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book: Luke
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And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish; and as their nets were [at the point of] breaking,


book: Luke
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They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and take hold with them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.


book: Luke
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But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.


book: Luke
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For he was gripped with bewildering amazement [allied to terror], and all who were with him, at the haul of fish which they had made;


book: Luke
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And so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon (Peter). And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from now on you will be catching men!


book: Luke
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And after they had run their boats on shore, they left everything and  joined Him as His disciples and sided with His party and accompanied Him.


book: Luke
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While He was in one of the towns, there came a man full of (covered with) leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cure me and make me clean.


book: Luke
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And [Jesus] reached out His hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him.


book: Luke
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And [Jesus] charged him to tell no one [that he might chance to meet], until [He said] you go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony and proof to the people, that they may have evidence [of your healing].


book: Luke
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But so much the more the news spread abroad concerning Him, and great crowds kept coming together to hear [Him] and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.


book: Luke
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One of those days, as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come from every village and town of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was [present] with Him to heal them.


book: Luke
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And behold, some men were bringing on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to carry him in and lay him before [Jesus].


book: Luke
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But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with his stretcher through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus.


book: Luke
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And when He saw [their confidence in Him, springing from] their faith, He said, Man, your sins are forgiven you!


book: Luke
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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason and question and argue, saying, Who is this [Man] Who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?


book: Luke
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But Jesus, knowing their thoughts and questionings, answered them, Why do you question in your hearts?


book: Luke
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But that you may know that the Son of Man has the [power of] authority and right on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up your litter (stretcher), and go to your own house!


book: Luke
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And instantly [the man] stood up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went away to his house, recognizing and praising and thanking God.


book: Luke
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And overwhelming astonishment and ecstasy seized them all, and they recognized and praised and thanked God; and they were filled with and controlled by reverential fear and kept saying, We have seen wonderful and strange and incredible and unthinkable things today!


book: Luke
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And after this, Jesus went out and looked [attentively] at a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, Join Me as a disciple and side with My party and accompany Me.


book: Luke
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And he forsook everything and got up and followed Him [becoming His disciple and siding with His party].


book: Luke
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And Levi (Matthew) made a great banquet for Him in his own house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others who were reclining [at the table] with them.


book: Luke
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Now the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling against Jesus’ disciples, saying, Why are you eating and drinking with tax collectors and [preeminently] sinful people?


book: Luke
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And Jesus replied to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.


book: Luke
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I have not come to arouse and invite and call the righteous, but the erring ones (those not free from sin) to repentance [to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins].


book: Luke
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Then they said to Him, The disciples of John practice fasting often and offer up prayers of [special] petition, and so do [the disciples] of the Pharisees also, but Yours eat and drink.


book: Luke
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And Jesus said to them, Can you make the wedding guests fast as long as the bridegroom is with them?


book: Luke
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But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then they will fast in those days.


book: Luke
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He told them a proverb also: No one puts a patch from a new garment on an old garment; if he does, he will both tear the new one, and the patch from the new [one] will not match the old [garment].


book: Luke
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And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the fresh wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled and the skins will be ruined (destroyed).


book: Luke
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And no one after drinking old wine immediately desires new wine, for he says, The old is good or better.


book: Luke
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One Sabbath while Jesus was passing through the fields of standing grain, it occurred that His disciples picked some of the spikes and ate [of the grain], rubbing it out in their hands.


book: Luke
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But some of the Pharisees asked them, Why are you doing what is not permitted to be done on the Sabbath days?


book: Luke
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And Jesus replied to them, saying, Have you never so much as read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him?—


book: Luke
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How he went into the house of God and took and ate the [sacred] loaves of the showbread, which it is not permitted for any except only the priests to eat, and also gave to those [who were] with him?


book: Luke
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And it occurred on another Sabbath that when He went into the synagogue and taught, a man was present whose right hand was withered.


book: Luke
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And the scribes and the Pharisees kept watching Jesus to see whether He would [actually] heal on the Sabbath, in order that they might get [some ground for] accusation against Him.


book: Luke
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But He was aware all along of their thoughts, and He said to the man with the withered hand, Come and stand here in the midst. And he arose and stood there.


book: Luke
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Then Jesus said to them, I ask you, is it lawful and right on the Sabbath to do good [so that someone derives advantage from it] or to do evil, to save a life [and make a soul safe] or to destroy it?


book: Luke
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Then He glanced around at them all and said to the man, Stretch out your hand! And he did so, and his hand was fully restored like the other one.


book: Luke
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But they were filled with lack of understanding and senseless rage and discussed (consulted) with one another what they might do to Jesus.


book: Luke
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Now in those days it occurred that He went up into a mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.


book: Luke
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And when it was day, He summoned His disciples and selected from them twelve, whom He named apostles (special messengers):


book: Luke
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They were Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;


book: Luke
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And Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor (a treacherous, basely faithless person).


book: Luke
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And Jesus came down with them and took His stand on a level spot, with a great crowd of His disciples and a vast throng of people from all over Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to listen to Him and to be cured of their diseases—


book: Luke
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And all the multitude were seeking to touch Him, for healing power was all the while going forth from Him and curing them all [saving them from severe illnesses or calamities].


book: Luke
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And solemnly lifting up His eyes on His disciples, He said: Blessed (happy—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and to be envied) are you poor and lowly and afflicted (destitute of wealth, influence, position, and honor), for the kingdom of God is yours!


book: Luke
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Blessed (happy—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and to be envied) are you who hunger and seek with eager desire now, for you shall be filled and completely satisfied! Blessed (happy—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and to be envied) are you who weep and sob now, for you shall laugh!


book: Luke
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Blessed (happy—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and to be envied) are you when people despise (hate) you, and when they exclude and excommunicate you [as disreputable] and revile and denounce you and defame and cast out and spurn your name as evil (wicked) on account of the Son of Man.


book: Luke
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Rejoice and be glad at such a time and exult and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is rich and great and strong and intense and abundant in heaven; for even so their forefathers treated the prophets.


book: Luke
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But woe to (alas for) you who are rich (abounding in material resources), for you already are receiving your consolation (the solace and sense of strengthening and cheer that come from prosperity) and have taken and enjoyed your comfort in full [having nothing left to be awarded you].


book: Luke
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Woe to (alas for) you who are full now (completely filled, luxuriously gorged and satiated), for you shall hunger and suffer want! Woe to (alas for) you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep and wail!


book: Luke
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Woe to (alas for) you when everyone speaks fairly and handsomely of you and praises you, for even so their forefathers did to the false prophets.


book: Luke
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But I say to you who are listening now to Me: [in order to heed, make it a practice to] love your enemies, treat well (do good to, act nobly toward) those who detest you and pursue you with hatred,


book: Luke
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Invoke blessings upon and pray for the happiness of those who curse you, implore God’s blessing (favor) upon those who abuse you [who revile, reproach, disparage, and high-handedly misuse you].


book: Luke
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To the one who strikes you on the jaw or cheek, offer the other jaw or cheek also; and from him who takes away your outer garment, do not withhold your undergarment as well.


book: Luke
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Give away to everyone who begs of you [who is in want of necessities], and of him who takes away from you your goods, do not demand or require them back again.


book: Luke
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If you [merely] love those who love you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the [very] sinners love their lovers (those who love them).


book: Luke
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And if you are kind and good and do favors to and benefit those who are kind and good and do favors to and benefit you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the preeminently sinful do the same.


book: Luke
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And if you lend money at interest to those from whom you hope to receive, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? Even notorious sinners lend money at interest to sinners, so as to recover as much again.


book: Luke
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But love your enemies and be kind and do good [doing favors so that someone derives benefit from them] and lend, expecting and hoping for nothing in return but considering nothing as lost and despairing of no one; and then your recompense (your reward) will be great (rich, strong, intense, and abundant), and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind and charitable and good to the ungrateful and the selfish and wicked.


book: Luke
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So be merciful (sympathetic, tender, responsive, and compassionate) even as your Father is [all these].


book: Luke
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Judge not [neither pronouncing judgment nor subjecting to censure], and you will not be judged; do not condemn and pronounce guilty, and you will not be condemned and pronounced guilty; acquit and forgive and release (give up resentment, let it drop), and you will be acquitted and forgiven and released.


book: Luke
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Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you.


book: Luke
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He further told them a proverb: Can a blind [man] guide and direct a blind [man]? Will they not both stumble into a ditch or a hole in the ground?


book: Luke
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A pupil is not superior to his teacher, but everyone [when he is] completely trained (readjusted, restored, set to rights, and perfected) will be like his teacher.


book: Luke
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Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye but do not notice or consider the beam [of timber] that is in your own eye?


book: Luke
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Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, allow me to take out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You actor (pretender, hypocrite)! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.


book: Luke
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For there is no good (healthy) tree that bears decayed (worthless, stale) fruit, nor on the other hand does a decayed (worthless, sickly) tree bear good fruit.


book: Luke
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For each tree is known and identified by its own fruit; for figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramblebush.


book: Luke
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The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks.


book: Luke
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For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words [in order to heed their teaching] and does them, I will show you what he is like:


book: Luke
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He is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood arose, the torrent broke against that house and could not shake or move it, because it had been securely built or founded on a rock.


book: Luke
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But he who merely hears and does not practice doing My words is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the torrent burst, and immediately it collapsed and fell, and the breaking and ruin of that house was great.


book: Luke
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After Jesus had finished all that He had to say in the hearing of the people [on the mountain], He entered Capernaum.


book: Luke
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Now a centurion had a bond servant who was held in honor and highly valued by him, who was sick and at the point of death.


book: Luke
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And when the centurion heard of Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and make his bond servant well.


book: Luke
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And when they reached Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that You should do this for him,


book: Luke
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And Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent [some] friends to Him, saying, Lord, do not trouble [Yourself], for I am not sufficiently worthy to have You come under my roof;


book: Luke
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Neither did I consider myself worthy to come to You. But [just] speak a word, and my servant boy will be healed.


book: Luke
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For I also am a man [daily] subject to authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bond servant, Do this, and he does it.


book: Luke
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Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and He turned and said to the crowd that followed Him, I tell you, not even in [all] Israel have I found such great faith [as this].


book: Luke
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And when the messengers who had been sent returned to the house, they found the bond servant who had been ill quite well again.


book: Luke
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Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great throng accompanied Him.


book: Luke
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[Just] as He drew near the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large gathering from the town was accompanying her.


book: Luke
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And He went forward and touched the funeral bier, and the pallbearers stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, arise [from death]!


book: Luke
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Profound and reverent fear seized them all, and they began to recognize God and praise and give thanks, saying, A great Prophet has appeared among us! And God has visited His people [in order to help and care for and provide for them]!


book: Luke
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And this report concerning [Jesus] spread through the whole of Judea and all the country round about.


book: Luke
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And John summoned to him a certain two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord, saying, Are You He Who is to come, or shall we [continue to] look for another?


book: Luke
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So the men came to Jesus and said, John the Baptist sent us to You to ask, Are You the One Who is to come, or shall we [continue to] look for another?


book: Luke
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In that very hour Jesus was healing many [people] of sicknesses and distressing bodily plagues and evil spirits, and to many who were blind He gave [a free, gracious, joy-giving gift of] sight.


book: Luke
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So He replied to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the good news (the Gospel) preached to them.


book: Luke
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And blessed (happy—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from outward conditions—and to be envied) is he who takes no offense in Me and who is not hurt or resentful or annoyed or repelled or made to stumble [whatever may occur].


book: Luke
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And the messengers of John having departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: What did you go out into the desert to gaze on? A reed shaken and swayed by the wind?


book: Luke
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Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed up in soft garments? Behold, those who wear fine apparel and live in luxury are in the courts or palaces of kings.


book: Luke
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What then did you go out to see? A prophet (a forthteller)? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.


book: Luke
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This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall make ready Your way before You.


book: Luke
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I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but he that is inferior [to the other citizens] in the kingdom of God is greater [in incomparable privilege] than he.


book: Luke
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And all the people who heard Him, even the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God [in calling them to repentance and in pronouncing future wrath on the impenitent], being baptized with the baptism of John.


book: Luke
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But the Pharisees and the lawyers [of the Mosaic Law] annulled and rejected and brought to nothing God’s purpose concerning themselves, by [refusing and] not being baptized by him [John].


book: Luke
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They are like little children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying, We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we sang dirges and wailed [playing funeral], and you did not weep.


book: Luke
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The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a Man Who is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and notorious sinners.


book: Luke
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Yet wisdom is vindicated (shown to be true and divine) by all her children [by their life, character, and deeds].


book: Luke
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One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, and He went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.


book: Luke
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And behold, a woman of the town who was an especially wicked sinner, when she learned that He was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment (perfume).


book: Luke
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And standing behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with [her] tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed His feet [affectionately] and anointed them with the ointment (perfume).


book: Luke
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Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this Man were a prophet, He would surely know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him—for she is a notorious sinner (a social outcast, devoted to sin).


book: Luke
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And Jesus, replying, said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he answered, Teacher, say it.


book: Luke
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A certain lender of money [at interest] had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.


book: Luke
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When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more?


book: Luke
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Simon answered, The one, I take it, for whom he forgave and cancelled more. And Jesus said to him, You have decided correctly.


book: Luke
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Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.


book: Luke
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You gave Me no kiss, but she from the moment I came in has not ceased [intermittently] to kiss My feet tenderly and caressingly.


book: Luke
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You did not anoint My head with [cheap, ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly, rare] perfume.


book: Luke
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Therefore I tell you, her sins, many [as they are], are forgiven her—because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little.


book: Luke
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Then those who were at table with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this Who even forgives sins?


book: Luke
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But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go (enter) into peace [in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin].


book: Luke
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Soon afterward, [Jesus] went on through towns and villages, preaching and bringing the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God. And the Twelve [apostles] were with Him,


book: Luke
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And also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had been expelled;


book: Luke
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And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager; and Susanna; and many others, who ministered to and provided for Him and them out of their property and personal belongings.


book: Luke
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And when a very great throng was gathering together and people from town after town kept coming to Jesus, He said in a parable:


book: Luke
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A sower went out to sow seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the traveled path and was trodden underfoot, and the birds of the air ate it up.


book: Luke
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And some [seed] fell on the rock, and as soon as it sprouted, it withered away because it had no moisture.


book: Luke
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And other [seed] fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it [off].


book: Luke
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And some seed fell into good soil, and grew up and yielded a crop a hundred times [as great]. As He said these things, He called out, He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and understand by hearing!


book: Luke
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He said to them, To you it has been given to [come progressively to] know (to recognize and understand more strongly and clearly) the mysteries and secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that, [though] looking, they may not see; and hearing, they may not comprehend.


book: Luke
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Those along the traveled road are the people who have heard; then the devil comes and carries away the message out of their hearts, that they may not believe (acknowledge Me as their Savior and devote themselves to Me) and be saved [here and hereafter].


book: Luke
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And those upon the rock [are the people] who, when they hear [the Word], receive and welcome it with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, and in time of trial and temptation fall away (withdraw and stand aloof).


book: Luke
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And as for what fell among the thorns, these are [the people] who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked and suffocated with the anxieties and cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not ripen (come to maturity and perfection).


book: Luke
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But as for that [seed] in the good soil, these are [the people] who, hearing the Word, hold it fast in a just (noble, virtuous) and worthy heart, and steadily bring forth fruit with patience.


book: Luke
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No one after he has lighted a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it under a [dining table] couch; but he puts it on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light.


book: Luke
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For there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come out into the open.


book: Luke
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Be careful therefore how you listen. For to him who has [spiritual knowledge] will more be given; and from him who does not have [spiritual knowledge], even what he thinks and guesses and supposes that he has will be taken away.


book: Luke
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Then Jesus’ mother and His brothers came along toward Him, but they could not get to Him because of the crowd.


book: Luke
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And it was told Him, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to have an interview with You.


book: Luke
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One of those days He and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, Let us go across to the other side of the lake. So they put out to sea.


book: Luke
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But as they were sailing, He fell off to sleep. And a  whirlwind revolving from below upwards swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in great danger.


book: Luke
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And the disciples came and woke Him, saying, Master, Master, we are perishing! And He, being thoroughly awakened, censured and blamed and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; and they ceased, and there came a calm.


book: Luke
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And He said to them, [Why are you so fearful?] Where is your faith (your trust, your confidence in Me—in My veracity and My integrity)? And they were seized with alarm and profound and reverent dread, and they marveled, saying to one another, Who then is this, that He commands even wind and sea, and they obey Him?


book: Luke
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Now when Jesus stepped out on land, there met Him a certain man out of the town who had [was possessed by] demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but in the tombs.


book: Luke
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And when he saw Jesus, he raised a deep (terrible) cry [from the depths of his throat] and fell down before Him [in terror] and shouted loudly, What have You [to do] with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? [What have we in common?] I beg You, do not torment me!


book: Luke
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For Jesus was already commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had snatched and held him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilderness (desert).


book: Luke
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Now a great herd of swine was there feeding on the hillside; and [the demons] begged Him to give them leave to enter these. And He allowed them [to do so].


book: Luke
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Then the demons came out of the man and entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep cliff into the lake and were drowned.


book: Luke
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And [people] went out to see what had occurred, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right (sound) mind; and they were seized with alarm and fear.


book: Luke
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And those [also] who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was restored [to health].


book: Luke
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Then all the people of the country surrounding the Gerasenes’ district asked [Jesus] to depart from them, for they were possessed and suffering with dread and terror; so He entered a boat and returned [to the west side of the Sea of Galilee].


book: Luke
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But the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging and praying that he might accompany Him and be with Him, but [Jesus] sent him away, saying,


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Return to your home, and recount [the story] of how many and great things God has done for you. And [the man] departed, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.


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Now when Jesus came back [to Galilee], the crowd received and welcomed Him gladly, for they were all waiting and looking for Him.


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And there came a man named Jairus, who had [for a long time] been a director of the synagogue; and falling at the feet of Jesus, he begged Him to come to his house,


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For he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As [Jesus] went, the people pressed together around Him [almost suffocating Him].


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And a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed by anyone,


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And Jesus said, Who is it who touched Me? When all were denying it, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the multitudes surround You and press You on every side!


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And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came up trembling, and, falling down before Him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched Him and how she had been instantly cured.


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And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your confidence and trust in Me) has made you well! Go (enter) into peace (untroubled, undisturbed well-being).


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While He was still speaking, a man from the house of the director of the synagogue came and said [to Jairus], Your daughter is dead; do not weary and trouble the Teacher any further.


book: Luke
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But Jesus, on hearing this, answered him, Do not be seized with alarm or struck with fear; simply believe [in Me as able to do this], and she shall be made well.


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And when He came to the house, He permitted no one to enter with Him except Peter and John and James, and the girl’s father and mother.


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And all were weeping for and bewailing her; but He said, Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.


book: Luke
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And her spirit returned [from death], and she arose immediately; and He directed that she should be given something to eat.


book: Luke
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Then Jesus called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases,


book: Luke
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And He said to them, Do not take anything for your journey—neither walking stick, nor wallet [for a collection bag], nor food of any kind, nor money, and do not have two undergarments (tunics).


book: Luke
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And wherever they do not receive and accept and welcome you, when you leave that town shake off [even] the dust from your feet, as a testimony against them.


book: Luke
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And departing, they went about from village to village, preaching the Gospel and restoring the afflicted to health everywhere.


book: Luke
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Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was being done by [Jesus], and he was [thoroughly] perplexed and troubled, because it was said by some that John [the Baptist] had been raised from the dead,


book: Luke
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And by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had come back to life.


book: Luke
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But Herod said, John I beheaded; but Who is this about Whom I [learn] such things by hearsay? And he sought to see Him.


book: Luke
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Upon their return, the apostles reported to Jesus all that they had done. And He took them [along with Him] and withdrew into privacy near a town called Bethsaida.


book: Luke
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But when the crowds learned of it, [they] followed Him; and He welcomed them and talked to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed restoration to health.


book: Luke
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Now the day began to decline, and the Twelve came and said to Him, Dismiss the crowds and send them away, so that they may go to the neighboring hamlets and villages and the surrounding country and find lodging and get a supply of provisions, for we are here in an uninhabited (barren, solitary) place.


book: Luke
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But He said to them, You [yourselves] give them [food] to eat. They said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all this crowd,


book: Luke
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For there were about 5,000 men. And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Have them [sit down] reclining in table groups (companies) of about fifty each.


book: Luke
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And taking the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven and [praising God] gave thanks and asked Him to bless them [to their use]. Then He broke them and gave them to the disciples to place before the multitude.


book: Luke
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And all the people ate and were satisfied. And they gathered up what remained over—twelve [small hand] baskets of broken pieces.


book: Luke
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Now it occurred that as Jesus was praying privately, the disciples were with Him, and He asked them, Who do men say that I am?


book: Luke
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And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life.


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And He said to them, But who do you [yourselves] say that I am? And Peter replied, The Christ of God!


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But He strictly charged and sharply commanded them [under penalty] to tell this to no one [no one, whoever he might be],


book: Luke
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Saying, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be [deliberately] disapproved and repudiated and rejected on the part of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death and on the third day be raised [again].


book: Luke
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And He said to all, If any person wills to come after Me, let him deny himself [disown himself, forget, lose sight of himself and his own interests, refuse and give up himself] and take up his cross daily and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also].


book: Luke
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For whoever would preserve his life and save it will lose and destroy it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he will preserve and save it [from the penalty of eternal death].


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Because whoever is ashamed of Me and of My teachings, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in the [threefold] glory (the splendor and majesty) of Himself and of the Father and of the holy angels.


book: Luke
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However I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.


book: Luke
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Now about eight days after these teachings, Jesus took with Him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.


book: Luke
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And as He was praying, the appearance of His countenance became altered (different), and His raiment became dazzling white [flashing with the brilliance of lightning].


book: Luke
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Who appeared in splendor and majesty and brightness and were speaking of His exit [from life], which He was about to bring to realization at Jerusalem.


book: Luke
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Now Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep, but when they fully awoke, they saw His glory (splendor and majesty and brightness) and the two men who stood with Him.


book: Luke
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And it occurred as the men were parting from Him that Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is delightful and good that we are here; and let us construct three booths or huts—one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah! not noticing or knowing what he was saying.


book: Luke
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But even as he was saying this, a cloud came and began to overshadow them, and they were seized with alarm and struck with fear as they entered into the cloud.


book: Luke
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Then there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, My Chosen One or My Beloved; listen to and yield to and obey Him!


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And when the voice had died away, Jesus was found there alone. And they kept still, and told no one at that time any of these things that they had seen.


book: Luke
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Now it occurred the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met Him.


book: Luke
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And behold, a man from the crowd shouted out, Master, I implore You to look at my son, for he is my only child;


book: Luke
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And behold, a spirit seizes him and suddenly he cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and he is sorely shattered, and it will scarcely leave him.


book: Luke
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Jesus answered, O [faithless ones] unbelieving and without trust in God, a perverse (wayward, crooked and warped) generation! Until when and how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here [to Me].


book: Luke
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And even while he was coming, the demon threw him down and [completely] convulsed him. But Jesus censured and severely rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the child and restored him to his father.


book: Luke
contenido:
And all were astounded at the evidence of God’s mighty power and His majesty and magnificence. But [while] they were all marveling at everything Jesus was doing, He said to His disciples,


book: Luke
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Let these words sink into your ears: the Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men [whose conduct is opposed to God].


book: Luke
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However, they did not comprehend this saying; and it was kept hidden from them, so that they should not grasp it and understand, and they were afraid to ask Him about the statement.


book: Luke
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But a controversy arose among them as to which of them might be the greatest [surpassing the others in excellence, worth, and authority].


book: Luke
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But Jesus, as He perceived the thoughts of their hearts, took a little child and put him at His side


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And told them, Whoever receives and accepts and welcomes this child in My name and for My sake receives and accepts and welcomes Me; and whoever so receives Me so also receives Him Who sent Me. For he who is least and lowliest among you all—he is [the one who is truly] great.


book: Luke
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John said, Master, we saw a man driving out demons in Your name and we commanded him to stop it, for he does not follow along with us.


book: Luke
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Now when the time was almost come for Jesus to be received up [to heaven], He steadfastly and determinedly set His face to go to Jerusalem.


book: Luke
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And He sent messengers before Him; and they reached and entered a Samaritan village to make [things] ready for Him;


book: Luke
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But [the people] would not welcome or receive or accept Him, because His face was [set as if He was] going to Jerusalem.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when His disciples James and John observed this, they said, Lord, do You wish us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?


book: Luke
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But He turned and rebuked and severely censured them. He said, You do not know of what sort of spirit you are,


book: Luke
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For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them [from the penalty of eternal death]. And they journeyed on to another village.


book: Luke
contenido:
And it occurred that as they were going along the road, a man said to Him, Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.


book: Luke
contenido:
And Jesus told him, Foxes have lurking holes and the birds of the air have roosts and nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to another, Become My disciple, side with My party, and accompany Me! But he replied, Lord, permit me first to go and bury (await the death of) my father.


book: Luke
contenido:
But Jesus said to him, Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and publish abroad throughout all regions the kingdom of God.


book: Luke
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Another also said, I will follow You, Lord, and become Your disciple and side with Your party; but let me first say good-bye to those at my home.


book: Luke
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Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now after this the Lord chose and appointed seventy others and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where He Himself was about to come (visit).


book: Luke
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And He said to them, The harvest indeed is abundant [there is much ripe grain], but the farmhands are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.


book: Luke
contenido:
Carry no purse, no provisions bag, no [change of] sandals; refrain from [retarding your journey by] saluting and wishing anyone well along the way.


book: Luke
contenido:
Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this household! [Freedom from all the distresses that result from sin be with this family].


book: Luke
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And if anyone [worthy] of peace and blessedness is there, the peace and blessedness you wish shall come upon him; but if not, it shall come back to you.


book: Luke
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And stay on in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.


book: Luke
contenido:
Whenever you go into a town and they receive and accept and welcome you, eat what is set before you;


book: Luke
contenido:
But whenever you go into a town and they do not receive and accept and welcome you, go out into its streets and say,


book: Luke
contenido:
Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we are wiping off against you; yet know and understand this: the kingdom of God has come near you.


book: Luke
contenido:
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty miracles performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.


book: Luke
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And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted unto heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades (the regions of the dead).


book: Luke
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He who hears and heeds you [disciples] hears and heeds Me; and he who slights and rejects you slights and rejects Me; and he who slights and rejects Me slights and rejects Him who sent Me.


book: Luke
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Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you.


book: Luke
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Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven.


book: Luke
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In that same hour He rejoiced and gloried in the Holy Spirit and said, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have concealed these things [relating to salvation] from the wise and understanding and learned, and revealed them to babes (the childish, unskilled, and untaught). Yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will and choice and good pleasure.


book: Luke
contenido:
All things have been given over into My power by My Father; and no one knows Who the Son is except the Father, or Who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son may choose to reveal and make Him known.


book: Luke
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Then turning to His disciples, He said privately, Blessed (happy, to be envied) are those whose eyes see what you see!


book: Luke
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For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see and they did not see it, and to hear what you hear and they did not hear it.


book: Luke
contenido:
And then a certain lawyer arose to try (test, tempt) Him, saying, Teacher, what am I to do to inherit everlasting life [that is, to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?


book: Luke
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And he replied, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.


book: Luke
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And Jesus said to him, You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live [enjoy active, blessed, endless life in the kingdom of God].


book: Luke
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Jesus, taking him up, replied, A certain man was going from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothes and belongings and beat him and went their way, [unconcernedly] leaving him half dead, as it happened.


book: Luke
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Now by coincidence a certain priest was going down along that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.


book: Luke
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A Levite likewise came down to the place and saw him, and passed by on the other side [of the road].


book: Luke
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But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled along, came down to where he was; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity and sympathy [for him],


book: Luke
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And went to him and dressed his wounds, pouring on [them] oil and wine. Then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him.


book: Luke
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And the next day he took out two denarii [two day’s wages] and gave [them] to the innkeeper, saying, Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I [myself] will repay you when I return.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now while they were on their way, it occurred that Jesus entered a certain village, and a woman named Martha received and welcomed Him into her house.


