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\s1 John Prepares the Way for Jesus 
\r (Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-9, 15-17; John 1:19-28) 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w about|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Son \w of|strong="G2098"\w* God,\f + \fr 1:1  \fk the Son of God \ft Some Greek copies do not have these words.\f* begins 
\v 2 \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* said \w would|strong="G4396"\w* happen. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w send|strong="G0649"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w messenger|strong="G0032"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4253"\w* \w of|strong="G3598"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2680"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” \rq Malachi 3:1\rq* 
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\q1
\v 3 “\w There|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* someone \w shouting|strong="G0994"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*: 
\q1 ‘\w Prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\q2 \w Make|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w straight|strong="G2117"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.’” \rq Isaiah 40:3\rq* 
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\v 4 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Baptizer \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w baptizing|strong="G0907"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* area. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* change \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* forgiven. 
\v 5 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w*, \w including|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2415"\w*, \w came|strong="G1607"\w* \w out|strong="G1607"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w John|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w confessed|strong="G1843"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* done, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \w River|strong="G4215"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* wore clothes made \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w camel’s|strong="G2574"\w* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w leather|strong="G1193"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w waist|strong="G3751"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w locusts|strong="G0200"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G0066"\w* \w honey|strong="G3192"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w John|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*: “\w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* later \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G2425"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G1510"\w* \w enough|strong="G2425"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w slave|strong="G2064"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* stoops \w down|strong="G2955"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w*. 
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w baptize|strong="G0907"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G0040"\w* \w who|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G0846"\w* coming \w will|strong="G0846"\w* \w baptize|strong="G0907"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w Is|strong="G0846"\w* \w Baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 3:13-17; Luke 3:21-22) 
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\v 9 \w About|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w*. \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River. 
\v 10 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2597"\w* \w up|strong="G0305"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w torn|strong="G4977"\w* open. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w came|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w dove|strong="G4058"\w*. 
\v 11 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G0027"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* Goes Away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Be|strong="G1510"\w* Tempted 
\r (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13) 
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\v 12 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \w alone|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*. \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wild|strong="G2342"\w* animals. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w came|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* helped \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Begins \w His|strong="G0846"\w* Work \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Galilee 
\r (Matthew 4:12-17; Luke 4:14-15) 
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\v 14 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w put|strong="G3860"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* prison, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G2540"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w*. \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w*.\f + \fr 1:15  \fk is very near \ft Or “is coming soon” or “has come.”\f* Change \w your|strong="G2532"\w* hearts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lives, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w*!” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* Chooses \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* Followers 
\r (Matthew 4:18-22; Luke 5:1-11) 
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\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* walking \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*\f + \fr 1:16  \fk Simon \ft Simon’s other name was Peter. Also in verses 29, 30, 36.\f* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w Andrew|strong="G0406"\w*. \w These|strong="G3588"\w* two men \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w fishermen|strong="G0231"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w throwing|strong="G0906"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* net \w into|strong="G0906"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* catch fish. 
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G1096"\w*, \w follow|strong="G3694"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* different kind \w of|strong="G0444"\w* \w fishermen|strong="G0231"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w bring|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*, \w not|strong="G4160"\w* fish.” 
\v 18 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2117"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* continued walking \w by|strong="G1722"\w* Lake Galilee. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* two more \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sons \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, preparing \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* catch fish. 
\v 20 \w Their|strong="G0846"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* worked \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* brothers. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* saw \w the|strong="G3588"\w* brothers, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* come. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G3694"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Frees \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Man \w From|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* Evil Spirit 
\r (Luke 4:31-37) 
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* followers \w went|strong="G1531"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w*. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1531"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 22 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* someone \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*. 
\v 23 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* shouted, 
\v 24 “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w*! \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* want \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? \w Did|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w destroy|strong="G0622"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*—\w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w*!” 
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\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w his|strong="G0846"\w* voice full \w of|strong="G1537"\w* warning, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G5392"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*!” 
\v 26 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* made \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man shake. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* made \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w loud|strong="G3173"\w* noise \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2284"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* happening \w here|strong="G1510"\w*? \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* teaches \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w commands|strong="G2004"\w* evil \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G0189"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w spread|strong="G1831"\w* \w quickly|strong="G2112"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* area \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Heals Many \w People|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-41) 
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\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Andrew|strong="G0406"\w*. 
\v 30 \w Simon’s|strong="G4613"\w* \w mother-in-law|strong="G3994"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w sick|strong="G2621"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* bed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w fever|strong="G4445"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 31 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* bed. \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w held|strong="G2902"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* healed. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* began \w serving|strong="G1247"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 32 \w That|strong="G3956"\w* night, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w went|strong="G1096"\w* down, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* many \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* demons inside \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 33 Everyone \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w gathered|strong="G1996"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3650"\w* house. 
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* different kinds \w of|strong="G3588"\w* sicknesses. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G0863"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*.\f + \fr 1:34  \fk who he was \ft Meaning that the demons knew that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God.\f* 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Goes \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Other|strong="G0846"\w* Towns 
\r (Luke 4:42-44) 
\p
\v 35 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* next \w morning|strong="G4404"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* woke \w up|strong="G0450"\w* \w very|strong="G3029"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G2546"\w* \w while|strong="G1773"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G3029"\w* \w dark|strong="G1773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could \w be|strong="G2532"\w* alone \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*. 
\v 36 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* friends went \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 37 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!” 
\p
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* another \w place|strong="G1563"\w*. \w We|strong="G3778"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w towns|strong="G2969"\w* \w around|strong="G0071"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* message \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w why|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w*.” 
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* traveled everywhere \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* spoke \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Heals \w a|strong="G2064"\w* Sick Man 
\r (Matthew 8:1-4; Luke 5:12-16) 
\p
\v 40 \w A|strong="G1437"\w* man \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* leprosy \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* man bowed \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w knees|strong="G1120"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* heal \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*.” 
\p
\v 41 \w These|strong="G3588"\w* last \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* angry.\f + \fr 1:41  \fk These … angry \ft Most Greek copies have “Moved with pity ….” But it is hard to explain why some good Greek copies and Latin versions have “Filled with anger …,” so many scholars now consider it to be the original reading.\f* \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w touched|strong="G0681"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* heal \w you|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* healed!” 
\v 42 \w Immediately|strong="G2117"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w leprosy|strong="G3014"\w* disappeared, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w was|strong="G3588"\w* healed. 
\p
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w to|strong="G2532"\w* go, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* gave \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* strong warning: 
\v 44 “\w Don’t|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.\f + \fr 1:44  \fk let the priest look at you \ft The Law of Moses said a priest must decide when a person with leprosy was well.\f* \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* gift \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w because|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* healed. \w Offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* gift \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w commanded|strong="G4367"\w*.\f + \fr 1:44  \fk Moses commanded \ft See Leviticus 14:1-32.\f* \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* healed.” 
\v 45 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* man \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* everyone \w he|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* healed \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w news|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w spread|strong="G1831"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* why \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* saw \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* live. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\c 2  
\s1 Jesus Heals a Crippled Man 
\r (Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26) 
\p
\v 1 \w A|strong="G1510"\w* few \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later, \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* news \w spread|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*. 
\v 2 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* crowd \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* hear \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* house \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w there|strong="G4183"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w place|strong="G5562"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* stand, \w not|strong="G3366"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* outside \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w*. \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w*, 
\v 3 some \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w a|strong="G5259"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w* man \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w* being \w carried|strong="G0142"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w four|strong="G5064"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 4 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w get|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* inside \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* house \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* full \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* went \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w roof|strong="G4721"\w* \w above|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* made \w a|strong="G1510"\w* hole \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* lowered \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mat|strong="G2895"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 5 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* how much \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w* man, “Young man, \w your|strong="G0863"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w forgiven|strong="G0863"\w*.” 
\p
\v 6 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* saw \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w*, 
\v 7 “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w an|strong="G1520"\w* \w insult|strong="G0987"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! \w No|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w but|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w forgive|strong="G0863"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*.” 
\p
\v 8 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2117"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w were|strong="G3778"\w* thinking. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* questions \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w*? 
\v 9-10 The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins. But how can I prove this to you? Maybe you are thinking it was easy for me to say to the crippled man, ‘Your sins are forgiven.’ There’s no proof it really happened. But what if I say to the man, ‘Stand up. Take your mat and walk’? Then you will be able to see if I really have this power or not.” So Jesus said to the paralyzed man, 
\v 11 “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. \w Take|strong="G0142"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mat|strong="G2895"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*.” 
\p
\v 12 \w Immediately|strong="G2117"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* paralyzed \w man|strong="G2316"\w* stood \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w picked|strong="G0142"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w mat|strong="G2895"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* walked \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* room. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* could \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3779"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* most \w amazing|strong="G1839"\w* \w thing|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3763"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w*!” 
\s1 Levi (Matthew) \w Follows|strong="G3779"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* 
\r (Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32) 
\p
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* followed \w him|strong="G0846"\w* there. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* walking \w beside|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lake, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* man \w named|strong="G3004"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w*, son \w of|strong="G1909"\w* Alphaeus. \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* collecting taxes. \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Follow|strong="G0190"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* \w stood|strong="G0450"\w* \w up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 15 Later \w that|strong="G1096"\w* day, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers ate \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w Levi’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* bad reputations eating \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. (\w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.) 
\v 16 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G3101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3101"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* such bad \w people|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers, “Why \w does|strong="G2068"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sinners|strong="G0268"\w*?” 
\p
\v 17 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* doctor, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w healthy|strong="G2480"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \w good|strong="G2480"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \w sinners|strong="G0268"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Like|strong="G0846"\w*  //  \w Other|strong="G0846"\w* Religious \w Leaders|strong="G3004"\w* 
\r (Matthew 9:14-17; Luke 5:33-39) 
\p
\v 18 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w fasting|strong="G3522"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w John’s|strong="G2491"\w* followers \w fast|strong="G3522"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w fast|strong="G3522"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* followers \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w fast|strong="G3522"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w*?” 
\p
\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w wedding|strong="G3567"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* friends \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* sad \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w fast|strong="G3522"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* still \w there|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w taken|strong="G0522"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w fast|strong="G3522"\w*. 
\p
\v 21 “\w When|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w sews|strong="G1976"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w patch|strong="G1915"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* hole \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w an|strong="G1096"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* use \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w piece|strong="G1915"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4470"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* shrunk. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w patch|strong="G1915"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* shrink \w and|strong="G2532"\w* pull \w away|strong="G0142"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* hole \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w worse|strong="G5501"\w*. 
\v 22 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* ever \w pours|strong="G0906"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w wineskins|strong="G0779"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w would|strong="G3762"\w* \w break|strong="G4486"\w* \w them|strong="G0622"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w would|strong="G3762"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruined|strong="G0622"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wineskins|strong="G0779"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* always \w put|strong="G0906"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w wineskins|strong="G0779"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* Lord \w Over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Sabbath Day 
\r (Matthew 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5) 
\p
\v 23 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w were|strong="G3101"\w* walking \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w* fields. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w picked|strong="G5089"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* eat. 
\v 24 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* followers \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*? \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w against|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w to|strong="G3004"\w* pick grain \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.” 
\p
\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w read|strong="G0314"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w needed|strong="G5532"\w* food. 
\v 26 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w during|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="G0008"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w*. David \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* offered \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Law \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Moses|strong="G0846"\w* says \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*. David \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\p
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Pharisees, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* help \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. \w People|strong="G0444"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* ruled \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*. 
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* every \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*.” 
\c 3  
\s1 Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath Day 
\r (Matthew 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11) 
\p
\v 1 \w Another|strong="G3825"\w* time \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* crippled \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w watching|strong="G3906"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w closely|strong="G3906"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* waiting \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* see \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* something wrong \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* could \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* crippled \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, “\w Stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* everyone \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see \w you|strong="G3004"\w*.” 
\p
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G0015"\w* \w thing|strong="G0018"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*: \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2554"\w*? \w Is|strong="G0018"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w right|strong="G0015"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w destroy|strong="G0615"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*?” \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* nothing \w to|strong="G3004"\w* answer \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* angry, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* felt \w very|strong="G0846"\w* sad \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* stubborn. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w*, “Hold \w out|strong="G1438"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*.” \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* held \w out|strong="G1438"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* healed. 
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* plans \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herodians|strong="G2265"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 Many Follow \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* 
\p
\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G0402"\w* \w away|strong="G0575"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G4128"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* Judea, \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Idumea|strong="G2401"\w*, \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* area \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* area \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*. \w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4128"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w because|strong="G0575"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\p
\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* saw how \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w there|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3793"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G2443"\w* get \w a|strong="G3793"\w* \w small|strong="G4142"\w* \w boat|strong="G4142"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w ready|strong="G4342"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4142"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* push \w against|strong="G0846"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 10 \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G2192"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2192"\w* sick \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G0846"\w* pushing toward \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w touch|strong="G0681"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* evil \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* inside \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* bowed \w before|strong="G4363"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!” 
\v 12 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* spirits \w a|strong="G4160"\w* strong warning \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w tell|strong="G5318"\w* \w anyone|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Chooses \w His|strong="G0846"\w* Twelve Apostles 
\r (Matthew 10:1-4; Luke 6:12-16) 
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w up|strong="G0305"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* invited \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G0565"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* joined \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w there|strong="G3739"\w*. 
\v 14 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* chose \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* called \w them|strong="G0846"\w* apostles. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w these|strong="G0846"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w send|strong="G0649"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* places \w to|strong="G2443"\w* tell \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* message. 
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w them|strong="G1544"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* force \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2192"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 16 \w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w names|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* men \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* chose: 
\b
\li1 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* (\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*), 
\li1
\v 17 \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w* (\w the|strong="G3588"\w* ones \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Boanerges|strong="G0993"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w Sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Thunder|strong="G1027"\w*”), 
\li1
\v 18 \w Andrew|strong="G0406"\w*, 
\li1 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, 
\li1 \w Bartholomew|strong="G0918"\w*, 
\li1 \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*, 
\li1 \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*, 
\li1 \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* son \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Alphaeus, 
\li1 \w Thaddaeus|strong="G2280"\w*, 
\li1 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Zealot|strong="G2581"\w*, 
\li1
\v 19 \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* (\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* enemies). 
