Bible in 90 Days

16 ¶ The Pharisees and the Sadducees came to tempt him; they asked him to show them a sign from the heaven.

² But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather, for the heaven is glowing with an aurora.

³ And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the heaven has an aurora and is cloudy. O ye hypocrites, ye know how to make decisions based on the face of the heaven, and regarding the signs of the times are ye unable?

⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them and departed.

⁵ ¶ And when his disciples were coming from the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

⁶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

⁷ And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

⁸ Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves that ye have brought no bread?

⁹ Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

¹⁰ Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

¹¹ How is it that ye do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread that ye should keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

¹² Then they understood that he bade them not to keep themselves from the leaven of bread, but from the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

¹³ ¶ When Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?

¹⁴ And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.

¹⁵ He said unto them, But who say ye that I am?

¹⁶ And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

¹⁸ And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, a small rock and upon the large rock I will build my congregation, {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.

¹⁹ And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever thou shalt bind on the earth shall be bound in the heavens, and whatever thou shalt loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heaven.

²⁰ Then he charged his disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

²¹ ¶ From that time forth Jesus began to declare unto his disciples, how it was expedient for him to go unto Jerusalem and to suffer many things of the elders and the princes of the priests and of the scribes and to be killed and to be raised again the third day.

²² Then Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him, saying, Lord, be it far from thee; in no wise shall this happen unto thee.

²³ But he turned and said unto Peter, Remove thyself from before me, Satan; thou art an offence unto me, for thou dost not understand that which is of God, but that which is of men.

²⁴ ¶ Then Jesus said unto his disciples, If anyone will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross {Gr. Stauros – stake} and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁷ For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he shall reward everyone according to their works.

²⁸ Verily I say unto you, There are some standing here who shall not taste of death until they have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

17 ¶ And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, his brother, and brought them apart up into a high mountain

² and [he] was transfigured before them, and his face shined as the sun, and his raiment was as white as the light.

³ And, behold, Moses and Elijah appeared unto them talking with him.

⁴ Then Peter answered and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to remain here; if thou desire, let us make three tabernacles here: one for thee and one for Moses and one for Elijah.

⁵ While he yet spoke, behold, a cloud of light overshadowed them, and, behold, a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

⁶ And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and feared greatly.

⁷ Then Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise and be not afraid.

⁸ And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus only.

⁹ And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one until the Son of man is risen from the dead.

¹⁰ Then his disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

¹¹ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elijah truly shall come first and restore all things.

¹² But I say unto you, That Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatever they pleased. Likewise the Son of man shall also suffer of them.

¹³ Then the disciples understood that he spoke unto them of John the Baptist.

¹⁴ ¶ And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,

¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic and suffers miserably; for many times he has fallen into the fire and often into the water.

¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

¹⁷ Then Jesus answered and said, O unfaithful and crooked generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to me.

¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon departed out of him and the child was cured from that very hour.

¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus apart and said, Why could not we cast him out?

²⁰ And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unfaithfulness; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove from here to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

²¹ Howbeit this lineage of demons does not go out but by prayer and fasting.

²² ¶ And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men;

²³ and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

²⁴ ¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, those that received the two drachmas came to Peter and said, Does not your master pay the two drachmas?

²⁵ He said, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus spoke unto him first, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own sons or of strangers?

²⁶ Peter said unto him, Of strangers. Jesus said unto him, Then the sons are free.

²⁷ Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea and cast a hook and take up the first fish that comes up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a stater, a coin worth four drachmas; take that, and give it unto them for me and thee.

18 ¶ At the same time the disciples came unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?

² And Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in the midst of them

³ and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

⁴ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens.

⁵ And whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me.

⁶ But whosoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to fall, it would be better for him that a millstone such as is turned by an ass be hanged about his neck and that he be sunk in the depth of the sea.

⁷ ¶ Woe unto the world because of offenses! For it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

⁸ Therefore if thy hand or thy foot cause thee to fall, cut them off and cast them from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.

⁹ And if thine eye causes thee to fall, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

¹⁰ Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in the heavens their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.

¹¹ For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

¹² What do you think? If a man had a hundred sheep and one of them went astray, would he not leave the ninety-nine and go into the mountains and seek that which is gone astray?

