately, but the man who and through whom we live.
refrains from marriage does even 7
But not everyone has this
better.37
39 knowledge. Some people are so
A wife is bound to her husband
accustomed to idolatry that when
as long as he lives. But if her husband
dies, she is free to marry anyone she they eat food that has been offered to
wishes, only in the Lord. 40However, an idol, their conscience becomes
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in my opinion she will be happier a if contaminated because it is weak.
8
she stays as she is. And in saying However, food will not bring us
this,b I think that I, too, have God's closer to God. We are no worse off if
Spirit.7
we do not eat food that has been
Chapter 8
offered to an idol,f and no better off if
Concerning Food Offered to Idols we do.
8
1
Now concerning food offered to 9
But you must see to it that this
idols: We know that we all right of yours does not become a
possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs stumbling block for those who are
up, but love builds up. 2If anyone weak. 10For if anyone with a weak
thinks he reallyc knows something, conscience sees you, who knows
he has not yet learned it as he ought better, eating in an idol's temple, he
to know it. 3But anyone who loves will be encouraged to eat what has
God is known by him.d been offered to idols, won't he? 11In
4
Now concerning eating food that case, the weak brother for whom
offered to idols: We know that no the Messiahg died is ruined by your
idol is real in this world and that knowledge. 12When you sin against
there is only one God. 5For even if your brothers in this way and wound
there are “gods” in heaven and on their weak consciences, you are
earth (as indeed there are many so- sinning against the Messiah.h
called “gods” and “lords”), 6yet for us 13
Therefore, if food that I eati causes
there is only one God, the Father, my brother to stumble, I will never
from whom everything came eat meat again, in order to keep my
into being brother from stumbling. 10 8
and for whom we live. Chapter 9
The Rights of an Apostle

And there is only one Lord, Jesus
9
1
I am free, am I not? I am an
the Messiah,e
apostle, am I not? I have seen
a 7:40 Or more blessed f 8:8 The Gk. lacks food that has been offered
b 7:40 The Gk. lacks in saying this to an idol
c 8:2 The Gk. lacks really g 8:11 Or Christ
d 8:3 I.e. Other mss. lack by him h 8:12 Or Christ
e 8:6 Or Christ i 8:13 The Gk. lacks that I eat
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Jesus our Lord, haven't I? You are the tolerate everything in order not to
result ofa my work in the Lord, aren't put an obstacle in the way of the
you? 2If I am not an apostle to other gospel of the Messiah.e
13
people, surely I am one to you, for You know that those who work
you are the evidence of my apostolic in the temple get their food from the
authority from the Lord. 1 temple and that those who serve at
3
This is my defense to those who the altar get their share of its
would examine me: 4We have the offerings, don't you? 14In the same
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right to earn our food,b don't we? way, the Lord has ordered that those
5
We have the right to take a believing who proclaim the gospel should
wife with us like the other apostles, make their living from the gospel. 9
15
the Lord's brothers, and Cephas,c But I have not used any of
don't we? 6Or is it only Barnabas and these rights, and I'm not writing this
I who have to keep on working for a so that they may be applied in my
living? 7Who ever goes to war at his case. I would rather die than let
own expense? Who plants a vineyard anyone deprive me of my reason for f
and does not eat any of its grapes? Or boasting. 16For if I preach the gospel, I
who takes care of a flock and does have nothing to boast about, for this
not drink any of its milk? 8I am not obligation has been entrusted to me.
saying this on human authority, am How terrible it would be for me if I
I? The law says the same thing, didn't preach the gospel! 17For if I
doesn't it? 9For in the law of Moses it preach voluntarily, I get a reward, but
is written, “You must not muzzle an if I am unwilling to do it, I am still
ox while it is treading out the grain.” d entrusted with that obligation.
God is not only concerned about 18
What, then, is my reward? It is g to
oxen, is he? 10Isn't he really speaking be able to preach the gospel free of
for our benefit? Yes, this was written charge, and so I never resort to
for our benefit, because the one who demanding my rights when I’m
plows should plow in hope, and the preachingh the gospel.
19
one who threshes should thresh in Although I am free from
hope of sharing in the crop. 11If we everyone’s expectations, I have made
have sown spiritual seed among you, myself a servant to all of them to win
is it too much if we reap material more people. 20To the Jews I became
benefits from you? 12If others enjoy like a Jew in order to win Jews. To
this right over you, don't we have a those under the law I became like a
stronger claim? But we did not use man under the law, in order to win
this right. On the contrary, we those under the law (although I
a 9:1 The Gk. lacks the result of e 9:12 Or Christ

b 9:3 Lit. to eat and drink f 9:15 The Gk. lacks reason for
c 9:5 I.e. Peter g 9:18 The Gk. lacks It is
d 9:9 Deut 25:4 h 9:18 Lit. rights in
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myself am not under the law). 21To same spiritual food 4and drank the
those who do not have the law, I same spiritual drink, for they drank
became like a man who does not from the spiritual rock that went with
have the law in order to win those them. That rock was the Messiah.d
who do not have the law. However, I 5
But God wasn't pleased with most of
am not free from God's law, but I’m those people,e and so they were
subject to the Messiah’sa law. 22To the struck down in the wilderness.4
weak I became weak in order to win 6
Now their experiences serve as
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the weak. I have become all things to examples for us so that we won't set
all people so that by all possible our hearts on evil as they did. 7Let’s
means I might save some of them. 23I stop being idolaters, as some of them
do all this for the sake of the gospel were. As it is written, “The people sat
in order to have a share in its down to eat and drink and got up to
blessings. 20
9
play.”f 8Let’s stop sinning sexually, as

24
You know that in a race all the some of them were doing, and on a
runners run but only one wins the single day 23,000 fell dead. 9Let’s stop
prize, don't you? You must run in putting the Lordg to the test, as some
such a way that you may be of them were doing, and were
victorious. 25Everyone who enters an destroyed by snakes. 10You must stop
athletic contest practices self-control complaining, as some of them were
in everything. They do it to win a doing, and were annihilated by the
wreath that withers away, but we run destroyer. 11These things happened to
to win a prize thatb never fades. them to serve as an example, and
26
That is the way I run, with a clear they were written down as a warning
goal in mind. That is the way I fight, for us in whom the culmination of
not like someone shadow boxing. the ages has been attained.
27
No, I keep on disciplining my body, 12
Therefore, whoever thinks he is
making it serve me so that after I standing securely should watch out
have preached to others, I myself will so he doesn’t fall. 13No temptation has
not somehow be disqualified. overtaken you that is unusual for
Chapter 10
human beings. But God is faithful,

Warnings about Idolatry
and he will not allow you to be
10
1
Now I do not want you to be
tempted beyond your strength.
ignorant, brothers, of the fact
Instead, along with the temptation he
that all of our ancestors who left
will also provide a way out, so that
Egyptc were under the cloud. They
you may be able to endure it.
all went through the sea, 2and they all
were immersed into Moses in the
cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the
d 10:4 Or Christ
a 9:21 Or Christ’s e 10:5 Lit. of them
b 9:25 The Gk. lacks run to win a prize that f 10:7 Exod 32:6
c 10:1 The Gk. lacks who left Egypt g 10:9 Other mss. read Messiah
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14
And so, my dear friends, keep conscience, 26for “the earth and
on running away from idolatry. 15I am everything in it belong to the Lord.” d
talking to sensible people. Apply 27
If an unbeliever invites you to his
what I am saying to yourselves. 16The house and you wish to go, eat
cup of blessing that we bless is a sign whatever is set before you, raising no
of our sharing in the blood of the question on the grounds of
Messiah,a isn't it? The bread that we conscience. 28However, if someone
break is a sign of our sharing in the says to you, “This was offered as a
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body of the Messiah,b isn't it? sacrifice,” don't eat it, both out of
17
Because there is one loaf, we who consideration for the one who told
are many are one body, because all of you and also for the sake of
us eat from the same loaf. conscience. 29I mean, of course, his
18
Look at the Israelites from a conscience, not yours. For why
human point of view.c Those who eat should my freedom be determined by
the sacrifices share in what is on the someone else's conscience? 30If I eat
altar, don't they? 19Am I suggesting with thankfulness, why should I be
that an offering made to idols means denounced because of what I am
anything, or that an idol itself means thankful for?29 10
31
anything? 20Hardly! What they offer, Therefore, whether you eat or
they offer to demons and not to God, drink, or whatever you do, do
and I do not want you to become everything for the glory of God.
32
partners with demons. 21You cannot Don’t become a stumbling block to
drink the cup of the Lord and the cup Jews or Greeks or to the church of
of demons. You cannot dine with the God, 33just as I myself try to please
Lord and dine with demons, 22or everybody in every way. I don’t look
you’ll provoke the Lord to jealousy, out for my own benefit, but rather for
won’t you? Are we are stronger than the benefit of many people, so that
he is? they might be saved.
Chapter 11
All to the Glory of God Be Imitators of Me
11
1
23
Everything is permissible, but Imitate me, as I do the
not everything is helpful. Everything Messiah.e 2I praise you for
is permissible, but not everything remembering everything I told you f
builds up. 24No one should seek his and for holding to the traditions g that
own welfare, but rather his I passed on to you.
neighbor's.
Advice about Head Coverings
10
25
Eat anything that is sold in the
3
meat market without raising any Now I want you to realize that
question about it on the grounds of
d 10:26 Ps 24:1
a 10:16 Or Christ e 11:1 Or Christ
b 10:16 Or Christ f 11:2 The Gk. lacks told you
c 10:18 Lit. Israel according to the flesh g 11:2 I.e. Jewish traditions
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the Messiaha is the head of every anyone wants to argue about this, we
man, and man is the head of the do not have any custom like this, nor
woman, and God is the head of the do any of God's churches.
Messiah.b 4Every man who prays or Concerning the Lord's Supper
prophesies with something on his (Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25;
head dishonors his head, 5and every Luke 22:14-20)
woman who prays or prophesies with 17
Now I am not praising you in
her head uncovered dishonors her giving you the following instructions.
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head, which is the same as having When you gather, it is not for the
her head shaved. 6So if a woman does better but for the worse. 18For in the
not cover her head, she should cut off first place, I hear that when you
her hair. If it is a disgrace for a gather as a church there are divisions
woman to cut off her hair or shave among you, and I partly believe it.
her head, let her cover her own head. 3 19
Of course, there must be factions
7
A man should not cover his among you to show which of you are
head, because he exists as God's genuine!
image and glory. But the woman is
1117
20
When you gather in the same
man's glory. 8For man did not come place, it is not to eat the Lord's
from woman, but woman from man; Supper. 21For as you eat, each of you
9
and man was not created for rushes to eat his own supper, and
woman, but woman for man. 10This is one person goes hungry while
why a woman should have authority another gets drunk. 22You have
over her own head: because of the homes in which to eat and drink,
angels. don't you? Or do you despise God's
11
In the Lord, however, woman church and humiliate those who have
is not independent of man, nor is nothing? What should I say to you?
man of woman. 12For as woman came Should I praise you? I will not praise
from man, so man comes through you for this!
woman. But everything comes from 23
For I received from the Lord
God. 13Decide for yourselves: Is it what I also passed on to you—how
proper for a woman to pray to God the Lord Jesus, on the night he was
with her head uncovered?c 14Nature betrayed, took a loaf of bread, 24gave
itself teaches you neither that it is thanks for it, and broke it in pieces,
disgraceful for a man to have longd saying, “This is my body that ise for
hair 15nor that hair is a woman's you. Keep doing this in memory of
glory, since hair is given as a me.” 25He did the same with the cup
substitute for coverings. 16But if after the supper, saying, “This cup is
the new covenant in my blood. As
often as you drink from it, keep
a 11:3 Or Christ
b 11:3 Or Christ
c 11:13 Or It is proper . . . uncovered, isn't it? e 11:24 Other mss. read that is broken; still
d 11:14 The Gk. lacks long other mss. read that is given
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doing this in memory of me.” 26For as worshipf idols that couldn't even
often as you eat this bread and drink speak. 3For this reason I want you to
from this cup, you proclaim the be aware that no one who is speaking
Lord's death until he comes. 25 by God's Spirit can say, “Jesus is
27
Therefore, whoever eats the cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is
bread or drinks from the cup in an Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
unworthy manner will be held 4
Now there are varieties of gifts,
responsible for the Lord's body and but the same Spirit, 5and there are
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blood. 28A person must examine varieties of ministries, but the same
himself and then eat the bread and Lord. 6There are varieties of results,
drink from the cup, 29because but it is the same God who produces
whoever eats and drinksa without all the results in everyone.
7
recognizing the body,b eats and To each person has been given
drinks judgment on himself. 30That's the ability to manifest the Spirit for
why so many of you are weak and the common good. 8To one has been
sick and a considerable number are given a message of wisdom by the
dying.c 31But if we judged ourselves Spirit; to another the ability to speak
correctly, we would not be judged. with knowledge according to the
32
Now, while we are being judged by same Spirit; 9to another faith by the
the Lord, we are being disciplined so same Spirit; to another gifts of
healing by that one Spirit; 10to
we won’td be condemned along with
another miraculous results; to
the world.
33
another prophecy; to another the
Therefore, my brothers, when ability to distinguish between spirits;
you gather to eat, wait for each other. to another various kinds of
34
If anyone is hungry, he should eat languages; and to another the
at home, so that when you gather it interpretation of languages. 11But one
may not bring judgment on you. And and the same Spirit produces all these
when I come I will give instructions results and gives what he wants to
concerning the other matters. 11
each person.
Chapter 12
Concerning Spiritual Gifts The Unity and Diversity of Spiritual
12
1
Now concerning spiritual Gifts
12
gifts, brothers, I don't want For just as the body is one and
you to be ignorant. 2You know that yet has many parts, and all the parts
when you were unbelievers,e you of the body, though many, form a
were enticed and led astray to single body, so it is with the
Messiah.g 13For byh one Spirit all of
us—Jews and Greeks, slaves and
a 11:29 Other mss. read drinks in an unworthy
free—were baptized into one body
manner
b 11:29 Other mss. read the Lord's body
c 11:30 Lit. are falling asleep f 12:2 The Gk. lacks worship
d 11:32 Lit. disciplined lest we g 11:12 Or Christ
e 12:2 Or pagans h 12:13 Or in
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and were all privileged to drink from 27

Now you are the Messiah's c
one Spirit.12 body and individual parts of it. 28God
14
For the body does not consist has appointed in the church first of
of only one part, but of many. 15If the all apostles, second prophets, third
foot says, “Since I'm not a hand, I'm teachers, then those who perform
not part of the body,” that does not miracles, those who have gifts of
make it any less a part of the body, healing, those who help others,
does it? 16And if the ear says, “Since administrators, and those who speak d
I'm not an eye, I'm not part of the various kinds of languages. 29Not all
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body,” that does not make it any less are apostles, are they? Not all are
a part of the body, does it? 17If the prophets, are they? Not all are
whole body were an eye, where teachers, are they? Not all perform
would the sense of hearing be? If the miracles, do they? 30Not all have the
whole bodya were an ear, where gift of healing, do they? Not all speak
would the sense of smell be? 18But in other languages,e do they? Not all
now God has arranged the parts, interpret, do they? 31Keep on
every one of them, in the body desiringf the better gifts. And now I
according to his plan.b 19Now if all of will show you the best way of all. 1229
it were one part, there wouldn’t be a Chapter 13
body, would there? 20So there are The Supremacy of Love
13
1
many parts, but one body. If I speak in the languages of
21
The eye cannot say to the humans and angels but have
hand, “I don't need you,” or the head no love, I have become a reverbe-
to the feet, “I don't need you.” 22On rating gong or a clashing cymbal. 2If I
the contrary, those parts of the body have the gift of prophecy and can
that seem to be weaker are in fact understand all secrets and every form
indispensable, 23and the parts of the of knowledge, and if I have absolute
body that we think are less honorable faith so as to move mountains but
are treated with special honor, and have no love, I am nothing. 3Even if I
we make our less attractive parts give away everything that I have and
more attractive. 24However, our sacrifice myself,g but have no love, I
attractive parts don't need this. But gain nothing.
God has put the body together and 4
has given special honor to the parts Love is always patient; 13
that lack it, 25so that there might be love is always kind;
no disharmony in the body, but that love is never envious
its parts should have the same or arrogant with pride.
concern for each other. 26If one part
suffers, every part suffers with it. If c 12:27 Or Christ’s
d 12:28 The Gk. lacks those who speak
one part is praised, every part rejoices
e 12:30 The Gk. lacks other; and so through
with it.
14:39
f 12:31 Or You are desiring
a 12:17 The Gk. lacks body g 13:3 Other mss. read sacrifice my body to be
b 12:18 Lit. will burned; Or myself so that I may boast
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Chapter 14
Nor is she conceited, Prophecy and Languages
14
5
and she is never rude; 1
Keep on pursuing love, and
she never thinks just of herself keep on desiring spiritual gifts,
or ever gets annoyed. especially the ability to prophesy. 2For
She never is resentful; the person who speaks in anotherc
6
is never glad with sin; language is not actually speaking to
she’s always glad to side with people but to God. Indeed, no one
truth, understands him, because he is
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and pleased that truth shall talking about secrets by the Spirit.d
win.a 3
But the person who prophesies
7
She bears up under everything; speaks to people for their upbuilding,
believes the best in all; encouragement, and comfort. 4The
there is no limit to her hope, person who speaks in another
and never will she fall. language builds himself up, but the
person who prophesies builds up the
8
Love never fails. Now if there church. 5Now I wish that all of you
are prophecies, they will be done could speak in other languages, but
away with. If there are languages, especially that you could prophesy.
they will cease. If there is knowledge, The person who prophesies is more
it will be done away with. 9For what
important than the person who
we know is incomplete and what we
speaks in another language, unless he
prophesy is incomplete. 10But when
interprets it so that the church may
what is completeb comes, then what
be built up.
is incomplete will be done away with. 6
11 Indeed, brothers, if I come to
When I was a child, I spoke like
you speaking in other languages,
a child, thought like a child, and
reasoned like a child. When I became what good will I be to you unless I
a man, I gave up my childish ways. speak to you in some revelation,
12
Now we see only an indistinct knowledge, prophecy, or teaching?
7
image in a mirror, but then we will be In the same way, lifeless instruments
face to face. Now what I know is like the flute or harp produce sounds.
incomplete, but then I will know But if there's no difference in the
fully, even as I have been fully notes, how can a person tell what
known. tune is being played? 8For example, if
13
Right now three things remain: a bugle doesn't sound a clear call,
faith, hope, and love. But the greatest who will get ready for battle? 9In the
of these is love. same way, unless you speak an
intelligible message with your
language, how will anyone know
c 14:2 The Gk. lacks another; and so

a 13:6 The Gk. lacks shall win throughout 14:39
b 13:10 Or perfect d 14:2 Or with his spirit
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what is being said? You'll be talking respect to evil, but think like adults.
into the air!7 21
In the law it is written,
10
There are, I suppose, many
“By means of other languages
different languagesa in the world, yet and through the mouths of
none of them is without meaning. 11If foreigners
I don't know the meaning of the I will speak to this people,
language,b I will be a foreigner to the but even then they will not
speaker and the speaker will be a listen to me,”e
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foreigner to me. 12In the same way, declares the Lord.
since you're so desirous of spiritual 22
gifts, you must keep on desiring them Other languages, then, are meant to
for the upbuilding of the church. be a sign, not for believers, but for
13
Therefore, the person who unbelievers, while prophecy is meant,
speaks in another language should not for unbelievers, but for believers.
23
pray for the ability to interpret it. Now if the whole church gathers in
14
For if I pray in another language, the same place and everyone is
my spirit prays but my mind is not speaking in other languages, when
productive. 15What does this mean? I uneducated people or unbelievers
will pray with my spirit, but I will come in, they will say that you are
also pray with my mind. I will sing out of your mind, won't they? 24But if
psalms with my spirit, but I will also everyone is prophesying, when an
sing psalms with my mind. unbeliever or an uneducated person
16
Otherwise, if you say a blessing comes in he will be convicted and
with your spirit, how can an examined by everything that’s
otherwise uneducated person c say happening.f 25His secret, inner heart
“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since will become known, and so he will
he does not know what you're bow down to the ground and
saying? 17It's good for you to give worship God, declaring, “God is truly
thanks, but it does not build up the among you!”22
other person. 18I thank God that I Maintain Order in the Church
speak in other languages more than 26
What, then, does this mean,g
all of you. 19But in church I would brothers? When you gather, everyone
rather speak five words with my has a psalm, teaching, revelation,
mind to instruct others than 10,000 other language, or interpretation.
words in another language. Everything must be done for
20
Brothers, stop beingd childish upbuilding. 27If anyone speaks in
in your thinking. Be like infants with another language, only two or three
at the most should do so, one at a
a 14:10 Or sounds
b 14:11 Or sound
c 14:16 Lit. the person who occupies the place e 14:21 Isa 28:11-12
of the uneducated f 14:24 The Gk. lacks that’s happening
d 14:20 Or do not be g 14:26 The Gk. lacks does this mean
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time, and somebody must interpret. anyone ignores this, he should be

28
If an interpreter is not present, the ignored.f
speakera should remain silent in the 39
Therefore, my brothers, desire
church and speak to himself and the ability to prophesy, and do not
God. 27 prevent others from speaking in other
29
Two or three prophets should languages. 40But everything must be
speak, and others should weigh done in a proper and orderly way.
carefully what is said. 30If a revelation Chapter 15
The Resurrection of the Messiah

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is made to another person who is

15
1
seated, the first person should be Now I'm making known to
you, brothers, the gospel that I
silent. 31For everyone can prophesy in
turn, so that everyone can be proclaimed to you, which you
instructed and everyone can be accepted, on which you have taken
encouraged. 32The spirits of prophets your stand, 2and by which you are
also being saved if you hold firmly to
are subject to the prophets, 33for Godb
the message I proclaimed to you—
is not a God of disorder but of peace.
unless, of course, your faith was
Asc in all the churches of the
worthless.
saints, 34the women must keep silent 3
For I passed on to you the most
in the churches. They are not allowed important points thatg I received: The
to speak out, but must place Messiahh died for our sins according
themselves in submission, as the orald to the Scriptures, 4he was buried, he
law also says. 35If they want to learn was raised on the third day according
anything, they should ask their own to the Scriptures—and is still alive!—
husbands at home, for it is 5
and he was seen by Cephas,i and
inappropriate for a woman to speak then by the Twelve. 6After that, he
out in church.e 14 was seen by more than 500 brothers
36
Did God's word originate with at one time, most of whom are still
you? Are you the only people it has alive, though some have died.j 7Next
reached? 37If anyone thinks he is a he was seen by James, then by all the
prophet or a spiritual person, he must apostles, 8and finally he was seen by
acknowledge that what I am writing me, as though I were born
to you is the Lord's command. 38But if abnormally late. 6
9
For I am the least of the apostles
and not even fit to be called an
apostle because I persecuted God's
a 14:28 Lit. present, he f 14:38 Other mss. read If he is ignorant of

b 14:33 Lit. he this, he should remain ignorant
c 14:33-34 Or peace, as in all the churches of g 15:3 Or to you as matters of great
the saints.34The importance what
d 14:34 The Gk. lacks oral h 15:3 Or Christ
e 14:35 Other mss. place vv. 34 and 35 after v. i 15:5 I.e. Peter
40. j 15:6 Lit. have fallen asleep
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church. 10But by God's grace I am Messiahk in this life only, we deserve

what I am, and his grace shown to more pity than any other people.12
20
me was not wasted. Instead, I worked But at this moment the
harder than all the others—not I, of Messiahl stands risen from the dead,
course, but God's grace that was with the first one offered in the harvestm
me. 11So, whether it was I or the of those who have died.n 21For since
others, this is what we preach, and death came through a man, the
this is what you believed.9 resurrection of the dead also came
through a man. 22For as in Adam all
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The Resurrection of the Dead
12 die, so also in the Messiaho will all be
Now if we preach that the
made alive. 23However, this will
Messiaha has been raised from the
happen to each person in the proper
dead, how can some of you keep
order: first the Messiah,p then those
claiming there is no resurrection of
who belong to the Messiahq when he
the dead? 13If there is no resurrection
comes. 24Then the end will come,
of the dead, then the Messiahb has
when after he has done away with
not been raised, 14and if the Messiahc
every ruler and every authority and
has not been raised, then our
power, the Messiahr hands over the
message means nothing and yourd
kingdom to God the Father. 25For he
faith means nothing. 15In addition, we
must rule until Gods puts all the
are found to be false witnesses about
Messiah’st enemies under his feet.
God because we testified on God's 26
The last enemy to be done away
behalf that he raised the Messiahe—
with is death, 27for “Godu has put
whom he did not raise if in fact it is
everything under his feet.”v Now
true that the dead are not raised.
16 when he says, “Everything has been
For if the dead are not raised, then
put under him,” this clearly excludes
the Messiahf has not been raised,
the one who put everything under
17
and if the Messiahg has not been
him. 28But when everything has been
raised, your faith is worthless and
put under him, then the Son himself
you are still imprisoned by your sins.
will also become subject to the one
18
Yes, even those who have diedh
who put everything under him, so
believingi in the Messiahj are lost. 19If
that God may be all in all.
we have set our hopes on the
k 15:19 Or Christ
l 15:20 Or Christ
a 15:12 Or Christ m 15:20 Lit. the first fruits
b 15:13 Or Christ n 15:20 Lit. have fallen asleep
c 15:14 Or Christ o 15:22 Or Christ
d 15:14 Other mss. read our p 15:23 Or Christ; lit. Messiah the first fruits
e 15:15 Or Christ q 15:23 Or Christ
f 15:16 Or Christ r 15:24 Lit. power, when he
g 15:17 Or Christ s 15:25 Lit. he
h 15:18 Lit. have fallen asleep t 15:25 Lit. his
i 15:18 The Gk. lacks believing u 15:27 Lit. he
j 15:18 Or Christ v 15:27 Ps 8:6
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29
Otherwise, what will those the same.f Humans have one kind of
people do who are being baptized flesh,g animals in general have
because of those who have died? If another,h birds have another,i and
the dead are not raised at all, why are fish have still another. 40There are
they being baptized because of them? heavenly bodies and earthly bodies,
30
And why in fact are we being but the splendor of those in heaven is
endangered every hour? 31I face of one kind, and that of those on
death every day! That is as certain, earth is of another. 41One kind of
brothers,a as it is that I am proud of splendor belongs to the sun, another j
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you in the Messiah,b Jesus our Lord. to the moon, and still anotherk to the
32
If I have fought with wild animals stars. In fact, one star differs from
in Ephesus from merely human another star in splendor.
42
motives, what do I get out of it? If the This is how it will be at the
dead are not raised,31 resurrection of the dead. What is
“Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow planted is decaying, what is raised
we die.”c cannot decay. 43The bodyl is planted
33
in a state of dishonor but is raised in a
Stop being deceived: state of splendor. It is planted in
“Wicked friends lead to evil weakness but is raised in power. 44It is
ends.”d planted a physical body but is raised
34
Come back to your senses as you a spiritual body. If there is a physical
should, and stop sinning! For some of body, there is also a spiritual body.m
45
you—I say this to your shame—don’t This, indeed, is what is written:
fully know God. “The first man, Adam, became a
living being.”n The last Adam became
The Resurrection Body a life-giving spirit. 46The spiritual does
35
But someone will ask, “How not come first, but the physical does,
are the dead raised? What kind of and then comes the spiritual. 47The
body will they have when they come first man came from the dust of the
back?” 36You fool! The seed you plant earth; the second man came from
does not come to life unless it dies, heaven. 48Those who are made of the
37
and what you plant is not the form dust are like the man from the dust;
that it will be, but a bare kernel, those who are heavenly are like the
whether it is wheat or something else. man who is from heaven. 49Just as we
38
But God gives the plante the form have borne the likeness of the man
he wants it to have, and to each kind
of seed its own form. 39Not all flesh is f 15:39 Lit. the same flesh
g 15:39 The Gk. lacks of flesh
h 15:39 Lit. another kind of flesh
i 15:39 Lit. another kind of flesh
a 15:31 Other mss. lack brothers j 15:41 Lit. another kind of splendor
b 15:31 Or Christ k 15:41 Lit. another kind of splendor
c 15:32 Isa 22:13 l 15:43 Lit. It
d 15:33 Menander, Thais (218) m 15:44 The Gk. lacks body
e 15:38 The Gk. lacks the plant n 15:45 Gen 2:7
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who was made from dust, we willa because you know that the work that
also bear the likeness of the man from you do for the Lord isn't wasted.
heaven. Chapter 16
Concerning the Collection for the

4615
50
Brothers, this is what I mean:
Mortal bodiesb cannot inherit the Saints
16
1
kingdom of God, and what decays Now concerning the
cannot inherit what does not decay. collection for the saints, you
51
Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us should follow the directions I gave to
the churches in Galatia. 2After the
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will die,c but all of us will be
changed— 52in a moment, faster than Sabbath ends,h each of you should set
an eye can blink, at the sound of the aside and save something from your
surplus in proportion to what you
last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet d
have, so that no collections will have
will sound, and then the dead will be
to be made when I arrive. 3When I
raised never to decay, and we will be
arrive, I will send letters along with
changed. 53For what is decaying must
the men you approve to take your
be clothed with what cannot decay,
gift to Jerusalem. 4If it is worthwhile
and what is dying must be clothed
for me to go, too, they can go with
with what cannot die. 54Now, when
me.
what is decaying is clothed with what
cannot decay, and what is dying is Plans for Travel
5
clothed with what cannot die, then I will visit you when I go
the written word will be fulfilled: through Macedonia—for I intend to
“Death has been swallowed up by go through Macedonia— 6and will
victory!”e probably stay with you for a whilei or
even spend the winter with you.j
55
“Where, O death, is your victory? Then you can send me on my way,
Where, O death, is your sting?”f wherever I decide to go. 7I do not
56
Now death’s stinger is sin, and sin’s want to visit with you now just in
passing, because I hope to spend a
power is the law. 57But thanks be to
longer time with you if the Lord
God, who gives us the victory
permits. 8However, I’ll stay on in
through our Lord Jesus the Messiah!g Ephesus until Pentecost, 9because a
58
Therefore, my dear brothers, be door has opened wide for me to do
steadfast, unmovable, always effective work, although many people
excelling in the work of the Lord, are opposing me.7
10
If Timothy comes, see to it that
he does not have anything to be
a 15:49 Other mss. read we should afraid of while he is with you, for he
b 15:50 Lit. mean: Flesh and blood is doing the Lord's work as I am.
c 15:51 Lit. will fall asleep
d 15:52 Lit. it
e 15:54 Isa 25:8 h 16:2 Or On the first day of the week
f 15:55 Hos 13:14 i 16:6 The Gk. lacks for a while
g 15:57 Or Christ j 16:6 The Gk. lacks with you
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11
Therefore, no one should treat him with a holy kiss.e 21I, Paul, am writing
with contempt. Send him on his way this greeting with my own hand.
in peace so that he may come to me, 22
If anyone doesn't love the Lord,
because I am expecting him along
let him be condemned!
with the brothers. 10
12 May our Lord come!f
Now concerning our brother
23
Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit May the grace of the Lord Jesus be
you with the othera brothers, but he with you!
was not inclined to do so just now. 24
May my love remaing with all of
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However, he will visit youb when the you

time is right. in union with the Messiahh
Jesus.i
Final Instructions
13
Remain alert. Keep standing
firm in your faith. Keep on being
courageous and strong. 14Everything
you do should be done lovingly.
15
Now I urge you, brothers—for you
know that the members of the family
of Stephanas were the first converts c
in Achaia, and that they have
devoted themselves to serving the
saints— 16to submit yourselves to
people like these and to anyone else
who shares their labor and hard
work. 17I am glad that Stephanas,
Fortunatus, and Achaicus came here,
because what was lacking they have
18
supplied through you. They
refreshed my spirit—and yours, too.
Therefore, appreciate men like that.
Final Greetings
19
The churches in Asia greet you.
Aquila and Priscad and the church in
their house greet you warmly in
union with the Lord. 20All the
brothers greet you. Greet one another
e 16:20 People customarily greeted their

a 16:12 The Gk. lacks other f 16:22 Lit. Marana tha
b 16:12 The Gk. lacks you g 16:24 Or My love is
c 16:15 Lit. the first fruits h 16:24 Or Christ
d 16:19 I.e. Priscilla i 16:24 Other mss. read Jesus. Amen
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SECOND CORINTHIANS
Chapter 1
Paul Greets the Church in Corinth How God Rescued Paul
1
8
1
From:a Paul, an apostle of the For we do not want you to be
Messiahb Jesus by the will of God, ignorant, brothers, about the suffer-
and Timothy our brother. ing we experienced in Asia. We were
so crushed beyond our ability to
To: God’s church in Corinth, and to endure that we even despaired of
all the holy peoplec throughout living. 9In fact, we felt that we had
Achaia. received a death sentence so we
2
May grace and peace from God would not rely on ourselves but on
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the God, who raises the dead. 10He has
Messiah,d be yours! rescued us from a terrible death, and
he will continue to rescue us. Yes, he
The God of All Comfort is the one on whom we have set our
3
Blessed be the God and Father hope, and he will rescue us again, 11as
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of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah!e He is you also help us by your prayers for
our merciful Father and the God of us. Then many people will thank
all comfort, 4who comforts us in all Godh on our behalf because of the
our suffering, so that we may be able favor shown us through the prayers
to comfort others in all their suf- of many.
fering, as we ourselves are being com-
forted by God. 5For as the Messiah'sf Paul's Reason for Boasting
12
sufferings overflow into us, so also For this is what we boast about:
our comfort overflows through the Our conscience testifies that we have
Messiah.g 6If we suffer, it is for your conducted ourselves in the world
comfort and salvation. If we are with pure motives and godly
comforted, it is for your comfort sincerity, without earthly wisdom but
when you patiently endure the same with God's grace—especially toward
sufferings that we are suffering. 7Our you. 13For what we are writing you is
hope for you is unshaken, because we nothing more than what you can
know that as you share our suffer- read and also understand. I hope you
ings, you also share our comfort. will understand completely, 14just as
you have already understood us
partially, so that on the Day of our i
Lord Jesus we can be your reason to
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From boast, even as you are ours. 1
b 1:1 Or Christ
c 1:1 Or the saints
d 1:2 Or Christ
e 1:3 Or Christ
f 1:5 Or Christ’s h 1:11 The Gk. lacks God
g 1:5 Or Christ i 1:14 Other mss. read the
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Why Paul's Visit Was Postponed Paul's Painful Visit
2
15
Because I was confident, I 1
Nowh I decided not to pay you
planned to come to you first so you another painful visit. 2After all, if I
might receive a double blessing. 16I were to grieve you, who should make
planned to leave you in order to goa me happy but the person I am
to Macedonia, and then come back to making sad? 3This is the very reason I
you from Macedonia, and let you wrote you, so that when I did come I
send me on to Judea.
might not be made sad by those who
1
17
When I planned this, I did not
should have made me happy. For I
do it lightly, did I? Are my plans so
had confidence that all of you would
fickleb that I can say “Yes” and “No” c
share the joy that I have. 4I wrote to
at the same time? 18As certainly as
you out of great sorrow and anguish
God is faithful, we haven’t talked to
you with mixed messages like that.d of heart—along with many tears—not
19
For God's Son, Jesus the Messiah,e to make you sad but to let you know
who was preached among you by how much love I have for you. 2
us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy— Forgive the Person Who Sinned
was not “Yes” and “No.” But with 5
But if anyone has caused grief,
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him it is always “Yes.” 20For all God's he didn't cause me any grief. To some
promises are “Yes” in him. And so extent—I don't want to emphasize
through him we can say “Amen,”f to this too much—it has affectedi all of
the glory of God. 21Now the one who
you. 6This punishment by the
makes us—and you as well—secure
majority is severe enough for such a
in union with the Messiahg and has
man. 7So forgive and comfort him, or
anointed us is God, 22who has placed
else he will drown in his excessive
his seal on us and has given us the
grief. 8That's why I'm urging you to
Spirit in our hearts as a down
payment. assure him of your love. 9I had also
23
I call upon God as a witness on written to you to see if you would
my behalf that it was in order to stand the test and be obedient in
spare you that I did not return to every way. 10When you forgive
Corinth. 24It is not that we are trying someone, I do, too. Indeed, what I
to rule over your faith, but rather to have forgiven—if there was anything
work with you for your joy, because to forgive—I didj in the presence of
you have been standing firm in the the Messiahk for your benefit, 11so
faith. that we may not be outsmarted by
Satan. After all, we are not unaware
a 1:16 Lit. To go through you of his intentions.
b 1:17 Lit. according to the flesh
c 1:17 Lit. “Yes, yes” and “No, no”
d 1:18 Lit. faithful, our word to you is not
“Yes” and “No” h 2:1 Other mss. read For
e 1:19 Or Christ i 2:5 The Gk. lacks much—it has affected
f 1:20 Lit. through him is the “Amen” j 2:10 The Gk. lacks I did
g 1:21 Or Christ k 2:10 Or Christ
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Paul's Anxiety and Relief with ink but with the Spirit of the
12
When I went to Troas on behalf living God, not on tablets of stone but
of the gospel of the Messiah,a the on tablets of human hearts. 3
4
Lord opened a door for me, 13but my Such is the confidence that we
spirit could not find any relief, have in God through the Messiah.j
5
because I couldn't find Titus, my By ourselves we are not qualified to
brother. So I said goodbye to them claim that anything comes from us.
and went on to Macedonia. 2
Rather, our credentials come from
14
But thanks be to God! He God, 6who has also qualified us to be
always leads us triumphantly by the ministers of a new covenant, which is
Messiahb and through us spreads not written but spiritual, because the
everywhere the fragrance of knowing written textk brings death, but the
him. 15To God we are the aroma of Spirit gives life.
7
the Messiahc among those who are Now if the ministry of death
being saved and among those who that was inscribed in letters of stone
are being lost. 16To some people we came with such glory that the people
are a deadly fragrance,d while to of Israel could not gaze on Moses’
others we are a living fragrance.e face (because the glory was fading
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Who is qualified for this? 17At least we away from it), 8will not the Spirit's
are not commercializing God's word ministry have even more glory? 9For
like so many others. Instead, we if the ministry of condemnation has
speak with sincerity in the Messiah’sf glory, then the ministry of
name,g like people who are sent from justification has an overwhelming
God and are accountable to God.h glory. 10In fact, that which once had
Chapter 3 glory lost its glory, because the other
Ministers of the New Covenant glory surpassed it. 11For if that which
3
1
Are we beginning to recommend fades away camel through glory, how
ourselves again? Unlike some much more does that which is
people, we do not need letters of permanent have glory?
12
recommendation to you or from you, Therefore, since we have such
do we? 2You are our letter, written in a hope, we speak very boldly, 13not
our hearts and known and read by like Moses, who kept covering his
everyone. 3You are demonstrating face with a veil to keep the people of
that you are the Messiah'si letter, Israel from gazing at the end of what
produced by our service, written not was fading away. 14However, their
minds were hardened, for to this day
a 2:12 Or Christ the same veil is still there when they
b 2:14 Or Christ read the old covenant. Only in union
c 2:15 Or Christ with the Messiahm is that veil
d 2:16 Lit. a fragrance of death to death
e 2:16 Lit. a fragrance of life to life
f 2:17 Or Christ’s j 3:4 Or Christ
g 2:17 The Gk. lacks name k 3:6 Lit. what is written
h 2:17 Lit. as from God and before God l 3:11 The Gk. lacks came
i 3:3 Or Christ’s m 3:14 Or Christ
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removed.a 15Yet even to this day, knowledge of God's glory in the face
when Moses is read, a veil covers of Jesusf the Messiah.g
their hearts. 16But whenever a person 7
But we have this treasure in
turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. clay jars to show that its
17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and extraordinary power comes from God
where the Lord's Spirit is, there is and not from us. 8In every way we're
freedom. 18As all of us reflect the troubled but not crushed, frustrated
glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, but not in despair, 9persecuted but
we are becoming more like him with not abandoned, struck down but not
ever-increasing glory by the Lord's destroyed. 10We are always carrying
Spirit. 14
around the death of Jesus in our
3
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Treasure in Clay Jars
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1
Therefore, since we have this clearly shown in our bodies. 11While
ministry through the mercy we are alive, we are constantly being
shown to us, we do not get handed over to death for Jesus’ sake,
discouraged. 2Instead, we have so that the life of Jesus may be clearly
renounced secret and shameful ways. shown in our mortal bodies. 12And so
death is at work in us, but life is at
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We do not use trickery or pervert

God's word. By clear statements of workh in you.
13
the truth we commend ourselves to Now since we have the same
everyone's conscience before God. spirit of faith in keeping with this
3
So if our gospel is veiled, it is Scripture: “I believed, and so I
veiled to those who are dying. b 4In spoke,”i we also believe and therefore
their case, the god of this world has speak. 14We know that the one who
blinded the minds of those who do raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us
not believe to keep them from seeing with Jesus and present us to Godj
the light of the glorious gospel of the together with you. 15All this is for
Messiah,c who is the image of God. 4
your sake so that, as his grace
5
For we do not preach spreads, more and more people will
ourselves, but rather Jesus the give thanks and glorify God.
Messiahd as Lord, and ourselves as Life in an Earthly Tent
merely your servants for Jesus’ sake. 16
That's why we are not
6
For God, who said, “Let light shine discouraged. No, even if outwardly
out of darkness,”e has shone in our we are wearing out, inwardly we are
hearts to give us the light of the being renewed each and every day.
f 4:6 Other mss. lack Jesus

a 3:14 Lit. is it removed g 4:6 Or Christ; other mss. read of the Messiah
b 4:3 Or being destroyed Jesus
c 4:4 Or Christ h 4:12 The Gk. lacks is at work
d 4:5 Or Christ i 4:13 Ps 116:10
e 4:6 Gen 1:3 j 4:14 The Gk. lacks to God
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17
This light, temporary nature of our has done in his body, whether good
suffering is producing for us an or worthless.d
everlasting weight of glory, far
The Messiah's Love Controls Us
beyond any comparison, 18because we 11
Therefore, since we know what
do not look for things that can be
it means to fear the Lord, we try to
seen but for things that cannot be
persuade people. We ourselves are
seen. For things that can be seen are
perfectly known to God. I hope we
temporary, but things that cannot be
are also really known to your
seen are eternal. 12
consciences. We are not
5
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1
We know that if the earthly tent
recommending ourselves to you
we live in is torn down, we have
again but are giving you a reason to
a building in heaven that comes from
be proud of us, so that you can
God, an eternal house not built by
answer those who are proud of
humana hands. 2For in this one we outward things rather than inward
sigh, since we long to put on our
character.e 13So if we were crazy, it
heavenly dwelling. 3Of course, if we
was for God; if we are sane, it is for
do put it on, we will not be found
you. 14The love of the Messiahf
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without a body.b 4So while we are
controls us, for we are convinced of
still in this tent, we sigh under our
this: that one person died for all
burdens, because we do not want to
people; therefore, all people have
put it off but to put it on, so that our
died. 15He died for all people, so that
dying bodies may be swallowed up
those who live should no longer live
by life. 5God has prepared us for this
for themselves but for the one who
and has given us his Spirit as a
died and rose for them.
guarantee.2 16
6
So then, from now on we do
Therefore, we are always
not think of anyone from a human
confident, and we know that as long
point of view.g Even if we did think
as we are at home in this body we are
away from the Lord. 7For we live by of the Messiahh from a human point
faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, of view,i we don't think of him that
then, and would prefer to be away way any more. 17Therefore, if anyone
from this body and to live with the is in the Messiah,j he is a new
Lord. 9So whether we are at home or creation. Old things have
away from home, our goal is to be disappeared, and—look!—all things
pleasing to him. 10For all of us must have become new!
appear before the judgment seat of
the Messiah,c so that each of us may d 5:10 Or bad
receive what he deserves for what he e 5:12 Lit. rather than the heart
f 5:14 Or Christ
g 5:16 Lit. according to the flesh
a 5:1 The Gk. lacks human h 5:16 Or Christ
b 5:3 Lit. found naked i 5:16 Lit. according to the flesh
c 5:10 Or Christ j 5:17 Or Christ
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18
All of this comes from God, in every way we demonstrate that we
who has reconciled us to himself are God's servants by tremendous
through the Messiaha and has given endurance in the midst of difficulties,
5
us the ministry of reconciliation, 19for hardships, and calamities; in
through the Messiah,b God was beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in
reconciling the world to himself by hard work, sleepless nights, and
not counting their sins against them. hunger; 6with purity, knowledge,
He has committed his message of patience, and kindness; with the Holy
reconciliation to us. 20Therefore, we Spirit, genuine love, 7truthful speech,
are the Messiah'sc representatives, as and divine power; through the
though God were pleading through weapons of righteousness in the right
us. We plead on the Messiah'sd and left hands; 8through honor and
dishonor; through ill repute and good
behalf: “Be reconciled to God!” 21Gode
made the one who did not know sin repute; perceivedi as deceivers and
to be sin for us, so that God's yet true, 9as unknown and yet well-
righteousness would be produced in known, as dying and yet—as you
see—very much alive, as punished
us.f
and yet not killed, 10as sorrowful and
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Workers with God yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet
6 enriching many, as having nothing

1
Since, then, we are working with
God,g we plead with you not to and yet possessing everything.
accept God's grace in vain. 2For he 11
We have spoken franklyj to
says, you, Corinthians. Our hearts are wide
open. 12We have not cut you off, but
“At the right time I heard you,
you have cut off your own feelings
and on a day of salvation I
toward us. 13Do us a favor—I ask you
helped you.”h as my children—and open wide your
Listen, now is really the “right time”! hearts.12
Now is the “day of salvation”! Relating with Unbelievers
We are God's Servants 14
Stop becomingk unevenly
3
We do not put an obstacle in yoked with unbelievers. What
anyone's way. Otherwise, fault may partnership can righteousness have
be found with our ministry. 4Instead, with lawlessness? What fellowship
can light have with darkness? 15What
a 5:18 Or Christ
harmony exists between the Messiahl
b 5:19 Or Christ and Beliar,m or what do a believer
c 5:20 Or Christ’s and an unbeliever have in common?
d 5:20 Or Christ’s
e 5:21 Lit. He i 6:8 The Gk. lacks perceived
f 5:21 Lit. that we might become God’s j 6:11 Lit. Our mouth is open
righteousness in him k 6:14 Or Don't become
g 6:1 Lit. working together l 6:15 Or Christ
h 6:2 Isa 49:8 m 6:15 I.e. the devil
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16
What agreement can a temple of you. I am very much encouraged. I
God make with idols? For we a are the am overjoyed in all our troubles.
5
temple of the living God, just as God For even when we came to
said: 6 Macedonia, our bodies had no rest.
“I will live and walk among them. We suffered in a number of ways.
I will be their God, Outwardly there were conflicts,
and they will be my people.”b inwardly there were fears. 6Yet God,
who comforts those who feel
17
Therefore, miserable, comforted us by the arrival
“Get away from them of Titus, 7and not only by his arrival
and separate yourselves from but also by the comfort he had
them,” received from you. He told us about
declares the Lord, your longing for me, your sorrow,
“and don't touch anything and your eagerness to take my side,
unclean. and this made me even happier. 5 7
8
Then I will welcome you. If I made you sad with my
18
I will be your Father, letter, I do not regret it, although I
and you will be my sons and did regret it then. I see that the letter
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daughters,” caused you sorrow, though only for a
declares the Lord Almighty.c while. 9Now I am happy, not because
Chapter 7
you had such sorrow, but because
Cleanse Yourselves in Holiness your sorrow led you to repent. For
7
1
Since we have these promises, you were sorry in a godly way, and
dear friends, let’s cleanse so you were not hurt by us in any
ourselves from everything that way. 10For having sorrow in a godly
contaminates body and spirit by way results in repentance that leads
becoming mature in our holy fear of to salvation and leaves no regrets. But
God. the sorrow of the world produces
death.
Encouraged by the Corinthians 11
2 See what great earnestness
Make room for us in your
godly sorrow has produced in you!
hearts!d We have not treated anyone
How ready you are to clear
unjustly, harmed anyone, or cheated
yourselves, how indignant, how
anyone. 3I am not saying this to
alarmed, how full of longing and
condemn you. I told you before that
enthusiasm, how eager to seek
you are in our hearts to die together
justice! In every way you have
and to live together. 4I have great
demonstrated that you are innocent
confidence in you. I am very proud of
in this matter. 12So, even though I
wrote to you, it wasn't because of the
man who did the wrong or because
a 6:16 Other mss. read you (pl.)
b 6:16 Lev 26:12; Ezek 37:27 of the man who was hurt. Instead, I
c 6:18 Isa 52:11; Ezek 20:34, 41; 2 Sam 7:8, wrote to you so that your devotion to
14 us might be made perfectly clear to
d 7:2 The Gk. lacks in your hearts you before God.
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13
This is what comforted us. In us increase, the more we want you to
addition to our own comfort, we be rich in this work of kindness.c2
were even more delighted at the joy 8
I am not commanding you but
of Titus, because his spirit had been testing the genuineness of your love
set at rest by all of you. 14For if I have by the enthusiasm of others. 9For you
been doing some boasting about you know the grace of our Lord Jesus, the
to him, I have never been ashamed of Messiah.d Although he was rich, for
it. Moreover, since everything we told your sakes he became poor, so that
you was true, our boasting to Titus you, through his poverty, might
has also proved to be true. 15His heart become rich.
goes out to you even more as he 10
I am giving you my opinion on
remembers how obedient all of you this matter because it will be helpful
were and how you welcomed him to you. Last year you were not only
with fear and trembling. 16I rejoice willing to do something, but had
that I can have complete confidence already started to do it. 11Now finish
in you. 13 7
what you began, so that your

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eagerness to do so may be matched

The Collection for the Christians in
by your eagernesse to complete it.
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Jerusalem
8
1
We want you to know, brothers,
12
For if the eagerness is there, the giftf
about God's grace that was given is acceptable according to what you
to the churches of Macedonia. 2In have, not according to what you do
spite of their terrible ordeal of not have.
13
suffering, their abundant joy and Not that others should have
deep poverty has led them to be relief while you have hardship.
abundantly generous. 3I can testify Rather, it is a question of fairness. 14At
that by their own free will they have the present time, your surplus fills
given to the utmost of their ability, their need, so that their surplus may
yes, even beyond their ability. 4They fill your need. In this way things are
begged us earnestly for the privilege a fair. 15As it is written,
of participating in this ministry to the “The person who had much did
saints. 5We did not expect that! They not have too much,
gave themselves to the Lord first and and the person who had little
then to us, since this was God's will. did not have too little.”g
6
So we urged Titus to finish this work
of kindnessb among you in the same
way that he had started it. 7Indeed,
the more your faith, speech,
c 8:7 Or this grace
knowledge, enthusiasm, and love for d 8:9 Or Christ
e 8:11 Lit. matched as you contribute from
what you have
a 8:4 Or for the grace f 8:12 Lit. it
b 8:6 Or this grace g 8:15 Exod 16:18
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Titus and His Companions Why Giving is Important
9
16
But thanks be to God, who 1
I do not need to write to you any
placed in the heart of Titus the same further about the ministry to the
dedication to you that I have. 17He saints. 2For I know how willing you
welcomed my request and eagerly are, and I boast about you to the
went to visit you by his own free will. people of Macedonia, sayingf that
18
With him we have sent the brother Achaia has been ready since last year,
who is praised in all the churches for and your enthusiasm has stimulated
spreading the gospel.a 19More than most of them. 3Now I have sent the
that, he has also been selected by the brothers so that our boasting about
churches to travel with us while we you in this matter may not prove to
are administering this work of be an idle boast, and so that you may
kindnessb for the glory of the Lord stand ready, just as I said. 4Otherwise,
and as evidence of our eagerness to if any Macedonians come with me
help.c 20We are trying to avoid any and find out that you are not ready,
criticism of the way we are we would be humiliated—to say
administering this great undertaking. nothing of you—in this undertaking.
5
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21
We intend to do what is right, not Therefore, I thought it necessary to
only in the sight of the Lord, but also urge these brothers to visit you ahead
in the sight of people. 208
of me, to make arrangements in
22
We have also sent with them advance for this gift you promised,
our brother whom we have often and to have it ready as something
tested in many ways and found to be given generously and not forced.
dedicated. At present he is more 6
Rememberg this: The person
dedicated than ever because he has who sows sparingly will also reap
so much confidence in you. sparingly, and the person who sows
23
As for Titus, he is my partner generously will also reap generously.
and fellow worker on your behalf. 7
Each of you must give what you
Our brothers, emissariesd from the have decided in your heart, not with
churches, are bringing glory to the regret or under compulsion, since
Messiah.e 24Therefore, demonstrate to God loves a cheerful giver. 8Besides,
the churches that you love them and God is able to make every blessing of
show them publicly why we boast yours overflow for you, so that in
about you. every situation you will always have
all you need for any good work. 9As it
is written,
a 8:18 Lit. in the gospel

b 8:19 Or this grace
c 8:19 The Gk. lacks to help
d 8:23 Or apostles f 9:2 The Gk. lacks saying
e 8:23 Or Christ g 9:6 Lit. Now
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“He scatters everywhere and gives people who think that we are living
to the poor; according to the flesh. 3Of course, we
his righteousness lasts forever.”a
9
are living in the world,f but we do
10
Now he who supplies seed to the not wage war in a world-likeg way.
4
farmer and bread to eat will also For the weapons of our warfare are
supply you with seed and multiply it not those of the world.h Instead, they
and enlarge the harvest that results have the power of God to demolish
from your righteousness. 11In every fortresses. We tear down arguments
5
way you will grow richer and become and every proud obstacle that is
even more generous, and this will raised against the knowledge of God,
cause others to give thanks to God taking every thought captive in order
because of us 12because this ministry to obey the Messiah.i 6Once your
you render is not only fully obedience is complete, we will be
supplying the needs of the saints, it is ready to reprimand every type of
also overflowing with more and more disobedience.
7
prayers of thanksgiving to God. Look at the plain facts! If
13
Because your service in giving anyone is confident that he belongs
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proves your love,b you will be to the Messiah,j he should remind

glorifying God as you obey what himself of this: Just as he belongs to
your confession of the Messiah’sc the Messiah,k so do we. 8So if I boast
gospel demands,d since you are a little too much about our authority,
generous in sharing with them and which the Lord gave us to build you
with everyone else. 14And so in their up and not to tear you down, I will
prayers for you they will long for you not be ashamed of it.
9
because of God's exceptional grace I do not want you to think that I
that was shown to you. 15Thanks be am trying to frighten you with my
to God for his indescribable gift! 11
9
letters. 10For someone is saying,l “His
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letters are impressive and forceful,
Paul's Authority to Speak Forcefully but his bodily presence is weak and
10
1
Now I myself, Paul, plead his speech contemptible.” 11Someone
with you with the gentleness like this should take note of the
and kindness of the Messiahe—I who following: What we say by letter
am humble when I am face to face when we are absent is what we will
with you but forceful toward you do when present!
when I am away! 2I beg you that
when I come I will not need to be
courageous by daring to oppose some f 10:3 Lit. flesh
g 10:3 Lit. fleshly
a 9:9 Ps 112:9 h 10:4 Lit. flesh
b 9:13 The Gk. lacks your love i 10:5 Or Christ
c 9:13 Or Christ’s j 10:7 Or Christ
d 9:13 The Gk. lacks demands k 10:7 Or Christ
e 10:1 Or Christ l 10:10 The Gk. lacks For someone is saying
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12
We would not dare put pure virgin to the Messiah.c
ourselves in the same class with, or 3
However, I am afraid that just as the
compare ourselves to, those who serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so
recommend themselves. Whenever your minds may somehow be lured
they measure themselves by their away from sincere and pured
own standards or compare devotion to the Messiah.e
themselves among themselves, they 4
For if someone comes along and
show how foolish they are. 13We will preaches another Jesus than the one
not boast about what cannot be we preached, or should you receive a
evaluated. Instead, we will stay different spirit from the one you
within the field that God assigned us, received or a different gospel from
so as to reach even you. 14For it is not the one you accepted, you are all too
as though we were overstepping our willing to listen. 5I do not think I'm
limits when we came to you. We inferior in any way to those “super-
were the first to reach you with the apostles.” 6Even though I may be
gospel of the Messiah.a 15We are not untrained as an orator, I am not so in
boasting about work done by others the field of knowledge. We have
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that cannot be evaluated. On the made this clear to all of you in every
contrary, we cherish the hope that possible way.
7
your faith may continue to grow and Did I commit a sin when I
enlarge our sphere of action among humbled myself by proclaiming to
you until it overflows. 16Then we can you the gospel of God free of charge,
preach the gospel in the regions far so that you could be exalted? 8I
beyond you without boasting about robbed other churches by accepting
things already accomplished by support from them in order to serve
you. 9When I was with you and
someone else. 12
needed something, I did not bother
10
17
“The person who boasts should
any of you, because our brothers who
boast in the Lord.”b 18It is not the came from Macedonia supplied
person who commends himself who everything I needed. I kept myself
is approved, but the person whom from being a burden to you in any
the Lord commends. way, and I will continue to do so.8
10
As surely as the truth of the
Chapter 11
Paul Contrasts Himself with False

Apostles Messiahf is in me, my boasting will
11
1
I wish you would tolerate a not be silenced in the regions of
Achaia. 11Why? Because I do not love
little of my foolishness. Yes,
you? God knows that I do!
please tolerate me! 2I am jealous of
you with God's own jealousy,
because I promised you in marriage c 11:2 Or Christ
d 11:3 Other mss. lack and pure
a 10:14 Or Christ e 11:3 Or Christ
b 10:17 Jer 9:24 f 11:10 Or Christ
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12
But I will go on doing what I'm involved in far greater efforts, far
doing in order to deny an more imprisonments, countless
opportunity to those people who beatings, and have faced death more
want an opportunity to be recognized than once. 24Five times I received
as our equals in the work they are from the Jews 40 lashes minus one.
boasting about. 13Such people are 25
Three times I was beaten with a
false apostles, dishonest workers who stick, once I was pelted with stones,
are masquerading as apostles of the three times I was shipwrecked, and I
Messiah.a 14And no wonder, since drifted on the sea for a day and a
Satan himself masquerades as an night. 26I have traveled extensively
angel of light. 15So it is not surprising and have been endangered from
if his servants also masquerade as rivers, robbers, my own people, and
servants of righteousness. Their gentiles. I’ve also been in danger in
doomb will match their deeds!12 the city, in the open country, at sea,
from false brothers, 27in toil and
Paul's Sufferings as an Apostle
16 hardship, through many a sleepless
I will say it again: No one
night, through hunger, thirst, many
should think that I am a fool. But if
periods of fasting, coldness, and
you do, then treat me like a fool so
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nakedness. 28Besides everything else,

that I can also boast a little. 17When I
I have a daily burden because of my
talk as a confident boaster, I am not
anxiety about all the churches. 29Who
talking with the Lord's authority but
is weak without me being weak, too?
like a fool. 18Since many people boast
Who is caused to stumble without me
in a fleshly way, I will do it, too. 19You
becoming indignant?
are wise, so you will gladly be
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If I must boast, I will boast
tolerant of fools. 20You tolerate
about the things that show how weak
anyone who makes you his slaves,
I am. 31The God and Father of the
devours what you have, takes what is
Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever,
yours, orders you around, or slaps
knows that I am not lying. 32In
your face!
21 Damascus, the governor under King
I am ashamed to admit it, but
Aretas put guards around the city of
we have been too weak for that.
Damascus to catch me, 33but I was let
Whatever anyone else dares to
down in a basket through an opening
claim—I am talking like a fool—I can
in the wall and escaped from him.
claim it, too. 22Are they Hebrews? So
11
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am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are Paul's Thorn
12
they among Abraham's descendants? 1
I must boast, although it does
So am I. 23Are they the Messiah'sc not do any good. Let’s talk
servants? I am insane to talk like this, about visions and revelations from
but I am a far better one! I have been the Lord. 2I know a man who belongs
to the Messiah.d Fourteen years ago—
a 11:13 Or Christ whether in his body or outside of his
b 11:15 Lit. end
c 11:23 Or Christ d 12:2 Or Christ
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body, I do not know, but God difficulties for the Messiah'sd sake, for
knows—that man was snatched away when I am weak, then I am strong.
to the third heaven. 3I know that this
Concern for the Corinthians
man—whether in his body or outside 11
I have become a fool. You
of his body, I do not know, but God
forced me to be one. Really, I should
knows— 4was snatched away to
have been commended by you, for I
Paradise and heard things that
am not in any way inferior to your
cannot be expressed in words, things
“super-apostles,” even if I am
that no human being has a right even
nothing. 12The signs of an apostle
to mention. were performed among you with
5
I will boast about this man, but utmost patience—signs, wonders,
as for myself I will boast only about and powerful actions. 13How were
my weaknesses. 6However, if I did you treated worse than the other
want to boast, I would not be a fool, churches, except that I did not bother
because I would be telling the truth. you for help? Forgive me for this
But I am not going to do it in order to wrong! 14Now I’m ready to visit you
keep anyone from thinking more of for a third time, and I will not bother
me than what he sees and hears you for help. I do not want your
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about me. things, but rather you yourselves.
7
To keep me from becoming Children should not have to support e
conceited because of the exceptional their parents, but parents their
nature of these revelations, a thorn a children. 15I will be very glad to spend
was given to me and placed in my my money and myself for you. Do
body.b It was Satan's messenger to you love me less because I love you
keep on tormenting me so that I so much? 12
16
would not become conceited. Granting that I have not been a
8
I pleaded with the Lord three burden to you, was I a clever schemer
times to take it away from me, 9but he who trapped you by some trick? 17I
has told me, “My grace is all you did not take advantage of you
through any of the men I sent you,
need, because my power is perfected
did I? 18I encouraged Titus to visit
in weakness.” Therefore, I will most
you, and I sent along with him the
happily boast about my weaknesses,
brother you know so well. Titus
so that the Messiah'sc power may rest didn't take advantage of you, did he?
on me. 10That is why I take such We conducted ourselves with the
pleasure in weaknesses, insults, same spirit, didn't we? We took the
hardships, persecutions, and very same steps, didn't we?
19
Have you been thinking all
along that we are trying to defend
ourselves before you? We are
a 12:7 Or stake
b 12:7 Lit. was given to me in the flesh d 12:10 Or Christ’s
c 12:9 Or Christ’s e 12:14 Lit. to save up for
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speaking before God in the authority don’t you, that Jesus the Messiahe
ofa the Messiah,b and everything, lives in you? Could it be that you are
dear friends, is meant to build you failing the test? 6I hope you will
up. 20I am afraid that I may come and realize that we haven't failed our test.
somehow find you not as I want to 7
We pray to God that you will not do
find you, and that you may find me anything wrong—not to show that
not as you want to find me. Perhaps we have not failed the test, but so
there will be quarreling, jealousy, that you may do what is right, even if
anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, we seem to have failed. 8For we
arrogance, and disorderly conduct. 21I cannot do anything against the truth,
am afraid that when I come my God
but only for the truth. 9We are glad
may again humble me before you
when we are weak and you are
and that I may have to grieve over
strong. That is what we are praying
many who formerly lived in sin and
for—your maturity.
have not repented of their impurity,
7
10
For this reason I am writing
sexual immorality, and promiscuity
this while I am away from you: When
that they once practiced. 12 19
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I come I do not want to be severe in
Final Warnings using the authority the Lord gave me
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13
1
This will be the third time I to build you up and not to tear you
am coming to you. “Every down.
accusation must be verified by two or
Final Greetings and Benediction
three witnesses.”c 2I have already 11
Finally, brothers, goodbye.
warned those who sinned previously
Keep on growing to maturity. Keep
and all the rest. Although I am absent
listening to my appeals. Continue
now, I am warning them as I did on
agreeing with each other and living
my second visit: If I come back, I will
in peace. Then the God of love and
not spare you, 3since you want proof
peace will be with you. 12Greet one
that the Messiahd is speaking through
another with a holy kiss.f 13All the
me. He is not weak in dealing with
saints greet you.
you but is making his power felt 14
May the grace of the Lord Jesus
among you. 4Though he was crucified
the Messiah,g the love of God, and
in weakness, he lives by God's power.
the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
We are weak with him, but by God's
with all of you!
power we will live for you.
5
Keep examining yourselves to
see whether you are continuing in
the faith. Test yourselves! You know,
a 12:19 The Gk. lacks the authority of e 13:5 Or Christ

b 12:19 Or Christ f 13:12 People customarily greeted their
c 13:1 Deut 19:15 friends with a kiss.
d 13:3 Or Christ g 13:14 Or Christ
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Chapter 1
Greetings from Paul condemned! 9What we have told you
1 From:a Paul—an apostle not in the past I am now telling you

1
sentb from men or by a man, but again: If anyone proclaims to you a

by Jesus the Messiah,c and God the gospel contrary to what you received,
Father, who raised him from the let that person be condemned! 10Am I
dead— 2and all the brothers who are now trying to win the approval of
with me. people or of God? Or am I trying to
please people? If I were still trying to
To: The churches in Galatia. please people, I would not be the
3
May grace and peace from God Messiah'si servant.j
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Jesus Himself Gave Paul His Message
Messiah,d be yours! 4He gave himself 11
Fork I want you to know,
for our sins in order to rescue us from brothers, that the gospel that was
this present evil age according to the proclaimed by me is not of human
will of our God and Father. 5To him origin. 12For I did not receive it from a
be the glory forever and ever! Amen. man, nor was I taught it, but it was
There is No Other Gospel revealed to me by Jesus the Messiah. l
13
6
I am astonished that you are so For you have heard about my
quickly deserting the one who called earlier life in Judaism—how I kept
you by the grace of the Messiah e and, violently persecuting God's church
instead, are following f a different and was trying to destroy it. 14I
gospel, 7not that another one really advanced in Judaism beyond many of
exists. To be sure, there are certain my contemporaries, because I was far
more zealous for the traditions of my GALATIANS
people who are troubling you and
want to distort the gospel about the ancestors. 1
15
Messiah.g 8But even if we or an angel But when God, who set me
apart before I was born and who
from heaven should proclaim to you h
a gospel contrary to what we called me by his grace, was pleased
16
proclaimed to you, let that person be to reveal his Son to me so that I
might proclaim him among the
gentiles, I did not confer with another
b 1:1 The Gk. lacks sent human beingm at any time, 17nor did I
c 1:1 Or Christ
d 1:3 Or Christ i 1:10 Or Christ
e 1:6 Or Christ j 1:10 Or slave
f 1:6 Lit. Messiah for k 1:11 Other mss. read Now
g 1:7 Or Christ l 1:12 Or Christ
h 1:8 Other mss. lack to you m 1:16 Lit. with flesh and blood
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Galatians 1:18 The Holy Bible
go up to Jerusalem to see a those who forced to be circumcised, even

were apostles before me. Instead, I though he was a Greek. 4However,
went away to Arabia and then came false brothers were secretly brought
back to Damascus. in. They slipped in to spy on the
18
Then three years later I went freedom we have in the Messiahh
up to Jerusalem to become Jesus so that they might enslave us.
5
acquainted with Cephas,b and I But we did not give in to them for a
stayed with him for fifteen days. 19But moment, so that the truth of the
I did not see any other apostle except gospel might always remain with
James, the Lord's brother. 20(Before you.
6
God, what I’m writing to you is the Now those who were reputed
truth.)c 21Then I went to the regions to be important added nothing to my
of Syria and Cilicia. 22But the message.i (What sort of people they
churches of the Messiahd that are in were makes no difference to me,
Judea did not yet know me since God pays no attention to
personally. 23The only thing they kept outward appearances.) 7In fact, they
hearing was this: “The man who used saw that I had been entrusted with
to persecute us is now proclaiming the gospel for the uncircumcised, just
the faith he once tried to destroy!” as Peter had been entrusted with the
24
So they kept glorifying God for gospel for the circumcised. 8For the
what had happened toe me. 1
one who worked through Peter by
Chapter 2
making him an apostle to the
How Paul Was Accepted by the circumcised also worked through me
Apostles in Jerusalem by sending me to the gentiles. 9So
2
1
Then fourteen years later I again when James, Cephas,j and John (who
went up to Jerusalem with were reputed to be leaders) k
Barnabas, taking Titus with me. 2I recognized the grace that had been
went in response to a revelation, and given me, they gave Barnabas and me
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in a private meeting with the reputed the right hand of fellowship, agreeing
leaders, I explained to them the that we should go to the gentiles and
gospel that I’m proclaiming to the they to the circumcised. 10The only
gentiles. I did this because I was thing they asked us to do was to
afraid thatf I was running or had run remember the destitute, the very
my life’s raceg for nothing. 3But not thing I was eager to do.7
even Titus, who was with me, was
a 1:17 The Gk. lacks see

b 1:18 I.e. Peter
c 1:20 Lit. is not a lie
d 1:22 Or Christ h 2:4 Or Christ
e 1:24 The Gk. lacks what had happened to i 2:6 Lit. to me
f 2:2 Lit. Lest somehow j 2:9 I.e. Peter
g 2:2 The Gk. lacks my life’s race k 2:9 Lit. pillars
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International Standard Version 2.0 Galatians 3:2
Paul Confronts Cephas in Antioch ofj the Messiahk and not by doing
11
But when Cephasa came to what the law requires, for no human
Antioch, I opposed him to his face, beingl will be justified by doing what
because he was clearly wrong.b the law requires. 17Now if we, while
12
Until some men arrived from James, trying to be justified by the Messiah,m
he was in the habit of eating with the have been found to be sinners, does
gentiles, but after those menc came, that mean that the Messiahn is
he withdrew from the gentilesd and serving the interests of sin? Of course
would not associate with them any not! 18For if I rebuild something that I
longer, because he was afraid of the tore down, I demonstrate that I am a
circumcision party. 13The other Jews wrongdoer. 19For through the law I
also joined him in this hypocritical died to the law so that I might live for
behavior, to the extent that even God. I have been crucified with the
Barnabas was caught up in their Messiah.o 20I no longer live, but the
hypocrisy. 14But when I saw that they Messiahp lives in me, and the life that
were not acting consistently with the I am now living in this body I live by
truth of the gospel, I told Cephase in the faithfulness of the Son of God,q
front of everyone, “Though you are a who loved me and gave himself for
Jew, you have been living like a me. 21I do not misapply God’s grace,
gentile and not like a Jew. So how for if righteousness comes about by
can you insist that the gentiles must doing what the law requires, then the
live like Jews?” Messiahr died for nothing. 20 2
Jews, Like Gentiles, are Saved by Faith

Chapter 3
Believers are Approved by God
3
15
We ourselves are Jews by birth, 1
You foolish Galatians! Who put
and not gentile sinners, 16yet we you under a spell? Was not Jesus
know that a person is not justified by
the Messiahs clearly portrayed before
doing what the law requires,f but your very eyes as having been
rather by the faithfulness of Jesusg GALATIANS
crucified? 2I want to learn only one
the Messiah.h We, too, have believed thing from you: Did you receive the
in the Messiahi Jesus so that we Spirit by doingt the actions of the law
might be justified by the faithfulness
j 2:16 Or by faith in
a 2:11 I.e. Peter k 2:16 Or Christ
b 2:11 Or was self-condemned l 2:16 Lit. no flesh
c 2:12 Lit. after they m 2:17 Or Christ
d 2:12 The Gk. lacks from the gentiles n 2:17 Or Christ
e 2:14 I.e. Peter o 2:19 Or Christ
f 2:16 Lit. by works of the law; and so p 2:20Or Christ
throughout this verse q 2:20 Or by faith in the Son of God
g 2:16 Or by faith in Jesus r 2:21 Or Christ
h 2:16 Or Christ s 3:1 Or Christ
i 2:16 Or Christ t 3:2 Lit. Spirit through
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or by believing what you heard?a will live by faith.”j 12But the law has
3
Are you so foolish? Having started nothing to do with faith. Instead,
out with the Spirit, are you now “The person who keeps the
ending up with the flesh? 4Did you commandmentsk will have life in
suffer so much for nothing? (If it them.”l 13The Messiahm redeemed us
really was for nothing!) 5Does Godb from the curse of the law by
supply you with the Spirit and work becoming a curse for us. For it is
miracles among you because you do written, “A curse on everyone who is
the actionsc of the law or because you hung on a tree!”n 14This happenedo in
believe what you heard?d 6In the order that the blessing promised top
same way, Abraham “believed God, Abraham would come to the gentiles
and it was credited to him as through the Messiahq Jesus, so that
righteousness.”e 2 we might receive the promised Spiritr
7
You see, then, that those who through faith.10
have faith are Abraham's real 15
Brothers, let me use an
descendants. 8Because the Scripture example from everyday life.s Once a
saw ahead of time that God would person's will has been ratified, no one
justify the gentilesf by faith, it can cancel it or add conditions to it.
announced the gospel to Abraham 16
Now the promises were spoken to
beforehand when it said, “Through Abraham and to his descendant. It
you all nationsg will be blessed.”h doesn't say “descendants,” referring
9
Therefore, those who believe are to many, but “your descendant,”t
blessed together with Abraham, the referring to one person, who is the
one who believed. 7
Messiah.u 17This is what I mean: The

No One is Justified by the Law law that came 430 years later did not
10
Certainly all who depend on cancel the covenant that God ratified
the actions of the law are under a previously. The promise was never
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curse. For it is written, “A curse on nullified. 18For if the inheritance

everyone who does not obey comes about through the law, it no
everything that is written in the Book longer comes about through the
of the Law!”i 11Now it is obvious that
no one is justified in the sight of God j 3:11 Hab 2:4
by the law, because “The righteous k 3:12 Lit. who does them
l 3:12 Lev 18:5
a 3:2 Lit. or through the hearing of faith m 3:13 Or Christ
b 3:5 Lit. he n 3:13 Deut 21:23
c 3:5 Lit. you through the works o 3:14 The Gk. lacks This happened
d 3:5 Lit. you through the hearing of faith p 3:14 Lit. the blessing of
e 3:6 Gen 15:6 q 3:14 Or Christ
f 3:8 Or nations r 3:14 Or the promise of the Spirit
g 3:8 Or all the gentiles s 3:15 Lit. I am speaking according to man
h 3:8 Gen 12:3 t 3:16 Gen 12:7
i 3:10 Deut 27:26 u 3:16 Or Christ
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promise. But it was through a baptized into the Messiahg have

promise that God so graciously gave clothed yourselves with the Messiah.h
it to Abraham. 28
Because all of you are one in the
The Purpose of the Law Messiahi Jesus, a person is no longer
19
Why, then, was the law a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free
added?a Because of transgressions, person, a male or a female. 29And if
until the descendantb came about you belong to the Messiah,j then you
whom the promise pertained. It was are Abraham's descendants indeed,
put into effect through angels by and heirs according to the promise. 3
4
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1
means of a mediator. 20Now a Now what I am saying is this: As
mediator involves more than one long as an heir is a child, he is no
party, but God is one. 21So is the law better off than a slave, even though
in conflict with the promises of God? he owns everything. 2Instead, he is
Of course not! For if a law had been placed under the care ofk guardians
given that could give us life, then and servant managers until the time
certainly righteousness would come set by the father. 3It was the same
through the law. 22But the Scripture way with us. While we were children,
has captured everything by means of we were slaves to the basic principles
sin’s net, so that what was promised of the world.l 4But when the
by the faithfulness ofc the Messiahd appropriate time had come, God sent
might be granted to those who his Son, born by a woman, born
believe. 23Now before faith came under the law, 5in order to redeem
about, we were held in custody and those who were under the law, and
confined under the law in thus to adopt them as his children.
6
preparation for the faith that was to Now because you are his children,
be revealed. 24And so the law was our God has sent the Spirit of his Son into
guardian until the Messiahe came, so ourm hearts to cry out, “Abba!n
that we might be justified by faith. Father!” 7So you are no longer a slave GALATIANS
25
But now that faith has come about, but a child, and if you are a child,
we are no longer under a guardian. then you are also an heir because of
what God did.
You are God's Children 8
26
However, in the past, when you
For all of you are God's
did not know God, you were slaves
children through faith in the Messiahf to things that are not really gods at
Jesus. 27Indeed, all of you who were
g 3:27 Or Christ
h 3:27 Or Christ
a 3:19 The Gk. lacks added i 3:28 Or Christ
b 3:19 Lit. seed j 3:29 Or Christ
c 3:22 Or by faith in k 4:1 The Gk. lacks the care of
d 3:22 Or Christ l 4:3 Or the elemental spirits of the universe
e 3:24 Or Christ m 4:6 Other mss. read your
f 3:26 Or Christ n 4:6 Abba is Aram. for Father.
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all.a 9But now that you know God, or good to be devoted to a good cause,
rather have been known by God, even when I am not with you.) 19My
how can you turn back again to those children, I am suffering birth pains
powerless and bankrupt basic for you again until the Messiahh is
principles?b Why do you want to formed in you. 20Indeed, I wish I were
become their slaves all over again? with you right now so that I could
10
You are observing days, months, change the tone of my voice, because
seasons, and years. 11I am afraid for I am completely baffled by you!
you! I don’t want my work for you to You are Children of a Free Woman
havec been wasted! 8 21
Tell me, those of you who want
Paul's Concern for the Galatians to live under the law: Are you really
12
I beg you, brothers, to become listening to what the law says? 22For it
like me, since I became like you. You is written that Abraham had two
did not do anything wrong to me. sons, one by a slave woman and the
13
You know that it was because I was other by a free woman. 23Now the
illd that I brought you the gospel the slave woman’s son was conceived
first time. 14Even though my through human means, while the free
condition put you to the test, you did woman’s son was conceived through
not despise or reject me. On the divinei promise. 24This is being said as
contrary, you welcomed me as if I an allegory, for these women
were an angel of God, or as if I were represent two covenants. The one
the Messiahe Jesus. 15What, then, woman, Hagar, is from Mount Sinai,
happened to your positive attitude?f and her children are born into
For I testify that if it had been slavery. 25Now Hagar is Mount Sinai
possible, you would have torn out in Arabia and corresponds to present-
your eyes and given them to me. 16So day Jerusalem, because she is in
have I now become your enemy for slavery along with her children. 26But
the heavenly Jerusalem is the free
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telling you the truth?15

17
These people who have been woman, and she is our spiritual
instructing youg are devoted to you, mother.j 27For it is written,
but not in a good way. They want “Rejoice, you childless woman,
you to avoid me so that you will be who cannot give birth to any
devoted to them. 18(Now it is always children!
Break into song and shout,
you who feel no pains of
a 4:8 Lit. gods by nature
b 4:9 Or elemental spirits childbirth!
c 4:11 Lit. you, lest somehow my work for you
has
d 4:13 Lit. because of a weakness of the flesh
e 4:14 Or Christ h 4:19 Or Christ
f 4:15 Lit. your blessedness i 4:23 The Gk. lacks divine
g 4:17 Lit. They j 4:26 Other mss. read the mother of us all
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For the children of the deserted trying to be justified by the law have
woman been cut off from the Messiah.h You
are more numerous than the have fallen away from grace.
children 5
Through the Spirit by faith we
of the woman who has a confidently await the fulfillment of
husband.”a our righteous hope, 6for in union
So you,b brothers, are children
28 with the Messiahi Jesus neither
of the promise, like Isaac. 29But just as circumcision nor uncircumcision
then the son who was conceived matters. What matters is faithj
according to the flesh persecuted the expressed through love.
7
son who was conceived according to You were running the race
the Spirit, so it is now. 30But what beautifully. Who cut in on you and
does the Scripture say? “Drive out the stopped you from obeying the truth?
8
slave woman and her son, for the son Such influence does not come from
of the slave woman must never share the one who calls you. 9A little yeast
the inheritance with the son of the spreads through the whole batch of
free woman.”c 31So then, brothers, we dough. 10I am confidentk in the Lord
are not children of the slave woman that you will take no other view of
but of the free woman. 29 4
this. However, the one who is
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troubling you will suffer God'sl

Live in the Freedom That the Messiah judgment, whoever he is. 11As for me,
Provides
brothers, if I am still preaching the
5 The Messiahd has set us free so
1
necessity ofm circumcision, why am I
that we may enjoy the benefits of
still being persecuted? In that case the
freedom.e So keep on standing firm
offense of the cross has been
in it, and stop putting yourselves
removed. 12I wish that those who are
under the yoke of slavery again.
upsetting you would castrate
2
Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if GALATIANS
themselves!11
you allow yourselves to be 13
For you, brothers, were called
circumcised, the Messiahf will be of
to freedom. Only do not turn your
no benefit to you. 3Again, I insistg that
freedom into an opportunity to
everyone who allows himself to be
gratify your flesh, but through love
circumcised is obligated to obey the
entire law. 4Those of you who are make it your habit to serve one
another. 14For the whole law is
summarized in a single statement:
a 4:27 Isa 54:1
b 4:28 Other mss. read we h 5:4 Or Christ
c 4:30 Gen 21:10 i 5:6 Or Christ
d 5:1 Or Christ j 5:6 Lit. But faith
e 5:1 Lit. has set us free for freedom k 5:10 Lit. confident about you
f 5:2 Or Christ l 5:10 The Gk. lacks God's
g 5:3 Or testify m 5:11 The Gk lacks the necessity of
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“You must love your neighbor as Help Each Other

yourself.”a 15But if you bite and
6
1
Brothers, if a person is caught
devour one another, be careful that doing something wrong, those of
you are not destroyed by each other. you who are spiritual should restore
16
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you that person gently. Watch out for
will never fulfill the desires of the yourself so that you are not tempted
flesh. 17For what the flesh wants is as well. 2Practice carrying each other's
opposed to the Spirit, and what the burdens. In this way you will fulfill
Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. the law of the Messiah.f 3For if
They are opposed to each other, and anyone thinks he is something when
so you do not do what you want to he is really nothing, he is only fooling
himself. 4Each person must examine
do. 18But if you are being led by the
his own actions, and then he can
Spirit, you are not under the law. 14
boast about his own accomplishments
5
19
Now the actions of the flesh are
and not about someone else. 5For
obvious: sexual immorality, impurity,
everyone must carry his own load.
promiscuity, 20idolatry, witchcraft,b 6
The person who is taught the
hatred, rivalry, jealously, outbursts of word should share all his goods with
anger, quarrels, conflicts, factions, his teacher. 7Stop beingg deceived;
21
envy, murder,c drunkenness, wild God is not to be ridiculed. A person
partying, and things like that. I am harvests whatever he plants: 8The
telling you now, as I have told you in person who sows through human
the past, that people who practice means will harvest decay from
such things will not inherit the human means, but the person who
kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal
Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, life from the Spirit. 9Let’s not get tired
kindness, goodness, faithfulness,d of doing what is good, for at the right
23
gentleness, and self-control. There is time we will reap a harvest—if we do
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no law against such things. 24Now not give up. 10So then, whenever we
those who belong to the Messiahe have the opportunity, let’s practice
Jesus have crucified their flesh with doing good to everyone, especially to
its passions and desires. 25Since we the family of faith.
live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us A Final Warning Against Circumcision
also be guided. 26Let’s stop being 11
Look at how large these letters
arrogant, provoking one another and are because I am writing with my
envying one another. 52 5 own hand! 12These people who want
to impress others by their external
a 5:14 Lev 19:18 appearanceh are trying to force you
b 5:20 Or sorcery
c 5:21 Other mss. lack murder f 6:2 Or Christ
d 5:22 Or faith g 6:7 Or Do not be
e 5:24Or Christ h 6:12 Lit. their flesh
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to be circumcised, simply to avoid

being persecuted for the cross of the
Messiah.a 13Why, not even those who
are circumcised obey the law! They
simply want you to be circumcised so
that they can boast about your
external appearance.b 14But may I
never boast about anything except
the cross of our Lord Jesus, the
Messiah,c by which the world has
been crucified to me, and I to the
world! 15For neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision matters. Rather, what
matters is beingd a new creation.
16
Now may peace be on all those who
live by this principle, and may mercy
be on the Israel of God. 17Let no one
make any more trouble for me,
because I carry the scars of Jesus on
my own body.
Final Greeting
18
May the grace of our Lord
Jesus, the Messiah,e be with your
spirit, brothers! Amen.
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a 6:12 Or Christ
b 6:13 Lit. your flesh
c 6:14 Or Christ
d 6:15 The Gk. lacks what matters is being
e 6:18 Or Christ
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Chapter 1
Greetings from Paul redemption through his blood, the
1 From:a Paul, an apostle of the forgiveness of our offenses, according

1
Messiahb Jesus by God's will. to the riches of God'sm grace 8that he

lavished on us, along with all wisdom
To: His holy and faithful people c in and understanding, 9when he made
Ephesusd who are in union with the known to us the secret of his will.
Messiahe Jesus. This was according to his plan that he
set forth in the Messiahn 10to usher
2
May grace and peace from God ino the fullness of the times and to
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the bring together in the Messiahp all
Messiah,f be yours! things in heaven and on earth.
The Many Blessings of Salvation
11
In the Messiahq we were also
3
Blessed be the God and Father chosen when we were predestined
of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah!g He according to the purpose of the one
has blessed us in the Messiahh with who does everything that he wills to
every spiritual blessing in the do, 12so that we who had already
heavenly realm, 4just as he chose us fixed our hope on the Messiahr might
in the Messiahi before the creation of live for his praise and glory. 13You,
the universej to be holy and too, have heard the word of truth, the
blameless in his presence. In love 5he gospel of your salvation. When you
predestined us for adoption to believed in the Messiah,s you were
himself through Jesus the Messiah,k sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14
according to the pleasure of his will, who is the guarantee of our
6
so that we would praise l his glorious inheritance until God redeems his
grace that he gave us in the Beloved own possessiont for his praise and
One. 7In union with him we have glory.
Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians
15
Therefore, because I have
b 1:1 Or Christ heard about your faith in the Lord
c 1:1 Or to the saints and faithful
d 1:1 Other mss. lack in Ephesus
e 1:1 Or Christ m 1:7 Lit. his
f 1:2 Or Christ n 1:9 Lit. him
g 1:2 Or Christ o 1:10 Or administer
h 1:2 Or Christ p 1:10 Or Christ
i 1:4 Lit. in him q 1:11 Lit. him
j 1:4 Or world r 1:12 Or Christ
k 1:5 Or Christ s 1:13 Lit. in him
l 1:6 Lit. to the praise of t 1:14 Lit. of the possession
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Jesus and your lovea for all the saints,

Chapter 2
God Has Brought Us from Death to

16
I never stop giving thanks for you Life
as I mention you in my prayers. 17I
2
1
You used to be dead because of
prayb that the God of our Lord Jesus, your offenses and sins, 2that you
the Messiah,c the most glorious once practiced as you lived according
Father, would give you a wise spirit, to the ways of this present world and
along with revelation that comes according to the ruler of the power of
through knowing the Messiahd fully. the air, the spirit that is now active in
18
Then, with the eyes of your hearts those who are disobedient.m 3Indeed,
enlightened, you will know the all of us once behaved liken them in
confidencee that is produced by Godf the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
having called you,g the rich glory that desires of our flesh and senses. By
is his inheritance among the saints, nature we were destined foro wrath,
19
and the unlimited greatness of his just like everyone else. 4But God, who
power for us who believe, according is rich in mercy, because of his great
to the working of his mighty love for usp 5even when we were
strength, 20which he brought about in dead because of our offenses, made
the Messiahh when he raised him us alive together withq the Messiahr
from the dead and seated him at his (by grace you have been saved),
right hand in the heavenly realm. 6
raised us up with him, and seated us
21
He is far above every ruler, with him in the heavenly realm in the
authority, power, dominion, and
Messiahs Jesus, 7so that in the coming
every name that can be named, not ages he might display the limitless
only in the present age but also in the riches of his grace that comes to us
one to come. 22Godi has put
through his kindness in the Messiaht
everything under the Messiah’sj feet
Jesus. 8For by such grace you have
and has made him the head of
been saved through faith. This does
everything for the good ofk the
not come from you; it is the gift of
church, 23which is his body, the
God 9and not the result of actions, to
fullness of the one who fills
put a stop to all boasting.u 10For we
everything in every way.l
are God’sv masterpiece,w created in
1
a 1:15 Other mss. lack your love

b 1:17 The Gk. lacks I pray m 2:2 Lit. the sons of disobedience
c 1:17 Or Christ n 2:3 Or lived among
d 1:17 Lit. knowing him o 2:3 Lit. were children of
e 1:18 Or hope p 2:4 Lit. love with which he loved us
f 1:18 Lit. him q 2:5 Other mss. read in
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g 1:18 The Gk. lacks you r 2:5 Or Christ

h 1:20 Or Christ s 2:6 Or Christ
i 1:22 Lit. He t 2:7 Or Christ
j 1:22 Lit. under his u 2:9 Lit. works, lest anyone boast
k 1:22 The Gk. lacks the good of v 2:10 Lit. his
l 1:23 Or who fills all in all w 2:10 Or workmanship
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the Messiaha Jesus to perform good were far away and for you who were
actions that God prepared long ago to near. 18For through him, both of usj
be our way of life.b 2 have access to the Father by one
Spirit. 19That is why you are no
All Believers are One in the Messiah
11
longer strangers and foreigners but
So then, remember that at one
fellow citizens with the saints and
time you gentiles by birthc were members of God's household,
called “the uncircumcised” by those 20
having been built on the foundation
who called themselves “the of the apostles and prophets, the
circumcised.” They underwent
Messiahk Jesus himself being the
physical circumcision done by human
cornerstone.l 21In union with him the
hands. 12At that time you were
whole building is joined together and
without the Messiah,d excluded from
rises into a holy sanctuary for the
citizenship in Israel,e and strangers to Lord. 22You, too, are being built in
the covenants of promise. You had no him, along with the others, into a
hope and were in the world without place for God’s Spirit to dwell.
God. 13But now, in union with the Chapter 3
Messiahf Jesus, you who once were Paul's Ministry to the Gentiles
3
1
far away have been brought near by For this reason I, Paul, am the
the blood of the Messiah.g prisoner of the Messiahm Jesus for
14
For it is he who is our peace. the sake of you gentiles. 2Surely you
Through his mortalityh he made both have heard about the responsibility of
groups one by tearing down the wall administering God's grace that was
of hostility that divided them. i 15He given to me on your behalf, 3and how
rendered the law inoperative, along this secret was made known to me
with its commandments and through a revelation, just as I wrote
regulations, thus creating in himself about briefly in the past. 4By reading
one new humanity from the two, this, you will be able to grasp my
thereby making peace, 16
and understanding of the secret about the
reconciling both groups to God in Messiah,n 5
which in previous
one body through the cross, on which generations was not made known to
he eliminated the hostility. 17He came human beingso as it has now been
and proclaimed peace for you who revealed by the Spirit to God's p holy
apostles and prophets. This is that
a 2:10 Or Christ
b 2:10 Lit. so that we might walk in them
c 2:11 Lit. in the flesh j 2:18 I.e. both Jews and gentiles
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d 2:12 Or Christ k 2:20 Or Christ

e 2:12 Or from the commonwealth of Israel l 2:20 Or capstone
f 2:13 Or Christ m 3:1 Or Christ
g 2:13 Or Christ n 3:4 Or Christ
h 2:14 Lit. flesh o 3:5 Lit. the sons of men
i 2:14 Lit. the dividing wall of hostility p 3:5 Lit. his
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secret:a 6The gentiles are heirs-in- Jesus, the Messiah,j 15from whom
common, members-in-common of the every familyk in heaven and on earth
body, and common participants in receives its name. 16I prayl that he
what was promisedb by the Messiahc would give you, according to his
Jesus through the gospel. glorious riches, strength in your inner
7
I have become a servant of this being and power through his Spirit,
gospeld according to the gift of God's 17
and that the Messiahm would make
grace that was given me by the his home in your hearts through
working of his power. 8To me, the faith. Then, having been rooted and
very least of all the saints, this grace grounded in love, 18you will be able
was given so that I might proclaim to to understand, along with all the
the gentiles the immeasurable wealth saints, what is wide, long, high, and
of the Messiahe 9and help everyone deep— 19that is, you will know the
see how this secret that has been at love of the Messiahn— which
work was hidden for ages by God, transcends knowledge, and will be
who created all things. 10He did thisf filled with all the fullness of God. 3
20
so that now, through the church, the Now to the one who can do
wisdom of God in all its variety might infinitely more than all we can ask or
be made known to the rulers and imagine according to the power that
authorities in the heavenly realm 11in is working amongo us— 21to him be
keeping with the eternal purpose that glory in the church and in the
Godg carried out through the Messiahp Jesus to all generations,
Messiahh Jesus our Lord, 12in whom forever and ever! Amen.
we have boldness and confident Chapter 4
The Messiah's Gifts to the Church

access through his faithfulness.i 13So
4
1
I, therefore, the prisoner of the
then, I ask you not to become
Lord, urge you to live in a way
discouraged because of my troubles
that is worthy of the calling to which
on your behalf, which work toward
you have been called, 2demonstrating
your glory.
all expressions of humility,
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To Know the Messiah's Love gentleness, and patience, accepting

14
This is the reason I bow my one another in love. 3Do your best to
knees before the Father of our Lord maintain the unity of the Spirit by
means of the bond of peace. 4There is
a 3:5 The Gk. lacks This is that secret:

b 3:6 Lit. of the promise j 3:14 Or Christ; other mss. lack of our Lord
c 3:6 Or Christ
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Jesus, the Messiah

d 3:7 Lit. of it k 3:15 Or all fatherhood
e 3:8 Or Christ l 3:16 The Gk. lacks I pray
f 3:10 The Gk. lacks He did this m 3:17 Or Christ
g 3:11 Lit. he n 3:19 Or Christ
h 3:11 Or Christ o 3:20 Or in
i 3:12 Or through faith in him p 3:21 Or Christ
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one body and one Spirit. Likewise, Messiah.h 14Then we will no longer be
you were called to the one hope of little children, tossed like waves and
your calling. blown about by every wind of
5
doctrine, by people's trickery, or by
There is one Lord, one faith, one clever strategies that would lead us
baptism, astray. 15Instead, by speaking the
6
one God and Father of all, truth in love, we will grow up
who is above all, through all, completely and become one with the
and in all. head, that is, one with the Messiah,i
16
7
Now to each one of us grace has in whom the whole body is united
been given proportionate to the and held together by every ligament
measure of the Messiah'sa gift. 8That with which it is supplied. As each
is why Godb says, individual part does its job, the body
builds itself up in love.14
“When he went up to the highest
place The Old Life and the New
17
he led captives into captivity Therefore, I tell you and insist
j
on in the Lord not to live any longer
and gave gifts to people.”c
9
like the gentiles live, thinking
Now what does this “he went worthless thoughts.k 18They are
up” mean except that he also had darkened in their understanding and
goned down into the lower parts of separated from the life of God
the earth?e 10The one who went because of their ignorance and
down is the same one who went up hardness of heart. 19Since they have
above all the heavens so that all lost all sense of shame, they have
things would be fulfilled. 11And it is abandoned themselves to sensuality
he who gifted some to be apostles, and practice every kind of sexual
others to be prophets, others to be perversion without restraint.
evangelists, and still others to be 20
However, that is not the way you
pastors and teachers, 12to equipf the came to know the Messiah.l 21Surely
saints, to do the work of ministry, you have listened to him and have
and to build up the body of the been taught by him, since truth is in
Messiahg 13until all of us are united in Jesus. 22Regarding your former way of
the faith and in the full knowledge of life, you were taughtm to strip off
God's Son, and until we attain your old nature, which is being
mature adulthood and the full ruined by its deceptive desires, 23to be
standard of development in the renewed in your mental attitude,
24
and to clothe yourselves with the
a 4:7 Or Christ’s
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b 4:8 Lit. he h 4:13 Or Christ

c 4:8 Ps 68:18 i 4:15 Or Christ
d 4:9 Other mss. read had first gone j 4:17 Or testify
e 4:9 Or parts, that k 4:17 Lit. in the worthlessness of their mind
f 4:12 Or perfect l 4:20 Or Christ
g 4:12 Or Christ m 4:22 The Gk. lacks you were taught
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new nature, which was created not let sexual sin, impurity of any
according to God’s imagea in kind, or greed even be mentioned
righteousness and true holiness. among you, as is proper for saints.
25
Therefore, stripping off 4
Obscene, flippant, or vulgar talk is
falsehood, “let each of us speak the totally inappropriate. Instead, let
truth to his neighbor,”b for we belong there be thanksgiving. 5For you know
to one another. 26“Be angry, yet do very well that no immoral or impure
not sin.”c Do not let the sun set while person, or anyone who is greedy
you are still angry, 27and do not give (that is, an idolater), has an
the devil an opportunity to work.d inheritance in the kingdom of the
28
The thief must no longer steal but
Messiahj and of God.
must work hard and do what is good
with his own hands, so that he might Living in the Light
6
earn something to give to the Do not let anyone deceive you
needy. 26
4 with meaningless words, for it is
29
Let no filthy talk be heard from because of these things that God
your mouths, but only what is good becomes angry with those who
for building up people and meeting disobey.k 7So do not be partners with
the need of the moment.e This way them. 8For once you were darkness,
you will administer grace to those but now you are light in the Lord.
who hear you. 30Do not grieve the Live as children of light, 9for the fruit
Holy Spirit, by whom you were
that the lightl produces consists of
marked with a seal for the day of
every form of goodness,
redemption. 31Let all bitterness,
righteousness, and truth. 10Determine
wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander
what pleases the Lord, 11and have
be put away from you, along with all
nothing to do with the unfruitful
hatred. 32And be kind to one another,
actions that darkness produces.
compassionate, forgiving one another
just as God has forgiven youf in the Instead, expose them for what they
Messiah.g are. 12For it is shameful even to
mention what is done by these
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1
So be imitators of God, as his
dear children. 2Live lovingly, just disobedient peoplem in secret. 13But
everything that is exposed to the light
as the Messiahh also loved usi and
becomes visible, 14for the light is
gave himself for us as an offering and
making everything visible. That is
sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God. 3Do
why it says,
a 4:24 The Gk. lacks image “Wake up, sleeper!
b 4:25 Zech 8:16
c 4:26 Ps 4:4 Arise from the dead,
EPHESIANS
d 4:27 The Gk. lacks to work

e 4:29 Lit. up as the need may be
f 4:32 Other mss. read us j 5:5 Or Christ
g 4:32 Or Christ k 5:6 Lit. with the sons of disobedience
h 5:2 Or Christ l 5:9 Other mss. read fruit of the Spirit
i 5:2 Other mss. read you m 5:12 Lit. by them
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and the Messiaha will shine on 25

Husbands, love your wives as
you.’’b 5 the Messiahl loved the church and
gave himself for it, 26so that he might
Wise Behavior
15 make it holy by cleansing it, washing
So, then, be careful how you
it with water and the word, 27and
live. Do not be unwise but wise,
might present the church to himself
16
making the best use of your time c
in all its glory, without a spot or
because the times are evil.
17 wrinkle or anything of the kind, but
Therefore, do not be foolish, but
holy and without fault. 28In the same
understand what the Lord's will is.
way, husbands must love their wives
18
Stop gettingd drunk with wine,
as they lovem their own bodies. A
which leads to wild living, but keep
man who loves his wife loves himself.
on being filled with the Spirit. 19Then 29
For no one has ever hated his own
you will recite to one another psalms,
body, but he nourishes and tenderly
hymns, and spiritual songs; you will
cares for it, as the Messiahn doeso the
sing and make music to the Lord
church.
with your hearts; 20you will 30
For we are parts of his body—
consistently give thanks to God the
of his flesh and of his bones.p 31“That
Father for everything in the name of
is why a man will leave his father and
our Lord Jesus, the Messiah;e 21and
mother and be united with his wife,
you will submit to one another out of
and the two will become one flesh.” q
reverence forf the Messiah.g 32
This is a great secret, but I am
Wives and Husbands talking about the Messiahr and the
22
Wives, submit yourselvesh to church. 33But each individual man
your husbands as to the Lord. 23For among you must love his wife as he
the husband is the head of his wife as lovess himself; and may the wife fear
the Messiahi is the head of the her husband.
church. It is he who is the Savior of Chapter 6
the body. 24Indeed, just as the church Advice for Children and Parents
6
1
is submissive to the Messiah,j so Children, obey your parents in
wives must be submissivek to their the Lord,t for this is the right
husbands in everything. thing to do. 2“Honor your father and
mother…”a (This is a very important
a 5:14 Or Christ
b 5:14 The source of this quote is unknown. l 5:25 Or Christ
c 5:16 Or buying up the time m 5:28 The Gk. lacks they love
d 5:18 Or Do not get n 5:29 Or Christ
e 5:20Or Christ o 5:29 The Gk. lacks does
EPHESIANS
f 5:21 Or another in the fear of p 5:30 Other mss. lack of his flesh and of his
g 5:21 Or Christ bones
h 5:22 Other mss. lack submit yourselves q 5:31 Gen 2:24
i 5:23 Or Christ r 5:32 Or Christ
j 5:24 Or Christ s 5:33 The Gk. lacks he loves
k 5:24 The Gk. lacks must be submissive t 6:1 Other mss. lack in the Lord
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commandment with a promise.) the devil's strategies.i 12For ourj

3
“…so that it may go well for you, struggle is not against human
and that you may have a long life on opponents,k but against rulers,
the earth.”b authorities, cosmic powers in the
4
Fathers, do not provoke your darkness around us,l and evil
children to anger, but bring them up spiritual forces in the heavenly realm.
by trainingc and instructing them 13
For this reason, take up the whole
about the Lord. armor of God so that you may be able
Advice for Slaves and Masters to take a stand whenever evil comes.
5
Slaves, obey your earthly And when you have done everything
masters with fear, trembling, and you could, you will be able to stand
firm.
sincerity, as when you obeyd the 14
Stand firm, therefore, having
Messiah.e 6Do not do this only while
fastened the belt of truth around your
you’re being watched in order to
waist, and having put on the
please them, but be like slaves of the
breastplate of righteousness, 15and
Messiah,f who are determined to being firm-footed in the gospel of
obey God's will. 7Serve willingly, as if
peace.m 16In addition to having
you were serving the Lord and not
clothed yourselves with these things,
merely people,g 8because you know having taken up the shield of faith,
that everyone will receive a reward with which you will be able to put
from the Lord for whatever good he out all the flaming arrows of the evil
has done, whether he is a slave or one, 17also take the helmet of
free. salvation and the sword of the Spirit,
9
Masters, treat your slavesh the which is the word of God. 18Pray in
same way. Do not threaten them, for the Spirit at all times with every kind
you know that both of you have the of prayer and request. Likewise, be
same Master in heaven, and there is alert with your most diligent efforts
no favoritism with him. and pray for all the saints. 19Prayn
Putting on the Whole Armor of God also for me, so that, when I begin to
10
Finally, be strong in the Lord, speak, the right words will come to
relying on his mighty strength. 11Put me. Then I will boldly make known
on the whole armor of God so that the secret of the gospel, 20for whose
you may be able to stand firm against sake I am an ambassador in chains,
a 6:3 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16

b 6:3 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16 i 6:11 Or schemes
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c 6:4 Or discipline j 6:12 Other mss. read your

d 6:5 Lit. as to k 6:12 Lit. against flesh and blood
e 6:5 Or Christ l 6:12 Lit. powers of this darkness
f 6:6 Or Christ m 6:15 Or wear on your feet readiness for the
g 6:7 Lit. as to the Lord and not people gospel of peace
h 6:9 Lit. treat them n 6:19 The Gk. lacks Pray
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desiring to declare the gospela as

boldly as I should.b
Final Greeting
21
So that you may know what
has happened to me and how I am
doing, Tychicus, our dear brother and
a faithful minister in service to the
Lord, will tell you everything. 22I am
sending him to you for this very
reason, so that you may know how
we are doing and that he may
encourage your hearts.
23
May peace and love, with faith,
be with the brothers, from God the
Father and the Lord Jesus, the
Messiah!c
24
May grace be with all who
sincerely love the Lord Jesus, the
Messiah!d
EPHESIANS
a 6:20 Lit. declare it

b 6:20 Lit. as I should speak
c 6:23 Or Christ
d 6:24 Or Christ; other mss. read Messiah!
Amen.
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PHILIPPIANS
Chapter 1
Greetings from Paul and Timothy the gospel, all of you are partners
1 From:a Paul and Timothy, with me in this privilege.l 8For God is

1
servants of the Messiahb Jesus. my witness how much I long for all
of you with the compassion that the
To: All the holy onesc in Philippi, Messiahm Jesus provides.
along with their overseersd and 9
And this is my prayer, that your
ministers,e who are in union with the love will keep on growing more and
Messiahf Jesus. more with full knowledge and
2
May grace and peace from God insight, 10so that you may be able to
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the choose what is best and be pure and
Messiah,g be yours! blameless until the day when the
Messiahn returns, 11having been filled
Paul's Thanksgiving and Prayer for the with the fruit of righteousness that
Philippians comes through Jesus the Messiaho so
3
I thank my God every time I that God will be glorified and praised.
remember you,h 4always praying
joyfully in every one of my prayers The Priority of the Gospel in
for all of you 5because of your Everything
12
partnership in the gospel from the Now I want you to know,
first day until now. 6I am convinced brothers, that what has happened to
of this, that the one who began a me has actually caused the gospel to
good action amongi you will bring it advance. 13As a result, it has become
to completion by the Day of the clear to the whole imperial guard and
Messiahj Jesus. 7For it is only right for to everyone else that I am in prison
me to think this way about all of you, for preaching aboutp the Messiah.q
14
because you’re constantly on my Moreover, because of my
mind.k Both in my imprisonment and imprisonment the Lord has caused
in the defense and confirmation of most of the brothers to become
confident to speak God's word more
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From boldly and courageously than ever
b 1:1 Or Christ before. 15Some are preaching the
c 1:1 Or saints Messiahr because of jealousy and
d 1:1 Or bishops
e 1:1 Or deacons
f 1:1 Or Christ l 1:7 Or grace
g 1:2 Or Christ m 1:8 Or Christ
h 1:3 Or every time you remember me n 1:10 Or Christ
i 1:6 Or in o 1:11 Or Christ
j 1:6 Or Christ p 1:13 The Gk. lacks preaching about
k 1:7 Lit. because I have you in my heart; Or q 1:13 Or Christ
you have me in your heart r 1:15 Or Christ
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dissension, while others do soa 24

But for your sake it is better that I
because of their good will. 16The latter remain alive.l
are motivatedb by love, because they 25
Since I am convinced of this, I
know that I have been appointed to know that I will continue to live and
defend the gospel. 17The former be with all of you, so you will mature
proclaim the Messiahc because they in the faith and know joy in it. 26Then
are selfishly ambitious and insincere, your rejoicing in the Messiahm Jesus
thinking that they will stir up trouble will increase along with minen when
for me during my imprisonment. I visit with you again.
18
But so what? Just this—that in
Standing Firm in One Spirit
every way, whether by false or true 27
The only thing that matters is
motives, the Messiahd is being
that you continue to live as good
proclaimed. Because of this, I rejoice
citizens in a manner worthy of the
and will continue to rejoice. 19I know
gospel of the Messiah.o Then,
that this will result in my deliverance
whether I come to see you or
through your prayers and the help
whether I stay away, I may hear all
that comes from the Spirit of Jesus the
about you—that you are standing
Messiah.e 20I rejoice because I eagerly
firm in one spirit, struggling with one
expect and hope that I will have
mind for the faith of the gospel, 28and
nothing to be ashamed of, because
that you are not intimidated by your
through myf boldness the Messiahg
opponents in any way. This is
will be exalted through me,h now as
evidence that they will be destroyed
always, whether I live or die.i
21 and that you will be saved—and all
For to me, to go on living is the
because ofp God. 29For you have been
Messiah,j and to die is gain. 22Now if I
given the privilegeq for the Messiah'sr
continue living, fruitful labor is the
sake not only to believe in him but
result, so I do not know which I
also to suffer for him. 30You have the
would prefer. 23Indeed, I cannot
same struggle that you saw in me and
decide between the two. I have the
now hear that I am still having.s 27
desire to leave this life and be with
1
the Messiah,k for that is far better.