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And she had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord’s feet and was listening to His teaching.


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But Martha [overly occupied and too busy] was distracted with much serving; and she came up to Him and said, Lord, is it nothing to You that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me [to lend a hand and do her part along with me]!


book: Luke
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But the Lord replied to her by saying, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things;


book: Luke
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There is need of only one or but a few things. Mary has chosen the good portion [that which is to her advantage], which shall not be taken away from her.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then He was praying in a certain place; and when He stopped, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, [just] as John taught his disciples.


book: Luke
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And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. Your will be done [held holy and revered] on earth as it is in heaven.


book: Luke
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And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us [who has offended us or done us wrong]. And bring us not into temptation but rescue us from evil.


book: Luke
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And He said to them, Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and will say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves [of bread],


book: Luke
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And he from within will answer, Do not disturb me; the door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and supply you [with anything]?


book: Luke
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I tell you, although he will not get up and supply him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his shameless persistence and insistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.


book: Luke
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So I say to you, Ask and keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you.


book: Luke
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For everyone who asks and keeps on asking receives; and he who seeks and keeps on seeking finds; and to him who knocks and keeps on knocking, the door shall be opened.


book: Luke
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What father among you, if his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone; or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?


book: Luke
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If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts [gifts that are to their advantage] to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him!


book: Luke
contenido:
Now Jesus was driving out a demon that was dumb; and it occurred that when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke. And the crowds marveled.


book: Luke
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But some of them said, He drives out demons [because He is in league with and] by Beelzebub, the prince of demons,


book: Luke
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But He, [well] aware of their intent and purpose, said to them, Every kingdom split up against itself is doomed and brought to desolation, and so house falls upon house. [The disunited household will collapse.]


book: Luke
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And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom last? For you say that I expel demons with the help of and by Beelzebub.


book: Luke
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Now if I expel demons with the help of and by Beelzebub, with whose help and by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.


book: Luke
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But if I drive out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has [already] come upon you.


book: Luke
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When the strong man, fully armed, [from his courtyard] guards his own dwelling, his belongings are undisturbed [his property is at peace and is secure].


book: Luke
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But when one stronger than he attacks him and conquers him, he robs him of his whole armor on which he had relied and divides up and distributes all his goods as plunder (spoil).


book: Luke
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He who is not with Me [siding and believing with Me] is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me [engage in My interest], scatters.


book: Luke
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When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it roams through waterless places in search [of a place] of rest (release, refreshment, ease); and finding none it says, I will go back to my house from which I came.


book: Luke
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And it goes and brings other spirits, seven [of them], more evil than itself, and they enter in, settle down, and dwell there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now it occurred that as He was saying these things, a certain woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, Blessed (happy and to be envied) is the womb that bore You and the breasts that You sucked!


book: Luke
contenido:
But He said, Blessed (happy and to be envied) rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey and practice it!


book: Luke
contenido:
Now as the crowds were [increasingly] thronging Him, He began to say, This present generation is a wicked one; it seeks and demands a sign (miracle), but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah [the prophet].


book: Luke
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For [just] as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will also the Son of Man be [a sign] to this age and generation.


book: Luke
contenido:
The queen of the South will arise in the judgment with the people of this age and generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the [inhabited] earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and notice, here is more than Solomon.


book: Luke
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The men of Nineveh will appear as witnesses at the judgment with this generation and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, here is more than Jonah.


book: Luke
contenido:
No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or crypt or under a bushel measure, but on a lampstand, that those who are coming in may see the light.


book: Luke
contenido:
Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye (your conscience) is sound and fulfilling its office, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound and is not fulfilling its office, your body is full of darkness.


book: Luke
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If then your entire body is illuminated, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright [with light], as when a lamp with its bright rays gives you light.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now while Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to take dinner with him, so He entered and reclined at table.


book: Luke
contenido:
But the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are full of greed and robbery and extortion and malice and wickedness.


book: Luke
contenido:
You senseless (foolish, stupid) ones [acting without reflection or intelligence]! Did not He Who made the outside make the inside also?


book: Luke
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But [dedicate your inner self and] give as donations to the poor of those things which are within [of inward righteousness] and behold, everything is purified and clean for you.


book: Luke
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But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every [little] herb, but disregard and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without leaving the others undone.


book: Luke
contenido:
Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and [you love] to be greeted and bowed down to in the [public] marketplaces.


book: Luke
contenido:
Woe to you! For you are like graves which are not marked or seen, and men walk over them without being aware of it [and are ceremonially defiled].


book: Luke
contenido:
One of the experts in the [Mosaic] Law answered Him, Teacher, in saying this, You reproach and outrage and affront even us!


book: Luke
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But He said, Woe to you, the lawyers, also! For you load men with oppressive burdens hard to bear, and you do not personally [even gently] touch the burdens with one of your fingers.


book: Luke
contenido:
Woe to you! For you are rebuilding and repairing the tombs of the prophets, whom your fathers killed (destroyed).


book: Luke
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So you bear witness and give your full approval and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they actually killed them, and you rebuild and repair monuments to them.


book: Luke
contenido:
For this reason also the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets and apostles, [some] of whom they will put to death and persecute,


book: Luke
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So that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world may be charged against and required of this age and generation,


book: Luke
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From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against and required of this age and generation.


book: Luke
contenido:
Woe to you, lawyers (experts in the Mosaic Law)! For you have taken away the key to knowledge; you did not go in yourselves, and you hindered and prevented those who were entering.


book: Luke
contenido:
As He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees [followed Him closely, and they] began to be enraged with and set themselves violently against Him and to draw Him out and provoke Him to speak of many things,


book: Luke
contenido:
Secretly watching and plotting and lying in wait for Him, to seize upon something He might say [that they might accuse Him].


book: Luke
contenido:
In the meanwhile, when so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were trampling on one another, Jesus commenced by saying primarily to His disciples, Be on your guard against the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy [producing unrest and violent agitation].


book: Luke
contenido:
Nothing is [so closely] covered up that it will not be revealed, or hidden that it will not be known.


book: Luke
contenido:
Whatever you have spoken in the darkness shall be heard and listened to in the light, and what you have whispered in [people’s] ears and behind closed doors will be proclaimed upon the housetops.


book: Luke
contenido:
I tell you, My friends, do not dread and be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do.


book: Luke
contenido:
But I will warn you whom you should fear: fear Him Who, after killing, has power to hurl into hell (Gehenna); yes, I say to you, fear Him!


book: Luke
contenido:
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And [yet] not one of them is forgotten or uncared for in the presence of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows.


book: Luke
contenido:
And I tell you, Whoever declares openly [speaking out freely] and confesses that he is My worshiper and acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man also will declare and confess and acknowledge him before the angels of God.


book: Luke
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But he who disowns and denies and rejects and refuses to acknowledge Me before men will be disowned and denied and rejected and refused acknowledgement in the presence of the angels of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
And everyone who makes a statement or speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit [that is, whoever intentionally comes short of the reverence due the Holy Spirit], it will not be forgiven him [for him there is no forgiveness].


book: Luke
contenido:
And when they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be anxious [beforehand] how you shall reply in defense or what you are to say.


book: Luke
contenido:
Someone from the crowd said to Him, Master, order my brother to divide the inheritance and share it with me.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man’s life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance or that which is over and above his needs.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he considered and debated within himself, What shall I do? I have no place [in which] to gather together my harvest.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my storehouses and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain or produce and my goods.


book: Luke
contenido:
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up, [enough] for many years. Take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself merrily.


book: Luke
contenido:
But God said to him, You fool! This very night  they [the messengers of God] will demand your soul of you; and all the things that you have prepared, whose will they be?


book: Luke
contenido:
So it is with the one who continues to lay up and hoard possessions for himself and is not rich [in his relation] to God [this is how he fares].


book: Luke
contenido:
And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious and troubled [with cares] about your life, as to what you will [have to] eat; or about your body, as to what you will [have to] wear.


book: Luke
contenido:
Observe and consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn; and [yet] God feeds them. Of how much more worth are you than the birds!


book: Luke
contenido:
And which of you by being overly anxious and troubled with cares can add a cubit to his stature or a moment [unit] of time to his age [the length of his life]?


book: Luke
contenido:
If then you are not able to do such a little thing as that, why are you anxious and troubled with cares about the rest?


book: Luke
contenido:
Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither [wearily] toil nor spin nor weave; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory (his splendor and magnificence) was not arrayed like one of these.


book: Luke
contenido:
But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you [people] of little faith?


book: Luke
contenido:
And you, do not seek [by meditating and reasoning to inquire into] what you are to eat and what you are to drink; nor be of anxious (troubled) mind [unsettled, excited, worried, and in suspense];


book: Luke
contenido:
For all the pagan world is [greedily] seeking these things, and your Father knows that you need them.


book: Luke
contenido:
Only aim at and strive for and seek His kingdom, and all these things shall be supplied to you also.


book: Luke
contenido:
Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom!


book: Luke
contenido:
Sell what you possess and give donations to the poor; provide yourselves with purses and handbags that do not grow old, an unfailing and inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.


book: Luke
contenido:
And be like men who are waiting for their master to return home from the marriage feast, so that when he returns from the wedding and comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.


book: Luke
contenido:
Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants whom the master finds awake and alert and watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will gird himself and have them recline at table and will come and serve them!


book: Luke
contenido:
If he comes in the second watch (before midnight) or the third watch (after midnight), and finds them so, blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants!


book: Luke
contenido:
But of this be assured: if the householder had known at what time the burglar was coming, he would have been awake and alert and watching and would not have permitted his house to be dug through and broken into.


book: Luke
contenido:
You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour and a moment when you do not anticipate it.


book: Luke
contenido:
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his master will set over those in his household service to supply them their allowance of food at the appointed time?


book: Luke
contenido:
But if that servant says in his heart, My master is late in coming, and begins to strike the menservants and the maids and to eat and drink and get drunk,


book: Luke
contenido:
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he does not know, and will punish him and cut him off and assign his lot with the unfaithful.


book: Luke
contenido:
And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act as he would wish him to act shall be beaten with many [lashes].


book: Luke
contenido:
But he who did not know and did things worthy of a beating shall be beaten with few [lashes]. For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required; and of him to whom men entrust much, they will require and demand all the more.


book: Luke
contenido:
I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how greatly and sorely I am urged on (impelled, constrained) until it is accomplished!


book: Luke
contenido:
For from now on in one house there will be five divided [among themselves], three against two and two against three.


book: Luke
contenido:
They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.


book: Luke
contenido:
He also said to the crowds of people, When you see a cloud rising in the west, at once you say, It is going to rain! And so it does.


book: Luke
contenido:
You playactors (hypocrites)! You know how [intelligently] to discern and interpret and prove the looks of the earth and sky; but how is it that you do not know how to discern and interpret and apply the proof to this present time?


book: Luke
contenido:
Then as you go with your accuser before a magistrate, on the way make a diligent effort to settle and be quit (free) of him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.


book: Luke
contenido:
Just at that time there [arrived] some people who informed Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He replied by saying to them, Do you think that these Galileans were greater sinners than all the other Galileans because they have suffered in this way?


book: Luke
contenido:
I tell you, No; but unless you repent (change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally.


book: Luke
contenido:
Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were more guilty offenders (debtors) than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?


book: Luke
contenido:
And He told them this parable: A certain man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find [any].


book: Luke
contenido:
So he said to the vinedresser, See here! For these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue also to use up the ground [to deplete the soil, intercept the sun, and take up room]?


book: Luke
contenido:
But he replied to him, Leave it alone, sir, [just] this one more year, till I dig around it and put manure [on the soil].


book: Luke
contenido:
And there was a woman there who for eighteen years had had an infirmity caused by a spirit (a demon of sickness). She was bent completely forward and utterly unable to straighten herself up or to look upward.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when Jesus saw her, He called [her to Him] and said to her, Woman, you are released from your infirmity!


book: Luke
contenido:
Then He laid [His] hands on her, and instantly she was made straight, and she recognized and thanked and praised God.


book: Luke
contenido:
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, There are six days on which work ought to be done; so come on those days and be cured, and not on the Sabbath day.


book: Luke
contenido:
But the Lord replied to him, saying, You playactors (hypocrites)! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead it out to water it?


book: Luke
contenido:
And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?


book: Luke
contenido:
Even as He said this, all His opponents were put to shame, and all the people were rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the wild birds found shelter and roosted and nested in its branches.


book: Luke
contenido:
It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of wheat flour or meal until it was all leavened (fermented).


book: Luke
contenido:
And someone asked Him, Lord, will only a few be saved (rescued, delivered from the penalties of the last judgment, and made partakers of the salvation by Christ)? And He said to them,


book: Luke
contenido:
Strive to enter by the narrow door [force yourselves through it], for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.


book: Luke
contenido:
When once the Master of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door [again and again], saying, Lord, open to us! He will answer you, I do not know where [what household—certainly not Mine] you come from.


book: Luke
contenido:
But He will say, I tell you, I do not know where [what household—certainly not Mine] you come from; depart from Me, all you wrongdoers!


book: Luke
contenido:
There will be weeping and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves being cast forth (banished, driven away).


book: Luke
contenido:
And [people] will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit down (feast at table) in the kingdom of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
And behold, there are some [now] last who will be first [then], and there are some [now] first who will be last [then].


book: Luke
contenido:
At that very hour some Pharisees came up and said to Him, Go away from here, for Herod is determined to kill You.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, Go and tell that fox [sly and crafty, skulking and cowardly], Behold, I drive out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish (complete) My course.


book: Luke
contenido:
Nevertheless, I must continue on My way today and tomorrow and the day after that—for it will never do for a prophet to be destroyed away from Jerusalem!


book: Luke
contenido:
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who continue to kill the prophets and to stone those who are sent to you! How often I have desired and yearned to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen [gathers] her young under her wings, but you would not!


book: Luke
contenido:
Behold, your house is forsaken (abandoned, left to you destitute of God’s help)! And I tell you, you will not see Me again until the time comes when you shall say, Blessed (to be celebrated with praises) is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!


book: Luke
contenido:
It occurred one Sabbath, when [Jesus] went for a meal at the house of one of the ruling Pharisees, that they were [engaged in] watching Him [closely].


book: Luke
contenido:
And Jesus asked the lawyers and the Pharisees, Is it lawful and right to cure on the Sabbath or not?


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, Which of you, having a son or a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not at once pull him out on the Sabbath day?


book: Luke
contenido:
Now He told a parable to those who were invited, [when] He noticed how they were selecting the places of honor, saying to them,


book: Luke
contenido:
When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not recline on the chief seat [in the place of honor], lest a more distinguished person than you has been invited by him,


book: Luke
contenido:
And he who invited both of you will come to you and say, Let this man have the place [you have taken]. Then, with humiliation and a guilty sense of impropriety, you will begin to take the lowest place.


book: Luke
contenido:
But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher! Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit [at table] with you.


book: Luke
contenido:
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled (ranked below others who are honored or rewarded), and he who humbles himself (keeps a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly) will be exalted (elevated in rank).


book: Luke
contenido:
Jesus also said to the man who had invited Him, When you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they also invite you in return, and so you are paid back.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then you will be blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied), because they have no way of repaying you, and you will be recompensed at the resurrection of the just (upright).


book: Luke
contenido:
When one of those who reclined [at the table] with Him heard this, he said to Him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!


book: Luke
contenido:
And at the hour for the supper he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all is now ready.


book: Luke
contenido:
But they all alike began to make excuses and to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I have to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused.


book: Luke
contenido:
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine and put my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused.


book: Luke
contenido:
So the servant came and reported these [answers] to his master. Then the master of the house said in wrath to his servant, Go quickly into the great streets and the small streets of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.


book: Luke
contenido:
And the servant [returning] said, Sir, what you have commanded me to do has been done, and yet there is room.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then the master said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges and urge and constrain [them] to yield and come in, so that my house may be filled.


book: Luke
contenido:
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his [own] father and mother [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God] and [likewise] his wife and children and brothers and sisters—[yes] and even his own life also—he cannot be My disciple.


book: Luke
contenido:
Whoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after (follow) Me cannot be My disciple.


book: Luke
contenido:
For which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate the cost [to see] whether he has sufficient means to finish it?


book: Luke
contenido:
Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to complete [the building], all who see it will begin to mock and jeer at him,


book: Luke
contenido:
Or what king, going out to engage in conflict with another king, will not first sit down and consider and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand [men] to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?


book: Luke
contenido:
And if he cannot [do so], when the other king is still a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks the terms of peace.


book: Luke
contenido:
So then, any of you who does not forsake (renounce, surrender claim to, give up, say good-bye to) all that he has cannot be My disciple.


book: Luke
contenido:
Salt is good [an excellent thing], but if salt has lost its strength and has become saltless (insipid, flat), how shall its saltness be restored?


book: Luke
contenido:
It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure heap; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear, let him listen and consider and comprehend by hearing!


book: Luke
contenido:
Now the tax collectors and [notorious and especially wicked] sinners were all coming near to [Jesus] to listen to Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
And the Pharisees and the scribes kept muttering and indignantly complaining, saying, This man accepts and receives and welcomes [preeminently wicked] sinners and eats with them.


book: Luke
contenido:
What man of you, if he has a hundred sheep and should lose one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness (desert) and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?


book: Luke
contenido:
And when he gets home, he summons together [his] friends and [his] neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep which was lost.


book: Luke
contenido:
Thus, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind, abhorring his errors and misdeeds, and determines to enter upon a better course of life) than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance.


book: Luke
contenido:
Or what woman, having ten [silver] drachmas [each one equal to a day’s wages], if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and look carefully and diligently until she finds it?


book: Luke
contenido:
And when she has found it, she summons her [women] friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the silver coin which I had lost.


book: Luke
contenido:
Even so, I tell you, there is joy among and in the presence of the angels of God over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind for the better, heartily amending his ways, with abhorrence of his past sins).


book: Luke
contenido:
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the part of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided the estate between them.


book: Luke
contenido:
And not many days after that, the younger son gathered up all that he had and journeyed into a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and loose [from restraint] living.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when he had spent all he had, a mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind and be in want.


book: Luke
contenido:
So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he would gladly have fed on and filled his belly with the carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better].


book: Luke
contenido:
Then when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have enough food, and [even food] to spare, but I am perishing (dying) here of hunger!


book: Luke
contenido:
I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.


book: Luke
contenido:
So he got up and came to his [own] father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity and tenderness [for him]; and he ran and embraced him and kissed him [fervently].


book: Luke
contenido:
And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son [I no longer deserve to be recognized as a son of yours]!


book: Luke
contenido:
But the father said to his bond servants, Bring quickly the best robe (the festive robe of honor) and put it on him; and give him a ring for his hand and sandals for his feet.


book: Luke
contenido:
And bring out that [wheat-]fattened calf and kill it; and let us revel and feast and be happy and make merry,


book: Luke
contenido:
Because this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! And they began to revel and feast and make merry.


book: Luke
contenido:
But his older son was in the field; and as he returned and came near the house, he heard music and dancing.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he said to him, Your brother has come, and your father has killed that [wheat-]fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and well.


book: Luke
contenido:
But [the elder brother] was angry [with deep-seated wrath] and resolved not to go in. Then his father came out and began to plead with him,


book: Luke
contenido:
But he answered his father, Look! These many years I have served you, and I have never disobeyed your command. Yet you never gave me [so much as] a [little] kid, that I might revel and feast and be happy and make merry with my friends;


book: Luke
contenido:
But when this son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you have killed for him that [wheat-] fattened calf!


book: Luke
contenido:
But it was fitting to make merry, to revel and feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!


book: Luke
contenido:
Also [Jesus] said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager of his estate, and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that he was squandering his [master’s] possessions.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he called him and said to him, What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management [of my affairs], for you can be [my] manager no longer.


book: Luke
contenido:
And the manager of the estate said to himself, What shall I do, seeing that my master is taking the management away from me? I am not able to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.


book: Luke
contenido:
I have come to know what I will do, so that they [my master’s debtors] may accept and welcome me into their houses when I am put out of the management.


book: Luke
contenido:
So he summoned his master’s debtors one by one, and he said to the first, How much do you owe my master?


book: Luke
contenido:
He said, A hundred measures [about 900 gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of obligation, and sit down quickly and write fifty [about 450 gallons].


book: Luke
contenido:
After that he said to another, And how much do you owe? He said, A hundred measures [about 900 bushels] of wheat. He said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of obligation, and write eighty [about 700 bushels].


book: Luke
contenido:
And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting shrewdly and prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [relation to] their own generation [to their own age and kind] than are the sons of light.


book: Luke
contenido:
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), so that when it fails, they [those you have favored] may receive and welcome you into the everlasting habitations (dwellings).


book: Luke
contenido:
He who is faithful in a very little [thing] is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest and unjust in a very little [thing] is dishonest and unjust also in much.


book: Luke
contenido:
Therefore if you have not been faithful in the [case of] unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), who will entrust to you the true riches?


book: Luke
contenido:
And if you have not proved faithful in that which belongs to another [whether God or man], who will give you that which is your own [that is, the true riches]?


book: Luke
contenido:
No servant is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (riches, or anything in which you trust and on which you rely).


book: Luke
contenido:
Now the Pharisees, who were covetous and lovers of money, heard all these things [taken together], and they began to sneer at and ridicule and scoff at Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
But He said to them, You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent (an abomination) in the sight of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
Until John came, there were the Law and the Prophets; since then the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone strives violently to go in [would force his own way rather than God’s way into it].


book: Luke
contenido:
Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to fail and become void.


book: Luke
contenido:
Whoever divorces (dismisses and repudiates) his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.


book: Luke
contenido:
There was a certain rich man who [habitually] clothed himself in purple and fine linen and reveled and feasted and made merry in splendor every day.


book: Luke
contenido:
And at his gate there was [carelessly] dropped down and left a certain utterly destitute man named Lazarus, [reduced to begging alms and] covered with [ulcerated] sores.


book: Luke
contenido:
He [eagerly] desired to be satisfied with what fell from the rich man’s table; moreover, the dogs even came and licked his sores.


book: Luke
contenido:
And it occurred that the man [reduced to] begging died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.


book: Luke
contenido:
And in Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have pity and mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.


book: Luke
contenido:
But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime fully received [what is due you in] comforts and delights, and Lazarus in like manner the discomforts and distresses; but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.


book: Luke
contenido:
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who want to pass from this [place] to you may not be able, and no one may pass from there to us.


book: Luke
contenido:
For I have five brothers—so that he may give [solemn] testimony and warn them, lest they too come into this place of torment.


book: Luke
contenido:
But he answered, No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent (change their minds for the better and heartily amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins).


book: Luke
contenido:
He said to him, If they do not hear and listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded and convinced and believe [even] if someone should rise from the dead.


book: Luke
contenido:
And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Temptations (snares, traps set to entice to sin) are sure to come, but woe to him by or through whom they come!


book: Luke
contenido:
It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea than that he should cause to sin or be a snare to one of these little ones [lowly in rank or influence].


book: Luke
contenido:
Pay attention and always be on your guard [looking out for one another]. If your brother sins (misses the mark), solemnly tell him so and reprove him, and if he repents (feels sorry for having sinned), forgive him.


book: Luke
contenido:
And even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and turns to you seven times and says, I repent [I am sorry], you must forgive him (give up resentment and consider the offense as recalled and annulled).


book: Luke
contenido:
The apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith (that trust and confidence that spring from our belief in God).


book: Luke
contenido:
And the Lord answered, If you had faith (trust and confidence in God) even [so small] like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you.


book: Luke
contenido:
Will any man of you who has a servant plowing or tending sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, Come at once and take your place at the table?


book: Luke
contenido:
Will he not instead tell him, Get my supper ready and gird yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; then afterward you yourself shall eat and drink?


book: Luke
contenido:
Even so on your part, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, We are unworthy servants [possessing no merit, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have [merely] done what was our duty to do.


book: Luke
contenido:
As He went on His way to Jerusalem, it occurred that [Jesus] was passing [along the border] between Samaria and Galilee.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when He saw them, He said to them, Go [at once] and show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cured and made clean.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then one of them, upon seeing that he was cured, turned back, recognizing and thanking and praising God with a loud voice;


book: Luke
contenido:
Was there no one found to return and to recognize and give thanks and praise to God except this alien?


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) has restored you to health.


book: Luke
contenido:
Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display,


book: Luke
contenido:
Nor will people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is] there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you [in your hearts] and among you [surrounding you].