¹³ And if so be that he finds it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more of that one than of the ninety-nine who did not go astray.

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵ ¶ Therefore if thy brother shall sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁶ But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

¹⁷ And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the congregation; {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} but if he neglects to hear the congregation, {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} let him be unto thee as a worldly man and a publican.

¹⁸ Verily I say unto you, Whatever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in the heaven; and whatever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in the heaven.

¹⁹ Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father who is in the heavens.

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²¹ ¶ Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?

²² Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times, but, Until seventy times seven.

²³ Therefore is the kingdom of the heavens likened unto a man who is king who would take account of his slaves.

²⁴ And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him who owed him ten thousand talents.

²⁵ But he not having wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, to make payment.

²⁶ The slave therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

²⁷ Then the lord of that slave was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt.

²⁸ But as the same slave was leaving, he found one of his fellowslaves who owed him a hundred denarius, and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest.

²⁹ And his fellowslave fell down at his feet and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

³⁰ And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.

³¹ So when his fellowslaves saw what was done, they were very grieved and came and declared unto their lord all that was done.

³² Then his lord, after he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all that debt because thou didst beseech me;

³³ was it not also expedient unto thee to have mercy on thy fellowslave even as I had mercy on thee?

³⁴ And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due unto him.

³⁵ So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you unless from your hearts ye forgive every one his brother their trespasses.

19 ¶ And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan;

² and a great multitude followed him, and he healed them there.

³ ¶ Then the Pharisees came unto him, tempting him and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any cause?

⁴ And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female?

⁵ And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

⁶ Therefore they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

⁷ They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a bill of divorce and to put her away?

⁸ He said unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

⁹ And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication and shall marry another, commits adultery, and whosoever marries her that is put away commits adultery.

¹⁰ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

¹¹ But he said unto them, Everyone cannot receive this word, except those unto whom it is given.

¹² For there are some eunuchs who were so born from their mother’s womb; and there are some eunuchs who were made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

¹³ ¶ Then were there brought unto him little children that he should put his hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴ But Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of the heavens.

¹⁵ And he laid his hands on them and departed from there.

¹⁶ ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

¹⁷ And he said unto him, Why dost thou call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God, but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

¹⁸ He said unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt not murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

²⁰ The young man said unto him, All these things I have kept from my youth up; what do I lack?

²¹ Jesus said unto him, If thou desire to be perfect, go and sell what thou hast and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me.

²² But when the young man heard that word, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³ ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is difficult that a rich man shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

²⁴ And again I say unto you, It is easier to put a cable through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁵ But his disciples hearing these things were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

²⁶ But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

²⁷ Then Peter answered and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

²⁸ And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹ And every one that has forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name’s sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.

³⁰ But many that are first shall be last, and many of the last shall be first.

20 ¶ For the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man, the husband of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

² And when he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³ And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace

⁴ and said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went.

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did likewise.

⁶ And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle and said unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

⁷ They say unto him, Because no one has hired us. He said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is right, that shall ye receive.

⁸ So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, Call the labourers and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

⁹ And when those came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a denarius.

¹⁰ But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more but they likewise received each one a denarius.

¹¹ And when they had received it, they murmured against the husband of the house,

¹² saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us who have borne the burden and heat of the day.

¹³ But he answered one of them and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a denarius?

¹⁴ Take that which is thine and go, for I desire to give unto this last one, even as unto thee.

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

¹⁶ So the first shall be last, and the last first; for many are called, but few are chosen.

¹⁷ ¶ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way and said unto them,

¹⁸ Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the princes of the priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death

¹⁹ and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify; {Gr. stauroo – Hang on a stake} and the third day he shall rise again.

²⁰ ¶ Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, worshipping him and desiring a certain thing of him.

²¹ And he said unto her, What dost thou desire? She said unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on the left in thy kingdom.

²² But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.

²³ And he said unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but it shall be given to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.

²⁴ And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brothers.

²⁵ But Jesus called them unto him and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and those that are great wield power over them.

²⁶ But it shall not be so among you, but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

²⁷ and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your slave,

²⁸ even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.

²⁹ ¶ And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

³⁰ And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

³¹ And the multitude rebuked them, that they should be silent; but they cried the more, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

³² And Jesus stood still and called them and said, What desire ye that I shall do unto you?