Chapter 2
Unity through Humility
2
1
Therefore, if there is any
encouragement in the Messiah,t if
there is any comfort of love, if there is
a 1:15 The Gk. lacks do so
b 1:16 The Gk. lacks are motivated
c 1:17 Or Christ l 1:24 Lit. remain in this body
d 1:18 Or Christ m 1:26 Or Christ
e 1:19 Or Christ n 1:26 Lit. in me
f 1:20 Lit. with all o 1:27 Or Christ
g 1:20 Or Christ p 1:28 Lit. and that from
h 1:20 Lit. exalted in my body q 1:29 Lit. it has been given you
i 1:20 Lit. by life or by death r 1:29 Or Christ
j 1:21 Or Christ s 1:30 Lit. hear in me
k 1:23 Or Christ t 2:1 Or Christ
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any fellowship in the Spirit, if there is will say that Jesus the Messiahg
any compassion and sympathy, 2then is Lord,
fill me with joy by having the same while God the Father praising.
attitude, sharing the same love, being Blameless Living
united in spirit, and keeping one 12
And so, my dear friends, just as
purpose in mind. 3Do not act out of you have always obeyed, not only
selfish ambition or conceit, but with when I was with you but even more
humility think of others as being now that I am absent, continue to
better than yourselves. 4Do not be work out your salvation with fear and
concerned about your own interests, trembling. 13For it is God who is
but also be concerned abouta the producing in you both the desire and
interests of others. 5Have the same the ability to do what pleases him.
attitude among yourselves b that was 14
Do everything without complaining
also in the Messiahc Jesus:d 1
or arguing 15so that you may be
6
In God's own form existed he, blameless and innocent, God's
and shared with God equality, children without any faults among a
deemed nothing needed crooked and perverse generation,
grasping. among whom you shine like stars in
7
Instead, poured out in emptiness, the world 16as you hold firmly to the
a servant's form did he possess, word of life. Then I will be proud
a mortal man becoming. when the Messiahh returnsi that I did
In human form he chose to be, not run in vain or work hard in vain.
17
8
and lived in all humility, Yet even if I am being poured
death on a cross obeying. out like an offering as part of the
9
Now lifted up by God to heaven, sacrifice and service I offerj for your
a name above all others given, faith, I rejoice, and I share my joy
this matchless name with all of you. 18In the same way,
possessing. you also should rejoice and share
10
And so, when Jesus’ name is your joy with me.
called,
the knees of everyone should News about Paul's Companions
19
falle Now I hope in the Lord Jesus
wherever they’re residing.f to send Timothy to you soon so that I
11
Then every tongue in one accord, can be encouraged when I learn of
your condition. 20I do not have
anyone else like him who takes a
a 2:4 The Gk. lacks be concerned about genuine interest in your welfare. 21For
b 2:5 Or Have this mind in you
c 2:5 Or Christ all the others look after their own
d 2:5 Verses 6-11 probably represent an early
Christian hymn. g 2:11 Or Christ
e 2:10 Or every knee should bend h 2:16 Or Christ
f 2:10 Lit. in heaven, on earth, and under the i 2:16 Lit. will boast in the day of the Messiah
earth j 2:17 The Gk. lacks I offer
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interests, not after those of Jesus the things to you; indeed, it is for your
Messiah.a 22But you know his proven safety.
2
worth—how like a son with his father Beware of the dogs! Beware of
he served with me in the gospel. the evil workers! Beware of the
23
Therefore, I hope to send him as mutilators!g 3For it is we who are the
soon as I see how things are going to circumcisionh—we who worship in
turn out for me. 24Indeed, I am the Spirit of Godi and find our joy in
confident in the Lord that I will come the Messiahj Jesus. We have not
to visit youb soon. 21 placed any confidence in the flesh,
25
Meanwhile, I thought it best to 4
although I could have confidence in
send Epaphroditus—my brother, the flesh. If anyone thinks he can
fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but place confidence in the flesh, I have
your messenger and minister to my more reason to think so.k 5Having
need—back to you. 26For he has been been circumcised on the eighth day, I
longing forc all of you and is troubled am of the nation of Israel, from the
because you heard that he was sick. tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of
27
Indeed, he was sick to the point of Hebrews. As far as the law is
death, but God had mercy on him, concerned, I was a Pharisee. 6As for
and not only on him but also on me, my zeal, I was a persecutor of the
so that I would not have one sorrow church. As far as righteousness in the
on top of another.d 28Therefore, I am law is concerned, I was blameless.
especially eager to send him so that 7
But whatever things were assets
you may have the joy of seeing him to me, these I now consider a loss for
again, and so that I may feel relieved. the sake of the Messiah.l 8What is
29
So joyfully welcome him in the Lord more, I continue to consider all these
and make sure you honor such things to be a loss for the sake of
people highly, 30because he came what is far more valuable, knowing
close to death for the work of the the Messiahm Jesus, my Lord. It is
Messiahe by risking his life to because of him that I have
complete what remained unfinished experienced the loss of all those
in your service to me. things. Indeed, I consider them
rubbishn in order to gain the
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Warning Against Pride Messiaho 9and be found in him, not
3 So then,f my brothers, keep on

1
rejoicing in the Lord. It is no g 3:2 Lit. the mutilation; Lit. katatome (a

trouble for me to write the same cutting off)
h 3:3 Lit. peritome (a cutting around)
i 3:3 Other mss. read worship God in the Spirit
a 2:21 Or Christ j 3:3 Or Christ
b 2:24 The Gk. lacks to visit you k 3:4 Lit. I more
c 2:26 Other mss. read longing to see l 3:7 Or Christ
d 2:27 Lit. sorrow on sorrow m 3:8 Or Christ
e 2:30 Or Christ; other mss. read Lord n 3:8 Or dung
f 3:1 Or Furthermore o 3:8 Or Christ
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having a righteousness of my own True and False Teachers
17
that comes from the law, but one that Join together in imitating me,
comes through the faithfulness a of brothers, and pay close attention to
the Messiah,b the righteousness that those who live by the example we
comes from God and that depends on have set for you.j 18For I have often
faith. 10I want to know the Messiahc— told you, and now tell you even with
what his resurrection power is like tears, that many live as enemies of
and what it means to share in his the cross of the Messiah.k 19Their
sufferings by becoming like him in destiny is destruction, their god is
his death, 11though I hope to their belly, and their glory is in their
experience the resurrection from the shame. Their minds are set on
dead. worldly things.
20
Our citizenship, however, is in
Pursuing the Goal
12 heaven, and it is from there that we
It's not that I have already
eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord
reached this goal or have already
Jesus, the Messiah.l 21He will change
become perfect. But I keep pursuing
our unassuming bodies and make
it, hoping somehow to embrace it just
them like his glorious body through
as I have been embraced by the
the power that enables him to bring
Messiahd Jesus. 13Brothers, I do not
everything under his authority.
consider myself to have embraced it
yet.e But this one thing I do:
Chapter 4
Closing Exhortations
4
Forgetting what lies behind and 1
Therefore, my dear brothers
straining forward to what lies ahead, whom I long for, my joy and my
14
I keep pursuing the goal to win the victor's crown, this is how you must
prizef of God's heavenly call in the stand firm in the Lord, dear friends. 2I
Messiahg Jesus. 3
urge Euodia and Syntyche to have

15
Therefore, those of us who are the same attitude in the Lord. 3Yes, I
matureh should think this way. And
also ask you, my true partner,m to
if you think differently about
help these women. They have
anything, God will show you how to
think.i 16However, we should live up worked hard with me to advance n
to what we have achieved so far. the gospel, along with Clement and
the rest of my fellow workers, whose
names are in the Book of Life.
4
Keep on rejoicing in the Lord at
all times. I will say it again: Keep on
a 3:9 Or through faith in rejoicing! 5Let your gracious attitudeo
b 3:9 Or Christ
c 3:10 Lit. To know him
d 3:12 Or Christ j 3:17 Lit. the example you have in us
e 3:13 Other mss. omit yet k 3:18 Or Christ
f 3:14 Lit. the goal for the prize l 3:20 Or Christ
g 3:14 Or Christ m 4:3 Or loyal Syzygus
h 3:15 Or perfect n 4:3 The Gk. lacks to advance
i 3:15 Lit. show you this o 4:5 Lit. spirit
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be known to all people. The Lord is me. 14Nevertheless, it was kind of you
near: 6Never worry about anything. to share my troubles. 10
15
Instead, in every situation let your You Philippians also know that
petitions be made known to God in the early daysd of the gospel, when
through prayers and requests, with I left Macedonia, no church
thanksgiving. 7Then God's peace, participated with me in the matter of
which goes far beyond anything we giving and receiving except for you.
16
can imagine, will guard your hearts Even while I was in Thessalonica,
and minds in union with the you provided for my needs not once,
Messiaha Jesus.5 but twice. 17It is not that I am looking
8
Finally, brothers, whatever is for a gift. No, I want to see that you
true, whatever is honorable, whatever receive the fruit that increases to your
is fair, whatever is pure, whatever is benefit. 18I have been paid in full and
acceptable, whatever is have more than enough. I am fully
commendable, if there is anything of supplied, now that I have received
excellence and if there is anything from Epaphroditus what you sent—a
praiseworthy—keep thinking about fragrant aroma, a sacrifice acceptable
9
these things. Likewise, keep and pleasing to God. 19And my God
practicing these things: what you will fully supply your every need
have learned, received, heard, and according to his glorious riches in the
seen in me. Then the God of peace Messiahe Jesus. 20Glory belongs to our
will be with you. God and Father forever and ever!
Amen.
The Philippians’ Gifts
10
Now I rejoice in the Lord Final Greeting
21
greatly, because once again you have Greet every saint who is union
shown your concern for me. Of with the Messiahf Jesus. The brothers
course, you were concerned for me who are with me send their greetings
but you did not have an opportunity to you. 22All the saints, especially
to show it.b 11I am not saying this those of the emperor'sg household,
because I am in any need, for I have greet you.
23
learned to be content in whatever May the grace of the Lord
situation I am in. 12I know how to be Jesus, the Messiah,h be with your
humble, and I know how to prosper. spirit! Amen.i
In each and every situation I have
learned the secret of being full and of
going hungry, of having too much
and of having too little. 13I can do all
things through himc who strengthens d 4:15 Lit. in the beginning
e 4:19 Or Christ
f 4:21 Or Christ
a 4:7 Or Christ g 4:22 Or Caesar's
b 4:10 The Gk. lacks to show it h 4:23 Or Christ
c 4:13 Other mss. read the Messiah i 4:23 Other mss. lack Amen
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Chapter 1
Greetings from Paul about this gospelj from Epaphras, our
1 From:a Paul, an apostle of the

1
dear fellow servant, who is a faithful
Messiahb Jesus by the will of God, minister of the Messiahk on yourl
and Timothy our brother. behalf. 8He has told us about your
love in the Spirit.
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To: The holyc and faithful brothers in
2
Colossae who are in union with the The Messiah is Above All
9
Messiah.d For this reason, since the day
we heard about this, we have not
May grace and peace from God stopped praying for you and asking
our Fathere be yours! that you may be filled with the full
Paul's Prayer for the Colossians knowledge of God's m will with
3
We give thanks to God, the respect to all spiritual wisdom and
Father of our Lord Jesus, the understanding, 10so that you might
Messiah,f praying always for you, live in a manner worthy of the Lord
4
because we have heard about your and be fully pleasing to himn as you
faith in the Messiahg Jesus and the bear fruit while doing all kinds of
love that you have for all the saints, good things and growing in the full
5
based on the hope laid up for you in knowledge of God. 11You are being
heaven. Some time ago you heard strengthened with all power
about this hopeh through the word of according to his glorious might, so
truth, the gospel 6that has come to that you might patiently endure
you. Just as it is bearing fruit and everything with joy 12and might
spreading all over the world, so it has thank the Father, who has enabled
been doingi among you from the day uso to share in the saints’ inheritance
you heard it and came to know the in the light. 13Godp has rescued us
grace of God in truth. 7You learned from the power of darkness and has
brought us into the kingdom of the
Son whom he loves, 14through whom
we have redemption, the forgiveness
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From of sins.
b 1:1 Or Christ
c 1:2 Or to the saints
d 1:2 Or Christ j 1:7 Lit. Just as you learned
e 1:2 Other mss. read from God our Father k 1:7 Or Christ
and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah l 1:7 Other mss. read our
f 1:3 Or Christ m 1:9 Lit. his
g 1:4 Or Christ n 1:10 Lit. to all pleasing
h 1:5 Lit. about it o 1:12 Other mss. read you
i 1:6 The Gk. lacks it has been doing p 1:13 Lit. He
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The Centrality of Jesus without fault before him. 23However,

15
The Sona is the image of the you must remain firmly established
invisible God, and steadfast in the faith, without
the firstborn over all creation. being moved from the hope of the
16
For by him all things in heaven gospel that you heard, which has
and on earth were created, been proclaimed to every creature
things visible and invisible, under heaven and of which I, Paul,
whether they are kings,b lords, have become a servant.h
rulers, or powers.
Paul's Service in the Church
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All things have been created 24

through him and for him. Now I am rejoicing while
17
He himself existed before anything suffering for you as I complete in my
else did, flesh whatever remains of the
and he holds all things together. Messiah'si sufferings on behalf of his
18
He is also the head of the body, body, which is the church. 25I became
which is the church. its servantj as God commissioned me
He is the beginning, the firstborn to work for you, so that I may
from the dead, complete my ministry ofk the word of
so that he himself might have God. 26This secret was hidden
first place in everything. throughout the ages and generations
19
For Godc was pleased to have but has now been revealed to his
all of his divine essence d inhabit saints, 27to whom God wanted to
him. make known the glorious riches of
20
Through the Son,e Godf also this secret among the gentiles—which
reconciled all things to is the Messiahl in you, our glorious
himself, hope. 28It is he whom we proclaim as
whether things on earth or we admonish and wisely teach
things in heaven, everyone, so that we may present
thereby making peace everyone maturem in the Messiah.n 29I
through the blood of his cross. work hard and struggle to do this,
21
You who were once alienated using the energy that he powerfully
provides in me. 28
with a hostile attitude, doing evil,g
1
2
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1
22
he has now reconciled by the death For I want you to know how
of his physical body, so that he may much I struggle for you, for those
present you holy, blameless, and
a 1:15 Lit. He h 1:23 Or minister

b 1:16 Lit. thrones i 1:24 Or Christ’s
c 1:19 Lit. he j 1:25 Or minister
d 1:19 Lit. all of the fullness k 1:25 The Gk. lacks the ministry of
e 1:20 Lit. Through him l 1:27 Or Christ
f 1:20 Lit. he m 1:28 Or complete
g 1:21 Lit. in evil deeds n 1:29 Or Christ
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in Laodicea, and for all who have with him you were also circumcised
never seen me face to face.a 2Because with a circumcision performed
they are united in love, I prayb that without humanj hands by stripping
their hearts may be encouraged by all off the corrupt nature by the
the riches that come from a complete circumcision performed by the
understanding of the full knowledge Messiah.k 12When you were buried
of the Messiah,c who isd the mystery with the Messiahl in baptism, you
of God. 3In him are stored all the were also raised with him through
treasures of wisdom and knowledge. faith in the power of God, who raised
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4
I say this so that no one will mislead him from the dead. 13Even when you
you with nice-sounding rhetoric. 5For were dead because of your offenses
although I am physically absent, I am and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
with you in spirit, rejoicing to see Godm made you alive with him when
how stable you are and how firm he forgave us all of our offenses,
your faith in the Messiahe is. 14
having erased the charges that were
brought against us, along with their
Fullness of Life
6 obligations that were hostile to us. He
So then, just as you have
took those charges away when he
received the Messiahf Jesus the Lord,
nailed them to the cross. 15And when
continue to live dependent on him.
7
he had disarmed the rulers and the
For you have been rooted in him
authorities, he made a public
and are being built up and
spectacle of them, triumphing over
strengthened in the faith, just as you
them in the cross.n
were taught, while you continue to 16
Therefore, let no one judge you
be thankful. 8See to it that no one
in matters of food and drink or with
enslaves you through philosophy and
respect to a festival, a New Moon, or
empty deceit according to human
tradition, according to the basic Sabbath days.o 17These are a shadow
principles of the world,g and not of the things to come, but the reality p
according to the Messiah,h 9because belongs to the Messiah.q 18Let no one
who delights in humility and the
all the essencei of deity inhabits him
worship of angels cheat you out of
in bodily form. 10And you have been
the prize by rejoicing about what he
filled by him, who is the head of
every ruler and authority. 11In union has seen.r Such a person is puffed up
a 2:1 Lit. my face in the flesh j 2:11 The Gk. lacks human
b 2:2 The Gk. lacks I pray k 2:11 Or Christ
c 2:2 Or Christ l 2:12 Lit. with him
d 2:2 The Gk. lacks who is m 2:13 Lit. he
e 2:5 Or Christ n 2:15 Lit. in it
f 2:6 Or Christ o 2:16 Lit. or Sabbaths
g 2:8 Or the elemental spirits of the universe p 2:17 Or substance
h 2:8 Or Christ q 2:17 Or Christ
i 2:9 Lit. all of the fullness r 2:18 Other mss. read what he has not seen
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for no reason by his carnal mind. 19He yourh life, is revealed, then you, too,
does not hold on to the head, from will be revealed with him in glory.
whom the whole body, which is 5
So put to death your worldly
nourished and held together by its impulses:i sexual sin, impurity,
joints and ligaments, grows as God passion, evil desire, and greed (which
enables it.18 2
is idolatry). 6It is because of these

The New Life in the Messiah things that the wrath of God is
20
If you have died with the coming on those who are
j 7
disobedient. You used to behave like
Messiaha to the basic principles of the
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world,b why are you submitting to its them as you lived among them. 8But
decrees as though you still lived in now you must also get rid of anger,
the world? 21“Don't handle this! Don't wrath, malice, slander, obscene
taste or touch that!” 22All of these speech, and all such sins. 9Do not lie
things will be destroyed as they are to one another, for you have stripped
used, because they are based on off the old nature with its practices
10
human commands and teachings. and have clothed yourselves with
23
These things have the appearance of the new nature, which is being
wisdom in promoting self-made renewed in full knowledge,
religion, humility, and harsh consistent with the image of the one
treatment of the body, but they have who created it. 11In himk there is no
no value against self-indulgence. Greek or Jew, circumcised or
uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian,l
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Keep Focusing on the Messiah slave, or free person. Instead, the
3
1
Therefore, if you have been Messiahm is all and in all.
raised with the Messiah,c keep 12
Therefore, as God's chosen
focusing on the things that are above, ones, holy and loved, clothe
where the Messiahd is seated at the yourselves with compassion,
right hand of God. 2Keep your minds kindness, humility, meekness,n and
on things that are above, not on patience. 13Be tolerant of one another
things that are on the earth. 3For you and forgive each other if anyone has
have died, and your life has been a complaint against another. Just as
safely guarded by the Messiahe in the Lordo has forgiven you, you also
God. 4When the Messiah,f who isg should forgive.p 14Above all, clothe
h 3:4 Other mss. read our

i 3:5 Lit. the parts that are on the earth
a 2:20 Or Christ j 3:6 Lit. on the sons of disobedience
b 2:20 Or the elemental spirits of the universe k 3:11 Lit. it, 11where
c 3:1 Or Christ l 3:11 I.e. uncivilized person
d 3:1 Or Christ m 3:11 Or Christ
e 3:3 Or Christ n 3:12 Or gentleness
f 3:4 Or Christ o 3:13 Other mss. read the Messiah
g 3:4 The Gk. lacks who is p 3:13 Lit. so you also
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yourselves witha love, which ties receive the inheritance as a reward. It

everything together in unity. 15Let the is the Lord Messiahf whom you are
peace of the Messiahb also rule in serving! 25For the person who does
your hearts, to which you were called what is wrong will be paid back for
in one body, and be thankful. 16Let what he has done without favoritism.
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the word of the Messiahc inhabit you 1

Masters, treat your slaves justly
richly with wisdom, teaching and and fairly, because you know that
admonishing one another with you also have a Master in heaven.
psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,
Closing Exhortations
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and singing to God with thankfulness 2
Devote yourselves to prayer. Be
in your hearts. 17And whatever you g
alert and thankful when you pray.
do, whether by speech or action, do 3
At the same time also pray for us—
everything in the name of the Lord that God would open before us a
Jesus, giving thanks to God the door for the word so that we may tell
Father through him. the secret about the Messiah,h for
Family Duties which I have been imprisoned. 4May I
18
Wives, submit yourselves to reveal it as clearly as I should!i
5
your husbands, as is appropriate for Behave wisely toward outsiders,
those who belong to the Lord. making the best use of your time. 6Let
19
Husbands, love your wives, and do your speech always be gracious,
not be harsh withd them. seasoned with salt, so that you may
20
Children, obey your parents in know how you ought to answer
everything, for this is pleasing to the everyone.
Lord. 21Fathers, do not make your Greetings from Paul and His Fellow
children resentful. Otherwise, they’ll Workers
become discouraged. 7
Tychicus will tell you every-
22
Slaves, obey your earthly thing that has happened to me. He is
masters in everything, not only while a dear brother, a faithful minister,
being watched in order to please and a fellow servant in the Lord. 8I
them, but with a sincere heart, am sending him to you for this very
fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, reason, so that you may know how
work at it wholeheartedly as though we are doing and that he may
you were doing ite for the Lord and encourage your hearts. 9He is coming
not merely for people. 24You know with Onesimus, that faithful and dear
that it is from the Lord that you will brother, who is one of you. They will
tell you everything that is happening
here.
a 3:14 The Gk. lacks clothe yourselves with
b 3:15 Or Christ
c 3:16 Or Christ; other mss. read of God; still f 3:24 Or Christ
other mss. read of the Lord g 4:2 Lit. Be alert in it
d 3:19 Or bitter toward h 4:3 Or Christ
e 3:23 The Gk. lacks though you were doing it i 4:4 Lit. as I should speak
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10
Aristarchus, my fellow
prisoner, sends his greetings, as does
Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. You
have received instructions about him.
If he comes to you, welcome him.
11
Jesus, who is called Justus, also
greets you. These are the only ones of
the circumcision who are fellow
workers for the kingdom of God.
COLOSSIANS
They have been an encouragement to

me. 12Epaphras, who is one of you, a
servanta of the Messiahb Jesus, sends
you his greetings. He is always
wrestling in his prayers for you, so
that you may stand mature,c
completely convinced of the entire
will of God. 13For I can testify on his
behalf that he has a deep concern for
you and for those in Laodicea and in
Hieropolis. 14Luke, the beloved
physician, and Demas greet you.
15
Give my greetings to the brothers in
Laodicea, especially to Nympha and
the church that is in her house.
16
When this letter has been read
among you, have it read also in the
church of the Laodiceans, and be sure
to read the one from Laodicea. 17Tell
Archippus, “See that you complete
the ministry you have received from
the Lord.” 413
Final Greeting
18
This greeting is written with
my own signatured—“Paul.” Remem-
ber that I remain imprisoned. May
grace be with you! Amen.e
a 4:12 Or slave
b 4:12 Or Christ
c 4:12 Or complete
d 4:18 Lit. hand
e 4:18 Other mss. lack Amen
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6
Greetings You became imitators of us and
1 From:a Paul, Silvanus,b and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of

1
Timothy. suffering, you welcomed the word

To: The church of the Thessa- with the joy that the Holy Spirit
lonians in union with God the Father produces.k 7As a result, you became a
and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.c model for all the believers in
May grace and peace from God Macedonia and Achaia. 8From you
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the the word of the Lord has spread out
Messiah,d be yours! not only in Macedonia and Achaia,
Paul's Prayer for the Thessalonians but also in every place where your
2
We always thank God for all of faith in God has become known. As a
you when we mention you in our result, we do not need to say
prayers. 3In the presence of our God anything about it.
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and Father, we constantly remember
9
For peoplel keep telling us what
how your faith is active,e your love is kind of welcome you gave us and
hard at work,f and your hope in our how you turned away from idols to
Lord Jesus the Messiahg is enduring.h serve a living and true God 10and to
4
Brothers whom God loves, we know wait for his Son whom he raised from
that he has chosen you, 5for the the dead to come backm from heaven.
gospel we broughti did not come to This Jesus is the one who rescues us
you in words only, but also with from the coming wrath.
power, with the Holy Spirit, and with Chapter 2
Paul Recalls His Visit to the

deep conviction. Indeed,j you know
Thessalonians
what kind of people we proved to be
2
1
while we were with you, acting on For you yourselves know,
your behalf. brothers, that our visit to you was
not a waste of time. 2As you know,
we suffered persecution and were
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From mistreated in Philippi. Yet we were
b 1:1 I.e. Silas encouraged by our God to tell you
c 1:1 Or Christ hisn gospel in spite of strong
d 1:1 Or Christ; other mss. lack from God our
opposition. 3For our appeal to youo
Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah
e Lit. your work of faith does not spring from deceit, impure
f Lit. your labor of love
g 1: Or Christ k 1:6 Or the joy of the Holy Spirit
h Lit. the endurance of hope of our Lord l 1:9 Lit. they
Jesus, the Messiah m 1:10 The Gk. lacks to come back
i 1:5 Lit. our gospel n 2:2 Lit. God's
j 1:5 Lit. Just as o 2:3 The Gk. lacks to you
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motives, or trickery. 4Rather, because you received God's word, which you
we have been approved by God to be heard from us, you did not accept it
entrusted with the gospel, we speak as the word of humans but for what
as we do, not trying to please people it really is—the word of God, which is
but God, who tests our motives. 23 at work in you who believe. 14For
5
As you know, we did not come you, brothers, became imitators of the
with flattering words or with a churches of God in Judea that are in
scheme to make money. God is our union with the Messiahe Jesus. You
witness! 6We did not seek praise from suffered the same persecutions from
people—from you or from anyone the people of your own country as
else— 7even though as apostles of the they did from those Jews 15who killed
Messiaha we might have made such the Lord Jesus and thef prophets,
demands. Instead, we were gentleb who have persecuted us, and who
among you, like a nursing mother please neither God nor any group of
tenderly caring for her own children. people, 16as they try to keep us from
8
We cared so deeply for you that we telling the gentiles how they can be
were determined to share with you saved. As a result, they are constantly
not only the gospel of God but our adding to the number of sins they
1 THESSALONIANS
very lives. That is how dear you were have committed.g However, wrath
to us. 9Brothers, you remember our has overtaken them at last!
labor and toil. We worked night and
Timothy’s Report to Paul
day so that we would not become a 17
Brothers, although we have
burden to any of you while we
been separated from you for a little
proclaimed the gospel of God to you.
10 while—in person but not in heart—
You and God are witnesses of how
we eagerly desire to see you again
pure, honest, and blameless our
face to face. 18That is why we wanted
conduct was among you who believe.
11 to come to you. Certainly I, Paul,
You know very well that we treated
wanted to comeh time and again, but
each of you the way a father treats c
Satan blocked our way. 19After all,
his children. 12We comforted and
encouraged you, urging you to live in who is our hope, joy, or reason for i
rejoicing in the presence of our Lord
a manner worthy of God, who calls d
Jesus at his coming? It is you, isn't it?
you into his kingdom and glory. 20
Yes, you are our glory and joy!
3
How the Thessalonians Welcomed the
Chapter 3
1
Therefore, when we could stand
Gospel it no longer, we decided to
13
Here is another reason why we remain alone in Athens 2and send
constantly give thanks to God: When
e 2:14 Or Christ
a 2:7 Or Christ f 2:15 Other mss. read their own
b 2:7 Other mss. read infants g 2:16 The Gk. lacks they have committed
c 2:11 The Gk. lacks treats h 2:18 The Gk. lacks wanted to come
d 2:12 Other mss. read called i 2:19 Lit. or crown of
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Timothy, our brother who works us to visit you. 12May the Lord greatly
with us for God in the gospel of the increase your lovee for each other and
Messiah,a to strengthen and for all people, just as we love you.f
3
encourage you in your faith, so that 13
Then your hearts will be strong,
no one would be shaken by these blameless, and holy in the presence of
persecutions, for which you are God, who is our Father, when our
aware that we were destined. 4In fact, Lord Jesus appears with all his
when we were with you, we told you saints.g3
ahead of time that we were going to Chapter 4
suffer persecution. And as you know, Instructions on the Way Christians

that is what happened. 5But when I Should Live
4
1
could stand it no longer, I sent Now then, brothers, you learned
Timothyb to find out about your faith. from us how you ought to live
I was afraid that the tempter had and to please God, as in fact you are
tempted you in some way, and that doing. We ask and encourage you in
our work had been a waste of time. the Lord to do so even more. 2You
6
But Timothy has just now know what instructions we gave you
returned from visitingc you and has through the Lord Jesus. 3For it is
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God's will that you be sanctified: You
told us the good news about your
must abstain from sexual immorality.
faith and love. He also told us that 4
Each of you must know how to
you always have fond memories of us
control his own bodyh in a holy and
and want to see us, just as we want to
honorable manner, 5not with passion
see you. 7That's why, brothers, in all
and lust like the gentiles who do not
our distress and persecution we have
know God. 6Furthermore, you must
been encouraged about you by your
never take advantage of or exploit a
faith. 8For now we can go on living,
brother in this regard, because the
as long as you continue to stand firm Lord avenges all these things, just as
in the Lord. 9How can we thank God we already told you and warned you.
enough for you in return for all the 7
For God did not call us to be impure,
joy that we have in God's presence but to be holy. 8Therefore, whoever
because of you? 10We pray very hard rejects this instructioni is not rejecting
night and day that we may see you human authority but God, who gives
again face to face, so that we may you his Holy Spirit.
equip you withd whatever is lacking
in your faith.
11
Now may our God and Father
and our Lord Jesus provide a way for e 3:12 Lit. cause you to increase and abound
in love
f 3:12 Lit. as we for you
a 3:2 Or Christ; other mss. lack of the Messiah g 3:13 Or holy ones; other mss. read saints.
b 3:5 The Gk lacks Timothy Amen
c 3:6 The Gk. lacks visiting h 4:4 Lit. vessel
d 3:10 The Gk. lacks you with i 4:8 The Gk. lacks instruction
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9
Chapter 5
Now you do not need anyone Be Ready for the Day of the Lord
to write to you about brotherly love,
5
1
Now you do not need to have
since you have been taught by God to anything written to you about
love each other. 10In fact, you are times and dates, brothers, 2for you
showing love to all the brothers yourselves know very well that the
throughout Macedonia, but we urge Day of the Lord will come like a thief
you, brothers, to keep on doing this in the night. 3When peoplec say,
even more. 11Also, make it your goal “There is peace and security,”
to live quietly, to mind your own destruction will strike them as
business, and to work with your own suddenly as labor pains come d to a
hands, as we instructed you, 12so that pregnant woman, and they will not
you may win the respect of outsiders, be able to escape.
and have need of nothing. 49 4
However, brothers, you are not
Comfort about Christians Who Have in the darkness, in order that the Day
Died of the Lorde might surprise you like a
13
But we do not want you to be thief. 5For all of you are children of
ignorant, brothers, about those who the light and children of the day. We
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have died, so that you may not grieve do not belong to the night or to
like other people who have no hope. darkness. 6Therefore, let’s not fall
14
For if we believe that Jesus died and asleep like others do, but let’s stay
rose again, even so through Jesus awake and be sober. 7For people who
God will bring those who have died go to sleep, go to sleep at night; and
with him. 15For we declare to you people who get drunk, get drunk at
what the Lord has told us to say:a We night. 8But since we belong to the
who are alive and remain until the day, let’s be sober. We must put on
coming of the Lord will by no means the breastplate of faith and love, and
precede those who have died. 16With the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9For
a shout of command, with the God has not destined us to receivef
archangel's call, and with the sound wrath but to obtain salvation through
of God's trumpet, the Lord himself our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,g 10who
will come down from heaven, and died for us in order that, whether we
the dead who belong to the Messiah b are awake or asleep, we may live
will rise first. 17Then we who are alive together with him. 11So then,
and remain will be caught up in the encourage one another and build
clouds together with them to meet each other up, as you are doing.
the Lord in the air. And so we will be
with the Lord forever. 18So then,
encourage one another with these
c 5:3 Lit. they
words. d 5:3 The Gk. lacks come
e 5:4 The Gk. lacks of the Lord
a 4:15 Lit. you by the word of the Lord: f 5:9 The Gk. lacks receive
b 4:17 Or Christ g 5:9 Or Christ
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Paul Gives Final Instructions to the Brothers, prayh for us. 26Greet all the
25
Church brothers with a holy kiss. 27I order

12
Brothers, we ask you to show you by the Lord to have this letter
your appreciation for those who work read to all the brothers. 28May the
among you, set an example for you in grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,i
the Lord, and instructa you. 13Hold be with you! Amen.j
them in the highest regard, loving
them because of their work. Live in
peace with each other. 14We urge you,
brothers, to admonishb those who are
idle,c cheer up those who are
discouraged, and help those who are
weak. Be patient with everyone.
15
Make sure that no one pays back
evil for evil. Instead, always pursue
what is good for each other and for
everyone else. 16Always be joyful.
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17
Continually be prayerful. 18In
everything be thankful, because this
is God's will for you in the Messiahd
Jesus. 19Do not put out the Spirit's
fire.e 20Do not despise prophecies.
21
Instead, test everything. Hold on to
what is good. 22Keep away from
every kind of evil.14
Final Greeting
23
May the God of peace himself
make you holy in every way. And
may your whole being—spirit, soul,
and body—remain blameless when
our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,f appears.
24
The one who calls you is faithful,
and he will continue to be faithful.g
a 5:12 Or admonish
b 5:14 Or instruct
c 5:14 Or disorderly
d 5:18 Or Christ
e 5:19 I.e. stifle the Spirit's work h 5:25 Other mss. read also pray
f 5:23 Or Christ i 5:28 Or Christ
g 5:24 The Gk. lacks faithful j 5:28 Other mss. lack Amen
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those who do not know God and on

Greetings
those who refuse to obey the gospel
1 From:a Paul, Silvanus,b and

1
of our Lord Jesus. 9Such people will
Timothy.
suffer the punishment of eternal
To: The church of the Thessa-
destruction by being separated from
lonians in union with God our Father
the Lord's presence and from his
and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah.c glorious power, 10when he comes to
2
May grace and peace from God be glorified by his saints and to be
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the regarded with wonder on that day by
Messiah,d be yours! all who have believed—including
Endurance in Affliction you—because you believed our
3
Brothers, at all times we are testimony.
11
obligated to thank God for you. It is With this in mind, we always
right to do thise because your faith is pray for you, askingf that our God
growing all the time and the love might make you worthy of his calling
every one of you has for each other is and that through his power he might
increasing. 4As a result, we rejoice help you accomplish every good
about you among God's churches— desire and faithful action. 12That way
about your endurance and faith the name of our Lord Jesus will be
through all the persecutions and glorified by you, and you by him,
afflictions you are experiencing. 5This according to the grace of our God
is evidence of God's righteous and Lord, Jesus, the Messiah.g
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judgment and is intended to make Chapter 2
The Lawless One

you worthy of God's kingdom, for
2
1
Now we ask you, brothers,
which you are suffering. 6Certainly it
regarding the coming of our Lord
is right for God to pay back those
Jesus, the Messiah,h and our
who afflict you with affliction 7and to
gathering together to him, 2not to be
give us who are afflicted relief when
the Lord Jesus is revealed from so quickly upseti or alarmed when
heaven with his mighty angels 8in someone claims that we said,j either
blazing fire. He will take revenge on by some spirit, conversation, or letter
that the Day of the Lord has already
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From f 1:11 The Gk. lacks asking
b 1:1 I.e. Silas g 1:12 Or Christ
c 1:1 Or Christ h 2:1 Or Christ
d 1:2 Or Christ i 2:2 Lit. shaken in mind
e 1:3 Lit. As is right j 2:2 Lit. as though by us
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come. 3Do not let anyone deceive you powerful delusion so that they will
in any way, for it shall not come believe the lie. 12Then all who have
unless the rebelliona takes place first not believed the truth but have taken
and the man of sin,b who is destined pleasure in unrighteousness will be
for destruction,c is revealed. 4He condemned.
13
opposes and exalts himself above At all times we are obligated to
every so-called god and object of thank God for you, brothers who are
worship. As a result, he seats himself loved by the Lord, because God chose
in the sanctuaryd of God and himself you to be the first fruits j for salvation
declares that he is God. 2
through sanctification by the Spirit
5
Don't you remember that I and through faith in the truth. 14With
repeatedly told you about these this purpose in mind, he called you
things when I was still with you? through our proclamation of the k
6
You know what it is that is now gospel so that you would obtain the
holding him back, so that he will be glory of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.l
15
revealed when his time comes. 7For So then, brothers, stand firm, and
the secret of this lawlessness is cling to the traditions that you were
already at work, but only until the taught by us, either by word of
person now holding it back gets out mouthm or by our letter. 16May our
of the way. 8Then the lawless one will Lord Jesus, the Messiahn himself, and
be revealed, whom the Lorde will may God our Father, who loved us
destroy with the breath of his mouth, and by his grace gave us eternal
rendering him powerless by the comforto and good hope, 17encourage
manifestation of his coming. your hearts and strengthen you in
9
The coming of the lawless onef every good action and word.
will be accompanied by the power of Chapter 3
An Example to Follow
2 THESSALONIANS
Satan. He will use every kindg of
3
1
Finally, brothers, pray for us—
power, including miraculous signs,
that the word of the Lord may
lying wonders, 10and every type of
spread rapidly, and that it may be
evil to deceiveh those who are dying,
honored the way it is among you.
those who refused to love the truth 2
Also prayp that we may be rescued
that would save them.i 11For this
from worthless and evil people, since
reason, God will send them a
not everyone holds to the faith.q 3But
a 2:3 Or apostasy
b 2:3 Other mss. read man of lawlessness j 2:13 Other mss. read from the beginning
c 2:3 Lit. the son of destruction k 2:14 The Gk. lacks proclamation of the
d 2:4 Or temple l 2:14 Or Christ
e 2:8 Some MSS read Lord Jesus m 2:15 Lit. by word
f 2:9 Lit. His coming n 2:16 Or Christ
g 2:9 Lit. In every kind o 2:16 Or encouragement
h 2:10 Lit. every evil deception p 3:2 The Gk. lacks pray
i 2:10 Lit. so that they might be saved q 3:2 Or has faith
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the Lord is faithful and will in other people's lives! 12We order
strengthen you and protect you from and encourage such people by the
the evil one. 4We have confidence in Lord Jesus, the Messiah,l to do their
the Lorda that you are doing and will work quietly and to earn their own
continue to do what we command. living. 13Brothers, do not get tired of
5
May the Lord direct your hearts to doing what is right.12
14
the love of God and to the endurance If anyone does not obey what
of the Messiah.b 3 we saym in this letter, take note of
6
In the name of our Lord Jesus, him. Have nothing to do with him so
the Messiah,c we command you, that he will feel ashamed. 15Yet, don't
brothers, to keep away from every treat him like an enemy, but warnn
brother who is living in idlenessd and him like a brother. 16Now may the
not livinge according to the tradition Lord of peace give you his peace at
that they receivedf from us. 7For you all times and in every way. May the
yourselves know what you must do Lord be with all of you.
to imitate us. We never lived in Final Greeting
idlenessg among you. 8We did not eat 17
I, Paul, am writing this greeting
anyone's food without paying for it. with my own hand. This is the mark
Instead, with toil and labor we in every letter of mine. It is the way I
worked night and day in order not to write. 18May the grace of our Lord
be a burden to any of you. 9It is not as Jesus, the Messiah,o be with all of
though we did not have that right, you. Amen.p
but, we wantedh to give you an
example to follow. 10While we were
with you, we gave this order: “If
anyone doesn't want to work, he
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shouldn't eat.”
11
We hear that some of you are
living in idleness.i You are not busy
workingj—you are busy interferingk
a 3:4 Lit. in the Lord concerning you

b 3:5 Or Christ
c 3:6 Or Christ
d 3:6 Or is leading a disorderly life
e 3:6 The Gk. lacks living
f 3:6 Other mss. read you received
g 3:7 Or We did not lead a disorderly life
h 3:9 The Gk. lacks we wanted l 3:12 Or Christ
i 3:11 Or living disorderly lives m 3:14 Lit. our word
j 3:11 Lit. ergazomenous (working) n 3:15 Or instruct
k 3:11 Lit. periergazomenous (uselessly o 3:18 Or Christ
working) p 3:18 Other mss. lack Amen
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Chapter 1
Greetings stands that the law is not intended
1 From:a Paul, an apostle of the for righteouse people but for law-
1
Messiahb Jesus, by the command breakers and rebels, for ungodly

of God our Savior and the Messiahc people and sinners, for those who are
Jesus, our hope. unholy and irreverent, for those who
2
To: Timothy, my genuine child kill their fathers, their mothers, or
in the faith. other people, 10for those involved in
May grace, mercy, and peace sexual immorality, for homosexuals,
from God the Father and the for kidnappers,f for liars, for false
Messiahd Jesus, our Lord, be yours! witnesses, and for whatever else goes
against the healthy teaching 11that
A Warning Against False Teachers agrees with the glorious gospel of the
3
When I was on my way to blessed God, which he entrusted to
Macedonia, I urged you to stay in me.
Ephesus so that you could instruct 12
I thank the Messiahg Jesus, our
certain people to stop teaching false
Lord, who gives me strength, that he
doctrine 4and occupying themselves
has considered me faithful and has
with myths and endless genealogies.
appointed me to his service. 13In the
These things promote controversies
past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor,
rather than God's ongoing purpose,
and a violenth man. But I received
which involves faith. 5The goal of this
mercy because I acted ignorantly in
instruction is love that flows from a
my unbelief, 14and the grace of our
pure heart, from a clear conscience,
and from a sincere faith. 6Some Lord overflowed toward me,i along
people have left these qualities with the faith and love that are in the
behind and have turned to fruitless Messiahj Jesus. 15This is a trustworthy
discussion. 7They want to be teachers saying that deserves complete
of the law, yet they do not acceptance:k 1
understand either what they are

talking about or the things about
which they speak so confidently.
8
Of course, we know that the e 1:9 Or innocent
f 1:10 Or slave traders
law is good if a person uses it g 1:12 Or Christ
1 TIMOTHY
legitimately, 9that is, if he under- h 1:13 Or an arrogant

i 1:14 The Gk. lacks toward me
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From j 1:14 Or Christ
b 1:1 Or Christ k 1:15 This formula accompanied early
c 1:1 Or Christ Christian sayings on which full reliance could
d 1:2 Or Christ be placed.
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To this world Messiaha came, dignity.g 3This is good and acceptable

sinful people to reclaim.b in the sight of God our Savior, 4who
wants all people to be saved and to
I am the worst of them. 16But for that
come to know the truth fully. 5There
very reason I received mercy, so that
is one God. There is also one
in me, as the worst sinner,c the
mediator between God and human
Messiahd Jesus might demonstrate all
beings—a human, the Messiahh Jesus.
of his patience as an example for 6
He gave himself as a ransom for
those who would believe in him for
everyone, the testimony at the proper
eternal life. 17Now to the King
time. 7For this reason I was appointed
Eternal—the immortal, invisible, and
to be an announcer, an apostle, and a
only God—be honor and glory
faithful and true teacher of the
forever and ever! Amen.
gentiles. (I am telling you the truth.i I
1
Guidelines for Behavior in the Church am not lying.) 8Therefore, I want the
18
Timothy, my child, I am men to pray everywhere, lifting up
instructing you in keeping with the holy hands without being angry or
prophecies made earlier about you, so argumentative. 9Women, for their
that by following them you may part, should display their beauty by
continue to fight the good fight 19with dressing modestly and decently in
faith and a good conscience. By appropriate clothes, not by braiding
ignoring their consciences,e some their hair or by wearing gold, pearls,
people have destroyed their faith like or expensive clothes, 10but through
a wrecked ship. 20These include good actions. This is proper for
Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I women who claim to revere God.
11
handed over to Satan so that they A woman must learn quietly
may learn not to blaspheme. and submissively. 12Moreover, I do
Chapter 2
not allowj a woman to teach or to

Prayer and Submission to Authority
usurpk authority over a man. Instead,
2
1
First of all, then, I urge you to
she is to be quiet. 13For Adam was
offer to Godf petitions, prayers,
formed first, then Eve. 14And it was
intercessions, and expressions of
not Adam who was deceived. It was
thanks for all people, 2for kings, and
the woman who was deceived and
for everyone who has authority, so
became a lawbreaker. 15However,
that we might lead a quiet and
womenl will be saved by having
peaceful life with all godliness and
children,m if they continue to have
g 2:2 Or seriousness
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a 1:15 Or Christ; lit. Messiah Jesus h 2:5 Or Christ

b 1:15 Or save i 2:7 Other mss. read the truth in the Messiah
c 1:16 The Gk. lacks sinner j 2:12 Or I am not allowing
d 1:16 Or Christ k 2:12 Or have
e 1:19 Lit. By ignoring it l 2:15 Lit. she
f 2:1 The Gk. lacks to God m 2:15 Or saved through the birth of the Child
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faith, love, and holiness, along with addicted to wine, or greedy for
good judgment.a money. 9They must hold firmly to the
Chapter 3
secret of the faith with clear
Qualifications for Leaders in the consciences. 10But they must first be
Church tested. Then, if they prove to be
3 This is a trustworthy saying:b

1
blameless, they may become
i 11 j
ministers. Their wives must also be
The one who would an elder be, serious. They must not be gossips, but
a noble task desires he. instead be stable and trustworthy in
2
Therefore, an elder must be everything. 12Ministersk must be
blameless, the husband of one wife,c husbands of one wifel and must
stable, sensible, respectable, manage their children and their
hospitable to strangers, and families well. 13Those ministersm who
teachable.d 3He must not drink serve well gain an excellent
excessively or be a violent person, but reputation for themselves and will
instead be gentle. He must not be have great assurance by their faith in
argumentative or love money. 4He the Messiahn Jesus. 9 3
must manage his own family well 14

I hope to come to you soon.
and have children who are However, I'm writing this to you 15in
submissive and respectful in every case I am delayed, so that you may
way. 5For if a man does not know know how to behave in God's
how to manage his own family, how household, which is the church of the
can he take care of God's church? 6He living God, the pillar and foundation
must not be a recent convert, so that of the truth. 16By common confession,
he won’t become arrogant and fall the secret of our godly worship is
into the devil’s condemnation. 7He great:o
must be well thought of by outsiders,
so he doesn’te fall into disgrace and In flesh was hep revealed to sight,
kept righteous by the Spirit's
the trap set for him byf the devil.
might,
8
Ministers,g too, must be serious. adored by angels singing.q
They must not be two-faced,h To nations was he manifest,
a 2:15 Or modesty i 3:10 Or deacons

b 3:1 This formula accompanied early j 3:11 Or Women
Christian sayings on which full reliance could k 3:12 Or Deacons
be placed. l 3:12 Or devoted to their wives; lit. men of
c 3:2 Or devoted to his wife; lit. a man of one one woman
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woman m 3:13 Or deacons

d 3:2 Or able to teach n 3:13 Or Christ
e 3:7 Lit. outsiders, lest he o 3:16 What follows probably represents an
f 3:7 Lit. the trap of early Christian hymn or creed.
g 3:8 Or Deacons p 3:16 Other mss. read God
h 3:8 Lit. double-worded q 3:16 Lit. he was seen by angels
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9
believing souls found peace and This is a trustworthy saying that
rest,a deserves complete acceptance.d 10To
our Lord in heaven reigning!b this end we work hard and struggle,e
because we have set our hope on the
Chapter 4
A Prophecy about the Future
4
1
Now the Spirit says clearly that living God, who is the Savior of all
in the last times some people will people, that is, of those who believe.
11
abandon the faith by following These are the things you must
deceitful spirits, the teachings of insist on and teach. 12Do not let
demons, 2and the hypocrisy of liars, anyone look down on you because
whose consciences have been burned you are young, but be an example for
by a hot iron. 3They will try to stop other believers in your speech,
people from marrying and from behavior, love, faithfulness,f and
eating certain foods, which God purity. 13Until I arrive, give your full
created to be received with concentration to the public reading of
thanksgiving by those who believe Scripture,g to exhorting, and to
and know the truth. 4For everything teaching. 14Do not neglecth the gift
God created is good, and nothing that is in you, which was given to
should be rejected if it is received you through prophecy when the
with thanksgiving, 5because it is elders laid their hands on you.
15
sanctified by the word of God and Think on these things. Devote your
prayer. 41
life to them so that everyone can see
your progress. 16Pay close attention to
How to be a Good Servant of the
your life and your teaching.
Messiah Jesus
6
Persevere in these things, because if
If you continue to point these
you do so, you will save both yourself
things out to the brothers, you will be
and those who listen to you.
a good servant of the Messiah c Jesus, Chapter 5
nourished by the words of the faith Treatment of Widows
5
1
and the healthy teaching that you Never speak harshly to an older
have followed closely. 7Do not have man, but appeal to him as if he
anything to do with godless myths were your father. Treati younger men
and fables of old women. Instead, like brothers, 2older women like
train yourself to be godly. 8Physical mothers, and younger women like
exercise is of limited value, but sisters, with absolute purity.
Godliness is very dear,
a pledge of life, both there and d 4:9 This formula accompanied early
here. Christian sayings on which full reliance could
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be placed.
e 4:10 Other mss. read suffer abuse
f 4:12 Or faith
a 3:16 Lit. he was believed in the world g 4:13 Lit. on the reading
b 3:16 Lit. he was taken up in glory h 4:14 Or Stop neglecting
c 4:6 Or Christ i 5:1 The Gk. lacks Treat
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3
Honor widows who have no condemnation because they have set
other family members to care for aside their prior commitment to the
them.a 4But if a widow has children Messiah.h 13At the same time, they
or grandchildren, they must first also learn how to be lazy while going
learn to respect their own family by from house to house. Not only this,
repaying their parents, for this is but they even become gossips and
pleasing in God's sight. 5A woman keep busy by interfering in other
who has no other family members to people's lives, saying things they
should not say.
care for herb and who is left all alone 14
Therefore, I want younger
has placed her hope in God and
widows to remarry, have children,
devotes herself to petitions and
manage their homes, and not give the
prayers night and day. 6But the self-
enemy any chance to ridicule them.
indulgent widowc is just as good as 15
For some widowsi have already
dead.5 turned away to follow Satan. 16If any
7
Continue to give these womanj is a believer and has relatives
instructions, so that they may be who are widows, she should help
blameless. 8If anyone does not take them. The church should not be
care of his own relatives, especially burdened, so it can help those
his immediate family, he has denied widows who have no other family
the faith and is worse than an members to care for them.k
unbeliever. 9A widow may be put on
the widows'd list if she is at least sixty Elders and Their Duties
years old and has been the wife of
17
Elders who handle their dutiesl
one husband.e 10She must be well well should be considered worthy of
known for her good actions as a double compensation,m especially
woman who has raised children, those who work hard at preaching
welcomed strangers, washed the and teaching. 18For the Scripture says,
saints’ feet, helped the suffering, and “You must not muzzle an ox while it
devoted herself to doing good in is treading out grain,”n and “A
every way.8 worker deserves his pay.”o 19Do not
11
But do not include younger accept an accusation against an elder
widows on your list.f For whenever unless it is supported “by two or
their natural desires cause them to three witnesses.”p 20As for those who
lose their devotion to the Messiah,g keep on sinning, rebuke them in front
they want to remarry. 12They receive
h 5:12 The Gk. lacks to the Messiah
a 5:3 Lit. who are really widows i 5:15 The Gk. lacks widows
b 5:5 Lit. who is really a widow j 5:16 Other mss. read man or woman
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c 5:6 Lit. the one k 5:16 Lit. who are really widows
d 5:9 The Gk. lacks widows' l 5:17 Or who rule
e 5:9 Or devoted to her husband; lit. a woman m 5:17 Or honor
of one man n 5:18 Deut 25:4
f 5:11 The Gk. lacks on your list o 5:18 Luke 10:7
g 5:11 Or Christ p 5:19 Deut 17:6; 19:15
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of everyone so that the rest will also Rules for Godly Living
be afraid. 21With God as my witness, 3
If anyone teaches false doctrine
as well as the Messiaha Jesus and the and refuses to agree with the sound
chosen angels, I solemnly call on you words of our Lord Jesus, the
to carry out these instructions Messiah,g and godly teaching, 4he is a
without prejudice, doing nothing on conceited person and does not
the basis of partiality. 22Do not understand anything. He has an
ordainb anyone hastily. Do not unhealthy craving for arguments and
participate in the sins of others. Keep debates. This produces jealousy,
yourself pure. 23Stop drinking only rivalry, slander, evil suspicions, 5and
water, but use a little wine for your incessant conflict between people
stomach because of your frequent
who are depraved in mind and
illnesses.
deprived of truth. They think that
520
24
The sins of some people are
godliness is a way to make a profit.h
obvious, leading them to judgment. 6
Of course, godliness with
The sinsc of others follow them there.
25 contentment does bring a great profit.
In the same way, good actions are
7
obvious, and those that are not Nothing to this world we bring;
cannot remain hidden. from it take we nothing.
8
Chapter 6
With food to eat and clothes to

Duties of Servants and Masters wear;
6
1
All who are under the yoke of content we are in everything.
slavery should regard their own
9
masters as deserving of the highest But people who want to get rich
respect,d so that the name of God and keep toppling into temptation and
our teaching may not be discredited. e are trapped by many stupid and
2
Moreover, those who have believing harmful desires that plunge them into
masters should be respectful to them, destruction and ruin. 10For the love of
money is a root of all kinds of evil.
because they are fellow believers.f In
Some people, in their eagerness to get
fact, they must serve them even
rich, have wandered away from the
better, because those who benefit
from their service are believers and faith and causedi themselves a lot of
dear to them. These are the things pain.
you must teach and exhort. Advice for Timothy
11
But you, man of God, must flee
from all these things.
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a 5:21 Or Christ
b 5:22 Lit. lay hands on
c 5:24 Lit. Those g 6:31 Or Christ
d 6:1 Or of full honor h 6:5 Other mss. read make a profit. Stay
e 6:1 Or slandered away from such people.
f 6:2 Lit. brothers i 6:10 Lit. pierced
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Instead, you must pursue uncertain as riches. Instead, let them

righteousness, godliness, place their confidencef in God, who
faithfulness,a lavishly provides us with everything
love, endurance, and for our enjoyment. 18They are to do
gentleness. good, to be rich in good actions, to be
12
Fight the good fight for the faith. generous, and to share. 19By doing
Keep holding on to eternal life, this they store up a treasure for
to which you were called themselves that is a good foundation
and about which you gave a good for the future, so that they can keep
testimony their hold on the life that is real.
in front of many witnesses.
Final Greeting
Since you areb in the presence
13 20
Timothy, guard what has been
of God, who gives life to everything, entrusted to you. Avoid the pointless
and in the presence of the Messiah c discussions and contradictions of
Jesus, who gave a good testimony what is falsely called knowledge.
before Pontius Pilate, I solemnly 21
Although some claim to have it,
charge you 14to keep these commands they have abandoned the faith. May
stainlessly and blamelessly until the grace be with all of you!
appearance of our Lord Jesus, the
Messiah.d 15At the right time, he will
make him known.
Gode is the blessed and only
Ruler,
the King of kings
and Lord of lords.
16
He alone has endless life
and lives in inaccessible light.
No one has ever seen him,
nor can anyone see him.
Honor and eternal power belong
to him!
Amen.
Advice for the Wealthy
17
Tell those who are rich in this
age not to be arrogant and not to
place their confidence in anything as
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a 6:11 Or faith
b 6:13 The Gk. lacks Since you are
c 6:13 Or Christ
d 6:14 Or Christ f 6:17 The Gk. lacks let them place their
e 6:15 Lit. He confidence
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SECOND TIMOTHY
Chapter 1
Greetings Instead, by God's power, join me in
1 From:a Paul, an apostle of the suffering for the sake of the gospel.
1
Messiahb Jesus by God's will in 9

He saved us
keeping with the promise of life that and called us with a holy calling,
is in the Messiahc Jesus. not according to our own
2
To: Timothy, my dear child. accomplishments,
but according to his own
May grace, mercy, and peace purpose and the grace
from God the Father and the that was given to us in the
Messiahd Jesus our Lord be yours! Messiahh Jesus
Paul's Advice for Timothy before time began.i
3
I constantly thank my God—
10
Now, however, that gracej has
whom I servee with a clear been revealed
conscience, as my ancestors did— through the coming of our
when I remember you in my prayers Savior the Messiahk Jesus,
who has destroyed death
night and day, 4recalling your tears
and through the gospel has
and longing to see you so that I can
brought life
be filled with joy. 5I am reminded of
and release from death into
your sincere faith, which first existed
full view.
in your grandmother Lois and your
mother Eunice, and I am convinced 11
For the sake of this gospell I was
that this faithf also exists in you. 6For appointed to be a preacher, an
this reason, I am reminding you to apostle, and a teacher of the
fan into flames the gift of God that is gentiles.m 12That is why I suffer as I
within you through the laying on of do. However, I am not ashamed, for I
my hands. 7For God did not give us a know the one in whom I have put
spirit of timidity but one of power, my trust, and I'm convinced that he is
love, and self-discipline.g 8Therefore, able to protect what he has entrusted
never be ashamed of the testimony to men until the day that he comes.o
about our Lord or of me, his prisoner.
h 1:9 Or Christ
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From i 1:9 Lit. before the times of the ages
b 1:1 Or Christ j 1:10 Lit. however, it
c 1:1 Or Christ k 1:10 Or Christ
d 1:21 Or Christ l 1:11 Lit. For which
e 1:3 Or worship m 1:11 Other mss. lack of the gentiles
f 1:5 Lit. it n 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him
g 1:7 Or good judgment o 1:12 Lit. until that day
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13
Hold on to the pattern of healthy according to the rules. 6Furthermore,
teachings that you have heard from it is the hard working farmer who
me, along with the faith and love that should have the first share of the
are in the Messiaha Jesus. 14With the crops. 7Think about what I am saying.
help of the Holy Spirit who lives in The Lord will help you to understand
us, protect the good treasure that has all these things.
been entrusted to you. 1
8
Meditate onf Jesus, the
g
Messiah, who was raised from the
News about Paul's Helpers
15
You know that everyone in dead and is a descendant of David.
Asia has abandoned me, including This is the gospel I tell others.h
9
Phygelus and Hermogenes. 16May the Because of it I am experiencing
Lord grant mercy to the family of trouble, even to the point of being
Onesiphorus, for he often took care chained like a criminal. However,
ofb me and was not ashamed that I God's word is not chained. 10For that
was a prisoner. 17Instead, when he reason, I endure everything for the
arrived in Rome he searched sake of those who have been chosen
diligently for me and found me. so that they, too, may receive the
18
May the Lord grant that he finds salvation that is in the Messiahi Jesus,
mercy on the day he comes again.c along with eternal glory. 11This saying
You know very well how much he is trustworthy:j
assisted me in Ephesus. In dying with the Messiah,k
true life we gain.l
Chapter 2
Remain Committed to the Messiah 12

Jesus Enduring, we with him shall reign.
2
1
As for you, my child, be strong Who him denies,
by the grace that is in the he will disclaim.
13
Our faith may fail,
Messiahd Jesus. 2What you have
his never wanes—
heard from me through many
That’s who he is,
witnesses entrust to faithful people
he cannot change!m
who will be able to teach others as
14
well. 3Join me in suffering like a good Remind others about these
soldier of the Messiahe Jesus. 4No one things, and warn them before Godn
serving in the military gets mixed up
in civilian matters, for his aim is to f 2:8 Or Remember
please his commanding officer. g 2:8 Or Christ
5
h 2:8 Lit. of David, according to my gospel
Moreover, no one who is an athlete i 2:10 Or Christ
wins a prize unless he competes j 2:11 This formula accompanied early
Christian sayings on which full reliance could
a 1:13 Or Christ be placed.
b 1:16 Or refreshed k 2:11 Lit. him
c 1:18 Lit. mercy from the Lord on that day l 2:11 Lit. we will live with him
d 2:1 Or Christ m 2:13 Lit. he cannot deny himself
e 2:2 Or Christ n 2:14 Other mss. read of the Lord
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not to argue over words. Arguing a to do with foolish and stupid dis-
does not do any good but only cussions, because you know they
destroys those who are listening. 15Do breed arguments. 24A servantf of the
your best to present yourself to God Lord must not argue. Instead, he
as an approved worker who has must be kind to everyone, teachable, g
nothing to be ashamed of, handling willing to suffer wrong, 25and gentle
the word of truth with precision. when refuting opponents. After all,
16
However, avoid pointless discus- maybe God will allow them to repent
sions. For people will become more and to come to a full knowledge of
and more ungodly, 17and what they the truth, 26so that they might escape
say will spread everywhere like from the devil's snare, even though
gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus they've been held captive by him to
are like that. 18They have abandoned do his will. 24
2
the truth by claiming that the Chapter 3
resurrection has already taken place, What People Will be Like in the Last
and so they destroy the faith of Days
3
1
others. 14 You must realize, however, that
19
However, God's solid founda- in the last days difficult times will
tion still stands. It has this inscription come. 2People will be lovers of them-
on it: “The Lord knows those who selves, lovers of money, boastful,
arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their
belong to him,”b and “Everyone who
calls on the name of the Lord must parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3un-
feeling, uncooperative, slanderous,
turn away from evil.”c 20In a large
degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is
house there are not only utensils
good, 4traitors, reckless, conceited,
made of gold and silver, but also
and lovers of pleasure rather than
those made of wood and clay. Some
lovers of God. 5They will hold to an
are for special use, while others are
outward form of godliness but deny
for ordinary use. 21Therefore, if
its power. Stay away from such
anyone stops associating withd these
people. 6For some of these men go
people, he will become a special
into homes and deceive foolish
utensil, set apart for the owner's use,
women who are burdened with sins
prepared for every good action.
22
and swayed by all kinds of desires.
Flee from youthful passions. 7
These women are always studying
Instead, pursue righteousness, faith-
but are never able to arrive at a full
fulness,e love, and peace together knowledge of the truth. 8Just as
with those who call on the Lord with Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses,
a pure heart. 23Do not have anything so these men oppose the truth. They
a 2:14 Lit. It are depraved in mind and their faith
b 2:19 Num 16:5 is a counterfeit. 9But they will not get
c 2:19 Num 16:26
d 2:21 Lit. cleanses himself from f 2:24 Or slave
e 2:22 Or faith g 2:24 Or able to teach
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very far because, as in the case of who are dead, and in view of his
those two men,a their stupidity will appearing and his kingdom, I
be plain to everyone.8 solemnly appeal to you 2to proclaim
the message. Be ready to do thisf
Continue to Teach the Truth
10 whether or not the time is
But you have observed my
convenient. Refute, warn, and
teaching, my way of life, my purpose,
encourage with the utmost patience
my faith, my patience, my love, my
when you teach. 3For the time will
endurance, 11and how I was
come when people will not tolerate
persecuted and suffered in Antioch,
healthy doctrine, but with itching
Iconium, and Lystra. What
ears will surround themselves with
persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord
teachers who cater to their people’s
rescued me from all of them.
12 own desires. 4They will refuse to
Indeed, all who want to live a godly
listen to the truth and will turn to
life in union with the Messiahb Jesus
myths. 5But you must be clear-headed
will be persecuted. 13But evil people
about everything. Endure suffering.
and impostors will go from bad to
Do the work of an evangelist. Devote
worse as they deceive others and are
yourself completely to your ministry.
themselves deceived. 10 6
I am already being poured out
3
14
But as for you, continue in
as an offering, and the time for my
what you have learned and found to
departure has come. 7I have fought
be true, because you know from
the good fight. I have completed the
whom you learned it. 15From infancy
race. I have kept the faith. 8The
you have known the Holy Scriptures
victor's crown of righteousness is
that are able to give you the wisdom
now waiting for me, which the Lord,
you need for salvation through faith
the righteous Judge, will give to me
in the Messiahc Jesus. 16All Scripture
on the day that he comes,g and not
is God-breathedd and is useful for only to me but also to all who eagerly
teaching, for reproof, for correction, wait for his appearing.
and for training in righteousness, 17so
that the man of God may be Final Instructions to Timothy
9
complete, thoroughly equipped for Do your best to come to me
every good action. soon, 10because Demas, having fallen
Chapter 4 in love with this present world, has
Complete the Task Entrusted to You abandoned me and has gone to
4
1
In the presence of God and the Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to
Messiahe Jesus, who is going to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. 11Only
judge those who are living and those Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring
him with you, for he is useful in my
a 3:9 The Gk. lacks two men
b 3:12 Or Christ
c 3:15 Or Christ
d 3:16 Or inspired by God f 4:2 The Gk. lacks to do this
e 4:1 Or Christ g 4:8 Lit. on that day
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ministry. 12I have sent Tychicus to 22

May the Lord be with your
Ephesus. 11 spirit. Grace be with all of you!
13
When you come, bring the coat Amen.e
I left with Carpus in Troas, as well as
the scrolls and especially the parch-
ments.a 14Alexander the metalworker
did me a great deal of harm. The
Lord will pay him back for what he
did. 15You, too, must watch out for
him, for he violently opposed our
message.
16
At my first trial no one came to
my defense. Everyone abandoned
me. May it not be held against them!
17
However, the Lord stood by me and
gave me strength so that through me
the message might be fully pro-
claimed and all the gentiles could
hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's
mouth. 18The Lord will rescue me
from every evil attackb and will take
me safely toc his heavenly kingdom.
Glory belongs to him forever and
ever! Amen.
Final Greeting
19
Greet Priscad and Aquila and
the family of Onesiphorus. 20Erastus
stayed in Corinth, and I left
Trophimus in Miletus because he was
sick. 21Do your best to come to me
before winter. Eubulus sends you
greetings, as do Pudens, Linus,
Claudia, and all the brothers.
a 4:13 Parchments were writing materials

made from animal skins.
b 4:18 Lit. evil work
c 4:18 Or will preserve me for
d 4:19 I.e. Priscilla e 4:22 Other mss. lack Amen
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Chapter 1
Greetings and have children who are believers
1 From:a Paul, a servant of God, and who are not accused of having
1
and also an apostle of Jesus the wild lifestyles or of being rebellious.

7
Messiah,b to bring the faith to those Because an overseer is God's servant
chosen by God, along with full manager, he must be blameless. He
knowledge of the truth that leads toc must not be arrogant or irritable. He
must not drink too much, be a violent
TITUS
godliness, 2which is based on the
hope of eternal life that God, who person, or make money in shameful
cannot lie, promised before the ways. 8Instead, he must be hospitable
worldd began. 3At the right time he to strangers, must appreciate what is
revealed his message through the good, and be sensible, honest, moral,
proclamation that was entrusted to and self-controlled. 9He must be
me by the command of God our devoted to the trustworthy message
Savior. that agrees with what we teach, so
that he may be able to encourage
4
To: Titus, a genuine child in the faith others with healthy doctrine and
that we share. refute those who oppose it.
May grace and peace e from God Guard What is True
the Father and the Messiah,f Jesus 10
For there are many people who
our Savior, be yours! are rebellious, especially those who
are converts from Judaism.i They
Qualifications for Leaders in the
Church speak utter nonsense and deceive
5
The reason I left you in Crete people. 11They must be silenced,
was to complete what still needed to because they are the kind of people
be done and to appoint elders in who ruin whole families by teaching
every city, as I myself commanded what they should not teach in order
to make money in a shameful way.
you. 6An elder must beg blameless. He 12
One of their very own prophets
must be the husband of one wifeh
said, 1
“Liars ever, men of Crete,

b 1:1 Or Christ savage brutes that live to eat.”j
c 1:1 Lit. that is according to 13
That statement is true. For this
d 1:2 Or the ages
e 1:4 Other mss. read grace, mercy, and peace reason, refute them sharply so that
f 1:4 Or Christ they may become healthy in the faith
g 1:6 Lit. If anyone is
h 1:6 Or devoted to his wife; lit. a man of one i 1:10 Lit. those of the circumcision
woman j 1:12 Epimenides (6th to 5th century BC)
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14
and not pay attention to Jewish please them and not argue with them
10
myths or commands given by people or steal from them. Instead, they are
who reject the truth. 15Everything is to show complete and perfect loyalty,
clean to those who are clean, but so that in every way they may make
nothing is clean to those who are the teaching about God our Savior
corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, more attractive.
11
their very way of thinking and their For the grace of God has
consciences have been corrupted. appeared, bringing salvation to all
16
They claim to know God, but they people. 12It trains us to renounce
deny him by their actions. They are ungodly living and worldly passions
detestable, disobedient, and so that we might live sensible, honest,
TITUS
disqualified to do anything good. 114 and godly lives in the present age 13as
Chapter 2
we wait for the blessed hope and

Guidelines for Christian Living glorious appearance of our great God
2
1
But as for you, teach what is
and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.c 14He
consistent with healthy doctrine.
2 gave himself for us to set us free from
Older men are to be sober, serious,
every wrong and to cleanse us so that
sensible, and sound in faith, love, and
we could be his special people who
endurance. 3Likewise, older women
are enthusiastic about doing good
are to show their reverence for God
deeds.
by their behavior. They are not to be
2
15
These are the things you
gossips or addicted to alcohol, but to
should teach. Encourage and refute
be examplesa of goodness. 4They
with full authority. Do not let anyone
should encourage the younger look down on you.
women to love their husbands, to Chapter 3
love their children, 5to be sensible and Concentrate on Doing What is Good
pure, to manage their households, to
3 Remind believersd to submit to
1
be kind, and to submit themselves to rulers and authorities, to be

their husbands. Otherwise, the word obedient, and to be ready to do any
of God may be discredited.b honorable kind of work. 2They are
6
Likewise, encourage the not to insulte anyone or be
younger men to be sensible. 7Always argumentative. Instead, they are to be
set an example for others by doing gentle and perfectly courteous to
good actions. Teach with integrity everyone. 3After all, we ourselves
and dignity. 8Use wholesome speech were once foolish, disobedient, and
that cannot be condemned. Then any misled. We were slaves to many
opponent will be ashamed because he kinds of lusts and pleasures,
cannot say anything bad about us. spending our days in malice and
9
Slaves are to submit to their
masters in everything, aiming to
c 2:13 Or Christ
a 2:3 Or teachers d 3:1 Lit. them
b 2:5 Or blasphemed e 3:2 Or slander
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12
hated one another. As soon as I send Artemas to
4 you, or perhaps Tychicus, do your
In grace our Savior God appeared,
best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I
to make his love for mankind
have decided to spend the winter
clear.
5 there. 13Do all you can to send Zenas
‘Twas not for deeds that we had
the expert in the law and Apollos on
done,
their way, and see that they have
but by his steadfast lovea alone,
he saved us through a second everything they need. 14Our own
birth, people should also learn to make
renewed us by the Spirit'sb good deeds a priority when urgent
TITUS
work, needs arise, so they won’t be
6
and poured him out upon us, too, unproductive.
through Jesus the Messiahc our Final Greeting
Savior true. 15
All who are with me send you
7
And so, made heirs by his own greetings. Greet our fellow believers
grace, who love us. May grace be with all of
eternal life we now embrace.d you! Amen.f
8
This saying is trustworthy.e I want
you to insist on these things, so that
those who have put their faith in God
may devote themselves to good
actions. These things are good and
helpful to other people.
9
But avoid foolish controversies,
arguments about genealogies,
quarrels, and fights about the law.
These things are useless and
worthless. 10Have nothing to do with
a divisive person after you have
warned him once or twice. 11For you
know that a person like this is corrupt
and keeps on sinning, being self-
condemned.10
a 3:5 Or his mercy

b 3:5 Lit. the Holy Spirit's
c 3:6 Or Christ
d 3:7 Lit. we have become heirs according to
the hope of eternal life
e 3:8 This formula accompanied early
Christian sayings on which full reliance could
be placed. f 3:15 Other mss. lack Amen
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THE LETTER OF PAUL TO
PHILEMON
Greetings
Paul's Plea for Onesimus
1
From:a Paul, a prisoner of the 8
For this reason, although in the
Messiahb Jesus, and Timothy our Messiahj I have complete freedom to
brother. order you to do what is proper, 9I
To: Philemon our dear friendc and prefer to make my appeal on the
fellow worker, 2to Apphia our sister, basis of love. I, Paul, as an old man
to Archippus our fellow soldier, and and now a prisoner of the Messiahk
to the church in your house. Jesus, 10appeal to you on behalf of my
3
child Onesimus, whose father I have
May grace and peace from God
become during my imprisonment.
our Father and the Lord Jesus, the 11
Once he was useless to you, but
Messiah,d be yours!e
now he is very usefull both to you
Paul's Prayer for Philemon and to me. 12As I send him back, it’s
4
I always thank my God when I like I’m coming along with him.m 13I
PHILEMON
mention youf in my prayers, 5because wanted to keep him with me so that

I keep hearing about your love for all he could serve me in your place
the saints and the faith that you have during my imprisonment for the
in the Lord Jesus. 6I prayg that your gospel. 14Yet I did not want to do
partnership in the faith may become anything without your consent, so
effective as you fully acknowledge that your good deed might not be
every blessing that is oursh in the something forced, but voluntary.
15
Messiah.i 7For I have received Perhaps this is why he was
considerable joy and encouragement separated from you for a while, so
from your love, because the hearts of that you could have him back forever,
16
the saints have been refreshed, no longer as a slave but better than
brother, through you. a slave—as a dear brother, especially
to me, but even more so to you, both
as a person and as a believer.n
17
So if you consider me a
a 1 The Gk. lacks From partner, welcome him as you would
b 1 Or Christ
c 1 Or our beloved Philemon
welcomeo me. 18If he has wronged
d 3 Or Christ
e 3 The Gk. yours is pl. j 8 Or Christ
f 4 From verse 4 through verse 21, you and k 9 Or Christ
your are singular. l 11 The name “Onesimus” means “useful.”
g 6 The Gk. lacks I pray m 12 Lit. back, it’s with my innards
h 6 Other mss. read yours (pl.) n 16 Or both in the flesh and in the Lord
i 6 Or Christ o 17 The Gk. lacks you would welcome
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you in any way or owes you

anything, charge it to my account. 19I,
Paul, am writing this with my own
hand: I will repay it. (I will not
mention to you that you owe me
your very life.) 20Yes, brother, I desire
this favor from you in the Lord.
Refresh my heart in the Messiah!a
21
Confident of your obedience, I am
writing to you because I know that
you will do even more than I ask.
22
Meanwhile, prepare a guest room
for me, too, for I am hoping through
your prayers to be returned to you.
Greetings from Paul's Fellow Workers
23
Epaphras, my fellow prisoner
in the Messiahb Jesus, sends youc
greetings, 24as do Mark, Aristarchus,
PHILEMON
Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
25
May the grace of ourd Lord Jesus,
the Messiah,e be with your spirit!
Amen.f
a 20 Or Christ
b 23 Or Christ
c 23 The Gk. you is sing.
d 25 Other mss. read the
e 25 Or Christ
f 25 Other mss. lack Amen.
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THE LETTER TO THE
HEBREWS
Chapter 1
God Has Spoken to Us and his servants flames of fire.”g
1
1 8
God, having spoken in former But about the Son he says,
times in fragmentary and varied “Your throne, O God,
fashion to our forefathers by the is forever and ever,
prophets, 2has in these last days and the scepter of your kingdom
spoken to us by a Son whom he is a righteous scepter.
appointed to be the heir of 9
You have loved righteousness
everything and through whom he and hated wickedness.
also made the universe. 3He is the That is why God, your God,
reflectiona of God's glory and the anointed you rather than your
exact likeness of his being, and he companions
holds everything together by his with the oil of gladness.”h1
powerful word. After he had 10

And,
provided a cleansing from sins, he sat
1
down at the right hand of the “In the beginning, Lord,

Highest Majesty 4and became as you laid the foundation of the
much superior to the angels as the earth,
name he has inherited is better than and the heavens are the work
theirs. of your hands.
11
They will come to an end,
God's Son is Superior to the Angels but you will remain forever.
5
For to which of the angels did They will all wear out like
b
God ever say, “You are my Son. clothes.
Today I have become your Father”?c 12
You will roll them up like a robe,
and they will be changed like
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Or again, “I will be his Father, and he

will be my Son”?d 6And again, when clothes.
he bringse his firstborn into the But you remain the same,
world, he says, “Let all God's angels and your lifei will never end.”j
worship him.”f 7Now about the 13
But to which of the angels did he
angels he says, ever say,
“He makes his angels winds, “Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies a
footstool for your feet”?a 1
a 1:3 Or radiance
b 1:5 Lit. he
c 1:5 Ps 2:7 g 1:7 Ps 104:4
d 1:5 2 Sam 7:14 h 1:9 Ps 45:6-7
e 1:6 Or And when he again brings i 1:12 Lit. years
f 1:6 Deut 32:43 (LXX); Ps 97:7 j 1:12 Ps 102:25-27
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All of them are spirits on a divine control. However, at the present time
mission, sent to serve those who are we do not yet see everything put
about to inherit salvation, aren't they? under him. 9But we do see someone
who was made a little lower than the
1
Chapter 2
We Must Not Neglect Our Salvation angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned
2
1
For this reason we must pay with glory and honor because he
closer attention to the things we suffered death, so that by the grace
have heard, or we may drift away, ofd God he might experiencee death
2
because if the message spoken by for everyone.
angels was reliable, and every 10
It was fitting that God, for
violation and act of disobedience whom and through whom every-
received its just punishment, 3how thing exists, should make the pioneer
will we escape if we neglect a of their salvation perfect through
salvation as great as this? It was first suffering as part of his plan to glorify
proclaimed by the Lord himself, and many children, 11because both the
then it was confirmed to us by those one who sanctifies and those who are
who heard him, 4while God added being sanctified all have the same
his testimony through signs,
Father.f That is why Jesusg is not
wonders, various miracles, and gifts
ashamed to call them brothers 12when
of the Holy Spirit distributed
he says, “I will announce your name
according to his will.
to my brothers. I will praise you
Jesus is the Source of Our Salvation within the congregation.”h 13And
5
For he did not put the coming again, “I will trust him.”i And again,
world we are talking about under the “I am here with the children God has
control of angels. 6Instead, someone given me.”j
has declared somewhere, 14
Therefore, since the children
“What is man that you should have flesh and blood, he himself also
remember him, shared the same things, so that by his HEBREWS
or the son of man that you death he might destroy the one who
should care for him? has the power of death (that is, the
7
You made him a little lower than devil) 15and might free those who
the angels, were slaves all their lives because
yet you crowned him with glory they were terrified by death. 16For it is
and honor clear that he did not come to help
8
and put everything under his
feet.”b c 2:8 Lit. he
d 2:9 Other mss. read so that apart from
Now when Godc put everything e 2:9 Lit. taste
under him, he left nothing outside his f 2:11 Lit. are all of one
g 2:11 Lit. he
h 2:12 Ps 22:22
a 1:13 Ps 110:1 i 2:13 Isa 8:17 (LXX)
b 2:8 Ps 8:5-7 (LXX) j 2:13 Isa 8:18
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angels. No, he came to help “Today, if you hear his voice,

8
Abraham's descendants, 17thereby do not harden your hearts
becoming like his brothers in every as they did when they provoked
way, so that he could be a merciful me
and faithful high priest in service to during the time of testing in the
God and could atone for the people's wilderness.
9
sins. 18Because he himself suffered There your ancestors tested me,
when he was tempted, he is able to even though they had seen my
help those who are being tempted. 2 16 actions 10for 40 years.
Chapter 3 That is why I was indignant with
The Messiah is Superior to Moses that generation and said,
3
1
Therefore, holy brothers, part- ‘They are always going astray in
ners in a heavenly calling, keep their hearts,
your focus on Jesus, the apostle and and they have not known my
high priest of our confession. 2He was ways.’
faithful to the one who appointed 11
So in my anger I swore a solemn
him, just as Moses was in all God'sa oath
household, 3because he is worthy of that they would never enter my
greater glory than Moses in the same rest.”g
way that the builder of a house has 12
See to it, my brothers, that no
greater honor than the house itself. evil, unbelieving heart is found in
4
After all, every house is built by any of you, as shown by your turning
someone, but God is the builder of away from the living God. 13Instead,
everything. 5Moses was faithful in all continue to encourage one another
God'sb household as a servant who every day, as long as it is called
was to testify to what would be said “Today,” so that none of you may be
later, 6but the Messiahc was faithfuld hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,
as the Son in charge of God's e
14
because we are the Messiah'sh
partners only if we hold on to our
household, and we are his household
HEBREWS
original confidence to the end.i 15As it

if we hold on to our courage and the
is said,
hope in which we rejoice.f2
“Today, if you hear his voice,
A Rest for the People of God do not harden your hearts
7
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit as they did when they
says, provoked me.”j 3
16
Now who heard him and
provoked him? Was it not all those
a 3:2 Lit. his
b 3:5 Lit. his
c 3:6 Or Christ g 3:11 Ps 95:7-11
d 3:6 The Gk. lacks was faithful h 3:14 Or Christ’s
e 3:6 Lit. his i 3:14 Other mss. lack to the end
f 3:6 Lit. the boast of our hope j 3:15 Ps 95:7-8
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who came out of Egypt leda by rest.”g 6Therefore, since it is still true
Moses? 17And with whom was he that some will enter it, and since
angry for 40 years? Was it not with those who once heard the good news
those who sinned and whose bodies failed to enter it because of their
fell dead in the wilderness? 18And to disobedience, 7he again fixes a
whom did he swear that they would definite day—“Today”—saying long
never enter his rest? It was to those afterward through David, as already
who disobeyed him, was it not? 19So quoted,
we see that they were unable to enter
“Today, if you hear his voice,
because of their unbelief. 16
do not harden your hearts.”h
3
Chapter 4
We Must Enter the Rest 8

For if Joshuai had given them rest,
4
1
Therefore, as long as the promise
he would not have spoken later about
of entering his rest remains valid,
another day.
let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of 9
There remains, therefore, a
you will failb to reach it, 2because we Sabbath rest for the people of God,
have had the good news told to us as 10
because the one who enters God's j
well as to them. But the message they
rest has himself rested from his own
heard did not help them, because
actions, just as God didk from his.
they were not united by faith with 11
Let us, therefore, make every effort
those who listened to it. 3We who
to enter that rest, so that no one may
have believed are entering that rest,
fail by following their example of
just as he has said,
disobedience. 12For the word of God
“So in my anger I swore a solemn is living and active, sharper than any
oath double-edged sword, piercing until it
that they would never enter my divides soul and spirit, joints and
rest,”c marrow, as it judges the thoughts
even though his actions had been and purposes of the heart. 13No
HEBREWS
creature can hide from him, but
finished since the creationd of the
everyone is exposed and helpless
world. 4Somewhere he has spoken
before the eyes of the one to whom
about the seventh day as follows:
we must give a word of explanation. 10
“On the seventh day God rested from
4
all his actions,”e 5and again in this Our Compassionate High Priest
14
passage,f “They will never enter my Therefore, since we have a
great high priest who has gone to
heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us
a 3:16 The Gk. lacks led g 4:5 Ps 95:11

b 4:1 Lit. afraid lest someone among you fails h 4:7 Ps 95:7-8
c 4:3 Ps 95:11 i 4:8 The Gk. (Jesus) appears to be a word
d 4:4 Lit. foundation; or beginning play on the name Josh.
e 4:4 Gen 2:2 j 4:10 Lit. his
f 4:5 The Gk. lacks passage k 4:10 The Gk. lacks did
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live our lives consistent with a our “You are a priest forever
confession of faith.b 15For we do not according to the order of
have a high priest who is unable to Melchizedek.”g
sympathize with our weaknesses. 7
As a mortal man,h he offered up
Instead, we have one who in every prayers and appeals with loud cries
respect has been tempted as we are, and tears to the one who was able to
yet he never sinned. 16So let us keep save him from death, and he was
on coming boldly to the throne of heard because of his devotion to God.
grace, so that we may obtain mercy 8
Son though he was, he learned
and find grace to help us in our time obedience through his sufferings
of need. 4 14 9
and, once made perfect, he became
the source of eternal salvation for all
Chapter 5
Qualifications for the Priesthood
5
1
For every high priest selected who obey him, 10having been
from among men is appointed to designated by God to be a high priest
according to the order of
officiate on their behalfc in matters
Melchizedek.
relating to God, that is, to offer gifts
and sacrifices for sins. 2He can deal You Still Need Someone to Teach You
11
gently with people who are ignorant We have much to say about
i
this, but it is difficult to explain
and easily deceived, since he himself
is subject to weakness. 3For that because you have become too lazy to
reason he is obligated to offer understand. 12In fact, though by now
sacrifices for his own sins as well as you should be teachers, you still need
for those of the people. 4No one takes someone to teach you the basic truths
this honor upon himself but he is of God's word.j You have become
called to it by God, just as Aaron was. people who need milk instead of
solid food. 13For everyone who lives
The Messiah's Qualifications as High on milk is still a baby and does not
Priest yet know the difference between
5
In the same way, the Messiahd right and wrong.k 14But solid food is
HEBREWS
did not take upon himself the glory for mature people, whose minds are
of being a high priest. No, it was God trained by practice to distinguish
who saide to him, good from evil.
“You are my Son.
Chapter 6
The Peril of Immaturity
6
Today I have become your 1
Therefore, leaving behind the
Father.”f elementary teachings about the
6
As he also says in another place,
a 4:14 Lit. us hold tightly to g 5:6 Ps 110:4

b 4:14 The Heb. lacks of faith h 5:7 Lit. During the days of his flesh
c 5:1 Lit. on behalf of men i 5:11 Or about him
d 5:5 Or Christ j 5:12 Or oracles
e 5:5 Lit. He said k 5:13 Lit. and is inexperienced in the
f 5:5 Ps 2:7 message of righteousnes
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Messiah,a let us continue to be carried want each of you to continue to be

along to maturity, not laying again a diligent to the very end, in order to
foundation of repentance from dead give full assurance to your hope.
12
actions, faith toward God, 2instruction Then, instead of being lazy, you will
about baptisms, the laying on of imitate those who are inheriting the
hands, the resurrection of the dead, promises through faith and patience. 6
and eternal judgment. 3And this we God's Promise is Reliable

will do,b if God permits.1 13
For when God made his
4
For it is impossible to keep on promise to Abraham, he swore an
restoring to repentance time and oath by himself, since he had no one
again people who have once been greater to swear by. 14He said, “I will
enlightened, who have tasted the certainly bless you and give you
heavenly gift, who have become many descendants.”d 15And so he
partners with the Holy Spirit, 5who obtained what he had been promised,
have tasted the goodness of God's because he patiently waited for it.
word and the powers of the coming 16
For people swear by someone
age, 6and who have fallen away, as greater than themselves, and an oath
long as they continue to crucify the given as confirmation puts an end to
Son of God to their own detriment by all argument. 17In the same way,
exposing him to public ridicule. 7For when God wanted to make the
when the ground soaks up rain that unchangeable character of his
often falls on it and continues purpose perfectly clear to the heirs of
producing vegetation useful to those his promise, he guaranteed it with an
for whom it is cultivated, it receives a oath, 18so that by these two
blessing from God. 8However, if it unchangeable things, in which it is
continues to produce thorns and impossible for God to prove false, we
thistles, it is worthless and in danger who have taken refuge in him might
of being cursed, and in the end will be encouraged to seize the hope set
be burned. HEBREWS
before us. 19That hope,e firm and
Be Diligent secure like an anchor for our souls,
9
Even though we speak like this, reaches behind the curtain 20where
dear friends, we are convinced of Jesus, our forerunner, has gone on
better things in your case, things that our behalf, having become a high
point to salvation. 10For God is not so priest forever according to the order
unjust as to forget your work and the of Melchizedek.
love you have shown himc as you
have ministered to the saints and
continue to minister to them. 11But we
a 6:1 Or Christ
b 6:3 Other mss. read Let us do this d 6:14 Gen 22:17
c 6:10 Lit. shown for his name e 6:19 The Gk. lacks hope
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The Messiah is Superior to Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the
Melchizedek tenth through Abraham, 10because
7 Levig was still inside his ancestor

1
Now this man Melchizedek, king
of Salem and priest of the Most when Melchizedek met him.
11
High God, met Abraham and blessed Now if perfection could have
him when he was returning from been attained through the Levitical
defeating the kings. 2Abraham gave priesthood—for on this basis the
Melchizedeka a tenth of everything.b people received the law—what
In the first place, his name means further need would there be to speak
“king of righteousness,” and then he of appointing another kind of priest
is also king of Salem, that is, “king of according to the order of
peace.” 3He has no father, mother, or Melchizedek, not one according to
genealogy, no birth date recorded for the order of Aaron? 12When a change
him, nor a date of death.c Like the in the priesthood takes place, there
Son of God, he continues to be a must also be a change in the law.
priest forever. 13
For the person we are talking about
4
Just look at how great this man belonged to a different tribe, and no
was! Even Abraham—the patriarch one from that tribe has ever servedh
himself—gave him a tenth of what he at the altar. 14Furthermore, it is
had captured! 5The descendants of obvious that our Lord was a
Levi who accept the priesthood have descendant of Judah, and Moses said
a commandment in the law to collect nothing about priests coming from
a tenth from the people, that is, from that tribe. 15This point is even more
their own brothers, even though they obvious in that another priest who is
are also descendants of Abraham. like Melchizedek has appeared 16who
6
But this man, whose descent is not was appointed to be a priest,i not on
traced from them, collected a tenth the basis of a genealogical registry,
from Abraham and blessed the man but rather on the power of an
HEBREWS
who had received the promises. 7It is indestructible life. 17For it is declared
beyond dispute that the less about him,
important person is blessed by the
“You are a priest forever
more important person. 8Mortal men
according to the order of
collect tithes, but we are informed by
Melchizedek.”j
Scriptured thate Melchizedekf keeps
18
on living. 9One might even say that Indeed, because it was weak and
ineffective, the former commandment
a 7:2 Lit. him has been annulled, 19since the law
b 7:2 Gen 14:18-20
c 7:3 Lit. had neither beginning of days nor
end of life g 7:10 Lit. he
d 7:8 The Gk. lacks by Scripture h 7:13 Lit. from which no one has served
e 7:8 Or it is declared that i 7:16 The Gk. lacks to be a priest
f 7:7 Lit. he j 7:17 Ps 110:4
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made nothing perfect, and a better The Messiah Has a Better Ministry
hope is presented, by which we
8
1
Now the main point in what we
approach God. are saying is this: we do have this
20
Now none of this happened kind of high priest, who sat down at
without an oath. Others became the right hand of the throne of the
priests without any oath, 21but Jesusa Majesty in heaven 2and who serves in
became a priestb with an oath when the sanctuary, the true tent set up by
Godc said to him, the Lord and not by any human. 3For
every high priest is appointed to offer
“The Lord has taken an oath
both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore,
7
and will not change his mind.

this high priestg had to offer
You are a priest forever.”d
something, too. 4Now if he were on
22
In this way, Jesus has become the earth, he would not even be a priest,
guarantor of a better covenant. because other men offer the gifts
23
There have been many priests, prescribed by the law. 5They serve in
since each one of them had to stop a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow
serving in office when he died. 24But of the heavenly one. This is why
because Jesuse lives forever, he has a Moses was warned when he was
permanent priesthood. 25Therefore, about to build the tent: “See to it that
because he always lives to intercede you make everything according to
for them, he is able to save the pattern that was shown you on
completelyf those who come to God the mountain.”h 6However, Jesusi has
through him. now obtained a more superior
26
We need such a high priest— ministry, since the covenant he
one who is holy, innocent, pure, set mediates is founded on better
apart from sinners, exalted above the promises.
heavens. 27He has no need to offer The New Covenant is Better Than the
sacrifices every day like high priests Old HEBREWS
do, first for his own sins and then for 7
If the first covenant had been
those of the people, since he did this faultless, there would have been no
once for all when he sacrificed need to look for a second one, 8but
himself. 28For the law appoints as Godj found something wrong with
high priests men who are weak, but
his peoplek when he said,
the promised oath, which came after
the law, results in a Son who is “Look! The days are coming,
eternally perfect. declares the Lord,
a 7:21 Lit. he
b 7:21 The Gk. lacks became a priest g 8:3 Lit. this one
c 7:21 Lit. he h 8:5 Exod 25:40
d 7:21 Ps 110:4 i 8:6 Lit. he
e 7:24 Lit. he j 8:8 Lit. he
f 7:25 Or thoroughly k 8:8 Lit. with them
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when I will establish a new The Earthly Sanctuary and Its Ritual
covenant
9 Now even the first covenantb
1
with the house of Israel had regulations for worship and

and with the house of Judah.89 an earthly sanctuary. 2For a tent was
9
It will not be like the covenant that set up, and in the first part were the
I made with their ancestors lamp stand, the table, and the bread
at the time of the Presence.c This was called the
when I took them by the hand Holy Place. 3Behind the second
and brought them out of the curtain was the part of the tent called
land of Egypt. the Most Holy Place, 4which had the
Because they did not remain loyal gold altar for incense and the Ark of
to my covenant, the Covenant completely covered
I ignored them, declares the with gold. In it were the gold jar
holding the manna, Aaron's staff that
Lord.
10 had budded, and the Tablets of the
For this is the covenant that I will
Covenant. 5Above it were the
make with the house of
cherubim of glory overshadowing the
Israel
place of atonement. (We cannot
after that time, declares the discuss these things in detail now.)2
Lord: 6
When everything had been
I will put my laws in their minds arranged like this, the priests always
and write them on their hearts. went into the first part of the tent to
I will be their God, perform their duties. 7But only the
and they will be my people. high priest wentd into the second
11
Never again will everyone teach part, and then only once a year, and
his neighbor never without blood, which he
or his brother by saying, ‘Know offered for himself and for the sins
the Lord,’ committed by the people in
HEBREWS
because all of them will know me, ignorance. 8The Holy Spirit was
from the least important to the indicating by this that the way into
most important. the Most Holy Place had not yet been
12
For I will be merciful regarding disclosed as long as the first part of
their wrong deeds, the tent was still standing. 9This
and I will never again remember illustration for today indicates that
their sins.”a the gifts and sacrifices being offered
could not clear the conscience of a
13
In speaking of a “new” covenant, he worshiper, 10since they deal only with
has made the first one obsolete, and food, drink, and various washings,
what is obsolete and aging will soon
disappear. b 9:1 The Gk. lacks covenant
c 9:2 Lit. the presentation of the bread
a 8:12 Jer 31:31-34 d 9:7 The Gk. lacks went
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which are required for the body until committed under the first covenant.
16
the time when things would be set For where there is a will, the death
right. of the one who made it must be
established. 17For a will is in force
The Messiah Has Offered a Superior
only when somebody has died, since
Sacrifice
it never takes effect as long as the one
11
But when the Messiaha came as
who made it is alive. 18This is why
a high priest of the good things that
even the first covenant was not put
have come,b he wentc through the into effect without blood. 19For after
greater and more perfect tent that every commandment in the law had
was not made by humand hands and been spoken to all the people by
that is not a part of this creation. Moses, he took the blood of calves
12
Not with the blood of goats and and goats,i together with some water,
calves, but with his own blood he scarlet wool, and branches of hyssop,
went into the Most Holy Place once and sprinkled the scroll and all the
for all and secured our eternal people, 20saying, “This is the blood of
redemption. 13For if the blood of goats the covenant that God ordained for
and bulls and the ashes of a heifer
you.”j 21In the same way, he
sprinkled on those who are unclean
sprinkled with the blood both the
purifies them physically, 14how much
tent and everything used in worship.
more will the blood of the Messiah,e 22
In fact, under the law almost
who through the eternal Spiritf everything is cleansed with blood,
offered himself unblemished to God, and without the shedding of the
cleanse ourg consciences from dead blood there is no forgiveness.
actions so that we may serve the
living God! The Messiah's Perfect Sacrifice
23
Thus it was necessary for these
The Messiah is the Mediator of a New earthlyk copies of the things in
Covenant heaven to be cleansed by these HEBREWS
15
This is why the Messiahh is the sacrifices,l but the heavenly things
mediator of a new covenant; so that themselves are made cleanm with
those who are called may receive the better sacrifices than these. 24For the
eternal inheritance promised them,
Messiahn did not go into a sanctuary
since a death has occurred that
made by humano hands that is
redeems them from the offenses
merely a copy of the true one, but
a 9:11 Or Christ
b 9:11 Other mss. read that are to come i 9:19 Other mss. lack and goats
c 9:11 The Gk. lacks went j 9:20 Exod 24:8
d 9:11 The Gk. lacks human k 9:23 The Gk. lacks earthly
e 9:14 Or Christ l 9:23 Lit. by these things
f 9:14 Other mss. read through the Holy Spirit m 9:23 The Gk. lacks are made clean
g 9:14 Other mss. read your n 9:24 Or Christ
h 9:15 Lit. why he o 9:24 The Gk. lacks human
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into heaven itself, to appear now in The Messiah Offered One Sacrifice
God's presence on our behalf. 25Nor 5
For this reason, the Scripturesg
did he go into heavena to sacrifice say, when the Messiahh was about to
himself again and again, the way the come into the world:
high priest goes into the Holy Place
“You did not want sacrifices and
every year with blood that is not his
offerings,
own. 26Then he would have had to
but you prepared a body for me.
suffer repeatedly since the creation of 6
In burnt offerings and sin
the world. But now, at the end of the
offerings
ages, he has appeared once for all to
you never took delight.
remove sin by his sacrifice. 27Indeed, 7
Then I said, ‘See, I have come to
just as people are destined to die
do your will, O God’
once and after that to be judged, b 28so
In the volume of the scroll this is
the Messiahc was sacrificed once to written about me.”i
take away the sins of many people.
8
And he will appear a second time, not In this passage he says, “You never
to deal with sin,d but to bring wanted or took delight in sacrifices,
salvation to those who eagerly wait offerings, burnt offerings, and sin
for him. 9 24 offerings,”j which are offered
Chapter 10
according to the law. 9Then he says,
The Law is a Reflection “See, I have come to do your will.” k
10 For the Law, being onlye a

