E-Prime Bible NASB DFM (Part 07) the Gospel and Acts Revised Edition 12-28-2010

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Matthew 1

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The Genealogy of Jess the Messiah

1The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son

of Abraham:

2Abraham we identify as the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and

Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers

!Judah we identify as the father of "ere# and $erah by Tamar, "ere# weidentify as the father of %e#ron, and %e#ron the father of &am

'&am we identify as the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of

(ahshon, and (ahshon the father of )almon

*)almon we identify as the father of +oa# by &ahab, +oa# we identify as the

father of bed by &uth, and bed the father of Jesse

-Jesse we identify as the father of David the .ing David we identify as thefather of )olomon by +athsheba who had /reviously married 0riah

)olomon we identify as the father of &ehoboam, &ehoboam the father of

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3Asa we identify as the father of Jehosha/hat, Jehosha/hat the father ofJoram, and Joram the father of 0##iah

40##iah we identify as the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Aha#, and

Aha# the father of %e#e.iah

15%e#e.iah we identify as the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of

Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah

11Josiah became the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of thede/ortation to +abylon

12After the de/ortation to +abylon: Jeconiah became the father of )healtiel,

and )healtiel the father of $erubbabel

1!$erubbabel we identify as the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of

6lia.im, and 6lia.im the father of A#or

1'A#or we identify as the father of $ado., $ado. the father of Achim, andAchim the father of 6liud

1*6liud we identify as the father of 6lea#ar, 6lea#ar the father of Matthan,

and Matthan the father of Jacob

1-Jacob we identify as the father of Jose/h the husband of Mary, by whom

Jesus was born, who we ac.nowledge as the Messiah

1)o all the generations from Abraham to David we calculate as fourteengenerations7 from David to the de/ortation to +abylon, fourteen

generations7 and from the de/ortation to +abylon to the Messiah, fourteen

generations

!on"e#tion and $irth of Jess

13(ow the birth of Jesus 8hrist we re/ort as follows: when %is mother Maryhad become engaged to Jose/h, before they came together she became

im/regnated by the %oly )/irit

14And Jose/h her husband, wanting to do the right thing and not wanting todisgrace her, /lanned to send her away secretly

25+ut when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the 9ord a//eared to

him in a dream, saying, Jose/h, son of David, do not fear to ta.e Mary asyour wife7 for the 8hild who has become conceived in her comes from the

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21)he will bear a )on7 and you shall call %is name Jesus, for %e will save %is/eo/le from their sins

22(ow all this too. /lace to fulfill what the 9ord had s/o.en through the

/ro/het:

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The )isit of the Magi

1(ow after the birth of Jesus in +ethlehem of Judea in the days of %erod the.ing, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

2>here do we find the one who has become born ?ing of the Jews@ or we

saw %is star in the east and have come to worshi/ %im

!>hen %erod the .ing heard this, he felt troubled, and all Jerusalem with

him

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Then %erod secretly called the magi and determined from them the eact

time the star a//eared

3And he sent them to +ethlehem and said, hen they saw the star, they reoiced eceedingly with great oy

11After coming into the house they saw the 8hild with Mary %is mother7 and

they fell to the ground and worshi/ed %im Then, o/ening their treasures,

they /resented to %im gifts of gold, fran.incense, and myrrh

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The Flight to Egy#t

1!(ow when they had gone, behold, an angel of the 9ord a//eared to Jose/h

in a dream and said,


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3Again, the devil too. %im to a very high mountain and showed %im all the.ingdoms of the world and their glory7

4and he said to %im, All these things I will give =ou, if =ou fall down and

worshi/ me

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15Those who have received /ersecution for the sa.e of righteousness shallreceive blessings, for the .ingdom of heaven belongs to them

11>hen /eo/le insult you and /ersecute you, and falsely say all .inds of evil

against you because of Me, you will receive blessings

12&eoice and feel glad, for your reward in heaven has become great7 for in

the same way they /ersecuted the /ro/hets who lived before you

Dis"i#les and the /orld

1!=ou re/resent the salt of the earth7 but if the salt has become tasteless,

how can we ma.e it salty again@ >e find it no longer good for anything,ece/t to throw it out where men will tram/le it under foot

1'=ou symboli#e the light of the world A city set on a hill cannot hide in the

dar.ness7

1*nor does anyone light a lam/ and /ut it under a bas.et, but on the

lam/stand, and it gives light to all who live in the house

1-9et your light shine before men in such a way that they may see yourgood wor.s, and glorify your ather who dwells in heaven

1Do not thin. that I came to abolish the 9aw or the "ro/hets7 I did not

come to abolish but to fulfill

13or truly I say to you, until heaven and earth /ass away, not the smallest

letter or stro.e shall /ass from the 9aw until all becomes accom/lished

14>hoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, andteaches others to do the same, shall have the least value in the .ingdom of

heaven7 but whoever .ee/s and teaches them, will have greatness in the

.ingdom of heaven

25or I say to you that unless your righteousness sur/asses that of the

scribes and "harisees, you will not enter the .ingdom of heaven

Personal Relationshi#s

21=ou have heard that the ancients received the warning, C=0 )%A99 (T8MMIT M0&D6&C and C>hoever commits murder shall become liable to the

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22+ut I say to you that everyone who has anger with his brother shall haveguilt before the court7 and whoever says to his brother, C=ou goodGforG

nothing,C shall have guilt before the su/reme court7 and whoever says, C=oufool,C shall have guilt enough to go into the fiery hell

2!Therefore if you /resent your offering at the altar, and there rememberthat your brother has something against you,

2'leave your offering there before the altar and go7 first reconcile to yourbrother, and then come and /resent your offering

2*Ma.e friends Buic.ly with your o//onent at law while you travel with himon the way, so that your o//onent may not hand you over to the udge, and

the udge hand you to the officer, and the officer throw you into /rison

2-Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have /aid u/the last cent

2=ou have heard that the scri/tures say, C=0 )%A99 (T 8MMIT

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23but I say to you that everyone who loo.s at a woman with lust for her hasalready committed adultery with her in his heart

24If your right eye ma.es you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you7 foryou would find it better for you to lose one of the /arts of your body, than to

have your whole body thrown into hell

!5If your right hand ma.es you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you7 forit would /rove better for you to lose one of the /arts of your body, than for

your whole body to go into hell

!1The scri/tures say, C>%6;6& )6(D) %I) >I6 A>A=, 96T %IM ), +0T )%A99 09I99 =0& ;>) T T%6 9&DC