\s1 Jesus’ Power \w Is|strong="G3739"\w* \w From|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 12:22-32; Luke 11:14-23; 12:10) 
\p
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w a|strong="G3793"\w* large \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* there. There \w were|strong="G3793"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. 
\v 21 \w His|strong="G0846"\w* family \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* crazy. 
\p
\v 22 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Satan\f + \fr 3:22  \fk Satan \ft Literally, “Beelzebul” (the devil).\f* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2192"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* uses power \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ruler|strong="G0758"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* force \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.” 
\p
\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w together|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w using|strong="G3004"\w* \w some|strong="G3004"\w* stories. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* force \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* demons \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 24 \w A|strong="G1437"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* fights \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w itself|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* survive. 
\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* family \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w divided|strong="G3307"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* survive. 
\v 26 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* fighting \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* survive. \w That|strong="G1438"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*. 
\p
\v 27 “\w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man’s|strong="G2478"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* steal \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* steal \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. 
\p
\v 28 “\w I|strong="G0281"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="G0988"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgiven|strong="G0863"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* sinful \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgiven|strong="G0863"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w against|strong="G0987"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* speaks \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* forgiven. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* always \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w guilty|strong="G1777"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w sin|strong="G0265"\w*.” 
\p
\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3748"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2192"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2192"\w* law \w had|strong="G2192"\w* accused him \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w having|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* inside him. 
\s1 Jesus’ Followers \w Are|strong="G3748"\w* \w His|strong="G2192"\w* True Family 
\r (Matthew 12:46-50; Luke 8:19-21) 
\p
\v 31 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus’|strong="G3384"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* stood \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* someone \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* tell \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w*. 
\v 32 \w Many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3793"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G3708"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w*.” 
\p
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*? \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*?” 
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G4017"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*! 
\v 35 \w My|strong="G3739"\w* true \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sister|strong="G0079"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w*.” 
\c 4  
\s1 A Story About a Farmer Sowing Seed 
\r (Matthew 13:1-9; Luke 8:4-8) 
\p
\v 1 \w Another|strong="G3825"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w began|strong="G0757"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* water. 
\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* used stories \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w*. \w One|strong="G1438"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* lessons included \w this|strong="G3588"\w* story: 
\p
\v 3 “\w Listen|strong="G0191"\w*! \w A|strong="G3708"\w* farmer \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G0191"\w* \w sow|strong="G4687"\w* seed. 
\v 4 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* scattering \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w seed|strong="G4098"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3598"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2719"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w seed|strong="G4098"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Other|strong="G0243"\w* \w seed|strong="G4098"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w rocky|strong="G4075"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G3699"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enough|strong="G4183"\w* dirt. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* grew \w quickly|strong="G2112"\w* \w there|strong="G3699"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w deep|strong="G0899"\w*. 
\v 6 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* rose \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* plants \w were|strong="G3588"\w* burned. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* died \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* deep \w roots|strong="G4491"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G0243"\w* \w seed|strong="G4098"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* thorny weeds. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* weeds \w grew|strong="G0305"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \w the|strong="G3588"\w* good plants \w from|strong="G4098"\w* growing. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G1325"\w* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w*. 
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w seed|strong="G4098"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. There \w it|strong="G5342"\w* began \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w grow|strong="G0837"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G5342"\w* \w made|strong="G5342"\w* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* plants \w made|strong="G5342"\w* 30 times \w more|strong="G0243"\w* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* 60 times \w more|strong="G0243"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* 100 times \w more|strong="G0243"\w*.” 
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G0191"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w listen|strong="G0191"\w*!” 
\s1 \w Why|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* Used Stories \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Teach 
\r (Matthew 13:10-17; Luke 8:9-10) 
\p
\v 10 Later, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* apostles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* stories. 
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\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Only|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* know \w the|strong="G3956"\w* secret truth \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w using|strong="G3004"\w* stories. 
\v 12 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G0846"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* 
\b
\q1 ‘\w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G0991"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G0991"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* really \w see|strong="G3708"\w*; 
\q2 \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w*. 
\q1 \w If|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w understood|strong="G4920"\w*, 
\q2 \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* change \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgiven|strong="G0863"\w*.’” \rq Isaiah 6:9-10\rq* 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Explains \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Story \w About|strong="G2532"\w* Seed 
\r (Matthew 13:18-23; Luke 8:11-15) 
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* followers, “\w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* story? \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w*, \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* story? 
\v 14 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* farmer \w is|strong="G3588"\w* like someone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* plants God’s \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G3056"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 15 Sometimes \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w falls|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w path|strong="G3598"\w*. \w That|strong="G0191"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w takes|strong="G0142"\w* \w away|strong="G0142"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* planted \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 16 “\w Other|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3668"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* seed planted \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w rocky|strong="G4075"\w* ground. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w quickly|strong="G2112"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* gladly \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 17 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* allow \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* go deep \w into|strong="G1096"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lives. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G2192"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* short time. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w* \w comes|strong="G1096"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* accepted, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* up. 
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\v 18 “\w Others|strong="G0243"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G3588"\w* seed planted \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* thorny weeds. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w*, 
\v 19 \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w become|strong="G1096"\w* full \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \w things|strong="G3062"\w*: \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w worries|strong="G3308"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* life, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* love \w of|strong="G3056"\w* money, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w else|strong="G3062"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* want. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* keeps \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* growing, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* produce \w a|strong="G1096"\w* crop\f + \fr 4:19  \fk produce a crop \ft Meaning to do the good things God wants his people to do.\f* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives. 
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\v 20 “\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w the|strong="G3588"\w* seed planted \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w accept|strong="G3858"\w* \w it|strong="G0191"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grow \w and|strong="G2532"\w* produce \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* crop—sometimes 30 times more, sometimes 60 times more, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sometimes 100 times more.” 
\s1 Use \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Understanding \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w Have|strong="G1510"\w* 
\r (Luke 8:16-18) 
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w take|strong="G5087"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hide \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* bowl \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*? \w Of|strong="G1909"\w* course \w not|strong="G3756"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w lampstand|strong="G3087"\w*. 
\v 22 Everything \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w hidden|strong="G2927"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w clear|strong="G5319"\w*. Every \w secret|strong="G2927"\w* thing \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G5318"\w*. 
\v 23 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G5100"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w*, \w listen|strong="G0191"\w*! 
\v 24 Think carefully \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w hearing|strong="G0191"\w*. \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* know \w how|strong="G5101"\w* much \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G0191"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* much \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w understand|strong="G0191"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w give|strong="G0191"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w more|strong="G4369"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* deserve. 
\v 25 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* understanding \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w receive|strong="G2192"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* much \w will|strong="G3739"\w* lose \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* small amount \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Uses \w a|strong="G2192"\w* Story \w About|strong="G2532"\w* Seed 
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\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* plants \w seed|strong="G4703"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. 
\v 27 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w seed|strong="G4703"\w* begins \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grow. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w grows|strong="G3373"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* matter \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w awake|strong="G1453"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w seed|strong="G4703"\w* still \w grows|strong="G3373"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* happens. 
\v 28 Without any help \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w produces|strong="G2592"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w*. \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* plant grows, \w then|strong="G1534"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w head|strong="G4719"\w*, \w and|strong="G1093"\w* \w then|strong="G1534"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w head|strong="G4719"\w*. 
\v 29 \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ready, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man cuts \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w* time.” 
\s1 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* God’s Kingdom Like? 
\r (Matthew 13:31-32, 34-35; Luke 13:18-19) 
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* use \w to|strong="G3004"\w* show \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w like|strong="G3666"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* story \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* use \w to|strong="G3004"\w* explain \w it|strong="G0846"\w*? 
\v 31 God’s kingdom \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w mustard|strong="G4615"\w* \w seed|strong="G4690"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w smaller|strong="G3398"\w* \w than|strong="G3398"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w seed|strong="G4690"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* can plant. 
\v 32 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* plant \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w grows|strong="G0305"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w becomes|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* largest \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w plants|strong="G3001"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* \w garden|strong="G3001"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* wild \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* nests \w there|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* protected \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* sun.” 
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\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* used \w many|strong="G4183"\w* stories \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* teach \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w understand|strong="G0191"\w*. 
\v 34 \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* used stories \w to|strong="G2596"\w* teach \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* explained \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 Jesus’ Followers See \w His|strong="G0846"\w* Power 
\r (Matthew 8:23-27; Luke 8:22-25) 
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\v 35 \w That|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers, “\w Come|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lake.” 
\v 36 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w behind|strong="G3326"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* went \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* already \w in|strong="G1722"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G0243"\w* \w boats|strong="G4143"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* went \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 37 \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w wind|strong="G0417"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lake. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w waves|strong="G2949"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w coming|strong="G1096"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sides \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* almost full \w of|strong="G1519"\w* water. 
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boat, \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* head \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* pillow. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers went \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w woke|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w care|strong="G3199"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* going \w to|strong="G3004"\w* drown!” 
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\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* stood up \w and|strong="G2532"\w* gave \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wind|strong="G0417"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* water. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Quiet|strong="G4623"\w*! \w Be|strong="G1096"\w* \w still|strong="G5392"\w*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wind|strong="G0417"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2869"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w calm|strong="G1055"\w*. 
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\v 40 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G1169"\w*? \w Do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G3768"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*?” 
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\v 41 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2281"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wind|strong="G0417"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* water \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*!” 
\c 5  
\s1 Jesus Frees a Man From Evil Spirits 
\r (Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39) 
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\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* followers \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* area \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Gerasene \w people|strong="G3588"\w* lived. 
\v 2 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w got|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* caves \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* dead \w are|strong="G3588"\w* buried. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* living \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* lived \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* burial caves. \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w keep|strong="G2192"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w up|strong="G1210"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w chains|strong="G0254"\w*. 
\v 4 \w Many|strong="G4178"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G1210"\w* \w chains|strong="G0254"\w* \w on|strong="G1210"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5259"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* feet, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G4937"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w chains|strong="G0254"\w*. \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G2480"\w* \w enough|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* control \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* around \w the|strong="G3956"\w* burial caves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* hills. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* scream \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2629"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w rocks|strong="G3037"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w While|strong="G0846"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* still \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G0575"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bowed|strong="G4352"\w* \w down|strong="G4352"\w* \w before|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 7-8 As Jesus was saying, “You evil spirit, come out of this man,” the man shouted loudly, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you in God’s name not to punish me!” 
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\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="G2532"\w* man \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3754"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Legion|strong="G3003"\w*,\f + \fr 5:9  \fk Legion \ft This name means very many. A legion was about 6000 men in the Roman army.\f* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* spirits inside \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.” 
\v 10 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* spirits inside \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w send|strong="G0649"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* area. 
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\v 11 \w A|strong="G1510"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* \w herd|strong="G0034"\w* \w of|strong="G3735"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w on|strong="G3735"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. 
\v 12 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* evil spirits \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Send|strong="G3992"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*. \w Let|strong="G2443"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\v 13 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w allowed|strong="G2010"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w herd|strong="G0034"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* ran \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* hill \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w drowned|strong="G4155"\w*. \w There|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 2000 \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w herd|strong="G0034"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* work \w of|strong="G4172"\w* caring \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* pigs \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w farms|strong="G0068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G0518"\w* \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*. 
\v 15 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* many evil spirits. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* wearing clothes. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* \w right|strong="G4993"\w* \w mind|strong="G4993"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* told \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* demons living \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* told \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*. 
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w began|strong="G0757"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w leave|strong="G0565"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w area|strong="G3725"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* preparing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* leave \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1139"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* free \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* demons \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* go \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 19 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w allow|strong="G0863"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* friends. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* good \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” 
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\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w left|strong="G0565"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Ten Towns \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Gives|strong="G4160"\w* Life \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* Dead Girl  //  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Heals \w a|strong="G4160"\w* Sick Woman 
\r (Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56) 
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* went \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* shore. 
\v 22 \w A|strong="G3708"\w* \w leader|strong="G0752"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G0752"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w*. \w His|strong="G0846"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jairus|strong="G2383"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* bowed \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3754"\w* \w little|strong="G2365"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2365"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dying. Please \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* healed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*.” 
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\v 24 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* Jairus. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3793"\w* pushing \w very|strong="G0846"\w* close around \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* bleeding \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* past \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*. 
\v 26 \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2064"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w doctors|strong="G2395"\w* \w had|strong="G2064"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w help|strong="G5623"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w money|strong="G0846"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2064"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w spent|strong="G1159"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* improving. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w fact|strong="G0235"\w*, \w her|strong="G0846"\w* sickness \w was|strong="G3588"\w* getting \w worse|strong="G5501"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* woman \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w so|strong="G4012"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* followed \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w touched|strong="G0681"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*. 
\v 28 \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w just|strong="G2579"\w* \w touch|strong="G0681"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* be enough \w to|strong="G3004"\w* heal \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.” 
\v 29 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* touched \w his|strong="G0846"\w* coat, \w her|strong="G0846"\w* bleeding \w stopped|strong="G3583"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w felt|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* suffering. 
\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2117"\w* felt \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* stopped \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w around|strong="G1994"\w*. “\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w touched|strong="G0681"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*?” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w There|strong="G3101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* pushing \w against|strong="G0846"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w touched|strong="G0681"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*?’” 
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\v 32 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w looking|strong="G4017"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* touched \w him|strong="G3708"\w*. 
\v 33 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* healed, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* bowed \w at|strong="G1161"\w* Jesus’ feet. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* shaking \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* story. 
\v 34 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*, “Dear woman, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G4982"\w* \w well|strong="G4982"\w* \w because|strong="G0575"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* believed. \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* suffer anymore.” 
\p
\v 35 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* there \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G0752"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* Jairus, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G0752"\w* \w leader|strong="G0752"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G5101"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w dead|strong="G0599"\w*. There \w is|strong="G5101"\w* no need \w to|strong="G3004"\w* bother \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*.” 
\p
\v 36 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* did \w not|strong="G3361"\w* care \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* men \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G0752"\w* \w leader|strong="G0752"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3056"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*; \w just|strong="G3440"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*.” 
