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<J>For* in what judgment you° judge, you° will be judged and in what measure you° measure, it will be measured to you°.</J>


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<J>And why are you looking at the speck, the one in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the beam in your own eye?</J>


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<J>Or how will you say to your brother, Allow <i>me, that</i> I may cast out the speck from your eye, and behold, the beam in your own eye?</J>


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<J>You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see precisely to cast out the speck from your brother’s eye.</J>


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<pb/><J>Do° not give the holy thing<i>s</i> to the dogs, nor cast your° pearls before the swine, lest they trample them down with* their feet and having turned, they may rip at you°.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:7-11; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>Ask° and it will be given to you°; seek° and you° will be finding; knock° and it will be opened to you°.</J>


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<J>For* everyone who is asking, receives; and the one who is seeking, finds; and to the one who is knocking, it will be opened.</J>


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<J>Or what man is there out of you°, who, if his son asks him for a loaf he will not give him a stone, will he?</J>


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<J>Therefore if you°, being evil, know how to give good presents to your° children, how-much more will your° Father, the <i>one</i> in the heavens, be giving good things to those who are asking him?</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:12 & Luk 6:31.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>Therefore, all things, as many as you° would wish that* men should do for you°, so do° also to them; for* this is the law and the prophets.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:13-23 & Luk 6:43-45.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>Enter° in through the narrow gate, because wide is the gate and broad is the way, which leads to destruction and there are many who are entering through it.</J>


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<J>Why <i>is it</i>? Narrow is the gate and pressed is the way, which is leading to life and few are those who are finding it.</J>


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<pb/><J>But take-heed°, <i>stay</i> away from false prophets, who are coming to you° in sheep’s clothing, but inside are ravening wolves.</J>


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<J>You° will fully know them from their fruits. They do not collect a grape-cluster from thorns or figs from thistles, do they?</J>


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<J>A good tree is not able to produce evil fruit, nor is a rotten tree able to produce good fruit.</J>


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<J>Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who is practicing the will of my Father, the <i>one</i> in <i>the</i> heavens.</J>


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<J>Many will be saying to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not: prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and practiced many miracles in your name?</J>


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<J>And then I will confess to them, I never knew you°. Depart° from me, you° who are working lawlessness.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:24-29 & Luk 6:46-49.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and practices them, he will be similar to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;</J>


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<J>and the rain descended and the rivers came <i>up</i> and the winds blew and fell <i>down</i> upon that house, and it did not fall; for* it had been founded upon the rock.</J>


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<J>And everyone hearing these words of mine and <i>who is</i> not doing them, will be similar to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;</J>


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<J>and the rain descended and the rivers came <i>up</i> and the winds blew and hit that house and it fell and great was its fall.</J>


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<pb/>And it happened, when Jesus completed these words, the crowds were being astounded on his teaching;


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<pb/><n>{Mat 8:1, 8:5-13 & Luk 7:1-10 Capernaum.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now he came-down from the mountain; large crowds followed him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:40-45 & Mat 8:2-4 & Luk 5:12-16.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And behold, a leper came to him, was worshiping him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.


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<pb/>And Jesus, having stretched out his hand, touched him, saying, <J>I am willing; be cleansed.</J> And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.


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And Jesus says to him, <J>See that you speak to no one, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, *for a testimony to them.</J> <n>{Lev 13:49, 14:2-4}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 8:1, 8:5-13 & Luk 7:1-10 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> he <n>{i.e. Jesus}</n> entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him,


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<pb/>And Jesus says to him, <J>I will heal him, <i>after</i> I <i>have</i> gone <i>there</i>.</J> <pb/>


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And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not sufficient that* you should enter under my roof, but only speak by word and my young-servant will be healed.


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For* I am a man also under authority, having soldiers under myself and I say to this one, Travel on and he travels on, and to another, Come and he comes, and to my bondservant, Do this and he does <i>it</i>.


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> Jesus heard it, he marveled and said to those who followed, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, I did not find so-great a faith,</J> <n>{Or: belief; and throughout the N.T.}</n> <J>not even in Israel.</J>


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<J>But I am saying to you°, that many will be coming from the east and the west, and will be reclining with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;</J>


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<J>but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.</J>


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Now Jesus said to the centurion, <J>Go, and as you <i>have</i> believed, let it happen for you.</J> And his young-servant was healed in that hour. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:29-34 & Mat 8:14-17 & Luk 4:38-41 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw that his mother-in-law had been put <i>in bed</i> and fevered.


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Now <i>after</i> it became evening, they brought to him many demon-possessed and he cast out the spirits by word and healed all who were ill;


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*that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ‘He himself took our weaknesses and bore our diseases.’ <n>{Isa 53:4}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 4:35-41 & Mat:8:18-27 & Luk 8:22-25 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> Jesus saw large crowds around him, he commanded <i>them</i> to go away beyond-that <i>area</i>.


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<pb/>And Jesus says to him, <J>The foxes have burrows and the birds of the heaven <i>have</i> nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere he may bow his head.</J>


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<pb/>Now a different <i>one</i> of his disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go away and bury my father.


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And behold, a great squall happened in the sea, so-that the ship was hidden by the waves, but he was sleeping.


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<pb/>And he says to them, <J>Why are you° cowardly? You° of small faith!</J> Then he raised himself up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.


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<pb/>Now the men marveled, saying, What sort of <i>man</i> is this, that even the winds and the sea are obeying* him? <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 5:1-21 & Mat 8:28-34 & Luk 8:26-40 Gergesa.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he came to the <i>area</i> beyond-that into the region of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed <i>men</i> met him, coming forth out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so-that not anyone was strong-enough to pass through that way.


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And behold, they cried out, saying, What <i>is this thing</i> with us and with you, Jesus, Son of God? Did you come here to torment us before the time?


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And the demons were pleading with him, saying, If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine.


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>Go° away!</J> Now they came out and went into the herd of swine and behold, all the herd of swine rushed down the cliff into the sea and died in the waters.


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Now those who are feeding them fled and went away into the city and reported all things and what <i>had happened to</i> those who were demon-possessed.


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And behold, all the city came out *for a meeting with Jesus and <i>after</i> they saw him, they pleaded with <i>him</i> *that he should go-away from their borders.


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<pb/>And he stepped into the ship and ferried over and came into his own city. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 2:1-12 & Mat 9:2-8 & Luk 5:17-26.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And behold, they were bringing a paralytic to him, having been put upon a cot, and Jesus saw their faith said to the paralytic, <J>Child, have courage; your sins have been forgiven to you.</J>


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<pb/>And Jesus, having seen their contemplations said, <J>Why are you° contemplating evil in your° hearts?</J>


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<J>For* what is easier, to say, Your sins have been forgiven; or to say, Lift yourself up and walk?</J>


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<J>But in order that you° may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the earth to forgive sins</J> (then he says to the paralytic), <J><i>After</i> you <i>have</i> raised yourself <i>up</i>, lift up your cot and go away to your house.</J>


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Now <i>after</i> the crowds saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who gave such authority to men. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 2:13-14 & Mat 9:9 & Luk 5:27-28 At or near Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And passing by from there, Jesus saw a man, called* Matthew, sitting at a tax-office and he says to him, <J>Follow me.</J> And he stood up and followed him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 2:15-22 & Mat 9:10-17 & Luk 5:29-39 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And it happened, <i>while he was</i> reclining <i>at a meal</i> in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and reclined together with Jesus and his disciples.


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And <i>after</i> the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why is your° teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?


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<pb/>But Jesus having heard it, said to them, <J>Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill.</J>


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<J>Now <i>while</i> you° <i>have</i> traveled <i>on</i>, learn° what is <i>meant by</i>, ‘I will <i>to have</i> mercy and not sacrifice.’</J> <n>{Hos 6:6}</n> <J>For* I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.</J>


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<pb/>Then the disciples of John come near to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?


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<pb/>And Jesus said to them, <J>The sons of the bridal-party</J> <n>{companions or guests}</n> <J>are not able to mourn, inasmuch as the bridegroom is with them, are they? But the days will come, whenever the bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will be fasting.</J>


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<J>But no one puts a patch of unshrunk fabric upon an old garment; for* its fullness <i>shrinks and</i> lifts away from the garment and a worse split happens.</J>


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<J>Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst and the wine is poured out and the wineskins will be destroyed, but they put new wine into new wineskins and both are protected together.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 5:22-43 & Mat 9:18-26 & Luk 8:41-56 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><i>While</i> speaking these things to them, behold, one ruler came to him and was worshiping <i>him</i>, saying, My daughter <i>just</i> now died*. But <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> gone <i>to her</i>, lay your hand upon her and she will live.


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<pb/>And behold, a woman, having <i>had</i> a flow of blood <i>for</i> twelve years, came near, behind <i>him</i> and touched the hem of his garment;


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<pb/>Now Jesus having turned, saw her, and said, <J>Daughter, have courage; your faith has cured you.</J> And the woman was cured from that hour.


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute-players and the crowd being in an uproar,


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he says to them, <J>Depart°; for* the girl is not dead, but is sleeping.</J> And they were laughing at him.


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And this fame went forth into that whole land. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 9:27-34 Probably Capernaum; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus passing by from there, two blind men followed him, crying out and saying, Show-mercy to us, son of David!


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<pb/>Now he came into the house, the blind men came to him and Jesus says to them, <J>You° believe that I am able to do this?</J> <pb/>They say to him, Yes, Lord.


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And their eyes were opened. And Jesus scolded them, saying, <J>See° that <i>you</i></J>° <J>let no one know it.</J>


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And <i>after</i> the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke and the crowds marveled, saying, This was never so manifested in Israel.


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<pb/>But the Pharisees were saying, He is casting out demons by the ruler of the demons. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:6b-13 & Mat 9:35-10:42 & Luk 9:1-6 Third circuit of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus was proceeding around all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good-news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every illness among the people.


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But <i>after</i> he saw the crowds, he had compassion concerning them, because they were bothered <i>in spirit</i> and were being tossed <i>about</i>, like sheep not having a shepherd.


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<J>Therefore beseech° from the Lord of the harvest, *that he should put out workers into his harvest.</J>


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<pb/>And having called his twelve disciples, he gave to them authority <i>over</i> unclean spirits, so-that <i>they are able</i> to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every illness.


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<pb/>Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first <i>is</i> Simon, who is called* Peter and Andrew his brother; James and John his brother, the <i>sons</i> of Zebedee;


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Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the <i>son</i> of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus who was surnamed Thaddaeus;


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Simon the Canaanite <n>{Or: zealot. See Luk 6:15, Acts 1:13.}</n> and Judas the Iscariot, who gave him up to the Jews.


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<pb/>Jesus sent forth these twelve <i>apostles</i> and commanded them, saying, <J>Do° not go into <i>any</i> road of the Gentiles and do° not enter into any city of the Samaritans;</J>


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<J>Now <i>while</i> you° are traveling, preach°, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.</J>


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<J>Heal° the sick; cleanse° the lepers; cast° out demons; freely you° received, freely <i>you°</i> give.</J>


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<J>no knapsack *for <i>your</i></J>° <J>journey, neither two tunics nor shoes nor staffs; for* the worker is worthy of his nourishment.</J>


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<J>Now into whatever city or village you° enter, probe° out who is worthy in it, and abide° there until you° should go.</J>


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<J>And if indeed the house is worthy, let your° peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your° peace return to you°.</J>


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<J>And whoever did not accept you°, nor heard your° words, <i>while</i> you° are going forth from <i>that</i> house or that city, shake-off° the dust from your° feet.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, It will be more tolerable <i>for the</i> land of Sodom and Gomorrah in <i>the</i> day of judgment, than for that city.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Behold, I am sending you° forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore, become° prudent like serpents and harmless like doves.</J>


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<J>But take-heed°, <i>stay</i> away from men; for* they will be giving you° up to councils, and they will be scourging you° in their synagogues;</J>


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<J>and you° will also be led in front of governors and kings because of me, *for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.</J>


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<J>But whenever they give you° up, do° not be anxious how or what you° should speak; for* it will be given to you° in that hour what you° will be speaking.</J>


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<J>Now brother will be giving up brother to death and the father his child and children will be standing up against parents and will be slaying them.</J>


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<J>And you° will be hated by all men because of my name. But he who <i>has</i> endured to the end, this one will be saved.</J>


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<J>But whenever they persecute you° in this city, flee° into another; for* assuredly I am saying to you°, You° should never complete the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man should come.</J>


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<J>It is enough for the disciple that* he should become like his teacher and the bondservant like his lord. If they called the householder Beelzebub, how-much more the kinfolk!</J>


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<J>Therefore do° not fear them; for* there is nothing hidden, which will not be revealed, and <i>nothing</i> secret, which will not be known.</J>


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<J>What I am speaking to you° in the darkness, speak° in the light, and what you° hear in <i>your</i></J>° <J>ear, preach° upon the housetops.</J>


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<J>And do° not be afraid, <i>preaching</i> at those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.</J>


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<J>Are two sparrows not sold for a copper-coin? And not one out of them will be falling to the earth without your° Father <i>knowing it</i>;</J>


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<J>Therefore, everyone who will confess <i>to be</i> in me before men, I will also confess <i>to be</i> in him before my Father, <i>who is</i> in the heavens.</J>


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<J>But whoever denies me before men, I will also be denying him before my Father <i>who is</i> in the heavens.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Do° not suppose that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I did not come to cast peace, but a sword.</J>


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<J>For* I came to pit man against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;</J>


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<J>He who loves <i>his</i> father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves <i>his</i> son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.</J>


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<J>He who <i>has</i> found his life will be losing it, and he who <i>has</i> lost his life because of me will be finding it.</J> <pb/>


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<J>He who accepts a prophet in the name of a prophet, will be receiving a prophet’s reward, and he who accepts a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, will be receiving a righteous man’s reward.</J>


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<J>And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, assuredly I am saying to you°, He should never lose his reward.</J>


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<pb/>And it happened when Jesus <i>had</i> completed commanding his twelve disciples, he went-away from there to teach and to preach in their cities. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 11:2-30 & Luk 7:18-35 Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> John heard the works of the Christ <i>while</i> in prison, he sent two of his disciples


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to them, <i>After</i> <J>you° <i>have</i> traveled <i>back</i>, report° to John what you° hear and see:</J>


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<J>the blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised and the poor have the good-news proclaimed to them.</J>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> these <i>disciples</i> are traveling on, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, <J>What did you° go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?</J>


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<J>But what did you° go out to see? A man who has been dressed-up in soft garments? Behold, those who are wearing soft <i>garments</i> are in royal houses.</J>


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<J>But why did you° go out? To see a prophet? I am saying to you°, Yes, and one <i>who is</i> more-than a prophet.</J>


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<J>For* this is he, concerning whom it has been written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will be preparing your way before you.’</J> <n>{Mal 3:1}</n>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, A greater <i>man</i> has not arisen among those born from women <i>than</i> John the Immerser*. But he who is least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater <i>than</i> he.</J>


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<J>But from the days of John the Immerser* until now the kingdom of the heavens suffers-violently and <i>the</i> violent ones seize it.</J>


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<J>And if you° are willing to accept <i>it</i>, he himself is Elijah, who is the one about to come.</J>


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<pb/><J>But to what will be similar to this generation? It is similar to children sitting in the marketplaces and shouting to their comrades</J>


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<J>and saying, We piped to you° and you° did not dance. We mourned for you° and <i>yet</i> you° did not grieve for yourselves.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they say, Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom was made righteous from her children.</J>


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<pb/>Then he began to reproach the cities in which most of his miracles had happened, because they did not repent.


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<J>Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles which happened in Tyre and Sidon which <i>have</i> happened in you°, they would have repented long-ago in sackcloth and ashes.</J>


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<J>However I say to you°, It will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in <i>the</i> day of judgment than for you°.</J>


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<J>And you, Capernaum, who was exalted to heaven, you will be descending to Hades, because if the miracles which happened in Sodom, which <i>have</i> happened in you, it would have remained till today.</J>


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<J>However I say to you°, that it will be more tolerable for <i>the</i> land of Sodom in <i>the</i> day of judgment, than for you.</J>


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<pb/>Jesus answered and said at that time, <J>I profess you, <i>O</i> Father, Lord of heaven and the earth, that you hid these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.</J>


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<J>All things were given to me by my Father and no one fully knows the Son, except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father fully, except the Son and he to whomever the Son wills to reveal <i>him.</i></J>


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<J>Come-here° to me, all you° who labor and have been loaded <i>down,</i> and I will be giving-rest to you°.</J>


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<J>Take° my yoke upon you° and learn° from me, because I am meek and humble in heart and you° will be finding rest for your° souls.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 2:23-28 & Mat 12:1-8 & Luk 6:1-5 Jerusalem to Galilee.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Jesus traveled on the Sabbath through the grain-fields at that time, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck the tops and to eat <i>them</i>.


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But the Pharisees, having seen <i>it</i>, said to him, Behold, your disciples are doing what is not legal to practice on the Sabbath.


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>Did you° not read what David did, when he himself and those with him were hungry;</J>


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<J>how he entered into the house of God and ate the showbread, which was not legal for him to eat, nor those with him, <i>unlawful</i> except for the priests only?</J>


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<J>Or did you° not read in the law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and <i>yet</i> are crimeless?</J> <n>{1Sam 21:6}</n>


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<J>But if you° had known what is <i>meant by this</i>, ‘I will <i>to have</i> mercy and not sacrifice,’</J> <n>{Hos 6:6}</n> <J>You° would not have sentenced the crimeless.</J>


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<J>For* the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:1-6 & Mat 12:9-14 & Luk 6:6-11 Probably Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And behold, there was a man who had a dried up hand. And they asked him, in order that they might accuse him, saying, Should it not be legal to heal on the Sabbath?


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>What man will there be out of you°, who will have one sheep and if this <i>one</i> falls into a ditch on the Sabbath, will he not take-hold of it and lift <i>it</i> up?</J>


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<J>Therefore how-much more-value does a man carry than a sheep? So-then is it legal to do good on the Sabbath?</J>


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<pb/>Then he says to the man, <J>Stretch out your hand.</J> And he stretched it out, and it was restored <i>as</i> healthy as the other.


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But the Pharisees having gone out, took a council against him, *that they should destroy him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:7-12 & Mat 12:15-21 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But Jesus having known <i>it</i>, departed from there and large crowds followed him, and he healed them all,


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‘Behold, my young-servant whom I selected. My beloved in whom my soul is delighted. I will be placing my Spirit upon him and he will be proclaiming judgment to the Gentiles.’


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‘He will not have selfish ambition, nor will he cry-out; nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.


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He will not fracture a bruised reed and he will not quench a smoking wick, until he should cast out the judgment to victory.


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And the Gentiles will hope in his name.’ <n>{Isa 42:1-3}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:19b-30 & Mat 12:22-37.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Then a demon-possessed <i>man</i> was brought to him, blind and mute and he healed him, so-that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.


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<pb/>But <i>after</i> the Pharisees heard it, they said, This one is not casting out demons, except in Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.


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<pb/>But Jesus knowing their contemplations said to them, <J>Every kingdom which was divided against itself is made desolate, and every city or house which was divided against itself will not stand.</J>


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<J>And if the Adversary casts out the Adversary, he is divided against himself. Therefore how will his kingdom stand?</J>


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<J>And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, in whom do your° sons cast them out? They will be your° judges because of this.</J>


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<J>But if I cast out demons by <i>the</i> Spirit of God; consequently*, the kingdom of God <i>has</i> arrived-unexpectedly upon you°.</J>


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<J>Or how is anyone able to enter into the house of the strong <i>man,</i> and to be ravening through his goods, if he does not first bind the strong <i>man</i>? And then he will be ravening through his house.</J>


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<J>Because of this, I am saying to you°, Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit will not be forgiven to men.</J>


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<J>And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, not in the age <i>which is</i> now, nor in the future <i>one</i>.</J>


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<J>Either make*° the tree good and its fruit good; or make*° the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for* the tree is known from its fruit.</J>


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<J>Offspring of vipers! How are you°, being evil, able to speak good things? For* out of the abundance of the heart the mouth is speaking.</J>


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<J>The good man out of his good treasure is casting out good things and the evil man out of his evil treasure is casting out evil things.</J>


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<J>But I am saying to you°, that every idle declaration, whatever men speak, they will be giving an account in <i>the</i> day of judgment concerning it.</J>


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<J>For* you will be made righteous from your words and you will be sentenced from your words.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 12:38-45; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered <i>him</i>, saying, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J>An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet;</J>


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<J>for* just-as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea-creature; so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</J>


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<pb/><J><i>The</i> men <i>of the</i> Ninevites will be standing up with this generation in the judgment and will be condemning it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, more-than Jonah <i>is</i> here.</J>


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<J>The queen of the south will be arisen with this generation in the judgment and will be condemning it, because she came from the limits of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, more-than Solomon <i>is</i> here.</J>


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<pb/><J>But the unclean spirit, whenever it goes away from the man, it goes through waterless places, seeking rest and does not find it.</J>


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<J>Then it says, I will return into my house from where I came out, and having gone <i>back</i>, it finds it unoccupied, having been swept and adorned.</J>


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<J>Then it travels and takes with itself seven other spirits <i>more</i> evil <i>than</i> itself and after they have entered <i>again</i>, dwell there and the last <i>state</i> of that man becomes worse <i>than</i> the first. So it will also be to this evil generation.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:31-35 & Mat 12:46-50 & Luk 8:19-21.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But <i>while he is</i> still speaking to the crowds, behold, <i>his</i> mother and his brethren stood outside, seeking to speak to him.


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Now someone said to him, Behold, your mother and your brethren are standing outside, seeking to speak to you.


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<pb/>But he answered and said to the one who spoke to him, <J>Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?</J>


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<J>For* whoever practices the will of my Father <i>who is</i> in the heavens, he is my brother and sister and mother.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 4:1-25 & Mat 13:1-23 & Luk 8:4-18 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now in that day, Jesus went away from the house and was sitting beside the sea.


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And large crowds were gathered to <i>see</i> him, so-that he stepped onto a ship and was sitting, and all the crowd stood upon the beach.


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<pb/>And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: <J>Behold, the sower went forth to sow;</J>


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<J>Now others fell upon the rocky-areas, where they did not have much soil and immediately they rose up because they had no depth of soil;</J>


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<J>and <i>after</i> the sun rose, they were burnt, and they dried up because they had no root.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But now, others fell upon the good soil and were giving fruit, which some <i>was</i> a hundred <i>times</i>, but <i>some</i> was sixty, but <i>some</i> thirty.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J>It has been given to you° to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but it has not been given to those <i>men</i>.</J>


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<J>For* who<i>ever</i> has, to him will be given and he will abound, but who<i>ever</i> does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.</J>


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<J>Because of this, I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand.</J>


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<J>And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, which says, ‘In hearing you° will hear and should never understand, and seeing you° will see and should never know;</J>


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<J>for* the heart of this people became-callous and they <i>have</i> selectively heard with the<i>ir</i> ears and they closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes and should hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should turn again and I will be healing them.’</J> <n>{Isa 6:9-10}</n>


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<J>But your° eyes <i>are</i> fortunate, because they are seeing, and your° ears, because they are hearing.</J>


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<J>For* assuredly I am saying to you°, that many prophets and righteous <i>men</i> desired to see the things you° are seeing and did not see them, and to hear the things you° are hearing and did not hear them</J>.


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<J>everyone hearing the word of the kingdom and not understanding <i>it</i>, <i>then</i> the evil <i>one</i> comes and seizes what has been sown in his heart. This is he who was sown beside the road.</J> <pb/>


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<J>And he who was sown upon the rocky-areas, this is he who hears the word and immediately <i>is</i> receiving it with joy;</J>


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<J>but he does not have root in himself, but is temporary, and <i>after</i> affliction or persecution has happened <i>to him</i> because of the word, immediately he stumbles.</J> <pb/>


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<J>And he who was sown into the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this age and the deception of riches, choke the word and he becomes unfruitful.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Now he who was sown upon the good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; who bears-fruit and produces some a hundred <i>times</i>, and <i>some</i> sixty, and <i>some</i> thirty!</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 13:24-30; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>He placed another parable before them, saying: <J>The kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man who sows good seed in his field;</J>


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<J>but while* the men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnels between <i>the stalks</i> of the wheat and went away.</J>


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<J>Now the bondservant of the householder came near and said to him, Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? Therefore from where have <i>the</i> darnels <i>come</i>?</J>


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<pb/><J>Now he said to them, A man, an enemy, did this.</J> <pb/><J>Now the bondservants said to him, Therefore do you wish that <i>after</i> we <i>have</i> gone away, <i>that</i> we will collect them?</J>


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<pb/><J>But he said, No; lest <i>while</i> collecting up the darnels, you° may uproot the wheat at the same time with them.</J>


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<J>Allow° both to be grown together till the harvest, and I will be saying to the reapers in <i>the</i> time of the harvest, Collect° first the darnels and bind° them in bundles in order to burn them, but gather° the wheat into my barn.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 4:30-34 & Mat 13:31-35.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>He placed another parable before them, saying: <J>The kingdom of the heavens is similar to a kernel of a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;</J>


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<J>which indeed is least <i>compared to</i> all of the <i>other</i> seeds, but whenever it is grown, it is greater <i>than</i> the herbs and becomes a tree, so-that the birds of the heaven come and nest in its branches.</J>


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<pb/>He spoke another parable to them: <J>The kingdom of the heavens is similar to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three three-gallon-containers of flour, until it was entirely leavened.</J>


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<pb/>Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and he was not speaking to them without a parable;


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*that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ‘I will open my mouth in parables. I will be uttering things which have been hidden from the conception of the world.’ <n>{Psa 78:2}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 13:36-53; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Then Jesus, having left the crowds, went into the house and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnels of the field.


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<J>and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the darnels are the sons of the evil <i>one</i>;</J>


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<J>and the enemy that sowed them is the devil and the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are messengers.</J>


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<J>Therefore, just-like the darnels are collected and burned in fire; so it will be in the end of this world.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man will be sending forth his messengers and they will be collecting out of his kingdom all the offenses and those who are practicing lawlessness,</J>


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<J>and will be casting them into the furnace of fire– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.</J>


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<J>Then the righteous will be shining out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a treasure that has been hidden in the field; which a man found and hid, and he goes and sells all <i>his</i> things from his joy, as many things as he has and buys that field.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man, <i>who is</i> a merchant, seeking beautiful pearls;</J>


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<J>who found one <i>very</i> precious pearl, went and sold* all <i>his</i> things, as many things as he had, and bought it.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Again, the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a dragnet, that was cast into the sea and gathered <i>fish</i> of every variety;</J>


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<J>which, when it was filled, they hauled it up upon the beach. And having sat down, they collected the good into containers, but they cast the rotten outside.</J>


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<J>So it will be in the end of the world; the messengers will be going out and separate* the evil from the midst of the righteous,</J>


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<pb/>And Jesus says to them, <J>Did you° understood all these things?</J> <pb/>They say to him, Yes, Lord.


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<pb/>Now he said to them, <J>Because of this, every scribe who was made a disciple to the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man <i>who is</i> a householder, who casts forth out of his treasure, new and old <i>things</i>.</J>


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<pb/>And it happened, when Jesus <i>had</i> completed these parables, he took off from there. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:1-6a & Mat 13:54-58 Nazareth.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> he came into his fatherland, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so-that they were astounded and said, From where <i>did</i> this one <i>receive</i> the wisdom and the miracles?


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Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is his mother not called* Mary? And his brethren, James and Joses and Simon and Jude?


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And are they not all his sisters with us? Therefore from where did this one <i>receive</i> all these things?


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And they were being offended at him. <pb/>But Jesus said to them, <J>A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland and in his own house.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 6:14-29 & Mat 14:1-12 & Luk 9:7-9.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Herod the Tetrarch heard the report of Jesus at that time,


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and said to his young-servants, This is John the Immerser*; he was raised from the dead, and because of this, these powers are working in him.


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For* Herod having taken-hold of John, bound him and placed him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.


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<pb/>Now Herod’s birthday being brought* <i>together</i>, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst <i>of the court</i> and pleased Herod;


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<pb/>Now having been pushed forward by her mother, she says, Give me the head of John the Immerser* upon a platter here.


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<pb/>And the king was sorrowful, but because of his oaths and of those who reclined <i>at the meal</i> together with him, he commanded it to be given.


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And his disciples came near and lifted up the body, and buried it, and they went and reported to Jesus. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:30-32 & Mat 14:13 & Luk 9:10 & Joh 6:1 East shore of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> Jesus heard <i>it</i>, he departed from there in a ship, privately to a desolate place, and <i>after</i> the crowds heard <i>of it,</i> they followed him on foot from the cities. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:33-44 & Mat 14:14-21 & Luk 9:11-17 & Joh 6:2-14.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> Jesus went out, he saw a large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.


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Now <i>after</i> it became evening, his disciples came near to him, saying, The place is desolate and the hour <i>has</i> already passed away; dismiss the crowds, in order that <i>after</i> they <i>have</i> gone away into the villages, they might buy food for themselves.


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<pb/>But Jesus said to them, <J>They have no need to go away; you°, give° them <i>food</i> to eat!</J>


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And he commanded the crowds to recline upon the grass, and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looked up to heaven, he gave-thanks and broke them. He gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples <i>then gave</i> to the crowds.


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And they all ate and were fully-fed, and they took up what was leftover of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.


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Now those eating were approximately five thousand men, plus women and children. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:45-56 & Mat 14:22-36 & Joh 6:15-21.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And immediately, Jesus urged the disciples to step into the ship, and to precede him to the <i>area</i> beyond-that, until he should dismiss the crowds.


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And having dismissed the crowds, he went-up into the mountain privately to pray. Now <i>after</i> it became evening, he was alone there.


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But the ship was already in the midst of the sea, <i>and</i> was being tormented by the waves; for* the wind was adverse.


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And <i>after</i> the disciples saw him walking upon the sea, they were disturbed, saying, It is an apparition, and they cried out from <i>their</i> fear.


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<pb/>Now Peter having answered to him, said, Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you upon the waters.


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<pb/>Now he said, <J>Come.</J> <pb/>And Peter went-down from the ship, and walked upon the waters to go toward Jesus.


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But he was afraid, seeing the strong wind, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me!


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<pb/>Now Jesus immediately stretched out his hand, and grabbed him, and says to him, <J>You of small faith, why were you skeptical?</J>


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and they were pleading with him in order that they might only touch the hem of his garment and as many as touched <i>it,</i> were cured.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 7:1-23 & Mat 15:1-20 & Joh 7:1 Galilee, probably Capernaum Spring 29 AD.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come to Jesus, saying,


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Why are your disciples transgressing the tradition of the elders? For* they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread.


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J>Why do you° also transgress the commandment of God because of your° tradition?</J>


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<J>For* God commanded, saying, ‘Honor <i>your</i> father and <i>your</i> mother.’</J> <n>{Exo 20:12 & Deu 5:16}</n> <J>And, ‘He who is speaking evil of <i>their</i> father or mother, let him be ended <i>by the sentence of</i> death.’</J> <n>{Exo 21:17 & Lev 20:9}</n>


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<J>But you° say, Whoever says to his father or his mother, <i>in</i> whatever you might be profited from me, <i>it is</i> a gift <i>to God</i>, and <i>then</i> should never honor his father and mother,</J>


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‘<J>These people are drawing near to me with their mouth, and are honoring me with their lips, but their heart is distant, faraway from me.</J>


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<J>But they are worshiping me in futility, teaching <i>as their</i> teachings– the commandments of men.’</J> <n>{Isa 29:13}</n>


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<J>Not what enters into the mouth desecrates the man, but what is traveling from the mouth, this desecrates the man.</J>


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<pb/>Then the disciples came near <i>to him and</i> said, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended <i>after</i> they heard this speech?


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<pb/>He answered and said, <J>Every plant which my heavenly father did not plant will be uprooted.</J>


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<J>Leave° them! They are blind guides of <i>the</i> blind. Now if the blind guide the blind, both will be falling into a ditch.</J>


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<J>Are you° not yet perceiving, that everything which travels into the mouth makes room in the belly, and is cast out into the sewer?</J>


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<J>But these things which are traveling from the mouth, come out from the heart, and they desecrate the man.</J>


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<J>For* out of the heart comes forth evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.</J>


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<J>These things are what desecrate the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not desecrate the man.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:24 & Mat 15:21.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus went out from there, and departed into the parts of Tyre and Sidon. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:25-30 & Mat 15:22-28 Tyre and Sidon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And behold, a woman from Canaan came out from those borders, and cried-out to him, saying, Show-mercy to me, O Lord, you <i>the</i> son of David. My daughter is evilly demon-possessed.


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<pb/>But he answered and said, <J>I was not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.</J>


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<pb/>Now he answered and said, <J>It is not good to take the children’s bread and cast it to the puppies.</J>


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<pb/>But she said, Yes, Lord; for* even the puppies eat from the crumbs which are falling from the table of their lords.


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<pb/>Then Jesus answered and said to her, <J>O woman, great is your faith. Let it happen for you as you will <i>it</i>.</J> And her daughter was healed from that hour. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:31 & Mat 15:29 Avoiding Herod’s territory.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus, having gone-away from there, went beside the sea of Galilee, and he went-up into the mountain and was sitting there. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:32-37 & Mat 15:30-31 Magadan and Bethsaida Summer 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And large crowds came to him there, having their own lame, blind, mute, crippled and many others with them. They tossed them beside the feet of Jesus, and he healed them;


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so-that the crowds marveled, seeing the mute speaking; the crippled healthy; the lame walking; and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 8:1-8:9 & Mat 15:32-38.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now Jesus called his disciples to him, <i>and</i> said, <J>I have compassion upon the crowd because they already remain with me three days, and do not have what they might eat, and I am not willing to dismiss them starving, lest they might faint on the road.</J>


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<pb/>And his disciples say to him, From where <i>can we buy</i> so-many loaves for us in the wilderness, so-then to fully-feed so-great a crowd?


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<pb/>And Jesus said to them, <J>How-many loaves do you° have?</J> <pb/>But they said, Seven and a few small-fish.


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And he took the seven loaves and the <i>few</i> fish, and he gave-thanks and broke <i>them</i>, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples <i>gave</i> to the crowds.


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Now those eating were <i>approximately</i> four thousand men, plus women and children. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 8:10-26 & Mat 15:39-16:12 Near Caesarea Philippi Summer 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having dismissed the crowds, he stepped into the ship, and went into the borders of Magadan.


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<pb/>And the Pharisees and Sadducees came near, testing <i>him, and</i> asked him to show them a sign from heaven.


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<J>And in the morning, <i>There</i> will be a storm today; for* the heaven is red and dismal. Hypocrites! You° indeed know how to discern the face of the heaven, but you° are not able <i>to discern</i> the signs of the times.</J>


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<J>An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.</J> And he left them and went away.


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Now Jesus said to them, <J>Behold° and take-heed°, <i>stay</i> away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!</J>


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<pb/>Now Jesus having known it, said to them, <J>You° of small faith, why are you° reasoning among yourselves, because you° took no bread?</J>


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<J>Do you° not yet perceive, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how-many baskets you° took up?</J>


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<J>How is it that you° do not perceive that I did not speak to you° concerning bread, <i>but</i> to take-heed, <i>stay</i> away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?</J>


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Then they understood that he did not say to take-heed, <i>stay</i> away from the leaven of bread, but <i>stay</i> away from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 8:27-30 & Mat 16:13-20 & Luk 9:18-21 Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, <J>Who do men say the Son of Man is?</J>


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<pb/>Now they said, Some <i>say</i> John the Immerser*; others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to him, <J>You are fortunate, Simon, Son-of-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not revealed it to you, but my Father, the <i>one</i> in the heavens.</J>


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<J>But I also say to you, that you are</J> <n>{F}</n> <J>Peter and upon this,</J> <n>{F}</n> <J>the rock, I will be building my congregation* <i>of believers</i>, and the gates of Hades will not be prevailing <i>against</i> her.</J>


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<J>I will be giving to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever you bind upon the earth will have <i>already</i> been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose upon the earth will have <i>already</i> been loosed in the heavens.</J>


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<pb/>Jesus began to show to his disciples from then <i>on</i>, that it is essential <i>for</i> him to go to Jerusalem and to suffer many things from the elders and high-priests and scribes, and to be killed, and to arise in the third day.


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<pb/>But he turned and said to Peter, <J>Go behind me, adversary! You are an offense to me, because you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.</J>


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<pb/>Then Jesus said to his disciples, <J>If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself and let him lift up his cross and let him follow me.</J>


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<J>For* whoever wishes to save his life, will be losing it, and whoever loses his life because of me will be finding it.</J>


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<J>For* what is a man profited, if he gains the whole world, and should forfeit his soul? Or what will a man give <i>as</i> an exchange for his soul?</J>


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<J>For* the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his messengers, and then he will be giving to each one according to his practice.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, There are some who are standing here should never taste of death, until they should see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 9:2-13 & Mat 17:1-13 & Luk 9:28-36 Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And after six days Jesus takes with <i>him</i> Peter and James and John his brother, and privately brings them up into a high mountain.


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And he was transfigured before them, and his face shined like the sun, and his garments became white like the light.


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<pb/>Now Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you will <i>it.</i> Should we make* three tabernacles here; one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah?


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<pb/><i>While he is</i> still speaking, behold, a radiant cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, <J>This is my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted; hear° him!</J>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> coming-down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, <J>Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of Man should rise* from the dead.</J>


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<pb/>And his disciples asked him, saying, Therefore why do the scribes say that it is essential <i>for</i> Elijah to come first?


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<pb/>Now Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Indeed Elijah comes first and will be restoring all things.</J>


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<J>But I am saying to you°, that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him as many things as they wished. So the Son of Man is also about to suffer by them.</J>


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Then the disciples understood that he said <i>this</i> to them concerning John the Immerser*. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:14-29 & Mat 17:14-21 & Luk 9:37-43 Region of Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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and saying, Lord, show-mercy to my son, because he is epileptic, and suffers evilly; for* he often falls into the fire and often into the water.