!'+ut I say to you, ma.e no oath at all, either by heaven, for it re/resents

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!*or by the earth, for it re/resents the footstool of %is feet, or by Jerusalem,for it re/resents T%6 8IT= T%6 hoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two

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Giving to the Poor and Prayer

1+eware of /racticing your righteousness before men to become noticed by

them7 otherwise you have no reward with your ather who dwells in heaven

2)o when you give to the /oor, do not sound a trum/et before you, as the

hy/ocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may receivehonor from men truly I say to you, they have their reward in full

!+ut when you give to the /oor, do not let your left hand .now what your

right hand does,

'so that your giving will remain a secret7 and your ather who sees what is

done in secret will reward you

*>hen you /ray, do not behave li.e the hy/ocrites7 for they love to standand /ray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that men do not

see them Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full

-+ut you, when you /ray, go into your inner room, close your door and /rayto your ather secretly, and your ather who sees what you have done in

secret will reward you

And when you /ray, do not use meaningless re/etition as the


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1!CAnd do not lead us into tem/tation, but deliver us from evil or =ours

belong the .ingdom and the /ower and the glory forever AmenC

1'or if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly ather will

also forgive you

1*+ut if you do not forgive others, then your ather will not forgive your

transgressions

Fasting The Tre Treasre /ealth Mammon2

1->henever you fast, do not /ut on a gloomy face as the hy/ocrites do, forthey neglect their a//earance so that men will notice them when they fast

Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full

1+ut you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face

13so that men will not notice your fasting, but by your ather who sees it in

secret7 and your ather who sees what you do in secret will reward you

14Do not store u/ for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rustdestroy, and where thieves brea. in and steal

25+ut store u/ for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor

rust destroys, and where thieves do not brea. in or steal7

21for where you consider your treasure, there your heart will reside also

22The eye serves as the lam/ of the body7 so then if your eye has clearness,

your whole body will become full of light

2!+ut if your eye does not wor., your whole body will have dar.ness If thenthe light in you becomes dar.ness, how great the dar.ness will growE

2'(o one can serve two masters7 for either he will hate the one and love theother, or he will devote himself to one and des/ise the other =ou cannot

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2-9oo. at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor rea/ nor gather intobarns, and yet your heavenly ather feeds them Do you not .now that you

have more worth than they@

2And who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life@

23And why do you worry about clothing@ bserve how the lilies of the field

grow7 they do not toil nor do they s/in,

24yet I say to you that not even )olomon in all his glory clothed himself li.eone of these

!5+ut if hat will we eat@C or C>hat will we drin.@C orC>hat will we wear for clothing@C

!2or the hy do you loo. at the s/ec. in your brotherCs eye, but do not notice thelog in your own eye@


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'r how can you say to your brother, C9et me ta.e the s/ec. out of youreye,C and behold, the log remains in your own eye@

*=ou hy/ocrite, first ta.e the log out of your own eye, and then you will see

clearly to ta.e the s/ec. out of your brotherCs eye

-Do not give holy things to dogs, and do not throw your /earls before

swine, or they will tram/le them under their feet, and turn and tear you to

/ieces

Prayer and the Golden Rle

As., and you will receive7 see., and you will find7 .noc., and you will haveit o/ened to you

3or everyone who as.s receives, and he who see.s finds, and to him who

.noc.s it will o/en

4r what man do you find among you who, when his son as.s for a loaf, will

give him a stone@

15r if he as.s for a fish, he will not give him a sna.e, will he@

11If you then, having evil in you, .now how to give good gifts to your

children, how much more will your ather in heaven give what is good to

those who as. %imE

12In everything, therefore, treat /eo/le the same way you want them to

treat you, for this consists of the 9aw and the "ro/hets

The &arrow and /ide Gates

1!6nter through the narrow gate7 for the gate /roves wide and the way/roves broad that leads to destruction, and many enter through it

1'or the gate /roves small and the way /roves narrow that leads to life,

and few find it

' Tree and 6ts Frit

1*+eware of the false /ro/hets, who come to you in shee/Cs clothing, butinwardly show themselves as ravenous wolves

1-=ou will .now them by their fruits >e do not gather gra/es from thorn

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1)o every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit

13A good tree cannot /roduce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree /roduce good

fruit

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6very tree that does not bear good fruit we cut down and throw into thefire

25)o then, you will .now them by their fruits

21(ot everyone who says to Me, C9ord, 9ord,C will enter the .ingdom ofheaven, but he who does the will of My ather who lives in heaven will enter

22Many will say to Me on that day, C9ord, 9ord, did we not /ro/hesy in =our

name, and in =our name cast out demons, and in =our name /erform manymiracles@C

2!And then I will declare to them, CI never .new you7 D6"A&T &M M6,

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The Two Fondations

2'Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, wemay com/are to a wise man who built his house on the roc.

2*And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed

against that house7 and yet it did not fall, for he constructed on the roc.

2-6veryone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on themcom/ares to a foolish man who built his house on the sand

2The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed

against that house The house fellHand its fall /roved devastating

23>hen Jesus had finished these words, the crowds showed ama#ement at

%is teaching7

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for %e taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes

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Jess !leanses a 8e#er The !entrion9s Faith

1>hen Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed %im

2And a le/er came to %im and bowed down before %im, and said, 9ord, if

=ou will, =ou can ma.e me clean

!Jesus stretched out %is hand and touched him, saying, I will it7 become

cleansed And immediately Jesus cleansed his le/rosy

'And Jesus said to him, )ee that you tell no one7 but go, show yourself to

the /riest and /resent the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony

to them

*And when Jesus entered 8a/ernaum, a centurion came to %im, im/loring

%im,

-and saying, 9ord, my servant lies /araly#ed at home, fearfully tormented

Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him

3+ut the centurion said, 9ord, I donKt feel worthy for =ou to come under my

roof, but ust say the word, and my servant will receive healing

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24And they cried out, saying, >hat business do we have with each other,)on of hy do you thin. evil in yourhearts@

*>hich do we find easier, to say, CI forgive =our sins,C or to say, C


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And he got u/ and went home

3+ut when the crowds saw this, they felt awestruc., and glorified hen the "harisees saw this they said to %is disci/les, >hy does your

Teacher eat with the ta collectors and sinners@

12+ut when Jesus heard this, %e said, Those who have good health do notneed a /hysician, but those who have sic.ness

1!+ut go and learn what this means: CI D6)I&6 8M"A))I(, A(D (T

)A8&II86,C for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners

The ;estion abot Fasting

1'Then the disci/les of John came to %im, as.ing, >hy do we and the"harisees fast, but =our disci/les do not fast@