³³ They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

³⁴ Then Jesus, having mercy on them, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

21 ¶ And when they drew near unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage unto the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

² saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied and a colt with her; loose them and bring them unto me.

³ And if anyone says anything unto you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them; and straightway he will send them.

⁴ All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

⁵ Say unto the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King comes unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt the foal of a beast under yoke.

⁶ And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them

⁷ and brought the ass and the colt and put on them their clothes, and he sat upon them.

⁸ And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them in the way.

⁹ And the people that went before and that followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

¹⁰ And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

¹¹ And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

¹² ¶ And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all those that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those that sold doves

¹³ and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

¹⁴ And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

¹⁵ But when the princes of the priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were sore displeased

¹⁶ and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus said unto them, Yes; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

¹⁷ And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany, and he lodged there.

¹⁸ ¶ Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.

¹⁹ And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it and found nothing upon it, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee from now on for ever. And then the fig tree withered away.

²⁰ And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!

²¹ Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do this to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done.

²² And all things, whatever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

²³ ¶ And when he was come into the temple, the princes of the priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

²⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a word, which if ye tell me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁵ The baptism of John, where was it from? from heaven or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

²⁶ But if we shall say, Of men, we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

²⁷ And they answered Jesus and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁸ ¶ But what do you think? A certain man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard.

²⁹ He answered and said, I will not, but afterward he repented and went.

³⁰ And he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, I will go, Lord, and went not.

³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go ahead of you into the kingdom of God.

³² For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not, but the publicans and the harlots believed him, and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward that ye might believe him.

³³ ¶ Hear another parable: There was a certain husband of a house who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country,

³⁴ and when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it.

³⁵ And the husbandmen took his slaves and beat one and killed another and stoned another.

³⁶ Again, he sent other slaves more than the first, and they did unto them likewise.

³⁷ But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

³⁸ But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us take his inheritance.

³⁹ And they took hold of him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him.

⁴⁰ Therefore, when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

⁴¹ They say unto him, He will destroy those wicked men without mercy and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

⁴² Jesus said unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

⁴³ Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a people bringing forth the fruits thereof.

⁴⁴ And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

⁴⁵ And as the princes of the priests and Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them.

⁴⁶ But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude because they held him as a prophet.

22 ¶ And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables and said,

² The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son

³ and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come.

⁴ Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.

⁵ But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise,

⁶ and the others took his slaves and entreated them spitefully and slew them.

⁷ But when the king heard of this, he became angry and sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

⁸ Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.

⁹ Go ye therefore into the entrances of the highways and call as many as ye shall find to the marriage.

¹⁰ So those slaves went out into the highways and gathered together everyone that they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.

¹¹ And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who did not have on a wedding garment,

¹² and he said unto him, Friend, how didst thou come in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

¹³ Then the king said to the slaves, Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹⁴ For many are called, but few are chosen.

¹⁵ ¶ Then the Pharisees left and took counsel how they might entangle him in his word.

¹⁶ And they sent out unto him their disciples with those of Herod, saying, Master, we know that thou art a lover of truth and teachest the way of God with truth and that thou takest care for no man, for thou art no respecter of persons of men.

¹⁷ Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or not?

¹⁸ But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

¹⁹ Show me the coin of the tribute. And they presented unto him a denarius.

²⁰ And he said unto them, Whose is this image and supion?

²¹ They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then said he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things that are God’s.

²² When they had heard these words, they marvelled and left him and went away.

²³ ¶ The same day the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

²⁴ saying, Master, Moses said, If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers, and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no seed, left his wife unto his brother;

²⁶ likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

²⁷ And last of all the woman died also.

²⁸ Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

²⁹ Then Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which is spoken unto you by God, who saith,

³² I AM the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

³³ And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

³⁴ ¶ Then the Pharisees, hearing that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered together.

³⁵ And one of them, who was an interpreter of the law, asked him a question, tempting him and saying,

³⁶ Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

³⁷ Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.

³⁸ This is the first and great commandment.

³⁹ And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

⁴¹ ¶ While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

⁴² saying, What think ye of the Christ? Whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

⁴³ He said unto them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,

⁴⁴ The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

⁴⁵ If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son?