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<pb/>But Jesus answered and said, <J>O unbelieving and perverse generation, until when will I be with you°? Until when will I tolerate you°? Bring° him here to me.</J>


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<pb/>Now Jesus said to them, <J>Because of your° unbelief. For* assuredly I am saying to you°, If you° have faith like a kernel of a mustard-seed, you° will say to this mountain, Go-away from here to <i>over</i> there, and it will go-away, and nothing will be impossible for you°.</J>


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<J>But this variety <i>of demon</i> does not travel out except in prayer and fasting.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:30-32 & Mat 17:22-23 & Luk 9:43-45 Return to Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> conducting <i>work</i> in Galilee, Jesus said to them, <J>The Son of Man is about to be given up into the hands of men;</J>


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<J>and they will be killing him, and he will be arisen in the third day.</J> And they were extremely sorrowful. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 17:24-27 Capernaum Sept. 29 AD; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now they went to Capernaum, those who receive the four-denarii <i>tax</i> came to Peter and said, Does your° teacher not pay the four-denarii <i>tax</i>?


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<pb/>He says, Yes. <pb/>And when he entered into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, <J>What do you think, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive taxes or tribute? From their sons or from the aliens?</J>


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<pb/>And Peter says to him, From aliens. <pb/>Jesus said to him, <J>Consequently*, the sons are free.</J>


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<J>But in order that we might not offend them, <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> traveled to the sea and cast a fishhook, and lift <i>out</i> the fish that ascends first, and <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> opened its mouth, you will find a four-denarii-coin. <i>After</i> you <i>have</i> taken it out, give <i>it</i> to them in exchange-for you and me.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 9:33-50 & Mat 18:1-14 & Luk 9:46-50 Sept. 29 AD.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>The disciples came to Jesus in that hour, saying, Who then is greater in the kingdom of the heavens?


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and said, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, If you° do not turn and become like little children, you° should never enter into the kingdom of the heavens.</J>


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<J>Therefore, who will be humbling himself like this little child, this one is the greater one in the kingdom of the heavens.</J>


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<J>But whoever offends one of these little ones who believes in me, it is <i>more</i> advantageous for him that* a millstone, <i>the ones</i> rotated by a donkey, should be hung at his neck, and <i>that*</i> he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.</J>


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<pb/><J>Woe to the world from the <i>coming</i> offenses! For* it is a necessity <i>for</i> the offenses to come; however, woe to that man through whom the offense comes!</J>


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<J>Now if your hand or your foot is offending you, cut <i>both of</i> them off and cast <i>them</i> from you. It is good for you to enter into life lame or crippled, <i>rather</i> than to be cast into the everlasting fire, having two hands or two feet.</J>


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<J>And if your eye is offending you, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is good for you to enter into life one-eyed, <i>rather</i> than having two eyes, <i>and</i> to be cast into the hell of fire.</J>


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<pb/><J>See° that you° do not despise one of these little ones; for* I say to you°, that in the heavens their messengers are always looking at the face of my Father <i>who is</i> in the heavens.</J>


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<J>For* the Son of Man came to save what has been lost.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 18:12-14, Luk 15:3-7}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>What are you° thinking? If there should happen to <i>be</i> any man <i>who has</i> a hundred sheep, and one out of them might be misled, does he not seek the one which is misled, having left the ninety nine <i>and</i> having traveled on the mountains?</J>


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<J>And if he happens to find it, assuredly I am saying to you°, He rejoices over it more than over the ninety nine which have not been misled.</J>


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<J>So it is also not the will before your° Father <i>who is</i> in the heavens, that* one of these little ones should perish.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 18:15-35; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>Now if your brother sins against</J> <n>{Greek: at or toward}</n> <J>you, go and reprove him, <i>the sin is</i> between you and him only; if he hears you, you <i>have</i> gained your brother.</J>


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<J>But if he does not hear <i>you</i>, take with you one or two more, in order that, ‘at the mouth of two or three witnesses every declaration should be established.’</J> <n>{Deu 19:15}</n>


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<J>But if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the congregation*, and if he also refuses to hear the congregation*, let him be just-like the Gentile and the tax collector to you.</J>


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<pb/><J>Assuredly, I am saying to you° again, As many things as you° may bind upon the earth will have <i>already</i> been bound in heaven, and as many things as you° may loose upon earth will have <i>already</i> been loosed in heaven.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I say to you° again, that assuredly if two of you° agree together upon the earth concerning any matter, whatever they ask, it will happen for them from my Father <i>who is</i> in the heavens.</J>


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<J>For* where two or three have been gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them.</J>


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<pb/>Then Peter came near to him and said, Lord, how-often will my brother sin against <n>{Greek: at or toward}</n> me and I forgive him? Until seven-times?


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<pb/>Jesus says to him, <J>I do not say to you, Until seven times, but, until seventy-times seven-times.</J>


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<J>Because of this, the kingdom of the heavens has been similar to a man: a king who wished to settle <i>the</i> account with his bondservants.</J>


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<J>Now having begun to settle <i>the account</i>, one <i>man</i> was brought to him, a debtor of ten-thousand <i>silver</i> talants</J> <n>{170 million dollars US}</n> <J>.</J>


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<J>But he did not have <i>anything</i> to repay <i>him with</i>, <i>so</i> his lord commanded him and his wife and children and all things, as many things as he was holding, to be sold* and <i>the money</i> to be repaid <i>to him</i>.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Therefore the bondservant having fallen <i>down</i>, was worshiping him, saying, Lord, have patience upon me, and I will be repaying all <i>of it</i> to you.</J>


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<J>But the lord of that bondservant, having compassion on <i>him</i>, released him and forgave him the loan.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But that bondservant went out and found one of his fellow bondservants who owed him a hundred denarii, and he took-hold of him, and was choking <i>him</i>, saying, Repay if you are owing me anything.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Therefore his fellow bondservant, having fallen at his feet, was pleading with him, saying, Have patience upon me and I will be repaying you.</J>


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<J>But he did not wish to, but having gone away he cast him into prison, until he should repay what is owed.</J>


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<J>But his fellow bondservants, having seen the things which had happened, were extremely sorrowful. And they came to their own lord, and they told all the things which <i>had</i> happened.</J>


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<pb/><J>Then his lord called him, and says to him, You evil bondservant, I forgave you all that debt, since you pleaded with me.</J>


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<J>It was essential <i>for</i> you to show-mercy also on your fellow bondservant, like I also showed-mercy to you.</J>


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<J>And his lord was angry, and gave him to the torturers until he should repay everything which is owed <i>to</i> him.</J>


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<J>So my heavenly Father will also be doing to you°, if each of you° does not forgive his brother his trespasses from your° hearts.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 10:1-12 & Mat 19:1-12.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And it happened, when Jesus <i>had</i> completed these words, he took off from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond-that of the Jordan;


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<pb/>And the Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying to him, Should it not be legal to a man to divorce his wife according to every cause?


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J>Did you° not read, He who made* <i>them</i>, made* them male and female from <i>the</i> beginning.</J> <n>{Gen 1:27, 5:2}</n>


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And said, <J>Because of this, a man will be leaving his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will be <i>jointed</i> into one flesh.</J> <n>{Gen 2:24}</n>


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<J>So-that they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God yoked together; let man not separate.</J>


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<pb/>They say to him, Therefore why did Moses command <i>us</i> to give a document of divorcement and to release <i>her</i>? <n>{Deu 24:1-4}</n>


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<pb/>He says to them, <J>Moses permitted you° to divorce your° wives for your° hardness of heart, but from <i>the</i> beginning it has not become so.</J>


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<J>But I am saying to you°, Whoever divorces his wife not over</J> <n>{Greek: upon. Or: upon the basis of}</n> <J>fornication, and should marry another, is committing adultery, and he who marries her who has been divorced is committing adultery.</J> <n>{Mat 5:32, Luk 16:18}</n>


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<pb/>His disciples say to him, If thus is the case of the man with his wife, it is not advantageous to marry.


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>Not all <i>people will</i> make room for this word <i>in their hearts</i>, but <i>they</i> to whom it has been given:</J>


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<J>for* there are eunuchs who were born so out of their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He who is able to make room <i>in his heart</i></J> <n>{i.e. accept this}</n> <J>for it, let him make room for it.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:13-16 & Mat 19:13-15 & Luk 18:15-17 Peraea.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Then little children were brought to him, in order that he might lay his hands on them and might pray <i>for them</i>, and the disciples rebuked them.


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But Jesus said, <J>Allow° the little children, and do° not forbid them to come to me; for* of such is the kingdom of the heavens.</J>


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And having laid his hands on them, he traveled from there. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:17-31 & Mat 19:16-20:16 & Luk 18:18-30 Peraea.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And behold, one <i>man</i> came near to <i>him</i> and said to him, Good teacher, what good thing should I practice in order that I may have everlasting life?


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<pb/>Now he said to him, <J>Why do you call* me good? No one is good except one– God, but if you wish to enter into <i>everlasting</i> life, keep the commandments.</J>


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<pb/>He says to him, What <i>ones</i>? <pb/>Now Jesus said, <J>Do not murder; Do not commit adultery; Do not steal; Do not falsely testify,</J>


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<J>Honor <i>your</i> father and mother.</J> <n>{Exo 20:12-16 & Deu 5:16-20}</n> <J>And, You will love* your neighbor like yourself.</J> <n>{Lev 19:18}</n>


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<pb/>The young-man says to him, I <i>have</i> observed all these things from my youth. So what am I still lacking?


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<pb/>Jesus said to him, <J>If you are willing to be complete, go, sell your possessions and give to <i>the</i> poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come-here. Follow me.</J>


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But <i>after</i> the young-man heard the word, he went away <i>and</i> was sorrowing; for* he had many properties.


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<pb/>Now Jesus said to his disciples, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, A rich man will hardly enter into the kingdom of the heavens.</J>


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<J>But again I am saying to you°, It is easier <i>for</i> a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than <i>for</i> a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.</J>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> his disciples heard it, they were being extremely astounded, saying, Who then is able to be saved?


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<pb/>But Jesus, looked at <i>them</i> and said to them, <J>This is impossible with men, but all things <i>are</i> possible with God.</J>


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<pb/>Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we left all and followed you; what then will be <i>left</i> for us?


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<pb/>But Jesus said to them, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, that you° who <i>have</i> followed me, whenever the Son of Man sits upon <i>the</i> throne of his glory in the regeneration*, you° will also sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</J>


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<J>And everyone who <i>has</i> left houses or brethren or sisters, or <i>their</i> father or mother or wife, or children or fields, because of my name, will be receiving a hundred-times <i>that</i>, and will be inheriting everlasting life.</J>


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<pb/><J>For* the kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man <i>who is</i> a householder, who went out at the same time <i>every</i> morning to hire workers into his vineyard.</J>


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<J>And having agreed together with the workers at a denarius a day</J> <n>{a standard day’s pay}</n> <J>, he sent them into his vineyard.</J>


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<J>And he went out around <i>the</i> third hour</J> <n>{i.e. 9:00 AM}</n> <J>and saw others standing idle in the marketplace;</J>


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<J>and he said to those <i>men</i>, You° also, go° into the vineyard and I will be giving you° whatever is just. And they went.</J>


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<J>Again, they went out around the sixth</J> <n>{i.e. Noon}</n> <J>and the ninth hour;</J> <n>{i.e. 3:00 PM}</n> <J>and he did likewise*.</J>


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<J>Now around the eleventh hour,</J> <n>{i.e. 5:00 PM}</n> <J>he went out and found others standing idle, and he says to them, Why are you° standing here idle the whole day?</J>


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<pb/><J>They say to him, Because no one hired us.</J> <pb/><J><i>So</i> he says to them, You° also, go° into the vineyard and you° will be receiving whatever is just.</J>


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<J>Now <i>after</i> it became evening, the lord of the vineyard says to his commissioner, Call the workers and give to them their wages, begin from the last to the first.</J>


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<J>And <i>after</i> those <i>hired</i> around the eleventh hour</J> <n>{i.e. 5:00 PM}</n> <J>came, they <i>each</i> received a denarius apiece.</J>


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<J>Now <i>after</i> the first came, they supposed that they will be receiving more, but they themselves also received a denarius apiece.</J> <pb/>


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<J>saying, These last ones did <i>only</i> one hour <i>of work</i>, and you made* them equal to us, who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But he answered and said to one of them, Comrade, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree together with me for a denarius?</J>


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<J>Take up the thing <i>which is</i> yours and go away. It is my will to give to this last <i>one</i>, as <i>I</i> also <i>did</i> to you.</J>


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<J>Or is it not legal for me to do what I will in the things which <i>are</i> mine? <i>Or</i> should your eye be evil, because I am good?</J>


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<J>So the last will be first, and the first last; for* many are invited but few are chosen.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:32-45 & Mat 20:17-28 & Luk 18:31-34; Peraea or Judea, near Jordan.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> going-up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples privately by the road and he said to them,


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<J>Behold, we go-up into Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be given up to the high-priests and scribes, and they will be condemning him to death,</J>


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<J>and they will be giving him to the Gentiles, *that* they should mock and scourge and crucify <i>him</i>, and he will rise* again in the third day.</J> <pb/>


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Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, came to him, worshiping <i>him</i>, and asking something from him.


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But he said to her, <J>What do you wish?</J> <pb/>She says to him, Say that* these, my two sons, may sit, one at your right <i>hand</i> and one at your left <i>hand</i> in your kingdom<J>.</J> <pb/>


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But Jesus answered and said, <J>You° do not know what you° ask. Are you° able to drink the cup which I am about to drink, or to be immersed* <i>with</i> the immersion* <i>to</i> which I am <i>about to be</i> immersed*?</J> <pb/>They say to him, We are able<J>.</J> <pb/>


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And he says to them, <J>Indeed, you° will be drinking my cup and you° will be immersed* <i>with</i> the immersion* <i>to</i> which I am immersed*, but to sit at my right and at my left, is not mine to give, but <i>it is for them</i> for whom it has been prepared by my Father.</J>


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<pb/>But Jesus called them and said, <J>You° know that the rulers of the Gentiles are lording it over them, and their great ones wield authority over them.</J>


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<J>But it will not be so among you°, but whoever will be wishing to become great among you°, he will be your° servant;</J>


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<J>just-like the Son of Man did not come to be served to, but to serve and to give his life <i>as</i> a redemption in exchange-for many.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:46-52 & Mat 20:29-34 & Luk 18:35-43; Jericho.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And behold, two blind men sitting beside the road, having heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, saying, Lord, son of David, show-mercy to us!


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But the crowd rebuked them, in order that they should be silent, but they were crying out the greatest, saying, Lord, son of David, show-mercy <i>to</i> us!


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<pb/>And Jesus stood and summoned them, and said, <J>What do you° will that I might do for you°?</J>


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<pb/><n>{The week of Jesus’ crucifixion. Mar 11:1-11 & Mat 21:1-12, 14-17 & Luk 19:29-44 & Joh 12:12-19 Bethany to Jerusalem and back Sun., April 2, 30 AD.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, toward the Mountain of Olives, Jesus then sent two disciples,


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saying to them, <J>Travel° into the village which is in front of you°, and immediately you° will be finding a donkey that has been tied and a young-donkey</J> <n>{i.e. a foal}</n> <J>with her. <i>After</i> having loosed <i>them</i>, lead° <i>them</i> to me.</J>


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<J>And if anyone says anything to you°, You° will say, The Lord has need of them, and immediately he will be sending them.</J>


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Now this whole thing has happened, in order that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,


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‘Say° to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, meek and has <i>been</i> mounted upon a donkey and a young-donkey, the son of a donkey.’ <n>{Isa 62:11 & Zec 9:9}</n>


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But most of the crowd spread their garments in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.


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<pb/>Now the crowds who precede him and who are following <i>him</i>, were crying, saying, ‘Hosanna to the son of David! He who is coming in the name of the Lord has been blessed!’ Hosanna in the highest!’ <n>{Psa 118:25-26}</n>


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<pb/>But the crowds were saying, This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 11:12-18 & Mat 21:18, 19, 12, 13 & Luk 19:45-48 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Mon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all those who are selling and buying in the temple, and turned over the tables of the brokers and the chairs of those selling the doves;


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and he says to them, <J>It has been written, My house will be called a house of prayer, but you° made* it a den of robbers.</J> <n>{Isa 56:7 & Jer 7:11}</n>


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But <i>after</i> the high-priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things which he did, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David! <pb/>They were indignant,


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and said to him, Do you hear what they are saying? <pb/>But Jesus says to them, <J>Yes. Did you° never read, ‘You completed for yourself praise out of the mouth of infants and nursing <i>babies</i>.’</J> <n>{Psa 8:2}</n>


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And having seen one fig tree upon the road, he came upon it and found nothing in it, except foliage only, and he says to it, <J>Let it happen <i>that there is</i> no fruit from you <i>any</i> longer, forever.</J> And instantly the fig tree dried up. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 11:19-26 & Mat 21:20-22 & Luk 21:37-38 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How did the fig tree instantly dry up?


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<pb/>Now Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, If you° have faith and do not doubt, you° will not only be doing the <i>miracle</i> of the fig tree, but even if you° say to this mountain, Be lifted up and cast <i>yourself</i> into the sea, it will happen.</J>


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<J>And all things, as many things as you° may ask in prayer, <i>and</i> believing, you° will be receiving.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 11:27-33 & Mat 21:23-27 & Luk 20:1-8 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he came by himself into the temple, the high-priests and the elders of the people came to him <i>as he was</i> teaching, saying, By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?


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<pb/>But Jesus answered and said to them, <J>I will also ask you° one question, which if you° tell me, then I will also tell you° by what authority I am doing these things.</J>


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<J>The immersion* of John, where was it from, from heaven or from men?</J> <pb/>Now they were reasoning with themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Therefore why did you° not believe him?


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And they answered Jesus and said, We do not know. <pb/>He also said to them, <J>Nor do I tell you° by what authority I am doing these things.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 21:28-32; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>But what do you° think? A man had two children, and he came near to the first and said, Child, go work today in my vineyard.</J>


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<pb/><J>And he came to the second and said likewise*. But he answered and said, I <i>will go</i> lord, and did not go.</J>


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<J>Who out of the two did the will of his father?</J> <pb/>They say, The first. <pb/>Jesus says to them, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, that the tax collectors and the prostitutes <i>will</i> precede you° into the kingdom of God.</J>


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<J>For* John came to you° in the way of righteousness, and you° did not believe in him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed in him, and <i>then</i> having seen <i>it</i>, you° did not even regret <i>it</i> later, that you° might believe in him.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:1-12 & Mat 21:33-46 & Luk 20:9-19.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>Hear° another parable: there was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard and placed a fence around it, and shoveled a winepress in it, and built a tower and rented it out to farmers, and went-abroad.</J>


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<J>Now when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his bondservants to the farmers, to receive his fruits.</J>


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<J>But the farmers, <i>after</i> they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir. Come-here°. We should kill him, and we might hold-onto his inheritance.</J>


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<pb/>They say to him, He will evilly destroy those evil men, and will be renting the vineyard to other farmers, who will be giving to him the fruits at their seasons.


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<pb/>Jesus says to them, <J>Did you° never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected*, this became the head of the corner; this came* from the Lord and it is marvelous in our eyes?</J> <n>{Psa 118:22-23}</n>


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<J>Because of this, I am saying to you°, The kingdom of God will be taken away from you°, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.</J>


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<J>And he who has fallen upon this stone, will be shattered, but upon whomever it falls, it will be smashing him.</J>


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And <i>after</i> the high-priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he is speaking concerning them.


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And seeking to take-hold of him, <i>but</i> they feared the crowds, since they were holding him <i>up</i> like a prophet.


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<pb/><n>{Mat 22:1-14; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And Jesus answered and spoke again to them in parables, saying:


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<J>The kingdom of the heavens is similar to a man: a king who made* a marriage-feast for his son,</J>


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<J>and sent forth his bondservants to call to those who have been invited to the marriage-feast, and they were not willing to come.</J>


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<J>Again he sent forth other bondservants, saying, Say° to those who have been invited, Behold, I prepared my meal; my oxen and my fattened calves have been sacrificed, and all things are prepared. Come-here° to the marriage-feast.</J>


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<J>And that king, having heard <i>it</i>, was angry, and <i>after</i> having sent his armies, he destroyed those murderers and scorched their city.</J>


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<pb/><J>Then he says to his bondservants, The wedding is indeed prepared, but those who have been invited were not worthy.</J>


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<J>Therefore, travel° on the thoroughfares of the roads, and as many as you° may find, invite° to the marriage-feast.</J>


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<J>And those bondservants, having gone out into the roads, gathered together all things, as many <i>people</i> as they found, both evil and good and the wedding was filled <i>with people</i> reclining <i>at the table</i>.</J>


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<pb/><J>But <i>after</i> the king entered to look at those reclining <i>at the table</i>, he saw a man there who did not clothe himself in wedding attire;</J>


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<J>and he says to him, Comrade, how did you enter here not having <i>on your</i> wedding attire? Now he was dumbfounded.</J>


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<J>Then the king said to the servants, <i>After</i> you <i>have</i> bound him hand and foot, take° him away and cast° <i>him</i> out into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.</J>


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<J>For* many are invited, but few <i>are</i> chosen.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:13-17 & Mat 22:15-22 & Luk 20:20-26 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Then the Pharisees traveled <i>away</i> and took a council <i>on</i> how they might ensnare him in <i>his</i> speech.


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And they send their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth, and do not care concerning anyone<i>’s appearance</i>; for* you do not look at <i>the</i> countenance of men.


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<pb/>But Jesus, having known their wickedness, said, <J>Why are you° testing me, <i>you°</i> hypocrites?</J>


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They say to him, Caesar’s. Then he says to them, <J>Therefore give° to Caesar, the things <i>which are</i> Caesar’s, and to God, the things <i>which are</i> God’s.</J>


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And having heard <i>it</i>, they marveled. And they went away, having left him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:18-27 & Mat 22:23-33 & Luk 20:27-39.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><i>The</i> Sadducees came to him in that day, those who are saying that there is no resurrection, and they asked him,


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saying, Teacher, Moses said, If anyone dies, having no children, his brother will marry his wife and will be raising* up seed to his brother. <n>{Deu 25:5}</n>


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Now seven brethren were with us, and the first having married, <i>but after</i> he died*, his wife had no seed left to his brother;


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Therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven in the resurrection? For* they all had her <i>as a wife</i>.


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<pb/>But Jesus answered and said to them, <J>You° are being misled, <i>by</i> not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.</J>


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<J>For* they neither marry, nor are betrothed in the resurrection, but are like messengers of God in heaven.</J>


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<J>But concerning the resurrection of the dead, did you° not read what was said to you° by God, saying,</J>


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<J>I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?</J> <n>{Exo 3:6}</n> <J>God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.</J>


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And <i>after</i> the crowds heard it, they were being astounded over his teaching. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:28-34 & Mat 22:34-40 & Luk 20:40.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But the Pharisees, having heard that he <i>had</i> hushed the Sadducees, were gathered together on the same <i>ground</i>.


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<pb/>Now Jesus said to him, <J>You will love* the Lord your God in your whole heart and in your whole soul and in your whole mind.</J> <n>{Deu 6:5}</n>


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<J>And <i>the</i> second <i>commandment</i> is similar to it, You will love* your neighbor like yourself.</J> <n>{Lev 19:18}</n>


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<J>In these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:35-37 & Mat 22:41-46 & Luk 20:41-44.}</n><br/><pb/>


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saying, <J>What do you° think concerning the Christ? Whose son is he?</J> <pb/>They say to him, David’s.


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<J>The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right, until I should place your enemies <i>as the</i> footstool of your feet?</J> <n>{Psa 110:1}</n>


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And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day forth to ask him anymore <i>questions</i>.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 12:38-40 & Mat 23:1-39 & Luk 20:45-47 Courts of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,


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<J>Therefore, all things, as many things as they may say for you° to keep, keep° and do°, but do° not do <i>them</i> according to their works; for* they say and are not doing.</J>


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<J>For* they bind burdensome and unbearable loads, and place <i>them</i> upon men’s shoulders, but they are not willing to move them <i>even</i> with their finger.</J>


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<J>And they are practicing all their works in order to be seen by men. And they widen their phylacteries and magnify the hems of their garments,</J>


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<J>But do° not be called rabbi; for* <i>only</i> one is your° leader, the Christ, and you° are all brethren.</J>


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<J>Now do° not call <i>anyone</i> your° father upon the earth; for* <i>only</i> one is your° Father, the <i>one</i> in the heavens;</J>


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<J>But whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself</J> will be <J>exalted.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Footnotes: Mat 23:13 & 23:14 are flipped in various Greek texts.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>Woe to you°, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you° are devouring widows’ houses, and praying long <i>prayers</i> for a pretext, because of this, you° will be receiving even-more condemnation.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But woe to you°, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you° lock the kingdom of the heavens before men; for* you° are not entering in yourselves, nor are you° allowing those who are entering in, to enter <i>either</i>.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Woe to you°, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you° proceed <i>all</i> around <i>the</i> sea and <i>the</i> dry <i>land</i> to make* one Jewish-convert, and whenever he has become <i>one</i>, you° are making* him double <i>the</i> son of hell <i>as you° are</i> yourselves.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Woe to you°, you° blind guides, that say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.</J>


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<J><i>You are</i> foolish and blind; for* what is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold holy?</J>


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<J>And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever swears by the gift which is upon it, he is obligated.</J>


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<J><i>You</i></J>° <J><i>are</i> foolish and blind; for* what is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift holy?</J>


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<J>And he who swears by the heaven, swears by the throne of God, and in the one who is sitting upon it.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Woe to you°, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you° tithe the mint and the dill and the cumin, and <i>yet</i> you° left <i>behind</i> the weighty things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. It was essential <i>for you°</i> to practice these, and not to leave <i>behind</i> those <i>other things</i>.</J>


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<J>Woe to you°, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you° cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate, but they are full from ravening and unrighteousness inside.</J>


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<J>Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the cup from within and the plate, in order that the outside of them might also become clean.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Woe to you°, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you° are similar to whitewashed burial chambers, which <i>on the</i> outside indeed appear beautiful, but inside are full of dead men’s bones, and <i>full</i> of all uncleanness.</J>


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<J>So <i>on the</i> outside you° indeed appear also righteous to men, but inside, you° are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Woe to you°, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you° build the burial chambers of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the righteous,</J>


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<J>and say, If we were in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets.</J>


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<J>So-then you° are testifying to yourselves, that you° are sons of those who murdered the prophets.</J>


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<J>Because of this, behold, I am sending to you° prophets and wise men and scribes, and you° will be killing and will be crucifying <i>some</i> out of them, and you° will be scourging in your° synagogues and will be persecuting from city to city <i>some</i> out of them,</J>


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<J><i>so</i> *that upon you° may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous</J> <n>{Gen 4:8}</n> <J>to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you° murdered between the temple and the altar.</J> <n>{Zec 1:7 (?)}</n>


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<pb/><J>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How-often I willed to gather together your children in the manner a bird gathers together her brood under her own wings, and you° did not will <i>it</i>!</J>


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<J>for* I say to you°, You° should never see me from now <i>on</i>, until you° should say, He who is coming in the name of the Lord has been blessed.</J> <n>{Psa 118:26}</n>


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<pb/><n>{It is best to always read Luke 21 first. See also: Luk 19:41-44 & Luk 23:28-31. Mat 24:1-26, 28 & Mar 13:1-23 & Luk 21:5-24 Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And Jesus went out, <i>and</i> was traveling away from the temple, and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.


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But Jesus said to them, <J>Do you° not see all these things? Assuredly I am saying to you°, One stone may not be left here upon <i>another</i> stone, which will not be torn-down.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> seating himself upon the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your presence and of the end of the world?


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<J>But you° are about to hear of wars and reports of wars; behold°, do° not be alarmed; for* it is essential <i>for</i> all <i>these</i> things to happen, but the end is not yet.</J>


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<J>For* nation will arise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in <i>different</i> places.</J>


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<J>Then they will be giving you° up to affliction and will be killing you°, and you° will be hated by all the nations because of my name.</J>


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<J>And then many will be offended, and will be giving up one another and will be hating one another.</J>


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<J>And this good-news of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited-earth, *for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will be coming.</J>


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<pb/><J>Therefore, whenever you° behold the abomination of desolation, which was spoken <i>of</i> through Daniel the prophet, stopping in <i>the</i> holy place,</J> (let the one who is reading perceive), <n>{Da 9:27 & 11:31 & 12:11 the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, see Luke 21.}</n>


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<J>But woe to those who are holding <i>a child</i> in <i>their</i> womb</J> <n>{i.e. pregnant}</n> <J>and to those who are nursing in those days!</J>


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<J>For* then will be great affliction, such-as has not happened from <i>the</i> beginning of the world until now, nor should never happen <i>again</i>.</J>


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<J>And except those days were shortened, not any flesh would have been saved, but because of the chosen, those days will be shortened.</J>


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<J>Then if anyone says to you°, Behold, here is the Christ; or, <i>over</i> here <i>is the Christ</i>. Do° not believe <i>it</i>.</J>


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<J>For* false Christs and false prophets will arise and will be giving great signs and wonders; so-then to mislead, if possible, even the chosen.</J>


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<J>Therefore if they say to you°, Behold, he is in the wilderness; do° not go. Behold, he is in the storerooms; do° not believe <i>it</i>.</J>


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<pb/><J>For* just-like the lightning comes from the east and appears even to the west; so also will be the presence of the Son of Man.</J> <pb/>


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<J>For* wherever the corpse is, the vultures will be gathered together there.</J> <pb/><n>{Mat 24:27, 24:29-31 & Mar 13:24-37 & Luk 21:25-28 & Acts 1:11 & 1Th 4:13-17 & 2Th 1:7-9 & 1Co 15:51-15:58 & Rev 1:7 Second Coming.}</n> <pb/>


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<J>But immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not be giving her radiance, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;</J>


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<J>and then the sign of the Son of Man will be appearing in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will be grieving, and they will be seeing the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and <i>with</i> much glory.</J>


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<J>And he will be sending forth his messengers with a loud voice of a trumpet, and they will be gathering together his chosen from the four winds, from <i>the</i> tip of <i>the</i> heavens to <i>the</i> tip of them.</J> <pb/><n>{Mat 24:32-35 & Mar 13:28-31 & Luk 21:29-33 Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.}</n> <pb/>


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<J>Now learn° from the fig tree its parable: whenever her branch already becomes tender and <i>whenever</i> its foliage springs forth, you° know that the summer is near;</J>


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<J>so also you°, whenever you° behold all these things, know° that it is near, <i>even</i> at the doors.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, This generation should never pass away, until all these things should happen.</J>


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<J>The heaven and the earth will be passing away, but my words should never pass away.</J> <pb/><n>{Mat 24:36-44 & Mar 13:32-37 & Luk 21:34-36 Second Coming.}</n>


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<pb/><J>But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, neither the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only.</J>


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<J>For* just-as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and being betrothed, till the day that Noah entered into the ark,</J>


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<J>and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away; so the presence of the Son of Man will also be.</J>


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<J>Two <i>women</i> will be grinding in the mill-house; <i>the</i> one is taken and <i>the</i> one is left.</J>


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<J>But know° this, that if the householder knew in what watch the thief is coming, he would have watched and would have not permitted his house <i>roof</i> to be burrowed through.</J>


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<J>Because of this, you° also, become° prepared, because the Son of Man is coming in an hour you° do not think.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 24:45-51 & Luk 21:37.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 25:1-46 Mountain of Olives, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>Who then is the faithful and prudent bondservant, whom his lord designated over his bondservants, to give them their nourishment in season?</J>


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<J>That fortunate bondservant, whom, <i>when</i> his lord had come, will find <i>him</i> doing so.</J>


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<J>the lord of that bondservant will be coming in a day in which he is not expecting <i>him</i>, and in an hour which he does not know,</J>


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<J>and will flog him, and will place his part with the hypocrites– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.</J>


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<pb/><J>Then the kingdom of the heavens will be similar to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to <i>the</i> encounter of the bridegroom.</J>


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<J>But in <i>the</i> middle of <i>the</i> night, there has become an outcry, Behold, the bridegroom is coming! Go° forth to <i>the</i> encounter of him.</J>


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<J>Now the foolish said to the prudent, Give° us <i>some oil</i> from your° oil, because our lamps are quenched.</J>


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<J>But the prudent answered, saying, <i>No</i>, lest it might not be enough for us and you° <i>too</i>, but rather, travel° to those who sell and buy° for yourselves.</J>


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<J>But <i>while</i> going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared entered with him to the marriage-feast, and the door was locked.</J>


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<J>Therefore watch°, because you° do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.</J> <pb/>


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<J>For* <i>it is</i> just-like a man, going-abroad, who called his own bondservants and gave to them his possessions.</J>


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<J>And he gave to one five <i>silver</i> talants</J> <n>{84,000 dollars US}</n> <J>, but two to another, and one to another; to each according to his own ability, and immediately went-abroad.</J>


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<J>Now he who received the five talants traveled <i>away</i>, and took <i>them and</i> worked with* them, and made* another five talants.</J>


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<J>But he who received the one, having gone away, shoveled in the soil and hid his lord’s silver.</J>


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<J>Now after a long time, the lord of those bondservants comes <i>back</i>, and settles <i>the</i> account with them.</J>


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<J>And he who received the five talants came near and brought the other five talants, saying, Lord, You gave to me five talants. Behold, I gained another five talants over them.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful bondservant. You were faithful over a few things, I will be designating you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Now he who also received the two talants came near and said, Lord, You gave to me two talants. Behold, I gained another two talants over them.</J> <pb/>


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<J>His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful bondservant. You were faithful over a few things, I will be designating you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Now he who also had received the one talant came near and said, Lord, I knew you, that you are a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter;</J>


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<J>and I was afraid and went away and hid your talant in the soil. Behold, you have your own.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But his lord answered and said to him, You evil and lazy bondservant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter?</J>


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<J>Therefore, it was essential <i>for</i> you to put my silver with the bankers, and <i>when</i> I came <i>back</i>, I might get back my own together with interest.</J>


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<J>For* to everyone who has, will be given <i>more</i>, and he will abound, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.</J>


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<J>And cast° out the useless bondservant into the outer darkness– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.</J>


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<pb/><J>But whenever the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the holy messengers with him. Then he will be sitting upon <i>the</i> throne of his glory;</J>


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<J>and all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will be separating* them one from another, like the shepherd separates* the sheep from the young-goats;</J>


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<J>Then the King will be saying to those at his right, Come-here°, those who have been blessed from my Father, inherit° the kingdom which has been prepared for you° from the conception of the world:</J>


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<J>for* I was hungry and you° gave me <i>food</i> to eat; I was thirsty and you° made me a drink; I was a stranger and you° brought* me <i>in</i>;</J>


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<J><i>I was</i> naked and you° dressed me; I was sick and you° visited me; I was in prison and you° came to me.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry and nourish you? Or thirsty and gave you a drink?</J>


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<J>And <i>when</i> the King answers, he will say to them, Assuredly I am saying to you°, Inasmuch as you° did <i>it</i> to one of these, my brethren, <i>even</i> the least, you° did <i>it</i> to me.</J>


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<J>Then he will also say to them at the left, Travel° away from me, you° those who have been cursed into the everlasting fire which has been prepared for the devil and his messengers:</J>


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<J>for* I was hungry and you° did not give me <i>anything</i> to eat; I was thirsty and you° made me nothing to drink;</J>


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<J>I was a stranger and you° did not bring* me in; naked and you° did not dress me; sick and in prison and you° did not visit me.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Then they will also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, or <i>as</i> a stranger or naked, or sick or in prison, and did not serve you?</J>


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<pb/><J>Then he will answer them, saying, Assuredly I am saying to you°, Inasmuch as you° did <i>it</i> not to one of these, the least, neither did you° <i>do it</i> to me.</J>


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<J>And these will be going away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 14:1-2 & Mat 26:1-5 & Luk 22:1-2 mountain Olives, Bethany, Jerusalem, Tues Evening, Wed. for the Jews.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And it happened, when Jesus <i>had</i> completed all these words, he said to his disciples,


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<J>You° know that after two days the Passover happens and the Son of Man is given up, *that* he might be crucified.</J>


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<pb/>Then the high-priests and the scribes and the elders of the people were gathered together to the courtyard of the high-priest, who was called* Caiaphas;


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and they planned together in order that they might take-hold of Jesus with treachery, and might kill him.


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But they were saying, Not at the feast, in order that an uproar among the people might not happen. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:3-9 & Mat 26:6-13.}</n><br/><pb/>


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a woman came to him, having an alabaster flask of precious perfume, and she poured it upon his head <i>when he was</i> reclining <i>at the table</i>.


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But <i>after</i> his disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, To what <i>purpose</i> is this waste?


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<pb/>But Jesus having known, said to them, <J>Why are you° harassing the woman? For* she <i>has</i> worked a good work *for me.</J>


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<J>For* <i>in that</i> having put this perfume upon my body, she did <i>it</i> in order to bury me.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, Wherever this good-news is preached in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken of *for a memorial of her.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:10-11 & Mat 26:14-16 & Luk 22:3-6 & Joh 12:2-8.}</n><br/><pb/>


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and said, What are you° willing to give me and I will be giving him to you°? Now they weighed <i>out</i> thirty <i>pieces of</i> silver for him.