1*And Jesus said to them, The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mournas long as the bridegroom accom/anies them, do they@ +ut the days will

come when the bridegroom will go away from them, and then they will fast

1-+ut no one /uts a /atch of unshrun. cloth on an old garment7 for the/atch /ulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results

1(or do /eo/le /ut new wine into old wines.ins7 otherwise the wines.ins

burst, and the wine /ours out and the wines.ins will deteriorate7 but they

/ut new wine into fresh wines.ins, and both stay /reserved

Mira"les of *ealing

13>hile %e said these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed

down before %im, and said, My daughter has ust died7 but come and lay

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14Jesus got u/ and began to follow him, and so did %is disci/les

25And a woman, who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came

u/ behind %im and touched the fringe of %is cloa.7

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for she said to herself, If I only touch %is garment, I will get well

22+ut Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, ta.e courage7 your faithhas made you well At once the woman received healing

2!>hen Jesus came into the officialCs house, and saw the fluteG/layers andthe crowd in noisy disorder,

2'%e said, 9eave7 for the girl has not died, but slee/s And they began

laughing at %im

2*+ut when they sent the crowd out, %e entered and too. her by the hand,and the girl got u/

2-This news s/read throughout all that land

2As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed %im, crying out,%ave mercy on us, )on of DavidE

23>hen %e entered the house, the blind men came u/ to %im, and Jesus said

to them, Do you believe that I have the ability to do this@ They said to

%im, =es, 9ord24Then %e touched their eyes, saying, It shall ha//en to you according to

your faith

!5And their eyes o/ened And Jesus sternly warned them: )ee that no one

.nows about thisE

!1+ut they went out and s/read the news about %im throughout all that land

!2As they went out, someone brought a mute, demonG/ossessed man to

%im

!!After he cast out the demon, the mute man s/o.e7 and the crowds showedama#ement, and said, (othing li.e this has ever ta.en /lace in Israel

!'+ut the "harisees said, %e casts out the demons by the ruler of the

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!*Jesus went through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagoguesand /roclaiming the gos/el of the .ingdom, and healing every .ind of

disease and every .ind of sic.ness

!-)eeing the /eo/le, %e felt com/assion for them, because they loo.ed

distressed and dis/irited li.e shee/ without a she/herd

!Then %e said to %is disci/les, The harvest a//ears /lentiful, but the

wor.ers seem few

!3Therefore beseech the 9ord of the harvest to send out wor.ers into %is

harvest

Matthew 1hat I tell you in the dar.ness, s/ea. in the light7 and what you hear

whis/ered in your ear, /roclaim u/on the houseto/s

23Do not fear those who .ill the body but cannot .ill the soul7 but rather fear%im who has the ability to destroy both soul and body in hell

24Do we not sell two s/arrows for a cent@ And yet not one of them will fall tothe ground a/art from your ather

!5+ut the very hairs of your head all have a numerical inde number

!1)o do not fear7 you have more value than many s/arrows

!2Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess himbefore My ather who lives in heaven

!!

+ut whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My atherwho lives in heaven

!'Do not thin. that I came to bring /eace on the earth7 I did not come tobring /eace, but a sword

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!3And he who does not ta.e his cross and follow after Me has not /rovedhimself worthy of Me

!4%e who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My

sa.e will find it

The Reward of (ervi"e

'5%e who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives %imwho sent Me

'1%e who receives a /ro/het in the name of a /ro/het shall receive a

/ro/hetCs reward7 and he who receives a righteous man in the name of arighteous man shall receive a righteous manCs reward

'2And whoever in the name of a disci/le gives to one of these little ones

even a cu/ of cold water to drin., truly I say to you, he shall not lose hisreward

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John9s ;estions

1>hen Jesus had finished giving instructions to %is twelve disci/les, %ede/arted from there to teach and /reach in their cities

2(ow when John, while im/risoned, heard of the wor.s of 8hrist, he sent

word by his disci/les

!and said to %im, )hould we ac.nowledge =ou the 6/ected ne, or shallwe loo. for someone else@

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Jess9 Tribte to John

As these men went away, Jesus began to s/ea. to the crowds about John,

>hat did you go out into the wilderness to see@ A reed sha.en by the wind@

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+ut what did you go out to see@ A man dressed in soft clothing@ Those whowear soft clothing live in .ingsC /alacesE

4+ut what did you go out to see@ A /ro/het@ =es, I tell you, and one who/roves more than a /ro/het

15This one the scri/tures have said, C+6%9D, I )6(D M= M6))6(% >I99 "&6"A&6 =0& >A= +6&6 =0C

11Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen

anyone greater than John the +a/tistE =et the one who we deem least in the

.ingdom of heaven has more greatness than he

12rom the days of John the +a/tist until now the .ingdom of heaven suffers

violence, and violent men ta.e it by force

1!or all the /ro/hets and the 9aw /ro/hesied until John

1'And if you have the willingness to acce/t it, John himself re/resents 6liah

who would come

1*%e who has ears to hear, let him hear

1-+ut to what shall I com/are this generation@ It resembles children sittingin the mar.et /laces, who call out to the other children,

1and say, C>e /layed the flute for you, and you did not dance7 we sang a

dirge, and you did not mournC

13or John came neither eating nor drin.ing, and they say, C%e has a

demonEC

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The )on of Man came eating and drin.ing, and they say, C+ehold, agluttonous man and a drun.ard, a friend of ta collectors and sinnersEC =et

wisdom has vindication by her deeds

The =nre#enting !ities

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21>oe to you, 8hora#inE >oe to you, +ethsaidaE or if the miracles hadoccurred in Tyre and )idon which occurred in you, they would have re/ented

long ago in sac.cloth and ashes

22(evertheless I say to you, it will seem more tolerable for Tyre and )idon in

the day of udgment than for you

2!And you, 8a/ernaum, will not receive ealtation to heaven, will you@ =ou

will descend to %ades7 for if the miracles had occurred in )odom whichoccurred in you, it would have remained to this day

2'(evertheless I say to you that )odom in the day of udgment will receivemore tolerance than you

!ome to Me

2*At that time Jesus said, I /raise =ou, ather, 9ord of heaven and earth,that =ou have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have

revealed them to infants

2-=es, ather, for this way /roves wellG/leasing in =our sight

2My ather handed all things over to Me7 and no one .nows the )on ece/t

the ather7 nor does anyone .now the ather ece/t the )on, and anyone towhom the )on wills to reveal %im