1
He takes away the first in order to
reflectionf of the blessings to establish the second. 10By God’s will
come and not their substance, can we have been sanctified once and for
never make perfect those who come all through the sacrifice of the body
near by the same sacrifices repeatedly of Jesus, the Messiah.l
offered year after year. 2Otherwise, 11
Day after day every priest
would they not have stopped offering stands and repeatedly offers the same
HEBREWS
them, because the worshipers, sacrifices that can never take away
cleansed once for all, would no sins. 12But when this priestm had
longer be aware of any sins? 3Instead, offered for all time one sacrifice for
through those sacrifices there is a sins, “he sat down at the right hand
reminder of sins year after year, 4for it of God.”n 13Since that time, he has
is impossible for the blood of bulls been waiting for his enemies to be
and goats to take away sins.1
g 10:5 The Gk. lacks the Scriptures
h 10:5 Lit. when he
a 9:25 The Gk. lacks did he go into heaven i 10:7 Ps 40:6-8
b 9:27 Lit. after that the judgment j 10:8 Ps 40:6
c 9:28 Or Christ k 10:9 Ps 40:7
d 9:28 Lit. a second time without sin l 10:10 Or Christ
e 10:1 The Gk. lacks only m 10:12 Lit. this one
f 10:1 Or shadow n 10:12 Ps 110:1
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made a footstool for his feet. 14For by consider how to motivate one
a single offering he has perfected for another to love and good deeds, 25not
all time those who are being neglecting to meet together, as is the
sanctified. 13 habit of some, but encouraging one
15
The Holy Spirit also assures us another even more as you see the day
of this, for he said: of the Lordc coming nearer.
26
16
“This is the covenant that I will For if we choose to go on
make with them sinning after we have learned the full
after those days, declares the truth, there no longer remains a
Lord: sacrifice for sins, 27but only a
I will put my laws in their hearts terrifying prospect of judgment and a
and will write them on their raging fire that will consume the
minds, enemies of God.d 28Anyone who
17
and I will never again remember violates the law of Moses dies
their sins without mercy “on the testimony of
and their lawless deeds.”a two or three witnesses.”e 29How
18
much more severe a punishment do
Now where there is forgiveness of
you think that person deserves who
these sins,b there is no longer any tramples on God's Son, treats as
offering for sin. common the blood of the covenant
How We Should Live by which itf was sanctified, and
19
Therefore, my brothers, since insults the Spirit of grace? 30For we
we have confidence to enter the know the one who said, “Vengeance
sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20the belongs to me; I will pay them back,”g
new and living way that he opened and again, “The Lord will judge his
for us through the curtain (that is, people.”h 31It is a terrifying thing to
through his flesh), 21and since we fall into the hands of the living God!30
have a great high priest over the 32
But you must continue to HEBREWS
household of God, 22let us continue to remember those earlier days, how
come near with sincere hearts in the after you were enlightened you
full assurance that faith provides, endured a hard and painful struggle.
because our hearts have been 33
At times you were made a public
sprinkled clean from a guilty spectacle by means of insults and
conscience, and our bodies have been persecutions, while at other times you
washed with pure water. 23Let us associated with people who were
continue to hold firmly to the hope treated this way. 34For you sym-
that we confess without wavering, for
the one who made the promise is c 10:25 The Gk. lacks of the Lord
faithful. 24And let us continue to d 10:27 The Gk. lacks of God
e 10:28 Deut 17:6
f 10:29 Or he
a 10:17 Jer 31:34 g 10:30 Deut 32:35
b 10:18 Lit. of these things h 10:30 Deut 32:36; Ps 135:14
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pathizeda with the prisoners and faithf he was declared to be righteous,

cheerfully submitted to the violent since God himself accepted his
seizure of your property, because you offerings. And by faithg he continues
know that you have a better and to speak, even though he is dead.
5
more permanent possession. 10 By faith Enoch was taken away
35
So don’t lose your confidence, without experiencing death. He could
since it holds a great reward for you. not be found, because God had taken
36
For you need endurance, so that him away. For before he was taken,
after you have done God's will you he won approval as one who pleased
can receive what he has promised. God. 6Now without faith it is
37
For impossible to please God, for
whoever comes to him must believe
“in a very little while that he exists and that he rewards
the one who is coming will those who diligently search for him.
return— 7
By faith Noah, when warned
he will not delay; about things not yet seen, reverently
38
but my righteous one will live by prepared an ark to save his family,
faith, and by faithh he condemned the
and if he turns back, world and inherited the
my soul will take no pleasure righteousness that comes by faith.
in him.”b 8
By faith Abraham, when called
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Now, we do not belong to those to go to a place he would later receive
who turn back and are destroyed, but as his inheritance, obeyed and went,
to those who have faith and are even though he did not know where
saved. he was going.
9
Chapter 11 By faith he made his home in
The Meaning of Faith the promised land like a stranger,
11
1
Now faith is the assurance living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob,
that what we hope for will who also inherited the same promise,
come aboutc and the certainty that 10
because he was waiting for the city
HEBREWS
what we cannot see exists.d 2By faith with permanent foundations, whose
our ancestors won approval. architect and builder is God.
11
3
By faith we understand that By faith Sarah, even though
time was created by the word of God, she was old and barren, received the
so that what is seen was made from strength to conceive, because she was
things that are invisible. convinced that the one who had
4
By faith Abel offered to God a made the promise was faithful.
better sacrifice than Cain did,e and by
12
Abrahami was as good as dead, yet
from this one man came descendants
a 10:34 Or suffered
b 10:38 Isa 26:20 (LXX); Hab 2:3-4 (LXX) f 11:4 Lit. it
c 11:1 The Gk. lacks will come about g 11:4 Lit. it
d 11:1 The Gk. lacks exist h 11:7 Lit. it
e 11:4 The Gk. lacks did i 11:12 Lit. He
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22
as numerous as the stars in the sky By faith Joseph, when his end
and as countless as the sand on the was near, spoke about the exodus of
seashore. the Israelites and gave them
13
All these people died having instructions about buryingf his bones.
faith. They did not receive the things 23
By faith Moses was hidden by
that were promised, yet they saw his parents for three months after he
them in the distant future and was born, because they saw that he
welcomed them, acknowledging that was a beautiful child and were not
they were strangers and foreigners on afraid of the king's order.
earth. 14For people who say such 24
By faith Moses, when he had
things make it clear that they are grown up, refused to be called a son
looking for a country of their own. 15If of Pharaoh's daughter, 25because he
they had been thinking about what preferred being mistreated with
they had left behind, they would God's people to enjoying the
have had an opportunity to go back. pleasures of sin for a short time. 26He
16
Instead, they were longing for a thought that being insulted for the
better country, that is, a heavenly sake of the Messiahg was of greater
one. That is why God is not ashamed value than the treasures of Egypt,
to be called their God, because he has because he was looking ahead to his
prepared a city for them. reward.
17
By faith Abraham, when he 27
By faith he left Egypt, without
was tested, offered Isaac—he who being afraid of the king's anger, and
had received the promises was about he persevered because he saw the
to offer his unique sona in sacrifice, one who is invisible.
18
about whom it had been said, “It is 28
By faith he established the
through Isaac that descendants will Passover and the sprinkling of blood
be named for you.”b 19Abrahamc was to keep the destroyer of the firstborn
certain that God could raise the dead, from touching the people.h
and figuratively speaking, he did get 29
By faith they went through the
HEBREWS
Isaacd back in this way. Red Sea as if it were dry land. When
20
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and the Egyptians tried to do this, they
Esau in regard to their future. were drowned.
21
By faith Jacob, when he was 30
By faith the walls of Jericho fell
dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons down after they had been encircled
“and worshiped while leaning e on for seven days.
the top of his staff.” 31
By faith Rahab the prostitute
did not die with those who were
disobedient, because she had
a 11:17 Lit. unique one
b 11:18 Gen 21:12
c 11:19 Lit. He f 11:22 The Gk. lacks burying
d 11:19 Lit. him g 11:26 Or Christ
e 11:21 The Gk. lacks while leaning h 11:28 Lit. them
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welcomed the spies with a greeting that hinders us and especially the sin
ofa peace. 11 that so easily entanglesc us, let us
32
And what more should I say? keep running with endurance the
For time would fail me to tell you race set before us, 2fixing our
about Gideon, Barak, Samson, attention on Jesus, the pioneer and
Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the perfecter of the faith, who, in view
prophets. 33Through faith they ofd the joy set before him, endured
conquered kingdoms, administered the cross, disregarding its shame, and
justice, received promises, shut the has sat down at the right hand of the
mouths of lions, 34put out raging fires, throne of God.
escaped death byb the sword, found
The Father Disciplines Us
strength in weakness, became 3
Think about the one who
powerful in battle, and routed foreign
endured such hostility from sinners,
armies. 35Women received their dead
so that you may not become tired and
raised back to life. Other people were
give up. 4In your struggle against sin
brutally tortured, but refused to be
you have not yet resisted to the point
ransomed, so that they might gain a
of shedding youre blood. 5You have
better resurrection. 36Still others
forgotten the encouragement that is
endured taunts and floggings, and
addressed to you as sons:
even chains and imprisonment.
37
They were stoned to death, sawed “My son, do not think lightly of
in half, and killed with swords. They the Lord's discipline
went around in sheepskins and or give up when you are
goatskins. They were needy, corrected by him.
6
oppressed, and mistreated. 38The For the Lord disciplines the one he
world wasn’t worthy of them. They loves,
wandered in deserts and mountains, and he punishesf every son he
and from caves to holes in the accepts.”g
HEBREWS
ground. 7
39
What you endure disciplines you:
All these people won approval
God is treating you as sons. Is there a
for their faith but they did not receive
son whom his father does not
what was promised, 40since God had
discipline? 8Now if you are without
planned something better for us, so
any discipline, in which all sons
that they would not be perfected
share, then you are illegitimate and
without us.
Chapter 12
not God’sh sons. 9Furthermore, we
We Must Look Off to Jesus
12
1
Therefore, having so vast a c 12:1 Other mss. read distracts
d 12:2 Or instead
cloud of witnesses surround- e 12:4 The Gk. lacks the point of shedding
ing us, and throwing off everything your
f 12:6 Or whips
a 11:31 The Gk. lacks a greeting of g 12:6 Prov 3:11-12
b 11:34 Lit. by the edge of h 12:8 Lit. his
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had earthly fathers who disciplined blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,

19
us, and we respected them for it. We to a trumpet's blast, or to a voice
should submit even more to the that made the hearers beg that not
Father of our spirits and live, another word be spoken to them.
shouldn't we? 10For a short time they 20
For they could not endure the
disciplined us as they thought best, command that was given: “If even an
but Goda does it for our good, so that animal touches the mountain, it must
we may share in his holiness. 11No be stoned to death.”e 21Indeed, the
discipline seems pleasant at the time, sight was so terrifying that Moses
but painful. Later on, however, for said, “I am trembling with fear.”f
those who have been trained by it, it 22
Instead, you have come to Mount
produces a harvest of righteousness Zion, to the city of the living God, to
and peace. 9
the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of
Live as God's People thousands of angels joyfully gathered
12
Therefore, strengthen your together, 23to the assemblyg of the
tired arms and your weak knees, firstborn who are enrolled in heaven,
13
and straighten the paths of your to a judge who is the God of all, to
life,b so that your lameness may not the spirits of righteous people who
become worse, but instead may be have been made perfect, 24to Jesus,
healed. the mediator of a new covenant, and
14
Pursue peace with everyone, as to the sprinkled blood that speaks a
well as holiness, without which no better message than Abel's.
25
one will see the Lord. 15See to it that See to it that you do not ignore
no one fails to obtain the grace of the one who is speaking. For if the
God and that no bitter root grows up hearersh did not escape when they
and causes you trouble, or many of ignored the one who warned them
you will become defiled. 16No one on earth, how much less will we
should be immoral or godless like escapei if we turn away from the one HEBREWS
Esau, who sold his birthright for a who is from heaven! 26At that time his
single meal. 17For you know that voice shook the earth, but now he has
afterwards, when he wanted to promised, “Once more I will shake
inherit the blessing, he was rejected not only the earth but also heaven.”j
because he could not find any 27
The expression “once more” k
opportunity to repent, even though signifies the removal of what can be
he begged to repentc with tears. shaken, that is, what he has made, so
18
You have not come to
somethingd that can be touched, to a e 12:20 Exod 19:12-13
f 12:21 Deut 9:19
g 12:23 Or church
a 12:10 Lit. he h 12:25 Lit. if they
b 12:12 Lit. feet i 12:25 The Gk. lacks escape
c 12:17 Lit. begged for it j 12:26 Hag 2:6
d 12:18 Other mss. read to a mountain k 12:27 Hag 2:6
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that what cannot be shaken may Messiah,g is the same yesterday and
remain. 28Therefore, since we are today—and forever!
receiving a kingdom that cannot be 9
Stop beingh carried away by all
shaken, let us be thankful and kinds of unusual teachings, for it is
worship God in reverence and fear in good that the heart be strengthened
a way that pleases him. 29For “our by grace, not by food lawsi that have
God is an all-consuming fire.”a 12 27 never helped those who follow them.
10
Chapter 13
We have an altar, and those

Concluding Words
who serve in the tent have no right to
13
1
Let brotherly love continue.
2 eat at it. 11For the bodies of animals,
Stop neglecting to show
whose blood is taken into the
hospitality to strangers, for by
sanctuary by the high priest as an
showing hospitalityb some have had
offering for sin, are burned outside
angels as their guests without being
the camp. 12That is why Jesus, in
aware of it. 3Continue to remember
order to sanctify the people by his
those in prison as if you were in
own blood, also suffered outside the
prison with them, as well as those
city gate. 13Therefore go to him
who are mistreated, since they also
outside the camp and endure the
are only mortal.c
4
insults he endured. 14For here we
Let marriage be kept honorable
have no permanent city but are
in every way, and the marriage bed looking for the one that is coming.
undefiled. For God will judge those 15
Therefore, through him let us
who commit sexual sins, especially
always bring God a sacrifice of praise,
those who commit adultery.
5
that is, the fruit of our lips that
Keep your lives free from the confess his name. 16Do not neglect to
love of money, and be content with do good and to be generous, for God
what you have, for Godd has said, “I is pleased with such sacrifices.15
will never leave you or abandon 17
Continue to obey your leaders
you.”e 6Hence we can confidently say,
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and to be submissive to them, for

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be they watch over your souls as those
afraid. What can anyone do to me?”f who will have to give a word of
7
Remember your leaders, those explanation. By doing this, you will
who have spoken God's word to you. be letting them carry out their duties
Think about the impact of their lives, joyfully, and not with grief, for that
and imitate their faith. 8Jesus, the would be harmful for you.
18
Pray for us, for we are sure that
we have a clear conscience and desire
a 12:29 Deut 4:24 to live honorably in every way. 19I
b 13:2 Lit. by this
c 13:3 Lit. are in the body
d 13:5 Lit. he g 13:8 Or Christ
e 13:5 Deut 31:6 h 13:9 Or Do not be
f 13:6 Ps 118:6 i 13:9 Lit. by foods
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especially ask you to do this so that I

may be brought back to you sooner.
20
Now may the God of peace,
who by the blood of the eternal
covenant brought back from the dead
our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of
the sheep, 21equip you with
everything gooda to do his will,
accomplishing in usb what pleases
him through Jesus, the Messiah.c To
him be glory forever and ever!d
Amen.
Final Greeting
22
I urge you, brothers, to listen
patiently to my encouraging
message,e for I have written you a
short letter.f 23You should know that
our brother Timothy has been set
free. If he comes soon, he will be with
me when I see you.
24
Greet all your leaders and all
the saints. Those who are from Italy
greet you.
25
May grace be with all of you!g
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a 13:21 Other mss. read for every good work

b 13:21 Other mss. read you
c 13:21 Or Christ
d 13:21 Other mss. lack and ever
e 13:22 Or word of exhortation
f 13:22 Lit. written you briefly
g 13:25 Other mss. read with all of you! Amen
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THE LETTER OF
JAMES
Chapter 1
Greetings having been humbled, because he
1 From:a James, a servant of God will fade away like a wild flower.
1
11
and of the Lord Jesus, the For the sun comes up with its
Messiah.b scorching heat and dries up the grass.
The flower in it drops off, and its
To: The twelve tribes in the beauty is gone. That is how the rich
Dispersion.c person will fade away in his pursuits.
Greetings. Trial and Temptation
12
Responding Wisely to Life How blessed is the man who
2
Consider it pure joy, my endures temptation! When he has
brothers, when you are involved in passed the test, he will receive the
various trials, 3because you know that victor's crown of life that Gode has
the testing of your faith produces promised to those who keep on
endurance. 4But you must let loving him. 13When someone is
endurance have its full effect, so that tempted, he should not say, “I am
you may be mature and complete, being tempted by God,” because God
lacking nothing. cannot be tempted by evil, nor does
5
Now if any of you lacks he tempt anyone. 14Instead, each
wisdom, he should ask God, who person is tempted by his own desire,
gives to everyone generously without being lured and trapped by it.
15
a rebuke, and it will be given to him. When that desire becomes
6
But he must ask in faith, without any pregnant, it gives birth to sin; and
doubts, for the one who has doubts is when that sin grows up, it gives birth
like a wave of the sea that is driven to death.
and tossed by the wind. 7Such a Practical Christian Living
person should not expect to receive 16
Do not bef deceived, my dear
anything from the Lord. 8He is a
brothers. 17Every generous act of
double-minded man, unstable in all
giving and every perfect gift is from
he undertakes.d above and comes down from the
9
A brother of humble means Father who made the heavenly
should rejoice in his having been
lights,g in whom there is no
exalted, 10and a rich person in his
inconsistency or shifting shadow. 18In
JAMES

b 1:1 Or Christ e 1:12 Lit. he; other mss. read God; still other
c 1:1 I.e. the Jewish communities outside the mss. read the Lord
land of Israel f 1:16 Or Don't be
d 1:8 Lit. in all his ways g 1:17 Lit. the Father of lights
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International Standard Version 2.0 James 2:9
accordance with his will he made us of orphans and widows who are
his children by the word of truth, so suffering, and to keep oneself
that we might become the most unstained by the world.
important of his creatures.a Chapter 2
Do Not Show Partiality

1
19
You must understand this, my
2
1
My brothers, do not let your
dear brothers. Everyone should be
faith in our glorious Lord Jesus,
quick to listen, slow to speak, and
slow to get angry. 20For human anger the Messiah,f be tainted by favoritism.
2
does not produce the righteousness Suppose a man wearing gold rings
that God desires. 21Therefore, rid and fine clothes comes into your
yourselves of everything impure and assembly,g and a poor man in dirty
every expression of wickedness, and clothes also comes in. 3If you give
with a gentle spirit welcome the word special attention to the man wearing
planted in you that can save your fine clothes and say, “Please take this
souls. seat,” but you say to the poor man,
“Stand over there” or “Sit on the floor
22
Keep on being obedient tob the
word, and not merely being hearers at my feet,”h 4then you will have
who deceive themselves. 23For if made false distinctions among
anyone hears the word but is not yourselves and will have judged from
obedient to it, he is like a man who evil motives, will you not?
5
looks at himself in a mirror 24and Listen, my dear brothers! God
studies himself carefully, and then has chosen the poor in the world to
goes off and immediately forgets become rich in faith and to be heirs of
what he looks like. 25But the one who the kingdom that he promised to
looks at the perfect law of freedom those who keep on loving him, has
and remains committed to it— he not? 6But you have humiliated the
thereby demonstrating that he is not man who is poor. Are not rich people
a forgetful hearer but a doer of what the ones who oppress you and drag
that lawc requires—will be blessed in you into court? 7Are not they the ones
what he does. who blaspheme the noble Namei by
26
If anyone thinks that he is which you have been called?
8
religious and does not bridle his Nevertheless, you are doing the
tongue, but instead deceives himself,d right thing if you obey the royal law
his religion is worthless. 27A religion in keeping with the Scripture, “You
that is pure and stainless according must love your neighbor as
yourself.”j 9But if you show partiality,
toe God the Father is this: to take care
you are committing sin and will be
a 1:18 Lit. a kind of first fruits among his
JAMES
creatures f 2:1 Or Christ

b 1:22 Or being doers of g 2:2 Or synagogue
c 1:22 Lit. what it h 2:3 Lit. Sit at my footstool
d 1:26 Lit. deceives his own heart i 2:7 I.e. God
e 1:27 Lit. stainless in the sight of j 2:8 Lev 19:18
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James 2:10 The Holy Bible
convicted by the law as violators. was justified by his actions when he

10
For whoever keeps the whole law offered his son Isaac on the altar,
but fails in one point is guilty of wasn't he? 22Youc see that his faith
breaking all of it. 11For the one who worked together with what he did,
said, “Never commit adultery,” a also and by his actions his faith was made
said, “Never murder.”b Now if you complete. 23And so the Scripture was
do not commit adultery, but you fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed
murder, you become a violator of the God, and it was credited to him as
law. 12You must make it your habit to righteousness.”d And so he was called
speak and act like people who are God's friend. 24Youe observe that a
going to be judged by the law of person is justified through actions
liberty. 13For the one who has shown and not through faith alone.
25
no mercy will be judged without Likewise, Rahab the prostitute was
mercy. Mercy triumphs over justified through actions when she
judgment. 9 welcomed the messengersf and sent
them away on a different road,
Faith is Shown by Actions
14 wasn't she? 26For just as the body
What good does it do, my
without the spiritg is dead, so faith
brothers, if someone claims to have
without actions is also dead. 18
faith but does not prove it with
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actions? This kind of faith cannot Speak Wisely

save him, can it? 15Suppose a brother
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Not many of you should become
or sister does not have any clothes or teachers, my brothers, because
daily food 16and one of you tells you know that we who teachh will be
them, “Go in peace! Stay warm and judged more severely than others. i
eat heartily.” If you do not provide 2
For all of us make many mistakes. If
for their bodily needs, what good someone does not make any mistakes
does it do? 17In the same way, faith by when he speaks, he is perfect and
itself, if it does not prove itself with able to control his whole body. 3Now
actions, is dead. if we put bits into horses’ mouths to
18
But someone may say, “You make them obey us, we can guide
have faith, and I have actions.” Show their whole bodies as well. 4And look
me your faith without any actions, at ships! They are so big that it takes
and I will show you my faith by my strong winds to drive them, yet they
actions. 19You believe that there is one are steered by a tiny rudder wherever
God. That's fine! Even the demons the helmsman directs.
believe that and tremble with fear.
20
Do you want proof, you foolish c 2:22 The Gk. you is singular
person, that faith without actions is d 2:23 Gen 15:6
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e 2:24 The Gk. you is plural

worthless? 21Our ancestor Abraham f 2:25 Other mss. read spies
g 2:26 Or without breath
a 2:11 Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18 h 3:1 The Gk. lacks who teach
b 2:11 Exod 20:13; Deut 5:17 i 3:1 The Gk. lacks than others
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In the same way, the tongue is a However, the wisdom that
small part of the body, yet it can comes from above is first of all pure,
boast of great achievements. A huge then peace-loving, gentle, willing to
forest can be set on fire by a little yield, full of compassion and good
flame. 6The tongue is a fire, a world of deeds,b and without a trace of
evil. Placed among the parts of our partiality or hypocrisy. 18And a
bodies, the tongue contaminates the harvest of righteousness is grown
whole body and sets on fire the from the seed of peacec planted by
course of life, and is itself set on fire peacemakers.
by hell.a 7For all kinds of animals, Chapter 4
birds, reptiles, and sea creatures can Stop Fighting with Each Other
4
1
be or have been tamed by humans, Where do those fights and
8
but no one can tame the tongue. It is quarrels among you come from?
an uncontrollable evil filled with They come from your selfish desires
deadly poison. 9With it we bless the that are at war in your bodies, don't
Lord and Father, and with it we curse they? 2You want something but do
those who are made in God's not get it, so you commit murder.
likeness. 10From the same mouth You covet something but cannot
come blessing and cursing. It should obtain it, so you quarrel and fight.
not be like this, my brothers! 11A You do not get things because you do
spring cannot pour both fresh and not ask for them! 3You ask for
brackish water from the same something but do not get it because
opening, can it? 12My brothers, a fig you ask for it for the wrong reason—
tree cannot produce olives, nor a for your own pleasure.
4
grapevine figs, can it? Neither can a You adulterers! Don't you know
salt spring produce fresh water. that friendship with the world means
hostility with God? So whoever
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13
Who among you is wise and an enemy of God. 5Or do you think
understanding? Let him show by his the Scripture means nothing when it
noble conduct that his actions are says that the Spirit that Godd caused
done humbly and wisely. 14But if you to live in us jealously yearns for us? e
have bitter jealousy and rivalry in 6
But he gives all the more grace. And
your hearts, stop boasting and so he says,
slandering the truth. 15That kind of
wisdom does not come from above. “God opposes the arrogant
No, it is worldly, self-centered, and but gives grace to the humble.”f
demonic. 16For wherever jealousy and
rivalry exist, there is disorder and
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b 3:17 Lit. fruit

every kind of evil.
c 3:18 Lit. is grown in peace
d 4:5 Lit. he
a 3:6 Gk. Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the e 4:5 Exod 20:5; Num 11:29
Heb. for Valley of Hinnom f 4:6 Prov 3:34 (LXX)
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7
Therefore, submit yourselves to God. are overtaking you. 2Your riches are
Resist the devil, and he will run away rotten, your clothes have been eaten
from you. 8Come close to God, and he by moths, 3your gold and silver are
will come close to you. Cleanse your corroded, and their corrosion will be
hands, you sinners, and purify your used as evidence against you and will
hearts, you double-minded. 9Be eat your flesh like fire. You have
miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your stored up treasures in these last days.
4
laughter be turned into mourning, Look! The wages that you kept back
and your joy into gloom. 10Humble from the workers who harvested
yourselves in the Lord’s presence, your fields are shouting out against
and he will exalt you. 8 4 you, and the cries of the reapers have
reached the ears of the Lord of the
Do Not Criticize Each Other
11 Heavenly Armies. 5You have lived in
Do not criticize each other,
luxury and pleasure on earth. You
brothers. Whoever makes it his habit
to criticize his brother or to judge his have fattened yourselvesa for the day
brother is judging the law and of slaughter. 6You have condemned
condemning the law. But if you and murdered the one who is
condemn the law, you are not a doer righteous, even though he did not
of the law but its judge. 12There is rebel against you.
only one Lawgiver and Judge—the Be Patient
one who can save and destroy. So 7
So be patient, brothers, until the
who are you to judge your neighbor? coming of the Lord. See how the
Do Not Boast about Future Plans farmer waits for the precious crop
13
Now listen, you who say, from his land, being patient with it
“Today or tomorrow we will go to until it receives the fall and the spring
such and such a town, stay there a rains. 8You, too, must be patient.
year, conduct business, and make Strengthen your hearts, because the
money.” 14You do not know what coming of the Lord is near. 9Do not
tomorrow will bring. What is your complain about each other, brothers,
life? You are a mist that appears for a or you will be condemned. Look! The
little while and then vanishes. Judge is standing at the door! 10As an
15
Instead you should say, “If the Lord example of suffering and patience,
wants us to, we will live—and do this brothers, take the prophets, who
or that.” 16But you boast about your spoke in the name of the Lord. 11We
proud intentions. All such boasting is consider those who endured to be
evil. blessed. You have heard about Job's
endurance and have seen the
4
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Therefore, anyone who knows
what is right but fails to do it is guilty purpose of the Lord—that the Lord is
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Chapter 5
Advice for Rich People
5
1
Now listen, you rich people! Cry a 5:5 Lit. fattened your hearts
and moan over the miseries that
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Do Not Swear Oaths save his soul from death and cover a
12
Above all, brothers, do not multitude of sins.
swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or
by any other object.a Instead, let your
“Yes” mean yes and your “No” mean
no! Otherwise,b you may fall under
condemnation.
The Power of Prayer
13
Is anyone among you
suffering? He should keep on
praying. Is anyone cheerful? He
should keep reciting psalms. 14Is
anyone among you sick? He should
call for the elders of the church, and
they should pray for him and anoint
him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15
And the prayer offered in faith c will
save the person who is sick. The Lord
will raise him up, and if he has
committed any sins, he will be
forgiven.
16
Therefore, make it your habit
to confess your sins to one another
and to pray for one another, so that
you may be healed. The prayer of a
righteous person is powerful and
effective. 17Elijah was a person just
like us, and he prayed earnestly for it
not to rain, and rain never came to
the land for three years and six
months. 18Then he prayed again, and
the skies poured out rain, and the
ground produced its crops.
19
My brothers, if one of you
wanders away from the truth and
somebody brings him back, 20you
may be sure that whoever brings a
sinner back from his wrong path will
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a 5:12 Lit. oath

b 5:12 Lit. no, lest
c 5:15 Lit. the prayer of faith
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FIRST PETER
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Greetings little while, 7so that your genuine
1 From:a Peter, an apostle of Jesus, faith, which is more valuable than

1
the Messiah.b gold that perishes when tested by

fire, may result in praise, glory, and
To: The exiles of the Dispersionc in honor when Jesus, the Messiah,g is
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, revealed.
and Bithynia, 2the people chosen 8
Though you have not seenh
according to the foreknowledge of
him, you love him. And even though
God the Father through the
you do not see him now, you believe
sanctifying action of the Spirit to be
in him and rejoice with an
obedient to Jesus, the Messiah,d and indescribable and glorious joy,
to be sprinkled with his blood. 9
because you are receiving the goal of
May grace and peace be yours in your faith, the salvation of your souls.
10
abundance! Even the prophets, who
prophesied about the grace that was
Our Hope and Joy are in the Messiah to be yours, carefully researched and
3
Blessed be the God and Father investigated this salvation. 11They
of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah!e tried to find out what era or specific
Because of his great mercy he has time the Spirit of the Messiahi in
granted us a new birth, resulting in them kept referring to when he
an immortal hope through the predicted the sufferings of the
resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah,f Messiahj and the glories that would
from the dead 4and to an inheritance follow. 12It was revealed to them that
kept in heaven for you that can't be they were not serving themselves but
destroyed, corrupted, or changed. you in regard to the things that have
5
Through faith you are being now been announced to you by those
protected by God's power for a who brought you the good news
salvation that is ready to be revealed through the Holy Spirit sent from
at the end of this era. 6You greatly heaven. These are things that even
rejoice in this, even though you have the angels desire to look into.
to suffer various kinds of trial for a
Be Holy
13
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks From Therefore, prepare your minds
b 1:1 Or Christ for action, keep a clear head, and set
c 1:1 I.e. the Jewish communities outside of
Israel g 1:7 Or Christ
d 1:2 Or Christ h 1:8 Other mss. read known
e 1:3 Or Christ i 1:11 Or Christ
f 1:3 Or Christ j 1:11 Or Christ
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your hope completely on the grace to must love one another intensely and
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be given you when Jesus, the with a pure heart. 23For you have
Messiah,a is revealed. 14As obedient been born again, not by a seed that
children, do not be shaped by the perishes but by one that cannot
desires that used to influence you perish—by the living and everlasting
when you were ignorant. 15Instead, word of God.f 24For
be holy in every aspect of your life,
“All human lifeg is like grass,
just as the one who called you is holy.
16 and all its glory is like a flower
For it is written, “You must be holy,
in the grass.
because I am holy.”b
The grass dries up and the flower
1
17
If you call “Father” the one
drops off,
who judges everyone impartially 25
but the word of the Lord lasts
according to what they have done,
forever.”h
you must live in reverent fear as long
as you are strangers in a strange land. Now this word is the good news that
18
For you know that it was not with was announced to you.
perishable things like silver or gold Chapter 2
that you have been ransomed from Live as God's Chosen People
2
1
Therefore, rid yourselves of
the worthless way of life handed
every kind of evil and deception,
down to you by your ancestors, 19but
hypocrisy, jealousy, and every kind
with the precious blood of the
of slander. 2Like newborn babies,
Messiah,c like that of a lamb without
thirst for the pure milk of the word so
blemish or defect. 20On the one hand,
that by it you may grow in your
he was foreknown before the
salvation. 3Surely you have tasted
creationd of the world, but on the
that the Lord is good!2
other hand, he was revealed at the 4
As you come to him, the living
end of time for your sake. 21Through
stone who was rejected by people but
him you believe in God, who raised
was chosen and precious in God's
him from the dead and gave him
sight, 5you, too, as living stones, are
glory, so that your faith and hope
building yourselves up into a spiritual
might be in God.
house and a holy priesthood, so that
Love One Another you may offer spiritual sacrifices that
22
Now that you have obeyed the are acceptable to God through Jesus,
truthe and have purified your souls to the Messiah.i 6This is why it says in
love your brothers sincerely, you Scripture:
a 1:13 Or Christ
b 1:16 Lev 11:44-45; Lev 19:2 f 1:23 Or by the word of the living and
c 1:19 Or Christ everlasting God
d 1:20 Or foundation g 1:24 Lit. all flesh
e 1:22 Other mss. read the truth through the h 1:25 Isa 40:6-8
Spirit i 2:5 Or Christ
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precious cornerstonea in see your good actions and glorify

Zion. God when he visits them.f
13
The one who believes in him For the Lord's sake submit
will never be ashamed.”b yourselves to every human authority:
7 whether to the king as supreme, 14or
Therefore he is precious to you who
to governors who are sent by him to
believe, but to those who do not
punish those who do wrong and to
believe,
praise those who do right. 15For it is
“The stone that the builders God's will that by doing right you
rejected should silence the ignorant talkg of
has become the cornerstone,c foolish people. 16Live like free people,
8
a stone they stumble over and do not use your freedom as an
and a rock they trip on.”d excuse for doing evil. Instead, be
They keep on stumbling because they God's servants. 17Honor everyone.
disobey the word, as they were Keep on loving the community of
destined to do. believers,h fearing God, and honoring
9
But you are a chosen people, a the king.
royal priesthood, a holy nation, a Suffer Patiently
people to be his very own and to 18
You household servants must
proclaim the wonderful deedse of the submit yourselves to your masters
one who called you out of darkness out of respect, not only to those who
into his marvelous light. are kind and fair, but also to those
10
Once you were not a people, who are unjust. 19For it is a fine thing
but now you are the people of if, when moved by your conscience to
God. please God, you suffer patiently
Once you had not received mercy, when wronged. 20What good does it
but now you have received do if, when you sin, you patiently
mercy. receive punishment for it? But if you
suffer for doing good and receive it
Live as God's Servants patiently, you have God's approval.
11
Dear friends, I urge you as 21
This is, in fact, what you were called
aliens and exiles to keep on
to do, because:
abstaining from the desires of the
flesh that wage war against the soul. The Messiahi also suffered for you
12
Continue to live such upright lives and left an example for you
among the gentiles that, when they to follow in his steps.
a 2:6 Or capstone
b 2:6 Isa 28:16 f 2:12 Lit. God on the day of visitation
c 2:7 Or capstone g 2:15 Lit. the ignorance
d 2:8 Ps 118:22; Isa 8:14 h 2:17 Lit. the brotherhood
e 2:9 Or the excellence; Cf. Isa 43:21 i 2:21 Or Christ
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22
“He never sinned, which God values greatly.e 5After all,
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and he never told a lie.”a this is how holy women who set their
23
When he was insulted, hope on God used to make
he did not retaliate. themselves beautiful in the past. They
When he suffered, submitted themselves to their
he did not threaten. husbands, 6just as Sarah obeyed
It was his habit Abraham and called him lord. You
to commit the matter to the one have become her daughters by doing
who judges fairly. good and by not letting anything
24
“He himself bore our sins”b in his terrify you.4
body on the tree, 2
7
In a similar way, you husbands
so that we might die to those must live with your wives in an
sins understanding manner, as with a
and live righteously. most delicate partner.f Honor them as
“By his wounds heirs with you of the gracious gift of
you have been healed.”c life, so that nothing may interfere
25
You were “like sheep that kept with your prayers.
going astray,”d
When You are Wronged
but now you have returned to 8
Finally, all of you must live in
the shepherd
harmony, be sympathetic, love as
and overseer of your souls.
brothers, and be compassionate and
humble. 9Do not pay others back evil
Chapter 3
Wives and Husbands
3
1
In a similar way, you wives must for evil or insult for insult. Instead,
submit yourselves to your keep blessing them, because you
husbands so that, even if some of were called to inherit a blessing.
them refuse to obey the word, they 10
“For the person who wants to love
may be won over without a word life
through your conduct as wives and see good days
2
when they see your pure and must keep his tongue from evil
reverent lives. and his lips from speaking
3
Your beauty should not be an deceit.
11
external one, consisting of braided He must turn away from evil and
hair or the wearing of gold do good.
ornaments and dresses. 4Instead, it He must seek peace and pursue
should be the inner disposition of the it.
12
heart, consisting in the imperishable For the Lord watches the
quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, righteous,g
a 2:22 Lit. and no deceit was found in his

mouth; cf. Isa 53:9 e 3:4 Lit. which is of great value before God
b 2:24 Isa 53:4,12 f 3:7 Lit. with the weaker vessel
c 2:24 Isa 53:5 g 3:12 Lit. the eyes of the Lord are on the
d 2:25 Isa 53:6 righteous
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prayers.a Spirit,
But the Lord opposes thoseb who 19
in which he went and made a
do wrong.”c 3
proclamation to those imprisoned
13
Who will harm you if you are spirits 20who disobeyed long ago in
devoted to doing what is good? 14But the days of Noah, when God waited
even if you should suffer for doing patiently while the ark was being
what is right, you are blessed. “Never built. In it a few, that is, eight
be afraid of their threats, and never persons, were saved by water.
get upset. 15Instead, exaltd the 21
Baptism, which is symbolized by
Messiah”e as Lord in your lives.f that water, now saves you also, not
Always be prepared to give a defense by removing dirt from the body, but
to everyone who asks you to explain by asking God for a clear conscience
the hope you have. 16But do thisg based on the resurrection of Jesus, the
gently and respectfully, keeping a Messiah,l 22who has gone to heaven
clear conscience, so that those who and is at the right hand of God,
speak evil of your good conduct in where angels, authorities, and powers
the Messiahh will be ashamed of have been made subject to him.
slandering you. 17After all, if it is the
Chapter 4
Good Managers of God's Grace

will of God, it is better to suffer for
4 Therefore, since the Messiahm
1
doing right than for doing wrong.
suffered in a mortal body,n you,
18
For the Messiahialso sufferedj
for too, must arm yourselves with the
sins once for all, same determination, because the
an innocent person for the person who has suffered in a mortal
guilty, body has stopped sinning, 2so that he
so that he could bring youk to can live the rest of his mortal lifeo
God. guided, not by human desires, but by
He was put to death in a mortal the will of God. 3For you spent
body enough time in the past doing what
the gentiles like to do, living in
sensuality, sinful desires,
a 3:12 Lit. and his ears are attentive to their drunkenness, wild celebrations,
prayer drinking parties, and detestable
b 3:12 Lit. the face of the Lord is against idolatry. 4They insult you now
c 3:12 Ps 34:12-16
d 3:15 Or set apart because they are surprised that you
e 3:15 Or Christ; cf. Isa 8:12 are no longer joining them in the
f 3:15 Lit. hearts
g 3:16 The Gk. lacks do this l 3:21 Or Christ
h 3:16 Or Christ m 4:1 Or Christ
i 3:18 Or Christ n 4:1 Other mss. read suffered for us; still
j 3:18 Other mss. read died other mss. read suffered for you
k 3:18 Other mss. read us o 4:2 Lit. time
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same excesses of wild living. 5They joy when his glory is revealed. 14If
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will give an account to the one who is you are insulted because of the name
ready to judge the living and the of the Messiah,e you are blessed, for
dead. 6Indeed, this is why the gospel the glorious Spirit of God is resting
was proclaimed even to those who on you.f
have died, so that they could be 15
Of course, none of you should
judged in their mortal flesh like all suffer for being a murderer, thief,
humans and live in the spiritual criminal, or troublemaker. 16But if you
realm like God. 4
suffer for being a Christian, do not

7
Because everything will soon feel ashamed, but glorify God with
come to an end, be sensible and clear- that name. 17For the time has come
headed, so you can pray. 8Above all, for judgment to begin with the
continue to love each other deeply, household of God. And if it begins
because love covers a multitude of with us, what will be the outcome for
sins. 9Show hospitality to one another those who refuse to obey the gospel
without complaining. 10As good of God?
servant managers of God's grace in its 18
various forms, serve one another with “If it is hard for the righteous
the gift each of you has received. person to be saved,
11
Whoever speaks must speak God's what will happen to the ungodly
and sinful person?”g
words.a Whoever serves must serve
19
with the strengthb that God supplies, So then, those who suffer according
so that in every way God may be to God's will should entrust their
glorified through Jesus, the Messiah.c souls to their faithful Creator and
Glory and power belong to him continue to do what is good.
forever and ever! Amen. 9 Chapter 5
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4
5
1
Suffering as a Christian Therefore, as a fellow elder, a
12
Dear friends, do not be witness of the Messiah'sh
surprised by the fiery ordeal that is sufferings, and one who shares in the
taking place among you to test you, glory to be revealed, I appeal to the
as though something strange were elders among you: 2Be shepherds of
happening to you. 13Instead, because God's flock that is among you,
you are participating in the sufferings watching over it, not because you
of the Messiah,d keep on rejoicing, so must but because you want to, and
that you may be glad and shout for not greedily but eagerly, as God
a 4:11 Lit. If anyone speaks as the words of e 4:14 Or Christ

God f 4:14 Other mss. read on you. For their sake
b 4:11 Lit. Whoever serves as with the he is being blasphemed, but for your sake he is
strength being glorified.
c 4:11 Or Christ g 4:18 Prov 11:31 (LXX)
d 4:13 Or Christ h 5:1 Or Christ
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12
people entrusted to you, but be Through Silvanus, whom I
examples to the flock. 4Then, when regard as a faithful brother, I have
the Chief Shepherd appears, you will written this short letter to encourage
receive the victor's crown of glory you and to testify that this is to be the
that will never fade away. 2 true grace of God in which you are to
stand firm! 13Your sister churchf in
Be Humble and Alert
5
In a similar way, you young Babylon, chosen along with you,
sends you greetings, as does Mark,
people must submit to the elders.a All
whom I regard as a son. 14Greet one
of you must clothe yourselves with
another with a loving kiss. Peace be
humility for the sake of each other,
because: to all of you who are in the Messiah!g
“God opposes the arrogant,

but gives grace to the humble.”b
6
Therefore, humble yourselves under
the mighty hand of God, so that at
the proper time he may exalt you.
7
Throw all your worry on him,
because he cares for you. 8Be clear-
minded and alert. Your opponent,
the devil, is prowling around like a
roaring lion, looking for someone to
devour. 9Resist him and be firm in the
faith, because you know that your
brothers throughout the world are
undergoing the same kinds of
suffering. 10After you have suffered
for a little while, the God of all grace,
who called you by the Messiahc
Jesusd to his eternal glory, will restore
you, establish you, strengthen you,
and support you. 11Power belongse to
him forever and ever! Amen.
a 5:5 Or to those who are older

b 5:5 Prov 3:34 (LXX)
c 5:10 Or Christ
d 5:10 Other mss. lack Jesus f 5:13 Lit. She who is
e 5:11 Other mss. read Glory and power g 5:14 Or Christ; other mss. read the Messiah
belong Jesus! Amen
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Greetings brotherly kindness with love. 8For if
1 From:a Simeonb Peter, a servantc you possess these qualities, and if

1
and apostle of Jesus, the they continue to increase among you,

Messiah.d they will keep you from being
ineffective and unproductive in
To: Those who have received faith attaining a full knowledge of our
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that is as valuable as ours through the
Lord Jesus, the Messiah.f 9For the
righteousness of our God and Savior,
person who lacks these qualities is
Jesus the Messiah.e blind and shortsighted, and has
2
May grace and peace be yours forgotten the cleansing that he has
in abundance through full knowledge received from his past sins.
10
of God and of Jesus our Lord! So then, my brothers, be all the
more eager to make your calling and
We are Called to Holy Living election certain, for if you keep on
3
His divine power has given us doing this you will never fail. 11For in
everything we need for life and this way you will be generously
godliness through the full knowledge granted entry into the eternal
of the one who called us by his own kingdom of our Lord and Savior
glory and excellence. 4Through these
Jesus, the Messiah.g
he has given us his precious and 12
Therefore, I intend to keep on
wonderful promises, so that through
reminding you about these things,
them you may participate in the
even though you already know them
divine nature, seeing that you have
and are firmly established in the truth
escaped the corruption that is in the
that you now have. 13Yet I think it is
world caused by evil desires. 5For this
right to refresh your memory as long
very reason, you must make every
as I am living in this bodily tent,
effort to supplement your faith with 14
because I know that the removal of
moral character, your moral character
my bodily tent will come soon, as
with knowledge, 6your knowledge
indeed our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,h
with self-control, your self-control
has shown me. 15And I will make
with endurance, your endurance with
every effort to see that you will
godliness, 7your godliness with
always remember these things after I
brotherly kindness, and your
am gone.
b 1:1 Other mss. read Simon
c 1:1 Or slave f 1:8 Or Christ
d 1:1 Or Christ g 1:11 Or Christ
e 1:1 Or Christ h 1:14 Or Christ
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Pay Attention to God's Word exploit you with deceptive words.

16
When we told you about the The ancient verdict against them is
power and coming of our Lord Jesus, still in force, and their destruction is
the Messiah,a we did not follow any not delayed.c
4
clever myths. Rather, we were For if God did not spare angels
eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17For he when they sinned, but threw them
received honor and glory from God into the lowest helld and imprisoned
the Father when these words from them in chainse of deepest darkness,
the Majestic Glory were spoken about holding them for judgment; 5and if
him: “This is my Son, whom I love. I he did not spare the ancient world
2 PETER
am pleased with him.” 18We ourselves but protected Noah, a righteous

heard this voice that came from preacher, along with seven others
heaven when we were with him on when he brought the flood on the
the holy mountain. 19Therefore we world of ungodly people; 6and if he
regard the message of the prophets as condemned the cities of Sodom and
confirmed beyond doubt, and you Gomorrah and destroyed them by
will do well to pay attention to it, as burning them to ashes, making them
to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy an example to ungodly people of
place, until the day dawns and the what is going to happen to them;
morning star rises in your hearts. 7
and if he rescued Lot, a righteous
20
First of all, you must understand man who was greatly distressed by
this: No prophecy in Scripture is a the immoral conduct of lawless
matter of one's own interpretation, people— 8for as long as that
21
because no prophecy ever righteous man lived among them,
originated through a human decision. day after day he was being tortured
Instead, men spoke from God as they in his righteous soul by what he saw
were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 1
and heard in their lawless actions—

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then the Lord knows how to rescue

Warning Against False Teachers
godly people from their trials and to
2
1
Now there were false prophets
hold unrighteous people for
among the people, just as there
punishment on the day of judgment,
also will be false teachers among you, 10
especially those who satisfy their
who will secretly introduce
flesh by indulging in its passions and
destructive heresies and even deny
who despise authority.7
the Master who bought them,
Being bold and arrogant, they
bringing swift destruction on
2 are not afraid to slander glorious
themselves. Many people will follow
beings. 11Yet even angels, although
their immoral ways, and because of
them the way of truth will be
maligned.b 3In their greed they will c 2:3 Lit. asleep
d 2:4 Gk. Tartarus; a reference to the realm of
a 1:16 Or Christ the dead
b 2:2 Or blasphemed e 2:4 Other mss. read pits
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they are greater in strength and For if, after escaping the
power, do not bring a slanderous world's corruptions through a full
accusation against them from the knowledge of our Lord and Savior
Lord. 12These people, like irrational Jesus, the Messiah,d they are again
animals, are mere creatures of instinct entangled and conquered by those
that are born to be caught and killed. corruptions,e then their last condition
They insult what they don't is worse than their former one. 21It
understand, and like animals they, would have been better for them not
too, will be destroyed, 13suffering to have known the way of
harm as punishment for their righteousness than to know it and
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wrongdoing. They take pleasure in turn their backs on the holy
wild parties in broad daylight. They commandment that was committed
are stains and blemishes, reveling in to them. 22The proverb is true that
their deceitful pleasures a while they describes what has happened to
eat with you. 14With eyes full of them: “A dog returns to its vomit,”f
adultery, they cannot get enough of and “A pig that is washed goes back
sin. They seduce unsteady souls and to wallow in the mud.”g
have had their hearts expertly trained Chapter 3
in greed. They are doomed to a Be Ready for the Day of the Lord
3
1
curse.b 15They have left the straight Dear friends, this is now the
path and wandered off to follow the second of two lettersh I am
path of Bosor’sc son Balaam, who writing to you, in which I have been
loved the reward he got for doing trying to stimulate your pure minds
wrong. 16But he was rebuked for his by reminding you 2to recall the words
offense. A donkey that normally spoken in the past by the holy
cannot talk spoke with a human voice prophets and the commandment of
and restrained the prophet's insanity. our Lord and Savior spokeni through
17
These men are dried-up your apostles.
3
springs, mere clouds driven by a First of all you must understand
storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved this: In the last days mockers will
for them. 18By talking high-sounding come and, following their own
nonsense and using sinful cravings of desires, will ridicule us 4by saying,
the flesh, they entice people who “What happened to the Messiah’sj
have just escaped from those who promise to return? Ever since our
live in error. 19Promising them
freedom, they themselves are slaves
d 2:20 Or Christ
to depravity, for a person is a slave to e 2:20 Lit. by them
whatever conquers him. f 2:22 Prov 26:11
g 2:22 The source of this quotation appears to
be the Syrian Story of Ahikar.
a 2:13 Other mss. read in their love feasts h 3:1 Lit. second letter
b 2:14 Lit. children of a curse i 3:2 The Gk. lacks spoken
c 2:15 Other mss. read Beor’s j 3:4 Lit. to his
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ancestors died,a everything continues a new earth, where righteousness is

as it did from the beginning of at home.
14
creation.” 5But they deliberately So then, dear friends, since you
ignore the fact that long ago the are looking forward to this, make
heavens existed and the earth was every effort to have the Lordd find
formed by God's word out of water you at peace and without spot or
and with water, 6by which the world fault. 15Think of our Lord's patience
at that time was deluged with water as facilitating salvation, just as our
and destroyed. 7Now by that same dear brother Paul also wrote to you
word, the present heavens and earth according to the wisdom given him.
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16
have been reserved for fire and are He speaks about this subject in all
being kept for the day when ungodly his letters. Some things in them are
people will be judged and destroyed. 4 hard to understand, which ignorant
8
Don't forget this fact, dear and unstable people distort, leading
friends: With the Lord a single day is to their own destruction, as they do
like a thousand years, and a thousand the rest of the Scriptures.
years are like a single day. 9The Lord 17
And so, dear friends, since you
is not slow about his promise, as already know these things,
some people understand slowness, continually be on your guard not to
but is being patient with you. He be carried away by the deception of
does not want anyone to perish, but lawless people. Otherwise, you maye
wantsb everyone to repent. 10But the fall from your secure position.
18
Day of the Lord will come like a thief. Instead, continue to grow in the
On that dayc the heavens will grace and knowledge of our Lord and
disappear with a roaring sound, the Savior Jesus, the Messiah.f Glory
elements will be destroyed by fire, belongs to him both now and on that
and the earth and everything done eternal day! Amen.g
on it will be exposed.
11
Since everything will be
destroyed in this way, think of the
kind of holy and godly people you
ought to be 12as you look forward to
and hasten the coming of the day of
God, when the heavens will be set
ablaze and dissolved and the
elements will melt with fire. 13But in
keeping with his promise, we are
looking forward to new heavens and
d 3:14 Lit. have him

a 3:4 Lit. fell asleep e 3:17 Lit. people, lest you
b 3:9 The Gk. lacks wants f 3:18 Or Christ
c 3:10 Lit. On it g 3:18 Other mss. lack Amen
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Chapter 1
Jesus, the Word of Life our habit to confess our sins, in his
1
1
What existed from the faithful righteousness he forgives us
beginning, what we have heard, for those sins and cleanses us from all
what we have seen with our eyes, unrighteousness. 10If we say that we
what we observed and touched with have never sinned, we make him a
our own hands—this is thea Word of liar and his word has no place in us.
life! 2This life was revealed to us, and Chapter 2
The Messiah is Our Advocate

we have seen it and testify about it.
2
1
My little children, I'm writing
We declare to you this eternal life
these things to you so that you
that was with the Father and was
might not sin. Yet if anyone does sin,
revealed to us. 3What we have seen
we have an advocate with the
and heard we declare to you so that
you, too, can have fellowship with us. Father—Jesus, the Messiah,e one who
Now this fellowship of ours is with is righteous. 2It is he who is the
the Father and with his Son, Jesus, atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not
for ours only, but also for the whole
1 JOHN
the Messiah.b 4We are writing these
world's.
thingsc so that ourd joy may be full. 3
This is how we can be sure that
Living in the Light we have come to know him: if we
5
This is the message that we continually keep his commandments.
4
have heard from him and declare to The person who says, “I have come
you: God is light, and in him there is to know him,” but does not
no darkness—none at all! 6If we claim continually keep his commandments
that we have fellowship with him but is a liar, and the truth has no place in
keep living in darkness, we are lying that person. 5But whoever continually
and not practicing the truth. 7But if keeps his commandments is the kind
we keep living in the light as he of person in whom God's love has
himself is in the light, we have truly been perfected. This is how we
fellowship with one another, and the can be sure that we are in union with
blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us God:f 6The one who says that he
from all sin. 8If we say that we do not abides in him must live the same way
have any sin, we are deceiving he himself lived.
ourselves and we’re not being
truthful to ourselves. 9If we make it
a 1:1 Lit. about the

b 1:3 Or Christ
c 1:4 Other mss. read these things to you e 2:1 Or Christ
d 1:4 Other mss. read your f 2:5 Lit. him
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We Must Obey God's I have written to you, young

Commandments people,
7
Dear friends, I am not writing to because you are strong
you a new commandment, but an old and because God's word
commandment that you have had remains in you
from the beginning. This old and you have overcome the
commandment is the word you have evil one.
heard. 8On the other hand, I am 15
Stop lovinga the world and the
writing to you a new commandment
things that are in the world. If
that is truly in him and in you. For
anyone persists in loving the world,
the darkness is fading away, and the
the Father's love is not in him. 16For
true light is already shining.
9 everything that is in the world—the
The person who says that he is
desire for fleshly gratification,b the
in the light but hates his brother is
desire for possessions,c and worldly
still in the darkness. 10The person
arrogance—is not from the Father but
who loves his brother abides in the
is from the world. 17And the world
light, and there is no reason for him
and its desires are fading away, but
to stumble. 11But the person who
the person who does God's will
hates his brother is in the darkness
remains forever.
and lives in the darkness. He does
not know where he is going, because Live in the Messiah
1 JOHN
18
the darkness has blinded his eyes. Little children, it is the last
12 hour. Just as you heard that an
I am writing to you, little children,
antichrist is coming, so now many
because your sins have been
antichrists have appeared. This is
forgiven
how we know it is the last hour.
on account of his name. 19
13 They left us, but they were not part
I am writing to you, fathers,
of us, for if they had been part of us,
because you have known the
they would have stayed with us.
one who
Their leaving made it clear that none
has existed from the
of them was really part of us.
beginning. 20
You have an anointing from
I am writing to you, young people,
the Holy One and know all things.d
because you have overcome the 21
I have not written to you because
evil one.
14 you do not know the truth, but
I have written to you, little
because you do know it and because
children,
lies don’t come from truth. 22Who is a
liar but the person who denies that
Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
one who a 2:15 Or Don't love
b 2:16 Lit. for the flesh
has existed from the c 2:16 Lit. of the eyes
beginning. d 2:20 Other mss. read and all of you know
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Jesus is the Messiah?a The person children—and that is what we are!i

who denies the Father and the Son is For this reason the world does not
an antichrist. 23No one who denies recognize us, because it did not
the Son has the Father. The person recognize him, either.
who acknowledges the Son also has 2
Dear friends, we are now God's
the Father. children, but what we will be like has
24
What you have heard from the not been revealed yet. We know that
beginning must abide in you. If what when the Messiahj is revealed, we
you have heard from the beginning will be like him, because we will see
abides in you, you will also abide in him as he is. 3And everyone who has
the Son and in the Father. 25The this hope based on him keeps himself
message that the Sonb himself pure, just as the Messiahk is pure.
declared to us is eternal life. 26I have 4
Everyone who keeps living in sin
writtenc to you about those who are also practices disobedience. In fact,
trying to deceive you. 27The anointing sin is disobedience. 5You know that
you received from Godd abides in
the Messiahl was revealed to take
you, and you do not need anyone to
away sins,m and there is not any sin
teach you this.e Instead, because
in him. 6No one who remains in
God’sf anointing teaches you about
union with him keeps on sinning.
everything and is true and not a lie,
The one who keeps on sinning hasn't
abide in him, as he taught you to do.g
1 JOHN
seen him or known him.
Abide in Him 7
Little children, don't let anyone
28
Even now, little children, abide deceive you. The person who
in him. Then, when he appears, we practices righteousness is righteous,
will have confidence and will not just as the Messiahn is righteous. 8The
turn away from him in shame when person who practices sin belongs to
he comes. 29Since you know that he is the evil one, because the devil has
righteous, you also know that been sinning from the beginning. The
everyone who practices righteousness reason that the Son of God was
has been fathered by God.h revealed was to destroy what the
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devil has been doing. 9No one who

We are God's Children
has been born from God practices sin,
3
1
See what kind of love the Father
because God'so seed abides in him.
has given us: We are called God's
Indeed, he cannot go on sinning,
because he has been born from God.
10
This is how God's children and the
a 2:22 Or Christ
b 2:25 Lit. that he i 3:1 Other mss. lack And that is what we are!
c 2:26 Lit. written these things j 3:2 Lit. he
d 2:27 Lit. him k 3:3 Lit. as he
e 2:27 The Gk. lacks this l 3:5 Lit. that he
f 2:27 Lit. his m 3:5 Other mss. read our sins
g 2:27 The Gk. lacks to do n 3:7 Lir. as he
h 2:29 Lit. by him o 3:9 Lit. his
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devil's children are distinguished. a we will know that we belong to the

No person who fails to practice truth and how we will be able to keep
righteousness and to love his brother ourselvesi strong in his presence.
is from God. 20
If our hearts condemn us, God
Love One Another is greater than our hearts and knows
11
This is the message that you everything. 21Dear friends, if our
have heard from the beginning: We hearts do not condemn us, we have
should love one another. 12Do not be confidence in the presence of God.
22
Whatever we request we receive
like Cain,b who was from the evil one
from him, because we keep his
and murdered his brother. And why
commandments and do what pleases
did he murder him? Because what he
him. 23And this is his commandment:
was doing was evil and his brother's
to believe in the name of his Son,
actionsc were righteous. 13So do not
Jesus the Messiah,j and to love one
be surprised, brothers, if the world
another as he commanded us. 24The
hates you.
person who keeps his
3
14
We know that we have passed
from death to life, because we love commandments abides in God,k and
one another. The person who does God abides in him.l This is how we
not loved remains spirituallye dead. can be sure that he remains in us: he
has given us his Spirit.
1 JOHN
15
Everyone who hates his brother is a
murderer, and you know that no
Chapter 4
Test What People Say
4
murderer has eternal life present in 1
Dear friends, stop believingm
him. 16This is how we have come to every spirit. Instead, test the
know love: the Messiahf gave his life spirits to see whether they are from
for us. We, too, ought to give our God, because many false prophets
lives for our brothers. 17Whoever has have gone out into the world.
earthly possessions and notices a 2
This is how you can recognize
brother in need and yet withholds his God's Spirit: Every spirit who
compassion from him, how can the acknowledges that Jesus the Messiahn
love of God be present in him? 18Little has become human—and remains
children, we must stop expressing so—is from God. 3But every spirit
love merely by our words and who does not acknowledge Jesus is
manner of speech; we must love g also not from God. This is the spirit of the
in actionh and in truth. 19This is how antichrist. You have heard that he is
coming, and now he is already in the
a 3:10 Lit. are revealed
b 3:12 Lit. Not like Cain
c 3:12 The Gk. lacks actions i 3:19 Lit. keep our hearts
d 3:14 Other mss. read doesn't love his brother j 3:23 Or Christ
e 3:14 The Gk. lacks spiritually k 3:24 Lit. in him
f 3:16 Lit. he l 3:24 Lit. and he in him
g 3:18 The Gk. lacks love m 4:1 Or do not believe
h 3:18 Or work n 4:2 Or Christ
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world. 4Little children, you belong to acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of
God and have overcome them, God, and he abides in God. 16We
because the one who is in you is have come to know and rely onc the
greater than the one who is in the love that God has for us. God is love,
world. 5These people belong to the and the person who abides in love
world. That is why they speak from abides in God, and God abides in
the world's perspective,a and the him. 17This is how love has been
world listens to them. 6We belong to perfected among us: we will have
God. The person who knows God confidence on the day of judgment
listens to us. Whoever does not because, during our time in this
belong to God does not listen to us. world, we are just like him. 18There is
This is how we know the Spirit of no fear where love exists.d Rather,
truth and the spirit of deceit. 4
perfect love banishes fear, for fear
God's Love Lives in Us involves punishment, and the person
7
Dear friends, let us continually who lives in fear has not been
love one another, because love comes perfected in love.
from God. Everyone who loves has
19
We lovee because Godf first
been born from God and knows God. loved us. 20Whoever says, “I love
8
The person who does not love does God,” but hates his brother is a liar.
The one who does not love his
1 JOHN
not know God, because God is love.
9
This is how God's love was revealed brother whom he has seen cannot
among us: God sent his unique Son love the God whom he has not seen.
21
into the world so that we might live And this is the commandment that
through him. 10This is love: not that we have from him: the person who
we have lovedb God, but that he loves God must also love his brother.
loved us and sent his Son to be the
Chapter 5
Faith Overcomes the World
5
atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Dear 1
Everyone who believes that Jesus
friends, if this is the way God loved is the Messiahg has been born
us, we must also love one another. from God, and everyone who loves
12
No one has ever seen God. If we the parent also loves the child. 2This
love one another, God lives in us, and is how we know that we love God's
his love is perfected in us. 13This is children: we love God and keep his
how we know that we abide in him commandments. 3For this demon-
and he in us: he has given us his strates our love for God: We keep his
Spirit. commandments, and his command-
14
We have seen for ourselves and
can testify that the Father has sent his
Son to be the Savior of the world. c 4:16 Lit. believe in
15 d 4:18 Lit. in love
God abides in the one who e 4:19 Other mss. read love him; still other
mss. read love God
a 4:5 Lit. from the world f 4:19 Lit. he
b 4:10 Other mss. read we loved g 5:1 Or Christ
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ments are not difficult, 4because Conclusion

13
everyone who is born from God has I have written these things to
overcome the world. Our faith is the you who believe in the name of the
victory that overcomes the world. Son of God so that you may know
5
Who overcomes the world? Is it not that you have eternal life. 14And this
the person who believes that Jesus is is the confidence that we have in
the Son of God? 3 him: if we ask for anything according
6
This man, Jesus the Messiah,a is to his will, he listens to us. 15And if
the one who came by water and we know that he listens to our
blood—not with water only, but with requests, we can be sure that we have
water and with blood. The Spirit is what we ask him for.
16
the one who verifies this, because the If anyone sees his brother
Spirit is the truth. 7For there are three committing a sin that does not lead to
witnessesb— 8the Spirit, the water, death, he should pray that Godf
and the blood—and these three are would give him life. This applies to
one. those who commit sins that do not
9
If we accept human testimony, lead to death. There is a sin that leads
God's testimony is greater, because it to death. I am not telling you to pray
17
is the testimony of God and because about that. Every kind of
he has testified about his Son. 10The wrongdoing is sin, yet there are sins
1 JOHN
person who believes in the Son of that do not lead to death.

18
God believes this testimony We know that the person who
personally.c The person who does not has been born from God does not go
believe Godd has made him a liar by on sinning. Rather, the Song of God
not believing the testimony that he e protects them, and the evil one
has given about his Son. cannot harm them. 19We know that
11
This is the testimony: God has we are from God and that the whole
given us eternal life, and this life is world lies under the control of the
found in his Son. 12The person who evil one. 20We also know that the Son
has the Son has this life. The person of God has come and has given us
who does not have the Son of God understanding so that we may know
does not have this life. the true God.h We are in union with
the one who is true, his Son Jesus the
Messiah,i who is the true God and
eternal life.
21
a 5:6 Or Christ Little children, keep yourselves
b 5:7 Other mss. read witnesses in heaven— away from idols.j
the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and
these three are one. 8And there are three f 5:16 Lit. he
witnesses on earth— g 5:18 Lit. the one who has been born
c 5:10 Lit. God has this testimony in himself h 5:20 Other mss. read the true one
d 5:10 Other mss. read the Son i 5:20 Or Christ
e 5:10 Lit. God j 5:21 Other mss. read idols. Amen
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SECOND JOHN
Greetings from John acknowledge Jesus the Messiahk as
1
From:a The Elder having become human. Any such
To: The chosen lady and her children, person is a deceiver and an antichrist.
whom I genuinely love, and not only
8
Seel to it that youm don't destroy
I but also all who know the truth, what we haven worked for, but that
2
that is present in us and will be with youo receive yourp full reward.
9
us forever. Everyone who does not remain true
3
to the teaching of the Messiah,q but
Grace, mercy, and peace will be goes beyond it, does not have God.
with us from God the Father and The person who remains true to the
from Jesusb the Messiah,c the Father's teaching of the Messiahr has both the
Son, in truth and love. Father and the Son. 10If anyone comes
Living in the Truth to yous but does not present his
4
I was overjoyed to find some of teachings,t do not receiveu him into
d
your children living truthfully, just your house or even welcome v him,
11
as the Father has commanded us. because the one who welcomes him
5
Dear lady, I am now requesting of shares in his evil deeds.
youe that we all continue to love one Final Greeting
another. It is not as though I am 12
Although I have a great deal to
writing to give youf a new write to you,w I would prefer not to
commandment, but one that we have use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to
had from the beginning. 6And this is come to you and talk face to face, so
what demonstratesg love: that we live that our joy may be complete. 13The
according to God’sh commandments. children of yourx chosen sister greet
Just as youi have heard from the you.y
beginning what he commanded, you j 2 JOHN
must live by it.
Reject False Teachers k 7 Or Christ
7 l 8 The Gk. verb is plural
For many deceivers have gone m 8 Lit. you (plural)
out into the world. They refuse to n 8 Other mss. read you have
o 8 Lit. you (plural)
a 1 The Gk. lacks From p 8 Lit. your (plural)
b 3 Other mss. read the Lord Jesus q 9 Or Christ
c 3 Or Christ r 9 Or Christ
d 4 Lit. your (singular) s 10 Lit. you (plural)
e 5 Lit. you (singular) t 10 Lit. this teaching
f 5 Lit. you (singular) u 10 The Gk. verb is plural
g 6 The Gk. lacks what demonstrates v 10 The Gk. verb is plural
h 6 Lit. his w 12 Lit. you (plural)
i 6 Lit. you (plural) x 13 Lit. you (singular)
j 6 Lit. you (plural) y 13 Other mss. read you. Amen
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THIRD JOHN
come I will call attention to what he is
Greetings from John
doing in spreading false charges
1
From:a The Elder
against us. And not content with that,
To: My dear friend Gaius, whom I he refuses to receive the brothers. He
genuinely love. even tries to stop those who want to
accept theme and throws them out of
Encouragement for Gaius
2 the church.
Dear friend, I pray that you are
doing well in every way and that you Praise for Demetrius
are healthy, just as your soul is 11
Dear friend, do not imitate
healthy. 3I was overjoyed when some what is evil, but what is good. The
brothers arrived and testified about person who does what is good is
your truthfulness and how you live from God. The person who does
according to the truth. 4I have no what is evil has never seen God.
greater joy than to hear that my 12
Demetrius has received a good
children are living according to the report from everyone, including the
truth. truth itself. We, too, can testify to this
5
Dear friend, you are faithful in report, and you know that our
whatever you do for the brothers, testimony is true.
especially when they are strangers.
6 Final Greeting
They have testified before the church 13
Although I have a great deal to
about your love. You will do well to
send them on their way in a manner write to you,f I would rather not
worthy of God. 7After all, they went write with pen and ink. 14Instead, I
on their trip for the sake of the hope to see youg soon and speak face
Name,b accepting no support from to face.
gentiles. 8Therefore, we ought to May peace be with you!h Your
support such people so that we can friends greet you.i Greetj each of our
become genuine helpers with them. friends by name.
Criticism of Diotrephes
9
I wrote a letterc to the church,
but Diotrephes, who loves to be in
charge, will not recognize our
authority.d 10For this reason, when I e 10 The Gk. lacks accept them
3 JOHN
f 13 Lit. you (singular)

a 1 The Gk. lacks From g 13 Lit. you (singular)
b 7 I.e. God h 13 Lit. you (singular)
c 9 Lit. wrote something i 13 Lit. you (singular)
d 9 The Gk. lacks authority j 13 The Gk. verb is singular
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JUDE
JUDE
Greetings abandoned their assigned place. They
1
From: Jude, a servant of Jesus the are held in deepest darkness for
Messiah,a and yet a brother of James. judgment on the great day.e
7
Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and
To: Those who have been called, who the cities near them, which like them
are lovedb by God the Father and committed sexual sins and pursued
kept safe by Jesus, the Messiah.c homosexual activities,f serve as an
2
May mercy, peace, and love be example of the punishment of eternal
yours in abundance! fire.
8
In a similar way, these dreamers
Warning about False Teachers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's
3
Dear friends, although I was authority,g and slander his glorious
eager to write to you about the beings. 9Even the archangel Michael,
salvation we share, I found it when he argued with the devil and
necessary to write to you and urge fought over the body of Moses, did
you to continue your vigorous not dare to bring a slanderous
defense of the faith that was passed accusation against him. Instead, he
down to the saints once and for all. said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”h
4
For some people have slipped in 10
Whatever these people do not
among you unnoticed. They were understand, they slander. Like
written about long ago as being irrational animals, they are destroyed
deserving of this condemnation by the very things they know by
because they are ungodly. They turn instinct. 11How terrible it will be for
the grace of our God into them! For they lived like Cain didi,
uncontrollable lust and deny our only rushed headlong into Balaam's error
Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.d to make a profit, and destroyed
5
Now I want to remind you, themselves, as happenedj in Korah's
even though you are fully aware of rebellion. 12These people are stains on
these things, that the Lord who once your love feasts.k They feast with you
saved his people from the land of
Egypt later destroyed those who did
e 6 I.e. the day of judgment
not believe. 6He has also held in f 7 Lit. pursued other flesh
eternal chains those angels who did g 8 Lit. reject dominions
not keep their own position but h 9 This incident is possibly based on The
Assumption of Moses, an apocryphal Jewish
writing.
a 1 Or Christ i 11 Lit. they followed Cain’s path
b 1 Other mss. read sanctified j 11 The Gk. lacks as happened
c 1 Or Christ k 12 Some early Christians had a meal along
d 4 Or Christ with the Lord's Supper.
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Jude 13 The Holy Bible
without any sense of awe.a They are people who cause divisions. They are
shepherds who care only for worldly, devoid of the Spirit.
JUDE
themselves. They are waterless clouds 20

But you, dear friends, must
blown about by the winds. They are continue to build your most holy
autumn trees that are fruitless, faith for your own benefit.
totallyb dead, and uprooted. 13They Furthermore, continue to pray in the
are wild waves of the sea, churning Holy Spirit. 21Remain in God's love as
up the foam of their own shame. you look for the mercy of our Lord
They are wandering stars for whom Jesus the Messiah,e which brings
the deepest darkness has been eternal life. 22Show mercy to those
reserved forever. who have doubts. 23Save others by
14
Enoch, in the seventh snatching them from the fire. To
generation from Adam, prophesied others, show mercy with fear, hating
about these people when he said, even the clothes stained by their
“Look! The Lord has come with sinful lives.f
countless thousands of his holy Final Prayer
ones. 15He will judge all people 24
Now to the one who is able to
and convict everyone of all the keep you from falling and to make
ungodly things that they have you stand joyful and faultless in his
done in such an ungodly way, glorious presence, 25to the only God,
including all the harsh things our Savior, through Jesus the
that these ungodly sinners have
Messiah,g our Lord, be glory, majesty,
said about him.”c power, and authority before all time
16
These people are complainers and and for all eternity! Amen.
faultfinders, following their own
desires. They say arrogant things and
flatter people in order to take
advantage of them.
Advice to the Readers
17
But you, dear friends, must
remember the statements and
predictions of the apostles of our
Lord Jesus, the Messiah.d 18They kept
telling you, “In the last times mockers
will appear, following their own
ungodly desires.” 19These are the
a 12 Or without fear
b 12 Lit. twice e 21 Or Christ
c 15 1 Enoch 1:9 (The Apocrypha) f 23 Lit. by their flesh
d 17 Or Christ g 25 Or Christ
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REVELATION
Chapter 1
The Revelation of Jesus the Messiah 7

Look! He is coming in the clouds.
to the Seven Churches
Every eye will see him,
1 This isa the revelation of Jesus
1
even those who pierced him,
the Messiah,b which God gave and all the tribes of the earth will
him to show his servants the things
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mourn
that must happen soon. He made it because of him.
known by sending his messengerc to
his servant John, 2who testified about So be it! Amen.
8
this message from God and the “I am the Alpha and the
Omega,” declares the Lord God, “the
testimony about Jesus the Messiah.d
3 one who is, who was, and who is
How blessed is the one who reads
coming, the Almighty.”
aloud and those who hear the words
of this prophecy and obey what is John's Vision of the Messiah
written in it, for the time is near! 9
I am John, your brother and
4
Frome John to the seven partner in the oppression, kingdom,
churches in Asia. May grace and and patience that comes because of
peace be yours from the one who is, Jesus. I was on the island called
who was, and who is coming, from Patmos because of the word of God
the seven spirits who are in front of and the testimony about Jesus. 10I
his throne, 5and from Jesus the came to be in the Spirit on the Day of
Messiah,f the witness, the faithful the Lord, when I heard a loud voice
one,g the firstborn from the dead, and behind me like a trumpet, 11saying,
the ruler over the kings of the earth. “Write on a scroll what you see, and
To the one who loves us and has send it to the seven churches:
freedh us from our sins by his blood Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,
6
and has made us a kingdom, priests Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and
for his God and Father, be glory and Laodicea.”
power forever and ever! Amen.
12
Then I turned to see whoi was
talking to me, and when I turned I
saw seven gold lamp stands. 13Among
a 1:1 The Gk. lacks This is the lamp stands there was someone
b 1:1 Or Christ like the Son of Man. He was wearing
c 1:1 Or angel a long robe with a gold sash around
d 1:2 Or Christ
e 1:4 The Gk. lacks From his chest.j 14His head and his hair
f 1:5 Or Christ
g 1:5 Or Jesus the Messiah, the faithful
witness i 1:12 Lit. see the voice that
h 1:5 Other mss. read has washed j 1:13 Or waist
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were white like wool, in fact, as white have tested those who call
as snow. His eyes were like flames of themselves apostles, but are not,
fire, 15his feet were like glowing and have found them to be false.
3
bronze refined in a furnace, and his You have endured and suffered
voice was like the sound of raging because of my name, yet you
waters. 16In his right hand he held have not grown weary.
4
seven stars, and out of his mouth However, I have this against
came a sharp, two-edged sword. His you: You have abandoned the
face was like the sun when it shines love you had at first. 5Therefore,
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with full force. 1 remember how far you have

17
When I saw him, I fell down at fallen. Repent and go back to
his feet like a dead man. But he what you were doing at first. If
placed his right hand on me and said, you don't, I will come to you and
“Stop being afraid! I am the first and remove your lamp stand from its
the last, 18the living one. I was dead, place—unless you repent. 6But
but look—I am alive forever and ever! this is to your credit: You hate
I have the keys of Death and Hades.a the actions of the Nicolaitans,
19
Therefore, write down what you which I also hate.
have seen, what is, and what is going 7
‘Let everyoned listen to
to happen after this. 20The secret what the Spirit says to the
meaning of the seven stars that you churches. To everyone who
saw in my right hand and the seven conquers I will give the privilege
gold lamp stands is this: the seven of eating from the tree of life that
stars are the messengersb of the seven is in God’s paradise.’”
churches, and the seven lamp stands The Letter to the Church in Smyrna
are the seven churches.” 8
“To the messengere of the
church in Smyrna, write:
Chapter 2
The Letter to the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the messengerc of the church

1
‘The first and the last, who
in Ephesus, write: was dead and became alive, says
this:
‘The one who holds the 9
‘I know your suffering and
seven stars in his right hand, the
your poverty—though you are
one who walks among the seven
rich—and the slander committed
gold lamp stands, says this:
2 by those who claim to be Jews
‘I know what you’ve been
but are not. They are the
doing, your toil, and your
synagogue of Satan. 10Don't be
endurance. I also know that you
afraid of what you are going to
cannot tolerate evil people. You
suffer. Look! The devil is going
a 1:18 I.e. the realm of the dead
b 1:20 Or angels d 2:7 Lit. Let the one who has an ear
c 2:1 Or angel e 2:8 Or angel
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to throw some of you into prison and wage war against them with
so that you may be tested. For the sword of my mouth.
ten days you will undergo 17
‘Let everyoned listen to
suffering. Be faithful until death, what the Spirit says to the
and I will give you the victor's churches. To the one who
crown of life. conquers I will give some of the
11
‘Let everyonea listen to hidden manna. I will also give
what the Spirit says to the him a white stone. On the white
churches. The one who conquers stone is written a new name that
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will never be hurt by the second no one knows except the person
death.’” who receives it.’” 2
The Letter to the Church in Pergamum The Letter to the Church in Thyatira
12
“To the messengerb of the 18
“To the messengere of the
church in Pergamum, write: church in Thyatira, write:
‘The one who holds the ‘The Son of God, whose eyes
sharp, two-edged sword, says are like flaming fire and whose
this: feet are like glowing bronze, says
13
‘I know where you live. this:
19
Satan's throne is there. Yet you ‘I know what you’ve been
hold on to my name and have doing—your love, faithfulness,f
not denied your faith in me,c service, and endurance—and
even in the days of Antipas, my that your last actions are greater
faithful witness, who was killed than the first. 20But I have this
in your presence, where Satan against you: You tolerate that
lives. 14But I have a few things woman Jezebel, who calls herself
against you: You have there a prophet and who teaches and
some who hold to the teaching leads my servants to practice
of Balaam, the one who taught immorality and to eat food
Balak to put a stumbling block sacrificed to idols. 21I gave her
before the people of Israel so that time to repent, but she refused to
they would eat food sacrificed to repent of her immorality. 22Look!
idols and practice immorality. I am going to strike her with
15
You also have some who hold illness.g Those who commit
to the teaching of the adultery with her will also suffer
Nicolaitans. 16So repent. If you greatly, unless they repent from
don't, I will come to you quickly acting like her. 23I will strike her
children dead. Then all the
d 2:17 Lit. Let the one who has an ear

a 2:11 Lit. Let the one who has an ear e 2:18 Or angel
b 2:12 Or angel f 2:19 Or faith
c 2:13 Or my faith g 2:22 Lit. to throw her into a bed
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churches will know that I am the are left, which are about to die. I
one who searches minds and note that your actions are
hearts. I will reward each of you incomplete before my God. 3So
as your actions deserve. remember what you received
24
‘But as for the rest of you in and heard. Obey it, and repent.
Thyatira—you who do not hold If you are not alert, I will come
to this teaching and who have like a thief, and you won't know
not learned what some people the time when I will come to
call the deep things of Satan—I you. 4But you have a few people
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won't burden you with anything in Sardis who have not soiled
else. 25Just hold on to what you their clothes. They will walk with
have until I come. 26To the me in white clothes because they
person who conquers and are worthy. 5The person who
continues to do what I’ve conquers in this way will wear
commandeda to the end, I will white clothes, and I will never
give authority over the nations. 22 4
erase his name from the Book of
27
Life. I will acknowledge his
‘He will rule them with an iron
name in the presence of my
scepter;
Father and his angels.
shattering them like clay 6
‘Let everyonee listen to
pots.’b
28 what the Spirit says to the
‘Just as I have received
churches.’”
authority from my Father, I will
also give him the morning star. The Letter to the Church in
29
‘Let everyonec listen to Philadelphia
what the Spirit says to the 7
“To the messengerf of the
churches.’” church in Philadelphia, write:
Chapter 3
The Letter to the Church in Sardis ‘The one who is holy, who is
3 “To the messengerd of the true,

1
church in Sardis, write: who has the key of David,

who opens a door thatg no one
‘The one who has the seven can shut,
spirits of God and the seven stars and who shuts a door thath
says this: no one can open,
‘I know what you’ve been
doing. You are known for being ‘says this:
alive, but you are dead. 2Be alert,
and strengthen the things that
a 2:26 Lit. do my works e 3:6 Lit. Let the one who has an ear
b 2:27 Cf. Isa 30:14; Jer 19:11 f 3:7 Or angel
c 2:29 Lit. Let the one who has an ear g 3:7 Lit. who opens and
d 3:1 Or angel h 3:7 Lit. who shuts and
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8 15
‘I know what you’ve been ‘I know your actions, that
doing. Look! I have put in front you are neither cold nor hot. I
of you an open door that no one wish you were cold or hot.
can shut. You have only a little 16
Since you are lukewarm and
strength, but you have obeyed neither hot nor cold, I am going
my word and have not denied to spit you out of my mouth.
my name. 9I will make those who 17
You say, “I am rich. I have
belong to the synagogue of become wealthy. I don't need
Satan—those who claim to be anything.” Yet you don't realize
Jews and aren't, but are lying—
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that you are miserable, pitiful,
come and bow down at your poor, blind, and naked.
feet. Then they will realize that I 18
Therefore, I advise you to buy
have loved you. 10Because you from me gold purified in fire so
have obeyed my command to
you may be rich, white clothes to
endure,a I will keep you from the
wear so your shameful
hour of testing that is coming to
nakedness won’t show, and
the whole world to test those
ointment to put on your eyes so
living on the earth. 11I am
you may see. 19I correct and
coming soon! Hold on to what
you have so that no one takes discipline those whom I love, so
your victor's crown. 12I will make be serious and repent! 20Look! I
the one who conquers to become am standing at the door and
a pillar in the sanctuary of my knocking. If anyone listens to my
God, and he will never go out of voice and opens the door, I will
it again. I will write on him the come in to him and eat with him,
name of my God, the name of and he will eatd with me. 21To
the city of my God (the new the one who conquers I will give
Jerusalem coming down out of a place to sit with me on my
heaven from God), and my own throne, just as I have conquered
new name. 3 and have sat down with my
13
‘Let everyoneb listen to Father on his throne.
what the Spirit says to the 22
‘Let everyonee listen to
churches.’” what the Spirit says to the
The Letter to the Church in Laodicea churches.’”
14
“To the messengerc of the
Chapter 4
The Vision of God's Throne
4
church in Laodicea, write: 1
After these things I saw a door
‘The Amen, the witness who standing open in heaven. The
is faithful and true, the originator first voice that I had heard speaking
of God's creation, says this: to me like a trumpet said, “Come up
here, and I will show you what must
a 3:10 Lit. my word of endurance
b 3:13 Lit. Let the one who has an ear d 3:20 The Gk. lacks will eat
c 3:14 Or angel e 3:22 Lit. Let the one who has an ear
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happen after this.” 2Instantly I was in their victor's crowns in front of the
the Spirit, and I saw a throne in throne and say,
heaven with a person seated on the 11
“You are worthy, our Lord and
throne. 3The person sitting there
God,
looked like jasper and carnelian, and
to receive glory, honor, and
there was a rainbow around the
power,
throne that looked like an emerald.
4
because you created all things;
Around the throne were 24 other they came into existence
thrones, and on these thrones sat 24 and were created because of
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elders wearing white robes and gold your will.”

victor's crowns on their heads. Chapter 5
5
Flashes of lightning, noises, and The Vision of the Scroll with Seven
peals of thunder came from the Seals
5
1
throne. Burning in front of the throne Then I saw in the right hand of
were seven flaming torches, which the one who sits on the throne a
are the seven spirits of God. 1
4 scroll written on the inside and on
6
In front of the throne was the outside, sealed with seven seals. 2I
something like a sea of glass as clear also saw a powerful angel
as crystal. In the center of the throne proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who
and on each side of the throne were is worthy to open the scroll and break
four living creatures full of eyes in its seals?” 3No one in heaven, on
front and in back. 7The first living earth, or under the earth could open
creature was like a lion, the second the scroll or look inside it. 4I began to
living creature was like an ox, the cry bitterly because no one was found
third living creature had a face like a worthy to open the scroll or look
human, and the fourth living creature inside it.
5
was like a flying eagle. 8Each of the “Stop crying,” one of the elders
four living creatures had six wings said to me. “Look! The Lion from the
and were full of eyes inside and out. tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has
Without stopping day or night they conquered. He can open the scroll
were saying, and its seven seals.”
“Holy, holy, holy The Vision of the Lamb Taking the
is the Lord God Almighty, Scroll
who was, who is, and who is 6
Then I saw a lamb standing in
coming.” the middle of the throne, the four
9 living creatures, and the elders. He
Whenever the living creatures give
glory, honor, and thanks to the one lookeda like he had been slaughtered.
who sits on the throne, who lives He had seven horns and seven eyes,
forever and ever, 10the 24 elders bow which are the seven spirits of God
down and worship in front of the one sent into all the earth. 7He went and
who sits on the throne, the one who
a 5:6 The Gk. lacks He looked
lives forever and ever. They throw
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took the scroll from the right hand of “To the one who sits on the throne
the one who sits on the throne. and to the lamb
8
When the lamb had taken the be praise, honor, glory, and
scroll, the four living creatures and power forever and ever!”
14
the twenty-four elders bowed down Then the four living creatures said,
in front of him. Each held a harp and “Amen!”, and the elders bowed down
a gold bowl full of incense, the and worshiped.
prayers of the saints. 9They sang a Chapter 6
The Vision of the First Seal Opened

new song:
6
1
Then I saw the lamb open the
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“You are worthy to take the scroll first of the seven seals. I heard
and open its seals, one of the four living creatures say
because you were slaughtered. with a voice like thunder, “Go!”
With your blood you purchased 2
Then I looked, and there was a white
peoplea for God horse! Its rider had a bow, and a
from every tribe, language, victor's crown had been given to him.
people, and nation. He went out as a conqueror to
10
You made them a kingdom and conquer.
priests for our God,
The Vision of the Second Seal Opened
and they will reign on the
earth.”
3
When the lambb opened the
second seal, I heard the second living
The Vision of the Song of the Lamb creature say, “Go!” 4A second horse
11
Then I looked, and I heard the went out. It was fiery red, and its
voices of many angels, the living rider was given permission to take
creatures, and the elders surrounding peace away from the earth and to
the throne. They numbered 10,000’s make people slaughter one another.
times 10,000 and thousands times So he was given a large sword.
thousands. 12They sang with a loud
voice, The Vision of the Third Seal Opened
5
When the lambc opened the
“Worthy is the lamb who was third seal, I heard the third living
slaughtered creature say, “Go!” I looked, and
to receive power, wealth, there was a black horse! Its rider held
wisdom, strength, honor, a scale in his hand. 6I heard what
glory, and praise!” sounded like a voice from among the
13
I heard every creature in heaven, on four living creatures, saying, “A quart
earth, under the earth, and on the of wheat for a denarius, or three
sea, and everything that is in them, quarts of barley for a denarius.d But
saying,
b 6:3 Lit. he
c 6:5 Lit. he
d 6:6 A denarius was equivalent to a day's
a 5:9 Some MSS read us; the Gk. lacks people wage for a laborer.
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don't damage the olive oil or the The Vision of the Sixth Seal Opened
wine!” 12
Then I saw the lambe open the
sixth seal. There was a powerful
The Vision of the Fourth Seal Opened
earthquake. The sun turned as black
7
When the lamba opened the
as sackcloth made of hair, and the full
fourth seal, I heard the voice of the
fourth living creature say, “Go!” 8I moon turned as red as blood.f 13The
looked, and there was a pale green stars in the sky fell to the earth like a
fig tree drops its fruit when it is
horse! Its rider's name was Death,
shaken by a strong wind. 14The sky
and Hadesb followed him. They were
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vanished like a scroll being rolled up,

given authority over one-fourth of
and every mountain and island was
the earth to kill people using wars,
moved from its place. 15Then the
famines, plagues, and the wild
kings of the earth, the important
animals of the earth.
people, the generals, the rich, the
The Vision of the Fifth Seal Opened powerful, and all the slaves and free
9
When the lambc opened the people concealed themselves in caves
fifth seal, I saw under the altar the and among the rocks in the
souls of those who had been mountains. 16They said to the
slaughtered because of the word of mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and
God and the testimony they had hide us from the face of the one who
given. 10They cried out in a loud sits on the throne and from the wrath
voice, of the lamb. 17For the great day of
their wrath has come, and who is able
“Holy and true Sovereign,
to endure it?”
6
how long will it be before you Chapter 7
judge The Vision of the Sealing of 144,000

and take revenge on those living People
on the earth
7
1
After this I saw four angels
who shed our blood?” standing at the four corners of the
11
Each of them was given a white earth. They were holding back the
robe. They were told to rest a little four winds of the earth so that no
wind could blow on the land, on the
longer until the number ofd their
sea, or on any tree. 2I saw another
fellow servants and their brothers
angel coming from the east having
was completed, who would be killed
the seal of the living God. He cried
as they themselves had been.
out in a loud voice to the four angels
6
who had been permitted to harm the

land and sea, 3“Don't harm the land,
the sea, or the trees until we have
a 6:7 Lit. he
b 6:8 I.e. the realm of the dead
c 6:9 Lit. he e 6:12 Lit. him
d 6:11 The Gk. lacks the number of f 6:12 Lit. became like blood
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marked the servants of our God with 13

“Who are these people wearing
a seal on their foreheads.” white robes,” one of the elders asked
4
I heard the number of those me, “and where did they come
who were sealed: 144,000. Those who from?”
14
were sealed were from every tribe of I said to him, “Sir, you know.”
Israel: 512,000 from the tribe of Judah Then he told me, “These are the
were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of people who are coming out of the
Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, terrible suffering.a They have washed
6
12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 their robes and made them white in
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from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 the blood of the lamb. 15That is why:
from the tribe of Manasseh, 712,000
“They are in front of the throne of
from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from
God
the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe
and worshipb him night and day
of Issachar, 812,000 from the tribe of
in his temple.
Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of
The one who sits on the throne
Joseph, and 12,000 from the tribe of
will shelter them.
Benjamin were sealed. 16
They will never be hungry or
The Vision of Tribulation Saints thirsty again.
9
After these things I looked, and Neither the sun nor its heat will
there was a crowd so large that no ever beat down on them,
17
one was able to count it! They were because the lamb in the center of
from every nation, tribe, people, and the throne will be their
language. They were standing in shepherd.
front of the throne and the lamb and He will lead them to springs
were wearing white robes, with palm filled with the water of life, 7
branches in their hands. 10They cried and God will wipe every tear
out in a loud voice, from their eyes.”c
Chapter 8
“Salvation belongs to our God, The Vision of the Seventh Seal

who sits on the throne, Opened
and to the lamb!”
8 When the lambd opened the
1
11
All the angels stood around the seventh seal, there was silence in
throne and around the elders and the heaven for about half an hour.
four living creatures. They fell on The Vision of Seven Angels Given
their faces in front of the throne and Seven Trumpets
worshiped God, 12saying, 2
Then I saw the seven angels
“Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, who stand in God's presence, and
thanks, honor, power, and seven trumpets were given to them.
strength
a 7:14 Or great tribulation
be to our God forever and ever!
b 7:15 Or serve
Amen!” c 7:17 Isa 25:8
d 8:1 Lit. he
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3
Another angel came with a gold of them turned dark. One-third of the
censer and stood at the altar. He was day was kept from having light, as
given a large quantity of incense to was the night.
offer on the gold altar before the
The Vision of the Eagle Flying
throne, along with the prayers of all 13
Then I looked, and I heard an
the saints. 4The smoke from the
eagle flying overhead say in a loud
incense and the prayers of the saints
voice,
went up from the angel's hand to
God. 5The angel took the censer, filled “How terrible, how terrible, how
it with fire from the altar, and threw terrible
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it on the earth. Then there were peals for those living on the earth,
of thunder, noises, flashes of because of the blasts of the
lightning, and an earthquake. 6The remaining trumpets
seven angels who had the seven that the three angels are about
trumpets got ready to blow them. 82
to blow!”
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The Vision of the First Four Trumpets The Vision of the Fifth Trumpet
9
7 1
When the first angel blew his When the fifth angel blew his
trumpet, hail and fire were mixed trumpet, I saw a star that had
with blood and thrown on the earth. fallen to earth from the sky.a The
One-third of the earth was burned starb was given the key to the shaft of
up, one-third of the trees was burned the bottomless pit. 2It opened the
up, and all the green grass was shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke
burned up. came out of the shaft like the smoke
8
When the second angel blew his from a large furnace. The sun and the
trumpet, something like a huge
air were darkened with the smoke
mountain burning with fire was
from the shaft. 3Locusts came out of
thrown into the sea. One-third of the
the smoke onto the earth, and they
sea turned into blood, 9one-third of
were given power like that of earthly
the creatures that were living in the
scorpions. 4They were told not to
sea died, and one-third of the ships
was destroyed. harm the grass on the earth, any
10
When the third angel blew his green plant, or any tree. They could
trumpet, a huge star blazing like a harmc only the people who do not
torch fell from heaven. It fell on one- have the seal of God on their
third of the rivers and on the springs foreheads. 5They were not allowed to
of water. 11The name of the star is kill them, but were only allowedd to
Wormwood. One-third of the water torture them for five months. Their
turned into wormwood, and many torture was like the pain of a scorpion
people died from the water because it
had turned bitter.
12
When the fourth angel blew his a 9:1 Or from heaven
b 9:1 Lit. It
trumpet, one-third of the sun, one- c 9:4 The Gk. lacks They could harm
third of the moon, and one-third of d 9:5 The Gk. lacks were only allowed
the stars were struck so that one-third
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when it stings someone. 6In those of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I

days people will seek death, but heard how many there were.d 9
never find it. They will long to die, 17

This was how I saw the horses
but death will escape them. in my vision: The riders wore
7
The locusts looked like horses breastplates that had the color of fire,
prepared for battle. On their heads sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the
were victor's crowns that looked like horses were like lions’ heads, and fire,
gold, and their faces were like human smoke, and sulfur came out of their
faces. 8They had hair like women's mouths. 18By these three plagues—the
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hair and teeth like lions’ teeth. 9They fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that
had breastplates like iron, and the came out of their mouths—one-third
noise of their wings was like the roar of humanity was killed. 19For the
of chariots with many horses rushing power of these horses is in their
into battle. 10They had tails and mouths and their tails. Their tails
stingers like scorpions, and they had have heads like snakes, which they
the power to hurt people with their use to inflict pain.
tails for five months. 11They had the 20
The rest of the people who
angel of the bottomless pit ruling survived these plagues did not repent
over them as king. In Hebrew he is from their evil actionse or stop
called Abaddon,a and in Greek he is worshiping demons and idols made
called Apollyon.b of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and
12
The first catastrophe is over. wood, which cannot see, hear, or
After these things there are still two walk. 21They did not repent from
more catastrophes to come. their murders, their witchcraft, their
sexual immorality, or their thefts.
The Vision of the Sixth Trumpet
13
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When the sixth angel blew his The Vision of the Powerful Angel
trumpet, I heard a voice from the
10
1
Then I saw another powerful
fourc horns of the gold altar in front angel come down from
of God. 14It said to the sixth angel heaven. He was dressed in a cloud,
who had the trumpet, “Release the and there was a rainbow over his
four angels who are held at the great head. His face was like the sun, and
Euphrates River.” 15So the four angels his legs were like columns of fire. 2He
who were ready for that hour, day, held a small, opened scroll in his
month, and year were released to kill hand. Setting his right foot on the sea
one-third of humanity. 16The number and his left foot on the land, 3he
shouted in a loud voice as a lion
roars. When he shouted, the seven
thunders spoke with voices of their
a 9:11 I.e. the realm of destruction in the own. 4When the seven thunders
afterlife
b 9:11 I.e. Destroyer d 9:16 Lit. heard their number
c 9:13 Other mss. lack four e 9:20 Lit. from the works of their hands
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spoke, I was going to write, but I The Vision of the Two Witnesses
heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal
11
1
Then I was given a stick like a
up what the seven thunders have measuring rod. I was told,
said, and don't write it down.” “Stand up and measure the temple of
5
Then the angel whom I saw God and the altar, and countd those
standing on the sea and on the land who worship there. 2But don't
raised his right hand to heaven. 6He measure the courtyard outside the
swore an oath by the one who lives temple. Leave that out, because it is
forever and ever, who created heaven given to the nations, and they will
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and everything in it, the earth and trample the Holy Citye for 42 months.
3
everything in it, and the sea and I will give my two witnesses who
everything in it: “There will be no wear sackcloth the authority to
more delay. 7When the time prophesy for 1,260 days.”
approachesa for the seventh angel to
4
These witnessesf are the two
blow his trumpet, God’s secret plan b olive trees and the two lamp stands
will be fulfilled, as he had announced standing in the presence of the Lord
to his servants, the prophets.”106
of the earth. 5And if anyone should
8
Then the voice that I had heard want to hurt them, fire comes out of
from heaven spoke to me again, their mouths and burns up their
enemies. If anyone wants to hurt
saying, “Go and take the opened
them, he must be killed in this
scroll from the hand of the angel who
manner. 6These witnessesg have
is standing on the sea and on the
authority to close the heavens in
land.”
9
order to keep rain from falling while
So I went to the angel and
they areh prophesying. They also
asked him to give me the small scroll.
have authority to turn bodies of
“Take it and eat it,” he said to me. “It
water into blood and to strike the
will turn bitter in your stomach, but it earth with any plague, as often as
will be as sweet as honey in your they desire.
mouth.” 7
When they have finished their
10
So I took the small scroll from testimony, the beast that comes up
the angel's hand and ate it. It was as from the bottomless pit will wage war
sweet as honey in my mouth, but against them, conquer them, and kill
when I had eaten it, it turned bitter in them. 8Their dead bodies will lie in
my stomach. 11Then the seven the street of the great city that is
thundersc told me, “You must spiritually called Sodom and Egypt,
prophesy again about many peoples,
nations, languages, and kings.”
d 11:1 The Gk. lacks count
e 11:2 I.e. Jerusalem
a 10:7 Lit. days approach f 11:4 Lit. These ones
b 10:7 The Gk. lacks plan g 11:6 Lit. They
c 10:11 Lit. they h 11:7 Lit. falling during the days of their
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where their Lord was crucified. 9For 16

Then the twenty-four elders
three and a half days some members who were sitting on their thrones in
of the peoples, tribes, languages, and God's presence fell on their faces and
nations will look at their dead bodies worshiped God. 17They said,
and will not allow them to be placed “We give thanks to you, Lord God
in a tomb. 10Those living on earth will Almighty,
gloat over them, celebrate, and send who is and who was,
gifts to each other, because these two because you have taken your great
prophets had tormented those living power
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on earth.9 and have begun to rule.
18
The Resurrection of the Witnesses The nations were angry,
11
But after the three and a half but the time forc your wrath has
days, the breath of life from God come.
entered them, and they stood on It is time for the dead to be
their feet. Those who watched them judged—
were terrified. 12Then the witnessesa to reward your servants, the
heard a loud voice from heaven prophets, the saints, and all
calling to them, “Come up here!” So who fear your name,
they went up to heaven in a cloud, both unimportant and
and their enemies watched them. 13At important,
that moment a powerful earthquake and to destroy those who
struck. One-tenth of the city destroy the earth.”
collapsed, 7,000 people were killed by 19
Then the temple of God in
the earthquake, and the rest were
heaven was opened, and the ark of
terrified and gave glory to the God of
his covenant was seen inside his
heaven. 11
temple. There were flashes of
11
14
The second catastrophe is over.
lightning, noises, peals of thunder, an
The third catastrophe is coming very
earthquake, and heavy hail.
soon. Chapter 12
The Vision of the Seventh Angel The Vision of a Woman Dressed with
Blowing His Trumpet the Sun
12
1
15
When the seventh angel blew A spectacular sign appeared
his trumpet, there were loud voices in in the sky: a woman dressed
heaven, saying, with the sun, who had the moon
under her feet and a victor's crown of
“The world’s kingdom has become twelve stars on her head. 2She was
the kingdom of our Lord and of
pregnant and was crying out from
his Messiah,b
her labor pains, the agony of giving
and he will rule forever and
birth.
ever.”
a 11:12 Lit. they; other mss. read I

b 11:15 Or Christ c 11:18 The Gk. lacks the time for
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The Vision of the Red Dragon and the authority of his

3
Then another sign appeared in Messiahb have come.
the sky: a huge red dragon with For the one who accuses our
seven heads, ten horns, and seven brothers,
royal crowns on its heads. 4Its tail who accuses them day and night
swept away one-third of the stars in in the presence of our God,
the sky and knocked them down to has been thrown out.
the earth. Then the dragon stood in 11
Our brothersc conquered him by
front of the woman who was about to the blood of the lamb
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give birth so that it could devour her and by the word of their
child when it was born. 5She gave testimony,
birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule a for they did not cling to their lives
all the nations with an iron scepter. even in the face of death. 12
12
But her child was snatched away and So be glad, heavens, and those
taken to God and to his throne. 6Then who live in them! 12
the woman fled into the wilderness, How terrible it is for the earth and
where a place had been prepared for the sea,
her by God so that she might be because the Devil has come
taken care of for 1,260 days.
5
down to you, filled with
rage,
The Vision of War in Heaven knowing that his time is
7
Then a war broke out in short!”
heaven. Michael and his angels
fought with the dragon, and the The Vision of Persecution of the
dragon and its angels fought back. Woman and Her Children
13
8
But it was not strong enough, and When the dragon saw that it
there was no longer any place for had been thrown down to the earth,
them in heaven. 9The huge dragon it pursuedd the woman who had
was hurled down. That ancient given birth to the boy. 14However, the
serpent, called the Devil and Satan, woman was given the two wings of a
the deceiver of the whole world, was large eagle so that she could fly away
hurled down to the earth, along with from the serpent to her place in the
its angels. wilderness, where she could be taken
care of for a time, times, and half a
The Vision of the Cry of Victory time. 15From its mouth the serpent
10
Then I heard a loud voice in spewed water like a river behind the
heaven say, woman in order to sweep her away
“Now the salvation, the power, with the flood. 16But the earth helped
the kingdom of our God, the woman by opening its mouth and
b 12:10 Or Christ
c 12:11 Lit. They
a 12:5 Or shepherd d 12:13 Or persecuted
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swallowing the river that the dragon blasphemies against God, against his
had spewed from its mouth. 17The name, and against his residence,f that
dragon became angry with the is, against those who are living in
woman and went away to do battle heaven. 7It was allowed to wage war
against the rest of her children, the against the saints and to conquer
ones who keep God's them.g It was also given authority
commandments and hold on to the over every tribe, people, languages,
testimony about Jesus. 18Then the and nation. 8All those living on earth
dragona stood on the sand of the will worship it, everyone whose
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seashore.b 12 name is not written in the Book of
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Life belonging to the lamb that was

The Vision of the Beast from the Sea slaughtered from the foundation of
13
1
I saw a beast coming out of the world.
the sea. It had ten horns,
seven heads, and ten royal crowns on 9
Let everyone listen: h
10
its horns. On its heads were If anyone is to be taken captive,
blasphemous names. 2The beast that I into captivity he will go.
saw was like a leopard. Its feet were If anyone is to be killed with a
like bear's feet, and its mouth was sword,
like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave with a sword he will be killed.
it his power, his throne, and complete The Vision of the Beast from the Earth
authority. Here is a call for endurance and
3
One of the beast'sc heads faith of the saints:
looked like it had sustained a mortal 11
I saw another beast coming up
wound, but its fatal wound was out of the earth. It had two horns like
healed. Rapt with amazement, the a lamb and it talked like a dragon. 12It
whole world followed the beast 4They uses all the authority of the first beast
worshiped the dragon because it had on its behalf,i and it makes the earth
given authority to the beast. They and those living on it worship the
also worshiped the beast, saying, first beast, whose mortal wound was
“Who is like the beast, and who can healed. 13It performs spectacular
fight a war with it?” 5The beast was signs, even making fire come down
allowedd to speak arrogant and from heaven to earth in front of
blasphemous things, and it was given people. 14It deceives those living on
authority for 42 months. 6It utterede earth with the signs that it is allowed
to do on behalf ofj the firsta beast,
a 12:18 Lit. Then it; other mss. read Then I
b 12:18 Some translations include this f 13:6 Lit. tent
sentence within 12:17; other translations g 13:7 Other mss. lack It was allowed to wage
include this sentence as part of 13:1. war against the saints and to conquer them.
c 13:3 Lit. its h 13:9 Lit. Let the one who has an ear
d 13:5 Lit. was given a mouth i 13:12 Or in its presence
e 13:6 Lit. It opened its mouth to utter j 13:14 Or in the presence of
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telling them to make an image for the singing a new song in front of the
beast who was wounded by a sword throne, the four living creatures, and
and yet lived. 15The second beastb the elders. No one could learn the
was allowed to impart life to the song except the 144,000 who had
image of the firstc beast so that the been redeemed from the earth. 4They
image of the beast could talk and have not defiled themselves with
order the execution of those who women, for they are virgins, and they
would not worship the image of the follow the lamb wherever he goes.
beast. 16The second beastd forces all They have been redeemed from
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people—important and unimportant, among humanity as the first fruits for

rich and poor, free and slaves—to be God and the lamb. 5In their mouth no
marked on their right hands or on lie was found. They are blameless.
their foreheads, 17so that no one may The Vision of Angels Sounding a
buy or sell unless he has the mark, Warning
which is the beast's name or the 6
Then I saw another angel flying
number of its name. 1314
overhead with the eternal gospel to

18
In this case wisdom is needed: proclaim to those who liveh on
Let the person who has earth—to every nation, tribe,
e
understanding calculate the total 7
language, and people. He said in a
number of the beast, because it is a loud voice,
human total number,f and the sum of
“Fear God and give him glory,
the number is 666.g
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because the time for him to
The Vision of the New Song on Mount judge has arrived.
Zion Worship the one who made
14
1
Then I looked, and there was heaven and earth,
the lamb, standing on Mount the sea and springs of water.”
Zion! With him were 144,000 people 8
Then another angel, a second
who had his name and his Father's one, followed him, saying,
name written on their foreheads.
2
Then I heard a sound from “Fallen! Babylon the Great has
heaven like that of many waters and fallen!
like the sound of loud thunder. The She has made all nations drink
sound I heard was like harpists the wine,
playing on their harps. 3They were the wrath earned for her
sexual sins.”
9
a 13:14 The Gk. lacks first Then another angel, a third one,
b 13:15 Lit. It followed them, saying in a loud voice,
c 13:15 The Gk. lacks first “Whoever worships the beast and its
d 13:16 Lit. It
image and receives a mark on his
e 13:18 Lit. has a mind
f 13:18 Or is the number of a human being
g 13:18 Other mss. read 616 h 14:6 Lit. sit
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forehead or his hand 10will drink the 16

The one who sat on the cloud
wine of God's wrath, which has been swung his sickle across the earth, and
poured undiluted into the cup of his the earth was harvested.
17
anger. He will be tortured with fire Then another angel came out
and sulfur in the presence of the holy of the temple in heaven. He, too, had
angels and the lamb. 11The smoke a sharp sickle. 18From the altar came
from their torture goes up forever another angel who had authority
and ever. There is no rest day or over fire. He called out in a loud
night for those who worship the voice to the angelb who had the
sharp sickle,
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beast and its image or for anyone
who receives the mark of its name.” “Swing your sharp sickle,
A Call for Endurance and gather the bunches of
12
Here is a call fora the grapes
endurance of the saints, who keep from the vine of the earth,
the commandments of God and hold because those grapes are ripe.”
fast to their faithfulness in Jesus: 19
So the angel swung his sickle in the
13
I heard a voice from heaven earth, gathered the grapes from the
say, “Write this: earth, and threw them into the great
How blessed are the dead, winepress of God's wrath. 20The wine
that is, those who die in the press was trampled outside the city,
Lord from now on!” and blood flowed from the wine
“Yes,” says the Spirit. press as high as a horse's bridle for
“Let them rest from their labors, about 183 miles.c
for their actions follow them.”
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The Vision of Seven Angels with Seven

The Vision of Earth Harvested Plagues
15
1
14
Then I looked, and there was a I saw another sign in heaven.
white cloud! On the cloud sat It was both spectacular and
someone who was like the Son of amazing. There were seven angels
Man, with a gold victor's crown on with the seven last plagues, with
his head and a sharp sickle in his which God's wrath is completed.
hand. 15Another angel came out of
The Vision of the Sea of Glass
the temple, crying out in a loud voice 2
Then I saw what looked like a
to the one who sat on the cloud,
sea of glass mixed with fire. Those
“Swing your sickle, who had conquered the beast, its
and gather the harvest, image, and the number of its name
for the hour has come to gather it, were standing on the sea of glass
because the harvest of the earth holding God's harps in their hands.
is fully ripe.”
b 14:18 Lit. to the one
c 14:20 Lit. 1,600 stadia; The Roman mile
contained eight stadia, one stadion was about
a 14:12 The Gk. lacks a call for 604.5 feet long.
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3
They sang the song of God's servant painful sore appeared on the people
Moses and the song of the lamb: 215 who had the mark of the beast and
worshiped the image.
“Your deeds are both spectacular 3
The second angel poured his
and amazing,
bowl into the sea. It became like the
Lord God Almighty.
blood of a dead body, and every
Your ways are just and true,
living thing in the sea died.
King of the nations.a 4
4 The third angel poured his bowl
Lord, who won't fear and praise
into the rivers and the springs of
your name?
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water, and they turned into blood.

