1 ¹The record of the lineage of Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of David, the son of Abraham. ²Abraham fathered Isaac. Isaac fathered Jacob. Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers. ³Judah fathered Peretz and Zerah by Tamar. Peretz fathered Hetzron. Hetzron fathered Rahm.

⁴Rahm fathered Amminadav. Amminadav fathered Nahshon. Nahshon fathered Salmon. ⁵Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahav. Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth. Obed fathered Yishai. ⁶Yishai fathered David the king. David fathered Solomon by the wife of Uriyah. ⁷ Solomon fathered Rehav‘am.

Rehav‘am fathered Aviyah. Aviyah fathered Asa. ⁸Asa fathered Yehoshafat. Yehoshafat fathered Yoram. Yoram fathered Uzziyah. ⁹Uzziyah fathered Yotam. Yotam fathered Ahaz. Ahaz fathered Hizkiyahu. ¹⁰Hizkiyahu fathered Menasheh. Menasheh fathered Amon. Amon fathered Yoshiyahu. ¹¹Yoshiyahu fathered Yehonyahu and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babel. [1Chr. 1-3]

¹²After the exile to Babel, Yehonyahu fathered Shealtiel. Shealtiel fathered Zerubbavel. ¹³Zerubbavel fathered Avihud. Avihud fathered Elyakim. Elyakim fathered Azur. ¹⁴Azur fathered Tzadok. Tzadok fathered Yahin. Yahin fathered Eliud. ¹⁵Eliud fathered Elazar. Elazar fathered Mattan. Mattan fathered Jacob. ¹⁶Jacob fathered Yosef, the husband of Miryam, from whom was born Yeshua, who is called Messiah.

¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babel fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babel to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

¹⁸Now the birth of Yeshua, the Messiah, was like this. After his mother, Miryam, was engaged to Yosef, before they became one, she was found to be pregnant from the Ruakh Kodesh. ¹⁹Yosef, her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to publicly disgrace her, intended to divorce her secretly. ²⁰But as he thought about these things, an angel of the Everpresent Lord appeared to him in a dream! He said, "Yosef, son of David, do not be afraid to take Miryam, your wife, because what is conceived in her from the Spirit is holy. ²¹She will bring forth a son. You are to name him Yeshua, for it is he who will save his people from their sins."

²²Now all this happened that what was spoken by the Everpresent Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ²³"Behold, the virgin will be pregnant, and will bring forth a son. They will call his name Emmanuel," [Is. 7:14] which when translated is "God with us."

²⁴Having been awakened from his sleep, Yosef did as the angel of the Everpresent commanded him, and received his wife. ²⁵And he did not know her sexually until she had brought forth her son, the firstborn. And he named him Yeshua.

2 ¹Now when Yeshua was born in Beit Lehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east came to Yerushala’im, saying, ²"Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to bow down to him."

³When Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Yerushala’im with him. ⁴Gathering together all the chief priests and Torah scholars of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born. ⁵They said to him, "In Beit Lehem of Judea, for that is what is written by the prophet, ⁶’You Beit Lehem, land of Judea, are in no way least among the rulers of Judea. For out of you will come forth a ruler, who will shepherd My people, Israel.’" [Mic. 5:1H; 2Sam. 5:2; Ps.78:70-71]

⁷Then Herod secretly called the magi, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared. ⁸He sent them to Beit Lehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you ⁺have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and bow down to him."

⁹Having listened to the king, they went their way. And the star which they had seen in the east went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was! ¹⁰When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly, filled with joy. ¹¹They came into the house and saw the young child with Miryam his mother, and they fell down and bowed down before him. Opening their treasures, they presented tribute to him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. [1Kgs. 4:21; Sir. 24:15] ¹²Being warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.

¹³Now when they had departed, an angel of the Everpresent Lord appeared to Yosef in a dream! He said, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt. And stay there until I tell you, because Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."

¹⁴He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt. ¹⁵He was there until the death of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Everpresent Lord through the prophet might be given fullness, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My son." [Hos. 11:1]

¹⁶Then when Herod saw that he was deceived by the magi, was furious. He then sent out and slaughtered all the male children who were in Beit Lehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the magi. ¹⁷Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, ¹⁸"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning — Rachel weeping for her children. She would not be comforted, because they are no more." [Jer. 31:15]

¹⁹But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Everpresent Lord appeared in a dream to Yosef in Egypt! He said, ²⁰"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead."

²¹He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. ²²But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of the Galil, ²³and came and lived in a city called Natzeret. In that way, there was fullness to what was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a netzer." [Is. 11:1]

3 ¹In those days, Yohanan the Immerser came in the wilderness of Judea and proclaimed, ²"Turn back, because Heaven’s kingdom has come near." ³For this is the one who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Everpresent Lord. Make His paths straight.’" [Is. 40:3]

⁴Now Yohanan himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵Then people from Yerushala’im, all of Judea, and all the region around the Yarden went out to him. ⁶Confessing their sins, they were immersed by him in the Yarden. ⁷But when he saw many of the Perushim and Tzadukim coming to be immersed by him, he said to them, "Offspring of vipers, who warned you⁺ to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance. ⁹Do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you⁺ that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

¹⁰"Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. So every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹I indeed immerse you⁺ in water unto repentance, but the one who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you⁺ in the Ruakh Kodesh. ¹²His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

¹³Then Yeshua came from the Galil to the Yarden to Yohanan to be immersed by him. ¹⁴But Yohanan sought to dissuade him, saying, "I need to be immersed by you, and yet you come to me?"

¹⁵But Yeshua responded and said to him, "Permit it now, for this is the appropriate way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he let him.

¹⁶When Yeshua was immersed, as soon as he came up from the water, the heavens were opened to him! He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him. ¹⁷A voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight." [Is. 42:1]

4 ¹Then Yeshua was brought by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Enemy. ²He fasted forty days and forty nights. Afterwards he was hungry, ³and the Tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." ⁴But he answered, "It is written, ‘A person is not to live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’" [Dt. 8:3]

⁵Then the Enemy took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the Temple, ⁶and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will give His angels charge concerning you,’ and ‘on their hands they will bear you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’" [Ps. 91:11,12]

⁷Yeshua said to him, "Again, it is written, ‘You are not to test the Everpresent Lord, your God.’" [Dt. 6:16]

⁸Again the Accuser took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. ⁹He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and bow down to me."

¹⁰Then Yeshua said to him, "Accuser, get back, because it is written, ‘You are to bow down to the Everpresent Lord, your God, and you will serve Him only.’" [Dt. 6:13]

¹¹Then the Enemy left him, and angels came and ministered to him! ¹²Now when Yeshua heard that Yohanan was arrested, he withdrew into the Galil. ¹³Leaving Natzeret, he came and lived in Kfar Nahum, which is by the sea in the region of Zevulun and Naftali. ¹⁴In that way, what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet came to be fulfilled. He said, ¹⁵"The land of Zevulun and the land of Naftali, toward the sea, beyond the Yarden, Galil of the Gentiles — ¹⁶the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. To those who sat in the region and shadow of death, a light has dawned." [Is. 8:23-9:1H]

¹⁷From that time, Yeshua began to proclaim, "Change your⁺ ways, because Heaven’s kingdom has come near."

¹⁸Walking by the lake of the Galil, he saw two brothers, Shimon, who is called Kefa, and Andrai, his brother. They were casting a net into the lake, because they were fishermen. ¹⁹He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you⁺ fishers of men." [Jer. 16:16] ²⁰They immediately left their nets and followed him.

²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, Jacob the son of Zevadyah and Yohanan his brother, in the boat with Zevadyah their father. They were mending their nets. He called them. ²²They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

²³Yeshua went around in all of the Galil, teaching in their meetingplaces, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. ²⁴The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments. And they brought to him those afflicted by demons, not in their right minds, and those who were paralyzed. And he healed them. ²⁵Great multitudes from the Galil, Decapolis, Yerushala’im, Judea and from beyond the Yarden followed him.

5 ¹Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. ²He opened his mouth and taught them, ³There is good for the poor in spirit [Ps. 1:1-3; Is. 11:4,61:1], because Heaven’s kingdom is theirs.

⁴"There is good for those who mourn [Is.61:3], because they will be comforted.

⁵"There is good for the humble, because they will inherit the land. [Ps. 37:9,11]

⁶"There is good for those who hunger and thirst after justice, because they will be filled. [Dt. 16:20]

"There is good for the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.

⁸"There is good for the pure in heart, because they will see God.

⁹"There is good for the peacemakers, because they will be called children of God.

¹⁰"There is good for those who have been persecuted on account of justice, because Heaven’s kingdom is theirs.

¹¹"When people insult you⁺, persecute you⁺, and say all kinds of evil against you⁺ falsely for my sake, there is good for you⁺ are blessed. ¹²Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because your⁺ reward in heaven is great, for that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you⁺.

¹³"You⁺ are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing except to be cast out and trampled under the feet of men. ¹⁴You⁺ are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵Nor do they light a lamp, and put it under a basket, but on a stand; and it gives light to all who are in the house. ¹⁶In the same way, let your⁺ light shine before men, so that they may see your⁺ good works, and glorify your⁺ Father who is in heaven.

¹⁷"Do not think that I came to bring an end to the Torah or the prophets. I did not come to bring an end, but to bring fullness. ¹⁸For I assure you⁺ that until heaven and earth pass away, not even one of the smallest letters or one tiny stroke will ever pass away from the Torah, until all things have come to pass. ¹⁹So whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in Heaven’s kingdom. But whoever does and teaches them, this is the one who will be called great in Heaven’s kingdom. ²⁰For I tell you⁺ that unless your⁺ righteousness exceeds that of the Torah scholars and Perushim, there is no way you⁺ will enter into Heaven’s kingdom.

