Excursus:
Chiastic Structures in Mark
Scholars have long recognized that Markan structure is
chiastic,
that is, composed of structures that are parallel and inverted. Such
structures were commonly used in antiquity. Proposed chiastic
structures for the Gospel of Mark have in the past foundered on the
inability to spell out rules for constructing them, resulting in great
subjectivity and widespread disagreement among scholars over the actual
structure of the chiasms. I have attempted to rectify that problem.
Here are the set of rules I have been using, along with the structures
themselves as I have reconstructed them so far.
Be aware that such constructions can never be more than reasonably
possible. To reconstruct Markan chiasms is to make an assertion that
one has access to the mind of the author, always an iffy supposition.
Further, the Gospel of Mark has been redacted. Material has been
removed, edited, or replaced. At least two verses appear to have
dropped out for no reason at all, as my chiastic structures appear to
reveal. This makes all chiasms suspect. Nevertheless, I believe the
effort to reconstruct the author's original design will be important in
understanding issues ranging from text criticism to Markan style. As I
discover new rules, I will attempt to articulate them here.
Rules for Constructing Markan
Chiasms
1. The A' of the previous pericope is always the A of the
next one.
2. All Markan chiasms have twinned centers. Many of the centers contain
more complex ABBA, ABAB, or ABCABC structures.
3. Markan A brackets are almost always people shifting
location
4. Actions may constitute separate brackets.
And they laid hands on him and seized him.
5. Speeches, regardless of length, must be single brackets, so long as
they are one speech directed at one audience.
And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against
a robber, with
swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I was with you in the
temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be
fulfilled."
6. Speeches may be broken up if there there
appears to be a natural demarcation between two parts, when the
audience has shifted. This typically takes place when there is a shift
from an address to persons present in the narrative, to a general
saying, often signaled by a formula like "Truly I say" or "But I tell
you.." For example, In Mark 10, Jesus says:
14: But when
Jesus saw it he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children come
to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15:
Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a
child shall not enter it."
This saying is two brackets, one directed at the apostles, and one the
general saying.
But
when Jesus saw it he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the children
come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a
child shall not enter it."
7. Actions plus speeches may be a bracket:
Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The
one I shall kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away under guard."
8. Actions plus speech followed by actions/descriptions are never a
separate bracket. This is an incorrect
bracket:
And when he came, he went up to him at once, and
said, "Master!" And he kissed him.
Hence, wherever "And" signals a new action, seemingly tacked on to the
end of the verse; even where it is placed in the same verse, it is
wrong (the Gospel of Mark is wrongly pericoped and versified). The
correct bracketing
here is.
C: And when he came, he went up to him at once, and
said, "Master!"
D: And he kissed him.
Similarly, Mark 14:4-5 is wrongly versified.
4:
But there were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the
ointment thus wasted? 5: For this ointment might have been sold for
more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor." And they
reproached her.
The actual verses, in line with the writer's original thinking, should
read:
4: But there were some who said to themselves
indignantly, "Why was the
ointment thus wasted? For this ointment might have been sold for more
than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor."
5: And they reproached her.
9. Where the text "turns back on itself" -- usually by way of
explanation -- a new bracket is indicated.
And
there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and who
had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she
had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports
about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his
garment. For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made
well."
The "For..." signals the beginning of a new bracket.
And
there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and who
had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she
had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports
about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his
garment.
For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well."
10.
Where a verse involves a movement from one place to another, positing
an interval of time between, a new bracket is demanded:
And
seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could
find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves,
for it was not the season for figs.
This should properly be:
And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he
went to see if he could find anything on it.
When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the
season for figs.
Similarly, in the Gerasene Demoniac Scene:
And
when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him; and crying out
with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of
the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me."
"And when he saw Jesus from afar...." signals the beginning of a new
bracket.
Chiasms in Mark: the Overview
Here is the entire chiastic structure of the Gospel of
Mark from 1:14 to 16:2.
For individual explanations or comments consult the individual
commentaries for
each pericope. An annotated version, focusing on the construction of
the chiasm, is located here.
For non-Mozilla users it will not line up properly, so I have a .jpg
version here.
The .jpgs are large and make take a moment to load up.