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8ome to Me, all who feel weary and heavyGladen, and I will give you rest24Ta.e My yo.e u/on you and learn from Me, for I have gentleness and

humility in heart, and =0 >I99 I(D &6)T & =0& )09)

!5or My yo.e you will find easy and My burden you will find light

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1LAAt that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the )abbath, and %isdisci/les became hungry and began to L+/ic. the heads of grain and eat

2+ut when the "harisees saw this, they said to %im, 9oo., =our disci/les do

what does not /rove lawful to do on a )abbath

!+ut %e said to them, %ave you not read what David did when he became

hungry, he and his com/anions,

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1*+ut Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there Many followed %im, andL(%e healed them all,

1-and Lwarned them not to reveal %is identity

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The Pharisees Reb>ed

22L>Then /eo/le brought to Jesus a LFdemonG/ossessed man who had livedin blindness and mute , and %e healed him, so that the mute man s/o.e and

saw

2!All the crowds felt ama#ed, and said, This man cannot call himself theL=)on of David, can he@

2'

+ut when the "harisees heard this, they said, This man

L$

casts outdemons only by +eel#ebul the ruler of the demons

2*LAAAnd LA+.nowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, Any .ingdom

divided against itself suffers ruin7 and any city or house divided against itself

will not stand

2-If LA8)atan casts out )atan, he divides himself against himself7 how then

will his .ingdom stand@

2If I LADby +eel#ebul cast out demons, LA6by whom do your sons cast them

out@ or this reason they will udge you

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The =n#ardonable (in

!5LAhoever s/ea.s a word against the )on of Man, shall receiveforgiveness7 but whoever s/ea.s against the %oly )/irit shall not receive

forgiveness, either in LAJthis age or in the age to come

/ords Reveal !hara"ter

!!6ither ma.e the tree good and its fruit good, or ma.e the tree bad and itsfruit bad7 for LA?the tree we .now by its fruit

!'LA9=ou brood of vi/ers, how can you, having evil, s/ea. good@ LAMor the

mouth s/ea.s out of that which fills the heart

!*LA(The good man brings out of his good treasure that which we .now as

good7 and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what we .now as evil

!-+ut I tell you that every careless word that /eo/le s/ea., they shall givean accounting for it in LAthe day of udgment

!or by your words you will receive ustification, and by your words you

will receive condemnation

The Desire for (igns

!3Then some of the scribes and "harisees said to %im, Teacher, LA"we wantto see a sign from =ou

!4+ut %e answered and said to them, LANAn evil and adulterous generation

craves for a sign7 and yet no sign will come to you but the sign of Jonah the/ro/het7

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'2LAFThe Nueen of the )outh will rise u/ with this generation at theudgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth

to hear the wisdom of )olomon7 and behold, LA=something greater than)olomon stands before you

'!LA$(ow when the unclean s/irit goes out of a man, it /asses throughwaterless /laces see.ing rest, and does not find it

''Then it says, CI will return to my house from which I cameC7 and when itcomes, it finds it unoccu/ied, swe/t, and /ut in order

'*Then it goes and ta.es along with it seven other s/irits more wic.ed thanitself, and they go in and live there7 and L+Athe last state of that man

becomes worse than the first That is the way it will also go with this evil

generation

!hanged Relationshi#s

'-L++>hile %e was still s/o.e to the crowds, behold, %is L+8mother andL+Dbrothers stood outside, see.ing to s/ea. to %im

')omeone said to %im, +ehold, =our mother and =our brothers stand

outside see.ing to s/ea. to =ou

'3+ut Jesus answered the one who told %im and said, >ho do I identify as

My mother and who do identify as My brothers@

'4And stretching out %is hand toward %is disci/les, %e said, +ehold Mymother and My brothersE

*5or whoever does the will of My ather who lives in heaven, he consists of

My brother and sister and mother

Matthew 1+

&'($ E-Prime DFM

Jess Tea"hes in Parables
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A(D 0(D6&)TA(D >IT% T%6I& %6A&T A(D &6T0&(, A(D I >09D %6A9 T%6MC

1-L9+ut your eyes receive a blessing because they see7 and your ears,because they hear

1or truly I say to you that LMmany /ro/hets and righteous men desired tosee what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not

hear it

The (ower E3#lained

13L(%ear then the /arable of the sower

14>hen anyone hears Lthe word of the .ingdom and does not understandit, L"the evil one comes and snatches away what has the sower has /laced in

his heart This re/resents the one on whom the sower /lanted beside theroad

25The one on whom the sower /lanted the seed on the roc.y /laces, this is

the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with oy7

21yet he has no firm root in himself, but it has only tem/orary im/act, and

when affliction or /ersecution arises because of the word, immediately heLN

falls away22And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this man hears

the word, and the worry of L&the world and the L)deceitfulness of wealth

cho.e the word, and it becomes unfruitful

2!And the one on whom the /lanter sowed the seed on the good soil, this

re/resents the man who hears the word and understands it7 who indeed

bears fruit and brings forth, some LTa hundredfold, some sity, and somethirty

Tares among /heat

2'Jesus /resented another /arable to them, saying, L0The .ingdom of

heaven we may com/are to a man who sowed good seed in his field

2*+ut while his men sle/t, his enemy came and sowed atares among the

wheat, and went away
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2-+ut when the wheat s/routed and bore grain, then the tares becameevident also

2The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, C)ir, did you not sow

good seed in your field@ %ow then does it have tares@C

23And he said to them, CAn enemy has done thisEC The slaves said to him,

CDo you want us, then, to go and gather them u/@C

24+ut he said, C(o7 for while you gather u/ the tares, you may u/root thewheat with them

!5CAllow both to grow together until the harvest7 and in the time of the

harvest I will say to the rea/ers, irst gather u/ the tares and bind them inbundles to burn them u/7 but L;gather the wheat into my barnC

The Mstard (eed

!1%e /resented another /arable to them, saying, L>The .ingdom of heaven

resembles LFa mustard seed, which a man too. and sowed in his field7

!2and this loo.s smaller than all other seeds, but when it becomes fullygrown, it grows larger than the garden /lants and becomes a tree, so thatL=T%6 +I&D) T%6 AI& come and (6)T I( IT) +&A(8%6)

The 8eaven

!!%e s/o.e another /arable to them, L$The .ingdom of heaven resemblesleaven, which a woman too. and hid in LAAthree /ec.s of flour until it

became all leavened

!'All these things Jesus s/o.e to the crowds in /arables, and %e did nots/ea. to them LA+without a /arable