15
For you alone are holy,

and all the nations will come
5
Then I heard the angel in chargec of
and worship you the water say,
because your judgments have “You are just. You are the one
been revealed.” who is
The Vision of the Temple Opened and who was, the Holy One,
5
After these things I looked, and because you have judged
the temple, which is the Tent of these things.
6
Testimony in heaven, was open! 6The You have given them blood to
seven angels with the seven plagues drink
came out of the temple wearing because they spilled the blood of
clean, shining linen with gold sashes saints and prophets.
This is what they deserve.”
around their chests.b 7One of the four
living creatures gave to the seven 7
Then I heard the altar reply,
angels seven gold bowls full of the
“Yes, Lord God Almighty,
wrath of God, who lives forever and
your judgments are true and
ever. 8The temple was filled with
just.”
smoke from the glory of God and his
8
power, and no one could enter the The fourth angel poured his
temple until the seven plagues of the bowl on the sun, which then was
seven angels came to an end. 15
allowed to burn people with fire, 9and
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they were burned by the fierce heat.

The Vision of the Seven Angels They cursed the name of God, who
Pouring Out Their Bowls has the authority over these plagues.
16
1
Then I heard a loud voice They did not repent and give him
from the temple saying to the glory.
seven angels, “Go and pour the seven 10
The fifth angel poured his bowl
bowls of God's wrath on the earth.” on the throne of the beast. Its
2
So the first angel went and poured kingdom was plunged into darkness.
his bowl on the earth. A horrible,
a 15:3 Other mss. read ages

b 15:6 Or waists c 16:5 The Gk. lacks in charge
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Peoplea gnawed on their tongues in nations fell. God remembered to give

anguish 11and cursed the God of Babylon the Great the cup of wine
heaven because of their pain-filled filled with the fury of his wrath.
sores. But they did not repent of their
20
Every island vanished,e and the
behavior. mountains could no longer be found.
21
12
The sixth angel poured his Huge hailstones, each weighing
bowl on the great Euphrates River. Its about 100 pounds,f fell from the sky
water was dried up to prepare the on people, who cursed God because
way for the kings from the east. the plague of hail was so terrible.
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13
Then I saw three disgusting spirits
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The Vision of Babylon the Great
17
like frogs come out of the mouth of 1
Then one of the seven angels
the dragon, out of the mouth of the
who held the seven bowls
beast, and out of the mouth of the
came and said to me, “Come, I will
false prophet. 14They are demonic
show you how the notorious
spirits that perform signs. They go to
prostitute who sits on many waters
the kings of the whole earth and
will be judged. 2The kings of the earth
gather them for the war of the great
Day of God Almighty. committed sexual immorality with
her, and those living on earth became
15
“See, I am coming like a thief. drunk with the wine of her
How blessed is the person who immorality.”
remains alert 3
Then the angelg carried me
and keeps his clothes on! away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I
He won't have to go naked saw a woman sitting on a scarlet
and let others see his shame.” beast that was controlled by
16
The spiritsb gathered the kingsc to blasphemy.h It had seven heads and
the place that is called Armageddon ten horns. 4The woman wore purple
in Hebrew. and scarlet clothes and was adorned
17
The seventh angel threw the with gold, gems, and pearls. In her
contents ofd his bowl across the sky. hand she was holding a gold cup
A loud voice came from the throne in filled with detestable things and the
the temple and said, “It has impurities of her immorality. 5On her
happened!” 18There were flashes of forehead was written a secret name:
lightning, noises, peals of thunder, BABYLON THE GREAT,
and a powerful earthquake. There THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES
has never been such a powerful
AND DETESTABLE THINGS OF THE
earthquake since people have been
EARTH
on the earth. 19The great city was split
into three parts, and the cities of the
a 16:10 Lit. They e 16:20 Or fled

b 16:16 Lit. They f 16:21 Lit. Huge hailstones about a talent
c 16:16 Lit. them g 17:3 Lit. he
d 16:17 The Gk. lacks the contents h 17:3 Lit. was filled with blasphemous names
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6
I saw that the woman was drunk lamb will conquer them because he is
with the blood of the saints and the Lord of lords and King of kings.
blood of the witnesses to Jesus. I was Those who are called, chosen, and
very surprised when I saw her. faithful are with him.” 7
7
“Why are you surprised?” The 15
The angele also said to me,
angel asked me. “I will tell you the “The bodies of water you saw, on
secret of the woman and the beast which the prostitute is sitting, are
with the seven heads and the ten peoples, multitudes, nations, and
horns that carries her. 8The beast that languages. 16The ten horns and the
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you saw existed once, but is no beast you saw will hate the prostitute.
longer, and is going to crawl out of They will leave her abandoned and
the bottomless pit and then proceed naked. They will eat her flesh and
to its destruction. Those living on burn her up with fire, 17for God has
earth, whose names were not written placed within them a desire to carry
in the Book of Life from the out his purpose by uniting to give
foundation of the world, will be their kingdom to the beast until
surprised when they see the beast God's words are fulfilled. 18The
because it was, is no longer, and will woman you saw is the great city that
come again. 9This calls for a mind that rules over the kings of the earth.” 17
has wisdom. The seven heads are Chapter 18
seven mountains on which the The Vision of the Fall of Babylon
18
1
woman is sitting. They are also seven After these things I saw
kings. 10Five of them have fallen, one another angel coming down
is living, and the other has not yet from heaven. He had great authority,f
come. When he comes, he must and the earth was made bright by his
remain in powera for a little while. splendor. 2He cried out in a powerful
11
The beast that was and is no longer voice,
is the eighth king,b but it belongs “Fallen! Babylon the Great has
with the seven kingsc and goes to its fallen!
destruction. 12The ten horns that you She has become a home for
saw are ten kings who have not yet demons.
received a kingdom. They will receive She is a prison for every unclean
authority to ruled as kings with the spirit,
beast for one hour. 13They have one a prison for every unclean bird,
purpose: to give their power and and a prison for every unclean
authority to the beast. 14They will and hated beast.
wage war against the lamb, but the 3
For all the nations have drunk
from the wine of her sexual
a 17:10 The Gk. lacks in power immorality,
b 17:11 The Gk. lacks king
c 17:11 The Gk. lacks kings e 17:15 Lit. He
d 17:12 The Gk. lacks to rule f 18:1 Or tremendous power
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and the kings of the earth have consumes her.a 10Frightened by the
committed sexual torture that she experiences,b they
immorality with her. will stand far away and cry out,
The world’s businesses have “How terrible, how terrible it is for
become rich that great city,
from her luxurious excesses.” the powerful city Babylon,
The Warning to Leave Babylon because your judgment
4
Then I heard another voice arrived in a single hour!”
from heaven saying, 11
The world’s businesses cry and
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“Come out of her, my people, mourn over her, because no one buys
so that you don't participate in their cargo anymore— 12cargo of
her sins gold, silver, gems, pearls, fine linen,
and also suffer from her purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all
diseases. kinds of scented wood, all articles
5
For her sins are piled as high as made of ivory, all articles made of
heaven, very costly wood, bronze, iron,
and God has remembered her marble, 13cinnamon, spice, incense,
crimes. myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil,
6
Do to her as she herself has done, flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses,
and give her double for her chariots, and slaves (that is, human
deeds. souls)—
Mix a double drink for her in the 14
cup she mixed. “The fruit that you crafted has
7
Just as she glorified herself and abandoned you.
lived in luxury, All your dainties and your
inflict on her just as much splendor are lost,c
torture and misery. and no one will ever find
them again.”
In her heart she says,
15
‘I am a queen on a throne, not a Frightened by the severity of her
widow. punishment, businesses that had
I will never see misery.’ become rich because of her will stand
8
For this reason, her diseases that at a distance, crying and mourning:
result in death, misery, and 16
“How terrible, how terrible it is for
famine the great city
will come in a single day. that was clothed in fine linen,
She will be burned up in a fire, purple, and scarlet
because powerful is the Lord and was adorned with gold,
God who judges her.” gems, and pearls,
9
The kings of the earth, who
committed sexual immorality with
her and lived in luxury with her, will a 18:9 Lit. from her fire
b 18:10 Lit. by her torture
cry and mourn over her when they c 18:14 Lit. lost to you
see the smoke rising from the fire that
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17
because all this wealth has been will ever be found within you
destroyed in a single hour!” again.
The sound of a millstone
Every ship's captain, everyone
will never be heard within you
who traveled by ship, sailors, and
again.
everyone who made a living from the 23
The light from a lamp
sea stood far away. 18When they saw
will never shine within you
the smoke rising from the fire that
again.
consumed her,a they began to cry The voice of a bridegroom and
out, “What city was like that great
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bride
city?” 19Then they threw dust on their will never be heard within you
heads and shouted while crying and again.
mourning: 17
For your merchants were the

“How terrible, how terrible it is for important people of the
the great city, world,
where all who had ships at sea and all the nations were
became rich from her deceived by your witchcraft.
24
wealth, The blood of the world’s prophets,
because it has been destroyed saints,
in a single hour! and all who had been murdered
20
Be happy about her, heaven, was found within her.” 18
saints, apostles, and

Chapter 19
The Vision of Worship
19
prophets, 1
After these things I heard
for God has condemned her for what sounded like the loud
you!”
voice of a large crowd in heaven,
The Vision of the Powerful Angel with saying,
the Millstone
21
“Hallelujah!
Then a powerful angel picked
Salvation, glory, and power
up a stone that was like a large
belong to our God.
millstone and threw it into the sea, 2
His judgments are true and just.
saying, He has condemned the
“The great city Babylon will be notorious prostitute
thrown down violently— who corrupted the world with
and will never be found again. 18
her immorality.
22
The sound of harpists, musicians, He has taken revenge on her
flutists, and trumpeters for the blood of his servants.”
will never be heard within you 3
A second time they said,
again.
No artisan of any trade “Hallelujah!
The smoke goes up from her
forever and ever.”
a 18:18 Lit. from her fire
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4
The twenty-four elders and the four with your brothers who rely on what
living creatures bowed down and Jesus is saying. Worship God, because
worshiped God, who was sitting on what Jesus is saying is the spirit of
the throne. They said, “Amen! prophecy!”
Hallelujah!” 5A voice came from the The Vision of the Coming of the
throne, saying, Messiah
11
“Praise our God, Then I saw heaven standing
all who serve and fear him, open, and there was a white horse!
from the least important Its rider is named Faithful and True.
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to the most important.” He administers justice and wages war
righteously. 12His eyes are like a flame
The Vision of the Marriage Supper of of fire, and on his head are many
the Lamb royal crowns. He has a name written
6
Then I heard what sounded like on him that nobody knows except
the voice of a large crowd, like the himself. 13He is dressed in a robe
sound of raging waters, and like the dipped inb blood, and his name is
sound of powerful thunderclaps, called the Word of God. 14The armies
saying, of heaven, wearing fine linen, white
“Hallelujah! and pure, follow him on white
The Lord our God, the horses. 15A sharp sword comes out of
Almighty, is reigning. his mouth to strike down the nations.
7
Let us rejoice, be glad, and give He will rulec them with an iron rod
him glory, and tread the winepress of the fury of
because the marriage of the the wrath of God Almighty. 16On his
lamb has come robe and his thigh he has a name
and his bride has made herself written:
ready. KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
8
She has been given the privilege of
wearing fine linen, The Vision of the Angel’s Invitation
17
dazzling and pure.” Then I saw an angel standing
in the sun. He cried out in a loud
(The fine linen represents the voice to all the birds flying overhead,
righteous deeds of the saints.) “Come! Gather for the great supper
9
Then the angela said to me, of God. 18Eat the flesh of kings, the
“Write this: ‘How blessed are those flesh of commanders, the flesh of
who are invited to the marriage warriors,d the flesh of horses and
supper of the lamb!’” He also told me, their riders, and the flesh of all
“These are the true words of God.” 10I people, both free and slaves, both
bowed down at his feet to worship unimportant and important.” 19
him, but he told me, “Don't do that! I

am a fellow servant with you and
b 19:13 Other mss. read sprinkled with
c 19:15 Or shepherd
a 19:9 Lit. he d 19:18 Lit. of the powerful
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The Vision of the Judgment of the souls of those who had been
Beast and False Prophet beheaded because of their testimony
19
Then I saw the beast, the kings about Jesus and because of the word
of the earth, and their armies of God. They had not worshiped the
gathered to wage war against the beast or its image and had not
rider on the horse and his army. 20The received its mark on their foreheads
beast was captured, along with the or hands. They came back to life and
false prophet who had performed ruled with the Messiahd for a
signs on its behalf.a By these signsb thousand years. 5The rest of the dead
did not come back to life until the
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the false prophetc had deceived those

thousand years were over. This is the
who had received the mark of the
first resurrection. 6How blessed and
beast and worshiped its image. Both
holy are those who participate in the
of them were thrown alive into the
first resurrection! The second death
lake of fire that burns with sulfur. has no power over them. They will be
21
The rest were killed by the sword priests of God and the Messiah,e and
that belonged to the rider on the will rule with him for a thousand
horse and that came from his mouth, years.
and all the birds gorged themselves
with their flesh. 192 0
The Vision of the Final Judgment
7
Chapter 20
When the thousand years are
The Vision of the Millennial Reign over, Satan will be freed from his
20
1
Then I saw an angel coming prison. 8He will go out to deceive Gog
down from heaven, holding and Magog, the nations at the four
the key to the bottomless pit, with a corners of the earth, and gather them
large chain in his hand. 2He captured for war. They are as numerous as the
the dragon, that ancient serpent, also sands of the seashore. 9They marched
known as the devil and Satan, and over the broad expanse of the earth
tied him up for a thousand years. 3He and surrounded the camp of the
threw him into the bottomless pit, saints and the beloved city. Fire came
locked it, and sealed it over him to from Godf out of heaven and burned
keep him from deceiving the nations them up, 10and the devil who
anymore until the thousand years deceived them was thrown into the
were over. After that he must be set lake of fire and sulfur, where the
free for a little while. beast and the false prophet were.
They will be tortured day and night
The Vision of the First Resurrection forever and ever.
4
Then I saw thrones, and those
who sat on them were given
authority to judge. I also saw the
a 19:20 Or in its presence d 20:4 Or Christ

b 19:20 Lit. By which e 20:6 Or Christ
c 19:20 Lit. he f 20:9 Other mss. lack from God
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The Vision of the White Throne and they will be his people.
Judgment God himself will be with them,
11
Then I saw a large, white and he will be their God.c
throne and the one who was sitting 4
He will wipe every tear from their
on it. The earth and the heavens fled eyes.
from his presence, and no place was There won't be death anymore.
found for them. 12I saw the dead, There won't be any grief, crying,
both unimportant and important, or pain,
standing in front of the throne, and because the first things have
books were open. Another book was
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disappeared.”
opened—the Book of Life. The dead 5
were judged according to their The one sitting on the throne said,
actions, as recorded in the books. “See, I am making all things new!”
13
The sea gave up the dead that were He said, “Write this: ‘These
in it, and Death and Hadesa gave up words are trustworthy and true.’”
6
the dead that were in them, and all Then he said to me, “It has
were judged according to their happened! I am the Alpha and the
actions. 14Death and Hadesb were Omega, the beginning and the end. I
thrown into the lake of fire. (This is will freely give a drink from the
the second death—the lake of fire.) spring of the water of life to the one
15
Anyone whose name was not found who is thirsty. 7The person who
written in the Book of Life was conquers will inherit these things. I
thrown into the lake of fire. will be his God, and he will be my
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son. 8But people who are cowardly,

The Vision of the New Heaven and
unfaithful, detestable, murderers,
the New Earth
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters,
21
1
Then I saw a new heaven and
and all liars will find themselvesd in
a new earth, because the first
the lake that burns with fire and
heaven and the first earth had
sulfur. This is the second death.”
disappeared, and the sea was gone. 2I
also saw the holy city, New The Vision of the New Jerusalem
Jerusalem, coming down from God 9
Then one of the seven angels
out of heaven, prepared like a bride who had the seven bowls full of the
adorned for her husband. seven last plagues came to me and
3
I heard a loud voice from the said, “Come! I will show you the
throne say, bride, the wife of the lamb.” 10He
carried me away in the Spirit to a
“See, the tent of God is among
large, high mountain and showed me
humans!
the holy city, Jerusalem, coming
He will make his home with
down from God out of heaven. 11The
them,
c 21:3 Other mss. lack and he will be their
a 20:13 I.e. the realm of the dead God
b 20:14 I.e. the realm of the dead d 21:8 Lit. will have their part
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glory of God was its radiance, and its topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the
light was like a valuable gem, like eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth
jasper, as clear as crystal. 12It had a amethyst. 21The twelve gates were
large, high wall with twelve gates. twelve pearls, and each gate was
Twelve angels were at the gates, and made of a single pearl. The street of
the names of the twelve tribes of the city was made of pure gold, as
Israel were written on the gates. clear as glass.
13 22
There were three gates on the east, I saw no temple in it, because
three gates on the north, three gates the Lord God Almighty and the lamb
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on the south, and three gates on the are its temple. 23The city doesn't need
west. 14The wall of the city had twelve any sun or moon to give it light,
foundations, and the twelve names of because the glory of God gave it light,
the twelve apostles of the lamb were and the lamb was its lamp. 24The
written on them. 1121 nations will walk in its light, and the
15
The angel whoa was talking to kings of the earth will bring their
me had a gold measuring rod to glory into it. 25Its gates will never be
measure the city, its gates, and its shut at the end of thee day—because
walls. 16The city was square: its length there will be no night there. 26Peoplef
was the same as its width. He will bring the glory and wealthg of
measured the city with his rod, and it the nations into it. 27Nothing unclean,
was about 1,374 miles long.b Its or anyone who does anything
length, width, and height were the detestable, and no one who tells lies
same. 17He also measured its wall. will ever enter it. Only those whose
According to the human namesh are written in the lamb's
measurement that the angel was Book of Life will enter it.i
using, it was 252 feet.c 18Its wall was Chapter 22
made of jasper. The city was made of The Vision of the River of the Water of
pure gold, as clear as glass. 19The Life
22 Then the angelj showed me

1
foundations of the city wall were
decorated with all kinds of gems: The the river of the water of life, as
first foundationd was jasper, the clear as crystal. It was flowing from
second sapphire, the third agate, the the throne of God and the lamb.
2
fourth emerald, 20the fifth onyx, the Between the city street and the river,
sixth carnelian, the seventh the tree of life was visible from each
chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth side. It produced twelve kinds of
fruit, each month having its own
a 21:15 Lit. The one who
b 21:16 Lit. was 12,000 stadia; The Roman e 21:25 Lit. shut by
mile contained eight stadia, one stadion was f 21:26 Lit. They
about 604.5 feet long. g 21:26 Or honor
c 21:17 Lit. was 144 cubits; The royal cubit h 21:27 Lit. those who
was about 21 inches long. i 21:27 The Gk. lacks will enter it
d 21:19 The Gk. lacks foundation j 22:1 Lit. he
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fruit. The leaves of the tree are for the is right, and the holy person continue
healing of the nations. 3There will no to be holy.”
longer be any curse. The throne of Concluding Benediction
God and the lamb will be in the city. a 12
“See! I am coming soon! My
His servants will worship him 4and reward is with me to repay everyone
see his face, and his name will be on according to his action. 13I am the
their foreheads. 5There will be no Alpha and the Omega, the first and
more night, and they will not need the last, the beginning and the end.c
any light from lamps or the sun 14
“How blessed are those who
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because the Lord God will shine on wash their robesd so that they may
them. They will rule forever and ever. have the right to the tree of life and
may go through the gates into the
He is Coming Soon city! 15Outside are dogs, sorcerers,
6
He said to me, “These words are immoral people, murderers, idolaters,
trustworthy and true. The Lord God and everyone who loves and
of the spirits and of the prophets has practices falsehood.
sent his messengerb to show his 16
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to
servants the things that must happen give this testimony to you for the
soon.” churches. I am the root and
7
“See! I am coming soon! How descendent of David, the bright
blessed is the person who keeps the morning star.”
words of the prophecy in this book!”
Concluding Invitation
The Vision of an Exhortation to 17
The Spirit and the bride say,
Worship God
8
“Come!”
I, John, heard and saw these
Let everyone who hears this say,
things. When I had heard and seen
“Come!”
them, I bowed down to worship at
Let everyone who is thirsty
the feet of the angel who had been
come!
showing me these things. 9But he told
Let anyone who wants the water
me, “Don't do that! I am a fellow
of life take it as a gift!
servant with you, your brothers the
prophets, and those who keep the Concluding Warning
18
words in this book. Worship God!” I warn everyone who hears the
10
Then he said to me, “Don't seal words of the prophecy in this book: If
up the words of the prophecy in this anyone adds anything to them, God
book, because the time is near. 11Let will strike him with the plagues that
the one who does what is evil are written in this book. 19If anyone
continue to do evil, and let the filthy takes away any words from the book
person continue to be filthy, and the of this prophecy, God will take away
righteous person continue to do what
c 22:13 The speaker possibly concludes his
quotation here rather than at the end of vs. 16.
a 22:3 Lit. in it d 22:14 Other mss. read who do his
b 22:6 Or angel commandments
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his portion of the tree of life and the

holy city that are described in this
book.
Epilogue
20
The one who is testifying to
these things says, “Yes, I am coming
soon!”
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!
21
May the grace of the Lord Jesus
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be with all the saints.

Amen.a
a 22:21 Other mss. lack Amen
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THE BOOK OF
PSALMS
Psalm 1
BOOK I (Psalms 1-41) 4

Psalm 1
But this is not the case with the
Psalm 1 wicked.
They are like chaff that the wind
The Righteous and the Wicked
1
blows away.
How blessed is the person, 5
Therefore the wicked will not
who does not takea the advice of
escaped judgment,
the wicked,
who does not stand on the path nor will sinners have a placee in
with sinners, the assembly of the
and who does not sit in the seat righteous.
6
of mockers. For the LORD knows the way of
2
But he delights in the LORD’s the righteous,
instruction,b but the way of the wicked will
and meditates in his instructionc be destroyed.
day and night.
Psalm 2
Psalm 2
3
He will be like a tree planted by
PSALMS
streams of water, The Nations and God’s Anointed
1
yielding its fruit in its season, Why are the nations in an uproar,
and whose leaf does not and their people involved in a
wither. vain plot?
2
He will prosper in everything he As the kings of the earth take their
does. stand
and the rulers conspire together
Note: (1) Verse numbers may be different against the LORD and his
from the MT because the titles of many anointed one, they say,f
3
psalms in the MT are part of the first verse. (2) ”Let us tear off their shackles from
The phrase A song of, which appears in many
psalm titles, may also be translated A song by, us,g
A song for, or A song to. (3) Psalm title and cast off their chains.”
terminologies “a psalm of David,” “a song of 4
David,” etc., may connote—but do not He who sits in the heavens laughs;
necessarily connote—authorship by Israel’s the Lord scoffs at them.
5
King David. They are rendered herein as “a In his anger he rebukes them,
Davidic psalm,” “a Davidic song,” etc. (4) The and in his wrath he terrifies
traditionally unpronounced literary term Selah,
which may indicate that the oral reader or them:
cantor is to pause briefly after reading the line
in which the term appears, is rendered herein
as Interlude. d 1:5 Lit. stand in the
a 1:1 Lit. not walk by e 1:5 MT lacks have a place in
b 1:2 Or Law f 2:2 MT lacks say
c 1:2 Or Law g 2:3 MT lacks from us
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Psalm 2:6 The Holy Bible
6 3
“I have set my king on Zion, But you, LORD, are a shield
my holy mountain.” around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts
The Anointed King Speaks
7
Let me announce the decree of the up my head.
LORD
4
I cry aloudd to the LORD,
that he said to me: and he answers me from his
holy mountain. Interlude
“You are my son, 5
I lie down and sleep,
today I have become your I wake up, because the LORD
father. sustains me.
8
Ask of me, and I will give you 6
I will not fear multitudes ofe
the nations as your inheritance,
the ends of the earth as your people,
possession. who set themselves against me
9
You will break them with an iron on every side.
rod, 7
Arise, LORD!
you will shatter them like Deliver me, my God!
pottery.” For you strike the jaw of all my
10
Therefore, kings, act wisely! enemies,
Earthly rulers, be warned! and you break the teeth of the
PSALMS
11
Serve the LORD with fear, wicked.
8
and rejoice with trembling. Deliverance comes from the
12
Kissa the son before he becomesb LORD!
angry, 2
May your blessing be on your
and you die where you stand.c people. Interlude
Indeed, his wrath can flare up Psalm 4
quickly. Psalm 4
How blessed are those who take To the Director: With stringed
refuge in him. instruments. A Davidic Psalm
Trust God under Adversity

Psalm 3
Psalm 3
1
When I call, answer me,
A Davidic Psalm, when he fled from my righteous God!f
his son Absalom.
When I was in distress, you set me
God Delivers His Servants free.
1
LORD, I have so many persecutors! Be gracious to me and hear my
Many are rising up against me! prayer.
2
Many are saying about me, 2
“God will never deliver him!” You people,
Interlude how long will you malign my
reputation?
a 2:12 Or Worship d 3:4 Lit. with my voice

b 2:12 Or son lest he become e 3:6 Or ten thousand
c 2:12 Lit. you perish in the way f 4:1 Or God of my righteousness
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International Standard Version 2.0 Psalm 5:10
How long will you love what is for unto you will I pray.
vaina 3
LORD, in the morning you will
and what is false? Interlude
4 hear my voice;
3
But understand this:b in the morning I will prayh to
the LORD has set apart the godly you,
for himself! and I will watch for your
The LORD will hear me when answer.i
I cry out to him! 4
Indeed, you aren’t a God who
4
Be angry, yet do not sin.c delights in wickedness;
Think about thisd when upon evil will never dwell with you.
your beds, 5
Boastful ones will not stand before
and be silent. Interlude you;
5
Offer sacrifices that are righteous, you hate all those who practice
and put your confidence in the wickedness.
LORD. 6
You will destroy those who speak
6
Many are asking, “Who will help lies.
us to see better days?”e The LORD abhors the person of
LORD, may the light of your bloodshed and deceit.
7
favorf shine upon us. But I, because of theqabundance of
your gracious love,
PSALMS
7
You have given me more joy in
my heart than at harvest may come into your house.
times, In awe of you, I will worship
when grain and wine abound. in your holy temple.
8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, 8
LORD, lead me in your
for you alone, LORD, enable me righteousness because of my
to live securely. enemies.
Make your path straight before
Psalm 5
Psalm 5
me.
To the Director: For flutes. 9
But as for the wicked,j
A Davidic Psalm
they do not speak truth at all.
A Prayer for God’s Help Inside them there is only
1
LORD, listen to my words, wickedness.
consider my groaning. Their throat is an open grave,
2
Pay attention to my cry for help,g on their tongue is deceitful
my king and my God, flattery.5
10
Declare them guilty, God!
a 4:2 I.e. what has no substance Let them fall by their own
b 4:3 MT lacks this
c 4:4 Cf. Eph 4:26 schemes.
d 4:4 MT lacks this
e 4:6 Lit. cause us to see good h 5:3 Lit. arrange my prayer
f 4:6 Lit. face i 5:3 MT lacks for your answer
g 5:2 Lit. the sound of my cry for help j 5:9 MT lacks as for the wicked
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Drive them away because of their Who will give you thanks where
many transgressions, the dead are?e
for they have rebelled against 6
I am weary from my groaning.
you.
Every night my couch is
5
11
Let all those who take refuge in drenched with tears,
you rejoice! my bed is soaked through.
7
Let them shout for joy forever, My eyesight has faded because of
and may you protect them. grief,
Let those who love your name it has dimmed because of all my
exult in you. enemies.
12
Indeed, you will bless the 8
Get away from me, all of you who
righteous one, LORD,
practice evil,
like a large shield, you will
for the LORD has heard the
surround him with favor.
sound of my weeping.
9
The LORD has heard my plea;
Psalm 6
Psalm 6
the LORD receives my prayer.
To the Director: With stringed 10
As for all my enemies, they will be
instruments. On an eight-stringed
put to shame;
harp.a A Davidic Psalm
they will be greatly frightened
PSALMS
A Prayer in Times of Trouble and suddenly turn away

1
LORD, in your anger, do not ashamed.
rebuke me, Psalm 7
Psalm 7
in your wrath, do not discipline
me. A Davidic psalm,f which he sang to
2
Be gracious to me, LORD, 6 the LORD, because of the words of
because I am fading away. Cush the Benjaminite.
Heal me, A Prayer for Vindication
because my bodyb is distressed. 1
LORD, my God,
3
And my soulc is deeply distressed. 6
I seek refuge in you.

But you, LORD, how long do I Deliver me from those who
wait?d persecute me!
4
Return, LORD, Rescue me!
2
save my life! Otherwise, they will rip me to
Deliver me, because of your shreds like a lion,
gracious love. tearing meg apart with no one to
5
In death, there is no memory of rescue me.h
you.
e 6:5 Lit. thanks in Sheol; a reference to the
a 6:T Or On a lower octave realm of the dead
b 6:2 Or bones f 7:T Heb. Shiggaion
c 6:3 Or And I am g 7:2 MT lacks me
d 6:3 MT lacks do I wait h 7:2 MT lacks me
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3
LORD, my God, if I have done this a God who is angry with
thing, sinnersd every day.
if there is injustice on my hands,
4
12
If the ungodly onee doesn’t
if I have rewarded those who did
repent,
me good with evil,
God will sharpen his sword;
if I have plundered my enemy
he will string his bow and
without justification,
5 prepare it.
then, let my enemy pursue me, 13
He prepares weapons of death for
let him overtake me,
himself,
and let him trample my life to
7
he makes his arrows into fiery

the ground. Interlude
shafts.
Let him put my honor into the
dust. 14
But the wicked onef travails with
6
Get up, LORD, in your anger! evil,
Rise up, because of the fury of he conceives malice and gives
my enemies; birth to lies.
15
Arouse yourself for me; He digs a pit, even excavates it; 147
you have ordained justice. then he fell into the hole that he
7
Let the assembly of the peoples had made.
gather around you,
16
The troubleg he planned will
PSALMS
and you will sita high above return on his own head,
them. and his violence will descend on
8
For the LORD will judge the his skull. 7
17
peoples. But as for me,
Judge me according to my I will praise the LORD for his
righteousness, LORD, righteousness,
and according to my integrity, and I will sing to the name of
Exalted One. the LORD Most High.
Psalm 8
9
Let the evil of the wicked come to Psalm 8
an end, To the Director: On a stringed
but establish the righteous. instrument.h A Davidic Psalm
For you are the righteous God
who discerns the inner Divine Glory and Human Dignity
1
thoughts.b LORD, our Lord,
10
God is my shield,c how excellent is your name in all
the one who delivers the upright the earth!
in heart.
11
God is a righteous judge,
d 7:11 MT lacks sinners
e 7:12 Lit. If he
a 7:7 Lit. return f 7:14 Lit. But he
b 7:9 Lit. hearts and innards g 7:16 Lit. His trouble
c 7:10 Lit. My shield is on God h 8:T Or according to a Gittite melody
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Psalm 9
You set your glory above the Psalm 9

heavens!
2 To the Director: Accompanied by
Out of the mouths of infants and
female voices.d A Davidic Psalm
nursing babies
you have established strengtha A Cry for God’s Justice
on account of your 1e
I will give thanks to the LORD
adversaries, with all my heart,
in order to silence the enemy and I will declare all your wonderful
vengeful foe. deeds.
2
3 I will be glad and exult in you;
When I look at the heavens,
I will sing praises to your name,
8
the work of your fingers,

Most High!
the moon and the stars that
you established— 3
When my enemies turn back,
4
what is man that you take notice they will stumble and perish
of him, before you.
4
or the son of manb that you pay For you have brought about
attention to him? justice for me and my cause;
5
You made him a little less than you sit on the throne judging
divine,c righteously.
PSALMS
5
but you crowned him with glory You rebuked the nations,
and honor. you destroyed the wicked,
6
You gave him dominion over the you wiped out their name
work of your hands, forever and ever.
6
you put all things under his feet: The enemy has perished,
7
Sheep and cattle—all of them, reduced to ruins forever.
wild creatures of the field, You uprooted their cities,
8
birds in the sky, the very memory of them
fish in the sea— vanished.
whatever moves through the 7
But the LORD sits on his thronef
currents of the oceans. forever;
9
LORD, our Lord, his throne is established for
how excellent is your name in all judgment.
8
the earth! He will judge the world
righteously
and make just decisions for the
people.
a 8:2 LXX reads praise

b 8:4 A title of Messiah (cf. Dan 7:13-14) or a d 9:T Or according to the tune ‘Death of a
Hebrew synonym for a human being (cf. Dan Son’
8:17) e 9:1 Psalms 9 & 10 constitute a single psalm
c 8:5 Or God; or gods; or than heavenly in LXX.
beings f 9:7 MT lacks on his throne
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9 17
The LORD is a refuge for the The wicked will turn back to
oppressed, where the dead aree—
a refuge in times of distress. all the nations that have
10
Those who know your name will forgotten God.
trust you, 18
For he will not always overlook
for you have not forsaken those the plight of the poor,
who seek you, LORD. nor will the hope of the afflicted
11
Sing praises to the LORD who perish forever.
19
Rise up, LORD,
dwells in Zion;
9
do not let man prevail!

declare his mighty deeds among
The nations will be judged in
the peoples.
12 your presence.
As an avenger of blood, he 20
Make them afraid, LORD,
remembers them;
Let the nations know that they
he has not forgotten the cry of
are only human.f Interlude
the afflicted. Psalm 10
13
Be gracious to me, LORD, Psalm 10
take note of my affliction, A Prayer for Judging the Wicked
because of those who hate me. 1g
Why do you stand far away,
You snatch me away from the LORD?
PSALMS
gates of death, Why do you hide in times of
14
so I may declare everything for distress?
which you should be 2
The wicked one arrogantly
praiseda pursues the afflicted,h
in the gates of the daughter of who are trapped in the schemes
Zion,b he devises.
so I will rejoice in your 3
For the wicked one boasts about
deliverance. his own desire;
15
The nations have sunk down into he blesses the greedy
and despises the LORD.
the pit they made, 4
With haughty arrogance, the
their feet are ensnared in the
wicked thinks,
trapc they set.
16
The LORD has made himself “God will not seek justice.”i
He always presumes “There is
known,
no God.”
executing judgment.
The wicked are ensnared
by what their hands have made. e 9:17 Lit. to Sheol; a reference to the realm of
Interluded
the dead
f 9:20 Or men
a 9:14 Lit. declare all your praise g 10:1 Psalms 9 & 10 constitute a single psalm
b 9:14 I.e. Jerusalem in LXX.
c 9:15 Lit. net h 10:2 Or the poor
d 9:16 Heb. Higgaion Selah i 10:4 MT lacks justice
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5
Their ways always seem and say to themselves, “Godd
prosperous. will not seek justice.”e
14
Your judgments are on high, But you do see!
far away from them. You take note of trouble and
grief
They scoff at all their enemies.
6
in order to take the matter into
They say to themselves, your own hand.
“We will not be moved
The helpless one commits himselff
throughout all time,
to you;
and we will not experience
you have been the orphan’s
adversity.”
7 helper.
Their mouth is full of curses, lies,
15
and oppression, Break the arm of the wicked and
their tonguesa spread trouble evil man;
and iniquity. so that when you seek out his
8
They waitb in ambush in the wickedness
villages, you will find it no more.
16
they kill the innocent in secret. The LORD is king forever and
9
Their eyes secretly watch the ever;
helpless, nations will perish from his land.
PSALMS
lying in wait like a lion in his 17

LORD, you heard the desire of the
den. afflicted;
They lie in wait to catch the
you will strengthen them,g
afflicted. you will listen carefully,
They catch the afflicted when 18
to do justice for the orphanh and
they pull him into their net.
the oppressed,
10
The victimc is crushed, so that men of the earth may
and he sinks down; cause terror no more.
the helpless fall by their might. Psalm 11
11 Psalm 11
The wicked say to themselves,
“God has forgotten, To the Director: A Davidic songi
he has hidden his face,
Confident Trust in God
he will never see it.” 1
I take refuge in the LORD.
12
Rise up, LORD! So how can you say to me,
Raise your hand, God. “Flee like a bird to the
Don’t forget the afflicted!10
mountains.”?
13
Why do the wicked despise God
d 10:13 Lit. He
e 10:13 MT lacks justice
f 10:14 MT lacks himself
a 10:7 Lit. under his tongue g 10:17 Lit. strengthen their heart
b 10:8 Lit. sit h 10:18 Or fatherless
c 10:10 Lit. He i 11:T MT lacks A song
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2
Look, the wicked have bent their trustworthy people have
bow disappeared from
and placed their arrowa on the humanity.h
string,b 2
Everyone speaks lies to his
to shoot from the darknessc at neighbor;
the upright in heart. they speak with flattering lips
3
When the foundations are and hidden motives.i
destroyed, 3
The LORD will cut off all slippery
what can the righteous do?
lips,
4
The LORD is in his holy temple; and the tongue that boasts great
the LORD’s throne is in the things,
heavens. 4
those who say,
His eyes see, “By our tongues we will prevail;
his glanced examines humanity.e our lips belong to us.
5
The LORD examines the righteous, Who is masterj over us?”
but the wicked and those who 5
“Because the poor are being
love violence, he hates. oppressed,
6
He rains on the wicked burning because the needy are sighing,
coals and sulfur; I will now arise,” says the LORD,
a scorching wind is their “I will establish in safety those
PSALMS
destiny.f who yearn for it.”
7
Indeed, the LORD is righteous; 6
The words of the LORD are pure,
he loves righteousness; like silver refined in an earthen
the upright will see him face-
furnace,
to-face.
purified seven times over.
You, LORD, will keep themk safe,
Psalm 12
7
Psalm 12
To the Director: On an eight stringed you will guard theml from this
generation forever.
harp.g A Davidic Psalm
8
The wicked, however,m keep
Human and Divine Words Contrasted walking around,
1
Help, LORD, for godly people no exalting the vileness of human
longer exist; beings.n 12
a So MT DSS 5/6HevPs; DSS 4QCatena A h 12:1 Lit. from among the children of men
LXX read arrows i 12:2 Lit. with slippery lips and a double
b 11:2 So MT; LXX reads arrows for the heart
quiver j 12:4 Or lord
c 11:2 So MT DSS; LXX reads shoot on a k 12:7 So MT DSS 5/6HevPs 11QPsc; LXX
moonless night reads us
d 11:4 Lit. eyelids l 12:7 So MT DSS 5/6HevPs 11QPsc; LXX
e 11:4 Lit. examines the children of men reads us
f 11:6 Lit. the portion of their cup m 12:8 MT lacks however
g 12:T Or on a lower octave n 12:8 Lit. of children of men
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Psalm 13
Psalm 13 not one of them practices

what is good.
To the Director: A Davidic Psalm
2
The LORD looks down from the
A Prayer for Deliverance
1 heavens upon humanityb
How long? LORD, will you forget
to see if anyone shows
me forever?a
discernment as he searches
13
How long will you hide your

for God.
face from me? 3
2
All have turned away,
How long must I struggle in my
together they have become
soul at night
corrupt;
and have sorrow in my heart no one practices what is good,
during the day? not even one.
How long shall my enemy rise
4
up against me? Will those who do evil ever learn?
3
Look at me! They devour my people like
Answer me, LORD, my God! they devour bread,
Give light to my eyes! and never call on the LORD.
5
Otherwise, I will sleep in death; There they are seized with terror,
4
Otherwise, my enemy will say, because God is with those who
“I have overcome him;” arec righteous.
PSALMS
Otherwise, my persecutor will 6

You would frustrate the plans of
rejoice
the oppressed,d
when I am shaken.
5 but the LORD is their refuge.
As for me, I have trusted in your 7
May Israel’s deliverance come
gracious love,
from Zion!
my heart will rejoice in your
When the LORD restores the
deliverance.
6 fortunes of his people,
I will sing to the LORD,
Jacob will rejoice, and Israel
for he has dealt bountifully with
will be glad.e
me. Psalm 15
Psalm 14
Psalm 15
Psalm 14
A Davidic Psalm
Welcomed into God’s Presence
The Fool and God’s Response 1
1
LORD, who may stay in your
Fools say to themselves, “There is
tabernacle?
no God.”
Who may dwell on your holy
They are corrupt and commit
mountain?
evil deeds;
b 14:2 Lit. upon the sons of Adam

c 14:5 Lit. with the generation of the
a 13:1 Or How long, LORD, will you forget d 14:6 Or the poor
me? Forever? e 14:7 Cf. Ps 53:1-6
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2 4
The one who lives with integrity, Those who hurry after another
who does righteous deeds, godd will have many
and who speaks truth to sorrows;
himself. I will not presente their drink
3
The one who does not slander offerings of blood,
with his tongue, nor will my lips speakf their
who does no evil to his names.
neighbor, 5
The LORD is my inheritance and
and who does not destroy his my cup;
friend’s reputation. you support my lot.
4
The one who despises those who 6
The boundary lines have fallen in
are utterly wicked, pleasant places for me;
but who honors the one who truly, I have a beautiful heritage.
fears the LORD, 7
I will bless the LORD who has
who keeps his word even when it counseled me;
hurts and does not change, indeed, my conscience instructsg
5
who does not loan his money me during the night.
with interest, 8
I have set the LORD before me
and who does not take a bribe continually;
against those who are because he stands at my right
PSALMS
innocent. hand, I will stand firm.h
9
The one who does these things Therefore, my heart is glad,
my whole beingi rejoices,
will stand firma forever.
Psalm 16
and my body will dwell
Psalm 16 securely.
10
For you will not leave my soul in
A special Davidic psalmb
Sheol,j
Trust in the Face of Death you will not allow your holy one
1
Keep me safe, God, to experience corruption.k
for I take refuge in you. 11
2
You cause me to know the path of
I said to the LORD,
life;
“You are my master,c
16
in your presence is joyful

I have nothing good apart
abundance,
from you.”
3
As for the saints that are in the
land, d 16:4 MT lacks god
they are noble, and all my e 16:4 Lit. pour out
delight is in them. f 16:4 Lit. lift up on my lips
g 16:7 Lit. thoughts instruct
h 16:8 Lit. not be shaken
i 16:9 Lit. glory
a 15:5 Lit. won’t be shaken j 16:10 I.e. the realm of the dead
b 16:T Heb. miktam k 16:10 Lit. to see the Pit; i.e. the realm of
c 16:2 Heb. Adonai punishment in the afterlife
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8
at your right hand there are Protect me as the most precious
pleasures forever. part of the eye;c
Psalm 17
hide me under the shadow of

Psalm 17
your wings
A Davidic prayer 9
from the wickedd who have
A Cry for Justice afflicted me,
1
LORD, hear my just plea! from my enemies who have
Pay attention to my cry! surrounded me.
10
Listen to my prayer, They are imprisoned by their own
since it does not come from prosperity,e
lying lips. they have boasted proudly with
2
Justice for me will come from your their mouth.
11
presence; Now they have encircled our
your eyes see what is right. pathsf 17
3
and are determinedg to cast us
When you probe my heart,
down to the ground.
and examine me at night; 12
Like a lion they desire to rip us to
when you refine me,
pieces,
you will find nothing wrong,a
like a young lion waiting in
for I have determined that I
ambush.
PSALMS
will not transgress with my

13
mouth. Arise, LORD,
4
As for the ways of mankind, confront them,
I have, according to the words of bring them to their knees!
your lips, Deliver me from the wicked by
avoided the ways of the your sword—
14
violent. from men, LORD, by your
5
Because my steps have held fast to hand—
your paths, from men who belong to this
my footsteps have not faltered. world,
6 whose reward is onlyh in thisi
I call upon you, for you will
life.
answer me, God.
Listen closely to me But as for your treasured ones,
and hear my prayer. may their stomachs be full,
7
Show forth your gracious love,
save those who take refuge in c 17:8 Lit. as the pupil of the daughter of the
you eye
from those who rebel against d 17:9 Lit. face of the wicked
e 17:10 Lit. fat
your sovereign power.b f 17:11 So MT; DSS 11QPsc LXX read have
expelled me
g 17:11 Lit. and have set their eyes
a 17:3 MT lacks wrong h 17:14 MT lacks only
b 17:7 Lit. against your right hand i 17:14 So MT; DSS 11QPsc LXX read their
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6
may their children have an In my distress I cried to the LORD;
abundance, to my God I cried for help.
and may they leave wealth to From his temple he heard my
their offspring. voice;
15
my cry reached his ears.
But as for me, justified, I will
7
behold your face; The world shook and trembled;
when I awake, your presencea the foundations of the
will satisfy me. mountains quaked,
Psalm 18
they shook because he was
Psalm 18 angry.
8
To the Director: By the servant of the In his anger smoke poured out of
LORD, David, who spoke the words his nostrils,
of this song to the LORD on the day and consuming fire from his
when the LORD delivered him from mouth;
the hands of all his enemies and from coals were lit from it.
9
the hand of Saul. 18
He bent the sky and descended,
and darkness was under his feet.
Gratitude for Victory 10
He rode upon a cherub and flew;
1
He said: he soared upon the wings of the
“I love you, Lord, my strength. wind.
2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress,
PSALMS
11
He made darkness his hiding
my deliverer, my God, place,
my strongholdb in whom I take his canopy surrounding him was
refuge, my shield, the gloryc dark waters and thick
of my salvation, and my high clouds.
12
tower.” The brightness before him
3 scattered the thick clouds,
I cried out to the LORD, who is
with hail stones and flashes of
worthy to be praised, fire.
and I was delivered from my
enemies.
13
Then the LORD thundered inf the
4
heavens,
The cords of death entangled me; and the Most High sounded
the rivers of Beliald made me aloud,
afraid. calling for hail stones and
5
The cords of Sheole surrounded flashes of fire.g
me; 14
He shot his arrows and scattered
the snares of death confronted them;
me. with many lightening bolts he
frightened them.
a 17:15 Lit. form, likeness
b 18:2 Lit. rock f 18:13 So MT DSS 4QPsc; LXX Targ Vg (cf.
c 18:2 Lit. horn 2 Sam 22:14) reads from
d 18:4 I.e. the forces of death and destruction g 18:13 So MT DSS 4QPsc; LXX lacks calling
e 18:5 I.e. the realm of the dead for hail stones and flashes of fire
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15 25
Then the channels of the sea could To the holy, you show your
be seen, gracious love,
and the foundations of the earth to the upright, you show
were uncovered yourself upright;
26
because of your rebuke, LORD, to the pure, you show yourself
because of the blast from the pure,
breath of your nostrils. and to the morally corrupt, you
16 appear to be perverse.
He reached down and took me; 27
Indeed, you deliver the
he drew me from many waters.
17
He delivered me from my strong oppressed,b
enemies, but you bring down those who
from those who hate me because exalt themselves
they were stronger than I. in their own eyes.
28
18
They confronted me in the day of For you, LORD, make my lamp
my calamity, shine;
but the LORD was my support. my God enlightens my darkness.
19
He brought me out to a spacious
29
With your helpc I will run through
place; an army,
he delivered me, for in me he with help fromd my God I leap
takes delight. over walls.
PSALMS
30
As for God, his way is upright;e
God’s Reward to the Righteous the word of God is pure;
20
The LORD will reward me because he is a shield to all those who
I am righteous; take refuge in him.
because my hands are clean he
will restore me; The Acts of God for the Righteous
31
21
because I have kept the ways of For who is God but the LORD,
the LORD, and who is a Rock other than
and I have not wickedly our God?—
32
departed from my God; the God who clothes me with
22
because all his judgments were strength,
always before me, and who makes my way
and I did not cast off his upright;f
33
statutes. who makes my feet swift as the
23
I was uprighta before him, deer;
and I kept myself from iniquity. who makes me stand on high
24
So the LORD restored me places;
according to my
righteousness,
b 18:27 Or poor
because my hands were clean in c 18:29 MT lacks help
his sight. d 18:29 MT lacks help from
e 18:30 Or blameless
a 18:23 Or blameless f 18:32 Or blameless
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34
who teaches my hands to make you made me head of the
war, nations.
and my arms to bend a bronze People who did not know me
bow. will serve me.
35
You have given to me the shield of 44
When they hear of me,d they will
your deliverance, obey me;
and your right hand holds me foreigners will submit to me.
up; 45
Foreigners will wilt away;
your gentleness made me they will come trembling out of
great. their stronghold.
36
You make a broad place for my 46
The LORD lives!
steps,
18
Blessed be my Rock!
so my feeta would not slip.
May the God of my
37
I pursued my enemies and deliverance be exalted!
overtook them; 47
He is the God who executes
I did not turn around until they vengeance on my behalf;
were utterly defeated. who destroys peoples under me;
38
I struck them down, 48
who delivers me from my
so they are not able to rise up; enemies.
they fell under my feet. Truly you will exalt me above
PSALMS
39
You clothed me with strength for those who oppose me;
war; you will deliver me from the
you will subdue under me those violent person.
who rise up against me. 49
Therefore, I will give thanks to
40
You have made my enemies turn you among the nations,
their back to me, LORD;
and I will destroy those who I will sing praises to your name.
hate me. 50
He is the one who gives victories
41
They cried out for deliverance, to his king; 18
but there was no one to deliver; who shows gracious love to his
they cried outb to the LORD, anointed,
but he did not answer them. to David and his seed forever. 19
42
I ground them like wind-swept Psalm 19
dust; Psalm 19
I emptied them outc like dirt in To the Director: A Davidic Psalm
the street.
God’s Revelation in the Heavens
43
You rescued me from conflict with 1
The heavens are declaring the
the people; glory of God,
and their expanse shows the
work of his hands.
a 18:36 Lit. ankle
b 18:41 MT lacks they cried out
c 18:42 So MT DSS 5/6HevPs; LXX reads I
will grind them down d 18:44 Lit. At the hearing of the ear
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2
Day after day they pour forth they are altogether righteous.
10
speech, They are more desirable than gold,
night after night they reveal even much fine gold.
knowledge. They are sweeter than honey,
3
There is no speech nor are there even the drippings from a
words— honeycomb.
11
their voice is not heard— Moreover your servant is warned
4
yet their messagea goes out into all by them;
the world, and there is great reward in
and their words to the ends of keeping them.
the earth. 12
Who can detect his ownc mistake?
He has set up a tent for the sun in Cleanse me from hidden sin.
13
the heavens,b9
Preserve your servant from
5
which is like a bridegroom arrogant people;d
coming out of his chamber, do not let them rule over me.
or like a champion who Then I will be uprighte
rejoices at the beginning of a and acquitted of great
race. wickedness.
6
Its circuit is from one end of the 14
May the words of my mouth and
PSALMS
sky to the other, the meditations of my heart

and nothing is hidden from its be acceptable in your sight,
heat. LORD, my Rock and my
Redeemer.
God’s Revelation in the Law Psalm 20
7
The law of the LORD is perfect, Psalm 20
restoring life.
The testimony of the LORD is
steadfast, A Prayer for Victory
1
making foolish people wise. May the LORD answer you in the
8
The precepts of the LORD are day of distress;
upright, may the name of the God of
making the heart rejoice. Jacobf protect you.
2
The commandment of the LORD is May he send you help from the
pure, sanctuary,
giving light to the eyes. and may he sustain you from
9
The fear of the LORD is clean, Zion.
3
standing forever. May he remember all your gifts,
The judgments of the LORD are
true;
c 19:12 MT lacks his own
a 19:4 Or sound; so LXX; MT DSS 11QPsc d 19:13 Or from presumptuous sins
Syr read line e 19:13 Or perfect, or blameless
b 19:4 Lit. them f 20:1 I.e. Israel
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3
and may he accept your burnt You go before him with wonderful
offerings. Interlude blessings, 21
4 and put a crown of fine gold on

May he give you what your heart
his head.
desires, 4
He asked life from you, and you
and may he fulfill all your plans.
5 gave it to him—
May we shout for joy at your
a long life for ever and ever.
deliverance 5
His glory is great because of your
20
and unfurl our banners in the

deliverance,
name of our God.
you have given him honor and
May the LORD fulfill all your
majesty.
petitions. 6
Indeed, you have given him
6
Now I know that the LORD has eternal blessings;
delivered his anointed; you will make him glad with
he has answered him from his the joy of your presence.
7
sanctuary The king trusts in the LORD;
with the strength of his right because of the gracious love of
hand of deliverance. the Most High,
7
Some boasta in chariots, he will stand firm.d
others in horses; 8
Your hand will find all your
PSALMS
but we will boast inb the name
enemies,
of the LORD our God.
21
8 your right hand will find those

While they bowed down and fell,
who hate you.
we arose and stood upright. 9
When you appear,
9
Deliver us, LORD! you will set them ablaze like a
Answer us, our King,c on the fire furnace. 21
day we cry out! In his wrath, the LORD will

Psalm 21
consume them,
Psalm 21 and the fire will devour them.
10
To the Director: A Davidic Psalm 21
You will destroy their
descendantse from the earth,
Praise for The LORD’s Deliverance
1
even their offspring from the
The king rejoices in your strength,
ranksf of mankind.
LORD. 11
Though they plot evil against you
How greatly he rejoices in your
and devise schemes,
deliverance.
2
they will not succeed.
You have granted him the desire 12
Indeed, you will make them
of his heart,
retreat,g
and have not withheld what his
21
lips requested. Interlude

d 21:7 Lit. will not be shaken
a 20:7 MT lacks Some boast e 21:10 Lit. his fruit
b 20:7 Or remember f 21:10 Lit. children
c 20:9 I.e. God g 21:12 Lit. will turn the shoulder
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when you aim your bowa at they gape at me with open

their faces. 21
mouths
13
Rise up, LORD, because you are and shake their heads at me.
strong;
8
They say,d “Commit yourself to
we will sing and praise your the LORD;
power. perhaps the LORDe will deliver
Psalm 22
him,
Psalm 22 perhaps he will cause him to
escape,
To the Director: To the tune ofb “Doe
since he delights in him.”
of the Dawn”.
A Davidic Psalm 9
Yet, you are the one who took me
God Delivers His Suffering Servant from the womb,
1
My God! My God! and kept me safe on my
Why have you abandoned me? mother’s breasts.
10
Why are you so far from I was dependent on you from
delivering me— birth;
from my groaning words? from my mother’s womb you
2
My God, I cry out to you have been my God.
11
throughout the day, Do not be so distant from me,
but you do not answer; for trouble is at hand;
PSALMS
and throughout the night, indeed, there is no deliverer.

but I have no rest.c 12
Many bulls have surrounded me;
3
You are holy, the vicious bulls of Bashan have
enthroned on the praises of encircled me.
13
Israel. Their mouths are opened wide
4
Our ancestors trusted in you; toward me,
they trusted and you delivered like roaring and attacking lions.
them. 14
I am poured out like water;
5
They cried out to you and all my bones are out of joint.
escaped; My heart is like wax, melting
they trusted in you and were within me.
not put to shame. 22
15
My strength is dried up like
6
But as for me, broken pottery;
I am only a worm and not a my tongue sticks to the roof of
man, my mouth,f
scorned by mankind and and you have brought me
despised by people. down to the dust of death.
7
Everyone who sees me mocks me;
a 21:12 Lit. when your bow string is ready d 22:8 MT lacks They say
b 22:T Lit. According to e 22:8 Lit. he
c 22:2 Lit. but there is no silence for me f 22:15 Lit. to my jaws
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For dogs have surrounded me; but he hears him when he cries
a gang of evil-doers has out to him.”
encircled me. 25
My praise in the great
They gougeda my hands and
congregation is because of
myb feet.
17 you;
I can count all my bones.
I will pay my vows before those
They look at me;
who fear you.d
they stare at me. 26
18 The afflicted shall eat and be
They divide my clothing among
satisfied;
themselves;
those who seek the LORD shall
they cast lots for my clothing!
praise him,
19
But as for you, LORD, do not be “May youe live forever!”
far away from me; 27
All the ends of the earth will
My Strength, come quickly to
remember and turn to the
help me.
20 LORD;
Deliver me from the sword;
all the families of the nations
my precious life from the power
will bow in submission to
of the dog.
21 the LORD.
Deliver me from the mouth of the 28
Indeed, the kingdom belongs to
PSALMS
lion,
the LORD;
from the horns of the wild oxen.
he rules over the nations.
You have answered me. 29
All the prosperous people will eat
22 and bow down in
I will declare your name to my
submission.
brothers;
22
All those who are about to go

in the midst of the congregation
down to the gravef
I will praise you, saying,c
23 will bow down in submission,
“All who fear the LORD, praise
along with the one who can no
him!
longer keep himself alive.
All the seed of Jacob, glorify 30
Ourg descendants will serve him,
him!
and that generation will be told
All the seed of Israel, fear him!
24 about the Lord.
For he does not despise nor 31
They will come and declare his
detest the afflicted person;
righteousness
he does not hide his face from
to a people yet to be born;
him,
indeed, he has accomplished
it!
a 22:16 So LXX Syr DSS 5/6 HevPS d 22:25 Lit. him

XHev/Se4; MT reads Like a lion e 22:26 Lit. your heart
b 22:16 So MT; LXX lacks my f 22:29 Lit. dust
c 22:22 MT lacks saying g 22:30 MT lacks our
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Psalm 23 Psalm 24
A Davidic Psalm 23 A Davidic Psalm
The LORD Shepherds His People A Song for the King of Glory
1 1
The LORD is the one who is The earth and everything in it
shepherding me; exists for the LORD—
I lack nothing. the world and those who live in
2
He causes me to lie down in it.
2
pastures of green grass; Indeed, he founded it upon the
he guides me beside quiet seas,
waters. he established it upon deep
3
He revives my life; waters.e
he leads me in pathways that are 3
Who may ascend the mountain of
righteous the LORD?f
for the sake of his name.a Who may stand in his holy
4
Even when I walk through a place?
4
valley of deep darkness,b The one who has innocent hands
I will not be afraid and a pure heart;
the person who does not delight
because you are with me.
in what is false
PSALMS
Your rod and your staff—they

and does not swear an oath
comfort me.
5 deceitfully.
You prepare a table before me, 5
This persong will receive blessing
even in the presence of my
from the LORD
enemies;
and righteousness from the God
You anoint my head with oil; 23
of his salvation.
my cup overflows. 6
This is the generation that seeks
6
Truly, goodness and gracious love him.
will pursue me Those who seek your face
all the days of my life, are the true seed ofh Jacob.
and I will remain inc the Interlude
LORD’s temple forever.d
7
Lift up your heads,i gates!
Be lifted up, ancient doors,
so the King of Glory may
come in.
8
Who is the King of Glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
a 23:3 I.e. his reputation e 24:2 Lit. rivers; i.e. the subterranean waters
b 23:4 Or valley of the shadow of death f 24:3 I.e. the temple mount
c 23:6 MT DSS 5/6HevPs read will return to; g 24:5 Lit. he
LXX reads and my residing will be h 24:6 MT lacks the true seed of
d 23:6 Lit. for the length of days i 24:7 I.e. Open
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7
the LORD, mighty in battle. Do not remember my youthful
9
Lift up your heads,a gates! sins and transgressions;
Be lifted up, ancient doors, but remember me in light of
so the King of Glory may your gracious love,
come in. in light of your goodness,
10
Who is he, this King of Glory? LORD.
The LORD of the heavenly 8
The LORD is good and just;
armies—
therefore he will teach sinners
He is the King of Glory.
concerning the way.
Interlude
Psalm 25
9
He will guide the humblec to
Psalm 25 justice;
he will teach the humbled his
Davidicb 25
way.
10
A Prayer for Help and Forgiveness All the paths of the LORD lead to
1
I will lift up my soul to you, LORD. gracious love and truth
2
I trust in you, my God, for those who keep his covenant
do not let me be ashamed; and his decrees.e
do not let my enemies 11
For the sake of your name,f LORD,
triumph over me.
forgive my sin, for it is great.
PSALMS
3
Indeed, no one who waits on you 12
Who is the man who fears the
will be ashamed,
LORD?
but those who offend for no
Godg will teach him the path he
reason will be put to shame.
should choose.
4
Cause me to understand your 13
Heh will experience good things;
ways, LORD;
his descendants will inherit the
teach me your paths.
5 earth.
Guide me in your truth and teach
25
14
The intimate counsel of the LORD
me;
is for those who fear him
for you are the God who
so they may know his covenant.
delivers me. 15
My eyes look to the LORD
All day long I have waited for
continually,
you.
because he’s the one who
6
Remember, LORD, your tender releases my feet from the
mercies and your gracious trap.i
love;
indeed, they are eternal!
c 25:9 Or afflicted
d 25:9 Or afflicted
e 25:10 Or testimonies
a 24:9 I.e. Open f 25:11 I.e. reputation
b 25:T This acrostic psalm begins each verse g 25:12 Lit. He
with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew h 25:13 Lit. His soul
alphabet i 25:15 Lit. net
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16 4
Turn toward me and have mercy I do not sit with those committed
on me, to what is false,
for I am lonely and oppressed. nor do I travel with hypocrites.
17 5
The troubles of my heart have I hate the company of evil doers, 26
increased; nor do I sit with the wicked.

6
bring me out of my distress! I wash my hands innocently.
18
Look upon my distress and I go around your altar, LORD,
7
affliction; so I may praise you loudly with
forgive all my sins. thanksgiving
19 and declare all your wondrous
Look how many enemies I have
acts.
gained! 25
8
They hate me with a vicious LORD, I love the dwelling place
hatred. that is your house,
20
Preserve my life and deliver me; the place where your glory
do not let me be ashamed, resides.
because I take refuge in you. 9
Do not group meb with sinners,
21
Integrity and justice will preserve nor include mec with men who
me, shed blood.
because I wait on you. 10
Their hands are filled with wicked
PSALMS
22 schemes,
Redeem Israel, God, from all its
26
and their right hands with

troubles.
Psalm 26
bribes.
Psalm 26 11
But as for me,
Davidic I walk in my integrity.
Redeem me and be gracious to
A Man of Integrity Pleads for Justice
1 me!
Vindicate me, LORD, 12
My feet stand on level ground;
because I have walked in
among the worshipping
integrity;
congregations
I have trusted in the LORD
I will bless the LORD.
without wavering. Psalm 27
2
Examine me, LORD, and inspect Psalm 27
me!
Davidic
Test my heart and mind.a
27
3
For your gracious love precedes Confidence in the LORD
1
me, The LORD is my light and my
and I continually walk according salvation—
to your truth. whom will I fear?
b 26:9 Lit. my soul

a 26:2 Lit. kidneys; i.e. the center of emotions c 26:9 MT lacks include me
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The LORD is the strength of my so your face, LORD, I will seek.

9
life; Do not hide your face from me;
of whom will I be afraid? do not turn away in anger from
2
your servant.
When evil doers, my enemies, and
You have been my help,
my oppressors therefore do not abandon or
come near me to devour my forsake me,
flesh, God of my salvation.
they stumble and fall. 10
Though my father and my mother
3
If an army encamps against me, abandoned me,
my heart will not fear. the LORD gathers me up.
If a war is launched against me,
11
I will even trust in that situation. Teach me your way, LORD,
4
I have asked one thing from the and lead me on a level path
LORD;27
because of my enemies.
12
it is what I really seek: Do not hand me over to the
that I may remain in the LORD’s desires of my enemies;
temple for false witnesses have risen up
all the days of my life, against me;
to gaze on the beauty of the even the one who breathes
LORD; out violence.
PSALMS
13
and to inquire in his temple. I believe that I will see the LORD‘s
5
goodness
For he will conceal me in his in the land of the living.
shelter on the day of evil; 14
Wait on the LORD.
He will hide me in a secluded Be courageous, and he will
chamber within his tent; strengthen your heart.
He will place me on a high Wait on the LORD!
rock. Psalm 28
6
Now my head will be lifted up Psalm 28
above my enemies, Davidic
even those who surround me.
I will sacrifice in his tent with A Prayer for Help
1
shouts of joy; To you, LORD, I cry out! 28
I will sing and make melodies to My Rock, do not refuse to

the LORD. answer me.b 28
7
If you remain silent,
Hear my voice, LORD, when I cry
I will become like those who
out!
descend into the Pit.c
Be gracious to me and answer
me.
8
My mind recalls your word,a
“Seek my face,” b 28:1 Lit. do not be silent to me
c 28:1 I.e. the place of punishment in the
a 27:8 MT lacks your word afterlife
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2 9
Hear the sound of my Deliver your people
supplications when I cry to and bless your inheritance!
you for help, Shepherd them
as I lift up my hands toward and lift them up forever!
your most holy sanctuary. Psalm 29
Psalm 29
3
Do not drag me away with the
A Davidic Psalm
wicked,
with those who practice iniquity, Praise to the Majestic LORD
1
who speak peace to their Ascribe to the LORD, you heavenly
neighbors beings; 29
while harboring evil in their ascribe to the LORD glory and

hearts. strength.
2
4
Reward them according to their Ascribe to the LORD the glory due
deeds; his name;
according to the evil of their worship the LORD wearing holy
actions. attire.
Reward them based on what they 3
The voice of the LORD was heardc
do;a
above the waters;
28
give them what they deserve.

the God of glory thundered;
PSALMS
5
Because they do not understand
the LORD was heardd over
the deeds of the LORD
many waters.
or the work of his hands, 4
The voice of the LORD is
He will tear them down and
powerful;
never build them up.
the voice of the LORD is
6
Blessed be the LORD! majestic.
5
For he has heard the sound of The voice of the LORD snaps the
my supplications. cedars;
7
The LORD is my strength and my the LORD snaps the cedars of
shield; Lebanon.
6
my heart trusts in him, He makes them stagger like a calf,
and I received help. even Lebanon and Serione like a
My heart rejoices, young wild ox. 30
and I give thanks to him with 7

The voice of the LORD shoots out
my song.
flashes of fire.
8 8
The LORD is the strength of his The voice of the LORD shakes
people;b the wilderness;
he is a refuge of deliverance for the voice of the LORD shakesa
his anointed. the wilderness of Kadesh.
a 28:4 Lit. them according to work of their c 29:3 MT lacks heard

hands d 29:3 MT lacks heard
b 28:8 Lit. of them e 29:6 I.e. Mount Hermon; cf. Deut 3:9
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9
The voice of the LORD causes deer but shouts of joy will come in
to give birth, the morning.
and strips the forest bare. 6
As for me,
In his temple all of them
I said in my prosperity,
shout, “Glory!”
“I shall never be moved.”
7
10
The LORD sat enthroned over the By your favor, LORD,
flood, you established me as a strong
and the LORD sits as king mountain;
forever. Then you hid your face,
11
The LORD will give strength to his and I was dismayed.
people; 8
I cried out to you, LORD,
the LORD will bless his people
and I make supplication to the
with peace.
Lord:
“What profit is there in my deathd
Psalm 30
9
Psalm 30
A Davidic Psalm for the dedication of if I go down to the Pit?e
the temple Can dust worship you?
Can it proclaim your
Thanksgiving for Deliverance faithfulness?”
1
I exalt you, LORD, 10
Hear me, LORD,
PSALMS
for you have lifted me up, and have mercy on me!
and my enemies could not LORD, help me!
gloat over me. 11
2
LORD, my God! You have turned my mourning
I cried out to you for help into dancing; 30
and you healed me. you took off my sackcloth

3
LORD, you brought me from and clothed me with a
death;b garment of joy,
12
so that I may sing praise to you
you kept me alive so that I did
not descend into the Pit.c and not remain silent.
LORD, my God,
4
You, his godly ones, I will give you thanks forever!
sing to the LORD, Psalm 31
give thanks at the mention of Psalm 31

his holiness. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm
5
For his wrath is only momentary;
yet his favor is for a lifetime. Prayer and Thanksgiving
1
Weeping may lodge for the night, In you, LORD, I have taken refuge.
Let me never be ashamed. 31
a 29:8 MT lacks shakes

b 30:3 Lit. Sheol, a reference to the realm of
the dead d 30:9 Lit. my blood
c 30:3 I.e. the place of punishment in the e 30:9 I.e. the place of punishment in the
afterlife afterlife
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Because you are righteous, my bones have been consumed.

deliver me! 11
2
I have become an object of
Listen to me, reproach to all my enemies,
and deliver me quickly. especially to my neighbors.
Become a rock of safety for me, I have become an object of fear to
a fortified citadel to deliver me; my friends,
3
For you are my rock and my and whoever sees me outside
fortress; runs away from me.
12
Like a dead man, I am forgotten in
for the sake of your name guide
their thoughtsc—
me and lead me.
4 like broken pottery.
Rescue me from the net that they 13
I have heard the slander of many;
concealed to trap me; it is like terror all around me,
for you are my strength. as they conspire together and
5
Into your hands I commit my plot to take my life.
spirit;
31
14
for you have redeemed me, But I trust in you, LORD.
LORD God of truth. I say, “You are my God.”
15
6
My times are in your hands.
I despise those who trust vain Deliver me from the hands of
idols; my enemies
PSALMS
but I have trusted in the LORD. and from those who pursue
7
I will rejoice and be glad in your
me.
gracious love, 16
May your face shine on your
for you see my affliction
servant;
and take note that my soul is in your gracious love, deliver
distressed. me.
8
You have not delivered me into 17
Let me not be ashamed, LORD,
the hand of the enemy, for I have called upon you.
but you have set my feet in a Let the wicked be put to shame,
sturdya place. let them be silent in the next
9
Be gracious to me, LORD, life.d
18
for I am in distress. Let the lying lips be made still,
My eyes have been consumed by especially those who speak
my grief arrogantly
along with my soul and my against the righteous with
body. pride and contempt.
10
My life is consumed by sorrow, 19
How great is your goodness
my years with groaning.
that you have reserved for those
My strength has faltered because
who fear you,
of my iniquity;b
a 31:8 Lit. broad

b 31:10 So MT DSS 5/6HevPs; LXX reads c 31:12 Lit. hearts
strength grew weak in poverty d 31:17 Lit. in Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead
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that you have set in place for those 2

How blessed is the person against
who take refuge in you, whom the LORD does not
in the presence of the children charge iniquity, 32
of men. and in whose spirit there is no

20
You will hide them in the secret deceit.
place of your presence,
away from the conspiracies of 3
When I kept silent about my sin,b
men. my bodyc wasted away
You will hide them in your tent, by my groaning all day long.
away from their contentious 4
For your hand was heavy upon
tongues. me day and night;
21
Blessed be the LORD! my strength was exhausted
In a marvelous way he as in a summer drought.
demonstrated his gracious Interlude
love to me, 5
My sin I acknowledged to you;
when I was in a city under my iniquity I did not hide.
siege. I said, “I will confess my
22
When I said in my panic, transgressions to the LORD.”
“I have been cut off in your And you forgave the guilt of my
sight,” sin! Interlude
PSALMS
then you surely heard the voice of 6
my prayer Therefore every godly person
in my plea to you for help. should pray to you at such a
23
Love the LORD, all his godly ones! time.d
Surely a flood of great waters
31
The LORD preserves the faithful

and repays those who act with will not reach him.
7
proud motives. You are my hiding place;
24
Be strong, you will deliver me from trouble
and let your heart be and surround me with shouts
courageous, of deliverance. Interlude
all you who put your hope in 8
I will instruct you and teach you 32
the LORD. concerning the path you should

Psalm 32
walk;
Psalm 32
I will direct you with my eye.
A Davidic instructiona 9
Don’t be like a horse or mule,
without understanding.
The Blessings of Forgiveness
1
They are held in check by a bit
How blessed is the one whose
and bridle in their mouths;
transgression is forgiven, otherwise they will not remain
whose sin is covered. near you.
b 32:3 MT lacks about my sin

c 32:3 Lit. bones
a 32:T Lit. maskil d 32:6 Lit. at a time of finding
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The wicked have many sorrows, Let all the world fear the LORD;
but gracious love surrounds let all the inhabitants of the
those who trust in the world stand in awe of him;
LORD. 32
9
because he spoke and it came to
11
Righteous ones, be glad in the be,
LORD and rejoice! because he commanded, it stood
Shout for joy, all of you who are firm.
upright in heart! 10
Psalm 33
The LORD makes void the counsel
Psalm 33 of nations;33
he frustrates the plans of

Praise to the Creator and Deliverer
1 peoples.
Rejoice in the LORD, righteous 11
But the LORD’s counsel stands
ones;
firm forever,
for the praise of the upright is
the plans in his mind for all
beautiful.
2 generations.
With the lyre, give thanks to the
12
LORD; How blessed is the nation whose
with the ten stringed harp, play God is the LORD,
music to him; 33 the people he has chosen as his
3
with a new song, sing to him; own inheritance.
PSALMS
with shouts of joy, play 13

When the LORD looks down from
skillfully. heaven,
4
For the word of the LORD is he observes every human being.
14
upright; From his dwelling place,
and all his works are done in he looks down on all the
faithfulness. inhabitants of the earth.
15
5
He loves righteousness and justice; He formed the hearts of them all;
the world is filled with the he understands everything they
gracious love of the LORD. do.
16
6
By the word of the LORD the A king is not saved by a large
heavens were made; army;
all the heavenly bodiesa by the a mighty soldier is not delivered
breath of his mouth. by his great strength.
34
17
7
He gathered the oceans into a It is vain to trust in a horse for
single place; deliverance,
he put the deep water into even with its great strength, it
storehouses. cannot deliver.
18
Indeed, the LORD watches those
who fear him;
those who trust in his gracious
love
19
a 33:6 Lit. all their host to deliver them from death;
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to keep them alive in times of and he delivers them.

famine. 8
Taste and see that the LORD is
20
We wait on the LORD; good!
he is our help and our shield. How blessed is the person who
21
Indeed, our heart will rejoice in trusts in him!
9
him, Fear the LORD, you holy ones of
because we have placed our his;
trust in his holy name. for those who fear him lack
22
LORD, may your gracious love be nothing.
10
upon us, Young lions lack and go hungry,
even as we hope in you. but those who seek the LORD
Psalm 34 will never lack any good
Psalm 34 thing.
By David, when he pretended to be 11
Come, children, listen to me,
insane before Abimelech, who drove
and I will teach you the fear of
him away. So Davida left. the LORD.
Learning about God’s Deliverance
12
Who among youd desires life,
1b
I will bless the LORD at all times; and wants long life in order to
his praise will be in my mouth see good?
PSALMS
13
continually. Then keep your tongue from
2
My soul will glorify the LORD; doing evil
the humble will hear about it and your lips from spreading
and rejoice. lies.
14
3
Magnify the LORD with me! Avoid evil and do good!
Let us lift up his name together! Seek peace and pursue it!
4
I sought the LORD and he
15
Thee LORD looks on the righteous,
answered me; and he listens to their cries.
16
he delivered me from all of my The face of the LORD is set against
fears. those who do evil,
5
Look to him and be radiant; and he will remove people’s
and youc will not be ashamed. recollection of them from
6
the earth.
This poor man cried out, and the
17
LORD heard The LORD hears those who cry
and delivered him from all of his out,
distress. and he delivers them from all
7
The angel of the LORD surrounds their distress.
18
those who fear him, The LORD is close to the
brokenhearted, 34
a 34:T Lit. he
b 34:1 This Psalm is an acrostic poem. d 34:12 Lit. Who is the person who
c 34:5 Lit. their faces e 34:15 Lit. The eyes of the
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5
and he delivers those whose Make them like the chaff before
spirit has been crushed. 34 the wind,
19
A righteous person will have as the messenger of the LORD
many troubles, pushes them aside.
6
but the LORD will deliver him May their path be dark and
from them all. slippery,
20
Goda protects all his bones; as the messenger of the LORD
not one of them will be broken. tracks them down.
7
21
Evil will kill the wicked; Without justification they laid a
those who hate the righteous snare for me;
will be held guilty. without justification they dug a
22
The LORD redeems the lives of his pit to trap me.
servants; 8
Let destruction come upon themd
and none of those who trust in unawares,
him will be held guilty. and let the net that he hid catch
Psalm 35
him;
Psalm 35
let him fall into destruction.
9
Davidic My soul will rejoice in the LORD
and be glad in his deliverance.
A Prayer for Deliverance 10
All my bones will say,
PSALMS
1
Argue my case,b LORD,
“LORD, who is like you?
35
against those who argue against

Who delivers the weak from the
me.
one who is stronger than he,
Fight against those who fight
and the weak and the needy
against me.
from the one who wants to
2
Take up the bucklerc and the
rob him?”
shield,
11
and rise up to help me. False witnesses stepped forward
3
Take out the spear and the ax to and questioned me concerning
confront the one who things
pursues me; about which I knew nothing.
12
say to me, “I am your deliverer!” They paid me back evil for good;
4
my soul mourns.
Let those who seek my life be 13
But when they were sick,
ashamed and disgraced; I wore sack cloth, humbled
let those who plot evil against myself with fasting,
me be driven back and and prayed from my heart
confounded. repeatedly for them.e
14
I paced about as for my friend or
my brother,
a 34:20 Lit. He
b 35:1 MT lacks my case d 35:8 Lit. him
c 35:1 I.e. a small shield e 35:13 MT lacks for them
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and fell down mourning as one claiming, “Yes! Yes! We saw him
weeps for one’s mother. doc it with our own eyes!”
15 22
But when I stumbled, You see this, LORD,
they rejoiced and gathered so do not be silent.
together. Lord, do not be far from me!
23
They gathered together against Wake up! Arouse yourself to
me— vindicate me
attackers whom I did not know. and argue my case, my God and
They tore me apart and would my Lord.
24
not stop. Judge me according to your
16
Malicious mockersa— righteousness, LORD my
they gnashedb their teeth God!
against me. But do not let them gloat over
17 me.
Lord, how long will you just 25
Don’t let them say in their hearts,
watch?
“Yes! We got what we wanted.”
Rescue me from their
Don’t let them say,
destruction,
“We have swallowed him up.”
my precious life from these 26
Instead, let those who gloat over
young lions.
the evil directed against me
PSALMS
18
Then I will give you thanks in
be ashamed and confounded
front of the great
together;
congregation;
Let those who exalt themselves
in the midst of the mighty
over me
throng I will praise you.
be clothed with shame and
19
Do not let my deceitful enemies dishonor.
27
gloat over me, Let those who delight in my
nor let those who hate me vindication35
without justification mock shout for joy and rejoice!

me with their eyes. Let them continually say,
20
For they do not speak peace; “Magnify the LORD, who
they devise clever lies against delights in giving peace tod
the peaceful people of the his servant.” 35
land. 28
My tongue will declare your
21
They open their mouth wide righteousness
against me, 35
and praise you all day long.
a 35:16 So LXX; DSS 4QPsa read They

mocked me viciously; MT reads Mockers of
cake c 35:21 MT lacks him do
b 35:16 So DSS 4QPsa LXX; MT reads d 35:27 So MT; DSS 4QPsa LXX read LORD,
gnashing you who delight in the welfare of
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Psalm 36
Psalm 36 The children of men take refuge

in the shadow of your
To the Director: By the servant of the
wings.
LORD, David 8
They are refreshed from the
An Oracle from the LORD abundance of your house;
1
An oracle that came to mea about You cause them to drink from
the transgressions of the the river of your pleasures.
9
wicked: For with you is a fountain of life,
and in your light we will see
There is no fear of God before his
light.
eyes.
10
2
He flatters himselfb too muchc to Send forth your gracious love to
discover his transgression those who know you,
and hate it. and your righteousness to those
3
The words from his mouth are who are upright in heart.
11
vain and deceptive. Do not let the foot of the proud
He has abandoned behaving crush me;
wisely and doing good. and do not let the hand of the
4
He devises iniquity on his bed wicked dissuade me.
12
and is determined to follow a There, those who do evil have
fallen;
PSALMS
path that is not good.

He does not resist evil. They have been thrown down,
and they cannot get up.
Praise to the LORD Psalm 37
5
Your gracious love, LORD, reaches Psalm 37
to the heavens; Davidich
your truthd extends to the skies.e
6
Your righteousness is like the Patiently Trust in God
1
mountains of God; 36
Don’t be angry because of those
your justice is like the great who do evil,
depths of the sea.f do not be jealous because of
You deliver bothg people and those who commit iniquity.
2
animals, LORD. Indeed, they soon will wither like
7
How precious is your gracious grass,
love, God! and like green herbs they will
fade away.
3
Trust in the LORD and do good.
a 36:1 So MT DSS 4QPsa; lit. oracle in the Dwell in the land and feed on
midst of my heart; Syr Origen read of his heart
b 36:2 Lit. himself in his own eyes faithfulness.
4
c 36:2 MT lacks too much Delight yourself in the LORD,
d 36:5 Or faithfulness
e 36:5 Or clouds h 37:T This acrostic psalm begins each verse
f 36:6 MT lacks of the sea with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew
g 36:6 MT lacks both alphabet
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and he will give you the desires to slay those who are
of your heart. righteous in conduct.
5 15
Commit your way to the LORD; But their sword will pierce their
Trust him, and he will act. own heart,
6
He will bring forth your and their bows will be broken!
righteousness as a light, 16
Better is the little that the
and your justice as the noonday
righteous have
sun.a
than the abundance of many
7
Be silent in the the LORD’s wicked people.
17
presence For the arms of the wicked will be
and wait patiently for him. broken,
Don’t be angry because of the one but the LORD upholds the
whose way prospers righteous.
or the one who implements evil 18
The LORD knows the day of the
schemes.
blameless,
37
8
Calm your anger and abandon
and their inheritance will last
wrath.
forever.
Don’t be angry— 19
They will not experience shame in
it only leads to evil.
9 times of trouble;
Those who do evil will perish.
PSALMS
in times of famine they will have
But those who waitb on the
plenty.
LORD will inherit the land.
20
10 Indeed, the wicked will perish.
Yet a little while longer,
The LORD’s enemies will be
and the wicked will be no more.
consumed like flowersc in
You will search for his place,
the fields.
but he will not be there.
11 They will vanish liked smoke.
The humble will inherit the land; 21
The wicked borrow but never pay
they will take in abundant
back;
peace.
12 but the righteous are generous
The wicked person plots against
and give.
the righteous, 22
For those blessed by Gode will
and grinds his teeth at him.
13 inherit the land,
But the Lord laughs at him
but those cursed by him will be
because he sees that his day is
cut off.
coming!
23
14 A man’s steps are established by
The wicked take out a sword and
the LORD,
bend the bow,
to bring down the humble and
the poor
c 37:20 Lit. like glorious things
a 37:6 MT lacks sun d 37:20 So LXX DSS 4QpPsa; MT reads in
b 37:9 I.e. trust e 37:22 Lit. him
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and the LORDa delights in his 33

but the LORD will not let him
way. fall into his hands.
24
Though he stumbles, He will not be condemned
he will not fall down flat, when he is put on trial.
for the LORD will hold up his 34
Wait on the LORD,
hand. Keep faithful to his way,
25 and he will exalt you to
I once was young and now I am
possess the land.
old,
You will see the wicked cut off.
but I have not seen a righteous
person forsaken 35
I once observed a wicked and
or his descendants begging for oppressive person,
bread. flourishing like a green tree in
26
Every day he is generous, lending native soil.
freely, 36
But then hee passed away;f
and his descendants are blessed. in fact, he simply was not there.
27
Depart from evil, and do good, When I looked for him,
and you will live in the landb he could not be found.
forever. 37
Observe the blameless!
28
Indeed, the LORD loves justice, Take note of the upright!
PSALMS
and he will not abandon his Indeed, the future of that man
godly ones. is peace.
They are kept safe forever, 38
Sinners will be destroyed together;
but the lawless will be chased the future of the wicked will be
away,c cut off.
and the descendants of the 39
But deliverance for the righteous
wicked will be cut off. one comes from the LORD;
29
The righteous will inherit the land, he is their strength in times of
and they will dwell in it forever. distress.
40
30
The mouth of the righteous one The LORD helps and delivers
produces wisdom; them;
his tongue speaks justice. he will deliver them from the
31
The instructiond of his God is in wicked,
and he will save them because
his heart;
they have sought refuge in
37
his steps will not slip.

him.
32
The wicked stalks the righteous
person, seeking to kill him,
a 37:23 Lit. he
b 37:27 MT lacks in the land e 37:36 So MT; LXX 4QpPsa read I
c 37:28 So LXX DSS 4QpPsa; MT lacks this f 37:36 So MT; LXX reads I passed by; Syr
line Hieronymus DSS 4QpPsa read I passed by in
d 37:31 Or law front of him
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Psalm 38
11
Psalm 38 As for my friends and my
neighbors,
A Davidic Psalm: As a Reminder
they stand aloof from my
The Outcast Cries Out distress;
1
LORD! Do not rebuke me in your even my close relatives stand
anger; 38 at a distance.
12
do not correct me in your wrath, Those who seek my life lay snares
2
because your arrows have sunk for me;
deep into me, those who seek to do me harm
and your hand has come down brag all day long about their
hard on me. wicked planning.
3
My body is unhealthy due to your 13
I am like the deaf, who cannot
anger, hear,
and my bones have no rest due and like the mute, who cannot
to my sin. open his mouth.
4
My iniquities loom over my head; 14
Indeed, I have become like a man
like a cumbersome burden, they who hears nothing,
are too heavy for me. and in whose mouth there is no
5
My wounds have putrefied and rebuke.
PSALMS
festered 15
Because I have placed my hope in
because of my foolishness. you, LORD,
6
I am bent over and walk about you will answer, Lord, my God.
greatly bowed down; 16
For I said, “Do not let them gloat
all day long I go around over me,
mourning. as they congratulate themselves
7
My insidesa are burning when my foot slips.”
and my body is unhealthy. 17
8
I am weak and utterly crushed; Indeed, I am being set up for a fall,
I cry out in distress because of and I am continually reminded
my heart’s anguish. of my pain.
18
I confess my iniquity,38
9
Lord, all my longings are before and my sin troubles me.
you,
19
and my groaning is not hidden But my enemies are alive and
from you. well;b 38
10
My heart pounds, those who hate mec for no
my strength fails me, reason are numerous.a
even the gleam in my eye is
gone.
b 38:19 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPsa lack this
line
c 38:19 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPsa read Those
a 38:7 Lit. loins who are my enemies
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20
Theyb reward my good with evil, and the standard by which you
opposing me because I seek to will measureg my days,
do good.c 38
whatever it is!
Then I will know how
21
Don’t forsake me, LORD. transient my life is.
My God, do not be so distant 5
Look, you have made my life span
from me. fit in your hand;
22
Come quickly and help me, It is nothing compared to yours.
Lord, my deliverer. Surely every person at their
Psalm 39
best is a puff of wind.

Psalm 39
Interlude
To the Director: To Jeduthun. A 6
In fact, people walk around as
Davidic Psalm shadows.
A Prayer about Life’s Priorities Surely, they busy themselves for
1
I told myself, “I will keep watch nothing,
over my tongue to keep heaping up possessions but
from sinning. not knowing who will get
them.
39
I will muzzle my mouth when 7

the wicked are around.” How long, LORD, will I wait
2
I was as silent as a mute person; expectantly?
PSALMS
I said nothing, not even I have placed my hope in you.

8
something good, Deliver me from all my
and my distress deepened. transgressions,
3
My heart within me became and do not let fools scorn me.”
incensed;d 9
I remain silent;
as I thought about it, the fire I do not open my mouth,
burned. for you are the one who acted
10
Stop scourging me,
Then Ie spoke out:
4 since I have been crushed by
“LORD, let me know how my life
your heavy hand.
ends,f 11
You rebuke by chastening a man
with the consequence of
iniquities;
you destroy what is attractive to
a 38:19 DSS 4QPsa read numerous, and many him, as one would treat a
are those who hate me by deceiving me; cf. Ps moth.
35:19; 69:5 Indeed, every person is a puff
b 38:20 So LXX DSS 4QPsa; MT reads And of wind. Interlude
they
12
c 38:20 So MT; DSS 4QPsa read evil plunder Hear my prayer, LORD,
me instead of a good thing pay attention to my cry,
d 39:3 Lit. hot
e 39:3 Lit. Then my mouth
f 39:4 Lit. my end g 39:4 Lit. the measure of
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and do not ignore my tears. I will try to recite your actions,d

I am an alien in your presence, even though there are too
a stranger just like my ancestors many to number.
were. 6
13 You take no delight in sacrifices
Stop looking at me with
and offerings—
chastisement,a so I can smile you have prepared my ears to
again, listen—e
before I depart and am no more.
40
you require no burnt offerings

or sacrifices for sin.
Psalm 40
Psalm 40
7
Then I said, “Here I am! I have
To the Director: A Davidic Psalm come! 40
Prayer for Help and Praise to God In the scroll of the book it is
1
I waited expectantlyb for the written about me.
8
LORD, I delight to do your will, my God.
and he took notice of me Your law is part of my inner
and heard my cry. being.”
2
He plucked me out of a pit of 9
In the great congregation I have
confusion,c proclaimed the righteous
even out of the quicksand; good news.
PSALMS
he placed my feet on a rock Behold, I did not seal my lips,
and established my steps. LORD, as you know.
3
He put a new song in my mouth, 10
I have not ignoredf your
praise to our God! righteousness in my heart;
Many will watch and be in awe, instead, I have proclaimed your
and they will place their trust in faithfulness and deliverance.
the LORD. I have not concealed your gracious
4
How blessed is that strong person love and truthfulness
who places his trust in the from the great congregation.
LORD, 11
LORD, do not withhold your
and who has not acknowledged mercyg from me,
the proud
for your gracious love and
nor resorted to lies.
5
truthfulness will keep me
LORD, my God,
safe continuously.
You have done great things: 12
Innumerable evils have
marvelous works and your surrounded me;
thoughts toward us.
my iniquities have overtaken me
There is no one who compares to
so that I cannot see.
you!
d 40:5 Lit. recite them
a 39:13 MT lacks with chastisement e 40:6 MT lacks to listen
b 40:1 Or eagerly f 40:10 Lit. not covered over
c 40:2 Or destruction g 40:11 Lit. mercies
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They are more in number than the and he will not be handed
hair on my head, over to the desires of his
and my couragea has forsaken enemies.
3
me. The LORD will uphold him even
13 on his sickbed;
Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me;
you will transform his bed of
LORD, hurry up and help me!
14 illness into health.
May those who seek to destroy my
4
life be ashamed and As for me, I said,
confounded; “LORD, be gracious to me!
let them be driven backwards Heal me, for I have sinned
and humiliated, against you!”
5
particularly those who wish As for my enemies, with malice
me evil. they said,
15
Let shame be the reward for those “When will he die and memory
who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” ofc his name perish?”
6
16
The one who comes to visit me
Let all who seek you shout for joy
speaks lies;
and be glad in you.
in his heart he thinks slanderous
May those who love your things about me
deliverance say, and goes around spreading
PSALMS
“The LORD be magnified!” them.

continuously. 7
As for all who hate me,
17
But I am poor and needy; 40
they whisper together against

may the Lord think about me. me;
You are my help and deliverer. they desire to do me harm.
My God, do not tarry too long!
8
Psalm 41 They say, “Wickedness is
Psalm 41 entrenched in him.
To the Director: A Davidic Psalm Once he is brought low,
he will not rise again.”
When Things Go Wrong 9
As for my best friend,
1
Blessed is the one who is the one in whom I trusted,
considerate of the destitute;b 41
the one who ate my bread, 41
the LORD will deliver him when even he has insultedd me!
the times are evil.
10
2
The LORD will protect him and But you, LORD, be gracious to me
keep him alive; and raise me up
he will be blessed in the land; so that I may pay them back!
11
In this way I will know that you
are pleased with me,
a 40:12 Lit. heart c 41:5 MT lacks memory of

b 41:1 Or poor d 41:9 Lit. has lifted up his heel against
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and that my enemies will not Why are you disturbed within
shout in triumph over me. me?
12
As for me, you will maintain my Hope in God,
just cause, for once again I will praise him,
and you will cause me to stand since his presence saves me.
in your presence forever. 6
My God, my soul feels depressedd
13
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, within me;
from eternity to eternity. therefore I will remember you
Amen and amen! from the land of Jordan,
from the heights of Hermon,
BOOK II (Psalms 42-72) even from the foothills.e
7
Psalm 42
Deep waters call out to what is

Psalm 42
deeper still;f
42
To the Director: An instructiona of the at the roar of your waterfalls

Sons of Korah all your breakers and your
Hope in God When Times of Trouble waves swirled over me.
Come 8
By day the LORD will command
1
As an antelope pants for streams his gracious love,
of water, and by night his song is with
so my soul pants for you, God.
PSALMS
me—
2
My soul thirsts for God, for the a prayer to the God of my life.
living God. 9
I will ask God, my Rock, “Why
When may I come and appear in have you forsaken me?
God’s presence? Why do I go around mourning
3
My tears have been my food day under the enemy’s
and night, oppression?”
while peopleb keep asking me 10
Like the shattering of my bones
all day long, are the taunts of my
“Where is your God?” oppressors,
4 saying to me all day long,
These things I will recall as I pour
“Where is your God?”
out my troublesc within me:
42
11
I used to go with the crowd in a Why are you in despair, my soul?
procession to the house of Why are you disturbed within
God, me?
accompanied with shouts of Hope in God,
joy and thanksgiving. for I once again I will praise him,
5 since his presence saves me
Why are you in despair, my soul?
and he is my God.
a 42:T Lit. maskil d 42:6 Lit. soul is bowed down

b 42:3 MT lacks people e 42:6 Or Mt. Mizar
c 42:4 Lit. soul f 42:7 Lit. Deep calls to deep
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Psalm 43 Psalm 44
Psalm 43 Psalm 44
God is my Hope during Times of To the Director: An instructione of the
Trouble Sons of Korah
1a
You be my judge,b God, A Prayer in Times of Defeat
and plead my case against an 1
God, we heard it with our ears;
unholy nation;
44
our ancestors told us about what

rescue me from the deceitful you did in their day—
and unjust man. a long time ago.
2
Since you are the God who 2
With your hand you expelled the
strengthens me, nations
why have you forsaken me? and established our ancestors.f
Why do I go around mourning You afflicted nations
under the enemy’s and cast them out.
oppression?” 3
It was not with their sword that
3
Send forth your light and your they inherited the land,
truth nor did their own arm deliver
so they may guide me. them.
Let them bring me to your holy But it was by your power,g your
mountain and to your strength,
PSALMS
dwelling places.c and by the light of your face;

4
Then I will approach the altar of because you were pleased
God, 43
with them.
even to God in whom my joy 4
You are my king, God,
finds its source.d commandh victoriesi for Jacob.
Then I will praise you with the 5
Through you we will knock down
lyre, our oppressors;
God, my God, 43
through your name we will

5
Why are you in despair, my soul? tread down those who rise
Why are you disturbed within up against us.
me? 6
For I place no confidence in my
Hope in God, bow,
because I will praise him once nor will my sword deliver me.
again, 7
For you delivered us from our
since his presence saves me oppressors
and he is my God.
e 44:T Lit. maskil

a 43:1 Some Heb. MSS constitute Psalms 42 f 44:1 Lit. them
and 43 as a single psalm. g 44:3 Lit. right hand
b 43:1 Lit. Judge me h 44:4 So MT DSS 11QPsc; LXX reads truly
c 43:3 Or tabernacles my king and my God, who commands
d 43:4 Lit. God who is the gladness of my joy i 44:4 Lit. deliverances
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and put to shame those who and we have not dealt falsely
hate us. with your covenant;
18
8
We will praise God all day long; Our hearts have not turned away;
and to your name we will give our steps have not swerved from
thanks forever. Interlude your path.
19
9 Nevertheless, you crushed us in
However, you cast us off and
the lair of jackals,
made us ashamed!
and covered us in deep
You did not even march with
darkness.e
our armies!
10
You made us retreat from our 20
If we had forgotten the name of
oppressors. our God
Our enemies ransacked us. or lifted our hands to a foreign
11
You handed us over to be god,
slaughtered like sheep 21
wouldn’t God find out
and you scattered us among the since he knows the secrets of the
nations. heart?
12
You sold out your people for 22
For your sake we are being killed
nothing, all day long.
and made no profit at that price. We are thought of as sheep to be
PSALMS
13
You made us a laughing stock to slaughtered.
our neighbors, 23
Wake up! Why are you asleep,
a source of mockery and
Lord?
derision to those around us.
44
14 Get up! Don’t cast us off forever!

You made us an object lesson 24
Why are you hiding your face?
among the nations;
Why are you ignoring our
people shake their heads at us.a
affliction and oppression?
15
My dishonor torturesb me 25
For wef have collapsed in the
continuously;c dust;
44
the shame on my face our bodies cling to the ground.

26
overwhelmsd me Arise! Deliver us!
16
because of the voice of the one Redeem us according to your
who mocks and reviles, gracious love!
because of the enemy and the
avenger.
17
All this came upon us,
yet we did not forsake you,
a 44:14 MT lacks at us
b 44:15 Lit. dishonor remains before
c 44:15 Lit. all the day e 44:19 Or in the shadow of death
d 44:15 Lit. covers f 44:25 Lit. our souls
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Psalm 45
Psalm 45 8
All your clothes are scented withc
myrrh, aloes, and cassia.
To the Director: An instructiona by
45
From ivory palaces stringed

the Sons of Korah. A love song to the
instruments have made you
tune ofb “Lilies”
glad.
9
A Royal Wedding Song The king’s daughters are among
1
My heart is overflowing with good your honorable women; 46
news; 45
the queen, dressed in gold from
I speak what I have composed to Ophir, has taken her place at
the king; your right hand.”
my tongue is like the pen of 10
Listen, daughter! Consider and
an articulate scribe.
pay attention.
2
You are the most handsome of Forget your people and your
Adam’s descendants; father's house,
11
grace has anointed your lips; and the king will greatly desire
therefore God has blessed you your beauty.
forever. Because he is your lord, you
3
Strap your sword to your side, should bow in respect before
mighty warrior, along with your him.
The daughterd of Tyre will come
PSALMS
honor and majesty. 12

4
In your majesty ride forth for the withe a wedding gift;
cause of truth, humility, and wealthy people will entreat your
righteousness; favor.
and your strong right hand will 13
In her chamber,f the king's
teach you awesome things. daughter is glorious;
5
Your arrows are sharpened her clothing is embroidered with
to penetrate the hearts of the gold thread.
king’s enemies. 14
In embroidered garments
People will fall under you. she is presented to the king.
6
Your throne, God, exists forever Her virgin companions who
and ever, follow her train
and the scepter of your kingdom will be presented to you.
15
is a righteous scepter. Filled with joy and gladness, they
7
You love justice and hate are presented
wickedness. when they enter the king’s
That is why God, even your palace.
God, has anointed you
rather than your companions
with the oil of gladness.
c 45:8 MT lacks are scented with
d 45:12 I.e. The people
a 45:T Lit. maskil e 45:12 MT lacks will come with
b 45:T MT lacks the tune of f 45:13 MT lacks her chamber
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16 7
Your sons will take the place of The LORD of the heavenly armies
your ancestors, is with us;
and you will set them up as our refuge is the God of Jacob.
princes in all the earth. Interlude
17
From generation to generation, 8
Come, observe the mighty works
I will cause your name to be
of the LORD,
remembered.
who causes desolation in the
Therefore people will thank
earth.
you forever and ever.
Psalm 46
9
He causes wars to cease all overc
Psalm 46 the earth,
To the Director: A song by the Sons of he causes the bow to break, the
Korah, spear to snap,
to the tune ofa “The Maidens” the chariots to ignite and burn.
10
God is the Refuge of His People Be in awe and know that I am
1
God is our refuge and strength, God.
a great help in times of distress. I will be exalted among the
2
Therefore we will not be nations.
frightened I will be exalted throughout
the earth.
when the earth roars,
PSALMS
when the mountains shake in the 11
The LORD of the heavenly armies
depths of the seas, is with us;
3
when its waters roar and rage, the God of Jacob is our refuge.
when the mountains tremble Interlude
despite their pride.bInterlude Psalm 47
Psalm 47
4
Look! There is a river
To the Director: A song by the Sons of
whose streams make the city of
Korah
God rejoice,
even the holy place of the The Ruler Over the Nations
1
Most High. Clap your hands, all you peoples! 47
5
Since God is in her midst, Shout to God with a loud cry of
she will not be shaken. joy!
2
God will help her For the LORD, the Most High, is to
at the break of dawn. be feared,
6
The nations roared; 46 a great king over all the earth.
3
the kingdoms were shaken. He subdued peoples under us, 47
His voice boomed; and nations under our feet.