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In those days Jesus came from
Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. |
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B
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And when he came up out of the water,
immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon
him like a dove; |
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B
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and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art
my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased." |
A
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The Spirit immediately drove him out into
the wilderness. |
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B
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And he was in the wilderness forty days,
tempted by Satan; |
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B
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and he was with the wild beasts; and the
angels ministered to him. |
A
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Now after John was arrested, Jesus came
into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, "The time is
fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in
the gospel." |
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B
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A
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And
passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the
brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. |
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B
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And
Jesus said to them, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of
men." |
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C
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And
immediately they left their
nets and followed him. |
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B
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A
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And
going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zeb'edee and John
his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. |
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B
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And
immediately he called them; |
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C
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and they left
their father
Zeb'edee in the boat with the hired servants, and followed him. |
A
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And they
went into Caper'na-um;
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B
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and
immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. |
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C
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And they were astonished at his teaching,
for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. |
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D
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A
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And immediately
there was in their
synagogue a man with an unclean
spirit; |
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B
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and he cried out,
"What have you to do with us, Jesus of
Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One
of God." |
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D
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B
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But Jesus rebuked
him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" |
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A
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And the unclean
spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. |
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C
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And they were all amazed, so that they
questioned among themselves,
saying, "What is this? A new teaching! With authority he commands even
the unclean spirits, and they obey him." |
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B
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And at once his fame spread everywhere
throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee. |
A
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And immediately he left the synagogue,
and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. |
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B
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Now
Simon's mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told
him of her. |
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C
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And he
came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left
her; and she served them. |
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D
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That evening,
at sundown, they
brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. |
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D
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And the whole
city was gathered
together about the door. |
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C
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And he
healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many
demons; |
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B
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and he
would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. |
A
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And in
the morning, a great while before day, he rose and went out to a lonely
place, and there he prayed. |
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B |
And Simon and
those who were
with him pursued him,and they found him and said to
him, "Every one is searching for you." |
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B
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And he
said to them, "Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there
also; for that is why I came out." |
A
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And he
went throughout all Galilee,
preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. |
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B
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And a
leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, "If
you will, you can make me clean." |
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C
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Moved
with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to
him, "I will; be clean." |
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D
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And
immediately the leprosy left
him, and he was made clean. |
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D
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And he sternly
charged him, and
sent him away at once, and said to him,
"See that you say nothing to any one; but go, show yourself to the
priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof
to the people." |
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C
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But he
went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the
news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in
the country;
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B
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and
people came to him from every quarter. |
A
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And when
he returned to Caper'na-um after some days, it was reported
that he was at home. |
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B
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And many were gathered together, so that
there was no longer room for
them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to them. |
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C
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And they came, bringing to him a
paralytic carried by four men. |
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D
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And when they could not get near him
because of the crowd, they removed
the roof above him;
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E
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and when they had made an opening, they
let down
the pallet on which the paralytic lay. |
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F
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And when Jesus saw
their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are
forgiven." |
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F
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Now some of the
scribes were sitting there, questioning in their
hearts, "Why does this man speak thus? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive
sins but God alone?" |
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E
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And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his
spirit that they thus
questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question thus
in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, `Your sins
are forgiven,' or to say, `Rise, take up your pallet and walk'? |
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D
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But
that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive
sins" -- he said to the paralytic -- "I say to you, rise, take up your
pallet and go home." |
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C
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And he rose, and immediately took up the
pallet and went out before them all; |
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B
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so that they were all amazed and
glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!" |
A
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He went out again beside the sea;
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B
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and all the crowd gathered about
him, and he taught them. |
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C
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And as he passed on, he saw Levi the son
of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, |
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C
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and he said to him, "Follow me." |
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B
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And he rose and
followed him.