\p
\v 37 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w let|strong="G0863"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w of|strong="G0080"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w go|strong="G0863"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 38 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G0752"\w* leader’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w loudly|strong="G4183"\w*. \w There|strong="G4183"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3624"\w* confusion. 
\v 39 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* house \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* making \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much noise? \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dead|strong="G0599"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*.” 
\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* laughed \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* told \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* house. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1531"\w* \w into|strong="G1531"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* room \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* brought \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w child’s|strong="G3813"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* three followers \w into|strong="G1531"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* room \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 41 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w held|strong="G2902"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* girl’s \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*, \tl “\+w Talitha|strong="G5008"\+w*, \+w koum|strong="G2891"\+w*!”\tl* (\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w Little|strong="G2877"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*!”) 
\v 42 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2117"\w* \w stood|strong="G0450"\w* \w up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w walking|strong="G4043"\w*. (\w She|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* old.) \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* mother \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w*. 
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* father \w and|strong="G2532"\w* mother \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w strict|strong="G4183"\w* \w orders|strong="G1291"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* girl \w some|strong="G3778"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. 
\c 6  
\s1 Jesus Goes to His Hometown 
\r (Matthew 13:53-58; Luke 4:16-30) 
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hometown|strong="G3968"\w*. \w His|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 2 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogue|strong="G4864"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4159"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w*? \w How|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w*? \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*? 
\v 3 \w Isn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w carpenter|strong="G5045"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* know—\w Mary’s|strong="G3137"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w Joses|strong="G2500"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w sisters|strong="G0079"\w* still live \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*?” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* problem accepting \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w People|strong="G0846"\w* everywhere \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w honor|strong="G0820"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*, \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*, \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w*.” 
\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w healing|strong="G2323"\w* \w of|strong="G1411"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G0732"\w* \w people|strong="G0732"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w laying|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\v 6 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* there \w had|strong="G3588"\w* no faith. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4013"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w villages|strong="G2968"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* area \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Sends \w His|strong="G0846"\w* Apostles \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Mission 
\r (Matthew 10:1, 5-15; Luke 9:1-6) 
\p
\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* apostles \w together|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G0649"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* groups \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w over|strong="G1849"\w* evil \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*. 
\v 8 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G0846"\w*: “\w Take|strong="G0142"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* trip \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* stick \w for|strong="G1519"\w* walking. \w Take|strong="G0142"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*, \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w bag|strong="G4082"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w money|strong="G5475"\w*. 
\v 9 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* can \w wear|strong="G5265"\w* \w sandals|strong="G4547"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* take extra \w clothes|strong="G5509"\w*. 
\v 10 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w*. 
\v 11 \w If|strong="G0302"\w* \w any|strong="G3739"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w* refuses \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w accept|strong="G1209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w or|strong="G3366"\w* refuses \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1607"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w town|strong="G1564"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shake|strong="G1621"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w dust|strong="G5522"\w* \w off|strong="G1621"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*\f + \fr 6:11  \fk shake the dust off your feet \ft A warning. It would show that they were finished talking to these people.\f* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G0191"\w* warning \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\p
\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* apostles \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* other places. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* people \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* change \w their|strong="G2532"\w* hearts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lives. 
\v 13 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0732"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1544"\w* \w olive|strong="G1637"\w* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w*\f + \fr 6:13  \fk put olive oil on \ft Olive oil was used like a medicine.\f* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G0732"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w them|strong="G2323"\w*. 
\s1 Herod Thinks \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w Is|strong="G2532"\w* John \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Baptizer 
\r (Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9) 
\p
\v 14 \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* famous. \w Some|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Baptizer. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w risen|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*.” 
\p
\v 15 \w Other|strong="G0243"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*.” 
\p \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G0243"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*. \w He|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* long ago.” 
\p
\v 16 \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* killed \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* cutting off \w his|strong="G0191"\w* head. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* been \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G0191"\w* death!” 
\s1 How \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Baptizer \w Was|strong="G3739"\w* Killed 
\p
\v 17 \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* ordered \w his|strong="G0846"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrest|strong="G2902"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w did|strong="G0649"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* please \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w Herodias|strong="G2266"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w married|strong="G1060"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod’s|strong="G2264"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w married|strong="G1060"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 18 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*, “\w It|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* right \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2192"\w* \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w brother’s|strong="G0080"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*.” 
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herodias|strong="G2266"\w* hated \w John|strong="G0846"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* dead, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* persuade \w Herod|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w kill|strong="G0615"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* good \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* protected \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* liked \w listening|strong="G0191"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* left \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* questions. 
\p
\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* right \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* Herodias \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G4160"\w* \w John’s|strong="G0846"\w* death. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w Herod’s|strong="G2264"\w* \w birthday|strong="G1077"\w*. \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w dinner|strong="G1173"\w* party \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* most important government \w leaders|strong="G4413"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w commanders|strong="G5506"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* army, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* most important \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*. 
\v 22 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w of|strong="G0935"\w* \w Herodias|strong="G2266"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* party \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w danced|strong="G3738"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w danced|strong="G3738"\w*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* eating \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w pleased|strong="G0700"\w*. 
\p \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* anything \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*.” 
\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w her|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Anything|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w ask|strong="G0154"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*—\w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w half|strong="G2255"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w*.” 
\p
\v 24 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G0154"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G0154"\w* King \w Herod|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*?” 
\p \w Her|strong="G0846"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Ask|strong="G0154"\w* \w for|strong="G0154"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w of|strong="G3384"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Baptizer.” 
\p
\v 25 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w right|strong="G2117"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w*. \w She|strong="G2309"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w Please|strong="G2309"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Baptizer. \w Bring|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G2117"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1325"\w* plate.” 
\p
\v 26 \w King|strong="G0935"\w* \w Herod|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w sad|strong="G4036"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w didn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* break \w the|strong="G3588"\w* promise \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w guests|strong="G0345"\w*. 
\v 27 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* soldier \w to|strong="G2532"\w* cut \w off|strong="G0565"\w* \w John’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* soldier \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* cut \w off|strong="G0565"\w* \w John’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. 
\v 28 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w back|strong="G0565"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1325"\w* plate \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*. 
\v 29 \w John’s|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w John’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w body|strong="G4430"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G0191"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Feeds More \w Than|strong="G2532"\w* 5000 
\r (Matthew 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 6:1-14) 
\p
\v 30 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w apostles|strong="G0652"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w sent|strong="G0652"\w* \w out|strong="G4160"\w* \w came|strong="G4863"\w* \w back|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G0518"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w*. 
\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* busy \w place|strong="G5117"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w time|strong="G2119"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* quiet \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w alone|strong="G0846"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G5217"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w rest|strong="G0373"\w*.” 
\p
\v 32 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0565"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* followers \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w away|strong="G0565"\w* \w alone|strong="G2596"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* no \w one|strong="G3588"\w* lived. 
\v 33 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* leave \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w ran|strong="G4936"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \w where|strong="G1563"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G4281"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w before|strong="G0575"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 34 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* stepped \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boat, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* waiting. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w felt|strong="G4697"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* care \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w*. 
\p
\v 35 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w late|strong="G5610"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* day. Jesus’ followers \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “No \w one|strong="G3588"\w* lives around \w here|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w late|strong="G5610"\w*. 
\v 36 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w send|strong="G0630"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w away|strong="G0565"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* need \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w farms|strong="G0068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* towns \w around|strong="G2945"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w buy|strong="G0059"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.” 
\p
\v 37 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G0740"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.” 
\p \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* can’t \w buy|strong="G0059"\w* enough \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w feed|strong="G2068"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* work \w a|strong="G1325"\w* month \w to|strong="G3004"\w* earn enough \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w buy|strong="G0059"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* much \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*!” 
\p
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w loaves|strong="G0740"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*? \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*.” 
\p \w They|strong="G0846"\w* counted \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w loaves|strong="G0740"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* came \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w loaves|strong="G0740"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*.” 
\p
\v 39 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “Tell \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w sit|strong="G0347"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w groups|strong="G4849"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w green|strong="G5515"\w* \w grass|strong="G5528"\w*.” 
\v 40 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* all \w the|strong="G2532"\w* people \w sat|strong="G0377"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w groups|strong="G4237"\w*. \w There|strong="G2596"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* 50 \w or|strong="G2532"\w* 100 people \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* group. 
\p
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w loaves|strong="G0740"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G0308"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thanked \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w food|strong="G0740"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2622"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* pieces, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* distribute \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w divided|strong="G3307"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G1417"\w*. 
\p
\v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w full|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 43 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* finished eating, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers filled \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w with|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w that|strong="G0575"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G0575"\w*. 
\v 44 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* 5000 \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* Walks \w on|strong="G1510"\w* Water 
\r (Matthew 14:22-33; John 6:16-21) 
\p
\v 45 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G3101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lake \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Bethsaida|strong="G0966"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* come later. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* stayed \w there|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell everyone \w they|strong="G0846"\w* could \w go|strong="G4254"\w* home. 
\v 46 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* goodbye \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* hills \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*. 
\p
\v 47 \w That|strong="G1096"\w* night, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. 
\v 48 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boat \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G3928"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers working hard \w to|strong="G4314"\w* row \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boat. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w wind|strong="G0417"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* blowing \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. Sometime \w between|strong="G0846"\w* three \w and|strong="G2532"\w* six o’clock \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* morning, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boat, \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* water. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w until|strong="G2064"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* almost \w past|strong="G3928"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boat. 
\v 49 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* water. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w ghost|strong="G5326"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* started screaming. 
\v 50 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* scared \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* worry! It’s \w me|strong="G3004"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*.” 
\v 51 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G0305"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w wind|strong="G0417"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2869"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w completely|strong="G3029"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1839"\w*. 
\v 52 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* could \w not|strong="G3756"\w* believe \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* miracle \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* still \w didn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w meant|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Heals Many Sick \w People|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 14:34-36) 
\p
\v 53 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* followers \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w across|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lake \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w Gennesaret|strong="G1082"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* tied \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boat there. 
\v 54 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w there|strong="G2112"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w knew|strong="G1921"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*, 
\v 55 \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4063"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* tell \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w throughout|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* area. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* brought \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w mats|strong="G2895"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w every|strong="G0191"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* went. 
\v 56 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G1531"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w*, \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w farms|strong="G0068"\w* around \w that|strong="G2443"\w* area. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* every \w place|strong="G0058"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1531"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w sick|strong="G0770"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* marketplaces. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w touch|strong="G0681"\w* \w any|strong="G1437"\w* \w part|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w touched|strong="G0681"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* healed. 
\c 7  
\s1 God’s Law and Human Traditions 
\r (Matthew 15:1-20) 
\p
\v 1 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 2 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w food|strong="G0740"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* clean, meaning \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* wash \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* special \w way|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 3 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* other \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* washing \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* special \w way|strong="G3956"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* leaders \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lived long ago. 
\v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* Jews buy \w something|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w market|strong="G0058"\w*, \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w wash|strong="G0907"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* special \w way|strong="G3739"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w other|strong="G0243"\w* rules \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w before|strong="G0575"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* follow rules like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w washing|strong="G0909"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w cups|strong="G4221"\w*, \w pitchers|strong="G3582"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pots|strong="G5473"\w*.\f + \fr 7:4  \fk pots \ft Some Greek copies add “and couches.”\f* 
\p
\v 5 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w said|strong="G1905"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* followers \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* leaders \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G4043"\w* long ago. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w food|strong="G0740"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* clean. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*?” 
\p
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*. \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* words \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: 
\b
\q1 ‘\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w with|strong="G0575"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* words, 
\q2 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* really important \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\q1
\v 7 Their \w worship|strong="G4576"\w* \w of|strong="G0444"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G0444"\w* worthless. 
\q2 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* things \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w are|strong="G0444"\w* only \w human|strong="G0444"\w* rules.’ \rq Isaiah 29:13\rq* 
\b
\m
\v 8 \w You|strong="G0863"\w* \w have|strong="G0863"\w* stopped following \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w commands|strong="G1785"\w*, preferring instead \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man-made rules \w you|strong="G0863"\w* got \w from|strong="G0444"\w* \w others|strong="G0444"\w*.” 
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* show great skill \w in|strong="G2316"\w* avoiding \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w commands|strong="G1785"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* follow \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G0846"\w* teachings! 
\v 10 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* respect \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.’\x + \xo 7:10  \xt Quote from Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16.\x* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* anything bad \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed.’\x + \xo 7:10  \xt Quote from Exodus 21:17.\x* 
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* teach \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w their|strong="G3739"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could use \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w help|strong="G5623"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* use \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*.’ 
\v 12 \w You|strong="G4160"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* telling \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w for|strong="G2228"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*. 
\v 13 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* important \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3056"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* think \w it|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* important \w to|strong="G2532"\w* follow \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w pass|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.” 
\p
\v 14 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w listen|strong="G0191"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 15 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* put \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* mouth \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* make \w them|strong="G0846"\w* wrong.\f + \fr 7:15  \fk wrong \ft Literally, “unclean” or “not pure,” meaning unacceptable to God. Also in verse 20.\f* \w People|strong="G0444"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G2840"\w* wrong \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* inside \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\v 16  \f + \fr 7:16  \ft Some Greek copies add verse 16: “You people who hear me, listen!”\f* 
\p
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* told \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*. 
\v 18 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* still \w have|strong="G1510"\w* trouble \w understanding|strong="G0801"\w*? Surely \w you|strong="G5210"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w enters|strong="G1531"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* mouth \w from|strong="G0444"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w outside|strong="G1855"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 19 \w Food|strong="G1033"\w* does \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w go|strong="G1607"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* person’s \w mind|strong="G2588"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w goes|strong="G1531"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w stomach|strong="G2836"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w goes|strong="G1531"\w* \w out|strong="G1607"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w*.” (\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* meant there \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* wrong \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* eat.) 
\p
\v 20 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* make \w people|strong="G0444"\w* wrong \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w come|strong="G1607"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* inside. 