4
the earth melts. He chose our inheritance for us, 48
even the pride of Jacob whom

he loved. Interlude 47
a 46:T Lit. according to

b 46:3 Or tumult c 46:9 Lit. cease to the end of
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5 5
God has ascended on high with a they looked and were awestruck;
shout, 47 they became afraid and ran
the LORD has ascendeda with away.
6
the blast of a trumpet. Trembling seized them there,
6
Sing songs to God! pains like those of a woman in
Sing songs! labor,
7
Sing songs to our King! as when an east wind
Sing songs! destroyed the ships of
7 Tarshish.
Indeed, God is king over all the 8
Just as we have heard,
earth;
so have we seen;
sing a song of praise.
8 in the city of the LORD of the
God is king over the nations;
heavenly armies—
God is seated on his holy throne.
even in the city of our God—
9
The nobles among the nations God will establish her forever.
have joined the people of the Interlude
God of Abraham. 9
God, we have meditated on your
For the shields of the earth belong
gracious love
to God;
in the midst of your temple.
he is greatly exalted. 10
God, according to your name,
PSALMS
Psalm 47
Psalm 48 so is your praise to the ends of

the earth.
A song: Lyricsb by the Sons of Korah Your right hand is filled with
Zion, City of God righteousness.
11
1
Great is the LORD! Mount Zion will be glad;
For he is to be praised greatly, the townsd of Judah will rejoice
even in the city of our God, because of your judgments.
his holy mountain. 12
March around Zion;
2
Beautifully situated, encircle her;
the joy of all the earth, count her towers.
Mount Zion towards the north,c 13
Take note of her ramparts;
the city of the great King. investigate her citadels;
3
Within her citadels that you may speak about
God is known as a place of them to the next generation.
refuge. 14
For this God is our God forever
4
Behold, when the kings assembled and ever.
together, 48
He will guide us until death.
when they traveled together,
a 47:5 MT lacks has ascended

b 48:T Or A song: A song
c 48:2 Or on the northern side d 48:11 Lit. daughters
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Psalm 49
10
Psalm 49 Indeed, he will see wise people
die;
To the Director: A song by the Sons of
Korah
the stupid and the senseless will
meet their doom
The Destiny of the Wicked and the and leave their wealth to
Upright others.
1
Listen to this, all you people! 49
11
Their inner thoughts are ond their
Pay attention, all you who live homes forever;
in the world, their dwellings from generation
2
both average people and those of to generation.
means,a They even name their lands
the rich and the poor together. after themselves.
3
My mouth will speak wisely, 12
But humanity cannot last, despite
and I will understand what I its conceit;e
think about. it shall pass away just like the
4
I will focus my attention onb a animals.f
proverb; 13
This is the fate of those who are
I will use the harp to expound foolish
my riddle. and of those who correct their
5
Why should I be afraid when evil words after they speak.
PSALMS
days come my way, Interlude
when the wickedness of those 14
Like sheep, they are destined for
who deceive me surrounds
me— the realm of the dead,g
6
those who put confidence in their with death as their shepherd.
wealth The upright will have dominion
and boast about their great over them in the morning;
riches? their strength will be consumed
7
No man can redeem the life of in the afterlife,h
so that they have no home.
another,c 15
God will truly redeem me from
nor can he give to God a
sufficient payment for him— the poweri of Sheol.a
8
for it would cost too much to
redeem his life, d 49:11 So MT DSS 4QPsc 4QPsj; LXX reads
and the payments would go on Their graves are
e 49:12 So MT; DSS 4QPsc Syr LXX read
forever—
9 Humans, held in honor, had no
that he should go on living
understanding;
and not see corruption. f 49:12 So MT; LXX reads they resembled
senseless animals, and became like them; DSS
4QPsc read they are like animals that perish
g 49:14 Lit. for Sheol; i.e. the realm of the
a 49:2 Lit. both sons of Adam and sons of men dead
b 49:4 Lit. will incline my ear to h 49:14 Lit. in Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead
c 49:7 Lit. of a brother i 49:15 Lit. hand
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3
He will surely receive me! 49 Our God has appeared and he has
Interlude not been silent;
16 a devouring fire blazed before
Don't be afraid when someone
him,
gets rich,
and a mighty storm swirled
when the glory of his household
around him.
increases. 4
17 He summoned the heavens above
When he dies, he will not be able
and the earth below,g
to take it all with himb— to sit in judgment on his
his possessionsc will not follow people.
him to the grave,d
5
18
although he considers himself “Assemble before me, my saints,
blessed while he’s alive. who have entered into my
covenant by sacrifice.”
Though people praise you for
6
doing well, The heavens revealed his justice,
19
you will end up like youre for God is himself the judge.
ancestors’ generation, Interlude
never again to see the light of 7
“Listen, my people,
day! for I am making a
pronouncement:
PSALMS
20
Humanity, despite its conceit, does
not understand Israel, I, God, your God, am
that it will perish, just like the testifying against you.
8
animals. I do not rebuke you because of
Psalm 50
your sacrifices;
Psalm 50 indeed, your burnt offerings are
A song of Asaph continually before me.
9
I will no longer accept a sacrificialh
The Acceptable Sacrifice bull from your household;
1
God, the LORD,f has spoken. nor goats from your pens.
He has summoned the earth 10
Indeed, every animal of the forest
from the rising of the sun to is mine,
its setting place. even the cattle on a thousand
2
From Zion, the perfection of hills.
beauty, 11
I know all the birds in the
God has shined forth. mountains;
indeed, everything that moves
in the field is mine.
12
“If I were hungry, I would not tell
a 49:15 I.e. the realm of the dead
b 49:17 MT lacks with him you;
c 49:17 Or glory
d 49:17 MT lacks to the grave
e 49:19 Lit. his g 50:4 MT lacks below
f 50:1 Or The mighty God h 50:9 MT lacks sacrificial
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for the world is mine along with and I will reveal the salvation of
everything in it. God
13
Why should I eat the flesh of oxen to whomever continues in my
or drink the blood of goats? way.”a
14
Offer to God a thanksgiving Psalm 51
Psalm 51
praise;
pay your vows to the Most To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
High. When the prophet Nathan came to
15
Call on me in the day of distress; him, after he had gone in to
I will deliver you, and you will Bathsheba.
glorify me.” A Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon
1
16
As for the wicked, God says, Have mercy, God, according to
your gracious love, 51
“How dare you recite my statutes according to your unlimited

or speak about my covenant compassion,
with your lips! erase my transgressions.
17
You hate instruction 2
Wash me from my iniquity,
and toss my words behind you. cleanse me from my sin.
18
When you see a thief, you 3
For I acknowledge my
befriend him, transgression;
PSALMS
and you keep company with my sin remains continually
adulterers. before me.
19
You give your mouth free reign
4
for evil, Against you, you only, have I
and your tongue devises deceit. sinned,
20
You sit and speak against your and done what was evil in your
brother; sight.
you slander your own mother’s As a result, you are just in your
son. pronouncement
21
These things you did, and I kept and clear in your judgment.
silent, 5
Indeed, in iniquity I was brought
because you assumed that I was forth;
like you. in sin my mother conceived me.
But now I am going to rebuke you, 6
Indeed, you are pleased with truth
and I will set forth my case in the inner person,
before your very own eyes.” and you will teach me wisdom
22
Consider this, you who have in myb innermost parts.
forgotten God— 7
Purge me with hyssop,
Otherwise, I will tear you in and I will be clean.
pieces
and there will be no deliverer: 50
23
Whoever offers a sacrifice of a 50:23 Lit. sets a way
thanksgiving glorifies me, b 51:6 MT lacks my
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Wash me, A broken and chastened heart,

and I will be whiter than snow. God,
8
Let me knowa joy and gladness; you will not despise.
let the bones that you have 18
Show favor to Zion in your good
broken rejoice. pleasure;
9
Hide your countenance from my and rebuild the walls of
sins Jerusalem.
and erase the record of my 19
Then you will be pleased with
iniquities. right sacrifices,
10
God, create a pure heart in me, with burnt offerings, and with
and renew a right attitude whole burnt offerings.
within me. Then they will offer bulls on
11
Do not cast me from your your altar.
presence; Psalm 52
Psalm 52
51
do not take your Holy Spirit

from me. To the Director: A Davidic
12
Restore to me the joy of your instructiond about Doeg, the Edomite,
salvation, when he went to Saul and said to
and let a willing attitude control him, “David went to the house of
me. Abimelech.”
PSALMS
13
Then I will teach transgressors A Rebuke to the Deceitful
about your ways, 1
Why do you make evil
and sinners will turn to you. the foundation of your boasting,
14
Deliver me from the guilt of mighty one?e
God’s gracious love never
shedding blood,b
ceases.f
God, God of my salvation.
Then my tongue will sing 2
Your tongue, like a sharp razor,
about your righteousness. devises wicked things
15
Lord, open my lips, and crafts treachery.
and my mouth will declare your 3
You love evil rather than good,
praise. falsehood rather than speaking
16 uprightly. Interlude
Indeed, you do not delight in
52
sacrifices, 4
You love all words that destroy,
or I would give them, you deceitful tongue!
nor do you desire burnt
offerings.
17
True sacrifice to Godc is a broken
spirit.
51
c 51:17 Lit. The sacrifice of God

d 52:T Lit. maskil
a 51:8 Lit. hear e 52:1 Or O warrior
b 51:14 Lit. from bloods f 52:1 Lit. love is all the day
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5
But God will tear you down not one of them practices
forever; what is good. 53
he will take you away, 2

God looks down from the heavens
even snatching you out of
upon humanityc
your tent!
He will uproot you from the land to see if anyone shows
of the living. discernment Interlude
as he searches
for God.
53
6
The righteous will fear when they 3
All of themd have fallen away;
see this, together they have become
but then they will laugh at him, corrupt;
saying, no one does what is good, not
7
“Look, here is a young man who even one.
refused to make God his 4
strength; Will those who do evil ever learn?
instead, he trusted in his great They devour my people like
wealth they devour bread, 54
and made his wickedness his and never call on God.

strength.
5
There the Israelitese were seized
with terror,
8
But I am like a green olive tree in when there was nothing to fear.
PSALMS
the house of God; For God scattered the bones of
I trust in the gracious love of those who laid siege against
God forever and ever. youf—
9
Therefore I will praise you forever
you put them to shame,g
because of what you did;
for God rejected them.
I will proclaim that your name is
6
good Would that Israel’s deliverance
in the midst of your faithful come out of Zion!
ones. When God restores the fortunes
Psalm 53
of his people,
Psalm 53 Jacob will rejoice and Israel
To the Director: Upon machalat.a A will be glad.h 53
Davidic instruction.b
The Fool and God’s Response

1
Fools say to themselves “There is
no God.” c 53:2 Lit. upon the sons of Adam
They are corrupt and commit d 53:3 So MT; DSS 4QPsa lack of them
iniquity; e 53:5 Lit. they
f 53:5 So MT DSS 4QPsa; LXX reads of men
pleasers
g 53:5 So MT DSS 4QPsa; LXX reads they
a 53:T A Heb. musical term were put to shame
b 53:T Lit. maskil h 53:6 Cf. Ps 14:1-7
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Psalm 42 Psalm 55
Psalm 54 Psalm 55
To the Director: With stringed To the Director: With stringed
instruments. A Davidic instruction,a instruments.
when the Ziphites came and told A Davidic instruction.d
Saul, “David is hiding among us, is he
not?” Betrayal by a Friend
1
Pay attention to my prayer, God,
A Prayer in Times of Trouble and do not hide yourself from
1
God, by your name deliver me, my appeal.
and by your power vindicate 2
Pay attention to me and answer
me. me.
2
God, listen to my prayer, I moan and groan in my
and pay attention to the words thoughts, 55
of my mouth. 3
because of the voice of the enemy,
3
For the arrogant have arisen and because of the oppression of
against me; the wicked.
oppressors have sought to take They bring down evil upon me,
my life. and in anger they hate me.
They do not keep God in mind!b 4 Interlude
My heart is trembling within me,
4
Look, God is my helper; and the terrors of death have
PSALMS
the Lord is with those who are assaulted me.

5
guarding my life. Fear and trembling have
5
He will turn the evil upon those overwhelmed me,
who lie in wait for me. and horror has covered me.
Cut them off with your truth. 6
I said, “O, who will give me the
6
With a free will offering I will wings of a dove,
sacrifice to you; so that I could fly away and live
I will give thanks to your name, somewhere else?
7
LORD, Look, I want to flee far away;
because it is good, I want to settle down in the
7
for he has delivered me from wilderness. Interlude
every trouble, 8
I want to deliver myself quickly
and my eyes have seen the end from this windstorm and
ofc my enemies. 54
tempest.”
9
Confound them, Lord,
and confuse their speech,
because I have seen violence
and strife in the city.
a 54:T Lit. maskil

b 54:3 Lit. before them
c 54:7 MT lacks the end of d 55:T Lit. maskil
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10
Day and night they prowl around for there was a vast crowd who
its walls; stood against me.
evil and iniquity are within it. 19
11 God, who is enthroned from long
Wickedness is at the center of it;
ago,
fraud and lies never leave its
will hear me and humble them.
streets.
Interlude
12
For it is not an enemy who insults Because they do not repent,
me— they do not fear God.
I could have handled that— 20
Each of my friendsb raises his
nor is it someone who hates me
hand against his allies;
and who now arises against
me— each of my friendsc breaks his
I could have hidden myself from word.d
21
him— His mouth is as smooth as butter,
13
but it is you— while war is in his heart.
a man whom I treated as my His words were as smooth as olive
equal— oil,
my personal confidant, while his sword is drawn.
my close friend! 22
Cast on the LORD whatever he
PSALMS
14
We had good fellowship together; sends your way,
and we even walked together in and he will sustain you.
the house of God! He will never allow the
righteous to be shaken.
15
Let death seize them! 23
May they be plunged alive into But you, God, bring them down to
the afterlife,a the Pit of corruption;e
for wicked things are in their bloodthirsty and deceitful
homes people will not live out half
and among them. their days.
But I put my full confidence in
16
I call upon God, you.
and the LORD will deliver me.
17
Morning, noon, and night,
I mulled over these things
and cried out in my distress,
and he heard my voice.
18
He calmly ransomed my soul from
the war waged against me,
b 55:20 Lit. Each one
c 55:20 Lit. Each one
d 55:20 Lit. covenant
a 55:15 Lit. into Sheol; a reference to the e 55:23 I.e. the place of punishment in the
realm of the dead afterlife
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Psalm 56
8
Psalm 56 You have kept count of my
wanderings.
To the Director: A special Davidic
Put my tears in your bottle—
psalma to the tune ofb “A Silent Dove
have not you recorded them
Far Away,” when the Philistines
seized him in Gath.
in your book?
9
My enemies will retreat when I
A Prayer about Trust in God
1
Have mercy on me, God, call on you.f
This has been my experience,
56
because men have harassed me.

Those who oppress me have because God is with me.
10
fought against me all day In God, whose word I praise,
long. in the LORD, whose word I
2
Those who watch me all day have praise,56
11
harassed me, in God I will put my trust.
for there are many who fight I will not fear what mortal man
against me out of conceit. can do to me.
12
3
On days when I am afraid, God, I have taken vows before
I put my trust in you. you;g
4
In God, whose word I praise, therefore I will offer
in God I put my trust. thanksgiving sacrifices to
PSALMS
I will not fear what mortal you.

manc can do to me.
13
For you have delivered meh from
death
5
All day long peopled distort what I and my feet from stumbling,
say; so that I may walk before God
all their schemes against me are in the light of the living!
for evil purposes. Psalm 57
6
They gather together Psalm 57
and hide in ambush. 56

They watch my every step psalmi to the tune ofj “Do Not
as they lie in wait for my life. Destroy,” when he fled from Saul into
7
Cast them away because of their a cave.
wickedness.
In wrath, God, cast down thesee A Prayer for Deliverance
1
people! Have mercy on me, God, have
mercy,
a 56:T Heb. miktam f 56:9 MT lacks on you

b 56:T Lit. David according to g 56:12 Lit. your vows are upon me
c 56:4 Lit. what flesh h 56:13 Or my soul
d 56:5 Lit. they i 57:T Heb. miktam
e 56:7 MT lacks these j 57:T Lit. David according to
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for in you Ia have placed my 9

I will exalt you among the peoples,
trust. Lord.
Even in the shadow of your wings I will play music among the
will I find my refuge until this nations.
calamity passes. 10
For your gracious love is great,
2 extending even to the heavens,
I call upon the God Most High;
and your truth even to the
to the God who completes what
skies.
he beganb in me.
3
He will send help from heaven to 11
Be exalted above the heavens,
deliver me God!
from those who harass and May your glory cover the earth! 57
despise me. Interlude Psalm 58
God will send his gracious Psalm 58

love and truth. To the Director: A special Davidic
psalmf to the tune ofg “Do Not
4
I amc surrounded by lions.
Destroy”
I lie down with those who burn
with fire— A Prayer for Justice
that is, with people whose teeth 1
How is it that by remaining silent
are like spears and arrows— you can speak righteously?
PSALMS
58
whose tongues are like sharp How can you judge people
swords. fairly?
2
5 As a matter of fact, in your heart
Be exalted above the heavens,
you plan iniquities!
God!
In the land your hands are
May your glory cover the earth!
violent!
57
6
They have set a snare for my feet, 3
The wicked go astray from the
which makes med depressed.
womb;
They dug a pit in front of me,
they go astray, telling lies even
but they are the ones who fell
from birth.
into it! Interlude 4
Their venom is like a poisonous
7
My heart is committed, God, snake;
my heart is committed, even like a deaf serpent that
so I will sing and play music. shuts its ears,
8
Wake up, my soul,e 5
refusing to hear the voice of the
wake up, lyre and harp! snake charmer,
I will awaken at dawn. the cunning enchanter.
a 57:1 Or my soul
b 57:2 MT lacks what he began
c 57:4 Or My soul is
d 57:6 Lit. my soul f 58:T Heb. miktam
e 57:8 Lit. glory g 58:T Lit. David according to
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6
God, shatter their teeth in their Keep me safe from those who
mouths; rise up against me.
2
LORD, break the fangs of the Save me from evildoers;
young lions! deliver me from bloodthirsty
7
May they flow away like rain men.
3
water that runs off, Look, they lie in ambush for my
may they become like someone life;
who shoots broken arrows. these violent men gather
8
May they be like a snail that dries together against me,
up as it crawls; but not because of any
like a woman’s stillborn baby, transgression or sin of mine,
who never saw the sun. LORD. 59
4
9
Before your clay pots are placed Without any fault on my part,
on a fire of burninga they rush together and prepare
thorns— themselves.
whether green or ablaze— Get up!
wrath will sweep them away Come help me!
like a storm. 58
Pay attention!
10
The righteous person will rejoice 5
You, LORD God of the Heavenly
PSALMS
when he sees yourb Armies, God of Israel,

vengeance; stir yourself up to punish all the
when he washes his feet in the nations. 59
blood of the wicked. Show no mercy to those

11
A person will say, wicked transgressors.
“Certainly, the righteous are Interlude
rewarded; 6
At night they return like howling
certainly there is a God who
dogs;
judges the earth.”
59
Psalm 59
they prowl around the city.
7
Psalm 59 Look what pours out of their
mouths!
They use their lips like swords,
psalmc to the tune ofd “Do Not
sayinge “Who will hear us?”
Destroy,” when Saul sent men to
8
watch the house in order to kill him. But you, LORD, will laugh at
them;
A Prayer for Deliverance and Justice
1 you will mock all the nations.
Save me from my enemies, my 9
My Strength, I will watch for you,
God!
for God is my fortress.
10
My God of Gracious Love will
a 58:8 MT lacks a fire of burning meet me;
b 58:10 MT lacks your
c 59:T Heb. miktam
d 59:T Lit. David according to e 59:7 MT lacks saying
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17
God will enable me to see what My Strength, I will sing praises to
happensa to my enemies. you,
11 for you, God of Gracious Love,
Don’t kill them!
are my fortress.
Otherwise, my people may
60
Psalm 60
forget. Psalm 60
By your power make them
stumble around;
psalm to the tune ofd “Lily of The
bring them down low,
Covenant,” for teaching about his
Lord, our Shield.
battle with Aram-naharaim and
12
The sin of their mouth is the word Aram-zobah, when Joab returned and
on their lips. attacked 12,000 Edomites in the Salt
They will be caught in their own Valley.e
conceit;
A Prayer for God’s Help Against
for they speak curses and lies.
13 Adversaries
Go ahead and destroy them in 1
God, you have cast us off;
anger!
you have breached our defenses
Wipe them out,
and you have become enraged.
and they will know to the ends of
Return to us!
the earth 2
You made the earth quake;
PSALMS
that God rules over Jacob.b
Interlude you broke it open.
Repair its fractures,
14
At night they return like howling because it has shifted.
dogs; 3
You made your people go through
they prowl around the city. hard times;
15
They scavenge for food. you had us drink wine that
If they find nothing, makes us stagger.
they become hungry and 4
growl. But you have given a banner to
those who fear you,
16
But I will sing of your power so they may display it in honor
and in the morning I will shout of truth.f Interlude
for joy about your gracious 5
So your loved ones may be
love. delivered,
For you have been a fortress for save us by your powerg
me; and answer us quickly!
and a refuge when I am
6
distressed.c Then God spoke in his holiness,
a 59:10 MT lacks what happens d 60:T Lit. David according to

b 59:13 Or know that God rules over Jacob to e 60:T I.e. Dead Sea region
the ends of the earth f 60:4 Or display it because of the archer
c 59:16 Lit. refuge in the day of my distress g 60:5 Lit. right hand
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“I will rejoice— Place me on the rock that’s too

I will divide Shechem; high for me.
3
I will portion out the Succoth For you have been a refuge for
Valley. me,
7
Gilead belongs to me, a tower of strength before the
and Manasseh is mine. enemy.
4
Ephraim is my helmet, Let me make my home in your
and Judah my scepter. tabernacle forever;
8
Moab is my wash basin; let me hide under the shelter of
over Edom I will throw my your wings. Interlude
shoes; 5
For you, God, have heard my
over Philistia I will celebrate
promises;
my triumph.”
you have assigned to med the
60
9
Who will lead me to the fortified heritage of those who fear
city? your name.
Who will lead me to Edom? 6
10 Add day after day to the king’s
Aren’t you the one, God, who has
life;
cast us off?
may his years continuee for
Didn’t you refuse, God, to
many generations.
accompany our armies?
PSALMS
7
May he be enthroned before God
60
11
Help us in our distress, forever;
for human help is worthless. Appoint yourf gracious love and
12
Through God we will fighta truth to guard him.
valiantly; 8
So I will sing songs to your name
and it is he who will crush our forever;
enemies.b
I will fulfill my promises day by
day.
Psalm 61
Psalm 61
Psalm 62
To the Director: A compositionc by Psalm 62

David for stringed instruments To the Director: According to
A Prayer for God’s Protection Jeduthun’s style. A Davidic Psalm.
1
God, hear my cry; 61
A Psalm of Trust in God

pay attention to my prayer. 1
My soul rests quietly only when it
2
From the end of the earth I will looksg to God;
cry to you from him comes my deliverance.
whenever my heart is
overwhelmed.
a 60:12 Lit. will do d 61:5 MT lacks to me

b 60:12 vv.5-12 is the same as Psalm 108:6- e 61:6 MT lacks continue
13. f 61:7 MT lacks your
c 61:T MT lacks A composition g 62:1 MT lacks when it looks
510
2 10
He alone is my rock, my Don't trust in oppression
deliverance, and my high or put false hope in stealing;
tower; if you become wealthy,
nothing will shake me. do not set your heart on it.
3 11
How long will you rage against God spoke once,
someone? but I heard it twice,
Would you attack him “Power belongs to God.”
12
as if he were a leaning wall or Also to you, Lord, belongs
a tottering fence? gracious love,
4
They plan to cast him down from because you reward each person
his exalted position. according to what he does.
They delight in lies; Psalm 63
their mouth utters blessings, Psalm 63

while their heart is cursing. A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the
Interlude Judean wilderness.
5
My soul, be quiet before God, Joyful Trust in God
1
for from him comes my hope. God, you are my God!
6
He alone is my rock, my I will fervently seek you.
deliverance, and my high My soul thirsts for you;
PSALMS
tower; my flesh longs for you in a dry,
nothing will shake me. weary, and parched land.
2
7 So I have looked for you in the
I rely on God who is my
deliverance and my glory; sanctuary,
he is my strong rock, to behold your power and glory.
3
and my refuge is in God. Because your gracious love is
8
People, in every situation put your better than life itself,
trust in God;a my lips shall praise you.
4
pour out your heart before him; So I will bless you as long as I live;
for God is a refuge for us. I will lift up my hands in your
Interlude name.
5
9
Human beingsb are a mere vapor, Just as I am satisfied with the
while people in high positionsc choicest of foods,d
are not what they appear. so my lips will praise you
When they are placed on the joyfully.
6
scales, When I think of you in bed,
they weigh nothing; I will meditate on you in the
even when weighed together, night watches.
7
they are less than nothing. For you have been my strength,
and in the shadow of your
a 62:8 Lit. in him wings I will shout for joy. 63
b 62:9 Lit. sons of Adam

c 62:9 Lit. sons of man d 63:5 Lit. with marrow and fatness
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8 5
My soul clings to you, They concoct an evil scheme for
even as your right hand themselves;
supports me. 63 they enumerate their hidden
9 snares;
But as for those who seek to
they say, “Who will see them?”d
destroy me, 6
They devise wicked schemes,
they will go down to the depths
saying,
of the earth;
“We have completed our plans,
64
10
May they be given over to the
hiding them deep in our
power ofa the sword;
hearts.”
may they become carrion for
7
jackals. But God shot an arrow at them,
11 and they were wounded
But as for the king,
immediately.
he will rejoice in God. 8
They tripped over their own
Indeed, everyone who swears by
tongues,
Godb will exult, and everyone who was
because the mouths of liars will watching ran away.
be silenced. 9
Everyone was gripped with fear
and acknowledged God’s deeds,
Psalm 64
Psalm 64
understanding what he had
PSALMS
To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. done. 64
10
A Prayer for Protection The righteous rejoiced in the
1
Hear, God, as I express my LORD,
concern; because they had fled to him for
protect mec from fear of the refuge. 64
enemy. Let all the upright in heart

2
Hide me from the secret plots of exult.
the wicked,
Psalm 65
Psalm 65
from the mob of evildoers,
3
who sharpen their tongues like To the Director: A song. Lyricse by
swords, David.
and aim their bitter words like A Song of Praise to God
arrows, 1
In Zion, God, praise silently awaits
4
shooting at the innocent from you,
concealment. and vows will be paid to you.
2
Suddenly they shoot, fearing Since you hear prayer,
nothing. everybody will come to you.
3
My acts of iniquity—they
overwhelm me!
a 63:10 MT lacks to the power of
b 63:11 Lit. him d 64:5 Lit. see him; or see it
c 64:1 Lit. my life e 65:T Lit. A song. A song
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Our transgressions—you blot for you have ordained it this

them out! way.
10
4 You fill the furrows of the field
How blessed is the one you
with water
choose,
so that their ridges overflow.
the one you cause to live in your
You soften them with rain
courts.
showers;
We will be satisfied with the
their sprouts you have blessed.
goodness of your house, 11
You crown the year with your
yes, even with the holiness of
goodness;
your temple.
your footsteps drop prosperity
5
With awesome deeds of justicea behind them.
you will answer us, God our 12
The wilderness pastures drip with
Deliverer;
dew,d
you areb the confidence for
and the hills wrap themselves
everyone at the ends of the
with joy.
earth, 13
The meadows are clothed with
even for those far away
flocks of sheep,
overseas.
and the valleys are covered with
PSALMS
6
The One who established the grain.
mountains by his strength They shout for joy;
is clothed with omnipotence. yes, they burst out in song!
7
He calmed the roar of seas, Psalm 66
Psalm 66
the roaring of the waves,
and the turmoil of the peoples. To the Director: A song. A Psalm.
8
Those living at the furthest ends of A Song of Praise
1
the earthc are seized by fear Shout praise to God all the earth!
2
because of your miraculous Sing praise about the glory of his
deeds. name.e
You make the going forth of the Make his praise glorious.
3
morning and the evening Say to God: “How awesome are
shout for joy. your works!
9
You take care of the earth, Because of your great strength
you water it, your enemies cringe before
and you enrich it greatly with you.”
4
the river of God that The whole earth worships you.
overflows with water. They sing praise to you.
You provide grain for them, 65
a 65:5 Or righteousness d 65:12 MT lacks with dew

b 65:5 MT lacks you are e 66:2 I.e. reputation; and so throughout the
c 65:8 MT lacks of the earth Psalms
513
They sing praise to your I will offer bulls along with

name. Interlude goats. Interlude
5 16
Come and see the awesome works Come and listen, all of you who
of God fear God,
on behalf of human beings: and I will tell you what he did
6
He turned the sea into dry land. for me.
Israela crossed the river on foot; 17
I called aloud to him
let us rejoice in him. and praised him with my
7
He rules by his power forever, tongue.
18
his eyes watching over the Were I to cherish iniquity in my
nations. heart,
Do not the rebellious exalt the Lord would not listen to me.
themselves. Interlude 19
Surely God has heard,
8 and he paid attention to myd
Bless our God, people,
prayers.
and let the sound of his praise 20
Blessed be God, who did not turn
be heard.
9 away my prayers
He gives us life
66
nor his gracious love from me.

and does not permit our feet to
slip.
Psalm 67
Psalm 67
PSALMS
10
For you, God, tested us,
To the Director of music:
to purify us like fine silver.
Accompanied by stringed
11
You have led us into a trapb instruments. A Psalm. A song.
and set burdens on our backs.
12
You caused men to ride over us.c A Call to Thanksgiving
1
You brought us through fire and May God show us favor and bless
water, us;
but you led us to abundance. may he truly show us his favor.e
Interlude
13
I will come to your house with
2
burnt offerings. Let your ways be known by all the
I will fulfill my vows to you nations of the earth,
14
that my lips uttered and that my along with your deliverance.
3
mouth spoke Let the people thank you, God.
when I was in trouble. Let all the people thank you.
4
15
I will offer to you burnt offerings Let the nations rejoice and sing for
of fat, joy,
along with the smoke of the because you judge people with
sacrifice of rams. fairness
and you govern the people of
the earth. Interlude
a 66:6 Lit. He
b 66:11 Or net d 66:19 Lit. to the voice of my
c 66:12 Lit. over our head e 67:1 Lit. he cause his face to shine on us
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5
Let the people thank you, God; He leads prisoners into
let all the people thank you. prosperity,
6
May the earth yield its produce. but rebels live on parched
May God, our God, bless us. land.
7
May God truly bless us 7
God, when you led out your
so that all the peoplesa of the
people,
earth will fear him.
when you marched through the
desert, Interlude
Psalm 68
Psalm 68
8
the land quaked.
To the Director of music: A Psalm. A
Indeed, the heavens poured down
song.
rain
A Song of Praise to God from the presence of God,
1
God arises, this God of Sinai,
and his enemies are scattered. from the presence of God,
Those who hate him flee from the God of Israel.
his presence.b 9
God, you poured out abundant
2
As smoke is driven away, so you rain on your inheritance.
drive them away. When Israeld was weary, you
As wax melts in the presence of sustained her.
fire, 10
Your peoplee lives there;
PSALMS
so the wicked die in the you sustain the needyf with
presence of God. your goodness, God.
3
But the righteous rejoice and exult 11
before God; The Lord issues a command.
they are overwhelmed with joy. Numerous are the women who
announce the news:
4
Sing to God! 12
“Kings of armies retreat and flee,
Sing praise to his name! while the lady of the house
Exalt the one who rides on the divides the spoil.
clouds. 13
When you men lie down among
The LORD is his name. the sheepfolds,
Be jubilant in his presence. you are likeg the wings of the
5
A father to orphans and an dove covered with silver,
advocate for widows with its feathers in glittering
is God in his holy dwelling gold.”
place. 14
6
God causes the lonely to dwell in When the Almighty scattered the
kings there,
families.c
there was snow on Mt. Zalmon.
d 68:9 Lit. it
a 67:7 Lit. ends e 68:10 Or tribe
b 68:1 Lit. face f 68:10 Or afflicted
c 68:6 Lit. in a house g 68:13 MT lacks you are like
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15
The mountain of God is as the The tongues of your dogs shall
mountain of Bashan; have their portions
a mountain of many peaks is from your enemies.”
Mount Bashan. 24
They have observed your
16
You mountains of many peaks, processions, God,
why do you watch with the processions of my God,
envy my king, in the sanctuary.
25
the mountain in which God has The singers are in front,
chosen to dwell? the musicians follow,
Indeed, the LORD will live strumming their stringed
there forever. instruments
17
God’s chariots were many among the maidens who are
thousands. playing their tambourines.
The Lord was there with them at 26
Bless God in the great
Sinai in holiness.
18 congregation,
You ascended to the heights,
the LORD who is the fountain of
you took captives.
Israel.
You received gifts among 27
Little Benjamin is there, leading
mankind,
them,
even the rebellious,
PSALMS
and the princes of Judah all

so the LORD God may live
together28
there.a
19 with the princes of Zebulun
Blessed be the Lord who daily
and the princes of Naphtali.
carries us.
28
God is our deliverer. Summon the power of your God,
20 the power, God, that you have
God is for us the God of our
shown us.
deliverance. 29
Because of your temple in
The Lord GOD rescues us from
Jerusalem,
death.
21 kings bring tribute to you.
God surely strikes the heads of his 30
Rebuke the wildlife that lives
enemies,
among the reeds,
even the hairy heads of those
the nations that congregate like
who continue in their guilt.
22 bulls and cows,
The Lord says, “From Bashan I
humbling themselves with pieces
will bring them,
of silver,
I will bring them from the
for Godb scatters the nations
depths of the sea,
23 that delight in battle.
that your feet may wade 31
Envoys will come from Egypt.
through blood.
a 68:18 MT lacks there b 68:30 Lit. he
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4
Let the Ethiopians stretch out Those who hate me without cause
their hands to God. are more than the hairs of my
32 head.
You kingdoms of the earth, sing to
My persecutors are mighty,
God!
and they want to destroy me.
Sing praises to the Lord,
Must I be forced to return
Interlude
33 what I did not steal?
to the one who rides the heavens, 5
God, you know my sins,
the ancient heavens.
and my guilt is not hidden from
Behold! He thunders with a
you.
mighty voice. 6
Do not let those who look up to
34
Ascribe power to God, whose you be ashamed
glory is over Israel, because of me,
whose power is in the skies. Lord God of the Heavenly
35
You are awesome, God, from your Armies.
sanctuaries. Let not those who seek you be
The God of Israel is the one humiliated
who gives strength and power because of me,
to the people. God of Israel.
7
Blessed be God! I am being mocked because of
PSALMS
68
Psalm 69
you.
Psalm 69 Dishonor overwhelms me.
8
To the Director: To the tune ofa “The I am a stranger to my brothers,
Lilies”. Davidic a foreigner to my mother’s sons.
9
Zeal for your house consumes me,
When God Seems Distant
1
and the mockeries of those who
Deliver me, God, insult you fall on me.
because the waters are up to my 10
I weep and fast,
neck.b and I am mocked for it.
2
I am sinking in deep mire,
11
and there is no solid ground.c When I dressed in sackcloth,
I have come into deep water, I became an object of gossip
and the flood overwhelms me. among them.
12
3
I am exhausted from calling for The prominent people mock me,
help. composing drinking songs.
My throat is parched. Seeking God for Deliverance
My eyes are strained from 13
As for me, LORD, may my prayer
looking for God. to you come at a favorable
time.
God, in the abundance of your
a 69:T Lit. According to gracious love,
b 69:1 Lit. soul answer me with your sure
c 69:2 Or foothold deliverance.
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14
Rescue me from the mud and may their bodies tremble
and do not let me sink. continually.
24
Rescue me from those who hate May you pour out your fury on
me, them.
and from the deep waters. May your burning anger
15
Let neither the floodwaters overtake them.
25
overwhelm me May their camp become desolate
nor let the deep swallow me up, and their tents remain
nor the mouth of the well unoccupied.
26
close over me. For they persecute those whom
16 you have struck,
Answer me, LORD, for your
and they brag about the pain of
gracious love is good;
those you have wounded.
Turn to me in keeping with your
27
great compassion, May you punish them for their
17
anda do not ignore your servant, crimes;
because I am in distress. may they receive no verdict of
Hurry to answer me! innocenced from you.
28
18
Draw near and redeem me; May they be erased from the Book
ransom me because of my of Life,
enemies. and their names not be written
PSALMS
19
with the righteous.
Truly you know my reproach,
29
shame, and disgrace. As for me, I am afflicted and
All my enemies are known tob hurting;
you. may your deliverance, God,
20
Insults broke my heart. establish me on high.
30
I despaired and looked for Let me praise the name of God
sympathy, with a song
but there was none, that I may magnify him with
for comforters, but I found none. thanksgiving.
31
21
They put poison in my food, That will please the LORD
in my thirst they forced me to more than oxen and bulls with
drink vinegar. horns and hooves.
32
22
May their diningc tables entrap The afflicted will watch and
them, rejoice.69
and become a snare for their May you who seek God take
allies. courage.
33
23
May their eyes be blinded For the LORD listens to the needy
and doesn’t despise those in
bondage.
a 69:17 So MT; DSS 4QPsa lack and
b 69:19 Lit. are before
c 69:22 MT lacks dining d 69:27 Lit. no righteousness
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Psalm 71
34
Let the heavens and earth praise Psalm 71
him,
along with the sea and its 1
In you, LORD, I take refuge;
swarming creatures.a
35
For God will deliver Zion let me never be humiliated.
and will rebuild the cities of
2
Rescue and deliver me,c because
Judah you are righteous.
so they may live there and Turn your ear to me and save
possess them. me.
3
36
The descendants of his servants Be my sheltering refuge where I
will inherit it, may go continually;
and those who cherish his name command my deliverance
will live there. for you are my rock and
Psalm 70
fortress.
Psalm 70 4
My God, deliver me from the
To the Music director. Davidic. As a power of the wicked
memorial. and the grasp of ruthless
A Call for Help evildoers.
5
1
God, come to my rescue. For you are my hope, Lord GOD,
LORD, hurry to help me. my security since I was young.
PSALMS
2
May those who seek to kill me be 6
I depended on you since birth,d
publicly humiliated. when you brought mee from my
May those who take pleasure in mother’s womb;
my harm I praise you continually.
be turned back in humiliation. 7
I have become an example to
3
May those who say “Aha! Aha!” many
be turned back because of their that you are my strong refuge.
shameful deeds.b 8
My mouth is filled with your
4
Let those who seek you greatly praise
rejoice in you. and your splendor daily.
9
Let those who love your Don’t throw me away when I am
deliverance say, old;
“May God be continually do not abandon me when my
exalted.” strength fails.
5
As for me, I am poor and needy.
God, come quickly to me.
You are my helper and my c 71:2 So LXX DSS 4QPsa; the MT reads In
deliverer.
your righteousness you are delivering me and
LORD, please do not delay. rescuing me
d 71:6 Lit. you from the womb
e 71:6 So MT; LXX reads birth, it was you
a 69:33 MT lacks creatures who sheltered me; DSS 4QPsa reads birth, you
b 70:3 MT lacks deeds are my protector
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10
For my enemies talk against me; to this generation
those who seek to kill me plot and your might to the next
together one.
11
and say, “God has abandoned 19
Your many righteous deeds,e God,
him. are great,
Run after him and seize him, 20
God, who can compare to you,
because there’s no deliverer.”
who caused me to experience
12
God, do not be distant from me. many distresses and evil?
My God, come quickly to help You will return to revive me
me. and lift me up from the depths
13
Let my adversaries be ashamed of the earth.
and consumed;a 21
You will increase my honor
let those who seek my and comfort me once again.
destruction 22
I also will praise you with the
be covered with scorn and harp;
disgrace. because of your faithfulness, my
14
As for me, I will hope continually God,
and will praise you more and I will praise you with the lyre—
more. Holy One of Israel.
b
PSALMS
15
I will declare your righteousness 23
My lips will shout for joy when I
and your salvation every day, sing praise to you,
though I do not fully understand whose life you have redeemed.
what the outcome will be.c 24
Moreover, my tongue will speak
16
Lord GOD, I will come in the all day about your justice;
power ofd your mighty acts, for those who seek my
remembering your destruction will be utterly
righteousness—yours alone. 71
humiliated. 71
Psalm 72
17
God, you taught me from my Psalm 72
youth, Solomonic
so I am still declaring your
awesome deeds. A Prayer for the King
1
18
God, endow the king with ability
Also, when I reach old age and to renderf your justice,
have gray hair, and the king’s son to render
God, do not forsake me, your right decisions.
until I have declared your power 2
May he rule your people with
right decisions
a 71:13 So MT; LXX reads and let them
expire; DSS 4QPsa reads and let them be
consumed
b 71:14 Lit. My mouth e 71:19 Lit. righteous deeds as far as the
c 71:15 Lit. understand the sum height
d 71:16 MT lacks the power of f 72:1 MT lacks to render
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13
and your oppressed ones with He will have compassion on the
justice. poor and the needy,
3
May the mountains bring and he will save the lives of the
prosperity to the people needy.
and the hills bring 14
He will redeem themc from
righteousness. oppression and violence,
4
May he defend the afflicted of the since their lives ared precious in
people his sight.
and deliver the children of the
poor, Prayer for the King
15
but crush the oppressor. May he live long and be given
gold from Sheba,
5
May they fear you as long as the and may prayer be offered for
sun and moon shinea— him continually,
from generation to generation. and may he be blessed every
6
May he be like the rain that day.
descends on mown grass, 16
May grain be abundant in the land
like showers sprinkling on the all the waye to the mountain
ground. tops;
7
The righteous will flourish at the may its fruits flourish
PSALMS
proper time like the forests of Lebanon,
and peace will prevail until the and may the cities sprout
moon is no more. like the grass of the earth.
8
May he rule from sea to sea, Praising the God of Israel
from the Euphrates Riverb to the 17
May his famee be eternal—
ends of the earth. as long as the sun
9
May the nomads bow down may his name endure
before him, and may they be blessed
and his enemies lick the dust. through him
10
May the kings of Tarshish and of and may all nations call him
distant shores bring gifts, blessed.
and may the kings of Sheba and 18
Blessed be the LORD God, the God
Seba offer tribute. of Israel,
11
May all kings bow down to him, who alone does awesome deeds.
and all nations serve him. 19
And blessed be his glorious name
12
For he will deliver the needy forever,
when they cry out for help, and may the whole earth be
and the poor when there is no filled with his glory.
deliverer.
c 72:14 Lit. redeem their souls
d 72:14 Lit. their blood is
a 72:5 MT lacks shine e 72:16 MT lacks all the way
b 72:8 MT lacks Euphrates e 72:17 Lit. name
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Amen and amen! 72

10
Therefore God’sd people return
20
This ends the prayers of Jesse’s there
son David. and drink it all in like water
until they’re satiated.
72
BOOK III (Psalms 73-89) 11

Then they say,
Psalm 73
“How can God know?

Psalm 73
Does the Most High have
A song of Asaph knowledge?”
A Plea for Deliverance 12
Just look as these wicked people!
1 God is indeed good to Israel, They’re perpetually carefree
to those pure in heart. as they increase their wealth.
13
2 I kept my heart pure for nothing
Now as for me, my feet nearly
and kept my hands clean from
stumbled,
guilt.
as I almost lost my step. 14
3 For I suffer all day long
For I was envious of the proud
and I am punished every
when I observed the prosperity
morning.
of the wicked.
4 15
For there is no struggle at their If I say, “I will talk like this,”
deaths, I would betray a generation of
PSALMS
and their bodies are healthy. your children.

16
5
They do not experience problems When I tried to understand this,
common to ordinary people; it was too difficult for me
they aren’t afflicted as othersa 17
until I entered the sanctuaries of
are. God.
6
Therefore pride is their necklace Then I understood their destiny.
18
and violence covers them like a You have certainly set them in
garment. 73 slippery places;
7 you will make them fall to their
Their eyes bulge from obesity
ruin.
and the imaginations of their
19
mind cross the border into How desolate they quickly
sin.b 73 become,
8
In their mockery they speak evil; completely destroyed by
from their arrogant position they calamities.
speak oppression. 20
Like a dream when one awakens,
9
They choose to speakc against Lord,
heaven; you will despise their image
while they talk about things on when you arise.
21
earth. When I chose to be bitter
I was emotionally pained.
a73:5 Lit. human beings
b73:7 MT lacks into sin
c 73:9 Lit. They set their mouth d 73:10 Lit. his
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22
Then, I was too stupid Rememberd Mount Zion,
and didn’t realize I was acting where you live.
likea a wild animal with you. 3
Hurry! Look at the permanent
23
But now I am always with you, ruins—
for you keep holding my right every calamity the enemy
hand. brought upon the holy
place.
73
24
You will guide me with your wise
advice, 4
Those who are opposing you roar
and later you will receive me where we were meeting with
with honor. you;
25
Whom do I have in heaven but they unfurl their war banners
as signs.
you? 5
As one blazes a trail
I desire nothing on this bearth.
26 through a forest with an ax,
My body and mind may fail, 6
now they’re tearing down all its
but God is my strengthc and my
carved work
portion forever.
with hatchets and hammers.
27
Those far from you will perish; 7
They burned your sanctuary
you will destroy those who are to the ground,
unfaithful to you. desecrate your dwelling place.
PSALMS
28
As for me, how good for me it is 8
They say to themselves,
that God is near! “We’ll crush them completely;”
I have made the Lord GOD my They burned down all the
refuge meeting places of God in the
so I can tell about all your land.
deeds. 9
Psalm 74
We see no signs for us;
Psalm 74 there is no longer a prophet,
and no one among us knows
A Maskil of Asaph
the future.e
A Plea for Deliverance 10
God, how long will the adversary
1
Why, God? Have you rejected us scorn
forever? while the enemy despises your
Your anger is burning against name endlessly?
11
the sheep of your pasture. Why do you not withdraw your
2 hand—
Remember your community,
your right hand—from your
whom you purchased long ago,
bosom
the tribe whom you redeemed
and destroy them?f
for your possession.
a 73:22 MT lacks acting like d 74:2 MT lacks Remember

b 73:25 MT lacks this e 74:9 Lit. knows when
c 73:26 Lit. is the rock of my heart f 74:11 MT lacks them
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12 22
But God is my king from ancient Get up, God, and prosecute your
times, case—
who brings acts of deliverance remember that you’re being
throughout the earth. scorned 74
13
You split the sea by your own by fools all day long.
23
power. Don’t ignore the shout of those
You shattered the heads of sea opposing you,
monsters in the water. The uproar of those who rebel
14
You crushed the heads of against you continuously.
Leviathan. Psalm 75
Psalm 75
You set it as food for desert
creatures.a To the Director: To the tune ofb “Do
15
You opened both the spring and not Destroy!”
the river;
A psalm of Asaph. A song.
you dried up flowing rivers.
16
Yours is the day, and yours is the Praise to God for Justice
1
night; We praise you, God!
you established the moon and We praise youc—your
the sun. presenced draws near—
17
You set all the boundaries of the as we declare your wonderful
PSALMS
earth; deeds.
you made summer and winter. 2
“At the time that I choose
18
Remember this: The enemy scorns I will judge the righteous.e
3
the LORD While the earth and all its
and a foolish people despises inhabitants melt away,
your name. it is I who keeps its pillars firm.”
19
Don’t hand over the life of your Interlude
dove to beasts; 4
I will say to the proud, “Don’t
do not continually forget your brag,”
afflicted ones. and to the wicked,
20
Pay attention to your covenant, “Don’t vaunt your strength.f
5
for the dark regions of the earth Don’t use your strength to fight
are full of violence. heaveng
21
Don’t let the oppressed return in or speak from stubborn
humiliation. arrogance.”h
The poor and needy will praise
your name. b 75:T MT lacks the tune of
c 75:1 MT lacks you
d 75:1 Lit. name
e 75:2 Or judge righteously
f 75:4 Lit. Don’t lift up your horn
g 75:5 Lit. Don’t lift your horns to the height
a 74:14 Or people h75:5 Lit. speak with a stiff neck
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6 5
For exaltation comes not from the Brave men were plundered
east, while they slumbered in their
the west, or the wilderness, sleep.
7
since God is the judge. All the men of the army were
This one he will debase or that immobilized.
6
one he will exalt. At the sound of your battle cry,
8
For there is a cup in the hand of God of Jacob,
the LORD, both horse and chariot rider fell
foaming with well-mixed wine into deep sleep.
that he will pour out, leaving only 7
You are awesome!
the dregs, who can stand in your presence
from which all the wicked of the when you’re angry?
earth shall drink. 8
From heaven you declared
9
But as for me, I will declare judgment.
forever, The earth stands in awe and is
singing praise to the God of quiet
9
Jacob. when God arose to execute justice
10
I will cut down the strengtha of and to deliver all the afflicted of
the wicked, the earth. Interlude
10
but the strengthb of the Even human anger praises you;
PSALMS
righteous will be lifted up. you will wear the survivors of
your wrath as an ornament.e
75
Psalm 76
Psalm 76
11
Let everyone who surrounds the
To the Director: With stringed LORD your God
instruments. A psalm of Asaph. A
make a vow and fulfill it to the
song.
Awesome One.f
The Awesome God 12
He will humble the arrogantg
1
God is known in Judah; commanders-in-chief,h 76
in Israel his reputation is great. instilling fear among the kings of

2
His abode is in Salem,c the earth.
his dwelling place in Zion.
3
There he shattered sharp arrows,
shields, swords, and weapons
ofd war. Interlude
4
You are enveloped by light;
more majestic than mountains
filled with game. e 76:10 MT lacks as an ornament
f 76:11 Or to the one whom they fear
a 75:10 Lit. horn g 76:12 Lit. the spirit of
b 75:10 Lit. horn h 76:12 Lit. Nagidim; i.e. senior officers
c 76:2 I.e. Jerusalem entrusted with dual roles of operational
d 76:3 MT lacks weapons of oversight and administrative authority
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Psalm 77
11
Psalm 77 I will remember the LORD’S deeds;
indeed, I will remember your
To the director: To Jeduthun. A psalm
awesome deeds from long
of Asaph.
ago.
Remembering God in Times of 12
As I meditate on all your works,
Trouble
1 I will consider your awesome
I cry out to God!
deeds.
I cry out to God and he hears
me. 13
God, your way is holy.
2
When I was in distress, I sought What god is like our great God?
the Lord; 14
God, you are the one performing
my hands were raised at night awesome deeds.
and they did not grow weary. You reveal your might among
I refused to be comforted. the nations.
3
I remember God, and I groan; 15
You deliveredb your people—
I meditate, while my spirit the descendants of Jacob and
grows faint. Interlude Joseph—
4
You kept my eyes open; with your power. Interlude
I was troubled and couldn’t 16
The waters saw you, God;
speak. the waters saw you and writhed.
PSALMS
5
I thought of ancient times, Indeed, the depths of the sea
considering years long past. quaked.
6
During the night I remembered 17
The clouds poured rain;
my song. the skies rumbled.
I meditate in my heart, Indeed, your lightning bolts
and my spirit ponders. flashed.c
7
Will the Lord reject mea forever 18
Your thunderous sound was in a
and not show favor again? whirlwind;
8
Has his gracious love ceased your lightning lights up the
forever? world;
Will his promise be unfulfilled in the earth becomes agitated
future generations? and quakes.
9
Has God forgotten to be gracious? 19
Your way was through the sea,
Has he in anger withheld his
and your path through mighty
compassion? Interlude
waters,
10
So I say: “It causes me pain but your footprints cannot be
that the right hand of the Most traced.d
High has changed.”
b 77:15 Or redeemed
c 77:17 Lit. your fierce arrows traveled
a 77:7 MT lacks me d 77:21 Lit. steps are not recognized
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20
You have led your people like a and they will not forget his
flock awesome deeds.
by the hands of Moses and Instead, they will keep his
Aaron. 77
commandments.
8
Psalm 78
They will not be like the rebellious
Psalm 78 generation of their
A Maskil of Asaph ancestors,
a rebellious generation,
Remembering God in Times of
whose heart was not steadfast,
Trouble
1 and whose spirits were
Listen, my people, to my
unfaithful to God.
instruction. 9
The Ephraimites were sharp
Heara the words of my mouth.
shooters with the bow,
2
I will tellb a parable, but they retreated in the day of
speaking riddles from long battle.
ago— 10
They did not keep God’s
3
things that we have heard and covenant,
known and refused to live by his Law.
and that our ancestors related to 11
They have forgotten what he has
us. done,
4
PSALMS
We will not withhold them from
his awesome deeds that they
their descendants; witnessed.
we’ll declare to the next
12
generation the praises of the He performed marvelous things
LORD— in the presence of their ancestors
his might and awesome deeds in the land of Egypt—
that he has performed. in the fields of Zoan.
13
5
He divided the sea so that they
He established a decree in Jacob,
were able to cross;
and established the Law in
he caused the water to stand in a
Israel,
single location.
that he commanded our ancestors 14
He led them with a cloud during
to reveal to their children
6 the day,
in order that the next generation—
and during the night with light
children yet to be born—
from the fire.
will know them and 15
He caused the rocks to split in the
in turn teach them to their
wilderness,
children.
7 and gave them waterc as from
Then they will put their trust in
an abundant sea.
God 16
He brought streams from rock,
a 78:1 Lit. Stretch out your ear

b 78:2 Lit. will open my mouth in c 78:15 Lit. drink
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causing water to flow like a 25

Mortal mene ate the food of
river. angels;
17
But time and again, they sinned he sent provision to them in
against him, abundance.
rebelling against the Most High 26
He stirred up the east wind in the
in the desert. heavens
18
To test God was in their minds, and drove the south wind by his
when they demanded food to might.
satisfy their cravings.a 27
He caused meat to rain on them
19
They spoke against God by asking, like dust
“Is God able to prepare a feastb and winged birds as the sand of
in the desert? the sea.
20
It’s true thatc Mosesd struck the 28
He caused these to fall in the
rock so that water flowed middle of the camp
forth and all around their tents.
and torrents of water gushed 29
So they ate and were very
out, satisfied,
but is he also able to give bread because he granted their desire.
or to supply meat for his 30
However, before they had fulfilled
people?”
PSALMS
their desire,
21
Therefore, when the LORD heard while their food was still in their
this, he was angry, mouths,
31
the anger of God flared against
and fire broke out against Jacob.
Moreover, his anger flared against them,
Israel, and he killed the strongest men
22 and humbled Israel’s young
because they didn’t believe in
men.
God
32
and didn’t trust in his In spite of all of this, they kept on
deliverance. sinning
23
Yet he commanded the skies and didn’t believe in his
above marvelous deeds.
33
and the doors of the heavens to So he made their days end in
open, futility,
24
so that manna rained down on and their years with sudden
them for food terror.
34
and he sent them the grain of When he struck them, they sought
heaven. him;
they repented, and eagerly
sought God.
a 78:18 Lit. food for their soul
b 78:19 Or table
c 78:20 Lit. Indeed,
d 78:20 Lit. he e 78:26 Lit. A man
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35 47
Then they remembered that God He destroyed their vines with hail
was their rock, and their sycamore trees with
and the Most High God was frost.
48
their deliverer. He delivered their beasts to hail
36
But they deceived him with their and their livestock to lightning
mouths; bolts.
49
they lied to him with their He inflicted his burning anger,
tongues. wrath, indignation, and distress,
37
For their hearts weren’t committed sending destroying angels
to him, among them.
50
and they weren’t faithful to his He blazed a path for his anger;
covenant. he did not stop short from
38
But he, being merciful, forgave killing them,
their iniquity but handed them over to
and didn’t destroy them; pestilence.
51
He restrained his anger He struck every firstborn in Egypt,
and didn’t vent all his wrath. the first fruits of their manhood
39
For he remembered that they were in the tents of Ham.
52
only flesh, Yet he led out his people like
a passing wind that doesn’t sheep,
PSALMS
return. guiding them like a flock in the
40
desert.
How they rebelled against him in 53
He led them to safety so they
the desert, would not fear.
grieving him in the wilderness! As for their enemies, the sea
41
They tested God again and again, covered them.
provoking the Holy One of 54
He brought the peoplea to the
Israel.
42 border of his holy mountain,
They did not remember his
which he acquired by his might.
power— 55
He drove out nations before them
the day he delivered them from
and allotted their tribal
their adversary,
43 inheritance,
when he set his signs in Egypt
settling the tribes of Israel in
and his wonders in the plain of
their tents.
Zoan.
56
But they tested the Most High
44 He turned their rivers into blood
God by rebelling against
and made their streams
him,
undrinkable.
45 and they did not obey his
He sent swarms of insects to bite
statutes.
them
and frogs to destroy them.
46
He gave their crops to caterpillars
and what they worked for to a 78:54 Lit. brought them
locusts.
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57 68
They fell away and were as But he chose the tribe of Judah,
disloyal as their ancestors. the mountain of Zion, which he
They became unreliable, like a loves.
69
defective bow; He built his sanctuary, high as the
58
they angered him with their high heavens,
places like the earth that he established
and with their carved images forever.
70
they made him jealous. Then he chose his servant David,
59 whom he took from the
God heard and became furious,
sheepfold.
and he completely rejected 71
He brought him from birthing
Israel.
60 sheep
He abandoned the tabernacle at
to care for Jacob, his people,
Shiloh,
Israel, his possession.
the tent that he established 72
Davidd shepherded them with a
among mankind.
devoted heart,
61
Then he sent his mighta into
and led them with skillful
captivity
hands.
and his glory into the control of Psalm 79
the adversary. Psalm 79

62
He delivered his people over to
PSALMS
A Psalm of Asaph
the sword
and was angry with his A Prayer for Jerusalem
1
possession. God, nations have invaded your
63
The young men were consumed lande
by fire, to desecrate your holy temple,
and the virgins had no marriage to destroy Jerusalem,
2
celebrations.b to give the corpses of your
64
The priests fell by the sword, servants
yet their widows couldn’t weep. as food for the birds of the skies
65
and the flesh of your godly ones
The LORD awoke as though from to the beasts of the earth;
sleep,78 3
to make their blood flow like
like a mighty warrior stimulated water around Jerusalem,
by wine. with no one being buried.
66
He beat back his adversaries, 4
We have become a reproach to our
permanently disgracing them. neighbors,
67
He rejected the clanc of Joseph; a mockery and a derision to
and the tribe of Ephraim he did those around us.
not choose.
a 78:61 I.e. the Ark of the Covenant d 78:72 Lit. He

b 78:63 Lit. virgins sang no wedding song e 79:1 Lit. your possession; or your
c 78:67 Lit. tent inheritance
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5
How long, LORD, will you be the reproach with which they
angry? Forever? reproached you, LORD.
13
Will your jealousy burn like fire? Then we, your people, the sheep
6
Pour out your wrath upon the of your pasture,
nations will praise you always, from
that do not acknowledge you, generation to generation.
and over the kingdoms We will declare your praise. 79
that do not call on your name. Psalm 80
7 Psalm 80
For they consumed Jacob,
making his dwelling place For the Director of Music: According
desolate. to “The Lilies”
A testimony of Asaph. A psalm.
8
Don’t chargea us for previous
iniquity, A Prayer for Jerusalem
1
but let your compassion come Shepherd of Israel, listen!
quickly to us, The one who leads Joseph like a
for we have been brought flock,
very low. the one enthroned on the
9
Help us, God, our deliverer, cherubim,
on account of your glorious display your glory.f
name,
PSALMS
2
Revealg your power before
deliver us and forgiveb our sins Ephraim, Benjamin, and
on account of your name. Manasseh,
10
Why should the nations say, then come to our rescue.
“Where is their God?” 3
God, restore us,
Let vengeance for the blood of show your favorh and deliver us.
your servants be metedc out 4
before our eyes and among LORD God of the Heavenly
the nations. Armies,
11
Let the cries of the prisoners reach when will your smoldering
you. angeri
toward your people’s prayers
With the strength of your
cease?j
power, 5
You fed them tears as their food,
release those condemned to
and caused them to drink a full
death.d
12 measure of tears.
Pay back our neighbors seven 6
You have set us at strife against
timese
our neighbors
a 79:8 Lit. remember f 80:1 MT lacks your glory

b 79:10 Lit. cover g 80:2 Or rouse, stir up
c 79:10 Lit. spilled h 80:3 Lit. cause your face to shine
d 79:11 Lit. the sons of death i 80:4 Lit. Until when will you burn in anger
e 79:12 Or seven-fold j 80:4 MT lacks cease
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16
and our enemies deride us. was burned with fire, cut off,
7 and destroyed on account of
God of the Heavenly Armies,
your rebuke.
restore us
and show your favor,a 17
May you support the man at your
so we may be delivered. right hand;
8 the son of man whom you have
You uprooted a vine from Egypt,
raised for yourself.
and drove out nations to 18
Then we will not turn away from
transplant it.
you.
9
You cleared the groundb so that its
Restore us, so we can call upon
roots grew
your name.
and filled the land.
19
10
Mountains were covered by its God of hosts, restore to us the
shadows, light of your favor.i
and the mighty cedars by its Then we’ll be delivered. 80
branches. Psalm 81
11 Psalm 81
Its branches spread out to the
Mediterraneanc Sea For the Director: On the Gittith. By
and its shoots to the Euphratesd Asaph
River. Celebrating and Remembering God
PSALMS
12
Why did you break down its walls 1
Sing joyfully to God, our strength.
so that those who pass by pluck Raise a shout to the God of
its fruits?e Jacob.
13
Wild boars of the forest gnaw at it, 2
Sing a song and play the
and creatures of the field feed tambourine,
on it. the pleasant-sounding lyre along
14
God of the Heavenly Armies, with the harp.
3
return! Blow the ram’s horn when there is
Look down from heaven and a new moon,
see. when there is a full moon,
Show caref toward this vine. on our festival day,
4
15
The rootg that your right hand because it is a statute in Israel,
planted, an ordinance by the God of
the shooth that you tended for Jacob,
5
yourself, a decree that he prescribed for
Joseph
when he went throughout the
a 80:7 Lit. cause your face to shine
land of Egypt,
b 80:9 MT lacks ground
c 80:11 MT lacks Mediterranean speaking a language I did not
d 80:11 MT lacks Euphrates recognize.a
e 80:12 Heb. lacks its fruits
f 80:14 Lit. Visit h 80:15 Lit. son
g 80:15 Or stock i 80:19 Lit. face
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6
I removed the burden from yourb their punishment will be
shoulder; permanent.
yourc hands were freed of the 16
But I will feed Israelf with the
burdensome basket.d finest wheat,
7
In a time of need you called out satisfying you with honey from
and I delivered you; 81 the rock.
I answered you from the dark Psalm 82
Psalm 82
thundercloud;
I tested you at the waters of A Psalm of Asaph
Meribah. Interlude
Asking God for Justice
8 1
Listen, My people and I will warn God takes his stand in the divine
you. assembly;
Israel, if only you would obey among the divineg beingsh he
me! renders judgment:
9
You must neither have a foreign 2
“How long will you judge partially
god over you
by showing favor on the
or worship a strange god.
10 wicked?i Interlude
I am the LORD your God,
3
who brought you out of the land “Defend the poor and the
of Egypt, fatherless.
PSALMS
open your mouth that I may Vindicate the afflicted and the
fill it. poor.
11 4
Yet my people didn’t obey my Rescue the poor and the needy,
voice; delivering them from the power
Israel didn’t submit to me. of the wicked.
5
12
So I allowed theme to continue in They neither know nor
their stubbornness, understand;
living by their own advice. they walk about in the dark
13
If only my people would obey me, while all the foundations of
if only Israel would walk in my the earth are shaken.
ways! 6
“Indeed I said, ‘You are gods,
14
Then I would quickly subdue their and all of you are sons of the
enemies. Most High.
I would turn against their foes.
82
7
15
However, as all human beings do,
Those who hate the LORD will you will die,
cringe before him; and like other rulers, you will
fall.’
a 81:5 Lit. hear

b 81:6 Lit. his f 81:16 Lit. him
c 81:6 Lit. his g 82:1 Or angelic
d 81:6 Lit. hands let pass through the basket h 82:1 Or the gods
e 81:12 Or it/ her i 82:2 Lit. you lift the face
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8 11
Arise, God, to judge the earth, Punish their nobles like Oreb and
for all nations belong to you. 82
Zeeb,e
Psalm 83
and all their princes like Zebah

Psalm 83
and Zalmunna,f
A song. A Psalm of Asaph 12
who said, “Let us possess the
A Plea for Judgment pastures of God.”
1
God, do not rest! 13
God, set them up like dried
Don’t be silent! thistles,
Don’t stay inactive, God! like straw before the wind.
2
See! Your enemies rage; 14
Like a fire burning a forest,
those who hate you issue and a flame setting mountains
threats.a ablaze.
3
They plot againstb your people 15
Pursue them with your storm and
and conspire against your terrify them with your
cherished ones. whirlwind.
4
They say, “Let us go and erase 16
Fill their faces with shame
them as a nation until they seek your name, God.
so the name of Israel will not be 17
Let them be humiliated and
remembered anymore.” terrified permanently
until they die in shame.g
PSALMS
5
Indeed, they shrewdly planned 18
Then they will know that you
together,
alone—
forming an alliance against
you— whose name is LORD—
6
the clans of Edom, the Ishmaelites, are the Most High over all the
earth.
Moab, the Hagarites,
7
Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia,
Psalm 84
Psalm 84
and the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 To the Director: On the Gittith.
Even Assyria joined them
A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.
to strengthen the descendants of
Lot. Interlude Longing for God
1
9 How lovely are your dwelling
Deal with them as you did to
places,
Midian,c
LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Sisera, and Jabin at the Kishon 2
I desire and long
Brook.d
10
for the templeh courts of the
They were destroyed at En-Dor
LORD.
and became as dung on the
My heart and bodya sing for joy
ground. 83
a 83:2 Lit. you lift their head e 83:11 Cf. Judg 7:25
b 83:3 Lit. they make shrewd secret counsel f 83:11 Cf. Judg 8:12, 21
c 83:9 Cf. Judg 7:1-24 g 83:17 Lit. they are abased and destroyed
d 83:9 Cf. Judg 4:7, 15, 21-24 h 84:2 MT lacks temple
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to the living God.b 11

For the LORD God is a sun and
3
Even the sparrow found a house shield;
for herself the LORD grants grace and favor;
and the swallow a nest the LORD will not withhold any
to layc her young at your altar, good thing
LORD of the Heavenly Armies, from those who walk
my king and God. blamelessly.
12
4
How happy are those who live in LORD of Heavenly Armies,
your temple, how happy are those who trust
for they can praise you in you.84
continuously. Interlude Psalm 85
Psalm 85
5
How happy are those whose
To the Director: A Psalm by the
strength is in you, descendants of Korah.
whose heart is on your path.
6
They will pass through the Baca Restore Us, God
1
Valley LORD you have favored your land
where he will prepare a spring and restored the fortunes of
for them; Jacob.
2
even the early rain will cover You took away the iniquity of
it with blessings. your people,
PSALMS
7
They will walk from strength to forgiving all their sins. Interlude
strength; 3
You withdrew all your wrath
each will appear before God in and turned away from your
Zion. burning anger. 85
8
LORD God of the Heavenly 4
Restore us, God of our salvation,
Armies, hear my prayer! and stop being angry with us.
Listen, God of Jacob! Interlude 5
Will you be angry with us forever?
9
God, look at our shield, Will you prolong your anger
and show favor to your from generation to
anointed, generation?
6
10
for a day in your templed courts is Will you restore our lives again
better so that your people may rejoice
than a thousand elsewhere; in you?
7
I would rather stand LORD, show your gracious love
at the entrance of God’s house and deliver us.
than live in the tent of 8
Let me listen to what God, the
wickedness. LORD, says;
for the LORD will promise peace
a 84:2 Lit. flesh to his people, to his holy ones;
b 84:3 Or the God of life
may they not return to
c 84:3 Or to set up
d 84:11 MT lacks temple foolishness.
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9 7
Surely, he will soon deliver those In my troubled times I will call on
who fear him, 85 you,
for his glory will live in our land. for you will answer me.
10 8
Gracious love and truth meet; No one can compare with you
righteousness and peace kiss. among the gods, Lord;
11
Truth sprouts up from the ground, No one can accomplishc your
while righteousness looks down work.
9
from the sky. All the nations that you have
12
The LORD will also provide what is established will come
good, and worship you, my Lord.
and our land will yield its They will honor your name.
10
produce. For you are great,
13
Righteousness will go before him and you are doing awesome
to prepare a path for his steps. things;
Psalm 86
you alone are God.

Psalm 86
11
Teach me your ways, LORD,
A Davidic prayer
that I may walk in your truth;
Help Us, God let me wholeheartedlyd revere
1
LORD, listen and answer me, your name.
PSALMS
for I am afflicted and needy. 12

I will praise you, Lord my God,
2
Protect me, for I am faithful;a with my whole being;
My God, deliver your servant and I will honor your name
who trusts in you. continuously.
3
Have mercy on me Lord, 13
For great is your gracious love to
for I call on you all day long. me;
4
Your servant rejoices, you’ve delivered me from the
because, Lord, I set my hope onb depths of Sheol.e
you.
14
5
Indeed you, Lord, are kind and God, arrogant men rise up against
forgiving, me,
overflowing with gracious love while a company of ruthless
to everyone who calls on individuals want to kill me.
you. They do not have regard for
6
you.f
Hear my prayer, LORD; 15
But you, Lord, are a
attend to my prayer of compassionate God,
supplication. merciful and patient,g
c 86:7 MT lacks can accomplish

d 86:12 Lit. my heart be undivided
e 86:13 I.e. the realm of the dead
a 86:2 Or righteous f 86:14 Lit. don’t set you before them
b 86:4 Or I lift my soul to g 86:15 Or slow to anger
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with unending gracious love “The Most High himself dide

and faithfulness. it.”
6
16 The LORD will record,
Return to me and have mercy on
as he registers the peoples,f
me;
“This one was born there.”
86
clothe your servant with your

Interlude
strength
7
and deliver the son of your Then singers, as they play their
maid servant. instruments,g will declare,
17
Show me a sign of your goodness, “All my rootsh are in you.”
so that those who hate me will
Psalm 88
Psalm 88
see it and be ashamed.
A song. A psalm by the descendants
For you, LORD, will help and
of Korah. According to Mahalat
comfort me.
Leannoth. A maskil by Heman the
Ezrahite.
Psalm 87
Psalm 87
A psalm by the descendants of Korah. A Cry for Help
1
A song. LORD, God of my salvation,
by day and by night I cry out
The Holy City for All People
before you.
1
God’sa foundation is in the holy
PSALMS
2
Let my prayer come before you;
mountains.
2 listeni to my cry.
The LORD loves the gates of Zion 3
For my life is filled with troubles
more than the dwellings of
Jacob. as I approach Sheol.j
4
3
Glorious things are spoken about I am considered as one of those
you, descending into the Pit,k
city of God. Interlude like a mighty man without
strength,
4
I will mention Rahab and Babylon 5
released to remainl with the dead,
among those who acknowledge lying in a grave like a corpse,
me—
remembered no longer,
including Philistia, Tyre, and
and cut off from your power.
Ethiopiab— 6
You have assigned me to the
“This one was born there,” they
lowest part of the Pit,a
say.c
5
Indeed, about Zion it will be said:
e 87:5 Or secured
“More than one persond was f 87:6 Lit. record, in a registry of people
born in it,” and g 87:7 Or singers and flute players
h 87:7 Lit. springs
i 88:2 Lit. stretch your ears
a 87:1 Lit. His j 88:3 I.e. the realm of the dead
b 87:4 Lit. Cush k 88:3 I.e. the place of punishment in the
c 87:4 MT lacks they say afterlife
d 87:5 Lit. a man and a man l 88:5 MT lacks to remain
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to the darkest depths. Why have you hidden your face

7
Your anger lays heavily upon me; from me?
15
you poundb me with all your Since my youth I have been
waves. Interlude oppressed
8
and in danger of death.
You caused my acquaintances to
I bear your dread
shun me;c and am overwhelmed.
you make me extremely 16
Your burning anger overwhelms
abhorrent to them. me;
Restrained, I am unable to go your terrors destroy me.
out. 17
Like waters, they engulf me all
9
My eyes languish on account of day long;
my affliction; they surround me on all sides.
all day long I call out to you, 18
You caused my friend and
LORD,
neighbor to shun me;e
I spread out my hands to you.
and my acquaintances are
confused.f
10
Can you perform wonders for the Psalm 89
dead? Psalm 89
Can departed spirits stand up to A Maskil. By Ethan, the Ezrahite
PSALMS
praise you? Interlude

God’s Covenant with David
1
11
Can your gracious love be I will sing forever about the
declared in the grave gracious love of the LORD;
or your faithfulness in from generation to generation
Abaddon?d I will declare your faithfulness
12
Can your awesome deeds be with my mouth.
2
known in darkness I will declare that your gracious
or your righteousness in the love was established forever;
land of oblivion? 88
in the heavens itself, you have
established your
13
As for me, I cry out to you LORD, faithfulness.
and in the morning my prayer
3
greets you. I have made a covenant with my
14
Why, LORD, have you rejected chosen one;
me? I have made a promise to David,
my servant.
4
“I will establish your dynasty
forever,
a 88:6 I.e. the place of punishment in the
and I will lift up one who will
afterlife
b 88:7 Lit. oppress builda your throne
c 88:8 Lit. to be distant
d 88:11 I.e. the realm of destruction in the e 88:18 Lit. be distant from
afterlife f 88:18 Lit. are in darkness
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14
from generation to Righteousness and justice make
generation.” Interlude up
5 the foundation of your throne;
Even the heavens praise your
gracious love and truth meet
awesome deeds, LORD,
before you.
your faithfulness in the assembly 15
How happy are the people who
of the holy ones.
6
For who in the skies compares to can worship joyfully!e
the LORD? LORD, they walk in the light of
Who is like the LORD among the your presence.
16
divine beings? In your name they rejoice all day
7
God is feared in the council of the long;
holy ones, they exult in your justice.f
17
revered by all those around him. For you are their strength’s
8
LORD God of the Heavenly grandeur;
Armies, by your favor you exalted our
who is as mighty as you, LORD? power.g
18
Your faithfulness surrounds Indeed, our shield belongs to the
you. LORD,
and our king to the Holy One of
9
You rule over the majesticb sea;
Israel.
when its waves surge,
PSALMS
you calm them. God’s Describes His Anointed
10
You crushed the proud onec to 19
You spoke to your faithfulh ones
death; through a vision:i
with your powerful arm
you scattered your enemies. “I will set a helper overj a warrior.
11
Heaven and the earth belong to I will raise up a chosen one from
you, the people.
20
the world and everything it I have found my servant David;
contains— I have anointed him with my
you established them. sacred oil,
12
The north and south—you created
21
with whom my powerk will be
them; firmly established;
Tabor and Hermon joyously
praise your name. d 89:13 Lit. lifted up
13 e 89:15 Lit. who know the joyful shout
Your arm is strong;
f 89:16 Or righteousness
your hand is mighty; g 89:17 Lit. horn
indeed, your right hand is h 89:19 Or godly; so MT LXX; DSS 4Q98g
victorious.d reads chosen
i 89:19 So MT LXX; DSS 4Q98g reads vision;
you said
a 89:4 Or confirm j 89:19 So MT LXX; DSS 4Q98g reads I have
b 89:10 Lit. roaring lent support to
c 89:10 Lit. Rahab k 89:21 Lit. hand
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32
for my arm will strengthen him. then I will punish their
22
No enemy will deceive him; disobedience with a rod
no wicked persona will afflict and their iniquity with lashes.
him. 33
But I will not cut offh my gracious
23
I will crush his enemies before love from him,
him and I will not stop being faithful.
and strike those who hate him. 34
I will not dishonor my covenant,
24
My faithfulness and gracious because I will not change what I
love will be with him, have spoken.i
and in my name his powerb will 35
I have sworn by my holiness once
be exalted. for all:
25
I will place his handc over the sea, I will not lie to David.
and his right handd over the 36
His dynastyj will last forever
rivers. and his throne will be like the
26
He will announce to me sun before me.
‘You are my father, 37
It will be established forever like
my God, and the rock of my the moon,
salvation.’ a faithful witness in the sky.”
27
“Indeed, I myself made him the Interlude
first born,
PSALMS
A Commitment to Persevere
the highest of the kings of the 38
But you have spurned, rejected,
earth. and became angry with your
28
I will showe my gracious love anointed one.
toward him forever, 39
You have dishonored the
since my covenant is securely covenant with your servant;
established with him. you have defiled his crown on
29
I will establish his dynasty f the ground.
forever, 40
You have broken through all hisk
and his throne as long as heaven walls;
endures.g you have laid his fortresses in
30
“But if his sons abandon my laws ruin.
41
and All who pass by on their way
do not follow my ordinances, plunder him;
31
if they profane my statutes; he has become a reproach to his
and do not keep my commands, neighbors.
42
You have exalted the right hand of
a 89:22 Lit. no son of iniquity his adversaries;
b 89:24 Lit. horn
c 89:25 I.e. his authority
d 89:25 I.e. his authority h 89:33 Lit. break
e 89:28 Lit. keep i 89:34 Lit. what goes out of my lips
f 89:29 Lit. seed j 89:36 Lit. seed
g 89:29 Lit. as the days of the heavens k 89:40 Or its
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you have caused all of his when they reproached the

enemies to rejoice. footstepsf of your anointed.
43
Moreover, you have turned back 52
Blessed is the LORD forever!
the edge of his sword
Amen and amen!
and did not support him in
battle. BOOK IV (Psalms 90-106)
44
You have caused his splendora to Psalm 90
Psalm 90
cease
and cast down his throne to the A prayer by Moses, the godly man
ground. Life is Short
45
You have caused the days of his 1
Lord, you’ve been our refugeg
youth to be cut short;
from generation to generation.
89
you have covered him with 2

Before the mountains were formed
shame. Interlude
or the earth and the world were
46
How long, LORD, will you hide brought forth,
yourself? Forever? you are God from eternity to
Will your anger continuously eternity.
burn like fire? 3
47
You return people to dust
Remember how short my lifetime
merely byh saying, “Return, you
is!
PSALMS
mortals!”
How powerless have you 4
One thousand years in your sight
created all human beings!b
48
are but a single day
What valiant man can live and not
that passes by, just like a night
see death?
watch.
Who can deliver himselfc from 5
You will sweep them away while
the powerd of Sheol.e
they are asleep—
Interlude
by morning they are like
49
Where is your gracious love of old, growing grass.
6
Lord, In the morning it blossoms and is
that in your faithfulness you renewed,
promised to David? but toward evening, it fades and
50
Remember, Lord, the reproach of withers.
your servant! 7
Indeed, we are consumedi by your
I carry inside me all the insults
anger
of many people,
51 and terrified by your wrath.
when your enemies reproached 8
You have set our iniquities before
you, LORD,
you,
a 89:44 Or luster
b 89:47 Lit. all sons of Adam f 89:51 Lit. the hind part
c 89:48 Lit. deliver his soul g 90:1 Or our dwelling place
d 89:48 Lit. hand h 90:3 MT lacks merely by
e 89:48 I.e. the realm of the dead i 90:7 Lit. finished
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what we have concealed in the as well as your splendor to their

light of your presence. children.
17
May your favor be on us, Lord our
9
All our days passa away in your
God;
wrath;
make our endeavors successful;
our years fade awayb and end yes, make our endeavors
like a sigh. secure!
10
We live for 70 years, Psalm 91
or 80 years if we’re healthy,c Psalm 91

yet even in their primed there are
A Davidic Psalmf
troubles and sorrow.
They pass by quickly and we fly God is My Refuge
1
away. The one who lives in the shelter of
11 the Most High,
Who can know the intensity of
who rests in the shadow of the
your anger?
Almighty,
Because our fear of you matches 2
will say to the LORD,
your wrath,
12 “You are my refuge, my fortress,
teach us to keep account of our
and my God in whom I trust!”
days
3
so we may develop inner He will surely deliver you from
PSALMS
wisdom. the hunter’s snare

13 and from the destructive plague.
Please return, LORD! When will it 4
With his feathers he will cover
be?
you,
Comfort your servants.
14 under his wings you will find
Satisfy us in the morning with
safety.
your gracious love
His truth is your shield and
so we may sing for joy
armor.
and rejoice every day.
90
5
15
Cause us to rejoice throughout the You need not fear terror that
time when you have stalksg in the night,
afflicted us, the arrow that flies in the day,
the years when we have knowne 6
plague that strikes in the darkness,
trouble. or calamity that destroys at
16 noon.
May your awesome deeds be 7
If a thousand fall at your side
revealed to your servants,
or ten thousand at your right
hand,
it will not overcome you.
a 90:9 Or turn
b 90:9 Lit. are finished
c 90:11 Lit. strong f 91:T So LXX; DSS 11QPsa lacks Psalm; the
d 90:10 Lit. pride MT lacks this line
e 90:15 Lit. seen g 91:5 MT lacks that stalks
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8
Only observea it with your eyes, and to sing praise to your name,
and you will see how the wicked Most High;
2
are paid back. to proclaim your gracious love in
9
the morning
“LORD, you are my refuge!”
and your faithfulness at night,
3
Because you chose the Most High accompanied by a ten-stringed
as your dwelling place, instrument and a lyre,
10
no evil will fall upon you, and the contemplative sound of
and no affliction will approach a harp.
4
your tent, Because you made me glad
11
for he will command his angels with your awesome deeds,
to protect you in all your ways. LORD,
12
With their hands they will lift you I will sing for joy at the works
up of your hands.
so you will not trip over a stone. 5
How great are your works, LORD!
13
You will stomp on lions and Your thoughts are
snakes; unfathomable.d
you will trample young lions 6
A stupid man doesn’t know,
and serpents. and a fool can’t comprehend
this:
PSALMS
The LORD Speaks
7
14
Because he has focused his love on Though the wicked sprout like
me, grass;
I will deliver him. and all who practice iniquity
I will protect himb flourish,
because he knows my name. it is they who will be eternally
15
When he calls out to me, destroyed.
8
I will answer him. But you are exalted forever, LORD. 92
I will be with him in hisc distress. 9

Look at your enemies, LORD!
I will deliver him, Look at your enemies, for they
and I will honor him. are destroyed;
16
I will satisfy him with long life; everyone who practices
I will show him my deliverance. 91
iniquity will be scattered.e
Psalm 92
10
You’ve grown my strengthf like
Psalm 92
the horn of a wild ox;
A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath Day I was anointed with fresh oil.
11
Praise and Thanksgiving to God My eyes gloated over those who
1
It is good to give thanks to the lie in wait for me;g
LORD
d 92:5 Lit. very deep
a 91:8 Or Only you will observe e 92:9 Lit. divided; or separated
b 91:14 Or will set him on high f 92:10 Lit. horn
c 91:15 MT lacks his g 92:11 MT lacks for me
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5
when those of evil intent attack Your decrees are very trustworthy,
me, my ears will hear. and holiness always befits your
12 house, LORD.
The righteous will flourish like
93
Psalm 94
palm trees; 92
Psalm 94
they will grow like a cedar in
God Avenges His Own
Lebanon. 1
God of vengeance,
92
13
Planted in the LORD’s temple,
they will flourish in the LORD God of vengeance,
courtyard of our God. display your splendor!c
2
14
They will still bear fruit even in Stand up, judge of the earth,
and repay the proud.
old age;a
3
they will be luxuriant and green. How long will the wicked, LORD,
15
They will proclaim: “The LORD is how long will the wicked
upright; continue to triumph?
4
my rock, in whom there is no When they speak, they spew
injustice.” arrogance.
Psalm 93
Everyone who practices iniquity

Psalm 93
brags about it.d
God Reigns 5
LORD, they have crushed your
PSALMS
1
The LORD reigns! He is clothed in people,
majesty; afflicting your heritage.
the LORD is clothed, 6
The wickede kill widows and
and he is girdedb with
foreigners;
strength.
they murder orphans.
Indeed, the world is well 7
They say, “The LORD cannot see,
established,
and the God of Jacob will not
and cannot be shaken.
2 notice.”
Your throne has been established
8
since time immemorial; Pay attention, you dull ones
you are king from eternity. among the crowds!
3
The rivers have flooded, LORD; You fools! Will you ever become
the rivers have spoken aloud, wise?
the rivers have lifted up their 9
The one who formedf the ear can
crushing waves. hear, can he not?
4
More than the sound of surging The one who made the eyes can
waters— see, can he not?
the majestic waves of the sea—
the LORD on high is majestic.
c 94:1 MT lacks your splendor

a 92:14 Lit. Even with gray hair d 94:4 MT lacks about it
b 93:1 So MT; DSS 11QPsa reads is robed in e 94:6 Lit. They
power and girded himself f 94:9 Lit. planted
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10
The one who disciplines nations who plan wicked things through
can rebuke them, can he misuse of the law,
not? be allied with you?
21
The one who teaches mankind They gather together against the
can discern, can he not? righteous,
11
The LORD knows the thoughts of condemning the innocent to
human beings— death.
that they are futile. 22
But the LORD is my stronghold,
12
How blessed is the man whom and my God, the rock, is my
you instruct, LORD, refuge.
23
whom you teach from your law, He will repay them for their sin;
13
keeping him calm when times are he will annihilate them because
troubled of their evil.
until a pit has been dug for the The LORD our God will
wicked. annihilate them.
14
For the LORD will not forsake his Psalm 95
Psalm 95
people; 94
he will not abandon his heritage. Worship and Obedience

1
15
Righteousness will be restored Come! Let us sing joyfully to the
with justice, LORD!
PSALMS
and all the pure of heart will Let us shout for joy to the rock
follow it. of our salvation.
2
16
Let us come into his presence with
Who will rise up for me against
thanksgiving;
the wicked?
let us shout with songs of praise
Who will stand for me against to him.
those who practice iniquity?
3
17
If the LORD had not been my For the LORD is an awesome God;
helper, a great king above all divine
I would have quickly become beings.b
4
silent. He holds in his hand the lowest
18
When I say that my foot is parts of the earth
shaking, and the mountain peaks belong
your gracious love, LORD, will to him.
5
sustain me. The sea that he made belongs to
19
When my anxious inner thoughts him,
become overwhelming, along with the dry land that his
your comfort encourages me. hands formed.
6
20
Will destructive national leaders,a Come! Let us worship and bow
down;
a 94:20 Lit. destructive throne b 95:3 Or all gods
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let us kneel in the presence of he is awesome above all gods.

5
the LORD, who made us. For all the gods of the peoples
7
For he is our God, and we are the are worthless idols,
people of his pasture but the LORD made the heavens.
and the flock in his care.a 6
Splendor and majesty are before
If only you would listen to his him;
voice today, might and beauty are in his
8
do not be stubborn like your sanctuary.
7
ancestors wereb at Meribah, Ascribe to the LORD, you
as on that day at Massah, in the families of peoples, 96
wilderness, ascribe to the LORD glory and

9
where your ancestors tested me. strength!
8
They tested me, Ascribe to the LORD the glory due
even though they had seen my his name,
awesome deeds. bring an offering and enter his
courts!
10
For forty years I loathed that 9
Worship the LORD in holy
generation, so I said, splendor;
“They are a people whose hearts tremble before him, all the earth.
continually err,
10
Declare among the nations, “The
PSALMS
and they have not understood

my ways.” LORD reigns!”
11
So in my anger I declared an oath: Indeed, he established the world
“They shall not enter my place so that it will not falter.
of rest.” 95
He will judge people fairly.
11
Psalm 96 The heavens will be glad
Psalm 96 and the earth will rejoice;
Give Glory to the LORD even the sea and everything
1
Sing a new song to the LORD! that fills it will roar.c
Sing to the LORD, all the earth! 12
The field and all that is in it will
2
Sing to the LORD! rejoice;
Bless his name! then all the trees of the forest
Proclaim his deliverance every will sing for joy96
day! 13
in the the LORD’s presence,
3
Declare his glory among the because he is coming;
nations indeed, he will come to judge
and his awesome deeds among the earth.
all the peoples! He will judge the world fairly
4
For the LORD is great, and its people reliably.
and greatly to be praised;
a 95:7 Lit. flock of his hand

b 95:8 Lit. stubborn as at c 96:11 Or thunder
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Psalm 97
Psalm 97 delivering them from

domination byd the wicked.
The LORD is King 11
Light shines on the righteous;
1
The LORD reigns! gladness on the morally
Let the earth rejoice! upright.e
May many islands be glad! 12
Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous
2
Thick clouds are all around him; ones!
righteousness and justice are his Give thanks at the mention of
throne’s foundation. his holiness! 97
3
Fire goes out from his presence Psalm 98
Psalm 98
to consume his enemies on
every side. A psalm
4
His lightning bolts light the world; Sing Praise to the King
the earth sees and shakes. 1
Sing to the LORD a new song,
5
Mountains melt like wax in the
for he has done awesome deeds!
LORD’s presence—
His right hand and powerfulf arm
In the presence of the LORD of
have brought him victory.
all the earth. 2
The LORD has made his
6
The heavens declare his deliverance known;
righteousness he has disclosed his justice
PSALMS
so that all the nations see his before the nations.
3
glory. He has remembered his gracious
7 love;
All who serve carved images—
his faithfulness toward the
and those who praise idols—will
house of Israel;
be humiliated.
all the ends of the earth saw
Worship him, all you “gods”!
our God’s deliverance.
8
Zion hears and rejoices; 4
Make a joyful noise to the LORD,
the townsa of Judah rejoice
all the earth!
on account of your justice,
Break forth into joyful songs of
LORD.
9 praise!
For you, LORD, are the Most High 5
Sing praises to the LORD with a
above all the earth;
lyre—
you are exalted high above all
with a lyre and a melodious
divine beings.b
song!
10
Hate evil, you who love the LORD! 6
With trumpets and the sound of a
He guards the lives of those who ram’s horn 98
love him,c
a 97:8 Lit. daughters d 97:10 Lit. from the hand of

b 97:9 Or all gods e 97:11 Lit. the upright of heart
c 97:10 Or his saints f 98:1 Lit. holy
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shout in the presence of the he answered them.

7
LORD, the king! In a pillar of cloud he spoke to
7 them;
Let the sea and everything in it
they obeyed his decrees
shout,a
and the law that he gave
along with the world and its them.
inhabitants; 8
LORD our God, you answered
8
let the rivers clap their hands in
them;
unison;
you were their God who
98
and let the mountains sing for forgaveb them,

joy but also avenged their evil
9
in the LORD’s presence, who deeds.
comes to judge the earth;
9
He’ll judge the world righteously; Exalt the LORD our God and
and its people fairly. worship at his holy
Psalm 99
mountain,
Psalm 99 for the LORD our God is holy! 99
The LORD is Holy

Psalm 100
1
Psalm 100
The LORD reigns—
let people tremble; A psalm of thanksgiving
PSALMS
he is seated above the cherubim— Give Thanks to the LORD

let the earth quake. 1
Shout to the LORD all the earth!
2
The LORD is great in Zion 2
Serve the LORD with joy.
and is exalted above all peoples. Come before him with a joyful
3
Let them praise your great and shout!
awesome name. 3
Acknowledge that the LORD is
He is holy! God.
4
A mighty king who loves justice, He made us and we belong to
you have established fairness. him;
You have exercised justice we are his people
and righteousness over Jacob. and the sheep of his pasture.
4
5
Exalt the LORD our God; Enter his gates with thanksgiving
worship and bow down at his and his courts with praise.
footstool; Thank him and bless his name,
5
He is holy! for the LORD is good
6
and his gracious love stands
Moses and Aaron were among his forever.
priests; His faithfulness remains from
Samuel also was among those generation to generation.
who invoked his name.
When they called on the LORD,
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Psalm 101 Psalm 102
Psalm 101 Psalm 102

A Davidic Psalm A prayer by the afflicted man who is
overwhelmed and talks about his
Remembering God’s Love troubles with the LORD.
1
I will sing about gracious love and
justice; A Prayer for Help
1
LORD, I will sing praise to you. LORD, hear my prayer!
2
I will pay attention to living a life May my cry for help come to
of integrity— you.
2
when will I attain it? Do not hide your face from me
I will live with integrity of when I am in trouble.
heart in my house. Listen to me.
3
I will not even think about doing When I call to out you,
anything lawless; hurry to answer me!
3
I hate to do evil deeds; For my days are vanishing like
I will have none of it. smoke;
4
I will not allow anyone with a my bones are charred as in a
perverted mind in my fireplace.
4
presence; Withered like grass, my heart is
I will not be involved witha overwhelmed,
PSALMS
anything evil. and I have even forgotten to eat
5
my food.
I will destroy the one who secretly 5
Because of the sound of my
slanders a friend. 101
sighing,
I will not allow the proud and my bones cling to my skin.
haughty to prevail. 6
I resemble a pelican in the
6
My eyes are looking at the faithful wilderness
of the land, or an owl in a desolate land.
so they may live with me; 7
I lie awake,
The one who lives a life of yet I am like a bird isolated on a
integrity will serve me. rooftop.
7
A deceitful person will not sit in
8
my house; My enemies revile me all day long;
A liar will not remain in my those who ridicule me use my
presence. name to curse.
9
8
Every morning I will destroy all I have eaten ashes as food
the wicked of the land, and mixed my drink with tears
10
eliminating everyone who because of your indignation and
practices iniquity from the wrath,
LORD’s city. when you lifted and threw me
away.
a 101:4 Lit. not know
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11
My life isa like a declining shadow, 23
He has weakened myb strength
and I am withering like a plant. along the way.c
12 He has cut short my days.
But you, LORD, are enthroned 24
I say, “My God, whose years
forever;
continue through all
You are remembered
generations,
throughout all generations.
13 do not take me in the middle of
You will arise to extend
my life.
compassion on Zion, 25
You established the earth long
for it is time to show her favor—
ago;
the appointed time has come.
14 the heavens are the workd of
Your servants take pleasure in its
your hands.
stones 26
They will perish,
and delight in its debris.
but you will remain;
15
Nations will fear the name of the and they all will become worn
LORD, out,e like a garment.
and all the kings of the earth, f
You will change them like
your splendor. clothing,
16
When the LORD rebuilds Zion, and they will pass away.
27
he will appear in his glory. But you remain the same; 102
PSALMS
17
He will turn to the prayer of the your years never end.
28
destitute, May the descendants of your
not despising their prayer. servants live securely,
18
Write this for the next generation, and may their children be
that a people yet to be created established in your
will praise the LORD. presence.”
Psalm 103
19
For when he looked down from Psalm 103
his holy heights—
Davidic
the LORD looked over the earth
from heaven— Praise God, Who Forgives
20
to listen to the groans of 1
Bless the LORD, My soul,
prisoners, and all that is within me, blessa
to set free those condemned to his holy name.
death,
21
so they would declare the name of b 102:23 So MT Qere (oral reading) DSS
the LORD in Zion 4QPsb; Symmachus, Syr, Targ, and
and his praise in Jerusalem, Hieronymous; the MT Qetiv (written) reads
22 his
when people and kingdoms c 102:23 Or strength in mid-course
gather together d 102:25 So MT DSS 4QPsb; LXX Targ DSS
to serve the LORD. 11QPsa read works
e 102:26 So MT DSS 4QPsb 11QPsa; LXX
reads will grow old
f 102:26 So MT; LXX DSS 4QPsb 11QPsa
a 102:11 Lit. My days are read And you
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2 11
Bless the LORD, My soul, As high as heaven rises above
and never forget any of his earth,
benefits: so his gracious love strengthensf
3
He continues to forgive all your those who fear him.
12
sins, As distant as the east is from the
he continues to heal all your west,
diseases, that is how far he has removed
4
he continues to redeem your life our sins from us.
13
from the Pit,b As a father has compassion for his
and he continually surrounds children,
you so the LORD has compassion for
with gracious love and those who fear him.
14
compassion. For he knows how we were
5
He keeps satisfying you with good formed,
things, aware that we were made from
and he keeps renewing your dust.
youth like the eagle’s. 15
A person’s life is like grass—
6
The LORD continually does what is it blossoms like wild flowers,
16
right, but when the wind blows through
executing justice for all who are it,
PSALMS
being oppressed. it withers away and no one
7
He revealed his plansc to Moses remembers where it was.
17
and his deeds to the people of Yet the LORD’s gracious love
Israel. remains
8
The LORD is compassionate and throughout eternity for those
gracious, who fear him
patient,d and abundantly rich in and his righteous acts extend
gracious love. to their children’s children,
18
9
He does not chastene continuously to those who keep his covenant
or remain distant for all time. and to those who remember to
10
He neither deals with us according observe his precepts.
19
to our sins, The LORD has established his
nor repays us equivalent to our throne in heaven
iniquity. and his kingdom rules over all.
20
Bless the LORD, you angels who
belong to him,
you mighty warriors who carry
a 103:1 MT lacks bless out his commands,
b 103:4 I.e. the place of punishment in the
afterlife
c 103:7 Lit. ways
d 103:8 Lit. slow of anger f 103:11 MT phrase high as sounds like MT
e 103:9 Or rebuke verb strengthens
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who are obedient to the sound the water stood above the
of his words.a mountains.
21 7
Bless the LORD, all his heavenly They flee at your rebuke;
armies, they rush away at the sound of
his ministers who do his will. your thunders.
8
22
Bless the LORD, all his creation,b Mountains rise up and valleys sink
in all the places of his dominion. to the place you have ordained
for them.
Bless the LORD, My soul. 103
9
You have set a boundary they
cannot cross;
Psalm 104
Psalm 104
they will never again cover the
Davidicc earth.
Praise God, Who Creates 10
He causes springs to gush forth
1
Bless the LORD, My soul; into rivers
LORD, my God, you are very that flow between thee
great. mountains.
You are clothed in splendor and 11
They give waterf for animals of the
majesty; field to drink;
2
you are wrapped in light like a the wild donkeys quench their
garment, thirst.
PSALMS
stretching out the sky like a 12

Birds of the sky live beside them
curtain. and chirp a songg among the
3
He lays the beams of his roof loft foliage.
on the water above,d 13
He waters the mountains from his
making clouds his chariot, heavenly rooms;
walking on the wings of the the earth is satisfied from the
wind. fruit of your work.
4
He makes the winds his 14
He causes grass to sprout for the
messengers, cattle
blazing fires his servants. and plants for people to
5
He established the earth on its cultivate,
foundations, to produce food from the land,
so that it never falters. 15
like wine that makes the heart of
6
You covered the primeval ocean peopleh happy,
like a garment; oil that makes the face glow,
and fooda that sustains
people.b
a 103:20 So LXX 4QPsb; MT LXX read word
b 103:22 Lit. works; or deeds e 104:10 So LXX DSS 4QPsd; MT lacks the
c 104:T So LXX DSS 4QPsa 11QPsa; MT f 104:11 MT lacks water
DSS 4QPsd lack this line g 104:12 Lit. and they give a voice
d 104:3 MT lacks above h 104:15 Lit. man
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27
16
The loftiest treesc are satisfied, All of them look to you
the cedars of Lebanon that he to provide themh their food at
planted, the proper time.
28
17
the birds build their nests there, They receive what you give them;
and the heron buildsd its nest when you open your hand,
among the evergreen. they are filled with good
18
The high mountains are for wild things.
goats; 29
When you withdraw your favor,i
the cliffs are a refuge for the they are disappointed;
rock badger. Take away their breath,
andj they diek and return to
19
He made the moon to mark time;e dust.
the sun knows its setting time.
20
30
When you send your spirit,l they
You bring darkness and it
arem created,
becomes night;
and you replenish the surface of
when every beast of the forest
the earth.
prowls.
21
Young lions roar for prey, 31
May the glory of the LORD last
seeking their food from God. forever;
104
22
When the sun rises, theyf gather may the LORD rejoice in his
PSALMS
and lie down in their dens. works!
32
23
People go out to their work He looks at the earth and it
and labor until evening. shakes;
24 he touches the mountains and
How numerous are your works,
they smoke.
LORD! 33
I will sing to the LORD with my
You have made them all wisely;
whole being;n
the earth is filled with your
creations.g I will sing to my God
25
There is the deep and wide sea, continuously!
34
May my thoughts be pleasing to
teeming with numberless
creatures, him;
living things small and great. indeed, I will rejoice in the
26
There, the ships pass through; LORD!
Leviathan, which you created,
frolics in it.
h 104:27 So LXX DSS 11QPsa; MT lacks
them
a 104:15 Or bread i 104:29 Lit. you conceal your face
b 104:15 Lit. heart of man j 104:29 So MT; LXX DSS 11QPsa read then
c 104:16 Lit. trees of the LORD k 104:29 So MT DSS 11QPsa; LXX reads they
d 104:17 MT lacks builds will fail
e 104:19 Lit. for an appointed time l 104:30 Or breath
f 104:22 So MT; LXX DSS 4QPsd 11QPsa m 104:30 So MT; LXX reads they will be;
read and they DSS 11QPsa reads then they are
g 104:24 Lit. acquisitions n 104:33 Lit. with my life
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35 10
May sinners disappear from the He presented it to Jacob as a
land decree,
and the wicked live no longer. to Israel as an everlasting
covenant.
Bless the LORD, My soul! 11
He said: “I will give Canaan to you
Hallelujah!
as the allotted portion that is
your inheritance.”
Psalm 105
Psalm 105
Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance 12
When the Hebrewsd were few in
1
Give thanks to the LORD, number—so very few—
call on his name, and were sojourners in it,
13
and make his deeds known they wandered from nation to
among the people. nation,
2
Sing to him! Praise him! from one kingdom to another.e
14
Declare all his awesome deeds! He did not allow anyone to
3
Exult in his holy name; oppress them,
let alla those who seek the LORD or any kings to reprove them.
rejoice! 15
“Don’t touch my anointed
4
Seek the LORD and his strength; or hurt my prophets!”
seek his face continuously. 16
5 He declared a famine on the land;
PSALMS
Remember his awesome deeds

destroying the entire food
that he has done,
supply.f
his wonders and the judgments 17
He sent a man before them—
he declared.
6 Joseph, who had been sold as a
You descendants of Abraham, his
slave.
servant, 18
They bound his feet with fetters
You children of Jacob, his
and placed an iron collar on his
chosen ones.
neck,g
19
7
He is the LORD our God; until the time his prediction came
his judgments extend to the true,
entire earth. as the word of the LORD refined
8
He remembers his eternal him.
20
covenant— He sent a king who released him,
every promise he madeb for a a ruler of people who set him
thousand generations, free.
21
9
like the covenant he madec with He made him the master over his
Abraham, household,
and his promise to Isaac.
d 105:12 Lit. When they

a 105:3 Lit. Let the heart of e 105:13Lit. one kingdom to another nation
b 105:8 Lit. every word he commanded f 105:16 Lit. every staff of bread
c 105:9 Lit. like he cut g 105:18 Lit. soul
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32
the manager of all his He set hail instead of rain,
possessions— and lightning throughout their
22
to discipline his rulers at will land.
33
and make his elders wise. It destroyed their vines and their
23 figs,
Then Israel came to Egypt;
breaking trees throughout their
indeed, Jacob lived in the land of
country.f
Ham.a 34
Then he commanded the locust to
24
He caused his people to multiply come—
greatly; grasshoppers without number.
and be more numerous than 35
They consumed every green plant
their enemies. in their land,
25
He caused themb to hate his and devoured the fruit of their
people soil.
36
and to deceive his servants. He struck down every firstborn in
26
He sent his servant Moses, along their land,
with Aaron, the firstfruits of all their
whom he had chosen. progeny.
27
They performed his signs among 37
Then he brought Israelg out with
them,
PSALMS
silver and gold,
his wonders in the land of
and no one among his tribes
Ham.c
stumbled.
28
He sent darkness, and it became 38
The Egyptians rejoiced when they
dark. left,
Did they not rebel againstd his because fear of Israelh
words? descended on them.
29
He turned their water into blood, 39
He spread out a cloud for a cover,
so that the fish died. and fire for light at night.
30
Their land swarmed with frogs 40
Israeli asked, and quail came;
even to the chambers of their food from heaven satisfied them.
kings. 41
He opened a rock, and water
31
He spoke, gushed out
and a swarm of insects invaded flowing like a river in the desert.
their land.e 42
Indeed, he remembered his sacred
promise
to his servant Abraham.
a 105:23 I.e. Egypt

b 105:25 Lit. He turned their hearts
c 105:27 I.e. Egypt f 105:32 Or borders
d 105:28 So MT DSS 11QPsa; LXX reads not g 105:37 Lit. them
embitter h 105:38 Lit. them
e 105:30 Or borders i 105:40 MT lacks Israel
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43 7
He led his people out with In Egypt, our ancestors neither
gladness, comprehended your
his chosen ones with shouts of awesome deeds
joy. nor remembered your abundant
44
He gave to them the land of gracious love.
nations; Instead, they rebelled beside
they inherited the labor of othera the sea, the Reedb Sea.
8
people He delivered for the sake of his
45
so they might keep his statutes name,c
and observe his laws. to make his power known.
Hallelujah!10 5
9
He shouted at the Reedd Sea and
it dried up;
Psalm 106
Psalm 106
and led them through the sea as
The Unfaithfulness of God’s People though through a desert.
1
Hallelujah! 10
He delivered them from the power
Give thanks to the LORD, of their foe;
since he is good, redeeming them from the power
for his gracious love exists of their enemy.
11
forever. The water overwhelmed their
enemies,
PSALMS
2
Who can fully describe the mighty so that not one of them
acts of the LORD survived.e
or proclaim all his praises? 12
Then they believed his word
3
How happy are those who enforce and sung his praise.
justice, 13
But they quickly forgot his deeds
who live righteously all the time.
4
Remember me, LORD, and did not wait for his counsel.
14
They were overwhelmed with
when you show favor to your
people. craving in the wilderness,
Visit us with your deliverance, so God tested them in the
5
to witness the prosperity of your wasteland.
15
God granted them their request,
chosen ones,
but sent leanness into their lives.
to rejoice in your nation’s joy,
to glory in your inheritance. 16
They were envious of Moses in the
6 camp,
We have sinned, along with our
and of Aaron, the holy one of
ancestors;
the LORD.
we have committed iniquity and
wickedness.
b 106:7 So MT. LXX reads Red

c 106:8 Or reputation
d 106:9 So MT. LXX reads Red
a 105:44 MT lacks other e 106:11 Or remained
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17
The earth opened and swallowed and be scattered among manye
Dathan, lands.
closing over Abiram’s clan. 28
For they adopted the worshipf of
18
Then a fire burned among their Baal Peor
company, and ate sacrifices offered to the
a flame that set the wicked dead.
ablaze. 29
They had provoked anger by their
19 deeds,
They fashioned a calf at Horeb
so that a plague broke out
and worshipped a carved image.
against them.
20
They exchanged their glorya 30
But Phinehas intervened and
with the image of a grass-eating
prayed
bull.
21 so that the plague was
They forgot God their Savior,
restrained.
who performed great things in 31
And it was credited to him as a
Egypt—
22 righteous act,
awesome deeds in the land of
from generation to generation—
Ham,b to eternity.
astonishing deeds at the Reedc 32
They provoked wrath at the
Sea. waters of Meribah,
PSALMS
23
He would have destroyed them
and Moses sufferedg on account
but for Moses, his chosen one, of them.
who stood in the breach before 33
For they rebelled against him, h
him
so that he spoke thoughtlessly
to avertd his destructive wrath.
with his lips.
24
They rejected the desirable land, 34
They never destroy the people,
and they didn’t trust his
as the LORD had commanded
promise.
25 them.
They murmured in their tents, 35
Instead, they mingled among the
and didn’t listen to the voice of
nations
the LORD.
26 and learned their ways.i
So he swore an oath concerning 36
They worshippedj their idols,
them—
and this became a trap for them.
that he would cause them to die 37
They sacrificed their sons and
in the wilderness,
27
to cause their children to perish daughters to demons.
among the nations
e 106:27 MT lacks many
f 106:28 Lit. they attached themselves with
Baal Peor
a 106:20 I.e. their God g 106:32 Lit. and it was evil for Moses
b 106:22 I.e. Egypt h 106:33 Lit. against his spirit
c 106:22 So MT. LXX reads Red i 106:34 Lit. deeds
d 106:23 Or turn back j 106:35 Lit. served
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38
They shed innocent blood— 106 so we may praise your holy name
the blood of their sons and and rejoice in praising you.
48
daughters— Blessed are you, LORD God of
whom they sacrificed to the idols Israel,
of Canaan, from eternity to eternity;
thereby polluting the land with Let all the people say, “Amen!”
blood. Hallelujah!
39
Therefore, they became unclean
BOOK V (Psalms 107-150)
because of what they did; Psalm 107
they have acted like whores by Psalm 107

their evil deeds.
Gratitude for God’s Deliverance
106
40
The LORD’s anger burned against 1
his people, Give thanks to the LORD, for he is
so that he despised his own good!
inheritance. His gracious love exists forever.
2
41
He turned them over to Let those who have been
domination by nations redeemed by the LORD
where those who hated them declare it—
ruled over them. those whom he redeemed
42
Their enemies oppressed them, from the powerb of the
PSALMS
so that they were humiliated by enemy,

3
their power. those whom he gathered from
43
He delivered them many times, other lands—
but they demonstrated rebellion from the east, west, north, and
by their evil plans; south.c
therefore they sunk deep in 4
They wandered in desolate
their sins. wilderness;
44
Yet when he saw their distress they found no road to a city
and heard their cries for help,a where they could live.
5
45
he remembered his covenant with Hungry and thirsty,
them, their spiritsd failed.
6
and so relented Then they cried out to the LORD in
according to the greatness of their trouble,
his gracious love. and he delivered them from
46
He caused all their captors to their distress.
7
show compassion toward He led them in a straight way
them. to find a city where they could
live.
47
Deliver us, LORD our God, 8
Let them give thanks to the LORD
gather us from among the
nations b 107:2 Lit. hand
c 107:3 Lit. and the sea; i.e. the Reed Sea
a 106:44 MT lacks help d 107:5 Lit. soul
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19
for his gracious love Yet when they cried out to the
and his awesome deeds for LORD in their trouble,
mankind. he delivered them from certain
9
He has satisfied the one who destruction.
thirsts, 20
He issued his commandf and
filling the hungry with what is healed them;
good. he delivered them from their
10
Some sat in deepest darkness, destruction.
21
shackled with cruel iron, Let them give thanks to the LORD
11
because they had rebelled against for his gracious love,
the command of God, and for his awesome deeds for
despising the advice of the Most mankind.
22
High. Let them offer sacrifices of
thanksgiving
12
He humbled thema through
and talk about his works with
suffering,
shouts of joy.
as they stumbled without a
helper. 23
Those who go down to the sea in
13
Then they cried out to the LORD in ships,
their trouble; who work in the great waters,
he delivered them from their
PSALMS
24
witnessed the works of the
distress. LORD—
14
And heb brought them out from his awesome deeds in the
darkness and the shadow of ocean’s depth.
25
death,c He spoke and stirred up a
shattering their chains. windstorm
that made its waves surge.
15
Let them gived thanks to the LORD 26
The peopleg ascended skyward
for his gracious love, and descended to the
and for his awesome deeds to depths,
mankind.
16
their courageh melting away in
For he shattered bronze gates
their peril.
and cut through iron bars. 27
They reeled and staggered like a
17
Because of their rebellious ways, drunkard,
fools suffered for their iniquities. as all their wisdom became
18
Theye loathed all food, useless.
28
and even reached the gates of Yet when they cried out to the
death. LORD in their trouble,
the LORD brought them out of
a 107:12 Lit. humbled their hearts their distress.
b 107:14 So LXX DSS 4QPsf; MT reads He
c 107:14 So LXX; MT reads and gloom f 107:20 Lit. word
d 107:15 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPsf reads Give g 107:26 Lit. They
e 107:18 Lit. their souls h 107:26 Lit. souls
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29 39
He calmed the storm But they became few in number,
and its wavesa quieted down. and humiliated
30
So they rejoiced that the wavesb by continued oppression, agony,
became quiet, and sorrow.
40
and he led them to their desired Having poured contempt on their
haven. nobles,
31
causing them to err aimlessly in
Let them give thanks to the LORD
the way.
for his gracious love 41
Yet he lifted the needy from
and for his awesome deeds on affliction
behalf of mankind.
32 and made them families like a
Let them exalt him in the assembly
flock.
of the people 107
42
and praise him in the counsel of The upright see it and rejoice,
the elders. but the mouth of an evil person
33
is shut.
He turns rivers into a desert, 43
Let whoever is wise observe these
springs of water into dry things,
ground,
34
that they may comprehend the
and a fruitful land into a salty
gracious love of the LORD.
waste,
PSALMS
Psalm 108
due to the wickedness of its Psalm 108

inhabitants. A song. A Davidic psalm.
35
He turns a desert into a pool of
water, A Plea for Victory
1
dry land into springs of water. My heart is firm, God;
36
There he settled the hungry, I will sing and praise you with
where they built a city to live in. my whole being.
2
37
They sowed fields and planted Awake, harp and lyre! 108
vineyards I will wake up at dawn.