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to the disciples, The time is coming when you will long to see [even] one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see [it].


book: Luke
contenido:
And they will say to you, Look! [He is] there! or, Look! [He is] here! But do not go out or follow [them].


book: Luke
contenido:
For like the lightning, that flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will the Son of Man be in His [own] day.


book: Luke
contenido:
But first He must suffer many things and be disapproved and repudiated and rejected by this age and generation.


book: Luke
contenido:
[People] ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.


book: Luke
contenido:
So also [it was the same] as it was in the days of Lot. [People] ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;


book: Luke
contenido:
But on the [very] day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed [them] all.


book: Luke
contenido:
On that day let him who is on the housetop, with his belongings in the house, not come down [and go inside] to carry them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back.


book: Luke
contenido:
Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve and quicken it.


book: Luke
contenido:
I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then they asked Him, Where, Lord? He said to them, Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures or eagles be gathered together.


book: Luke
contenido:
Also [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up).


book: Luke
contenido:
He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man.


book: Luke
contenido:
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary.


book: Luke
contenido:
And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence or fear for God nor respect or consideration for man,


book: Luke
contenido:
Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and wear me out by her continual coming or at the last she come and rail on me or assault me or strangle me.


book: Luke
contenido:
And will not [our just] God defend and protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf?


book: Luke
contenido:
I tell you, He will defend and protect and avenge them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [persistence in] faith on the earth?


book: Luke
contenido:
He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [that they were upright and in right standing with God] and scorned and made nothing of all the rest of men:


book: Luke
contenido:
Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.


book: Luke
contenido:
The Pharisee took his stand ostentatiously and began to pray thus before and with himself: God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—extortioners (robbers), swindlers [unrighteous in heart and life], adulterers—or even like this tax collector here.


book: Luke
contenido:
But the tax collector, [merely] standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but kept striking his breast, saying, O God, be favorable (be gracious, be merciful) to me, the especially wicked sinner that I am!


book: Luke
contenido:
I tell you, this man went down to his home justified (forgiven and made upright and in right standing with God), rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now they were also bringing [even] babies to Him that He might touch them, and when the disciples noticed it, they reproved them.


book: Luke
contenido:
But Jesus called them [the parents] to Him, saying, Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for to such [as these] belongs the kingdom of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
Truly I say to you, whoever does not accept and receive and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] shall not in any way enter it [at all].


book: Luke
contenido:
And a certain ruler asked Him, Good Teacher [You who are essentially and perfectly morally good], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?


book: Luke
contenido:
Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me [essentially and perfectly morally] good? No one is [essentially and perfectly morally] good—except God only.


book: Luke
contenido:
You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not witness falsely, honor your father and your mother.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when Jesus heard it, He said to him, One thing you still lack. Sell everything that you have and divide [the money] among the poor, and you will have [rich] treasure in heaven; and come back [and] follow Me [become My disciple, join My party, and accompany Me].


book: Luke
contenido:
Jesus, observing him, said, How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!


book: Luke
contenido:
For it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle’s eye than [for] a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
And Peter said, See, we have left our own [things—home, family, and business] and have followed You.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, I say to you truly, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God


book: Luke
contenido:
Then taking the Twelve [apostles] aside, He said to them, Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written about the Son of Man through and by the prophets will be fulfilled.


book: Luke
contenido:
For He will be handed over to the Gentiles and will be made sport of and scoffed and jeered at and insulted and spit upon.


book: Luke
contenido:
But they understood nothing of these things; His words were a mystery and hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was telling them.


book: Luke
contenido:
But those who were in front reproved him, telling him to keep quiet; yet he screamed and shrieked so much the more, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me!


book: Luke
contenido:
And Jesus said to him, Receive your sight! Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your faith in God) has healed you.


book: Luke
contenido:
And instantly he received his sight and began to follow Jesus, recognizing, praising, and honoring God; and all the people, when they saw it, praised God.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he was trying to see Jesus, which One He was, but he could not on account of the crowd, because he was small in stature.


book: Luke
contenido:
So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass that way.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when Jesus reached the place, He looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when the people saw it, they all muttered among themselves and indignantly complained, He has gone in to be the guest of and lodge with a man who is devoted to sin and preeminently a sinner.


book: Luke
contenido:
So then Zacchaeus stood up and solemnly declared to the Lord, See, Lord, the half of my goods I [now] give [by way of restoration] to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone out of anything, I [now] restore four times as much.


book: Luke
contenido:
And Jesus said to him, Today is [Messianic and spiritual] salvation come to [all the members of] this household, since Zacchaeus too is a [real spiritual] son of Abraham;


book: Luke
contenido:
Now as they were listening to these things, He proceeded to tell a parable, because He was approaching Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be brought to light and shown forth immediately.


book: Luke
contenido:
He therefore said, A certain nobleman went into a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom and then to return.


book: Luke
contenido:
Calling ten of his [own] bond servants, he gave them ten minas [each equal to about one hundred days’ wages or nearly twenty dollars] and said to them, Buy and sell with these while I go and then return.


book: Luke
contenido:
But his citizens detested him and sent an embassy after him to say, We do not want this man to become ruler over us.


book: Luke
contenido:
When he returned after having received the kingdom, he ordered these bond servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know how much each one had made by buying and selling.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he said to him, Well done, excellent bond servant! Because you have been faithful and trustworthy in a very little [thing], you shall have authority over ten cities.


book: Luke
contenido:
For I was [constantly] afraid of you, because you are a stern (hard, severe) man; you pick up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.


book: Luke
contenido:
He said to the servant, I will judge and condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew [did you] that I was a stern (hard, severe) man, picking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow?


book: Luke
contenido:
Then why did you not put my money in a bank, so that on my return, I might have collected it with interest?


book: Luke
contenido:
And he said to the bystanders, Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.


book: Luke
contenido:
And [said Jesus,] I tell you that to everyone who gets and has will more be given, but from the man who does not get and does not have, even what he has will be taken away.


book: Luke
contenido:
[The indignant king ended by saying] But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence!


book: Luke
contenido:
When He came near Bethphage and Bethany at the mount called [the Mount of] Olives, He sent two of His disciples,


book: Luke
contenido:
Telling [them], Go into the village yonder; there, as you go in, you will find a donkey’s colt tied, on which no man has ever yet sat. Loose it and bring [it here].


book: Luke
contenido:
As He was approaching [the city], at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God [extolling Him exultantly and] loudly for all the mighty miracles and works of power that they had witnessed,


book: Luke
contenido:
Crying, Blessed (celebrated with praises) is the King Who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven [freedom there from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin] and glory (majesty and splendor) in the highest [heaven]!


book: Luke
contenido:
Exclaiming, Would that you had known personally, even at least in this your day, the things that make for peace (for freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin and upon which your peace—your security, safety, prosperity, and happiness—depends)! But now they are hidden from your eyes.


book: Luke
contenido:
For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank [with pointed stakes] about you and surround you and shut you in on every side.


book: Luke
contenido:
And they will dash you down to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, [all] because you did not come progressively to recognize and know and understand [from observation and experience] the time of your visitation [that is, when God was visiting you, the time in which God showed Himself gracious toward you and offered you salvation through Christ].


book: Luke
contenido:
Telling them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of robbers.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He continued to teach day after day in the temple [porches and courts]. The chief priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were seeking to put Him to death,


book: Luke
contenido:
But they did not discover anything they could do, for all the people hung upon His words and stuck by Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
One day as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple [porches] and preaching the good news (the Gospel), the chief priests and the scribes came up with the elders (members of the Sanhedrin)


book: Luke
contenido:
And said to Him, Tell us by what [sort of] authority You are doing these things? Or who is it who gave You this authority?


book: Luke
contenido:
And they argued and discussed [it] and reasoned together with themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him?


book: Luke
contenido:
But if we answer, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are long since firmly convinced that John was a prophet.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then He began to relate to the people this parable (this story to figuratively portray what He had to say): A man planted a vineyard and leased it to some vinedressers and went into another country for a long stay.


book: Luke
contenido:
When the [right] season came, he sent a bond servant to the tenants, that they might give him [his part] of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat (thrashed) him and sent him away empty-handed.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he sent still another servant; him they also beat (thrashed) and dishonored and insulted him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it is probable that they will respect him.


book: Luke
contenido:
But when the tenants saw him, they argued among themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.


book: Luke
contenido:
So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?


book: Luke
contenido:
He will come and [utterly] put an end to those tenants and will give the vineyard to others. When they [the chief priests and the scribes and the elders] heard this, they said, May it never be!


book: Luke
contenido:
But [Jesus] looked at them and said, What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: The [very] Stone which the builders rejected has become the chief Stone of the corner [Cornerstone]?


book: Luke
contenido:
Everyone who falls on that Stone will be broken [in pieces]; but upon whomever It falls, It will crush him [winnow him and scatter him as dust].


book: Luke
contenido:
The scribes and the chief priests desired and tried to find a way to arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; for they discerned that He had related this parable against them.


book: Luke
contenido:
So they watched [for an opportunity to ensnare] Him, and sent spies who pretended to be upright (honest and sincere), that they might lay hold of something He might say, so as to turn Him over to the control and authority of the governor.


book: Luke
contenido:
They asked Him, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach what is right, and that You show no partiality to anyone but teach the way of God honestly and in truth.


book: Luke
contenido:
He said to them, Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.


book: Luke
contenido:
So they could not in the presence of the people take hold of anything He said to turn it against Him; but marveling at His reply, they were silent.


book: Luke
contenido:
And they asked Him a question, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law] that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife and no children, the man shall take the woman and raise up offspring for his brother.


book: Luke
contenido:
But those who are considered worthy to gain that other world and that future age and to attain to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage;


book: Luke
contenido:
For they cannot die again, but they are angel-like and equal to angels. And being sons of and sharers in the resurrection, they are sons of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
But that the dead are raised [from death]—even Moses made known and showed in the passage concerning the [burning] bush, where he calls the Lord, The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are alive [whether in the body or out of it] and they are alive [not dead] unto Him [in definite relationship to Him].


book: Luke
contenido:
And some of the scribes replied, Teacher, you have spoken well and expertly [so that there is no room for blame].


book: Luke
contenido:
But He asked them, How can people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is David’s Son?


book: Luke
contenido:
Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes and love to be saluted [with honor] in places where people congregate and love the front and best seats in the synagogues and places of distinction at feasts,


book: Luke
contenido:
Who make away with and devour widows’ houses, and [to cover it up] with pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation (the heavier sentence, the severer punishment).


book: Luke
contenido:
For they all gave out of their abundance (their surplus); but she has contributed out of her lack and her want, putting in all that she had on which to live.


book: Luke
contenido:
And as some were saying of the temple that it was decorated with handsome (shapely and magnificent) stones and consecrated offerings [laid up to be kept], He said,


book: Luke
contenido:
As for all this that you [thoughtfully] look at, the time will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.


book: Luke
contenido:
And they asked Him, Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when this is about to occur?


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said, Be on your guard and be careful that you are not led astray; for many will come in My name [appropriating to themselves the name Messiah which belongs to Me], saying, I am He! and, The time is at hand! Do not go out after them.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when you hear of wars and insurrections (disturbances, disorder, and confusion), do not become alarmed and panic-stricken and terrified; for all this must take place first, but the end will not [come] immediately.


book: Luke
contenido:
There will be mighty and violent earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences (plagues: malignant and contagious or infectious epidemic diseases which are deadly and devastating); and there will be sights of terror and great signs from heaven.


book: Luke
contenido:
But previous to all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be led away before kings and governors for My name’s sake.


book: Luke
contenido:
Resolve and settle it in your minds not to meditate and prepare beforehand how you are to make your defense and how you will answer.


book: Luke
contenido:
For I [Myself] will give you a mouth and such utterance and wisdom that all of your foes combined will be unable to stand against or refute.


book: Luke
contenido:
You will be delivered up and betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and [some] of you they will put to death.


book: Luke
contenido:
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know and understand that its desolation has come near.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside [the city] get out of it, and let not those who are out in the country come into it;


book: Luke
contenido:
For those are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], that all things that are written may be fulfilled.


book: Luke
contenido:
Alas for those who are pregnant and for those who have babies which they are nursing in those days! For great misery and anguish and distress shall be upon the land and indignation and punishment and retribution upon this people.


book: Luke
contenido:
They will fall by the mouth and the edge of the sword and will be led away as captives to and among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed).


book: Luke
contenido:
And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth [there will be] distress (trouble and anguish) of nations in bewilderment and perplexity [without resources, left wanting, embarrassed, in doubt, not knowing which way to turn] at the roaring (the echo) of the tossing of the sea,


book: Luke
contenido:
Men swooning away or expiring with fear and dread and apprehension and expectation of the things that are coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken and caused to totter.


book: Luke
contenido:
And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great (transcendent and overwhelming) power and [all His kingly] glory (majesty and splendor).


book: Luke
contenido:
Now when these things begin to occur, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption (deliverance) is drawing near.


book: Luke
contenido:
When they put forth their buds and come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and perceive and know that summer is already near.


book: Luke
contenido:
Even so, when you see these things taking place, understand and know that the kingdom of God is at hand.


book: Luke
contenido:
Truly I tell you, this generation (those living at that definite period of time) will not perish and pass away until all has taken place.


book: Luke
contenido:
But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose;


book: Luke
contenido:
Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready], praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all these things [taken together] that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now in the daytime Jesus was teaching in [the porches and courts of] the temple, but at night He would go out and stay on the mount called Olivet.


book: Luke
contenido:
And early in the morning all the people came to Him in the temple [porches or courts] to listen to Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to do away with [Jesus], for they feared the people.


book: Luke
contenido:
And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray Him and deliver Him up to them.


book: Luke
contenido:
So he agreed [to this], and sought an opportunity to betray Him to them [without an uprising] in the absence of the throng.


book: Luke
contenido:
He said to them, Behold, when you have gone into the city, a man carrying an earthen jug or pitcher of water will meet you; follow him into the house which he enters,


book: Luke
contenido:
And say to the master of the house, The Teacher asks you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover [meal] with My disciples?


book: Luke
contenido:
And he will show you a large room upstairs, furnished [with carpets and with couches properly spread]; there make [your] preparations.


book: Luke
contenido:
And they went and found it [just] as He had said to them; and they made ready the Passover [supper].


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, I have earnestly and intensely desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;


book: Luke
contenido:
And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He said, Take this and divide and distribute it among yourselves;


book: Luke
contenido:
For I say to you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine at all until the kingdom of God comes.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then He took a loaf [of bread], and when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and gave it to them saying, This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.


book: Luke
contenido:
And in like manner, He took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament or covenant [ratified] in My blood, which is shed (poured out) for you.


book: Luke
contenido:
For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined and appointed, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed and delivered up!


book: Luke
contenido:
Now an eager contention arose among them [as to] which of them was considered and reputed to be the greatest.


book: Luke
contenido:
But Jesus said to them, The kings of the Gentiles are deified by them and exercise lordship [ruling as emperor-gods] over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors and well-doers.


book: Luke
contenido:
But this is not to be so with you; on the contrary, let him who is the greatest among you become like the youngest, and him who is the chief and leader like one who serves.


book: Luke
contenido:
For who is the greater, the one who reclines at table (the master), or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am in your midst as One Who serves.


book: Luke
contenido:
And as My Father has appointed a kingdom and conferred it on Me, so do I confer on you [the privilege and decree],


book: Luke
contenido:
That you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.


book: Luke
contenido:
Simon, Simon (Peter), listen! Satan has asked excessively that [all of] you be given up to him [out of the power and keeping of God], that he might sift [all of] you like grain,


book: Luke
contenido:
But I have prayed especially for you [Peter], that your [own] faith may not fail; and when you yourself have turned again, strengthen and establish your brethren.


book: Luke
contenido:
But Jesus said, I tell you, Peter, before a [single] cock shall crow this day, you will three times [utterly] deny that you know Me.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, When I sent you out with no purse or [provision] bag or sandals, did you lack anything? They answered, Nothing!


book: Luke
contenido:
Then He said to them, But now let him who has a purse take it, and also [his provision] bag; and let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy a sword.


book: Luke
contenido:
For I tell you that this Scripture must yet be fulfilled in Me: And He was counted and classed among the wicked (the outlaws, the criminals); for what is written about Me has its fulfillment [has reached its end and is finally settled].


book: Luke
contenido:
And He came out and went, as was His habit, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when He came to the place, He said to them, Pray that you may not [at all] enter into temptation.


book: Luke
contenido:
Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.


book: Luke
contenido:
And being in an agony [of mind], He prayed [all the] more earnestly and intently, and His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, Why do you sleep? Get up and pray that you may not enter [at all] into temptation.


book: Luke
contenido:
And while He was still speaking, behold, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the Twelve [apostles], was going before [leading] them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss Him,


book: Luke
contenido:
And when those who were around Him saw what was about to happen, they said, Lord, shall we strike with the sword?


book: Luke
contenido:
But Jesus said, Permit them to go so far [as to seize Me]. And He touched the little (insignificant) ear and healed him.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then Jesus said to those who had come out against Him—the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders [of the Sanhedrin]—Have you come out with swords and clubs as [you would] against a robber?


book: Luke
contenido:
When I was with you day after day in the temple [enclosure], you did not stretch forth [your] hands against Me. But this is your hour—and the power [which] darkness [gives you has its way].


book: Luke
contenido:
Then they seized Him and led Him away, bringing Him into the house of the high priest. Peter was following at a distance.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and were seated together, Peter sat among them.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and gazing [intently] at him, said, This man too was with Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
And a little later someone else saw him and said, You are one of them also. But Peter said, Man, I am not!


book: Luke
contenido:
And when about an hour more had elapsed, still another emphatically insisted, It is the truth that this man also was with Him, for he too is a Galilean!


book: Luke
contenido:
But Peter said, Man, I do not know what you are talking about. And instantly, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed.


book: Luke
contenido:
And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter recalled the Lord’s words, how He had told him, Before the cock crows today, you will deny Me thrice.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now the men who had Jesus in custody treated Him with contempt and scoffed at and ridiculed Him and beat Him;


book: Luke
contenido:
As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led Him into their council (the Sanhedrin), and they said,


book: Luke
contenido:
If You are the Christ (the Messiah), tell us. But He said to them, If I tell you, you will not believe (trust in, cleave to, and rely on what I say),


book: Luke
contenido:
But hereafter (from this time on), the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
And they said, What further evidence do we need? For we have heard [it] ourselves from His own mouth!


book: Luke
contenido:
And they began to accuse Him, asserting, We found this Man perverting (misleading, corrupting, and turning away) our nation and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), a King!


book: Luke
contenido:
So Pilate asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, [It is just as] you say. [I Am.]


book: Luke
contenido:
But they were urgent and emphatic, saying, He stirs up and excites the people, teaching throughout all Judea—from Galilee, where He began, even to this place.


book: Luke
contenido:
And when he found out [certainly] that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him up to Herod [a higher authority], who was also in Jerusalem in those days.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had eagerly desired to see Him for a long time because of what he had heard concerning Him, and he was hoping to witness some sign (some striking evidence or spectacular performance) done by Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
Meanwhile, the chief priests and the scribes stood by, continuing vehemently and violently to accuse Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt and scoffed at and ridiculed Him; then, dressing Him up in bright and gorgeous apparel, he sent Him back to Pilate.


book: Luke
contenido:
And that very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other—[though] they had been at enmity before this.


book: Luke
contenido:
And said to them, You brought this Man before me as One Who was perverting and misleading and turning away and corrupting the people; and behold, after examining Him before you, I have not found any offense (crime or guilt) in this Man in regard to your accusations against Him;


book: Luke
contenido:
No, nor indeed did Herod, for he sent Him back to us; behold, He has done nothing deserving of death.


book: Luke
contenido:
I will therefore chastise Him and deliver Him amended (reformed, taught His lesson) and release Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
But they all together raised a deep cry [from the depths of their throats], saying, Away with this Man! Release to us Barabbas!


book: Luke
contenido:
A third time he said to them, Why? What wrong has He done? I have found [no offense or crime or guilt] in Him nothing deserving of death; I will therefore chastise Him [in order to teach Him better] and release Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
But they were insistent and urgent, demanding with loud cries that He should be crucified. And their voices prevailed (accomplished their purpose).


book: Luke
contenido:
So he released the man who had been thrown into prison for riot and murder, for whom they continued to ask, but Jesus he delivered up to be done with as they willed.


book: Luke
contenido:
And as they led Him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross and made him carry it behind Jesus.


book: Luke
contenido:
And there accompanied [Jesus] a great multitude of the people, [including] women who bewailed and lamented Him.


book: Luke
contenido:
But Jesus, turning toward them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.


book: Luke
contenido:
For behold, the days are coming during which they will say, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have never nursed [babies]!


book: Luke
contenido:
Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover (conceal, hide) us!


book: Luke
contenido:
And when they came to the place which is called The Skull [Latin: Calvary; Hebrew: Golgotha], there they crucified Him, and [along with] the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.


book: Luke
contenido:
And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now the people stood by [calmly and leisurely] watching; but the rulers scoffed and sneered (turned up their noses) at Him, saying, He rescued others [from death]; let Him now rescue Himself, if He is the Christ (the Messiah) of God, His Chosen One!


book: Luke
contenido:
The soldiers also ridiculed and made sport of Him, coming up and offering Him vinegar (a sour wine mixed with water)


book: Luke
contenido:
For there was also an inscription above Him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew: This is the King of the Jews.


book: Luke
contenido:
One of the criminals who was suspended kept up a railing at Him, saying, Are You not the Christ (the Messiah)? Rescue Yourself and us [from death]!


book: Luke
contenido:
But the other one reproved him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you yourself are under the same sentence of condemnation and suffering the same penalty?


book: Luke
contenido:
And we indeed suffer it justly, receiving the due reward of our actions; but this Man has done nothing out of the way [nothing strange or eccentric or perverse or unreasonable].


book: Luke
contenido:
It was now about the sixth hour (midday), and darkness enveloped the whole land and earth until the ninth hour (about three o’clock in the afternoon),


book: Luke
contenido:
While the sun’s light faded or was darkened; and the curtain [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two.


book: Luke
contenido:
And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit! And with these words, He expired.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now the centurion, having seen what had taken place, recognized God and thanked and praised Him, and said, Indeed, without question, this Man was upright (just and innocent)!


book: Luke
contenido:
And all the throngs that had gathered to see this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned to their homes, beating their breasts.


book: Luke
contenido:
And all the acquaintances of [Jesus] and the women who had followed Him from Galilee stood at a distance and watched these things.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now notice, there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council (the Sanhedrin), and a good (upright, advantageous) man, and righteous (in right standing with God and man),


book: Luke
contenido:
Who had not agreed with or assented to the purpose and action of the others; and he was expecting and waiting for the kingdom of God.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then he took it down and rolled it up in a linen cloth for swathing dead bodies and laid Him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid.


book: Luke
contenido:
The women who had come with [Jesus] from Galilee followed closely and saw the tomb and how His body was laid.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then they went back and made ready spices and ointments (perfumes). On the Sabbath day they rested in accordance with the commandment.


book: Luke
contenido:
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, [the women] went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had made ready.


book: Luke
contenido:
And while they were perplexed and wondering what to do about this, behold, two men in dazzling raiment suddenly stood beside them.


book: Luke
contenido:
And as [the women] were frightened and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among [those who are] dead?


book: Luke
contenido:
That the Son of Man must be given over into the hands of sinful men (men whose way or nature is to act in opposition to God) and be crucified and on the third day rise [from death].


book: Luke
contenido:
And having returned from the tomb, they reported all these things [taken together] to the eleven apostles and to all the rest.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who reported these things to the apostles.


book: Luke
contenido:
But these reports seemed to the men an idle tale (madness, feigned things, nonsense), and they did not believe the women.


book: Luke
contenido:
But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; and stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen cloths alone by themselves, and he went away, wondering about and marveling at what had happened.


book: Luke
contenido:
And behold, that very day two of [the disciples] were going to a village called Emmaus, [which is] about seven miles from Jerusalem.


book: Luke
contenido:
And while they were conversing and discussing together, Jesus Himself caught up with them and was already accompanying them.


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, What is this discussion that you are exchanging (throwing back and forth) between yourselves as you walk along? And they stood still, looking sad and downcast.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, Do you alone dwell as a stranger in Jerusalem and not know the things that have occurred there in these days?


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, What [kind of] things? And they said to Him, About Jesus of Nazareth, Who was a Prophet mighty in work and word before God and all the people—


book: Luke
contenido:
But we were hoping that it was He Who would redeem and set Israel free. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things occurred.


book: Luke
contenido:
And moreover, some women of our company astounded us and drove us out of our senses. They were at the tomb early [in the morning]


book: Luke
contenido:
But did not find His body; and they returned saying that they had [even] seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive!


book: Luke
contenido:
So some of those [who were] with us went to the tomb and they found it just as the women had said, but Him they did not see.


book: Luke
contenido:
And [Jesus] said to them, O foolish ones [sluggish in mind, dull of perception] and slow of heart to believe (adhere to and trust in and rely on) everything that the prophets have spoken!


book: Luke
contenido:
Was it not necessary and essentially fitting that the Christ (the Messiah) should suffer all these things before entering into His glory (His majesty and splendor)?


book: Luke
contenido:
Then beginning with Moses and [throughout] all the Prophets, He went on explaining and interpreting to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning and referring to Himself.


book: Luke
contenido:
But they urged and insisted, saying to Him, Remain with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. So He went in to stay with them.


book: Luke
contenido:
And it occurred that as He reclined at table with them, He took [a loaf of] bread and praised [God] and gave thanks and asked a blessing, and then broke it and was giving it to them


book: Luke
contenido:
When their eyes were [instantly] opened and they [clearly] recognized Him, and He vanished (departed invisibly).


book: Luke
contenido:
And they said to one another, Were not our hearts greatly moved and burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and as He opened and explained to us [the sense of] the Scriptures?


book: Luke
contenido:
And rising up that very hour, they went back to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven [apostles] gathered together and those who were with them,


book: Luke
contenido:
Then they [themselves] related [in full] what had happened on the road, and how He was known and recognized by them in the breaking of bread.


book: Luke
contenido:
Now while they were talking about this, Jesus Himself took His stand among them and said to them, Peace (freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin) be to you!


book: Luke
contenido:
And He said to them, Why are you disturbed and troubled, and why do such doubts and questionings arise in your hearts?


book: Luke
contenido:
See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Feel and handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have.


book: Luke
contenido:
And while [since] they still could not believe it for sheer joy and marveled, He said to them, Have you anything here to eat?


book: Luke
contenido:
Then He said to them, This is what I told you while I was still with you: everything which is written concerning Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.


book: Luke
contenido:
And said to them, Thus it is written that the Christ (the Messiah) should suffer and on the third day rise from ( among) the dead,


book: Luke
contenido:
And that repentance [with a view to and as the condition of] forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.


book: Luke
contenido:
And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.


book: Luke
contenido:
Then He conducted them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up His hands, He invoked a blessing on them.


book: Luke
contenido:
And they were continually in the temple celebrating with praises and blessing and extolling God. Amen (so be it).


book: John
contenido:
In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.


book: John
contenido:
All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.


book: John
contenido:
And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].


book: John
contenido:
This man came to witness, that he might testify of the Light, that all men might believe in it [adhere to it, trust it, and rely upon it] through him.


book: John
contenido:
There it was—the true Light [was then] coming into the world [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] that illumines every person.


book: John
contenido:
He came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him [did not know Him].


book: John
contenido:
He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own—His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him.


book: John
contenido:
But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name—


book: John
contenido:
Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural father], but to God. [They are born of God!]


book: John
contenido:
And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth.


book: John
contenido:
John testified about Him and cried out, This was He of Whom I said, He Who comes after me has priority over me, for He was before me. [He takes rank above me, for He existed before I did. He has advanced before me, because He is my Chief.]


book: John
contenido:
For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.


book: John
contenido:
For while the Law was given through Moses, grace (unearned, undeserved favor and spiritual blessing) and truth came through Jesus Christ.


book: John
contenido:
No man has ever seen God at any time; the only unique Son, or the only begotten God, Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father, He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known].


book: John
contenido:
And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?


book: John
contenido:
He confessed (admitted the truth) and did not try to conceal it, but acknowledged, I am not the Christ!


book: John
contenido:
They asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not! Are you the Prophet? And he answered, No!


book: John
contenido:
Then they said to him, Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?


book: John
contenido:
He said, I am the voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness [the voice of one shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord [level, straighten out, the path of the Lord], as the prophet Isaiah said.


book: John
contenido:
And they asked him, Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?


book: John
contenido:
John answered them, I [only] baptize in (with) water. Among you there stands One Whom you do not recognize and with Whom you are not acquainted and of Whom you know nothing.


book: John
contenido:
It is He Who, coming after me, is preferred before me, the string of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.


book: John
contenido:
These things occurred in Bethany (Bethabara) across the Jordan [at the Jordan crossing], where John was then baptizing.


book: John
contenido:
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world!


book: John
contenido:
This is He of Whom I said, After me comes a Man Who has priority over me [Who takes rank above me] because He was before me and existed before I did.


book: John
contenido:
And I did not know Him and did not recognize Him [myself]; but it is in order that He should be made manifest and be revealed to Israel [be brought out where we can see Him] that I came baptizing in (with) water.


book: John
contenido:
John gave further evidence, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it dwelt on Him [never to depart].


book: John
contenido:
And I did not know Him nor recognize Him, but He Who sent me to baptize in (with) water said to me, Upon Him Whom you shall see the Spirit descend and remain, that One is He Who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.


book: John
contenido:
And I have seen [that happen—I actually did see it] and my testimony is that this is the Son of God!


book: John
contenido:
But Jesus turned, and as He saw them following Him, He said to them, What are you looking for? [And what is it you wish?] And they answered Him, Rabbi—which translated is Teacher—where are You staying?


book: John
contenido:
He said to them, Come and see. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained with Him  that day. It was then about the tenth hour (about four o’clock in the afternoon).


book: John
contenido:
He first sought out and found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found (discovered) the Messiah!—which translated is the Christ (the Anointed One).


book: John
contenido:
Andrew then led (brought) Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, You are Simon son of John. You shall be called Cephas—which translated is Peter [Stone].


book: John
contenido:
The next day Jesus desired and decided to go into Galilee; and He found Philip and said to him, Join Me as My attendant and follow Me.


book: John
contenido:
Philip sought and found Nathanael and told him, We have found (discovered) the One Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote about—Jesus from Nazareth, the [legal] son of Joseph!


book: John
contenido:
Nathanael answered him, [Nazareth!] Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip replied, Come and see!


book: John
contenido:
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said concerning him, See! Here is an Israelite indeed [a true descendant of Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor falsehood nor duplicity!


book: John
contenido:
Nathanael said to Jesus, How do You know me? [How is it that You know these things about me?] Jesus answered him, Before [ever] Philip called you, when you were still under the fig tree, I saw you.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus replied, Because I said to you, I saw you beneath the fig tree, do you believe in and rely on and trust in Me? You shall see greater things than this!


book: John
contenido:
Then He said to him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you all, you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man!