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A
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And as he sat at
table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners
were sitting with Jesus and his disciples;
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B
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for there were many who
followed him. |
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C
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And the scribes of the Pharisees, when
they saw that he was eating with
sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why does he eat
with tax collectors and sinners?" |
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C
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And when Jesus heard it, he said to them,
"Those who are well have no
need of a physician, but those who are sick; |
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B
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I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners." |
A
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Now John's disciples and the Pharisees
were fasting; |
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B
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and people
came and said to him,
"Why do John's disciples and the
disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" |
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B
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And Jesus said
to them, "Can the
wedding guests fast while the
bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them,
they cannot fast. The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away
from them, and then they will fast in that day. No one sews a piece of
unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he does, the patch tears away from
it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. And no one puts new
wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and
the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but new wine is for fresh
skins." |
A
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One
sabbath he was going through the grainfields; |
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B
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A
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and as they made their way his disciples
began to pluck heads of grain. |
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B
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And the Pharisees
said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the
sabbath?" |
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B
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A
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And he said to them, "Have you never read
what David did, when he was
in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him how he entered
the house of God, when Abi'athar was high priest, and ate the bread of
the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat,
and also gave it to those who were with him?" |
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B
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And he said to them,
"The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son of
man is lord even of the sabbath." |
A
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Again he entered the synagogue, and a man
was there who had a withered hand. |
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B
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And they
watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the sabbath, so that
they might accuse him. |
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C
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And he
said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here."
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D
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And he
said to them, "Is it
lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to
kill?" |
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E
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But they were
silent. |
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E
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And he looked
around at them
with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, |
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D
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and
said to the man,
"Stretch out your hand."
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C
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He
stretched it out, and his
hand was restored. |
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B
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The
Pharisees went out, and
immediately held counsel with the Hero'di-ans against him, how to
destroy him. |
A
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Jesus
withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from
Galilee followed;
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B
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also
from Judea and Jerusalem and Idume'a and from beyond the Jordan and
from about
Tyre and Sidon a great multitude, hearing all that he did, came to him.
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C
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And he told
his disciples to
have a boat ready for him because of the
crowd, lest they should crush him for he had healed many, so that all
who had diseases pressed upon him
to touch him. |
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C
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And whenever
the unclean spirits
beheld him, they fell down before him
and cried out, "You are the Son of God." |
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B
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And he
strictly ordered them not to make him known. |
A
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And he
went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he
desired; and they came to him. |
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B
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And he
appointed twelve, to be
with him, and to be sent out to preach and have authority to cast out
demons |
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B
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Simon whom he
surnamed Peter;
James the son of Zeb'edee and John the brother of James, whom he
surnamed Bo-aner'ges, that is, sons of thunder; Andrew, and Philip, and
Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James
the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, and Judas
Iscariot, who betrayed him. |
A
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Then he
went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not
even eat. |
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B
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And when
his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people
were saying, "He is beside himself." |
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C
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And the
scribes who came down
from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by
Be-el'zebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." |
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C
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And he called
them to him, and
said to them in parables, "How can Satan
cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom
cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will
not be able
to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he
cannot
stand, but is coming to an end. But no one can enter a strong man's
house and plunder his goods, unless
he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may plunder his house.
"Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and
whatever blasphemies they utter; but whoever blasphemes against the
Holy Spirit never has forgiveness,
but is guilty of an eternal sin" -- |
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B
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for they
had said, "He has an unclean spirit." |
A
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And his
mother and his brothers came;
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B
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and
standing outside they sent to
him and called him. |
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C
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And a crowd
was sitting about
him; and they said to him, "Your mother
and your brothers are outside, asking for you." |
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C
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And he
replied, "Who are my
mother and my brothers?" |
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B
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And
looking around on those who sat about him, he said, "Here are my
mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother, and
sister, and mother." |
A
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Again he
began to teach beside the sea. |
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B
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And a
very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat
and sat in it on the sea;
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C
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and the whole
crowd was beside
the sea on the
land. |
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C
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And he taught
them many things
in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: "Listen! A sower went
out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the
birds came and
devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it had not much
soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil; and
when the sun rose it was scorched, and since it had no root it withered
away. Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked
it, and it yielded no grain. And other seeds fell into good soil and
brought forth grain, growing up
and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a
hundredfold." |
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B
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And he
said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." |
A
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And
when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked him
concerning the parables. |
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B
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And he
said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God,
but for those outside everything is in parables; so that they may
indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but
not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven." |
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C
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And he
said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will
you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word. And these are
the ones along the path, where the word is sown; when they hear, Satan
immediately comes and takes away the word which is sown in them. And
these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground, who, when
they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; and they have no
root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or
persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.
And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the
word, but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the
desire for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves
unfruitful. But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones
who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and
sixtyfold and a hundredfold." |
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D
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And he
said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or
under a bed, and not on a stand? For there is nothing hid, except to be
made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to come to light.