3
that yielded a productive I will give thanks to you among
harvest. the peoples, LORD!
38
Then he blessed them, and they I will sing praise to you among
became numerous; the nations.
4
he multiplied their cattle.c For your gracious love extends to
the sky,d
and your faithfulness reaches to
the clouds.
a 107:29 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPsf reads and

the waves of the sea; cf. Psa 107:25
b 107:30 Lit. they
c 107:38 Or he didn’t let their cattle become
few d 108:4 Or is great above the heavens
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Psalm 109
5
May you be exalted above the Psalm 109
heavens, God,
To the Director. A Davidic psalm.
and your glory be over all the
earth. A Prayer Against the Evil One
6 1
In order that those you love may God, whom I praise,
be rescued, do not be silent,
deliver with your powera and 2
for the mouths of wicked and
answer me! deceitful people
7 are opened against me;
God had promised in his
they speak against me with
sanctuary:
lying tongues.
3
“I will triumph and divide They surround me with hate-filled
Shechem, 108 words,
then I will measure the valley of attacking me for no reason.
Succoth! 4
Instead of receivingc my love, they
8
Gilead and Manasseh belong to accuse me,
me, though I continue in prayer.
while Ephraim is my chief 5
They devise evil against me
stronghold instead of good,
and Judah is my scepter. and hatred in place of my love.
PSALMS
9
Moab is my washbasin; 6
I will fling my shoe on Edom Appoint an evil person over him;
and shout over Philistia.” may an accuser stand at his right
side.d
10
Who will lead me to the fortified 7
When he is judged, may he be
city? found guilty;
Who will lead me as far as may his prayer be regarded as
Edom? sin.
11
God, you have rejected us, have 8
May his days be few;
you not, may another take over his
since you did not march out position.e
with our army, God? 9
May his children become
12
Give us help against the enemy, fatherless,
because human help is useless.b and his wife a widow.
13
I will find strength in God, 10
May his children roam around
for he will trample on our foes. begging,
seeking foodf while driven farg
from their ruined homes.
c 109:4 MT lacks receiving

d 109:6 Lit. hand
e 109:8 Or office
a 108:6 Lit. right hand f 109:10 MT lacks food
b 108:12 Or vain g 109:10 So LXX; MT lacks while driven far
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11 18
May creditors seize all his He wore curses like a garment—
possessions, may theyj enter his inner being
and may foreigners loot the like water109
property he has acquired.a and his bones like oil.

12
May no one extend gracious love 19
May those cursesk wrap around
to him, him like a garment,
or show favor to his fatherless or like a belt that one always
children. wears.
13
May his descendantsb be 20
May this be the way the LORD
eliminated, repays my accuser,
and their memoryc be erased those who speak evil against me.
from the next generation.
14
21
Now you, LORD my God, defendl
May his ancestors’ guilt be
me for your name’s sake;
remembered in the LORD’s
because your gracious love is
presence,
good, deliver me!
and may his mother’s guilt not 22
Indeed, I am poor and needy,
be erased.
and my heart is wounded within
15
May whatd they have donee be me.
continuously in the LORD’s 23
I am fadingm away like a shadow
PSALMS
presence;
late in the day;
and may their memory be
I am shaken off like a locust.
excised from the earth. 24
My knees give wayn from fasting,
16
For he didn’t think to extend and my skin is lean, deprived of
gracious love; oil.
he harassed to death the poor, 25
I have become an object of
the needy, and the broken derision to them—
hearted.f they shake their heads
17
He loved to curse—may his whenever they see me.
cursesg return upon him! 26
Help me, LORD my God!
He took no delight in blessing Deliver me in accord with your
othersh— gracious love!
so may blessingsi be far from 27
Then they will realize that your
him. hand is in this—
that you, LORD, have
a 109:11 Or the result of his labor
b 109:13 Lit. May those after him accomplished it.
28
c 109:13 Or their name They will curse,
d 109:15 MT lacks what
e 109:15 MT lacks have done j 109:18 Lit. it
f 109:16 Or downhearted k 109:19 Lit. may it
g 109:16 Lit. may it l 109:21 Lit. God, do to
h 109:17 MT lacks others m 109:23 Or walking
i 109:17 Lit. it n 109:24 Or knees stagger
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but you will bless. from the dawn, the dew of

When they attack,a they willb be your youth belongs to you.
humiliated, 4
The LORD took an oath and will
while your servant rejoices. never recant:
29
May my accusers be clothed with “You are a priest forever,
shame after the manner of
and wrapped in their Melchizedek.”
humiliation as with a robe.
5
The Lord is at your right hand;
30
I will give many thanks to the he will utterly destroy kings in
LORD with my mouth, the time of his wrath.
praising him publicly, 6
He will execute judgment against
31
for he standsc at the right hand of
the nations,
the needy one,
filling gravesg with corpses.
to deliver him from his
He will utterly destroy leaders
accusers.d
far and wide.
7
He will drink from a stream on the
Psalm 110
Psalm 110
way,
A Davidic psalm
then hold his head high.
A Priestly Ruler
PSALMS
Psalm 111
Psalm 111h
1
A declaration from the LORDe to
my Lord: Praise for God’s Amazing Deeds
1
Hallelujah!
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies ‫א‬ I will give thanks to the LORD
your footstool.” with all of my heart
2
When the LORD extends your ‫ב‬ in the assembled
congregation of the
mighty scepter from Zion,
upright.
rule in the midst of your
enemies. ‫ג‬ 2
Great are the acts of the LORD;
3
Your soldiersf are willing ‫ד‬ they are within reach ofi all
volunteers on your day of who desire them.
battle; ‫ה‬ 3
Splendid and glorious are his
in majestic holiness, from the awesome deeds,
womb, ‫ו‬ and his righteousness
endures forever.
a 109:28 Lit. arise ‫ז‬ 4
He is remembered for his
b 109:28 So MT DSS 4QPsf 11QPsa; LXX awesome deeds;
reads arise, let my opponents
c 109:31 So MT; LXX DSS 11QPsa read he
has stood g 110:6 MT lacks graves
d 109:31 Or from those who condemn him h 111:T In this acrostic psalm each line begins
e 110:1 So MT; LXX reads The LORD said with a consecutive letter of the Heb. alphabet.
f 110:3 Lit. people i 111:2 Or are sought by
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‫ח‬ the LORD is gracious and ‫ב‬ who truly delights in his
compassionate. commandments.
‫ט‬ 5
He prepares fooda for those ‫ג‬
2
His descendants will be
who fear him; powerful in the land,
‫י‬ he is ever mindful of his ‫ד‬ a generation of the upright
covenant. who will be blessed.
‫ה‬
3
‫כ‬ 6
He revealed his mighty deeds Wealth and riches are in his
to his people house,
‫ל‬ by giving them a country of ‫ו‬ and his righteousness
their own.b endures forever.
‫ז‬
4
‫מ‬ 7
Whatever he does isc reliable A light shines in the darkness
and just, for the upright,
‫נ‬ and all his precepts are ‫ח‬ for the one who is
trustworthy, gracious,
‫ס‬ 8
sustained through all eternity, compassionate, and
just.
‫ע‬ and fashioned in both truth
‫ט‬
5
It is good for the person who
and righteousness.
lends generously,
‫פ‬ 9
He sent deliverance to his
people; ‫י‬ conducting his affairs with
fairness.
‫צ‬ he ordained his covenant to
PSALMS
‫כ‬
6
He will never be shaken;
last forever;
‫ק‬
his name is holy and awesome.
‫ל‬ the one who is just will
always be remembered.
‫ר‬
10
The fear of the LORD is the
‫מ‬
7
He need not fear a bad report,
beginning of wisdom;
‫ש‬ sound understanding ‫נ‬ for his heart is unshaken,
belongs to those who since he trusts in the
practice it. LORD.
‫ת‬ Praise of Godd endures ‫ס‬
8
His heart is steadfast, he will
forever. 111
not fear.
Psalm 112
‫ע‬ In the end he will look in

Psalm 112e triumph over his
The Gracious Person enemy.
‫פ‬
9
1
Hallelujah! He gives generously to the
poor;
11 2
‫א‬ How happy is the person who

‫צ‬ his righteousness endures
fears the LORD, forever;
‫ק‬ his horn is exalted in
a111:5 Or prey honor.
10
b111:6 Lit. an inheritance of nations The wicked person sees this
c 111:7 Lit. The works of his hands are ‫ר‬ and flies into a rage;
d 111:10 Lit. him
e 112:T In this acrostic psalm each line begins ‫ש‬ his teeth gnash and wear
away.
with a consecutive letter of the Heb. alphabet.
‫ת‬ The desire of the wicked will
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amount to nothing. the household of Jacob from a

Psalm 113
people of foreign speech—

Psalm 113 2
Judah became his sanctuary
Praise to the Loving God and Israel his place of dominion.
1
Hallelujah! 3
The sea saw thisc and fled,
Give praise, you servants of the the Jordan Riverd ran
LORD. backwards,
4
Praise the name of the LORD! the mountains skipped like rams,
2
and the hills like lambs.
May the name of the LORD be
5
blessed What happened to you, sea, that
from now to eternity. you fled?
3
From risinga to settingb sun, Jordan, that you ran backwards?
6
may the name of the LORD be Mountains, that you skipped like
praised. rams?
4
The LORD is exalted high above all and you hills, that you skippede
the nations; 113
like lambs? 11 4
his glory beyond the heavens. 7

Tremble then, earth, at the
5
Who is like the LORD our God, presence of the Lord,
enthroned on high, at the presence of the God of
PSALMS
6
yet stooping low to observe Jacob,
8
the sky and the earth? who turned the rock into a pool of
7
water,
He lifts the poor person from the the flinty rock into flowing
dust, springs.
raising the needy from the trash Psalm 115
pile Psalm 115

8
and giving him a seat among
The Impotence of Idols
nobles— 1
Not to us, LORD, not to us,
with the nobles of his people.
9
but to your name be given glory
He makes the barren woman
on account of your gracious
among her household love and faithfulness.
a happy mother of joyful 2
Why should the nations ask
children. “Where now is their God?”
3
Hallelujah! when our God is in the heavens
Psalm 114
and he does whatever he
Psalm 114 desires?
Deliverance of Israel from Egypt
1
When Israel came out of Egypt—
c 114:3 MT lacks this

a 113:3 Lit. from the eastern d 114:3 MT lacks River
b 113:3 Lit. to the western e 114:6 MT lacks that you skipped
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4
Their idols are silver and gold, 16
The highest heavensa belong to
crafted by human hands. the LORD,
5
They have mouths, but cannot but he gave the earth to human
speak; beings.
they have eyes, but cannot see. 17
Neither can the dead praise the
6
They have ears, but cannot hear; LORD,
they have noses, but cannot nor those who go down into the
smell; silence of death.b
7
They have hands, but cannot 18
But we will bless the LORD
touch; from now to eternity.
feet, but cannot walk;
Hallelujah!
they cannot even groan with
their throats.
Psalm 116
Psalm 116
8
Those who craft them will become
like them, God, My Deliverer
1
as will all those who trust in I love the LORD
them. because he has heard my prayer
for mercy;c
9
Israel, trust in the LORD! 2
for he listens to me whenever I
He is their helper and shield. call.
10
House of Aaron, trust in the LORD! 3
The ropes of death were wound
PSALMS
He is their helper and shield. around me

11
You who fear the LORD, trust in and the anguish of Sheold came
the LORD! 115 upon me;
He is their helper and shield. I encountered distress and
12 sorrow.
The LORD remembers and blesses 4
Then I called on the name of the
us.
LORD,
He will indeed bless the house
“LORD, please deliver me!e”
of Israel;
5
he will bless the house of The LORD is gracious and
Aaron. righteous;
13
He will bless those who fear the our God is compassionate;
6
LORD, 115
the LORD watches over the
both the important and the innocent;f
insignificant together. I was brought low, and he
14
delivered me.
May the LORD add to your
numbers—
to you and to your descendants. a 115:16 Lit. heaven of heaven
15
May you be blessed by the LORD, b 115:17 MT lacks of death
who made the heavens and the c 116:1 Lit. the voice of my supplication
earth. d 116:3 I.e. the realm of the dead
e 116:4 Lit. deliver my soul
f 116:6 Or naive
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Return to your resting place, My Hallelujah!
soul, Psalm 117
for the LORD treated you Psalm 117

generously. A Call to Praise the LORD
8
Indeed, you delivered my soul 1
Praise the LORD, all you nations!
from death, Exalt him, all you peoples!
my eyes from crying,a 2
For great is his gracious love
and my feet from stumbling. toward us,
9
I will walk in the LORD’s presence and the LORD’s faithfulness is
in the lands of the living. eternal.
10
I will continue to believe, even Hallelujah!
when I say, Psalm 118
“I am greatly afflicted” Psalm 118

11
and speak hastily, Thanksgiving to God
“All people are liars!” 1
Give thanks to the LORD,
12
What shall I return to the LORD for he is good;
for all his benefits to me? his gracious love is eternal.
13
I will raise my cup of deliverance 2
Let Israel now say,
and invoke the LORD’s name.
“His gracious love is eternal.”
PSALMS
14
I will fulfill my vows to the LORD 3
Let the house of Aaron now say,
in the presence of all his people.
“His gracious love is eternal.”
15
In the sight of the LORD, 116
4
Let those who fear the LORD now
the death of his faithful ones is say,
valued. “His gracious love is eternal.”
16
LORD, I am indeed your servant. 5
I called on the LORD in my
I am your servant. 116
distress;
I am the son of your handmaid. the LORD answered me openly.b
You have released my bonds. 6
The LORD is with me.
17
I will bring you a thanksgiving I will not be afraid.
offering What can people do to me?
and call on the name of the 7
With the LORD beside me as my
LORD! helper,
18
I will fulfill my vows to the LORD I will triumph over those who
in the presence of all his people, hate me.
19
in the courts of the LORD’s house,
in your midst, Jerusalem.
8
It is better to take shelterc in the
LORD
than to trust in people.
b 118:5 Lit. in a wide open place

c 118:8 Or refuge; LXX DSS 4QPsb 11QPsa
a 116:8 Lit. tears read to trust
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17
9
It is better to take sheltera in the I will not die, but I will live
LORD to recount the deeds of the
than to trust in princes. LORD.
18
10
The LORD will discipline me
All the nations surrounded me; severely,
but in the name of the LORD I but he won’t hand me over to
will defeat them. die.
11
They surrounded me, they are
19
around me; Open for me the righteous gates
but in the name of the LORD I so I may enter through them to
will defeat them. give thanks to the LORD.
20
12
They surrounded me like bees; This is the LORD’s gate—
but they will be extinguished The righteous will enter through
likeb burning thorns. it.
In the name of the LORD I will 21
I will praise you because you have
defeat them. answered me
13
Indeed, youc oppressed me so and have become my deliverer.
22
much that I nearly fell, The stone that the builders
but the LORD helped me. rejected
14
The LORD is my strength and has become the cornerstone.
PSALMS
23
protector,d This is from the LORD—
for he has become my deliverer.e it is awesome in our sight.
24
15
There’s exultationf for deliverance This is the day that the LORD has
in the tents of the righteous: made;
let’s rejoice and be glad in it.
“The right hand of the LORD is 25
Please LORD, deliver us!
victorious!g
11 8
16 Please LORD, hurryi and bring

The right hand of the LORD is
success now!
exalted!
26
The right hand of the LORD is Blessed is the one who comes in
victorious!”h the name of the LORD!
Let us bless you from the LORD’s
house.
27
The LORD is God—he will be our
light!
a 118:9 Or refuge
Bind the festival sacrifice with
b 118:12 So MT DSS 4QPsb; LXX reads bees;
ropes
they blazed like a fire among
c 118:13 I.e. the enemy to the horn at the altar.
28
d 118:14 Or might You are my God, and I will praise
e 118:14 Or salvation you;
f 118:15 Lit. sound of
g 118:15 Lit. LORD acted valiantly
my God, and I will exalt you.
h 118:16 MT reads LORD acted valiantly;
LXX DSS 11QPsa read LORD acted powerfully i 118:25 Or rush
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Give thanks to the LORD, for he is By guarding it in accordance
good with your word.
10
and his gracious love is eternal. I have sought you with all of my
Psalm 119
heart;
Psalm 119
do not let me drift away from
‫ א‬Alefa your commands.
11
I have stored what you have saidc
Living in the Law of God in my heart,
1
How blessed are those whose lifeb so I won’t sin against you.
12
is blameless, Blessed are you, LORD!
who walk in the Law of the Teach me your statutes.
13
LORD! I have spoken with my lips
2
How blessed are those who about all your decrees that you
observe his decrees, have announced.d
14
who seek him with all of their I find joy in the path of your
heart, decrees,
3
who practice no evil as if I owned all kinds of riches.
15
while they walk in his ways. I will meditate on your precepts,
4
You have commanded concerning and I will respect your ways.
16
your precepts, I am delighted with your statutes;
PSALMS
that they be guarded with I will not forget your word.e
diligence.
5
Oh, that my ways were steadfast, ‫ ג‬Gimmel
so I may keep your statutes. Living and Keeping God’s Word
6
Then I will not be ashamed, 17
Deal kindly with your servant
since my eyes will be fixed on all so I may live and keep your
of your commands. word.f
7
I will praise you with an upright 18
Open my eyes
heart, so that I will observe amazing
as I learn your righteous decrees. things from your
8
I will keep your statutes; instruction.g
do not ever abandon me. 19
Since I am a stranger on the earth,
‫ ב‬Bet do not hide your commands
from me.
20
The Benefits of the Word My soul is consumed with longing
9
How can a young man keep his
behavior pure? c 119:11 So MT DSS 4QPsh; LXX Syr read
stored your oracles
d 119:13 Lit. decrees of your mouth
e 119:16 So MT; LXX Syr DSS 11QPsa read
a 119:T This Psalm is an acrostic in which all words
verses in each eight-verse section begin with f 119:17 So MT; LXX DSS 11QPsa read
the letter of the Heb. alphabet. indicated. words
b 119:1 Lit. way g 119:18 Or Law
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for your decrees at all times. I eagerly race along the way of
21
You rebuke the accursed ones, your commands,
who wander from your for you enable me to do so.d
commands.
22 ‫ ה‬He
Remove scorn and disrespect from
me, Instructed by the Word
33
for I observe your decrees. Teach me, LORD, about the way of
23
Though nobles take their seat and your statutes,
gossip about me, and I will observe them without
your servant will meditate on fail.e
34
your statutes. Give me understanding
24
I take joy in your decrees, and I will observe your
for they are my counselors. instruction.f
I will keep it with all of my
‫ ד‬Daleth heart.
35
Help me live my life by your
Strength Comes from the Word commands,
25
My soul clings to the dust; because my joy is in them.
revive me according to your 36
Turn my heart to your decrees
word. and away from unjust gain.
26
I have talked about my ways,
PSALMS
37
Turn my eyes away from gazing at
and you have answered me; worthless things,
Teach me your statutes. and revive me by your ways.
27
Help me understand how your 38
Confirm your promise to your
precepts function,a servant,
and I will meditate on your which is for those who fear you.
wondrous acts. 39
Turn away the shame that I dread,
28
I weep because of sorrow; because your ordinances are
fortify me according to your good.
word. 40
Look, I long for your precepts;
29
Remove false paths from me; revive me through your
and graciously give me your righteousness.
instruction.b
30
I have chosen the faithful way;
‫ ו‬Vav
I have firmly placed your A Song of Praise
ordinances before me.c 41
May your gracious love come to
31
I cling to your decrees; me, LORD,
LORD, do not put me to shame. your salvation, just as you said.
42
Then I can answer the one who
insults me,
a 119:27 Lit. understand the ways of your
precepts d 119:32 Lit. will enlarge my heart
b 119:29 Or Law e 119:33 Or them to the end
c 119:30 MT lacks before me f 119:34 Or Law
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for I place my trust in your who forsake your instruction.d

54
word. Your statutes are my songs,
43
Never take your truthful words no matter where I make my
from me, home.e
For I wait fora your ordinances. 55
In the night I remember your
44
Then I will always keep your Law, name, LORD,
forever and ever, and keep your instruction.f
45
I will walk in liberty, 56
I have made it my personal
for I seek your precepts. responsibility
46
Then I will speak of your decrees to keep your precepts.
before kings
and not be ashamed. ‫ ח‬Cheth
47
I will take delight in your
commands, Keeping God’s Word
57
which I love. The LORD is my inheritance;
48
I will lift up my hands to your I have given my promise to keep
commands, your word.
58
which I love, I have sought your favor with all
and I will meditate on your of my heart;
statutes. be gracious to me according to
your promise.
PSALMS
‫ ז‬Zayin 59
I examined my lifestyle
and set my feet in the direction
Remembering What God Has Said of your decrees.
49
Remember what you saidb to your 60
I hurried and did not procrastinate
servant, to keep your commands.
by which you caused me to 61
Though the ropes of the wicked
hope. have ensnared me,
50
This is what comforts me in my I have not forgotten your
troubles: instruction.g
that what you say revives me. 62
At midnight I will get up to thank
51
Even though the arrogant utterly you
deride me, for your righteous ordinances.
I do not turn away from your 63
I am united with all who fear you,
instruction.c and with everyone who keeps
52
I have remembered your ancient your precepts.
ordinances, LORD, 64
LORD, the earth overflows with
and I take comfort in them. your gracious love!
53
I burn with indignation because of Teach me your statutes.
the wicked
d 119:53 Or Law
a 119:43 Or place my hope in e 119:54 Lit. songs in the house of my sojourn
b 119:49 Lit. Remember the word f 119:55 Or Law
c 119:51 Or Law g 119:61 Or Law
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‫ ט‬Teth ‫ י‬Yod
Praise for God’s Word Prayer for God’s Grace
65 73
LORD, you have dealt well with Your hands made and formed me;
your servant, give me understanding,
according to your word. that I may learn your
66
Teach me both knowledge and commands.
74
appropriate discretion, May those who fear you see me
because I believe in your and be glad,
commands. for I have hoped in your word.
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67
Before I was humbled, I wandered I know, LORD, that your decrees
away, are just,
but now I observe your words. and that you have rightfully
68
LORD,a you are goodb, and do humbled me.
76
what is good; May your gracious love comfort
teach me your statutes. me
69
The arrogant have accused me in accordance with your promise
falsely; to your servant.
77
but I will observe your precepts May your mercies come to me that
wholeheartedly. I may live,
PSALMS
70
Their minds are clogged as with for your instructionh is my
greasy fat, delight.
78
but I find joy in your May the arrogant become
instruction.c ashamed,
71
It was for my good that I was because they have subverted me
humbled;d with deceit;
so that I would learn your as for me, I will meditate on
statutes. your precepts.
79
72
Instructione that comes from youf May those who fear you turn to
is better for me me,
than thousands of gold and along with those who know
silver coins.g your decrees.
80
May my heart be blameless with
respect to your statutes
so that I may not become
ashamed.
a 119:68 So LXX Syr DSS 11QPsa; MT lacks
LORD
b 119:68 So MT; LXX reads kind ‫כ‬
‍ Kaf
c 119:70 Or Law
d 119:71 So MT; LXX reads that you humbled On Obeying God’s Word
81
me; DSS 11QPsa reads that you afflicted me I long for your deliverance;
e 119:72 Or Law
f 119:72 Lit. from your mouth
g 119:72 Lit. pieces h 119:77 Or Law
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91
I have looked to your word, To this day they stand by means
placing my hope in it. of your rulings,
82
My eyes grow weary for all things serve you.
with respect to what you have 92
Had your instructione not been
promised— my pleasure,
I keep asking, “When will you I would have died in my
comfort me?” affliction.
83
Though I have become like a 93
I will never forget your precepts,
water skin dried bya smoke, for you have revived me with
I have not forgotten your them.
statutes. 94
I am yours, so save me,
84
How many days must your since I have sought your
servant endure this?b precepts.
95
When will you judge those who The wicked lay in wait to destroy
persecute me? me,
85
The arrogant have dug pitfalls for while I ponder your decrees.
96
me I have observed that all things
disobeying your instruction.c have their limit,
86
All of your commands are reliable. but your commandment is very
I am persecuted without cause— broad.
PSALMS
help me!
87
Though the arrogantd nearly ‫ מ‬Mem
destroyed me on earth, Loving God’s Word
I did not abandon your precepts. 97
How I love your instruction!f
88
Revive me according to your
Every day it is my meditation.
gracious love; 98
Your commands make me wiser
and I will keep the decrees that
than my adversaries,
you have proclaimed.
since they are always with me.
99
‫ ל‬Lamed I am more insightful than my
teachers,
Pay Attention to God’s Word because your decrees are my
89
Your word is forever, LORD; meditations.
100
it is firmly established in heaven. I have more common sense than
90
Your faithfulness continues from the elders,
generation to generation. for I observe your precepts.
101
You established the earth, and it I keep away from every evil
stands firm. choiceg
so that I may keep your word.a
a 119:83 MT lacks dried by

b 119:84 MT lacks this e 119:92 Or Law
c 119:85 Or Law f 119:97 Or Law
d 119:87 Lit. they g 119:100 Lit. way
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102
I do not avoid your judgments, to carry out your statutes
for you pointed them out to me. forever.
103
How pleasing is what you have to
say to me— ‫ ס‬Samek
tasting better than honey. Loving God’s Law
104
I obtain understanding from your 113
I despise the double-minded,
precepts; but I love your instruction.e
therefore I hate every false way. 114
You are my fortress and shield;
‫ נ‬Nun I hope in your word.
115
Leave me, you who practice evil,
God’s Word a Light that I may observe the
105
Your word isb a lamp for my feet, commands of my God.
a light for my pathway. 116
Sustain me, God,f as you have
106
I have given my word and promised,
affirmed it, and I will live.
to keep your righteous Do not let me be ashamed of
judgments. my hope.
117
107
I am severely afflicted. Support me, that I may be saved,
Revive me, LORD, according to and I will carry out your statutes
your word. consistently.
PSALMS
118
108
LORD, please accept my voluntary You reject all who wander from
offerings of praise,c your statutes,
and teach me your judgments. since their deceitfulness is vain.
109
Though I constantly take my life 119
You removeg all the wicked of the
in my hands, earth likeh dross;
I do not forget your instruction.d therefore I love your decrees.
110 120
Though the wicked lay a trap for My flesh trembles out of fear of
me, you,
I haven’t wandered away from and I am in awe ofi your
your precepts. judgments.
111
I have inherited your decrees
forever, ‫ ע‬Ayin
because they are the joy of my Praying for God’s Deliverance
heart. 121
112
I have acted with justice and
As a result, I am determined
righteousness;
e 119:113 Or Law
a 119:101 So MT DSS 5QPs; LXX reads f 119:116 MT lacks God
words g 119:119 So MT; Hieronymus Aquila
b 119:105 So MT and LXX; the DSS 11QPsa Symmacus read You consider; LXX reads I
reads words are considered; DSS 11QPsa reads I consider
c 119:108 Lit. of my mouth h 119:119 MT lacks like
d 119:109 Or Law i 119:120 Or I fear
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133
do not abandon me to my Direct my footsteps by your
oppressors. promise,
122
Back up your servant in a positive and do not let any kind of
way; iniquity rule over me.
134
do not let the arrogant oppress Deliver me from human
me. oppression
123
My eyes fail as I looka for your and I will keep your precepts.
salvation 135
Show favor toc your servant,
and for your righteous promise. and teach me your statutes.
124
Act toward your servant consistent 136
My eyes shed rivers of tears,
with your gracious love, when others do not obey your
and teach me your statutes. instruction.d
125
Since I am your servant, give me
understanding, ‫ צ‬Tsade
so I will know your decrees. God’s Righteous Decrees
126
It is time for the LORD to act, 137
LORD, you are righteous,
since they have violated your
and your judgments are right.
instruction.b 138
127
You have ordered your decrees to
I truly love your commands more
us rightly,
than gold,
and they are very faithful.
PSALMS
including fine gold. 139
128 My zeal consumes me
I truly consider all of your
because my enemies forget your
precepts—all of them—to be
words.
just, 140
Your word is very pure,
while I despise every false way. and your servant loves it.
141
‫ פ‬Peyh Though I may be small and
despised,
Living in God’s Word I do not neglect your precepts.
142
129
Your decrees are wonderful— Your righteousness is an eternal
that’s why I observe them. righteousness,
130
The disclosure of your words and your instructione is true.
143
illuminates, Though trouble and anguish
providing understanding to the overwhelm me,
simple. your commands remain my
131
I open my mouth and pant delight.
144
as I long for your commands. Your righteous decrees are eternal;
132
Turn in my direction and show give me understanding, and I
mercy to me, will live.
as you have decreed regarding
those who love your name.
c 119:135 Lit. Make your face shine on
a 119:123 MT lacks as I look d 119:136 Or Law
b 119:126 Or Law e 119:142 Or Law
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‫ ק‬Qof revive me according to your

promise.
Waiting in Hope 155
Deliverance remains remote from
145
I have cried out with all of my the wicked,
heart. for they do not seek your
Answer me, LORD! statutes.
156
I will observe your statutes. Your mercies are magnificent,
146
I have called out to you, “Save me, LORD;
so I may keep your decrees.” revive me according to your
147
I get up before dawn and cry for judgments.
157
help; Though my persecutors and
I place my hope in your word. adversaries are numerous,
148
I look forward to the night I do not turn aside from your
watches, decrees.
158
when I may meditate on what I watch the treacherous, and
you have said. despise them,
149
Hear my voice according to your because they do not do what
gracious love. you have said.
159
LORD, revive me in keeping with Look how I love your precepts,
your justice. LORD;
PSALMS
150
Those who pursue wickedness revive me according to your
draw near; gracious love.
they remain far from your 160
The sumc of your wordd is truth,
instruction.a and each righteous ordinance of
151
You are near, LORD, yours is everlasting.
and all of your commands are
true. ‫ׂש‬/‫ ׁש‬Sin/Shin
152
I discovered long ago about your
Loving God’s Instruction
decrees 161
Though nobles persecute me for
that you have confirmed them
no reason,
forever.
my heart stands in awe of your
‫ ר‬Resh words.
162
I find joy at what you have said
God’s Word is Truth like one who has discovered a
153
Look on my misery, and rescue great treasure.
me, 163
I despise and hate falsehood,
for I do not ignore your bute I love your instruction.a
instruction.b
154
Defend my case and redeem me; c 119:160 So MT; LXX reads beginning
d 119:160 So MT; LXX Hieronymous DSS
11QPsa read words
a 119:150 Or Law e 119:163 So LXX Syr DSS 11QPsa; MT
b 119:153 Or Law lacks but
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I praise you seven times a day Let me live, and I will praise you;
because of your righteous let your ordinancese help me.
176
ordinances. I have wandered away like a lost
165
Great peace belongs to those who sheep;
love your instruction,b come find your servant,
and nothing makes them for I do not forget your
stumble. commands.
166
I am looking in hope for your Psalm 120
Psalm 120
deliverance, LORD,
as I carry out your commands. A Song of Ascentsf
167
My soul treasuresc your decrees,
and I love them deeply. 1
168 I cried to the LORD in my distress,
I keep your precepts and your
and he responded to me.
decrees 2
“LORD, deliver meg from lips that
because all of my ways are
lie
before you.
and tongues that deceive.”
119
‫ ת‬Tav 3
What will be given to you,
The Joy of God’s Word and what will be done to you,
you treacherous tongue?
PSALMS
169
May my cry arise before you,
LORD;
4
Like ah sharp arrow from a
give me understanding warrior,
according to your word. along with fiery coals from
170
Let my request come before you; juniper trees!
deliver me, as you have 5
How terrible for me,
promised. that I am an alien in Meshech,
171
May my lips utter praise, that I reside among the tents
for you teach me your statutes. of Kedar!
172
May my tongue sing about your 6
I have resided too long
promise, with those who hate peace.
for all of your commands are 7
I am in favor of peace;
right. but when I speak,
173
May your hand stand ready to they are in favor of war.
assist me,
for I have chosen your precepts.
174
I am longing for your deliverance,
LORD,
and your instructiond is my joy.
e 119:175 So LXX Targ DSS 11QPsa
a 119:163 Or Law (original); the MT reads ordinance
b 119:165 Or Law f 120:T Or Degrees; and so through Psalm 134
c 119:167 Lit. guards g 120:3 Lit. my soul
d 119:174 Or Law h 120:4 MT lacks Like a
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Psalm 121
Psalm 121 “Let us go to the LORD’s

temple.”
A Song of Ascents 2
Our feet are standing
The Guardian of God’s People inside your gates, Jerusalem.
3
1
I lift up my eyes toward the Jerusalem stands built up,
mountains— a city knitted together.
4
from where will my help come? To it the tribes ascend—
2
My help is from the LORD, the tribes of the LORD—
maker of heaven and earth. as decreed to Israel,
to give thanks to the name of
3
He will never leta your foot slip, the LORD.
norb willc your guardian become 5
For thrones are established there
drowsy. for judgment,
4
Look! The one who is guarding
thrones of the house of David.
Israel
6
never sleeps and does not take Pray for peace for Jerusalem:
naps. “May those who love you be at
5
peace!f
The LORD is your guardian; 7
May peace be within your
the LORD is your shade at your ramparts,
right side. andg prosperityh within your
PSALMS
12 1
6
The sun will not ravage you by fortresses.”
day,
8
nor the moon by night. For the sake of my relatives and
7
friends
The LORD will guard you from all I will now say, “May there be
evil, peace within you.”
preservingd your life. 9
For the sake of the temple of the
8
The LORD will guard your goings LORD our God,
and comings,e I will seek your welfare.
from this time on and forever. Psalm 123
Psalm 122
Psalm 123
Psalm 122
A Song of Ascents
A Davidic Song of Ascents
A Prayer for Relief
Up to Jerusalem 1
To you, who sit enthroned in
1
I rejoiced when they kept on heaven,
asking me, I lift up my eyes.
a 121:3 So MT; LXX reads Do not let

b 121:3 So LXX Syr Hieronymous DSS f 122:6 Or you prosper
11QPsa; MT lacks nor g 122:7 So LXX Syr DSS 11QPsa; MT lacks
c 121:3 So MT; LXX reads nor let and
d 121:7 Or guarding h 122:7 Or peacefulness; LXX reads
e 121:8 Cf. Deut 28:6 abundance
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2 6
Consider this: as the eyes of a Blessed be the LORD,
servant focus who did not give us as prey to
on what his master provides,a their teeth.
7
and as the eyes of a female servant We have escaped like a bird from
focusb the hunter’s trap.
on what her mistress provides,c The trap has been broken,
so our eyes focus on the LORD our and we have escaped.
God, 8
Our help is in the name of the
until he has mercy on us. LORD,
3
Have mercy on us, LORD, have the maker of heaven and earth.
mercy, Psalm 125
Psalm 125
for we have had more than
enough of contempt. 123
A Song of Ascents
4
Our lives overflow God is Secure
with scorn from those who live 1
Those who are trusting in the
at ease, LORD
with contempt from those are like Mount Zion, which
who are proud. cannot be overthrown.
They remain forever.
Psalm 124
Psalm 124
PSALMS
2
Just as mountains encircle
A Davidic Song of Ascents Jerusalem,
God is for Us so the LORD encircles his people,
1
If the LORD had not been on our from now to eternity. 125
side— 3
For evil’s scepter will not rest
let Israel now say— on the land that has been
2
if the LORD had not been on our allotted to the righteous,
side, and so the righteous will not direct
when men came against us, themselvesd to do wrong.
3
then they would have devoured 4
us alive, LORD, do good to those who are
good,
when their anger burned against
and to those who are upright in
us.
4 heart.e
Then the flood waters would have 5
But for those who choose their
overwhelmed us,
own devious paths,
the torrent would have flooded
the LORD will lead them away,
over us;
5 along with those who practice
the swollen waters would have
evil.
swept us away. 12 4
a 123:2 Lit. on the hand of his master d 125:3 Lit. will not set their hands
b 123:2 MT lacks focus e 125:4 So LXX DSS 4QPse 11QPsa; MT
c 123:2 Lit. on the hand of her mistress reads in their hearts
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Psalm 127
Peace be upon Israel. Psalm 127

Psalm 126
Psalm 126 A Solomonic Song of Ascents
A Song of Ascents God’s Blessing in the Family

1
Unless the LORD builds the house,
The Exiles Restored
1 its builders labor uselessly.
When the LORD brought back
Unless the LORD guards the city,
Zion’s exiles,a
its security forces keep watch
we were like dreamers.b uselessly.
2
Then our mouths were filled with 2
It is useless to get up early
laughter, and to stay up late,g
and our tongues formed joyful eating the food of exhausting
shouts.
labor—
Then it was said among the
truly he gives sleep to those he
nations, loves.
“The LORD has done great things
for them.” 3
Childrenh are a gifti from the
3
The great things that the LORD has LORD;
done for us a productive womb, the LORD’sj
gladden us. reward.
4
As arrows in the hand of a
PSALMS
4
Restore our exiles,c LORD, 126
warrior,
like the streams of the Negev.d so also are childrenk born during
5
Those who weep while they plant one’sl youth.
will sing for joy while they 5
How blessedm is the man whose
harvest.
quiver is full of them!
6
The one who goes out weeping,e
127
Hen will not be ashamed

carrying a bag of seeds, as they confront their enemies
will surely return with a joyful at the city gate.
song, Psalm 128
bearing sheaves from his Psalm 128

harvest.f A Song of Ascents
The Blessings of Fearing God

1
How blesseda are all who fear the
a 126:1 Or fortunes LORD
b 126:1 So MT; LXX DSS11QPsa read were
restored g 127:2 Lit. delay sitting
c 126:4 Or fortunes h 127:3 Lit. Sons
d 126:5 I.e. the southern regions of the Sinai i 127:3 Lit. heritage
peninsula; cf Joshua 10:40 j 127:3 MT lacks LORD’s
e 126:6 So MT and DSS 11QPsa (corrected); k 127:4 Lit. sons
LXX DSS 11QPsa (original) read out and l 127:4 MT lacks born during one’s
weeps m 127:5 Or happy
f 126:6 MT lacks harvest n 127:5 Lit. They
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5
as they follow in his ways. Let all who hate Zion
2
You will eat from the work of your be turned away and be
hands; ashamed.
6
you will be happy, and it will go May they become like a tuft of
well for you. grass on a roof top,
3 that withers before it takes
Your wife will be like a fruitful
root—
vine within your house; 7
not enough to fill one’s hand
your childrenb like olive shoots
or to bundle in one’s arms.
surrounding your table. 8
4 And may those who pass by never
See how the man will be blessed
tell them,
who fears the LORD.
“May the LORD‘s blessing be
5
May the LORD bless you from upon you.
Zion, We bless you in the name of
and may you observe the the LORD.”
prosperity of Jerusalem Psalm 130
Psalm 130
every day that you live!
6
And may you see your children’s A Song of Ascents
children!
A Prayer for Mercy
128
Peace be on Israel! 1
I cry to you from the depths,
PSALMS
Psalm 129
Psalm 129 LORD,

2
Lord, listen to my voice;
A Song of Ascents
let your ears pay attention
God Defeats Israel’s Enemies to what I ask of you!e
1
“Since my youth they have often 3
LORD,f if you were to record
persecuted me,” iniquities,
let Israel repeat it, Lord, who could remain
2
“Since my youth they have often standing?
persecuted me, 4
But with you there is forgiveness,
yet they haven’t defeated me. so that you may be feared.
3
Wicked peoplec ploughed over my 5
I wait for the LORD;
back,
my soul waits,
creating long-lasting wounds.”d
and I will hope in his word.
6
4
The LORD is righteous— My soul looks to the Lord
he has cut me free from the more than watchmen look for
cords of the wicked. the morning—
more, indeed, thang
a 128:1 Or happy watchmen for the morning.
b 128:3 Lit. sons
c 129:3 So LXX DSS 11QPsa; MT reads The
ploughman e 130:2 Lit. to the voice of my supplications
d 129:3 Or long furrows; LXX reads back; f 130:3 Lit. Yah
they prolonged their lawlessness g 130:6 MT lacks more indeed, than
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Israel, hope in the LORD! 130 or even take a nap,e
5
For with the LORD there is until I locate a place for the LORD,
gracious love, a dwelling place for the Mighty
along with abundant One of Jacob.”
redemption.
8
And he will redeem Israel
6
We heard about itf in Ephrata;g
from all its sins. we found it in the fields of Jaar.h
7
Psalm 131
Let’s go to his dwelling place
Psalm 131 and worship at his footstool.
A Davidic Song of Ascents 8
Arise, LORD,
Hope in the LORD and go to your resting place,
1
LORD, my heart is not arrogant, you and the ark of your
strength.
nor do I look haughty. 9
May your priests be clothed with
I do not aspirea to great things,
righteousness
nor concern myself with things
and may your godly ones shout
beyond my ability.
2 for joy.
Instead, I have composed and 10
For the sake of your servant
quieted myself
David,
like a weaned child with its
don’t turn away the face of your
mother;
PSALMS
anointed one.
I am like a weaned child.
11
3 The LORD made an oath to David
Place your hope in the LORD,
from which he will not retreat:
Israel,
“One of your sons
131
both now and forever.

Psalm 132
I will set in place on your
Psalm 132 throne.
12
If your sons keep my covenant
A Song of Ascents
and my statutes that I will teach
The LORD Lives in Zion them,
1
LORD, remember in David’s favor then their sons will also sit on
all of his troubles; your throne forever.”
2
how he swore an oath to the 13
For the LORD has chosen Zion,
LORD,
desiring it as his dwelling place.
vowing to the Mighty One of 14
“This is my resting place forever.
Jacob,
Here I will live,
3
“I will not enterb my house, because I desire to do so.
or lie down onc my bed,
4
or let myself go to sleepd
a 131:1 Lit. walk e 132:4 Lit. or let my eyelids slumber

b 132:3 Lit. enter the tent that is f 132:6 I.e. the Ark of the Covenant
c 132:3 Lit. on the couch that is g 132:6 I.e. the region of Bethlehem
d 132:4 Lit. or give sleep to my eyes h 132:6 1Sam 7:1-2; 1Chr 16:5-6
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15
I will bless its provisions who serveb nightly in the
abundantly; LORD’s temple.
I will satiate its poor with food.f 2
Lift up your hands to the holy
16
I will clothe its priests with place
salvation and bless the LORD.
and its godly ones will shout for 3
May the LORD who fashions
joy.
heaven and earth
17
There I will create a power basea bless you from Zion.
for David— Psalm 135
I have prepared a lamp for my Psalm 135

anointed one.
18 Praising God for His Graciousness
I will clothe his enemies with 1
Hallelujah!
disgrace,
Praise the name of the LORD!
but on him his crown will
Give praise, you servants of the
shine.”
Psalm 133
LORD,
2
Psalm 133 you who are standing in the
LORD’s temple,
A Davidic Song of Ascents
in the courtyards of the house
The Significance of Unity of our God.
1
PSALMS
Look how good and how pleasant 3
Praise the LORD,
it is
because the LORD is good;
when brothers live together in
Sing to his name,
unity!
2 for he is gracious.
It is like precious oil on the head, 4
It is Jacob whom the LORD chose
descending to the beard—
for himself—
even to Aaron’s beard—
Israel as his personal
133
and flowing down to the edge of

possession—
his robes.
3
It is like the dew of Hermon 5
Indeed, I know that the LORD is
falling on Zion’s mountains. great,
For there the LORD commanded and that our Lordc surpasses all
his blessing— gods.
6
life everlasting. The LORD does whatever pleases
Psalm 134
him
Psalm 134
in heaven and on earth,
A Song of Ascents in the seas and all itsd deep
regions.
Praise to the Creator 7
1 He makes the clouds rise from the
Now bless the LORD,
ends of the earth;
all you servants of the LORD
b 134:1 Lit. stand
f 132:15 Lit. bread c 135:5 So MT LXX; DSS 11QPsa reads God
a 132:17 Lit. will cause a horn to sprout d 135:6 So DSS 11QPsa; MT LXX lack its
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fashioning lightning for the rain, and there is no breath in their

bringing the wind from his mouths.
18
storehouses. Those who craft them—
and alld who trust in them—
8
It was the LORDa who struck down
will become like them.
the firstborn of Egypt,
19
including both men and animals. House of Israel, bless the LORD!
9
He sent signs and wonders among House of Aaron, bless the LORD!
20
you, Egypt, House of Levi, bless the LORD! 135
beforeb Pharaoh and all his You who fear the LORD, bless
servants. the LORD!
10
He struck down many nations, 21
Blessed be the LORD from Zion,
killing many kings— he who lives in Jerusalem.
11
Sihon, king of the Amorites,
Og, king of Bashan, Hallelujah!
and every kingdom of Psalm 136
Psalm 136
Canaan—
12
and he gave their land as an God’s Gracious Love
1
inheritance, Give thanks to the LORD, for he is
an inheritance to his people good,
Israel. for his gracious love is
PSALMS
13 everlasting.
Your name, LORD, exists forever, 2
Give thanks to the God of gods,
and your reputation, LORD,
for his gracious love is
throughout the ages.
14 everlasting.
For the LORD will vindicate his 3
Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
people,
and he will show compassion on
everlasting—
his servants.
4
15 To the one who alone does great
The idols of the nations are silver
and wondrous things,
and gold,
worked byc the hands of human
everlasting—
beings. 5
16 to the one who by wisdom made
Mouths are attributed to them,
the heavens,
but they cannot speak;
sight is attributed to them,
everlasting—
but they cannot see; 6
17 to the one who spread out the
ears are attributed to them,
earth over the waters,
but they do not hear,
everlasting—
a 135:8 Lit. was he
b 135:9 Or among
c 135:15 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPsk reads gold,
products of d 135:18 So LXX DSS 11QPsa; the lacks and
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7
to the one who made the great for his gracious love is
lights, everlasting—
17
for his gracious love is to the one who struck down great
everlasting— kings,
8
the sun to illuminea the day, for his gracious love is
for his gracious love is everlasting—
18
everlasting— and killed famous kings,
9
and the moon and stars to for his gracious love is
illumineb the night, everlasting—
19
for his gracious love is including Sihon king of the
everlasting— Amorites,
10
to the one who struck the firstborn for his gracious love is
of Egypt, everlasting—
20
for his gracious love is and Og king of Bashan,
everlasting— for his gracious love is
11
and brought Israel out from everlasting—
21
among them, and gave their land as an
for his gracious love is inheritance, 1 36

12
with a strong hand and an activec everlasting—
PSALMS
22
arm,136 to Israel his servant as a
for his gracious love is possession,
everlasting. for his gracious love is
everlasting—
13
To the one who split the Reedd
23
Sea in two He it is who remembered us in our
for his gracious love is lowly circumstances,
14
and made Israel pass through the everlasting—
24
middle of it, and rescued us from our enemies,
for his gracious love is for his gracious love is
everlasting— everlasting.
15 25
and cast Pharaoh and his armies He gives food to all creatures,
into the Reedc Sea, for his gracious love is
for his gracious love is everlasting.
everlasting. 26
Give thanks to the God of Heaven,
16
To the one who led his people into for his gracious love is
the wilderness, everlasting.
Psalm 137
Psalm 137
a 136:8 Lit. govern; cf. Gen 1:16
b 136:9 Lit. govern; cf. Gen 1:16 Remembering Jerusalem
1
c 136:12 Lit. outstretched There we sat down and cried—
d 136:13 So MT; LXX reads Red by the rivers of Babylon—
c 136:15 So MT; LXX reads Red
as we remembered Zion.
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Psalm 138
2
On the willows there 137
Psalm 138
we hung our harps,
3 Thanksgiving to God
for it was there that our captors
asked us for songs
1
LORD,d I thanke you with all of my
and our torturers demanded joy heart;
from us, because you heard the words
“Sing us one of the songs about that I spoke,f
Zion!” I will sing your praise before
the heavenly beings.g
4
How are we to sing the song of 2
I will bow down in worship
the LORD toward your holy temple
on foreign soil? and give thanks to your name
5
If I forget you, Jerusalem, for your gracious love and
may my right hand cease to truth,
function.a for you have done great things
6
May my tongue stick to the roof of to carry out your word
my mouth consistent with your name.
if I don’t remember you, 3
Whenh I called out, you answered
if I don’t consider Jerusalem me;
to be more important than my you strengthened me.
highest joy.
PSALMS
4
LORD, all the kings of the earth
7
Remember the day of Jerusalem’s will give you thanks,
fall,b LORD, 137
for they have heard what you
because ofc the Edomites, have spoken.i
who kept saying, “Tear it down! 5
They will sing about the ways of
Tear it right down to its the LORD,
foundations!” for great is the glory of the
8
Daughter of Babylon! You LORD!
devastator! 6
Though the LORD is highly
How blessed will be the one exalted,
who pays you back yet he pays attention to those
for what you have done to us. who are lowly regarded,
9
How blessed will be the one who but he is aware of the arrogant
seizes your young children from afar.
and pulverizes them against the
cliff!
d 138:1 So LXX DSS 11QPsa; MT and

Aquilla lack LORD
e 138:1 So MT; LXX reads acknowledge
f 138:1 So LXX; MT DSS lack this line
a 137:5 Lit. remember g 138:1 Or the gods; LXX reads the angels
b 137:7 MT lacks fall h 138:3 Lit. In the day
c 137:7 Lit. against i 138:4 Lit. heard the words of your mouth
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7 6
Though I walk straight into Knowledge like this is too amazing
trouble, for me.
you preserve my life, It is beyond my reach,
stretching out your hand and I cannot fathom it.
to fight the vehemence of my
The Magnitude of God
enemies, 7
Where can I flee from your spirit?
and your right hand delivers
Or where shall I run from your
me.
8 presence?
The LORD will complete what his 8
If I rise to heaven, there you are!
purpose is for me.
If I lay down with the dead,f
LORD, your gracious love is
there you are!
eternal; 9
If I take wings with the dawn
do not abandon your personal
and settle down on the western
work in me.a
Psalm 139
horizong
10
Psalm 139 your hand will guide me there,
too,
To the Music Director: A Davidic
Song while your right hand keeps a
firm grip on me.
God’s Knowledge and Presence 11
If I say, “Darkness will surely
1
LORD, you have examined me; conceal me,
PSALMS
you have known me. and the light around me will
2
You know when I restb become night,”h
and when I am active.c 12
even darkness isn’t dark to you,
You understand what I am darkness and light are the same
thinking to you.i
when I am distant from you.d 13
3 It was you who formed my
You scrutinize my life and my
internal organs,j
rest;e
fashioning me within my
you are familiar with all of my
mother’s womb.
ways. 14
4 I praise you,
Even before I have formed a word
because you are fearful and
with my tongue,
wondrous!k
you, LORD, know it completely!
5
Your work is wonderful,
You encircle me from back to
front, f 139:8 Lit. to Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead
placing your hand upon me. g 139:9 Lit. the end of the sea
h 139:11 So MT LXX; DSS 11QPsa reads And
let me say, “Surely darkness conceals and
a 138:8 Lit. abandon the work of your hand night has girded me about.”
b 139:2 Lit. know my sitting i 139:12 MT lacks to you
c 139:2 Lit. and my rising j 139:13 Lit. my kidneys
d 139:2 Or thinking from a distance k 139:14 So DSS 11QPsa Syr Hieronymus;
e 139:3 Or death; Lit. my path and my lying MT LXX read because I am fearfully and
down wonderfully made
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22
and I am fully aware of it. With consummate hatred I hate
15
My frame was not hidden from them;
you I consider them my enemies.
while I was being crafted in a 23
Examine me, God, and know my
hidden place,
mind,
knit together in the depths of
test me, and know my thoughts.
the earth. 24
16 See if there is any offensive
Your eyes looked upon my
embryo, tendencye in me,
and everything was recorded in and lead me in the eternal way.
your book.
Psalm 140
Psalm 140
The days scheduleda for my
To the Music Director: A Davidic
formation were inscribed,
Song
even though not one of them
had come yet.b A Prayer for Deliverance
1f
Deliver me, LORD, from evil
17
How deepc are your thoughts,
people,
God!
preserve me from violent men,
How great is their number! 2
18 who craft evil plans in their minds,
Were I to count them,
inciting wars every day.g
PSALMS
they would number more than 3

They sharpen their tongues like a
the sand.
serpent;
139
When I awake, I will be with

the venom of vipers is on their
you.
lips. Interlude
19
God, if only you would execute 4
Protect me, LORD, from the control
the wicked,
of evil people,
so thatd the men guilty of
from violent men who have
bloodshed would get away
planned to trip me.
from me, 5
20 The arrogant have laid a trap for
who speak against you with evil
me;
motives,
they have spread a net with
your enemies who are acting in
ropes,
vain.
21 lining it with snares along the
I hate those who hate you, LORD,
way. Interlude
do I not?
I loathe those who rebel against
you, do I not ?
a 139:16 MT lacks scheduled e 139:24 Lit. way

b 139:16 MT lacks had come yet f 140:1 V.1 is v. 2 in the MT, and so
c 139:17 Or precious throughout the chapter.
d 139:19 So LXX DSS 11QPsa; MT reads and g 140:2 Lit. all day; LXX DSS 11QPsa read
so that all the day
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6 2
So I say to the LORD, “You are my Let my prayer be like incense
God;140 offered before you,
listen to my voice and my uplifted hands like the
as I plead for mercy, LORD. evening sacrifice.
7
LORD, my Lord, my strong 3
LORD, set a guard over my mouth;
deliverer,
keep watch over the door to my
you have protected my head in
lips.
the timea of battle. 4
8 Don’t let my heart turn toward
Never grant, LORD, the desires of
evil
the wicked;
or involve itself in wicked
never condone their plans
activities
so they cannot exalt
with men who practice iniquity.
themselves. Interlude
Let me not feast on their
9
May those who surround me delicacies.
discover 5
Let one who is righteous strike me
that the trouble they talk about
in gracious love and
falls on their own head!
10 let him rebuke me;
May burning coals fall on them;
it is oil for my head,
may they be cast into fire,
do not let my head refuse it.
and into miry pits, never to
PSALMS
My prayers continually shall be
rise again.
against their wicked activities.
11
Let not the slandererb become 6
When their judges are thrown off
established in the land.
the cliff,
May evil quickly hunt down the
the peoplec will hear my words,
violent man.
12 for they are appropriate.
I know that the LORD will act on
7
behalf of the tormented, Just as one plows and breaks up
providing justice for the needy. the earth,
13 ourd bones are scattered
Surely the righteous will give
near the entrance to the place
thanks to your name, of the dead.e
while the upright live in your 8
Nevertheless, my eyes are on you,
presence. 140
Lord GOD,
as I seek protection in you.
Psalm 141
Psalm 141
Don’t leave me defenseless!
A Davidic Song 9
Protect me from the trap laid for
A Prayer for Maturity me
1
LORD, I call to you,
be quick to listen to me when I
cry out! c 141:6 Lit. they
d 141:7 So MT LXX; DSS 11QPsa reads my;
a 140:7 Lit. day Syr reads their
b 140:11 Lit. the man of tongue e 141:7 Lit. to Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead
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7
and from the snares of those Break me out of this prison,
who practice evil. 1 41 so I can give thanks to your
10
Let the wicked fall into their own name.
nets, The righteous will surround me,
while I come through. for you will deal generously
Psalm 142
with me.
Psalm 142 Psalm 143
Psalm 143
A Davidic Song, when he was in the
cave.a A prayer. A Davidic Song
A Call to God for Help Longing for God

1
1
My voice cries out to the LORD; LORD, hear my prayer;
my voice pleads for mercy to the pay attention to my request,
LORD. because you are faithful;
2
I pour out my complaint to him, answer me in your
telling him all of my troubles. righteousness.
2
3
Though my spirit grows faint Do not enter into judgment with
within me, your servant,
you are aware of my path. for no living person is righteous
Wherever I go, in your sight.
they have hidden a trap for me.
PSALMS
3
For those who oppose me are
4
I look to my rightb and observe— pursuing my life,
no one is concerned about me. crushing me to the ground,
There is nowhere I can go for making me sit in darkness
refuge,
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like those who died long ago.
4
and no one cares for me. As a result, my spirit is desolate
within me,
5
So I cry to you, Lord, and my mind within me is
declaring, “You are my refuge, appalled.
my onlyc possession while I
5
am on this earth.”d I remember the former times,
6
Pay attention to my cry, meditating on everything you
for I have been brought very have done.
low. I think about the worke of
Deliver me from my tormentors, your hands.
6
for they are far too strong for I stretch out my hands toward
me. you,
longing for you like a parched
land. Interlude
a 142:T cf. 1Sam 24:3-4
7
b 142:4 So LXX and DSS 11QPsa; MT reads Answer me quickly, LORD;
Look to the right my spirit is failing.
c 142:5 MT lacks only
d 142:5 Lit. possession in the land of the
living e 143:5 So MT; LXX DSS 11QPsa read works
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Do not hide your face from me; who subduesb peoplesc under
otherwise, I will become like me.
those who descend to the 3
LORD, what are human beings,
Pit,a
8 that you should care about
In the morning let me hear of your
them,
gracious love,
or mortal man,
143
for in you I trust. that you should think about

Cause me to know the way I him?
should take, 4
The human person is a mere
because I have set my hope on empty breath;
you. his days are like a fading
9
Deliver me from my enemies, shadow.
LORD.
5
I have taken refuge in you. Bow your heavens, LORD, and
10
Teach me to do your will, descend;d
for you are my God. touch the mountains, and they
Let your good Spirit lead me will smolder.
6
on level ground. Send forth lightning and scatter
11
For the sake of your name, LORD, the enemy,e
preserve my life. shoot your arrows and confuse
PSALMS
Because you are righteous, them.
7
bring me out of trouble. Reach down your hand from your
12
Because of your gracious love, high place;
you will cut off my enemies. rescue me and deliver me from
You will destroy all who oppose mighty waters,
me, from the control of foreigners.f
8
Their mouths speak lies,
for I am your servant.
Psalm 144
and their right hand deceives,g
Psalm 144 9
God, I will sing a new song to you.
Davidic On a harp of ten strings I will
play to you—
A Song for God’s Provision 10
1 to you who gives victory to kings,
Blessed be the LORD, my rock,
rescuing his servant David from
who trains my hands for battle
cruel swords.
and my fingers for warfare,
2
he is my gracious love and my b 144:2 So LXX; MT lacks subdues
fortress, c 144:2 So DSS 11QPsa Sebir Aquila Syr Targ
my strong tower and my Hieronymus; cf. Psa 18:48; 2 Sam 22:48;
deliverer, LXX reads subdues my people
my shield and the one in whom I d 144:5 So MT (imperfect verb); LXX, DSS
find refuge, 11QPsa read and descend!; i.e. a verb of
command
e 144:6 Lit. scatter them
a 143:7 I.e. the place of punishment in the f 144:7 Lit. the hand of the sons of strangers
afterlife g 144:8 I.e. they swear to false oaths
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11
Rescue me and deliver me ever.
from the control of foreigners,a ‫ג‬
3
The LORD is great,
whose mouths speak lies, and to be praised highly,
and whose right hand deceives.b though his greatness is
12 indescribable.
May our sons in their youth be
like full-grown plants, ‫ד‬
4
One generation will acclaim
and our daughters like pillars your works to another
destined to decorate a palace. and will describe your
13
May our granaries be filled, mighty actions.
storing produce in abundance; ‫ה‬ 5
Id will speak about the
may our sheep bring forth glorious splendor of
thousands, your majesty
even tens of thousands in our as well ase your awesome
fields. actions.
14
May our cattle grow heavy with
‫ו‬ 6
Peoplef will speak about the
young, might of your great
with no damage or loss. deeds,
May there be no cry of anguish in and I will announce your
our streets! greatness.
PSALMS
‫ז‬
7
15
Happy are the people to whom They will extol the fame of
these things come; your abundant
goodness,
144
happy are the people whose

God is the LORD. and will sing out loud
Psalm 145
about your
Psalm 145c righteousness.
8
Gracious and merciful is the
A Davidic Psalm ‫ח‬
LORD,
Praising God for His Works slow to become angry,
‫א‬
1
I will speak highly of you, and overflowing with
my God and King, gracious love.
and I will bless your name
‫ט‬
9
The LORD is good to
forever and ever. everyone
‫ב‬
2
I will bless you every day and his mercies extend to
and I will praise your everything he does.
name forever and 10
LORD, everything you have
‫י‬
done will praise you,
a 144:11 Lit. the hand of the sons of strangers and your holy ones will
b 144:11 I.e. they swear to false oaths
c 145:T In this acrostic psalm each verse
begins with a successive letter of the Heb. d 145:5 So MT; LXX Syr DSS 11QPsa read
alphabet, except that v13b, corresponding to They
the Heb. letter ‫( נ‬nun), is missing from the e 145:5 So LXX DSS 11QPsa; MT lacks as
MT. f 145:6 Lit. They
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bless you. him sincerely.d

‫כ‬ ‫ר‬
11 19
They will speak about the glory He fulfills the desire of those
of your kingdom, who fear him,
and they will talk about your hearing their cry and saving
might, them.
‫ל‬ ‫ש‬
12 20
in order to make known your The LORD preserves everyone
mighty acts to mankinda who loves him,
as well as the majestic but he will destroy all of the
splendor of your wicked.
kingdom.
‫ת‬
21
My mouth will praise the
12
13
Your kingdom is an everlasting
‫מ‬ LORD,
kingdom, 145
and all creatures will bless his

and your authority endures holy name forever and
from one generation to ever.
another.
2
‫נ‬
13b
Godb is faithful about
2
Psalm 146
Psalm 146
everything he says
Praise to God the Help of Israel
and merciful in everything 1
Hallelujah!
he does.
Praise the LORD, my soul!
‫ס‬
14
The LORD supports everyone
PSALMS
2
I will praise the LORD as long as I
who falls
live,
and raises up those who are
singing praises to my God while
bowed down.
I exist.
‫ע‬
15
Everyone’s eyes are on you,
as you give them their food 3
Do not look to nobles,
in due time. 15
nor to mere human beings who
‫פ‬
16
Youc open your hand cannot save.
continually 4
When they stop breathing,
and keep on satisfying the they return to the ground;
desire of every living on that very day their plans
thing. 145
evaporate!
17
The LORD is righteous in all of
‫צ‬ 5
Happy is the one whose help is
his ways the God of Jacob,
and graciously loving in all of whose hope is in the LORD his
his activities. God,
‫ק‬
18
The LORD remains near to all 6
maker of heaven and earth,
who call out to him, the seas and everything in them,
to everyone who calls out to forever the guardian of truth,
7
who brings justice for the
a 145:12 Lit. the children of the Man
b 145:13b So DSS 11QPsa; LXX Vg Syr read oppressed,
The LORD. MT lacks this verse.
c 145:16 So MT; LXX DSS 11QPsa read You
yourself d 145:18 Or truthfully
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6
and who gives food to the The LORD supports the afflicted
hungry. 146 while he casts the wicked to the
ground.
The LORD frees the prisoners;
8
the LORD gives sight to the 7
Sing to the LORD with
blind. thanksgiving,
The LORD lifts up those who are and compose music to our God
weighed down. with the lyre.
The LORD loves the righteous. 8
He shields the heavens with
9
The LORD stands guard over the clouds,
stranger; preparing rain for the earth
he supports both widows and and making grass grow on the
orphans, hills.
but makes the path of the 9
He gives wild animals their food,
wicked slippery.a 146
including the young ravens

10
The LORD will reign forever, when they cry.
10
your God, Zion, for all He takes no delight in the strength
generations! of a horse,
and gains no pleasure in the
Hallelujah! runner’s swiftness.b
11
But the LORD is pleased with those
PSALMS
Psalm 147
Psalm 147
who fear him,
Praise for God’s Provision with those who depend on his
1
Hallelujah! gracious love.
It is good to sing praise to our 12
God, Glorify the LORD, Jerusalem!
and it is fitting to sing glorious Praise your God, Zion!
13
praise. For he has strengthened the bars
of your gates,
2
The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem; blessing your children within
he gathers together the outcasts you.
of Israel. 14
He grants peace within your
3
He heals the brokenhearted, borders,
binding up their injuries. satisfyingc you with the finest of
4
He keeps track of the number of wheat.
stars,
15
assigning names to all of them. He sends out his command to the
5
Our Lord is great, earth,
and rich in power; makingd his word go forth
his understanding has no quickly.
limitation.
b 147:10 Lit. the legs of a man
c 147:14 So MT; LXX DSS 4QPsd read
borders, and satisfies
a 146:9 Or treacherous d 147:15 MT lacks making
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16 5
He supplies snow like wool, Let them praise the name of the
scattering frost like ashes. LORD,
17
He casts down his ice crystals like for he himself gave the
breada fragments. command that they be
Who can endure his freezing created.
6
cold? He set them in place to last forever
18
He sends out his word and ever;
and melts them. he gave the command and will
He makes his wind blow not rescind it.
and the water flows. 7
Praise the LORD, you from the
19
He declares his words to Jacob, earth,
his statutes and decrees to Israel. you creatures of the sea
20
He has not dealt with any other and all you depths,
8
nation like this; fire, hail, snow, fog, and wind
they never knewb his decrees. storm
that carry out his command,d
Hallelujah! 147
9
mountains and every hill,
Psalm 148
fruit trees and cedars,

Psalm 148 10
living creatures and livestock,
Let All the Earth Praise the Lord insects and flying birds,
PSALMS
1
Hallelujah! 11
earthly kings and all peoples,
Praise the LORD from heaven; nobles and all court officials of
praise him in the highest the earth,148
places. 148
12
young men and young women
2 alike,
Praise him, all his angels;
along with older people and
praise him, all his armies!
3 children.
Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining 13
Let them praise the name of the
stars.c LORD,
4
Praise him, you heaven of for his name alone is lifted up;
heavens, his majesty transcends earth
and you waters above the and heaven.
heavens. 14
He has raised up a source of
strengthe for his people,
an object of praise for all of his
holy ones,
that is, for the people of Israel
who are near him.
a 147:17 MT lacks bread Hallelujah!
b 147:20 So MT; LXX reads he did not
explain to them; Syr Targ DSS 11QPsa read he
has not revealed to them d 148:8 Or word
c 148:3 Lit. you stars of light e 148:14 Lit. a horn
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Psalm 149
Psalm 149 Praise him according to his

excellent greatness.
A Song About Rejoicing in God
1
Hallelujah! 3
Praise him with trumpet
Sing a new song to the LORD, sounding.
praising him where the godly Praise him with stringed
gather together. instrument and harp.
2
May Israel rejoice in its Maker, 4
Praise him with tambourine and
and Zion’s descendants in their dancing.
King! Praise him with stringed and
3
May they praise his name with wind instruments.
dancing, 5
Praise him with loud cymbals.
chanting songs to him with Praise him with reverberating
tambourines and lyres. cymbals.
4
For the LORD is pleased with his 6
Let everyone who breathes praise
people;
the LORD.
he beautifies the afflicted with
salvation. Hallelujah!
5
May those he loves be exalted, 149
singing for joy on their couches.

Let high praises to God be hearda
PSALMS
in their throats,
while they wield two-edged
swords in their hands
7
as they bring retribution to nations
and punishment to peoples,
8
binding their kings with chains,
their officials with iron bands,
9
and executing the judgment
written against them.
This is honor for all the ones he
loves.
Hallelujah!
Psalm 150
Psalm 150
A Psalm of Praise
1
Hallelujah!
Praise God in his holy place.
Praise him in his great expanse.
2
Praise him for his mighty works.
a 149:6 MT lacks heard
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THE BOOK OF
PROVERBS
Chapter 1
Introduction and Purpose The Minor Theme
1
1 8
The proverbs of David’s son My son, listen to your father’s
Solomon, king of Israel. instruction,
2
These proverbs area for gainingb and do not let go of your
wisdom and discipline;c mother’s teaching.
9
for understanding words of They will be a graceful wreath for
insight; your head
3
for acquiring the disciplined that and a chain for your neck.
produces wise behavior, Avoid Evil Counsel
righteousness, justice, and 10
My son, if sinners entice you,
upright living;e do not consent.
4
for giving prudence to the naïve, 11
If they say, “Come with us!
knowledge and discretion to the Let’s lie in wait for blood;
young. let’s ambush some innocent
5
Let the wise listen and increase person for no reason at all.
12
Let’s swallow them alive like
theirf learning;
let the person of understanding Sheol,h
receive guidance and whole like those who go
6
in understanding proverbs, clever down into the Pit,i
13
sayings, We’ll find all kinds of valuable
words of the wise, and their wealth,
riddles. and we’ll fill our houses with
spoil. PROVERBS
The Major Theme 14
Throw your lot in with us,
7
The fear of the LORD is the and all of us will have one
beginning of knowledge, purse.”
but fools despise wisdom and
15
discipline.g My son, do not go along with
them,j
and keep your feet away from
their paths!
a 1:1 MT lacks These proverbs are
b 1:2 Or knowing h 1:12 I.e. the realm of the dead; possibly an
c 1:2 Or instruction allusion to the rebellion of Korah (cf. Num
d 1:3 Or instruction 16:33)
e 1:3 Lit. and uprightness i 1:12 I.e. the place of punishment in the
f 1:5 MT lacks their afterlife
g 1:7 Or instruction j 1:15 Lit. in the way with them
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Proverbs 1:16 The Holy Bible
16
For theya run toward evil; The Consequences of Refusing
these enticersb shed blood Wisdom
24
without hesitation.c “Because I called out to you and
17
Look, it is useless to spread a net you refused to respond—i 1
in full view ofd all the birds, I appealed,j but no one paid
18
but these peoplee lie in wait for attention—
their own blood.f
25
becausek you neglected all my
They ambush only themselves. advice
19
Such is the way of all those who and did not want my correction,
26
seek illicit gain— I will laugh at your calamity.
it takes away the lives of those I will mock when what you fearl
who possess it. comes,
27
when what you dread comes like a
The Benefits of Choosing Wisdom storm,
20
Wisdom cries out in the street; and your calamity comes on like
she raises her voice in the public a whirlwind,
squares. when distress and anguish
21
She calls out at the busiest partg of come upon you.
the noisy streets,h 28
and at the entrance to the gates Then they will call out to me,
of the city she utters her but I will not answer;
words: they will seek me diligently,
22
“You naïve ones, how long will but they will not find me.
you love naiveté? 29
Because they hated knowledge
And how long will scoffers and did not choose the fear of
delight in scoffing the LORD;
or fools hate knowledge? 30
they did not want my advice,
23
Return to my correction! and they rejected all my
PROVERBS
Look, I will pour out my spirit correction.

on you, 31
They will eat the fruitm of their
and I will make my words way,
known to you. and they will be filled with their
own devices.
32
Indeed, the waywardnessn of the
a 1:16 Lit. For their feet
naïve will kill them,
b 1:16 Lit. they
c 1:16 Lit. blood quickly i 1:24 Lit. you refused
d 1:17 Lit. in the eyes of j 1:24 Lit. I stretched out my hand
e 1:18 Lit. they k 1:25 MT lacks because
f 1:18 MT lacks their own l 1:26 Lit. when your fear
g 1:21 Lit. head m 1:31 I.e. experience the consequences
h 1:21 So MT; LXX Syr Targ read and on top n 1:32 So MT; DSS 4QProva reads
of the walls narrowmindedness; lit. the pull of; LXX reads
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International Standard Version 2.0 Proverbs 2:19
9
and the complacency of fools Then you will understand what is
will destroy them. right, just,
33 and upright—every good path.
But the person who listens to me 10
For wisdom will enter your heart,
will live safely
and knowledge will be pleasant
and will be secure from the fear
to your soul.
of evil.
Chapter 2 11
Discretionb will protect you;
The Benefits of Embracing Wisdom
understanding will watch over
2
1
My son, if you accept my
you,
words, 12
delivering you from the way of
and treasure my instructionsa—
2
evil,
making your ear attentive to
from men who speak perverse
wisdom,
things,
and turning your heart to 13
and from those who abandon the
understanding—
3 rightc path
if, indeed, you call out for insight
to travel along the ways of
and raise your voice for
darkness;
understanding, 14
4 who delight in doing evil,
if you seek it like silver
and rejoice in the perverseness
and search for it like hidden
of evil;
treasure, 15
5 whose paths are crooked
then you will understand the fear
and who are devious in their
of the LORD
ways,
and learn to know God. 16
delivering you from the
6
For the LORD gives wisdom, adulteress,
and from his mouth come from the immorald woman with
knowledge and her seductive words,
understanding. 17
someone who abandoned the PROVERBS
7
He stores up sound wisdom for companion of her youth
the upright and forgot the covenant of her
and is a shield to those who God.
walk in integrity— 18
For her house leads down to
8
guarding the paths of the just death,
and protecting the way of his and her paths down to the realm
faithful ones. of the dead.
19
None who go to her return,
b 2:11 Or Wise planning

Because they would wrong the naïve, they will c 2:13 Lit. straight or upright
be murdered d 2:16 Lit. foreign; i.e. one whose values are
a 2:1 Lit. instructions within you foreign to God’s Law
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nor do they reach the paths of and he will make your paths
life. straight.
20 7
This is how you will walk in the Do not be wise in your own
way of good men 2 opinion.
and will keep to the paths of the Fear the LORD and turn away
righteous. from evil.
8
21 This will bring healing to your
For the upright will live in the
body,
land,
and refreshment to your bones.
2
and people of integrity will

9
remain in it. Honor the LORD with your wealth
23
But the wicked will be cut off from and with the firstd of all your
the land, produce.
and the treacherous will be 10
So your barns will be filled with
uprooted from it. abundance,
Chapter 3
and your vats will burst open

The Blessings of Trusting God
with new wine.
3
1
My son, don’t forget my
instruction, 11
My son, do not reject the LORD’s
and keep my commandments discipline,
carefully in mind.a and do not despise his
2
For they will add length to your correction,
12
days, years to your life, because the LORD corrects the
and abundant peace to you. person he loves,
3
Do not let gracious love and truth just as a father correctse the son
leave you. he delights in.f
Bind them around your neck,
Wisdom More Valuable than Riches
write them on the tablet of 13
How joyful is the man who finds
your heart,
PROVERBS
4 wisdom,
and find favor and a good
and the man who gains
reputationb with God and
understanding,
men. 14
because her profit is better than
5
Trust in the LORD with all your the profit of silver,
heart, and her yield than fine gold.
and do not depend on your own 15
She is more precious than rubies,
understanding. and nothing you desire
6
In all your ways acknowledgec compares with her.
him,
c 3:6 Or know
d 3:9 Or best
a 3:1 Lit. Let your heart keep my e 3:12 MT lacks corrects
commandments f 3:12 So MT; LXX reads loves, and he
b 3:4 Lit. good judgment or sense punishes every son he accepts
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16 26
Long life is in her right hand, Indeed, the LORD will be your
and in her left are riches and confidence,
honor. and he will keep your foot from
17
Her ways are pleasant ways, being caught.
and all her paths are peaceful.
18 Wisdom in Action
She is a tree of life for those who 27
Do not withhold good from those
embrace her,
to whom it is due,
and whoever clutches her tightly
when it is in your power to act.
will be joyful. 28
Do not say to your neighbor, 3
19
By wisdom the LORD laid the “Go, and come back.
earth’s foundations, I will pay youf tomorrow,”
and by understanding he set the when you have cashg with you.
heavens in place. 29
Do not plan to harm your
20
By his knowledge the depths neighbor,
broke open, when he is living peacefullyh
and the clouds drip with dew. beside you.
30
Benefits of Wisdom Do not bring a lawsuit against a
21
My son, do not let wisdoma leave person for no reason,
your sight. when he has done you no harm.
31
Carefully observe sound Do not envy a violent man,
judgment and discernment, and do not emulate his lifestyle.i
32
22
and they will be life to you Indeed, a perverse man is utterly
and a graceful ornamentb for disgustingj to the LORD,
your neck. but he takes the upright into his
23
Then you will travel safely on confidence.k
33
your way, The LORD’s curse is on the house
and your foot will not stumble. of the wicked,
but he blesses the dwelling of PROVERBS
24
When you sitc down, you will not
be afraid; the righteous.
when you lie down, your sleep
34
Though Godl scoffs at scoffers,
will be pleasant.d he gives grace to the humble.
35
25
Do not be afraid of sudden The wise will inherit honor,
disaster,e
or the devastation that comes to
the wicked. f 3:28 Lit. it
g 3:28 MT lacks cash
h 3:29 Or securely
a 3:21 MT lacks wisdom i 3:31 Lit. ways
b 3:22 Lit. grace j 3:32 Lit. an abomination
c 3:24 So LXX; MT reads lie k 3:32 Lit. but his secret counsel is with the
d 3:24 Or sweet upright
e 3:25 Lit. terror l 3:34 Lit. he
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10
but he holds fools up for Listen, my son: accept my words,
ridicule. and you’ll live a long, long time.
Chapter 4
e
Diligently Pursue Wisdom 11
I have directed you in the way of
4 Listen, children,a to your
1
wisdom,
father’s instruction, and I have led you along
and pay attention in order to
straightf paths.
gain understanding. 12
2
When you walk, your step will not
I give you sound teaching,
be hindered,
so do not abandon my
and when you run, you will not
instruction.b stumble.
3
When I was a son to my father, 13
Hold on to instruction, do not let it
not yet strongc and an only son go!
to my mother, Guard wisdom,g because she is
4
he taught me and said to me, your life!
“Let your heart fully embrace
what I have to say;d Avoiding the Ways of the Wicked
14
keep my commandments and Do not enter the path of the
live! wicked,
5
“Get wisdom! Get understanding! or go along the way of evil men.
15
Do not forget or turn aside from Avoid it! Don’t travel on it!
the words of my mouth! Turn away from it, and pass on
6
“Do not abandon her, and she will by.
16
protect you. For they cannot sleep unless they
Love her, and she will watch are doing evil,
over you. and they are robbed of their
7
“Wisdom is of utmost importance, sleep unless they cause
therefore get wisdom, someone to stumble.
17
For they eat the bread of
PROVERBS
and with all your effort work to

acquire understanding. wickedness,
8
“Prize her and she will exalt you. and they drink the wine of
Indeed, if you embrace her, she violence.
will honor you. 18
The path of the righteous is like
9
“She will place on your head a the light of dawn
graceful garland; that grows brighter until the full
she will present to you a crown light of day.
of beauty.” 19
But the way of the wicked is like
deep darkness,
a 4:1 Lit. sons e 4:10 Lit. and the years of your life will be
b 4:2 Or law many
c 4:3 Lit. delicate f 4:11 Or upright
d 4:4 Lit. embrace my words g 4:13 Lit. her
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and they do not know what and listen closely to my insight,

they are stumbling over. 2
so you may carefully practicef
Remembering the Counsel of a Wise discretion
Father and your lips preserve
20
My son, pay attention to my knowledge.
3
words, For the lips of an adulteress drip
honey,
and listen closelya to what I say.
21
Do not let them out of your sight; and her speechg is smoother
than oil.
4
keep them within your heart. 4

22
For they are life to those who find But in the end she is as bitter as
them, wormwood,h
and healing to their whole and as sharp as a double-edged
body.b sword.
5
Her feet go down to death;
23
Above everything elsec
guard your her steps lead to Sheol.i
heart, 6
You aren’t thinking aboutj where
because from it flow the springs her life is headed;
of life. her steps wander, but you do
24
Never talk deceptively not realizek it.
and don’t keep company with
people whose speech is
7
Now, children,l listen to me.
corrupt. d Don’t turn away from what I am
25
saying.m
Let your eyes look directly ahead; 8 n
Keep far away from her,
fix your gaze straight in front of
and don’t go near the entrance
you.
to her house,
26
Carefully measuree the paths for 9
so that you don’t give your honor
your feet, to others,
and all your ways will be PROVERBS
and waste your best years,o
established. 10
27 so that strangers don’t enrich
Do not turn to the right or to the
themselves at your expense,a
left;
turn your foot away from evil.
Chapter 5
Warning Against Sexual Immorality f 5:2 Lit. guard
5
1 g 5:3 Lit. palate
My son, pay attention to my
h 5:4 Wormwood is a plant with an extremely
wisdom,
bitter taste.
i 5:5 I.e. the realm of the dead
j 5:6 Or She does not consider
a 4:20 Lit. turn your ear k 5:6 Or she does not realize
b 4:22 Lit. flesh l 5:7 Or sons
c 4:23 Lit. Above all watching m 5:7 Lit. from the words of my mouth
d 4:24 Lit. keep corrupt lips far from you n 5:8 Lit. Keep your path
e 4:26 Lit. Weigh o 5:9 Lit. and your years to the cruel
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and your work won’t end up the Be constantly intoxicated by

possession of foreigners.b her love.
20
11
You will cry out in anguish when Why should you be intoxicated by
your end comes an adulteress, my son,
when your flesh and body are and embrace the bosom of a
consumed. foreign woman?
12
And you will say, “How I hated 21
Indeed, what a man does isg
instruction,c always in the LORD’s
and my heart rejected
presence,h
correction.
5
13 and he weighs all his paths.

I did not obey my teachers 22
The wicked person’s iniquities will
and did not listend to my capture him,
instructors. and he will be held with the
14
Now I am at the point of utter cords of his sin.
disaster 23
He will die for lack of discipline,
e
in the assembly and in the and he goes astray because of
congregation.” his great folly.
The Delights of Marital Faithfulness Chapter 6
15
The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans
Drink water from your own
6
1
My son, if you guarantee a
cistern,
loan for your neighbor,
and freshf water from your own
if you have agreed to a deali
well.
16
with a stranger,
Should your springs flow outside, 2
trapped by your own words,
or streams of water in the street?
17
and caught by your own words,
They should be for you alone 3
then do this, my son and deliver
and not for strangers who are
yourself,
with you.
because you have come under
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18
Let your fountain be blessed
your neighbor’s control.j
and enjoy the wife of your
Go, humble yourself!
youth.
19 Plead passionately with your
Like a loving deer, a beautiful doe,
neighbor!
let her breasts satisfy you all the 4
Don’t allow yourself to sleep
time.
or even to close your eyes.
5
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from
a hunter’s hand,a
a 5:9 Lit. don’t satisfy themselves with your
strength
b 5:10 Lit. won’t go into a foreigner’s house g 5:21 Lit. Indeed, a man’s ways are
c 5:12 Or discipline h 5:21 Lit. in front of the LORD’s eyes
d 5:13 Lit. incline my ear i 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have
e 5:14 Lit. in the midst of shaken hands
f 5:15 Lit. flowing j 6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor
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or like a bird from a fowler’s and he will never recover.

hand.
What God Hates
16
The Folly of Laziness Here are six things that the LORD
6
Go to the ant, you lazy man! hates—
Observe its ways and become seven, in fact,e are detestable to
wise. him:f
7
It has no commander, 17
Arrogant eyes,
officer, or ruler a lying tongue
8
but prepares its provisions in the and hands shedding innocent
summer blood;
and gathers its food in the 18
a heart crafting evil plans,
harvest. feet running swiftly to
9
How long will you lie down, lazy wickedness,
man? 19
a false witness snorting lies,
When will you get up from your and someone sowing quarrels
sleep? between brothers.
10
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to Parental Counsel about Immorality
20
rest, Keep your father’s commands, my
11
and your poverty will come on son,
you like a bandit and never forsake your mother’s
and your desperation like an rules,g
21
armed man. by binding them to your heart
continually,
The Folly of Causing Strife fastening them around your
12
A worthless man, a wicked man, neck.
goes around with devious 22
During your travels wisdomh will
speech, lead you;
13
winking with his eyes, making PROVERBS
she will watch over you while
signsb withc his feet, you rest;
pointing with his fingers, and when you are startled from
14
planning evil with a perverse your sleep
mind,d she will commune with you.
continually stirring up discord. 23
Because the command is a lamp
15
Therefore, disaster will overtake and the Law a light,
him suddenly. rebukes that discipline are a
He will be broken in an instant, way of life—
a 6:5 So MT; LXX Syr Targ read from the e 6:16 MT lacks in fact
hunter; or a noose f 6:16 Lit. to his soul
b 6:13 Lit. scraping g 6:20 Or laws
c 6:13 MT lacks with h 6:22 Lit. wisdom; i.e. wisdom personified as
d 6:14 Or heart a woman
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24
to protect you from the evila 34
because jealousy incitesc a strong
woman, man’s rage,
from the words of the seductive and he will show no mercy
woman. when it’s time for revenge.
35
25 He will not consider any payment,
Do not focus on her beauty in
nor will he be willing to accept
your mind,
it,d
6
nor allow her to take you

prisoner with her flirting no matter how large the bribe.
eyes,
Chapter 7
On Avoiding the Immoral Woman
7
26
because the price of a whore is a 1
My son, guard what I say
loaf of bread, and treasure my commands.
and an adulterous woman stalks 2
Keep my commands and you’ll
a man’s precious life. live.
27
Can a man scoop fire into his Guarde my teaching as you do
bosom your eyesight.
3
without burning his clothes? Strap them to your fingers,
28
Can a man walk on hot coals and engrave them on the tablet
without scorching his feet? 6
of your heart.
4
29
So also is it with someone who has Say to wisdom, “You’re my sister!”
sex with his neighbor’s wife; and call understanding your
anyone touching her will not close relative,
5
remain unpunished. 6
so they can keep you from an
adulterous woman,
30
A thief isn’t despised from the immoral woman with
if he steals to meet his needsb her seductive words.
when he is hungry,
31
but when he is discovered, A Father’s Warning
6
he must restore seven-fold, For from a window in my house
PROVERBS
forfeiting the entire value of I peered through the lattice

his house. work,
7
and I noticed among the naïve—
32
Whoever commits adultery with a that is, I discerned among the
woman is out of his mind; youths—
by doing so he corrupts his own a senseless young man.
soul. 8
Proceeding down the street near
33
He will receive a beating and her corner,
dishonor, he makes his way toward her
and his shame won’t disappear, house
c 6:34 MT lacks incites

a 6:24 So MT; LXX reads married d 6:35 MT lacks to accept it
b 6:30 Lit. to refresh his soul e 7:2 MT lacks Guard
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9 22
at twilight, during the evening, All of a sudden he follows her
even during the darkest part of like an ox fit for slaughter
the night. or like a fool fit for a trapb
10
Look! A woman makes her way to 23
until an arrow pierces his liver.
meet him, As a bird darts into a snare,
dressed as a prostitute he doesn’t realize his fatal
and intending to entrap him. decision.c
11
She is brazen and defiant— 24
her feet don’t remain at home. So listen to me, my sons,
12
Now she is in the street, now in and pay attention to what I have
the plazas, to say.
25
she lurks near every corner. Don’t be led astray by her
lifestyle,d
13
So she grabs hold of him and and don’t imitate her behavior.e
kisses him, 26
For many are the victims whom
with a brazen face she speaks to she has conquered,
him, and many are her slain.
14
“I have givena my peace offerings, 27
Her house leads to Sheol,f
and today I fulfilled my vows. descending to death’s
15
Therefore I’ve come out to meet catacombs.
you, Chapter 8
I’ve looked just for you, Wisdom Calls for an Audience
8
1
and I found you! Isn’t wisdom calling out;
16
I’ve decorated my bed with new isn’t understanding raising
coverings— her voice?
2
embroidered linen from Egypt. On top of the highest places along
17
I’ve perfumed my bed the road
with myrrh, aloes, and she stands where the roads
cinnamon. meet. PROVERBS
3
18
Come, let’s make love until dawn; Beside the gates, at the city
let’s comfort ourselves with love, entrance—
19
because my husband isn’t home. at the entrance to the portals she
He left on a long trip. cries aloud:
4
20
He took a fist full of cash “I’m calling to you, men!
and he’ll return home in a What I have to say pertainsg to
month.” all mankind!
21
She leads him astray with great
persuasion; 7
b 7:22 So MT; LXX reads a dog fit for chains

with flattering lips she seduces c 7:23 Lit. realize it is his life
him. d 7:25 Lit. ways
e 7:25 Lit. paths
f 7:27 I.e. the realm of the dead
a 7:14 MT lacks given g 8:4 Lit. My voice is
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5
Understand prudence, you naïve Power belongs to me.
15
people; Kings reign by me,
and gain an understanding and rulers dispense justice
heart, you foolish ones. through me.
6 16
Listen, because I have noble things By me leaders rule, as do noble
to say, officials
and what I have to saya will and all who govern justly.e
17
reveal what is right. I love those who love me,
7
For my mouth speaks the truth— and those who seek me will find
wickedness is detestable to me. me.
8 18
Everything I have to say is just; Wealth and honor accompany me,
there isn’t anything corrupt or as do enduring wealth and
perverse in my speech.b righteousness.
19
9
Everything I say is sensible to My fruit is better than gold,
someone who understands, betterf than even refined gold,
and correct to those who have and my benefit surpasses the
acquired knowledge. purest silver.
10 20
Grab hold of my instruction in lieu I walk on the way of
of money righteousness,
and knowledge instead of the along paths that are just,
21
finest gold, I bequeath wealth to those who
11
because wisdom is better than love me,
precious gemsc and I will fill their treasuries.”
and nothing you desire can The Agelessness of Wisdom
compare to it.” 22
“The LORD made me as he began
The Way of Wisdom his planning,g
12
“I, wisdom, am related tod before his ancient activity
prudence. commenced.
PROVERBS
23
I know how to be discreet. From eternity I was appointed,
13
The fear of the LORD is to hate from the beginning,
evil. from before there was land.
24
Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, When there were no ocean depths,
and perverted speech I I brought themh to birth
despise. at a time when there were no
14
Counsel belongs to me, springs.
along with sound judgment.
I am understanding.
e 8:15 So MT; LXX reads and tyrants rule the
a 8:6 Lit. my open lips earth
b 8:8 Lit. words f 8:19 MT lacks better
c 8:11 Or rubies g 8:22 Lit. ways
d 8:12 Lit. wisdom, live with h 8:24 MT lacks them
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25
Before the mountains were waiting at my doorways—
35
shaped, because those who find me find
before there were hills, life
I was bringing thema to birth. and gain favor from the LORD.
36
26
But whoever sins against me
Even though he had not made the
destroys himself;
earth, nor the fields,
everyone who hates me loves
nor the world’s first grains of
death.”
dust, Chapter 9
27
when he crafted the heavens, Wisdom’s Invitation
I was there—
9 Wisdomd has built her house;
1
when he marked out a circle she has hewn out her seven
on the face of the deep, pillars.
28
when he made the clouds from 2
She has prepared her food,e
above, she has spicedf her wine,
when the springs of the depths and she also has set her dining
were established, table.
29
when he set a boundary for the 3
She has sent out her young
sea women,
so the waters would not exceed while calling out from the
his limits,b heights of the city,
when he marked out the 4
“Let whoever is naïve, turn in
foundations of the earth. here.”
30
Then I was with him, his master To anyone lacking sense, she
craftsman— says,
I was his delightc daily, 5
“Come! Eat my food,
continuously rejoicing in his and drink the wine that I have
presence, mixed.
31
rejoicing in his inhabitable world 6
Leave your naïve ways, and live. PROVERBS
and taking delight in mankind.” Walk in the path of
understanding.”
The Exhortation of Wisdom
32
“So listen to me, children! Wisdom Extends Life
Blessed are those who obey me. 7
Whoever corrects a mocker invites
33
Listen to instruction and be wise. only insult,g
Don’t ignore it. and whoever rebukes the
34
Blessed is the person who listens wicked will himself become
to me, stained.
watching daily at my gates,
a 8:25 MT lacks them d 9:1 I.e. wisdom personified as a woman

b 8:29 Lit. command e 9:2 Or meat
c 8:30 So LXX; MT reads was filled with f 9:2 Or mixed
delight g 9:7 Lit. insult to himself
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8
Don’t rebuke a mocker or he will and food eaten in secret is
hate you. delicious.”
18
Rebuke a wise person, and he But he does not realize that the
will love you. dead lurk there,
9
Counsel a wise man, and her invited guests wind up
and he will be wiser still; in the depths of Sheol.c
teach a righteous man, Chapter 10
and he will add to his learning. Solomon’s Sayings
10
1
The proverbs of Solomon.
10
The fear of the LORD is where
wisdom begins, A wise son brings joy to his
father,
and knowing holinessa
but a foolish son grieves his
demonstrates
mother.
understanding.
11
For because of me you will live a 2
Nothing good comes from ill-
long life,9
gotten wealth,
and years will be added to your but righteousness delivers from
life. death.
12
If you are wise, 3
The LORD won’t cause the
your wisdom will assist you. righteous to hunger,
If you mock, but he will reject what the
you alone will be held wicked crave.
responsible. 4
Lazy hands bring poverty,
Folly’s Entrapment but hard-working hands lead to
13
The foolish woman is loud, wealth.
undisciplined, and without 5
Whoever harvests during summer
knowledge. acts wisely,
14
She sits at the entrance of her but the son who sleeps during
PROVERBS
house, harvest is disgraceful.

on a seat high above the city.
15 The Righteous and Wicked Compared
She calls out to those passing by
on the road,
6
Blessings comed upon the head of
who are minding their own the righteous,
business,b but the wordse of the wicked
conceal violence.
9
16
“Whoever is naïve, turn in here!”
And to anyone lacking sense,
7
The reputationf of the righteous
she says, 9
leads to blessing,
17
“Stolen waters are sweet,
c 9:18 I.e. the realm of the dead

d 10:6 MT lacks come
a 9:10 Or knowing holy ones e 10:6 Lit. mouth
b 9:15 Or are going straight on their way f 10:7 Lit. memorial
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15
but the name of the wicked will The rich hide within the fortress
rot. that is their wealth,
8
The wise persona accepts but the poor are dismayed due
commands, to their poverty.
but the chattering fool will be 16
Honorable wages leadj to life;
brought down.
the salaries of the wicked, to
9
Whoever walks in integrity lives retribution.
17
prudently,b Whoever heeds correction is on
but whoever perverts his way of the pathway to life,
life will be exposed. but someone who ignores
10
Those who wink their eyesc are exhortation goes astray.
trouble makers, 18
Whoever conceals hatred is a
and the mocking fool will be deceitful liar,
brought down.d and whoever spreads slander is
11
What the righteous saye is a a fool.
19
Transgression is at work where
flowing fountain,f
people talk too much,
but what the wicked sayg
10
but anyone who holds his

conceals violence.
12 tongue is prudent.
Hatred awakens contention, 20
What the righteous person saysk is
but love covers all
like precious silver;
transgressions.
the thoughts of the wicked are
13
Wisdom characterizes the speechh
compared to small things.
of the discerning, 21
What the righteous person saysl
but the rod is for the backs of
nourishes many,
those lacking discernment.
14 but fools die because they lack
Those who are wise store up
knowledge, discerningm hearts.
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but when the fool speaks,i 22
The blessing of the LORD
destruction is near. establishes wealth,
and difficulty does not
accompany it.
23
Just as the fool considers
a 10:8 Lit. wise in heart
b 10:9 Lit. lives in safety wickedness his joy,
c 10:9 I.e. Those whose looks communicate so is wisdom to the discerning
insincerity man.
d 10:10 So MT; LXX reads makers, but the
one who reproves publicly makes peace
e 10:11 Lit. The mouth of the righteous
f 10:11 Lit. a fountain of life j 10:16 MT lacks lead
g 10:11 Lit. but the mouth of the wicked k 10:20 Lit. The tongue of the righteous
h 10:12 Lit. Wisdom is found on the lips l 10:21 Lit. The lips of the righteous
i 10:14 Lit. but the mouth of the fool m 10:21 MT lacks discerning
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24
What the wicked fears will come accurate weights.
about, 2
When pride appears, disgrace
but the longing of the righteous
accompanies it,
will be granted.
but humility is present with
25
When the storm ends, the wicked wisdom.
3
vanish,a The integrity of the righteous
but the righteous person is guides them,
forever firm. but the hypocrisy of the
treacherous destroys them.
26
As vinegar is to the mouthb and 4
Wealth won’t help in the time of
smoke to the eyes,
judgment,c
so is the lazy person to those
but righteousness will deliver
who send him.
27
from death.
Fearing the LORD prolongs life,
5
but the wicked will not live long. The righteousness of the innocent
28
What the righteous hope for creates a level path,
brings joy, but the wicked fall by their
but the expectation of the wickedness.
6
wicked dies. The righteousness of the upright
29
To the upright, the way of the delivers them,
LORD is a place of safety but the treacherous are trapped
but a place of ruin to those who by their evil desires.
practice evil. 7
When a wicked person dies, his
30
The righteous will never be
hope vanishes;d
overthrown,
and what hee expected from his
but the wicked will never
scheming comes to nothing.
inhabit the land. 8
The righteous person is delivered
31
The words of the righteous from trouble;
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overflow with wisdom, it comes upon the wicked

but the perverse tongue will be instead.
cut out. 9
By what he says, the godless
32
Righteous lips know what is person can destroy his
prudent, 10
neighbor,
but the words of the wicked are but through knowledge the
perverse. righteous escape.
Chapter 11
The Value of Righteousness
11
1
The LORD hates false scales,
but he delights in
c 11:4 Lit. the day of wrath
d 11:7 So MT; LXX reads When a righteous
a 10:25 Lit. wicked are no more man dies, his hope does not perish
b 10:26 Lit. teeth e 11:7 So MT; LXX reads what the ungodly
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10 18
The city rejoices when the Evil people earn deceptive wages, 11
righteous prosper, but those who plant

and when the wicked perish righteousness are truly
there is jubilation. rewarded.
11 19
Through the blessing of the Genuine righteousness leads to
righteous a city is built up, life,
but what the wicked say tears it but whoever pursues evil will
down. die.
20
12 Devious minds are abhorrent to
Whoever belittles his neighbor
the LORD,
lacks sense,
but those whose ways are
but the discerning man controls
innocent are his delight.
his comments.
13
Whoever spreads gossip betrays
21
Be sure of this:f the wicked will
secrets, not go unpunished,
but the descendants of the
but the trustworthy persona
righteous will go free.
keeps a confidence.
22
14 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
A nation falls through a lack of
is a beautiful woman without
guidance,
discretion.
but victory comes through the
23
counsel of many.b The desire of the righteous is to
15
seek good,
Securing a loan for a stranger will
but the hope of the wicked
bring suffering,
results in wrath.
but by refusing to do so, one
24
remains safe. Those who give freely gain even
more;
16
A gracious woman attains honor,c others hold back what they owe,
butd ruthless men attaine wealth. becoming even poorer.
17 PROVERBS
A gracious man benefits himself, 25
A generous person will prosper,
but the cruel person damages and anyone who gives water
himself. will receive a flood in return.
26
People will curse whoever
withholds grain,
but blessing will come to
a 11:13 Lit. trustworthy in spirit whoever is selling.
b 11:13 Or through much planning 27
The person seeking good will find
c 11:16 So MT; LXX reads honor for her
favor, 11
husband
d 11:16 So MT; LXX reads but a seat of but anyone who searches for
dishonor is for the woman who hates justice evil—it will find him!
e 11:16 So MT; LXX reads justice. The
deficient shrink from wealth, but the diligent
support themselves with f 11:21 Lit. Hand to hand
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28 5
The person who trusts in his The plans of the righteous are just,
wealth will fall, 11 but the advice of the wicked is
but the righteous will flourish deceitful.
like green leaves. 6
The words of the wicked lead toe
29
Whoever troubles his household bloodshed,
will inherit the wind, but the speech of the upright
and the fool will be a servant to delivers them.
the wise. 7
After they’re overthrown, the
wicked won’t be found,
30
The fruit of the righteous isa a tree
but the house of the righteous
of life,
stands firm.
and the one who wins people is
8
wise.b A man is praised because of his
31
If the righteous receive what they wise words,
are due here on earth, but the perverted mindf will be
how much more will the wicked despised.
9
and the sinner. It’s better to be unimportant, yet
Chapter 12
have a servant,
Wisdom and Wickedness Contrasted
than to pretend to be important,
12
1
The person who loves
but lack food.
correction loves knowledge, 10
The righteous person looks out for
but anyone who hates a rebuke
the welfare of his livestock,
is stupid.
2 but eveng the compassion of the
The good person will gain favor
wicked is cruel.
from the LORD, 11
Whoever tills his soil will have a
but the man who plots evil will
lot to eat,
be condemned by him.
3 but anyone who pursues
A person doesn’t gain security by
wickedness, fantasies lacks sense.h
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but the righteous won’t be 12

The wicked desires what evil
uprooted. people gain,
4
A virtuous woman is a crown to but the foundationi of the
her husband, righteous is productive.
13
but a wifec who puts him to An evil man’s sinful speech
ensnares him,
shame is like bone cancer.d
but the righteous person escapes
from trouble.
a 11:30 So MT; LXX reads From the fruit of
righteousness grows
b 11:30 So MT; LXX reads life, but the souls e 12:6 Lit. wicked lie in wait for
of those who practice evil are cut off f 12:8 Lit. heart
prematurely g 12:10 MT lacks even
c 12:4 Lit. but she h 12:11 Lit. heart
d 12:4 Lit. decay i 12:12 Or root
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14 23
By his fruitful speech a man can A prudent man keeps what he
remain satisfied, knows to himself,e
and a man’s handiwork will but the hearts of fools shout
reward him. forth their foolishness.
24
15
The lifestyle of the fool is right in The diligent will take control,
his own opinion, but the lazy will be put to forced
but wise is the man who listens labor.
to advice. 25
A person’s anxiety weighs down
16
The anger of a fool becomes his heart,
readily apparent, but an appropriate word is
but the prudent person encouraging.
overlooks an insult. 26
The righteous person is cautious
17
The truth teller speaks what is with respect to his neighbor,
right, but the lifestyle of the wicked
but the false witness speaks leads them astray.
what isa deceitful. 27
18 The lazy person does not roast
Some speak rashly like the cutting
what he has hunted,
of a sword,
but diligence is one’s most
12
but what the wise say promotes

important possession.
healing.
28
19
A truthful sayingb is trusted In the pathway to righteousness
forever, there is life,
but the liarc only for a moment. and in that lifestyle there is no
20
Deceit is at homed in the heart of death.
those who plan evil,
Chapter 13
Who is a Wise Son?
13
but those who promote peace 1
A wise son heedsf a father’s
rejoice. correction, PROVERBS
21
No harm overwhelms the but a mocker does not listen to
righteous, rebuke.
2
but the wicked overflow with From the fruit of his words a man
trouble. receives benefit,g
22 but the treacherous crave
Deceitful speech is reprehensible
violence.
to the LORD, 3
Anyone who guards his words
but those who act faithfully are
protects his life;
his delight.
anyone who talks too mucha is
ruined.
a 12:17 MT lacks speaks what is
b 12:19 Lit. lips e 12:23 MT lacks to himself
c 12:19 Lit. the lying tongue f 13:1 MT lacks heeds
d 12:20 MT lacks at home g 13:2 Lit. man eats good things
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The lazy person craves, yet Anyone who despises a word of
receives nothing, advice will pay for it,
but the desires of the diligent are but whoever heeds a command
satisfied. will be rewarded.
14
5 What the wise have to teach is a
A righteous person hates deceit,
fountain of life
but the wicked person is
and causes someone to avoid the
shameful and disgraceful.
6 snares of death.
Righteousness protects the 15
Good understanding produces
blameless,
grace,
but wickedness brings downb
but the lifestyle of the
the sinner.
treacherous never changes.d
7
One person pretends to be 16
Every sensible person acts from
wealthy, but has nothing;
knowledge,
another pretends to be poor, yet
but a fool demonstrates folly.
is rich. 17
8 An evil messenger stumbles into
The life of a wealthy man may be
trouble,
held for ransom,
but a faithful envoy brings
but whoever is poor receives no
healing.
threats.
18
9 Poverty and shame are for those
The light of the righteous shines,
who ignore correction,
but the lamp of the wicked is
but whoever listens to
extinguished.
instruction gains honor.
10
Arrogance only brings quarreling, 19
Fulfilled longing is sweet to the
but those receiving advice are
soul,
wise.
13
but avoiding evil is detestable to

11
Wealth gained dishonestly the fool.
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dwindles away, 20
Whoever keeps company with the
but whoever works diligently wise becomes wise,
increases his prosperity.c but the companion of fools
12 suffers harm.
Delayed hope makes the heart ill,
21
but fulfilled longing is a tree of Disaster pursues the sinful,
life. but good will reward the
righteous.
a 13:4 Lit. who opens wide his lips

b 13:6 So MT DSS 4QProvb; LXX reads but d 13:15 So MT; LXX Syr read grace, and to
sins ruin the wicked know the Law is the sign of a sound mind, but
c 13:11 MT lacks his prosperity the path of scorners ends in destruction
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22 5
A good person leaves an A trustworthy witness does not
inheritance to his deceive,
grandchildren, but a false witness spews lies.
but the wealth of the wicked is 6
A mocker seeks wisdom and finds c
reserved for the righteous.
23 none,
The field of the poor may produce
but learning comes easily to
much food,
someone who understands.
but it can be swept away
through injustice. 7
Stay away from a foolish man,
for you will not find competent
24
Whoever does not disciplinea his
advice.
son hates him,
8
but whoever loves him is The wisdom of the prudent helps
diligent to correct him. him know how to live,
25 but the stupidity of fools
A righteous person eats to his
deceives him.
heart’s content,
9
but the stomach of the wicked Fools make fun of guilt,
remains hungry. but among the upright there are
Chapter 14
good intentions.
How Wise People Live
14
10
1
Every wise woman builds The heart knows its own
up her household, bitterness—
but the foolish one tears it down an outsider cannot share in its
with her own hands. joy.
11
2
Someone whose conduct is The house of the wicked will be
upright fears the LORD, destroyed,
but whoever is devious in his but the tent of the upright will
ways despises him. flourish.
12
There is a pathway that seems PROVERBS
3
What a fool says bringsb a rod to right to a man,
his back, but in the end it’s a road to
but the words of the wise death.
protect them.
13
Even in laughter there may be
4
Where there are no oxen, the heartache,
feeding trough is clean, and at the end of joy there may
but profits come through the be grief.
strength of the ox.
14
The faithless one will pay for his
behavior,d
a 13:24 Lit. Whoever spares the rod c 14:6 MT lacks finds

b 14:3 Lit. The mouth of the fool d 14:14 Lit. waus
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but a good man will be The crown of the wise is their
rewardeda for his. wealth, 14
15
An unthinking person believes but the stupidity of fools is just
everything, that—stupidity!
but the prudent one thinks 25
A truthful witness saves lives,
before acting.b but the person who lies is
16
The wise person fears and turns deceitful.
away from evil,
but a fool is reckless and 26
Rock-solid security is foundd in
overconfident. the fear of the LORD,
17
A quick tempered person does and within it one’s children find
foolish things, refuge.
27
and a devious man is hated. The fear of the LORD is a fountain
18
of life,
The naïve inherit folly, enabling anyone to escape the
but the careful are crowned with snares of death.
knowledge.
14
28
19
A large population is a king’s
Evil men will bow down in the glory,
presence of good men but a shortage of people is a
and the wicked at the gates of ruler’s ruin.
the righteous.
29
20
Being slow to get angry compares
The poor person is shunned by his to great understanding
neighbor, as being quick-tempered
but many are the friends of the compares to stupidity.
wealthy. 30
A tranquil mind brings life to one’s
21
Whoever despises his neighbor body,
sins, but jealousy causes one’s bones
but whoever shows kindness to
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to rot.
the poor will be happy.
31
22
Whoever oppresses the poor
Won’t those who continually plot defies their Creator,
evil go astray? but whoever is kind to the
But gracious love and truth are needy honors them.
for those who plan what is 32
The wicked person is thrown
good. down by his own
23
In hard work there is always wrongdoing,
profit, but the righteous person has a
but too much chatteringc leads place of safety in death.a
to poverty.
a 14:14 MT lacks will be rewarded c 14:23 Lit. word of lips

b 14:15 Lit. one considers his steps d 14:26 MT lacks is found
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Wisdom is at rest in the mind of 6
The righteous house is itselfg a
the discerning— great treasure,
even fools know this.b but within the revenue of the
34 wicked calamity is at work.
Righteousness makes a nation 7
What the wise have to say
great,
disseminatesh knowledge,
but sin diminishesc any people.
but it’s not in the heart of fools
35
The king approves the wise to do so.
servant, 8
The sacrifice of the wicked is
but he is angry at anyone who
detestable to the LORD,
acts shamefully.
Chapter 15
but the prayer of the upright is
How to Live Wisely his delight.
15
9
1
A gentle response diverts The lifestyle of the wicked is
anger, detestable to the LORD,
but a harsh statement incites but he loves those who ardently
fury. pursue righteousness.
10
2
The wise speak, presentingd Severe punishment awaits anyone
knowledge appropriately, who wanders off the path—
but fools spout foolishness. anyone who despises reproof
3
will die.
The eyes of the LORD are in every
place, 11
Since Sheoli and Abaddonj lie
observing both the evil and the open in the LORD’s presence,
good. how much more the hearts of
human beings!
4
A gentle statemente is a tree of life,
12
but perverted speech shatters The arrogant mocker never loves
the spirit. the one who corrects him;
5 he will not inquire ofk the wise. PROVERBS
A fool rejects his father’s
13
instructions, A happy heart enlightens the face,
but anyone who respectsf but a sad heart reflects a broken
reproof acts sensibly. spirit.
14
A discerning mind seeks
knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on
a 14:32 So MT DSS 4QProvb; LXX reads in
stupidity.
his own piety
b 14:33 So MT; LXX reads but in the heart of
fools it is not discerned g 15:6 MT lacks itself
c 14:34 So DSS 4QProb LXX; MT reads sin is h 15:7 Lit. The lips of the wise spread
a disgrace to i 15:11 I.e. the realm of the dead
d 15:2 Lit. The tongues of the wise present j 15:11 I.e. the realm of destruction in the
e 15:4 Lit. tongue afterlife
f 15:5 Lit. keeps k 15:12 Lit. not go to
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The entire lifea of the afflicted and a well-timed word is a good
seems disastrous, thing.
but a good heart feasts 24
The way of life leads upward for
continually. the wise 15
On Contentment and Other Good so he may avoid Sheole below.