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to her, [Dear] woman, what is that to you and to Me? [What do we have in common? Leave it to Me.] My time (hour to act) has not yet come.


book: John
contenido:
Now there were six waterpots of stone standing there, as the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing) demanded, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece.


book: John
contenido:
Then He said to them, Draw some out now and take it to the manager of the feast [to the one presiding, the superintendent of the banquet]. So they took him some.


book: John
contenido:
And when the manager tasted the water just now turned into wine, not knowing where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew—he called the bridegroom


book: John
contenido:
And said to him, Everyone else serves his best wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then he serves that which is not so good; but you have kept back the good wine until now!


book: John
contenido:
This, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory [by it He displayed His greatness and His power openly], and His disciples believed in Him [adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him].


book: John
contenido:
After that He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.


book: John
contenido:
There He found in the temple [enclosure] those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there [also at their stands].


book: John
contenido:
And having made a lash (a whip) of cords, He drove them all out of the temple [enclosure]—both the sheep and the oxen—spilling and scattering the brokers’ money and upsetting and tossing around their trays (their stands).


book: John
contenido:
Then to those who sold the doves He said, Take these things away (out of here)! Make not My Father’s house a house of merchandise (a marketplace, a sales shop)!


book: John
contenido:
And His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Holy Scriptures], Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up. [I will be consumed with jealousy for the honor of Your house.]


book: John
contenido:
Then the Jews retorted, What sign can You show us, seeing You do these things? [What sign, miracle, token, indication can You give us as evidence that You have authority and are commissioned to act in this way?]


book: John
contenido:
Then the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary), and will You raise it up in three days?


book: John
contenido:
When therefore He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this. And so they believed and trusted and relied on the Scripture and the word (message) Jesus had spoken.


book: John
contenido:
But when He was in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, many believed in His name [identified themselves with His party] after seeing His signs (wonders, miracles) which He was doing.


book: John
contenido:
And He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man [needed no evidence from anyone about men], for He Himself knew what was in human nature. [He could read men’s hearts.]


book: John
contenido:
Now there was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (a leader, an authority) among the Jews,


book: John
contenido:
Who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know and are certain that You have come from God [as] a Teacher; for no one can do these signs (these wonderworks, these miracles—and produce the proofs) that You do unless God is with him.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God.


book: John
contenido:
Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother’s womb again and be born?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and [even] the Spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.


book: John
contenido:
What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.


book: John
contenido:
Marvel not [do not be surprised, astonished] at My telling you, You must all be born anew (from above).


book: John
contenido:
The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus replied, Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet do not know nor understand these things? [Are they strange to you?]


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, We speak only of what we know [we know absolutely what we are talking about]; we have actually seen what we are testifying to [we were eyewitnesses of it]. And still you do not receive our testimony [you reject and refuse our evidence—that of Myself and of all those who are born of the Spirit].


book: John
contenido:
If I have told you of things that happen right here on the earth and yet none of you believes Me, how can you believe (trust Me, adhere to Me, rely on Me) if I tell you of heavenly things?


book: John
contenido:
And yet no one has ever gone up to heaven, but there is One Who has come down from heaven—the Son of Man [Himself], Who is (dwells, has His home) in heaven.


book: John
contenido:
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross],


book: John
contenido:
In order that everyone who believes in Him [who cleaves to Him, trusts Him, and relies on Him] may not perish, but have eternal life and [actually] live forever!


book: John
contenido:
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.


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For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.


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He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation—he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ’s name.]


book: John
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The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil.


book: John
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For every wrongdoer hates (loathes, detests) the Light, and will not come out into the Light but shrinks from it, lest his works (his deeds, his activities, his conduct) be exposed and reproved.


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But he who practices truth [who does what is right] comes out into the Light; so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are—wrought with God [divinely prompted, done with God’s help, in dependence upon Him].


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After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the land (the countryside) of Judea, where He remained with them, and baptized.


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But John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, for there was an abundance of water there, and the people kept coming and being baptized.


book: John
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Therefore there arose a controversy between some of John’s disciples and a Jew in regard to purification.


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So they came to John and reported to him, Rabbi, the Man Who was with you on the other side of the Jordan [at the Jordan crossing]—and to Whom you yourself have borne testimony—notice, here He is baptizing too, and everybody is flocking to Him!


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John answered, A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing, he can take unto himself nothing] except as it has been granted to him from heaven. [A man must be content to receive the gift which is given him from heaven; there is no other source.]


book: John
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You yourselves are my witnesses [you personally bear me out] that I stated, I am not the Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), but I have [only] been sent before Him [in advance of Him, to be His appointed forerunner, His messenger, His announcer].


book: John
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He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the groomsman who stands by and listens to him rejoices greatly and heartily on account of the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my pleasure and joy, and it is now complete.


book: John
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He Who comes from above (heaven) is [far] above all [others]; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth, and talks the language of earth [his words are from an earthly standpoint]. He Who comes from heaven is [far] above all others [far superior to all others in prominence and in excellence].


book: John
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It is to what He has [actually] seen and heard that He bears testimony, and yet no one accepts His testimony [no one receives His evidence as true].


book: John
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Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal of approval to this: God is true. [That man has definitely certified, acknowledged, declared once and for all, and is himself assured that it is divine truth that God cannot lie].


book: John
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For since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God’s own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit!


book: John
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And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God’s displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.]


book: John
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Now when the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John—


book: John
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And in doing so, He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.


book: John
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And Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down [to rest] by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (about noon).


book: John
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The Samaritan woman said to Him, How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan [and a] woman, for a drink?—For the Jews have nothing to do with the Samaritans—


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Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God’s gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.


book: John
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She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?]


book: John
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Are You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?


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But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life.


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The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come [continually all the way] here to draw.


book: John
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The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband.


book: John
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For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly.


book: John
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Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary and proper to worship.


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Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither [merely] in this mountain nor [merely] in Jerusalem.


book: John
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You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews.


book: John
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A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers.


book: John
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God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).


book: John
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The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming, He Who is called the Christ (the Anointed One); and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us.


book: John
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Just then His disciples came and they wondered (were surprised, astonished) to find Him talking with a woman [a married woman]. However, not one of them asked Him, What are You inquiring about? or What do You want? or, Why do You speak with her?


book: John
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Come, see a Man Who has told me everything that I ever did! Can this be [is not this] the Christ? [Must not this be the Messiah, the Anointed One?]


book: John
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Jesus said to them, My food (nourishment) is to do the will (pleasure) of Him Who sent Me and to accomplish and completely finish His work.


book: John
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Do you not say, It is still four months until harvest time comes? Look! I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields and see how they are already white for harvesting.


book: John
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Already the reaper is getting his wages [he who does the cutting now has his reward], for he is gathering fruit (crop) unto life eternal, so that he who does the planting and he who does the reaping may rejoice together.


book: John
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I sent you to reap a crop for which you have not toiled. Other men have labored and you have stepped in to reap the results of their work.


book: John
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Now numerous Samaritans from that town believed in and trusted in Him because of what the woman said when she declared and testified, He told me everything that I ever did.


book: John
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Then many more believed in and adhered to and relied on Him because of His personal message [what He Himself said].


book: John
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And they told the woman, Now we no longer believe (trust, have faith) just because of what you said; for we have heard Him ourselves [personally], and we know that He truly is the Savior of the world, the Christ.


book: John
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However, when He came into Galilee, the Galileans also welcomed Him and took Him to their hearts eagerly, for they had seen everything that He did in Jerusalem during the Feast; for they too had attended the Feast.


book: John
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So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son was lying ill in Capernaum.


book: John
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Having heard that Jesus had come back from Judea into Galilee, he went away to meet Him and began to beg Him to come down and cure his son, for he was lying at the point of death.


book: John
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Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and miracles happen, you [people] never will believe (trust, have faith) at all.


book: John
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Jesus answered him, Go in peace; your son will live! And the man put his trust in what Jesus said and started home.


book: John
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But even as he was on the road going down, his servants met him and reported, saying, Your son lives!


book: John
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So he asked them at what time he had begun to get better. They said, Yesterday during the seventh hour (about one o’clock in the afternoon) the fever left him.


book: John
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Then the father knew that it was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him, Your son will live. And he and his entire household believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Jesus).


book: John
contenido:
This is the second sign (wonderwork, miracle) that Jesus performed after He had come out of Judea into Galilee.


book: John
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Now there is in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep Gate. This pool in the Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porches (alcoves, colonnades, doorways).


book: John
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In these lay a great number of sick folk—some blind, some crippled, and some paralyzed (shriveled up)—waiting for the bubbling up of the water.


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For an angel of the Lord went down at appointed seasons into the pool and moved and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was cured of whatever disease with which he was afflicted.


book: John
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There was a certain man there who had suffered with a deep-seated and lingering disorder for thirty-eight years.


book: John
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When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, Do you want to become well? [Are you really in earnest about getting well?]


book: John
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The invalid answered, Sir, I have nobody when the water is moving to put me into the pool; but while I am trying to come [into it] myself, somebody else steps down ahead of me.


book: John
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Instantly the man became well and recovered his strength and picked up his bed and walked. But that happened on the Sabbath.


book: John
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So the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, It is the Sabbath, and you have no right to pick up your bed [it is not lawful].


book: John
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He answered them, The Man Who healed me and gave me back my strength, He Himself said to me, Pick up your bed and walk!


book: John
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Now the invalid who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had quietly gone away [had passed on unnoticed], since there was a crowd in the place.


book: John
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Afterward, when Jesus found him in the temple, He said to him, See, you are well! Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.


book: John
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For this reason the Jews began to persecute (annoy, torment) Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.


book: John
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But Jesus answered them, My Father has worked [even] until now, [He has never ceased working; He is still working] and I, too, must be at [divine] work.


book: John
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This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him [to do away with Him]; because He not only was breaking (weakening, violating) the Sabbath, but He actually was speaking of God as being [in a special sense] His own Father, making Himself equal [putting Himself on a level] with God.


book: John
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So Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn].


book: John
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The Father dearly loves the Son and discloses to (shows) Him everything that He Himself does. And He will disclose to Him (let Him see) greater things yet than these, so that you may marvel and be full of wonder and astonishment.


book: John
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Just as the Father raises up the dead and gives them life [makes them live on], even so the Son also gives life to whomever He wills and is pleased to give it.


book: John
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Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son,


book: John
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So that all men may give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, Who has sent Him.


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life.


book: John
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Believe Me when I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the time is coming and is here now when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear it shall live.


book: John
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For even as the Father has life in Himself and is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself and be self-existent.


book: John
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And He has given Him authority and granted Him power to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man [very man].


book: John
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Do not be surprised and wonder at this, for the time is coming when all those who are in the tombs shall hear His voice,


book: John
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And they shall come out—those who have practiced doing good [will come out] to the resurrection of [new] life, and those who have done evil will be raised for judgment [raised to meet their sentence].


book: John
contenido:
I am able to do nothing from Myself [independently, of My own accord—but only as I am taught by God and as I get His orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I am bidden to decide. As the voice comes to Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me.


book: John
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There is Another Who testifies concerning Me, and I know and am certain that His evidence on My behalf is true and valid.


book: John
contenido:
But I do not receive [a mere] human witness [the evidence which I accept on My behalf is not from man]; but I simply mention all these things in order that you may be saved (made and kept safe and sound).


book: John
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John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to delight (sun) yourselves in his light.


book: John
contenido:
But I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish and finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness and proof that the Father has sent Me.


book: John
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And the Father Who sent Me has Himself testified concerning Me. Not one of you has ever given ear to His voice or seen His form (His face—what He is like). [You have always been deaf to His voice and blind to the vision of Him.]


book: John
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And you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent. [That is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.]


book: John
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You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!


book: John
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I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval.


book: John
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How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God?


book: John
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Put out of your minds the thought and do not suppose [as some of you are supposing] that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you—it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes [in whom you trust].


book: John
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For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally].


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But if you do not believe and trust his writings, how then will you believe and trust My teachings? [How shall you cleave to and rely on My words?]


book: John
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And a great crowd was following Him because they had seen the signs (miracles) which He [continually] performed upon those who were sick.


book: John
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Jesus looked up then, and seeing that a vast multitude was coming toward Him, He said to Philip, Where are we to buy bread, so that all these people may eat?


book: John
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Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennies’ (forty dollars) worth of bread is not enough that everyone may receive even a little.


book: John
contenido:
There is a little boy here, who has [with him] five barley loaves, and two small fish; but what are they among so many people?


book: John
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Jesus said, Make all the people recline (sit down). Now the ground (a pasture) was covered with thick grass at the spot, so the men threw themselves down, about 5,000 in number.


book: John
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Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples and the disciples to the reclining people; so also [He did] with the fish, as much as they wanted.


book: John
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When they had all had enough, He said to His disciples, Gather up now the fragments (the broken pieces that are left over), so that nothing may be lost and wasted.


book: John
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So accordingly they gathered them up, and they filled twelve [small hand] baskets with fragments left over by those who had eaten from the five barley loaves.


book: John
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When the people saw the sign (miracle) that Jesus had performed, they began saying, Surely and beyond a doubt this is the Prophet Who is to come into the world!


book: John
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Then Jesus, knowing that they meant to come and seize Him that they might make Him king, withdrew again to the hillside by Himself alone.


book: John
contenido:
And they took a boat and were going across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and still Jesus had not [yet] come back to them.


book: John
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Meanwhile, the sea was getting rough and rising high because of a great and violent wind that was blowing.


book: John
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[However] when they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat. And they were afraid (terrified).


book: John
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Then they were quite willing and glad for Him to come into the boat. And now the boat went at once to the land they had steered toward. [And immediately they reached the shore toward which they had been slowly making their way.]


book: John
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The next day the crowd [that still remained] standing on the other side of the sea realized that there had been only one small boat there, and that Jesus had not gone into it with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away by themselves.


book: John
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But now some other boats from Tiberias had come in near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.


book: John
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So the people, finding that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, themselves got into the small boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.


book: John
contenido:
And when they found Him on the other side of the lake, they said to Him, Rabbi! When did You come here?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you have been searching for Me, not because you saw the miracles and signs but because you were fed with the loaves and were filled and satisfied.


book: John
contenido:
Stop toiling and doing and producing for the food that perishes and decomposes [in the using], but strive and work and produce rather for the [lasting] food which endures [continually] unto life eternal; the Son of Man will give (furnish) you that, for God the Father has authorized and certified Him and put His seal of endorsement upon Him.


book: John
contenido:
They then said, What are we to do, that we may [habitually] be working the works of God? [What are we to do to carry out what God requires?]


book: John
contenido:
Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger].


book: John
contenido:
Therefore they said to Him, What sign (miracle, wonderwork) will You perform then, so that we may see it and believe and rely on and adhere to You? What [supernatural] work have You [to show what You can do]?


book: John
contenido:
Our forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as the Scripture says, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus then said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Moses did not give you the Bread from heaven [what Moses gave you was not the Bread from heaven], but it is My Father Who gives you the true heavenly Bread.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus replied, I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry, and he who believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time).


book: John
contenido:
All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me].


book: John
contenido:
For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me.


book: John
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And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me, but that I should give new life and raise [them all] up at the last day.


book: John
contenido:
For this is My Father’s will and His purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day.


book: John
contenido:
Now the Jews murmured and found fault with and grumbled about Jesus because He said, I am [Myself] the Bread that came down from heaven.


book: John
contenido:
They kept asking, Is not this Jesus, the Son of Joseph, Whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, I have come down from heaven?


book: John
contenido:
No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me, and [then] I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day.


book: John
contenido:
It is written in [the book of] the Prophets, And they shall all be taught of God [have Him in person for their Teacher]. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me—


book: John
contenido:
Which does not imply that anyone has seen the Father [not that anyone has ever seen Him] except He [Who was with the Father] Who comes from God; He [alone] has seen the Father.


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, relies on, and has faith in Me] has (now possesses) eternal life.


book: John
contenido:
I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).


book: John
contenido:
Then the Jews angrily contended with one another, saying, How is He able to give us His flesh to eat?


book: John
contenido:
And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood].


book: John
contenido:
He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.


book: John
contenido:
He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.


book: John
contenido:
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live by (through, because of) the Father, even so whoever continues to feed on Me [whoever takes Me for his food and is nourished by Me] shall [in his turn] live through and because of Me.


book: John
contenido:
This is the Bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna which our forefathers ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live forever.


book: John
contenido:
When His disciples heard this, many of them said, This is a hard and difficult and strange saying (an offensive and unbearable message). Who can stand to hear it? [Who can be expected to listen to such teaching?]


book: John
contenido:
But Jesus, knowing within Himself that His disciples were complaining and protesting and grumbling about it, said to them: Is this a stumbling block and an offense to you? [Does this upset and displease and shock and scandalize you?]


book: John
contenido:
What then [will be your reaction] if you should see the Son of Man ascending to [the place] where He was before?


book: John
contenido:
It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.


book: John
contenido:
But [still] some of you fail to believe and trust and have faith. For Jesus knew from the first who did not believe and had no faith and who would betray Him and be false to Him.


book: John
contenido:
And He said, This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted him [unless he is enabled to do so] by the Father.


book: John
contenido:
After this, many of His disciples drew back (returned to their old associations) and no longer accompanied Him.


book: John
contenido:
And we have learned to believe and trust, and [more] we have come to know [surely] that You are the Holy One of God, the Christ (the Anointed One), the Son of the living God.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered them, Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And [yet] one of you is a devil (of the evil one and a false accuser).


book: John
contenido:
He was speaking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for he was about to betray Him, [although] he was one of the Twelve.


book: John
contenido:
After this, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee, for He would not travel in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.


book: John
contenido:
So His brothers said to Him, Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples [there] may also see the works that You do. [This is no place for You.]


book: John
contenido:
For no one does anything in secret when he wishes to be conspicuous and secure publicity. If You [must] do these things [if You must act like this], show Yourself openly and make Yourself known to the world!


book: John
contenido:
Whereupon Jesus said to them, My time (opportunity) has not come yet; but any time is suitable for you and your opportunity is ready any time [is always here].


book: John
contenido:
The world cannot [be expected to] hate you, but it does hate Me because I denounce it for its wicked works and reveal that its doings are evil.


book: John
contenido:
Go to the Feast yourselves. I am not [yet] going up to the Festival, because My time is not ripe. [My term is not yet completed; it is not time for Me to go.]


book: John
contenido:
But afterward, when His brothers had gone up to the Feast, He went up also, not publicly [not with a caravan], but by Himself quietly and as if He did not wish to be observed.


book: John
contenido:
Therefore the Jews kept looking for Him at the Feast and asking, Where can He be? [Where is that Fellow?]


book: John
contenido:
And there was among the mass of the people much whispered discussion and hot disputing about Him. Some were saying, He is good! [He is a good Man!] Others said, No, He misleads and deceives the people [gives them false ideas]!


book: John
contenido:
The Jews were astonished. They said, How is it that this Man has learning [is so versed in the sacred Scriptures and in theology] when He has never studied?


book: John
contenido:
If any man desires to do His will (God’s pleasure), he will know (have the needed illumination to recognize, and can tell for himself) whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking from Myself and of My own accord and on My own authority.


book: John
contenido:
He who speaks on his own authority seeks to win honor for himself. [He whose teaching originates with himself seeks his own glory.] But He Who seeks the glory and is eager for the honor of Him Who sent Him, He is true; and there is no unrighteousness or falsehood or deception in Him.


book: John
contenido:
Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law. [If that is the truth] why do you seek to kill Me [for not keeping it]?


book: John
contenido:
Now Moses established circumcision among you—though it did not originate with Moses but with the previous patriarchs—and you circumcise a person [even] on the Sabbath day.


book: John
contenido:
If, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, a person undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath day, have you any cause to be angry with (indignant with, bitter against) Me for making a man’s whole body well on the Sabbath?


book: John
contenido:
Be honest in your judgment and do not decide at a glance (superficially and by appearances); but judge fairly and righteously.


book: John
contenido:
And here He is speaking openly, and they say nothing to Him! Can it be possible that the rulers have discovered and know that this is truly the Christ?


book: John
contenido:
No, we know where this Man comes from; when the Christ arrives, no one is to know from what place He comes.


book: John
contenido:
Whereupon Jesus called out as He taught in the temple [porches], Do you know Me, and do you know where I am from? I have not come on My own authority and of My own accord and as self-appointed, but the One Who sent Me is true (real, genuine, steadfast); and Him you do not know!


book: John
contenido:
I know Him [Myself] because I come from His [very] presence, and it was He [personally] Who sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
Therefore they were eager to arrest Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, for His hour (time) had not yet come.


book: John
contenido:
And besides, many of the multitude believed in Him [adhered to Him, trusted in Him, relied on Him]. And they kept saying, When the Christ comes, will He do [can He be expected to do] more miracles and produce more proofs and signs than what this Man has done?


book: John
contenido:
The Pharisees learned how the people were saying these things about Him under their breath; and the chief priests and Pharisees sent attendants (guards) to arrest Him.


book: John
contenido:
Therefore Jesus said, For a little while I am [still] with you, and then I go back to Him Who sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does this Man intend to go that we shall not find Him? Will He go to the Jews who are scattered in the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?


book: John
contenido:
What does this statement of His mean, You will look for Me and not be able to find Me, and, Where I am, you cannot come?


book: John
contenido:
Now on the final and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood, and He cried in a loud voice, If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!


book: John
contenido:
He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water.


book: John
contenido:
But He was speaking here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed (trusted, had faith) in Him were afterward to receive. For the [Holy] Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor).


book: John
contenido:
Listening to those words, some of the multitude said, This is certainly and beyond doubt the Prophet!


book: John
contenido:
Others said, This is the Christ (the Messiah, Anointed One)! But some said, What? Does the Christ come out of Galilee?


book: John
contenido:
Does not the Scripture tell us that the Christ will come from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?


book: John
contenido:
Meanwhile the attendants (guards) had gone back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, Why have you not brought Him here with you?


book: John
contenido:
The attendants replied, Never has a man talked as this Man talks! [No mere man has ever spoken as He speaks!]


book: John
contenido:
The Pharisees said to them, Are you also deluded and led astray? [Are you also swept off your feet?]


book: John
contenido:
As for this multitude (rabble) that does not know the Law, they are contemptible and doomed and accursed!


book: John
contenido:
They answered him, Are you too from Galilee? Search [the Scriptures yourself], and you will see that no prophet comes (will rise to prominence) from Galilee.


book: John
contenido:
Early in the morning (at dawn), He came back into the temple [court], and the people came to Him in crowds. He sat down and was teaching them,


book: John
contenido:
When the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in the middle of the court and put the case before Him.


book: John
contenido:
Now Moses in the Law commanded us that such [women—offenders] shall be stoned to death. But what do You say [to do with her—what is Your sentence]?


book: John
contenido:
This they said to try (test) Him, hoping they might find a charge on which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger.


book: John
contenido:
However, when they persisted with their question, He raised Himself up and said, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.


book: John
contenido:
They listened to Him, and then they began going out, conscience-stricken, one by one, from the oldest down to the last one of them, till Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing there before Him in the center of the court.


book: John
contenido:
When Jesus raised Himself up, He said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? Has no man condemned you?


book: John
contenido:
She answered, No one, Lord! And Jesus said, I do not condemn you either. Go on your way and from now on sin no more.


book: John
contenido:
Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life.


book: John
contenido:
Whereupon the Pharisees told Him, You are testifying on Your own behalf; Your testimony is not valid and is worthless.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, Even if I do testify on My own behalf, My testimony is true and reliable and valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.


book: John
contenido:
You [set yourselves up to] judge according to the flesh (by what you see). [You condemn by external, human standards.] I do not [set Myself up to] judge or condemn or sentence anyone.


book: John
contenido:
Yet even if I do judge, My judgment is true [My decision is right]; for I am not alone [in making it], but [there are two of Us] I and the Father, Who sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
I am One [of the Two] bearing testimony concerning Myself; and My Father, Who sent Me, He also testifies about Me.


book: John
contenido:
Then they said to Him, Where is this Father of Yours? Jesus answered, You know My Father as little as you know Me. If you knew Me, you would know My Father also.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said these things in the treasury while He was teaching in the temple [court]; but no one ventured to arrest Him, because His hour had not yet come.


book: John
contenido:
Therefore He said again to them, I am going away, and you will be looking for Me, and you will die in (under the curse of) your sin. Where I am going, it is not possible for you to come.


book: John
contenido:
At this the Jews began to ask among themselves, Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, Where I am going, it is not possible for you to come?


book: John
contenido:
He said to them, You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world (of this earthly order); I am not of this world.


book: John
contenido:
That is why I told you that you will die in (under the curse of) your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He [Whom I claim to be—if you do not adhere to, trust in, and rely on Me], you will die in your sins.


book: John
contenido:
Then they said to Him, Who are You anyway? Jesus replied, [Why do I even speak to you!] I am exactly what I have been telling you from the first.


book: John
contenido:
I have much to say about you and to judge and condemn. But He Who sent Me is true (reliable), and I tell the world [only] the things that I have heard from Him.


book: John
contenido:
So Jesus added, When you have lifted up the Son of Man [on the cross], you will realize (know, understand) that I am He [for Whom you look] and that I do nothing of Myself (of My own accord or on My own authority), but I say [exactly] what My Father has taught Me.


book: John
contenido:
And He Who sent Me is ever with Me; My Father has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him.


book: John
contenido:
So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples.


book: John
contenido:
They answered Him, We are Abraham’s offspring (descendants) and have never been in bondage to anybody. What do You mean by saying, You will be set free?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Whoever commits and practices sin is the slave of sin.


book: John
contenido:
Now a slave does not remain in a household permanently (forever); the son [of the house] does remain forever.


book: John
contenido:
[Yes] I know that you are Abraham’s offspring; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no entrance (makes no progress, does not find any place) in you.


book: John
contenido:
I tell the things which I have seen and learned at My Father’s side, and your actions also reflect what you have heard and learned from your father.


book: John
contenido:
They retorted, Abraham is our father. Jesus said, If you were [truly] Abraham’s children, then you would do the works of Abraham [follow his example, do as Abraham did].


book: John
contenido:
But now [instead] you are wanting and seeking to kill Me, a Man Who has told you the truth which I have heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted.


book: John
contenido:
You are doing the works of your [own] father. They said to Him, We are not illegitimate children and born out of fornication; we have one Father, even God.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love Me and respect Me and welcome Me gladly, for I proceeded (came forth) from God [out of His very presence]. I did not even come on My own authority or of My own accord (as self-appointed); but He sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
Why do you misunderstand what I say? It is because you are unable to hear what I am saying. [You cannot bear to listen to My message; your ears are shut to My teaching.]


book: John
contenido:
You are of your father, the devil, and it is your will to practice the lusts and gratify the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a falsehood, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar [himself] and the father of lies and of all that is false.


book: John
contenido:
But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me [do not trust Me, do not rely on Me, or adhere to Me].


book: John
contenido:
Who of you convicts Me of wrongdoing or finds Me guilty of sin? Then if I speak truth, why do you not believe Me [trust Me, rely on, and adhere to Me]?


book: John
contenido:
Whoever is of God listens to God. [Those who belong to God hear the words of God.] This is the reason that you do not listen [to those words, to Me]: because you do not belong to God and are not of God or in harmony with Him.


book: John
contenido:
The Jews answered Him, Are we not right when we say You are a Samaritan and that You have a demon [that You are under the power of an evil spirit]?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, I am not possessed by a demon. On the contrary, I honor and reverence My Father and you dishonor (despise, vilify, and scorn) Me.


book: John
contenido:
However, I am not in search of honor for Myself. [I do not seek and am not aiming for My own glory.] There is One Who [looks after that; He] seeks [My glory], and He is the Judge.


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone observes My teaching [lives in accordance with My message, keeps My word], he will by no means ever see and experience death.


book: John
contenido:
The Jews said to Him, Now we know that You are under the power of a demon (insane). Abraham died, and also the prophets, yet You say, If a man keeps My word, he will never taste of death into all eternity.


book: John
contenido:
Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, and all the prophets died! Who do You make Yourself out to be?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, If I were to glorify Myself (magnify, praise, and honor Myself), I would have no real glory, for My glory would be nothing and worthless. [My honor must come to Me from My Father.] It is My Father Who glorifies Me [Who extols Me, magnifies, and praises Me], of Whom you say that He is your God.


book: John
contenido:
Yet you do not know Him or recognize Him and are not acquainted with Him, but I know Him. If I should say that I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I know Him and keep His word [obey His teachings, am faithful to His message].


book: John
contenido:
Your forefather Abraham was extremely happy at the hope and prospect of seeing My day (My incarnation); and he did see it and was delighted.


book: John
contenido:
So they took up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus, by mixing with the crowd, concealed Himself and went out of the temple [enclosure].