²¹"You⁺ have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You⁺ are not to murder,’ [Ex. 20:13, Dt. 5:17] and ‘Whoever murders will be guilty in the judgment.’ ²²But I tell you⁺ that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be guilty in the judgment. And whoever calls his brother, ‘Brainless!’ will be in danger of the Council. And whoever says, ‘Stupid fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehinnom.

²³"Therefore if you are offering your gift at the altar, and remember there that your brother has something against you, ²⁴leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. ²⁵Agree with your opponent quickly, while you are with him in the way, so that the opponent does not deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. ²⁶I tell you truly that you will never get out of there until you have paid the last cent.

²⁷"You⁺ have heard that it was said, ‘You are not to commit adultery.’ [Ex. 20:14, Dt. 5:18] ²⁸But I tell you⁺ that everyone who gazes at a woman to desire her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. [Pr.6:25-26] ²⁹If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should be destroyed, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehinnom. ³⁰If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you, because it is more profitable for you that one of your members should be destroyed, and your whole body not be thrown into Gehinnom.

³¹"It was also said, ‘Whoever sends away his wife, let him give her divorce papers.’ [Dt. 24:1] ³²But I tell you⁺ that whoever sends away his wife, except on account of sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

³³"Again you⁺ have heard that it was said to those of long ago, ‘You are not to make false vows, but are to perform your vows to the Everpresent Lord.’ [Lev. 19:12, Num. 30:2, Dt. 23:22, 24H] ³⁴But I tell you⁺, do not swear at all, not by heaven, for it is the throne of God; ³⁵nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet [Is. 66:1], nor by Yerushala’im, for it is the city of the great King. [Ps. 48:2] ³⁶Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. ³⁷Rather let your⁺ word be ‘Yes, yes.’ ‘No, No.’ Whatever is more than these is from what is evil. [Sirach 23:9-11]

³⁸"You⁺ have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ [Ex. 21:24, Lev. 24:20, Deut 19:21] ³⁹But I tell you⁺, do not be the opponent of the evil person. Instead, whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰If anyone wants to bring you to judgment to take away your shirt, let him have your coat also. ⁴¹Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. ⁴²Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn away the one who desires to borrow from you.

⁴³"You⁺ have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, [Lev. 19:18] and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴But I tell you⁺, love your⁺ enemies, bless those who curse you⁺. Do good to those who hate you⁺, and pray for those who mistreat and persecute you⁺. ⁴⁵Then you⁺ become children of your⁺ Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. ⁴⁶For if you⁺ love those who love you⁺, what reward do you⁺ have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? ⁴⁷If you⁺ only greet those close to you⁺, what do you⁺ do more than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ⁴⁸Therefore be blameless even as your⁺ Father in heaven is blameless. [Dt. 18:13]

6 ¹"Be careful that you⁺ do not do your⁺ deeds of compassion before the children of Adam in order to be seen by them, or else you⁺ have no reward from your⁺ Father who is in heaven. ²Therefore when you do deeds of compassion, do not sound a shofar before yourself as the pretenders do in the meetingplaces and in the streets, so that they may get glory from people. I assure you⁺ that they have received their reward. ³But when you do deeds of compassion, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴so that your deeds of compassion may be in secret. Then your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

⁵"When you⁺ pray, don’t be like the pretenders, for they love to stand and pray in the meetingplaces and on the streetcorners, so that they may be seen by the children of Adam. I assure you⁺, they have received their reward. ⁶But you, when you pray, go into your room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

⁷"But in praying, do not babble as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. ⁸Therefore do not be like them, for your⁺ Father knows what things you⁺ need, before you⁺ ask him.

⁹"Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may Your name be kept holy. ¹⁰May Your kingdom come, may Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. ¹¹Give us today our daily bread. (Ex. 16:4-5) ¹²Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive those indebted to us. [Sir.28:2-5] ¹³Do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from what is evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours forever. Amen.’ [1Chr. 29:11]

¹⁴"For if you⁺ forgive the children of Adam their transgressions, your⁺ heavenly Father will also forgive you⁺. ¹⁵But if you⁺ do not forgive the children of Adam their transgressions, neither will your⁺ Father forgive your⁺ transgressions.

¹⁶"Moreover when you⁺ fast, do not be like the pretenders with despondent faces. For they distort their faces so that they appear to people to be fasting. I assure you⁺ that they have received their reward. ¹⁷But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face, ¹⁸so that you are not noticed to be fasting by people, but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

¹⁹"Do not lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. ²⁰Instead, lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust will spoil them, and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

²²"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is generous, your whole body will be full of light. ²³But if your eye is covetous, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness.

²⁴"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You⁺ cannot serve both God and Mammon. ²⁵Therefore I tell you⁺, do not be anxious about your⁺ life — what you⁺ will eat, or what you⁺ will drink — nor for your⁺ body — what you⁺ will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? ²⁶See and consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor do they reap or gather into barns. Your⁺ heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you⁺ of much more value than they?

²⁷"Which of you⁺, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life? ²⁸Then why are you⁺ anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They do not toil, nor do they spin yarn. ²⁹Yet I tell you⁺ that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these. ³⁰But if God clothes the grass of the field in this way, which exists today and is thrown into the fire tomorrow, won’t He take more care to clothe you⁺, you⁺ of little faith?

³¹"So don't be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ ³²For the Gentiles pursue all these things. Indeed, your⁺ heavenly Father knows that you⁺ need all these things, ³³but first seek God’s kingdom and His justice, and all these things will be given to you⁺ as well. [Dt. 16:20; Mic. 6:8] ³⁴So don't be anxious about tomorrow, because tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. [Prov. 27:1]

7 ¹"Do not judge, so that you⁺ are not judged. ²For with whatever judgment you⁺ judge, you⁺ will be judged. And with whatever measure you⁺ measure, it will be measured to you⁺.

³"Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye? ⁴Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ but look, the beam is in your own eye. ⁵You pretender. First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

⁶"Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor throw your⁺ pearls before the pigs, or they may trample them under their feet, turn, and attack you⁺.

⁷"Ask, and it will be given to you⁺. Seek, and you⁺ will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you⁺. ⁸For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, it will be opened. ⁹Or who is there among you⁺ that, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? ¹¹So if you⁺, being evil, know to give good gifts to your⁺ children, how much more will your⁺ Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him? ¹²Therefore whatever you⁺ would desire that men would do to you⁺, so you⁺ also do to them; because this is the Torah and the prophets.

¹³"Enter in by the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. ¹⁴How narrow is the gate, and harassed is the way that leads to life. [Dt.28:53] Few are those who find it.

¹⁵"Beware of false prophets who come to you⁺ in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are voracious wolves. ¹⁶You⁺ will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? ¹⁷Even so, every good tree produces good fruit, but the rotten tree produces evil fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot produce evil fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. ²⁰Therefore you⁺ will know them by their fruits. ²¹Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into Heaven’s kingdom, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²²Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ ²³Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you⁺. Depart from me, you⁺ who labor at what is contrary to the Law.’ [Ps. 6:8; 13:4LXX; 52:5LXX; 91:7,9LXX; 93:4LXX]

²⁴"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on a rock. ²⁵The rain came down, the rivers came up, and the winds blew and beat on that house. Yet it did not fall, because it was founded on the rock. ²⁶Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ²⁷The rain came down, the rivers came up, and the winds blew and beat on that house. So it fell, and great was its fall."

²⁸When Yeshua had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, ²⁹because he taught them as one having authority, and not as the Torah scholars.

8 ¹When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. ²A leper came, bowed down to him, and said, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."

³Yeshua stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴Yeshua said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the Kohen, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

⁵When he came into Kfar Nahum, a centurion came to implore him, ⁶saying, "Lord, my servant is lying in the house paralyzed, greatly afflicted."

⁷Yeshua said to him, "I will come and heal him."

⁸The centurion answered, "Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes. And I tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes. And I tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it."

¹⁰When Yeshua heard it, he marveled and said to those who followed, "I assure you⁺, not even in Israel have I found so great a faith. ¹¹I tell you⁺ that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in Heaven’s kingdom, ¹²but there will be children of the kingdom thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

¹³Yeshua said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.

¹⁴When Yeshua came into Kefa’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. ¹⁵He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him. ¹⁶When evening came, they brought to him many afflicted by demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. ¹⁷In this way, what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases." [Is. 53:4] ¹⁸Now when Yeshua saw great multitudes around him, he gave a command to depart to the other side.

¹⁹A Torah scholar came, and said to him, "Rabbi, I will follow you wherever you go."

²⁰Yeshua said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Adam has nowhere to lay his head."

²¹Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."

²²But Yeshua said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

²³When he got into a boat, his disciples went after him. ²⁴A big storm arose in the lake, so much that the boat was covered with the waves! Yet he was asleep. ²⁵They came to him and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are lost!"

²⁶He said to them, "Why are you⁺ fearful and of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the lake, and there was a great calm.

²⁷The men were amazed, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the lake obey him?"

²⁸When he came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two people afflicted by demons met him there. They would come out from the graveyard with great violence, so that nobody could pass by that way! ²⁹They cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you, Yeshua, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" ³⁰Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding at a distance from them. ³¹The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, let us go away into the herd of pigs."

³²He said to them, "Go." They came out and went into the herd of pigs. Then the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the lake, and drowned in the water!

³³Those who herded them fled, went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were afflicted by the demons. ³⁴All the city came out to meet Yeshua! When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their area.

9 ¹He entered into a boat, crossed over, and came into his own city. ²They brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed! Seeing their faith, Yeshua said to the paralytic, "Son, be encouraged. Your sins are forgiven you."