!*This fulfilled what the /ro/het s/o.e:

LA8I >I99 "6( M= M0T% I( "A&A+96)7 I >I99 0TT6& T%I(&9D

The Tares E3#lained

!-Then %e left the crowds and went into LADthe house And %is disci/les cameto %im and said, LA66/lain to us the /arable of the tares of the field
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!And %e said, The one who sows the good seed symboli#es LAthe )on ofMan,

!3and the field symboli#es the world7 and as for the good seed, these

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'4)o it will ha//en at LA>the end of the age7 the angels will come forth andta.e out the wic.ed from among the righteous,

*5and LAFwill throw them into the furnace of fire7 in that /lace LA=there will

occur wee/ing and gnashing of teeth

*1%ave you understood all these things@ They said to %im, =es

*2And Jesus said to them, Therefore every scribe who has become a

disci/le of the .ingdom of heaven resembles a head of a household, whobrings out of his treasure things new and old

Jess Revisits &a?areth

*!LA$>hen Jesus had finished these /arables, %e de/arted from there

*'L+A%e came to %is hometown and L++began teaching them in theirsynagogue, so that L+8they became astonished, and said, >here did thisman get this wisdom and these miraculous /owers@

** Do we not .now him as the car/enterCs son@ Is not L+D%is mother called

Mary, and %is L+6brothers, James and Jose/h and )imon and Judas@

*-And L+%is sisters, do they not all residel with us@ >here then did this

man get all these things@

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!or when %erod had John arrested, he bound him and /ut him in /risonbecause of %erodias, the wife of his brother "hili/

'or John had said to him, =ou disobey the law for you to have her

*

Although %erod wanted to /ut him to death, he feared the crowd, becausethey regarded John as a /ro/het

-+ut when %erodCs birthday came, the daughter of %erodias danced before

them and /leased %erod,

so much that he /romised with an oath to give her whatever she as.ed

3%aving received the /rom/t by her mother, she said,


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13And %e said, +ring them here to Me

14rdering the /eo/le to sit down on the grass, %e too. the five loaves and

the two fish, and loo.ing u/ toward heaven, %e blessed the food, and

brea.ing the loaves %e gave them to the disci/les, and the disci/les gave

them to the crowds,

25and they all ate and felt satisfied They /ic.ed u/ what the crowd had left

over of the bro.en /ieces, twelve full bas.ets

21There numbered about five thousand men who ate, besides women and

children

Jess /al>s on the /ater

22Immediately %e made the disci/les get into the boat and go ahead of %im

to the other side, while %e sent the crowds away

2!After %e had sent the crowds away, %e went u/ on the mountain by

%imself to /ray7 and when it became evening, %e stood there alone

2'+ut the boat had already drifted a long distance from the land, battered bythe waves7 for the wind seemed contrary

2*And in the fourth watch of the night %e came to them, wal.ing on the sea

2->hen the disci/les saw %im wal.ing on the sea, they became terrified, andsaid, >e see a ghostE And they cried out in fear

2+ut immediately Jesus s/o.e to them, saying, Ta.e courage, you loo.

u/on me7 do not fear

23"eter said to %im, 9ord, if =ou really have come, command me to come to=ou on the water

24And %e said, 8omeE And "eter got out of the boat, and wal.ed on thewater and came toward Jesus

!5+ut seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sin., he cried

out, 9ord, save meE

!1Immediately Jesus stretched out %is hand and too. hold of him, and said tohim, =ou of little faith, why did you doubt@

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!!And those who sat in the boat worshi/ed %im, saying, >e certainlyac.nowledge =ou as I99 )06& D6AT%C

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15After Jesus called the crowd to %im, %e said to them, %ear andunderstand

11>e do not consider what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but

what /roceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man

12Then the disci/les came and said to %im, Do =ou .now that the "harisees

became offended when they heard this statement@

1!+ut %e answered and said, 6very /lant which My heavenly ather did not/lant %e shall u/root

1'9et them alone7 they serve as blind guides of the blind And if a blind man

guides a blind man, both will fall into a /it

The *eart of Man

1*"eter said to %im, 6/lain the /arable to us

1-Jesus said, Do you still lac. in understanding also@

1Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth /asses

into the stomach, and becomes eliminated@

13+ut the things that /roceed out of the mouth come from the heart, andthose defile the man

14or out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications,

thefts, false witness, and slanders

25These things defile the man7 but to eat with unwashed hands does not

defile the man

The (yro#hoeni"ian /oman

21Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and)idon

22And a 8anaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out,

saying, %ave mercy on me, 9ord, )on of David7 my daughter has becomecruelly /ossessed by a demon

2!+ut %e did not answer her a word And %is disci/les came and im/lored

%im, saying, )end her away, because she .ee/s shouting at us


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!And they all ate and felt satisfied, and they /ic.ed u/ what /eo/le had leftover of the bro.en /ieces, seven large bas.ets full

!3And those who ate numbered four thousand men, besides women and

children

!4And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the

region of Magadan

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1The "harisees and )adducees came u/, and testing Jesus, they as.ed %im

to show them a sign from heaven

2+ut %e re/lied to them, >hen it has become evening, you say, CIt will

become fair weather, for the s.y loo.s redC

!And in the morning, CA storm will occur today, for the s.y loo.s red andthreateningC Do you .now how to discern the a//earance of the s.y, but

cannot discern the signs of the times@

'An evil and adulterous generation see.s after a sign7 and they will notreceive a sign, ece/t the sign of Jonah And %e left them and went away

*And the disci/les came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten

to bring any bread

-And Jesus said to them, >atch out and beware of the leaven of the

"harisees and )adducees

They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, %e said that

because we did not bring any bread

3+ut Jesus, aware of this, said, =ou men of little faith, why do you discuss

among yourselves that you have no bread@

4Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five

thousand, and how many bas.ets full you /ic.ed u/@


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*>hile he still s/o.e, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voiceout of the cloud said, I ac.nowledge My beloved )on, with whom I feel wellG

/leased7 listen to %imE

->hen the disci/les heard this, they fell face down to the ground and felt

terrified

And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, hy then do the scribes say that 6liah must

come first@

11And %e answered and said, 6liah will come and will restore all things7

12but I say to you that 6liah already came, and they did not recogni#e him,but did to him whatever they wished )o also the )on of Man will suffer at

their hands

1!Then the disci/les understood that %e had s/o.en to them about John the

+a/tist

The Demonia"