⁴⁶ And no one was able to answer him a word, neither dared anyone from that day forth ask him any more questions.

23 ¶ Then Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his disciples,

² saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in Moses’ seat;

³ therefore, whatever they bid you to observe, observe it and do it, but do not act according to their works, for they say and do not do it.

⁴ For they bind burdens that are heavy and grievous to bear and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

⁵ But they do all their works that they may be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments

⁶ and love the first place at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues

⁷ and greetings in the markets and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

⁸ But, as for you, desire not to be called Rabbi, for one is your Master, the Christ; and you are all brothers.

⁹ And call no one your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens.

¹⁰ Neither be ye called masters, for one is your Master, the Christ.

¹¹ But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

¹² And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

¹³ ¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens in front of men, for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye those that are entering to go in.

¹⁴ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore, ye shall receive the greater judgment.

¹⁵ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

¹⁶ Woe unto you, ye blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

¹⁷ Ye fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

¹⁸ And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.

¹⁹ Ye fools and blind, for which one is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

²⁰ Whosoever therefore shall swear by the altar, swears by it and by all things thereon.

²¹ And whosoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it and by Him that dwells therein.

²² And he that shall swear by the heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him that sits thereon.

²³ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these were expedient for ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

²⁴ Ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

²⁵ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup or of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and incontinence.

²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also.

²⁷ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whitewashed sepulchres, who indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.

²⁸ Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

²⁹ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the sepulchres of the righteous

³⁰ and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

³¹ Therefore ye are witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

³² Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

³³ Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the judgment of hell?

³⁴ ¶ Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes, and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, {Gr. stauroo – Hang on a stake} and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city,

³⁵ that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye murdered between the temple and the altar.

³⁶ Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that didst kill the prophets and stone those who are sent unto thee, how often I desired to gather thy children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

³⁸ Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

³⁹ For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me from now on until ye shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

24 ¶ And Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

² And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.

³ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of the age?

⁴ ¶ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no one deceive you.

⁵ For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.

⁶ And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that ye be not troubled, for it is necessary that all these things must take place; but the end is not yet.

⁷ For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in different places.

⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows.

⁹ Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

¹⁰ And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.

¹¹ And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many.

¹² And because lawlessness shall abound, the charity of many shall wax cold.

¹³ But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

¹⁵ Therefore, when ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, which shall stand in the holy place (whosoever reads, let him understand),

¹⁶ then let those who are in Judaea flee into the mountains;

¹⁷ let him who is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house,

¹⁸ neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes.

¹⁹ And woe unto those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

²⁰ But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter neither on the sabbath day,

²¹ for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

²² And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Behold, here is the Christ, or there, believe it not.

²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders in such a manner that they shall deceive, if possible, the very elect.

²⁵ Behold, I have told you before.

²⁶ Therefore if they say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; Behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not.

²⁷ For as the lightning that comes out of the east and shines even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

²⁸ For wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

²⁹ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

³⁰ and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

³¹ And he shall send his angels with a trumpet and a great voice, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

³² ¶ Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When his branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh;

³³ so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

³⁴ Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass until all these things are fulfilled.

³⁵ The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

³⁶ But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father only.

³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

³⁸ For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

³⁹ and they knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

⁴⁰ Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left.

⁴¹ Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left.

⁴² Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

⁴³ But know this that if the husband of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch and would not suffer his house to be broken into.

⁴⁴ Therefore be ye also ready; the Son of man is to come in the hour that ye think not.

⁴⁵ Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom his lord has made ruler over his household to give them food in due season?

⁴⁶ Blessed is that slave whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.

⁴⁷ Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

⁴⁸ But and if that evil slave shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming,

⁴⁹ and shall begin to smite his fellowslaves and even to eat and drink with the drunken,

⁵⁰ the lord of that slave shall come in a day when he does not look for him and in an hour that he is not aware of

⁵¹ and shall cut him off and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

25 ¶ Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened unto ten virgins who, taking their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom.

² And five of them were prudent, and five were foolish.

³ Those that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them;

⁴ but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

⁶ And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye out to meet him.

⁷ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

⁸ And the foolish said unto the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

⁹ But the prudent answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us and you, but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves.

¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.

¹¹ Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

¹² But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

¹³ Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes.