³Some of the Torah scholars said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming."

⁴Knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said, "Why do you⁺ think evil in your⁺ hearts? ⁵For which is easier, to say? ‘Your sins are forgiven’; or to say, ‘Get up, and walk.’ ⁶But so that you⁺ may know that the Son of Adam has authority on earth to forgive sins" — then he said to the paralytic — "Get up, take up your mat, and go home." ⁷He arose and departed to his house. ⁸Now when the multitudes saw it, they were astonished and glorified God, who had given such authority to the children of Adam.

⁹As Yeshua passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthias sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him. ¹⁰Now as Yeshua sat in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples!

¹¹When the Perushim saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your⁺ teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

¹²When Yeshua heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. ¹³Now go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ [Hos. 6:6] For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

¹⁴Then Yohanan’s disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Perushim fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

¹⁵Yeshua said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? Nevertheless, the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. ¹⁷Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."

¹⁸While he told them these things, a ruler came, bowed down before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

¹⁹Yeshua got up and followed him, as did his disciples. ²⁰A woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the tzitzit of his garment! ²¹For she thought to herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."

²²Now turning around and seeing her, Yeshua said, "Daughter, be encouraged. Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.

²³When Yeshua came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, ²⁴he said to them, "Step back, because the girl is not dead, but sleeping." And they ridiculed him. ²⁵But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the girl arose. ²⁶The news of this went out into that whole region.

²⁷As Yeshua passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" ²⁸When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Yeshua said to them, "Do you⁺ believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."

²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying, "As your⁺ faith is, be it done unto you⁺." ³⁰Their eyes were opened. Yeshua strongly warned them, saying, "See that no one knows about this." ³¹But they went out and spread abroad his fame in that whole region.

³²As they went out, a mute man who was afflicted by a demon was brought to him! ³³When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The crowds were amazed, saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!"

³⁴But the Perushim said, "He casts out demons by the prince of the demons."

³⁵Yeshua went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their meetingplaces, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. ³⁶Now when he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were wearied and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd. ³⁷Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ³⁸Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."

10 ¹He called his twelve disciples to himself, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. ²Now the names of the twelve ambassadors are these: the first, Shimon, who is called Kefa, Andrai his brother, Jacob the son of Zevadyah, Yohanan his brother, ³Filipos, Bar Talmai, Toma, Mattiyah the tax collector, Jacob the son of Halfai, and Lebbai, whose nickname was Taddi, ⁴Shimon the zealot, and Judah from K’riyot, who also delivered him up.

⁵Yeshua sent these twelve out, and instructed them, saying, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans. ⁶Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. [Jer.50:6] ⁷As you⁺ go, proclaim, ‘Heaven’s kingdom has come near.’ ⁸Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. You⁺ received freely, so give freely. ⁹Do not take any gold, or silver, or bronze in your⁺ money belts. ¹⁰Take no bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff, because the workman is worthy of his livelihood. ¹¹Into whatever city or village you⁺ enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you⁺ go on. ¹²As you⁺ enter into the household, greet it with peace. ¹³If the household is worthy, let your⁺ peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your⁺ peace return to you⁺. ¹⁴Whoever does not receive you⁺ or hear your⁺ words, shake off the dust from your⁺ feet as you⁺ depart from that house or that city. ¹⁵I assure you⁺ that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sedom and Amorah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁶"Know that I am sending you⁺ out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. ¹⁷But beware of men, for they will deliver you⁺ up to councils, and they will scourge you⁺ in their assemblies. ¹⁸Yes, and you⁺ will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹But when they deliver you⁺ up, do not be anxious about how or what you⁺ will say, because what you⁺ will say will be given to you⁺ in that hour. ²⁰For it is not you⁺ who speak, but the Spirit of your⁺ Father who speaks in you⁺.

²¹"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. ²²You⁺ will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but the one who endures to the end will be saved. ²³Now when they persecute you⁺ in this city, flee into the next, for I assure you⁺ that you⁺ will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Adam has come.

²⁴"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Baal Zevul, how much more those of his household. [2Kgs. 1:2] ²⁶Therefore do not be afraid of them, because there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. ²⁷What I tell you⁺ in the darkness, speak in the light. And what you⁺ hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. ²⁸Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather fear the One who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehinnom.

²⁹"Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your⁺ Father. ³⁰But the very hairs of your⁺ head are all numbered. ³¹So do not be afraid, you⁺ are of more value than many sparrows.

³²"Therefore everyone who confesses me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in heaven. ³³But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

³⁴"Do not think that I came to send peace on the earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword. ³⁵For I came to set a man and his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ³⁶A man’s foes will be those of his own household. [Mic.7:5-6] ³⁷The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸The one who does not accept his tree of death, and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life for my sake will find it. ⁴⁰The one who receives you⁺ receives me, and the one who receives me receives the One who sent me. ⁴¹The one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And the one who receives a just man in the name of a just man will receive a just man’s reward. ⁴²Whoever gives one of these little ones merely a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, I assure you⁺ that he will certainly not lose his reward."

11 ¹When Yeshua had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and proclaim in their cities. ²Now when Yohanan in prison heard the works of the Messiah, he sent two of his disciples ³and said to him, "Are you the One who is coming, or should we look for another?"

⁴Yeshua answered them, "Go and tell Yohanan the things which you⁺ hear and see — ⁵the blind receive their sight [Is. 35:5], the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. [Is. 61:1] ⁶There is good for the one who is not offended by me."

⁷As these went their way, Yeshua began to say to the multitudes concerning Yohanan, "What did you⁺ go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸But what did you⁺ go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Look, those who wear soft clothing are in the houses of kings.

⁹"But why did you⁺ go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you⁺, and much more than a prophet. ¹⁰For this is the one of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ [Mal. 3:1] ¹¹I assure you⁺ that among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than Yohanan the Immerser. Yet the one who is least in Heaven’s kingdom is greater than he. ¹²From the days of Yohanan the Immerser until now, Heaven’s kingdom is subjected to violence, and the violent plunder it. ¹³For all the prophets and the Torah prophesied unto Yohanan. ¹⁴If you⁺ are willing to receive it, this is Eliyahu, who is to come. ¹⁵He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁶"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions ¹⁷and say, ‘We played the flute for you⁺, and you⁺ did not dance. We lamented for you⁺, and you⁺ did not mourn.’ ¹⁸For Yohanan came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ ¹⁹The Son of Adam came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is shown to be righteous by her children."

²⁰Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not change their ways. ²¹"Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Beit Tzaidah! For if the mighty works which were done in you⁺ had been done in Tzor and Tzidon, they would have returned long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²²But I tell you⁺ that it will be more tolerable for Tzor and Tzidon on the day of judgment than for you⁺. ²³You Kfar Nahum, will not be lifted up to Heaven; you will go down to Sheol! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sedom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴But I tell you⁺ that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sedom on the day of judgment than for you."

²⁵At that time, Yeshua answered, "I thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and have revealed them to little children. ²⁶Yes, Father, for doing this was very pleasing to You. ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son desires to reveal Him.

²⁸"Come to me, all you⁺ who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you⁺ rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you⁺, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart. Then you⁺ will find rest for your⁺ souls, [Jer. 6:16] ³⁰because my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

12 ¹At that time, Yeshua went on Shabbat through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and eat. ²But when the Perushim saw it, they said to him, "Look, your disciples do what is not permitted to do on Shabbat."

³But he said to them, "Have you⁺ not read what David did, when he and those who were with him were hungry? ⁴how he entered into the house of God, and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not permitted to him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests.

⁵Or have you⁺ not read in the Torah that on Shabbat the priests in the Temple profane Shabbat, and are guiltless? ⁶Now I tell you⁺ that one greater than the Temple is here. ⁷But if you⁺ had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ [Hos. 6:6] you⁺ would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸For the Son of Adam is Lord of Shabbat."

⁹He departed there, and went into their meetingplace, ¹⁰and there was a man with a withered hand! In order to accuse him, they asked him, "Is it permitted to heal on Shabbat?"

¹¹He said to them, "What man is there among you⁺ who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on Shabbat, won’t he take hold of it, and lift it out? ¹²So how much more valuable is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is permitted to do good on Shabbat." ¹³Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other. ¹⁴But the Perushim went out and conspired against him, as to how they might destroy him. ¹⁵Perceiving this, Yeshua withdrew from there. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them all, ¹⁶And he instructed them that they should not make him known, ¹⁷so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: ¹⁸"Behold, My servant whom I have chosen, My beloved in whom My soul is well pleased. I will put My Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. ¹⁹He will not strive or shout, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰He will not break a bruised reed, and he will not quench smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory. ²¹In his name, the Gentiles will hope." [Is. 42:1-4LXX]

²²Then a man afflicted by a demon was brought to him, blind and mute. And he healed him so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. ²³All in the crowd were amazed, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"

²⁴But when the Perushim heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Baal Zevul, the prince of the demons."

²⁵Knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. ²⁶If the Adversary casts out the Adversary, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? ²⁷If I cast out demons by Baal Zevul, by whom do your⁺ children cast them out? Therefore they will be your⁺ judges. ²⁸But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then God’s kingdom has come upon you⁺. ²⁹Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.

³⁰"The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters. ³¹Therefore I tell you⁺ that every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven the children of Adam, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven the children of Adam. ³²Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Adam, it will be forgiven him. But whoever speaks against the Ruakh Kodesh, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

³³"Either make the tree beautiful and its fruit beautiful, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, because the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴Offspring of vipers, how can you⁺, being evil, speak good things? For the mouth speaks from what flows out of the heart. ³⁵The good man brings good things out of his good treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil treasure. ³⁶I tell you⁺ that every idle word that men speak — they will give an account of it in the day of judgment. ³⁷For from your words you will be acquitted, and from your words you will be condemned."