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And he was seeking an opportunity from then <i>onward</i> in order that he might give him <i>to them</i>. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:12-17 & Mat 26:17-20 & Luk 22:7-18, 22:24-30 Bethany to Jerusalem Thur. Evening.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now on the first <i>day</i> of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where do you wish that we will prepare the Passover for you to eat?


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<pb/>Now he said, <J>Go° into the city to a certain-person, and say° to him, The Teacher says, My time <i>is</i> near. I will make* the Passover with you <i>at your house</i> with my disciples.</J>


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<J>And the disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and they prepared the Passover.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:18-21, 14:27-31 & Mat 26:21-25, 26:31-35 & Luk 22:21-23, 22:31-38 & Joh 13:21-38.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> eating with them, he said, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, that one out of you will be giving me up.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>But he answered and said, <J>He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, this one will be giving me up <i>to the Jews</i>.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man indeed is going, just-as it has been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is given up! It was</J> <n>{i.e. would be}</n> <J>good for him if that man had not been born.</J> <n>{Psa 22:1-31?}</n> <pb/>


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Now Judas, (who is giving him up <i>to the Jews</i>), answered and said, It is not me, is it rabbi? <pb/>He says to him, <J>You have said <i>so</i>.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:22-25 & Mat 26:26-29 & Luk 22:19-20, 1Co 11:23-26.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> eating, Jesus, took the bread, gave-thanks, <i>and</i> broke <i>it</i>, and was giving <i>it</i> to the disciples and said, <J>Take°, eat°; this is my body.</J>


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And having taken the cup and given-thanks, he gave <i>it</i> to them, saying, <J>Drink° from it, all <i>of you°</i>;</J>


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<J>for* this is my blood of the new covenant*, which is poured out on behalf of many into <i>the</i> forgiveness of sins.</J>


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<J>But I am saying to you°, I should never drink from this fruit of the vine from now <i>on</i>, until that day whenever I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:26, 14:32-42 & Mat 26:30, 26:36-46 & Luk 22:39-46 & Joh 18:1 Garden between Stream of Kidron and Mountain of Olives, Late Thur. night.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mountain of Olives. <pb/><br/><n>{See Mat 26:31-35 above.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Then Jesus says to them, <J>All <i>of</i> you° will be offended at me this night; for* it has been written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.</J> <n>{Zec 13:7}</n>


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<pb/>But Peter answered and said to him, If all will be offended at you; but I will never be offended.


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<pb/>Jesus said to him, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you that in this night, before the rooster crows, you will be denying me three-times.</J>


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<pb/>Peter says to him, Even if it is essential <i>for</i> me to die together with you, I should never deny you. And all the disciples said likewise. <pb/><br/><n>{See Mat 26:30 above.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Then Jesus comes to a parcel of ground with them, called* Gethsemane, and says to his disciples, <J>Sit° <i>over</i> there, until which <i>time</i> I have gone and might pray there*.</J>


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And he took with <i>him</i> Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and disheartened.


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Then Jesus says to them, <J>My soul is very sorrowful until death. Remain° here and watch° with me.</J>


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<pb/>And having gone a little <i>further</i>, he fell upon his face and prayed, saying, <J>My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; however, not as I will, but as you <i>will</i>.</J>


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<pb/>And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping and says to Peter, <J>So, were you° not strong-enough to watch with me one hour?</J>


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<J>Watch° and pray°, in order that you° may not enter into temptation. The spirit <i>is</i> indeed eager, but the flesh <i>is</i> weak.</J>


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<pb/>Having gone away again a second-time, he prayed, saying, <J>My Father, if this cup is not able to pass from me, if I do not drink it– let your will happen.</J>


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And having left them again, he went away and prayed a third-time, <i>and</i> said <i>again</i> the same words.


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<pb/>Then he comes to his disciples and says to them, <J>Furthermore, are you° sleeping and resting yourselves? Behold, the hour has drawn near, and the Son of Man is given up into the hands of sinners.</J>


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<J>Arise°, we should be proceeding. Behold, he who is giving me up <i>to the Jews</i> has drawn near.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:43-52 & Mat 26:47-56 & Luk 22:47-53 & Joh 18:2-11 Gethsemane, Fri. a few hours before dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And <i>while</i> still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came and with him, a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the high-priest and elders of the people.


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Now he who is giving him up, gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I kiss; he is <i>the one</i>; take-hold° of him.


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<pb/>But Jesus said to him, <J>Comrade, to what <i>purpose</i> are you here?</J> Then they came near and put hands upon Jesus and took-hold of him.


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And behold, one of those who was with Jesus stretched out his hand and pulled his sword, and struck the bondservant of the high-priest, and took off his ear.


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<pb/>Then Jesus says to him, <J>Return your sword into its place; for* all those who <i>have</i> taken <i>up the</i> sword will be dying with* the sword.</J>


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<J>Or do you think that I am not able now to plead with my Father and he will <i>not</i> stand beside me <i>with</i> more than twelve legions of messengers?</J>


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<J>Therefore how might the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it is essential to happen <i>as</i> thus?</J>


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<pb/>Jesus said to the crowds in that hour, <J><i>Why</i> did you° come out with swords and clubs to take me, like against a robber? I was sitting daily with you° in the temple, teaching, and you° did not take-hold of me.</J>


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<J>But this whole thing has happened, in order that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.</J> Then all the disciples left him and fled. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:53 & Mat 26:57 & Luk 22:54a & Joh 18:24 Palace of Caiaphas, before dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now those who took-hold of Jesus led him away to <i>the house of</i> Caiaphas the high-priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:54 & Mat 26:58 & Luk 22:54b-62 & Joh 18:15-18 Courtyard of High Priest’s residence, Fri. around dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But Peter was following him from afar to the courtyard of the high-priest, and entered inside, and was sitting with the attendants, to see the end. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:55-65 & Mat 26:59-68 & Luk 22:63-65.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now the high-priests and the elders and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus, how they might slay him;


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and they did not find <i>any</i>, even <i>though</i> many false witnesses came. <i>Still</i>, they did not find <i>any</i>.


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But later, two false witnesses came near and were saying, This one said, I am able to tear-down the temple of God and to build it <i>again</i> in three days.


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<pb/>And the high-priest, having stood up, said to him, Are you answering nothing? What are these <i>witnesses</i> testifying against you?


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But Jesus was silent. And the high-priest answered and said to him, I implore you by the living God, in order that you should tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God?


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<pb/>Jesus said to him, <J>You have said <i>so</i>. However I am saying to you°, From now <i>on</i>, you° will see the Son of Man sitting at the right <i>hand</i> of power, and coming upon the clouds of heaven.</J>


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<pb/>Then the high-priest ripped his garments, saying, He blasphemed. Why do we still have need of witnesses? Behold, now you° <i>have</i> heard his blasphemy.


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saying, Prophesy to us, you Christ. Who is he who struck you? <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:66-72 & Mat 26:69-75 & Luk 22:55-62 & Joh 18:25-27.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one maidservant came to him, saying, You were also with Jesus the Galilean.


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<pb/>Now having gone out into the gate <i>area</i>, another <i>one</i> saw him, and says to them there, This one was also with Jesus the Nazarene.


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<pb/>Now after a little <i>while</i>, those who are standing <i>by</i>, came near and said to Peter, You truly also are <i>one</i> out of them; for* even your speech makes* it evident.


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<pb/>Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. Now immediately, the rooster crowed.


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And Peter was reminded of the declaration which Jesus had said to him, <J>Before the rooster crows, you will be denying me three-times.</J> And having gone outside, he wept bitterly.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 15:1 & Mat 27:1-2 Luk 22:66-23:1 Joh 18:28a Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now <i>after</i> it became morning, all the high-priests and the elders of the people took a council against Jesus so-that they might slay him;


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and they bound him and led him away and gave him up to Pontius Pilate the governor. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 27:3-10 & Acts 1:18-19 Fri. morning and toward the future.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Then Judas, (the one giving him up), <i>after</i> he saw that he was condemned, regretted and returned the thirty <i>pieces of</i> silver to the high-priests and the elders,


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saying, I sinned, having given up innocent blood. <pb/>But they said, What <i>is that</i> to us? You will see <i>to it</i>.


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And having tossed the <i>pieces of</i> silver in the temple, he departed. And having gone away, he hung himself.


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<pb/>Now the high-priests took the <i>pieces of</i> silver and said, It is not legal to put them into the depository, since it is the price of blood.


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Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, ‘And they took the thirty <i>pieces of</i> silver, the price of the one who had been priced, whom <i>some</i> of the sons from Israel priced for themselves;


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and they gave them *for the potter’s field, just-as the Lord commanded me.’ <n>{Jer 32:6-9}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:2-5 & Mat 27:11-14 & Luk 23:2-5 & Joh 18:28b-38 Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? <pb/>Now Jesus said to him, <J>You speak <i>it correctly</i>.</J>


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And he did not answer him, not even with one word; so-that the governor marveled exceedingly. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:6-19 & Mat 27:15-30 & Joh 18:39-19:16 Fri., April 7, 30AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now the governor had been accustomed at <i>the</i> feast to release one prisoner to the crowd, whom they willed.


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Therefore, having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do you° wish that I may release to you°? Barabbas or Jesus who is called* Christ?


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> sitting upon the judicial-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, <i>Have</i> nothing <i>between</i> you and that righteous <i>man</i>; for* I suffered many things today in a dream because of him.


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<pb/>Now the high-priests and the elders persuaded the crowds in order that they should ask for Barabbas and should destroy Jesus.


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But the governor answered and said to them, Whom do you° will that I may release to you° from the two? <pb/>But they said, Barabbas!


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<pb/>Pilate says to them, Therefore what should I do <i>to</i> Jesus who is called* Christ? <pb/>They all say to him, Let him be crucified!


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<pb/>But the governor said, For* what evil did he do? <pb/>But they were crying out even-more, saying, Let him be crucified!


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<pb/>Pilate saw he profited nothing, but rather that an uproar is happening, took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, I am innocent from the blood of this righteous man; you° will see <i>to it</i>.


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<pb/>Then he released to them Barabbas, but having scourged Jesus, he gave <i>him</i> up in order that he should be crucified.


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<pb/>Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the palace and gathered together the whole cohort <n>{600 soldiers}</n> upon him.


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And having braided a crown from thorns, they placed it upon his head and a reed upon his right <i>hand</i>, and they knelt <i>down</i> before him and were mocking him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!


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And having spit at him, they took the reed and were beating <i>it</i> into his head. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:20-23 & Mat 27:31-34 & Luk 23:26-33 & Joh 19:17 Road to the Cross, Fri. morning.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And when they <i>had</i> mocked him, they stripped the cloak <i>off</i> him and clothed <i>him</i> with his own garments and led him away, *that* they should crucify him.


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> going out, they found a man from Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this one to go <i>with them</i>, in order that he might lift up his cross.


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they gave him vinegar to drink, having been mixed with gall. And having tasted <i>it</i>, he was not willing to drink <i>it</i>. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:24-32 & Mat 27:35-44 & Luk 23:33-43 & Joh 19:18-27 9:00 until Noon, Fri.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now having crucified him, ‘they divided his garments among them, casting a lot'; <n>{T}</n> <i>in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, ‘They divided my garments among them and they cast a lot for my garment.’</i> <n>{Psa 22.18}</n>


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And they placed above his head an accusation that had been written, This Jesus is the King of the Jews.


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and saying, He who tears-down the temple and builds it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come-down from the cross.


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<pb/>Now likewise, also the high-priests with the scribes and elders and Pharisees, mocking <i>him, and</i> were saying,


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He saved others<i>, yet</i> he is not able to save himself. If he is <i>the</i> King of Israel; let him come-down now from the cross and we will believe in him.


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He has confidence upon God. Let him rescue him now, if he is willing <i>to save</i> him; for* he said, I am the Son of God.


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Now the robbers who were also crucified together with him were reproaching him <i>with</i> the same thing. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:34 & Mat 27:45 & Luk 23:44 around Noon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now there became darkness upon all the earth from the sixth hour until the ninth hour <n>{i.e. Noon until 3:00 PM; Amos 8:8–9?}</n> . <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:34-41 & Mat 27:46-56 & Luk 23:45-49 & Joh 19:28-30 around 5:00 PM.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now around the ninth hour <n>{i.e. 3:00 PM}</n> Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, <J>Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?</J> That is, ‘My God, my God, why did you forsake me?’ <n>{Psa 22:1}</n>


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<pb/>But some of them standing there, <i>after</i> they heard it, were saying, This one is summoning Elijah.


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And immediately one out of them ran, took a sponge and filled it from <i>the</i> vinegar <i>vessel</i> and placed it around a reed and was giving <i>it to</i> him to drink.


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And behold, the curtain of the temple was split-apart into two <i>pieces,</i> from the top to the bottom, and the earth shook, and the rocks were split-apart;


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<pb/>And having gone forth out of the tombs after his awakening, they entered into the holy city and were manifested to many.


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<pb/>Now the centurion and those guarding Jesus with him, having seen the earthquake and the things which happened, were extremely afraid, saying, This one truly was the Son of God.


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Now many women were there viewing from afar, who <i>had</i> followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him:


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among whom was Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:42-47 & Mat 27:57-66 & Luk 23:50-56 & Joh 19:31-42 Before The Sabbath.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> it became evening, a rich man came from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also made <i>himself</i> a disciple to Jesus.


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This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up.


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and placed it in his own new tomb, which he <i>had</i> hewed out in the rock and he rolled a great stone in the door<i>way</i> of the tomb and went away.


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<pb/>Now on the next-day, which is <i>the day</i> after the Preparation, the high-priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,


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saying, Lord, we remember <i>what</i> that misleader said, <i>while</i> still living, I <i>will</i> arise after three days.


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Therefore, command that the burial chamber be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, might steal him away and might say to the people, He was raised from the dead and the last deceit will be worse <i>than</i> the first.


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<pb/>Now Pilate said to them, You° have a sentry. Go°, make° <i>it as</i> secure as you° know <i>how</i>.


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So they traveled and secured the burial chamber, having sealed the stone, <i>and</i> with the sentry.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 16:1-8 & Mat 28:1-8 & Luk 24:1-8, 12 & Joh 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sun.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now after the Sabbath, <i>as it was</i> dawning toward the first <i>daylight</i> of the week, Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary came to view the burial chamber.


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And behold, there became a great earthquake; for* a messenger of the Lord descended out of heaven, who came near and rolled away the stone from the door and was sitting upon it.


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and those who are guarding <i>the door</i>, shook from <i>the</i> fear of him and became like dead men.


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<pb/>Now the messenger answered and said to the women, Do° not be afraid; for* I know that you° are seeking Jesus, who has been crucified.


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He is not here; for* he was raised, just-as he said. Come-here°, behold° the place where the Lord was laying.


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And <i>while</i> you° <i>have</i> traveled quickly, say to his disciples, He was raised from the dead, and behold, he is preceding you° into Galilee; you° will be seeing him there. Behold, I have said <i>this</i> to you°.


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<pb/>And having gone out quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to report to his disciples. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:9-11 & Mat 28:9-10 & Luk 24:9-11 & Joh 20:11-18.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now as they were traveling to also report <i>it</i> to his disciples, behold, Jesus encountered them, saying, <J>Rejoice°!</J> But they came and took-hold of his feet and worshiped him.


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Then Jesus says to them, <J>Do° not be afraid. Go°; report° to my brethren in order that they might go into Galilee and they will be seeing me there.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 28:11-15 Sun. Morning; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> traveling, behold, some of the sentries came into the city and reported to the high-priests all the things which <i>had</i> happened.


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And having been gathered together with the elders and having taken council, they gave a considerable <i>amount of</i> silver to the soldiers,


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And if this is heard <i>of</i> over the governor, we will be persuading him and will be making* you° carefree.


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So they took the silver and did like they were taught and this speech was broadcasted with the Jews <i>and is continuing</i> till today. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 28:16-17 & 1Co 15:6 Mountain in Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But the eleven disciples traveled into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed to them.


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And having seen him, they worshiped him, but some were skeptical. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:15-18 & Mat 28:18-20 & Luk 24:46-47 Mountain in Galilee; The Great Commission.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus came near to them and spoke to them, saying, <J>All authority was given to me in heaven and upon earth.</J>


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<pb/><J><i>While</i> you° <i>have</i> traveled, make disciples of all the nations, immersing* them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of <i>the</i> Holy Spirit,</J>


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<J>teaching them to observe all things, as many things as I commanded you°, and behold, I am with you° all the days until the end of the world.</J> <pb/>Amen.


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<pb/><n>{Harmony of the New Covenant}</n><br/></pb> <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 1:1-18 Jesus’ Deity.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 1:1-4 Introduction.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 1:1-17 & Luk 3:23-28 Genealogy.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 1:5-25 Jerusalem 6 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 1:26-38 Nazareth 5 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 1:39-80 Hill region of Judea, 5 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 1:18-25 Nazareth 5 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 2:1-20 Bethlehem 5 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 2:21-39a Temple at Jerusalem 4 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 2:1-12 Jerusalem & Bethlehem 4 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 2:13-18 Leaving for Egypt 4 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 2:19-23 & Luk 2:39b Egypt & Nazareth 4 BC.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 2:40-52 Nazareth and Jerusalem 7 or 8 AD.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:1-8 & Mat 3:1-12 & Luk 3:1-18. Judea near Jordan River 25 or 26 AD.}</n><br/><pb/><i>The</i> beginning of the good-news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.


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As it has been written in the prophets, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will be preparing your way.’ <n>{Mal 3:1}</n>


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‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare° the way of the Lord; make*° his paths straight.’ <n>{Isa 40:3}</n>


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John came*, immersing* in the wilderness and preaching the immersion* of repentance into <i>the</i> forgiveness of sins.


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And all the region of Judea and all those from Jerusalem were traveling out to him, and all were being immersed* by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.


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Now John was eating locusts and wild honey, having clothed himself with camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his loin.


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<pb/>And he preached, saying, There is one coming after me, the mightier <i>one than</i> I. I am not sufficient <i>when</i> I stoop <i>down</i> to loose the strap of his shoes.


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I indeed immersed* you° in water, but he will immerse* you° in <i>the</i> Holy Spirit. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:9-11 & Mat 3:13-17 Luk 3:21-22 Jordan east of Jericho, Spring 27 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And it happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed* by John into the Jordan.


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And immediately coming-up from the water, he saw the heavens being split-apart, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.


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And a voice came* out of the heavens, <J>You are my beloved Son, in whom I am delighted.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:12-13 & Mat 4:1-11 & Luk 4:1-13.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And he was there in the wilderness <i>for</i> forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were serving him. <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 1:19-34 Bethany beyond Jordan, Feb. 27 AD.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Joh 1:35-51 Bethany beyond Jordan, Spring 27 AD.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Joh 2:1-11 Cana in Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Joh 2:12 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Joh 2:13-25 Jerusalem April 9, 27 AD.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Joh 3:1-21.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Joh 3:22-36 Judea and Aenon.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:14a & Mat 4:12 & Luk 3:19-20 & Joh 4:1-4 Judea to Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Joh 4:5-43 Jacob’s Well and at Sychar.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 4:14a & Joh 4:44-45 Arrival in Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now after John was given up, <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:14b-15 & Mat 4:17 & Luk 4:14b-15.}</n><br/><pb/>Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good-news of the kingdom of God,


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and saying, <J>The time has been fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent° and believe° in the good-news.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 4:46-54 Cana.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 4:16-31.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 4:13-16 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:16-20 & Mat 4:18-22 & Luk 5:1-11 Sea of Galilee near Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now walking beside the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, <i>who are</i> Simon’s <i>sons</i>, casting a net in the sea; for* they were fishermen.


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And Jesus said to them, <J>Come-here° after me and I will make* you° to become fishermen of men.</J>


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And having advanced a few <i>feet</i> from there, he saw James and John his brother, the <i>son</i>s of Zebedee, and they <i>were</i> in the ship mending the nets.


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And immediately he called them. And they left their father Zebedee with the hired-servants in the ship and went after him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:21-28 & Luk 4:31-37 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they travel into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered into the synagogue and was teaching.


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And they were being astounded at his teaching; for* he was teaching them like <i>one</i> having authority and not like the scribes.


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saying, Ah! What <i>is this thing</i> with us and with you, Jesus <i>the</i> Nazarene? Did you come to destroy us? I know you, <i>I know</i> who you are, the Holy One of God.


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<pb/>And the unclean spirit came out of him, having convulsed him and having cried out with a loud voice.


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And they were all amazed, so-that <i>they began</i> to debate together with themselves, saying, What is this thing? What new teaching <i>is</i> this that he commands even the unclean spirits with authority, and they are obeying* him?


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<pb/>Now the report of him went out immediately, into the whole region around Galilee. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:29-34 & Mat 8:14-17 & Luk 4:38-41 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And immediately, he came out of the synagogue, <i>and</i> they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.


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And he came near <i>and</i> took-hold of her by the hand and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her and she was serving them.


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> it became evening, when the sun set, they were bringing to him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.


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And he healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons, and he was not allowing the demons to speak, because they knew him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:35-39 & Mat 4:23-25 & Luk 4:42-44 Preaching through Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And exceedingly <i>early,</i> having risen* up in the morning, <i>while yet</i> at night, he came out and went away into a desolate place, and he was praying there.


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<pb/>And he says to them, <J>We should be proceeding into the next towns, in order that I might also preach there; for* I have come *for this <i>purpose</i>.</J>


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And he was preaching and casting out demons in their synagogues in the whole <i>of</i> Galilee. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:40-45 & Mat 8:2-4 & Luk 5:12-16.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And a leper comes to him, pleading to him, and kneeling <i>down</i> to him and saying to him, If you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.


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<pb/>Now Jesus, having compassion on <i>him</i>, stretched out his hand, touched him and says to him, <J>I am willing. Be cleansed.</J>


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and says to him, <J>See <i>that</i> you say nothing to anyone, but go; show yourself to the priest, and offer the things which Moses commanded concerning your cleansing *for a testimony to them.</J> <n>{Lev 13:49, 14:2-4}</n>


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But he went out and began to preach <i>it</i> much, and to broadcast the word, so-that he <n>{i.e. Jesus}</n> was no longer able to openly enter into <i>the</i> city, but was outside in desolate places, and they were coming to him from everywhere.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 2:1-12 & Mat 9:2-8 & Luk 5:17-26.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And he again entered into Capernaum after <i>a few</i> days, and it was heard that he was in a house.


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And immediately many were gathered together, so-that <i>it was</i> no longer <i>possible</i> to make room, not even <i>next</i> to the door, and he was speaking the word to them.


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And not being able to draw near to him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where he was. And having shoveled <i>a hole in it</i>, they lowered the pallet upon which the paralytic was laying.


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Now Jesus saw their faith <n>{Or: belief; and throughout the N.T.}</n> and says to the paralytic, <J>Child, your sins have been forgiven to you.</J>


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<pb/>And immediately Jesus, having fully known in his spirit that they reason so in themselves, said to them, <J>Why are you° reasoning these things in your° hearts?</J>


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<J>What is easier to say to the paralytic, Your sins have been forgiven; or to say, Lift yourself up, and take up your pallet and walk?</J>


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<J>But in order that you° may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the earth to forgive sins</J> (he says to the paralytic),


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<pb/>And he immediately arose, and having lifted up the pallet, went out in front of them all; so-that they were all astonished and glorified God, saying, We never saw <i>this happen</i> so. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 2:13-14 & Mat 9:9 & Luk 5:27-28 At or near Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he went forth again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him and he was teaching them.


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And passing by, he saw Levi the <i>son</i> of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office, and he says to him, <J>Follow me.</J> And he stood up and followed him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 2:15-22 & Mat 9:10-17 & Luk 5:29-39 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And it happened, while* he reclined <i>at a meal</i> in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were also reclining together with Jesus and his disciples; for* there were many, and they followed him.


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And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, were saying to his disciples, Why <i>is it</i> that he is eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> Jesus heard it, he says to them, <J>Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are ill. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.</J>


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<pb/>And the disciples of John, and those of the Pharisees, were fasting, and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?


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<pb/>And Jesus said to them, <J>The sons of the bridal-party</J> <n>{companions or guests}</n> <J>are not able to fast at which <i>time</i> the bridegroom is with them, are they? Inasmuch time as they have the bridegroom with them, they are not able to fast.</J>


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<J>But the days will come, whenever the bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will be fasting in those days.</J>


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<J>And no one sews a patch of unshrunk fabric upon an old garment; otherwise its fullness <i>shrinks and</i> lifts the new <i>patch</i> away from the old one and a worse split happens.</J>


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<J>And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine <i>will</i> burst the wineskins, and the wine is poured out and the wineskins will be destroyed, but put new wine into new wineskins.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 5:1-47 Jerusalem probably the Passover.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 2:23-28 & Mat 12:1-8 & Luk 6:1-5 Jerusalem to Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he happened to travel on the Sabbath through the grain-fields, and his disciples began to make* <i>their</i> way plucking the tops.


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>Did you° never read what David did, when he himself and those with him had need and was hungry?</J>


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<J>How he entered into the house of God in <i>the days of</i> Abiathar <i>the</i> high-priest and ate the showbread, which is not legal to eat, except for the priests, and he also gave <i>it</i> to those who were together with him?</J> <n>{1Sam 21:6}</n>


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And he said to them, <J>The Sabbath came* <i>to be</i> because of man and not man because of the Sabbath;</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 3:1-6 & Mat 12:9-14 & Luk 6:6-11 Probably Galilee.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And he entered again into the synagogue, and a man having a dried up hand was there.


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Now he says to them, <J>Is it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil? To save a life or to kill?</J> But they were silent.


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And having looked around at them with anger, being sorrowful at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, <J>Stretch out your hand.</J> And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored <i>as</i> healthy as the other.


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And the Pharisees went out and immediately were making* a council against him with the Herodians, how they might destroy him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:7-12 & Mat 12:15-21 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus departed to the sea with his disciples, and a large multitude followed him from Galilee and from Judea,


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and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea, and beyond-that of the Jordan, and those around Tyre and Sidon. <i>This</i> large multitude, having heard how-much he was doing, came to him.


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And he spoke to his disciples; in order that a small-boat should wait-on him because of the crowd, in order that they might not press against him.


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For* he healed many; so-that as many as had disorders fell upon him, in order that they might touch him.


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And the unclean spirits, whenever they were viewing him, were falling down before him and cried, saying, You are the Son of God.


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And he was rebuking them much, in order that they might not make* him apparent. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:13-19a & Luk 6:12-16 Near Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he goes-up into the mountain and calls to <i>himself</i> whom he wished, and they went to him.


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And he made* <i>the appointment of the</i> twelve, in order that they might be with him and in order that he might send them forth to preach,


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and James the <i>son</i> of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and those, he added to them the names Boanerges, which is, Sons of Thunder;


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and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the <i>son</i> of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Canaanite,


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and Judas Iscariot, who also gave him up <i>to the Jews</i>. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 5:1 & Luk 6:17-20.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 5:2-12 & Luk 6:20-26.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 5:13-16.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 5:17-48 & Luk 6:27-36.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 6:1-34.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:1-6 & Luk 6:37-42.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:7-11.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:12 & Luk 6:31.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:13-23 & Luk 6:43-45.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:24-29 & Luk 6:46-49.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 8:1, 8:5-13 & Luk 7:1-10 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 7:11-17 At Nain in Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 11:2-30 & Luk 7:18-35 Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 7:36-50 Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Luk 8:1-3 Journeying in Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:19b-30 & Mat 12:22-37.}</n><br/><pb/>And they come into a house.


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And <i>after</i> those <i>close</i> beside him heard it, they went out to take-hold of him; for* they were saying, He is crazy.


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<pb/>And the scribes that came-down from Jerusalem were saying, He has Beelzebub, and, He is casting out the demons by the ruler of the demons.


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<pb/>And having called them, he was speaking to them in parables: <J>How is <i>the</i> Adversary able to cast out <i>the</i> Adversary?</J>


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<J>And if the Adversary <i>has</i> stood up against himself, and has been divided, he is not able to stand, but has <i>come to</i> an end.</J>


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<J>But no one having entered into the house of the strong <i>man</i> is able to be ravening through his goods, if he does not first bind the strong <i>man</i>, and then he may be ravening through his house.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, All their sins and blasphemies will be forgiven to the sons of men; as many things as they may blaspheme.</J>


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<J>But whoever blasphemes at the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness, forever, but is liable to an everlasting judgment.</J>


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(Because they were saying, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’) <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 12:38-45.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:31-35 & Mat 12:46-50 & Luk 8:19-21.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Therefore <i>his</i> brethren and his mother come, and standing outside, they sent to him, summoning him.


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And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside seeking you.


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And having looked around in a circle at those sitting around him, he says, <J>Behold, my mother and my brethren!</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 4:1-25 & Mat 13:1-23 & Luk 8:4-18 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And again he began to teach beside the sea. And a large crowd was gathered together to him, so-that having stepped onto the ship, he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were <i>next</i> to the sea upon the land.


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<J>and it happened, while* he was sowing, some <i>seed</i> fell beside the road and the birds came and devoured it.</J>


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<J>But other <i>seed</i> fell upon the rocky-area, where it did not have much earth, and immediately it rose up, because it had no depth of earth;</J>


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<J>And other <i>seed</i> fell into the thorns, and the thorns shot-up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.</J>


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<J>And other <i>seed</i> fell into the good soil and it was giving fruit, shooting-up and growing, and it was bringing <i>forth</i> by thirty <i>times</i>, and by sixty <i>times</i>, and by a hundred <i>times as much.</i></J>


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<pb/>And when he happened <i>to be</i> alone, those who were around him together with the twelve, asked <i>about</i> the parable.


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And he said to them, <J>You° have been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things happen in parables;</J>


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<J>in order that seeing, they may see and <i>yet</i> may not know, and hearing, they may hear and <i>yet</i> may not understand; lest they should turn again and <i>their</i> sins might be forgiven them.</J>


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<pb/>And he says to them, <J>Do you° not know this parable? And how will you° know all the parables?</J>


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<J>Now these are those beside the road, wherever the word is sown, and whenever they hear, immediately the Adversary comes and takes away the word which has been sown in their hearts.</J> <pb/>


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<J>And likewise, these are those who are sown upon the rocky-areas, who, whenever they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy;</J>


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<J>and they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Thereafter, <i>after</i> affliction or persecution happened <i>to them</i> because of the word, immediately they stumble.</J> <pb/>


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<J>and the anxieties of this age, and the deception of riches, and the lusts concerning <i>all</i> the rest <i>of the worldly things</i> travel into <i>their hearts</i>, are choking the word, and it becomes unfruitful.</J> <pb/>


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<J>And these are those who were sown upon the good soil; who hear the word and accept it, and bear-fruit, by thirty <i>times</i> and by sixty <i>times</i> and by a hundred <i>times</i>.</J>


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>Why not come <i>with</i> the lamp in order that it might be placed under a peck-container or under the bed? No, <i>you bring it</i> in order that it might be placed upon the lamp-stand.</J>


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<J>For* there is not anything hidden, <i>that</i> it should not be made manifest, nor <i>has anything</i> secret happened, but in order that it should come into apparent <i>view</i>.</J>


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>Beware° what you° are hearing; in what measure, you° measure, it will be measured to you°, and to you° who hear, <i>more</i> will be added.</J>


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<J>For* whoever has, to him will be given, and he who does not have, then what he has will be taken from him.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 4:26-29; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>and he should sleep and should arise night and day, and the seed may sprout and should lengthen, he does not know how.</J>


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<J>For* the earth is bearing-fruit by herself; first the blade, thereafter the top, then the full grain in the top.</J>


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<J>But whenever the fruit gives <i>way</i>, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest is standing <i>ready</i>.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 13:24-30.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 4:30-34 & Mat 13:31-35.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he said, <J>To what may be similar to the kingdom of God? Or in what parable may we put it <i>in comparison</i>?</J>


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<J><i>It is</i> like a kernel of a mustard-seed, which, whenever it is sown upon the earth, <i>though</i> it is least <i>compared to</i> all the seeds that are upon the earth,</J>


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<J>yet whenever it is sown, it shoots-up and becomes greater <i>than</i> all the herbs and produces great branches; so-that the birds of the heaven are able to nest under its shadow.</J>


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But he was not speaking to them without a parable, but privately he was interpreting all things for his disciples. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 13:36-53.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 4:35-41 & Mat:8:18-27 & Luk 8:22-25 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> it became evening in that day, he says to them, <J>We should go through to the <i>area</i> beyond-that.</J>


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And having left the crowd, they take him with <i>them</i>, as he was in the ship. But also other small-boats were with him.


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And there becomes a great gale of wind, and the waves were putting <i>water</i> into the ship, so-that the ship now was being filled <i>with water</i>.


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And he himself was upon the stern, sleeping upon the cushion, and they awaken him and say to him, Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?


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<pb/>And he was awakened and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, <J>Be silent. Hush.</J> And the wind paused and there became a great calm.


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<pb/>And they feared <i>with</i> a great fear, and were saying to one another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea are obeying* him?


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<pb/><n>{Mar 5:1-21 & Mat 8:28-34 & Luk 8:26-40 Gergesa.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And they came to the <i>area</i> of the sea beyond-that, into the region of the Gadarenes.


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And he went forth out of the ship by himself, immediately a man encountered him out of the tombs in <i>him was</i> an unclean spirit,


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Because of the same, he had been bound often with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn to shreds by him and the shackles had been crushed, and no one was strong-enough to tame him.


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And he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones, night and day, in the mountains and in the tombs.


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And having cried out with a loud voice, he said, What <i>is this thing</i> with me and with you, Jesus, Son of the Highest God? I am imploring you by God, do<J>°</J> not torment me.


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And he asked him, <J>What is your name?</J> <pb/>And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, because we are many.


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And all the demons pleaded with him, saying, Send us into the swine, in order that we may enter into them.


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And Jesus immediately permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine and the herd rushed down the cliff into the sea. Now they were approximately two thousand, and they were choking in the sea.


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<pb/>Now those feeding the swine fled and reported it to the city and to the rural-area. And they came out to see what it was that has happened.


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And they come to Jesus and were viewing he who was demon-possessed and has had the legion, sitting and he had <i>his</i> garments on and <i>was</i> sensible, and they were afraid.


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> he stepped onto the ship, he who was demon-possessed was pleading with him in order that he might be with him.


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<pb/>And behold one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, comes and having seen him, he falls toward his feet;


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and was pleading with him much, saying, My young-daughter is holding on her last moments. <i>I pray</i> that* you might lay <i>your</i> hands on her <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> gone <i>to her</i>, *that she may be cured and will live.


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and <i>had</i> suffered many things under many physicians and <i>had</i> spent from her things all and was profited nothing, but rather she came into a worse <i>condition</i>.


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And immediately the spring of her blood was dried up, and she knew that she had been healed from the disorder in <i>her</i> body.


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And immediately Jesus, fully knowing in himself that the power had gone forth from him and having turned <i>around</i> in the crowd, said, <J>Who touched my garments?</J>


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<pb/>And his disciples were saying to him, You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, Who touched me?


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But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what has happened upon her, came and fell <i>down</i> before him and spoke all the truth to him.


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<pb/>And he said to her, <J>Daughter, your faith has cured you; go in peace and be healthy from your disorder.</J>


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<pb/><i>While</i> he is still speaking, they come from the ruler of the synagogue’s <i>house,</i> saying, Your daughter is dead. Why are you still bothering the Teacher?


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<pb/>But Jesus immediately having heard the word being spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, <J>Do not fear, only believe.</J>


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And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and he views an uproar, many weeping and wailing.


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And having entered in, he says to them, <J>Why are you° in an uproar and weeping? The child is not dead, but is sleeping.</J>


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And they were laughing at him. But having cast them all out, he takes the father of the child and her mother and those with him and he traveled into where the child was reclining.


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And having taken-hold of the child by the hand, he says to her, <J>Talitha kumi;</J> which is, <i>after</i> being translated, Girl, I say to you, Lift yourself up!


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And immediately the girl rose* up and was walking; for* she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.


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And he ordered them much in order that no one should know this and he said that <i>something</i> should be given to her to eat.


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<pb/><n>{Mat 9:27-34 Probably Capernaum.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:1-6a & Mat 13:54-58 Nazareth.}</n><br/><pb/>And he went out from there, and he came into his fatherland, and his disciples follow him.


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And <i>after</i> it became the Sabbath, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing him were being astounded, saying, From where did this one <i>receive</i> these things? And what is the wisdom which was given to this man? And <i>how are</i> such miracles happening through his hands?


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Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Jude and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were being offended at him.


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<pb/>But Jesus said to them, <J>A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland and among <i>his own</i> relatives and in his own house.</J>


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And he was not able to do any miracle there, except that he laid his hands upon a few who were sick and healed them.


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And he was marveling because of their unbelief. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:6b-13 & Mat 9:35-10:42 & Luk 9:1-6 Third circuit of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>And he was proceeding around the villages in a circle, teaching.


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<pb/>And he calls to him the twelve and began to send them out two <i>by</i> two, and he was giving them authority over the unclean spirits;


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and he commanded them in order that they should take nothing *for the journey, except only a staff; no knapsack, no bread, no brass <i>coins</i> in the belt;


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And he said to them, <J>Wherever you° enter into a house, abide° there until you° should go from there.</J>


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<J>And as many as may not accept you°, nor may not hear you°, <i>while</i> traveling out from there, shake-off° the dirt which is underneath your° feet *for a testimony to them. Assuredly, I am saying to you°, It will be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in <i>the</i> day of judgment than for that city.</J>


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And they, <i>the twelve</i>, went out and were preaching in order that they <i>all</i> should repent.


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And they were casting out many demons and anointing many with oil who were sick and healing them. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:14-29 & Mat 14:1-12 & Luk 9:7-9.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And King Herod heard <i>of this</i>; for* his name had become apparent and he said, John, the one who immerses<J>*</J>, was raised from the dead and because of this, these powers are working in him.