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, It was not that this man or his parents sinned, but he was born blind in order that the workings of God should be manifested (displayed and illustrated) in him.


book: John
contenido:
We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming on, when no man can work.


book: John
contenido:
When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made clay (mud) with His saliva, and He spread it [as ointment] on the man’s eyes.


book: John
contenido:
And He said to him, Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam—which means Sent. So he went and washed, and came back seeing.


book: John
contenido:
When the neighbors and those who used to know him by sight as a beggar saw him, they said, Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?


book: John
contenido:
Some said, It is he. Others said, No, but he looks very much like him. But he said, Yes, I am the man.


book: John
contenido:
He replied, The Man called Jesus made mud and smeared it on my eyes and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and I obtained my sight!


book: John
contenido:
So now again the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He smeared mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.


book: John
contenido:
Then some of the Pharisees said, This Man [Jesus] is not from God, because He does not observe the Sabbath. But others said, How can a man who is a sinner (a bad man) do such signs and miracles? So there was a difference of opinion among them.


book: John
contenido:
Accordingly they said to the blind man again, What do you say about Him, seeing that He opened your eyes? And he said, He is [He must be] a prophet!


book: John
contenido:
However, the Jews did not believe that he had [really] been blind and that he had received his sight until they called (summoned) the parents of the man.


book: John
contenido:
They asked them, Is this your son, whom you reported as having been born blind? How then does he see now?


book: John
contenido:
But as to how he can now see, we do not know; or who has opened his eyes, we do not know. He is of age. Ask him; let him speak for himself and give his own account of it.


book: John
contenido:
His parents said this because they feared [the leaders of] the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should acknowledge Jesus to be the Christ, he should be expelled and excluded from the synagogue.


book: John
contenido:
So the second time they summoned the man who had been born blind, and said to him, Now give God the glory (praise). This Fellow we know is only a sinner (a wicked person).


book: John
contenido:
Then he answered, I do not know whether He is a sinner and wicked or not. But one thing I do know, that whereas I was blind before, now I see.


book: John
contenido:
He answered, I already told you and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Can it be that you wish to become His disciples also?


book: John
contenido:
And they stormed at him [they jeered, they sneered, they reviled him] and retorted, You are His disciple yourself, but we are the disciples of Moses.


book: John
contenido:
We know for certain that God spoke with Moses, but as for this Fellow, we know nothing about where He hails from.


book: John
contenido:
The man replied, Well, this is astonishing! Here a Man has opened my eyes, and yet you do not know where He comes from. [That is amazing!]


book: John
contenido:
We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and a worshiper of Him and does His will, He listens to him.


book: John
contenido:
Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.


book: John
contenido:
They retorted, You were wholly born in sin [from head to foot]; and do you [presume to] teach us? So they cast him out [threw him clear outside the synagogue].


book: John
contenido:
Jesus heard that they had put him out, and meeting him He said, Do you believe in and adhere to the Son of Man or the Son of God?


book: John
contenido:
Then Jesus said, I came into this world for judgment [as a Separator, in order that there may be  separation between those who believe on Me and those who reject Me], to make the sightless see and to make those who see become blind.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but because you now claim to have sight, your sin remains. [If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but because you insist, We do see clearly, you are unable to escape your guilt.]


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way (elsewhere, from some other quarter) is a thief and a robber.


book: John
contenido:
The watchman opens the door for this man, and the sheep listen to his voice and heed it; and he calls his own sheep by name and brings (leads) them out.


book: John
contenido:
When he has brought his own sheep outside, he walks on before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.


book: John
contenido:
They will never [on any account] follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers or recognize their call.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about.


book: John
contenido:
So Jesus said again, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that I Myself am the Door for the sheep.


book: John
contenido:
All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them.


book: John
contenido:
I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture.


book: John
contenido:
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).


book: John
contenido:
But the hired servant (he who merely serves for wages) who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of the sheep, when he sees the wolf coming, deserts the flock and runs away. And the wolf chases and snatches them and scatters [the flock].


book: John
contenido:
Now the hireling flees because he merely serves for wages and is not himself concerned about the sheep [cares nothing for them].


book: John
contenido:
Even as [truly as] the Father knows Me and I also know the Father—and I am giving My [very own] life and laying it down on behalf of the sheep.


book: John
contenido:
And I have other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring and impel those also; and they will listen to My voice and heed My call, and so there will be [they will become] one flock under one Shepherd.


book: John
contenido:
No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father.


book: John
contenido:
And many of them said, He has a demon and He is mad (insane—He raves, He rambles). Why do you listen to Him?


book: John
contenido:
Others argued, These are not the thoughts and the language of one possessed. Can a demon-possessed person open blind eyes?


book: John
contenido:
After this the Feast of Dedication [of the reconsecration of the temple] was taking place at Jerusalem. It was winter,


book: John
contenido:
So the Jews surrounded Him and began asking Him, How long are You going to keep us in doubt and suspense? If You are really the Christ (the Messiah), tell us so plainly and openly.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered them, I have told you so, yet you do not believe Me [you do not trust Me and rely on Me]. The very works that I do by the power of My Father and in My Father’s name bear witness concerning Me [they are My credentials and evidence in support of Me].


book: John
contenido:
But you do not believe and trust and rely on Me because you do not belong to My fold [you are no sheep of Mine].


book: John
contenido:
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand.


book: John
contenido:
My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all [else]; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father’s hand.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to them, My Father has enabled Me to do many good deeds. [I have shown many acts of mercy in your presence.] For which of these do you mean to stone Me?


book: John
contenido:
The Jews replied, We are not going to stone You for a good act, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere Man, make Yourself [out to be] God.


book: John
contenido:
So men are called gods [by the Law], men to whom God’s message came—and the Scripture cannot be set aside or cancelled or broken or annulled—


book: John
contenido:
[If that is true] do you say of the One Whom the Father consecrated and dedicated and set apart for Himself and sent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said, I am the Son of God?


book: John
contenido:
If I am not doing the works [performing the deeds] of My Father, then do not believe Me [do not adhere to Me and trust Me and rely on Me].


book: John
contenido:
But if I do them, even though you do not believe Me or have faith in Me, [at least] believe the works and have faith in what I do, in order that you may know and understand [clearly] that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father [One with Him].


book: John
contenido:
He went back again across the Jordan to the locality where John was when he first baptized, and there He remained.


book: John
contenido:
And many came to Him, and they kept saying, John did not perform a [single] sign or miracle, but everything John said about this Man was true.


book: John
contenido:
And many [people] there became believers in Him. [They adhered to and trusted in and relied on Him.]


book: John
contenido:
Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill. He was of Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.


book: John
contenido:
This Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was [now] sick.


book: John
contenido:
When Jesus received the message, He said, This sickness is not to end in death; but [on the contrary] it is to honor God and to promote His glory, that the Son of God may be glorified through (by) it.


book: John
contenido:
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [They were His dear friends, and He held them in loving esteem.]


book: John
contenido:
Therefore [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He still stayed two days longer in the same place where He was.


book: John
contenido:
The disciples said to Him, Rabbi, the Jews only recently were intending and trying to stone You, and are You [thinking of] going back there again?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? Anyone who walks about in the daytime does not stumble, because he sees [by] the light of this world.


book: John
contenido:
But if anyone walks about in the night, he does stumble, because there is no light in him [the light is lacking to him].


book: John
contenido:
He said these things, and then added, Our friend Lazarus is at rest and sleeping; but I am going there that I may awaken him out of his sleep.


book: John
contenido:
However, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He referred to falling into a refreshing and natural sleep.


book: John
contenido:
And for your sake I am glad that I was not there; it will help you to believe (to trust and rely on Me). However, let us go to him.


book: John
contenido:
Then Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us go too, that we may die [be killed] along with Him.


book: John
contenido:
And a considerable number of the Jews had gone out to see Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.


book: John
contenido:
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him, while Mary remained sitting in the house.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to her, I am [Myself] the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on) Me, although he may die, yet he shall live;


book: John
contenido:
And whoever continues to live and believes in (has faith in, cleaves to, and relies on) Me shall never [actually] die at all. Do you believe this?


book: John
contenido:
She said to Him, Yes, Lord, I have believed [I do believe] that You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), the Son of God, [even He] Who was to come into the world. [It is for Your coming that the world has waited.]


book: John
contenido:
After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, privately whispering to her, The Teacher is close at hand and is asking for you.


book: John
contenido:
When the Jews who were sitting with her in the house and consoling her saw how hastily Mary had arisen and gone out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to pour out her grief there.


book: John
contenido:
When Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw Him, she dropped down at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.


book: John
contenido:
When Jesus saw her sobbing, and the Jews who came with her [also] sobbing, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. [He chafed in spirit and sighed and was disturbed.]


book: John
contenido:
But some of them said, Could not He Who opened a blind man’s eyes have prevented this man from dying?


book: John
contenido:
Now Jesus, again sighing repeatedly and deeply disquieted, approached the tomb. It was a cave (a hole in the rock), and a boulder lay against [the entrance to close] it.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, But Lord, by this time he [is decaying and] throws off an offensive odor, for he has been dead four days!


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you and promise you that if you would believe and rely on Me, you would see the glory of God?


book: John
contenido:
So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.


book: John
contenido:
Yes, I know You always hear and listen to Me, but I have said this on account of and for the benefit of the people standing around, so that they may believe that You did send Me [that You have made Me Your Messenger].


book: John
contenido:
And out walked the man who had been dead, his hands and feet wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] napkin bound around his face. Jesus said to them, Free him of the burial wrappings and let him go.


book: John
contenido:
Upon seeing what Jesus had done, many of the Jews who had come with Mary believed in Him. [They trusted in Him and adhered to Him and relied on Him.]


book: John
contenido:
So the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council (the Sanhedrin) and said, What are we to do? For this Man performs many signs (evidences, miracles).


book: John
contenido:
If we let Him alone to go on like this, everyone will believe in Him and adhere to Him, and the Romans will come and suppress and destroy and take away our [holy] place and our nation [our temple and city and our civil organization].


book: John
contenido:
Nor do you understand or reason out that it is expedient and better for your own welfare that one man should die on behalf of the people than that the whole nation should perish (be destroyed, ruined).


book: John
contenido:
Now he did not say this simply of his own accord [he was not self-moved]; but being the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation,


book: John
contenido:
And not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting into one body the children of God who have been scattered far and wide.


book: John
contenido:
For that reason Jesus no longer appeared publicly among the Jews, but left there and retired to the district that borders on the wilderness (the desert), to a village called Ephraim, and there He stayed with the disciples.


book: John
contenido:
Now the Jewish Passover was at hand, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem in order that they might purify and consecrate themselves before the Passover.


book: John
contenido:
So they kept looking for Jesus and questioned among themselves as they were standing about in the temple [area], What do you think? Will He not come to the Feast at all?


book: John
contenido:
Now the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it to them, so that they might arrest Him.


book: John
contenido:
So six days before the Passover Feast, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died and whom He had raised from the dead.


book: John
contenido:
Mary took a pound of ointment of pure liquid nard [a rare perfume] that was very expensive, and she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.


book: John
contenido:
Why was this perfume not sold for 300 denarii [a year’s wages for an ordinary workman] and that [money] given to the poor (the destitute)?


book: John
contenido:
Now he did not say this because he cared for the poor but because he was a thief; and having the bag (the money box, the purse of the Twelve), he took for himself what was put into it [pilfering the collections].


book: John
contenido:
But Jesus said, Let her alone. It was [intended] that she should keep it for the time of My preparation for burial. [She has kept it that she might have it for the time of My embalming.]


book: John
contenido:
Now a great crowd of the Jews heard that He was at Bethany, and they came there, not only because of Jesus but that they also might see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.


book: John
contenido:
Because on account of him many of the Jews were going away [were withdrawing from and leaving the Judeans] and believing in and adhering to Jesus.


book: John
contenido:
The next day a vast crowd of those who had come to the Passover Feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.


book: John
contenido:
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him. And as they went, they kept shouting, Hosanna! Blessed is He and praise to Him Who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!


book: John
contenido:
His disciples did not understand and could not comprehend the meaning of these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified and exalted, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him.


book: John
contenido:
The group that had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from among the dead kept telling it [bearing witness] to others.


book: John
contenido:
It was for this reason that the crowd went out to meet Him, because they had heard that He had performed this sign (proof, miracle).


book: John
contenido:
Then the Pharisees said among themselves, You see how futile your efforts are and how you accomplish nothing. See! The whole world is running after Him!


book: John
contenido:
These came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and they made this request, Sir, we desire to see Jesus.


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.


book: John
contenido:
Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.]


book: John
contenido:
If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.


book: John
contenido:
Now My soul is troubled and distressed, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour [of trial and agony]? But it was for this very purpose that I have come to this hour [that I might undergo it].


book: John
contenido:
[Rather, I will say,] Father, glorify (honor and extol) Your [own] name! Then there came a voice out of heaven saying, I have already glorified it, and I will glorify it again.


book: John
contenido:
The crowd of bystanders heard the sound and said that it had thundered; others said, An angel has spoken to Him!


book: John
contenido:
Now the judgment (crisis) of this world is coming on [sentence is now being passed on this world]. Now the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world shall be cast out (expelled).


book: John
contenido:
And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw and attract all men [Gentiles as well as Jews] to Myself.


book: John
contenido:
At this the people answered Him, We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; how then can You say, The Son of Man must be lifted up [on the cross]? Who is this Son of Man?


book: John
contenido:
So Jesus said to them, You will have the Light only a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness may not overtake and overcome you. He who walks about in the dark does not know where he goes [he is drifting].


book: John
contenido:
While you have the Light, believe in the Light [have faith in it, hold to it, rely on it], that you may become sons of the Light and be filled with Light. Jesus said these things, and then He went away and hid Himself from them [was lost to their view].


book: John
contenido:
Even though He had done so many miracles before them (right before their eyes), yet they still did not trust in Him and failed to believe in Him—


book: John
contenido:
So that what Isaiah the prophet said was fulfilled: Lord, who has believed our report and our message? And to whom has the arm (the power) of the Lord been shown (unveiled and revealed)?


book: John
contenido:
He has blinded their eyes and hardened and benumbed their [callous, degenerated] hearts [He has made their minds dull], to keep them from seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and minds and repenting and turning to Me to heal them.


book: John
contenido:
And yet [in spite of all this] many even of the leading men (the authorities and the nobles) believed and trusted in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, for fear that [if they should acknowledge Him] they would be expelled from the synagogue;


book: John
contenido:
For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.]


book: John
contenido:
But Jesus loudly declared, The one who believes in Me does not [only] believe in and trust in and rely on Me, but [in believing in Me he believes] in Him Who sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
I have come as a Light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me [whoever cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] may not continue to live in darkness.


book: John
contenido:
If anyone hears My teachings and fails to observe them [does not keep them, but disregards them], it is not I who judges him. For I have not come to judge and to condemn and to pass sentence and to inflict penalty on the world, but to save the world.


book: John
contenido:
Anyone who rejects Me and persistently sets Me at naught, refusing to accept My teachings, has his judge [however]; for the [very] message that I have spoken will itself judge and convict him at the last day.


book: John
contenido:
This is because I have never spoken on My own authority or of My own accord or as self-appointed, but the Father Who sent Me has Himself given Me orders [concerning] what to say and what to tell.


book: John
contenido:
And I know that His commandment is (means) eternal life. So whatever I speak, I am saying [exactly] what My Father has told Me to say and in accordance with His instructions.


book: John
contenido:
[Now] before the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree.


book: John
contenido:
So [it was] during supper, Satan having already put the thought of betraying Jesus in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son,


book: John
contenido:
[That] Jesus, knowing (fully aware) that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was [now] returning to God,


book: John
contenido:
Got up from supper, took off His garments, and taking a [servant’s] towel, He fastened it around His waist.


book: John
contenido:
Then He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the [servant’s] towel with which He was girded.


book: John
contenido:
When He came to Simon Peter, [Peter] said to Him, Lord, are my feet to be washed by You? [Is it for You to wash my feet?]


book: John
contenido:
Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet! Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with (in) Me [you have no share in companionship with Me].


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to him, Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is clean all over. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you.


book: John
contenido:
So when He had finished washing their feet and had put on His garments and had sat down again, He said to them, Do you understand what I have done to you?


book: John
contenido:
You call Me the Teacher (Master) and the Lord, and you are right in doing so, for that is what I am.


book: John
contenido:
If I then, your Lord and Teacher (Master), have washed your feet, you ought [it is your duty, you are under obligation, you owe it] to wash one another’s feet.


book: John
contenido:
For I have given you this as an example, so that you should do [in your turn] what I have done to you.


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, A servant is not greater than his master, and no one who is sent is superior to the one who sent him.


book: John
contenido:
If you know these things, blessed and happy and to be envied are you if you practice them [if you act accordingly and really do them].


book: John
contenido:
I am not speaking of and I do not mean all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He who eats My bread with Me has raised up his heel against Me.


book: John
contenido:
I tell you this now before it occurs, so that when it does take place you may be persuaded and believe that I am He [Who I say I am—the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah].


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who receives and welcomes and takes into his heart any messenger of Mine receives Me [in just that way]; and he who receives and welcomes and takes Me into his heart receives Him Who sent Me [in that same way].


book: John
contenido:
After Jesus had said these things, He was troubled (disturbed, agitated) in spirit and said, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, one of you will deliver Me up [one of you will be false to Me and betray Me]!


book: John
contenido:
One of His disciples, whom Jesus loved [whom He esteemed and delighted in], was reclining [next to Him] on Jesus’ bosom.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, It is the one to whom I am going to give this morsel (bit) of food after I have dipped it. So when He had dipped the morsel of bread [into the dish], He gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son.


book: John
contenido:
Then after [he had taken] the bit of food, Satan entered into and took possession of [Judas]. Jesus said to him, What you are going to do, do more swiftly than you seem to intend and make quick work of it.


book: John
contenido:
Some thought that, since Judas had the money box (the purse), Jesus was telling him, Buy what we need for the Festival, or that he should give something to the poor.


book: John
contenido:
When he had left, Jesus said, Now is the Son of Man glorified! [Now He has achieved His glory, His honor, His exaltation!] And God has been glorified through and in Him.


book: John
contenido:
And if God is glorified through and in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and He will glorify Him at once and not delay.


book: John
contenido:
[Dear] little children, I am to be with you only a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: you are not able to come where I am going.


book: John
contenido:
I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another.


book: John
contenido:
By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves].


book: John
contenido:
Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, where are You going? Jesus answered, You are not able to follow Me now where I am going, but you shall follow Me afterwards.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, Will you [really] lay down your life for Me? I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me [completely disown Me] three times.


book: John
contenido:
Do not let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me.


book: John
contenido:
In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you.


book: John
contenido:
And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.


book: John
contenido:
If you had known Me [had learned to recognize Me], you would also have known My Father. From now on, you know Him and have seen Him.


book: John
contenido:
Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father [cause us to see the Father—that is all we ask]; then we shall be satisfied.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father?


book: John
contenido:
Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in Me? What I am telling you I do not say on My own authority and of My own accord; but the Father Who lives continually in Me does the (His) works (His own miracles, deeds of power).


book: John
contenido:
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father’s name convince you.]


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.


book: John
contenido:
And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I Am], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.


book: John
contenido:
[Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I Am].


book: John
contenido:
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever—


book: John
contenido:
The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.


book: John
contenido:
I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to you.


book: John
contenido:
Just a little while now, and the world will not see Me any more, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.


book: John
contenido:
At that time [when that day comes] you will know [for yourselves] that I am in My Father, and you [are] in Me, and I [am] in you.


book: John
contenido:
The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.]


book: John
contenido:
Judas, not Iscariot, asked Him, Lord, how is it that You will reveal Yourself [make Yourself real] to us and not to the world?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, If a person [really] loves Me, he will keep My word [obey My teaching]; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him.


book: John
contenido:
Anyone who does not [really] love Me does not observe and obey My teaching. And the teaching which you hear and heed is not Mine, but [comes] from the Father Who sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you.


book: John
contenido:
Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]


book: John
contenido:
You heard Me tell you, I am going away and I am coming [back] to you. If you [really] loved Me, you would have been glad, because I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater and mightier than I am.


book: John
contenido:
And now I have told you [this] before it occurs, so that when it does take place you may believe and have faith in and rely on Me.


book: John
contenido:
I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me.]


book: John
contenido:
But [Satan is coming and] I do as the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know (be convinced) that I love the Father and that I do only what the Father has instructed Me to do. [I act in full agreement with His orders.] Rise, let us go away from here.


book: John
contenido:
Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.


book: John
contenido:
You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].


book: John
contenido:
Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.


book: John
contenido:
I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.


book: John
contenido:
If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken-off] branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and they are burned.


book: John
contenido:
If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.


book: John
contenido:
When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine.


book: John
contenido:
I have loved you, [just] as the Father has loved Me; abide in My love [continue in His love with Me].


book: John
contenido:
If you keep My commandments [if you continue to obey My instructions], you will abide in My love and live on in it, just as I have obeyed My Father’s commandments and live on in His love.


book: John
contenido:
I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing.


book: John
contenido:
No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.


book: John
contenido:
I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. [I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him.]


book: John
contenido:
You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I Am], He may give it to you.


book: John
contenido:
If you belonged to the world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world [no longer one with it], but I have chosen (selected) you out of the world, the world hates (detests) you.


book: John
contenido:
Remember that I told you, A servant is not greater than his master [is not superior to him]. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word and obeyed My teachings, they will also keep and obey yours.


book: John
contenido:
But they will do all this to you [inflict all this suffering on you] because of [your bearing] My name and on My account, for they do not know or understand the One Who sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin [would be blameless]; but now they have no excuse for their sin.


book: John
contenido:
If I had not done (accomplished) among them the works which no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of sin. But [the fact is] now they have both seen [these works] and have hated both Me and My Father.


book: John
contenido:
But [this is so] that the word written in their Law might be fulfilled, They hated Me without a cause.


book: John
contenido:
But when the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who comes (proceeds) from the Father, He [Himself] will testify regarding Me.


book: John
contenido:
I have told you all these things, so that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away). [I told you to keep you from being scandalized and repelled.]


book: John
contenido:
They will put you out of (expel you from) the synagogues; but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think and claim that he has offered service to God.


book: John
contenido:
But I have told you these things now, so that when they occur you will remember that I told you of them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.


book: John
contenido:
But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts [taken complete possession of them].


book: John
contenido:
However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].


book: John
contenido:
And when He comes, He will convict and convince the world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God) and about judgment:


book: John
contenido:
About righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God), because I go to My Father, and you will see Me no longer;


book: John
contenido:
About judgment, because the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world [Satan] is judged and condemned and sentence already is passed upon him.


book: John
contenido:
I have still many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them or to take them upon you or to grasp them now.


book: John
contenido:
But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future].


book: John
contenido:
He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.


book: John
contenido:
Everything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when I said that He [the Spirit] will take the things that are Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.


book: John
contenido:
So some of His disciples questioned among themselves, What does He mean when He tells us, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me, and, Because I go to My Father?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them, Are you wondering and inquiring among yourselves what I meant when I said, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me?


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that you shall weep and grieve, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.


book: John
contenido:
A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief (anguish, agony) because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers her pain (trouble, anguish) because she is so glad that a man (a child, a human being) has been born into the world.


book: John
contenido:
So for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed); but I will see you again and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight).


book: John
contenido:
And when that time comes, you will ask nothing of Me [you will need to ask Me no questions]. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I Am].


book: John
contenido:
Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as presenting all that I Am]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.


book: John
contenido:
I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve).


book: John
contenido:
At that time you will ask (pray) in My Name; and I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf [for it will be unnecessary].


book: John
contenido:
For the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came out from the Father.


book: John
contenido:
I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.


book: John
contenido:
His disciples said, Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in parables (veiled language and figures of speech)!


book: John
contenido:
Now we know that You are acquainted with everything and have no need to be asked questions. Because of this we believe that you [really] came from God.


book: John
contenido:
But take notice, the hour is coming, and it has arrived, when you will all be dispersed and scattered, every man to his own home, leaving Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.


book: John
contenido:
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]


book: John
contenido:
When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify and exalt and honor and magnify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify and extol and honor and magnify You.


book: John
contenido:
[Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him.


book: John
contenido:
And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.


book: John
contenido:
And now, Father, glorify Me along with Yourself and restore Me to such majesty and honor in Your presence as I had with You before the world existed.


book: John
contenido:
I have manifested Your Name [I have revealed Your very Self, Your real Self] to the people whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have obeyed and kept Your word.


book: John
contenido:
Now [at last] they know and understand that all You have given Me belongs to You [is really and truly Yours].


book: John
contenido:
For the [uttered] words that You gave Me I have given them; and they have received and accepted [them] and have come to know positively and in reality [to believe with absolute assurance] that I came forth from Your presence, and they have believed and are convinced that You did send Me.


book: John
contenido:
I am praying for them. I am not praying (requesting) for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they belong to You.


book: John
contenido:
All [things that are] Mine are Yours, and all [things that are] Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them. [They have done Me honor; in them My glory is achieved.]


book: John
contenido:
And [now] I am no more in the world, but these are [still] in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep in Your Name [in the knowledge of Yourself] those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We [are one].


book: John
contenido:
While I was with them, I kept and preserved them in Your Name [in the knowledge and worship of You]. Those You have given Me I guarded and protected, and not one of them has perished or is lost except the son of perdition [Judas Iscariot—the one who is now doomed to destruction, destined to be lost], that the Scripture might be fulfilled.


book: John
contenido:
And now I am coming to You; I say these things while I am still in the world, so that My joy may be made full and complete and perfect in them [that they may experience My delight fulfilled in them, that My enjoyment may be perfected in their own souls, that they may have My gladness within them, filling their hearts].


book: John
contenido:
I have given and delivered to them Your word (message) and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world [do not belong to the world], just as I am not of the world.


book: John
contenido:
I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep and protect them from the evil one.


book: John
contenido:
Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth.


book: John
contenido:
And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth.


book: John
contenido:
Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,


book: John
contenido:
That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:


book: John
contenido:
I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.


book: John
contenido:
Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.


book: John
contenido:
O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has failed to recognize You and has never acknowledged You, I have known You [continually]; and these men understand and know that You have sent Me.


book: John
contenido:
I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them.


book: John
contenido:
Having said these things, Jesus went out with His disciples beyond (across) the winter torrent of the Kidron [in the ravine]. There was a garden there, which He and His disciples entered.


book: John
contenido:
And Judas, who was betraying Him and delivering Him up, also knew the place, because Jesus had often retired there with His disciples.


book: John
contenido:
So Judas, obtaining and taking charge of the band of soldiers and some guards (attendants) of the high priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.


book: John
contenido:
Then Jesus, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to them and said, Whom are you seeking? [Whom do you want?]


book: John
contenido:
They answered Him, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said to them, I am He. Judas, who was betraying Him, was also standing with them.


book: John
contenido:
When Jesus said to them, I am He, they went backwards (drew back, lurched backward) and fell to the ground.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, I told you that I am He. So, if you want Me [if it is only I for Whom you are looking], let these men go their way.


book: John
contenido:
Thus what He had said was fulfilled and verified, Of those whom You have given Me, I have not lost even one.


book: John
contenido:
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.


book: John
contenido:
Therefore, Jesus said to Peter, Put the sword [back] into the sheath! The cup which My Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?


book: John
contenido:
And they brought Him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year.


book: John
contenido:
It was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews that it was expedient and for their welfare that one man should die for (instead of, in behalf of) the people.


book: John
contenido:
Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. And that disciple was known to the high priest, and so he entered along with Jesus into the court of the palace of the high priest;


book: John
contenido:
But Peter was standing outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the maid who kept the door and brought Peter inside.