³⁸Then certain of the Torah scholars and Perushim responded, "Rabbi, we want to see a sign from you."

³⁹But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Yonah the prophet. ⁴⁰For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish [Yon. 2:1H; Est.4:16-5:1], so will the Son of Adam be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Yonah. And look, more than Yonah is here. ⁴²The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. [1Kings 10:1-10] And look, more than Solomon is here.

⁴³"But when an unclean spirit is gone out of the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. ⁴⁴Then it says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came out.’ And when it has come back, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵Then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than it is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it also be to this evil generation."

⁴⁶While he was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. ⁴⁷Someone said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you."

⁴⁸But he answered the one who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" ⁴⁹He stretched out his hand towards his disciples and said, "Look, my mother and my brothers. ⁵⁰For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."

13 ¹On that day Yeshua went out of the house, and sat by the lake. ²Large crowds gathered to him, so he entered into a boat and sat, while all the crowd stood on the shore. ³He told them many things in parables. He said, "Listen, a sower went out to sow. ⁴As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵Others fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. And because they had no depth of soil, they sprang up immediately. ⁶When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷Others fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.⁸And others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit — some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

¹⁰The disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

¹¹He answered them, "To you⁺ it is given to know the mysteries of Heaven’s kingdom, but it is not given to them. ¹²For whoever has, to him will be given and he will have abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he does have will be taken away from him. ¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. ¹⁴The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them, which says, ‘In hearing you⁺ will hear, and will not at all understand. Seeing you⁺ will see, and will not at all perceive. ¹⁵For the heart of this people has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing. They have shut their eyes. Otherwise they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and return. Then I would heal them.’ [Is. 6:9, 10, Ps. 119:70, Zech. 7:11]

¹⁶"But your⁺ eyes are blessed, because they see, and your⁺ ears, because they hear. ¹⁷For I assure you⁺ that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you⁺ see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which you⁺ hear, and did not hear them.

¹⁸"Listen then to the parable of the sower. ¹⁹When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. ²⁰What was sown on the rocky places, this is the one who hears the message and immediately receives it with joy. ²¹Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When tribulation or persecution arises because of the message, he immediately stumbles. ²²What was sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the message, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the message, and he becomes unfruitful. ²³What was sown on the good ground, this is the one who hears the message and understands it. He indeed brings forth and produces fruit — some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

²⁴He set another parable before them, saying, "Heaven’s kingdom is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, ²⁵but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed over with poisonous weeds also among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the poisonous weeds appeared also. ²⁷The servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these poisonous weeds come from?’

²⁸"He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ "The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

²⁹"But he said, ‘No, because while you⁺ gather up the poisonous weeds, you⁺ might root up the wheat with them. ³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the harvesters, First gather up the poisonous weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them. Then gather the wheat into my barn.’"

³¹He set another parable before them, saying, "Heaven’s kingdom is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. ³²It indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is bigger than the herbs, and becomes a bush, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches." [Ezek. 17:23, 31:6]

³³He spoke another parable to them. "Heaven’s kingdom is like leaven which a woman took and mixed into three measures of meal until it all was leavened."

³⁴Yeshua spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and did not speak to them without a parable. ³⁵In this way, fullness was given to what was spoken through the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world." [Ps. 78:2]

³⁶Then Yeshua sent the crowds away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the zunin of the field."

³⁷He answered them, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Adam. ³⁸The field is the world. The good seed, these are the children of the kingdom, and the poisonous weeds are the children of the evil one. ³⁹The enemy who sowed them is the Accuser. The harvest is the culmination of the age, and the harvesters are angels. ⁴⁰Therefore, as the poisonous weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of this age. ⁴¹The Son of Adam will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom everything that causes stumbling, and those who do what is against the Law, ⁴²Then he will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁴³Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. [Dan. 12:3] He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴⁴"Again, Heaven’s kingdom is like a hidden treasure in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

⁴⁵"Again, Heaven’s kingdom is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls. ⁴⁶Having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷"Again, Heaven’s kingdom is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind. ⁴⁸When it was filled, they drew it up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away. ⁴⁹It will be like this in the culmination of the age. The angels will come forth and separate the wicked from among the just, ⁵⁰and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth." ⁵¹Yeshua said to them, "Have you⁺ understood all these things?" They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

⁵²He said to them, "Therefore every Torah scholar who has been made a dsiciple in Heaven’s kingdom is like a man who is master of a house, who brings new and old things out of his treasure."

⁵³When Yeshua had finished these parables, he departed from there. ⁵⁴Coming into his own region, he taught them in their meetingplace, so that they were amazed and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works? ⁵⁵Isn’t this the son of the craftsman? Isn’t his mother called Miryam, and his brothers, Jacob, Yosi, Shimon, and Judah? ⁵⁶Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?" ⁵⁷They were offended by him. But Yeshua said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own region and in his own house." ⁵⁸And because of their disbelief, he did not do many mighty works there.

14 ¹At that time, Herod, the ruler of a fourth of the province, heard the report concerning Yeshua ²and said to his servants, "This is Yohanan the Immerser. He has been raised from the dead. That is why these powers work in him." ³For Herod had seized Yohanan, bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Filipos. ⁴For Yohanan said to him, "It is not permitted for you to have her." ⁵Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they esteemed him as a prophet. ⁶But when the anniversary of Herod’s accession came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. ⁷Consequently he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. ⁸Being persuaded by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of Yohanan the Immerser, here on a platter."

⁹The king was grieved, but because of his oaths, and because of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given. ¹⁰Then he sent and beheaded Yohanan in the prison. ¹¹His head was brought on a platter, and given to the girl. Then she brought it to her mother.

¹²His disciples came, took the body, buried it, and went and told Yeshua. ¹³Now when Yeshua heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a private, deserted place. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

¹⁴Yeshua went out, and he saw a large crowd. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick. ¹⁵When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, "This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages, and buy food for themselves."

¹⁶But Yeshua said to them, "They do not need to go away. You⁺ give them something to eat."

¹⁷They told him, "We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish."

¹⁸He said, "Bring them here to me." ¹⁹He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks. Having broken the loaves, he then gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitudes. ²⁰They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. ²¹Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

²²Yeshua immediately made the disciples get into the boat to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. ²³After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

²⁴But the boat was now in the middle of the lake, battered by the waves, because the wind was against it. ²⁵In the fourth watch of the night, Yeshua came to them, walking on the lake. ²⁶When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were troubled, saying, "It’s a ghost!" and they cried out for fear. ²⁷But immediately Yeshua spoke to them, saying "Be encouraged. It is I. Do not be afraid."

²⁸Kefa answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."

²⁹He said, "Come."

Kefa stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Yeshua. ³⁰But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out saying, "Lord, save me!"

³¹Immediately Yeshua stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you waver?" ³²When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. ³³Those who were in the boat came and bowed down before him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God!"

³⁴When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Kinneret. ³⁵When the men of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick. ³⁶Then they begged him that they might just touch the tzitzit of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.

15 ¹Then Perushim and Torah scholars came to Yeshua from Yerushala’im. They said, ²"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the Elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

³He answered them, "And why do you ⁺disobey the commandment of God for the sake of your⁺ tradition? ⁴For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ [Ex. 20;12, Dt. 5:16] And, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ [Ex. 21:17, Lev. 20:9] ⁵But you⁺ are saying, ‘Whoever has told his father or his mother, Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God, he ⁶is not required to honor his father or his mother.’ You⁺ are voiding the commandment of God through your⁺ tradition. ⁷Pretenders. Isaiah prophesied correctly of you⁺, saying, ⁸’These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. ⁹And they worship Me in vain, teaching teachings that are the commandments of men.’" [Is. 29:13]

¹⁰He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Listen and understand. ¹¹What comes into the mouth does not defile the man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

¹²Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Perushim were offended when they heard this saying?"

¹³But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. ¹⁴Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

¹⁵Kefa responded to him, "Explain the parable to us."

¹⁶So Yeshua said, "Are you⁺ also still without understanding? ¹⁷Don’t you⁺ understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body? ¹⁸But the things which come out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. ¹⁹For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, perjury, and blasphemies. ²⁰These are the things which defile the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

²¹Yeshua went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tzor and Tzidon. ²²A Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely afflicted by a demon!"

²³But he did not answer her a word. His disciples came and urged him, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us."

²⁴But he answered, "I was not sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." [Jer. 50:6]

²⁵But she came and bowed down before him, saying, "Lord, help me."

²⁶But he answered, "It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs."

²⁷But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table."

²⁸Then Yeshua answered her, "Woman, your faith is great. Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

²⁹Yeshua left there, and came near to the lake of the Galil. And he went up into the mountain, and sat down there. ³⁰Great crowds of people came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others. And they put them down at his feet. He healed them, ³¹so that the multitude of people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. Then they glorified the God of Israel.

³²Yeshua summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away fasting, otherwise they might faint on the way."

³³The disciples said to him, "In a deserted place, where could we get enough loaves to satisfy so large a crowd?"

³⁴Yeshua said to them, "How many loaves do you⁺ have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

³⁵He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. ³⁶Then he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks, broke them, and gave them to the disciples; and the disciples to the multitudes. ³⁷They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. ³⁸Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.

16 ¹The Perushim and Tzadukim came and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from Heaven. ²But he answered them, "When it is evening, you⁺ say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ ³In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Pretenders. You⁺ know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you⁺ cannot discern the signs of the times. ⁴An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Yonah." He left them and departed.

⁵The disciples came to the other side, having forgotten to take bread. ⁶Yeshua said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Perushim and Tzadukim."