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<pb/>Others were saying, He is Elijah. <pb/>But others were saying, He is a prophet, like one of the prophets <i>of old.</i>


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<pb/>But having heard <i>of it</i>, Herod said, John, whom I beheaded, it is he, he was raised from the dead.


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<pb/>For* Herod himself <i>had</i> sent forth and took-hold of John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because he <i>had</i> married her.


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for* Herod feared John, knowing him <i>to be</i> a righteous and holy man, and was protecting him. And having heard him, he was doing many things, and was gladly hearing him, <i>often</i>.


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<pb/>And <i>when</i> it became an opportune day, <i>along</i> with his birthday, when Herod made* a supper to his great-men and the commanders, and the foremost <i>men</i> of Galilee;


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and the daughter of Herodias herself entered and danced, and she pleased Herod and those who reclined <i>at the meal</i> together with him. And the king said to the girl, Ask me whatever you wish and I will be giving it to you.


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And <i>after</i> he had sworn to her, Whatever you might ask me, I will be giving it to you, <i>up</i> to half of my kingdom.


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<pb/>Now she went out and said to her mother, What will I ask <i>for</i>? <pb/>Now she said, The head of John the Immerser*.


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<pb/>And she, immediately and with diligence, entered to the king asked, saying, I wish that* you might give me promptly the head of John the Immerser* upon a platter.


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<pb/>And the king became very sorrowful, but because of his oaths and those who reclined <i>at the meal</i> together with him, he did not wish to reject her.


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Now he went and beheaded him in the prison, and carried his head upon a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.


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And having heard <i>of it</i>, his disciples came and lifted up his corpse and placed it in a tomb. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:30-32 & Mat 14:13 & Luk 9:10 & Joh 6:1 East shore of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And the apostles are gathered together with Jesus, and they reported to him all things, both how-much they <i>had</i> done and how-much they <i>had</i> taught.


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And he said to them, <J>You° yourselves come-here° privately into a desolate place and rest° yourselves a few.</J> For* there were many coming and going and they had not even <i>had</i> an opportunity to eat.


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And they went away into a desolate place by ship privately. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:33-44 & Mat 14:13-21 & Luk 9:11-17 & Joh 6:2-14.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And the crowds saw them going and many recognized him and they ran together there on foot from all the cities and went before them, and came together to him.


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And Jesus went out, and saw a large crowd and he had compassion upon them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd and he began to teach them many things.


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> it already became a late hour, his disciples came near to him and are saying, The place is desolate and already <i>it is</i> a late hour;


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dismiss them, in order that they might buy bread for themselves, <i>after</i> they <i>have</i> gone into the circle of <i>the</i> rural-area and villages, and, for* they do not have what they might eat <n>{i.e. they have nothing to eat}</n> .


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J>Give° them <i>something</i> to eat.</J> <pb/>And they say to him, <i>After</i> we <i>have</i> gone away, should we buy two hundred denarii <i>worth</i> of loaves, and we might give them <i>that</i> to eat?


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<pb/>Now he says to them, <J>How-many loaves do you° have? Go° and see°.</J> <pb/>And <i>after</i> they knew, they said, Five and two fish.


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And he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looked up to heaven, he gave-thanks and broke the loaves. And he was giving <i>them</i> to his disciples in order that they might place <i>the bread</i> beside them, and he divided the two fish among them all.


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And those who ate the loaves <i>were</i> approximately five thousand men. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:45-56 & Mat 14:22-36 & Joh 6:15-21.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And immediately he urged his disciples to step onto the ship, and to precede <i>him</i> to the <i>area</i> beyond-that into Bethsaida, until he should dismiss the crowd.


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> it became evening, the ship was in the middle of the sea and he <i>was</i> alone upon the land.


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And he saw them tormented by the rowing, for* the wind was adverse to them, and he comes to them around the fourth watch of the night, walking upon the sea, and he was willing to pass by them.


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But <i>after</i> they saw him walking upon the sea, they thought <i>it</i> to be an apparition and cried out;


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for* they all saw him and were disturbed. But immediately, he spoke with them, and says to them, <J>Have° courage. I am <i>here</i>. Do° not be afraid.</J>


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And he went-up to them into the ship, and the wind paused, and they were exceedingly, exceptionally, astonished in themselves and marveled!


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<pb/>Having ran around that whole region around <i>there</i>, they began to carry around those who were ill upon their pallets, where they were hearing: he is <i>over</i> there.


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And wherever he was traveling, <i>if</i> into villages or cities or the rural-area, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces and were pleading with him, in order that if-only they might touch the hem of his garment, and as many as would touch him were being cured.


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<pb/><n>{Joh 6:22-71 Synagogue in Capernaum.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:1-23 & Mat 15:1-20 & Joh 7:1 Galilee, probably Capernaum Spring 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>And the Pharisees and some of the scribes are gathered together to <i>see</i> him, <i>after</i> they came from Jerusalem,


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and having seen some of his disciples eating their bread with common, that is, unwashed hands, they found-fault.


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For* the Pharisees and all the Jews, if they do not wash their hands <i>scrubbing</i> with <i>the</i> fist, do not eat, holding-fast the tradition of the elders;


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and <i>when coming</i> from the marketplace, they do not eat if they do not immerse* <n>{bathe}</n> themselves <i>first</i>, and there are many other things which they took to holding-fast, <i>like</i> immersions* <n>{Or, O.T. ceremonial washings}</n> of cups and pint pitchers and brass kettles and cots.


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Thereafter, the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why are your disciples not walking according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J>Isaiah prophesied well concerning you° hypocrites, as it has been written, ‘This people are honoring me with their lips, but their heart is distant, faraway from me.</J>


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<J>For* <i>after</i> you° left the commandment of God, you° are holding-fast the tradition of men, <i>like</i> immersions* of pint pitchers and cups, and you° practice many other such similar things.</J>


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>You° reject well the commandment of God, in order that you° may keep your° tradition.</J>


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<J>For* Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother.’</J> <n>{Exo 20:12 & Deu 5:16}</n> <J>And, ‘He who is speaking evil of father or mother, let him be ended <i>by the sentence of</i> death.’</J> <n>{Exo 21:17 & Lev 20:9}</n>


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<J>But you° say, If a man says to <i>his</i> father or <i>his</i> mother, Whatever you might be profited from me is Corban.</J> (That is, a gift).


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<J>invalidating the word of God (which you° gave up) by your° tradition, and you° practice many such similar things.</J>


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<pb/>And having called to him all the crowd again, he said to them, <J>All, hear° me and understand°.</J>


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<J>There is nothing outside the man, that traveling into him is able to desecrate him, but the things which travel out from him, those are the things which defile the man.</J>


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<pb/>And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.


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And he says to them, <J>So are you° also without understanding? Are you° not perceiving, that everything outside which travels into the man, is not able to desecrate him;</J>


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<J>because it is not traveling into his heart, but into his belly and travels into the sewer?</J> (<i>He said thus,</i> cleansing all foods.)


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<J>For* evil reasonings travel from inside, out of the heart of men, <i>such as</i>: adulteries, fornications, murders,</J>


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<J>thefts, greedy-acts, wickednesses, treachery, unbridled-lusts, an evil eye, blasphemy, haughtiness, foolishness.</J>


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<J>All these evil things travel from inside, and desecrate the man.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:24 & Mat 15:21.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And he stood up and went away from there, into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house and wished no one to know <i>it</i>, and he was not able to elude <i>them</i>. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:25-30 & Mat 15:22-28 Tyre and Sidon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>For* a woman, having heard things concerning him, whose young-daughter had an unclean spirit, came and fell <i>down</i> before his feet.


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Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she requested of him in order that he might cast forth the demon out of her daughter.


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But Jesus said to her, <J>Allow the children first to be fully-fed; for* it is not good to take the children’s bread and cast it to the puppies.</J>


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<pb/>But she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; for* even the puppies underneath the table eat from the children’s crumbs.


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<pb/>And he said to her, <J>Because of these words, go; the demon has gone forth out of your daughter.</J>


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And she went away to her house and found the daughter <i>of her</i> put upon a cot, the demon having gone forth. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:31 & Mat 15:29 Avoiding Herod’s territory.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And again, having gone out from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, between the borders of Decapolis. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 7:32-37 & Mat 15:30-31 Magadan and Bethsaida Summer 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they bring to him a speaking impaired deaf <i>man</i> and they plead with him in order that he might lay his hand on him.


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And having taken him away from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spits, and touched his tongue.


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And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking correctly.


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And he ordered them in order that they should tell no one, but as many things as he was ordering them <i>not to tell</i>, rather, they were preaching <i>it</i> even-more.


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<pb/>And they were being abundantly astounded, saying, He has done all things well; he makes* even the deaf to hear, and the mute to speak.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 8:1-8:9 & Mat 15:32-38.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>The crowd was enormous in those days, and they do not have what they might eat <n>{i.e. they have nothing to eat}</n> . Jesus, having called to him his disciples, says to them,


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<J>I have compassion upon the crowd, because they already remain with me <i>for</i> three days and do not have what they might eat.</J>


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<J>And if I dismiss them starving to their house, they will be fainting on the road; for* some of them have come from far <i>away</i>.</J>


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<pb/>And his disciples answered him, From where will anyone be able to fully-feed these <i>men</i> bread here in the wilderness?


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<pb/>And he commanded the crowd to lean-back upon the soil. And he took the seven loaves, and having given-thanks, he broke <i>them</i> and was giving them to his disciples, in order that they might place <i>them</i> beside <i>them</i>, and they placed <i>them</i> beside the crowd.


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And they were holding a few small-fish, and having given-thanks, he said <i>to his disciples</i> to also place these beside them.


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Now those who ate were approximately four thousand, and he dismissed them. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 8:10-26 & Mat 15:39-16:12 Near Caesarea Philippi Summer 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And immediately he stepped into the ship with his disciples and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.


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<pb/>And the Pharisees came forth and began to debate together with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, testing him.


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And having groaned deeply in his spirit, he says, <J>Why is this generation seeking a sign? Assuredly I am saying to you°, <i>As</i> if a sign will be given to this generation.</J>


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And having left them, he again stepped onto a ship, <i>and</i> went away to the <i>area</i> beyond-that.


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<pb/>And they forgot to take bread, and they did not have <i>any bread,</i> except one loaf in the ship with them.


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And he ordered them, saying, <J>Behold° <i>and</i> beware° <i>stay</i> away from the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.</J>


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<pb/>And Jesus having known <i>it</i> and says to them, <J>Why are you° reasoning <i>so</i>, because you° have no bread? Do you° still not perceive, nor understand? Do you° still have your° heart hardened?</J>


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<J>When I broke the five loaves *for the five thousand, how-many baskets full of broken pieces did you° lift up?</J> <pb/>They say to him, Twelve.


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<pb/><J>Now when the seven to the four thousand, how-many baskets full of broken pieces did you° lift up?</J> <pb/>Now they said, Seven.


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<pb/>And he comes to Bethsaida. And they bring to him a blind man and plead with him in order that he might touch him.


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And grabbing the blind man by the hand, he led him outside the village, and having spit into his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him if he sees anything.


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Thereafter he laid <i>his</i> hands upon his eyes again, and he made* him to look at <i>him</i>. And he was restored and looked at all <i>men</i> distinctly.


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<pb/>And he sent him away to his house, saying, <J>Neither enter into the village, nor say <i>anything</i> to anyone in the village.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 8:27-30 & Mat 16:13-20 & Luk 9:18-21 Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus went forth and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and on the road he asked his disciples, saying to them, <J>Who do men say that I am?</J>


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<pb/>And he asked them, <J>But who do you° say that I am?</J> <pb/>Now Peter answering, says to him, You are the Christ.


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And he rebuked them in order that they should speak to no one concerning him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 8:31-9:1 & Mat 16:21-28 & Luk 9:22-27 Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he began to teach them, that it is essential <i>for</i> the Son of Man to suffer many things and to be rejected* from the elders and the high-priests and the scribes, and be killed, and to rise* up after three days.


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But he turned again, and saw his disciples, <i>and</i> rebuked Peter, saying, <J>Go behind me, adversary, because you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.</J>


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<pb/>And having called the crowd together with his disciples to him, he said to them, <J>Whoever wishes to follow after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross and follow me.</J>


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<J>For* whoever wishes to save his life will be losing it, and whoever loses his life because of me and <i>because</i> of the good-news, this one will be saving it.</J>


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<J>For* whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this generation, the adulteress and sinner, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him, whenever he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy messengers.</J> [Mark 9]


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And he was saying to them, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, There are some of those who are standing here, who should never taste of death, until they should see the kingdom of God having come in power.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:2-13 & Mat 17:1-13 & Luk 9:28-36 Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And after six days Jesus takes with <i>him</i> Peter and James and John and brings them up alone into a high mountain privately, and he was transfigured before them;


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and his garments became gleaming, exceedingly white like snow, such-as no launderer upon the earth is able to whiten.


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<pb/>And Peter answered and says to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here, and we should make* three tabernacles; one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.


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<pb/>And there became a cloud overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, <J>This is my beloved Son; hear° him!</J>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> coming-down from the mountain, he ordered them in order that they should describe to no one what they saw, except whenever the Son of Man rises* up from the dead.


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And they took-hold of the word for themselves, debating together with <i>themselves</i>, What is the rising* up from the dead?


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And they asked him, saying, <i>How is it</i> that the scribes say that it is essential <i>for</i> Elijah to come first?


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J>Elijah indeed did come first, and restores all things, and how it has been written of the Son of Man, in order that he should suffer many things and should be scorned,</J>


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<J>But I am saying to you°, that Elijah has come, and they also did to him as many things as they wished, just-as it has been written of him.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:14-29 & Mat 17:14-21 & Luk 9:37-43 Region of Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> he came <i>back</i> to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes debating together with them.


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And immediately all the crowd, having seen him, were utterly amazed, and running up to him, they were greeting him.


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<pb/>And one out of the crowd answered and said, Teacher, I brought my son to you, who has a mute spirit;


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and wherever it overtakes him, it rips at him and he foams and grinds his teeth and he is dried up, and I spoke to your disciples in order that they might cast it out, and <i>yet</i> they were not strong-enough.


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<pb/>But he answered and says, <J>O unbelieving generation, until when will I be with you°? Until when will I tolerate you°? Bring° him to me.</J>


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And they brought him to him, and <i>after</i> he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell upon the earth. He was wallowing– foaming.


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Now he asked his father, <J>How-much time is it <i>that things</i> like this has happened to him?</J> <pb/>And he said, From childhood.


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And often it has cast him both into fire and into waters, in order that it might destroy him, but if you are able <i>to do</i> anything, help us and have compassion upon us.


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<pb/>Now Jesus said to him, <J>If you are able to believe. All things are possible to the one who believes.</J>


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<pb/>And immediately the father of the child cried out with tears and said, I believe; Lord, help <i>me</i> with my unbelief.


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> Jesus saw that a crowd was running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, <J>I command you, the mute and deaf spirit, come out of him and enter into him no longer.</J>


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<pb/>And having cried out and having convulsed him much, it came out, and <i>the boy</i> became like <i>one</i> dead; so-that many said, He is dead.


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And having entered into the house, his disciples asked him privately, <i>How is it</i> that we were not able to cast it out?


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>This variety is not able to come out by anything, except in prayer and fasting.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:30-32 & Mat 17:22-23 & Luk 9:43-45 Return to Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they went forth from there, and were traveling through Galilee, and he did not wish that* anyone should know <i>it</i>.


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For* he was teaching his disciples and was saying to them, <J>The Son of Man is <i>to be</i> given up into the hands of men, and they will be killing him, and having been killed, he will be risen* in the third day.</J>


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But they were not considering the declaration, and were afraid to ask him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 17:24-27 Capernaum Sept. 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:33-50 & Mat 18:1-14 & Luk 9:46-50 Sept. 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he came into Capernaum, and <i>after</i> he came* in<i>to</i> the house he asked them, <J>What were you° reasoning among yourselves by the road?</J>


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And having sat down, he summoned the twelve, and he said to them, <J>If anyone wishes to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.</J>


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<J>Whoever accepts one little child of such in my name, accepts me, and whoever accepts me, does not accept me, but the one who sent me.</J>


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<pb/>Now John answered him, saying, Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, who is not following us, and we forbade him because he is not following us.


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<pb/>But Jesus said, <J>Do° not forbid him; for* there is no one who will be doing a miracle in my name, and be able to speak evil of me quickly.</J>


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<J>For* whoever gives you° a cup of water to drink in my name, because you° are of Christ, assuredly I am saying to you°, He should never lose his reward.</J>


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<J>And whoever offends one of these little ones who believe in me, it is good for him rather if a mill’s stone encompassed his neck, and he had been cast into the sea.</J>


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<pb/><J>And if your hand offends you, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life crippled, <i>rather</i> than having your two hands, <i>and</i> to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,</J>


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<J>And if your foot offends you, cut it off. It is good for you to enter into life lame, <i>rather</i> than having your two feet, <i>and</i> to be cast into hell, into the unquenchable fire,</J>


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<J>And if your eye offends you, cast it out. It is good for you to enter into the kingdom of God one-eyed, <i>rather</i> than having two eyes, <i>and</i> to be cast into the hell of fire,</J>


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<J>The salt <i>is</i> good, but if the salt became non-salty, in what will you° season it? Have° salt in yourselves and be° at peace one with* another.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mat 18:15-35.}</n><br/></pb> <n>{Joh 7:2-9; Galilee, probably Capernaum.} {Luk 9:51-56 & Joh 7:10; Samaria, Sept., 29 AD.} {Luk 9:57-62.} {Joh 7:11-10:1-21; Jerusalem, Oct., 29 AD.} {Luk 10:1-24; Probably Judea, Oct., 29 AD.} {Luk 10:25-37; Probably Judea.} {Luk 10:38-42; Bethany, near Jerusalem.} {Luk 11:1-13; Probably Judea.} {Luk 11:14-13:9.} {Luk 13:10-21; Probably Peraea.} {Joh 10:22-42; Jerusalem and beyond Jordan.} {Luk 13:22-35; Peraea; Luk 14:1-24 Probably Peraea; Luk 14:25-17:10.} {Joh 11:1-46; Peraea to Bethany, Jan. 30 AD; Joh 11:47-54; Jerusalem and Ephraim in Judea.} {Luk 17:11-37; Borders of Samaria and Galilee; Luk 18:1-14.}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:1-12 & Mat 19:1-12.}</n><br/><pb/>And having risen* up from there, he goes into the borders of Judea through the <i>area</i> beyond-that of the Jordan, and crowds travel together to him again. And as he had been accustomed, he was teaching them again.


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And the Pharisees came near and asked him, testing him, Should it not be legal for a man to divorce <i>his</i> wife?


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<pb/>But they said, Moses permitted <i>us</i> to write a document of divorcement and to divorce her. <n>{Deu 24:1}</n>


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>He wrote this commandment for you°, for your° hardness of heart.</J>


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<J>But ‘God made* them male and female’ from <i>the</i> beginning of the creation.</J> <n>{Gen 1:27, 5:2}</n>


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<J>‘Because of this, a man will be leaving his father and mother and will be joined to his wife;</J>


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<J>and the two will be into</J> <n>{i.e. become}</n> <J>one flesh,’ so-that they are no more two, but one flesh.</J> <n>{Gen 2:24}</n>


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And he says to them, <J>Whoever divorces his wife and should marry another is committing adultery against her;</J>


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<J>and if a woman divorces her husband and should marry another, she is committing adultery.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:13-16 & Mat 19:13-15 & Luk 18:15-17 Peraea.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they were bringing to him little children, in order that he might touch them, but the disciples were rebuking those bringing <i>them</i>.


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a little child, he should never enter into it.</J>


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And having wrapped them in <i>his</i> arms, and laying his hands upon them, he was blessing them. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:17-31 & Mat 19:16-20:16 & Luk 18:18-30 Peraea.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> traveling toward <i>the</i> road, one ran up to him and knelt <i>before</i> him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what should I practice in order that I may inherit everlasting life?


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<pb/>But Jesus said to him, <J>Why do you call* me good? None is good except one, <i>our</i> God.</J>


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<J>You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not falsely testify. Do not defraud. Honor your father and mother.’</J> <n>{Exo 20:12-16 & Deu 5:16-20}</n>


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<pb/>But he answered and said to him, Teacher, I <i>have</i> observed all these things from my youth.


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<pb/>Now Jesus, having looked at him, loved* him, and said to him, <J>You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell as many things as you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. And come-here, follow me, having lifted up your cross.</J>


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But he was dismal upon the word, <i>and</i> went away <i>and</i> was sorrowing; for* he had many properties.


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<pb/>And Jesus, having looked around, says to his disciples, <J>How those who have wealth will hardly enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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Now the disciples were being amazed upon his words. But Jesus again answered and says to them, <J>Children, how hard it is <i>for</i> those who have confidence in wealth to enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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<J>It is easier <i>for</i> a camel to enter through a needle’s eye, than <i>for</i> a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.</J>


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<pb/>Now they were being astounded even-more with themselves, saying to him, Then who is able to be saved?


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<pb/>But Jesus, having looked at them, says, <J><i>It is</i> impossible with men, but not with God; for* all things are possible with God.</J>


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<pb/>Jesus answered and said, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, There is no one who <i>has</i> left <i>his</i> house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields, because of me and because of the good-news,</J>


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<J>who may not receive a hundred-times <i>that</i> now in this time, houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and fields, with persecutions, and everlasting life in the world to come.</J>


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<J>But many <i>who are</i> first will be last, and <i>the</i> last will be first.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:32-45 & Mat 20:17-28 & Luk 18:31-34; Peraea or Judea, near Jordan.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now they were on the road, going-up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was leading them and they were being amazed, and following, were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things <i>which are</i> about to befall him,


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<i>saying</i>, <J>Behold, we are going-up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be given up to the high-priests and scribes, and they will be condemning him to death and will be giving him to the Gentiles,</J>


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<J>and they will be mocking him and will be scourging him and will be spitting on him and will be killing him, and he will rise* up in the third day.</J>


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<pb/>And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, travel before him, saying, Teacher, we wish that* whatever we ask, you might do <i>it</i> for us.


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<pb/>Now they said to him, Give to us that* we may sit, one at your right <i>hand</i> and one at your left <i>hand</i> in your glory.


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<pb/>But Jesus said to them, <J>You° do not know what you° are asking for yourselves. Are you° able to drink the cup that I am drinking? And to be immersed* in the immersion* that I am immersed* in?</J>


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<pb/>Now they said to him, We are able. <pb/>But Jesus said to them, <J>Indeed the cup that I am drinking, you° will be drinking, and the immersion* that I am immersed* <i>in</i>, you° will be immersed* <i>in</i>.</J>


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<J>But to sit at my right and at <i>my</i> left is not mine to give, but <i>it is for them</i> for whom it has been prepared.</J>


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<pb/>Now having called them to him, Jesus says to them, <J>You° know that those who seem to rule over the Gentiles are lording it over them, and their great ones are wielding authority over them.</J>


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<J>But it will not be so among you°, but <i>rather,</i> whoever wishes to become great among you° will be your° servant;</J>


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<J>For* the Son of Man also did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life <i>as</i> a redemption in exchange-for many.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:46-52 & Mat 20:29-34 & Luk 18:35-43; Jericho.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they come into Jericho, and <i>while</i> traveling from Jericho <i>with</i> his disciples and a considerable crowd, Bartimaeus, the blind son of Timaeus, was sitting <i>and</i> begging beside the road.


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And having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, you, <i>the</i> son of David, show-mercy <i>to</i> me.


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And many were rebuking him, in order that he should be silent, but he was crying out much more, Son of David, show-mercy to me.


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<pb/>And Jesus stood still and asked for him to be summoned. <pb/>And they summon the blind man, saying to him, Have courage. Lift yourself up! He is summoning you.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and says to him, <J>What do you wish <i>that</i> I might do for you?</J> <pb/>Now the blind <i>man</i> said to him, Rabboni, that* I may recover my sight.


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<pb/>Now Jesus said to him, <J>Go; your faith has cured you.</J> And immediately he recovered his sight and was following Jesus on the road.


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<pb/><n>{Luk 19:1-28; Jericho.}</n><br/></pb> <n>{Joh 11:55-12:1, 9-11 Bethany March 31- April 1, 30 AD.}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{The week of Jesus’ crucifixion. Mar 11:1-11 & Mat 21:1-12, 14-17 & Luk 19:29-44 & Joh 12:12-19 Bethany to Jerusalem and back Sun. April 2, 30 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>And when they draw near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, toward the Mountain of Olives, he sends two of his disciples,


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and says to them, <J>Go° into the village which is in front of you° and immediately <i>while</i> you° travel into it, you° will find a young-donkey</J> <n>{i.e. a foal}</n> <J>that has been tied upon which no one from mankind has sat. <i>After</i> having loosed it, lead° it <i>here</i>.</J>


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<J>And if anyone says to you°, Why are you° doing this? Say° that the Lord has need of him, and immediately he <i>will</i> send it here.</J>


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Now they went away and found a young-donkey that has been tied at the door outside in the road, and they loose him.


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<pb/>And some of those who are standing there were saying to them, What are you° doing, loosening the young-donkey?


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But many spread their garments upon the road, and others were cutting down foliage from the trees and were spreading <i>them</i> in the road.


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And those who precede <i>him</i> and those who followed <i>him</i>, were crying out, saying, Hosanna; he who comes in the name of the Lord has been blessed!


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The kingdom which is coming in the name of the Lord of our father David has been blessed! Hosanna in the highest!


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<pb/>And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple, and having looked around on all things, already being the evening hour, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 11:12-18 & Mat 21:18, 19, 12, 13 & Luk 19:45-48 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Mon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And having seen a fig tree from afar having foliage, he came to see if he will then find anything in it, and <i>after</i> he came upon it, he found nothing except foliage; for* it was not the time of figs.


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And Jesus answered and said to it, <J>No one may eat fruit from you– no longer, forever.</J> And his disciples heard it.


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<pb/>And they come to Jerusalem and Jesus entered into the temple and began to cast out those who are selling and buying in the temple, and turned over the tables of the brokers and the chairs of those who are selling the doves;


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And he was teaching <i>them</i>, saying to them, <J>Has it not been written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you° made* it a den of robbers.’</J> <n>{Isa 56:7 and Jer 7:11}</n>


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And the scribes and the high-priests heard it and were seeking how they might destroy him, for* they feared him, because all the crowd was being astounded at his teaching. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 11:19-26 & Mat 21:20-22 & Luk 21:37-38 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And <i>while</i> traveling by in the morning, they saw the fig tree that has been dried up from the roots.


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And Peter, having remembered, says to him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which you cursed, it has been dried up.


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<J>For* assuredly I am saying to you°, Whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, and should not doubt in his heart, but should believe that what he says happens; whatever he says will be to him.</J>


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<J>Because of this, I am saying to you°, All things, as many things as you° may ask for <i>when</i> praying, believe° that you° receive them and you° will have them.</J>


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<J>And whenever you° stand praying, if you° have anything against anyone, forgive° <i>them</i>; in order that your° Father the <i>one</i> in the heavens may also forgive you° your° trespasses.</J>


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<J>But if you° do not forgive, neither will your° Father, the <i>one</i> in the heavens, be forgiving your° trespasses.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 11:27-33 & Mat 21:23-27 & Luk 20:1-8 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they come again to Jerusalem, and while* he is walking in the temple, the high-priests and the scribes and the elders come to him;


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and they say to him, By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority, in order that you should do these things?


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<pb/>But Jesus answered and said to them, <J>I will also ask you° one question, and answer° me, and I will tell you° by what authority I am doing these things.</J>


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<pb/>And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will be saying, Therefore why did you° not believe him?


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But should we say, From men? (They feared the people. For* all held that John really was a prophet.)


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<pb/>And they answered and say to Jesus, We do not know. <pb/>And Jesus answered and says to them, <J>Neither do I tell you° by what authority I am doing these things</J>.


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<pb/><n>{Mat 21:28-32.}</n><br/></pb> <n>{Mar 12:1-12 & Mat 21:33-46 & Luk 20:9-19.}</n> <pb/>And he began to speak to them in parables: <J>A man planted a vineyard and placed a fence around it and shoveled a winepress <i>in it</i> and built a tower, and rented it out to farmers and went-abroad.</J>


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<J>And at the <i>harvest</i> time, he sent a bondservant to the farmers, in order that he might receive from the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.</J>


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<J>And again, he sent another bondservant to them, and having stoned <i>him</i>, they bashed his head and sent <i>him</i> away, having dishonored <i>him</i>.</J>


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<J>And again, he sent another, and they killed him and many others, whipping some but killing others.</J>


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<J>Therefore, he still had one, his beloved son; he also sent him last to them, saying, They will be revering my son.</J>


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<J>But those farmers said to themselves, This is the heir. Come-here°. We should kill him and the inheritance will be ours.</J>


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<J>Therefore, what will the lord of the vineyard be doing? He will come and will destroy the farmers and will be giving the vineyard to others.</J>


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<J>Did you° not even read this Scripture, ‘The stone which the builders rejected*, this became the head of the corner;</J>


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And they were seeking to take-hold of him, and <i>yet</i> they feared the crowd. For* they knew that he spoke the parable to them and they left him and went away. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 22:1-14.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:13-17 & Mat 22:15-22 & Luk 20:20-26 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they send to him some of the Pharisees and <i>some</i> of the Herodians, in order that they might catch him in <i>his</i> speech.


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Now <i>after</i> they came, they say to him, Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care concerning one<i>’s appearance</i>. For* you do not look at <i>the</i> countenance of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it legal to give tribute to Caesar or not?


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Should we give or should we not give? <pb/>But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, <J>Why are you° testing me? Bring° me a denarius</J> <n>{a standard day’s pay}</n> <J>, in order that I may see it.</J>


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Now they brought it. And he says to them, <J>Whose <i>face</i> is this image and inscription?</J> <pb/>Now they said to him, Caesar’s.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Give° to Caesar the things <i>which are</i> Caesar’s and give to God the things <i>which are</i> God’s.</J> And they marveled at him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:18-27 & Mat 22:23-33 & Luk 20:27-39.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>the</i> Sadducees come to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him, saying,


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Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If anyone’s brother dies and <i>if</i> he leaves a wife behind him and <i>if</i> he leaves no child, that* his brother should take his wife and should raise* up seed to his brother. <n>{Deu 25:5}</n>


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Whenever they rise* up in the resurrection, whose wife will she be of them? For* the seven had her <i>as their</i> wife.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Are you° not <i>being</i> misled because of this, <i>by</i> not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?</J>


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<J>For* whenever they rise* up from the dead, they neither marry, nor are they betrothed, but are like messengers the <i>ones</i> in the heavens.</J>


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<J>But concerning the dead, that they are raised; did you° not read in the book of Moses, How God spoke to him at the bush, saying, ‘I <i>am</i> the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?</J> <n>{Exo 3:6}</n>


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<J>He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Therefore, you° are much misled.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:28-34 & Mat 22:34-40 & Luk 20:40.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And one of the scribes came near and heard them debating together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?


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<pb/>But Jesus answered, <J>The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, <i>O</i> Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one';</J>


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<pb/>And the scribe said to him, Teacher, you said well in truth, that he is one, and there is not another him;


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> Jesus saw that he answered with perception, he said to him, <J>You are not far from the kingdom of God.</J> And no one was daring <i>enough</i> to ask him anymore. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:35-37 & Mat 22:41-46 & Luk 20:41-44.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said, <i>while</i> teaching in the temple, <J>How <i>is it that</i> the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?</J>


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<J>For* David himself said in <i>the</i> Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord says to my Lord, Sit at my right <i>hand</i>, until I should place your enemies <i>as the</i> footstool of your feet.’</J> <n>{Psa 110:1}</n>


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<J>Therefore David himself calls* him Lord, and from where is he his son?</J> And the large crowd was gladly hearing him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:38-40 & Mat 23:1-39 & Luk 20:45-47 Courts of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he said to them in his teaching, <J>Beware° <i>of things</i> from the scribes, who wish to walk in <i>long</i> robes and <i>to have</i> greetings in the marketplaces,</J>


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<J><i>They are</i> those who devour widows’ houses and are praying long <i>prayers</i> for a pretext; these will be receiving even-more condemnation.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:41-44 & Luk 21:1-4 In the Temple Treasury, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having sat down opposite the treasury, Jesus was viewing how the crowd cast brass <i>coins</i> into the treasury, and many <i>who were</i> rich were casting <i>in</i> much.


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And he called his disciples to him and says to them, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, This poor widow has cast in more-than all those who are casting <i>in much</i> into the treasury;</J>


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<J>for* they all cast in out of what is abounding to them, but she cast in, out of her lack <i>of</i> all things, as many things as she had, her whole livelihood.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Joh 12:20-50)</n><br/></pb> <n>In the Temple, Tues.}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 13:1-23 & Mat 24:1-28 & Luk 21:5-24 Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. It is best to read Luke 21 first. See also: Luk 19:41-44 & Luk 23:28-31.}</n><br/><pb/>And <i>while</i> traveling from the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Teacher, behold, what sort of stones and what sort of buildings <i>are here</i>.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Do you see these great buildings? One stone may not be left upon <i>another</i> stone, which may not be torn-down.</J>


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Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign whenever all these things are about to be completed?


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<J>Now whenever you° hear of wars and reports of wars, do° not be alarmed; for* it is essential <i>for these things</i> to happen, but the end is not yet.</J>


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<J>For* nation will arise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in <i>different</i> places; there will be famines and disturbances. These things <i>are the</i> beginnings of travail.</J>


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<J>But you° yourselves, beware°, for* they will be giving you° up to councils, and you° will be whipped in synagogues and you° will be standing in front of governors and kings, because of me, *for a testimony to them.</J>


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<J>But whenever they lead you° <i>to judgment</i> and are giving you° up, do° not be anxious beforehand what you° should speak, nor meditate° <i>on an answer,</i> but whatever is given to you° in that hour, speak° that. For* it is not you° who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.</J>


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<J>But brother will be giving up brother to death, and the father <i>against</i> his child, and children will be standing up against parents and will be slaying them.</J>


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<J>And you° will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who <i>has</i> endured to the end, this one will be saved.</J>


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<pb/><J>But whenever you° behold the abomination of desolation, which was spoken <i>of</i> by Daniel the prophet stopping where it was not essential <i>to be</i></J> (let the one who is reading perceive), <J>then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;</J>


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<J>and let the one who is upon the housetop not go-down into the house, nor let him enter in to take anything out of his house;</J>


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<J>and let the one who is in the field not turn to the things behind <i>him</i>, <i>that is,</i> to take his garment.</J>


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<J>And except <i>that</i> the Lord shortened the days, not any flesh would have been saved, but because of the chosen, whom he chose, he shortened the days.</J>


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<pb/><J>But in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not be giving her radiance,</J>


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<J>And then they will be seeing the Son of Man coming in <i>the</i> clouds with much power and glory.</J>


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<J>And then he will be sending forth his messengers and will be gathering together his chosen from the four winds, from the tip of the earth to the tip of heaven.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 13:28-31 & Mat 24:32-35 & Luk 21:29-33 Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>Now learn° from the fig tree her parable: whenever her branch already becomes tender and <i>whenever</i> its foliage springs forth, you° know that the summer is near;</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, This generation should never pass away, till all these things should happen.</J>


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<J><i>It is</i> like a man, going-abroad, having left his house and given authority to his bondservants, and his work to each <i>one</i>, and he commanded the doorkeeper in order that he should watch.</J>


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<J>Therefore watch°; for* you° do not know when the lord of the house is coming, <i>whether at</i> evening or midnight or rooster’s crowing or in the morning;</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mat 24:45-51 & Luk 21:37.}</n><br/></pb> <n>{Mat 25:1-46 Mountain of Olives, Tues.}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:1-2 & Mat 26:1-5 & Luk 22:1-2 mountain Olives, Bethany, Jerusalem, Tues Evening, Wed. for the Jews.}</n><br/><pb/>Now after two days it was <i>the feast of</i> the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the high-priests and the scribes were seeking how they <i>might</i> take-hold of him in treachery and might kill him;


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but they were saying, Not at the feast, lest there will be an uproar of the people. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:3-9 & Mat 26:6-13.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>now</i> being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, reclining <i>at a meal</i>, a woman came having an alabaster flask of costly undiluted perfume of nard<i>, and</i> she crushed the alabaster flask and poured it on his head.


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But there were some being indignant to themselves, and saying, *For what <i>purpose</i> has the waste of the perfume happened?


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For* this <i>perfume</i> was able to be sold* <i>for</i> above three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they were scolding her.


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<pb/>But Jesus said, <J>Allow° her. Why are you° harassing her? She <i>has</i> worked a good work in me.</J>


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<J>For* you° always have the poor with you°, and whenever you° wish, you° are able to do them well, but you° do not always have me.</J>


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<J>What she had, she did. She took <i>upon herself</i> beforehand to perfume my body *for its burial.</J>


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<J>And assuredly I am saying to you°, Wherever this good-news is preached into the whole world, what she also did, will be spoken *for her memorial.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:10-11 & Mat 26:14-16 & Luk 22:3-6 & Joh 12:2-8.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the high-priests in order that he might give him up to them.


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Now having heard it, they rejoiced and promised to give him silver. And he was seeking how he might opportunely give him up. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:12-17 & Mat 2-20 & Luk 22:7-18, 22:24-30 Bethany to Jerusalem Thur. Evening.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they were sacrificing the Passover, his disciples say to him, <i>After</i> we have gone, where do you wish <i>that</i> we should prepare in order that you may eat the Passover?