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If any
man has ears to hear, let him hear." |
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And he said to
them, "Take heed
what you hear; the measure you give
will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. For to
him who has will more be given; and from him who has not, even what he
has will be taken away." |
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D
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And he
said, "The kingdom of God
is as if a man should scatter seed
upon the ground, and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed
should sprout and grow, he knows not how. The earth produces of itself,
first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But when
the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest
has come."
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C
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And he
said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what
parable shall we use for it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which,
when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;
yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs,
and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make
nests in its shade." |
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B
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With
many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to
hear it; he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to
his own disciples he explained everything. |
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On that
day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the
other side."And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat,
just as he was.
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B
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And
other boats were with him. |
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C
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And a
great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that
the boat was already filling. |
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D
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But he was in
the stern, asleep
on the cushion; and they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not
care if we perish?" |
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D
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And he awoke
and rebuked the
wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" |
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C
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And the
wind ceased, and there was a great calm. |
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B
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And
they were filled with awe, and said to one another, "Who then is this,
that even wind and sea obey him?" |
A
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They
came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the
Ger'asenes. |
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B
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And when he had come out of the boat,
there met him out of the tombs a
man with an unclean spirit, who lived among the tombs; and no one could
bind him any more, even with a chain; |
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C
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for he had often been bound with
fetters and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the fetters
he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him. Night
and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out,
and bruising himself with stones. |
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D
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And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran
and worshiped him; |
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E
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and crying
out with a loud voice, he said, "What have you to do with me, Jesus,
Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me." |
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F
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For he had said to him, "Come out of the
man, you unclean spirit!" |
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G
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And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" |
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H
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A
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He replied, "My name
is Legion; for we are many." |
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B
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And he begged him
eagerly not to send them out of the country. |
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H
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A
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Now a great herd of
swine was feeding there on the hillside; |
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B
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and they begged him,
"Send us to the swine, let us enter them." |
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So he gave them leave. |
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F
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And the unclean spirits came out, and
entered the swine; and the herd,
numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea,
and were drowned in the sea. |
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E
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The herdsmen fled, and told it in the
city and in the country. |
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D
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And people came to see what it was that
had happened. And they came to
Jesus, and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right
mind, the man who had had the legion; and they were afraid. And those
who had seen it told what had happened to the demoniac and to the
swine.
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C
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And they
began to beg Jesus to depart from their neighborhood. And as he was
getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons
begged him that he might be with him. But he refused, and said to him,
"Go home to your friends, and tell
them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on
you." |
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B
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And he went away and began to proclaim in
the Decap'olis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled. |
A
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And when Jesus had crossed again in the
boat to the other side,
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B
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a great
crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea. |
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C
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Then
came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Ja'irus by name; and
seeing him, he fell at his feet, and besought him, saying, "My little
daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so
that she may be made well, and live." |
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D
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And he
went with him. |
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E
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And a
great crowd followed him and thronged about him. |
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F
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And
there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and
who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she
had, and was no better but rather grew worse.She had heard the reports
about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his
garment. |
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G
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For she
said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well." |
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H
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And
immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that she
was healed of her disease. |
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I
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And
Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him,
immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my
garments?" |
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J
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And his
disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet
you say, `Who touched me?'" |
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K
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And he
looked around to see who had done it. |
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L
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But the woman,
knowing what had
been done to her, came in fear and
trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. |
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L
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And he said to
her, "Daughter,
your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your
disease." |
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K
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While he
was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who
said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?" |
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J
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But
ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do
not fear, only believe." |
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I
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And he
allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the
brother of James. |
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H
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When
they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a tumult,
and people weeping and wailing loudly. |
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G
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And when
he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a tumult and weep?
The child is not dead but sleeping." |
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F
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And they
laughed at him. |
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E
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But he
put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and
those who were with him, and went in where the child was. |
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D
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Taking
her by the hand he said to her, "Tal'itha cu'mi"; which means, "Little
girl, I say to you, arise." |
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C
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And
immediately the girl got up and walked (she was twelve years of age),
and they were immediately overcome with amazement. |
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B
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And he
strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to
give her something to eat. |
A
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He went
away from there and came to his own country; and his disciples followed
him. |
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B
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And
on the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; |
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C
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and many
who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get all
this? What is the wisdom given to him? What mighty works are wrought by
his hands! Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of
James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with
us?" |
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D
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And they took
offense at him. |
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D
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And Jesus said
to them, "A
prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his
own kin, and in his own house." |
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C
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And he
could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands upon a few
sick people and healed them. |
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B
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And he
marveled because of their unbelief. |
A
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And he
went about among the villages teaching. |
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B
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And he called
to him the twelve,
and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the
unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey
except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear
sandals and not put on two tunics. |
|
B
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And he said to
them, "Where you
enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. And if any place
will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake
off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them." |
A
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So they
went out and preached that men should repent. |
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B
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And they cast out many demons, and
anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them.