⁷They spoke to each other, saying, "It is because we brought no bread."

⁸Knowing that, Yeshua said, "You⁺ of little faith, why are you⁺ discussing with each other that you⁺ have brought no bread? ⁹Do you⁺ not yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you⁺ took up? ¹⁰Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you⁺ took up? ¹¹How is it that you⁺ do not perceive that I did not speak to you⁺ concerning bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Perushim and Tzadukim?"

¹²Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Perushim and Tzadukim.

¹³Now when Yeshua came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he questioned his disciples, saying, "Who do men say that the Son of Adam is?"

¹⁴They said, "Some say, ‘Yohanan the Immerser.’ Some, ‘Eliyahu.’ And others, ‘Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.’"

¹⁵He said to them, "But who do you⁺ say that I am?"

¹⁶Shimon Kefa answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

¹⁷Yeshua responded to him, "You are blessed, Shimon son of Yonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. [Is.28:16] ¹⁸I also tell you that you are Kefa. And on this rock I will build my community, and the powers of the Grave will not prevail against it. [Gen. 24:60] ¹⁹I will give to you the keys of Heaven’s kingdom, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven." ²⁰Then Yeshua commanded the disciples that they tell no one that he is the Messiah. ²¹From that time, Yeshua began to show his disciples that he must go to Yerushala’im and suffer many things from the Elders, chief priests, and Torah scholars; and be killed, and raised up the third day.

²²Kefa took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."

²³But he turned, and said to Kefa, "Get out of my way, adversary. You are an offense to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men." ²⁴Then Yeshua said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his tree of death, and follow me. ²⁵For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. ²⁶For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and destroys his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷For the Son of Adam will come in the glory of his Father with His angels, and then he will give to each one according to his deeds. [Ps. 62:12, Prov. 24:12; Is. 62:11] ²⁸I assure you⁺ that there are some standing here who will certainly not taste of death, until they see the Son of Adam come in his kingdom."

17 ¹After six days, Yeshua took with him Kefa, Jacob, and Yohanan his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by itself. ²His appearance was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. ³Moses and Eliyahu were visible to them, talking with him!

⁴Kefa responded, and said to Yeshua, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you are willing, let us make three shelters here — one for you, one for Moses, and one for Eliyahu."

⁵While he was still speaking, a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I delight [Gen.22:2]. Listen to him."

⁶When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were very afraid. ⁷Yeshua came, touched them, and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid." ⁸Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Yeshua alone. ⁹As they were coming down from the mountain, Yeshua commanded them, "Do not tell anyone what you⁺ saw, until the Son of Adam has risen from the dead."

¹⁰His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the Torah scholars say that Eliyahu must come first?" [Mal. 4:5]

¹¹Yeshua answered them, "Eliyahu indeed is coming first, and will restore all things. ¹²Nevertheless I tell you⁺ that Eliyahu has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. In the same way, the Son of Adam will soon also suffer under them." ¹³Then his disciples understood that he spoke to them of Yohanan the Immerser.

¹⁴When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying, ¹⁵"Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is sometimes not in his right mind, and suffers severely, often falling into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him."

¹⁷Yeshua answered, "Unfaithful and obstinate generation. How long will I be with you⁺? How long will I bear with you⁺? Bring him here to me."

¹⁸Yeshua rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was healed from that hour.

¹⁹Then the disciples came to Yeshua privately and said, "Why weren’t we able to cast it out?"

²⁰He said to them, "Because of your⁺ lack of faith. For I assure you⁺ that if you⁺ have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you⁺ will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. And nothing will be impossible for you⁺. ²¹"

²²While they were staying in the Galil, Yeshua said to them, "The Son of Adam is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, ²³and they will kill him. Then he will be raised up the third day." They were extremely distressed.

²⁴When they had come to Kfar Nahum, those who collected the two drachma tax came to Kefa, and said, "Doesn’t your⁺ teacher pay the two drachma tax?" ²⁵He said, "Yes." When he came into the house, Yeshua anticipated Kefa and said, "What do you think, Shimon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive tariffs or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?"

²⁶Kefa said to him, "From strangers." Yeshua said to him, "Therefore the children are exempt. ²⁷But so that we do not offend them, go to the lake, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."

18 ¹At that time the disciples came to Yeshua, saying, "Who then is greater in Heaven’s kingdom?"

²Yeshua called a little child to himself, set him in the midst of them. ³Then he said, "I assure you⁺ that unless you⁺ return and become as little children, you⁺ will certainly not enter into Heaven’s kingdom. ⁴Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, that is the one who is greater in Heaven’s kingdom. ⁵Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me.

⁶But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a heavy millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

⁷"Woe to the world because of stumblingblocks. For the coming of stumblingblocks is unavoidable, but woe to that person through whom they come. ⁸If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than to be cast into the eternal fire having two hands or two feet. ⁹If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than to be cast into the Gehinnom of fire having two eyes.

¹⁰See that you⁺ do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you⁺ that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. ¹¹For the Son of Adam has come to save what was lost.

¹²"What do you⁺ think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek the one which has gone astray? ¹³If it happens that he finds it, I assure you⁺ that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. ¹⁴Even so it is not the will of your⁺ Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. ¹⁶But if he does not listen, take one or two more with you, so that every word may be established at the mouth of two or three witnesses. [Dt. 19:15] ¹⁷If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the community. If he also refuses to hear the community, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector. ¹⁸I assure you⁺ that whatever things you⁺ will bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever things you⁺ will loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹Again, I assure you⁺ that if two of you⁺ will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. ²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them."

²¹Then Kefa came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"

²²Yeshua said to him, "I am not telling you up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. ²³Therefore Heaven’s kingdom is like a certain king, who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴When he had begun to settle them, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. ²⁵But because he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you everything.’ ²⁷Being moved with compassion, the lord of that servant released him, and forgave him the debt.

²⁸"But having gone out, that servant found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii. He grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

²⁹"So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you.’ ³⁰He was not willing to, but went and threw him into prison until he should pay back what was owed. ³¹So when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were very upset, and came and told their lord all that had taken place. ³²Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me. ³³Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’ ³⁴His lord was angry, and delivered him to the torturers, until he should pay all that was due to him. ³⁵So my heavenly Father will also do to you⁺, if you⁺ each do not forgive your⁺ brother from your⁺ hearts for his offenses."

19 ¹When Yeshua had finished these words, he departed from the Galil, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Yarden. ²Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. ³Perushim came to him, testing him and saying, "Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?"

⁴He answered, "Haven’t you⁺ read that from the beginning, He who made them made them male and female? [Gen. 1:27, 5:2] ⁵He also said, ‘For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. And the two will become one flesh.’ [Gen. 2:24] ⁶Consequently they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, do not let man tear apart."

⁷They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a written divorce and send her away?" [Dt. 24:1-4]

⁸He said to them, "Because of the hardness of your⁺ hearts, Moses allowed you⁺ to divorce your⁺ wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. ⁹I tell you⁺ that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery. And he who marries the one who is divorced commits adultery."

¹⁰His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry."

¹¹But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. ¹²For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men. There are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of Heaven’s kingdom. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it." [Jer. 16:2]

¹³Then little children were brought to him so that he would lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴However Yeshua said, "Allow the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them, because Heaven’s kingdom belongs to such as these." ¹⁵He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

¹⁶One came to him and said, "Rabbi, what good thing should I do that I may lay hold of eternal life?"

¹⁷He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is One who is good. Now if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

¹⁸He said to him, "Which ones?" Yeshua said, "’You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not commit perjury.’ ¹⁹’Honor your father and mother.’ [Ex. 20:12-16; Dt. 5:16-20] And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’" [Lev. 19:8]

²⁰The young man said to him, "All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?"

²¹Yeshua said to him, "If you want to be complete, go sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." ²²But when the young man heard what was said, he went away grieved, for he was one who had great possessions. ²³Yeshua said to his disciples, "I assure you⁺ that it is with difficulty that a rich man will enter into Heaven’s kingdom. ²⁴Again I tell you⁺ that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into God’s kingdom."

²⁵When the disciples heard it, they were extremely astonished and said, "Who then can be saved?"

²⁶Looking at them, Yeshua said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

²⁷Then Kefa answered, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"

²⁸Yeshua said to them, "In the time of restoration, when the Son of Adam will sit on the throne of his glory [Dan.7:9-10], I assure you⁺ that you⁺ who have followed me, you⁺ also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for the sake of my name, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. ³⁰But many who are first will be last; and many who are last, first.

20 ¹"For Heaven’s kingdom is like a man, the ruler of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ²When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. ⁴To them he said, ‘You⁺ also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you⁺.’ So they went their way. ⁵Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did likewise. ⁶About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you⁺ stand here idle all day?’

⁷"They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ "He said to them, ‘You⁺ also go into the vineyard, and you⁺ will receive whatever is right.’ ⁸When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

⁹"When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. ¹⁰When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, but they likewise each received a denarius. ¹¹When they received it, they murmured against the ruler of the household. ¹²They said, ‘These last ones have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have carried the weight of the day and the scorching heat.’

¹³"But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴Take what is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last one the same as to you. ¹⁵Am I not allowed to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye covetous, because I am good?’ ¹⁶In this way the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

¹⁷As Yeshua was going up to Yerushala’im, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, ¹⁸"Listen, we are going up to Yerushala’im, and the Son of Adam will be delivered to the chief priests and Torah scholars. And they will condemn him to death. ¹⁹They will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to put to death on the tree. And the third day he will be raised up."

²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zevadyah came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking something of him. ²¹He said to her, "What do you want?"

She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine may sit in your kingdom one on your right hand, and one on your left hand."

²²But Yeshua answered, "You⁺ do not know what you⁺ are asking. Are you⁺ able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."