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<pb/>And he sends two of his disciples and says to them, <J>Go° into the city and you° will be encountering a man bearing a pitcher of water there. Follow° him.</J>


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<J>And wherever he enters, say° to the householder, The Teacher says, Where is the guestroom, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?</J>


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<J>And he will be showing you° a big furnished upper-room, <i>which is</i> ready. Prepare° <i>it</i> for us there.</J>


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And his disciples went forth, and came into the city and found <i>it</i> just-as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.


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And <i>after</i> it became evening, he comes with the twelve. <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 13:1-20 Thur. Evening.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:18-21, 14:27-31 & Mat 26:21-25, 26:31-35 & Luk 22:21-23, 22:31-38 & Joh 13:21-38.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> they are reclining and eating, Jesus said, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, One out of you° will be giving me up <i>to the Jews</i>, he who is eating with me.</J>


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<pb/>Now they began to be sorrowful and to say to him one by one, It is not I, is it? And another, It is not I, is it?


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J><i>It is</i> one out of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man indeed is going, just-as it has been written concerning him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is given up! It was</J> <n>{i.e. would be}</n> <J>good for him, if that <i>man</i> had not been born.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:22-25 & Mat 26:26-29 & Luk 22:19-20, 1Co 11:23-26.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> they are eating, Jesus took bread and having given-thanks, he broke it and gave <i>it</i> to them and said, <J>Take°, eat°; this is my body.</J>


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And he took the cup and having given-thanks, he gave <i>it</i> to them, and they all drank out of it.


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And he said to them, <J>This is my blood, the <i>blood</i> of the new covenant*, which is poured out concerning many.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, I should never drink anymore from the fruit</J>* <J>of the vine, until that day whenever I drink it new in the kingdom of God.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 14-17 Thur. Night, Fri. to the Jews.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:26, 14:32-42 & Mat 26:30, 26:36-46 & Luk 22:39-46 & Joh 18:1 Garden between Stream of Kidron and Mountain of Olives, Late Thur. night.}</n><br/><pb/>.


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And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mountain of Olives. <pb/><br/><n>{See Mar 14:18-21 above.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus says to them, <J>All <i>of</i> you° will be offended at me in this night, because it has been written, ‘I will be striking the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.’</J> <n>{Zec 13:7}</n>


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<pb/>And Jesus says to him, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you, that today, <i>even</i> in this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will be denying me three-times.</J>


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<pb/>But <i>Peter</i> spoke rather exceptionally, If it should be essential <i>for</i> me to die together with you, I should never deny you! Now likewise*, they also all were saying <i>it.</i> <pb/><br/><n>{See Mar 14:26 above.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they come to a parcel of ground of which the name <i>is</i> Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, <J>Sit° here until I should pray.</J>


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And he takes Peter and James and John with himself, and he began to be utterly amazed and disheartened.


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<pb/>And having gone a little <i>further</i>, he fell upon the earth and was praying in order that, if it was possible, the hour might pass away from him.


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And he said, <J>Abba, Father, all things are possible for you; carry this cup away from me, but not what I will, but what you <i>will</i>.</J> <pb/>


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And he comes and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, <J>Simon, do you sleep? Were you not strong-enough to watch one hour?</J>


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<pb/>And having returned, he found them sleeping again, for* their eyes were heavy, and they did not know what they should answer him.


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<pb/>And he comes the third-time and says to them, <J>Furthermore, are you° sleeping and resting yourselves? It is adequate. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is given up into the hands of sinners.</J>


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<J>Arise°, we should proceed. Behold, he who is giving me up has drawn near.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:43-52 & Mat 26:47-56 & Luk 22:47-53 & Joh 18:2-11 Gethsemane, Fri. a few hours before dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And immediately, <i>as</i> he is still speaking, Judas, being one of the twelve, comes* and with him, a large crowd with swords and clubs from the high-priests, and the scribes and the elders.


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Now he who is giving him up had given them a predefined gesture, saying, Whomever I kiss, that is he; take-hold° of him and securely lead° him away.


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And having gone <i>to the place</i>, he went immediately to him and says to him, Rabbi, rabbi, and kissed him.


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<pb/>But a certain one of those standing beside <i>him</i>, pulled his sword, and struck the bondservant of the high-priest and took off his ear.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Did you° come out, as against a robber with swords and clubs to take me?</J>


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<J>I was with you° daily teaching in the temple and you° did not take-hold of me, but <i>this is done</i> in order that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.</J>


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And one, a certain young-man followed with him, having been dressed in a linen cloth over <i>his</i> naked <i>body</i>, and the young-men took-hold of him;


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but he left the linen cloth and fled from them naked. <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 18:12-14, 19-23 Fri. before dawn.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:53 & Mat 26:57 & Luk 22:54a & Joh 18:24 Palace of Caiaphas, before dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And they led Jesus away to the high-priest, and all the high-priests and the elders and the scribes come together with him there. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:54 & Mat 26:58 & Luk 22:54b-62 & Joh 18:15-18 Courtyard of High Priest’s residence, Fri. around dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Peter followed him from afar, until <i>he was</i> inside, into the courtyard of the high-priest, and he was sitting together with the attendants and warming himself in the light <i>of the fire</i>. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:55-65 & Mat 26:59-68 & Luk 22:63-65.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now the high-priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus, *that* they might slay him, and they were not finding <i>it</i>.


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We heard him say, I will be tearing-down this temple, the <i>one</i> made* with hands, and I will be building another through three days not made* with hands.


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<pb/>And the high-priest stood up in <i>the</i> midst <i>of them</i> and asked Jesus, saying, Are you answering nothing? What are these <i>witnesses</i> testifying against you?


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But he was silent and answered nothing. Again the high-priest asked him and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Gracious* <i>One</i>?


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<pb/>But Jesus said, <J>I am, and you° will be seeing the Son of Man sitting at the right <i>hand</i> of power and coming with the clouds of heaven.</J>


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You° <i>have</i> heard the blasphemy. What does it appear to you°? Now they all condemned him to be liable for death.


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And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to batter him, and to say to him, Prophesy! And the attendants were casting him <i>around</i> with slaps on the cheek. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:66-72 & Mat 26:69-75 & Luk 22:55-62 & Joh 18:25-27.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And having seen Peter warming himself, she looked at him and says, You were also with Jesus, the Nazarene.


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<pb/>But he denied <i>it</i>, saying, I neither know <i>him</i>, nor know what you are saying, and he went outside into the forecourt, and the rooster crowed.


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<pb/>And the maidservant saw him and began again to say to those standing beside <i>her</i>, This <i>one</i> is from them.


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But he again was denying it. And after a little <i>while</i>, those standing beside <i>them</i> were again saying to Peter, You truly are from them. For* you are a Galilean and your speech is similar.


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And the rooster crowed the second-time. And Peter was reminded <i>of</i> the declaration that Jesus said to him, <J>Before the rooster crows twice, you will be denying me three-times.</J> And having put <i>his thoughts</i> on <i>it</i>, he was weeping.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 15:1 & Mat 27:1-2 Luk 22:66-23:1 & Joh 18:28a Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And immediately in the morning, the high-priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole <i>ruling</i> council, made* a council <i>together</i> and bound Jesus and carried him away and gave him up to Pilate. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 27:3-10 & Acts 1:18-19 Fri. morning and toward the future.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:2-5 & Mat 27:11-14 & Luk 23:2-5 & Joh 18:28b-38 Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? <pb/>But he answered and said to him, <J>You speak <i>correctly</i>.</J>


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<pb/>And the high-priests were accusing him of many things, <n>{T}</n> <i>but He answered nothing</i>.


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<pb/>But Pilate asked him again, saying, Do you answer nothing? Behold how-many things they are testifying against you.


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But Jesus no more answered anything; so-that Pilate marveled. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 23:6-12 Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:6-19 & Mat 27:15-30 & Joh 18:39-19:16 Fri., April 7, 30AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now he <i>normally</i> released to them one prisoner at <i>the</i> feast, whomever they asked for.


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Now there was one called* Barabbas, having been bound with his fellow rioters, who in the riot had practiced murder.


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And the crowd having cried out, began to ask <i>him to do</i> like he was doing habitually for them.


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And Pilate again answered and said to them, Therefore what do you° wish that I might do to the one whom you° call* <i>the</i> King of the Jews?


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<pb/>But Pilate said to them, For* what evil did he do? <pb/>But they cried out even-more, Crucify him.


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Now Pilate, willing to do what <i>was</i> sufficient for the crowd, released to them Barabbas and gave up Jesus, having scourged him, in order that he might be crucified.


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<pb/>Now the soldiers led him away, inside the courtyard, which is the palace, and they call together the whole cohort <n>{600 soldiers}</n> .


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And they clothe him with purple, and braided a thorny crown, <i>and</i> they placed it around his <i>head</i>;


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And they were beating his head with a reed and were spitting on him, and placing the knees <i>down</i>, they were worshiping him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:20-23 & Mat 27:31-34 & Luk 23:26-33 & Joh 19:17 Road to the Cross, Fri. morning.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And when they <i>had</i> mocked him, they stripped the purple <i>off</i> him and clothed him with his own garments. And they lead him out in order that they should crucify him.


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And they compel a certain one passing by, Simon from Cyrene, coming from the rural-area, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go <i>with them</i>, in order that he might lift up his cross.


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And they bring him to the place <i>called</i> Golgotha, which is, <i>after</i> being translated, The place of a skull.


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And they were giving to him wine to drink, having been medicated with myrrh, but he did not take it. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:24-32 & Mat 27:35-44 & Luk 23:33-43 & Joh 19:18-27 9:00 until Noon, Fri.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having crucified him, ‘they divide his garments, casting a lot upon them,’ who <i>and</i> what <i>each</i> might take. <n>{Psa 22:18}</n>


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And the Scripture was fulfilled, which says ‘And he was counted with <i>the</i> lawless.’ <n>{Isa 53:12}</n>


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‘And those who traveled by were blaspheming him, wagging their heads’ and saying, Aha! You who <i>will</i> tear-down the temple and build <i>it</i> in three days;


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<pb/>Now likewise, the high-priests with the scribes <i>were</i> mocking <i>him</i> with one another, <i>and</i> were saying, He saved others<i>, but</i> he is not able to save himself.


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Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come-down now from the cross, in order that we may see and may believe in him. And those who have been crucified together with him were reproaching him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:34 & Mat 27:45 & Luk 23:44 around Noon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> it became the sixth hour, there became darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour <n>{i.e. Noon until 3:00 PM; Amos 8:8–9?}</n> . <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:34-41 & Mat 27:46-56 & Luk 23:45-49 & Joh 19:28-30 around 3:00 to 5:00 PM.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus cried in the ninth hour <n>{i.e. 3:00 PM}</n> with a loud voice, saying, <J>Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?</J> which is, <i>after</i> being translated, ‘My God, my God, why did you forsake me?’ <n>{Psa 22:1}</n>


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<pb/>And some of those standing beside <i>him</i>, having heard it, were saying, Behold, he is summoning Elijah.


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But one having ran and filled a sponge from <i>the</i> vinegar <i>vessel</i>, placed it around a reed and was giving <i>it to</i> him to drink, saying, Allow° <i>it, that</i> we may see if Elijah comes to take him down.


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Now the centurion* standing <i>there</i>, opposite from him, saw that he thus cried out and expired, said, Truly this man was <i>the</i> Son of God.


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Now there were also women viewing from afar, among whom were both Mary the Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the little <n>{Or: least}</n> and of Joses and Salome;


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who also, when he was in Galilee, was following him and was serving him, and many other women who came-up together with him to Jerusalem. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:42-47 & Mat 27:57-66 & Luk 23:50-56 & Joh 19:31-42 Before The Sabbath.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And already becoming evening, since it was <i>the</i> Preparation, which is, the daytime before the Sabbath,


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Joseph, a prominent counselor, came, <i>who was</i> from Arimathaea, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God, and having dared, he entered to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.


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Now Pilate marveled if he had already died. And having called to him the centurion*, he asked him if he had been dead very-long.


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And having bought a linen cloth and having taken him down, he coiled him in the linen cloth, and placed him in a tomb which was hewed out of a rock, and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 16:1-8 & Mat 28:1-8 & Luk 24:1-8, 12 & Joh 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sun.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And <i>after</i> the Sabbath <i>had</i> elapsed, Mary the Magdalene and Mary <i>the mother</i> of James and Salome bought spices, in order that <i>after</i> they went there, they might anoint him.


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And exceedingly <i>early</i> in the morning on the first <i>day</i> of the week, they are coming upon the tomb <i>after</i> the sun rose.


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And they were saying to themselves, Who will be rolling away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?


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And having entered into the tomb, they saw a young-man sitting at <i>the</i> right <i>side</i>, having been dressed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed.


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<pb/>Now he says to them, Do° not be utterly amazed. You° are seeking Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He was raised. He is not here. Behold, the place where they <i>had</i> placed him.


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But go° away; say to his disciples and Peter, He precedes you° into Galilee. You° will be seeing him there, like he said to you°.


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And they went out and fled from the tomb. Now trembling and astonishment were holding them, and they said nothing to anyone; for* they were afraid. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:9-11 & Mat 28:9-10 & Luk 24:9-11 & Joh 20:11-18.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now having risen* in the morning on the first <i>day</i> of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.


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Having traveled <i>on</i>, she reported to those who came* with him, <i>who were</i> mourning and weeping.


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And <i>after</i> they heard that he is alive and was seen by her, they disbelieved. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 28:11-15 Sun. Morning.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:12-13 & Luk 24:13-35 & 1Co 15:5 Sun. Afternoon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now after these things, he was manifested in a different form to two out of them <i>while</i> they are walking, traveling into the rural-area.


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And they went away and reported it to the rest, <i>but</i> they did not believe those <i>men</i>. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:14 & Luk 24:36-43 & Joh 20:19-25 Sun. Evening.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And later, <i>while</i> reclining <i>at a meal</i>, he was manifested to the eleven themselves and he reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him, that he had been raised. <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 20:26-31 & 1Co 15:5 Sun. after the resurrection.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Joh 21:1-25 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mat 28:16-17 & 1Co 15:6 Mountain in Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:15-18 & Mat 28:18-20 & Luk 24:46-47 Mountain in Galilee; The Great Commission.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J><i>While</i> you° <i>have</i> traveled into all the world, preach° the good-news to all creation.</J>


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<J>He who believes and is immersed* will be saved, but he who disbelieves</J> <n>{Or: disobeys}</n> <J>will be condemned.</J>


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<pb/><J>Now these signs will be following those who believed: they will be casting out demons in my name; they will be speaking in new languages;</J>


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<J>they will be lifting up serpents and even if they drink anything deadly, it should never harm them; they will lay hands upon <i>the</i> sick and they will be well.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 24:44-49 & Acts 1:3-8 & 1Co 15:7 Jerusalem.}</n><br/><pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:19-20 & Luk 24:50-53 & Acts 1:9-12 Olivet, between Jerusalem and Bethany.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Therefore indeed, the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven and sat down at the right <i>hand</i> of God.


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Now those <i>apostles</i> went forth and preached everywhere, the Lord working together with them, and confirming the word through the signs that followed. Amen.


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<pb/><n>{Luk 1:1-4 Introduction; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Since many undertook the task to compile a narrative concerning the matters which have been fully assured among us,


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just-as they gave them to us, who from <i>the</i> beginning became eyewitnesses and attendants of the word,


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it also seemed <i>good</i> to me, having followed accurately in all things from the start, to write to you afterwards, most-excellent Theophilus;


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in order that you might fully know the certainty concerning the words in which you were instructed. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 1:5-25 Jerusalem 6 BC; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>It happened in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, <i>there was</i> a certain priest, Zacharias by name, from the class* of Abijah and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron and her name <i>was</i> Elisabeth.


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Now they were both righteous <i>and</i> blameless in God’s sight, conducting-themselves in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.


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And there was no child to them, insomuch as Elisabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.


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<pb/>Now it happened, while* he was doing priestly duties in front of God in the order of his class*,


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according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn-incense, <i>after</i> he entered into the temple of the Lord.


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And a messenger of the Lord was seen by him, standing at the right <i>side</i> of <i>the</i> altar of incense.


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<pb/>But the messenger said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias, because your supplication was heard and your wife Elisabeth will be giving-birth to a son to you and you will call his name John.


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For* he will be great in the Lord’s sight, and he should never drink wine or liquor, and he will be filled more with <i>the</i> Holy Spirit <i>even</i> from his mother’s womb.


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And he will be going beforehand, in his sight, in <i>the</i> spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers again to <i>their</i> children, and <i>to turn the</i> disobedient by <i>the</i> prudence of <i>the</i> righteous; to make-ready a people who have been prepared for <i>the</i> Lord.


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<pb/>And Zacharias said to the messenger, According to what, will I know this? For* I am an elderly-man and my wife is advanced in her days.


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<pb/>And the messenger answered and said to him, I am Gabriel, who stands in God’s sight, and I was sent to speak to you and to proclaim to you this good-news.


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And behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, till the day that these things should happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.


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<pb/>And the people <i>were</i> expecting Zacharias and they were marveling at his delaying in the temple.


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But <i>after</i> he came out, he was not able to speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple, and he was signaling to them and was remaining mute.


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<pb/>Now after these days, Elisabeth his wife conceived, and she was hiding herself <i>for</i> five months, saying,


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Thus the Lord has done to me in the days in which he looked upon <i>me</i>, to take away my reproach among men. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 1:26-38 Nazareth 5 BC; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now in the sixth month Gabriel the messenger was sent by God to a city of Galilee, whose name <i>was</i> Nazareth,


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to a virgin who has been engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, from the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.


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And the messenger entered to her, said, Hail! She who has been favored. The Lord <i>is</i> with you. You have been blessed among women.


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But having seen him, she was <i>very</i> disturbed at his speech, and was reasoning what sort of greeting this might be.


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He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest and the Lord God will be giving to him the throne of his father David,


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<pb/>And the messenger answered and said to her, <i>The</i> Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Highest will be overshadowing you; hence the holy one being born out of you will also be called the Son of God.


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And behold, Elisabeth your relative, she also has conceived a son in her elderliness, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren,


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<pb/>But Mary said, Behold, the bondservant of the Lord; let it happen to me according to your declaration. And the messenger went away from her. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 1:39-80 Hill region of Judea, 5 BC; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now having risen* up in these days, Mary traveled with diligence into the hill-country, into a city of Judah,


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And it happened, as Elisabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby jumped in her womb, and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;


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and she shouted out with a loud voice and said, You have been blessed among women, and the fruit of your womb has been blessed.


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For* behold, as the voice of your greeting came* into my ears, the baby jumped in my womb in gladness.


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And she who believed is fortunate, because there will be a completion of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord.


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Because he looked upon the humbleness of his bondservant; for* behold, from hereafter, all generations will esteem me fortunate.


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He made* <i>his</i> dominion <i>known</i> with* his arm. He scattered <i>the</i> haughty in <i>the</i> perception of their heart.


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And the dwellers around <i>her,</i> and her relatives, heard that the Lord was magnifying his mercy with her, and they were rejoicing together with her.


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And it happened, that on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were <i>to be</i> calling it upon <n>{i.e. after}</n> the name of his father, Zacharias.


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Now his mouth was instantly opened, and his tongue <i>loosed,</i> and he was speaking, thanking God.


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And fear became upon all those dwelling around them and all these declarations were being talked-about in the whole hill-country of Judea.


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And all who heard them placed them in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.


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The Lord, the God of Israel <i>is</i> gracious*. Because he visited and made* redemption for his people.


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And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; for* ‘you will be traveling before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways.’ <n>{Mal 3:1}</n>


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through the heart* of mercy of our God, in which the rising <i>of light</i> from on high visited us,


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to appear upon those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to steer our feet into the way of peace.


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<pb/>Now the child was growing and becoming-powerful in spirit and was in the wildernesses until the day of his <i>public</i> showing to Israel.


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<pb/><n>{Luk 2:1-20 Bethlehem 5 BC; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/><br/><n>{Augustus, a title, both the Latin form and Greek word ‘sebastos’ are in the Bible (G828, G4575), which are adjectives that means ‘worthy of worship. It is like our Reverend, His Majesty, Your Worship, etc.’ This ‘worthy of worship’ became worse as more and more Emperors took the throne. Even Nero is referred to as the ‘Man of Sin’ in 2Th 2:3, the number of a man in Rev 13:18 (666). Caesar is our ‘Emperor.’ Adjectives in Greek occur after the noun so by rights this is His Reverend Emperor in Luk 2:1. In Acts 25:2, 5; 27:1 - Augustus here means simply ‘the Emperor’ and translated as such.}</n><br/><pb/>Now it happened in those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the inhabited-earth.


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Now Joseph also went-up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was out of the house and family of David;


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to register himself together with Mary, who has been engaged to him <i>as his</i> wife, being swollen <i>with child</i> <n>{i.e. pregnant}</n> .


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and she bore her firstborn son, and she swaddled and reclined him in the manger, because there was no place for them in the boarding-house.


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<pb/>And there were shepherds in the same region, camping out and observing watches over their flock by night.


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And behold, a messenger of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were afraid <i>with</i> a great fear.


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And the messenger said to them, Do° not be afraid; for* behold, I proclaim to you° good-news of great joy which will be to all the people,


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And suddenly, a multitude of <i>the</i> heavenly army praising God happened <i>to be</i> together with the messenger, and saying,


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And it happened, as the messengers went away from them into heaven, and the men, the shepherds, said to one another, We should go through, insofar as Bethlehem, and let us see this declaration <i>about events</i> that has happened, which the Lord made known to us!


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<pb/>And they came, having hurried, and found both Mary and Joseph and the baby laying in the manger.


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Now having seen <i>this</i>, they made <i>it</i> known concerning the declaration which was spoken to them concerning this child.


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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God in all the things which they heard and saw, just-as it was spoken to them. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 2:21-39a Temple at Jerusalem 4 BC; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise him, his name was called Jesus, which was called by the messenger before he was conceived in the womb.


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<pb/>And when the days of their cleansing according to the Law of Moses were fulfilled, they led him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord <n>{Lev 12:2 - 6}</n>


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(as it has been written in <i>the</i> Law of the Lord, ‘Every male who opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord’); <n>{Exo 13:2, 12}</n>


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and to give ‘A couple of turtledoves or two young doves <i>as</i> a sacrifice according to what has been spoken in <i>the</i> Law of the Lord. <n>{Lev 12:8, 5:11}</n>


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<pb/>And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel and <i>the</i> Holy Spirit was upon him.


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And it was divinely-spoken to him by the Holy Spirit, <i>that</i> he should not see death, before he should see the Lord’s Christ.


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And he came in the Spirit into the temple, while* the parents were bringing* in the child Jesus, to do according to the custom of the law concerning him.


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and Simeon gave-thanks for them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this <i>child</i> is destined *for the fall and the resurrection of many in Israel, and *for a sign being spoken against.


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Now, also a long-sword will be going through your own soul; *that reasonings may be revealed out of many hearts.


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<pb/>And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, out of the tribe of Asher (she had advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,


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and she <i>had been</i> a widow approximately eighty four years), who did not withdraw from the temple, giving-divine service with fasts and supplications night and day.


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And having stood up in that same hour, she was fully-professing the Lord and was speaking concerning him to all those who were waiting for the redemption in Jerusalem. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 2:19-23 & Luk 2:39b Egypt & Nazareth 4 BC.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And as they <i>had</i> completed all things which were according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 2:40-52 Nazareth and Jerusalem 7 or 8 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now the child was growing and becoming-powerful in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.


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And when he became twelve years <i>old</i>, they went-up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast;


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and having completed the days, while* they were returning, the boy Jesus remained back in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know <i>it</i>.


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But having supposed him to be in the caravan, they went a day’s journey, and they were seeking him among their relatives and among their acquaintances.


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<pb/>And it happened, after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and asking them <i>questions</i>.


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And <i>after</i> they saw him, they were astounded, and his mother said to him, Child, why did you do so to us? Behold, your father and I were seeking you, sorrowing.


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>Why <i>is it</i> that you° were seeking me? Did you° not know it is essential <i>for</i> me to be in the things of my father?</J>


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And he went-down with them, and came to Nazareth, and he was being subject to them and his mother was keeping all these words in her heart.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 1:1-8 & Mat 3:1-12 & Luk 3:1-18. Judea near Jordan River 25 or 26 AD.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being Tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip, Tetrarch of <i>the</i> region <i>made up</i> of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias <i>being</i> Tetrarch of Abilene,


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in <i>the time</i> of Annas and Caiaphas, <i>the</i> high-priests, <i>the</i> declaration of God came* to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.


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And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching <i>the</i> immersion* of repentance into <i>the</i> forgiveness of sins;


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as it has been written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare° the way of the Lord. Make*° his paths straight.


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Every valley will be filled and every mountain and hill will be humbled, And the crooked into straight and the rough ways into smooth.


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<pb/>Therefore, he was saying to the crowds who traveled out to be immersed* by him, Offspring of vipers! Who warned you° to flee from the future wrath?


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Therefore produce° fruits worthy of repentance and do° not begin to say among yourselves, We have Abraham <i>as our</i> father; for* I say to you°, that God is able to lift <i>up</i> children to Abraham from these stones.


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Now the ax is also already destined toward the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree which is not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, He who has two tunics, let him give <i>one</i> to the one who does not have, and he who has food, let him do likewise.


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<pb/>But <i>the</i> active soldiers were also asking him, saying, And we, what will we do? <pb/>And he said to them, Intimidate° no one, nor cheat° <i>anyone</i>, and be° content with your° rations.


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<pb/>But the people <i>are</i> expecting, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, maybe, he might be the Christ;


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John answered, saying to them all, I indeed immerse* you° in water, but the mightier one <i>than</i> I is coming, the strap of whose shoes I am not sufficient to loose. He will immerse* you° in <i>the</i> Holy Spirit, and in fire;


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whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will be thoroughly cleansing his threshing floor, and will be gathering the grain into his barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.


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<pb/>Therefore indeed, he was proclaiming the good-news to the people, encouraging <i>them</i> also with many other things. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:14a & Mat 4:12 & Luk 3:19-20 & Joh 4:1-4 Judea to Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now it happened, while* all the people were immersed*; <i>after</i> Jesus was also immersed*, and <i>while</i> praying, the heaven was opened,


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and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form, like a dove upon him, and a voice came* from heaven, saying, <J>You are my beloved Son. I am delighted in you.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 1:1-17 & Luk 3:23-28 Genealogy.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he was approximately thirty years <i>old, when</i> beginning <i>to teach</i>, (as it was supposed, the son of Joseph). <i>Although</i> Jesus, himself was <i>a descendant</i> from Heli,


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<pb/><n>{Mar 1:12-13 & Mat 4:1-11 & Luk 4:1-13.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now full of <i>the</i> Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan, and was being led by <i>the</i> Spirit into the wilderness,


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being tempted by the devil <i>for</i> forty days. And he ate nothing in those days, and later, <i>after</i> they were completed, he hungered.


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And the devil said to him, If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone in order that it may become bread.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered to him, saying, <J>It has been written, ‘Man will not live on bread only, but upon every declaration from God.’</J> <n>{Deu 8:3}</n>


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<pb/>And the devil, having led him up into a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited-earth in an instant of time.


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And the devil said to him, I will be giving all this authority, and the glory of them, to you, because it has been given to me, and I am giving <i>it</i> to whomever I wish.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Go behind me, adversary! It has been written, ‘You will be worshiping the Lord your God and you will be giving-divine service to him only.’</J> <n>{Deu 6:13}</n>


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<pb/>And he led him to Jerusalem, and stood him upon the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, If you are <i>the</i> Son of God, cast yourself downward from here.


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and, ‘They will lift you up upon <i>their</i> hands, lest you might hit your foot with a stone.’ <n>{Psa 91:11-12}</n>


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to him, <J>It has been spoken, ‘Do not test the Lord your God.’</J> <n>{Deu 6:16}</n>


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> the devil <i>had</i> completed every temptation, he withdrew from him till <i>another</i> time. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 4:14a & Joh 4:44-45 Arrival in Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:14b-15 & Mat 4:17 & Luk 4:14b-15.}</n><br/><pb/>And fame went out throughout the whole region around <i>there</i> concerning him.


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And he was teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 4:16-31; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he came to Nazareth, where he was reared up, and according to his custom, he entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read.


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And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And having unrolled the scroll and found the place where it had been written,


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<J>‘<i>The</i> Spirit of the Lord is upon me, in that, he anointed me to proclaim the good-news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the crushed in heart, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth the downtrodden in deliverance,</J>


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And having furled the scroll and he gave back to the attendant. He sat down, and the eyes of all were staring at him in the synagogue.


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And all were testifying of him, and were marveling at the words of favor which traveled from his mouth, and they were saying, Is this not Joseph’s son?


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>You° will certainly say this parable to me, Physician, heal yourself. We heard how-much had happened in Capernaum, do <i>it</i> here also in your fatherland.</J>


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<J>But in truth I say to you°, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was locked <i>for</i> three years and six months, as <i>such</i> there became a great famine over all the land;</J>


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<J>and Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath from Sidon, to a woman <i>who was</i> a widow.</J>


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<J>And there were many lepers in Israel in <i>the time</i> of Elisha the prophet, and none of them were cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.</J> <pb/>


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and having risen* up, they put him out, outside the city, and led him to the brow of the mountain on which their city had been built, *that* they might propel him off the cliff.


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But having gone through the middle of them, he was traveling <i>away</i>. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:21-28 & Luk 4:31-37 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And a man was in the synagogue, who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,


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saying, Ah! What <i>is this thing</i> to us and to you, Jesus <i>the</i> Nazarene? Did you come to destroy us? I know you, who you are, the Holy One of God.


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<pb/>And Jesus rebuked him, saying, <J>Hush and come out of him.</J> And <i>after</i> the demon tossed him into the middle <i>of them</i>, he came away from him, having not harmed him.


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<pb/>And amazement came* upon all, and they were speaking together with one another, saying, What <i>is</i> this word, because he commands the unclean spirits with* authority and power, and they come out?


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And a rumor was traveling out concerning him, into every place of the region around. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:29-34 & Mat 8:14-17 & Luk 4:38-41 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now he rose* up from the synagogue and entered into the house of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was being held by a great fever, and they asked him concerning her.


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And he stood above her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and instantly, she rose* up and was serving them.


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<pb/>Now <i>at the</i> setting of the sun, all, as many as had anyone sick with various diseases led them to him, and having laid his hands on each one of them, he healed them.


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Now demons were also coming out from many, crying out and saying, You are the Christ, the Son of God. And rebuking them, he was not permitting them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 1:35-39 & Mat 4:23-25 & Luk 4:42-44 Preaching through Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> it became day, he came out and traveled into a desolate place, and the crowds were seeking him and came to him, and were holding-onto him to not travel away from them.


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But he said to them, <J>It is essential <i>for</i> me to also proclaim the good-news of the kingdom of God to the other cities, because I have been sent to this <i>end</i>.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 1:16-20 & Mat 4:18-22 & Luk 5:1-11 Sea of Galilee near Capernaum.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now it happened, while* the crowd jammed against him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret;


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and he saw two ships standing <i>empty</i> beside the lake, but the fishermen, having stepped away from them, rinsed their nets.


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Now he stepped onto one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and asked him to set-sail a few <i>feet</i> from the land. And having sat down, he was teaching the crowds out of the ship.


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Now as he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, <J>Set-sail into the deep and lower° your° nets *for a catch.</J> <pb/>


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And Simon answered and said to him, Master*, we labored through the whole night and took nothing, but at your declaration I will lower the net.


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And having done this, they locked up together a large multitude of fish, and their net was being ripped;


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and they signaled to their companions, those in the other ship, that they should come to help them. And they came and filled both the ships, so-that they <i>are about</i> to be submerged.


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But having seen it, Simon Peter fell <i>down</i> before Jesus’ knees, <i>and</i> said, Go away from me, because I am a man, a sinner, O Lord.


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and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. <pb/>And Jesus said to Simon, <J>Do not fear; from hereafter you will be catching live men.</J>


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<pb/>And it happened, while* he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy. And <i>after</i> he saw Jesus, he fell upon his face, <i>and</i> besought of him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.


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<pb/>And having stretched out his hand, he touched him, <i>and</i> said, <J>I am willing; be cleansed.</J> And immediately the leprosy went away from him.


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And he commanded him to tell no one, <i>saying</i>, <J>But <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> gone away, show yourself to the priest and offer <i>the gift</i> concerning your cleansing, just-as Moses commanded, *for a testimony to them.</J> <n>{Lev 13:49 and 14:2-4}</n>


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<pb/>But the word concerning him was going through <i>the land even</i> more, and large crowds were coming together to hear and to be healed by him from their sicknesses.


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<pb/>And it happened on one of those days, that he was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem, and the power of <i>the</i> Lord was <i>there</i>, *that* he might heal them.


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<pb/>And behold, <i>some</i> men are carrying a man who was paralyzed upon a cot, and they were seeking to bring him in and to place him in his sight.


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And having not found from what <i>way, that</i> they might bring him in because of the crowd, they went-up to the housetop and dropped him down through the tiles together with his cot, into the middle, before Jesus.


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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this one, who is speaking blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins, except God only?


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<pb/>But Jesus fully knowing their reasonings, answered and said to them, <J>What are you° reasoning in your° hearts?</J>


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<J>What is easier, to say, Your sins have been forgiven to you; or to say, Lift yourself up and walk?</J>


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<J>But in order that you° may know that the Son of Man has authority upon the earth to forgive sins,</J> (he said to the one who has been paralyzed), <J>I say to you, Lift yourself up! And <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> taken up your cot, travel to your house!</J>


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And instantly he stood up in their sight, <i>after</i> he lifted up <i>that</i> upon which he was reclining, and went away to his house, glorifying God.


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<pb/>And astonishment took all and they were glorifying God, and they were filled with fear, saying, We <i>have</i> seen glorious things today. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 2:13-14 & Mat 9:9 & Luk 5:27-28 At or near Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And after these things, he went forth and saw a tax collector, Levi by name, sitting at the tax-office and said to him, <J>Follow me.</J>


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<pb/>And Levi made* for himself a great banquet in his house and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining <i>at the meal</i> with them.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but those who have ill<i>ness</i>.</J>


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>The sons of the bridal-party</J> <n>{companions or guests}</n> <J>are not able to make</J>* <J><i>or</i> to fast, in which the bridegroom is with them, are they?</J>


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<pb/>But he also spoke a parable to them: <J>No one puts a patch from a new garment upon an old garment; otherwise, the new <i>and old</i> will split-apart and also the <i>patch</i> from the new will not agree together with the old.</J>


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<J>And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the new wine will burst the <i>old</i> wineskins, and it will be poured out and the wineskins will be destroyed.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 2:23-28 & Mat 12:1-8 & Luk 6:1-5 Jerusalem to Galilee.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now it happened on a second Sabbath <i>after the</i> first <i>feast Sabbath</i>, that he was traveling through the grain-fields, and his disciples were plucking the tops, rubbing them in their hands and were eating <i>them</i>.


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<J>How he entered into the house of God and took and ate the showbread, and also gave <i>it</i> to those who were with him; which it is not legal to eat, except for the priests only?</J> <n>{1Sam 21:6}</n>


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And he said to them, <J>The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:1-6 & Mat 12:9-14 & Luk 6:6-11 Probably Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now it happened also on a different Sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught, and a man was there, and his right hand was dried up.


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Now the scribes and the Pharisees were observing <i>him</i>, if he will heal <i>him</i> on the Sabbath; in order that they might find an accusation <i>against</i> him.


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But he knew their reasonings, and he said to the man having a dried up hand, <J>Lift yourself up and stand, <i>you</i> in the middle!</J> Now he rose* up, <i>and</i> stood <i>there</i>.


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Therefore Jesus said to them, <J>I ask you° something, Is it legal on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil? To save a life or to kill it?</J>


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And having looked around on them all, he said to him, <J>Stretch out your hand.</J> Now he did, and his hand was restored healthy like the other.


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But they themselves were filled with madness, and were talking-about <i>this</i> to one another <i>as to</i> what they should do to Jesus. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:13-19a & Luk 6:12-16 Near Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now it happened in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he was persisting through the night in prayer to God.