\v 21 \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w bad|strong="G2556"\w* \w things|strong="G2556"\w* begin \w inside|strong="G2081"\w* \w a|strong="G1607"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w*, \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mind|strong="G2588"\w*: \w bad|strong="G2556"\w* \w thoughts|strong="G1261"\w*, \w sexual|strong="G4202"\w* sins, stealing, \w murder|strong="G5408"\w*, 
\v 22 \w adultery|strong="G3430"\w*, \w greed|strong="G4124"\w*, doing \w bad|strong="G4190"\w* \w things|strong="G4190"\w* \w to|strong="G3788"\w* people, lying, doing \w things|strong="G4190"\w* that are morally wrong, jealousy, insulting people, proud talking, \w and|strong="G3788"\w* foolish living. 
\v 23 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w come|strong="G1607"\w* \w from|strong="G0444"\w* \w inside|strong="G2081"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* make \w people|strong="G0444"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* God.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* Helps \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Non-Jewish \w Woman|strong="G3778"\w* 
\r (Matthew 15:21-28) 
\p
\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w area|strong="G3725"\w* around \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G1097"\w* \w area|strong="G3725"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1525"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* stay hidden. 
\v 25 \w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G2112"\w*. \w Her|strong="G0846"\w* \w little|strong="G2365"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2365"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* inside \w her|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* bowed \w down|strong="G4363"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. 
\v 26 \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* Jew. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* born \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Phoenicia, \w an|strong="G1510"\w* area \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Syria. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w begged|strong="G2065"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* force \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*. 
\p
\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* woman, “\w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G2570"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w children’s|strong="G5043"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w dogs|strong="G2952"\w*. \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w let|strong="G0863"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* eat \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* want.” 
\p
\v 28 \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* true, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w dogs|strong="G2952"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w table|strong="G5132"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* pieces \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w food|strong="G5132"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* don’t \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.” 
\p
\v 29 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* good \w answer|strong="G3056"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*.” 
\p
\v 30 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* woman \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* daughter \w lying|strong="G0906"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bed|strong="G2825"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Heals \w a|strong="G2147"\w* Deaf Man 
\p
\v 31 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w area|strong="G3725"\w* around \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*. \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w area|strong="G3725"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Ten Towns. 
\v 32 \w While|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G3870"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G2974"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* could \w not|strong="G2532"\w* talk clearly. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G2974"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* heal \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* led \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w away|strong="G0575"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w alone|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G0906"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w fingers|strong="G1147"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man’s \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* spit \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G3793"\w* \w finger|strong="G1147"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G0906"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man’s \w tongue|strong="G1100"\w*. 
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w looked|strong="G0308"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* loud \w sigh|strong="G4727"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \tl “\+w Ephphatha|strong="G2188"\+w*!”\tl* (\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “Open!”) 
\v 35 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* soon \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* did \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* use \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w tongue|strong="G1100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* clearly. 
\p
\v 36 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 37 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w completely|strong="G5249"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Look \w at|strong="G2573"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*. It’s \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w makes|strong="G4160"\w* \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* able \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* new voice \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* could \w not|strong="G4160"\w* talk.” 
\c 8  
\s1 Jesus Feeds More Than 4000 
\r (Matthew 15:32-39) 
\p
\v 1 \w Another|strong="G3825"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\v 2 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w feel|strong="G4697"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. 
\v 3 \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G0630"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3523"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* leave \w without|strong="G2532"\w* eating, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w faint|strong="G1590"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* live \w a|strong="G1437"\w* long \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w*.” 
\p
\v 4 Jesus’ followers \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* towns. \w Where|strong="G4159"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* get enough \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* feed \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*?” 
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w loaves|strong="G0740"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*?” 
\p \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w loaves|strong="G0740"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*.” 
\p
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* told \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w sit|strong="G0377"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w loaves|strong="G0740"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w into|strong="G1909"\w* pieces \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* followers \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w small|strong="G3641"\w* \w fish|strong="G2485"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* gave thanks \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2485"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 8 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* all \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G4051"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* followers \w filled|strong="G5526"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w* that \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G4051"\w*. 
\v 9 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* 4000 \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G0846"\w* ate. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* ate, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* told \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G0630"\w* home. 
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* area \w of|strong="G3101"\w* \w Dalmanutha|strong="G1148"\w*. 
\s1 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w People|strong="G0846"\w* Doubt Jesus’ Authority 
\r (Matthew 16:1-4; Luke 11:16, 29) 
\p
\v 11 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3985"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* questions. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w test|strong="G3985"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G3985"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w as|strong="G1831"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sign|strong="G4592"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* sighed \w deeply|strong="G0389"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* see \w a|strong="G1325"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1325"\w* \w sign|strong="G4592"\w*? \w I|strong="G0281"\w* \w want|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* know \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w no|strong="G1487"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* done \w to|strong="G3004"\w* prove \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.” 
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boat \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lake. 
\s1 Jesus’ Followers Misunderstand \w Him|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 16:5-12) 
\p
\v 14 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w loaf|strong="G0740"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* forgot \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* warned \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w*! \w Guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w against|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*.” 
\p
\v 16 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* followers discussed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meaning \w of|strong="G2192"\w* \w this|strong="G3748"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3748"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*.” 
\p
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w having|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*? \w Do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1097"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w*? \w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w*? 
\v 18 \w Do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w can’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w*? \w Do|strong="G2192"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w can’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w*? \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* before, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* enough bread? 
\v 19 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* divided \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w loaves|strong="G0740"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 5000 \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. Remember \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w filled|strong="G4134"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w food|strong="G0740"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* eaten?” 
\p \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4134"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w*.” 
\p
\v 20 “\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* divided \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* loaves \w of|strong="G3004"\w* bread \w for|strong="G1519"\w* 4000 \w people|strong="G0846"\w*, \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w* did \w you|strong="G3004"\w* fill \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leftover \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w*?” 
\p \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* filled \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w*.” 
\p
\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* remember \w these|strong="G0846"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4920"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w still|strong="G3768"\w* don’t \w understand|strong="G4920"\w*?” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Heals \w a|strong="G3004"\w* Blind Man \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Bethsaida 
\p
\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Bethsaida|strong="G0966"\w*. Some \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w touch|strong="G0681"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*. 
\v 23 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* held \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man’s|strong="G5100"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* led \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w village|strong="G2968"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* spit \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man’s|strong="G5100"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3659"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w*, “Can \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*?” 
\p
\v 24 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G0308"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yes, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w look|strong="G0991"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w trees|strong="G1186"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w*.” 
\p
\v 25 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man opened \w them|strong="G0846"\w* wide. \w His|strong="G0846"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w were|strong="G3788"\w* healed, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w see|strong="G1227"\w* \w everything|strong="G0537"\w* \w clearly|strong="G1227"\w*. 
\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w* \w Says|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Messiah 
\r (Matthew 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-21) 
\p
\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* towns \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* area \w of|strong="G3598"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5376"\w*. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* traveling, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers, “\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?” 
\p
\v 28 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Baptizer. \w Others|strong="G0243"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G0243"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.” 
\p
\v 29 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?” 
\p \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*.” 
\p
\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* followers, “\w Don’t|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w who|strong="G0846"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w Says|strong="G3004"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w Must|strong="G0846"\w* Die 
\r (Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:22-27) 
\p
\v 31 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w began|strong="G0757"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* accepted \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w older|strong="G4245"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3754"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w rise|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w death|strong="G0615"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. 
\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* everything \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* happen. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* did \w not|strong="G2532"\w* keep anything secret. 
\p \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* away \w from|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w talk|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w alone|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* criticized \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 33 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w turned|strong="G1994"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* criticized \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G5217"\w* \w away|strong="G5217"\w* \w from|strong="G0444"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*\f + \fr 8:33  \fk Satan \ft Name for the devil meaning “the enemy.” Jesus means that Peter was talking like Satan.\f*! \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* care \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* care \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* important.” 
\p
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Any \w of|strong="G3101"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G0142"\w* \w follower|strong="G3694"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* stop thinking \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w carry|strong="G0142"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* given \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w for|strong="G2309"\w* \w following|strong="G0190"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 35 \w Any|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2098"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* try \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w lose|strong="G0622"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* give up \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 36 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* worth nothing \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w yourself|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* lost. 
\v 37 \w You|strong="G1325"\w* could never \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* enough \w to|strong="G1325"\w* buy \w back|strong="G1325"\w* \w your|strong="G1325"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*. 
\v 38 \w People|strong="G0444"\w* today \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0268"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1870"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* faithful \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* live \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, don’t \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* happens, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*\f + \fr 8:38  \fk I \ft Literally, “the Son of Man” (Jesus).\f* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*.” 
\c 9  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Believe \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G0281"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w before|strong="G2193"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w With|strong="G1722"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Elijah 
\r (Matthew 17:1-13; Luke 9:28-36) 
\p
\v 2 \w Six|strong="G1803"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* went \w up|strong="G0399"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G5308"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w there|strong="G2596"\w*. \w While|strong="G0846"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* followers watched \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* changed. 
\v 3 \w His|strong="G0846"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* shining \w white|strong="G3022"\w*—whiter \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* two \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w talking|strong="G4814"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*. 
\p
\v 5 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “Teacher, \w it|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w tents|strong="G4633"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*—\w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*.” 
\v 6 Peter \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* say, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G0611"\w* \w and|strong="G0611"\w* \w the|strong="G5101"\w* other two followers \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G1063"\w* \w afraid|strong="G1630"\w*. 
\p
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w covered|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G0191"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G0027"\w*. \w Obey|strong="G0191"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*!” 
\p
\v 8 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w looked|strong="G3708"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* there \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. 
\p
\v 9 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w were|strong="G3739"\w* walking back \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1291"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* instructions: “\w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w tell|strong="G1334"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*. Wait \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w rises|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* can \w tell|strong="G1334"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w*.” 
\p
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers waited \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* saw. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* discussed \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w meant|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w rising|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. 
\v 11 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “Why \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*\f + \fr 9:11  \fk Elijah must come \ft See Mal. 4:5-6.\f* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*?” 
\p
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* right \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G5346"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* makes \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w why|strong="G4459"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G5346"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* think \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G0444"\w* worth \w nothing|strong="G3956"\w*? 
\v 13 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* already \w come|strong="G2064"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* happen \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Frees \w a|strong="G4160"\w* Boy \w From|strong="G2064"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* Evil Spirit 
\r (Matthew 17:14-20; Luke 9:37-43\w a|strong="G4160"\w*) 
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w*, James, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* followers. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w were|strong="G3793"\w* \w arguing|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers. 
\v 15 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3793"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* surprised \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* welcome \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w arguing|strong="G4802"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* law?” 
\p
\v 17 \w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w my|strong="G2192"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* keeps \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* talking. 
\v 18 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* spirit attacks \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w throws|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ground. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w foams|strong="G0875"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mouth, \w grinds|strong="G5149"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* becomes \w very|strong="G0846"\w* stiff. \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* followers \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w force|strong="G2480"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil spirit \w out|strong="G1544"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G2480"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*.” 
\p
\v 19 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* today don’t believe! \w How|strong="G2193"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* stay \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*? \w How|strong="G2193"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* patient \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*? \w Bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boy \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*!” 
\p
\v 20 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boy \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* attacked \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boy. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* boy \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rolled \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w foaming|strong="G0875"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mouth. 
\p
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boy’s \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, “\w How|strong="G5613"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w happening|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Since|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* young. 
\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* spirit \w often|strong="G4178"\w* throws \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*, please \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w pity|strong="G4697"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G0997"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.” 
\p
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* father, “Why did \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* can’? \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w* \w for|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w*.” 
\p
\v 24 \w Immediately|strong="G2117"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*. \w Help|strong="G0997"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* more!” 
\p
\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3793"\w* running \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* happening. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* evil \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* makes \w this|strong="G3588"\w* boy \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stops \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w*—\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3371"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G3371"\w*!” 
\p
\v 26 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* evil spirit screamed. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* caused \w the|strong="G3588"\w* boy \w to|strong="G3004"\w* fall \w on|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ground \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* boy \w looked|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1831"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*!” 
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w took|strong="G2902"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w of|strong="G5495"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w helped|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w stand|strong="G0450"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*. 
\p
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w His|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w were|strong="G3101"\w* \w alone|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w there|strong="G2596"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G1905"\w*, “Why weren’t \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* force \w that|strong="G3754"\w* evil spirit \w out|strong="G1544"\w*?” 
\p
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3004"\w* \w kind|strong="G1085"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* spirit \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* forced \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*.\f + \fr 9:29  \fk prayer \ft Some Greek copies have “prayer and fasting.”\f*” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Talks \w About|strong="G1722"\w* \w His|strong="G0846"\w* Death 
\r (Matthew 17:22-23; Luke 9:43b-45) 
\p
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* followers \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w there|strong="G2547"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w where|strong="G5100"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 31 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w alone|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* control \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w kill|strong="G0615"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w rise|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G0444"\w* \w death|strong="G0615"\w*.” 
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers did \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G0050"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* meant, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Greatest? 
\r (Matthew 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48) 
\p
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G1905"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w you|strong="G1722"\w* arguing \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* today. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* arguing \w about|strong="G1722"\w*?” 
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w did|strong="G5101"\w* not answer, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* argument \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G5101"\w* \w one|strong="G0240"\w* \w of|strong="G3598"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w greatest|strong="G3173"\w*. 
\p
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* apostles \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* most important \w must|strong="G1510"\w* make \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* important \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* serve \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w*.” 
\p
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* small \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* followers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* held \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w arms|strong="G1723"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\v 37 “\w Whoever|strong="G3739"\w* accepts \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G0649"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* accepting \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* accepts \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* accepting \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Whoever|strong="G3739"\w* \w Is|strong="G3778"\w* \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Against|strong="G1909"\w* \w Us|strong="G1909"\w* \w Is|strong="G3778"\w* \w For|strong="G1909"\w* \w Us|strong="G1909"\w* 
\r (Luke 9:49-50) 
\p
\v 38 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* using \w your|strong="G3708"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* force \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* told \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stop|strong="G2967"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1544"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* group.” 
\p
\v 39 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3739"\w* uses \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w soon|strong="G5035"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 40 \w Whoever|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* us \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* us. 