²³He said to them, "You⁺ will indeed drink my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give. It is instead for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

²⁴When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers. ²⁵But Yeshua summoned them and said, "You⁺ know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. ²⁶It is not to be so among you⁺, but whoever desires to become great among you⁺ shall be your⁺ servant. ²⁷Whoever desires to be first among you⁺ shall be your⁺ bondservant, ²⁸even as the Son of Adam did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

²⁹As they went out from Yeriho, a great multitude followed him. ³⁰Two blind men were sitting by the road! When they heard that Yeshua was passing by, they cried out, saying, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!" ³¹The crowd rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

³²Yeshua stood still, called them, and asked, "What do you⁺ want me to do for you⁺?"

³³They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

³⁴Moved with compassion, Yeshua touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight, and they followed him.

21 ¹When they drew near to Yerushala’im and came to Beit Pagey, to the Mount of Olives, Yeshua then sent two disciples, ²saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you⁺, and right away you⁺ will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me. ³If anyone says anything to you⁺, you⁺ are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them."

⁴All this was done so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: ⁵"Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." [Is. 62:11, Zech. 9:9]

⁶The disciples went, did just as Yeshua commanded them, brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their garments on them. Then he sat on the garments. ⁸A very large crowd spread their garments on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road. ⁹The crowds who went before him and who followed kept shouting, "Please deliver us through the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Everpresent Lord! [Ps. 118:26] Please deliver us by the Most High!"

¹⁰When he had come into Yerushala’im, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?" ¹¹The multitudes said, "This is the prophet Yeshua, from Natzrat of the Galil."

¹²Yeshua entered into the Temple of God, drove out all of those who sold and bought in the Temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold the doves. ¹³He said to them, "It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ [Is. 56:7] but you⁺ have made it a den of bandits." [Jer. 7:11]

¹⁴The blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, and he healed them. ¹⁵But the chief priests and the Torah scholars were indignant when they saw the amazing things that he did and the children who were crying out in the Temple and saying, "Please deliver us by the Son of David!".

¹⁶They said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Yeshua said to them, "Yes. Did you⁺ never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established praise?’" [Ps. 8:2] ¹⁷He left them, and went out of the city to Beit Anya, and spent the night there.

¹⁸Now as he returned to the city in the morning, he was hungry. ¹⁹Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing but leaves on it. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever." Immediately the fig tree withered away. ²⁰When the disciples saw it, they were amazed and said, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"

²¹Yeshua answered them, "I assure you⁺ that if you⁺ have faith and do not doubt, you⁺ will not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you⁺ told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done. ²²Whatever you⁺ ask in prayer believing, all this you⁺ will receive."

²³When he had come into the Temple, the chief Kohanim and the Elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

²⁴Yeshua answered them, "I also will ask you⁺ one question, which if you⁺ tell me, I likewise will tell you⁺ by what authority I do these things. ²⁵The immersion of Yohanan, where was it from? From heaven or from men?"

They reasoned with each other, saying, "If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you⁺ not believe him?’ ²⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, because everyone thinks of Yohanan as a prophet." ²⁷They answered Yeshua, and said, "We do not know."

He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you⁺ by what authority I do these things. ²⁸But what do you⁺ think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’ ²⁹He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went. ³⁰He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I am going, sir,’ but he did not go. ³¹Which of the two did the will of his father?"

They said to him, "The first."

Yeshua said to them, "I assure you⁺ that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s kingdom before you⁺. ³²For Yohanan came to you⁺ in the way of righteousness, and you⁺ did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Nevertheless, having seen it, you⁺ did not afterwards repent to believe him.

³³"Hear another parable. There was a man who was a ruler of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. [Is. 5:1-2] He leased it out to farmers, and went into another country. ³⁴When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit. ³⁵The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they treated them the same way. ³⁷But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ ³⁸But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’ ³⁹So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. ⁴⁰So when the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"

⁴¹They told him, "He will destroy those evil men completely, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season."

⁴²Yeshua said to them, "Did you⁺ never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, it was made the head of the corner. This was from the Everpresent. It is marvelous in our eyes’? [Ps. 118:22-23]

⁴³"So I tell you⁺ that God’s kingdom will be taken away from you⁺, and will be given to a people who will produces its fruits. ⁴⁴The one who falls on this stone will be broken, but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him as dust."

⁴⁵When the chief priests and the Perushim heard his parables, they understood that he spoke about them. ⁴⁶Though they were trying to arrest him, they feared the multitudes, because the multitudes considered him to be a prophet.

22 ¹Yeshua responded and spoke to them again in parables, saying, ²"Heaven’s kingdom is like a certain king who made a marriage feast for his son. ³He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come. ⁴Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, Look, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast.’ ⁵But they paid no attention, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise. ⁶And the rest grabbed his servants, treated them disgracefully, and killed them. ⁷When the king heard that, he was angry. And he sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

⁸"Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. ⁹So go to the intersections of the main roads, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you⁺ find.’ ¹⁰Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both good and bad. The wedding was filled with guests. ¹¹But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing appropriate clothes for the marriage feast. ¹²And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing appropriate clothes for the marriage feast?’ He was speechless. ¹³Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ ¹⁴For many are called, but few chosen."

¹⁵Then the Perushim went and thought about how they might trap him in what he said. ¹⁶They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians, saying, "Rabbi, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth. And you are not anxious concerning anyone because you are not looking at the appearance of men. ¹⁷Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

¹⁸But Yeshua perceived their malice, and said, "Pretenders, why do you⁺ test me? ¹⁹Show me the tax money." They brought a denarius to him.

²⁰He asked them, "Whose image and inscription is this?"

²¹They said to him, "Caesar’s." Then he said to them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s."

²²When they heard it, they were amazed. They left him, and went away.

²³On that day some Tzadukim — those who say that there is no resurrection — came to him. They questioned him, ²⁴"Rabbi, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up descendants for his brother.’ [Dt. 25:5] ²⁵Now there were seven brothers with us. The first married and died. And having no descendants, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh. ²⁷After them all, the woman died. ²⁸So in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her."

²⁹But Yeshua answered them, "You⁺ are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. ³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven. ³¹But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you⁺ read what was spoken to you⁺ by God, saying, ³²’I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ [Ex. 3:6] God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

³³When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching. ³⁴But when the Perushim heard that he had put the Tzadukim to silence, they gathered themselves together. ³⁵One of them, a Torah scholar, asked him a question, testing him. ³⁶"Rabbi, which is the greatest commandment in the Torah?"

³⁷Yeshua said to him, "’You shall love the Everpresent Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ [Dt. 6:5] ³⁸This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ [Lev. 19:18] ⁴⁰The entire Torah and the prophets are hung from these two commandments."

⁴¹Now while the Perushim were gathered together, Yeshua asked them a question, ⁴²saying, "What do you⁺ think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David’s."

⁴³He said to them, "How then does David, by the Spirit, call him ‘Lord,’ saying, ⁴⁴’The Everpresent Lord said to my Lord, Sit on My right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’ [Ps. 110:1] ⁴⁵If David calls him ‘Lord,’ then how is he his son?"

⁴⁶No one was able to answer him a word, nor did any man dare from that day on to ask him any more questions.

23 ¹Then Yeshua spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, ²saying, "The Torah scholars and the Perushim have been sitting on the seat of Moses. ³So do and observe all things that they tell you⁺ to observe. But do not do according to their deeds, because they say, and do not do. ⁴For they tie up heavy burdens that are hard to bear, and lay them upon men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. ⁵And they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their tefillin broad, and enlarge the tzitzit of their garments. ⁶They love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the meetingplaces, ⁷the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi’⁸But don’t you⁺ be called ‘Rabbi,’ because one is your⁺ teacher, the Messiah, and all of you⁺ are brothers. ⁹Call no man on the earth your⁺ Father, because one is your⁺ Father — He who is in heaven. ¹⁰Neither be called Masters, for one is your⁺ master, the Messiah. ¹¹But the one who is greatest among you⁺ will be your⁺ servant. ¹²Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

¹³"Woe to you⁺ Torah scholars and Perushim, pretenders, because you shut up the kingdom of Heaven against men, but you don’t enter in, and you seek to prevent those who are entering. ¹⁴

¹⁵"Woe to you⁺ Torah scholars and Perushim, pretenders, because you⁺ travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you⁺ make him twice as much a son of Gehinnom as yourselves.

¹⁶"Woe to you⁺ blind guides who say, ‘Whoever swears by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Temple, he is obligated.’ ¹⁷Blind fools. For which is greater, the gold or the Temple that sanctifies the gold? ¹⁸’Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’ ¹⁹You⁺ are blind — for which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? ²⁰Therefore the one who swears by the altar swears by it, and by everything on it. ²¹The one who swears by the Temple swears by it, and by Him who inhabits it. ²²The one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God, and by Him who sits on it.

²³"Woe to you⁺ Torah scholars and Perushim, pretenders, because ⁺ you take out the tenth of mint, dill, and cummin, yet have left undone the weightier matters of the Torah: justice, mercy, and faith. But it is necessary to do these things, and not to have left the other undone. ²⁴You blind guides who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

²⁵"Woe to you Torah scholars and Perushim, pretenders, because you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. ²⁶You blind Parush. First clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

²⁷"Woe to you⁺ Torah scholars and Perushim, pretenders, because you⁺ are like whitened tombs which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. ²⁸Even so you⁺ also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you⁺ are full of pretence and opposition to the Torah.