book: John
contenido:
Then the maid who was in charge at the door said to Peter, You are not also one of the disciples of this Man, are you? He said, I am not!


book: John
contenido:
Now the servants and the guards (the attendants) had made a fire of coals, for it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. And Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in a synagogue and in the temple [area], where the Jews [habitually] congregate (assemble); and I have spoken nothing secretly.


book: John
contenido:
But when He said this, one of the attendants who stood by struck Jesus, saying, Is that how You answer the high priest?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus replied, If I have said anything wrong [if I have spoken abusively, if there was evil in what I said] tell what was wrong with it. But if I spoke rightly and properly, why do you strike Me?


book: John
contenido:
But Simon Peter [still] was standing and was warming himself. They said to him, You are not also one of His disciples, are you? He denied it and said, I am not!


book: John
contenido:
One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did I not see you in the garden with Him?


book: John
contenido:
Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium (judgment hall, governor’s palace). And it was early. They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled (become ceremonially unclean), but might be fit to eat the Passover [supper].


book: John
contenido:
Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and judge and sentence and punish Him according to your [own] law. The Jews answered, It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.


book: John
contenido:
This was to fulfill the word which Jesus had spoken to show (indicate, predict) by what manner of death He was to die.


book: John
contenido:
So Pilate went back again into the judgment hall and called Jesus and asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus replied, Are you saying this of yourself [on your own initiative], or have others told you about Me?


book: John
contenido:
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your [own] people and nation and their chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, My kingdom (kingship, royal power) belongs not to this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My followers would have been fighting to keep Me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here (this world); [it has no such origin or source].


book: John
contenido:
Pilate said to Him, Then You are a King? Jesus answered, You say it! [You speak correctly!] For I am a King. [Certainly I am a King!] This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth, who belongs to the Truth] hears and listens to My voice.


book: John
contenido:
Pilate said to Him, What is Truth? On saying this he went out to the Jews again and told them, I find no fault in Him.


book: John
contenido:
But it is your custom that I release one [prisoner] for you at the Passover. So shall I release for you the King of the Jews?


book: John
contenido:
And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple cloak around Him.


book: John
contenido:
And they kept coming to Him and saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [Good health to you! Peace to you! Long life to you, King of the Jews!] And they struck Him with the palms of their hands.


book: John
contenido:
Then Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I bring Him out to you, so that you may know that I find no fault (crime, cause for accusation) in Him.


book: John
contenido:
So Jesus came out wearing the thorny crown and purple cloak, and Pilate said to them, See, [here is] the Man!


book: John
contenido:
When the chief priests and attendants (guards) saw Him, they cried out, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no fault (crime) in Him.


book: John
contenido:
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to that law He should die, because He has claimed and made Himself out to be the Son of God.


book: John
contenido:
He went into the judgment hall again and said to Jesus, Where are You from? [To what world do You belong?] But Jesus did not answer him.


book: John
contenido:
So Pilate said to Him, Will You not speak [even] to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to release You and I have power to crucify You?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus answered, You would not have any power or authority whatsoever against (over) Me if it were not given you from above. For this reason the sin and guilt of the one who delivered Me over to you is greater.


book: John
contenido:
Upon this, Pilate wanted (sought, was anxious) to release Him, but the Jews kept shrieking, If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anybody who makes himself [out to be] a king sets himself up against Caesar [is a rebel against the emperor]!


book: John
contenido:
Hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement [the Mosaic Pavement, the Stone Platform]—in Hebrew, Gabbatha.


book: John
contenido:
Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about the sixth hour (about twelve o’clock noon). He said to the Jews, See, [here is] your King!


book: John
contenido:
But they shouted, Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar!


book: John
contenido:
And they took Jesus and led [Him] away; so He went out, bearing His own cross, to the spot called The Place of the Skull—in Hebrew it is called Golgotha.


book: John
contenido:
And Pilate also wrote a title (an inscription on a placard) and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews.


book: John
contenido:
And many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, [and] in Greek.


book: John
contenido:
Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am King of the Jews.


book: John
contenido:
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, one share for each soldier, and also the tunic (the long shirtlike undergarment). But the tunic was seamless, woven [in one piece] from the top throughout.


book: John
contenido:
So they said to one another, Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots to decide whose it shall be. This was to fulfill the Scripture, They parted My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots. So the soldiers did these things.


book: John
contenido:
But by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother’s sister, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.


book: John
contenido:
So Jesus, seeing His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, [Dear] woman, See, [here is] your son!


book: John
contenido:
Then He said to the disciple, See, [here is] your mother! And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own [keeping, own home].


book: John
contenido:
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished (ended), said in fulfillment of the Scripture, I thirst.


book: John
contenido:
A vessel (jar) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth.


book: John
contenido:
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.


book: John
contenido:
Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from hanging on the cross on the Sabbath—for that Sabbath was a very solemn and important one—the Jews requested Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away.


book: John
contenido:
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first one, and of the other who had been crucified with Him.


book: John
contenido:
But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came (flowed) out.


book: John
contenido:
And he who saw it (the eyewitness) gives this evidence, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe also.


book: John
contenido:
For these things took place, that the Scripture might be fulfilled (verified, carried out), Not one of His bones shall be broken;


book: John
contenido:
And after this, Joseph of Arimathea—a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews—asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate granted him permission. So he came and took away His body.


book: John
contenido:
And Nicodemus also, who first had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, [weighing] about a hundred pounds.


book: John
contenido:
So they took Jesus’ body and bound it in linen cloths with the spices (aromatics), as is the Jews’ customary way to prepare for burial.


book: John
contenido:
Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever [yet] been laid.


book: John
contenido:
So there, because of the Jewish day of Preparation [and] since the tomb was near by, they laid Jesus.


book: John
contenido:
Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been removed from (lifted out of the groove across the entrance of) the tomb.


book: John
contenido:
So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus [tenderly] loved, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him!


book: John
contenido:
Then Simon Peter came up, following him, and went into the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there;


book: John
contenido:
But the burial napkin (kerchief) which had been around Jesus’ head, was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was [still] rolled up (wrapped round and round) in a place by itself.


book: John
contenido:
Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went in too; and he saw and was convinced and believed.


book: John
contenido:
For as yet they did not know (understand) the statement of Scripture that He must rise again from the dead.


book: John
contenido:
But Mary remained standing outside the tomb sobbing. As she wept, she stooped down [and looked] into the tomb.


book: John
contenido:
And she saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.


book: John
contenido:
And they said to her, Woman, why are you sobbing? She told them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.


book: John
contenido:
On saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there], but she did not know (recognize) that it was Jesus.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you crying [so]? For Whom are you looking? Supposing that it was the gardener, she replied, Sir, if you carried Him away from here, tell me where you have put Him and I will take Him away.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning around she said to Him in Hebrew, Rabboni!—which means Teacher or Master.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to her, Do not cling to Me [do not hold Me], for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brethren and tell them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.


book: John
contenido:
Away came Mary Magdalene, bringing the disciples news (word) that she had seen the Lord and that He had said these things to her.


book: John
contenido:
Then on that same first day of the week, when it was evening, though the disciples were behind closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace to you!


book: John
contenido:
So saying, He showed them His hands and His side. And when the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy (delight, exultation, ecstasy, rapture).


book: John
contenido:
Then Jesus said to them again, Peace to you! [Just] as the Father has sent Me forth, so I am sending you.


book: John
contenido:
[Now having received the Holy Spirit, and being led and directed by Him] if you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained.


book: John
contenido:
So the other disciples kept telling him, We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the marks made by the nails and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe [it].


book: John
contenido:
Eight days later His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, though they were behind closed doors, and stood among them and said, Peace to you!


book: John
contenido:
Then He said to Thomas, Reach out your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand and place [it] in My side. Do not be faithless and incredulous, but [stop your unbelief and] believe!


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to him, Because you have seen Me, Thomas, do you now believe (trust, have faith)? Blessed and happy and to be envied are those who have never seen Me and yet have believed and adhered to and trusted and relied on Me.


book: John
contenido:
There are also many other signs and miracles which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book.


book: John
contenido:
But these are written (recorded) in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ (the Anointed One), the Son of God, and that through believing and cleaving to and trusting and relying upon Him you may have life through (in) His name [through Who He is].


book: John
contenido:
After this, Jesus let Himself be seen and revealed [Himself] again to the disciples, at the Sea of Tiberias. And He did it in this way:


book: John
contenido:
There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, called the Twin, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, also the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples.


book: John
contenido:
Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing! They said to him, And we are coming with you! So they went out and got into the boat, and throughout that night they caught nothing.


book: John
contenido:
Morning was already breaking when Jesus came to the beach and stood there. However, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.


book: John
contenido:
So Jesus said to them, Boys (children), you do not have any meat (fish), do you? [Have you caught anything to eat along with your bread?] They answered Him, No!


book: John
contenido:
And He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find [some]. So they cast the net, and now they were not able to haul it in for such a big catch (mass, quantity) of fish [was in it].


book: John
contenido:
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord! Simon Peter, hearing him say that it was the Lord, put (girded) on his upper garment (his fisherman’s coat, his outer tunic)—for he was stripped [for work]—and sprang into the sea.


book: John
contenido:
And the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only some hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish.


book: John
contenido:
When they got out on land (the beach), they saw a fire of coals there and fish lying on it [cooking], and bread.


book: John
contenido:
So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, 153 of them; and [though] there were so many of them, the net was not torn.


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to them, Come [and] have breakfast. But none of the disciples ventured or dared to ask Him, Who are You? because they [well] knew that it was the Lord.


book: John
contenido:
This was now the third time that Jesus revealed Himself (appeared, was manifest) to the disciples after He had risen from the dead.


book: John
contenido:
When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these [others do—with reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion, as one loves the Father]? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You [that I have deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. He said to him, Feed My lambs.


book: John
contenido:
Again He said to him the second time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion, as one loves the Father]? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You [that I have a deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. He said to him, Shepherd (tend) My sheep.


book: John
contenido:
He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with a deep, instinctive, personal affection for Me, as for a close friend]? Peter was grieved (was saddened and hurt) that He should ask him the third time, Do you love Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know everything; You know that I love You [that I have a deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.


book: John
contenido:
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, when you were young you girded yourself [put on your own belt or girdle] and you walked about wherever you pleased to go. But when you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will put a girdle around you and carry you where you do not wish to go.


book: John
contenido:
He said this to indicate by what kind of death Peter would glorify God. And after this, He said to him, Follow Me!


book: John
contenido:
But Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved, following—the one who also had leaned back on His breast at the supper and had said, Lord, who is it that is going to betray You?


book: John
contenido:
Jesus said to him, If I want him to stay (survive, live) until I come, what is that to you? [What concern is it of yours?] You follow Me!


book: John
contenido:
So word went out among the brethren that this disciple was not going to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but, If I want him to stay (survive, live) till I come, what is that to you?


book: John
contenido:
It is this same disciple who is bearing witness to these things and who has recorded (written) them; and we [well] know that his testimony is true.


book: John
contenido:
And there are also many other things which Jesus did. If they should be all recorded one by one [in detail], I suppose that even the world itself could not contain (have room for) the books that would be written.


book: Acts
contenido:
In the former account [which I prepared], O Theophilus, I made [a continuous report] dealing with all the things which Jesus began to do and to teach


book: Acts
contenido:
Until the day when He ascended, after He through the Holy Spirit had instructed and commanded the apostles (special messengers) whom He had chosen.


book: Acts
contenido:
To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion (His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many convincing demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible proofs], appearing to them during forty days and talking [to them] about the things of the kingdom of God.


book: Acts
contenido:
And while being in their company and eating with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised, Of which [He said] you have heard Me speak.


book: Acts
contenido:
For John baptized with water, but not many days from now you shall be baptized with (placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit.


book: Acts
contenido:
So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel?


book: Acts
contenido:
He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power.


book: Acts
contenido:
But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.


book: Acts
contenido:
And when He had said this, even as they were looking [at Him], He was caught up, and a cloud received and carried Him away out of their sight.


book: Acts
contenido:
And while they were gazing intently into heaven as He went, behold, two men [dressed] in white robes suddenly stood beside them,


book: Acts
contenido:
Who said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into heaven? This same Jesus, Who was caught away and lifted up from among you into heaven, will return in [just] the same way in which you saw Him go into heaven.


book: Acts
contenido:
Then [the disciples] went back to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, [only] a Sabbath day’s journey (three-quarters of a mile) away.


book: Acts
contenido:
And when they had entered [the city], they mounted [the stairs] to the upper room where they were [indefinitely] staying—Peter and John and James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [son] of James.


book: Acts
contenido:
All of these with their minds in full agreement devoted themselves steadfastly to prayer, [waiting together] with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now on one of those days Peter arose among the brethren, the whole number of whom gathered together was about a hundred and twenty.


book: Acts
contenido:
Brethren, he said, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David, about Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now this man obtained a piece of land with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery and wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle [of his body] and all his intestines poured forth.


book: Acts
contenido:
And all the residents of Jerusalem became acquainted with the facts, so that they called the piece of land in their own dialect—Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.


book: Acts
contenido:
For in the book of Psalms it is written, Let his place of residence become deserted and gloomy, and let there be no one to live in it; and [again], Let another take his position or overseership.


book: Acts
contenido:
So one of the [other] men who have accompanied us [apostles] during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,


book: Acts
contenido:
From the baptism of John at the outset until the day when He was taken up from among us—one of these men must join with us and become a witness to testify to His resurrection.


book: Acts
contenido:
And they accordingly proposed (nominated) two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.


book: Acts
contenido:
And they prayed and said, You, Lord, Who know all hearts (their thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, purposes, and endeavors), indicate to us which one of these two You have chosen


book: Acts
contenido:
To take the place in this ministry and receive the position of an apostle, from which Judas fell away and went astray to go [where he belonged] to his own [proper] place.


book: Acts
contenido:
And they drew lots [between the two], and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to and counted with the eleven apostles (special messengers).


book: Acts
contenido:
When suddenly there came a sound from heaven like the rushing of a violent tempest blast, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting.


book: Acts
contenido:
And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them.


book: Acts
contenido:
And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages (tongues), as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression [in each tongue in appropriate words].


book: Acts
contenido:
Now there were then residing in Jerusalem Jews, devout and God-fearing men from every country under heaven.


book: Acts
contenido:
And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together and they were astonished and bewildered, because each one heard them [the apostles] speaking in his own [particular] dialect.


book: Acts
contenido:
And they were beside themselves with amazement, saying, Are not all these who are talking Galileans?


book: Acts
contenido:
Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and [the province of] Asia,


book: Acts
contenido:
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and the transient residents from Rome, both Jews and the proselytes [to Judaism from other religions],


book: Acts
contenido:
Cretans and Arabians too—we all hear them speaking in our own native tongues [and telling of] the mighty works of God!


book: Acts
contenido:
And all were beside themselves with amazement and were puzzled and bewildered, saying one to another, What can this mean?


book: Acts
contenido:
But others made a joke of it and derisively said, They are simply drunk and full of sweet [intoxicating] wine.


book: Acts
contenido:
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: You Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem, let this be [explained] to you so that you will know and understand; listen closely to what I have to say.


book: Acts
contenido:
For these men are not drunk, as you imagine, for it is [only] the third hour (about 9:00 a.m.) of the day;


book: Acts
contenido:
And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams.


book: Acts
contenido:
Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God’s kingdom].


book: Acts
contenido:
And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor;


book: Acts
contenido:
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the obvious day of the Lord comes—that great and notable and conspicuous and renowned [day].


book: Acts
contenido:
And it shall be that whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord—Christ] shall be saved.


book: Acts
contenido:
You men of Israel, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man accredited and pointed out and shown forth and commended and attested to you by God by the mighty works and [the power of performing] wonders and signs which God worked through Him [right] in your midst, as you yourselves know—


book: Acts
contenido:
This Jesus, when delivered up according to the definite and fixed purpose and settled plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and put out of the way [killing Him] by the hands of lawless and wicked men.


book: Acts
contenido:
[But] God raised Him up, liberating Him from the pangs of death, seeing that it was not possible for Him to continue to be controlled or retained by it.


book: Acts
contenido:
For David says in regard to Him, I saw the Lord constantly before me, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken or overthrown or cast down [from my secure and happy state].


book: Acts
contenido:
Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted exceedingly; moreover, my flesh also will dwell in hope [will encamp, pitch its tent, and dwell in hope in anticipation of the resurrection].


book: Acts
contenido:
For You will not abandon my soul, leaving it helpless in Hades (the state of departed spirits), nor let Your Holy One know decay or see destruction [of the body after death].


book: Acts
contenido:
You have made known to me the ways of life; You will enrapture me [diffusing my soul with joy] with and in Your presence.


book: Acts
contenido:
Brethren, it is permitted me to tell you confidently and with freedom concerning the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.


book: Acts
contenido:
Being however a prophet, and knowing that God had sealed to him with an oath that He would set one of his descendants on his throne,


book: Acts
contenido:
He, foreseeing this, spoke [by foreknowledge] of the resurrection of the Christ (the Messiah) that He was not deserted [in death] and left in Hades (the state of departed spirits), nor did His body know decay or see destruction.


book: Acts
contenido:
Being therefore lifted high by and to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promised [blessing which is the] Holy Spirit, He has made this outpouring which you yourselves both see and hear.


book: Acts
contenido:
For David did not ascend into the heavens; yet he himself says, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand and share My throne


book: Acts
contenido:
Therefore let the whole house of Israel recognize beyond all doubt and acknowledge assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ (the Messiah)—this Jesus Whom you crucified.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now when they heard this they were stung (cut) to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles (special messengers), Brethren, what shall we do?


book: Acts
contenido:
And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.


book: Acts
contenido:
For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is to and for you and your children, and to and for all that are far away, [even] to and for as many as the Lord our God invites and bids to come to Himself.


book: Acts
contenido:
And [Peter] solemnly and earnestly witnessed (testified) and admonished (exhorted) with much more continuous speaking and warned (reproved, advised, encouraged) them, saying, Be saved from this crooked (perverse, wicked, unjust) generation.


book: Acts
contenido:
Therefore those who accepted and welcomed his message were baptized, and there were added that day about 3,000 souls.


book: Acts
contenido:
And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread [including the Lord’s Supper] and prayers.


book: Acts
contenido:
And a sense of awe (reverential fear) came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were performed through the apostles (the special messengers).


book: Acts
contenido:
And all who believed (who adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus Christ) were united and [together] they had everything in common;


book: Acts
contenido:
And they sold their possessions (both their landed property and their movable goods) and distributed the price among all, according as any had need.


book: Acts
contenido:
And day after day they regularly assembled in the temple with united purpose, and in their homes they broke bread [including the Lord’s Supper]. They partook of their food with gladness and simplicity and generous hearts,


book: Acts
contenido:
Constantly praising God and being in favor and goodwill with all the people; and the Lord kept adding [to their number] daily those who were being saved [from spiritual death].


book: Acts
contenido:
Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon),


book: Acts
contenido:
[When] a certain man crippled from his birth was being carried along, who was laid each day at that gate of the temple [which is] called Beautiful, so that he might beg for charitable gifts from those who entered the temple.


book: Acts
contenido:
But Peter said, Silver and gold (money) I do not have; but what I do have, that I give to you: in [the use of] the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!


book: Acts
contenido:
Then he took hold of the man’s right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankle bones became strong and steady,


book: Acts
contenido:
And leaping forth he stood and began to walk, and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.


book: Acts
contenido:
And they recognized him as the man who usually sat [begging] for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement (bewilderment, consternation) over what had occurred to him.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now while he [still] firmly clung to Peter and John, all the people in utmost amazement ran together and crowded around them in the covered porch (walk) called Solomon’s.


book: Acts
contenido:
And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, You men of Israel, why are you so surprised and wondering at this? Why do you keep staring at us, as though by our [own individual] power or [active] piety we had made this man [able] to walk?


book: Acts
contenido:
The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified His Servant and Son Jesus [doing Him this honor], Whom you indeed delivered up and denied and rejected and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to let Him go.


book: Acts
contenido:
But you denied and rejected and disowned the Pure and Holy, the Just and Blameless One, and demanded [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.


book: Acts
contenido:
But you killed the very Source (the Author) of life, Whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.


book: Acts
contenido:
And His name, through and by faith in His name, has made this man whom you see and recognize well and strong. [Yes] the faith which is through and by Him [Jesus] has given the man this perfect soundness [of body] before all of you.


book: Acts
contenido:
And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance [not aware of what you were doing], as did your rulers also.


book: Acts
contenido:
Thus has God fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (the Messiah) should undergo ill treatment and be afflicted and suffer.


book: Acts
contenido:
So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord;


book: Acts
contenido:
And that He may send [to you] the Christ (the Messiah), Who before was designated and appointed for you—even Jesus,


book: Acts
contenido:
Whom heaven must receive [and retain] until the time for the complete restoration of all that God spoke by the mouth of all His holy prophets for ages past [from the most ancient time in the memory of man].


book: Acts
contenido:
Thus Moses said to the forefathers, The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren as [He raised up] me; Him you shall listen to and understand by hearing and heed in all things whatever He tells you.


book: Acts
contenido:
And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to and understand by hearing and heed that Prophet shall be utterly exterminated from among the people.


book: Acts
contenido:
Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel and those who came afterwards, as many as have spoken, also promised and foretold and proclaimed these days.


book: Acts
contenido:
You are the descendants (sons) of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant which God made and gave to your forefathers, saying to Abraham, And in your Seed (Heir) shall all the families of the earth be blessed and benefited.


book: Acts
contenido:
It was to you first that God sent His Servant and Son Jesus, when He raised Him up [provided and gave Him for us], to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness and evil ways.


book: Acts
contenido:
And while they [Peter and John] were talking to the people, the high priests and the military commander of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,


book: Acts
contenido:
Being vexed and indignant through and through because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection from the dead.


book: Acts
contenido:
So they laid hands on them (arrested them) and put them in prison until the following day, for it was already evening.


book: Acts
contenido:
But many of those who heard the message believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus as the Christ). And their number grew and came to about 5,000.


book: Acts
contenido:
Including Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all others who belonged to the high priestly relationship.


book: Acts
contenido:
And they set the men in their midst and repeatedly demanded, By what sort of power or by what kind of authority did [such people as] you do this [healing]?


book: Acts
contenido:
Then Peter, [because he was] filled with [and controlled by] the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and members of the council (the Sanhedrin),


book: Acts
contenido:
If we are being put on trial [here] today and examined concerning a good deed done to benefit a feeble (helpless) cripple, by what means this man has been restored to health,


book: Acts
contenido:
Let it be known and understood by all of you, and by the whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, [but] Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man is standing here before you well and sound in body.


book: Acts
contenido:
This [Jesus] is the Stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the Head of the corner [the Cornerstone].


book: Acts
contenido:
And there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools [common men with no educational advantages], they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.


book: Acts
contenido:
And since they saw the man who had been cured standing there beside them, they could not contradict the fact or say anything in opposition.


book: Acts
contenido:
But having ordered [the prisoners] to go aside out of the council [chamber], they conferred (debated) among themselves,


book: Acts
contenido:
Saying, What are we to do with these men? For that an extraordinary miracle has been performed by (through) them is plain to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.


book: Acts
contenido:
But in order that it may not spread further among the people and the nation, let us warn and forbid them with a stern threat to speak any more to anyone in this name [or about this Person].


book: Acts
contenido:
[So] they summoned them and imperatively instructed them not to converse in any way or teach at all in or about the name of Jesus.


book: Acts
contenido:
But Peter and John replied to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must decide (judge).


book: Acts
contenido:
Then when [the rulers and council members] had further threatened them, they let them go, not seeing how they could secure a conviction against them because of the people; for everybody was praising and glorifying God for what had occurred.


book: Acts
contenido:
After they were permitted to go, [the apostles] returned to their own [company] and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.


book: Acts
contenido:
And when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said, O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them,


book: Acts
contenido:
Who by the mouth of our forefather David, Your servant and child, said through the Holy Spirit, Why did the heathen (Gentiles) become wanton and insolent and rage, and the people imagine and study and plan vain (fruitless) things [that will not succeed]?


book: Acts
contenido:
The kings of the earth took their stand in array [for attack] and the rulers were assembled and combined together against the Lord and against His Anointed (Christ, the Messiah).


book: Acts
contenido:
For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel,


book: Acts
contenido:
To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur.


book: Acts
contenido:
And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants [full freedom] to declare Your message fearlessly,


book: Acts
contenido:
While You stretch out Your hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus.


book: Acts
contenido:
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now the company of believers was of one heart and soul, and not one of them claimed that anything which he possessed was [exclusively] his own, but everything they had was in common and for the use of all.


book: Acts
contenido:
And with great strength and ability and power the apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly upon them all.


book: Acts
contenido:
Nor was there a destitute or needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses proceeded to sell them, and one by one they brought (gave back) the amount received from the sales


book: Acts
contenido:
And laid it at the feet of the apostles (special messengers). Then distribution was made according as anyone had need.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now Joseph, a Levite and native of Cyprus who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, which interpreted means Son of Encouragement,


book: Acts
contenido:
Sold a field which belonged to him and brought the sum of money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.


book: Acts
contenido:
And with his wife’s knowledge and connivance he kept back and wrongfully appropriated some of the proceeds, bringing only a part and putting it at the feet of the apostles.


book: Acts
contenido:
But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to and attempt to deceive the Holy Spirit, and should [in violation of your promise] withdraw secretly and appropriate to your own use part of the price from the sale of the land?


book: Acts
contenido:
As long as it remained unsold, was it not still your own? And [even] after it was sold, was not [the money] at your disposal and under your control? Why then, is it that you have proposed and purposed in your heart to do this thing? [How could you have the heart to do such a deed?] You have not [simply] lied to men [playing false and showing yourself utterly deceitful] but to God.


book: Acts
contenido:
Upon hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great dread and terror took possession of all who heard of it.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now after an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not having learned of what had happened.


book: Acts
contenido:
Then Peter said to her, How could you two have agreed and conspired together to try to deceive the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out [also].


book: Acts
contenido:
And instantly she fell down at his feet and died; and the young men entering found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.


book: Acts
contenido:
And the whole church and all others who heard of these things were appalled [great awe and strange terror and dread seized them].


book: Acts
contenido:
Now by the hands of the apostles (special messengers) numerous and startling signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in the covered porch (walk) called Solomon’s.


book: Acts
contenido:
And none of those who were not of their number dared to join and associate with them, but the people held them in high regard and praised and made much of them.


book: Acts
contenido:
More and more there were being added to the Lord those who believed [those who acknowledged Jesus as their Savior and devoted themselves to Him joined and gathered with them], crowds both of men and of women,


book: Acts
contenido:
So that they [even] kept carrying out the sick into the streets and placing them on couches and sleeping pads, [in the hope] that as Peter passed by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.


book: Acts
contenido:
And the people gathered also from the towns and hamlets around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured.


book: Acts
contenido:
But the high priest rose up and all who were his supporters, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and being filled with jealousy and indignation and rage,


book: Acts
contenido:
Go, take your stand in the temple courts and declare to the people the whole doctrine concerning this Life (the eternal life which Christ revealed).


book: Acts
contenido:
And when they heard this, they accordingly went into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now the high priest and his supporters who were with him arrived and called together the council (Sanhedrin), even all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have [the apostles] brought.


book: Acts
contenido:
But when the attendants arrived there, they failed to find them in the jail; so they came back and reported,


book: Acts
contenido:
We found the prison quite safely locked up and the guards were on duty outside the doors, but when we opened [it], we found no one on the inside.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now when the military leader of the temple area and the chief priests heard these facts, they were much perplexed and thoroughly at a loss about them, wondering into what this might grow.


book: Acts
contenido:
But some man came and reported to them, saying, Listen! The men whom you put in jail are standing [right here] in the temple and teaching the people!


book: Acts
contenido:
Then the military leader went with the attendants and brought [the prisoners], but without violence, for they dreaded the people lest they be stoned by them.


book: Acts
contenido:
So they brought them and set them before the council (Sanhedrin). And the high priest examined them by questioning,


book: Acts
contenido:
Saying, We definitely commanded and strictly charged you not to teach in or about this Name; yet here you have flooded Jerusalem with your doctrine and you intend to bring this Man’s blood upon us.


book: Acts
contenido:
God exalted Him to His right hand to be Prince and Leader and Savior and Deliverer and Preserver, in order to grant repentance to Israel and to bestow forgiveness and release from sins.


book: Acts
contenido:
And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit is also, Whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.


book: Acts
contenido:
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and infuriated and wanted to kill the disciples.


book: Acts
contenido:
But a certain Pharisee in the council (Sanhedrin) named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, highly esteemed by all the people, standing up, ordered that the apostles be taken outside for a little while.


book: Acts
contenido:
Then he addressed them [the council, saying]: Men of Israel, take care in regard to what you propose to do concerning these men.


book: Acts
contenido:
For before our time there arose Theudas, asserting himself to be a person of importance, with whom a number of men allied themselves, about 400; but he was killed and all who had listened to and adhered to him were scattered and brought to nothing.