\v 41 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* assure \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* helps \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* giving \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* definitely get \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Warns \w About|strong="G1722"\w* Causes \w of|strong="G3686"\w* Sin 
\r (Matthew 18:6-9; Luke 17:1-2) 
\p
\v 42 “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* children \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G1520"\w* \w causes|strong="G4624"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* child \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* bad \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w millstone|strong="G3458"\w* \w tied|strong="G4029"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w neck|strong="G5137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* drowned \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*. 
\v 43 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w makes|strong="G4624"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \w cut|strong="G0609"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w off|strong="G0609"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* lose \w part|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G5495"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* never stops. 
\v 44  \f + \fr 9:44  \ft Some Greek copies add verse 44, which is the same as verse 48.\f* 
\v 45 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w foot|strong="G4228"\w* \w makes|strong="G4624"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \w cut|strong="G0609"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w off|strong="G0609"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* lose \w part|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G2228"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w body|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w thrown|strong="G0906"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*. 
\v 46  \f + \fr 9:46  \ft Some Greek copies add verse 46, which is the same as verse 48.\f* 
\v 47 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w* \w makes|strong="G4624"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \w take|strong="G4624"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w thrown|strong="G0906"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*. 
\v 48 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* worms \w that|strong="G0846"\w* eat \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* hell \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w die|strong="G5053"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w there|strong="G3699"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* stopped. 
\p
\v 49 “\w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w salted|strong="G0233"\w* \w with|strong="G3956"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*.\f + \fr 9:49  \ft Some Greek copies add, “and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.” In the Old Testament salt was put on sacrifices. This verse could mean that Jesus’ followers will be tested by suffering and that they must offer themselves to God as sacrifices.\f* 
\p
\v 50 “\w Salt|strong="G0217"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* loses \w its|strong="G0846"\w* \w salty|strong="G0741"\w* taste, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* can’t \w make|strong="G0741"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, don’t lose \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* quality \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w salt|strong="G0217"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G1514"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w peace|strong="G1514"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*.” 
\c 10  
\s1 Jesus Teaches About Divorce 
\r (Matthew 19:1-12) 
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G0450"\w* \w there|strong="G1564"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w area|strong="G3725"\w* \w of|strong="G3725"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w across|strong="G4008"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* River. \w Again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w many|strong="G3793"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* always \w did|strong="G2064"\w*. 
\p
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* make \w him|strong="G0846"\w* say something wrong. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* right \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w divorce|strong="G0630"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*?” 
\p
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G0611"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w command|strong="G1781"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w*?” 
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\v 4 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Pharisees \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w allowed|strong="G2010"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* man \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w divorce|strong="G0647"\w* \w his|strong="G0630"\w* wife \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w writing|strong="G1125"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w certificate|strong="G0975"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w divorce|strong="G0647"\w*.”\f + \fr 10:4  \fk “Moses … certificate of divorce” \ft See Deuteronomy 24:1.\f* 
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Moses|strong="G0846"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w because|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* refused \w to|strong="G4314"\w* accept \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* teaching. 
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world, ‘\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w male|strong="G0730"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w female|strong="G2338"\w*.’\x + \xo 10:6  \xt Quote from Genesis 1:27; 5:2.\x* 
\v 7 ‘\w That|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* why \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w leave|strong="G2641"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*. 
\v 8 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* become \w one|strong="G1520"\w*.’\x + \xo 10:8  \xt Quote from Genesis 2:24.\x* \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*. 
\v 9 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w joined|strong="G4801"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w together|strong="G4801"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w*.” 
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\v 10 Later, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3101"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* divorce. 
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Whoever|strong="G3739"\w* \w divorces|strong="G0630"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w another|strong="G0243"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* sinned \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3429"\w*. 
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G0243"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w divorces|strong="G0630"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w another|strong="G0243"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G0435"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3429"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Welcomes Children 
\r (Matthew 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17) 
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\v 13 \w People|strong="G0846"\w* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* small \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could lay \w his|strong="G0846"\w* hands \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* bless \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w told|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* stop \w bringing|strong="G4374"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 14 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G0863"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* little \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w belongs|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* little \w children|strong="G3813"\w*. 
\v 15 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* truth \w is|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w accept|strong="G1209"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* little \w child|strong="G3813"\w* accepts \w things|strong="G3739"\w*, \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\v 16 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* held \w the|strong="G3588"\w* children \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w arms|strong="G1723"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G5087"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w A|strong="G5087"\w* Rich Man Refuses \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Follow \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30) 
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\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* started \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G1607"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w ran|strong="G4370"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* bowed \w down|strong="G1120"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w knees|strong="G1120"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w*, “\w Good|strong="G0018"\w* \w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* get \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* never ends?” 
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\v 18 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w*? \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w*. 
\v 19 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w commands|strong="G1785"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w murder|strong="G5407"\w* anyone, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* lie, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w cheat|strong="G0650"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* respect \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* ….’\x + \xo 10:19  \xt Quote from Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20.\x*” 
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\v 20 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* obeyed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* commands \w since|strong="G1537"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* boy.” 
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\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4434"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* showed \w how|strong="G3745"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* cared \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w There|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G3772"\w* still \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w*. \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sell|strong="G4453"\w* \w everything|strong="G3745"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*. \w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* riches \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G0190"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.” 
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* man \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w upset|strong="G3076"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* told him \w to|strong="G1909"\w* give \w away|strong="G0565"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* money. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* didn’t want \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w rich|strong="G2192"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w away|strong="G0565"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w hard|strong="G1423"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w rich|strong="G2192"\w* \w person|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w*!” 
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\v 24 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w followers|strong="G5043"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2284"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1525"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w hard|strong="G1422"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w*! 
\v 25 \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w easier|strong="G2123"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w camel|strong="G2574"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w eye|strong="G5168"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w needle|strong="G4476"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* person \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w*!” 
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\v 26 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4057"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, “\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*?” 
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\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* something \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w*.” 
\p
\v 28 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w follow|strong="G0190"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!” 
\p
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* promise \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w sisters|strong="G0079"\w*, \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w farm|strong="G0068"\w* \w for|strong="G1752"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1752"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G1510"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* 
\v 30 \w will|strong="G3778"\w* get \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1542"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w* more \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left. \w Here|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G0165"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* get more homes, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*, \w sisters|strong="G0079"\w*, \w mothers|strong="G3384"\w*, \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w farms|strong="G0068"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w persecutions|strong="G1375"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G0165"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* get \w the|strong="G3588"\w* reward \w of|strong="G5043"\w* \w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. 
\v 31 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* highest place \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lowest place \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* future. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lowest place \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* highest place \w then|strong="G2532"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* Talks \w Again|strong="G2532"\w* \w About|strong="G3588"\w* \w His|strong="G2532"\w* Death 
\r (Matthew 20:17-19; Luke 18:31-34) 
\p
\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w front|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G3598"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* group. \w His|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w were|strong="G1510"\w* wondering \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w happening|strong="G4819"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* behind \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* feeling \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* gathered \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* apostles \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w alone|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. 
\v 33 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* say \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w hand|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* foreigners, 
\v 34 \w who|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* laugh at \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spit|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* beat \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* whips \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kill|strong="G0615"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* third \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w death|strong="G0615"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w rise|strong="G0450"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* life \w again|strong="G0450"\w*.” 
\s1 James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G0846"\w* Ask \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Favor 
\r (Matthew 20:20-28) 
\p
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*, \w came|strong="G4365"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w ask|strong="G0154"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* something \w for|strong="G0154"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.” 
\p
\v 36 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?” 
\p
\v 37 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* sons \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G2443"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* share \w the|strong="G3588"\w* great \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* king. \w Let|strong="G2443"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G0710"\w*.” 
\p
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w asking|strong="G0154"\w*. \w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w from|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w*\f + \fr 10:38  \fk cup \ft A symbol of suffering. Jesus used the idea of drinking from a cup to mean accepting the suffering he would face in the terrible events that were soon to come. Also in verse 39.\f* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G4095"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w from|strong="G2228"\w*? \w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G1410"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w with|strong="G0907"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w baptism|strong="G0908"\w*\f + \fr 10:38  \fk baptized with the same baptism \ft Baptism, which usually means to be immersed in water, has a special meaning here—being covered or “buried” in troubles. Also in verse 39.\f* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G4095"\w* go through?” 
\p
\v 39 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* sons \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*!” 
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sons, “\w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* true \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w from|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w from|strong="G2424"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w baptism|strong="G0908"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w must|strong="G4095"\w* go through. 
\v 40 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w for|strong="G2090"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w left|strong="G2176"\w*. \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places \w for|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ones \w he|strong="G3739"\w* chooses.” 
\p
\v 41 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* other \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* followers \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. 
\v 42 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w together|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3173"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w rulers|strong="G0757"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w rulers|strong="G0757"\w* love \w to|strong="G3004"\w* show \w their|strong="G0846"\w* power \w over|strong="G2715"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* love \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w use|strong="G2715"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w authority|strong="G2715"\w* \w over|strong="G2715"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. 
\v 43 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* should \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3739"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* leader \w must|strong="G0235"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G1249"\w*. 
\v 44 \w Whoever|strong="G3739"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* serve \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w*. 
\v 45 \w Follow|strong="G2064"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* example: \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w others|strong="G0444"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* save \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Heals \w a|strong="G1325"\w* Blind \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* 
\r (Matthew 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43) 
\p
\v 46 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G0575"\w* \w there|strong="G3101"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers, \w a|strong="G3793"\w* \w large|strong="G2425"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w A|strong="G3793"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* named \w Bartimaeus|strong="G0924"\w* (meaning “\w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Timaeus|strong="G5090"\w*”) \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* always begging \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w money|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 47 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G0757"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* walking \w by|strong="G3004"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G0757"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, please help \w me|strong="G3004"\w*!” 
\p
\v 48 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* criticized \w the|strong="G3588"\w* blind \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2008"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w quiet|strong="G4623"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w*, “\w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, please help \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!” 
\p
\v 49 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G2476"\w* here.” 
\p \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*! \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w calling|strong="G5455"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” 
\v 50 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* blind man stood \w up|strong="G2064"\w* quickly. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* left \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\p
\v 51 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?” 
\p \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “Teacher, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w see|strong="G0308"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.” 
\p
\v 52 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* healed \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* believed.” \w Immediately|strong="G2117"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w was|strong="G2424"\w* able \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G0308"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* down \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. 
\c 11  
\s1 Jesus Enters Jerusalem Like a King 
\r (Matthew 21:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19) 
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w were|strong="G3101"\w* \w coming|strong="G1448"\w* closer \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* towns \w of|strong="G3735"\w* \w Bethphage|strong="G0967"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Bethany|strong="G0963"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w of|strong="G3735"\w* \w Olives|strong="G1636"\w*. \w There|strong="G1417"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G3735"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* something. 
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* see \w there|strong="G0444"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w enter|strong="G1531"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* young donkey \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w ever|strong="G3768"\w* ridden. \w Untie|strong="G3089"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 3 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* asks \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* taking \w the|strong="G3588"\w* donkey, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Master|strong="G2962"\w* \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w send|strong="G0649"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 4 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w into|strong="G0565"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* young donkey \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w street|strong="G0296"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* house, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w untied|strong="G3089"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w untying|strong="G3089"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* donkey?” 
\v 6 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G0846"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w let|strong="G0863"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* take \w the|strong="G3588"\w* donkey. 
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w brought|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* donkey \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w put|strong="G1911"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w coats|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w spread|strong="G4766"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w coats|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Others|strong="G0243"\w* \w cut|strong="G2875"\w* branches \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w fields|strong="G0068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spread|strong="G4766"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* branches \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4254"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4254"\w* behind \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. Everyone \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “‘\w Praise|strong="G2127"\w*\f + \fr 11:9  \fk Praise \ft Literally, “Hosanna,” a Hebrew word used in praying to God for help. Here, it was probably a shout of celebration used in praising God or his Messiah. Also in verse 10.\f* \w Him|strong="G2532"\w*!’ 
\q2 ‘Welcome! God \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!’ \rq Psalm 118:25-26\rq* 
\b
\q1
\v 10 “\w God|strong="G3962"\w* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*. 
\q2 \w That|strong="G1722"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*! 
\q1 \w Praise|strong="G2127"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* heaven!” 
\b
\p
\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G4017"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* area, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1525"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w late|strong="G3796"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Bethany|strong="G0963"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* apostles. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* Says \w a|strong="G1510"\w* Fig Tree \w Will|strong="G1510"\w* Die 
\r (Matthew 21:18-19) 
\p
\v 12 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* leaving \w Bethany|strong="G0963"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*. 
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w figs|strong="G4810"\w* \w growing|strong="G1722"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w figs|strong="G4810"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G2540"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w figs|strong="G4810"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* grow. 
\v 14 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* tree, “\w People|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3371"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w again|strong="G3371"\w*.” \w His|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Goes \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 21:12-17; Luke 19:45-48; \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 2:13-22) 
\p
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* area. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G0757"\w* driving \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w buying|strong="G0059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G2064"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w* \w that|strong="G1525"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* exchanging different kinds \w of|strong="G1722"\w* money. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G2064"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* benches \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* \w doves|strong="G4058"\w*. 
\v 16 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w allow|strong="G0863"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w carry|strong="G1308"\w* \w things|strong="G5100"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* area. 
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* began \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures, ‘\w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w Temple|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G3624"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*.’\x + \xo 11:17  \xt Quote from Isaiah 56:7.\x* \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* changed \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w into|strong="G2564"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* ‘hiding \w place|strong="G4335"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* thieves.’\x + \xo 11:17  \xt Quote from Jeremiah 7:11.\x*” 
\p
\v 18 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* law \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w began|strong="G1909"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* find \w a|strong="G0191"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* kill \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3793"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G3793"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w*. 
\v 19 \w That|strong="G1096"\w* night \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* followers left \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* Shows \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Power \w of|strong="G4172"\w* Faith 
\r (Matthew 21:20-22) 
\p
\v 20 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* next \w morning|strong="G4404"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* walking \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* followers. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w that|strong="G3708"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* spoke \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* day \w before|strong="G1537"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dead, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w*. 