²⁹"Woe to you⁺ Torah scholars and Perushim, pretenders, because you⁺ build the tombs of the prophets, decorate the tombs of the righteous, ³⁰and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’ ³¹By this you⁺ testify of yourselves that you⁺ are children of those who killed the prophets. ³²And you⁺ fill up the measure of your⁺ fathers. ³³Serpents, offspring of vipers, how will you⁺ escape the judgment of Gehinnom?

³⁴"Therefore I am sending prophets, wise men, and Torah scholars to you⁺! Some of them you⁺ will kill and hang on the stake; and some of them you will scourge in your⁺ meetingplaces, and persecute from city to city. ³⁵In this way, all the righteous blood shed on the earth will come upon you⁺, from the blood of righteous Hevel to the blood of Zekharyah son of Berekhyah, whom you⁺ killed between the sanctuary and the altar. [Gen.4:10] ³⁶I assure you⁺ that all these things will come upon this generation.

³⁷"Yerushala’im, Yerushala’im, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, even as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you⁺ did not want it. [Ruth 2:12; Ps.17:8; 61:4; 91:4] ³⁸Listen, your⁺ house is left to you⁺ desolate. [Jer.26:9] ³⁹For I tell you⁺ that ‘you⁺ will no longer see me, until you⁺ say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Everpresent Lord.’" [Ps. 118:26; Hos.5:15-6:3]

24 ¹Yeshua went out from the Temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to point out to him the buildings of the Temple. ²But he answered them, "You⁺ see all of these things, don’t you⁺? I assure you⁺ that there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

³As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the culmination of the age?"

⁴Yeshua answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you⁺ astray, ⁵because many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will lead many astray. ⁶You⁺ will hear of wars and war reports. See that you⁺ are not troubled, because all this must happen, but it is not yet the end. ⁷For peoples will rise against each other, and kingdoms against each other; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places. [2Esd.8:3-4] ⁸But all these things are the beginning of birth pains. ⁹Then they will deliver you⁺ up to tribulation, and will kill you⁺. You⁺ will be hated by all the nations for my name’s sake. ¹⁰Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. ¹¹Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. ¹²The love of many will grow cold because of the spread of behavior contrary to the Law. ¹³But the one who endures to the end, that one will be saved. ¹⁴This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the Gentiles, and then the end will come.

¹⁵"So when you⁺ see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (let the reader understand) [Dan.9:27,11:31,12:11; 1Macc.1:54,6:7], ¹⁶then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house. ¹⁸Let the one who is in the field not return back to get his clothes. ¹⁹But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days. ²⁰Pray that your⁺ flight will not be in the winter, nor on Shabbat, ²¹for then there will be great tribulation such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now; no, nor ever will be. [Dan. 12:1] ²²Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of those who are chosen, those days will be shortened.

²³"If any man then tells you⁺, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or, ‘There,’ do not believe it. ²⁴For there will arise false messiahs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even those who are chosen.

²⁵"Listen, I have told you⁺ beforehand. ²⁶So if they tell you⁺, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. ²⁷For as the lightning comes forth from the east and is seen even to the west, so the appearing of the Son of Adam will be. ²⁸Where there is a carcass, there the vultures will be gathered together. [Job 39:27-30]

²⁹"But immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from heaven, [Is. 13:10, 24:23, Ezek. 32:7, Joel 2:10, 31, 3:15, Amos 5:20, Zeph. 1:15] and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰And then the sign of the Son of Adam will appear in the heavens. Then all the tribes of the land will mourn, and they will see the Son of Adam coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. [Zech. 12:10] ³¹He will send out his angels with a great sound of a shofar [Zech. 9:14], and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

³²"Now learn this parable from the fig tree. When its branch has already become tender, and it puts forth its leaves, you⁺ know that the summer is near. ³³Even so you⁺ also, when you⁺ see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. ³⁴I assure you⁺ that this people will not pass away even unto the accomplishment of all these things. ³⁵Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ³⁶But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

³⁷"As the days of Noah were, so the appearing of the Son of Adam will be. ³⁸For as they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage in those days which were before the flood, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, ³⁹and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also the appearing of the Son of Adam will be. ⁴⁰Then two men will be in the field, one will be taken and one will be left. ⁴¹Two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left. ⁴²Watch therefore, because you⁺ do not know in what hour your⁺ Lord comes. ⁴³But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴Therefore you⁺ also be ready, because the Son of Adam will come in an hour that you⁺ do not anticipate.

⁴⁵"Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his lord has set over his household to give them their food in due season? ⁴⁶There will be good for that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. ⁴⁷I assure you⁺ that he will set him over all that he has. ⁴⁸But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’ ⁴⁹and begins to beat his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards, ⁵⁰the lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour which he does not know. ⁵¹And he will cut him in pieces, and his portion will be with the pretenders. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there.

25 ¹"Heaven’s kingdom will then be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. ²Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. ³Those who were foolish, took no oil with them when they took their lamps. ⁴But the wise took oil in their containers with their lamps. ⁵Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ⁶But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’ ⁷Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your⁺ oil, because our lamps are going out.’ ⁹But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, or there might not be enough for us and you⁺. Go instead to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ ¹⁰While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. ¹¹Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ ¹²But he answered, ‘I assure you⁺ that I do not know you⁺.’ ¹³Watch therefore, for you⁺ do not know the day or the hour.

¹⁴"For it is like a man going into another country who called his own servants and entrusted his goods to them. ¹⁵To one he gave five silver talents, to another two, to another one — to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey. ¹⁶Immediately the one who received the five silver talents went and traded with them, and made another five silver talents. ¹⁷In the same way the one who got the two also gained another two. ¹⁸But the one who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

¹⁹"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and settled accounts with them. ²⁰The one who received the five silver talents came and brought another five silver talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five silver talents. Look, I have gained another five silver talents besides them.’

²¹"His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

²²"And the one who had received the two silver talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two silver talents. Look, I have gained another two silver talents besides them.’

²³"His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

²⁴"And the one who had received the one silver talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. ²⁵I was afraid, and went away and hid your silver talent in the earth. Look, you have what is yours.’

²⁶"But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant. Did you know that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? ²⁷Then you ought to have deposited my money with the moneylenders, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest. ²⁸So take away the silver talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten silver talents. ²⁹For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance. But from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

³¹"But when the Son of Adam comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. ³²All the Gentiles will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. ³⁴Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you⁺ from the foundation of the world. ³⁵For I was hungry, and you⁺ gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you⁺ gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you⁺ took me in; ³⁶naked, and you⁺ clothed me. I was sick, and you⁺ visited me. I was in prison, and you⁺ came to me.’

³⁷"Then the just will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? ³⁸When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in? or naked, and clothe you? ³⁹When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’

⁴⁰"The King will answer them, ‘I assure you⁺ that inasmuch as you⁺ did it to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you⁺ did it to me.’ ⁴¹Then he will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you⁺ who are cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the Accuser and his angels. ⁴²For I was hungry, and you⁺ did not give me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you⁺ gave me no drink. ⁴³I was a stranger, and you⁺ did not take me in; naked, and you⁺ did not clothe me. I was sick, and in prison, and you⁺ did not visit me.’

⁴⁴"Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not help you?’

⁴⁵"Then he will answer them, saying, ‘I assure you⁺ that inasmuch as you⁺ did not do it to one of the least of these, you⁺ did not do it to me.’ ⁴⁶These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." [Gen.12:3, 27: 29; Num.24:9]

26 ¹When Yeshua had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, ²"You⁺ know that after two days Pesakh is coming; then the Son of Adam will be delivered up to be put to death on the tree."

³Then the chief Kohanim and the Elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the Kohen Gadol, who was called Kayafa. ⁴They took counsel together that they might take Yeshua by deceit, and kill him. ⁵But they said, "Not during the feast, so that a riot does not occur among the people."

⁶Now when Yeshua was in Beit Anya, in the house of Shimon the leper, a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. ⁸But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? ⁹For this ointment might have been sold for a large sum, and given to the poor."

¹⁰But knowing this, Yeshua said to them, "Why do you⁺ trouble the woman? For she has done a good work for me. ¹¹You⁺ always have the poor with you⁺, but you⁺ do not always have me. ¹²For in putting this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. ¹³I assure you⁺ that wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial to her."

¹⁴Then one of the twelve, who was called Judah from K’riyot, went to the chief priests ¹⁵and said, "What are you⁺ willing to give me so that I deliver him to you⁺?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶From that time he sought an opportunity to deliver him up.

¹⁷Now on the first day of Matzot, the disciples came to Yeshua, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Pesakh?"

¹⁸He said, "Go into the city to so-and-so, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is near. I will keep Pesakh at your house with my disciples.’"

¹⁹The disciples did as Yeshua commanded them, and they prepared the Pesakh. ²⁰Now when evening had come, he was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. ²¹As they were eating, he said, "I assure you⁺ that one of you⁺ will deliver me up."

²²They were greatly grieved, and each began to ask him, "Surely not I, Lord!"

²³He answered, "The one who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will deliver me up. ²⁴The Son of Adam goes away, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Adam is delivered up. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

²⁵Judah, who was betraying him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi!" He said to him, "You have said it."

²⁶As they were eating, Yeshua took bread, said a blessing, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body."

²⁷He took a cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you⁺ drink it, ²⁸for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ²⁹But I tell you⁺ that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you⁺ in my Father’s kingdom." ³⁰When they had sung praises, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

³¹Then Yeshua said to them, "Tonight, all of you⁺ will be caused to stumble on my account, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ [Zech. 13:7] ³²But after I am raised up, I will go before you⁺ into the Galil."

³³But Kefa answered him, "Even if all are caused to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."

³⁴Yeshua said to him, "I assure you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will completely deny me three times."

³⁵Kefa said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." All of the disciples also said the same.