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And when it became day, he summons his disciples, and he chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles:


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Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John and Philip and Bartholomew,


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Judas <i>the son</i> <n>{Or: brother of; See Jude.}</n> of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a betrayer. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 5:1 & Luk 6:17-20. Sermon on the mountain.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he went-down with them and stood upon a place of <i>the</i> plain, and <i>with</i> a crowd of his disciples and a large multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;


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And all the crowd was seeking to touch him, because power was coming out from him and was healing <i>them</i> all. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 5:2-12 & Luk 6:20-26.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he lifted up his eyes toward his disciples and said: <J>You° <i>the</i> poor <i>are</i> fortunate, because the kingdom of God is yours°.</J>


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<J>You° who hunger now <i>are</i> fortunate, because you° will be fully-fed. You° who are weeping now <i>are</i> fortunate, because you° will be laughing.</J>


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<J>You° are fortunate, whenever men hate you° and whenever they separate* you° <i>from themselves,</i> and may reproach you° and may cast out your° name like evil, because of the Son of Man.</J>


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<J>Rejoice° in that day and jump° <i>for joy,</i> for* behold your° reward is much in heaven; for* their fathers were doing to the prophets according to the same things.</J>


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<J>Woe to you° who have been filled, because you° will hunger! Woe to you° who laugh now, because you° will be mourning and will be weeping!</J>


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<J>Woe <i>to</i> you° whenever men speak well of you°, for* their fathers were doing to the false prophets according to the same things!</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 5:17-48 & Luk 6:27-36.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>But I am saying to you° who hear, Love*° your° enemies, do° good to those who hate you°,</J>


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<J>Hold near to the one who beats you upon the <i>one</i> jaw, the other also, and from the one who takes away your garment, do not forbid <i>him</i> your tunic also.</J>


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<J>Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes away what is yours, do not ask for <i>it</i> back.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:12 & Luk 6:31.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>And if you° love* those who love* you°, what gratitude do you° have? For* even sinners love* those who love* them.</J>


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<J>And if you° do good to those who are doing good to you°, what gratitude do you° have? For* even sinners are doing the same.</J>


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<J>And if you° lend to those from whom you° are hoping to receive, what gratitude do you° have? For* even sinners are lending to sinners, in order that they might receive equally.</J>


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<J>However, love*° your° enemies and do° good <i>things for them</i> and lend°, hoping for nothing again. And your° reward will be much, and you° will be sons of the Highest, because he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.</J>


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<J>Therefore, become° compassionate, just-as your° Father is also compassionate.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:1-6 & Luk 6:37-42. See also Joh 5:30, 7:24.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>And do° not judge and you° should never be judged; do° not sentence <i>others</i> and you° should never be sentenced; release° and you° will be released.</J>


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<J>Give° and it will be given to you°; they will be giving good measure into your° bosom, what has been packed-down and has been shaken <i>together</i> and pouring over. For* with the same measure you° measure, it will be measured to you° again.</J>


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<pb/>Now he also spoke a parable to them: <J>Is a blind <i>person</i> able to guide the blind? Will they not both be falling into a ditch?</J>


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<J>The disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone having been matured</J> <n>{i.e. completed the training}</n> <J>, will be like his teacher.</J>


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<J>But why are you looking at the speck which is in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the beam which is in your own eye?</J>


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<J>Or how are you able to say to your brother, Brother, Allow <i>me, that</i> I may cast out the speck which is in your eye, <i>while</i> you yourself do not see the beam which is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out the beam first out of your own eye, and then you will see precisely to cast out the speck which is in your brother’s eye.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:13-23 & Luk 6:43-45.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>For* there is not a good tree producing rotten fruit; nor <i>is there</i> a rotten tree producing good fruit.</J>


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<J>For* each tree is known from its own fruit. For* men do not collect figs from thorns, nor do they pick a grape-cluster from a bush.</J>


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<J>The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth what is evil; for* his mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 7:24-29 & Luk 6:46-49.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>Now why are you° calling me, Lord, Lord and <i>yet</i> do not practice the things which I say?</J>


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<J>Everyone who comes to me and hears my words, and is practicing them, I will show you° to whom he is similar.</J>


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<J>He is similar to a man building a house, who dug and <i>then</i> deepened and placed <i>its</i> foundation upon the rock, and</J> <i>after<J></i> a deluge happened, the river bursts against that house and was not strong-enough to shake it; for* it had been founded upon the rock.</J>


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<J>But he who heard and did not, is similar to a man who built a house upon the soil without a foundation; which the river bursts against, and immediately it fell, and the breakup of that house became great.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mat 8:1, 8:5-13 & Luk 7:1-10 Capernaum.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now since he <i>had</i> fulfilled all his declarations in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum.


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Now having heard <i>things</i> concerning Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews; requesting of him, *that <i>after</i> he has come <i>to him</i>, he might cure his bondservant.


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Now <i>when</i> they came* to Jesus, they were pleading with him diligently, saying, He is worthy *that you will be providing this for him;


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<pb/>Now Jesus was traveling together with them. Now already, <i>while</i> he is not far distant from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, do not be bothered; for* I am not sufficient that* you should enter under my roof.


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Hence, not even I myself deemed it worthy to come to you, but say <i>it</i> with a word, and my young-servant will be healed.


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For* I am also a man appointed under authority, having soldiers under myself, and I say to this one, Travel and he travels, and to another, Come and he comes, and to my bondservant, Do this and he does it.


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<pb/>Now having heard these things, Jesus marveled at him and turned and said to the crowd who followed him, <J>I say to you°, Not even in Israel, did I found so-great a faith.</J>


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And those who were sent, having returned to the house, found the sick bondservant healthy. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 7:11-17 At Nain in Galilee; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And it happened on the next <i>day</i>, that he was traveling to a city called Nain, and his considerable <i>number of</i> disciples and a large crowd was traveling together with him.


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Now as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold also, <i>one</i> who had died, was being entombed, the only begotten son of his mother and she was a widow and a considerable crowd from the city <i>was</i> together with her.


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And he came near and touched the funeral bier, and those bearing <i>it</i> stopped. Now he said, <J>Young-man, I say to you, Arise.</J>


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Now fear took all and they were glorifying God, saying, A great prophet has arisen among us, and that God visited his people.


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And this word went forth concerning him in the whole <i>region</i> of Judea, and in all the region around. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 11:2-30 & Luk 7:18-35 Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And John, having called to him a certain two of his disciples, sent <i>them</i> to Jesus, saying, Are you he who is coming or are we expecting another?


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> the men came* to him, they said, John the Immerser* sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is coming or are we expecting another?


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He healed many from <i>their</i> diseases and disorders and evil spirits in the same hour, and he granted <i>to</i> many <i>of the</i> blind to see.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to them, <J><i>After</i> you° <i>have</i> traveled <i>back</i>, report° to John the things which you° have seen and heard; that the blind recover their sight, the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed and <i>the</i> mute hear, <i>the</i> dead are raised, <i>the</i> poor have the good-news proclaimed to them.</J>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> the messengers of John went away, he began to say to the crowds concerning John, <J>What have you° gone out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?</J>


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<J>But what have you° gone out to see? A man having been dressed-up in soft garments? Behold, those who are in glorious garments and being* in splendor, <i>are</i> in <i>the</i> royal <i>courts</i>.</J>


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<J>This is he concerning whom it has been written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will be preparing your way before you.</J> <n>{Mal 3:1}</n>


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<J>For* I say to you°, Among those born of women there is no prophet greater <i>than</i> John the Immerser*; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater <i>than</i> he.</J>


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And all the people and the tax collectors, having heard <i>this</i>, having been immersed* in the immersion* of John, <i>were</i> made righteous <i>by</i> God.


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But the Pharisees and the professors of the law rejected the plan of God *for themselves, having not been immersed* by him.


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<J>Therefore to what will be similar to the men of this generation, and to what are they similar?</J>


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<J>They are similar to children who are sitting in the marketplace and <i>are</i> shouting to one another and saying, We piped to you° and you° did not dance; we mourned for you° and you° did not weep.</J>


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<J>For* John the Immerser* has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you° say, He has a demon.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you° say, Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!</J>


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<J>And wisdom was made righteous from all her children.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 7:36-50 Galilee; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now someone from the Pharisees asked him, in order that he might eat with him. And having entered into the Pharisee’s house, he reclined <i>at a meal.</i>


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And behold, a woman who was in the city, <i>who was</i> a sinner, <i>after</i> she recognized that he is reclining <i>at a meal</i> in the Pharisee’s house, she fetched an alabaster flask of perfume,


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and having stood beside his feet behind <i>him</i>, weeping, she began to rain on his feet with her tears and was wiping them with the hairs of her head and was kissing his feet, and was anointing <i>them</i> with the perfume.


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Now the Pharisee, who invited him, saw it, <i>and</i> spoke in himself, saying, This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.


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<pb/>And Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Simon, I have something to say to you.</J> <pb/>But he says, Teacher, say <i>it</i>.


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<pb/><J>There was two debtors to a lender: a certain one was owing five hundred denarii and <i>the</i> other fifty.</J>


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<J>But</J> <i>after</i> <J>they did not have <i>anything</i> to repay <i>him with</i>, he forgave* them both. Therefore, tell me who of them will love* him most?</J>


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<pb/>But Simon answered and said, I am taking <i>it as</i>, he to whom he forgave* the most. <pb/>But he said to him, <J>You judged correctly.</J>


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<pb/>And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, <J>Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she rained on my feet with her tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head.</J>


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<J>Because of which, I say to you, Her sins, the many, have been forgiven, because she loved* much, but to whom few is forgiven, <i>the same</i> loves* few.</J>


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And those who reclined <i>at the meal</i> together with him began to speak among themselves, Who is this one, who forgives even sins?


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<pb/><n>{Luk 8:1-3 Journeying in Galilee; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And it happened in this afterwards also, <i>that</i> he was traveling through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming the good-news of the kingdom of God and the twelve <i>were</i> together with him,


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and some women who were healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,


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and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s commissioner, and Susanna, and many others who were serving them from their possessions. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 4:1-25 & Mat 13:1-23 & Luk 8:4-18 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now a large crowd <i>was</i> coming-together and he spoke through a parable <i>to</i> those who were traveling to him <i>from</i> every city.


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<J>The sower went forth to sow his seed, and while* he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled down and the birds of the heaven devoured it.</J>


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<J>And other fell upon the rock, and <i>after</i> it sprang up, it dried up, because it had no moisture.</J>


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<J>And other fell in <i>the</i> midst of the thorns, and the thorns sprang up together with it and choked it.</J>


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<J>And other fell into the good soil, and sprang up and produced fruit a hundred-times <i>over</i>.</J> <i>While</i> saying these things, he was shouting, <J>He who has ears to hear, let him hear.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>But he said, <J>It has been given to you° to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but <i>it is</i> in parables to the rest; in order that seeing, they may not see; and hearing, they may not understand.</J> <n>{Isa 6:9}</n>


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<J>But those beside the road are those who hear; thereafter, the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, in order that <i>after</i> they believed, they may not be saved.</J>


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<J>But those upon the rock <i>are</i> those who, whenever they hear, accept the word with joy, and these have no root, who for a <i>short</i> time believe, and withdraw in time of temptation.</J>


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<J>But what fell among the thorns, these are those who heard, and <i>while</i> they are traveling on <i>with life</i>, they are choked by anxieties and riches and sensual-delights of <i>this</i> life, and they are not bringing <i>themselves</i> to maturity.</J>


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<J>But that <i>seed</i> in the good soil, these are they who <i>have</i> heard the word in a good and beautiful heart, <i>and</i> hold-onto it and are bearing-fruit in <i>their</i> endurance.</J>


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<pb/><J>Now no one, having lit a lamp, hides it in a vessel or places it underneath a bed, but places it upon a lamp-stand, in order that those who travel in may see the light.</J>


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<J>For* there is not <i>anything</i> hidden, that will not become apparent; nor <i>anything</i> secret, that will not be known and may come into apparent <i>view</i>.</J>


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<J>Therefore beware°, how you° hear; for* whoever has, <i>more</i> will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken away from him.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 3:31-35 & Mat 12:46-50 & Luk 8:19-21.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now there came* to him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get-close to him because of the crowd.


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And it was reported to him, saying, Your mother and your brethren are standing outside, wishing to see you.


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<pb/>But he answered and said to them, <J>My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and <i>are</i> doing it.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 4:35-41 & Mat:8:18-27 & Luk 8:22-25 Sea of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now it happened on one of those days, that he stepped onto a ship, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, <J>We should go over to the <i>area</i> beyond-that of the lake.</J> And they set-sail.


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But <i>while</i> sailing, he slept and a gale of wind descended onto the lake, and they were filling <i>with water</i>, and were in peril.


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<pb/>Now having gone to him, they awakened him, saying, Master*, Master*! We are perishing. But having raised himself <i>up</i>, he rebuked the wind and the wave of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm.


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<pb/>Now he said to them, <J>Where is your° faith?</J> <pb/>But being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water and they are obedient* to him? <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 5:1-21 & Mat 8:28-34 & Luk 8:26-40 Gergesa.}</n><br/><pb/>


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Now <i>after</i> Jesus went forth upon the land, a certain man out of the city met him, who was held by demons, and he had not clothed himself with a garment in a considerable time and was not abiding in <i>any</i> house, but <i>lived</i> in the tombs.


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Now having seen Jesus and having cried out, he fell <i>down</i> before him, and said with a loud voice, What <i>is this thing</i> with me and with you, Jesus, Son of the Highest God? I beseech of you. Do not torment me.


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For* he commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For* it had seized him many times, and he was being guarded and bound with chains and shackles, and ripping the bonds, he was being driven by the demon into the wilderness.


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<pb/>Now Jesus asked him, saying, <J>What is your name?</J> <pb/>Now he said, Legion. (Because many demons had entered into him.)


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Now a considerable herd of swine was there, feeding at the mountain. And he was pleading with him in order that he might permit them to enter into those <i>swine</i>. And he permitted them.


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Now the demons having gone out from the man, entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and were choking <i>to death</i>.


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Now <i>after</i> those who are feeding them saw what <i>had</i> happened, they fled and reported it in the city and in the rural-area.


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Now they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man, from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, having on garments and being sensible, beside the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid.


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And all the multitude of the region around the Gadarenes asked him to go away from them, because they were being held by great fear, and he stepped into the ship and returned.


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Now the man from whom the demons had gone out of, was beseeching to be together with him. <pb/>But Jesus dismissed him, saying,


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<J>Return to your house, and describe how-much God did for you.</J> And he went away, preaching in the whole city how-much Jesus did for him.


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<pb/>Now it happened while* Jesus was returning, the crowd accepted him; for* they were all expecting him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 5:22-43 & Mat 9:18-26 & Luk 8:41-56 Capernaum.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And behold, a man whose name <i>was</i> Jairus came, and he possessed <i>the office of</i> ruler of the synagogue, and he fell beside Jesus’ feet and was pleading with him to enter into his house;


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because there was to him an only begotten daughter, approximately twelve years <i>old</i>, and this one was dying. But while* he was going, the crowds were choking him.


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<pb/>And a woman, having a flowing of blood twelve years, who consumed her whole livelihood upon physicians, was not strong-enough to be healed by anyone.


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She came near, behind him and touched the hem of his garment, and instantly, the flowing of her blood stopped.


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And Jesus said, <J>Who touched my <i>garment</i>?</J> <pb/>But <i>while</i> all are denying <i>it</i>, Peter and those with him said, Master*, the crowds are crowding <i>against</i> you, and are pressing against <i>you</i> and you say, Who touched my <i>garment</i>?


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<pb/>But Jesus said, <J>Someone touched me; for* I knew <i>that</i> power had gone forth from me.</J> <pb/>


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Now <i>after</i> the woman saw that she was not eluding <i>him</i>, she came trembling, and having fallen down before him, reported to him in the sight of all the people, because of what cause she touched him and how she was healed instantly.


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<pb/><i>While</i> still speaking, someone from the ruler of the synagogue’s <i>house</i> comes, saying, Your daughter has died; do not bother the Teacher.


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<pb/>But Jesus having heard it, answered him, saying, <J>Do not fear. Only believe and she will be cured.</J>


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Now <i>after</i> he came into the house, he allowed no one to enter <i>it</i>, except Peter and John and James, and the father and the mother of the child.


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Now all were weeping and grieving her. But he said, <J>Do° not weep; she is not dead, but is sleeping.</J>


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But he himself, having cast everyone outside and having taking-hold of her hand, shouted, saying, <J>Child, arise.</J>


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And her spirit returned, and she rose* up instantly, and he commanded that <i>something</i> be given to her to eat.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 6:6b-13 & Mat 9:35-10:42 & Luk 9:1-6 Third circuit of Galilee.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now having called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal diseases.


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And he said to them, <J>Take° nothing *for your° journey, neither staffs, nor knapsack, nor bread, nor silver; nor to have two tunics apiece.</J>


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<J>And as many as may not accept you°, <i>while</i> you° go forth from that city, shake-off° even the dust from your° feet *for a testimony against them.</J>


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Now going out, they were going throughout the villages, proclaiming the good-news and healing everywhere. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:14-29 & Mat 14:1-12 & Luk 9:7-9.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now Herod the Tetrarch heard of all the things happening by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by some, that John has been raised from the dead;


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And Herod said, I beheaded John, but who is this one, concerning whom I am hearing such things? Now he was seeking to see him. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:30-32 & Mat 14:13 & Luk 9:10 & Joh 6:1 East shore of Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having returned, the apostles described to him how-much they <i>had</i> done. Now he took them and departed privately into a desolate place of a city called Bethsaida. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:33-44 & Mat 14:14-21 & Luk 9:11-17 & Joh 6:2-14.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But the crowds, having known it, followed him. And having accepted them, he was speaking to them concerning the kingdom of God, and he was healing those who had need of healing.


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Now the day began to be far-spent, and the twelve came near and said to him, Dismiss the crowd, in order that <i>after</i> they <i>have</i> gone away into the surrounding villages and the rural-area, and may board and may find nutrition, because we are here in a desolate place.


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>You°, give° them <i>something</i> to eat.</J> <pb/>But they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish; lest having traveled <i>back</i>, we should buy foods *for all these people.


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For* they were approximately five thousand men. <pb/>Now he said to his disciples, <J>Have° them recline in parties, <i>approximately</i> fifty apiece.</J>


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Now he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looked up to heaven, he gave-thanks and broke them. And he was giving <i>them</i> to the disciples to place beside the crowd.


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And they ate and all were fully-fed, and twelve baskets of broken pieces were lifted up, what was leftover by them. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 8:27-30 & Mat 16:13-20 & Luk 9:18-21 Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And it happened, while* he was praying alone, the disciples were together with him and he asked them, saying, <J>Who do the crowds say that I am?</J>


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<pb/>But they answered and said, John the Immerser*, but others <i>say</i>, Elijah, and others, that someone from the ancient prophets rose* up.


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>But who do you° say that I am?</J> <pb/>But Peter answered and said, The Christ of God. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 8:31-9:1 & Mat 16:21-28 & Luk 9:22-27 Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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and said, <J>It is essential <i>for</i> the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected* by the elders and high-priests and scribes, and to be killed and to rise</J>* <J>in the third day.</J>


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<pb/>Now he said to all, <J>If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and lift up his cross and follow me.</J>


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<J>For* whoever wishes to save his life will be losing <i>it</i>, but whoever loses his life because of me, this one will be saving it.</J>


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<J>For* what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, but he himself was lost or was forfeited?</J>


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<J>For* whoever is ashamed of me, and of my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him whenever he comes in his own glory, and <i>the glory</i> of the Father and of the holy messengers.</J>


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<J>But I tell you° truly, There are some of those who are standing here, who should never taste of death, until they should see the kingdom of God.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:2-13 & Mat 17:1-13 & Luk 9:28-36 Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now it happened approximately eight days after these words, that he took with <i>him</i> Peter and John and James, and went-up into the mountain to pray.


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And it happened, while* he was praying, the form of his face was a different <i>form</i>, and his garments <i>became</i> white <i>and</i> dazzling.


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Now Peter and those who were together with him were heavy with sleep; but <i>then</i> having awaken thoroughly, they saw his glory and the two men standing together with him.


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<pb/>And it happened, while* they were separating from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master*, it is good <i>for</i> us to be here, and we should make* three tabernacles: one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah; (not knowing <i>exactly</i> what he is saying).


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> saying these things, there became a cloud and overshadowed them, and they feared while* those <i>men</i> were entering into the cloud.


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And while* the voice happened, Jesus was found alone. And they were silent and reported to no one in those days, any of the things which they had seen. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:14-29 & Mat 17:14-21 & Luk 9:37-43 Region of Caesarea Philippi.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And behold, a man from the crowd cried, saying, Teacher, I beseech of you to look upon my son, because he is my only begotten child.


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And behold, a spirit takes him and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him with foaming <i>from the mouth</i>, and it departs from him with difficulty, bruising him.


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<pb/>And, Jesus answered and said, <J>O unbelieving and perverse generation, until when will I be with you° and tolerate you°? Lead your son here.</J>


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But <i>while</i> coming near, still the demon ripped at him and convulsed <i>him</i>. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy and gave him back to his father. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:30-32 & Mat 17:22-23 & Luk 9:43-45 Return to Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now they were all being astounded at the majesty of God. <pb/>But <i>while all were</i> marveling upon all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,


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<J>Place° these words into your° ears; for* the Son of Man is about to be given up into the hands of men.</J>


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But they were not considering this declaration, and it was hiding from them, in order that they might not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask him concerning this declaration. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 9:33-50 & Mat 18:1-14 & Luk 9:46-50 Sept., 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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and said to them, <J>Whoever accepts this little child in my name accepts me, and whoever accepts me, accepts the one who sent me; for* he who is* least among you° all, this one will be great.</J>


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<pb/>But John answered and said, Master*, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he is not following after us.


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But Jesus said to him, <J>Do° not forbid <i>him</i>; for* he who is not against us, is <i>fighting</i> on our behalf.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 9:51-56 & Joh 7:10; Samaria, Sept., 29 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now it happened, while* the days were <i>being</i> fulfilled of his taking up, he established his face to travel to Jerusalem,


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and sent messengers before his face, and they traveled and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so-then to prepare for him.


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> his disciples James and John saw <i>this</i>, they said, Lord, do you will <i>that</i> we should tell <i>the</i> fire to descend from heaven and consume them as Elijah also did?


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<J>For* the Son of man did not come to destroy the lives of men, but to save <i>them</i>.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 9:56b-62; no parallel. Similar: Mat 8:20-22}</n><br/><pb/>And they traveled to a different village.


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Now it happened <i>while</i> traveling on the road, a certain man said to him, I will be following you wherever you go, Lord.


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<pb/>And Jesus said to him, <J>The foxes have burrows and the birds of the heaven <i>have</i> nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere <i>that</i> he may bow his head.</J> <pb/>


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But he said to a different <i>one</i>, <J>Follow me.</J> <pb/>But he said, Lord, permit me first to bury my father <i>after</i> I <i>have</i> gone <i>there</i><J>.</J> <pb/>


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But Jesus said to him, <J>Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you <i>while</i> you <i>have</i> gone away, thoroughly proclaim the kingdom of God.</J> <pb/>


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But a different <i>one</i> also said, I will be following you, Lord, but permit me first to bid farewell to those <i>who are</i> in my house.


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<pb/>But Jesus said to him, <J>No one, having put his hand upon the plow and looking behind, is fit *for the kingdom of God.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Luk 10:1-24; Probably Judea, Oct., 29 AD; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now after these things, the Lord also delegated seventy others, and sent them two apiece <n>{i.e. two by two}</n> into every city and place before his face, where he himself was about to go.


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Therefore he said to them, <J>The harvest is indeed large, but the workers are few, therefore beseech° the Lord of the harvest, *that he should put out workers into his harvest.</J>


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<J>And if a son of peace is there, your° peace will rest upon it, otherwise it will revisit you°.</J>


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<J>Now abide° in that same house, eating and drinking from their things; for* the worker is worthy of his wages. Do° not go-away from house to house.</J>


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<pb/><J>And into whatever city you° enter, and <i>if</i> they accept you°, eat° such things as are placed beside you°;</J>


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<J>and heal° the sick who are in it and say° to them, The kingdom of God has drawn near to you°.</J>


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<J>But into whatever city you° enter, and <i>if</i> they do not accept you°, <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> gone out into its streets, say°,</J>


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<J>Even the dust from your° city, that was stuck to us, we wipe off at you°. However, know° this, that the kingdom of God has drawn near to you°.</J>


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<J>Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles which happened in Tyre and Sidon, which <i>have</i> happened in you°, they would have repented long-ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.</J>


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<J>He who hears you°, hears me; and he who is rejecting you°, rejects me; and he who rejects me, rejects the one who sent me</J>.


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<pb/>Now the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name.


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>I was viewing the Adversary, having fallen like lightning from heaven.</J>


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<J>Behold, I am giving you° authority to trample down serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and you° should never be hurt by anything.</J>


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<J>However, do° not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you°, but rejoice° that your° names are written in the heavens.</J>


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<pb/>Jesus was glad in the spirit in that same hour, and said, <J>I profess you, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because you hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to infants. Yes Father, because thus it became a delight before you.</J>


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<pb/>And having turned to the disciples, he said, <J>All things were given to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son and he to whomever the Son wills to reveal <i>him</i>.</J>


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<pb/>And having turned to the disciples, he said privately, <J>The eyes which see what you° see are fortunate.</J>


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<J>For* I say to you°, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you° are seeing and did not see them, and to hear the things which you° are hearing and did not hear them.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 10:25-37; Probably Judea; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And behold, a certain professor of the law stood up, testing him and saying, Teacher, <i>by</i> having practiced what, will I be inheriting everlasting life?


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<pb/>But he answered and said, ‘You will love* the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole strength and from your whole mind, and your neighbor like yourself.’ <n>{Deu 6:5 & Lev 19:18}</n>


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<pb/>But Jesus, having taken <i>it in</i>, said, <J>A certain man was going-down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and laid wounds <i>on him</i>. They went away, <i>and</i> left <i>him,</i> being half dead.</J>


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<J>But by coincidence, a certain priest was going-down on that road, and having seen him, he evaded <i>him</i>.</J>


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<J>Now likewise, a Levite also happened <i>to be</i> in the place, <i>when</i> he came and saw him, he evaded <i>him too</i>.</J>


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<J>And having gone to him, he bound up his trauma, pouring on <i>them</i> oil and wine. And having mounted him upon his own animal, he led him to an inn and cared for him.</J>


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<J>And upon the next-day, <i>after</i> he went out, having put out two denarii, he gave them to the innkeeper and said, Care for him, and if you spend anything over that, I will be repaying you, while* I am coming back <i>through</i> again.</J>


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<J>Therefore, who of these three seems to have become a neighbor to the one who fell among the robbers?</J>


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<pb/>Now he said, He who did <i>an act of</i> mercy with him. <pb/>Therefore, Jesus said to him, <J>Travel, and you, do likewise!</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 10:38-42; Bethany, near Jerusalem; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But it happened while* they were also traveling, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, Martha by name, accepted him into her house.


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And she was a sister <i>to one</i> called Mary, who also sat beside the feet of Jesus and was hearing his word.


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But Martha was being distracted concerning much service <i>to them</i>, and having stood by <i>him</i>, she said, Lord, do you not care that my sister left me to serve alone? Therefore speak to her in order that she may jointly help me.


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<pb/>But Jesus answered and said to her, <J>Martha, Martha, you are anxious and disturbed concerning many things,</J>


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<J>but there is need of one thing, and Mary has chosen for herself the good part, which will not be taken away from her.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Luk 11:1-13:9; Probably Judea; no parallel. This is similar teaching to different crowd.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 6:9-13; Luk 11:1-5}</n><br/><pb/>And it happened, while* he was praying in a certain place, that as he ceased, someone from his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, just-as John also taught his disciples.


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<pb/>Now he said to them, <J>Whenever you° pray, say°, Our Father, the <i>one</i> in the heavens, let your name be made holy. Let your kingdom come. Let your will happen as in heaven, also upon the earth.</J>


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<J>And forgive us our sins; for* we ourselves also forgive everyone who is obligated to us. And do not bring us into temptation, but rescue us from the evil <i>one</i>.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Footnotes: Luk 11:3, no one knows for sure what the original word means. It is only in the N.T. twice and no where else.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>Who out of you° will have a friend, and will be traveling to him <i>at</i> midnight and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,</J>


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<J>since a friend came</J>* <J>to me from a journey, and I have nothing <i>as to</i> what I will be placing beside him.</J>


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<J>And he will answer <i>from</i> inside and should say, Do not be harassing me. The door has already been locked and my children are in the bunk with me. I am not able to give to you <i>bread, even if</i> I had risen* up.</J>


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<J>I say to you°, Even if he will not rise* and will be giving to him because he is his friend, yet because of his irreverence, <i>after</i> he <i>has</i> raised himself up, he will be giving him as many as he needs.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 7:7-11, Luk 11:9-13}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>And I say to you°, Ask° and it will be given <i>to</i> you°; seek° and you° will be finding; knock° and it will be opened to you°.</J>


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<J>For* everyone who asks, receives; and he who is seeking, finds; and it will be opened to the one who knocks.</J>


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<J>Now whose father of you° will the son ask for a loaf; he will not be giving him a stone, will he? Or also a fish, he will not giving him a serpent instead of a fish, will he?</J>


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<J>Therefore if you°, being* evil, know how to give good presents to your° children, how-much more will your° Father from heaven give <i>the</i> Holy Spirit to those who ask him?</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 12:22-37, Mar 3:22-26, Luk 11:14-23}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now he was casting out a demon and it was mute. And it happened, <i>after</i> the demon went forth, the mute man spoke, and the crowds marveled.


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<pb/>But he, knowing their minds, said to them, <J>Every kingdom which was divided against itself is made desolate, and a house <i>divided</i> against a house falls.</J>


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<J>But if the Adversary is also divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? Because you° say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.</J>


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<J>But if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your° sons cast them out? Because of this, they will be your° judges.</J>


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<J>But if I cast out demons by the finger of God; consequently*, the kingdom of God <i>has</i> arrived-unexpectedly upon you°.</J>


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<pb/><J>Whenever the strong <i>man</i> has been fully armed guards his own courtyard, his possessions are in peace.</J>


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<J>But whenever the <i>one</i> mightier <i>than</i> him came upon <i>him</i> and <i>then</i>, overcomes him, he takes away his full-armor upon which he had confidence in, and distributes his haul.</J>


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<J>He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, scatters.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 12:43-45, Luk 11:14-28}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>The unclean spirit, whenever it <i>has</i> gone out of the man, it goes through waterless places, seeking rest, and <i>is</i> not finding <i>any</i>, it says, I will return to my house from where I came out.</J>


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<J>Then it travels and takes <i>with it</i> seven other spirits more evil <i>than</i> itself. And <i>after</i> they came back, they are dwelling there and the last <i>state</i> of that man becomes worse <i>than</i> the first.</J>


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<pb/>Now it happened, while* he said these things, a certain woman out of the crowd lifted up her voice and said to him, The womb which bore you, and the breasts which you nursed, are fortunate.


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<pb/>But he said, <J>But-rather, those who hear the word of God and are observing <i>it</i>, <i>are</i> fortunate.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 12:38-42, Luk 11:29-32}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> the crowds accumulated, he began to say, <J>This generation is an evil <i>generation</i>. It is seeking after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.</J>


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<J>For* just-as Jonah the prophet became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.</J>


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<J>The queen of the south will be arisen up with the men of this generation in the judgment, and will be condemning them, because she came from the limits of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, more-than Solomon <i>is</i> here.</J>


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<J>The men of Nineveh will rise</J>* <J>up in the judgment with this generation, and will be condemning it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, more-than Jonah <i>is</i> here.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 5:5, 6:22-23, Luk 11:33-36}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>No one, having lit a lamp, places it in a cellar, nor under the peck-container, but upon the lamp-stand, in order that those who travel in may see the radiance <i>of it</i>.</J>


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<J>The lamp of the body is the eye; therefore, whenever your eye is clear, your whole body is also radiant, but whenever it is evil, your body is also dark.</J>


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<J>Therefore, if your whole body is radiant, not having any part dark, it will be entirely radiant, as whenever the lamp illuminates you with <i>its</i> rays.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 23:1-39, Luk 11:37-54}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now while* he was speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him, *that he might have a meal with him, and having entered, he leaned-back <i>at the table.</i>


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Now <i>after</i> the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first immersed* <n>{i.e. bathed}</n> himself before a meal.


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But the Lord said to him, <J>Now you°, the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but the inside of you° is full from ravening and wickedness.</J>


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<J>However, the things <i>which are</i> within you°, give° <i>those as</i> charity, and behold, all things are clean to you°.</J>


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<pb/><J>But woe to you° Pharisees! Because you° tithe mint and rue and every herb, and are passing over judgment and the love* of God. It was essential to practice these things and to not leave the <i>other</i> things <i>undone</i>.</J>


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<J>Woe to you° Pharisees! Because you° love* the foremost seat in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.</J>


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<J>Woe to you° scribes, and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you° are like the indistinct tombs, and the men who are walking upon <i>them</i> do not know <i>it</i>.</J>


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<pb/>Now someone from the professors of the law, answered and says to him, Teacher, you are also insulting us in saying these things.


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<pb/>But he said, <J>Woe also to you° professors of the law! Because you° are loading men <i>down with</i> unbearable loads, and you° yourselves do not stroke the loads with one of your° fingers</J> <n>{i.e. you don’t lift a finger to help}</n> <J>.</J>


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<J>Consequently*, you° are testifying and consenting to the works of your° fathers, because they indeed killed them, and you° build their tombs.</J>


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<J>Because of this, the wisdom of God also said, I will be sending prophets and apostles to them, and <i>some</i> out of them they will be killing and will be banishing;</J>


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<J>in order that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the conception of the world, may be sought from this generation;</J>


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<J>from the blood of Abel</J> <n>{Gen 4:8}</n> <J>to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the House <i>of the Lord</i>.</J> <n>{Zec 1:7?}</n> <J>Yes, I say to you°, It will be sought from this generation.</J>


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<J>Woe to you° professors of the law! Because you° took away the key of knowledge. You° did not enter in yourselves, and you° forbade those who were entering.</J>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> saying these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began terribly to hold <i>everything</i> against <i>him</i>, and to quiz him <i>for unrehearsed answers</i> concerning many things;


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plotting against him, seeking to trap <i>him in</i> something out of his mouth, in order that they might accuse him.


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<pb/><n>{Similar: Mat 10:26-33, Luk 12:2-12}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>At which <i>time</i>, <i>after</i> ten-thousand from the crowd were gathered together, so-that they trampled down one another, he began to say to his disciples first, <J>Take-heed° to yourselves, <i>stay</i> away from the leaven of the Pharisees; it is hypocrisy.</J>


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<pb/><J>But nothing is covered up, that will not be revealed; or secret, that will not be known.</J>


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<J>Because as many things as you° said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you° spoke in the ear in the storerooms will be preached upon the housetops.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But I am saying to you° my friends, Do° not be afraid, <i>preaching</i> at those who kill the body and they do not have, after these things, anything more-than <i>that</i> to do <i>against you°</i>.</J>


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<J>But I will be showing you° whom you° should fear. Fear° him, who after being killed, has authority to cast you° into hell. Yes, I say to you°, Fear° this one.</J>


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<pb/><J>Are not five sparrows sold for two copper-coins? And not one out of them has been forgotten in God’s sight.</J>


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<J>But even the hairs of your° head have all been numbered. Therefore do° not fear. You° carry more-value-than many sparrows.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Now I say to you°, Everyone– whomever confesses <i>to be</i> in me before men, the Son of Man will also confess <i>to be</i> in him before the messengers of God.</J>


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<J>But he who denied me in the sight of men will be denied in the sight of the messengers of God.</J> <pb/>


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<J>And everyone who will speak a <i>blasphemous</i> word at the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but to the one who <i>has</i> blasphemed at the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But whenever they bring you° in front of the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do° not be anxious <i>concerning</i> how, or what you° should <i>need to</i> make a defense, or what you° should say,</J>


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<J>for* the Holy Spirit will teach you° in that same hour what it is essential <i>for you°</i> to say.</J>


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<pb/>Now someone out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.


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<pb/>Now he said to them, <J>See° and guard° yourselves from greed, because not to anyone is his life in <i>the</i> abundance of his possessions.</J>


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<J>and he was reasoning in himself, saying, What should I do, because I have nowhere, <i>in which</i>, I will gather together my fruits?</J>


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<J>And he said, I will be doing this: I will be taking down my barns and build greater <i>ones.</i> And I will be gathering together there, all my fruits</J>* <J><i>of labor</i> and my good things.</J>


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<J>And I will be saying to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laying up *for many years; rest yourself, eat, drink, <i>and</i> be joyous.</J> <pb/>


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<J>So is he who is storing up <i>treasure</i> for himself, and <i>is</i> not rich toward God.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 6:25-33, Luk 12:22-31}</n><br/><pb/>


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Now he said to his disciples, <J>Because of this, I am saying to you°, Do° not be anxious for your° life, what you° might eat; nor yet what you° might clothe your° body with.</J>


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<J>The life you° <i>have</i> is more-than the nourishment, and the body <i>is more-than</i> the clothing.</J>


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<J>Consider° the ravens, that they do not sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor a barn, and God nourishes them. How-much more-value do you° rather carry than the birds!</J>


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<J>Therefore, if you° are not able <i>to add</i> a little thing, why are you° anxious concerning the rest?</J>


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<J>Consider° the lilies, somehow they grow. They do not labor nor do they spin; yet I say to you°, Even Solomon in all his glory, was not dressed like one of these.</J>


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<J>But if God so dresses-up the grass in the field, which today is <i>here</i> and the next-day is cast into the oven; how-much more <i>will he clothe</i> you°, you° of small faith?</J>


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<J>And do° not seek what you° might eat or what you° might drink, and do° not be in <i>anxious</i> suspense.</J>


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<J>For* the nations of the world are seeking after all these things, but your° Father knows that you° have need of these things.</J>


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<J>Sell° your° possessions and give° <i>as</i> charity; make*° for yourselves money-bags which do not become-obsolete, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief draws near, nor moth corrupts.</J>


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<J>and you° yourselves are similar to men waiting for their lord, <i>as to</i> when he might vacates from the marriage-feast; in order that <i>after</i> he came and knocked, they may immediately open to him,.</J>


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<J>The fortunate bondservants, whom the lord, having come <i>to them</i>, will find watching. Assuredly I am saying to you°, that he will gird himself, and will have them recline <i>at the meal</i>, and <i>after</i> he <i>has</i> passed by them, he will be serving them.</J>


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<J>And if he comes in the second watch, and in the third, and should find <i>them</i> so, those are fortunate bondservants<i>.</i></J> <pb/>


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<J>But know° this, that if the householder knew in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not <i>have</i> allowed his house <i>roof</i> to be burrowed through.</J>


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<J>You° therefore, also become° prepared, because in an hour that you° do not think the Son of Man is coming, <i>he comes</i>.</J>


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<pb/>But the Lord said, <J>Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will be designating over his bondservants, to give them their food-allowance in season?</J>


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<J>But if that bondservant says in his heart, my lord delays his coming, and may begin to beat the young-servants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;</J>


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<J>the lord of that bondservant will be coming in a day in which he is not expecting, and in an hour in which he does not know, and will be flogging him and will be placing his part with the unbelieving.</J>


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<J>But that bondservant, who knew his lord’s will and did not prepare, nor did <i>according</i> to his will, will be whipped <i>with</i> many <i>lashes</i>;</J>


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<J>but he who did not know and did things worthy of lashes, will be whipped <i>with</i> few lashes. But to everyone in which much is given, much will be required from him, and to whom they consign much, they will be asking even-more <i>from</i> him.</J>


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<J>But I have an immersion* to be immersed* in, and how I am <i>so</i> troubled until it should be completed!</J>


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<J>You° are thinking that I came* to give peace in the earth? I tell you°, No, but <i>rather</i> division.</J>


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<J>For* there will be from hereafter five in one house having been divided, three against two, and two against three.</J>


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<J>Father will be divided against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.</J>


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<pb/>Now he also said to the crowds, <J>Whenever you° see the cloud rising from the west, immediately you° say, A thunderstorm is coming, and so it happens.</J>


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<J>And whenever you° <i>see</i> a south <i>wind</i> blowing, you° say, There will be a burning heat, and it happens.</J>


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<J>You° hypocrites, you° know <i>how</i> to test</J> <n>{i.e. decipher}</n> <J>the face of the earth and the heaven, but how do you° not test</J> <n>{i.e. decipher }</n> <J>this time?</J>


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<J>For* as you are going on the road with your opponent <i>to be</i> in front of the ruler, give work</J> <n>{i.e. work hard}</n> <J>to be set-free from him; lest he might drag you down to the judge and the judge might give you to the constable and the constable might cast you into prison.</J>


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<J>I say to you, you might never come out from there, until you should repay even the last bronze-coin.</J>


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<pb/>Now there were some here at the same time reporting to him concerning the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices.