\v 21 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w remembered|strong="G0363"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “Teacher, \w look|strong="G3708"\w*! Yesterday, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* die. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* dry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dead!” 
\p
\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w Have|strong="G2192"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 23 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* truth \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, ‘Go, \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, fall \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*.’ \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G0302"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w doubts|strong="G1252"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G2588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\v 24 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w ask|strong="G0154"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3745"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* want \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4336"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w yours|strong="G4771"\w*. 
\v 25 \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* remember \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w*, \w forgive|strong="G0863"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w*. \w Forgive|strong="G0863"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgive|strong="G0863"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w sins|strong="G3900"\w*.” 
\v 26  \f + \fr 11:26  \ft Some early Greek copies add verse 26: “But if you don’t forgive others, then your Father in heaven will not forgive your sins.”\f* 
\s1 Jewish Leaders Doubt Jesus’ Authority 
\r (Matthew 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8) 
\p
\v 27 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G0846"\w* area. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w older|strong="G4245"\w* Jewish leaders \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 28 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*! \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*?” 
\p
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w answer|strong="G0611"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whose|strong="G0846"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* use \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. 
\v 30 Tell \w me|strong="G1473"\w*: \w When|strong="G1510"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* baptized \w people|strong="G0444"\w*, \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G2491"\w* authority \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* God \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* only \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w other|strong="G2228"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*? \w Answer|strong="G0611"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.” 
\p
\v 31 \w These|strong="G0846"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* talked \w about|strong="G4314"\w* Jesus’ question. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* answer, ‘\w John’s|strong="G0846"\w* baptism \w was|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*,’ \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w didn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w John|strong="G0846"\w*?’ 
\v 32 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* can’t \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John’s|strong="G2491"\w* baptism \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w someone|strong="G0444"\w* else.” (\w These|strong="G3748"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* believed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*.) 
\p
\v 33 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3778"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w answer|strong="G0611"\w*.” 
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.” 
\c 12  
\s1 God Sends His Son 
\r (Matthew 21:33-46; Luke 20:9-19) 
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* used stories \w to|strong="G0757"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w A|strong="G3618"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w planted|strong="G5452"\w* \w a|strong="G3618"\w* \w vineyard|strong="G0290"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w a|strong="G3618"\w* \w wall|strong="G5418"\w* \w around|strong="G4060"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* field \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dug|strong="G3736"\w* \w a|strong="G3618"\w* hole \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G3618"\w* winepress. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G3618"\w* \w tower|strong="G4444"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w leased|strong="G1554"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* land \w to|strong="G0757"\w* some farmers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G3618"\w* trip. 
\p
\v 2 “Later, \w it|strong="G0649"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* grapes \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* farmers \w to|strong="G4314"\w* get \w his|strong="G2983"\w* share \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* grapes. 
\v 3 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* farmers grabbed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* servant \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w away|strong="G0649"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* nothing. 
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G0243"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w another|strong="G0243"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* farmers. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* hit \w this|strong="G0846"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2775"\w*, showing no respect \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G0243"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w another|strong="G0243"\w* servant. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* farmers \w killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w* servant. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G0243"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G0243"\w* servants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* farmers. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* farmers \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G0243"\w*. 
\p
\v 6 “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w only|strong="G1438"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* left \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w send|strong="G0649"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* farmers. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* loved \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w but|strong="G1438"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* decided \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w send|strong="G0649"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* farmers \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w respect|strong="G1788"\w* \w my|strong="G0649"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.’ 
\p
\v 7 “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* farmers \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* owner’s son, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* vineyard \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w*. \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w kill|strong="G0615"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w ours|strong="G1473"\w*.’ 
\v 8 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* son, \w threw|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1854"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w vineyard|strong="G0290"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 9 “\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G0243"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* owns \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w vineyard|strong="G0290"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*? \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* farmers. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* lease \w the|strong="G3588"\w* land \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w others|strong="G0243"\w*. 
\v 10 Surely \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w read|strong="G0314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*: 
\b
\q1 ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w builders|strong="G3618"\w* refused \w to|strong="G1519"\w* accept 
\q2 \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cornerstone|strong="G2776"\w*. 
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wonderful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*.’” \rq Psalm 118:22-23\rq* 
\b
\p
\v 12 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* story, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w find|strong="G1097"\w* \w a|strong="G3793"\w* \w way|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w arrest|strong="G2902"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3793"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G5399"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w away|strong="G0565"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w Leaders|strong="G3004"\w* Try \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Trick \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 22:15-22; Luke 20:20-26) 
\p
\v 13 Later, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish \w leaders|strong="G0649"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G0649"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* group called \w Herodians|strong="G2265"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* catch \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* wrong. 
\v 14 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* honest \w man|strong="G0444"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* afraid \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G0444"\w* think \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w taxes|strong="G2778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*? \w Should|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*?” 
\p
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* knew \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* really \w trying|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* trick \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w trying|strong="G3985"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* catch \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* wrong? \w Bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* silver coin. \w Let|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\v 16 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* gave \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* coin \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Whose|strong="G5101"\w* picture \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* coin? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w whose|strong="G5101"\w* name \w is|strong="G5101"\w* written \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*?” \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w Caesar’s|strong="G2541"\w* picture \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Caesar’s|strong="G2541"\w* name.” 
\p
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Give|strong="G0591"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G0591"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.” \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\s1 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* Sadducees Try \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Trick \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* 
\r (Matthew 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-40) 
\p
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3004"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. (\w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w rise|strong="G0386"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* death.) \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w*: 
\v 19 “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w married|strong="G2983"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w dies|strong="G0599"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w must|strong="G1135"\w* \w marry|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G0599"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w*.\f + \fr 12:19  \fk if … dead brother \ft See Deuteronomy 25:5, 6.\f* 
\v 20 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w married|strong="G2983"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*. 
\v 21 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* brother \w married|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* woman. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w thing|strong="G5615"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* brother. 
\v 22 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* brothers \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w*. \w None|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* brothers \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G0863"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w*. 
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* brothers \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* time \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w rise|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* death, \w whose|strong="G5101"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w*?” 
\p
\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G5346"\w*, “How \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w so|strong="G1223"\w* wrong? It’s \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w say|strong="G5346"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G3778"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* anything \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w*. 
\v 25 \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w rise|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*, \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G0235"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1060"\w*. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w married|strong="G1060"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* each other. \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. 
\v 26 Surely \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w read|strong="G0314"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* rising \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w book|strong="G0976"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* burning \w bush|strong="G0942"\w*,\f + \fr 12:26  \fk burning bush \ft See Exodus 3:1-12.\f* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*.’\x + \xo 12:26  \xt Quote from Exodus 3:6.\x* 
\v 27 So \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* still \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w because|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* Sadducees \w are|strong="G1510"\w* so wrong!” 
\s1 Which Command \w Is|strong="G1510"\w*  //  \w the|strong="G1510"\w* \w Most|strong="G4183"\w* Important? 
\r (Matthew 22:34-40; Luke 10:25-28) 
\p
\v 28 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* law \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w arguing|strong="G4802"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Sadducees \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Pharisees. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* gave \w good|strong="G2573"\w* \w answers|strong="G0611"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w questions|strong="G1905"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3748"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w commands|strong="G1785"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* most important?” 
\p
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* most important command \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: ‘\w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w listen|strong="G0191"\w*! \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* only \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\v 30 \w Love|strong="G0025"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*, \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w*, \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w mind|strong="G1271"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w strength|strong="G2479"\w*.’\x + \xo 12:30  \xt Quote from Deuteronomy 6:4-5.\x* 
\v 31 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: ‘\w Love|strong="G0025"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w neighbor|strong="G4139"\w*\f + \fr 12:31  \fk your neighbor \ft Or “others.” Jesus’ teaching in Luke 10:25-37 makes clear that this includes anyone in need.\f* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.’\x + \xo 12:31  \xt Quote from Leviticus 19:18.\x* \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w two|strong="G1208"\w* \w commands|strong="G1785"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w*.” 
\p
\v 32 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2573"\w* answer, \w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G2573"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* Lord \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G0243"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 33 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w mind|strong="G2588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w strength|strong="G2479"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w yourself|strong="G0846"\w*. \w These|strong="G3588"\w* commands \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* important \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* animals \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* offer \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\p
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3762"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* wisely. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* close \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* time, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* brave enough \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w* \w questions|strong="G1905"\w*. 
\s1 \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Messiah David’s Son  //  \w or|strong="G2532"\w* David’s \w Lord|strong="G2316"\w*? 
\r (Matthew 22:41-46; Luke 20:41-44) 
\p
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* area. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G4459"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*? 
\v 36 \w With|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* help \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*: 
\q1 \w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w control|strong="G4228"\w*.\f + \fr 12:36  \fk control \ft Literally, “feet.”\f*’ \rq Psalm 110:1\rq* 
\b
\m
\v 37 \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w calls|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Messiah ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4159"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Messiah \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w David’s|strong="G1138"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*?” \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w listened|strong="G0191"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* pleased. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Criticizes \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Teachers \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Law 
\r (Matthew 23:1-36; Luke 20:45-47) 
\p
\v 38 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* continued \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w around|strong="G4043"\w* wearing clothes \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w look|strong="G0991"\w* important. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* love \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* show respect \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* marketplaces. 
\v 39 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* love \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* most important \w seats|strong="G4410"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w places|strong="G4411"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w honor|strong="G4411"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w banquets|strong="G1173"\w*. 
\v 40 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* cheat \w widows|strong="G5503"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* homes. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4336"\w* themselves look good \w by|strong="G2532"\w* saying \w long|strong="G3117"\w* \w prayers|strong="G4336"\w*. God \w will|strong="G3778"\w* punish \w them|strong="G2983"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* much.” 
\s1 True Giving 
\r (Luke 21:1-4) 
\p
\v 41 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Temple collection box\f + \fr 12:41  \fk collection box \ft A special box in the Jewish place for worship where people put their gifts to God.\f* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w watched|strong="G2334"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w put|strong="G0906"\w* \w money|strong="G5475"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w put|strong="G0906"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G3793"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G5475"\w*. 
\v 42 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G0906"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G3016"\w* \w copper|strong="G3016"\w* \w coins|strong="G3016"\w*, worth less \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w penny|strong="G2835"\w*. 
\p
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w widow|strong="G5503"\w* \w put|strong="G0906"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* two small coins. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3778"\w*, \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w gave|strong="G0906"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* rich \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 44 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* plenty, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w gave|strong="G0906"\w* only \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* poor, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w gave|strong="G0906"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G0846"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* needed \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w live|strong="G0979"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w*.” 
\c 13  
\s1 Jesus Warns About the Future 
\r (Matthew 24:1-44; Luke 21:5-33) 
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaving|strong="G1607"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G0846"\w* area. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w look|strong="G3708"\w* \w how|strong="G4217"\w* big \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*! \w What|strong="G3588"\w* beautiful \w buildings|strong="G3619"\w*!” 
\p
\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w buildings|strong="G3619"\w*? \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G2647"\w*. Every \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* thrown \w down|strong="G2647"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ground. \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w another|strong="G3037"\w*.” 
\p
\v 3 Later, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G4074"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* place \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w Olives|strong="G1636"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G4074"\w* \w alone|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Andrew|strong="G0406"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* could \w all|strong="G3588"\w* see \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G1905"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, 
\v 4 “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* show \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G3752"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* time \w for|strong="G3956"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*?” 
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\v 5 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G5100"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G4105"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* fool \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* use \w my|strong="G3754"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Messiah,\f + \fr 13:6  \fk the Messiah \ft Literally “the one,” meaning the chosen one sent by God. See “Messiah” in the Word List and Matthew 24:5.\f*’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fool \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 7 \w You|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w wars|strong="G4171"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* fought. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* stories \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w wars|strong="G4171"\w* beginning. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* afraid. \w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w comes|strong="G1096"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fight \w against|strong="G2596"\w* other \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*. \w Kingdoms|strong="G0932"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fight \w against|strong="G2596"\w* other \w kingdoms|strong="G0932"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* times \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* no food \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* eat. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w earthquakes|strong="G4578"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* different \w places|strong="G5117"\w*. These things \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w beginning|strong="G0746"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* troubles, \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G0746"\w* \w pains|strong="G5604"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* woman giving \w birth|strong="G5604"\w*. 
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\v 9 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w*! \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* arrest \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G0991"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* judged \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w being|strong="G4771"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* followers. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* forced \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w kings|strong="G0935"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w governors|strong="G2232"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* tell \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Before|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w end|strong="G1519"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* told \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* arrested \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* trial, \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w worry|strong="G4305"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*. \w Say|strong="G2980"\w* \w whatever|strong="G1437"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* tells \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*. \w It|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*. \w It|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. 
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\v 12 “\w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G3860"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed. \w Fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed. \w Children|strong="G5043"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* fight \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* killed. 
\v 13 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* follow \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w remain|strong="G1510"\w* faithful \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*. 
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\v 14 “\w You|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2476"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* ‘\w the|strong="G3588"\w* terrible thing \w that|strong="G3708"\w* causes destruction.’\f + \fr 13:14  \fk ‘the terrible thing … destruction’ \ft See Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11.\f* \w You|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2476"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* thing \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G3699"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w it|strong="G5119"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w*.” (\w Reader|strong="G0314"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* trust \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1722"\w*.) “Everyone \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3708"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* run \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mountains|strong="G3735"\w*. 
\v 15 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* run \w away|strong="G0142"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* wasting \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w*. If \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w roof|strong="G1430"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w must|strong="G2597"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w take|strong="G0142"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. 
\v 16 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w field|strong="G0068"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w must|strong="G1994"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* go \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G0142"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*. 
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\v 17 “\w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* hard \w for|strong="G1722"\w* women \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1064"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* small \w babies|strong="G2337"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* these things \w will|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w winter|strong="G5494"\w*, 
\v 19 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* full \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w*. \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* ever \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w since|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w beginning|strong="G0746"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* bad \w will|strong="G2316"\w* ever \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\v 20 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* decided \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* terrible \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w short|strong="G2856"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w made|strong="G4982"\w* \w short|strong="G2856"\w*, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* survive. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w short|strong="G2856"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w the|strong="G3956"\w* special \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*. 