³⁶Then Yeshua came with them to a place called Gat Shemanim, and said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray." ³⁷He took with him Kefa and the two sons of Zevadyah, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled. ³⁸Then he said to them, "My soul is extremely sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and keep watch with me."

³⁹He went forward a little, went down on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not as I desire, but as You desire."

⁴⁰He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping. Then he said to Kefa, "Even so, could you not keep watch with me for one hour? ⁴¹Keep watch and pray that you⁺ do not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

⁴²Again, he went away a second time and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me unless I drink it, let what You desire be done." ⁴³He came again and found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words. ⁴⁵Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your⁺ rest. The hour has come near, and the Son of Adam is betrayed into the hands of sinners! ⁴⁶Arise, let us be going. Look, the one who delivers me up has come near."

⁴⁷While he was still speaking, Judah came, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude from the Kohen Gadol and Elders of the people, with swords and clubs! ⁴⁸Now the one who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whomever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."

⁴⁹Immediately he came to Yeshua, and said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him.

⁵⁰Yeshua said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Yeshua, and took him. ⁵¹One of those with Yeshua stretched out his hand, drew his sword and struck the servant of the Kohen Gadol, taking off his ear! ⁵²Then Yeshua said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, because all those who take the sword will die by the sword. ⁵³Or do you think that I cannot now ask my Father, and He would send me more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be like this?"

⁵⁵In that hour Yeshua said to the crowd, "Have you⁺ come out with swords and clubs, as against a bandit, to arrest me? I sat daily in the Temple teaching, and you⁺ did not arrest me. ⁵⁶But all this has happened that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled."

Then all the disciples left him, and fled. ⁵⁷Those who had taken Yeshua led him away to Kayafa the Kohen Gadol, where the Torah scholars and the Elders were gathered together. ⁵⁸But Kefa followed him from a distance to the court of the Kohen Gadol, entered in, and sat with the officers to see the outcome. ⁵⁹Now the chief priests, the Elders, and the whole Sanhedrin sought false testimony against Yeshua that they might put him to death; ⁶⁰but they found none. Even though many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward ⁶¹and said, "This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God, and build it in three days.’"

⁶²The Kohen Gadol stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?" ⁶³But Yeshua held his peace. The Kohen Gadol said to him, "By the living God, I put you under oath that you tell us whether you are the Messiah, the Son of God."

⁶⁴Yeshua said to him, "You have said it. Yet I tell you⁺ that after this you⁺ will see the Son of Adam sitting at the right hand of Power [Ps. 110:1] and coming on the clouds of the heavens." [Dan. 7:13]

⁶⁵Then the Kohen Gadol tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you⁺ have heard his blasphemy. ⁶⁶What do you⁺ think?"

They answered, "He is worthy of death!" ⁶⁷Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him, ⁶⁸saying, "Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you?"

⁶⁹Now Kefa was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "And you were with Yeshua, from the Galil."

⁷⁰But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about."

⁷¹When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man was with Yeshua of Natzeret."

⁷²Again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man."

⁷³After a little while those who stood by came and said to Kefa, "Surely you are also one of them, for even your speech makes you known."

⁷⁴Then he began to curse and to swear, "I do not know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed. ⁷⁵Kefa remembered the word which Yeshua had said to him, "Before the rooster crows, you will completely deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.

27 ¹Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the Elders of the people took counsel against Yeshua to put him to death. ²They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pilatus, the governor. ³Then Judah, who betrayed him, when he saw that Yeshua was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and Elders, ⁴saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it."

⁵He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and strangled himself. ⁶The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It is not permitted to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood." ⁷They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in. ⁸Therefore, to this day, that field was called "The Field of Blood". ⁹Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver — the price of the one on whom a price was set, on whom some from the children of Israel set a price — ¹⁰and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Everpresent Lord commanded me." [Zech. 11:12, 13]

¹¹Now Yeshua stood before the governor, and the governor questioned him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Yeshua said to him, "You say so."

¹²When he was accused by the chief priests and Elders, he answered nothing. [Is. 53:7]¹³Then Pilatus said to him, "Don’t you hear how many things they testify against you?"

¹⁴He gave him no answer, not even one word, so that the governor was greatly amazed. ¹⁵Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they desired. ¹⁶They had then a well-known prisoner, called Bar Abba. ¹⁷Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilatus said to them, "Whom do you⁺ want me to release to you⁺, Bar Abba or Yeshua, who is called Messiah?" ¹⁸For he knew that they had delivered him up because of envy.

¹⁹While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

²⁰Now the chief priests and the Elders persuaded the crowds that they should ask for Bar Abba, and should destroy Yeshua. ²¹But the governor responded to them, "Which of the two do you⁺ want me to release to you⁺?" They said, "Bar Abba!"

²²Pilatus said to them, "What then shall I do to Yeshua, who is called Messiah?" They all said to him, "Put him to death on the stake!"

²³Then he said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out the more, saying, "Put him to death on the stake!"

²⁴So when Pilatus saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You⁺ see to it."

²⁵All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!" [Ezek.3:17-21; 33:2-9]

²⁶Then he released Bar Abba to them, but he whipped Yeshua and delivered him to be put to death on the stake. ²⁷Then the governor’s soldiers took Yeshua into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. ²⁸They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him. ²⁹They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand. Kneeling before him, they ridiculed him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" ³⁰They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head. ³¹While they mocked him, they took the robe off of him, put his clothes on him, and led him away to be put to death on the stake.

³²As they came out, they found a man of Kyrene, Shimon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, so that he might carry his stake. ³³They came to a place called "Gulgolta," that is to say, "The place of a skull." ³⁴They gave him sour wine mixed with a bitter substance to drink. When he had tasted it, he would not drink. ³⁵When they had hung him on the stake, they divided his clothing among them, casting lots, ³⁶and they sat and watched him there. ³⁷They set up over his head the accusation written against him, "THIS IS YESHUA, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

³⁸And there were two bandits hung on stakes with him, one on his right hand and one on the left. ³⁹Those who passed by maligned him, wagging their heads, ⁴⁰and saying, "You who destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the stake!"

⁴¹Likewise the chief priests, with the Torah scholars and the Elders, also mocked, saying, ⁴²"He saved others, but he’s not able to save himself. Is he the King of Israel? Let him come down from the stake now, and we will believe in him. ⁴³He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if He wants him. [Ps. 22:8] For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’" ⁴⁴The bandits who were hung on a stake with him also mocked him the same way.

⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. ⁴⁶About the ninth hour Yeshua cried with a loud voice, saying, "‘Eli, ‘Eli, lama zaftani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" [Ps. 22:1]

⁴⁷When they heard it, some of those who stood there said, "This man is calling Eliyahu."

⁴⁸Immediately one of them ran, took a sponge, filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink. ⁴⁹The rest said, "Let him be. Let’s see whether Eliyahu comes to save him."

⁵⁰Yeshua cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. ⁵¹The veil of the Temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom! The earth quaked and the rocks were split. ⁵²The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy people who had fallen asleep were raised. ⁵³Coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴Now the centurion and those who were with him watching Yeshua, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were done, they were greatly afraid. They said, "Truly this was a son of God."

⁵⁵Many women who had followed Yeshua from the Galil, serving him, were there watching from afar. ⁵⁶Among them were Miryam from Magdala, Miryam the mother of Jacob and Yosi, and the mother of the sons of Zevadyah. ⁵⁷When evening had come, a rich man named Yosef from Ramatayim came. He himself was also a follower of Yeshua. ⁵⁸This man went to Pilatus, and asked for Yeshua‘s body. [Dt.21:23] Then Pilatus commanded the body to be given up. ⁵⁹Yosef took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth. ⁶⁰Then he laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the opening of the tomb, and departed. ⁶¹Miryam from Magdala was there, and the other Miryam, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶²Now on the following morning, which is in the midst of the Preparation, the chief priests and the Perushim were gathered together to Pilatus. ⁶³They said "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’ ⁶⁴Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, so that his disciples will not come, steal him away, and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead.’ Then the last deception would be worse than the first."

⁶⁵Pilatus said to them, "You⁺ have a guard. Go make it as secure as you⁺ can." ⁶⁶So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

28 ¹Now after the Sabbaths, as it began to dawn on the first of the week, Miryam from Magdala and the other Miryam came to see the tomb. ²There was a great earthquake, because an angel of the Everpresent Lord descended from heaven, came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat upon it! ³His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. ⁴The guards trembled from fear of him, and became like dead men.

⁵The angel responded to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you⁺ are seeking Yeshua, who was put to death on the stake. ⁶He is not here, because he has been raised, just as he said. Come, see the place where he was lying. ⁷Go quickly and tell his disciples he has been raised from the dead. Know that he goes before you⁺ into the Galil. There you⁺ will see him. Listen, I have told you⁺."

⁸They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring word to his disciples. ⁹As they went to tell his disciples, Yeshua met them, saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, and bowed down before him.

¹⁰Then Yeshua said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brethren that they should go into the Galil, and there they will see me."

¹¹Now while they were going, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened! ¹²When they were assembled with the Elders and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers, ¹³saying, "Say that, ‘His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.’ ¹⁴If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him and make you⁺ secure." ¹⁵So they took the money and did as they were told. This saying was spread abroad among the Jewish people, and continues until this day.

¹⁶But the eleven disciples went into the Galil, to the mountain where Yeshua had sent them. ¹⁷When they saw him, they bowed down to him, but some were hesitant. ¹⁸Yeshua came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has b een given to me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹Go make disciples of all the Gentiles, immersing them in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Ruakh Kodesh, [Dt.6:7; 1Chr.16:8,23-24] ²⁰teaching them to observe all things which I have commanded you⁺. [Dt. 6:6-7] Know that I am with you⁺ always, even to the culmination of the age."