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And after this one rose up Judas the Galilean, [who led an uprising] during the time of the census, and drew away a popular following after him; he also perished and all his adherents were scattered.


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Now in the present case let me say to you, stand off (withdraw) from these men and let them alone. For if this doctrine or purpose or undertaking or movement is of human origin, it will fail (be overthrown and come to nothing);


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But if it is of God, you will not be able to stop or overthrow or destroy them; you might even be found fighting against God!


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So, convinced by him, they took his advice; and summoning the apostles, they flogged them and sternly forbade them to speak in or about the name of Jesus, and allowed them to go.


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So they went out from the presence of the council (Sanhedrin), rejoicing that they were being counted worthy [dignified by the indignity] to suffer shame and be exposed to disgrace for [the sake of] His name.


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Yet [in spite of the threats] they never ceased for a single day, both in the temple area and at home, to teach and to proclaim the good news (Gospel) of Jesus [as] the Christ (the Messiah).


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Now about this time, when the number of the disciples was greatly increasing, complaint was made by the Hellenists (the Greek-speaking Jews) against the [native] Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked and neglected in the daily ministration (distribution of relief).


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So the Twelve [apostles] convened the multitude of the disciples and said, It is not seemly or desirable or right that we should have to give up or neglect [preaching] the Word of God in order to attend to serving at tables and superintending the distribution of food.


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Therefore select out from among yourselves, brethren, seven men of good and attested character and repute, full of the [Holy] Spirit and wisdom, whom we may assign to look after this business and duty.


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And the suggestion pleased the whole assembly, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith (a strong and welcome belief that Jesus is the Messiah) and full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte (convert) from Antioch.


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And the message of God kept on spreading, and the number of disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem; and [besides] a large number of the priests were obedient to the faith [in Jesus as the Messiah, through Whom is obtained eternal salvation in the kingdom of God].


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Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing and favor) and power (strength and ability) worked great wonders and signs (miracles) among the people.


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However, some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (freed Jewish slaves), as it was called, and [of the synagogues] of the Cyrenians and of the Alexandrians and of those from Cilicia and [the province of] Asia, arose [and undertook] to debate and dispute with Stephen.


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But they were not able to resist the intelligence and the wisdom and [the inspiration of] the Spirit with which and by Whom he spoke.


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So they [secretly] instigated and instructed men to say, We have heard this man speak, using slanderous and abusive and blasphemous language against Moses and God.


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[Thus] they incited the people as well as the elders and the scribes, and they came upon Stephen and arrested him and took him before the council (Sanhedrin).


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And they brought forward false witnesses who asserted, This man never stops making statements against this sacred place and the Law [of Moses];


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For we have heard him say that this Jesus the Nazarene will tear down and destroy this place, and will alter the institutions and usages which Moses transmitted to us.


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Then all who sat in the council (Sanhedrin), as they gazed intently at Stephen, saw that his face had the appearance of the face of an angel.


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And he answered, Brethren and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before he [went to] live in Haran,


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And He said to him, Leave your own country and your relatives and come into the land (region) that I will point out to you.


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So then he went forth from the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, [God] transferred him to this country in which you are now dwelling.


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Yet He gave him no inheritable property in it, [no] not even enough ground to set his foot on; but He promised that He would give it to Him for a permanent possession and to his descendants after him, even though [as yet] he had no child.


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And this is [in effect] what God told him: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a land belonging to other people, who would bring them into bondage and ill-treat them 400 years.


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But I will judge the nation to whom they will be slaves, said God, and after that they will escape and come forth and worship Me in this [very] place.


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And [God] made with Abraham a covenant (an agreement to be religiously observed) of which circumcision was the seal. And under these circumstances [Abraham] became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [did so] when he became the father of Jacob, and Jacob [when each of his sons was born], the twelve patriarchs.


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And the patriarchs [Jacob’s sons], boiling with envy and hatred and anger, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him,


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And delivered him from all his distressing afflictions and won him goodwill and favor and wisdom and understanding in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and all his house.


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Then there came a famine over all of Egypt and Canaan, with great distress, and our forefathers could find no fodder [for the cattle] or vegetable sustenance [for their households].


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But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our forefathers [to go there on their] first trip.


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And on their second visit Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh and his origin and race.


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And Joseph sent an invitation calling to himself Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.


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And their bodies [Jacob’s and Joseph’s] were taken back to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of [silver] money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.


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But as the time for the fulfillment of the promise drew near which God had made to Abraham, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt,


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Until [the time when] there arose over Egypt another and a different king who did not know Joseph [neither knowing his history and services nor recognizing his merits].


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He dealt treacherously with and defrauded our race; he abused and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their babies so that they might not be kept alive.


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At this juncture Moses was born, and was exceedingly beautiful in God’s sight. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house;


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Then when he was exposed [to perish], the daughter of Pharaoh rescued him and took him and reared him as her own son.


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So Moses was educated in all the wisdom and culture of the Egyptians, and he was mighty (powerful) in his speech and deeds.


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And when he was in his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his kinsmen the children of Israel [to help them and to care for them].


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And on seeing one of them being unjustly treated, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian and slaying [him].


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He expected his brethren to understand that God was granting them deliverance by his hand [taking it for granted that they would accept him]; but they did not understand.


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Then on the next day he suddenly appeared to some who were quarreling and fighting among themselves, and he urged them to make peace and become reconciled, saying, Men, you are brethren; why do you abuse and wrong one another?


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Whereupon the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed [Moses] aside, saying, Who appointed you a ruler (umpire) and a judge over us?


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At that reply Moses sought safety by flight and he was an exile and an alien in the country of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.


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And when forty years had gone by, there appeared to him in the wilderness (desert) of Mount Sinai an angel, in the flame of a burning bramblebush.


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When Moses saw it, he was astonished and marveled at the sight; but when he went close to investigate, there came to him the voice of the Lord, saying,


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I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses trembled and was so terrified that he did not venture to look.


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Then the Lord said to him, Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground and worthy of veneration.


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Because I have most assuredly seen the abuse and oppression of My people in Egypt and have heard their sighing and groaning, I have come down to rescue them. So, now come! I will send you back to Egypt [as My messenger].


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It was this very Moses whom they had denied (disowned and rejected), saying, Who made you our ruler (referee) and judge? whom God sent to be a ruler and deliverer and redeemer, by and with the [protecting and helping] hand of the Angel that appeared to him in the bramblebush.


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He it was who led them forth, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and during the forty years in the wilderness (desert).


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It was this [very] Moses who said to the children of Israel, God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren as He raised me up.


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This is he who in the assembly in the wilderness (desert) was the go-between for the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and he received living oracles (words that still live) to be handed down to us.


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[And yet] our forefathers determined not to be subject to him [refusing to listen to or obey him]; but thrusting him aside they rejected him, and in their hearts yearned for and turned back to Egypt.


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And they said to Aaron, Make us gods who shall [be our leaders and] go before us; as for this Moses who led us forth from the land of Egypt—we have no knowledge of what has happened to him.


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And they [even] made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol and made merry and exulted in the work of their [own] hands.


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But God turned [away from them] and delivered them up to worship and serve the host (stars) of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did you [really] offer to Me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness (desert), O house of Israel?


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[No!] You took up the tent (the portable temple) of Moloch and carried it [with you], and the star of the god Rephan, the images which you [yourselves] made that you might worship them; and I will remove you [carrying you away into exile] beyond Babylon.


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Our forefathers had the tent (tabernacle) of witness in the wilderness, even as He Who directed Moses to make it had ordered, according to the pattern and model he had seen.


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Our forefathers in turn brought it [this tent of witness] in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God drove out before the face of our forefathers. [So it remained here] until the time of David,


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Who found grace (favor and spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and prayed that he might be allowed to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.


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Heaven [is] My throne, and earth the footstool for My feet. What [kind of] house can you build for Me, says the Lord, or what is the place in which I can rest?


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You stubborn and stiff-necked people, still heathen and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. As your forefathers [were], so you [are and so you do]!


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Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? And they slew those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, Whom you now have betrayed and murdered—


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You who received the Law as it was ordained and set in order and delivered by angels, and [yet] you did not obey it!


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Now upon hearing these things, they [the Jews] were cut to the heart and infuriated, and they ground their teeth against [Stephen].


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But he, full of the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him, gazed into heaven and saw the glory (the splendor and majesty) of God, and Jesus standing at God’s right hand;


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Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.


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And while they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit!


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And falling on his knees, he cried out loudly, Lord, fix not this sin upon them [lay it not to their charge]! And when he had said this, he fell asleep [in death].


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And Saul was [not only] consenting to [Stephen’s] death [he was pleased and entirely approving]. On that day a great and severe persecution broke out against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles (special messengers).


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[A party of] devout men with others helped to carry out and bury Stephen and made great lamentation over him.


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But Saul shamefully treated and laid waste the church continuously [with cruelty and violence]; and entering house after house, he dragged out men and women and committed them to prison.


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Now those who were scattered abroad went about [through the land from place to place] preaching the glad tidings, the Word [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God].


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Philip [the deacon, not the apostle] went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ (the Messiah) to them [the people];


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And great crowds of people with one accord listened to and heeded what was said by Philip, as they heard him and watched the miracles and wonders which he kept performing [from time to time].


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For foul spirits came out of many who were possessed by them, screaming and shouting with a loud voice, and many who were suffering from palsy or were crippled were restored to health.


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But there was a man named Simon, who had formerly practiced magic arts in the city to the utter amazement of the Samaritan nation, claiming that he himself was an extraordinary and distinguished person.


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They all paid earnest attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that exhibition of the power of God which is called great (intense).


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And they were attentive and made much of him, because for a long time he had amazed and bewildered and dazzled them with his skill in magic arts.


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But when they believed the good news (the Gospel) about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) as Philip preached it, they were baptized, both men and women.


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Even Simon himself believed [he adhered to, trusted in, and relied on the teaching of Philip], and after being baptized, devoted himself constantly to him. And seeing signs and miracles of great power which were being performed, he was utterly amazed.


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Now when the apostles (special messengers) at Jerusalem heard that [the country of] Samaria had accepted and welcomed the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,


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For He had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.


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However, when Simon saw that the [Holy] Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he brought money and offered it to them,


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Saying, Grant me also this power and authority, in order that anyone on whom I place my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.


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But Peter said to him, Destruction overtake your money and you, because you imagined you could obtain the [free] gift of God with money!


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You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is all wrong in God’s sight [it is not straightforward or right or true before God].


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So repent of this depravity and wickedness of yours and pray to the Lord that, if possible, this contriving thought and purpose of your heart may be removed and disregarded and forgiven you.


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For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in a bond forged by iniquity [to fetter souls].


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And Simon answered, Pray for me [beseech the Lord, both of you], that nothing of what you have said may befall me!


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Now when [the apostles] had borne their testimony and preached the message of the Lord, they went back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the glad tidings (Gospel) to many villages of the Samaritans [on the way].


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But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Rise and proceed southward or at midday on the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza. This is the desert [route].


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So he got up and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship.


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And he was [now] returning, and sitting in his chariot he was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.


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Accordingly Philip, running up to him, heard [the man] reading the prophet Isaiah and asked, Do you really understand what you are reading?


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And he said, How is it possible for me to do so unless someone explains it to me and guides me [in the right way]? And he earnestly requested Philip to come up and sit beside him.


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Now this was the passage of Scripture which he was reading: Like a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so He opens not His mouth.


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In His humiliation  He was taken away by distressing and oppressive judgment and justice was denied Him [caused to cease]. Who can describe or relate in full the wickedness of His contemporaries (generation)? For His life is taken from the earth and a bloody death inflicted upon Him.


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And the eunuch said to Philip, I beg of you, tell me about whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?


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Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this portion of Scripture he announced to him the glad tidings (Gospel) of Jesus and about Him.


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And as they continued along on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch exclaimed, See, [here is] water! What is to hinder my being baptized?


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And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart [if you have a conviction, full of joyful trust, that Jesus is the Messiah and accept Him as the Author of your salvation in the kingdom of God, giving Him your obedience, then] you may. And he replied, I do believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.


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And he ordered that the chariot be stopped; and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and [Philip] baptized him.


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And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord [suddenly] caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, and he went on his way rejoicing.


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But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing on he preached the good news (Gospel) to all the towns until he reached Caesarea.


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Meanwhile Saul, still drawing his breath hard from threatening and murderous desire against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest


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And requested of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus [authorizing him], so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way [of life as determined by faith in Jesus Christ], he might bring them bound [with chains] to Jerusalem.


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Now as he traveled on, he came near to Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him,


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And he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me [harassing, troubling, and molesting Me]?


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And Saul said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting. It is dangerous and it will turn out badly for you to keep kicking against the goad [to offer vain and perilous resistance].


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Trembling and astonished he asked, Lord, what do You desire me to do? The Lord said to him, But arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.


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The men who were accompanying him were unable to speak [for terror], hearing the voice but seeing no one.


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Then Saul got up from the ground, but though his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.


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Now there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he answered, Here am I, Lord.


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And the Lord said to him, Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying [there].


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And he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias enter and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight.


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But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard many people tell about this man, especially how much evil and what great suffering he has brought on Your saints at Jerusalem;


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Now he is here and has authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call upon Your name.


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But the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of Mine to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the descendants of Israel;


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For I will make clear to him how much he will be afflicted and must endure and suffer for My name’s sake.


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So Ananias left and went into the house. And he laid his hands on Saul and said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, Who appeared to you along the way by which you came here, has sent me that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.


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And instantly something like scales fell from [Saul’s] eyes, and he recovered his sight. Then he arose and was baptized,


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And after he took some food, he was strengthened. For several days [afterward] he remained with the disciples at Damascus.


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And all who heard him were amazed and said, Is not this the very man who harassed and overthrew and destroyed in Jerusalem those who called upon this Name? And he has come here for the express purpose of arresting them and bringing them in chains before the chief priests.


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But Saul increased all the more in strength, and continued to confound and put to confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus by comparing and examining evidence and proving that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah).


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But [the knowledge of] their plot was made known to Saul. They were guarding the [city’s] gates day and night to kill him,


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But his disciples took him at night and let him down through the [city’s] wall, lowering him in a basket or hamper.


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And when he had arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to associate himself with the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe he really was a disciple.


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However, Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and he explained to them how along the way he had seen the Lord, Who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached freely and confidently and courageously in the name of Jesus.


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Preaching freely and confidently and boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with and disputed against the Hellenists (the Grecian Jews), but they were seeking to slay him.


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And when the brethren found it out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus [his home town].


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So the church throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was edified [growing in wisdom, virtue, and piety] and walking in the respect and reverential fear of the Lord and in the consolation and exhortation of the Holy Spirit, continued to increase and was multiplied.


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Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he went down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.


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And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [now] makes you whole. Get up and make your bed! And immediately [Aeneas] stood up.


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Then all the inhabitants of Lydda and the plain of Sharon saw [what had happened to] him and they turned to the Lord.


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Now there was at Joppa a disciple [a woman] named [in Aramaic] Tabitha, which [in Greek] means Dorcas. She was abounding in good deeds and acts of charity.


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About that time she fell sick and died, and when they had cleansed her, they laid [her] in an upper room.


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Since Lydda was near Joppa [however], the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him begging him, Do come to us without delay.


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So Peter [immediately] rose and accompanied them. And when he had arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, crying and displaying undershirts (tunics) and [other] garments such as Dorcas was accustomed to make while she was with them.


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But Peter put them all out [of the room] and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said, Tabitha, get up! And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she raised herself and sat upright.


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And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling in God’s people and the widows, he presented her to them alive.


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And this became known throughout all Joppa, and many came to believe on the Lord [to adhere to and trust in and rely on Him as the Christ and as their Savior].


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Now [living] at Caesarea there was a man whose name was Cornelius, a centurion (captain) of what was known as the Italian Regiment,


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A devout man who venerated God and treated Him with reverential obedience, as did all his household; and he gave much alms to the people and prayed continually to God.


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About the ninth hour (about 3:00 p.m.) of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God entering and saying to him, Cornelius!


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And he, gazing intently at him, became frightened and said, What is it, Lord? And the angel said to him, Your prayers and your [generous] gifts to the poor have come up [as a sacrifice] to God and have been remembered by Him.


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And now send men to Joppa and have them call for and invite here a certain Simon whose surname is Peter;


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When the angel who spoke to him had left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a God-fearing soldier from among his own personal attendants.


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The next day as they were still on their way and were approaching the town, Peter went up to the roof of the house to pray, about the sixth hour (noon).


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But he became very hungry, and wanted something to eat; and while the meal was being prepared a trance came over him,


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And he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth.


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It contained all kinds of quadrupeds and wild beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the air.


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But Peter said, No, by no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean.


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And the voice came to him again a second time, What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, do not you defile and profane by regarding and calling common and unhallowed or unclean.


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Now Peter was still inwardly perplexed and doubted as to what the vision which he had seen could mean, when [just then] behold the messengers that were sent by Cornelius, who had made inquiry for Simon’s house, stopped and stood before the gate.


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And while Peter was earnestly revolving the vision in his mind and meditating on it, the [Holy] Spirit said to him, Behold, three men are looking for you!


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Get up and go below and accompany them without any doubt [about its legality] or any discrimination or hesitation, for I have sent them.


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Then Peter went down to the men and said, I am the man you seek; what is the purpose of your coming?


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And they said, Cornelius, a centurion (captain) who is just and upright and in right standing with God, being God-fearing and obedient and well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house; and he has received in answer [to prayer] a warning to listen to and act upon what you have to say.


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So Peter invited them in to be his guests [for the night]. The next day he arose and went away with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.


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And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for and expecting them, and he had invited together his relatives and his intimate friends.


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As Peter arrived, Cornelius met him, and falling down at his feet he made obeisance and paid worshipful reverence to him.


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And he said to them, You yourselves are aware how it is not lawful or permissible for a Jew to keep company with or to visit or [even] to come near or to speak first to anyone of another nationality, but God has shown and taught me by words that I should not call any human being common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean.


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Therefore when I was sent for, I came without hesitation or objection or misgivings. So now I ask for what reason you sent for me.


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And Cornelius said, This is now the fourth day since about this time I was observing the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon) of prayer in my lodging place; [suddenly] a man stood before me in dazzling apparel,


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And he said, Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and harkened to, and your donations to the poor have been known and preserved before God [so that He heeds and is about to help you].


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Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon the tanner by the seaside.


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So at once I sent for you, and you [being a Jew] have done a kind and courteous and handsome thing in coming. Now then, we are all present in the sight of God to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say.


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And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly and thoroughly I now perceive and understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons,


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But in every nation he who venerates and has a reverential fear for God, treating Him with worshipful obedience and living uprightly, is acceptable to Him and sure of being received and welcomed [by Him].


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You know the contents of the message which He sent to Israel, announcing the good news (Gospel) of peace by Jesus Christ, Who is Lord of all—


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The [same] message which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John—


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How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him.


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And we are [eye and ear] witnesses of everything that He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And [yet] they put Him out of the way (murdered Him) by hanging Him on a tree;


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Not by all the people but to us who were chosen (designated) beforehand by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.


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And He charged us to preach to the people and to bear solemn testimony that He is the God-appointed and God-ordained Judge of the living and the dead.


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To Him all the prophets testify (bear witness) that everyone who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him, giving himself up to Him] receives forgiveness of sins through His name.


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While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.


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And the believers from among the circumcised [the Jews] who came with Peter were surprised and amazed, because the free gift of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed and poured out largely even on the Gentiles.


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For they heard them talking in [unknown] tongues (languages) and extolling and magnifying God. Then Peter asked,


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Can anyone forbid or refuse water for baptizing these people, seeing that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?


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And he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (the Messiah). Then they begged him to stay on there for some days.


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Now the apostles (special messengers) and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard [with astonishment] that the Gentiles (heathen) also had received and accepted and welcomed the Word of God [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God].


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So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party [certain Jewish Christians] found fault with him [separating themselves from him in a hostile spirit, opposing and disputing and contending with him],


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But Peter began [at the beginning] and narrated and explained to them step by step [the whole list of events]. He said:


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I was in the town of Joppa praying, and [falling] in a trance I saw a vision of something coming down from heaven, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners; and it descended until it came to me.


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Gazing intently and closely at it, I observed in it [a variety of] four-footed animals and wild beasts and reptiles of the earth and birds of the air,


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But I said, No, by no means, Lord; for nothing common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean has ever entered my mouth.


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But the voice answered a second time from heaven, What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, do not you defile and profane by regarding or calling it common or unhallowed or unclean.


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And the [Holy] Spirit instructed me to accompany them without [the least] hesitation or misgivings or discrimination. So these six brethren accompanied me also, and we went into the man’s house.


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And he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa and bring Simon who is surnamed Peter;


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He will give and explain to you a message by means of which you and all your household [as well] will be saved [from eternal death].


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Then I recalled the declaration of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with (be placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit.


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If then God gave to them the same Gift [equally] as He gave to us when we believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I and what power or authority had I to interfere or hinder or forbid or withstand God?


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When they heard this, they were quieted and made no further objection. And they glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto [real] life [after resurrection].


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Meanwhile those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen had traveled as far away as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, without delivering the message [concerning  the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] to anyone except Jews.


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But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on returning to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, proclaiming [to them] the good news (the Gospel) about the Lord Jesus.


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And the presence of the Lord was with them with power, so that a great number [learned] to believe (to adhere to and trust in and rely on the Lord) and turned and surrendered themselves to Him.


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The rumors of this came to the ears of the church (assembly) in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.


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When he arrived and saw what grace (favor) God was bestowing upon them, he was full of joy; and he continuously exhorted (warned, urged, and encouraged) them all to cleave unto and remain faithful to and devoted to the Lord with [resolute and steady] purpose of heart.


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For he was a good man [good in himself and also at once for the good and the advantage of other people], full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit and full of faith (of his belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation). And a large company was added to the Lord.


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And when he had found him, he brought him back to Antioch. For a whole year they assembled together with and were guests of the church and instructed a large number of people; and in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.


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And during these days prophets (inspired teachers and interpreters of the divine will and purpose) came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.


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And one of them named Agabus stood up and prophesied through the [Holy] Spirit that a great and severe famine would come upon the whole world. And this did occur during the reign of Claudius.


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So the disciples resolved to send relief, each according to his individual ability [in proportion as he had prospered], to the brethren who lived in Judea.


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About that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict and oppress and torment some who belonged to the church (assembly).


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And when he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded further and arrested Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread [the Passover week].


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And when he had seized [Peter], he put him in prison and delivered him to four squads of soldiers of four each to guard him, purposing after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.


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So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent prayer for him was persistently made to God by the church (assembly).


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The very night before Herod was about to bring him forth, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, fastened with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.


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And suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared [standing beside him], and a light shone in the place where he was. And the angel gently smote Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, Get up quickly! And the chains fell off his hands.


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And the angel said to him, Tighten your belt and bind on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Wrap your outer garment around you and follow me.


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And [Peter] went out [along] following him, and he was not conscious that what was apparently being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.


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When they had passed through the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city. Of its own accord [the gate] swung open, and they went out and passed on through one street; and at once the angel left him.


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Then Peter came to himself and said, Now I really know and am sure that the Lord has sent His angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting [to do to me].


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When he, at a glance, became aware of this [comprehending all the elements of the case], he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark, where a large number were assembled together and were praying.


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And recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she failed to open the gate, but ran in and told the people that Peter was standing before the porch gate.


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They said to her, You are crazy! But she persistently and strongly and confidently affirmed that it was the truth. They said, It is his angel!


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But meanwhile Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the gate and saw him, they were amazed.


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But motioning to them with his hand to keep quiet and listen, he related to them how the Lord had delivered him out of the prison. And he said, Report all this to James [the Less] and to the brethren. Then he left and went to some other place.


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Now as soon as it was day, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.


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And when Herod had looked for him and could not find him, he placed the guards on trial and commanded that they should be led away [to execution]. Then [Herod] went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed on there.


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Now [Herod] cherished bitter animosity and hostility for the people of Tyre and Sidon; and [their deputies] came to him in a united body, and having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was nourished by and depended on the king’s [country] for food.


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On an appointed day Herod arrayed himself in his royal robes, took his seat upon [his] throne, and addressed an oration to them.


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And at once an angel of the Lord smote him and cut him down, because he did not give God the glory (the preeminence and kingly majesty that belong to Him as the supreme Ruler); and he was eaten by worms and died.


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But the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] continued to grow and spread.


book: Acts
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And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem when they had completed their mission, bringing with them John whose surname was Mark.


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Now in the church (assembly) at Antioch there were prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God) and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger [Black], Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.


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While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate now for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.


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So then, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from [that port] they sailed away to Cyprus.


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When they arrived at Salamis, they preached the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John [Mark] as an attendant to assist them.


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When they had passed through the entire island of Cyprus as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain Jewish wizard or sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus.


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He was closely associated with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent and sensible man of sound understanding; he summoned to him Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the Word of God [concerning salvation in the kingdom of God attained through Christ].


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But Elymas the wise man—for that is the translation of his name [which he had given himself]—opposed them, seeking to keep the proconsul from accepting the faith.


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But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit, looked steadily at [Elymas]


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And said, You master in every form of deception and recklessness, unscrupulousness, and wickedness, you son of the devil, you enemy of everything that is upright and good, will you never stop perverting and making crooked the straight paths of the Lord and plotting against His saving purposes?


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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time. Instantly there fell upon him a mist and a darkness, and he groped about seeking persons who would lead him by the hand.


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Then the proconsul believed (became a Christian) when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished and deeply touched at the teaching concerning the Lord and from Him.


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Now Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John [Mark] separated himself from them and went back to Jerusalem,


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But they [themselves] came on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue there and sat down.


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After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders [of the worship] of the synagogue sent to them saying, Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation or consolation or encouragement for the people, say it.


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So Paul arose, and motioning with his hand said, Men of Israel and you who reverence and fear God, listen!


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The God of this people Israel selected our forefathers and made this people great and important during their stay in the land of Egypt, and then with an uplifted arm He led them out from there.


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And for about forty years like a fatherly nurse He cared for them in the wilderness and endured their behavior.


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When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave them [the Hebrews] their land as an inheritance [distributing it to them by lot; all of which took] about 450 years.


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Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.


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And when He had deposed him, He raised up David to be their king; of him He bore witness and said, I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart, who will do all My will and carry out My program fully.


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Of this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel a Savior [in the person of Jesus], according to His promise.


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And as John was ending his course, he asked, What or who do you secretly think that I am? I am not He [the Christ. No], but note that after me One is coming, the sandals of Whose feet I am not worthy to untie!


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Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and all those others among you who reverence and fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation [the salvation obtained through Jesus Christ].


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For those who dwell in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not know or recognize Him or understand the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, have actually fulfilled these very predictions by condemning and sentencing [Him].


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And although they could find no cause deserving death with which to charge Him, yet they asked Pilate to have Him executed and put out of the way.


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And when they had finished and fulfilled everything that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.