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\v 21 “\w Someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*!’ \w Or|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w*!’ \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 22 \w False|strong="G5578"\w* messiahs \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w false|strong="G5578"\w* \w prophets|strong="G5578"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* come \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* miracles \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w*,\f + \fr 13:22  \fk miracles and wonders \ft Here, amazing acts done by Satan’s power.\f* trying \w to|strong="G4314"\w* fool \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*. 
\v 23 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* warned \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w about|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* this before \w it|strong="G1161"\w* happens. 
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\v 24 “\w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w*, 
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\q1 ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* become dark, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w moon|strong="G4582"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w light|strong="G5338"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w stars|strong="G0792"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* changed.’\f + \fr 13:25  \ft See Isaiah 13:10; 34:4.\f* 
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\v 26 “\w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w clouds|strong="G3507"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*. 
\v 27 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1093"\w* \w send|strong="G0649"\w* \w his|strong="G0649"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* around \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1093"\w* \w gather|strong="G1996"\w* \w his|strong="G0649"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* every part \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. 
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\v 28 “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* teaches us \w a|strong="G1096"\w* lesson: \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w its|strong="G0846"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* green \w and|strong="G2532"\w* soft, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* new \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* grow, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w summer|strong="G2330"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w*. 
\v 29 \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* all \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w happening|strong="G1096"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w*\f + \fr 13:29  \fk time \ft The time Jesus has been talking about when something important will happen. See Luke 21:31, where Jesus says that this is the time for God’s kingdom to come.\f* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w*, already \w present|strong="G3778"\w*. 
\v 30 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* assure \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w while|strong="G1096"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* time \w are|strong="G3956"\w* still living. 
\v 31 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* whole \w world|strong="G1093"\w*, \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*, \w will|strong="G1093"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w will|strong="G1093"\w* last forever. 
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\v 32 “\w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G2228"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G2228"\w*. \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w*. 
\v 33 \w Be|strong="G1510"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w*! Always \w be|strong="G1510"\w* ready. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G0991"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\p
\v 34 “It’s \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* goes \w on|strong="G1849"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* trip \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaves|strong="G0863"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* care \w of|strong="G2041"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G1325"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* special job \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* guarding \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w door|strong="G2377"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* always \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ready. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G0444"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* telling \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\v 35 \w You|strong="G3767"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* always \w be|strong="G3767"\w* ready. \w You|strong="G3767"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back. \w He|strong="G3767"\w* might \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* afternoon, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w midnight|strong="G3317"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w in|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sun rises. 
\v 36 If \w you|strong="G5210"\w* are always ready, \w he|strong="G2064"\w* \w will|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*, even if \w he|strong="G2064"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* back earlier \w than|strong="G3361"\w* \w expected|strong="G2064"\w*. 
\v 37 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*: ‘\w Be|strong="G3956"\w* ready!’” 
\c 14  
\s1 The Jewish Leaders Plan to Kill Jesus 
\r (Matthew 26:1-5; Luke 22:1-2; John 11:45-53) 
\p
\v 1 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Festival \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Unleavened|strong="G0106"\w* Bread. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* find \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w arrest|strong="G2902"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* seeing \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* could \w kill|strong="G0615"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 2 \w They|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* arrest \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w festival|strong="G1859"\w*. \w We|strong="G1510"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* want \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* angry \w and|strong="G2992"\w* cause \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w riot|strong="G2351"\w*.” 
\s1 \w A|strong="G1510"\w* Woman \w Does|strong="G1510"\w* \w Something|strong="G1510"\w* Special 
\r (Matthew 26:6-13; \w John|strong="G3004"\w* 12:1-8) 
\p
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Bethany|strong="G0963"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w leper|strong="G3015"\w*. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* eating \w there|strong="G1510"\w*, \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w alabaster|strong="G0211"\w* jar filled \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w expensive|strong="G3464"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* made \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w pure|strong="G4101"\w* \w nard|strong="G3487"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* opened \w the|strong="G3588"\w* jar \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w poured|strong="G2708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* Jesus’ \w head|strong="G2776"\w*. 
\p
\v 4 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w there|strong="G1510"\w* saw \w this|strong="G3778"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* upset \w and|strong="G1161"\w* complained \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w waste|strong="G0684"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*? 
\v 5 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* worth \w a|strong="G1325"\w* full year’s \w pay|strong="G1325"\w*.\f + \fr 14:5  \fk a full year’s pay \ft Literally, “300 denarii.” One Roman denarius, a silver coin, was the average pay for one day’s work.\f* \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w money|strong="G0846"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* told \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1325"\w* bad \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* done. 
\p
\v 6 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Leave|strong="G0863"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w alone|strong="G0863"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* giving \w her|strong="G0846"\w* such \w trouble|strong="G3930"\w*? \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G0863"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w thing|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 7 \w You|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w*,\f + \fr 14:7  \fk You will … with you \ft See Deuteronomy 15:11.\f* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* help \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* time \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. 
\v 8 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* woman \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* only \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w She|strong="G3739"\w* poured perfume \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* die \w to|strong="G1519"\w* prepare \w it|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w burial|strong="G1780"\w*. 
\v 9 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* assure \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* everywhere \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* story \w of|strong="G2098"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w remember|strong="G4160"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Judas|strong="G3778"\w* Agrees \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Help Jesus’ Enemies 
\r (Matthew 26:14-16; Luke 22:3-6) 
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* apostles, \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* talk \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w handing|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 11 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* happy \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* waited \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* best \w time|strong="G2122"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w hand|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Passover Meal 
\r (Matthew 26:17-25; Luke 22:7-14, 21-23; \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 13:21-30) 
\p
\v 12 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Festival \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Unleavened|strong="G0106"\w* Bread—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lambs \w were|strong="G3101"\w* \w killed|strong="G2380"\w* \w for|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w*. Jesus’ followers \w came|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w go|strong="G0565"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* everything \w for|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* meal. \w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* meal?” 
\p
\v 13 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* see \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w carrying|strong="G0941"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* jar \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* come \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Follow|strong="G0190"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w house|strong="G3617"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w owner|strong="G3617"\w* \w of|strong="G3101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3617"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w* asks \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* show \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w room|strong="G2646"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* followers \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* meal.’ 
\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* owner \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w* room upstairs \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \w for|strong="G2090"\w* \w us|strong="G1166"\w*. \w Prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* meal \w for|strong="G2090"\w* \w us|strong="G1166"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.” 
\p
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. Everything \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G0846"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* meal. 
\p
\v 17 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* house \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* apostles. 
\v 18 \w While|strong="G2068"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* table \w eating|strong="G2068"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Believe \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w hand|strong="G3860"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G3754"\w* enemies—\w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.” 
\p
\v 19 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* followers \w were|strong="G0846"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* hear \w this|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Each|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Surely|strong="G3385"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3385"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*!” 
\p
\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w*—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dipping \w his|strong="G0846"\w* bread \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w bowl|strong="G5165"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 21 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* suffer \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G1223"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* happen \w to|strong="G0444"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G0444"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* bad \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w hands|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w to|strong="G0444"\w* \w be|strong="G0444"\w* killed. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G0444"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w been|strong="G3756"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*.” 
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Lord’s Supper 
\r (Matthew 26:26-30; Luke 22:15-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25) 
\p
\v 22 \w While|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thanked \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* off \w some|strong="G3588"\w* pieces, \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G2983"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w bread|strong="G0740"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*.” 
\p
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* wine, \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w drank|strong="G4095"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w*. 
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* wine \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* poured \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* begin \w the|strong="G3588"\w* new agreement \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 25 \w I|strong="G0281"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* know, \w I|strong="G0281"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* wine \w again|strong="G3765"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G0281"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wine \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w*.” 
\p
\v 26 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* sang \w a|strong="G2532"\w* song \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w of|strong="G3735"\w* \w Olives|strong="G1636"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* Says \w His|strong="G2532"\w* Followers \w Will|strong="G2532"\w* \w Leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w Him|strong="G2532"\w* 
\r (Matthew 26:31-35; Luke 22:31-34; John 13:36-38) 
\p
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* followers, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* lose \w your|strong="G2532"\w* faith. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* kill \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* run \w away|strong="G4624"\w*.’ \rq Zechariah 13:7\rq* 
\b
\m
\v 28 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* killed, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w rise|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* death. \w Then|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G3326"\w* there \w before|strong="G4254"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* come.” 
\p
\v 29 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* followers \w may|strong="G2532"\w* lose \w their|strong="G0846"\w* faith. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* faith \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* shaken.” 
\p
\v 30 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3778"\w*, \w tonight|strong="G3571"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’t know \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w rooster|strong="G0220"\w* \w crows|strong="G5455"\w* \w twice|strong="G1364"\w*.” 
\p
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* strongly protested, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* know \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G4880"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* followers \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G5615"\w* \w thing|strong="G5615"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* Prays Alone 
\r (Matthew 26:36-46; Luke 22:39-46) 
\p
\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G5564"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Gethsemane|strong="G1068"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w while|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*.” 
\v 33 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* come \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G0757"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w distressed|strong="G0085"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w troubled|strong="G0085"\w*, 
\v 34 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3004"\w* \w heart|strong="G5590"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* heavy \w with|strong="G2532"\w* grief, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* feel \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* dying. Wait \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w*.” 
\p
\v 35 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G4281"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w farther|strong="G4281"\w* \w away|strong="G3928"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w suffering|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 36 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\tl \+w Abba|strong="G0005"\+w*\tl*,\f + \fr 14:36  \fk Abba \ft An Aramaic word that was used by Jewish children as a name for their fathers.\f* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* drink \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w*.\f + \fr 14:36  \fk cup \ft A symbol of suffering. Jesus used the idea of drinking from a cup to mean accepting the suffering he would face in the terrible events that were soon to come.\f* \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*.” 
\p
\v 37 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* back \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, why \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*? \w Could|strong="G2480"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*? 
\v 38 \w Stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* strength \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w temptation|strong="G3986"\w*. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w weak|strong="G0772"\w*.” 
\p
\v 39 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w away|strong="G0565"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w thing|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 40 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* stay awake. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* say \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 41 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* prayed \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w back|strong="G0568"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w resting|strong="G0373"\w*? That’s \w enough|strong="G0568"\w*! \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w has|strong="G0444"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* control \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0268"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w*. 
\v 42 \w Stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*! \w We|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G0071"\w*. \w Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w comes|strong="G1448"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w handing|strong="G3860"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G0071"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G1448"\w* \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* Arrested 
\r (Matthew 26:47-56; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:3-12) 
\p
\v 43 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* apostles, \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w there|strong="G2112"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3793"\w* big \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w all|strong="G3588"\w* carrying \w swords|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w clubs|strong="G3586"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3844"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w older|strong="G4245"\w* Jewish leaders. 
\p
\v 44 Judas\f + \fr 14:44  \fk Judas \ft Literally, “the one who handed him over.”\f* planned \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w show|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w kiss|strong="G5368"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Arrest|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w lead|strong="G0520"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w away|strong="G0520"\w*.” 
\v 45 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2112"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* over \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Teacher!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 46 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G0846"\w* grabbed \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrested|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 47 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* near \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* grabbed \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* pulled \w it|strong="G0846"\w* out. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* swung \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G0851"\w* \w off|strong="G0851"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w ear|strong="G5621"\w*. 
\p
\v 48 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Why \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w clubs|strong="G3586"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* criminal? 
\v 49 \w Every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* area. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w arrest|strong="G2902"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* show \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w full|strong="G4137"\w* meaning \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*.” 
\v 50 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* Jesus’ followers \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w*. 
\p
\v 51 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G0846"\w* \w following|strong="G4870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G1520"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w wearing|strong="G4016"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1520"\w* \w linen|strong="G4616"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1909"\w* grab \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, 
\v 52 \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* their hands \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w naked|strong="G1131"\w*. 
\s1 Jesus \w Before|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jewish Leaders 
\r (Matthew 26:57-68; Luke 22:54-55, 63-71; John 18:13-14, 19-24) 
\p
\v 53 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* arrested \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w led|strong="G0520"\w* \w him|strong="G0520"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* house \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w older|strong="G4245"\w* Jewish leaders, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* law \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4905"\w* there. 
\v 54 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w distance|strong="G3113"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* yard \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest’s|strong="G0749"\w* \w house|strong="G0833"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* went \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* yard \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sat \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* guards, \w warming|strong="G2328"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w fire|strong="G5457"\w*. 
\p
\v 55 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w council|strong="G4892"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* something \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* done wrong \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* kill \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w council|strong="G4892"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* proof \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* allow \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\v 56 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* told \w lies|strong="G0846"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* different \w things|strong="G4183"\w*. \w None|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G3141"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* agreed. 
\p
\v 57 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w others|strong="G5100"\w* \w stood|strong="G0450"\w* \w up|strong="G0450"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G2596"\w* \w lies|strong="G0846"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\v 58 “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w*\f + \fr 14:58  \fk this man \ft That is, Jesus. His enemies avoided saying his name.\f* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w human|strong="G5499"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* later, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w another|strong="G0243"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G5499"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w human|strong="G5499"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w*.’” 
\v 59 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w agree|strong="G1510"\w*. 
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\v 60 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w stood|strong="G0450"\w* \w up|strong="G0450"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w charges|strong="G3004"\w*? \w Are|strong="G3778"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* truth?” 
\v 61 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w answer|strong="G0611"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w*: “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2128"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*?” 
\p
\v 62 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* future \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* All-Powerful. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Man|strong="G0444"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w clouds|strong="G3507"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.” 
\p
\v 63 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w tore|strong="G1284"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w clothes|strong="G5509"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* anger. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1161"\w* don’t \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w*! 
\v 64 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* insults \w to|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* think?” 
\p \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* agreed \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w guilty|strong="G1777"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* killed. 