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C
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King Herod heard of it; for Jesus' name
had become known. Some said, "John the baptizer has been raised from
the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him." But others
said, "It is Eli'jah." And others said, "It is a prophet, like one of
the prophets of old." But when Herod heard of it he said, "John,
whom I beheaded, has been raised." |
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D
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For Herod had sent and seized John, and
bound him in prison for the sake of Hero'di-as, his brother Philip's
wife; because he had married her. |
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E
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For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful
for you to have your brother's wife." |
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F
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And Hero'di-as had a grudge against him,
and wanted to kill him. But
she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous
and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he was much
perplexed; and yet he heard him gladly. |
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G
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But an opportunity came when Herod on his
birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and the leading
men of Galilee. |
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H
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For when Hero'di-as' daughter came in and
danced, she pleased Herod and his guests;
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and the king said to
the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will grant it." |
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I
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And he vowed to her,
"Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom." |
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H
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And she went out, and said to her mother,
"What shall I ask?" |
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G
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And she said, "The head of John the
baptizer."
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F
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And she came in immediately with haste to
the king, and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of
John the Baptist on a platter."
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E
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And the king was exceedingly sorry; but
because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word
to her. |
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D
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And immediately the king sent a soldier
of the guard and gave orders to bring his head.
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C
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He went and beheaded him in the prison,
and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the
girl gave it to her mother. |
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B
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When his disciples heard of it, they came
and took his body, and laid it in a tomb. |
A
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The apostles returned to Jesus, and told
him all that they had done and taught. |
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B
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And he said to them,
"Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while." |
|
B
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For many were coming
and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. |
A
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And they went away in the boat to a
lonely place by themselves. |
|
B
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Now many saw them going, and knew them,
and they ran there on foot from all the towns, and got there ahead of
them. |
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C
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As he went ashore he saw a great throng,
and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a
shepherd;
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D
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and he began to teach them many things. |
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E
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And when it grew late, his disciples came
to him and said, "This is a
lonely place, and the hour is now late; send them away, to go into the
country and villages round about and buy themselves something to eat." |
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F
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But he answered them, "You give them
something to eat." |
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G
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And they said to him, "Shall we go and
buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?" |
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H
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And he said to them,
"How many loaves have you? Go and see." |
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H
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And when they had
found out, they said, "Five, and two fish." |
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G
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Then he commanded them all to sit down by
companies upon the green grass. |
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F
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So they sat down in groups, by hundreds
and by fifties. |
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E
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And taking the five loaves and the two
fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and
gave them to the disciples to set before the people; and he divided the
two fish among them all. |
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D
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And they all ate and were satisfied. |
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C
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And they took up twelve baskets full of
broken pieces and of the fish. |
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B
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And those who ate the loaves were five
thousand men. |
A
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Immediately he made his disciples get
into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Beth-sa'ida,
while he dismissed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of them, he
went up on the mountain to pray. |
|
B
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And when evening came, the boat was out
on the sea, and he was alone on the land. |
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C
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And he saw that they were making headway
painfully, for the wind was against them. |
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D
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And about the fourth watch of the night
he came to them, walking on the sea. |
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E
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He meant to pass by
them, but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a
ghost, and cried out; |
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E
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for they all saw
him, and were terrified. |
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D
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But immediately he spoke to them and
said, "Take heart, it is I; have no fear." |
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C
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And he got into the boat with them and
the wind ceased. |
|
B
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And they were utterly astounded, for they
did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. |
A
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And when they had crossed over, they
came to land at Gennes'aret, and moored to the shore. |
|
B
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And when they got
out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
and ran about the whole neighborhood and began to bring sick people on
their pallets to any place where they heard he was. |
|
B
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And wherever
he came, in villages, cities, or country, they laid the sick in the
market places, and besought him that they might touch even the fringe
of his garment; and as many as touched it were made well. |
A
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Now when the Pharisees gathered together
to him, with some of the
scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his
disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. |
|
B
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(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do
not eat unless they wash
their hands, observing the tradition of the elders; and when they come
from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify themselves;
and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of
cups and pots and vessels of bronze.) And the Pharisees and the scribes
asked him, "Why do your disciples not
live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands
defiled?" |
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C
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A
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And he said to them,"Well did Isaiah
prophesy of you hypocrites, as it
is written, |
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B
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`This people honors me with their
lips, but their heart is
far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the
precepts of men.' |
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C
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You leave the
commandment of God, and hold fast the
tradition of men." |
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C
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A
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And he said to them, "You have a fine way
of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition! |
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B
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For Moses said, `Honor your father
and your mother'; and, `He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him
surely die'; |
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C
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but you say,
`If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would
have gained from me is Corban' (that is, given to God) -- then you no
longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,
thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand
on. And many such things you do." |
|
B
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And he called the people to him again,
and said to them, "Hear me, all
of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a man which by going
into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are
what defile him." |
A
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And when he had entered the house, and
left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. |
|
B
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And he said to them,
"Then are you also without understanding? Do you
not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him,
since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?"