Things of Life 25
16 The house of the proud the LORD
Better is a little accompanied by
will demolish,
fear of the LORD
but he will protect the widow’s
than abundant wealth with
boundary line.
turmoil. 26
To the LORD evil plans are
17
A vegetarian mealb served with
detestable,
love is better
but pleasant words are pure.
than a big, thick steakc with a
27
plateful ofd animosity. Those who are greedy for unjust
gain bring trouble into their
18
The quickly angered man stirs up homes,
contention, 15
but the person who hates bribes

but anyone who controls his will live.
temper calms a dispute.
28
The mind of the righteous thinks
19
The lifestyle of the lazy is like a before speaking, 15
thorny hedge, but the wicked person spews

but the path taken by the out evil.
upright is an open highway.
29
The LORD is far away from the
20
A wise son makes a father glad, wicked,
but a foolish man despises his but he hears the prayers of the
mother. righteous.
21
Stupidity is the delight of the
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senseless,
30
Bright eyesf encourage the heart;
but an understanding man good news nourishes the body.g
walks uprightly. 31
Whoever listens to a life-giving
22
Plans fail without advice, rebuke
but with many counselors they will be at home among the wise.
32
are confirmed. Whoever ignores instruction hates
23
An appropriate answer brings joy himself,
to a person, but anyone who heeds reproof
gains understanding.h
a 15:15 Lit. All the days e 15:24 I.e. the realm of the dead
b 15:16 Lit. A meal of herbs f 15:30 Or A cheerful look
c 15:17 Lit. a fattened ox g 15:30 Lit. bones
d 15:17 MT lacks a plateful of h 15:32 Lit. heart
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33 9
The fear of the LORD teaches A person plans his way,
wisdom, but the LORD directs his steps.
and humility precedes honor. 10
Chapter 16
When a king is ready to speak
Wisdom’s Blessings officially,f
16 People do the planning,a what he says should not err with

1
but the end resultb is respect to justice.

11
from the LORD. Honest scales and balances are
2
from the LORD;
Everything a person does seems he made all the weights in the
pure in his own opinion, bag.
but the LORD weighs intentions. 12
Kings detest wrong-doing,
3
Entrust your work to the LORD, for through righteousness the
and your planning will succeed. throne is established.
13
4
Kings take pleasure in righteous
The LORD made everything speech;
answerable to him, they treasure a person who
including the wicked at the time speaks what is upright.
of trouble.c 14
The king’s wrath results in a death
5
The LORD detests those who are sentence,
proud; but whoever is wise will appease
truly they will not go him.
unpunished. 15
When a king is pleased,g there is
6
Iniquity is atoned for by gracious life,
love and truth, and his favor is like a cloud that
and through fear of the LORD brings spring rain.
peopled turn from evil. 16
How much better than gaining
7
When a person’s ways please the gold is the acquisition of
wisdom, PROVERBS
LORD,
even his enemies will be at the attainment of wisdom better
peace with him. than silver!
17
8
A little gaine with righteousness is The road of the upright
better circumvents evil,
than great income without and whoever watches how he
justice. livesh preserves his life.
a 16:1 Lit. Preparations of the heart belong to

human beings
b 16:1 Or the response of the tongue
c 16:4 Lit. evil f 16:10 Lit. king speaks an oracle
d 16:6 MT lacks people g 16:15 Lit. a king’s face lightens
e 16:8 MT lacks gain h 16:17 Lit. watches his path
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Pride precedes destruction; A worthless person concocts evil
an arrogant spirit appears before gossipd—
a fall. his lips are like a burning fire.
19
Better to be humble among the 28
A deceitful man stirs dissension,
poor,
and anyone who gossips
than to share what is stolen with
separates friends.
the proud. 29
A violent man entices his
20
Whoever listens to a word of companion
instruction prospers, and leads him on a path that is
and anyone who trusts in the not good. 16
LORD is blessed. 30
Whoever winks knowinglye is
21
The wise-hearted person is said to plottingf deceit;
be discerning, anyone who purses his lips is
and pleasant speech promotes bent towards evil.
instruction. 31
Gray hair is a crown of glory;
22
Anyone who has understanding is it is obtained by following g a
a fountain of life, righteous path.
but foolishness brings
32
punishment to fools. Whoever controls his temper is
better than a warrior,
A wise person’s thoughtsa control
16
23
and anyone who has control of
his words, his spirit is better
and his speech promotes than someone who captures a
instruction. city.
24
Pleasant words are honey from a
33
honeycomb— The dice is cast into someone’s lap,
sweet to the soul and healing for but the outcome is from the
the body.b LORD.
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Chapter 17
Advice to the Wise More Words of Wisdom
17 Dry crumbs in peaceh are

25 1
There is a road that seems right for
a man to travel,c better
but in the end it’s the road to than a full meali with strife.
death.
26
The appetite of the laborer
motivates him;
indeed, his hunger drives him d 16:27 MT lacks gossip
e 16:30 Lit. with his eyes
on.
f 16:30 So MT; LXX Syr Targ Vg read winks
with his eyes considers
a 16:23 Lit. heart g 16:31 MT lacks following
b 16:24 Lit. bone h 17:1 Lit. quiet
c 16:25 MT lacks to travel i 17:1 Lit. house full of meat
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2
A prudent servant will rule in a cruel emissary will be sent to
place of a disgraceful son oppose him.
and will share in the inheritance 12
It’s better to meet a mother bear
among brothers.
who has lost her cubs
3
The crucible is for silver than a fool in his stupidity.
and the furnace for gold— 13
The person who repays good with
but the LORD assays hearts.
evil
4
Whoever practices evil pays will never seed evil leave his
attention to wicked speech, home.
but the liar listens to malicious 14
Starting a quarrel is like spilling
talk.
5 water—
Whoever mocks the poor shows
so drop the dispute before it
contempt for their maker,
escalates.
and whoever is happy about
disaster 15
Exonerating the wicked and
will not go unpunished. condemning the righteous
6 are both detestable to the LORD.
Grandchildren are the crown of
the aged, 16
What is this? A fool has enough
and the pride of children is their money to buy wisdom,
parents. but is senseless?e
7
Appropriate speech is inconsistent 17
A friend loves at all times,
with the fool; and a brother is theref for times
how much more are deceitful of trouble.
statementsa with a prince!
18
A man who lacks senseg cosigns a
8
A bribe works wondersb in the loan,h
eyes of its giver; becoming a guarantor for his PROVERBS
wherever he turns he prospers. neighbor.
9
Anyone who overlooksc an offense 19
The person who loves
promotes love, transgression loves strife;
but someone who gossips the person who builds a high
separates close friends. gate invites destruction.
10
A rebuke is more effective with a
man of understanding
than a hundred lashes to a fool.
11
A rebellious person seeks evil;
d 17:13 MT lacks will see
e 17:16 Lit. but has no heart
a 17:7 Lit. lips f 17:17 Lit. born
b 17:8 Lit. A gift is a stone of favor g 17:18 Lit. heart
c 17:9 Lit. covers h 17:18 Lit. sense strikes the palm
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20
The person whose minda is How Fools Talk
18
1
perverse does not find good, Whoever isolates himself
and anyone with perverted pursues selfish ends;
speech falls into trouble. he resists all sound advice.
21 2
The man who fathers a fool does A fool finds no satisfaction in
so to his sorrow— trying to understand,
the father of a fool has no joy. 17 for he would rather express his
22 own opinion.
A joyful heart is good medicine,
3
but a broken spirit drains one’s When an evil person comes,
strength.b contempt also comes,
23
along with dishonor and
The wicked man takes a bribe in
disgrace.
secret
4
in order to pervert the course of The words a man says are as deep
justice. waters—
24
a fountain of wisdom is an
A person with understanding has
overflowing stream.
wisdom as his objective,
5
but a fool looks onlyc to earthly It’s not good to be partial towards
goals. an evil person,
25
thereby depriving the righteous
A foolish son brings grief to his of justice.
father
and bitterness to his mother.d
6
A fool’s wordse brings strife,
26
and his mouth invites fighting.
Furthermore, it isn’t good to fine 7
A fool’s mouth is his unraveling,
the righteous, 17
and his lips entrap himself.

or to beat an official because of 8
The words of a gossip are like
his uprightness. choice morsels
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27
Whoever controls what he says is as they descend to the
knowledgeable; innermost parts of the body.
anyone who has a calm spirit is Avoiding Fools and Their Foolishness
a man of understanding. 17
9
Whoever is lazy regarding his
28
Even a fool is thought to be wise work
when he remains silent; is also a brother to the master of
he is thought to be prudent destruction.
when he keeps his mouth
shut.
a 17:20 Lit. heart

b 17:22 Lit. spirit dries the bones
c 17:24 MT lacks only
d 17:25 Lit. to the one who bore him e 18:6 Lit. lips
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The name of the LORD is a strong An offended brother is more
tower; unyielding than a fortified
a righteous person rushes to it city,
and is lifted up above the and his disputes are like the bars
danger.a of a fortress.
11
The wealth of a rich person is his 20
The positive words that a man
fortified city;
speaksd fill his stomach;
in his own imagination, it is like
he will be satisfied with what his
a high wall.
lips produce.
12 21
Before a man’s downfall, his The power of the tongue is life
mindb is arrogant, and death—
but humility precedes honor. those who love to talke will eat
13 what it produces.
Whoever answers before listening
18
22
is both foolish and shameful. Whoever finds a wife finds what is
14 good,
A man’s spirit can sustain him
and receives favor from the
during his illness,
LORD.
but who can bear a crushed
23
spirit? The poor person pleads for mercy,
but the wealthy man responds
15
The mindc of a discerning person
harshly.
gains knowledge,
24
while the ears of wise people A man with many friends can still
seek out knowledge. be ruined,
16
but a true friend sticks closer
A person’s gift opens doors for
than a brother.
him, Chapter 19
bringing him access to important The Priorities of Life Contrasted
19
1
people. A poor man who walks PROVERBS
17 blamelessly is better
The first to put forth his case
than a fool who speaks
seems right,
perversely.
until someone else steps forward
2
and cross-examines him. Furthermore, it isn’t good to be
18 ignorant,f
Casting dice settles a dispute,
deciding between strong and whoever rushes into things g
contenders. misses the mark.
3
A man’s foolishness ruins his life,h
d 18:19 Lit. words from a man’s mouth

e 18:21 Lit. love it
a 18:10 MT lacks above the danger f 19:2 Lit. good for an ignorant soul
b 18:12 Lit. heart g 19:2 Lit. whoever hurries with his feet
c 18:15 Lit. heart h 19:3 Lit. way
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13
yet his heart rages against the A father’s ruin is a foolish son,
LORD. and a wife’s quarreling is likea
4
Wealth brings many friends, dripping water that never
but a poor man is deserted by stops.
14
his friend. A house and self-sufficiency are a
father’s inheritance,
5
A witness to lies will not go but from the LORD comes an
unpunished; insightful wife.
the teller of falsehoods will not 15
escape. Laziness puts one to sleep,
and an idle person will go
6
Many curry favor of an official; hungry.
everyone is a friend of the gift 16
giver. Whoever obeys a commandment
keeps himself safe,b
7
All the relatives of a poor person but someone who is
shun him— contemptuous in conductc
how much more do his friends will die.
avoid him!
17
Though he runs after them Whoever is kind to the poor is
pleading, lending to the LORD—
they aren’t around. the benefit of his gift will return
to him in abundance.
8
Whoever obtains wisdom loves
18
himself, Discipline your son while there is
and whoever treasures still hope—
understanding will prosper. but don’t set your heart on his
destruction.
9
A witness to lies will not go 19
The person who has great anger
unpunished; must pay the consequences,
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the teller of falsehoods will because if you rescue him, you

perish. will have to do it again.
10
It’s not fitting for a fool to live in 20
Listen to advice and accept
luxury; discipline,
neither is it for a servant to rule and you’ll be wise for the rest of
over princes. your life.d
11
A person’s discretion makes him
slow to anger,
and it is to his credit that he
ignores an offence.
12 a 19:13 MT lacks like
The king’s anger is like the roaring b 19:16 Lit. keeps his soul
of a lion, c 19:16 Lit. in his way
but his goodwill is like dew on d 19:20 MT lacks of your life
the grass.
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21
Many plans occupy the minda of a just as beatings are for the backs
man, of fools.
but the LORD’s purposes will Chapter 20
Advice on How to Live

prevail.b
20
1
22
Wine causes mocking, and
Human beings long for grace, beer causes fights;
and it’s better to be poor than a everyone led astray by them
man of deceit. lacks wisdom.
23
The fear of the LORD leadsc to life; 2
A king’s anger is like a lion’s roar;
whoever is satisfied with it will anyone who angers him forfeits
rest, his life.
untouched by evil. 19
3
Avoiding strife brings a man
24
The lazy person buries his hand in honor,
his dish but every fool is quarrelsome.
and doesn’t bother to bring it
4
back to his mouth. A lazy person doesn’t plow in the
25
propere season;
If you scourge a scoffer, he looks for a harvest, but there
the simple person may learn to is nothing.
be discreet;
5
rebuke a discerning man The intentions of a person’s heart
and he will gain understanding. are deep waters,
26
but a discerning person reveals
Whoever mistreats his father them.
and alienates his mother
is a son who brings both 6
Many claim “I’m a loyal person!”f
shame and disrespect. but who can find someone who
27 truly is?
My son, if you stop listening to 7
The righteous person lives a life of
instruction, PROVERBS
integrity;
you will stray from the
happy are his children who
principles of knowledge.
follow him!
28
A corrupt witnessd mocks justice, 8
A king sits on a throne of justice,
and the wicked person feeds on sifting out all sorts of evil with
iniquity. his glance.
29
Condemnation is appropriate for 9
Who can say, “My intentions are
mockers, pure;
I am clean from any sin?”
a 19:21 Lit. heart

b 19:21 Or will be established
c 19:23 MT lacks leads e 20:4 MT lacks proper
d 19:28 I.e. a worthless person f 20:6 Lit. claim to be people of gracious love
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19
10
Falsea weights and measures— Whoever spreads gossip betrays
the LORD surely detests both of confidences;
them. so don’t get involved with
11
someone who talks too
Even a child is known by his
much.
actions, 20
Whoever curses his father or
whether his deeds are pure and
mother,
right.
his lamp will be extinguished in
12
The ear that hears and the eye that the deepest darkness.
sees— 21
An inheritance quickly obtained at
the LORD surely made them
the beginning
both.
will not be blessed at the end.
13
Do not love sleep or you’ll become 22
Don’t say “I’ll avenge that wrong!”
poor,
Wait on the LORD and he will
keep your eyes open and you’ll
deliver you.
have plenty of food.
20
23
The LORD detests differing
14
“This is bad, bad,” says whoever is weights,
buying— and dishonest scales are not
but then he brags as he walks good.
away after the sale. b 24
A man’s steps are directed by the
15
There is an abundance of gold and LORD;
precious stones, how then can anyone
but lips of knowledge are a rare understand his own way?
25
jewel. It is a trap for a person to declare
16
quickly, “This is sacred,”
Take the garment of anyone who and only later to have second
puts up collateral for a thoughts about the vows.
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stranger;
26
hold it in pledge if he does it for A wise king sifts the wicked,
an unfamiliar woman. crushing them with the
17
threshing wheel.
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to
27
a man, A person’s spirit is the lamp of the
but later his mouth will be full of LORD;
gravel. it searches throughout one’s
18
innermost being.
Make plans by seeking advice;
28
make war by obtaining Gracious love and truth preserve a
guidance. king;
through love his throne is made
secure.
a 20:10 Or Diverse
29
b 20:14 MT lacks after the sale The glory of young men is their
strength;
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and the splendor of elders is but the behavior of the pure is

their gray hair. upright.
30 9
Blows that wound clean away evil; It’s better to live in a corner on the
such beatings cleansea the roof
innermost being. 20
than to share a house with a
Chapter 21
contentious woman.
Thoughts on the Sovereignty of God
21
10
1
A king’s heart is a water The soul of the wicked craves evil;
stream that the LORD controls; he extends no mercy to his
he directs it wherever he neighbor.
pleases. 11
When a mocker is punished, the
2
Every man’s lifestyle is proper in fool gains wisdom;
his own view, but when the wise is instructed,
but the LORD weighs the heart. he receives knowledge.
3
12
The righteous Godf considers the
To do what is right and just
house of the wicked,
is more acceptable to the LORD
bringing the wicked to ruin.
than sacrifice.
13
4
Whoever refuses to hear the cry of
A proud heart and a haughty look
the poor
is sin;
will also cry himself, but he
they revealb wicked people. won’t be answered.
5
Plans of the persistent surely lead 14
Privately given gifts pacify wrath,
to productivity,
and payments made secretlyg
but all who are hasty will surely
appeaseh great anger.
become poor.
15
Administering justice brings joy to
6
A fortune gained by deceitc
the righteous,
is a fleeting vapor and a deadly PROVERBS
but terror to those who practice
snare.d iniquity.
7
Devastation caused by the wicked 16
Whoever wanders from the path
will drag them away of understanding
because they refuse to do what
will end up where the deadi are
is just.
gathered.
8
The conducte of a guilty man is
perverse,
a 20:30 MT lacks cleanse e 21:8 Lit. way

b 21:4 Lit. sin; the lamp of f 21:12 MT lacks God
c 21:6 Lit. by a lying tongue g 21:14 Lit. made under the cloak
d 21:6 So MT; LXX reads is pursuing h 21:14 MT lacks appease
worthlessness into deadly snares i 21:16 Lit. the departed spirits
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Pleasure lovers become poor; What the wicked person sacrifices
loving wine and oil doesn’t is detestable— 21
bring riches. how much more when he offers

18 it with vile motives!
The wicked are ransom for the
21
28
righteous, A false witness will perish,
and the unfaithful for the but whoever listens will testify
upright. successfully.b
19
It’s better to live in the wilderness 29
The wicked man puts up a bold
than to live with a contentious appearance,
and irritable woman. 21
but the upright thinks about
20
Precious treasures and oil are what he is doing.c
founda where the wise live, 30
No wisdom, insight, or counsel
but a foolish man devours them. can prevaild against the LORD.
21
Whoever pursues righteousness 31
The horse may be prepared for the
and gracious love day of battle,
finds life, righteousness, and but to the LORD goes the victory.
honor. Chapter 22
Advice for Everyday Life
22
22
A wise man attacks the city of the 1
A good reputation is more
mighty, desirable than great wealth,
bringing down the fortress in and favorable acceptance more
which they trust. than silver and gold.
23
Whoever watches his mouth and 2
The rich and the poor have this in
tongue common—
keeps himself from trouble. the LORD created both of them.
24
The names “Proud,” “Arrogant,” 3
The prudent person sees trouble
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and “Mocker” ahead and hides,

fit whoever acts with but the naive continue on and
presumptuous conceit. suffer the consequences.
25
What the lazy person craves will 4
The reward of humility is the fear
kill him,21
of the LORD,
because his hands refuse to along with wealth, honor, and
work. life.
26
All day long he continues to crave,
5
while the righteous person gives Thorns and snares lie in the path
without holding back. of the perverse person,
b 21:28 Lit. testify forever

a 21:20 So MT; LXX reads A desirable c 21:29 Lit. about his ways
treasure will rest d 21:30 MT lacks can prevail
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14
but whoever is cautious stays far The mouth of an immoral woman
away from them. is a deep pit;
6 a man experiencing the LORD’s
Train a child in the way
wrath will fall into it.
appropriate for him,
15
and when he becomes older, he A child’s heart has a tendency to
will not turn from it. do wrong,
7 but the rod of discipline removes
The wealthy rule over the poor,
it far away from him.
and anyone who borrows is a
16
slave to the lender. Whoever oppresses the poor to
8 enrich himself
Whoever sows wickedness reaps
and whoever gives gifts to the
trouble,
wealthy
and the anger he uses for a
will yield only loss.
weapona will be destroyed.
Sayings of the Wise
9
Whoever is generousb will be 17
Pay attention and listen to the
blessed, words of the wise,
for he shares his food with the and apply your heart to my
poor. teaching,
18
10
Throw out the mocker and strife for it is pleasant when you
departs, too;c treasure them within you
furthermore, quarrelsd and and have them ready on your
discord will end. lips.22
19
As a result, your trust will be in
11
Whoever loves puritye and the LORD,
gracious speech that’s why I’m teaching you
will gain the king as his friend. today, even you.
20
12
The LORD watches over anyone Have I not written for you 30 PROVERBS
with knowledge, sayings
containing counsel and
but he ruins the plansf of the
knowledge,
unfaithful. 21
to teach you true and reliable
13
The lazy person says, “There is a advice,
lion outside! so you can give truthful answers
I will be killed in the street!” to those who sent you?
22
Don’t rob the poor person because
a 22:8 Lit. rod he is poor,
b 22:9 Lit. A good eye and don’t crush the helpless in
c 22:10 MT lacks too court,g
d 22:10 Or litigation
e 22:11 Lit. purity of heart
f 22:12 Lit. words g 22:22 Lit. gate
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for the LORD will plead their case Don’t exhaust yourself acquiring
and ruin the lives of those who wealth;
ruin them. 22 be smart enough to stop.
5
24 When you fix your gaze on it, it’s
Don’t make friends with a hot-
gone,
tempered man,
for it sprouts wings for itself
and do not associate with
and flies to the sky like an
someone who is easily
eagle.
angered,
25 6
or you may learn his ways Don’t consume food provided by a
and find yourself caught in a miserlyb person,
trap. and don’t desire his delicacies,
7
26
Don’t be one of those who make for as he thinks within himself, so
promises he is.
to guarantee loans for debts. “Eat and drink!” he’ll say to
27
If you don’t have the ability to you,
pay, but his heart won’t be with
why should your very bed be you.
8
taken from under you? You’ll vomit up what little you’ve
eaten,
28
Don’t remove an ancient and your compliments will have
boundary stone been wasted.
that was set up by your 9
ancestors. Don’t speak when a fool is
listening,
29
Do you see a man skilled in his because he’ll despise your wise
work? words.
He will work for kings, not 10
unimportant people. Don’t move ancient boundaries
or invade fields belonging to
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Chapter 23
Things to Avoid in Life orphans;
23
1
Whenever you sit down to 11
for strong is their Redeemer
dine with a ruler, who will take up their case
carefully think about what is against you.
before you. 12
2 Learn diligently,
Put a knife to your own throat,
and listen to words of
if you have a big appetite.a
3
knowledge.
Don’t crave his delicacies,
13
because the meal is deceptive. Don’t withhold discipline from a
child;
if you punish him with a rod,
he won’t die.
a 23:2 Lit. a master of an appetite b 23:6 Lit. by the evil eyed
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Punish him with a rod, The father of a righteous person
and you will rescue his soul will greatly rejoice;
from Sheol.a whoever fathers a wise son will
be glad because of him.
On Listening to Your Parents 25
15
Let your father and mother
My son, if your heart is wise,
rejoice;
my own heart will greatly
make the one who gave birth to
rejoice.
16
you happy.
My innermost being will be glad
26
when your lips speak what is Give me your heart, my son,
right. and keep your eyes fixed on my
17
ways,
Never let yourself envy sinners; 27
because a prostitute is a deep pit,
instead, remainb in fear of the
and the adulterouse woman a
LORD every day,
18
narrow well.
for there is surely a future life, 28
Surely she lies in wait like a
and what you hope for will not
bandit,
be cut off.
increasing those who are
19
Listen, my son, and be wise, faithless among mankind.
commit yourself to live God’sc On Sobriety
way. 29
Who has woe? Who has grief?
20
Don’t associate with heavy Who has contention? Who has
drinkers complaints?
or dine with gluttons, Who has wounds without cause?
21
because drunks and gluttons tend Who has bloodshot eyes?
to become poor, 30
Those who linger over their wine,
and drowsiness will clothe them
23
who consume mixed drinks.

in rags. 31
Don‘t stare into red wine,
22
Listen to the one who fathered when it sparkles in the cup PROVERBS
you, and goes down smoothly.
32
and don’t despise your mother Eventually it will bite like a snake
in her old age. and sting like a serpent.
33
23
Your eyes will see strange things,
Purchase truth, but don’t sell it; and with slurred words you’ll
store upd wisdom, instruction, speak what you really
and understanding. believe.
34
You will be like someone who lies
down in the sea,
or like someone who sleeps on
a 23:14 I.e. the realm of the dead. top of a mast.
b 23:17 MT lacks remain
c 23:19 Lit. live in the
d 23:23 MT lacks store up e 23:27 Lit. foreign
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9
35
“They struck me,” you will say,a To devise folly is sin,
“but I never felt it. and people detest a scoffer.
They beat me, 10
If you grow weary when times are
but I never knew it troubled,
When will I wake up?
your strength is limited.f
I want another drink.”
11
Chapter 24
Rescue those who are being led

Benefits of Wisdom
away to death,
24
1
Don’t be envious of wicked
and save those who stumble
men
toward slaughter.
or wish you were with them, 12
If you say, “Look here, we didn’t
2
because theyb plan violence, know about this,”
and they are always talkingc doesn’t God,g who examines
about trouble.
motives,h discern it?
3
By wisdom a house is built; Doesn’t the one who guards your
it is made secure through soul
understanding. know about it?
4
By knowledge its rooms are Won’t he repay each person
furnished according to what he has done?
with all sorts of expensive and 13
My son, eat honey, because it’s
beautiful goods.
good for you;i
5
A wise man is strong,d indeed, drippings from the
and a knowledgeable man honeycomb are sweet to
grows in strength. your taste;
14
6
For through wise counsel you will Keep in mind that wisdom is like
wage your war, that for your soul;
and victory lies in an abundance if you find it, there will be a
of advisors. future for you,
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7
and what you hope for won’t
Wisdom lies beyond reach of the
be cut short.
fool;
15
he has nothing to say in court.e Don’t lie in wait like an outlaw
8
to attack where the righteous
The person who plans on doing live;
evil 16
for though a righteous man falls
will be called a schemer. seven times,
he will rise again,
a 23:35 MT lacks you will say
b 24:2 Lit. because their hearts
c 24:2 Lit. and their lips talk f 24:10 Or undersized
d 24:5 So MT; LXX reads Being wise is better g 24:12 Lit. he
than being strong h 24:12 Lit. examines the heart
e 24:7 Lit. in the gate i 24:13 MT lacks for you
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26
but the wicked stumble into A kiss on the lips—
calamity. that’s what someone who gives
17
Don’t rejoice when your enemy an honest answer deserves.b
falls; 27
First do your outside work,
don’t let yourself be glad when preparing your land for yourself.
he stumbles. After that, build your house.
18
Otherwise the LORD will observe 28
Don’t testify against your neighbor
and disapprove,
without a cause,
and he will turn his anger away
from him. and don’t lie when you speak.c
29
Don’t say, “I’ll do to him like he
19
Don’t be anxious about those who did to me,
practice evil, I’ll be sure to pay him back for
and don’t be envious of the what he did.”
wicked. 30
20
For the wicked man has no future; I went by the field belonging to a
the lamp of the wicked will be lazy man,
extinguished. by a vineyard belonging to a
senseless person.
21
My son, fear both the LORD and 31
There it was, overgrown with
the king, thistles,
and don't keep company with the ground covered with thorns,
rebels. its stone wall collapsed.
22
They will be destroyed suddenly, 32
As I observed, I thought about it;
and who knows what kind of I watched, and learned a lesson: 24
punishment will come from 33

“A little sleep! A little slumber!
these two? A little folding of my hands to
Sayings of the Wise rest!”
34
23
Here are some more proverbs Then your poverty will come upon PROVERBS
from wise people: you like a robber,
your need like an armed bandit.
It isn’t good to show partiality in Chapter 25
judgment. More Proverbs from Solomon
25
1
24
Whoever says to the wicked, Here are some more proverbs
“You’re in the right,” by Solomon, which the men of
will be cursed by people and Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.
hated by nations. 2
It is the glory of God to conceal
25
But as for people who rebuke the something,
wicked;a but the glory of kings to ask
a good blessing will fall upon about it.
them.
b 24:26 MT lacks deserves
a 24:25 MT lacks the wicked c 24:28 Lit. don’t deceive with your lips
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3 12
Just as the heavens are high Like a gold earring and a necklace
and earth is deep, of pure gold
so the heart of a king is is a wise reprover to a listening
unfathomable. ear.
4 13
Purge the dross from the silver, Like cold snow during harvest
and material fora a vessel comes time
forth for the silversmith. is a faithful messenger to those
5
Purge the wicked from the king’s who send him;
presence, he refreshes his masters.
14
and his throne will be Like clouds and winds without
established in righteousness. rain
6
is the man who brags
Don’t magnify yourself in the
about gifts he never gave.
presence of a king,
15
and don’t pretend to be in the Through patience a ruler may be
company of famous men, persuaded;
7
for it is better that it be said to you, a gentle wordb can break a bone.
“Come up here,” 16
If you find some honey,
than for you to be placed lower
eat only what you need.
in the presence of an official.
Take too much,
What you’ve seen with your own and you’ll vomit.
eyes, 17
8 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s
don’t be in a hurry to argue in
home;
court.
otherwise, he’ll grow weary and
Otherwise, what will you do later
hate you.
on
18
when your neighbor humiliates A club, a sword, and a sharp
you? arrow—
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9
Instead, take up the matter with that’s what a man is who lies
your neighbor, about his neighbor.
and don’t betray another 19
A bad tooth and an unsteady
person’s confidence.
10
foot—
Otherwise, anyone who hears will
that’s what confidence in an
make you ashamed,
unreliable man is like
and your bad reputation will
in a time of trouble.
never leave you.
20
11
Taking your coat off when it’s cold
Like golden apples set in silver
or pouring vinegar on soda—
is a word spoken at the right
that’s what singing songs does
time.
to a heavy heart.
a 25:4 MT lacks material for b 25:15 Lit. tongue
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21
If your enemy hungers, give him a curse without cause will not
food to eat; alight.
and if he thirsts, give him water 3
A whip is for the horses,
to drink.
22 a bridle is for the donkey,
For you’ll be piling burning coals
a rod is for the back of fools.
of shamea on his head 4
Don’t answer a fool according to
and the LORD will reward you. his foolishness,
23
The north wind brings rain, or you will be just like him.
5
and a backbiting tongue an Answer a fool according to his
angry look. foolishness,
24
or he will think himself to be
It’s better to live in a corner on the
wise.
roof 6
Whoever sends a message by the
than in a house with a
hand of a fool
contentious woman.
cuts off his ownc feet and drinks
25
25
Cold water to someone who is violence.
thirstyb— 7
Useless legs to the lame—
that’s what good news from a that’s what a proverb quoted by
distant land is. a fool is.
8
26
Tying a stone to a sling—
A muddied spring or a polluted
that's what giving honor to a
well—
fool is.
that's what a righteous person is 9
A thorn in the hand of a
who compromises with the
drunkard—
wicked.
that’s what a proverb quoted by
27
To eat too much honey isn’t good; a fool is.
10
and neither is it honorable to An archer who shoots at anyone—
seek one’s own glory. is like someone who hires a fool PROVERBS
28 or anyone who passes by.
Like a city with breached walls 11
A dog that returns to its vomit
is a man without self-control.
is like a fool who reverts to his
25
Chapter 26
On Fools folly.
26
12
1
Like snowfall in summer or Do you see a man who is wise in
rain at harvest time, his own opinion?
so honor is inappropriate for a There’s more hope for a fool
fool. than for him.
2
Like a fluttering sparrow On Laziness
13
or a swallow in flight, The lazy person claims, “There is a
lion in the road!
a 25:22 MT lacks of shame
b 25:25 Or tired c 26:6 MT lacks his own
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There’s a lion in the streets!” harboring deceit within himself.

14 25
The door turns on its hinges— Though he speaks graciously,
as does the lazy person on his don’t believe him,
bed. for there are seven detestable
15
The lazy person buries his hand in things in his heart.
26
the dish, Though malice disguises itself
but he’s too tired to bring it to with deception,
his mouth again. its evil will be exposed publicly. 26
16
The lazy person is wiser in his 27
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
own opinion
and the stone will come back
than seven men who can give an
on whoever starts it rolling.
appropriate response. 28
A lying tongue hates its victims,
17
Picking up a dog by the ears— and a flattering mouth causes
that’s what someone is like whoa ruin.
meddles in another’s fight. Chapter 27
General Counsel
27
18 1
Like the maniac who shoots Never brag about the day
fiery darts and deadly arrows— to come,
19
that’s what someone is like who because you don’t know what itc
lies to his neighbor might bring.
and then says, “I was joking, 2
Let someone else praise you,
wasn’t I?”
not your own mouth;
On Gossip and Backbiting a stranger, and never your
20
Without wood, the fire goes out. own lips.
Without a gossip, contention 3
Rocks are heavy,
stops.
21 and sand is weighty,
Charcoal is to hot coals
but a fool’s provocation
as wood is to fire;
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outweighs them both.

so also a quarrelsome man
fuels strife. 4
Wrath can be fierce and anger
22
What a gossip says are like delicate overwhelms
morsels; but who can stand up to
they sink down deep within. jealousy?
23
A clay vessel plated with a thin 5
An open rebuke is better
veneer of silver—
than unspoken love.
that’s what smoothb lips with a 6
Wounds from someone who loves
wicked heart are.
24
are trustworthy,
Someone who hates hides behind
but kisses from an enemy speak
his words,
volumes.a
a 26:17 Lit. who, as he is passing by,
b 26:23 So LXX; MT reads burning c 27:1 Lit. what a day
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15
7
The personb who is full spurns A continual dripping on a rainy
honey, day
but to a hungry person even the and a contentious wife are alike.
16
bitter seems sweet. Trying to keep her in check is like
8
stopping a wind storm
Like a bird that strays from its nest
or grabbing oil with your right
is a man who wanders away
hand.
from his home.c
17
9
Iron sharpens iron;
Ointments and perfume so a man sharpens a friend’s
encourage the heart;
character.e
in a similar way, a friend’s
18
advice is sweet to the soul.d Whoever nurtures the fig tree will
10
eat its fruit,
Never abandon your friend nor
and whoever obeysf his master
your father’s friend,
will be honored.
and don’t go to your brother’s
19
house in times of trouble. Just as water reflects the face,
A neighbor who is near is better so the heart reflects the person.
than a brother who lives far 20
Sheolg and Abaddonh are never
away.
satiated,
11
Be wise, my son, and make me and neither are human eyes.
happy, 21
As the crucible testsi silver,
so I can reply to anyone who
insults me. and the furnace assaysj gold;
so praise received testsk a
12
Those who are prudent see danger man.
and take refuge,
22
but the naïve continue on and Though you crush a fool in a
suffer the consequences. mortar and pestle PROVERBS
13
Take the coat of anyone who puts as someone might crush grain,
up security for a stranger; his stupidity still won’t leave
hold it in pledge if he cosigns for him.
an immoral woman. 23
Keep well informed of the
14
A friend’s loud blessing early in condition of your flocks
the morning and pay attention to your herds, 27
will be thought of as a curse.

e 27:17 Lit. countenance
f 27:18 Lit. guards
g 27:20 I.e. the realm of the dead
a 27:6 Lit. enemy are profuse h 27:20 I.e. the realm of destruction in the
b 27:7 Lit. soul afterlife
c 27:8 Lit. place i 27:21 MT lacks tests
d 27:9 So MT; LXX reads heart; but through j 27:21 MT lacks assays
misfortune the soul is torn apart k 27:21 MT lacks tests
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24 5
because riches don’t endure Evil men don’t understand justice,
forever, but whoever seeks the LORD
and crowns don’t last from one understands it all.
generation to the next. 6
25 It’s better to be poor and live a
When the grass disappears,
blameless life
and new growth appears,
than to be rich but crooked in
the mountain spices will be
one’s lifestyle.
harvested,
7
26
the lambs will supply your Whoever keeps the Law is a
clothing, discerning son,
and your goats the price of a but whoever keeps company
field. with gluttons
27
You will have enough goat’s milk brings shame to his father.
to drink 8
Whoever gains wealth by charging
and to supply your household
exorbitantc interest
needs,
collects it for someone who is
as well as sustenance for your
kind to the poor.
servant girls.
Chapter 28
9
If someone quitsd listening to the
Contrasting Good and Evil
Law
28
1
The wicked flee, though no
even his prayer is detestable.
one pursues,
but the righteous are bold like a 10
Whoever misleads the upright
lion. along an evil way
2 will himself fall into his own pit,
When a land transgresses,
but the blameless will inherit
it gains a succession of leaders,
what is good.
but with an understanding and 11
The rich man may be wise in his
knowledgeable man,
own opinion;
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its stability endures.

but a discerning, poor man sees
3
A poor man who oppresses the through him.
weak 12
When the righteous are victorious,
is like a rainstorm that destroys
there is great glory,
alla the crops.
but when the wicked arise, men
4
Those who forsake the Law praise hide themselves.
the wicked,
but whoever keeps itb fights
them.
a 28:3 Lit. that leaves no c 28:8 Lit. charging interest upon

b 28:4 Lit. keeps the Law d 28:9 Lit. turns away from
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13
Whoever hides his transgressions will not escape punishment.
will not succeed, 21
To show partiality isn’t good,
but whoever confesses and
yet for a piece of bread the
forsakes them will find
valiant will transgress.
mercy.
14
22
The miserd is in a hurry to get
Blessed is the man who always
wealthy,
fears the LORD,a
but he isn’t aware that poverty
but whoever hardens his heart
will catch up with him.
will fall into disaster.
23
15 Whoever rebukes a man will later
A roaring lion and a charging
on find more favor
bear—
than someone who flatters with
that’s what a wicked tyrant is
his words.e
over poor people.
28
16 24
A commander-in-chiefb who is a Whoever steals from his father or
cruel oppressor lacks mother 28
understanding, but claims, “It’s no sin,”

but whoever hates unjust gain is a companion to someone
will live longer.c who demolishes.
17
A guilty man tormented by 25
An arrogantf man stirs up
bloodshed dissension,
will be a lifelong fugitive; but anyone who trusts in the
let no one support him. LORD prospers.
26
18
Whoever lives blamelessly will be Whoever trusts in himself is
delivered, foolish,
but whoever is perverted will but whoever lives wisely will be
fall without warning. kept safe.
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27
19
Whoever works his farmland will Whoever gives to the poor will
have abundant food, never lack,
but whoever chases fantasies but whoever shuts his eyes to
will become very poor. their povertyg will be
20 cursed.
The faithful man will prosper with 28
When the wicked rise to power,
blessings,
people hide themselves,
but whoever is in a hurry to get
rich but when the wickeda perish,
the righteous increase.
a 28:14 MT lacks the LORD
b 28:16 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer d 28:22 Lit. The man with an evil eye
entrusted with dual roles of operational e 28:23 Lit. tongue
oversight and administrative authority f 28:25 Or greedy
c 28:16 Lit. will lengthen his days g 28:27 MT lacks to their poverty
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Chapter 29
Advice on Life and Justice the fool either rages or laughs
29 without relief.
1
After many rebukes, the
10
stiff-necked man Bloodthirsty men hate the
will be broken incurably, innocent person,
without any warning. but the upright show concern
for his life.
2
As the righteous grow powerful,b
people rejoice; 11
The fool vents all his feelings,e
but when the wicked rule, but the wise person keeps them
people groan. to himself.f
3 12
The man who loves wisdom When a ruler is listening to lies,
brings joy to his father, all of his officials tend to become
but anyone who consorts with wicked.
immoral women squanders 13
The poor man and the oppressor
his wealth.
have this in common:g
4
A king brings stability to a land the LORD gave them both eyes
through justice, with which to see.h
but a man who takes bribes 14
brings it to ruin. When a king faithfully administers
justice to the poor,
5
A strong man who flatters his his throne will be established
neighbor forever.
is setting a trap where he walks.c 15
The rod and rebuke bestow
The Wicked and Righteous Contrasted wisdom,
6
An evil man is trapped by but an undisciplined childi
transgression, brings shame to his mother.
but the righteous person sings
and rejoices.
16
As the wicked grow powerful,j
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7
The righteous person is concerned transgression increases,
about the poor; but the righteous will observe
but the wicked don’t understand their downfall.
what they need to know.d 17
Correct your son and he will
8
Scornful men enflame a city, comfort you;
but the wise defuse anger. he will also delight your soul.
9
When a wise man has a dispute
with a fool,
e 29:11 Lit. spirit
f 29:11 MT lacks to himself
a 28:28 Lit. when they g 29:13 Lit. oppressor meet together
b 29:2 MT lacks powerful h 29:13 Lit. LORD lights the eyes of both
c 29:5 Lit. trap for his footsteps i 29:15 Lit. but a child left alone
d 29:7 Lit. understand knowledge j 29:16 MT lacks powerful
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18
Without prophetic vision, people and whoever lives blamelessly is
abandon restraint, detestable to the wicked.
but those who obey the Law are Chapter 30
The Oracle
happy.
30
1
A discourse by the faithful
Dangerous Behaviors collector.c
19
By mere words a servant will not
be corrected; This is what this valiant man
even though he understands, declared to the God with
there will be no response. me,
to the God with me, who then
20
Do you see a man who speaks prevailed:d
hastily? 2
Surely I am beyond the
There is more hope for a fool senselessness of any man;
than for him. 29
I do not perceive thingse the

21
If you pamper a servant from his way human beings do.
3
childhood, I never acquired wisdom,
later on he’ll become ungrateful. but I know what the Holy One
22
knows.
An angry man stirs up arguments,
4
and a hot-tempered man causes Who has ascended to heaven,
many transgressions. and then descended?
23
Who has collected the wind in
A person’s pride will bring about his hands?
his downfall, 29
Who has wrapped up waters in a

but the humble in spirit will gain garment?
honor. Who has established all the
24
A thief’s accomplice hates himself; farthest points of the earth?
though testifying under oath,a What is his name,
he reveals nothing. 29
and what is his son’s name? PROVERBS
25
Surely you know!
Fearing any human being is a trap,
5
but confiding in the LORD keeps Everything God says is pure;
anyone safe. he is a shield for those who take
refuge in him.
26
Many seek a ruler’s favor,b 6
Don’t add to his words,
but justice for a man comes from or he will rebuke you,
the LORD. and you will be shown to be a
27
The unjust man is detestable to the liar.
righteous,
c 30:1 Or by Jakeh’s son Agur
d 30:1 Or declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel, and
a 29:24 Lit. though he hears the oath Ucal
b 29:26 Lit. face e 30:1 MT lacks things
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On Contentment in Life to devour the afflicted from the

7
God,a I have asked you for two earth
things— and the needy from among
don’t refuse me before I die— mankind.
8
Keep deception and lies far away 15
The leech has two daughters:
from me, “Give” and “Give”.
and give me neither poverty nor
Three things will never be
wealth. satisfied;
Feed me with food that I need for four will never say “Enough”—
today,b 16
The afterlife,h the barren womb,
9
so that I don’t become overfed
earth that still demands water,
and deny you by saying,
and fire—they never say,
“Who is the LORD?” “Enough”.
or so that I don’t become poor and
17
steal, The eye that mocks a father
and then misuse the name of my and looks with a disobedient
God. attitude ati a mother—
the valley ravens will pluck it out;
On Different Kinds of People
10 and vultures will eat it.
Don’t lie about a servant to his
master, What Causes Wonder
18
or that servantc will curse you Three things cause wonder for me;
and you will pay for it. four are beyond my
understanding:
11
Some peopled curse their fathers 19
The way an eagle flies in the sky,
and won’t bless their mothers. the way of a serpent on a rock,
12
Some peoplee view themselves as the way of a ship on the high seas,
pure, and the way of a man with a
but haven’t been cleansed from young woman.
PROVERBS
their own filth.

20
13
Some peoplef—what an arrogant This is what an immoral woman is
look they have!— like:
raise their eyebrows haughtily. she eats, wipes her mouth, then
says
14
Some peopleg have swords for
“I’ve done nothing wrong.”
teeth
and knives for fangs 21
Under three things the earth
trembles,
a 30:7 MT lacks God under four it cannot remain
b 30:8 Or that is appropriate for me steady:
c 30:10 Lit. or he
d 30:11 Lit. A generation
e 30:12 Lit. A generation
f 30:13 Lit. A generation h 30:16 Lit. Sheol; i.e. the realm of the dead
g 30:14 Lit. A generation i 30:17 Lit. and despises obedience to
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22
Under a slave when he becomes a and twisting the nose causes
king, bleeding,
a fool when he is overfed, so also stirring up anger
23
an unloved woman when she produces contention.
finds a husband, Chapter 31
Counsel from King Lemuel’s Mother

and a servant girl who inherits
31
1
The words of King
from her mistress.
Lemuel—
24
Four things on earth are small, a pronouncement with which
but they are very, very wise: his mother encouraged him.
25
Ants aren’t a strong species,a 2
No,c my son!
yet they prepare their food in
the summer. No,d my son whom I
26
The rock badgers aren’t a strong conceived!e
speciesb either, No,f my son to whom I gave
yet they build their dens in the birth!g
3
rocks. Never devote all your energy to
27
Locusts have no king, sex,h
but they all swarm in ranks. or dedicate your lifei to
28
Spiders can be caught by the destroying kings.
4
hand, It is not for kings, Lemuel—
yet they’re found in kings’ Not for kings to drink wine
palaces. or for rulers to desire liquor.
5
29 Otherwise, they may drink and
Three things are stately in
forget what has been
procession,
ordained,
four which are stately in their
perverting justice for all the
gait:
30 oppressed.
The lion, mighty among the
beasts, 30
6
Give liquor to someone who is PROVERBS
retreats before nothing. perishing,
31
The strutting rooster, as well as the and wine to someone who is
goat, deeply depressed.j
and a king with his army. 7
Let him drink, forget his poverty,
32
If you’ve foolishly exalted yourself
or if you’ve plotted evil,
put your hand over your c 31:2 Or What
mouth. d 31:2 Or What
33
Just as whipping milk produces e 31:2 Lit. son of my womb?
f 31:2 Or What
butter, g 31:2 Lit. son of my vows
h 31:3 Lit. women
a 30:25 Lit. people i 31:3 Lit. ways
b 30:26 Lit. people j 31:6 Lit. one whose soul is bitter
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19
and remember his troubles no She works with her own hands on
more. her clothesb—
8
Speak for those who cannot speak; her hands work the sewing
seek justice for all those on the spindle.
20
She reaches out to the poor,
verge of destruction.a
9 opening her hands to those in
Speak up, judge righteously,
need.
and defend the rights of the 21
She is unafraid of winter’s effect
afflicted and oppressed.
onc her household,
The Honorable Woman because all of them are warmly
10
Who can find a capable wife? clothed.d
Her value far exceeds the finest 22
She creates her own bedding,
jewels. using fine linen and violet cloth.
11
Her husband has full confidence 23
Her husband is well known;e
in her; he sits among the leaders of the
as a result, he lacks nothing of land.
value. 24
She designs and sells linen
12
She will bring good to him—never garments,
evil— supplying accessoriesf to
every day of her life. clothiers.
13
She seeks out wool and flax, 25
Strength and dignity are her
working with eager hands. garments;
14
She is like a seagoing ship she smiles about the future.
that brings her food from far 26
She speaks wisely,
away. teaching with gracious love.
15
She rises while it is still night, 27
She looks discretely to the affairs
preparing meals for her family of her household,
and providing for her women
and she is never lazy.g
PROVERBS
servants. 28
16 Her children stand up and
She evaluates a field and
encourage her,
purchases it;
as does her husband, who
from the proceeds she plants a
praises her:
vineyard. 29
17 “Many women have done
She clothes herself with fortitude,
wonderful things,” he says,h
and fortifies her arms with
strength.
18 b 31:19 Lit. staff
She is confident that her profits
c 31:21 Lit. of the snow for
are sufficient. d 31:21 Lit. are clothed in red
Her lamp does not go out at e 31:23 Lit. is known in the gates
night. f 31:24 Or belts
g 31:27 Lit. she does not eat the food of
laziness
a 31:8 Lit. all sons of destruction h 31:29 MT lacks he says
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“but you surpass all of them!”

30
Charm is deceitful and beauty
fades;
but a woman who fears the
LORD shall be praised.
31
Reward her for her work—
let her actions result in public
praise.a
PROVERBS
a 31:31 Lit. in praise in the gates
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Appendix
The Value of a Talent as a Monetary Unit
The Parable of the Talents Illustrated in U.S. Dollars

If… 1 day’s wages = 1 drachma1
and 1 shekel = 4 drachma
and 1 mina = 60 shekels
and 1 talent = 60 mina
then 1 talent = 14,400 drachma2
and 1 talent = 14,400 days’ wages.
If 1 year = 250 days of work3
then 14,400 days = 57.6 years of work.
If 1 year’s wages = $67,019.004
then 1 talent = $3,860,294.405
and 10,000 talents = $386,029,440,000
1One drachma was equal to one Greek denarius. 260 mina x 60 shekels x 4
drachma = 14,400 drachma. 3Assumes 52 weeks per year, with five work days
per week, less two weeks vacation. 4Median income for 4-person family, US
Census FY2008 (See http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/4person.html).
5$67,019 per year x 57.6 years.
Weights and Values
Weights, Capacity, Measures, Distances, and Monetary Values
bath Hebrew liquid measure between 8-9 gallons. Cf. Luke 16:6
ephah Hebrew volume measure about 390 liters or about 100 gallons
gerah Hebrew weight measure about .6 grams; 20 gerahs comprised a
shekel
homer Hebrew volume measure equivalent to about 10 ephahs
koinix Greek dry measure between 1 quart and 1 liter in volume, used
in Rev. 6:6 to denote wheat and barley value at a denaius, a
day’s wage in the cultural economy of Israel during the 1 st
century AD.
kor Hebrew dry measure between 10-12 bushels, approx. 390 liters.
Cf. Luke 16:7
log Hebrew liquid measure about 2/3 of a pint or 1/3 of a liter (Lev
14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24)
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metretes Greek liquid measure about 1 bath, or about 9 gallons, approx.

40 liters. Cf. John 2:6
milion Roman distance measurement: one Roman mile. Equivalent to
1,000 paces or about 1.5 kilometers. Cf. Matt 5:41
mina 1 mina = 600 grams
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Appendix The Holy Bible
Weights, Capacity, Measures, Distances, and Monetary Values
orguia Greek length measurement about 6 feet, modern equivalent of

one fathom of nautical depth, about 1.8 meters. Cf. Acts 27:28
pechus Greek length measurement equal to a cubit. Cf. Matt 6:27; John
21:8
quadran 1/64 daily wage of a common worker; i.e. about USD$1.00
rod 6 cubits or 105 inches. Rev 11:1 and 21:15
sabbatou odos Hebrew distance measurement (Lit. a Sabbath day journey),
about half a mile or about 1 kilometer. Cf. Acts 1:12
saton Hebrew measure for grain about 1/3 of a bushel, approx 12
liters. Matt 13:33
shekel1 12 grams; strictly speaking the shekel was a measurement of
weight, not a denomination of coin
stadios Greek length measurement about 600 feet or 185 meters. Cf.
Matt 14:24; John 6:19; Rev 21:16
talent2 1 talent2 = 36,000 grams
1One shekel equals 20 gerahs. 2The weight of a talent varied from 50 shekels
(1King 10:17) to 60 shekels (Eze 45:12), depending on monetary inflation.
The Jewish Sacred C alendar
The Jewish Sacred Calendar

Sacred Year Jewish Name Gregorian Civil Year
Festival Calendar of Month Month Names Month
1st Month NISSAN (B) March - April 7th Month
14th-21st Passover ABIB (C)
and Feast of Exodus 12:2, 13:4
Unleavened Bread Esther 3:7
2nd Month IVAR (B) April - May 8th Month
ZIF (C)
1 Kings 6:1
3rd Month SIVAN (B) May - June 9th Month
6th- 7th Pentecost Esther 8:9
Shavu'ot
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4th Month TAMMUZ (B) June - July 10th Month

Jeremiah 39:2
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The Jewish Sacred Calendar

Sacred Year Jewish Name Gregorian Civil Year
Festival Calendar of Month Month Names Month
5th Month AB (B) July - August 11th Month
Numbers 33:38
Zechariah 7:3
6th Month ELUL (B) August - 12th Month
Nehemiah 6:15 September
7th Month TISHRI (B) September - 1st Month

1st Trumpets ETHANIM (C) October
10th Day of 1 Kings 8:2

Atonement
15th -22nd Sukkoth
(Tabernacles)
8th Month HESHVAN (B) October - 2nd Month
BUL (C) November
1 Kings 6:38
9th Month CHISLEV (B) November - 3rd Month
25th Hanukkah Nehemiah 1:1 December
8 Day Feast Ezra 10:9

Zechariah 7:1
10th Month TEBETH (B) December – 4th Month

Esther 2:16 January
11th Month SHEBAT (B) January - 5th Month

Zechariah 1:7 February
12th Month ADAR (B) February - 6th Month

14th-15th Purim Esther 3:7, 8:12 March
Babylonian names (B) for the calendar months are still in use within the Jewish calendar
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today. Canaanite names (C) were used prior to the Babylonian captivity that began in 586
B.C. Four of these Canaanite month names are mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures. The
month named Adar-Sheni appears to have been added as an intercalary month used in
months 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 17, and 19 of a 19-year cycle., starting about 701 BC. For further
reading, see Spier, Arthur, The Comprehensive Hebrew Calendar (Jerusalem: Feldheim, 1986)
ISBN 0-87306-398-8.
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The Parables of Jesus
The Parables of Jesus

Parable Matt. Mark Luke
A Light under a Basket 5:14 4:21 8:16
The Two Foundations 7:24 6:47
The Unshrunk Cloth 9:16 2:21 5:36
New Wine in Old Wineskins 9:17 2:22 5:37
The Parable about a Farmer 13:3 4:3 8:5
The Parable about the Weeds among the Wheat 13:24
The Parable about a Mustard Seed 13:31 4:30 13:18
The Parable about a Hidden Treasure 13:44
The Parable about a Valuable Pearl 13:45
The Parable about a Net 13:47
New and Old Treasures 13:52
The Story of the Faithful Shepherd 18:12 15:4
The Parable about an Unforgiving Servant 18:23
The Workers in the Vineyard 20:1
The Parable about Two Sons 21:28
The Parable about the Tenant Farmers 21:33 12:1 20:9
The Parable about a Wedding Banquet 22:2
The Lesson from the Fig Tree 24:32 13:28 21:29
The Faithful or the Wicked Servant 24:45 12:42
The Parable about the Ten Bridesmaids 25:1
The Parable about the Talents 25:14 19:12
The Sheep and Goats 25:31
The Parable about a Growing Seed 4:26
The Watchful Servants 13:35 12:35
The Creditor 7:41
The Good Samaritan 10:30
A Friend in Need 11:5
The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:16
The Parable about an Unfruitful Fig Tree 13:6
A Lesson about Guests 14:7
The Parable about a Large Banquet 14:16
The Cost of Discipleship 14:28
The Story of the Diligent Housewife 15:8
The Loving Father and the Prodigal Son 15:11
The Parable about a Dishonest Manager 16:1
The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19
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A Master and His Servant 17:7

The Parable about the Judge and the Widow 18:2
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:10
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The Miracles of Jesus
The Miracles of Jesus

Miracle Matt. Mark Luke John
Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:2 1:40 5:12
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant 8:5 7:1
Jesus Heals Peter’s Mother-in-law 8:14 1:30 4:38
Jesus Heals Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28 5:1 8:27
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man 9:2 2:3 5:18
Jesus Heals Jairus’ Daughter and a Woman 9:20 5:25 8:43
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men 9:27
Jesus Heals a Man Who Couldn’t Talk 9:32
Jesus Heals a Man with a Paralyzed Hand 12:10 3:1 6:6
Jesus Heals a Blind and Mute Man 12:22 11:14
The Faith of a Woman from Syria 15:21 7:24
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon 17:14 9:17 9:38
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men 20:29 10:46 18:35
Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit 1:23 4:33
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man 8:22
Jesus Heals a Woman on the Sabbath 13:11
Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath 14:1
Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers 17:11
Jesus Heals the Ear of Malchus 22:50
Jesus Heals an Official’s Son 4:46
The Healing at the Pool 5:1
Jesus Heals a Blind Man 9:1
Jesus Calms the Sea 8:23 4:37 8:22
Jesus Walks on the Sea 14:25 6:48 6:19
Jesus Feeds More Than 5,000 People 14:15 6:35 9:12 6:5
Jesus Feeds More Than 4,000 People 15:32 8:1
The Coin in the Fish 17:24
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree 21:18 11:12
The Large Catch of Fish 5:4 21:1
Jesus Changes Water into Wine 2:1
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son 7:11
Jesus Brings Lazarus Back to Life 11:1
The Miracles of the Apostles
Miracle Reference
A Crippled Man Is Healed Acts 3:6-9
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Ananias and Sapphira Are Punished Acts 5:1-10

Saul’s Sight Is Restored Acts 9:17-18
Aeneas Is Healed Acts 9:33-35
Tabitha Is Healed Acts 9:36-41
Elymas Is Blinded Acts 13:8-11
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Miracle Reference
A Crippled Man Is Healed Acts 14:8-10
A Demon Is Driven out of a Girl Acts 16:16-18
The Raising of Eutychus Acts 20:9-10
Paul Is Unharmed by a Viper Acts 28:3-5
Healing of Publius’ Father Acts 28:7-9
What the New Testament Says About…
Adultery
Matt 5:27-32 Gal 5:13 Eph 4:17-5:3 Heb 13:14
Ambition
Matt 16:21-27 Mark 9:33-37 Mark 10:35-45 Phil 2:1-4
Anger
Matt 5:21-26 Eph 4:25-5:2 Eph 4:25-5:2 James 1:19-27
Anxiety
Luke 12:22-34 Phil 4:4-9 Heb 13:5-6 1 Peter 1:6-9
Atonement
Romans 3:21-26 2 Cor 5:14-21 Heb 9:1-28 1 Peter 2:22-25
Baptism
Matt 3:1-12 Matt 28:16-20 Romans 6:1-5 Col 2:12
Bible Reading
2 Tim 3:14-17 Heb 4:12 James 1:19-27 Col 4:16
Blood of Christ
Matt 26:27-29 Rom 5:9 Heb 9:11-28 1 Peter 1:18
Body of Christ
Mark 14:22-24 Rom 12:5 1 Cor 12:12-31 Heb 2:14-18
Celibacy
Matt 19:4-12 1 Cor 7:2-4 1 Cor 7:32-40 1 Tim 4:1-5
Children
Matt 18:1-9 Mark 10:13-16 Acts 2:39 Eph 6:1-4
Compassion
Matt 20:34 John 11:17-44 2 Cor 1:3-7 1 John 3:11-24
Conversion
John 3:1-21 Acts 3:19 2 Cor 5:17-19 Eph 2:1-10
Creation
John 1:3 Rom 1:18-23 Rom 8:18-27 Col 1:15-17
Cross
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Mark 8:31-9:1 Luke 23:26-49 1 Cor 1:17 Eph 2:16

Death
John 12:23-26 Rom 6:1-23 1 Cor 15:1-58 2 Tim 1:10
Discipleship
Luke 14:25-34 John 15:1-17 John 21:15-19 1 Peter 2:21
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Discipline
1 Cor 5:5 1 Cor 11:27-32 Heb 12:1-13 Rev 3:19
Divorce
Matt 19:1-12 Mark 10:2-12 1 Cor 7:10-16 1 Cor 7:27
Eternal Life
Matt 19:16-30 John 3:1-21 Rom 6:15-23 1 John 2:25
Faith
Matt 6:25-34 Rom 3:21-5:11 Heb 11 Heb 11:1-40
Freedom
Luke 4:18 John 8:31-41 Rom 8:1-17 Gal 4:21-5:26
Friendship
John 14:23-15:17 John 15:15 Col 3:12-17 1 John 1:1-7
Giving
Matt 6:1-4 Matt 10:8 Rom 12:8 1 Cor 16:2
Grace
Luke 15:11-31 Rom 5:1-21 Eph 2:1-22 Titus 3:7
Greed
Matt 27:5 Luke 12:13-21 1 Tim 6:3-10 James 5:1-6
Happiness
Matt 5:1-12 John 13:1-17 Phil 4:4-9 1 Peter 4:13
Heaven
Matt 6:19-24 Matt 25:31-46 Luke 10:20 Phil 3:12-4:1
Holy Spirit
John 14:15-31 John 16:5-16 Acts 2:1-47 Rom 8:1-17
Homosexuality
Rom 1:18-32 1 Cor 6:9-11 1 Tim 1:9-11 1 Tim 6:5
Hope
Rom 5:1-11 Rom 15:4 Col 1:3-27 1 Peter 1:3-9
Hospitality
Luke 14:12-14 Rom 12:13 1 Peter 4:9 1 Tim 3:2
Hypocrisy
Matt 6:1-24 Matt 23:1-29 James 1:22-27 Titus 1:16
Joy
Luke 15 James 1:2-18 James 4:9 1 Peter 4:12-19
Justification
Rom 3:21-31 Rom 4:1-5:11 Gal 2:15-21 Gal 3:24
Loneliness
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Matt 26:36-46 Rom 8:35-39 Heb 13:5 2 Tim 4:16-18

Lord’s Supper
Luke 22:7-23 John 13:1 1 Cor 10:16 1 Cor 11:17-34
Love
Mark 12:28-34 Rom 5:8 1 Cor 13:1-13 1 John 4:7-21
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Marriage
Matt 19:1-12 1 Cor 7:1-40 Eph 5:22-33 1 Peter 3:1-8
Peace
John 14:25-27 Rom 5:1-11 Eph 2:14-18 Phil 4:4-9
Poor
Matt 25:31-46 Luke 1:39-56 Gal 2:10 James 2:1-13
Profanity
Eph 4:29-32 Eph 4:29-32 James 3:1-12 James 5:12
Reconciliation
Matt 5:23-26 2 Cor 5:11-6:2 Eph 2:11-12 Heb 2:17
Repentance
Matt 4:12-17 Luke 18:9-14 Acts 2:38-41 2 Cor 7:10
Resurrection
Matt 27:57-28:20 John 11:25 Acts 24:15 1 Cor 15:1-58
Revenge
Matt 5:38-47 Rom 12:17-21 1 Thes 5:15 1 Peter 3:9
Reward
Matt 5:3-12 Mark 10:29-31 1 Cor 3:10-15 Heb 10:35
Salvation
Luke 19:1-10 Acts 16:16-34 Rom 8:34 Eph 2:1-10
Sanctification
2 Cor 7:1 1 Thes 5:23 1 Peter 1:2 2 Peter 1:3-11
Second Coming
Matt 24 John 14:1-4 1 Cor 15:12-28 1 Thes 4:13-5:11
Stewardship
Matt 25:14-30 Luke 12:35-48 1 Cor 4:2 1 Cor 6:20
Suffering
Matt 5:11 Rom 8:12-17 1 Peter 3:8-22 1 Peter 4:12-19
Unity
John 17:1-26 1 Cor 1:10 Eph 4:1-16 Phil 1:27
What to Do When …
What to Do When…
The future seems hopeless
1 Cor 15:20-28 1 Peter 1:1-9 1 Peter 5:10-11 Rev 11:15-19
You are seeking God’s direction
Rom 12:1-3 Eph 5:15-17 Col 1:9-14 James 1:5-8
You need comfort
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John 14 2 Cor 1:3-7 2 Cor 7:6-13 1 Peter 1:6-9

Others disagree with you
Matt 7:1-5 Rom 12:9-21 Rom 14:1-15:7 2 Cor 5:11-21
The world seems enticing
2 Cor 6:14-7:1 James 1:26-27 James 4:4-10 1 John 2:15-17
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What to Do When…
You need assurance of salvation
John 3:14-21 John 11:25-26 Acts 16:31-34 1 John 5:9-13
Others have sinned against you
Matt 6:14-15 Matt 18:21-35 Phil 3:13-14 Col 3:12-14
You are tempted to be bitter
1 Cor 13 Eph 4:29-5:2 Col 3:13 Heb 12:14-15
You are tempted to neglect public worship
John 4:24 Acts 2:42-47 Heb 3:12-13 Heb 10:19-25
Your faith needs strengthening
Rom 5:1-11 1 Cor 9:24-27 Heb 10:19-39 Heb 11:1-12:13
You need to control your tongue
Matt 15:1-20 James 1:26 James 3:1-12 1 Peter 3:10
You want to judge others
Matt 7:1-5 1 Cor 4:1-5 James 2:1-13 James 4:11-12
You have been cheated
Matt 18:15-17 1 Cor 6:1-8 James 5:1-8 1 Peter 3:8-17
Things are going well
Luke 12:13-21 1 Tim 6:3-19 Heb 13:5 James 2:1-17
You wonder about your spiritual gifts
Rom 12:3-8 1 Cor 1:4-9 1 Cor 12:1-14 1 Peter 4:7-11
You are starting a new job
Matt 5:13-16 Rom 12:1-2 Gal 5:13-26 Eph 1:3-14
You are in a position of responsibility
Mark 10:35-45 Luke 7:1-10 1 Cor 16:13-14 Gal 6:9-10
You are establishing a new home
Eph 5:22-6:4 Col 3:18-21 1 Peter 3:1-7 Titus 2:5
You have been arguing with someone
1 Cor 3 Eph 4:1-6 2 Tim 2:14-26 James 4:1-12
You are in spiritual warfare
Rom 8:38-39 2 Cor 4:7-18 Eph 6:10-18 2 Tim 4:6-7
You are jealous
1 Cor 13:4 Gal 5:13-15 Gal 5:19-21 James 3:13-18
You struggle with laziness
Eph 5:15-16 Phil 2:12-13 1 Thes 4:1-12 2 Thes 3:6-15
You struggle with lust
Matt 5:27-30 Rom 7:7-25 Rom 13:8-14 James 1:13-18
You are angry
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Matt 5:21-22 Matt 18:21-26 Eph 4:25-5:2 James 1:19-21

You want revenge
Matt 5:38-42 Rom 12:17-21 1 Thes 5:12-15 1 Peter 3:8-14
You are proud
Matt 25:34-40 Mark 10:35-45 Rom 12:3 Phil 2:1-11
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What to Do When…
You are addicted to drugs or alcohol
Rom 6:1-23 Rom 12:1-2 1 Cor 6:12-20 Phil 3:17-4:1
You are greedy
Luke 12:13-21 2 Cor 9:6-15 Eph 5:3-7 1 John 3:16-18
You want to learn to pray
Matt 6:5-15 Mark 11:22-25 Luke 18:9-14 Phil 4:4-7
You struggle with apathy
Matt 25:1-13 Luke 12:35-48 1 Thes 5:1-11 Rev 3:1-6,14-22
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A Harm ony of the Gospels
A Harmony of the Gospels

Event Matthew Mark Luke John
The Pre-existence of Christ 1:1-18
Genealogy of Jesus through Joseph 1:1-17
Genealogy of Jesus through Mary 3:23-38
Gabriel announces John’s birth 1:1-25
Gabriel visits Mary 1:26-38
Mary visits Elizabeth, John’s mother 1:39-56
Birth of John the Baptist 1:57-80
An angel visits Joseph in a dream 1:18-25
The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7
Shepherds visit Jesus 2:8-20
Circumcision of Jesus 2:21
Jesus is presented in the temple 2:22-38
The wise men bring gifts 2:1-12
Joseph’s family escapes to Egypt 2:13-15
Herod’s wrath on Bethlehem 2:16-18
The return from Egypt to Nazareth 2:19-23 2:39
The childhood of Jesus 2:40-52
The ministry of John the Baptist 3:1-12 1:1-8 3:1-18
John baptizes Jesus 3:13-17 1:9-11 3:21-23
The temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 1:12-13 4:1-13
John’s testimony about Christ 1:19-28
John recounts Christ’s baptism 1:29-34
The first disciples 1:35-51
Jesus turns water to wine 2:1-12
The first temple cleansing 2:13-25
Nicodemus meets Jesus at night 3:1-21
The disciples baptize many in Judea 3:22-24
John’s disciples ask about Jesus 3:25-36
Herod imprisons John the Baptist 4:12 1:14 3:19-20
Jesus withdraws from Judea 4:1-3
A Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well 4:4-26
The disciples question Jesus 4:27-38
The Samaritans come to Jesus 4:39-42
Jesus continues toward Galilee 4:14-15 4:43-44
The first rejection in Nazareth 4:16-30
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Jesus Arrives in Cana of Galilee 4:45

The official’s son is healed 4:46-54
Jesus settles in Capernaum 4:13-17 1:14-15 4:31-32
Fishermen called to be disciples 4:18-22 1:16-20
Demoniac in Capernaum 1:21-28 4:33-37
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Peter’s mother-in-law is healed 8:14-15 1:29-31 4:38-39
Many healed at sunset 8:16-17 1:32-34 4:40-41
The disciples seek Jesus 1:35-38 4:42-43
Jesus preaches in the Synagogues 4:23 1:39 4:44
Jesus preaches in Simon’s boat 5:1-3
The miraculous catch of fish 5:4-11
Jesus heals a leper 8:1-4 1:40-45 5:12-16
Jesus cures a paralytic 9:1-8 2:1-12 5:17-26
Matthew is called to be a disciple 9:9 2:13-14 5:27-28
Parables at Levi’s reception 9:10-17 2:15-22 5:29-39
Jesus in Jerusalem (2nd Passover) 5:1
Man healed at pools of Bethesda 5:2-15
Jesus heals on the Sabbath 5:16-47
Disciples pick grain on the Sabbath 12:1-8 2:23-28 6:1-5
Man’s hand healed on the Sabbath 12:9-14 3:1-6 6:6-11
Jesus withdraws to the sea 12:15-21 3:7-8
Many follow Jesus to be healed 4:24-25 3:9-12
Jesus prays on a mountain 6:12
Jesus selects twelve disciples 3:13-19 6:13-16
Jesus descends and heals the crowd 6:17-19
Jesus ascends to address the crowd 5:1
The Sermon on the Mount 5:1-8:1 6:20-49
Jesus heals a Centurion’s servant 8:5-13 7:1-10
Widow of Nain’s son is raised 7:11-17
John and disciples question Jesus 11:2-6 7:18-23
Jesus commends John the Baptist 11:7-19 7:24-35
Jesus rebukes three cities 11:20-30
Jesus dines with Simon the Pharisee 7:36-50
The generous women 8:1-3
Jesus heals a demon-possessed man 12:22-23 3:20-22
The Pharisees are rebuked 12:24-37 3:23-30
The sign of Jonah 12:38-45
The family of Jesus 12:46-50 3:31-35 8:19-21
Parables by the Sea 13:1-35 4:1-34 8:4-18
The parables explained in private 13:36-53
Orders to cross the Sea of Galilee 8:18 4:35 8:22
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Jesus calms a stormy sea 8:23-27 4:36-41 8:23-25

Demons cast out of a violent man 8:28-34 5:1-20 8:26-39
Jesus sails to Capernaum 9:1 5:21 8:40
Jairus asks Jesus to heal daughter 9:18-19 5:22-24 8:41-42
Woman is healed by touching Jesus 9:20-22 5:25-34 8:43-48
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Child’s death is reported to Jairus 5:35-36 8:49-50
Jesus raises the daughter of Jairus 9:23-26 5:37-43 8:51-56
Jesus heals two blind men 9:27-31
Jesus heals a mute demoniac 9:32-34
The second rejection in Nazareth 13:54-58 6:1-6
The twelve disciples sent to preach 9:35-11:1 6:7-13 9:1-6
The death of John the Baptist 14:1-12
Herod fears John the Baptist is risen 6:14-29 9:7-9
The twelve disciples return 14:13 6:30-32 9:10 6:1
Jesus teaches and heals the crowd 14:14 6:33-34 9:11 6:2-3
Jesus feeds 5,000 14:15-21 6:35-44 9:12-17 6:4-13
Jesus prays alone 14:22-23 6:45-47 6:14-15
Jesus walks on water; Peter sinks 14:24-33 6:48-52 6:16-21
The healings in Gennesaret 14:34-36 6:53-56
“I am the Bread of Life” discourse 6:22-7:1
The traditions of men rebuked 15:1-11 7:1-16
A parable is explained in private 15:12-20 7:17-23
The faith of a Gentile woman 15:21-28 7:24-30
Jesus heals a deaf man 7:31-37
Many are healed on a mountain 15:29-31
Jesus feeds 4,000 15:32-39 8:1-10
The Pharisees seek a sign 16:1-4 8:11-13
The yeast of the Pharisees 16:5-12 8:14-21
The blind man is cured in Bethesda 8:22-26
Peter confesses that Jesus is Christ 16:13-20 8:27-30
Jesus rebukes Peter 16:21-28 8:31-9:1 9:18-27
The Transfiguration 17:1-8 9:2-8 9:28-36
Elijah is discussed while descending 17:9-13 9:9-13
A demon is cast out of a boy 17:14-18 9:14-27 9:37-42
The disciples ask about the miracle 17:19-21 9:28-29
Jesus discusses his death 17:22-23 9:30-32 9:43-45
The temple tax miracle 17:24-27
The disciples argue 18:1-5 9:33-37 9:46-48
John’s zeal without understanding 9:38-41 9:49-50
Warnings about stumbling blocks 18:6-11 9:42-50
The parable about the lost sheep 18:12-14
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Instructions on church discipline 18:15-20

Peter’s question about forgiveness 18:21-35
The Feast of Tabernacles 7:2
Brothers advise Jesus to go to Judea 7:3-9
Jesus determines to go to Jerusalem 9:51 7:10
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Messengers are sent to Samaria 9:52-53
James and John are rebuked 9:54-56
Unfit followers 8:19-22 9:57-62
People are afraid to speak of Jesus 7:11-13
Jesus in the temple mid-feast 7:14-15
Jesus says that some seek to kill him 7:16-19
A defense of healing on the Sabbath 7:20-24
Jesus cries out in the temple 7:25-30
Multitudes are amazed at the signs 7:31
The Pharisees seek to seize Jesus 7:32-36
Last day of feast; Living water 7:37-39
Division among the people 7:40-44
The Pharisees question the officers 7:45-49
The judgment of Nicodemus 7:50-53
Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives 8:1
Jesus teaches at the temple 8:2
Adulterous woman brought to Jesus 8:3-11
Jesus is the light of the world 8:12-20
Jesus is sent by the Father 8:21-30
The temple debate about Abraham 8:31-59
Jesus leaves the temple 8:59
Jesus heals a man born blind 9:1-7
Neighbors question the blind man 9:8-12
Pharisees question man’s parents 9:13-34
Jesus finds the blind man 9:35-39
The Pharisees ask a question 9:40-10:6
Jesus is the Good Shepherd 10:7-18
Division among the Jews 10:19-21
Seventy are sent out 10:1-16
The Seventy return 10:17-20
Jesus rejoices 10:21-22
Jesus privately blesses the Twelve 10:23-24
A lawyer tests Jesus 10:25-28
The parable of the Good Samaritan 10:29-37
Martha prepares while Mary listens 10:38-42
Jesus teaches the disciples to pray 11:1-13
APPENDIX
Teachings on demons, blasphemy 11:14-26

A woman blesses Mary 11:27-28
The sign of Jonah 11:29-32
The lamp of the body 11:33-36
Lunch with a Pharisee 11:37
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Jesus does not wash his hands 11:38
Jesus and woes on the Pharisees 11:39-44
Jesus and woes on the Lawyers 11:45-52
Jesus leaves; a plot against him 11:53-54
Jesus teaches a great crowd 12:1-12
Jesus warns against greed 12:13-15
Parables about being ready 12:16-40
A question from Peter 12:41
More parables 12:42-59
Fate of Galileans reported to Jesus 13:1-5
The parable of the fig tree 13:6-9
A woman is healed on the Sabbath 13:10-13
Synagogue official opposes Jesus 13:14-17
Mustard seed and leaven parables 13:18-21
Feast of Dedication in the temple 10:22-23
The Jews confront Christ 10:24-39
Jesus goes to Bethany 10:40-42
Jesus travels toward Jerusalem 13:22
How many will be saved? 13:23-30
Pharisees warn Jesus about Herod 13:31-35
A Pharisee’s house on the Sabbath 14:1
A sick man is healed 14:2-6
The parable of the guests 14:7-11
The parable to the host of the feast 14:12-14
The parable of the dinner 14:15-24
The cost of discipleship 14:25-35
Jesus eats with sinners 15:1
Lost sheep, coin, and son 15:2-32
Parable of the unrighteous steward 16:1-13
Pharisees scoff; divorce teaching 16:14-18
The rich man and Lazarus 16:19-31
Jesus instructs disciples 17:1-10
The death and raising of Lazarus 11:1-44
Unbelievers report to the Pharisees 11:45-46
A Conspiracy to kill Jesus 11:47-53
Jesus goes to Ephraim 11:54
APPENDIX
Ten lepers are cleansed 17:11-14

A Samaritan returns to thank Jesus 17:15-19
Pharisees ask about the Kingdom 17:20-21
Jesus warns disciples about future 17:22-37
The parable of the unjust judge 18:1-8
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Pharisee and tax collector parable 18:9-14
Jesus goes to Judea by the Jordan 19:1 10:1
Multitudes follow Jesus 19:2
Pharisees question Jesus on divorce 19:3-9 10:2-9
Disciples question Jesus on divorce 19:10-12 10:10-12
Jesus blesses the little children 19:13-15 10:13-16 18:15-17
The rich young ruler 19:16-26 10:17-27 18:18-27
The reward of the disciples 19:27-30 10:28-31 18:28-30
The parable of the landowner 20:1-16
Jesus predicts his death 20:17-19 10:32-34 18:31-34
A request for James and John 20:20-24 10:35-41
The relationship of the disciples 20:25-28 10:42-45
Blind men are healed near Jericho 20:29-34 10:46-52 18:35-43
Zacchaeus is converted near Jericho 19:1-10
Jesus is near Jericho 19:11
More blind men are healed 19:12-27
Passover journey toward Jerusalem 11:54
Jesus discussed by Jews and Priests 11:55-57
Jesus in Bethany 12:1
Mary anoints Jesus 26:6-13 14:3-9 12:2-8
Crowds come to Jesus and Lazarus 12:9
Chief priests conspire to kill Lazarus 12:10-11
Two disciples get a colt 21:1-7 11:1-7 19:28-35
The triumphal entry into Jerusalem 21:8-11 11:7-10 19:35-38 12:12-18
The reaction of the Pharisees 19:39-40 12:19
Jesus weeps for Jerusalem 19:41-44
Jesus enters Jerusalem and Bethany 11:11
Jesus curses a fig tree 11:12-14
The second temple cleansing 21:12-13 11:15-17 19:45-46
Jesus heals many in the temple 21:14
Jewish leaders seek to destroy Jesus 21:15-16 11:18 19:47-48
Jesus leaves Jerusalem 21:17 11:19
The withered fig tree 21:18-22 11:20-26
Authority challenged in the temple 21:23-27 11:27-33 20:1-8
The parable of the two sons 21:28-32
The parable of the tenant farmers 21:33-46 12:1-12 20:9-18
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The parable of the wedding feast 22:1-14

The Jews question Jesus about taxes 22:15-22 12:13-17 20:19-26
Sadducees question the resurrection 22:23-33 12:18-27 20:27-40
Scribes and Pharisees question Jesus 22:34-40 12:28-34
Jesus questions them about baptism 22:41-46 12:35-37 20:41-44
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Warnings about Scribes & Pharisees 23:1-39 12:38-40 20:45-47
The widow’s mite 12:41-44 21:1-4
The disciples admire the temple 24:1-2 13:1-2 21:5-6
Four fishermen question Jesus 24:3 13:3-4 21:7
Jesus warns disciples of persecution 24:4-14 13:5-13 21:8-19
Jesus predicts the fall of Jerusalem 24:15-28 13:14-23 21:20-24
Jesus teaches about his 2nd coming 24:29-31 13:24-27 21:25-28
The parable of the fig tree 24:32-33 13:28-29 21:29-31
Warnings to be alert 24:34-51 13:30-37 21:32-36
The parable of the ten virgins 25:1-13
The parable of the talents 25:14-30
Warnings about the Judgment 25:31-46
Jesus predicts the day of crucifixion 26:1-2
People come early to hear Jesus 21:37-38
Some Greeks seek Jesus 12:20-22
A final public appeal to unbelievers 12:23-50
The plot to kill Jesus 26:3-5 14:1-2 22:1-2
Judas bargains to betray Jesus 26:14-16 14:10-11 22:3-6
Peter and John prepare for Passover 26:17-19 14:12-16 22:7-13
Fellowship in the upper room 26:20 14:17 22:14
Jesus washes the disciples’ feet 13:1-20
The Lord’s Supper 26:26-29 14:22-25 22:14-20 1Cor 11:23
Jesus predicts his betrayal 26:21-25 14:18-21 22:21-23 13:21-26
Judas leaves 13:27-30
A new commandment 13:31-35
Dispute about the greatest disciple 22:24-30
Jesus predicts the disciples’ denial 26:31-32 14:27-28
Jesus tells Peter of his prayer 22:31-32
Jesus predicts Peter’s denials 26:33-35 14:29-31 22:33-34 13:36-38
Jesus warns the disciples to prepare 22:35-38
Jesus comforts the disciples 14:1-4
Jesus responds to Thomas 14:5-7
Jesus responds to Philip 14:8-21
Jesus responds to Judas not Iscariot 14:22-31
They sing a hymn and leave 26:30 14:26 14:31
The farewell discourse 15:1-16:33
APPENDIX
Jesus prays for his disciples 17:1-26

They enter Gethsemane 26:36 14:32-33 22:39-40 18:1
Jesus prays in Gethsemane 26:37-46 14:34-42 22:41-46
A mob comes to arrest Jesus 26:47 14:43 18:2-3
Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss 26:48-50 14:44-45 22:47-48
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Jesus answers the mob 18:4-9
Peter wounds Malchus 26:51-54 14:46-47 22:49-50 18:10-11
Jesus heals Malchus 22:51
Jesus is arrested; the disciples flee. 26:55-56 14:48-52 22:52-53 18:12
Jesus is taken to the high priest 26:57 14:53 22:54 18:13-14
Peter follows at a distance 26:58 14:54 22:54 18:15-16
Peter’s first denial 26:69-70 14:66-68 22:55-57 18:17-18
Annas questions Jesus 18:19-24
Peter’s second denial 26:71-72 14:69-70 22:58 18:25
Peter’s third denial 26:73-75 14:70-72 22:59-62 18:26-27
The guards beat Jesus 22:63-65
False witnesses testify 26:59-61 14:55-59
Caiaphas condemns Jesus 26:62-66 14:60-64 22:66-71
The Sanhedrin beats Jesus 26:67-68 14:65
Jesus is lead to the Praetorium 27:1-2 18:28
The remorse of Judas 27:3-10 Acts 1:18-19
Jesus before Pilate 27:11-14 23:1-7 18:29-38
Jesus before Herod 23:8-10
Herod’s soldiers mock Jesus 15:1-5 23:11-12
Pilate releases Barabbas 27:15-26 15:6-15 23:13-25 18:39-40
Soldiers crown and mock Jesus 27:27-30 15:16-20 19:1-3
Pilate tries to release Jesus 19:4-7
Pilate questions Jesus again 19:8-11
Pilate tries to release Jesus again 19:12
Pilate sentences Jesus 19:13-15
Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified 19:16
Jesus carries the cross 19:17
Simon of Cyrene bears the cross 27:31-32 15:21 23:26
Jesus speaks to weeping women 23:27-31
Jesus is brought to Golgotha 27:33 15:22 23:33 19:17
Soldiers offer Jesus sour wine mix 27:34 15:23
Jesus is crucified at the third hour 15:25
Two thieves are crucified with Jesus 27:38 15:27 23:32 19:18
Pilate’s Inscription 27:37 15:26 23:38 19:19-22
“Father, forgive them…” 23:34
Soldiers divide the garments 27:35-36 15:24 23:34 19:23-24
APPENDIX
Jesus Addresses Mary 19:25-27

The crowd mocks Jesus 27:39-43 15:29-32 23:35-37
The thieves mock Jesus 27:44 15:32 23:39
One thief rebukes the other 23:40-42
Jesus comforts the thief 23:43
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Darkness for three hours 27:45 15:33 23:44-45
Jesus calls out from the cross 27:46 15:34
Jesus thirsts 19:28
Jesus is offered sour wine on a reed 27:47-49 15:35-36 19:29-30
Jesus dies 27:50 15:37 23:46 19:30
Temple veil is torn 27:51 15:38 23:45
Some local resurrections 27:52-53
A Centurion glorifies God 27:54 15:39 23:47
The crowd leaves grieving 23:48
Women watch from a distance 27:55-56 15:40-41 23:49
The legs are broken 19:31-32
A soldier pierces Jesus’ side 19:33-37
Joseph requests the body of Jesus 27:57-58 15:42-43 23:50-52 19:38
Centurion reports that Jesus is dead 15:44-45
Joseph takes the body 15:45 19:38
Nicodemus and Joseph prepare body 19:39-40
Body is placed in new garden tomb 27:59-60 15:46 23:53 19:41-42
Two Mary’s watch the burial 27:61 15:47 23:54-55
Roman soldiers guard the tomb 27:62-66
Two Mary’s prepare spices 23:56
An angel rolls the stone away 28:2-4
Women bring spices to the tomb 28:1 16:1-4 24:1-3 20:1
Angels appear to the women 28:5-7 16:5-7 24:4-8
The women run to tell the disciples 28:8 16:8 24:9-11 20:2
Peter and John inspect empty tomb 24:12 20:3-9
Peter and John go home 24:12 20:10
Mary Magdalene stands weeping 20:11
Mary sees two angels 20:12-13
Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene 16:9 20:14-17
Jesus appears to the other women 28:9-10
The women report to the disciples 16:10-11 20:18
The guards report to the priests 28:11-15
Jesus on the road to Emmaus 16:12-13 24:13-32
Jesus appears to Peter 1Cor 15:5 24:34
Two report to disciples in Jerusalem 24:33-35
Jesus appears to the disciples 24:36-45 20:19-24
APPENDIX
The disciples report to Thomas 20:25

Jesus appears to disciples, Thomas 16:14 20:26-29
Jesus appears to seven by the sea 21:1-14
Jesus questions Peter three times 21:15-23
Jesus appears to 500 people, James 1Cor 15:6-7
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Jesus commissions the apostles 28:16-20 16:15-18 24:46-49
Jesus is received into heaven 16:19-20 24:50-53
John’s first testimony 20:30-31
John’s second testimony 21:24-25
Luke on the 40 day appearances Acts 1:4-11
External Literary Sources Quoted in the Bible†

Reference Source
Exodus 24:7 Book of the Covenant
Numbers 21:14 The Book of the Wars of the LORD
Numbers 21:27-30 Unnamed “poets”
Joshua 10:12-13 Book of Jashar 88:63-65
1 Samuel 10:25 Book by Samuel
2 Samuel 1:19-27 Book of Jashar 56:8-9
1 Kings 11:41 The Acts of Solomon
1 Kings 14:19 The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel
1 Kings 14:29 The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah
1 Chronicles 9:1-2 Book of the Kings of Israel
1 Chronicles 27:24 Annals of King David
1 Chronicles 29:29 History of Samuel the Seer
1 Chronicles 29:29 History of Gad the Seer
1 Chronicles 29:29 History of Nathan the Prophet
2 Chronicles 9:29 History of Nathan the Prophet
2 Chronicles 9:29 Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite
2 Chronicles 9:29 Visions of Iddo the Seer
2 Chronicles 12:15 Acts of Shemaiah the Prophet and Iddo the Seer
2 Chronicles 13:22 Midrash of the Prophet Iddo
2 Chronicles 16:11 Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel
2 Chronicles 20:34 Acts of Jehu Son of Hanani
2 Chronicles 20:34 Book of the Kings of Israel
2 Chronicles 24:27 Midrash of the Book of the Kings
2 Chronicles 26:22 Book by the prophet Isaiah
2 Chronicles 27:7 Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah
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2 Chronicles 32:32 Vision of Isaiah the prophet

2 Chronicles 33:18 Acts of the Kings of Israel
2 Chronicles 33:19 Acts of the Seers
2 Chronicles 35:25 Laments for Josiah
Nehemiah 12:23 Book of the Chronicles
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External Literary Sources Quoted in the Bible†

Reference Source
Esther 10:2 Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia
Acts 17:28 Aratus, Phainomena (5)
Acts 17:28 Cleanthese the Stoic
Acts 26:14 Euripides, The Bacchae
Acts 26:14 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
1 Corinthians 5:9 (Previous letter by Paul to Corinth)
1 Corinthians 15:33 Menander, Thais (218)
Colossians 4:16 Paul’s letter to the Laodiceans
Titus 1:12 Epimenides
2 Peter 2:27 Syrian Story of Ahikar
Jude 1:9 The Assumption of Moses
Jude 1:15 Enoch 1:9 (Apocrypha)
†
Many works cited in the Tanakh, or Old Testament, refer to ancient but non-
canonical chronicles of Israel, most of which are unfortunately now lost to
history, but referred to by name in the places cited above. Chapter and verse
citations from the Book of Jashar are, due to a compilation of dubious reliability,
thought by some to date from the 12th century AD. See the ISV web site at
http://isv.org/catacombs/lostbooks.htm for more information.
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Torah (Parashah) and Haftarah Portions