1'>hen they came to the crowd, a man came u/ to Jesus, falling on his

.nees before %im and saying,

1*9ord, have mercy on my son, for he behaves li.e a lunatic and hasbecome very ill7 for he often falls into the fire and often into the water

1-I brought him to =our disci/les, and they could not cure him

1

And Jesus answered and said, =ou unbelieving and /erverted generation,how long shall I remain with you@ %ow long shall I /ut u/ with you@ +ring

him here to Me

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14Then the disci/les came to Jesus /rivately and said, >hy could we notdrive it out@

25And %e said to them, +ecause of the littleness of your faith7 for truly I say

to you, if you have faith the si#e of a mustard seed, you will say to this

mountain, CMove from here to there,C and it will move7 and nothing will seemim/ossible to you

21+ut this .ind does not go out ece/t by /rayer and fasting

22And while they gathered together in in the @ingdom

1At that time the disci/les came to Jesus and said, >ho then do we consider

greatest in the .ingdom of heaven@

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!and said, Truly I say to you, unless you become converted and become li.echildren, you will not enter the .ingdom of heaven

'>hoever then humbles himself as this child, we will call him the greatest in

the .ingdom of heaven

*And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me7

-but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it

would seem better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his nec.,and to drown in the de/th of the sea

(tmbling $lo">s

>oe to the world because of its stumbling bloc.sE or inevitably stumbling

bloc.s come7 but woe to that man through whom the stumbling bloc.

comesE

3If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it

from you7 it will seem better for you to enter life cri//led or lame, than to

have two hands or two feet and fall into the eternal fire

4If your eye causes you to stumble, /luc. it out and throw it from you It

would seem more desirable for you to enter life with one eye, than to havetwo eyes and for /eo/le to cast him into the fiery hell

15

)ee that you do not des/ise one of these little ones, for I say to you thattheir angels in heaven continually see the face of My ather who dwells inheaven

11or the )on of Man has come to save that which we had considered lost

&inety-nine Pls 5ne

12>hat do you thin.@ If any man has a hundred shee/, and one of them has

gone astray, does he not leave the ninetyGnine on the mountains and go andsearch for the one that strays@

1!If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he reoices over it more

than over the ninetyGnine which have not gone astray

1')o your ather who lives in %eaven does not will that one of these little

ones /erish

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1*If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in /rivate7 if he listens toyou, you have won your brother

1-+ut if he does not listen to you, ta.e one or two more with you, so that +=

T%6 M0T% T> & T%&66 >IT(6))6) 6;6&= A8T MA= &6A8%

8(I&MATI(

1If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church7 and if he refuses to

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23+ut that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him ahundred denarii7 and he sei#ed him and began to cho.e him, saying, C"ay

bac. what you oweC

24)o his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to /lead with him, saying,

C%ave /atience with me and I will re/ay youC

!5+ut he seemed unwilling and went and threw him in /rison until he should

/ay bac. what he had owed

!1)o when his fellow slaves saw what had ha//ened, they felt dee/ly

grieved and came and re/orted to their lord all that had ha//ened

!2Then summoning him, his lord said to him, C=ou wic.ed slave, I forgaveyou all that debt because you /leaded with me

!!C)hould you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same waythat I had mercy on you@C

!'And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he

should re/ay all that he owed

!*My heavenly ather will also do the same to you, if each of you does notforgive his brother from your heart

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96)%C@

-)o they no longer shall remain two, but one flesh >hat therefore hy then did Moses command to A=@

3%e said to them, +ecause of your hardness of heart Moses /ermitted you

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13Then he said to %im, >hich ones@ And Jesus said, =0 )%A99 (T8MMIT M0&D6&7 =0 )%A99 (T 8MMIT AD09T6&=7 =0 )%A99 (T

)T6A97 =0 )%A99 (T +6A& A9)6 >IT(6))7

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Matthew %hy have you stood here idle all day long@C

They said to him, C+ecause no one hired usC %e said to them, C=ou go into

the vineyard tooC

3>hen evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, C8all

the laborers and /ay them their wages, beginning with the last grou/ to the

firstC

4>hen those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a

denarius

15>hen those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more7

but each of them also received a denarius

11>hen they received it, they grumbled at the landowner,

12saying, CThese last men have wor.ed only one hour, and you have madethem eBual to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the

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1!+ut he answered and said to one of them, Criend, I do you no wrong7 didyou not agree with me for a denarius@

1'CTa.e what you have earned and go, but I wish to give to this last man the

same as to you

1*CDo you not consider it lawful for me to do what I wish with what belongs

to me@ r does your eye envy because I have demonstrated generosity@C

1-)o the last shall become first, and the first last

DeathB Resrre"tion Foretold

1As Jesus /re/ared to go u/ to Jerusalem, %e too. the twelve disci/les asideby themselves, and on the way %e said to them,

13+ehold, we /lan to go u/ to Jerusalem7 and /eo/le will deliver the )on ofMan to the chief /riests and scribes, and they will condemn %im to death,

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15>hen %e had entered Jerusalem, all the city stirred, saying, >ho comeshere@

11And the crowds said, This we recogni#e as the /ro/het Jesus, from

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The $arren Fig Tree

13(ow in the morning, when %e returned to the city, %e became hungry

14)eeing a lone fig tree by the road, %e came to it and found nothing on it

ece/t leaves only7 and %e said to it, (o longer shall any fruit come fromyou And at once the fig tree withered

25)eeing this, the disci/les felt ama#ed and as.ed, %ow did the fig treewither all at once@

21And Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith

and do not doubt, you will not only do what I did to the fig tree, but even ifyou say to this mountain, C&emove yourself and become cast into the sea,C

it will ha//en

22And all things you as. in /rayer, believing, you will receive

'thority !hallenged

2!>hen %e entered the tem/le, the chief /riests and the elders of the /eo/le

came to %im while %e taught, and said, +y what authority do =ou do these

things, and who gave =ou this authority@

2'Jesus said to them, I will also as. you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will

also tell you by what authority I do these things

2*The ba/tism of John came from what source, from heaven or from men@And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, Crom

heaven,C %e will say to us, CThen why did you not believe him@C

2-+ut if we say, Crom men,C we fear the /eo/le7 for they all regard John asa /ro/het

2And answering Jesus, they said, >e do not .now %e also said to them,

(either will I tell you by what authority I do these things

Parable of Two (ons

23+ut what do you thin.@ A man had two sons, and he came to the first andsaid, C)on, go wor. today in the vineyardC

24And he answered, CI will notC7 but afterward he regretted it and went


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!5The man came to the second and said the same thing7 and he answered,CI will, sirC7 but he did not go

!1>hich of the two did the will of his father@ They said, The first Jesus

said to them, Truly I say to you that the ta collectors and /rostitutes will

get into the .ingdom of A99 A&0(D IT A(D D0< A >I(6 "&6)) I( IT, A(D +0I9T A T>6&, andrented it out to vineGgrowers and went on a ourney

!'>hen the harvest time a//roached, he sent his slaves to the vineGgrowers

to receive his /roduce

!*The vineGgrowers too. his slaves and beat one, and .illed another, andstoned a third

!-Again he sent another grou/ of slaves larger than the first7 and they didthe same thing to them

!