(Thus he declared all foods clean.) |
|
B
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And he said, "What
comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from
within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication,
theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness,
envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from
within, and they defile a man." |
A
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And from there he arose and went away to
the region of Tyre and Sidon. |
|
B
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And he entered a house, and would not
have any one know it; yet he could not be hid. |
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C
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But immediately a woman, whose little
daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and
fell down at his feet. |
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D
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Now the woman was a Greek, a
Syrophoeni'cian by birth. |
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E
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And she begged him
to cast the demon out of her daughter. |
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E
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And he said to her,
"Let the children first be fed, for it is not right to take the
children's bread and throw it to the dogs." |
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D
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But she answered him, "Yes, Lord; yet
even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." |
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C
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And he said to her, "For this saying you
may go your way; the demon has left your daughter." |
|
B
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And she went home, and found the child
lying in bed, and the demon gone. |
A
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Then he returned from the region of
Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region
of the Decap'olis. |
|
B
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And they brought to him a man who was
deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay
his hand upon him. |
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C
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And taking him aside from the multitude
privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched
his tongue; |
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D
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and looking up to
heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Eph'phatha," that is, "Be opened."
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D
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And his ears were
opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. |
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C
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And he charged them to tell no one; but
the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. |
|
B
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And they were astonished beyond measure,
saying, "He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and
the dumb speak." |
A
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In those days, when again a great crowd
had gathered, and they had
nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him, and said to them, "I
have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now
three days, and have nothing to eat; and if I send them away hungry to
their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come a
long way." |
|
B
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And his disciples answered him, "How can
one feed these men with bread here in the desert?" |
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C
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And he asked them, "How many loaves have
you?" |
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D
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They said, "Seven." |
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E
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A
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And he commanded the
crowd to sit down on the ground; and he took the
seven loaves, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to
his disciples to set before the people; |
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B
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and they set them
before the
crowd. |
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E
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A
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And they had a few
small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also
should be set before them. |
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B
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And they ate, and
were satisfied; |
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D
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and they took up the broken pieces left
over, seven baskets full. |
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C
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And there were about four thousand
people. |
|
B
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And he sent them away; |
| A |
and immediately he
got into the boat with his disciples, and went to the district of
Dalmanu'tha. |
|
B
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The Pharisees came
and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to
test him. |
|
B
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And he sighed deeply
in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly,
I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation." |
A
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And he left them, and getting into the
boat again he departed to the other side. |
|
B
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Now they had forgotten to bring bread;
and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. |
|
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C
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And he cautioned them, saying, "Take
heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." |
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D
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And they discussed it with one another,
saying, "We have no bread." |
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E
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And being aware of
it, Jesus said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no
bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you
not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how
many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" |
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E
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They said to him,
"Twelve." |
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D
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"And the seven for the four thousand, how
many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" |
|
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C
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And they said to him, "Seven." |
|
B
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And he said to them, "Do you not yet
understand?" |
A
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And they came to Beth-sa'ida. And some
people brought to him a blind man, and begged him to touch him. |
|
B
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And he
took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village; |
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C
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A
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and when
he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, "Do
you see anything?" |
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B
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And he looked up and
said, "I
see men; but they look like trees, walking." |
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C
|
A
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Then again he laid
his hands
upon his eyes; |
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B
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and he
looked intently and was restored, and saw everything clearly. |
|
B
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And he
sent him away to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the village." |
A
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And
Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare'a
Philip'pi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that
I am?" |
|
B
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And they
told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Eli'jah; and others one of
the prophets." |
|
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C
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And he
asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" |
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D
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Peter