\v 65 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* there \w spit|strong="G1716"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w covered|strong="G4028"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* eyes \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hit \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w fists|strong="G2852"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* prophet\f + \fr 14:65  \fk prophet \ft A prophet often knows things that are hidden to other people.\f* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hit \w you|strong="G3004"\w*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* guards led \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G2852"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w Peter|strong="G0846"\w* \w Is|strong="G5100"\w* Afraid \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Say|strong="G3004"\w* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* Knows \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* 
\r (Matthew 26:69-75; Luke 22:56-62; \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 18:15-18, 25-27) 
\p
\v 66 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* yard, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* servant girl \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 67 \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w warming|strong="G2328"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* fire. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* closely \w at|strong="G1689"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w that|strong="G3004"\w* man \w from|strong="G2424"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w*.” 
\p
\v 68 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G0720"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* true. “\w That|strong="G3004"\w* makes \w no|strong="G3777"\w* sense,” \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* don’t \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w*!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* entrance \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* yard, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w rooster|strong="G0220"\w* \w crowed|strong="G5455"\w*.\f + \fr 14:68  \ft Some Greek copies do not have “and a rooster crowed.”\f* 
\p
\v 69 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* servant girl \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*, \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w began|strong="G0757"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* around, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.” 
\v 70 \w Again|strong="G3825"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* true. 
\p \w A|strong="G1510"\w* \w short|strong="G3398"\w* time \w later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* know \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w*.” 
\p
\v 71 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Peter \w began|strong="G0757"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w curse|strong="G0332"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w swear|strong="G3660"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*!” 
\p
\v 72 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G2117"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w rooster|strong="G0220"\w* \w crowed|strong="G5455"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w remembered|strong="G0363"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*: “\w Before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w rooster|strong="G0220"\w* \w crows|strong="G5455"\w* \w twice|strong="G1364"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* don’t know \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* began \w to|strong="G3004"\w* cry. 
\c 15  
\s1 Governor Pilate Questions Jesus 
\r (Matthew 27:1-2, 11-14; Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-38) 
\p
\v 1 \w Very|strong="G2532"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w older|strong="G4245"\w* Jewish leaders, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w council|strong="G4892"\w* decided \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w*, \w led|strong="G0667"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w* \w away|strong="G0667"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Governor \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*. 
\p
\v 2 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0935"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*?” 
\p \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w answered|strong="G0611"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* right.” 
\p
\v 3 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w accused|strong="G2723"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w*. 
\v 4 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w accusing|strong="G2723"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w*. Why \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w answer|strong="G0611"\w*?” 
\p
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* still \w did|strong="G0611"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w answer|strong="G0611"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* really \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*. 
\s1 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* Tries \w but|strong="G1161"\w* Fails \w to|strong="G2424"\w* Free \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* 
\r (Matthew 27:15-31; Luke 23:13-25; \w John|strong="G0611"\w* 18:39—19:16) 
\p
\v 6 \w Every|strong="G2596"\w* year \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* Passover time \w the|strong="G3739"\w* governor \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w free|strong="G0630"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w*—whichever \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* wanted. 
\v 7 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* prison \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* time \w named|strong="G3004"\w* \w Barabbas|strong="G0912"\w*. \w He|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w rebels|strong="G4955"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* prison \w for|strong="G1722"\w* committing \w murder|strong="G5408"\w* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* riot. 
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\v 8 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w came|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* Pilate \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G0154"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G0757"\w* free \w a|strong="G4160"\w* prisoner \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* always \w did|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w free|strong="G0630"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0935"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*?” 
\v 10 \w Pilate|strong="G1097"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G0846"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* jealous \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* persuaded \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* ask Pilate \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w free|strong="G0630"\w* \w Barabbas|strong="G0912"\w*, not \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* should \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G0846"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0935"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*?” 
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\v 13 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “Kill \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G3825"\w* cross!” 
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\v 14 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*?” 
\p \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* louder \w and|strong="G1161"\w* louder, “Kill \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* cross!” 
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\v 15 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* please \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G0630"\w* \w Barabbas|strong="G0912"\w* \w free|strong="G0630"\w* \w for|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2443"\w* beat \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* whips. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* cross. 
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\v 16 Pilate’s \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w took|strong="G0520"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w into|strong="G0520"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* governor’s \w palace|strong="G0833"\w* (\w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Praetorium|strong="G4232"\w*). \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w called|strong="G4779"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w together|strong="G4779"\w*. 
\v 17 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w purple|strong="G4209"\w* \w robe|strong="G4209"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, made \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crown|strong="G4735"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* thorny branches, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* head. 
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w began|strong="G0757"\w* shouting, “Welcome, \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0935"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*!” 
\v 19 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w kept|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w beating|strong="G5180"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5087"\w* stick \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spitting|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w bowed|strong="G4352"\w* \w down|strong="G5087"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w knees|strong="G1119"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* pretended \w to|strong="G2532"\w* honor \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G5087"\w* king. 
\v 20 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* finished making fun \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w took|strong="G1562"\w* \w off|strong="G1562"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w purple|strong="G4209"\w* \w robe|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* palace \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* Nailed \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Cross 
\r (Matthew 27:32-44; Luke 23:26-39; \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 19:17-19) 
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\v 21 \w There|strong="G3962"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w* \w named|strong="G4613"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* walking \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w fields|strong="G0068"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Alexander|strong="G0223"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rufus|strong="G4504"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers \w forced|strong="G0029"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w carry|strong="G0142"\w* Jesus’ \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*. 
\v 22 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* led \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Golgotha|strong="G1115"\w*. (\w Golgotha|strong="G1115"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Place|strong="G5117"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Skull|strong="G2898"\w*.”) 
\v 23 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w mixed|strong="G4669"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w myrrh|strong="G4669"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* drink \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 24 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers nailed \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w divided|strong="G1266"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w among|strong="G1266"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w*, \w throwing|strong="G0906"\w* \w dice|strong="G2819"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* see \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w get|strong="G0142"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w nine|strong="G5154"\w* o’clock \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* morning \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* nailed \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross. 
\v 26 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* sign \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w charge|strong="G0156"\w* \w against|strong="G0156"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w written|strong="G1924"\w* \w on|strong="G0846"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\sc \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w king|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w of|strong="G0935"\+w* \+w the|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w jews|strong="G2453"\+w*\sc*.” 
\v 27 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w two|strong="G1417"\w* criminals \w to|strong="G2532"\w* crosses beside \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*—\w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2176"\w*. 
\v 28  \f + \fr 15:28  \ft Some Greek copies add verse 28: “And this showed the full meaning of the Scripture that says, ‘They put him with criminals.’”\f* 
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\v 29 \w People|strong="G0846"\w* walked \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* bad \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* shook \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* could \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. 
\v 30 So \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*! \w Come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w that|strong="G0575"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*!” 
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\v 31 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* leading \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* teachers \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w were|strong="G0243"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* there. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4982"\w* fun \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3668"\w* \w as|strong="G1438"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G0243"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* did. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0243"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w others|strong="G0243"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*! 
\v 32 \w If|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.” \w The|strong="G3588"\w* criminals \w on|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w crosses|strong="G4716"\w* beside \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Dies 
\r (Matthew 27:45-56; Luke 23:44-49; \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 19:28-30) 
\p
\v 33 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w noon|strong="G5610"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* dark. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* continued \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock. 
\v 34 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w cried|strong="G0994"\w* \w out|strong="G1510"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*, \tl “\+w Eloi|strong="G1682"\+w*, \+w Eloi|strong="G1682"\+w*, \+w lama|strong="G2982"\+w* \+w sabachthani|strong="G4518"\+w*.”\tl* \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w My|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w left|strong="G1459"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* alone?”\x + \xo 15:34  \xt Quote from Psalm 22:1.\x* 
\p
\v 35 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* there \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G0191"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w calling|strong="G5455"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*.”\f + \fr 15:35  \fk He is calling Elijah” \ft The word for “My God” (\+tl Eli\+tl* in Hebrew or \+tl Eloi\+tl* in Aramaic) sounded to the people like the name of Elijah, a famous man who spoke for God about 850 B.C.\f* 
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\v 36 \w One|strong="G5100"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w sponge|strong="G4699"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G1072"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sponge|strong="G4699"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w sour|strong="G3690"\w* \w wine|strong="G3690"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tied \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* stick. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* used \w the|strong="G2532"\w* stick \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G4222"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sponge|strong="G4699"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* get \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G1487"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* wait \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G2507"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w down|strong="G2507"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross.” 
\p
\v 37 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* cried out \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* died. 
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\v 38 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* died, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w torn|strong="G4977"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* pieces. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w tear|strong="G4977"\w* started \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w top|strong="G0509"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tore \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G0575"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bottom|strong="G2736"\w*. 
\v 39 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* army officer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w front|strong="G1727"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* cross \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* died. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* officer \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w really|strong="G0230"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!” 
\p
\v 40 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* standing \w away|strong="G0575"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* cross, \w watching|strong="G2334"\w*. \w Among|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w*, \w Salome|strong="G4539"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joses|strong="G2500"\w*. (\w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w her|strong="G3137"\w* youngest son.) 
\v 41 \w These|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w women|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w followed|strong="G0190"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cared|strong="G1247"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w other|strong="G0243"\w* \w women|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* Buried 
\r (Matthew 27:57-61; Luke 23:50-56; \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 19:38-42) 
\p
\v 42 \w This|strong="G3739"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w Preparation|strong="G3904"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w*. (\w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w* \w before|strong="G4315"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4315"\w* \w day|strong="G3904"\w*.) \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w becoming|strong="G1096"\w* dark. 
\v 43 \w A|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G2316"\w* \w named|strong="G2424"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Arimathea|strong="G0707"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* brave enough \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G0154"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus’|strong="G2424"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*. \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* important \w member|strong="G1010"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* high \w council|strong="G1010"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* wanted \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*. 
\p
\v 44 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w dead|strong="G0599"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w for|strong="G0599"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* army officer \w in|strong="G2532"\w* charge \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w dead|strong="G0599"\w*. 
\v 45 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G1097"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* officer, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w body|strong="G4430"\w*. 
\p
\v 46 \w Joseph|strong="G0059"\w* \w bought|strong="G0059"\w* \w some|strong="G1537"\w* \w linen|strong="G4616"\w* \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2507"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* body \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* cross, \w wrapped|strong="G1750"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w linen|strong="G4616"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* body \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* dug \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* wall \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* closed \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* rolling \w a|strong="G1510"\w* large \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* cover \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w entrance|strong="G2374"\w*. 
\v 47 \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mother \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Joses|strong="G2500"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G4226"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w*. 
\c 16  
\s1 News That Jesus Has Risen From Death 
\r (Matthew 28:1-8; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-10) 
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w*, \w Salome|strong="G4539"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mother \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w bought|strong="G0059"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* sweet-smelling \w spices|strong="G0759"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* put \w on|strong="G0846"\w* Jesus’ body. 
\v 2 \w Very|strong="G3029"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G1909"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G1520"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w week|strong="G4521"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* women \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3029"\w* \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* sunrise. 
\v 3 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* women \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*, “There \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* large \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* covering \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w entrance|strong="G2374"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* move \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?” 
\p
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* women \w looked|strong="G0308"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* moved. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4970"\w* \w large|strong="G3173"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* moved \w away|strong="G0617"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* entrance. 
\v 5 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* women walked \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3495"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w wearing|strong="G4016"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w robe|strong="G4749"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* women \w were|strong="G3588"\w* afraid. 
\p
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* afraid. \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3479"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* killed \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* cross. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w risen|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G3361"\w* death! \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*. \w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* dead. 
\v 7 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, ‘\w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w before|strong="G4254"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* come. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G4254"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 8 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w women|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* confused. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G1821"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*.\f + \fr 16:8  \ft Some of the oldest Greek copies end the book here. A few later copies have this shorter ending: “But they soon gave all the instructions to Peter and those with him. After that Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the holy message that will never change—that people can be saved forever.”\f* 
\s1 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* Followers See \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* 
\r (Matthew 28:9-10; \w John|strong="G0846"\w* 20:11-18; Luke 24:13-35) 
\p
\v 9 \w Jesus|strong="G0450"\w* \w rose|strong="G0450"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* death \w early|strong="G4404"\w* \w on|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w week|strong="G4521"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5316"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G3844"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w Magdalene|strong="G3094"\w*. \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G4413"\w* \w in|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w Jesus|strong="G0450"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w forced|strong="G1544"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*. 
\v 10 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w Mary|strong="G0846"\w* saw \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G0518"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* sad \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w crying|strong="G2799"\w*. 
\v 11 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mary|strong="G0191"\w* told \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* \w seen|strong="G2300"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G0569"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 12 \w Later|strong="G3326"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* followers \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w country|strong="G0068"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G4043"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* look \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w* killed. 
\v 13 \w These|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w went|strong="G0565"\w* \w back|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G0518"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* followers \w and|strong="G0565"\w* \w told|strong="G0518"\w* \w them|strong="G1565"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*. Again, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w did|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w them|strong="G1565"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* Talks \w to|strong="G0518"\w* \w His|strong="G3761"\w* Followers 
\r (Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 24:36-49; John 20:19-23; Acts 1:6-8) 
\p
\v 14 \w Later|strong="G5305"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* followers \w while|strong="G0846"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* eating. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* criticized \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* little \w faith|strong="G4100"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* stubborn \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* \w risen|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* death. 
\p
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* judged guilty. 
\v 17 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G3778"\w* able \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* proof: \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* use \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* force \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w languages|strong="G1100"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* never learned. 
\v 18 \w If|strong="G2579"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w pick|strong="G0142"\w* \w up|strong="G0142"\w* \w snakes|strong="G3789"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w poison|strong="G2286"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w hurt|strong="G0984"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w sick|strong="G0732"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w get|strong="G0142"\w* \w well|strong="G2573"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* Goes Back \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Heaven 
\r (Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:9-11) 
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\v 19 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* followers, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* carried \w up|strong="G0353"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. There, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 20 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* followers \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G3837"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world telling \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Good \w News|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* helped \w them|strong="G1565"\w*. \w By|strong="G1223"\w* giving \w them|strong="G1565"\w* power \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* miracles \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* proved \w that|strong="G1565"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* true. 