+ut afterward he sent his son to them, saying, CThey will res/ect my sonC!3+ut when the vineGgrowers saw the son, they said among themselves,

CThis is the heir7 come, let us .ill him and sei#e his inheritanceC

!4They too. him, and threw him out of the vineyard and .illed him

'5Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those

vineGgrowers@

'1They said to %im, %e will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will

rent out the vineyard to other vineGgrowers who will /ay him the /roceeds atthe /ro/er seasons

'2Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the )cri/tures, CT%6 )T(6

>%I8% T%6 +0I9D6&) &6J68T6D, T%I) +68AM6 T%6 8%I6 8&(6& stone7

T%I) 8AM6 A+0T &M T%6 9&D, A(D IT A""6A&) MA&;690) I( 0&6=6)C@


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3Then he said to his slaves, CThe wedding has become ready, but those whoreceived invitations did not /rove worthy

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!3This we ac.nowledge as the great and foremost commandment

!4The second com/ares to it, C=0 )%A99 9;6 =0& (6I


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'They tie u/ heavy burdens and lay them on menCs shoulders, but they

themselves show unwillingness to move them with so much as a finger

*+ut they do all their deeds to receive notice by men7 for they broaden their

/hylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments

-They love the /lace of honor at banBuets and the chief seats in the

synagogues,

and res/ectful greetings in the mar.et /laces, and receiving the a//robation

of &abbi by men

3+ut do not desire the a//robation &abbi7 for ne serves as your Teacher,

and you all call yourselves brothers

4Do not call anyone on earth your father7 for ne you may call your ather,

%e who lives in heaven

15Do not desire the a//robation leaders7 for ne you must consider your

9eader, namely, 8hrist

11+ut the greatest among you shall become a servant

12>hoever ealts himself shall become humbled7 and whoever humbles

himself shall receive ealtation

Eight /oes

1!+ut woe to you, scribes and "harisees, hy/ocrites, because you shut off

the .ingdom of heaven from /eo/le7 for you do not enter in yourselves, nor

do you allow those who desire to enter to go in

1'>oe to you, scribes and "harisees, hy/ocrites, because you devour

widowsC houses, and for a /retense you ma.e long /rayers7 therefore you

will receive greater condemnation

1*>oe to you, scribes and "harisees, hy/ocrites, because you travel around

on sea and land to ma.e one /roselyte7 and when he becomes one, you

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23)o you, too, outwardly a//ear righteous to men, but inwardly you /rove

yourselves full of hy/ocrisy and lawlessness

24>oe to you, scribes and "harisees, hy/ocritesE or you build the tombs of

the /ro/hets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

!5and say, CIf we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have

accom/anied them in shedding the blood of the /ro/hetsC

!1)o you testify against yourselves, that you act li.e the sons of those who

murdered the /ro/hets

!2ill u/, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers

!!

=ou ser/ents, you brood of vi/ers, how will you esca/e the sentence ofhell@

!'Therefore, behold, I send you /ro/hets and wise men and scribes7 some

of them you will .ill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your

synagogues, and /ersecute from city to city,

!*so that u/on you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth,

from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of $echariah, the son of

+erechiah, whom you murdered between the tem/le and the altar

!-Truly I say to you, all these things will come u/on this generation

8ament over Jersalem

!Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who .ills the /ro/hets and stones the ones sent to

herE %ow often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen

gathers her chic.s under her wings, and you showed yourself unwilling

!3+ehold, your house will become to you desolateE

!4or I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, C>6

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1Jesus came out from the tem/le and wal.ed away when %is disci/les came

u/ to /oint out the tem/le buildings to %im

2And %e said to them, Do you not see all these things@ Truly I say to you,

not one stone here will remain u/on another, which will not become torndown

!As %e sat on the Mount of lives, the disci/les came to %im /rivately,

saying, Tell us, when will these things ha//en, and what can we see as the

sign of =our coming, and of the end of the age@

'And Jesus answered and said to them, )ee to it that no one misleads you

*or many will come in My name, saying, CI /roclaim myself as the 8hrist,C

and will mislead many

-=ou will hear of wars and rumors of wars )ee that you do not become

frightened, for those things must ta.e /lace, but that does not constitute the

end

or nation will rise against nation, and .ingdom against .ingdom, and in

various /laces there will come famines and earthBua.es

3+ut all these things merely begin the birth /angs

4Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will .ill you, and all nations

will hate you because of My name

15At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate oneanother

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12+ecause lawlessness will increase, most /eo/leCs love will grow cold

1!+ut the one who endures to the end, he will receive salvation

1'This gos/el of the .ingdom shall become /reached in the whole world as a

testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come

Perilos Times

1*Therefore when you see the A+MI(ATI( D6)9ATI( which Danielthe /ro/het s/o.e of, standing in the holy /lace Llet the reader understand,

1-then those who dwell in Judea must flee to the mountains

1>hoever finds himself on the houseto/ must not go down to get the

things out that he has left in his house

13>hoever wor.s in the field must not turn bac. to get his cloa.