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And for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and they are His witnesses to the people.


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This He has completely fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, You are My Son; today I have begotten You [caused You to arise, to be born; formally shown You to be the Messiah by the resurrection].


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And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, now no more to return to [undergo] putrefaction and dissolution [of the grave], He spoke in this way, I will fulfill and give to you the holy and sure mercy and blessings [that were promised and assured] to David.


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For this reason He says also in another psalm, You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption [to undergo putrefaction and dissolution of the grave].


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For David, after he had served God’s will and purpose and counsel in his own generation, fell asleep [in death] and was buried among his forefathers, and he did see corruption and undergo putrefaction and dissolution [of the grave].


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But He Whom God raised up [to life] saw no corruption [did not experience putrefaction and dissolution of the grave].


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So let it be clearly known and understood by you, brethren, that through this Man forgiveness and removal of sins is now proclaimed to you;


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And that through Him everyone who believes [who acknowledges Jesus as his Savior and devotes himself to Him] is absolved (cleared and freed) from every charge from which he could not be justified and freed by the Law of Moses and given right standing with God.


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Look, you scoffers and scorners, and marvel and perish and vanish away; for I am doing a deed in your days, a deed which you will never have confidence in or believe, [even] if someone [clearly describing it in detail] declares it to you.


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As they [Paul and Barnabas] went out [of the synagogue], the people earnestly begged that these things might be told to them [further] the next Sabbath.


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And when the congregation of the synagogue dispersed, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to continue [to trust themselves to and to stand fast] in the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God.


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The next Sabbath almost the entire city gathered together to hear the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God].


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But when the Jews saw the crowds, filled with envy and jealousy they contradicted what was said by Paul and talked abusively [reviling and slandering him].


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And Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly and boldly, saying, It was necessary that God’s message [concerning salvation through Christ] should be spoken to you first. But since you thrust it from you, you pass this judgment on yourselves that you are unworthy of eternal life and out of your own mouth you will be judged. [Now] behold, we turn to the Gentiles (the heathen).


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For so the Lord has charged us, saying, I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles (the heathen), that you may bring [eternal] salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.


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And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified (praised and gave thanks for) the Word of God; and as many as were destined (appointed and ordained) to eternal life believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Jesus as the Christ and their Savior).


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And so the Word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through Christ] scattered and spread throughout the whole region.


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But the Jews stirred up the devout women of high rank and the outstanding men of the town, and instigated persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their boundaries.


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Now at Iconium [also Paul and Barnabas] went into the Jewish synagogue together and spoke with such power that a great number both of Jews and of Greeks believed (became Christians);


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But the unbelieving Jews [who rejected their message] aroused the Gentiles and embittered their minds against the brethren.


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So [Paul and Barnabas] stayed on there for a long time, speaking freely and fearlessly and boldly in the Lord, Who continued to bear testimony to the Word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed by their hands.


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When there was an attempt both on the part of the Gentiles and the Jews together with their rulers, to insult and abuse and molest [Paul and Barnabas] and to stone them,


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They, aware of the situation, made their escape to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and the neighboring districts;


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Now at Lystra a man sat who found it impossible to use his feet, for he was a cripple from birth and had never walked.


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He was listening to Paul as he talked, and [Paul] gazing intently at him and observing that he had faith to be healed,


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And the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, shouting in the Lycaonian language, The gods have come down to us in human form!


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They called Barnabas Zeus, and they called Paul, because he led in the discourse, Hermes [god of speech].


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And the priest of Zeus, whose [temple] was at the entrance of the town, brought bulls and garlands to the [city’s] gates and wanted to join the people in offering sacrifice.


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But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothing and dashed out among the crowd, shouting,


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Men, why are you doing this? We also are [only] human beings, of nature like your own, and we bring you the good news (Gospel) that you should turn away from these foolish and vain things to the living God, Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that they contain.


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Yet He did not neglect to leave some witness of Himself, for He did you good and [showed you] kindness and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with nourishment and happiness.


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Even in [the light of] these words they with difficulty prevented the people from offering sacrifice to them.


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But some Jews arrived there from Antioch and Iconium; and having persuaded the people and won them over, they stoned Paul and [afterward] dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead.


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But the disciples formed a circle about him, and he got up and went back into the town; and on the morrow he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.


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When they had preached the good news (Gospel) to that town and made disciples of many of the people, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,


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Establishing and strengthening the souls and the hearts of the disciples, urging and warning and encouraging them to stand firm in the faith, and [telling them] that it is through many hardships and tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.


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And when they had appointed and ordained elders for them in each church with prayer and fasting, they committed them to the Lord in Whom they had come to believe [being full of joyful trust that He is the Christ, the Messiah].


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And when they had spoken the Word in Perga [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God], they went down to Attalia;


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And from there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had [first] been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had [now] completed.


book: Acts
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Arriving there, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had accomplished with them and how He had opened to the Gentiles a door of faith [in Jesus as the Messiah, through Whom we obtain salvation in the kingdom of God].


book: Acts
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But some men came down from Judea and were instructing the brethren, Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the Mosaic custom, you cannot be saved.


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And when Paul and Barnabas had no small disagreement and discussion with them, it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some of the others of their number should go up to Jerusalem [and confer] with the apostles (special messengers) and the elders about this matter.


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So, being fitted out and sent on their way by the church, they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling of the conversion of the Gentiles (the heathen), and they caused great rejoicing among all the brethren.


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When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were heartily welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they told them all that God had accomplished through them.


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But some who believed [who acknowledged Jesus as their Savior and devoted themselves to Him] belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, and they rose up and said, It is necessary to circumcise [the Gentile converts] and to charge them to obey the Law of Moses.


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And after there had been a long debate, Peter got up and said to them, Brethren, you know that quite a while ago God made a choice or selection from among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the Gospel [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] and believe (credit and place their confidence in it).


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And God, Who is acquainted with and understands the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit as He also did to us;


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And He made no difference between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith (by a strong and welcome conviction that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God).


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Now then, why do you try to test God by putting a yoke on the necks of the disciples, such as neither our forefathers nor we [ourselves] were able to endure?


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But we believe that we are saved through the grace (the undeserved favor and mercy) of the Lord Jesus, just as they [are].


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Then the whole assembly remained silent, and they listened [attentively] as Barnabas and Paul rehearsed what signs and wonders God had performed through them among the Gentiles.


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Simeon [Peter] has rehearsed how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people [to bear and honor] His name.


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After this I will come back, and will rebuild the house of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its [very] ruins, and I will set it up again,


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Therefore it is my opinion that we should not put obstacles in the way of and annoy and disturb those of the Gentiles who turn to God,


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But we should send word to them in writing to abstain from and avoid anything that has been polluted by being offered to idols, and all sexual impurity, and [eating meat of animals] that have been strangled, and [tasting of] blood.


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For from ancient generations Moses has had his preachers in every town, for he is read [aloud] every Sabbath in the synagogues.


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Then the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, resolved to select men from among their number and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, [both] leading men among the brethren, and sent them.


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With [them they sent] the following letter: The brethren, both the apostles and the elders, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings:


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As we have heard that some persons from our number have disturbed you with their teaching, unsettling your minds and throwing you into confusion, although we gave them no express orders or instructions [on the points in question],


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It has been resolved by us in assembly to select men and send them [as messengers] to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,


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For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to lay upon you any greater burden than these indispensable requirements:


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That you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from [tasting] blood and from [eating the meat of animals] that have been strangled and from sexual impurity. If you keep yourselves from these things, you will do well. Farewell [be strong]!


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So when [the messengers] were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having assembled the congregation, they delivered the letter.


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And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God), urged and warned and consoled and encouraged the brethren with many words and strengthened them.


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And after spending some time there, they were sent back by the brethren with [the greeting] peace to those who had sent them.


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But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch and with many others also continued teaching and proclaiming the good news, the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in God’s kingdom].


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And after some time Paul said to Barnabas, Come, let us go back and again visit and help and minister to the brethren in every town where we made known the message of the Lord, and see how they are getting along.


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But Paul did not think it best to have along with them the one who had quit and deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.


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And there followed a sharp disagreement between them, so that they separated from each other, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus.


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But Paul selected Silas and set out, being commended by the brethren to the grace (the favor and mercy) of the Lord.


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And [Paul] went down to Derbe and also to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer [she had become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and the Author of eternal salvation, and yielded obedience to Him]; but [Timothy’s] father was a Greek.


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Paul desired Timothy to go with him [as a missionary]; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, all of whom knew that his father was a Greek.


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As they went on their way from town to town, they delivered over [to the assemblies] for their observance the regulations decided upon by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.


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So the churches were strengthened and made firm in the faith, and they increased in number day after day.


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And Paul and Silas passed through the territory of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Word in [the province of] Asia.


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And when they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.


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[There] a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man from Macedonia stood pleading with him and saying, Come over to Macedonia and help us!


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And when he had seen the vision, we [including Luke] at once endeavored to go on into Macedonia, confidently inferring that God had called us to proclaim the glad tidings (Gospel) to them.


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Therefore, setting sail from Troas, we came in a direct course to Samothrace, and the next day went on to Neapolis.


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And from there [we came] to Philippi, which is the chief city of the district of Macedonia and a [Roman] colony. We stayed on in this place some days;


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And on the Sabbath day we went outside the [city’s] gate to the bank of the river where we supposed there was an [accustomed] place of prayer, and we sat down and addressed the women who had assembled there.


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One of those who listened to us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in fabrics dyed in purple. She was [already] a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.


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And when she was baptized along with her household, she earnestly entreated us, saying, If in your opinion I am one really convinced [that Jesus is the Messiah and the Author of salvation] and that I will be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay. And she induced us [to do it].


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As we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit of divination [claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners much gain by her fortunetelling.


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She kept following Paul and [the rest of] us, shouting loudly, These men are the servants of the Most High God! They announce to you the way of salvation!


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And she did this for many days. Then Paul, being sorely annoyed and worn out, turned and said to the spirit within her, I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out that very moment.


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But when her owners discovered that their hope of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the forum (marketplace), [where trials are held].


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And when they had brought them before the magistrates, they declared, These fellows are Jews and they are throwing our city into great confusion.


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The crowd [also] joined in the attack upon them, and the rulers tore the clothes off of them and commanded that they be beaten with rods.


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And when they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely.


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He, having received [so strict a] charge, put them into the inner prison (the dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks.


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But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them,


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Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s shackles were unfastened.


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When the jailer, startled out of his sleep, saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, because he supposed that the prisoners had escaped.


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Then [the jailer] called for lights and rushed in, and trembling and terrified he fell down before Paul and Silas.


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And he brought them out [of the dungeon] and said, Men, what is it necessary for me to do that I may be saved?


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And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him,  take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well.


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And they declared the Word of the Lord [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] to him and to all who were in his house.


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And he took them the same hour of the night and bathed [them because of their bloody] wounds, and he was baptized immediately and all [the members of] his [household].


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Then he took them up into his house and set food before them; and he leaped much for joy and exulted with all his family that he believed in God [accepting and joyously welcoming what He had made known through Christ].


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And the jailer repeated the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to release you and let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace.


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But Paul answered them, They have beaten us openly and publicly, without a trial and uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now thrust us out secretly? No, indeed! Let them come here themselves and conduct us out!


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The police reported this message to the magistrates, and they were frightened when they heard that the prisoners were Roman citizens;


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So they came themselves and [striving to appease them by entreaty] apologized to them. And they brought them out and asked them to leave the city.


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So [Paul and Silas] left the prison and went to Lydia’s house; and when they had seen the brethren, they warned and urged and consoled and encouraged them and departed.


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Now after [Paul and Silas] had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.


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And Paul entered, as he usually did, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned and argued with them from the Scriptures,


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Explaining [them] and [quoting passages] setting forth and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, This Jesus, Whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ (the Messiah).


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And some of them [accordingly] were induced to believe and associated themselves with Paul and Silas, as did a great number of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.


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But the unbelieving Jews were aroused to jealousy, and, getting hold of some wicked men (ruffians and rascals) and loungers in the marketplace, they gathered together a mob, set the town in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring [Paul and Silas] out to the people.


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But when they failed to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,


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And Jason has received them to his house and privately protected them! And they are all ignoring and acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, [actually] asserting that there is another king, one Jesus!


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And both the crowd and the city authorities, on hearing this, were irritated (stirred up and troubled).


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Now the brethren at once sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea; and when they arrived, they entered the synagogue of the Jews.


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Now these [Jews] were better disposed and more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they were entirely ready and accepted and welcomed the message [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] with inclination of mind and eagerness, searching and examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.


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Many of them therefore became believers, together with not a few prominent Greeks, women as well as men.


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But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] was also preached by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, disturbing and inciting the masses.


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Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they departed.


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Now while Paul was awaiting them at Athens, his spirit was grieved and roused to anger as he saw that the city was full of idols.


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So he reasoned and argued in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped there, and in the marketplace [where assemblies are held] day after day with any who chanced to be there.


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And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him and began to engage in discussion. And some said, What is this babbler with his scrap-heap learning trying to say? Others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign deities—because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.


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And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], saying, May we know what this novel (unheard of and unprecedented) teaching is which you are openly declaring?


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For you set forth some startling things, foreign and strange to our ears; we wish to know therefore just what these things mean—


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For the Athenians, all of them, and the foreign residents and visitors among them spent all their leisure time in nothing except telling or hearing something newer than the last—


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So Paul, standing in the center of the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], said: Men of Athens, I perceive in every way [on every hand and with every turn I make] that you are most religious or very reverent to demons.


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For as I passed along and carefully observed your objects of worship, I came also upon an altar with this inscription, To the unknown god. Now what you are already worshiping as unknown, this I set forth to you.


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The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.


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Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all [people].


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And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes),


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So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.


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For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring.


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Since then we are God’s offspring, we ought not to suppose that Deity (the Godhead) is like gold or silver or stone, [of the nature of] a representation by human art and imagination, or anything constructed or invented.


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Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins),


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Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible and given conviction and assurance and evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead.


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Now when they had heard [that there had been] a resurrection from the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again about this matter.


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But some men were on his side and joined him and believed (became Christians); among them were Dionysius, a judge of the Areopagus, and a woman named Damaris, and some others with them.


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There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently arrived from Italy with Priscilla his wife, due to the fact that Claudius had issued an edict that all the Jews were to leave Rome. And [Paul] went to see them,


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And because he was of the same occupation, he stayed with them; and they worked [together], for they were tentmakers by trade.


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By the time Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was completely engrossed with preaching, earnestly arguing and testifying to the Jews that Jesus [is] the Christ.


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But since they kept opposing and abusing and reviling him, he shook out his clothing [against them] and said to them, Your blood be upon your [own] heads! I am innocent [of it]. From now on I will go to the Gentiles (the heathen).


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He then left there and went to the house of a man named Titus Justus, who worshiped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.


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But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed [that Jesus is the Messiah and acknowledged Him with joyful trust as Savior and Lord], together with his entire household; and many of the Corinthians who listened [to Paul also] believed and were baptized.


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So he settled down among them for a year and six months, teaching the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God].


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But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia (most of Greece), the Jews unitedly made an attack upon Paul and brought him before the judge’s seat,


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Declaring, This fellow is advising and inducing and inciting people to worship God in violation of the Law [of Rome and of Moses].


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But when Paul was about to open his mouth to reply, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of some misdemeanor or villainy, O Jews, I should have cause to bear with you and listen;


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But since it is merely a question [of doctrine] about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I decline to be a judge of such matters and I have no intention of trying such cases.


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Then they [the Greeks] all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him right in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.


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Afterward Paul remained many days longer, and then told the brethren farewell and sailed for Syria; and he was accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he [Paul] cut his hair, for he had made a vow.


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Then they arrived in Ephesus, and [Paul] left the others there; but he himself entered the synagogue and discoursed and argued with the Jews.


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But when he was leaving them he said, I will return to you if God is willing, and he set sail from Ephesus.


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When he landed at Caesarea, he went up and saluted the church [at Jerusalem], and then went down to Antioch.


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After staying there some time, he left and went from place to place in an orderly journey through the territory of Galatia and Phrygia, establishing the disciples and imparting new strength to them.


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Meanwhile, there was a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, who came to Ephesus. He was a cultured and eloquent man, well versed and mighty in the Scriptures.


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He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and burning with spiritual zeal, he spoke and taught diligently and accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he was acquainted only with the baptism of John.


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He began to speak freely (fearlessly and boldly) in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him with them and expounded to him the way of God more definitely and accurately.


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And when [Apollos] wished to cross to Achaia (most of Greece), the brethren wrote to the disciples there, urging and encouraging them to accept and welcome him heartily. When he arrived, he proved a great help to those who through grace (God’s unmerited favor and mercy) had believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Christ as Lord and Savior).


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For with great power he refuted the Jews in public [discussions], showing and proving by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah).


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While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the upper inland districts and came down to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.


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And he asked them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [on Jesus as the Christ]? And they said, No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.


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And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, continually telling the people that they should believe in the One Who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus [having a conviction full of joyful trust that He is Christ, the Messiah, and being obedient to Him].


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And as Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke in [foreign, unknown] tongues (languages) and prophesied.


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And he went into the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, persuading and arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God.


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But when some became more and more stubborn (hardened and unbelieving), discrediting and reviling and speaking evil of the Way [of the Lord] before the congregation, he separated himself from them, taking the disciples with him, and went on holding daily discussions in the lecture room of Tyrannus from about ten o’clock till three.


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This continued for two years, so that all the inhabitants of [the province of] Asia, Jews as well as Greeks, heard the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God].


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So that handkerchiefs or towels or aprons which had touched his skin were carried away and put upon the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.


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Then some of the traveling Jewish exorcists (men who adjure evil spirits) also undertook to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I solemnly implore and charge you by the Jesus Whom Paul preaches!


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Then the man in whom the evil spirit dwelt leaped upon them, mastering two of them, and was so violent against them that they dashed out of that house [in fear], stripped naked and wounded.


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This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, and alarm and terror fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled and magnified.


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Many also of those who were now believers came making full confession and thoroughly exposing their [former deceptive and evil] practices.


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And many of those who had practiced curious, magical arts collected their books and [throwing them, book after book, on the pile] burned them in the sight of everybody. When they counted the value of them, they found it amounted to 50,000 pieces of silver (about $9,300).


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Thus the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] grew and spread and intensified, prevailing mightily.


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Now after these events Paul determined in the [Holy] Spirit that he would travel through Macedonia and Achaia (most of Greece) and go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must visit Rome also.


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And having sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself stayed on in [the province of] Asia for a while.


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For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [the goddess] Artemis [Diana], brought no small income to his craftsmen.


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These he called together, along with the workmen of similar trades, and said, Men, you are acquainted with the facts and understand that from this business we derive our wealth and livelihood.


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Now you notice and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over [the province of] Asia this Paul has persuaded and induced people to believe his teaching and has alienated a considerable company of them, saying that gods that are made with human hands are not really gods at all.


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Now there is danger not merely that this trade of ours may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may come into disrepute and count for nothing, and that her glorious magnificence may be degraded and fall into contempt—she whom all [the province of] Asia and the wide world worship.


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As they listened to this, they were filled with rage and they continued to shout, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!


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Then the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed together into the amphitheater, dragging along with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were fellow travelers with Paul.


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Even some of the Asiarchs (political or religious officials in Asia) who were his friends also sent to him and warned him not to risk venturing into the theater.


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Now some shouted one thing and some another, for the gathering was in a tumult and most of them did not know why they had come together.


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Some of the crowd called upon Alexander [to speak], since the Jews had pushed and urged him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense and [planning] to apologize to the people.


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But as soon as they saw him and recognized that he was a Jew, a shout went up from them as the voice of one man, as for about two hours they cried, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!


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And when the town clerk had calmed the crowd down, he said, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the sacred stone [image of her] that fell from the sky?


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Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet (keep yourselves in check) and do nothing rashly.


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For you have brought these men here, who are [guilty of] neither temple robberies nor blasphemous speech about our goddess.


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Now then, if Demetrius and his fellow tradesmen who are with him have a grievance against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are [available]; let them bring charges against one another [legally].


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But if you require anything further about this or about other matters, it must be decided and cleared up in the regular assembly.


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For we are in danger of being called to render an account and of being accused of rioting because of [this commotion] today, there being no reason that we can offer to justify this disorder.


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After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and warned and consoled and urged and encouraged them; then he embraced them and told them farewell and set forth on his journey to Macedonia.


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Then after he had gone through those districts and had warned and consoled and urged and encouraged the brethren with much discourse, he came to Greece.


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Having spent three months there, when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to go back through Macedonia.


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He was accompanied by Sopater the son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, and by the Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe and Timothy, and the Asians Tychicus and Trophimus.


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But we [ourselves] sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread [the Passover week], and in five days we joined them at Troas, where we remained for seven days.


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And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled together to break bread [the Lord’s Supper], Paul discoursed with them, intending to leave the next morning; and he kept on with his message until midnight.


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And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window. He was borne down with deep sleep as Paul kept on talking still longer, and [finally] completely overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.


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When Paul had gone back upstairs and had broken bread and eaten [with them], and after he had talked confidentially and communed with them for a considerable time—until daybreak [in fact]—he departed.


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They took the youth home alive, and were not a little comforted and cheered and refreshed and encouraged.


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But going on ahead to the ship, the rest of us set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for that was what he had directed, intending himself to go by land [on foot].


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And sailing from there, we arrived the day after at a point opposite Chios; the following day we struck across to Samos, and the next day we arrived at Miletus.


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For Paul had determined to sail on past Ephesus, lest he might have to spend time [unnecessarily] in [the province of] Asia; for he was hastening on so that he might reach Jerusalem, if at all possible, by the day of Pentecost.


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However, from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church [to come to him there].


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And when they arrived he said to them: You yourselves are well acquainted with my manner of living among you from the first day that I set foot in [the province of] Asia, and how I continued afterward,


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Serving the Lord with all humility in tears and in the midst of adversity (affliction and trials) which befell me, due to the plots of the Jews [against me];


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How I did not shrink from telling you anything that was for your benefit and teaching you in public meetings and from house to house,


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But constantly and earnestly I bore testimony both to Jews and Greeks, urging them to turn in repentance [that is due] to God and to have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ [that is due Him].


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And now, you see, I am going to Jerusalem, bound by the [Holy] Spirit and obligated and compelled by the [convictions of my own] spirit, not knowing what will befall me there—


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Except that the Holy Spirit clearly and emphatically affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me.


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But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have obtained from [which was entrusted to me by] the Lord Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God’s grace (His unmerited favor, spiritual blessing, and mercy).


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And now, observe, I perceive that all of you, among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more.


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Therefore I testify and protest to you on this [our parting] day that I am clean and innocent and not responsible for the blood of any of you.


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For I never shrank or kept back or fell short from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan and counsel of God.


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Take care and be on guard for yourselves and the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you bishops and guardians, to shepherd (tend and feed and guide) the church of the Lord or of God which He obtained for Himself [buying it and saving it for Himself] with His own blood.


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Even from among your own selves men will come to the front who, by saying perverse (distorted and corrupt) things, will endeavor to draw away the disciples after them [to their own party].


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Therefore be always alert and on your guard, being mindful that for three years I never stopped night or day seriously to admonish and advise and exhort you one by one with tears.


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And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).


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You yourselves know personally that these hands ministered to my own needs and those [of the persons] who were with me.


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In everything I have pointed out to you [by example] that, by working diligently in this manner, we ought to assist the weak, being mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, It is more blessed (makes one happier and more to be envied) to give than to receive.


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And they all wept freely and threw their arms around Paul’s neck and kissed him fervently and repeatedly,


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Being especially distressed and sorrowful because he had stated that they were about to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.


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And when we had torn ourselves away from them and withdrawn, we set sail and made a straight run to Cos, and on the following [day came] to Rhodes and from there to Patara.


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After we had sighted Cyprus, leaving it on our left we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo.


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And having looked up the disciples there, we remained with them for seven days. Prompted by the [Holy] Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to set foot in Jerusalem.


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But when our time there was ended, we left and proceeded on our journey; and all of them with their wives and children accompanied us on our way till we were outside the city. There we knelt down on the beach and prayed.


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Then when we had told one another farewell, we went on board the ship, and they returned to their own homes.


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When we had completed the voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we paid our respects to the brethren and remained with them for one day.


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On the morrow we left there and came to Caesarea; and we went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven [first deacons], and stayed with him.


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And coming to [see] us, he took Paul’s belt and with it bound his own feet and hands and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit: The Jews at Jerusalem shall bind like this the man who owns this belt, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles (heathen).


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When we heard this, both we and the residents of that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem.


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Then Paul replied, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart like this? For I hold myself in readiness not only to be arrested and bound and imprisoned at Jerusalem, but also [even] to die for the name of the Lord Jesus.


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And when he would not yield to [our] persuading, we stopped [urging and imploring him], saying, The Lord’s will be done!


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And some of the disciples from Caesarea came with us, conducting us to the house of Mnason, a man from Cyprus, one of the disciples of long standing, with whom we were to lodge.


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On the next day Paul went in with us to [see] James, and all the elders of the church were present [also].


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After saluting them, Paul gave a detailed account of the things God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.


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And upon hearing it, they adored and exalted and praised and thanked God. And they said to [Paul], You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are enthusiastic upholders of the [Mosaic] Law.


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Now they have been informed about you that you continually teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn back from and forsake Moses, advising them not to circumcise their children or pay any attention to the observance of the [Mosaic] customs.


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What then [is best that] should be done? A multitude will come together, for they will surely hear that you have arrived.


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Take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses [for the temple offering], so that they may have their heads shaved. Thus everybody will know that there is no truth in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself walk in observance of the Law.


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But with regard to the Gentiles who have believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Christ), we have sent them a letter with our decision that they should keep themselves free from anything that has been sacrificed to idols and from [tasting] blood and [eating the meat of animals] which have been strangled and from all impurity and sexual immorality.


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Then Paul took the [four] men with him and the following day [he went through the rites of] purifying himself along with them. And they entered the temple to give notice when the days of purification (the ending of each vow) would be fulfilled and the usual offering could be presented on behalf of each of them.


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When the seven days were drawing to a close, some of the Jews from [the province of] Asia, who had caught sight of Paul in the temple, incited all the rabble and laid hands on him,


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Shouting, Men of Israel, help! [Help!] This is the man who is teaching everybody everywhere against the people and the Law and this place! Moreover, he has also [actually] brought Greeks into the temple; he has desecrated and polluted this holy place!


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For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and they supposed that he had brought the man into the temple [into the inner court forbidden to Gentiles].


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Then the whole city was aroused and thrown into confusion, and the people rushed together; they laid hands on Paul and dragged him outside the temple, and immediately the gates were closed.


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Now while they were trying to kill him, word came to the commandant of the regular Roman garrison that the whole of Jerusalem was in a state of ferment.


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So immediately he took soldiers and centurions and hurried down among them; and when the people saw the commandant and the troops, they stopped beating Paul.


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Then the commandant approached and arrested Paul and ordered that he be secured with two chains. He then inquired who he was and what he had done.


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Some in the crowd kept shouting back one thing and others something else, and since he could not ascertain the facts because of the furor, he ordered that Paul be removed to the barracks.


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And when [Paul] came to mount the steps, he was actually being carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;


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Just as Paul was about to be taken into the barracks, he asked the commandant, May I say something to you? And the man replied, Can you speak Greek?


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Are you not then [as I supposed] the Egyptian who not long ago stirred up a rebellion and led those 4,000 men who were cutthroats out into the wilderness (desert)?


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Paul answered, I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant or undistinguished city. I beg you, allow me to address the people.


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And when the man had granted him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, gestured with his hand to the people; and there was a great hush. Then he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying:


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And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they were all the more quiet. And he continued,


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I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but reared in this city. At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated according to the strictest care in the Law of our fathers, being ardent [even a zealot] for God, as all of you are today.


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[Yes] I harassed (troubled, molested, and persecuted) this Way [of the Lord] to the death, putting in chains and committing to prison both men and women,