¹⁴ ¶ For it is like a man travelling into a far country, who called his own slaves and delivered unto them his goods.

¹⁵ And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his faculty, and straightway took his journey.

¹⁶ And after he was gone, he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same and made another five talents.

¹⁷ And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two.

¹⁸ But he that had received one went and dug in the earth and hid his lord’s money.

¹⁹ And after a long time the lord of those slaves came and reckoned accounts with them.

²⁰ And so he that had received five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me five talents; behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

²¹ His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

²² He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou didst deliver unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

²³ His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful slave; thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

²⁴ Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not scattered;

²⁵ therefore, I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast what is thine.

²⁶ His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful slave, thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I have not scattered;

²⁷ therefore, it was expedient for thee to have put my money to the bankers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.

²⁸ Take, therefore, the talent from him and give it unto him who has ten talents.

²⁹ For unto every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance, but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has.

³⁰ And cast ye the unprofitable slave into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³¹ ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then he shall sit upon the throne of his glory,

³² and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats,

³³ and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

³⁴ Then shall the King say unto those on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

³⁵ for I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;

³⁶ naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee? or thirsty and give thee drink?

³⁸ When did we see thee a stranger and take thee in? or naked and clothe thee?

³⁹ Or when did we see thee sick or in prison and come unto thee?

⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, ye have done it unto me.

⁴¹ Then he shall also say unto those who shall be on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels;

⁴² for I was hungry, and ye gave me no food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.

⁴⁴ Then they shall also answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee?

⁴⁵ Then he shall answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of my brothers, ye did it not to me.

⁴⁶ And they shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

26 ¶ And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these words, he said unto his disciples,

² Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

³ Then the princes of the priests and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled together in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

⁴ and took counsel that they might take Jesus by guile and kill him.

⁵ But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

⁶ ¶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

⁷ a woman came unto him having an alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat at the table.

⁸ But when his disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

⁹ For this ointment might have been sold for much and given to the poor.

¹⁰ But Jesus, understanding this, said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she has wrought a good work upon me.

¹¹ For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

¹² For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare for my burial.

¹³ Verily I say unto you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.

¹⁴ ¶ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the princes of the priests

¹⁵ and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

¹⁶ And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

¹⁷ ¶ Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

¹⁸ And he said, Go into the city to a certain man and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

¹⁹ And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them, and they made ready the passover.

²⁰ Now when the evening was come, he sat down at the table with the twelve.

²¹ And as they ate, he said, Verily I say unto you that one of you shall betray me.

²² And they were exceeding sorrowful and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

²³ And he answered and said, He that dips his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

²⁴ The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born.

²⁵ Then Judas, who was betraying him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

²⁶ ¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took the bread, and, having blessed it, broke it and gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

²⁷ And taking the cup and having given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

²⁸ for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

²⁹ But I say unto you, I will not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

³⁰ And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

³¹ ¶ Then Jesus said unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night; for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

³² But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

³³ Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended in thee, yet I will never be offended.

³⁴ Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night before the cock crows, thou shalt deny me three times.

³⁵ Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

³⁶ ¶ Then Jesus came with them unto a place called Gethsemane and said unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

³⁷ And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

³⁸ Then he said unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here and watch with me.

³⁹ And he went a little further and fell on his face, praying and saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

⁴⁰ And he came unto the disciples and found them asleep and said unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

⁴¹ Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

⁴² He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it, thy will be done.

⁴³ And he came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴⁴ And leaving them, he went away again and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

⁴⁵ Then he came unto his disciples and said unto them, Sleep on now and take your rest; behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴⁶ Rise, let us be going; behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

⁴⁷ ¶ And while he yet spoke, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the princes of the priests and elders of the people.

⁴⁸ Now he that betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast.

⁴⁹ And forthwith he came to Jesus and said, Receive joy, master; and kissed him.

⁵⁰ And Jesus said unto him, Friend, why art thou come? Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took him.

⁵¹ And, behold, one of those who was with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck a slave of the high priest and smote off his ear.

⁵² Then Jesus said unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place, for all those that take the sword shall perish by the sword.

⁵³ Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

⁵⁴ But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?

⁵⁵ In that same hour Jesus said to the multitude, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

⁵⁶ But all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.