14+ut woe to those who become /regnant and to those who nurse babies in

those daysE

25+ut /ray that your flight will not occur in the winter, or on a )abbath

21or then there will come a great tribulation, such as has not occurred

since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will

220nless those days had shortened, no life would have received salvation7but for the sa.e of the elect those days will shorten

2!Then if anyone says to you, C+ehold, here we find the 8hrist,C or CThere wefind %im,C do not believe him

2'or false 8hrists and false /ro/hets will arise and will show great signs and

wonders, so as to mislead, if /ossible, even the elect

2*+ehold, I have told you in advance

2-)o if they say to you, C+ehold, we see %im in the wilderness,C do not go

out, or, C+ehold, we see %im in the inner rooms,C do not believe them

2or ust as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to thewest, so will the coming of the )on of Man seem

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-+ut at midnight a shout resounded, C+ehold, the bridegroomE 8ome out tomeet himC

Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lam/s

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21%is master said to him, C>ell done, good and faithful slave =ou /rovedfaithful with a few things, I will /ut you in charge of many things7 enter into

the oy of your masterC

22Also the one who had received the two talents came u/ and said, CMaster,

you entrusted two talents to me )ee, I have gained two more talentsC

2!%is master said to him, C>ell done, good and faithful slave =ou /roved

faithful with a few things, I will /ut you in charge of many things7 enter intothe oy of your masterC

2'And the one also who had received the one talent came u/ and said,CMaster, I .new you seemed a hard man, rea/ing where you did not sow and

gathering where you scattered no seed

2*CAnd I felt afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground )ee,you have what belongs to youC

2-+ut his master answered and said to him, C=ou wic.ed, la#y slave, you

.new that I rea/ where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed

2CThen you ought to have /ut my money in the ban., and on my arrival Iwould have received my money bac. with interest

23CTherefore ta.e away the talent from him, and give it to the one who hasthe ten talentsC

24or to everyone who has, I will give more, and he will have an abundance7

but from the one who does not have, even what he does have I will ta.eaway

!5Throw out the worthless slave into the outer dar.ness7 in that /lace

/eo/le will wee/ and gnash their teeth

The Jdgment

!1+ut when the )on of Man comes in %is glory, and all the angels with %im,

then %e will sit on %is glorious throne

!2All the nations will gather before %im7 and %e will se/arate them from one

another, as the she/herd se/arates the shee/ from the goats7

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1'Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief /riests

1*and said, >hat will you give me to betray %im to you@ And they weighed

out thirty /ieces of silver to him

1-

rom then on he began loo.ing for a good o//ortunity to betray Jesus

1(ow on the first day of 0nleavened +read the disci/les came to Jesus andas.ed, >here do =ou want us to /re/are for =ou to eat the "assover@

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*-+ut all this has ta.en /lace to fulfill the )cri/tures of the /ro/hets Thenall the disci/les left %im and fled

Jess before !aia#has

*

Those who had sei#ed Jesus led %im away to 8aia/has, the high /riest,where the scribes and the elders gathered together

*3+ut "eter followed %im at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high/riest, and entered in, and sat down with the officers to see the outcome

*4(ow the chief /riests and the whole 8ouncil .e/t trying to obtain false

testimony against Jesus, so that they might /ut %im to death

-5They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward

+ut later on two came forward,

-1and said, This man stated, CI can destroy the tem/le of hat do

these men testify against =ou@

-!+ut Jesus .e/t silent And the high /riest said to %im, I adure =ou by the

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-4(ow "eter sat outside in the courtyard, and a servantGgirl came to him andsaid, =ou too accom/anied Jesus the hen he had gone out to the gateway, another servantGgirl saw him and

said to those who stood there, This man accom/anied Jesus of (a#areth

2And again he denied it with an oath, I do not .now the man

!A little later the bystanders came u/ and said to "eter, )urely you too

belong to them7 for even the way you tal. gives you away

'Then he began to curse and swear, I do not .now the manE Andimmediately a rooster crowed

*And "eter remembered the word which Jesus had said, +efore a rooster

crows, you will deny Me three times And he went out and we/t bitterly

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1(ow when morning came, all the chief /riests and the elders of the /eo/leconferred together against Jesus to /ut %im to death7

2and they bound %im, and led %im away and delivered %im to "ilate the

governor

!Then when Judas, who had betrayed %im, saw that %e had sufferedcondemnation, he felt remorse and returned the thirty /ieces of silver to the

chief /riests and elders,

'saying, I have sinned by betraying innocent blood +ut they said, >hatdoes that have to do with us@ )ee to that yourselfE

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-The chief /riests too. the /ieces of silver and said, >e do not deem itlawful to /ut them into the tem/le treasury, since it re/resents the /rice of

blood

And they conferred together and with the money bought the "otterCs ield

as a burial /lace for strangers

3or this reason that field has received the label the ield of +lood to this

day

4Then that which Jeremiah the /ro/het s/o.e reached fulfillment: A(D

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-!and said, )ir, we remember that when %e still lived that deceiver said,CAfter three days I will rise againC

-'Therefore, give orders for securing the grave until the third day, otherwise

%is disci/les may come and steal %im away and say to the /eo/le, C%e has

risen from the dead,C and the last dece/tion will grow worse than the first

-*"ilate said to them, =ou have a guard7 go, ma.e it as secure as you .now

how

--And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they

set a seal on the stone

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1(ow after the )abbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of thewee., Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to loo. at the grave

2And behold, a severe earthBua.e had occurred, for an angel of the 9ord

descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat u/on it

!And his a//earance resembled lightning, and his clothing a//eared as white

as snow

'The guards shoo. for fear of him and became li.e dead men

*The angel said to the women, Do not fear7 for I .now that you loo. for

Jesus who has suffered crucifiion

-%e does not lie here, for %e has risen, ust as %e said 8ome, see the

/lace where %e had lain


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13and Andrew, and "hili/, and +artholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, andJames the son of Al/haeus, and Thaddaeus, and )imon the $ealot7

14and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed %im

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And %e came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an etent thatthey could not even eat a meal

21>hen %is own /eo/le heard of this, they went out to ta.e custody of %im7

for they said, %e has lost %is senses

22The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, %e has become

/ossessed by +eel#ebul, and %e casts out the demons by the ruler of the

demons

2!And %e called them to %imself and began s/ea.ing to them in /arables,

%ow can )atan cast out )atan@

2'If a .ingdom has become divided against itself, that .ingdom cannotstand

2*If a house has become divided against itself, that house will not stand

2-If )atan has risen u/ against himself and has become divided, he cannotstand, but has become finishedE

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+ut no one can enter the strong manCs house and /lunder his /ro/ertyunless he first binds the strong man, and then he will /lunder his house

23Truly I say to you, the sons of men shall receive forgiveness for all sins,and whatever blas/hemies they utter7

24but whoever blas/hemes against the %oly )/irit never has forgiveness, but

ma.es himself guilty of an eternal sinGG

!5because they said, %e has an unclean s/irit

!1Then %is mother and %is brothers arrived, and standing outside they sentword to %im and called %im

!2A crowd sat around %im, and they said to %im, +ehold, =our mother and

=our brothers wait outside loo.ing for =ou

!!Answering them, %e said, >ho do you consider My mother and Mybrothers@


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!'9oo.ing about at those who sat around %im, %e said, +ehold My motherand My brothersE

!*or whoever does the will

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