The origin of the oral reading of portions of the Law (Torah—Parashah) and the Nevi’im
(Prophets—Haftarah) can be traced at least as far back in history to a reference recorded in
the Talmud to a Haftarah reading that took place in the presence of Rabbi Elizer ben
Hyrcanus (c. 70 AD).
 Some scholars have suggested that Parashah readings arose as a patriotically
rebellious response in opposition to prohibitions against reading the Torah
ordered by Antiochus Epiphanes.
 Also, some scholars have suggested that Haftarah readings arose as an apologetic
response to denials by the Samaritan and Sadducee communities regarding the
canonicity of the Nevi’im (Prophets).
A reading of a Parashah and Haftarah portion is mentioned in Acts 13:15, where the
Apostle Paul is recorded as having made a public address “after the reading of the Law
and the prophets.” Luke 4:17 is thought by some to allude to a Haftarah reading when
Jesus was handed the scroll of the book of Isaiah, from which he read the passage Isaiah
61:1-2. In the modern Haftarah schedule, this oral reading would have occurred shortly
after reading the Ten Commandments (Torah Parashah Yitro, Exodus 18:1-20:23).
The Parashah and Haftarah readings listed below reflect the traditionally accepted weekly
readings observed in modern synagogues. Special readings, such as Pesach (Passover)
readings, festival readings, or other holiday readings, are not included in this listing
PARASHAH TORAH HAFTARAH
‫ בראשית‬Genesis
B’reishit Genesis 1:1-6:8 Isaiah 42:5-43:10
Noach Genesis 6:9-11:32 Isaiah 54:1-55:5
Lech Lecha Genesis 12:1-17:27 Isaiah 40:27-41:16
Vayeira Genesis 18:1-22:24 2 Kings 4:1-37
Chayei Sarah Genesis 23:1-25:18 1 Kings 1:1-31
Toldot Genesis 2:19-28:9 Malachi 1:2-7
Vayetze Genesis 28:10-32:3(2)* Hosea 12:13(12)-14:10(9)*
Vayishlach Genesis 32:4(3)*-36:43 Hosea 11:7-12:12; Obadiah 1:1-21
Vayeshev Genesis 37:1-40:23 Zechariah 2:14(10)*-4:7
Miketz Genesis 41:1-44:17 1 Kings 7:40-50
Vayigash Genesis 44:18-47:27 Ezekiel 37:15-28
Vayechi Genesis 47:28-50:26 1 Kings 2:1-12
‫ שמות‬Exodus
Shemot Exodus 1:1-6:1 Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23
APPENDIX
Va’era Exodus 6:2-9:35 Isaiah 66:1-24

Bo Exodus 10:1-13:16 Jeremiah 46:13-28
Beshalach Exodus 13:17-17:16 Judges 4:4-5:31
Yitro Exodus 18:1-20:23(26)* Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6(6-7)*
Mishpatim Exodus 21:1-24:18 2 Kings 11:17-12:17
*Indicates variations in most modern translations from verse numbering in the Hebrew Tanakh.
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PARASHAH TORAH HAFTARAH
‫ שמות‬Exodus
Terumah Exodus 25:1-27:19 1 Kings 5:26(5:12)*-6:13
Tetzaveh Exodus 27:20-30:10 1 Samuel 15:1-34
Ki Tisa Exodus 30:11-34:35 Ezekiel 36:16-38
Vayakhel/Pekudei Exodus 35:1-40:38 Ezekiel 45:16-18
‫ ויקרא‬Leviticus
Vayikra Leviticus 1:1-5:26(6:7)* Isaiah 43:21-44:23
Tzav Leviticus 6:1(8)-8:36 Malachi 3:4-24
Sh’mini Leviticus 9:1-11:47 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17
Tazria/Metzora Leviticus 12:1-15:33 2 Kings 7:3-20
Acharei Leviticus 16:1-20:27 Amos 9:7-9:15
Mot/Kodoshim
Emor Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Ezekiel 44:15-31
Behar/Bechukotai Leviticus 25:1-27:34 Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
‫ במדבר‬Numbers
Bamidbar Numbers 1:1-4:20 Hosea 2:1-22
Nasso Numbers 4:21-7:89 Judges 13:2-25
Beha-alotcha Numbers 8:1-12:16 Zechariah 2:14(10)*-4:7
Shelach Numbers 13:1-15:41 Joshua 2:1-24
Korach Numbers 16:1-18:32 Isaiah 66:1-24
Chukat Numbers 19:1-22:1 Judges 11:1-33
Balak Numbers 22:2-25:9 Micah 5:6-6:8
Pinchas Numbers 25:10- Jeremiah 1:1-2:3
3:1(29:40)*
Mattot/Massei Numbers 30:2(1)*-36:13 Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4
‫ דברים‬Deuteronomy
Devarim Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 Isaiah 1:1-27
Va’etchanan Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Isaiah 40:1-26
Ekev Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 Isaiah 49:14-51:3
Re’eh Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 Isaiah 54:11-55:5
Shoftim Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 Isaiah 51:12-52:12
Ki Tetze Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 Isaiah 54:1-10
Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Isaiah 60:1-22
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Nitzavim/Vayelech Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 Isaiah 61:10-63:9

Ha’azinu Deuteronomy 32:1-52 Hosea 14:2(1)-10(9)*; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27
Vezot ha-Bracha Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 Joshua 1:1-18
*Indicates variations in most modern translations from verse numbering in the Hebrew Tanakh.
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Read Through the ISV Bible in One Year

January February March
Morning Evening Morning Evening Morning Evening
1 Gen 1-2 Matt 1:1-25 Exod 27-28 Matt 20:17-34 Num 25-27 Mark 7:24-8:10
2 Gen 3-5 Matt 2:1-23 Exod 29-30 Matt 21:1-22 Num 28-29 Mark 8:11-30
3 Gen 6-8 Matt 3:1-17 Exod 31-33 Matt 21:23-46 Num 30-31 Mark 8:31-9:13
4 Gen 9-11 Matt 4:1-17 Exod 34-36 Matt 22:1-22 Num 32-33 Mark 9:14-32
5 Gen 12-14 Matt 4:18-5:16 Exod 37-38 Matt 22:23-46 Num 34-36 Mark 9:33-10:12
6 Gen 15-17 Matt 5:17-37 Exod 39-40 Matt 23:1-36 Deut 1-2 Mark 10:13-31
7 Gen 18-19 Matt 5:38-6:18 Lev 1-3 Matt 23:37-24:14 Deut 3-4 Mark 10:32-52
8 Gen 20-22 Matt 6:19-34 Lev 4-6 Matt 24:15-31 Deut 5-7 Mark 11:1-26
9 Gen 23-24 Matt 7:1-23 Lev 7-9 Matt 24:32-51 Deut 8-10 Mark 11:27-12:17
10 Gen 25-26 Matt 7:24-8:17 Lev 10-12 Matt 25:1-30 Deut 11-13 Mark 12:18-37
11 Gen 27-28 Matt 8:18-9:8 Lev 13 Matt 25:31-26:5 Deut 14-16 Mark 12:38-13:13
12 Gen 29-30 Matt 9:9-34 Lev 14 Matt 26:6-35 Deut 17-19 Mark 13:14-37
13 Gen 31-32 Matt 9:35-10:15 Lev 15-17 Matt 26:36-56 Deut 20-22 Mark 14:1-26
16 Gen 38-40 Matt 11:25-12:21 Lev 22-23 Matt 27:27-56 Deut 28 Mark 15:1-20
17 Gen 41 Matt 12:22-37 Lev 24-25 Matt 27:57-28:20 Deut 29-30 Mark 15:21-47
18 Gen 42-43 Matt 12:38-50 Lev 26-27 Mark 1:1-20 Deut 31-32 Mark 16:1-20
19 Gen 44-45 Matt 13:1-23 Num 1-2 Mark 1:21-45 Deut 33-34 John 1:1-34
20 Gen 46-48 Matt 13:24-35 Num 3-4 Mark 2:1-22 Josh 1-3 John 1:35-51
21 Gen 49-50 Matt 13:36-58 Num 5-6 Mark 2:23-3:19 Josh 4-6 John 2:1-25
22 Exod 1-3 Matt 14:1-21 Num 7 Mark 3:20-4:9 Josh 7-8 John 3:1-21
23 Exod 4-6 Matt 14:22-15:20 Num 8-10 Mark 4:10-34 Josh 9-10 John 3:22-36
24 Exod 7-8 Matt 15:21-39 Num 11-13 Mark 4:35-5:20 Josh 11-13 John 4:1-42
25 Exod 9-10 Matt 16:1-20 Num 14-15 Mark 5:21-43 Josh 14-15 John 4:43-54
26 Exod 11-12 Matt 16:21-17:13 Num 16-18 Mark 6:1-29 Josh 16-18 John 5:1-30
27 Exod 13-15 Matt 17:14-27 Num 19-21 Mark 6:30-56 Josh 19-20 John 5:31-6:15
28 Exod 16-18 Matt 18:1-20 Num 22-24 Mark 7:1-23 Josh 21-22 John 6:16-59
29 Exod 19-21 Matt 18:21-19:12 Josh 23-24 John 6:60-7:9
30 Exod 22-24 Matt 19:13-30 Jdgs 1-2 John 7:10-31
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31 Exod 25-26 Matt 20:1-16 Jdgs 3-5 John 7:32-53
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April May June
1 Judg 6-7 John 8:1-20 1 Kngs 1-2 Luke 2:21-52 2 Chr 4-6 Luke 16:19-17:10
2 Judg 8-9 John 8:21-36 1 Kngs 3-5 Luke 3:1-20 2 Chr 7-9 Luke 17:11-37
3 Judg 10-11 John 8:37-59 1 Kngs 6-7 Luke 3:21-4:13 2 Chr 10-12 Luke 18:1-30
4 Judg 12-14 John 9:1-12 1 Kngs 8-9 Luke 4:14-30 2 Chr 13-16 Luke 18:31-19:10
6 Judg 18-19 John 10:1-21 1 Kngs 12-13 Luke 5:12-26 2 Chr 20-22 Luke 19:28-48
8 Ruth 1-4 John 11:1-16 1 Kngs 16-18 Luke 6:12-36 2 Chr 26-28 Luke 20:27-21:4
9 1 Sam 1-3 John 11:17-44 1 Kngs 19-20 Luke 6:37-7:10 2 Chr 29-31 Luke 21:5-38
10 1 Sam 4-6 John 11:45-12:8 1 Kngs 21-22 Luke 7:11-35 2 Chr 32-33 Luke 22:1-23
11 1 Sam 7-9 John 12:9-36 2 Kngs 1-3 Luke 7:36-50 2 Chr 34-36 Luke 22:24-46
12 1 Sam 10-12 John 12:37-50 2 Kngs 4-5 Luke 8:1-18 Ezra 1-2 Luke 22:47-71
14 1 Sam 15-16 John 13:31-14:14 2 Kngs 9-11 Luke 8:40-56 Ezra 6-8 Luke 23:26-56
16 1 Sam 19-21 John 15:1-16:4 2 Kngs 15-17 Luke 9:18-36 Neh 1-2 Luke 24:36-53
17 1 Sam 22-24 John 16:5-33 2 Kngs 18-19 Luke 9:37-56 Neh 3-5 Acts 1:1-26
18 1 Sam 25-26 John 17:1-26 2 Kngs 20-22 Luke 9:57-10:16 Neh 6-8 Acts 2:1-13
19 1 Sam 27-29 John 18:1-18 2 Kngs 23-25 Luke 10:17-37 Neh 9-11 Acts 2:14-41
20 1 Sam 30-31 John 18:19-40 1 Chr 1-2 Luke 10:38-11:13 Neh 12-13 Acts 2:42-3:10
21 2 Sam 1-3 John 19:1-16 1 Chr 3-5 Luke 11:14-36 Esther 1-3 Acts 3:11-26
22 2 Sam 4-6 John 19:17-27 1 Chr 6-7 Luke 11:37-54 Esther 4-6 Acts 4:1-22
23 2 Sam 7-9 John 19:28-42 1 Chr 8-10 Luke 12:1-21 Esther 7-10 Acts 4:23-5:11
24 2 Sam 10-12 John 20:1-23 1 Chr 11-13 Luke 12:22-34 Job 1-3 Acts 5:12-42
25 2 Sam 13-14 John 20:24-21:14 1 Chr 14-16 Luke 12:35-53 Job 4-6 Acts 6:1-15
26 2 Sam 15-16 John 21:15-25 1 Chr 17-19 Luke 12:54-13:17 Job 7-9 Acts 7:1-22
27 2 Sam 17-18 Luke 1:1-25 1 Chr 20-22 Luke 13:18-35 Job 10-12 Acts 7:23-53
28 2 Sam 19-20 Luke 1:26-56 1 Chr 23-25 Luke 14:1-24 Job 13-15 Acts 7:54-8:3
29 2 Sam 21-22 Luke 1:57-80 1 Chr 26-27 Luke 14:25-15:10 Job 16-18 Acts 8:4-25
30 2 Sam 23-24 Luke 2:1-20 1 Chr 28-29 Luke 15:11-32 Job 19-20 Acts 8:26-40
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31 2 Chr 1-3 Luke 16:1-18
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July August September
1 Job 21-22 Acts 9:1-31 Psa 65-67 Acts 27:27-44 Psa 148-150 1 Cor 9:1-27
2 Job 23-25 Acts 9:32-10:8 Psa 68-69 Acts 28:1-16 Prov 1-2 1 Cor 10:1-22
3 Job 26-28 Acts 10:9-23 Psa 70-72 Acts 28:17-31 Prov 3-4 1 Cor 10:23-33
4 Job 29-30 Acts 10:24-48 Psa 73-74 Romans 1:1-17 Prov 5-6 1 Cor 11:1-34
6 Job 33-34 Acts 12:1-25 Psa 78 Romans 2:1-16 Prov 9-10 1 Cor 13:1-13
8 Job 38-39 Acts 13:13-52 Psa 82-84 Romans 3:1-20 Prov 13-14 1 Cor 14:26-15:11
9 Job 40-42 Acts 14:1-18 Psa 85-87 Romans 3:21-4:12 Prov 15-16 1 Cor 15:12-58
10 Psa 1-3 Acts 14:19-28 Psa 88-89 Romans 4:13-5:11 Prov 17-18 1 Cor 16:1-24
11 Psa 4-6 Acts 15:1-21 Psa 90-92 Romans 5:12-6:23 Prov 19-20 2 Cor 1:1-24
12 Psa 7-9 Acts 15:22-16:10 Psa 93-95 Romans 7:1-25 Prov 21-22 2 Cor 2:1-17
13 Psa 10-12 Acts 16:11-40 Psa 96-98 Romans 8:1-30 Prov 23-24 2 Cor 3:1-18
16 Psa 19-21 Acts 18:1-17 Psa 105-106 Romans 10:1-21 Prov 30-31 2 Cor 6:1-7:1
17 Psa 22-24 Acts 18:18-28 Psa 107-108 Romans 11:1-36 Eccl 1-3 2 Cor 7:2-8:15
18 Psa 25-27 Acts 19:1-22 Psa 109-111 Romans 12:1-21 Eccl 4-6 2 Cor 8:16-9:15
19 Psa 28-30 Acts 19:23-40 Psa 112-115 Romans 13:1-14 Eccl 7-9 2 Cor 10:1-18
20 Psa 31-33 Acts 20:1-16 Psa 116-118 Romans 14:1-23 Eccl 10-12 2 Cor 11:1-15
21 Psa 34-35 Acts 20:17-38 Psa 119:1-48 Romans 15:1-13 Song 1-3 2 Cor 11:16-12:10
22 Psa 36-37 Acts 21:1-14 Psa 119:49-104 Romans 15:14-33 Song 4-5 2 Cor 12:11-13:13
23 Psa 38-40 Acts 21:15-36 Psa 119:105-178 Romans 16:1-27 Song 6-8 Galatians 1:1-24
24 Psa 41-43 Acts 21:37-22:29 Psa 120-123 1 Cor 1:1-31 Isa 1-3 Galatians 2:1-21
25 Psa 44-46 Acts 22:30-23:11 Psa 124-127 1 Cor 2:1-16 Isa 4-6 Galatians 3:1-29
26 Psa 47-49 Acts 23:12-35 Psa 128-131 1 Cor 3:1-23 Isa 7-9 Galatians 4:1-31
27 Psa 50-52 Acts 24:1-27 Psa 132-135 1 Cor 4:1-21 Isa 10-12 Galatians 5:1-26
28 Psa 53-55 Acts 25:1-12 Psa 136-138 1 Cor 5:1-6:11 Isa 13-15 Galatians 6:1-18
29 Psa 56-58 Acts 25:13-27 Psa 139-141 1 Cor 6:12-7:16 Isa 16-18 Eph 1:1-14
30 Psa 59-61 Acts 26:1-32 Psa 142-244 1 Cor 7:17-40 Isa 19-21 Eph 1:15-2:10
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31 Psa 62-64 Acts 27:1-26 Psa 145-147 1 Cor 8:1-13
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October November December
1 Isa 22-23 Eph 2:11-3:21 Jer 31-32 Heb 1:1-2:4 Ezek 45-48 1 John 2:28-3:24
2 Isa 24-26 Eph 4:1-24 Jer 33-35 Heb 2:5-18 Ezek 47-48 1 John 4:1-21
3 Isa 27-28 Eph 4:25-5:14 Jer 36-37 Heb 3:1-19 Dan 1-2 1 John 5:1-21
4 Isa 29-30 Eph 5:15-6:9 Jer 38-39 Heb 4:1-16 Dan 3-4 2 John 1-13
5 Isa 31-33 Eph 6:10-24 Jer 40-42 Heb 5:1-6:8 Dan 5-6 3 John 1-14
6 Isa 34-36 Phil 1:1-30 Jer 43-45 Heb 6:9-20 Dan 7-8 Jude 1-13
7 Isa 37-38 Phil 2:1-30 Jer 46-48 Heb 7:1-28 Dan 9-10 Jude 14-25
8 Isa 39-40 Phil 3:1-21 Jer 49-50 Heb 8:1-13 Dan 11-12 Rev 1:1-20
9 Isa 41-42 Phil 4:1-23 Jer 51-52 Heb 9:1-22 Hos 1-4 Rev 2:1-17
10 Isa 43-44 Col 1:1-23 Lam 1-2 Heb 9:23-10:18 Hos 5-8 Rev 2:18-3:6
11 Isa 45-47 Col 1:24-2:19 Lam 3-4 Heb 10:19-39 Hos 9-11 Rev 3:7-22
12 Isa 48-49 Col 2:20-3:17 Ezek 1-3 Heb 11:1-40 Hos 12-14 Rev 4:1-11
13 Isa 50-52 Col 3:18-4:18 Ezek 4-6 Heb 12:1-11 Joel 1-3 Rev 5:1-14
14 Isa 53-55 1 Thes 1:1-2:12 Ezek 7-9 Heb 12:12-29 Amos 1-3 Rev 6:1-17
15 Isa 56-58 1 Thes 2:13-3:13 Ezek 10-12 Heb 13:1-25 Amos 4-6 Rev 7:1-17
16 Isa 59-61 1 Thes 4:1-18 Ezek 13-15 James 1:1-27 Amos 7-9 Rev 8:1-13
17 Isa 62-64 1 Thes 5:1-28 Ezek 16 James 2:1-26 Obad 1 Rev 9:1-21
18 Isa 65-66 2 Thes 1:1-12 Ezek 17-19 James 3:1-18 Jonah 1-4 Rev 10:1-11
19 Jer 1-2 2 Thes 2:1-3:18 Ezek 20-21 James 4:1-5:6 Micah 1-3 Rev 11:1-19
20 Jer 3-4 1 Tim 1:1-20 Ezek 22-23 James 5:7-20 Micah 4-5 Rev 12:1-18
21 Jer 5-6 1 Tim 2:1-3:16 Ezek 24-26 1 Peter 1:1-21 Micah 6-7 Rev 13:1-18
22 Jer 7-8 1 Tim 4:1-16 Ezek 27-28 1 Peter 1:22-2:10 Nahum 1-3 Rev 14:1-21
23 Jer 9-10 1 Tim 5:1-6:2 Ezek 29-31 1 Peter 2:11-25 Habak 1-3 Rev 15:1-8
24 Jer 11-13 1 Tim 6:3-21 Ezek 32-33 1 Peter 3:1-22 Zeph 1-3 Rev 16:1-20
25 Jer 14-16 2 Tim 1:1-18 Ezek 34-35 1 Peter 4:1-5:14 Haggai 1-2 Rev 17:1-18
26 Jer 17-19 2 Tim 2:1-26 Ezek 36-37 2 Peter 1:1-21 Zech 1-3 Rev 18:1-24
27 Jer 20-22 2 Tim 3:1-4:8 Ezek 38-39 2 Peter 2:1-22 Zech 4-6 Rev 19:1-21
28 Jer 23-24 2 Tim 4:9-22 Ezek 40 2 Peter 3:1-18 Zech 7-9 Rev 20:1-15
29 Jer 25-26 Titus 1:1-16 Ezek 41-42 1 John 1:1-2:6 Zech 10-12 Rev 21:1-8
30 Jer 27-28 Titus 2:1-3:15 Ezek 43-44 1 John 2:7-27 Zech 13-14 Rev 21:9-22:7
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31 Jer 29-30 Philemon 1-25 Mal 1-4 Rev 22:8-21
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What Must I Do to Be Saved?
Y
ou have broken God’s holy Law. You don’t think so? “I’m not so bad,”
you tell yourself. Really? Ask yourself some questions. Have you ever
lied? Yes, you have.
Have you ever stolen anything? Yes, you have.
Have you ever committed adultery? Yes, you have, because Jesus said that
to even lust after someone is the same as committing adultery. My friend, you
have broken three out of ten. And by desiring her or him in the first place, you
are coveting someone’s wife or daughter, or husband or son. That’s four.
Shall we try for five out of ten? Jesus said to hate someone is to commit the
sin of murder in your heart. And that’s where sin starts. Let’s check the balance
sheet. You have admitted that you are a lying, thieving, covetous, murdering,
adulterer—and we’ve only looked at five of the ten.
Shall we go for six? By doing all these things, you have dishonored your
father and mother. My friend, you’ve broken six out of ten. If you will be honest
with yourself, you have broken all the others, too. And these are just a summary
of God’s holy Law.
You’ve got a problem, my friend. And it’s a serious problem, because the
penalty for breaking God’s Law is severe indeed. But it’s not just your problem.
In fact, it’s everybody’s problem.
The penalty is death, and not just physical death. The penalty is eternal
death, separation from God in a place that you really don’t want to go to.
But there’s some good news. In fact, it’s great news. That eternal penalty
has already been paid. God Himself paid it and paved the road for our salvation
through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the only road, the only means by which we
may be saved. Why? Because his sinless life and his death at Calvary are the
perfect substitute for you, satisfying the demands of a holy God.
The road to salvation through Jesus Christ is clearly presented in the New
Testament. These Seven Principles of Salvation are set forth in Paul’s letter to the
Romans (beginning on page 266).
All people are born sinners. We are all unrighteous people.
As it is written, “Not even one person is righteous. No one
understands. No one searches for God. All have turned away.
Together they have become completely worthless.” —Romans
3:10-12 (page 266)
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This means that no one is righteous before God and, in fact, no one is even
searching for Him.
All people sin. Our best efforts will never measure up.
… since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God’s glory.
—Romans 3:23 (page 267)
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This means that you have sinned. You have not earned, and do not deserve,
eternal life. There are two things you need to know to be saved: First, you need
to know that you are a sinner who has violated God’s laws. Second, you need to
know that there is a terrible and eternal price for sin.
The price of sin is death.
Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death
resulted from sin, therefore everyone dies, because everyone has
sinned. —Romans 5:12 (page 269)
Adam sinned and gave Satan a foothold in the world. By nature, we are all
separated from God. We are all born in sin. We deserve death and hell.
Jesus paid your debt by dying in your place.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord. —Romans 6:23
(page 271)
You have earned death, not eternal life. So Jesus, in effect, went to the “Bank of
Heaven” and paid your debt for you. Jesus paid the price for you to obtain
salvation and eternal life. You cannot earn this payment. Eternal life must be
accepted as a free gift from God.
Christ died in your place, paying your price, and suffering so that you
would not have to suffer eternally.
But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that the
Messiah died for us while we were still sinners.
— Romans 5:8 (page 269)
Due to unconditional love, Christ died in your place, paying a debt He did not
owe. We all have an unpaid debt of sin that Christ is willing to pay for us. How
do we get our debts paid by Christ? If you accept His payment of your debt by
receiving Him as your Lord and Savior, He will make you His child and take
you to heaven when you die.
His invitation is open to anyone… even you.
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” —
Romans 10:13 (page 278)
The word “everyone” includes you. How do you “call on the name of the Lord”
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to be saved?
You must confess your sin, declare His Lordship, and believe in your heart
that God raised Christ from the dead.
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If you declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in
your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. For one believes with his heart and is justified, and
declares with his mouth and is saved. — Romans 10:9-10 (page
278)
The Bible promises us that God forgives our sin when we accept the work
that Christ did for us when He died on Calvary. You can do this by praying this
short, simple prayer:
“Lord, Jesus, I have broken God’s holy Law. I know that I am a
sinner and I need you. I know that you paid the price for my sins by
dying on the cross. I ask that you forgive my sins; and I receive you as
my Savior and Lord. I thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me
eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of
person you want me to be. Amen.”
Look to God’s Word for encouragement as you begin your new life in
Christ. Remember these simple truths:
1. If we make it our habit to confess our sins, in his faithful righteousness
he forgives us for those sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness.
—1 John 1:9 (page 415)
2. The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. —
Romans 8:16 (page 274)
3. For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not
come from you; it is the gift of God and not the result of actions, to put
a stop to all boasting. —Ephesians 2:8 (page 335)
4. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth
comparing to the glory that will be revealed to us. —Romans 8:18 (page
274)
5. I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son
of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. —1 John 5:13
(page 420)
6. Therefore, if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation. Old things
have disappeared, and—look!—all things have become new! All of this
comes from God, who has reconciled us to himself through the
Messiah… —2 Corinthians 5:17-18a (page 315)
APPENDIX
Be sure to read a portion of God’s Word every day. To help you do this, we
have included a Bible reading planner (“Read Through the Bible in One Year”)
starting on page 672.
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INDEX — A STUDY OUTLINE OF THE
HOLY BIBLE: INTERNATIONAL STANDARD VERSION
THE NEW TESTAMENT WITH PSALMS AND PROVERBS
Matthew .................................................................................................................................. 1
Chapter 1 ............................................................................................................................. 1
An Introduction to Jesus the Messiah ........................................................................ 1
The Ancestry of Jesus ..................................................................................................... 1
The Birth of Jesus ............................................................................................................ 1
Chapter 2 ............................................................................................................................. 2
The Visit of the Wise Men ............................................................................................ 2
The Escape to Egypt ....................................................................................................... 3
The Massacre of the Infants.......................................................................................... 3
The Return to Nazareth ................................................................................................ 3
Chapter 3 ............................................................................................................................. 3
John the Baptist Prepares the Way ............................................................................. 3
Jesus is Baptized .............................................................................................................. 4
Chapter 4 ............................................................................................................................. 4
Jesus is Tempted by Satan ............................................................................................ 4
Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee ........................................................................... 5
Jesus Calls Four Fishermen ........................................................................................... 5
Jesus Ministers to Many People ................................................................................... 6
Chapter 5 ............................................................................................................................. 6
Jesus Teaches about the Kingdom .............................................................................. 6
The Blessed Attitudes ..................................................................................................... 6
Salt and Light in the World .......................................................................................... 7
Jesus Fulfills the Law and the Prophets .................................................................... 7
Teaching about Anger.................................................................................................... 7
Teaching about Adultery .............................................................................................. 8
Teaching about Divorce ................................................................................................ 8
Teaching about Oaths .................................................................................................... 8
Teaching about Retaliation ........................................................................................... 8
Teaching about Love for Enemies ............................................................................... 8
Chapter 6 ............................................................................................................................. 9
Teaching about Giving to the Poor ............................................................................. 9
Teaching about Prayer ................................................................................................... 9
Teaching about Fasting.................................................................................................. 9
Teaching about Treasures ........................................................................................... 10
The Lamp of the Body ................................................................................................. 10
God and Riches ............................................................................................................. 10
Stop Worrying ............................................................................................................... 10
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Matthew (cont'd)
Chapter 7 ........................................................................................................................... 11
Judging Others .............................................................................................................. 11
Despising the Holy ....................................................................................................... 11
Ask, Search, Knock ....................................................................................................... 11
The Narrow Gate .......................................................................................................... 11
A Tree is Known by Its Fruit ...................................................................................... 11
I Never Knew You ........................................................................................................ 11
The Two Foundations .................................................................................................. 12
Chapter 8 ........................................................................................................................... 12
Jesus Cleanses a Leper ................................................................................................. 12
Jesus Heals an Official's Son ...................................................................................... 12
Jesus Heals Many People ............................................................................................ 13
The Would-be Followers of Jesus .............................................................................. 13
Jesus Calms the Sea ...................................................................................................... 13
Jesus Heals Two Demon-Possessed Men ................................................................ 14
Chapter 9 ........................................................................................................................... 14
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man ..................................................................................... 14
Jesus Calls Matthew ..................................................................................................... 15
A Question about Fasting ........................................................................................... 15
The Unshrunk Cloth .................................................................................................... 15
Jesus Heals a Woman and Resurrects a Girl ........................................................... 15
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men ........................................................................................ 16
Jesus Heals a Man Who Couldn't Talk .................................................................... 16
The Compassion of Jesus ............................................................................................ 16
Chapter 10 ......................................................................................................................... 16
Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles ................................................................................ 16
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples ..................................................................... 17
Future Persecutions ...................................................................................................... 17
Fear God ......................................................................................................................... 18
Acknowledging the Messiah ...................................................................................... 18
Not Peace, but Division ............................................................................................... 18
The Cost of Discipleship .............................................................................................. 18
Rewards .......................................................................................................................... 18
Chapter 11 ......................................................................................................................... 19
John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus ........................................................... 19
Jesus Denounces Unrepentant Cities ....................................................................... 20
Jesus Praises the Father and Invites the Disciples to Come to Him .................. 20
Chapter 12 ......................................................................................................................... 20
Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath ....................................................................................... 20
Jesus Heals a Man with a Paralyzed Hand ............................................................. 21
Jesus, God's Chosen Servant ...................................................................................... 21
Jesus is Accused of Working with Beelzebul .......................................................... 21
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Matthew (cont'd)
Chapter 12 (cont'd)
A Tree is Known by Its Fruit ...................................................................................... 22
The Sign of Jonah ......................................................................................................... 22
The Return of the Unclean Spirit .............................................................................. 23
The True Family of Jesus ............................................................................................. 23
Chapter 13 ......................................................................................................................... 23
The Parable about a Farmer ....................................................................................... 23
The Purpose of the Parables ....................................................................................... 23
Jesus Explains the Parable about the Farmer ......................................................... 24
The Parable about the Weeds among the Wheat .................................................. 24
The Parables about a Mustard Seed and Yeast ...................................................... 25
Why Jesus Used Parables ............................................................................................ 25
Jesus Explains the Parable about the Weeds .......................................................... 25
The Parable about a Hidden Treasure ..................................................................... 26
The Parable about a Valuable Pearl .......................................................................... 26
The Parable about a Net .............................................................................................. 26
New and Old Treasures .............................................................................................. 26
Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth...................................................................................... 26
Chapter 14 ......................................................................................................................... 27
The Death of John the Baptist .................................................................................... 27
Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand People ..................................................... 27
Jesus Walks on the Sea ................................................................................................ 28
Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret ........................................................................... 28
Chapter 15 ......................................................................................................................... 28
Jesus Challenges the Tradition of the Elders .......................................................... 28
A Canaanite Woman's Faith ....................................................................................... 29
Jesus Feeds More Than Four Thousand People .................................................... 30
Chapter 16 ......................................................................................................................... 30
Interpreting the Time ................................................................................................... 30
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees ............................................................. 31
Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus ............................................................................... 31
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection ............................................................. 31
Chapter 17 ......................................................................................................................... 32
Jesus’ Appearance is Changed ................................................................................... 32
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon ............................................................................... 33
Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection ................................................. 33
Questions about the Temple Tax .............................................................................. 33
Chapter 18 ......................................................................................................................... 33
True Greatness............................................................................................................... 33
Causing Others to Sin .................................................................................................. 34
The Parable about The Faithful Shepherd .............................................................. 34
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STUDY OUTLINE
Matthew (cont'd)
Chapter 18 (cont'd)
Dealing with a Brother Who Sins ............................................................................. 34
The Parable about an Unforgiving Servant ............................................................ 35
Chapter 19 ......................................................................................................................... 35
Teaching about Divorce .............................................................................................. 35
Jesus Blesses the Little Children ................................................................................ 36
A Rich Man Comes to Jesus ........................................................................................ 36
Salvation and Reward .................................................................................................. 37
Chapter 20 ......................................................................................................................... 37
The Workers in the Vineyard..................................................................................... 37
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection a Third Time .................................... 38
The Request of James and John ................................................................................. 38
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men ........................................................................................ 39
Chapter 21 ......................................................................................................................... 39
The King Enters Jerusalem ......................................................................................... 39
Confrontation in the Temple Over Money.............................................................. 40
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree ................................................................................................ 40
Jesus’ Authority is Challenged ................................................................................... 41
The Parable about Two Sons ...................................................................................... 41
The Parable about the Tenant Farmers .................................................................... 41
Chapter 22 ......................................................................................................................... 42
The Parable about a Banquet ..................................................................................... 42
A Question about Paying Taxes ................................................................................ 43
A Question about the Resurrection .......................................................................... 43
The Greatest Commandment ..................................................................................... 44
A Question about David's Son................................................................................... 44
Chapter 23 ......................................................................................................................... 44
Jesus Denounces the Scribes and the Pharisees ..................................................... 44
Jesus Rebukes Jerusalem ............................................................................................. 46
Chapter 24 ......................................................................................................................... 46
Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple ......................................................... 46
Cults, Revolutions, Famines, and Earthquakes ...................................................... 46
Future Persecution, Apostasy, and Evangelism ..................................................... 47
Signs of the End ............................................................................................................ 47
The Coming of the Son of Man ................................................................................. 48
The Lesson from the Fig Tree .................................................................................... 48
The Unknown Day and Hour of Messiah's Return .............................................. 48
The Faithful or the Wicked Servant.......................................................................... 49
Chapter 25 ......................................................................................................................... 49
The Parable about the Ten Bridesmaids .................................................................. 49
The Parable about the Talents.................................................................................... 49
The Judgment of the Nations..................................................................................... 50
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Matthew (cont'd)
Chapter 26 ......................................................................................................................... 51
The Plot to Kill Jesus .................................................................................................... 51
A Woman Anoints Jesus .............................................................................................. 51
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus ...................................................................................... 52
The Passover with the Disciples ................................................................................ 52
The Lord's Supper ........................................................................................................ 52
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial ....................................................................................... 53
Jesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane .............................................................. 53
Jesus is Arrested ............................................................................................................ 53
Jesus is Tried before the High Priest ........................................................................ 54
Peter Denies Jesus ......................................................................................................... 55
Chapter 27 ......................................................................................................................... 55
Jesus is Taken to Pilate................................................................................................. 55
The Death of Judas ....................................................................................................... 55
Pilate Questions Jesus .................................................................................................. 56
Jesus is Sentenced to Death ........................................................................................ 56
The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus................................................................................. 57
Jesus is Crucified ........................................................................................................... 57
Jesus Dies on the Cross ................................................................................................ 58
Jesus is Buried ................................................................................................................ 58
The Tomb is Secured .................................................................................................... 59
Chapter 28 ......................................................................................................................... 59
Jesus is Raised from the Dead .................................................................................... 59
The Guards Report to the High Priests ................................................................... 59
Jesus Commissions His Disciples .............................................................................. 60
Mark ...................................................................................................................................... 61
Chapter 1 ........................................................................................................................... 61
John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus .......................................................... 61
Jesus is Baptized ............................................................................................................ 61
Jesus is Tempted by Satan .......................................................................................... 61
Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee ......................................................................... 61
Jesus Calls His First Disciples ..................................................................................... 62
Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit .............................................................. 62
Jesus Goes on a Preaching Tour ................................................................................ 62
Jesus Cleanses a Leper ................................................................................................. 63
Chapter 2 ........................................................................................................................... 63
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man ..................................................................................... 63
Jesus Calls Matthew ..................................................................................................... 64
A Question about Fasting ........................................................................................... 64
The Unshrunk Cloth .................................................................................................... 64
Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath ....................................................................................... 64
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STUDY OUTLINE
Mark (cont'd)
Chapter 3 ........................................................................................................................... 65
Jesus Heals a Man with a Paralyzed Hand ............................................................. 65
Jesus Encounters a Large Crowd .............................................................................. 65
Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles ................................................................................ 65
Jesus is Accused of Working with Beelzebul .......................................................... 66
The True Family of Jesus ............................................................................................. 66
Chapter 4 ........................................................................................................................... 66
The Parable about a Farmer ....................................................................................... 66
The Purpose of the Parables ....................................................................................... 67
Jesus Explains the Parable about the Farmer ......................................................... 67
A Light under a Basket ................................................................................................ 67
The Parable about a Growing Seed .......................................................................... 68
The Parable about a Mustard Seed ........................................................................... 68
Why Jesus Used Parables ............................................................................................ 68
Jesus Calms the Sea ...................................................................................................... 68
Chapter 5 ........................................................................................................................... 69
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man ...................................................................... 69
Jesus Heals a Woman and Resurrects a Girl ........................................................... 70
Chapter 6 ........................................................................................................................... 71
Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth...................................................................................... 71
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve ....................................................................................... 71
The Death of John the Baptist .................................................................................... 72
Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand People ..................................................... 73
Jesus Walks on the Sea ................................................................................................ 73
Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret ........................................................................... 74
Chapter 7 ........................................................................................................................... 74
Jesus Challenges the Tradition of the Elders .......................................................... 74
A Canaanite Woman's Faith ....................................................................................... 75
Jesus Heals a Deaf Man with a Speech Impediment ............................................ 75
Chapter 8 ........................................................................................................................... 76
Jesus Feeds More Than Four Thousand People .................................................... 76
Interpreting the Time ................................................................................................... 76
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees ............................................................. 77
Jesus Heals a Blind Man in Bethsaida ...................................................................... 77
Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus ............................................................................... 77
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection ............................................................. 78
Chapter 9 ........................................................................................................................... 78
Jesus’ Appearance is Changed ................................................................................... 78
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon ............................................................................... 79
Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection ................................................. 80
True Greatness............................................................................................................... 80
The True Follower of Jesus ......................................................................................... 80
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STUDY OUTLINE
Mark (cont'd)
Chapter 9 (cont'd)
Causing Others to Sin .................................................................................................. 80
Chapter 10 ......................................................................................................................... 81
Teaching about Divorce .............................................................................................. 81
Jesus Blesses the Little Children ................................................................................ 81
A Rich Man Comes to Jesus ........................................................................................ 82
Salvation and Reward .................................................................................................. 82
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection a Third Time .................................... 83
The Request of James and John ................................................................................. 83
Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus ..................................................................................... 84
Chapter 11 ......................................................................................................................... 84
The King Enters Jerusalem ......................................................................................... 84
Jesus Curses a Fig Tree ................................................................................................ 85
Confrontation in the Temple Over Money.............................................................. 85
The Lesson from the Dried Fig Tree......................................................................... 85
Jesus’ Authority is Challenged ................................................................................... 85
Chapter 12 ......................................................................................................................... 86
The Parable about the Tenant Farmers .................................................................... 86
A Question about Paying Taxes ................................................................................ 86
A Question about the Resurrection .......................................................................... 87
The Greatest Commandment ..................................................................................... 87
A Question about David's Son................................................................................... 88
Jesus Denounces the Scribes ...................................................................................... 88
The Widow's Offering ................................................................................................. 88
Chapter 13 ......................................................................................................................... 88
Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple ......................................................... 88
Cults, Revolutions, Famines, and Earthquakes ...................................................... 89
Future Persecution and Evangelism ......................................................................... 89
Signs of the End ............................................................................................................ 89
The Coming of the Son of Man ................................................................................. 90
The Lesson from the Fig Tree .................................................................................... 90
The Unknown Day and Hour of the Messiah's Return ....................................... 90
Chapter 14 ......................................................................................................................... 90
The Plot to Kill Jesus .................................................................................................... 90
A Woman Anoints Jesus .............................................................................................. 91
Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus ...................................................................................... 91
The Passover with the Disciples ................................................................................ 91
The Lord's Supper ........................................................................................................ 92
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial ....................................................................................... 92
Jesus Prays in the Garden of Gethsemane .............................................................. 92
Jesus is Arrested ............................................................................................................ 93
The Young Man Who Ran Away .............................................................................. 93
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STUDY OUTLINE
Mark (cont'd)
Chapter 14 (cont'd)
Jesus is Tried before the High Priest ........................................................................ 93
Peter Denies Jesus ......................................................................................................... 94
Chapter 15 ......................................................................................................................... 95
Jesus is Taken to Pilate................................................................................................. 95
Jesus is Sentenced to Death ........................................................................................ 95
The Soldiers Make Fun of Jesus................................................................................. 95
Jesus is Crucified ........................................................................................................... 96
Jesus Dies on the Cross ................................................................................................ 96
Jesus is Buried ................................................................................................................ 97
Chapter 16 ......................................................................................................................... 97
Jesus is Raised from the Dead .................................................................................... 97
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene ........................................................................... 98
Jesus Appears to Two Disciples ................................................................................. 98
Jesus Commissions His Disciples .............................................................................. 98
Jesus is Taken Up to Heaven...................................................................................... 98
Luke ....................................................................................................................................... 99
Chapter 1 ........................................................................................................................... 99
Luke's Dedication to Theophilus .............................................................................. 99
The Birth of John the Baptist is Foretold ................................................................. 99
The Birth of Jesus is Foretold ................................................................................... 100
Mary Visits Elizabeth ................................................................................................. 100
Mary's Song of Praise ................................................................................................ 101
The Birth of John the Baptist .................................................................................... 101
The Prophecy of Zechariah ...................................................................................... 102
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 102
The Birth of Jesus ........................................................................................................ 102
The Shepherds Visit Jesus ......................................................................................... 103
Jesus is Circumcised ................................................................................................... 103
Jesus is Presented in the Temple ............................................................................. 103
The Return to Nazareth ............................................................................................ 104
Jesus Visits the Temple .............................................................................................. 104
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 105
John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus ........................................................ 105
Jesus is Baptized .......................................................................................................... 106
The Ancestry of Jesus ................................................................................................. 106
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 107
Jesus is Tempted by Satan ........................................................................................ 107
Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee ....................................................................... 108
Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth.................................................................................... 108
Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit ............................................................ 109
Jesus Heals Many People .......................................................................................... 109
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STUDY OUTLINE
Luke (cont'd)
Chapter 4 (cont'd)
Jesus Goes on a Preaching Tour .............................................................................. 109
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 110
Jesus Calls His First Disciples ................................................................................... 110
Jesus Cleanses a Leper ............................................................................................... 110
Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man ................................................................................... 111
Jesus Calls Levi ............................................................................................................ 111
A Question about Fasting ......................................................................................... 112
The Unshrunk Cloth .................................................................................................. 112
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 112
Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath ..................................................................................... 112
Jesus Heals a Man with a Paralyzed Hand ........................................................... 112
Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles .............................................................................. 113
Jesus Ministers to Many People ............................................................................... 113
Jesus Pronounces Blessings and Judgment ........................................................... 113
Teaching about Love for Enemies ........................................................................... 114
Judging Others ............................................................................................................ 114
A Tree is Known by Its Fruit .................................................................................... 114
The Two Foundations ................................................................................................ 115
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 115
Jesus Heals an Official's Son .................................................................................... 115
Jesus Raises a Widow's Son ...................................................................................... 115
John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus ......................................................... 116
Jesus Forgives a Sinful Woman ............................................................................... 117
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 118
Some Women Accompany Jesus ............................................................................. 118
The Parable about a Farmer ..................................................................................... 118
The Purpose of the Parables ..................................................................................... 118
Jesus Explains the Parable about the Farmer ....................................................... 118
A Light under a Bowl................................................................................................. 119
The True Family of Jesus ........................................................................................... 119
Jesus Calms the Sea .................................................................................................... 119
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man .................................................................... 119
Jesus Heals a Woman and Resurrects a Girl ......................................................... 120
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 121
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve ..................................................................................... 121
Herod Tries to See Jesus ............................................................................................ 122
Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand People ................................................... 122
Peter Declares His Faith in Jesus ............................................................................. 122
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection ........................................................... 123
Jesus’ Appearance is Changed ................................................................................. 123
Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon ............................................................................. 124
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STUDY OUTLINE
Luke (cont'd)
Chapter 9 (cont'd)
Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection ............................................... 124
True Greatness............................................................................................................. 124
The Person Who is Not Against You is for You ................................................... 124
A Samaritan Village Refuses to Welcome Jesus ................................................... 125
The Would-be Followers of Jesus ............................................................................ 125
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 125
The Mission of the Seventy ...................................................................................... 125
Jesus Denounces Unrepentant Cities ..................................................................... 126
The Return of the Seventy ........................................................................................ 126
Jesus Praises the Father ............................................................................................. 126
The Good Samaritan .................................................................................................. 127
Jesus Visits Mary and Martha .................................................................................. 127
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 128
Teaching about Prayer ............................................................................................... 128
Ask, Search, Knock ..................................................................................................... 128
Jesus is Accused of Working with Beelzebul ........................................................ 129
The Return of the Unclean Spirit ............................................................................ 129
True Blessedness ......................................................................................................... 129
The Sign of Jonah ....................................................................................................... 129
The Lamp of the Body ............................................................................................... 130
Jesus Denounces the Pharisees and the Experts in the Law ............................. 130
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 131
A Warning Against Hypocrisy ................................................................................. 131
Fear God ....................................................................................................................... 131
Acknowledging the Messiah .................................................................................... 131
The Parable of the Rich Fool .................................................................................... 132
Stop Worrying ............................................................................................................. 132
The Watchful Servants............................................................................................... 133
Not Peace, but Division ............................................................................................. 134
Interpreting the Time ................................................................................................. 134
Settling with Your Opponent .................................................................................. 134
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 134
Repent or Die ............................................................................................................... 134
The Parable about an Unfruitful Fig Tree ............................................................. 134
Jesus Heals a Woman on the Sabbath .................................................................... 135
The Parables about a Mustard Seed and Yeast .................................................... 135
The Narrow Door ....................................................................................................... 135
Jesus Rebukes Jerusalem ........................................................................................... 136
Chapter 14 ....................................................................................................................... 136
Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath .......................................................................... 136
A Lesson about Guests .............................................................................................. 136
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STUDY OUTLINE
Luke (cont'd)
Chapter 14 (cont'd)
The Parable about a Banquet ................................................................................... 137
The Cost of Discipleship ............................................................................................ 137
Tasteless Salt ................................................................................................................ 138
Chapter 15 ....................................................................................................................... 138
The Parable about The Faithful Shepherd ............................................................ 138
The Story of the Diligent Housewife ...................................................................... 138
The Story of the Loving Father................................................................................ 138
Chapter 16 ....................................................................................................................... 140
The Parable about a Dishonest Manager ............................................................... 140
The Law and the Kingdom of God ......................................................................... 140
The Rich Man and Lazarus ....................................................................................... 141
Chapter 17 ....................................................................................................................... 141
Causing Others to Sin ................................................................................................ 141
Faith and Obedience .................................................................................................. 142
Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers ........................................................................................ 142
The Coming of the Kingdom ................................................................................... 142
Chapter 18 ....................................................................................................................... 143
The Parable about the Judge and the Widow ...................................................... 143
The Parable about the Pharisee and the Tax Collector ...................................... 144
Jesus Blesses the Little Children .............................................................................. 144
A Rich Man Comes to Jesus ...................................................................................... 144
Salvation and Reward ................................................................................................ 145
Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection a Third Time .................................. 145
Jesus Heals a Blind Man ............................................................................................ 145
Chapter 19 ....................................................................................................................... 146
Jesus and Zacchaeus................................................................................................... 146
The Parable about the Coins .................................................................................... 146
The King Enters Jerusalem ....................................................................................... 147
Confrontation in the Temple Over Money............................................................ 148
Chapter 20 ....................................................................................................................... 148
Jesus’ Authority is Challenged ................................................................................. 148
The Parable about the Tenant Farmers .................................................................. 148
A Question about Paying Taxes .............................................................................. 149
A Question about the Resurrection ........................................................................ 149
A Question about David's Son................................................................................. 150
Jesus Denounces the Scribes .................................................................................... 150
Chapter 21 ....................................................................................................................... 150
The Widow's Offering ............................................................................................... 150
Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple ....................................................... 151
The Coming Wars and Revolutions........................................................................ 151
Future Persecutions .................................................................................................... 151
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STUDY OUTLINE
Luke (cont'd)
Chapter 21 (cont'd)
Signs of the End .......................................................................................................... 151
The Coming of the Son of Man ............................................................................... 152
The Lesson from the Fig Tree .................................................................................. 152
Be Alert .......................................................................................................................... 152
Chapter 22 ....................................................................................................................... 152
The Plot to Kill Jesus .................................................................................................. 152
The Passover with the Disciples .............................................................................. 153
The Lord's Supper ...................................................................................................... 153
An Argument about Greatness ................................................................................ 153
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial ..................................................................................... 154
Be Prepared for Trouble ............................................................................................ 154
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives........................................................................ 154
Jesus is Arrested .......................................................................................................... 155
Peter Denies Jesus ....................................................................................................... 155
Jesus is Insulted and Beaten ..................................................................................... 155
Chapter 23 ....................................................................................................................... 156
Jesus is Taken to Pilate............................................................................................... 156
Jesus is Sent to Herod ................................................................................................ 156
Jesus is Sentenced to Death ...................................................................................... 156
Jesus is Crucified ......................................................................................................... 157
Jesus Dies on the Cross .............................................................................................. 158
Jesus is Buried .............................................................................................................. 158
Chapter 24 ....................................................................................................................... 159
Jesus is Raised from the Dead .................................................................................. 159
Jesus Meets Two Disciples ........................................................................................ 159
Jesus Appears to the Disciples ................................................................................. 161
Jesus is Taken up to Heaven .................................................................................... 161
John ...................................................................................................................................... 162
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 162
The Word and Creation ............................................................................................ 162
John's Witness to the Word ...................................................................................... 162
Responses to the Word .............................................................................................. 162
The Word Becomes Human ..................................................................................... 162
The Testimony of John the Baptist ......................................................................... 162
The First Disciples ....................................................................................................... 163
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathaniel ............................................................................. 164
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 164
Jesus Changes Water into Wine .............................................................................. 164
Confrontation in the Temple Over Money............................................................ 165
Jesus Knows All People ............................................................................................. 165
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John (cont'd)
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 165
Jesus Talks with Nicodemus..................................................................................... 165
John the Baptist Talks about Jesus .......................................................................... 167
The One Who Comes from Above ......................................................................... 167
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 167
Jesus Meets a Samaritan Woman ............................................................................ 167
Jesus Heals an Official's Son .................................................................................... 169
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 170
The Healing at the Pool ............................................................................................. 170
The Authority of the Son .......................................................................................... 171
Jesus’ Greater Testimony .......................................................................................... 172
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 172
Jesus Feeds More Than Five Thousand ................................................................. 172
Jesus Walks on the Sea .............................................................................................. 173
Jesus the Bread of Life ............................................................................................... 173
The Words of Eternal Life ......................................................................................... 175
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 176
The Unbelief of Jesus’ Brothers ............................................................................... 176
Jesus Arrives in Jerusalem ......................................................................................... 176
Jesus Openly Declares His Authority ..................................................................... 176
Is This the Messiah? ................................................................................................... 177
Officers are Sent to Arrest Jesus .............................................................................. 177
Rivers of Living Water ............................................................................................... 177
Division among the People ...................................................................................... 178
The Unbelief of the Authorities ............................................................................... 178
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 178
The Woman Caught in Adultery ............................................................................. 178
Jesus the Light of the World .................................................................................... 179
The One from Above ................................................................................................. 179
Freedom and Slavery ................................................................................................. 180
The Real Children of Abraham ................................................................................ 180
Jesus is Superior to Abraham ................................................................................... 181
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 181
Jesus Heals a Blind Man ............................................................................................ 181
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing ................................................................... 182
Spiritual Blindness ...................................................................................................... 183
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 183
The Illustration of the Sheepfold ............................................................................. 183
Jesus the Good Shepherd .......................................................................................... 183
Jesus is Rejected by the Jews .................................................................................... 184
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 185
The Death of Lazarus ................................................................................................. 185
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John (cont'd)
Chapter 11 (cont'd)
Jesus the Resurrection and the Life ........................................................................ 186
Jesus Brings Lazarus Back to Life ............................................................................ 187
The Jewish Council Plans to Kill Jesus ................................................................... 187
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 188
Mary Anoints Jesus ..................................................................................................... 188
The Plot Against Lazarus .......................................................................................... 188
The King Enters Jerusalem ....................................................................................... 188
Some Greeks Ask to See Jesus .................................................................................. 189
Jesus Speaks about His Death .................................................................................. 189
The Unbelief of the Jews ........................................................................................... 189
Judgment by Jesus’ Word ......................................................................................... 190
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 190
Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet ............................................................................. 190
Jesus Predicts His Betrayal ........................................................................................ 191
The New Commandment ......................................................................................... 192
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial ..................................................................................... 192
Chapter 14 ....................................................................................................................... 192
Jesus the Way to the Father ...................................................................................... 192
The Promise of the Helper ........................................................................................ 193
Chapter 15 ....................................................................................................................... 194
Jesus the True Vine..................................................................................................... 194
The World's Hatred .................................................................................................... 194
Chapter 16 ....................................................................................................................... 195
The Work of the Spirit ............................................................................................... 195
Sorrow Will Turn to Joy ............................................................................................ 196
Victory over the World .............................................................................................. 196
Chapter 17 ....................................................................................................................... 196
Jesus Prays for Himself, His Disciples, and His Future Followers ................... 196
Chapter 18 ....................................................................................................................... 198
Jesus is Betrayed and Arrested ................................................................................ 198
Jesus before the High Priest ..................................................................................... 198
Peter Denies Jesus ....................................................................................................... 199
The High Priest Questions Jesus ............................................................................. 199
Peter Denies Jesus Again ........................................................................................... 199
Pilate Questions Jesus ................................................................................................ 199
Chapter 19 ....................................................................................................................... 200
Jesus is Sentenced to Death ...................................................................................... 200
Jesus is Crucified ......................................................................................................... 201
Jesus Dies on the Cross .............................................................................................. 202
Jesus’ Side is Pierced .................................................................................................. 202
Jesus is Buried .............................................................................................................. 202
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John (cont'd)
Chapter 20 ....................................................................................................................... 203
Jesus is Raised from the Dead .................................................................................. 203
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene ......................................................................... 203
Jesus Appears to the Disciples ................................................................................. 204
Jesus Appears to Thomas .......................................................................................... 204
The Purpose of the Book ........................................................................................... 204
Chapter 21 ....................................................................................................................... 205
Jesus Appears to Seven of His Disciples ................................................................ 205
Jesus Speaks with Peter ............................................................................................. 205
Jesus and the Beloved Disciple ................................................................................ 206
Acts ...................................................................................................................................... 207

Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 207
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 207
The Promise of the Holy Spirit ................................................................................ 207
Jesus Goes Up to Heaven .......................................................................................... 207
A New Apostle Takes the Place of Judas ............................................................... 207
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 208
The Coming of the Holy Spirit ................................................................................ 208
Peter Addresses the Crowd ...................................................................................... 209
Life Among the Believers .......................................................................................... 211
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 211
A Crippled Man is Healed ........................................................................................ 211
Peter Speaks to the Onlookers ................................................................................. 211
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 212
Peter and John are Tried before the Jewish Council .......................................... 212
The Believers Pray for Boldness .............................................................................. 214
The Believers Share Their Possessions ................................................................... 214
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 214
Ananias and Sapphira are Punished ...................................................................... 214
The Apostles Perform Many Miracles .................................................................... 215
The Apostles are Tried before the Jewish Council .............................................. 215
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 217
Seven Men are Chosen to Help the Apostles ....................................................... 217
Stephen is Arrested .................................................................................................... 217
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 217
Stephen Defends Himself ......................................................................................... 217
Stephen is Stoned to Death ...................................................................................... 221
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 221
The Church is Scattered ............................................................................................ 221
Some Samaritans Become Believers ........................................................................ 221
Philip Tells an Ethiopian about Jesus ..................................................................... 222
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Acts (cont'd)
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 223
Saul Becomes a Believer ............................................................................................ 223
Saul's Sight is Restored .............................................................................................. 224
Aeneas is Healed ......................................................................................................... 225
Tabitha is Healed ........................................................................................................ 225
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 225
Cornelius Has a Vision .............................................................................................. 225
Peter Has a Vision....................................................................................................... 226
Peter Speaks with Cornelius .................................................................................... 227
The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit...................................................................... 228
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 228
Peter Reports to the Church in Jerusalem ............................................................. 228
The New Church in Antioch .................................................................................... 229
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 229
An Angel Frees Peter from Prison ........................................................................... 229
The Death of Herod ................................................................................................... 230
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 231
Barnabas and Saul Travel to Cyprus ...................................................................... 231
Paul and Barnabas Go to Antioch in Pisidia ......................................................... 231
Chapter 14 ....................................................................................................................... 234
Paul and Barnabas in Iconium ................................................................................. 234
Paul and Barnabas in Lystra ..................................................................................... 234
Paul and Barnabas Return to Antioch in Syria .................................................... 235
Chapter 15 ....................................................................................................................... 235
Controversy about the Law ...................................................................................... 235
The Reply of the Church ........................................................................................... 236
Paul and Barnabas Disagree ..................................................................................... 237
Chapter 16 ....................................................................................................................... 237
Timothy Joins Paul in Lystra .................................................................................... 237
Paul Has a Vision ........................................................................................................ 237
Paul and Silas in Philippi .......................................................................................... 238
The Fortune Teller ...................................................................................................... 238
Chapter 17 ....................................................................................................................... 239
Paul and Silas in Thessalonica ................................................................................. 239
Paul and Silas in Berea .............................................................................................. 240
Paul in Athens ............................................................................................................. 240
Chapter 18 ....................................................................................................................... 241
Paul in Corinth ............................................................................................................ 241
Paul's Return Trip to Antioch .................................................................................. 242
Apollos Preaches in Ephesus .................................................................................... 243
Chapter 19 ....................................................................................................................... 243
Paul in Ephesus ........................................................................................................... 243
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Acts (cont'd)
Chapter 19 (cont'd)
A Riot in Ephesus........................................................................................................ 244
Chapter 20 ....................................................................................................................... 245
Paul's Trip to Macedonia and Greece .................................................................... 245
Paul's Farewell Visit to Troas ................................................................................... 245
Paul's Trip to Miletus ................................................................................................. 246
Paul Meets with the Ephesian Elders ..................................................................... 246
Chapter 21 ....................................................................................................................... 247
Paul in Tyre .................................................................................................................. 247
Paul in Caesarea .......................................................................................................... 247
Paul in Jerusalem ........................................................................................................ 248
Paul is Arrested in the Temple ................................................................................ 248
Paul Speaks in His Own Defense............................................................................ 249
Chapter 22 ....................................................................................................................... 249
Paul is Brought before the Jewish Council ........................................................... 251
Chapter 23 ....................................................................................................................... 251
Some Jews Plot to Kill Paul ....................................................................................... 252
Chapter 24 ....................................................................................................................... 253
Paul Presents His Case to Felix ................................................................................ 253
Chapter 25 ....................................................................................................................... 255
Paul Appeals to the Emperor ................................................................................... 255
King Agrippa Meets Paul .......................................................................................... 255
Chapter 26 ....................................................................................................................... 256
Paul Presents His Case to Agrippa.......................................................................... 256
Chapter 27 ....................................................................................................................... 258
Paul Sails for Rome ..................................................................................................... 258
The Shipwreck ............................................................................................................. 259
Chapter 28 ....................................................................................................................... 260
Paul on the Island of Malta ...................................................................................... 260
Paul Sails from Malta to Rome................................................................................. 261
Paul in Rome ................................................................................................................ 261
Romans ............................................................................................................................... 263
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 263
Greetings from Paul ................................................................................................... 263
Paul's Prayer and Desire to Visit Rome ................................................................. 263
God's Wrath Against Sinful Humanity .................................................................. 264
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 264
God Will Judge Everyone ......................................................................................... 264
Who is a Jew? ............................................................................................................... 265
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 266
Everyone is a Sinner ................................................................................................... 266
God Gives Us Righteousness through Faith ......................................................... 267
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Romans (cont'd)
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 267
The Example of Abraham ......................................................................................... 267
The Promise Comes through Faith ......................................................................... 268
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 269
We Enjoy Peace with God through Jesus ............................................................. 269
Death in Adam, Life in the Messiah ....................................................................... 269
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 270
No Longer Sin's Slaves, but God's Slaves ............................................................. 270
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 271
Now We are Released from the Law ..................................................................... 271
The Law Shows Us What Sin is ............................................................................... 272
The Problem of the Sin That Lives in Us ............................................................... 272
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 273
The Spirit Gives Life ................................................................................................... 273
God's Spirit Helps Us ................................................................................................. 274
Nothing Can Separate Us from God's Love ......................................................... 275
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 275
Paul's Concern for the Jewish People .................................................................... 275
God Chose People Who are Not Jewish ................................................................ 276
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 277
The Person Who Believes Will be Saved ............................................................... 277
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 279
God's Love for His People ........................................................................................ 279
The Salvation of the Gentiles ................................................................................... 279
The Restoration of Israel ........................................................................................... 280
In Praise of God's Ways ............................................................................................ 280
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 281
Dedicate Your Lives to God ..................................................................................... 281
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 282
Obey Your Government............................................................................................ 282
Love One Another ...................................................................................................... 282
Live in the Light of the Messiah's Return ............................................................. 282
Chapter 14 ....................................................................................................................... 283
How to Treat Weak Believers................................................................................... 283
Acting in Love ............................................................................................................. 283
Chapter 15 ....................................................................................................................... 284
Please Others, Not Yourselves ................................................................................. 284
Paul's Desire to Take the Gospel to the Whole World ....................................... 285
Paul's Plan to Visit Rome .......................................................................................... 285
Doxology ....................................................................................................................... 286
Chapter 16 ....................................................................................................................... 286
Personal Greetings ...................................................................................................... 286
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Romans (cont'd)
Chapter 16 (cont'd)
Final Warning .............................................................................................................. 287
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 287
Final Doxology ............................................................................................................ 287
First Corinthians ............................................................................................................... 288
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 288
Paul Greets the Church in Corinth ......................................................................... 288
You are Rich ................................................................................................................. 288
Divisions in the Church............................................................................................. 288
The Messiah is God's Power and Wisdom ............................................................ 289
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 289
Preaching in the Power of God ............................................................................... 289
God's Spirit Reveals Everything .............................................................................. 290
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 290
Spiritual Immaturity ................................................................................................... 290
The Messiah is Our Foundation .............................................................................. 291
True Wisdom ............................................................................................................... 291
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 292
Faithful Servants of the Messiah ............................................................................. 292
Fools for the Messiah's Sake ..................................................................................... 292
Fatherly Advice ........................................................................................................... 292
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 293
Disciplining for Sexual Immorality ......................................................................... 293
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 293
Morality in Legal Matters .......................................................................................... 293
Morality in Sexual Matters ........................................................................................ 294
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 294
Concerning Marriage ................................................................................................. 294
Live according to God's Call .................................................................................... 295
Concerning Virgins .................................................................................................... 296
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 297
Concerning Food Offered to Idols .......................................................................... 297
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 297
The Rights of an Apostle ........................................................................................... 297
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 299
Warnings about Idolatry ........................................................................................... 299
All to the Glory of God .............................................................................................. 300
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 300
Be Imitators of Me ...................................................................................................... 300
Advice about Head Coverings ................................................................................. 300
Concerning the Lord's Supper ................................................................................ 301
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 302
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First Corinthians (cont'd)

Chapter 12 (cont'd)
Concerning Spiritual Gifts ........................................................................................ 302
The Unity and Diversity of Spiritual Gifts ............................................................ 302
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 303
The Supremacy of Love............................................................................................. 303
Chapter 14 ....................................................................................................................... 304
Prophecy and Languages.......................................................................................... 304
Maintain Order in the Church ................................................................................. 305
Chapter 15 ....................................................................................................................... 306
The Resurrection of the Messiah ............................................................................. 306
The Resurrection of the Dead .................................................................................. 307
The Resurrection Body .............................................................................................. 308
Chapter 16 ....................................................................................................................... 309
Concerning the Collection for the Saints............................................................... 309
Plans for Travel ........................................................................................................... 309
Final Instructions ........................................................................................................ 310
Final Greetings ............................................................................................................ 310
Second Corinthians ......................................................................................................... 311
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 311
Paul Greets the Church in Corinth ......................................................................... 311
The God of All Comfort ............................................................................................. 311
How God Rescued Paul ............................................................................................ 311
Paul's Reason for Boasting ........................................................................................ 311
Why Paul's Visit Was Postponed ............................................................................ 312
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 312
Paul's Painful Visit ...................................................................................................... 312
Forgive the Person Who Sinned .............................................................................. 312
Paul's Anxiety and Relief .......................................................................................... 313
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 313
Ministers of the New Covenant .............................................................................. 313
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 314
Treasure in Clay Jars .................................................................................................. 314
Life in an Earthly Tent ............................................................................................... 314
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 315
The Messiah's Love Controls Us ............................................................................. 315
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 316
Workers with God ...................................................................................................... 316
We are God's Servants ............................................................................................... 316
Relating with Unbelievers ......................................................................................... 316
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 317
Cleanse Yourselves in Holiness ............................................................................... 317
Encouraged by the Corinthians ............................................................................... 317
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Second Corinthians (cont'd)
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 318
The Collection for the Christians in Jerusalem .................................................... 318
Titus and His Companions ....................................................................................... 319
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 319
Why Giving is Important .......................................................................................... 319
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 320
Paul's Authority to Speak Forcefully ...................................................................... 320
Paul's Reason for Boasting ........................................................................................ 321
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 321
Paul Contrasts Himself with False Apostles ......................................................... 321
Paul's Sufferings as an Apostle ................................................................................ 322
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 322
Paul's Thorn ................................................................................................................. 322
Concern for the Corinthians .................................................................................... 323
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 324
Final Warnings ............................................................................................................ 324
Final Greetings and Benediction ............................................................................. 324
Galatians............................................................................................................................. 325
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 325
There is No Other Gospel ......................................................................................... 325
Jesus Himself Gave Paul His Message ................................................................... 325
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 326
How Paul Was Accepted by the Apostles in Jerusalem ..................................... 326
Paul Confronts Cephas in Antioch ......................................................................... 327
Jews, Like Gentiles, are Saved by Faith ................................................................. 327
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 327
Believers are Approved by God .............................................................................. 327
No One is Justified by the Law ............................................................................... 328
The Purpose of the Law ............................................................................................ 329
You are God's Children ............................................................................................. 329
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 329
Paul's Concern for the Galatians ............................................................................. 330
You are Children of a Free Woman ........................................................................ 330
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 331
Live in the Freedom That the Messiah Provides ................................................. 331
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 332
Help Each Other ......................................................................................................... 332
A Final Warning Against Circumcision ................................................................. 332
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 333
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Ephesians ........................................................................................................................... 334

Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 334
The Many Blessings of Salvation ............................................................................. 334
Paul's Prayer for the Ephesians ............................................................................... 334
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 335
God Has Brought Us from Death to Life .............................................................. 335
All Believers are One in the Messiah ...................................................................... 336
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 336
Paul's Ministry to the Gentiles ................................................................................. 336
To Know the Messiah's Love ................................................................................... 337
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 337
The Messiah's Gifts to the Church .......................................................................... 337
The Old Life and the New ........................................................................................ 338
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 339
Living in the Light ...................................................................................................... 339
Wise Behavior .............................................................................................................. 340
Wives and Husbands ................................................................................................. 340
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 340
Advice for Children and Parents ............................................................................. 340
Advice for Slaves and Masters ................................................................................. 341
Putting on the Whole Armor of God ..................................................................... 341
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 342
Philippians ......................................................................................................................... 343
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 343
Greetings from Paul and Timothy .......................................................................... 343
Paul's Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Philippians .......................................... 343
The Priority of the Gospel in Everything .............................................................. 343
Standing Firm in One Spirit ..................................................................................... 344
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 344
Unity through Humility ............................................................................................ 344
Blameless Living ......................................................................................................... 345
News about Paul's Companions ............................................................................. 345
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 346
Warning Against Pride .............................................................................................. 346
Pursuing the Goal ....................................................................................................... 347
True and False Teachers ............................................................................................ 347
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 347
Closing Exhortations .................................................................................................. 347
The Philippians’ Gifts................................................................................................. 348
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 348
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Colossians .......................................................................................................................... 349
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 349
Paul's Prayer for the Colossians .............................................................................. 349
The Messiah is Above All .......................................................................................... 349
The Centrality of Jesus ............................................................................................... 350
Paul's Service in the Church .................................................................................... 350
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 350
Fullness of Life............................................................................................................. 351
The New Life in the Messiah ................................................................................... 352
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 352
Keep Focusing on the Messiah ................................................................................ 352
Family Duties ............................................................................................................... 353
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 353
Closing Exhortations .................................................................................................. 353
Greetings from Paul and His Fellow Workers ..................................................... 353
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 354
First Thessalonians .......................................................................................................... 355
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 355
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 355
Paul's Prayer for the Thessalonians ........................................................................ 355
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 355
Paul Recalls His Visit to the Thessalonians ........................................................... 355
How the Thessalonians Welcomed the Gospel.................................................... 356
Timothy’s Report to Paul .......................................................................................... 356
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 356
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 357
Instructions on the Way Christians Should Live ................................................. 357
Comfort about Christians Who Have Died ........................................................... 358
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 358
Be Ready for the Day of the Lord ........................................................................... 358
Paul Gives Final Instructions to the Church ......................................................... 359
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 359
Second Thessalonians ..................................................................................................... 360
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 360
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 360
Endurance in Affliction ............................................................................................. 360
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 360
The Lawless One ......................................................................................................... 360
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 361
An Example to Follow ............................................................................................... 361
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 362
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First Timothy ..................................................................................................................... 363

Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 363
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 363
A Warning Against False Teachers ......................................................................... 363
Guidelines for Behavior in the Church .................................................................. 364
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 364
Prayer and Submission to Authority ...................................................................... 364
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 365
Qualifications for Leaders in the Church .............................................................. 365
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 366
A Prophecy about the Future ................................................................................... 366
How to be a Good Servant of the Messiah Jesus ................................................. 366
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 366
Treatment of Widows ................................................................................................ 366
Elders and Their Duties ............................................................................................. 367
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 368
Duties of Servants and Masters ............................................................................... 368
Rules for Godly Living .............................................................................................. 368
Advice for Timothy..................................................................................................... 368
Advice for the Wealthy .............................................................................................. 369
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 369
Second Timothy ............................................................................................................... 370
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 370
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 370
Paul's Advice for Timothy ........................................................................................ 370
News about Paul's Helpers ....................................................................................... 371
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 371
Remain Committed to the Messiah Jesus .............................................................. 371
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 372
What People Will be Like in the Last Days ........................................................... 372
Continue to Teach the Truth .................................................................................... 373
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 373
Complete the Task Entrusted to You ..................................................................... 373
Final Instructions to Timothy ................................................................................... 373
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 374
Titus ..................................................................................................................................... 375
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 375
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 375
Qualifications for Leaders in the Church .............................................................. 375
Guard What is True .................................................................................................... 375
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 376
Guidelines for Christian Living ............................................................................... 376
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Titus (cont'd)
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 376
Concentrate on Doing What is Good ..................................................................... 376
Final Instructions to Titus ......................................................................................... 377
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 377
Philemon ............................................................................................................................ 378
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 378
Paul's Prayer for Philemon ....................................................................................... 378
Paul's Plea for Onesimus .......................................................................................... 378
Greetings from Paul's Fellow Workers .................................................................. 379
Hebrews .............................................................................................................................. 380
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 380
God Has Spoken to Us .............................................................................................. 380
God's Son is Superior to the Angels ....................................................................... 380
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 381
We Must Not Neglect Our Salvation ..................................................................... 381
Jesus is the Source of Our Salvation ....................................................................... 381
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 382
The Messiah is Superior to Moses ........................................................................... 382
A Rest for the People of God .................................................................................... 382
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 383
We Must Enter the Rest............................................................................................. 383
Our Compassionate High Priest .............................................................................. 383
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 384
Qualifications for the Priesthood ............................................................................ 384
The Messiah's Qualifications as High Priest ......................................................... 384
You Still Need Someone to Teach You .................................................................. 384
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 384
The Peril of Immaturity ............................................................................................. 384
Be Diligent .................................................................................................................... 385
God's Promise is Reliable .......................................................................................... 385
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 386
The Messiah is Superior to Melchizedek ............................................................... 386
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 387
The Messiah Has a Better Ministry ......................................................................... 387
The New Covenant is Better Than the Old .......................................................... 387
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 388
The Earthly Sanctuary and Its Ritual ..................................................................... 388
The Messiah Has Offered a Superior Sacrifice ..................................................... 389
The Messiah is the Mediator of a New Covenant ............................................... 389
The Messiah's Perfect Sacrifice ................................................................................ 389
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 390
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Hebrews (cont'd)
Chapter 10 (cont'd)
The Law is a Reflection.............................................................................................. 390
The Messiah Offered One Sacrifice ........................................................................ 390
How We Should Live ................................................................................................. 391
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 392
The Meaning of Faith ................................................................................................. 392
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 394
We Must Look Off to Jesus ....................................................................................... 394
The Father Disciplines Us ......................................................................................... 394
Live as God's People .................................................................................................. 395
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 396
Concluding Words...................................................................................................... 396
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 397
James ................................................................................................................................... 398
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 398
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 398
Responding Wisely to Life ........................................................................................ 398
Trial and Temptation ................................................................................................. 398
Practical Christian Living .......................................................................................... 398
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 399
Do Not Show Partiality ............................................................................................. 399
Faith is Shown by Actions......................................................................................... 400
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 400
Speak Wisely ................................................................................................................ 400
Live Wisely ................................................................................................................... 401
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 401
Stop Fighting with Each Other ................................................................................ 401
Do Not Criticize Each Other .................................................................................... 402
Do Not Boast about Future Plans............................................................................ 402
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 402
Advice for Rich People .............................................................................................. 402
Be Patient ...................................................................................................................... 402
Do Not Swear Oaths .................................................................................................. 403
The Power of Prayer .................................................................................................. 403
First Peter ........................................................................................................................... 404
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 404
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 404
Our Hope and Joy are in the Messiah ................................................................... 404
Be Holy .......................................................................................................................... 404
Love One Another ...................................................................................................... 405
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1 Peter (cont'd)
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 405
Live as God's Chosen People ................................................................................... 405
Live as God's Servants ............................................................................................... 406
Suffer Patiently ............................................................................................................ 406
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 407
Wives and Husbands ................................................................................................. 407
When You are Wronged ........................................................................................... 407
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 408
Good Managers of God's Grace .............................................................................. 408
Suffering as a Christian ............................................................................................. 409
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 409
Be Shepherds of God's Flock ................................................................................... 409
Be Humble and Alert ................................................................................................. 410
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 410
Second Peter ...................................................................................................................... 411
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 411
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 411
We are Called to Holy Living .................................................................................. 411
Pay Attention to God's Word ................................................................................... 412
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 412
Warning Against False Teachers ............................................................................. 412
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 413
Be Ready for the Day of the Lord ........................................................................... 413
First John ............................................................................................................................ 415
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 415
Jesus, the Word of Life .............................................................................................. 415
Living in the Light ...................................................................................................... 415
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 415
The Messiah is Our Advocate .................................................................................. 415
We Must Obey God's Commandments ................................................................. 416
Live in the Messiah..................................................................................................... 416
Abide in Him................................................................................................................ 417
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 417
We are God's Children .............................................................................................. 417
Love One Another ...................................................................................................... 418
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 418
Test What People Say ................................................................................................ 418
God's Love Lives in Us .............................................................................................. 419
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 419
Faith Overcomes the World ..................................................................................... 419
Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 420
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Second John ....................................................................................................................... 421

Greetings from John ................................................................................................... 421
Living in the Truth ..................................................................................................... 421
Reject False Teachers .................................................................................................. 421
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 421
Third John .......................................................................................................................... 422
Greetings from John ................................................................................................... 422
Encouragement for Gaius ......................................................................................... 422
Criticism of Diotrephes .............................................................................................. 422
Praise for Demetrius ................................................................................................... 422
Final Greeting .............................................................................................................. 422
Jude ...................................................................................................................................... 423
Greetings ....................................................................................................................... 423
Warning about False Teachers ................................................................................. 423
Advice to the Readers ................................................................................................ 424
Final Prayer .................................................................................................................. 424
Revelation .......................................................................................................................... 425
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 425
The Revelation of Jesus the Messiah to the Seven Churches ........................... 425
John's Vision of the Messiah .................................................................................... 425
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 426
The Letter to the Church in Ephesus ..................................................................... 426
The Letter to the Church in Smyrna ...................................................................... 426
The Letter to the Church in Pergamum ................................................................ 427
The Letter to the Church in Thyatira ..................................................................... 427
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 428
The Letter to the Church in Sardis ......................................................................... 428
The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia ............................................................. 428
The Letter to the Church in Laodicea .................................................................... 429
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 429
The Vision of God's Throne ..................................................................................... 429
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 430
The Vision of the Scroll with Seven Seals ............................................................. 430
The Vision of the Lamb Taking the Scroll ............................................................. 430
The Vision of the Song of the Lamb ....................................................................... 431
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 431
The Vision of the First Seal Opened ....................................................................... 431
The Vision of the Second Seal Opened ................................................................. 431
The Vision of the Third Seal Opened .................................................................... 431
The Vision of the Fourth Seal Opened .................................................................. 432
The Vision of the Fifth Seal Opened ...................................................................... 432
The Vision of the Sixth Seal Opened ..................................................................... 432
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Revelation (cont'd)
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 432
The Vision of the Sealing of 144,000 People ......................................................... 432
The Vision of Tribulation Saints .............................................................................. 433
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 433
The Vision of the Seventh Seal Opened ................................................................ 433
The Vision of Seven Angels Given Seven Trumpets .......................................... 433
The Vision of the First Four Trumpets ................................................................... 434
The Vision of the Eagle Flying ................................................................................. 434
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 434
The Vision of the Fifth Trumpet.............................................................................. 434
The Vision of the Sixth Trumpet ............................................................................. 435
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 435
The Vision of the Powerful Angel ........................................................................... 435
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 436
The Vision of the Two Witnesses ............................................................................ 436
The Resurrection of the Witnesses .......................................................................... 437
The Vision of the Seventh Angel Blowing His Trumpet ................................... 437
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 437
The Vision of a Woman Dressed with the Sun .................................................... 437
The Vision of the Red Dragon ................................................................................. 438
The Vision of War in Heaven................................................................................... 438
The Vision of the Cry of Victory ............................................................................. 438
The Vision of Persecution of the Woman and Her Children ........................... 438
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 439
The Vision of the Beast from the Sea ..................................................................... 439
The Vision of the Beast from the Earth.................................................................. 439
Chapter 14 ....................................................................................................................... 440
The Vision of the New Song on Mount Zion ....................................................... 440
The Vision of Angels Sounding a Warning .......................................................... 440
A Call for Endurance .................................................................................................. 441
The Vision of Earth Harvested ................................................................................ 441
Chapter 15 ....................................................................................................................... 441
The Vision of Seven Angels with Seven Plagues ................................................. 441
The Vision of the Sea of Glass .................................................................................. 441
The Vision of the Temple Opened ......................................................................... 442
Chapter 16 ....................................................................................................................... 442
The Vision of the Seven Angels Pouring Out Their Bowls ............................... 442
Chapter 17 ....................................................................................................................... 443
The Vision of Babylon the Great ............................................................................. 443
Chapter 18 ....................................................................................................................... 444
The Vision of the Fall of Babylon ............................................................................ 444
The Warning to Leave Babylon ............................................................................... 445
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Revelation (cont'd)
Chapter 18 (cont'd)
The Vision of the Powerful Angel with the Millstone ........................................ 446
Chapter 19 ....................................................................................................................... 446
The Vision of Worship ............................................................................................... 446
The Vision of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb ................................................. 447
The Vision of the Coming of the Messiah ............................................................. 447
The Vision of the Angel’s Invitation ....................................................................... 447
The Vision of the Judgment of the Beast and False Prophet ............................ 448
Chapter 20 ....................................................................................................................... 448
The Vision of the Millennial Reign ......................................................................... 448
The Vision of the First Resurrection ....................................................................... 448
The Vision of the Final Judgment ........................................................................... 448
The Vision of the White Throne Judgment .......................................................... 449
Chapter 21 ....................................................................................................................... 449
The Vision of the New Heaven and the New Earth........................................... 449
The Vision of the New Jerusalem ........................................................................... 449
Chapter 22 ....................................................................................................................... 450
The Vision of the River of the Water of Life ......................................................... 450
He is Coming Soon ..................................................................................................... 451
The Vision of an Exhortation to Worship God .................................................... 451
Concluding Benediction ............................................................................................ 451
Concluding Invitation ................................................................................................ 451
Concluding Warning ................................................................................................. 451
Epilogue ........................................................................................................................ 452
Psalms ................................................................................................................................. 455
Psalm 1 ............................................................................................................................. 455
The Righteous and the Wicked ............................................................................... 455
Psalm 2 ............................................................................................................................. 455
The Nations and God’s Anointed ........................................................................... 455
The Anointed King Speaks ....................................................................................... 456
Psalm 3 ............................................................................................................................. 456
God Delivers His Servants ........................................................................................ 456
Psalm 4 ............................................................................................................................. 456
Trust God under Adversity ...................................................................................... 456
Psalm 5 ............................................................................................................................. 457
A Prayer for God’s Help ............................................................................................ 457
Psalm 6 ............................................................................................................................. 458
A Prayer in Times of Trouble ................................................................................... 458
Psalm 7 ............................................................................................................................. 458
A Prayer for Vindication ........................................................................................... 458
Psalm 8 ............................................................................................................................. 459
Divine Glory and Human Dignity .......................................................................... 459
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Psalms (cont'd)
Psalm 9 ............................................................................................................................. 460
A Cry for God’s Justice .............................................................................................. 460
Psalm 10 ........................................................................................................................... 461
A Prayer for Judging the Wicked ............................................................................ 461
Psalm 11 ........................................................................................................................... 462
Confident Trust in God ............................................................................................. 462
Psalm 12 ........................................................................................................................... 463
Human and Divine Words Contrasted .................................................................. 463
Psalm 13 ........................................................................................................................... 464
A Prayer for Deliverance ........................................................................................... 464
Psalm 14 ........................................................................................................................... 464
The Fool and God’s Response ................................................................................. 464
Psalm 15 ........................................................................................................................... 464
Welcomed into God’s Presence ............................................................................... 464
Psalm 16 ........................................................................................................................... 465
Trust in the Face of Death ........................................................................................ 465
Psalm 17 ........................................................................................................................... 466
A Cry for Justice .......................................................................................................... 466
Psalm 18 ........................................................................................................................... 467
Gratitude for Victory .................................................................................................. 467
God’s Reward to the Righteous ............................................................................... 468
The Acts of God for the Righteous ......................................................................... 468
Psalm 19 ........................................................................................................................... 469
God’s Revelation in the Heavens ............................................................................ 469
God’s Revelation in the Law .................................................................................... 470
Psalm 20 ........................................................................................................................... 470
A Prayer for Victory ................................................................................................... 470
Psalm 21 ........................................................................................................................... 471
Praise for The LORD’s Deliverance ........................................................................ 471
Psalm 22 ........................................................................................................................... 472
God Delivers His Suffering Servant ....................................................................... 472
Psalm 23 ........................................................................................................................... 474
The LORD Shepherds His People........................................................................... 474
Psalm 24 ........................................................................................................................... 474
A Song for the King of Glory ................................................................................... 474
Psalm 25 ........................................................................................................................... 475
A Prayer for Help and Forgiveness ........................................................................ 475
Psalm 26 ........................................................................................................................... 476
A Man of Integrity Pleads for Justice ..................................................................... 476
Psalm 27 ........................................................................................................................... 476
Confidence in the LORD .......................................................................................... 476
711
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Psalms (cont'd)
Psalm 28 ........................................................................................................................... 477
A Prayer for Help ........................................................................................................ 477
Psalm 29 ........................................................................................................................... 478
Praise to the Majestic LORD .................................................................................... 478
Psalm 30 ........................................................................................................................... 479
Thanksgiving for Deliverance .................................................................................. 479
Psalm 31 ........................................................................................................................... 479
Prayer and Thanksgiving .......................................................................................... 479
Psalm 32 ........................................................................................................................... 481
The Blessings of Forgiveness .................................................................................... 481
Psalm 33 ........................................................................................................................... 482
Praise to the Creator and Deliverer ........................................................................ 482
Psalm 34 ........................................................................................................................... 483
Learning about God’s Deliverance ......................................................................... 483
Psalm 35 ........................................................................................................................... 484
Psalm 36 ........................................................................................................................... 486
An Oracle from the LORD ........................................................................................ 486
Praise to the LORD..................................................................................................... 486
Psalm 37 ........................................................................................................................... 486
Patiently Trust in God ............................................................................................... 486
Psalm 38 ........................................................................................................................... 489
The Outcast Cries Out ............................................................................................... 489
Psalm 39 ........................................................................................................................... 490
A Prayer about Life’s Priorities ................................................................................ 490
Psalm 40 ........................................................................................................................... 491
Prayer for Help and Praise to God ......................................................................... 491
Psalm 41 ........................................................................................................................... 492
When Things Go Wrong ........................................................................................... 492
Psalm 42 ........................................................................................................................... 493
Hope in God When Times of Trouble Come ....................................................... 493
Psalm 43 ........................................................................................................................... 494
God is my Hope during Times of Trouble ............................................................ 494
Psalm 44 ........................................................................................................................... 494
A Prayer in Times of Defeat ..................................................................................... 494
Psalm 45 ........................................................................................................................... 496
A Royal Wedding Song ............................................................................................. 496
Psalm 46 ........................................................................................................................... 497
God is the Refuge of His People.............................................................................. 497
Psalm 47 ........................................................................................................................... 497
The Ruler Over the Nations ..................................................................................... 497
712
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Psalms (cont'd)
Psalm 47 ........................................................................................................................... 498
Zion, City of God ........................................................................................................ 498
Psalm 49 ........................................................................................................................... 499
The Destiny of the Wicked and the Upright ........................................................ 499
Psalm 50 ........................................................................................................................... 500
The Acceptable Sacrifice ............................................................................................ 500
Psalm 51 ........................................................................................................................... 501
A Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon ........................................................................ 501
Psalm 52 ........................................................................................................................... 502
A Rebuke to the Deceitful ......................................................................................... 502
Psalm 53 ........................................................................................................................... 503
The Fool and God’s Response ................................................................................. 503
Psalm 42 ........................................................................................................................... 504
A Prayer in Times of Trouble ................................................................................... 504
Psalm 55 ........................................................................................................................... 504
Betrayal by a Friend ................................................................................................... 504
Psalm 56 ........................................................................................................................... 506
A Prayer about Trust in God .................................................................................... 506
Psalm 57 ........................................................................................................................... 506
Psalm 58 ........................................................................................................................... 507
A Prayer for Justice ..................................................................................................... 507
Psalm 59 ........................................................................................................................... 508
A Prayer for Deliverance and Justice ...................................................................... 508
Psalm 60 ........................................................................................................................... 509
A Prayer for God’s Help Against Adversaries ...................................................... 509
Psalm 61 ........................................................................................................................... 510
A Prayer for God’s Protection .................................................................................. 510
Psalm 62 ........................................................................................................................... 510
A Psalm of Trust in God ............................................................................................ 510
Psalm 63 ........................................................................................................................... 511
Joyful Trust in God ..................................................................................................... 511
Psalm 64 ........................................................................................................................... 512
A Prayer for Protection .............................................................................................. 512
Psalm 65 ........................................................................................................................... 512
A Song of Praise to God ............................................................................................ 512
Psalm 66 ........................................................................................................................... 513
A Song of Praise .......................................................................................................... 513
Psalm 67 ........................................................................................................................... 514
A Call to Thanksgiving .............................................................................................. 514
Psalm 68 ........................................................................................................................... 515
A Song of Praise to God ............................................................................................ 515
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Psalms (cont'd)
Psalm 69 ........................................................................................................................... 517
When God Seems Distant ......................................................................................... 517
Seeking God for Deliverance ................................................................................... 517
Psalm 70 ........................................................................................................................... 519
A Call for Help............................................................................................................. 519
Psalm 71 ........................................................................................................................... 519
Psalm 72 ........................................................................................................................... 520
A Prayer for the King ................................................................................................. 520
Prayer for the King ..................................................................................................... 521
Praising the God of Israel .......................................................................................... 521
Psalm 73 ........................................................................................................................... 522
A Plea for Deliverance ............................................................................................... 522
Psalm 74 ........................................................................................................................... 523
A Plea for Deliverance ............................................................................................... 523
Psalm 75 ........................................................................................................................... 524
Praise to God for Justice ............................................................................................ 524
Psalm 76 ........................................................................................................................... 525
The Awesome God ..................................................................................................... 525
Psalm 77 ........................................................................................................................... 526
Remembering God in Times of Trouble ................................................................ 526
Psalm 78 ........................................................................................................................... 527
Remembering God in Times of Trouble ................................................................ 527
Psalm 79 ........................................................................................................................... 530
A Prayer for Jerusalem ............................................................................................... 530
Psalm 80 ........................................................................................................................... 531
A Prayer for Jerusalem ............................................................................................... 531
Psalm 81 ........................................................................................................................... 532
Celebrating and Remembering God ....................................................................... 532
Psalm 82 ........................................................................................................................... 533
Asking God for Justice ............................................................................................... 533
Psalm 83 ........................................................................................................................... 534
A Plea for Judgment ................................................................................................... 534
Psalm 84 ........................................................................................................................... 534
Longing for God ......................................................................................................... 534
Psalm 85 ........................................................................................................................... 535
Restore Us, God........................................................................................................... 535
Psalm 86 ........................................................................................................................... 536
Help Us, God ............................................................................................................... 536
Psalm 87 ........................................................................................................................... 537
The Holy City for All People .................................................................................... 537
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Psalms (cont'd)
Psalm 88 ........................................................................................................................... 537
A Cry for Help ............................................................................................................. 537
Psalm 89 ........................................................................................................................... 538
God’s Covenant with David ..................................................................................... 538
God’s Describes His Anointed ................................................................................. 539
A Commitment to Persevere .................................................................................... 540
Psalm 90 ........................................................................................................................... 541
Life is Short .................................................................................................................. 541
Psalm 91 ........................................................................................................................... 542
God is My Refuge ....................................................................................................... 542
The LORD Speaks ...................................................................................................... 543
Psalm 92 ........................................................................................................................... 543
Praise and Thanksgiving to God ............................................................................. 543
Psalm 93 ........................................................................................................................... 544
God Reigns ................................................................................................................... 544
Psalm 94 ........................................................................................................................... 544
God Avenges His Own .............................................................................................. 544
Psalm 95 ........................................................................................................................... 545
Worship and Obedience ........................................................................................... 545
Psalm 96 ........................................................................................................................... 546
Give Glory to the LORD ............................................................................................. 546
Psalm 97 ........................................................................................................................... 547
The LORD is King ........................................................................................................ 547
Psalm 98 ........................................................................................................................... 547
Sing Praise to the King .............................................................................................. 547
Psalm 99 ........................................................................................................................... 548
The LORD is Holy ........................................................................................................ 548
Psalm 100 ......................................................................................................................... 548
Give Thanks to the LORD .......................................................................................... 548
Psalm 101 ......................................................................................................................... 549
Remembering God’s Love ........................................................................................ 549
Psalm 102 ......................................................................................................................... 549
A Prayer for Help ........................................................................................................ 549
Psalm 103 ......................................................................................................................... 550
Praise God, Who Forgives ........................................................................................ 550
Psalm 104 ......................................................................................................................... 552
Praise God, Who Creates .......................................................................................... 552
Psalm 105 ......................................................................................................................... 554
Thanksgiving for God’s Deliverance ...................................................................... 554
Psalm 106 ......................................................................................................................... 556
The Unfaithfulness of God’s People ....................................................................... 556
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Psalms (cont'd)
Psalm 107 ......................................................................................................................... 558
Gratitude for God’s Deliverance ............................................................................. 558
Psalm 108 ......................................................................................................................... 560
A Plea for Victory ........................................................................................................ 560
Psalm 109 ......................................................................................................................... 561
A Prayer Against the Evil One ................................................................................. 561
Psalm 110 ......................................................................................................................... 563
A Priestly Ruler............................................................................................................ 563
Psalm 111 ......................................................................................................................... 563
Praise for God’s Amazing Deeds ............................................................................. 563
Psalm 112 ......................................................................................................................... 564
The Gracious Person .................................................................................................. 564
Psalm 113 ......................................................................................................................... 565
Praise to the Loving God .......................................................................................... 565
Psalm 114 ......................................................................................................................... 565
Deliverance of Israel from Egypt............................................................................. 565
Psalm 115 ......................................................................................................................... 565
The Impotence of Idols .............................................................................................. 565
Psalm 116 ......................................................................................................................... 566
God, My Deliverer ...................................................................................................... 566
Psalm 117 ......................................................................................................................... 567
A Call to Praise the LORD .......................................................................................... 567
Psalm 118 ......................................................................................................................... 567
Thanksgiving to God ................................................................................................. 567
Psalm 119 ......................................................................................................................... 569
Living in the Law of God .......................................................................................... 569
The Benefits of the Word .......................................................................................... 569
Living and Keeping God’s Word ............................................................................ 569
Strength Comes from the Word .............................................................................. 570
Instructed by the Word ............................................................................................. 570
A Song of Praise .......................................................................................................... 570
Remembering What God Has Said ......................................................................... 571
Keeping God’s Word ................................................................................................. 571
Praise for God’s Word................................................................................................ 572
Prayer for God’s Grace .............................................................................................. 572
On Obeying God’s Word .......................................................................................... 572
Pay Attention to God’s Word ................................................................................... 573
Loving God’s Word .................................................................................................... 573
God’s Word a Light .................................................................................................... 574
Loving God’s Law ...................................................................................................... 574
Praying for God’s Deliverance ................................................................................. 574
Living in God’s Word ................................................................................................ 575
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Psalms (cont'd)
Psalm 119 (cont'd)
God’s Righteous Decrees .......................................................................................... 575
Waiting in Hope .......................................................................................................... 576
God’s Word is Truth .................................................................................................. 576
Loving God’s Instruction .......................................................................................... 576
The Joy of God’s Word .............................................................................................. 577
Psalm 120 ......................................................................................................................... 577
Psalm 121 ......................................................................................................................... 578
The Guardian of God’s People ................................................................................ 578
Psalm 122 ......................................................................................................................... 578
Up to Jerusalem ........................................................................................................... 578
Psalm 123 ......................................................................................................................... 578
A Prayer for Relief ...................................................................................................... 578
Psalm 124 ......................................................................................................................... 579
God is for Us ................................................................................................................ 579
Psalm 125 ......................................................................................................................... 579
God is Secure ............................................................................................................... 579
Psalm 126 ......................................................................................................................... 580
The Exiles Restored .................................................................................................... 580
Psalm 127 ......................................................................................................................... 580
God’s Blessing in the Family .................................................................................... 580
Psalm 128 ......................................................................................................................... 580
The Blessings of Fearing God ................................................................................... 580
Psalm 129 ......................................................................................................................... 581
God Defeats Israel’s Enemies ................................................................................... 581
Psalm 130 ......................................................................................................................... 581
A Prayer for Mercy ..................................................................................................... 581
Psalm 131 ......................................................................................................................... 582
Hope in the LORD ....................................................................................................... 582
Psalm 132 ......................................................................................................................... 582
The LORD Lives in Zion ............................................................................................. 582
Psalm 133 ......................................................................................................................... 583
The Significance of Unity .......................................................................................... 583
Psalm 134 ......................................................................................................................... 583
Praise to the Creator ................................................................................................... 583
Psalm 135 ......................................................................................................................... 583
Praising God for His Graciousness ......................................................................... 583
Psalm 136 ......................................................................................................................... 584
God’s Gracious Love .................................................................................................. 584
Psalm 137 ......................................................................................................................... 585
Remembering Jerusalem ........................................................................................... 585
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Psalms (cont'd)
Psalm 138 ......................................................................................................................... 586
Thanksgiving to God ................................................................................................. 586
Psalm 139 ......................................................................................................................... 587
God’s Knowledge and Presence .............................................................................. 587
The Magnitude of God .............................................................................................. 587
Psalm 140 ......................................................................................................................... 588
Psalm 141 ......................................................................................................................... 589
A Prayer for Maturity ................................................................................................. 589
Psalm 142 ......................................................................................................................... 590
A Call to God for Help ............................................................................................... 590
Psalm 143 ......................................................................................................................... 590
Longing for God ......................................................................................................... 590
Psalm 144 ......................................................................................................................... 591
A Song for God’s Provision ...................................................................................... 591
Psalm 145 ......................................................................................................................... 592
Praising God for His Works...................................................................................... 592
Psalm 146 ......................................................................................................................... 593
Praise to God the Help of Israel .............................................................................. 593
Psalm 147 ......................................................................................................................... 594
Praise for God’s Provision ......................................................................................... 594
Psalm 148 ......................................................................................................................... 595
Let All the Earth Praise the Lord ............................................................................. 595
Psalm 149 ......................................................................................................................... 596
A Song About Rejoicing in God............................................................................... 596
Psalm 150 ......................................................................................................................... 596
A Psalm of Praise ........................................................................................................ 596
Proverbs .............................................................................................................................. 597
Chapter 1 ......................................................................................................................... 597
Introduction and Purpose ......................................................................................... 597
The Major Theme ....................................................................................................... 597
The Minor Theme ....................................................................................................... 597
Avoid Evil Counsel ..................................................................................................... 597
The Benefits of Choosing Wisdom ......................................................................... 598
The Consequences of Refusing Wisdom ............................................................... 598
Chapter 2 ......................................................................................................................... 599
The Benefits of Embracing Wisdom ....................................................................... 599
Chapter 3 ......................................................................................................................... 600
The Blessings of Trusting God ................................................................................. 600
Wisdom More Valuable than Riches ...................................................................... 600
Benefits of Wisdom .................................................................................................... 601
Wisdom in Action ....................................................................................................... 601
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Proverbs (cont'd)
Chapter 4 ......................................................................................................................... 602
Diligently Pursue Wisdom ........................................................................................ 602
Avoiding the Ways of the Wicked .......................................................................... 602
Remembering the Counsel of a Wise Father ........................................................ 603
Chapter 5 ......................................................................................................................... 603
Warning Against Sexual Immorality ...................................................................... 603
The Delights of Marital Faithfulness ...................................................................... 604
Chapter 6 ......................................................................................................................... 604
The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans ............................................................................ 604
The Folly of Laziness.................................................................................................. 605
The Folly of Causing Strife ....................................................................................... 605
What God Hates .......................................................................................................... 605
Parental Counsel about Immorality ........................................................................ 605
Chapter 7 ......................................................................................................................... 606
On Avoiding the Immoral Woman......................................................................... 606
A Father’s Warning .................................................................................................... 606
Chapter 8 ......................................................................................................................... 607
Wisdom Calls for an Audience ................................................................................ 607
The Way of Wisdom .................................................................................................. 608
The Agelessness of Wisdom ..................................................................................... 608
The Exhortation of Wisdom ..................................................................................... 609
Chapter 9 ......................................................................................................................... 609
Wisdom’s Invitation ................................................................................................... 609
Wisdom Extends Life ................................................................................................. 609
Folly’s Entrapment ..................................................................................................... 610
Chapter 10 ....................................................................................................................... 610
Solomon’s Sayings ...................................................................................................... 610
The Righteous and Wicked Compared .................................................................. 610
Chapter 11 ....................................................................................................................... 612
The Value of Righteousness ..................................................................................... 612
Chapter 12 ....................................................................................................................... 614
Wisdom and Wickedness Contrasted .................................................................... 614
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................................................... 615
Who is a Wise Son? .................................................................................................... 615
Chapter 14 ....................................................................................................................... 617
How Wise People Live .............................................................................................. 617
Chapter 15 ....................................................................................................................... 619
How to Live Wisely .................................................................................................... 619
On Contentment and Other Good Things of Life .............................................. 620
Chapter 16 ....................................................................................................................... 621
Wisdom’s Blessings .................................................................................................... 621
Advice to the Wise ...................................................................................................... 622
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Chapter 17 ....................................................................................................................... 622

More Words of Wisdom ............................................................................................ 622
Chapter 18 ....................................................................................................................... 624
How Fools Talk ........................................................................................................... 624
Avoiding Fools and Their Foolishness ................................................................... 624
Chapter 19 ....................................................................................................................... 625
The Priorities of Life Contrasted ............................................................................. 625
Chapter 20 ....................................................................................................................... 627
Advice on How to Live .............................................................................................. 627
Chapter 21 ....................................................................................................................... 629
Thoughts on the Sovereignty of God ..................................................................... 629
Chapter 22 ....................................................................................................................... 630
Advice for Everyday Life .......................................................................................... 630
Sayings of the Wise .................................................................................................... 631
Chapter 23 ....................................................................................................................... 632
Things to Avoid in Life .............................................................................................. 632
On Listening to Your Parents .................................................................................. 633
On Sobriety .................................................................................................................. 633
Chapter 24 ....................................................................................................................... 634
Benefits of Wisdom .................................................................................................... 634
Sayings of the Wise .................................................................................................... 635
Chapter 25 ....................................................................................................................... 635
More Proverbs from Solomon .................................................................................. 635
Chapter 26 ....................................................................................................................... 637
On Fools ........................................................................................................................ 637
On Laziness .................................................................................................................. 637
On Gossip and Backbiting ........................................................................................ 638
Chapter 27 ....................................................................................................................... 638
General Counsel .......................................................................................................... 638
Chapter 28 ....................................................................................................................... 640
Contrasting Good and Evil ....................................................................................... 640
Chapter 29 ....................................................................................................................... 642
Advice on Life and Justice ........................................................................................ 642
The Wicked and Righteous Contrasted ................................................................. 642
Dangerous Behaviors ................................................................................................. 643
Chapter 30 ....................................................................................................................... 643
The Oracle .................................................................................................................... 643
On Contentment in Life ............................................................................................ 644
On Different Kinds of People .................................................................................. 644
What Causes Wonder ................................................................................................ 644
Chapter 31 ....................................................................................................................... 645
Counsel from King Lemuel’s Mother ..................................................................... 645
The Honorable Woman ............................................................................................. 646
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Aram. Aramaic language Se4 DSS Psalms from Cave Seiyal

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Principles of Translation Used in the ISV

changed to second person or first person statements.

literal rendering is set forth in a footnote. Alternatively, an explanatory

Selected English language readers served as reviewers of the ISV. Because

Supplemental Study Aids

1 This isa a record of the lifeb of deportation to Babylon.

The Visit of the Wise Men

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

by the wise men, so he ordered the Baptist appeared, preaching in

c 2:18 Jer 31:15

wilderness: floor and gather his grain into the

be this way for now, because this is

Jesus is Tempted by Satan

‘One must not live on bread alone, 11

fishers of people!” 20So at once they because the kingdom frome

left their nets and followed him. heaven belongs to them!

Jesus Teaches about the Kingdom 10

5 When Jesusc saw the crowds, he persecuted for

went up on the hill. After taking righteousness’ sake,

and be extremely glad, because your your righteousness greatly exceeds

Teaching about Adultery God's throne, 35nor by the earth,

resist an evildoer. On the contrary,

But when you fast, put oil on a your

head and wash your face, 18so that (Luke 12:22-34)

will be full of darkness. Therefore, if 31

d 6:25 Other mss. lack or what you will drink

asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a

I Never Knew You

into the kingdom froma heaven, but

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

and my servant will be healed, possessed by demons. He drove out

kept sleeping. 25Theyb went to him drowned in the water.

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

Men crossed to the other side and

commotion, 24he said, “Go away! The

29 Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles

head of the house Beelzebul,a how deny before my Father in heaven.”

righteous person's reward. 42I tell you ‘See, I am sending my messenger

every Sabbatha the priests in the Jesus, God's Chosen Servant

a 12:5 Lit. on the Sabbaths

from the one who doesn't have Farmer

owner's servants came and asked them anything without usinge a

a 13:42 I.e. extreme pain

eaten were about 5,000 men, besides save me!”

Jesus Challenges the Tradition of the

he addressed them, “Listen and A Canaanite Woman's Faith

Interpreting the Time

c 15:36 The Gk. lacks gave them

high priests, and the scribes. Then he 3

a 16:23 Lit. he d 17:3 Lit. him

stood that he had been speaking to “The Son of Man is going to be

and it will move, and nothing will be Chapter 18

impossible for you. 21But this kind True Greatness