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And Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Do you° think that these Galileans became sinners <i>more</i> than all the <i>other</i> Galileans, because they have suffered such things?</J>


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<J>Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed, do you° think that those became debtors <i>more</i> than all <i>other</i> men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?</J>


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<pb/>Now he spoke this parable: <J>A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it and found none.</J>


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<J>Now he said to the vine-dresser, Behold three years, I come seeking fruit and find none in this fig tree. Cut it down. Why does it also do-away-with the <i>good</i> soil?</J>


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<pb/><J>But he answered and says to him, Lord, Also leave it <i>for</i> the year, until which <i>time</i>, I should dig around it and put in manure;</J>


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<J>and if it indeed produces fruit, <i>good</i>; otherwise you will be cutting it down in the future.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 13:10-17:10; Probably Peraea; no parallel. This is similar teaching but a different crowd.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of sickness <i>for</i> eighteen years, and she was <i>always</i> stooped over and was not able to completely stand-erect.


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Now having seen her, Jesus summoned <i>her</i> and said to her, <J>Woman, you have been released from your sickness.</J>


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<pb/>Now the ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus <i>had</i> healed on the Sabbath, answered and said to the crowd, There are six days in which it is essential <i>for men</i> to work; therefore coming in these days, be° healed, and not on the day of the Sabbath.


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<pb/>Therefore the Lord answered him and said, <J>You° hypocrites, does not each of you° on the Sabbath loose his bull or his donkey from the manger and having led him away, give <i>it</i> a drink?</J>


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<J>Now this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, behold, whom the Adversary bound <i>for</i> eighteen years, is it not essential <i>for her</i> to be loosed from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?</J>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> saying these things, all those who laid in opposition to him were being shamed, and all the crowd was rejoicing at all the glorious things which happened by him. <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 13:31-32, Mar 4:30-32, Luk 13:18-19}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now he said, <J>The kingdom of God is similar to what? And what will <i>I make</i> it similar to?</J>


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<J>It is similar to a kernel of a mustard-seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the heaven nested in its branches.</J> <pb/>


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<J>It is similar to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three three-gallon-containers of flour, until it was entirely leavened.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 13:22-35; Peraea; Luk 14:1-24 Probably Peraea; Luk 14:25-17:10; no parallels.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he was traveling throughout the cities and villages, teaching and making* <i>his</i> pursuit toward Jerusalem.


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<J>Struggle° to enter in through the narrow gate, because I am saying to you°, Many will be seeking to enter in and will not be strong-enough.</J>


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<J>From the <i>time</i> the householder would have arose and locked the door and you°, <i>being</i> outside, may begin to stand and to knock on the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.</J> <pb/><J>And <i>after</i> he answered <i>the knock</i>, he will say to you°, I do not know you° <i>or</i> where you° are from.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/><J>And he will say, I say to you°, I do not know you° <i>or</i> where you° are from. Withdraw° from me, everyone– the workers of unrighteousness.</J>


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<J>The weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there, whenever you° see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth outside.</J>


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<J>And they will be coming from <i>the</i> east and west and north and south, and will be reclining in the kingdom of God.</J>


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<pb/>Some Pharisees came in that same day, saying to him, Come out and travel from here, because Herod wishes to kill you°.


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J><i>After</i> you <i>have</i> traveled, say° to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform healings today and the next-day and I am completed in the third <i>day</i>.</J>


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<J>However it is essential <i>for</i> me to travel on today and the next-day and in the next <i>day</i>, because it is not acceptable <i>for</i> a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 23:37-39, Luk 13:34-35}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to her! How-often I willed to gather together your children in the manner a bird <i>gathers together</i> her own brood under her wings, and you° did not wish <i>for it</i>!</J>


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<J>Behold, your° house is left to you° desolate and I say to you°, that you° should never see me, until <i>the time</i> will come whenever you° say, He who is coming in the name of the Lord has been blessed.</J>


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<pb/>And it happened, while* he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they themselves were observing him.


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And Jesus answered and spoke to the professors of the law and Pharisees, saying, <J>Should it not be legal to heal on the Sabbath?</J>


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And he answered and said to them, <J>Who <i>is it</i> of you°, <i>if</i> a son or a bull will fall into a well, and will not be immediately pulling him up on the Sabbath day?</J>


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<pb/>Now he spoke a parable to those who have been invited, <i>while</i> taking-heed of how they were choosing for themselves out the foremost-places; saying to them:


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<J>Whenever you are invited by anyone to a marriage-feast, do not recline in the foremost-place; <i>because</i> maybe a more admired man <i>than</i> you has been invited by him,</J>


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<J>and having come, the one who invited you and him, he will say to you, Give this one <i>your</i> place, and then you may begin with shame to hold the last place.</J>


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<J>But whenever you are invited, having traveled <i>there</i>, lean-back in the last place; in order that whenever he who has invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, advance upward, and then you will have glory in the sight of those who recline <i>at the table</i> together with you.</J>


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<J>Because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.</J>


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<pb/>Now he said to him, who has also invited him, <J>Whenever you make* a meal or a supper, do not summon your friends, nor your brethren, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors; lest they may also invite you too and it might become a repayment for you.</J>


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<J>and you will be fortunate, because they do not have <i>anything in which</i> to repay you; for* you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 22:1-14, Luk 14:15-24}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> someone from those who reclined <i>at the meal</i> together with him heard these things, he said to him, The fortunate one will be eating a meal in the kingdom of God.


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<J>and he sent forth his bondservant in the hour of the supper to say to those who have been invited, Come°, because all things are already prepared.</J>


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<J>And they all, from one <i>desire</i>, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I bought a field, and I have a necessity to go out and to see it. I request <i>of</i> you, have me excused.</J>


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<pb/><J>And a different <i>one</i> said, I bought five yoke of bulls, and I am traveling on to test them. I request <i>of</i> you, have me excused.</J>


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<pb/><J>And a different <i>one</i> said, I married a wife, and because of this, I am not able to come.</J>


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<J>And that bondservant came* and reported to his lord these things. Then the householder, was made angry, and said to his bondservant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and lead the poor and disabled and lame and blind in here.</J>


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<pb/><J>And the bondservant said, Lord, it has happened as you commanded, and there is still a place <i>for more</i>.</J>


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<J>Now the lord said to the bondservant, Go out into the roads and <i>over the</i> fences, and urge <i>them</i> to enter, in order that my house may be filled.</J>


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<J>For* I am saying to you°, that none of those men who have been invited will be tasting of my supper. For* many are invited but few chosen.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 10:37-38, Luk 14:25-27}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and also, still his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.</J>


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<pb/><J>For* who out of you°, wishing to build a tower, did not first sit down and calculate the cost, if he has the <i>means</i> toward <i>its</i> realization?</J>


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<J>Lest that*, having laid a foundation, and not being strong-enough to complete, all who view <i>it</i> may begin to mock him,</J>


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<J>Or what king, <i>while</i> traveling to confront a different king in war, did not sit down first and plan if he is able at ten thousand to encounter the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?</J>


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<J>Otherwise, having sent an emissary, <i>while</i> still being faraway, he asks for the <i>terms</i> of peace.</J>


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<J>Therefore, so everyone out of you° who is not bidding farewell to all his own possessions, he is not able to be my disciple.</J>


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<J>It is fit neither *for the soil nor *for the manure-pile. Cast it outside. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.</J>


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And the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying, This <i>man</i> accepts sinners and eats together with them. <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 18:12-14, Luk 15:3-7}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>What man out of you°, having a hundred sheep and having lost one out of them, does not leave the ninety nine in the wilderness and travel to what has been lost, until he should find it?</J>


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<J>And <i>after</i> he went to his house, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice° together with me, because I found my sheep which has been lost.</J>


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<J>I say to you° thus, that there will be joy in heaven over one repenting sinner, <i>more</i> than over ninety nine righteous <i>ones</i>, who have no need of repentance.</J>


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<pb/><J>Or what woman having ten two-denarii-coins, if she loses one two-denarii-coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house, and seek carefully until which <i>time</i> she should find <i>it</i>?</J>


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<J>And having found <i>it</i>, she calls together her friends and her neighbors, saying, Rejoice° together with me, because I found the two-denarii-coin which I lost.</J>


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<J>Even so, I say to you°, There becomes joy in the sight of the messengers of God over one repenting sinner.</J>


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<J>And the younger of them said to <i>his</i> father, Father, give <i>me</i> the part of the estate <i>that would be</i> put <i>toward me</i>. And he sections off <i>his</i> livelihood to them.</J>


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<J>And not many days after, the younger son gathered <i>it</i> all together and went-abroad into a far region, and he squandered his estate with riotous living there.</J>


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<J>Now having spent all, there became a mighty famine throughout that region, and he began to have lack <i>of things</i>.</J>


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<J>And he traveled and joined himself to one of the citizens of that region, and he sent him into his field to feed swine.</J>


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<J>And he was desiring to fill his belly from the carob pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving <i>anything</i> to him.</J>


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<J>Now <i>after</i> he came to himself, he said, How-many of my father’s hired <i>servants</i> are abounding, <i>even</i> of bread? But I am perishing <i>here</i> in famine!</J>


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<J><i>After</i> having risen</J>* <J>up, I will be traveling to my father, and will say to him, Father, I sinned at heaven, and in your sight.</J>


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<J>And having stood up, he came to his father. But <i>while</i> he was still distant, far from <i>him</i>, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell upon his neck and kissed him.</J>


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<J>But the son said to him, Father, I sinned at heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.</J>


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<pb/><J>But the father said to his bondservants, Bring° out the foremost robe and clothe° him, and give° <i>him</i> a ring *for his hand and shoes *for his feet;</J>


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<J>and <i>after</i> you° <i>have</i> brought the fattened calf, sacrifice° it, and <i>after</i> we <i>have</i> eaten <i>it,</i> let us be joyous.</J>


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<J>Because this <i>one</i>, my son, was dead and <i>then</i> lived again, and was perishing and <i>then</i> was found. And they began to be joyous.</J>


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<J>Now his elder son was in the field and as he is coming, he drew near to the house, <i>and</i> he heard harmony and dancers.</J>


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<J>And having called to him one of the young-servants, he was inquiring what these things might be.</J>


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<pb/><J>But he said to him, Your brother is coming, and your father sacrificed the fattened calf because he <i>has</i> received him <i>back</i> healthy.</J>


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<J>But he was angry and was not willing to enter and therefore his father came out and was pleading him.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But he answered and said to <i>his</i> father, Behold, I <i>did</i> serve* you <i>for</i> so-many years, and I never passed over a commandment of yours, and <i>yet</i> you never gave me a young-goat, in order that I might be joyous with my friends.</J>


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<J>But when this <i>one</i>, your son came, who devoured your livelihood with prostitutes, you sacrificed the fattened calf for him.</J>


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<pb/><J>Now he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all the things <i>which are</i> mine are yours.</J>


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<J>But it was essential to be joyous and rejoice, because this <i>one</i>, your brother was dead, and <i>then</i> lived again, and was perishing and <i>then</i> was found.</J>


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<pb/>Now he also said to his disciples, <J>There was a certain rich man, who had a steward, and he was indicted by him as <i>one</i> squandering his possessions.</J>


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<J>And having summoned him, he said to him, What is this that I am hearing concerning you? Give <i>me</i> the account of your stewardship; for* you are not still able to be a steward.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But the steward said in himself, What should I do, because my lord is taking away the stewardship from me? I am not strong-enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.</J>


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<J>I know what I should do, in order that whenever I am removed <i>from</i> the stewardship, they may accept me into their houses.</J>


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<J>And having called to him each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, How-much do you owe to my lord?</J>


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<pb/><J>Now he said, A hundred eight-gallon-containers of oil.</J> <pb/><J>And he said to him, Accept your contract</J> <n>{Greek: writing}</n> <J>and <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> sat down, quickly write fifty.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Thereafter, he said to a different <i>one</i>, and how-much do you owe?</J> <pb/><J>Now he said, A hundred twelve-bushel-containers of grain.</J> <pb/><J>And he says to him, Accept your contract</J> <n>{Greek: writing}</n> <J>and write eighty.</J>


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<pb/><J>And his lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he did prudently, because the sons of this world are more prudent to their own generation; <i>even</i> beyond the sons of the light.</J> <pb/>


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<J>And I say to you°, Make*° friends for yourselves out of the money of unrighteousness; in order that, whenever it fails, they may accept you° into the everlasting tabernacles.</J>


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<J>The faithful in <i>the</i> least <i>matters</i> is also faithful in much, and the unrighteous in <i>the</i> least <i>matters</i> is also unrighteous in much.</J>


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<J>Therefore, if you° did not become faithful in the unrighteous money, who will be entrusting the true <i>riches</i> to you°?</J>


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<J>And if you° did not become faithful in what is another’s, who will be giving you° what is yours°?</J>


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<J>No domestic <i>servant</i> is able to serve* two lords; for* either he will hate the one and love* the other; for* either he will hold to one and despise the other. You° are not able to serve* God and money.</J>


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<pb/>Now the Pharisees, who are* money-lovers, were also hearing all these things, and they were ridiculing him.


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And he said to them, <J>You° are those who are making yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your° hearts, because what is exalted among men <i>is</i> an abomination in God’s sight.</J>


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<pb/><J>The law and the prophets <i>were</i> until John; from then the good-news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone violently-enters into it.</J>


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<J>But it is easier <i>for</i> the heaven and the earth to pass away, than <i>for</i> one serif of the law to fall short.</J>


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<J>Everyone who divorces his wife and marries a different <i>one</i> is committing adultery, and everyone who marries her who has been divorced from a husband, is committing adultery.</J> <n>{Mat 5:32, 19:9}</n>


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<pb/><J>Now there was a certain rich man and he was clothing himself in purple and fine-linen, having been radiantly joyous daily.</J>


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<J>Now there was a certain poor <i>man,</i> Lazarus by name, who had been put before his gate, having been full of sores,</J>


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<J>and desiring to be fully-fed from the falling crumbs of the rich man’s table. But even the dogs, coming <i>to him</i>, were licking his sores.</J>


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<J>Now it happened, that the poor <i>man</i> died and that he was carried away by the messengers into Abraham’s bosom, and the rich man also died and was buried.</J>


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<J>And he lifted up his eyes in Hades, being* in torments, and he sees Abraham from afar, and Lazarus in his bosom.</J> <pb/>


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<J>And having shouted, he said, Father Abraham, show-mercy to me, and send Lazarus in order that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and may cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this flame.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life and Lazarus likewise evil things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.</J>


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<J>And upon all things, a great chasm is established between us and you°, *that those who wish to cross over from here to you° may not be able, nor may they ferry over from there to us.</J>


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<J>But he said, Therefore father, I am requesting <i>him</i> in order that you should send him to my father’s house;</J>


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<J>for* I have five brethren; *that he may thoroughly testify to them, in order that they may not even come into this place of torment.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone travels to them from the dead, they will be repenting.</J> <pb/>


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<J>But he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if someone rises* up from the dead.</J>


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<pb/>Now he said to his disciples, <J>It is inevitable <i>for</i> offenses not to come, but woe <i>to him</i>, through whom they come!</J>


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<J>It is beneficial for him if a millstone rotated by a donkey encompassed his neck, and he has been tossed into the sea, <i>rather</i> than that* he should offend one of these little ones.</J> <pb/>


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<J>Take-heed° to yourselves; and if your brother sins against</J> <n>{Greek: at or toward}</n> <J>you, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.</J>


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<J>And if he sins against</J> <n>{Greek: at or toward}</n> <J>you seven-times in the day, and should turn again to you seven-times in the day, saying, I repent. You will be forgiving him.</J>


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Now the Lord said, <J>If you° have faith like a kernel of a mustard-seed, you° would say to this mulberry fig tree, Be uprooted and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed* you°.</J>


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<J>But who out of you°, having a bondservant plowing or shepherding, will immediately say <i>to him</i>, <i>after</i> he entered <i>in</i> from the field, <i>After</i> he <i>has</i> passed by, lean-back <i>at the table.</i></J>


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<J>But will you° not <i>rather</i> say to him, Prepare what I may dine <i>on</i>. And having girded yourself, serve me, until I eat and drink and you may eat and may drink after these things.</J>


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<J>He does not <i>give</i> gratitude to that bondservant because he did the things which were commanded him, does he? I think not.</J>


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<J>So also you°, whenever you° do all the things which were commanded to you°, say°, We are useless bondservants, because we have done what we were obligated to do.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 17:11-37; Borders of Samaria and Galilee; Luk 18:1-14; early 30 AD; no parallels.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And it happened, while* he was traveling to Jerusalem, that he was going through <i>the</i> middle of Samaria and Galilee.


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And <i>while</i> entering into a certain village, ten men who were lepers encountered him there, who stood farther out;


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<pb/>And having seen them, he said to them, <J><i>After</i> you° <i>have</i> traveled <i>back</i>, show° yourselves to the priests.</J> <pb/>And it happened, while* they were going, they were cleansed.


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<pb/>But Jesus answered and said, <J>Were there not ten cleansed? But where <i>are</i> the nine?</J>


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And he said to him, <J><i>After</i> you <i>have</i> stood up, travel on. Your faith has cured you.</J>


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<pb/>And having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God is coming, he answered them and said, <J>The kingdom of God is not coming with observation;</J>


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<J>nor will they say, Behold, here! Or, behold there! For* behold, the kingdom of God is within you°.</J>


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<pb/>Now he said to the disciples, <J>The days will be coming, when you° will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you° will not see <i>it</i>.</J>


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<J>And they will say to you°, Behold here! Or behold there! Do° not go away, nor pursue <i>them</i>.</J>


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<J>For* just-like the lightning, which flashes from the <i>one end</i> under heaven, <i>and</i> shines to the <i>other end</i> under heaven; so will the Son of Man be in his day.</J>


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<J>But first it is essential for him to suffer many things and to be rejected* by this generation.</J>


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<J>And just-as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will also be in the days of the Son of Man.</J>


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<J>They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being betrothed, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed <i>them</i> all.</J>


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<J>Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;</J>


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<J>but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.</J>


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<J>He who will be upon the housetop in that day, and <i>has</i> his goods in the house, let him not go-down to take them up, and let the one who is in the field, likewise let him not turn behind <i>for them</i>.</J>


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<J>Whoever seeks to save his life will be losing it, but whoever loses <i>it</i> will be preserving <i>it</i>.</J>


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<J>I say to you°, There will be two men upon one bed in that night; the one will be taken and the other will be left.</J>


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<J>Two <i>women</i> will be grinding at the same <i>place</i>; the one will be taken and the other will be left.</J>


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<n>{T}</n> <J><i>There will be two men in the field; the one will be taken and the other will be left.</i></J> <pb/>


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And they answered and say to him, Where, Lord? <pb/>Now he said to them, <J>Where the body <i>is</i>, the vultures will also be gathered together there.</J>


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<pb/>Now he also spoke a parable to them, *that* it is essential for them to always pray, and not to be depressed;


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<J>Now a widow was in that city, and she was coming often to him, saying, Avenge me from my opponent.</J>


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<J>And he did not wish to at <i>that</i> time, but after these things, he said in himself, Even if I do not fear God, and do not revere man;</J>


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<J>yet because this widow is harassing me, I will avenge her, in order that she may not pester me, coming <i>often</i> *for an end <i>of her opponent</i>.</J>


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<pb/>But the Lord said, <J>Hear° <i>with understanding</i> what the judge of the unrighteousness says <i>about himself</i>.</J>


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<pb/><J>Now, should God not do the avenging of his chosen who are crying to him day and night? Also, <i>should he not</i> have patience upon them?</J> <pb/>


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<J>I say to you°, that he will be doing the avenging on them quickly.</J> <pb/><J>However, after the Son of Man has come, will he then be finding the faith upon the earth?</J>


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<pb/>Now he spoke this parable to some who have confidence in themselves, that they were righteous, and scorning the rest:


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<J>Two men went-up into the temple to pray; the <i>first</i> one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.</J>


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<J>The Pharisee standing with</J> <n>{i.e. by}</n> <J>himself, was praying these things with himself, God, I give-thanks to you, that I am not like the rest of men: ravening, unrighteous ones, adulterers or just-like this tax collector.</J>


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<J>And the tax collector, standing from afar, was not even willing to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating at his chest, saying, God, be lenient to me, the sinner.</J>


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<J>I say to you°, This one went-down to his house, having been made righteous <i>rather</i> than that <i>man</i>. For* everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, but he who is humbling himself will be exalted.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:13-16 & Mat 19:13-15 & Luk 18:15-17 Peraea.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now they were also bringing to him their babies, in order that he might touch them, but <i>after</i> the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.


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But Jesus, having called them to him, said, <J>Allow° the little children to come to me and do° not forbid them; for* the kingdom of God is for such.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a little child, he should never enter into it.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:17-31 & Mat 19:16-20:16 & Luk 18:18-30 Peraea.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, <i>by</i> having practiced what, will I inherit everlasting life?


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<pb/>But Jesus said to him, <J>Why do you call* me good? None is good, except one, <i>our</i> God.</J>


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<J>You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not falsely testify. Honor your father and your mother.’</J> <n>{Exo 20:12-16 & Deu 5:16-20.}</n>


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<pb/>Now having heard these things, Jesus said to him, <J>One thing is still deficient for you. Sell all things, as many things as you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come-here. Follow me.</J>


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Now having seen him, Jesus became very sorrowful, he said, <J>How those who have wealth will hardly enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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<J>For* it is easier <i>for</i> a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than <i>for</i> a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>But he said, <J>The things <i>which are</i> impossible with men are possible with God.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, There is no one who <i>has</i> left <i>his</i> house or parents or brethren or wife or children, because of the kingdom of God,</J>


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<J>who should not receive much-more in this time, and should not receive everlasting life in the age to come.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:32-45 & Mat 20:17-28 & Luk 18:31-34; Peraea or Judea, near Jordan.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now having taken the twelve with him and said to them, <J>Behold, we are going-up to Jerusalem, and all the things which have been written through the prophets will be completed by the Son of Man.</J>


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<J>For* he will be given up to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and will be insulted and will be spit on;</J>


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And they understood none of these things, and this declaration was being hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were said. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 10:46-52 & Mat 20:29-34 & Luk 18:35-43; Jericho.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now it happened, while* he drew near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the road begging.


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And those who precede were rebuking him, in order that he should be silent, but he was crying out much more, Son of David, show-mercy to me!


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<pb/>Now having stopped, Jesus commanded him to be led to him. And <i>after</i> he drew near, he asked him,


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saying, <J>What do you wish that I might do for you?</J> <pb/>But he said, Lord, that* I may recover my sight.


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And instantly he recovered his sight and was following him, glorifying God. And all the people, having seen <i>it</i>, gave praise to God.


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<pb/><n>{Luk 19:1-28; Jericho; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And he entered, and was going through Jericho.


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And behold, a man called by <i>the</i> name Zacchaeus <i>was there</i> and he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.


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And he was seeking to see Jesus; who he is, and was not able from the crowd, because he was little in stature.


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And having ran ahead before <i>the crowd</i>, and goes-up on a sycamore fig tree in order that he might see him, because he was about to go through that <i>way</i>.


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And as he came to the place, Jesus looked up and saw him, and said to him, <J>Zacchaeus, <i>after</i> you <i>have</i> hurried, come-down; for* it is essential <i>for</i> me to abide in your house today.</J>


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<pb/>And having seen it, they were all murmuring, saying, He <i>has</i> entered to board with a man, a sinner.


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<pb/>Now Zacchaeus <i>while</i> standing, said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I cheated anyone of anything, I repay <i>them</i> quadruple.


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<pb/>Now Jesus said to him, <J>Today salvation <i>has</i> happened to this house, insomuch as he is also a son of Abraham.</J>


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<J>For* the Son of Man came to seek and save what has been lost.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Similar: Mat 25:14-30, Luk 14:15-24}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> they are hearing these things, he added <i>and</i> spoke a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and <i>because</i> they thought that the kingdom of God is about to be instantly manifested.


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Therefore he said: <J>A certain noble man, traveled into a far <i>away</i> region, to receive a kingdom for himself and to return.</J>


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<J>Now he called ten of his bondservants, and gave them ten two-hundred denarii-coins, and said to them, Trade° <i>with this</i> until I come.</J>


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<J>But his citizens were hating him and sent an emissary after him, saying, We do not wish that this one reign over us.</J>


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<J>And it happened, while* he was coming back again, having received the kingdom, and he said, These bondservants to whom he gave the silver, <i>are</i> to be summoned to him, in order that he might know what they made by trading.</J>


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<pb/><J>Now the first came* before him, saying, Lord, your two-hundred denarii-coin <i>has been</i> worked <i>up</i> to ten two-hundred denarii-coins more.</J>


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<J>And he said to him, Well done, you good bondservant, because you became faithful in <i>the</i> least <i>matters</i>; you have ten cities, be <i>the</i> authority over <i>them</i>.</J>


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<J>And the second came, saying, Your two-hundred denarii-coin, Lord, made* five two-hundred denarii-coins.</J>


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<J>And a different <i>bondservant</i> came, saying, Lord, behold, <i>here is</i> your two-hundred denarii-coin, which I had laid up in a handkerchief;</J>


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<J>for* I was fearing you, because you are an austere man. You lift up <i>from</i> what you did not lay <i>down</i> and reap what you did not sow.</J>


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<pb/><J>But he says to him, I will be judging you out of your own mouth, you evil bondservant. You knew that I am an austere man, lifting up <i>from</i> what I did not lay <i>down</i> and reaping what I did not sow?</J>


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<J>Then why did you not give my silver to <i>the</i> bank, and <i>after</i> I came <i>back,</i> I would have appropriated it together with interest?</J>


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<pb/><J>And he said to those standing beside <i>him</i>, Take° away the two-hundred denarii-coin from him, and give° <i>it</i> to the one who has the ten two-hundred denarii-coins.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/><J>For* I say to you°, that to everyone who has, will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.</J>


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<J>However my enemies, those <i>men</i> who did not wish that I should reign over them, lead° <i>them</i> here and slaughter° <i>them</i> before me.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{The week of Jesus’ crucifixion. Mar 11:1-11 & Mat 21:1-12, 14-17 & Luk 19:29-44 & Joh 12:12-19 Bethany to Jerusalem and back Sun. April 2, 30 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having said these things, he was traveling on before <i>them</i>, going-up to Jerusalem. <pb/>


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<pb/>And it happened, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, toward the mountain which is called Olives, he sent two of his disciples,


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<i>and</i> said, <J>Go° into the village in front of <i>me</i>; in which, traveling <i>to it</i>; you° will find a young-donkey that has been tied, on which no one from mankind <i>has</i> sat at any time. <i>After</i> having loosed it, lead° <i>it here</i>.</J>


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<J>And if anyone asks you°, Why are you° loosening him? You° will say to him thus, The Lord has need of him.</J>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> loosening the young-donkey, its lords said to them, Why are you° loosening the young-donkey?


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And they lead it to Jesus, and having tossed forth their own garments upon the young-donkey, they mounted Jesus upon <i>it.</i>


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Now <i>as he was</i> already drawing near, <i>even</i> to the slope of the Mountain of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing, <i>and</i> to praise God with a loud voice concerning all the miracles which they had seen;


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saying, The King who is coming in the name of the Lord has been blessed; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.


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<pb/>And he answered and said to them, <J>I say to you°, that if these <i>disciples</i> are silent, <i>then</i> the stones will be crying out.</J>


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saying, <J>If you had known in this day, even you, for-sure, the things <i>which are</i> for your peace! But now they were hidden from your eyes.</J>


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<J>Because <i>the</i> days will be coming upon you, and your enemies will put a military-barrier around you and will surround you, and will crowd you on every-side,</J>


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<J>and will be leveling you to the bedrock, and your children among you, and they will not be leaving in you one stone upon <i>another</i> stone, because you did not know the time of your visitation.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 11:12-18 & Mat 21:18, 19, 12, 13 & Luk 19:45-48 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Mon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having entered into the temple, he began to cast out those <i>who were</i> selling and buying in it,


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saying to them, <J>It has been written, 'My house will be a house of prayer, but you° made* it a den of robbers.’</J> <n>{Isa 56:7 & Jer 7:11}</n>


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Now he was teaching daily in the temple. But the high-priests and the scribes and the foremost ones of the people were seeking to destroy him.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 11:27-33 & Mat 21:23-27 & Luk 20:1-8 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And it happened on one of those days, <i>while</i> he is teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good-news, the priests and the scribes, together with the elders stood up;


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and they spoke to him, saying, Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Or who is he who gave you this authority?


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<pb/>Now they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven; he will say, Then why did you° not believe him?


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<pb/>And Jesus said to them, <J>Neither do I tell you° by what authority I am doing these things.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:1-12 & Mat 21:33-46 & Luk 20:9-19.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now he began to speak to the people this parable: <J>A man planted a vineyard and rented it to farmers, and went-abroad for a considerable time.</J>


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<J>And he sent a bondservant in the <i>harvest</i> season to the farmers, in order that they might give to him from the fruit of the vineyard, but the farmers whipped him and sent him away empty <i>handed</i>.</J>


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<J>And he added a different bondservant to send, and they also whipped and dishonored him, and sent him away empty</J>.


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<pb/><J>But the lord of the vineyard said, What should I do? I will be sending my beloved son; perchance having seen <i>him</i>, they will be revering him.</J>


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<J>But <i>after</i> the farmers saw him, they were reasoning with themselves, saying, This is the heir. Come-here°. We should kill him, in order that the inheritance may become ours.</J>


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<J>And having cast him forth, outside the vineyard, they killed him. Therefore, what will the lord of the vineyard do to them?</J>


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<J>He will come and destroy these farmers, and will be giving the vineyard to others.</J> <pb/>But having heard <i>this</i>, they said, Let it not happen!


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<pb/>But he looked at them and said, <J>Therefore what is this that has been written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected*, this one became the head of the corner'?</J> <n>{Psa 118:22}</n>


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<J>Everyone who <i>has</i> fallen upon that stone will be shattered, but upon whomever it falls, it will be smashing him.</J>


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<pb/>And the high-priests and the scribes sought to put hands upon him in that same hour and <i>yet</i> they feared <i>the people</i>; for* they knew that he spoke this parable to them. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:13-17 & Mat 22:15-22 & Luk 20:20-26 Courtyard of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having observed him, they sent forth agents, who themselves pretended to be righteous, in order that they might grab him from his speech, *that* they might give him to the rule and the authority of the governor.


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And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach correctly, and you do not receive the countenance <i>of men</i>, but in truth, are teaching the way of God.


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<J>Show° me a denarius. Whose image and inscription has it?</J> <pb/>But they answered and said, Caesar’s.


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<pb/>But he said to them, <J>Now-then, give° to Caesar the things <i>which are</i> Caesar’s, and to God the things <i>which are</i> God’s.</J>


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And they were not strong-enough to grasp his declaration in front of the people, and they marveled at his answer and were silent. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:18-27 & Mat 22:23-33 & Luk 20:27-39.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now some of the Sadducees came near to him, those who contradict <i>the</i> resurrection– there is no <i>resurrection</i>; and they asked him,


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saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, in order that if anyone’s brother dies, having a wife, and this one should die childless, his brother should take the wife and should raise* up seed to his brother. <n>{Deu 25:5}</n>


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Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife of them does she become? For* the seven had her <i>as</i> wife.


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<J>But those who were deemed worthy to obtain that world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are they betrothed,</J>


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<J>for* neither are they able to die anymore; for* they are equal to the messengers, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.</J>


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<J>But that the dead are raised, even Moses divulged at the bush, as he calls* the Lord, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.</J> <n>{Exo 3:6}</n>


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But some of the scribes answered and said, Teacher, you said well. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:28-34 & Mat 22:34-40 & Luk 20:40.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But they were not daring anymore to ask him anything. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:35-37 & Mat 22:41-46 & Luk 20:41-44.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>And David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right <i>hand</i>,</J>


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<J>Therefore, David calls him Lord, and <i>so</i> how is he his son?</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 12:38-40 & Mat 23:1-39 & Luk 20:45-47 Courts of the Temple, Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>Take-heed°, <i>stay</i> away from the scribes, who wish to walk in long robes and love greetings in the marketplaces and foremost seats in the synagogues and foremost-places in the suppers;</J>


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<J>who are devouring widow’s houses, and are praying long <i>prayers</i> for a pretext. These will be receiving even-more condemnation.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 12:41-44 & Luk 21:1-4 In the Temple Treasury, Tues.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now he looked up and saw the rich <i>men</i> casting their gifts into the treasury.


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<J>For* all these cast into the gifts of God out of what is abounding to them, but she cast in out of her lacking, all the livelihood that she had.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 21:5-24 & Mat 24:1-28 & Mar 13:1-23 Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. See also: Luk 19:41-44 & Luk 23:28-31.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And <i>while</i> some are speaking concerning the temple, how it has been adorned with beautiful stones and votive-offerings, he said,


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<J><i>As for</i> these things which you° are viewing, <i>the</i> days will be coming in which a stone will not be left here upon <i>another</i> stone, that will not be torn-down.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>And he said, <J>Beware°, do° not be misled; for* many will be coming in my name, saying, I am <i>he</i>, and, The time has drawn near. You° therefore, do° not travel after them.</J>


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<J>But whenever you° hear of wars and unrest, do° not be terrified; for* it is essential <i>for</i> these things to happen first, but the end <i>is</i> not immediately <i>here</i>.</J> <pb/>


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<J>and there will be great earthquakes in <i>different</i> places and famines and plagues. There will be both terrors and great signs from heaven.</J>


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<J>But before all these things, they will be putting their hands upon you° and will be persecuting you°, giving you° up to the synagogues and prisons, leading you° in front of kings and governors because of my name.</J>


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<J>Therefore place <i>it</i> into your° hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to make a defense.</J>


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<J>For* I will be giving you° a mouth and wisdom, which all who lay in opposition to you° will not be able to stand against, nor to speak against.</J>


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<J>But you° will be given up even by parents and relatives and friends, and brethren, and they will be slaying <i>some</i> out of you°.</J>


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<J>But whenever you° behold Jerusalem surrounded by encamped armies, then know° that her desolation has drawn near.</J>


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<J>Then those who are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of her, let them vacate, and those who are in the region, do not let them enter in it.</J>


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<J>Because these are days of vengeance, that all things which have been written may be fulfilled.</J>


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<J>But woe to those who are holding <i>a child</i> in <i>their</i> womb</J> <n>{i.e. pregnant}</n> <J>and to those who are nursing in those days! For* a great calamity will be upon the land, and wrath among this people.</J>


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<J>And they will be falling by the edge of the sword and will be captured into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles should be fulfilled.</J> <pb/><n>{Luk 21:25-28 & Mat 24:27, 24:29-31 & Mar 13:24-37 & Acts 1:11 & 1Th 4:13-17 & 2Th 1:7-9 & 1Co 15:51-15:58 & Rev 1:7 Second Coming.}</n>


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<pb/><J>And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and dismay of nations upon the earth, in perplexity from the noisy sea and the <i>noisy</i> billows;</J>


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<J>men passing-out from fear and expectation of the things which are coming upon the inhabited-earth; for* the powers of the heavens will be shaken.</J>


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<J>But <i>while</i> these things are beginning to happen, stand-erect° and lift° up your° heads, because your° redemption is drawing near</J>. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 21:29-33 & Mat 24:32-35 & Mar 13:28-31 Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>Whenever they already cast forth <i>leaves</i>, you° know from looking <i>at them</i> yourselves that the summer is already near.</J>


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<J>So also you°, whenever you° behold° these things happening, know° that the kingdom of God is near.</J>


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<J>Assuredly I am saying to you°, This generation should never pass away, until all things should happen.</J>


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<J>The heaven and the earth will be passing away, but my words should never pass away.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 21:34-36 & Mat 24:36-44 & Mar 13:32-37 Second Coming.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><J>But take-heed° to yourselves, lest your° hearts might be burdened in a hangover and drunkenness, and anxieties of everyday life, and that day might suddenly stand upon you°;</J>


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<J>Therefore, watch° in every season, beseeching, in order that you° might be deemed worthy to flee away from all the things which are about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 11:19-26 & Mat 21:20-22 & Luk 21:37-38 Road from Bethany to Jerusalem Tues.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now every day, he was teaching in the temple, and every night he went out and was camping in the mountain, being called Olives. <pb/><br/><n>{Mat 24:45-51 & Luk 21:37.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 14:1-2 & Mat 26:1-5 & Luk 22:1-2 mountain Olives, Bethany, Jerusalem, Tues. Evening, Wed. for the Jews.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now the feast of unleavened bread was drawing near, which is called* the Passover.


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And the high-priests and the scribes were seeking how they might assassinate him; for* they were fearing the people. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:10-11 & Mat 26:14-16 & Luk 22:3-6 & Joh 12:2-8.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>the</i> Adversary entered into Judas who is surnamed Iscariot, being from the number of the twelve.


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And he went away and spoke together with the high-priests and magistrates, how he might give him to them.


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And he professed <i>agreement</i>, and was seeking an opportunity to give him up to them without <i>the</i> crowd. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:12-17 & Mat 26:17-20 & Luk 22:7-18, 22:24-30 Bethany to Jerusalem Thur. Evening.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now the day of unleavened bread came, in which it was essential <i>that</i> the Passover <i>is</i> to be sacrificed.


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And he sent Peter and John, <i>and</i> said, <J><i>After</i> you° <i>have</i> traveled on, prepare° the Passover for us, in order that we may eat.</J>


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<pb/>But he said to them <J>Behold, <i>After</i> you° <i>have</i> entered into the city, a man bearing a pitcher of water will be meeting you° there; follow° him into the house where he travels.</J>


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<J>And you° will say to the householder of the house, The Teacher says to you, Where is the guestroom, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?</J>


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And he said to them, <J>I desired with <i>a great</i> desire, to eat this Passover with you° before I suffer;</J>


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<J>for* I say to you°, I should never eat from it anymore, until it should be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.</J>


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<pb/>And he accepted a cup, and having given-thanks, he said, <J>Take° this and divide° <i>it</i> with yourselves.</J>


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<J>For* I say to you°, I should never drink from the fruit</J>* <J>of the vine, until which <i>time</i> the kingdom of God should come.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:22-25 & Mat 26:26-29 & Luk 22:19-20, 1Co 11:23-26.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he took bread and having given-thanks, he broke it and gave to them, saying, <J>This is my body which is given on your° behalf. Practice° this in my remembrance.</J>


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And likewise*, <i>he took</i> the cup after the supper, saying, <J>This cup is the new covenant* in my blood, which is poured out on your° behalf.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:18-21, 14:27-31 & Mat 26:21-25, 26:31-35 & Luk 22:21-23, 22:31-38 & Joh 13:21-38.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<J>And the Son of Man indeed is traveling on, according to what has been determined; however, woe to that man through whom he is given up!</J>


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And they began to debate together with themselves, who then it might be out of them who is about to do this thing. <pb/><br/><n>{See Luk 22:7-18 above.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now there happened <i>to be</i> also contention among them, who of them is thought to be the greater.


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But he said to them, <J>The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them, and those who have authority over them are called benefactors.</J>


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<J>But not so <i>with</i> you°, but the greater <i>one</i> among you°, let him become like the younger, and the leader, as he who is serving.</J>


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<J>For* who <i>is the</i> greater one, he who reclines <i>at the meal</i>, or he who is serving? Is <i>it</i> not he who reclines? But I am in your° midst like he who serves.</J>


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<J>in order that you° may eat and may drink upon my table, and you° will be sitting upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{See Luk 22:31-38 above.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now the Lord said, <J>Simon, Simon, behold, the Adversary asked for you°, to sift you° like wheat.</J>


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<J>But I besought concerning you, in order that your faith should not fail, and someday having turned <i>back</i> again, establish your brethren.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>But he said, <J>I tell you Peter, The rooster should never crow today, before you will be denying to know me three-times.</J>


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>When I sent you° forth without money-bag and knapsack and shoes, you° did not lack anything, did you°?</J> <pb/>And they said, Nothing.


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<pb/>Therefore he said to them, <J>But now, he who has a money-bag, let him take it and likewise a knapsack, and he who has no sword, he will be selling his garment and will be buying one.</J>


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<J>For* I say to you°, that it is essential <i>for</i> this to still be completed in me, which has been written, ‘And he was counted with <i>the</i> lawless'; for* <i>it is essential</i> the things concerning me have an end.</J> <n>{Isa 53:12}</n>


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<pb/>But they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. <pb/>Now he said to them, <J>It is sufficient.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:26, 14:32-42 & Mat 26:30, 26:36-46 & Luk 22:39-46 & Joh 18:1 Garden between Stream of Kidron and Mountain of Olives, Late Thur. night.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having gone out and according to his custom, he traveled to the Mountain of Olives, and his disciples also followed him.


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Now <i>after</i> he came* on the place, he said to them, <J>Pray° that you° do not enter into temptation.</J>


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And he pulled away from them approximately a stone’s throw, and having placed <i>himself on his</i> knees, he was praying,


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saying, <J>Father, if you are willing to carry this cup away from me, however not my will, but let yours happen.</J>


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And <i>after</i> he became in agony, he was praying more intensely, and his sweat became like thick drops of blood going-down upon the soil.


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And having stood up from his prayer, he came to the disciples and found them, falling-asleep from sorrow,


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and said to them, <J>Why are you° sleeping? <i>After</i> you <i>have</i> risen</J>* <J>up, pray°, in order that you° may not enter into temptation.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:43-52 & Mat 26:47-56 & Luk 22:47-53 & Joh 18:2-11 Gethsemane, Fri. a few hours before dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/><i>While</i> he is still speaking, behold, a crowd and he who was called* Judas, one of the twelve, was going before them, and he drew near to Jesus to kiss him.


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<pb/>Now <i>after</i> those who were around him, saw what will be <i>coming</i>, they said to him, Lord, will we not strike with* the sword?


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<pb/>But Jesus answered and said, <J>Permit° insofar as this.</J> And he touched his ear and healed him.


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<pb/>Now Jesus said to the high-priests and magistrates of the temple and elders, who came* against him, <J>Did you° come out with swords and clubs, like against a robber?</J>


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<J><i>In</i> my being with you° daily in the temple, you° did not stretch out your° hands against me, but this is your° hour and the authority of darkness</J>. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:53 & Mat 26:57 & Luk 22:54a & Joh 18:24 Palace of Caiaphas, before dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>But having taken him, they led <i>him away</i> and <i>then</i> led him into the high-priest’s house. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:54 & Mat 26:58 & Luk 22:54b-62 & Joh 18:15-18 Courtyard of High Priest’s residence, Fri. around dawn.}</n><br/><pb/>But Peter was following from afar. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:66-72 & Mat 26:69-75 & Luk 22:55-62 & Joh 18:25-27.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now having lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and <i>all</i> having sat down together, Peter was sitting in the midst of them.


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But a certain maidservant <i>after</i> she saw him sitting in the light <i>of the fire,</i> and having stared at him, said, This one was also together with him.


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And after a little bit, a different <i>one</i> saw him, and was saying, You also are <i>one</i> out of them. <pb/>But Peter said, Man, I am not.


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<pb/>And <i>after</i> approximately a one hour interval, <i>then</i> a certain other was stoutly affirming, saying, This one was also with him in truth; for* he is a Galilean.


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<pb/>But Peter said, Man, I do not know what you say. And instantly, <i>while</i> he is still speaking, <i>the</i> rooster crowed.


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And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter was reminded <i>of</i> the word of the Lord, how that he said to him, <J>Before the rooster crows, you will be denying me three-times.</J>


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And Peter went outside and wept bitterly. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 14:55-65 & Mat 26:59-68 & Luk 22:63-65.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And having covered him, they were beating his face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy. Who is it who struck you?


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And they were saying many other things to him, blaspheming. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:1 & Mat 27:1-2 Luk 22:66-23:1 Joh 18:28a Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And as it became day, the eldership of the people were gathered together, both high-priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,


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If you are the Christ, tell us. <pb/>But he said to them, <J>If I tell you°, you° should never believe;</J>


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<J>From hereafter, the Son of Man will be seated at <i>the</i> right <i>hand</i> of the power of God.</J> <pb/>


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Now they all said, Therefore are you the Son of God? <pb/>But he said to them, <J>You° are saying that I am.</J> <pb/>


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Now they said, Why do we still have need of testimony? For* we ourselves heard <i>this</i> from his own mouth.


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<pb/>And all the multitude of them, having stood up, led him in front of Pilate. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:2-5 & Mat 27:11-14 & Luk 23:2-5 & Joh 18:28b-38 Jerusalem early Fri. morning.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now they began to accuse him, saying, We found this one perverting the nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.


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<pb/>But Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? <pb/>Now he answered and said to him, <J>You say <i>correctly</i>.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>But they were insisting, saying, He is shaking up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea and beginning from Galilee, insofar as here. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 23:6-12 Jerusalem early Fri. morning; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And when he fully knew that he is out of Herod’s authority, he sent him back to Herod, who himself was also in Jerusalem in these days.


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<pb/>Now having seen Jesus, Herod rejoiced exceedingly; for* he was wishing <i>for</i> a considerable <i>time</i> to see him, because he was hoping to see some sign happening by him, hearing many things concerning him.


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<pb/>Now Herod, together with his soldiers, having scorned and having mocked <i>him</i>, and having dressed him in bright apparel, sent him back to Pilate.


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<pb/>Now Pilate and Herod became friends with one another in that same day; for* they were formerly being in hostility toward themselves.


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and said to them, You° brought this man to me, as one turning away the people <i>to riot</i>, and behold, I examined him in your° sight, <i>and</i> did not find a crime in this man of which you° accuse against him.


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But even Herod <i>found nothing</i>. For* he sent him back to you°, and behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.


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<i>He was one</i> who had been cast into prison because of a certain riot, which happened in the city, and <i>for</i> murder.


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<pb/>Now he said to them the third-time, For* what evil did this one do? I did not find a crime <i>worthy</i> of death in him; therefore, <i>after</i> I <i>have</i> disciplined him, I will be releasing <i>him</i>.


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But they were urgently asking with loud voices <i>for</i> him to be crucified. And their voices and <i>those</i> of the high-priests were prevailing.


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Now he released the one who had been cast into the prison because of riot and murder, whom they were asking for, but he gave up Jesus to their will. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:20-23 & Mat 27:31-34 & Luk 23:26-33 & Joh 19:17 Road to the Cross, Fri. morning.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And as they led him away, they grabbed someone <i>named</i> Simon from Cyrene, coming from the rural-area, and they placed the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.


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<pb/>Now a large multitude of the people, and of women, were also following him. They were grieving and mourning <i>for</i> him.


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But Jesus, turning to them, said, <J>Daughters of Jerusalem, do° not weep over me, however, weep° over yourselves and over your° children.</J>


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<J>Because behold, the days are coming in which they will say, The fortunate ones are: barren and <i>the</i> wombs that did not give-birth and the breasts that did not nurse.</J>


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<pb/>Now two others, also criminals, were being led together with him to be assassinated. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:24-32 & Mat 27:35-44 & Luk 23:33-43 & Joh 19:18-27 9:00 until Noon, Fri.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And when they came upon the place which is called The Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one at <i>the</i> right and the other at <i>the</i> left.


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<pb/>Now Jesus said, <J>Father, forgive them; for* they do not know what they are doing</J>. <pb/>‘Now they cast a lot, dividing his garments among them.’ <n>{Psa 22:18}</n>


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And the people stood viewing and the rulers together with them were also ridiculing <i>him</i>, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this one is the Christ, the chosen of God.


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Now an inscription was also over him, having been written in <i>the</i> alphabet of Greek and Latin and Hebrew, This is the King of the Jews.


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<pb/>Now one of the criminals who was hung <i>there</i>, was blaspheming him, saying, If you are the Christ save yourself and us!


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<pb/>But, the other answered and was rebuking him, saying, Do you not fear even God, because you are in the same condemnation?


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And we indeed <i>suffer</i> righteously; for* we are receiving worthy <i>payment</i> of what we practiced, but this one practiced nothing improper.


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<pb/>And Jesus said to him, <J>Assuredly I am saying to you, You will be with me today in Paradise.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:34 & Mat 27:45 & Luk 23:44 around Noon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now it was approximately the sixth hour and there became darkness upon the whole earth until the ninth hour <n>{i.e. Noon to 3:00 PM; Amos 8:8–9?}</n> . <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:34-41 & Mat 27:46-56 & Luk 23:45-49 & Joh 19:28-30 around 5:00 PM.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And Jesus having shouted with a loud voice, said, <J>Father, I will consign my spirit into your hands.</J> And having said these things, he expired.


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<pb/>Now having seen what happened, the centurion glorified God, saying, This really was a righteous man.


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And all the crowds who came* together upon this scene, viewing the things which had happened, were returning, beating their chest.


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<pb/>Now all his acquaintances and the women who followed from Galilee together with him, stood from afar, seeing these things. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 15:42-47 & Mat 27:57-66 & Luk 23:50-56 & Joh 19:31-42 Before The Sabbath.}</n><br/><pb/>


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(he was not in alliance with their plan and practice), <i>a man</i> from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.


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And having taken it down, he entwined it in a linen cloth and placed it in a hewed out tomb, where no one was yet laid.


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Now having followed after, <i>the</i> women, from Galilee, who were coming together to him, saw the tomb and how his body was placed.


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<pb/>Now they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they indeed relaxed according to the commandment.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 16:1-8 & Mat 28:1-8 & Luk 24:1-8, 12 & Joh 20:1-10 Dawn and very early Sun.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now on the first <i>day</i> of the week, from the deep <i>fog</i> of daybreak, they and some <i>others</i> together with them came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they <i>had</i> prepared.


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And it happened, while* they were perplexed concerning this, behold, two men stood by them in flashing <i>white</i> apparel.


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Now <i>after</i> they became fearful and bowing the<i>ir</i> faces <i>down</i> toward the earth, <i>then</i> they said to them, Why are you° seeking the living with the dead?


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saying that it is essential <i>for</i> the Son of Man to be given up into the hands of sinful men and to be crucified and to rise* up in the third day?


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And they were reminded of his declarations. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:9-11 & Mat 28:9-10 & Luk 24:9-11 & Joh 20:11-18.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And having returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.


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Now those who were saying these things to the apostles were: Mary the Magdalene and Joanna and Mary <i>the mother</i> of James and the rest of the women together with them.


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But Peter, having stood up, ran to the tomb, and peered <i>inside</i> and he sees the linen-strips laying alone. And he went away to his <i>home</i>, marveling at what has happened. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:12-13 & Luk 24:13-35 & 1Co 15:5 Sun. Afternoon.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And behold, two out of them were traveling in that same day to a village whose name <i>was</i> Emmaus, which was sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem.


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And they were conversing with one another concerning all these things which have befallen <i>them</i>.


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And it happened, while* they were conversing and debating together, that Jesus himself, having drawn near, was traveling together with them.


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But he said to them, <J>What words <i>are</i> these which you° are exchanging <i>back and forth</i> with one another, <i>while</i> walking? and you° have a gloomy face, <i>why</i>?</J>


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<pb/>But one whose name <i>was</i> Cleopas answered and said to him, Are you sojourning alone in Jerusalem and did not know <i>of</i> the things which happened in her in these days?


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>What things?</J> <pb/>But they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who became a prophet, a mighty man in works and word in front of God and all the people;


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and how the high-priests and our rulers gave him up to <i>the</i> condemnation of death and crucified him.


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Now we were hoping that he was <i>the one</i> who is about to redeem Israel. But yet today, together with all these things, is bringing* <i>us</i> the third day from which these things happened.


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But some women from <i>among</i> us also astonished us, having happened <i>to be</i> at the tomb at daybreak,


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and having not found his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of messengers, who said he was alive.


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And some of those who were together with us, went to the tomb and also found <i>it</i> so, just-as the women had also said, but they did not see him.


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>O <i>you</i>° foolish <i>ones</i> and slow in heart to believe upon all that the prophets spoke!</J>


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And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he was clarifying for them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.


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And they drew near to the village, where they were traveling and he was making-like <i>that he was</i> to travel farther.


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<pb/>And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, because it is toward dusk and the day is far-spent. And he entered in to abide together with them.


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And it happened, while* he was reclining with them <i>at the table</i>, <i>and</i> having taken the bread, he gave-thanks and broke <i>it and</i> he was giving <i>it</i> to them.


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<pb/>Now their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he became unapparent from them <n>{i.e. disappeared}</n> .


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And they said to one another, Were our hearts not burning in<i>side</i> us, as he was speaking to us on the road, and as he was opening the Scriptures to us?


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<pb/>And that same hour they stood up and returned to Jerusalem and found the eleven and those who have been accumulated together with them,


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And they were describing the things <i>which happened</i> on the road and how he was known by them in the breaking of the bread. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:14 & Luk 24:36-43 & Joh 20:19-25 Sun. Evening.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now <i>while</i> they are speaking these things, Jesus stood in the midst of them and says to them, <J>Peace <i>is</i> to you°.</J>


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<J>Behold° my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch° me and see°, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, like you° view me having.</J>


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And he took and ate <i>it</i> in their sight. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 24:44-49 & Acts 1:3-8 & 1Co 15:7 Jerusalem.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now he said to them, <J>These are the words which I spoke to you°, being still together with you°, that it is essential <i>for</i> all things to be fulfilled, which have been written in the Law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms, concerning me.</J>


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Then he opened their mind to understand the Scriptures. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:15-18 & Mat 28:18-20 & Luk 24:46-47 Mountain in Galilee; The Great Commission.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And he said to them, <J>Thus it has been written, that it was essential <i>for</i> the Christ to suffer and to rise* up from the dead in the third day;</J> <n>{Isa 53:5?}</n>


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<J>and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.</J>


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<J>And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you°, but you° stick-around° in the city of Jerusalem, until you° should be clothed with power from on high.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 16:19-20 & Luk 24:50-53 & Acts 1:9-12 Olivet, between Jerusalem and Bethany.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now he led them outside until <i>they were</i> in Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and spoke well of <n>{and/or: gave-thanks for}</n> them.


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And it happened, while* he blessed them, he stood away from them and was being carried up into heaven.


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and they were always in the temple, praising and thanking God. <pb/>Amen. <pb/><br/><n>{NOTES: You should read the 'Definitions' Section and other non-bible sections.}</n><br/><pb/>


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All things became through him, and without him not even one thing became which has become <i>into being</i>.


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And the light is appearing in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake <n>{Or: comprehend}</n> it.


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<pb/>It happened <i>that</i> a man <i>came</i>, having been sent from God, <i>and</i> his name <i>was</i> John.


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This one came *for a testimony, in order that he might testify concerning the light, in order that all should believe through him.


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But as many as received him, he gave to them <i>the</i> authority to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,


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who were born, not from bloods, nor from the will of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God.


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<pb/>And the Word became flesh and resided among us (and we saw his glory, glory like <i>that</i> of the only begotten from the Father), full of favor and truth.


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<pb/>And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem in order that they might ask him, Who are you?


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<pb/>And they asked him, Therefore, what? Are you Elijah? <pb/>And he says, I am not. <pb/>Are you the prophet? <pb/>And he answered, No.


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<pb/>Therefore they said to him, Who are you? In order that we might give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?


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<pb/>He said, I am <i>the</i> voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make° straight the way of the Lord, just-as Isaiah the prophet said. <n>{Isa 40:3}</n>


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And they asked him, and said to him, Therefore why do you immerse*, if you are not the Christ, neither Elijah, nor the prophet?


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<pb/>John answered them, saying, I immerse* in water, but one is standing in your° midst whom you° do not know.


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It is he who is coming after me, who has become before me. I am not worthy that* I should loose the strap of his shoes.


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These things happened in Bethany beyond-that <i>area</i> of the Jordan, where John was immersing*. <pb/><br/><n>{Maybe: Mat 3:11-17, Mar 1:7-11, Luk 3:21-22 & Joh 1:29-34}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>On the next-day he sees Jesus coming toward him and says, Behold, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world!


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This one is he, concerning whom I said, A man is coming after me who has become before me, because he was first; <i>then</i> me.


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And I did not know him, but in order that he should be manifested to Israel. I came immersing* in water because of this.


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And John testified, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained upon him.


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And I did not know him, but he who sent me to immerse* in water, that one said to me, <J>Upon whomever you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, this one is he who immerses* in <i>the</i> Holy Spirit.</J>


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And I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God. <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 1:35-51 Bethany beyond Jordan, Spring 27 AD.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Now Jesus, having turned, saw them following, and says to them, <J>What are you° seeking?</J> <pb/>But they said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, by translation: teacher), where do you abide?


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<pb/>He says to them, <J>Come° and see°.</J> <pb/>They went and saw where he abode, and they remained with him that day. It was approximately the tenth hour.


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One out of the two who heard <i>this</i> from John was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother and he followed him.


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This one finds first his own brother Simon and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, <i>after</i> being translated, The Christ).


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<pb/>And he led him toward Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, <J>You are Simon, the Son of Jonah, you will be called Cephas,</J> which is by translation, a Pebble.


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<pb/>On the next-day, he wished to go out into Galilee, and he finds Philip, and Jesus says to him, <J>Follow me</J>.


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Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law and the prophets wrote, Jesus from Nazareth, the son of Joseph.


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<pb/>And Nathanael said to him, Is any good thing able to be <i>coming</i> out of Nazareth? <pb/>Philip says to him, Come and behold!


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<pb/>Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and says concerning him, <J>Behold, an Israelite in whom there truly is no treachery!</J>


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<pb/>Nathanael says to him, From where do you know me? <pb/>Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Before Philip summoned you, I saw you being under the fig tree</J>.


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<pb/>Jesus answered and said to him, <J><i>Is it</i> because I said to you, I saw you underneath the fig tree <i>that</i> you believe? You will be seeing greater <i>than</i> these things.</J>


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And he says to him, <J>Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you°, From now <i>on</i>, you° will be seeing the heaven, having been opened, and the messengers of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.</J>


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<pb/><n>{Joh 2:1-11 Cana in Galilee; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>And there happened <i>to be</i> a wedding in Cana of Galilee in the third day, and the mother of Jesus was there;


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<pb/>Jesus says to her, <J>What <i>is this thing</i> with me and with you, woman? My hour is not coming yet.</J>


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Now six stone water pots were placed there according to the Jews’ cleansing, making room <i>for</i> two or three nine-gallon measures apiece. <n>{i.e. very large water pots}</n>


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And he says to them, <J>Dip-out° <i>some</i> now and carry° <i>it</i> to the chief waiter.</J> <pb/>And they carried <i>it</i>.


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Now as the chief waiter tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it is from (but the servants knew, having dipped-out the water), the chief waiter summons the bridegroom,


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and says to him, Every man first places the good wine <i>on the table</i>, and whenever they are drunken, then <i>the</i> inferior. <i>But</i> you have kept the good wine until now.


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This one <i>was</i> the beginning of the signs <i>which</i> Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory, and his disciples believed in him. <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 2:12 Capernaum; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>After this, he went-down to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples, and they did not remain there many days. <n>{An idiom: stayed a few days.}</n> <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 2:13-25 Jerusalem April 9, 27 AD; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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And he found those who sold bulls and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting in the temple.


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And he made* a scourge out of ropes and cast all forth out of the temple, both the sheep and the bulls, and he poured out the coinage of the brokers and turned over their tables;


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and to the ones who are selling the doves he said, <J>Take° these things from here. Do° not make* my Father’s house a house of merchandise.</J>


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<pb/>Now his disciples were reminded that it has been written, ‘Zeal of your house will be devouring me.’ <n>{Psa 69:9}</n>


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<pb/>Therefore, the Jews answered and said to him, What sign are you showing to us? <i>Why is it</i> that you are doing these things?


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<pb/>Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Tear-down° this temple and I will be lifting it up in three days.</J>


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<pb/>Therefore the Jews said, This temple was built in forty-six years and you will be lifting it up in three days?


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<pb/>Therefore, when he was raised <i>up</i> from the dead, his disciples were reminded that he spoke this, and they believed in the Scripture and the word in which Jesus <i>had</i> said.


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<pb/>Now as he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, many believed in his name at the feast, viewing his signs which he was doing.


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and because he had no need that* anyone should testify concerning man; for* he himself knew what was in man.


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<pb/><n>{Joh 3:1-21; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Now there was a man from the Pharisees, his name <i>was</i> Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.


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This one came to him by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for* no one is able to do these signs which you are doing, if God is not with him.


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<pb/>Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you, If someone has not been born anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.</J> <pb/>


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Nicodemus says to him, How is a man able to be born, being elderly? He is not able to enter into his mother’s womb a second-time and to be born <i>again</i>, is he?


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<pb/>Jesus answered, <J>Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you, If someone has not been born out of water and <i>the</i> Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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<J>What has been born out of the flesh is flesh, and what has been born out of <i>the</i> Spirit is spirit.</J>


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<J>The Spirit is blowing where he wills and you hear his voice, but do not know from where he is coming and where he is going, so is everyone who has been born from the Spirit.</J> <pb/>


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<pb/>Jesus answered and said to him, <J>Are you the teacher of Israel and do not know these things?</J>


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<J>Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you, We speak what we know, and testify from what we have seen, and you° do not receive our testimony.</J>


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<J>If I tell you° the earthly things and you° do not believe, how will you° believe if I tell you° the heavenly things?</J>


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<J>And no one has ascended into heaven, except he who descended from heaven, <i>that is</i>, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>And just-as Moses who exalted the serpent in the wilderness, so it is essential <i>for</i> the Son of Man to also be exalted;</J>


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<pb/><J>For* thus God loved* the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, in order that everyone who believes in him might not perish, but may have everlasting life.</J>


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<J>For* God did not send the Son into the world in order that he might judge the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.</J>


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<J>He who believes in him is not judged. He who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.</J>


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<pb/><J>Now this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world and men loved* the darkness rather than the light; for* their works were evil.</J>


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<J>For* everyone who is practicing evil, hates the light, and is not coming to the light, in order that his works should not convict <i>him</i>.</J>


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<J>But he who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his works should be manifest, that they have been worked in God.</J> <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 3:22-36 Judea and Aenon; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>After these things, Jesus and his disciples came into the land of <i>the</i> Jews, and he was staying with them and was immersing* there.


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Now John was also immersing* in Aenon near to Salem, because many <i>bodies of</i> water were there, and they were coming* and were being immersed*.


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Therefore there happened <i>to be</i> a debate from John’s disciples with a Jew concerning the cleansing.


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And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond-that <i>area</i> of the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, this one is immersing* and all men are going to him.


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<pb/>John answered and said, A man is able to receive nothing, if it is not given to him from heaven.


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You° yourselves testify, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I have been sent before that one.


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He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore <i>in</i> this, my joy has been fulfilled.


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<pb/>He who is coming from above is over all. He who is from the earth is from the earth and speaks from the earth. He who is coming from heaven is over all.


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He who believes in the Son has everlasting life, but he who is disobedient to the Son will not be seeing life, but the wrath of God is remaining upon him.


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<pb/><n>{Mar 1:14a & Mat 4:12 & Luk 3:19-20 & Joh 4:1-4 Judea to Galilee.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>Therefore as the Lord knew that the Pharisees <i>had</i> heard that Jesus is making* and immersing* more disciples than John,


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<pb/>Now it was essential for him to go through Samaria. <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 4:5-43 Jacob’s Well and at Sychar; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Therefore he comes to a city of Samaria, called* Sychar, close to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph,


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and Jacob’s well was there. Therefore, Jesus, being fatigued from his journey, was sitting thus upon the well. It was approximately the sixth hour <n>{i.e. Noon}</n> .


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A woman from Samaria comes to dip-out water. Jesus says to her, <J>Give to me <i>some water</i> to drink.</J>


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<pb/>Therefore the Samaritan woman says to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, who is a Samaritan woman? (For* Jews have no dealings together with Samaritans.)


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<pb/>Jesus answered and said to her, <J>If you knew the gift of God and who it is that says to you, Give to me <i>some water</i> to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given living water to you.</J>


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<pb/>The woman says to him, Lord, you have no bucket and the well is deep. Therefore from where do you have the living water?


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You are not greater <i>than</i> our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank out of it himself and his sons and his livestock, are you?


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<pb/>Jesus answered and said to her, <J>Everyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty again</J>


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<J>but whoever is drinking from the water that I will be giving him should never be thirsty forever, but the water that I will be giving him will become in him a well of water leaping up to everlasting life.</J> <pb/>


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The woman says to him, Lord, give this water to me, in order that I may not be thirsty, nor come here to dip-out <i>water</i>.


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<pb/>The woman answered and said, I have no husband. <pb/>Jesus says to her, <J>You said well, I have no husband,</J>


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<J>for* you had five husbands, and he whom you have now is not your husband. You have said this, a true thing.</J>


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Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you° <i>Jews</i> say, that in Jerusalem is the place where it is essential to worship.


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<pb/>Jesus says to her, <J>Woman, believe me, the hour is coming, when you° will be worshiping the Father, neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem.</J>


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<J>You° worship what you° do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.</J>


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<J>But the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshipers will be worshiping the Father in spirit and truth; for* the Father also is seeking such who are worshiping him.</J>


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<J>God <i>is</i> a Spirit, and it is essential <i>for</i> those who are worshiping him to worship in spirit and truth.</J>


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<pb/>The woman says to him, I know that <i>the</i> Messiah is coming (he who is called* Christ). Whenever he comes, that <i>man</i> will be proclaiming all things to us.


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<pb/>And his disciples came upon this, and marveled that he was speaking with a woman; nevertheless, no one said, What are you seeking? Or, Why are you speaking with her?


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Come-here°. Behold°, a man who told me all things, as many things as I did. This is not the Christ, is it?


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<pb/>Therefore the disciples were saying to one another, Someone did not bring him <i>anything</i> to eat, did they?


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<pb/>Jesus says to them, <J>My food is that* I should be doing the will of the one who sent me, and should complete his work.</J>


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<J>Do you not say, There are still four months and <i>then</i> the harvest comes. Behold, I am saying to you°, Lift° up your° eyes and look° at the farmlands, because they are already white for <i>the</i> harvest.</J>


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<J>And he who is reaping receives wages and gathers fruit to everlasting life; in order that he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice also in unison.</J>


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<J>For* the true word is in this, Another <i>is</i> he who is sowing and another <i>is</i> he who is reaping.</J>


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<J>I sent you° forth to reap what you° have not labored; others have labored, and you° have entered into their labor.</J>


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<pb/>Now many out of the Samaritans from that city believed in him, because of the word of the woman, <i>who was</i> testifying, He told me all things, as many things as did.


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Therefore, as the Samaritans came to him, they requested him to abide with them, and he remained there two days.


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and they were saying to the woman, We believe no longer because of your speech; for* we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is truly the Savior of the world, the Christ.


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For* Jesus himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his own fatherland. <pb/><br/><n>{Luk 4:14a & Joh 4:44-45 Arrival in Galilee.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Therefore when he came into Galilee, the Galileans accepted him, having seen all the things which he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for* they had also gone to the feast. <pb/><br/><n>{Joh 4:46-54 Cana; no parallel.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>Therefore, Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where he made* the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick in Capernaum.


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Having heard that Jesus is coming out of Judea into Galilee, he went toward him, and asked him in order that he might come-down and might heal his son; for* he was about to die.


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Therefore Jesus said to him, <J>If you° do not see signs and wonders, you° should never believe.</J>


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<pb/>Jesus says to him, Travel on; your son lives. <pb/>And the man believed the word in which Jesus spoke to him, and he was traveling on.


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<pb/>Now already <i>while</i> going-down, his bondservants encountered him and reported, saying that his boy lives.


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Therefore, he inquired from them the hour in which he had improved. And they said to him, The fever left him yesterday <i>in the</i> seventh hour.


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Therefore the father knew that <i>it was</i> in that hour in which Jesus said to him, <J>Your son lives.</J> And he himself, and his whole house believed.


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<pb/><n>{Joh 5:1-47 Jerusalem probably the Passover; no parallel.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>The feast of the Jews was after these things, and Jesus went-up to Jerusalem.


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Now there is a pool in Jerusalem by the sheep <i>gate</i> called* Bethesda in Hebrew, having five porches.


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A large multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, <i>and</i> dried up, were reclining in this <i>area</i> waiting for the moving of the water.


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For* a messenger was descending every opportunity in the pool, and was disturbing the water. Therefore, the first one who stepped after the disturbance of the water became healthy, <i>from</i> whatever disease in which the one was being held.


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<i>After</i> Jesus saw him reclining and having known that he had <i>spent</i> much time already <i>there</i>, he says to him, <J>Do you wish to become healthy?</J>


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<pb/>The sick <i>man</i> answered him, Lord, I do not have a man, in order that he might put me in the pool whenever the water is disturbed. But <i>while</i> I am coming, another is going-down before me.


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And immediately the man became healthy, and lifted up his pallet and was walking. <pb/>Now it was the Sabbath on that day.


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Therefore the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, It is the Sabbath. It is not legal for you to lift up your pallet.


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<pb/>He answered them, He who made* me healthy, that <i>man</i> said to me, Lift up your pallet and walk.


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But he who was healed did not know who it was; for* Jesus <i>had</i> slipped out of <i>the</i> crowd that was in that place.


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<pb/>After these things, Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him, <J>Behold, you have become healthy. Sin no longer, in order that something worse might not happen to you.</J>


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And the Jews were persecuting Jesus because of this, and were seeking to kill him, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.


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Therefore the Jews were seeking <i>even</i> more to kill him because of this, because he was not only tearing-down the Sabbath, but also <i>that</i> he was saying God <i>is</i> his own Father, making* himself equal <i>to</i> God.


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<pb/>Therefore, Jesus answered and said to them, <J>Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you°, The Son is not able to do anything from himself, if he does not see what the Father is doing. For* whatever these things <i>are</i> that he is doing, the Son is also doing <i>these things</i> likewise.</J>


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<J>For* the Father loves the Son, and shows to him all things which he is doing, and he will be showing him greater works <i>than</i> these things in order that you° may marvel.</J>


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<J>For* just-like the Father raises <i>up</i> the dead and is giving-life to them, so the Son also is giving-life to whom he wills.</J>


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<J>in order that all may honor the Son, just-as they are honoring the Father. He who is not honoring the Son, is not honoring the Father who sent him.</J>


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<pb/><J>Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you°, He who hears my word and believes in the one who sent me, has everlasting life, and is not coming into judgment, but has stepped out of death into the life.</J>


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<pb/><J>Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you°, The hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.</J>


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<J>For* just-like the Father has life in himself, so he also gave to the Son, to have life in himself,</J>


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<J>Do° not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will be hearing his voice,</J>


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<J>and will travel out; those who did good things, to the resurrection of life, and those who practiced evil, to the resurrection of judgment.</J>


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<pb/><J>I am able to do nothing from myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.</J>


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<J>It is another who is testifying concerning me, and I know that the testimony which he is testifying concerning me is true.</J>


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<J>But the testimony which I receive is not from man, but I am saying these things, in order that you° might save yourselves.</J>


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<J>He was that lamp which burns and appears <i>bright</i>, and you° willed to be glad for a short-time in his light.</J>


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<J>But the testimony which I have is greater <i>than</i> John’s; for* the works which the Father gave to me, in order that I should complete, these same works which I am doing, testify concerning me, that the Father has sent me.</J>


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<J>And the Father who sent me, he has testified concerning me. You° have neither heard his voice at anytime, nor have seen his form.</J>


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<J>And you° do not have his word remaining in you°, because you° do not believe in that <i>man</i> whom he sent for this.</J>


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<J>You° are searching the Scriptures because you° think that in them you° have everlasting life, and these are those which are testifying concerning me;</J>


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<J>I have come in the name of my Father, and you° are not receiving me. If another comes in his own name, you° will be receiving that <i>man</i>.</J>


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<J>How are you° able to believe, receiving glory from one another, and <i>yet</i> you° are not seeking the glory that <i>comes</i> from God alone?</J>


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<J>Do° not think that I will be accusing you° to the Father. There is one who is accusing you°, Moses, in whom you° have hoped.</J>


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<J>For* if you° believed in Moses, you° would believe in me; for* that <i>man</i> wrote concerning me.</J>


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<J>But if you° do not believe the Scriptures of that <i>man</i>, how will you° believe my declarations?</J>


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<pb/><n>{Mar 6:30-32 & Mat 14:13 & Luk 9:10 & Joh 6:1 East shore of Galilee.}</n><br/></pb> <pb/>After these things, Jesus went away to the <i>area</i> beyond-that of the sea of Galilee, <i>to the sea</i> of Tiberias. <pb/><br/><n>{Mar 6:33-44 & Mat 14:13-21 & Luk 9:11-17 & Joh 6:2-14.}</n><br/><pb/>


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<pb/>And a large crowd was following him, because they were seeing the signs from him which he was doing upon those who were sick.


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Therefore Jesus, having lifted up his eyes and having seen that a large crowd is coming toward him, says to Philip, <J>From where will we be buying bread, in order that these might eat?</J>


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<pb/>Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii’ <i>worth</i> of loaves is not enough for them, in order that each of them might take some bit.


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There is one child here, who has five barley loaves and two little-fish, but what are these things toward so-many?


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<pb/>But Jesus said, <J>Make*° the people lean-back.</J> Now much grass was in the place. Therefore the men reclined, approximately five thousand in number.


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Now Jesus took the loaves, and having given-thanks, he distributed <i>it</i> to the disciples and <i>then</i> to the disciples who had reclined; also likewise from the little-fish as many as they were wishing <i>to eat</i>.


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Now as they were <i>getting</i> filled, he says to his disciples, <J>Gather° up the broken pieces which were leftover, in order that not anything might perish.</J>


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Therefore they gathered together and filled twelve baskets from <i>the</i> broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were leftover by those who had been fed.