answered him, "You are the Christ." |
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E
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And he
charged them to tell no one about him. |
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F
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And he began to
teach them that
the Son of man must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes,
and be killed, and after three days rise again. |
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F
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And he said this
plainly. |
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E
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And
Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. |
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D
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But
turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, "Get
behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men." |
|
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C
|
And he
called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to
them, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up
his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it;
and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his
life? For what can a man give in return for his life? For whoever is
ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation,
of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory
of his Father with the holy angels." |
|
B
|
And he
said to them, "Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here
who will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has
come with power." |
A
|
And
after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and
led them up a high mountain apart by themselves;
|
|
B
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and he
was transfigured before them, and his garments became glistening,
intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. |
|
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C
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And
there appeared to them Eli'jah with Moses; and they were talking to
Jesus. |
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D
|
And Peter said to
Jesus,
"Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for
you and one for Moses and one for Eli'jah." |
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D
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For he did not know
what to say,
for they were exceedingly afraid. |
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C
|
And a
cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my
beloved Son; listen to him." |
|
B
|
And
suddenly looking around they no longer saw any one with them but Jesus
only. |
A
|
And as
they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what
they had seen, until the Son of man should have risen from the dead. |
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B
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So they
kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the
dead meant. |
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C
|
And they asked him,
"Why do the
scribes say that first Eli'jah must come?" |
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C
|
And he said to them,
"Eli'jah
does come first to restore all things; and how is it written of the Son
of man, that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
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B
|
But I
tell you that Eli'jah has come, and they did to him whatever they
pleased, as it is written of him." |
A
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And when
they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd about them, and
scribes arguing with them. |
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B
|
And
immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and
ran up to him and greeted him. |
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C
|
And he
asked them, "What are you discussing with them?" |
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D
|
And one
of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he
has a dumb spirit; and wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and
he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your
disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." |
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E
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And he
answered them, "O faithless generation, how long am I to be with you?
How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." |
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F
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And they
brought the boy to him; and when the spirit saw him, immediately it
convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming
at the mouth. |
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G
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And Jesus asked his
father, "How
long has he had this?" |
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G
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And he said, "From
childhood.
And it has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy
him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and help us." |
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F
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And
Jesus said to him, "If you can! All things are possible to him who
believes." |
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E
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Immediately
the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my
unbelief!" |
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D
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And when
Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean
spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come
out of him, and never enter him again." |
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C
|
And
after crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy
was like a corpse; so that most of them said, "He is dead." |
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B
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But
Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose. |
A
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And when
he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could
we not cast it out?" |
|
B
|
And he said to them,
"This kind
cannot be driven out by anything but prayer." |
A
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They
went on from there and passed through Galilee. |
|
B
|
And he would not
have any one
know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of
man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him;
and when he is killed, after three days he will rise." |
|
B
|
But they did not
understand the
saying, and they were afraid to ask him. |
A
|
And they
came to Caper'na-um; |
|
B
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and when he was in
the house he asked them, "What
were you discussing on the way?" |
|
B
|
But they
were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one
another who was the greatest. |
A
|
And he
sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any one
would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all." |
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B
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And he took a child,
and put him
in the midst of them;
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C
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and taking him
in his arms, he said to them,
"Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever
receives me, receives not me but him who sent me." |
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D
|
John said to him,
"Teacher, we
saw a man casting out demons in your
name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us." |
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D
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But
Jesus said, "Do not forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work
in my name will be able soon after to speak evil of me.
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C
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For he that is
not against us is for us. |
|
B
|
For
truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to
drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his
reward. Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to
sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung round
his neck and he were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you
to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than with
two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot
causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame
than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you
to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God
with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, where their
worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. For every one will be
salted with fire. Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its saltness,
how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with
one another." |
A
|
And he left there and went to the
region of Judea and beyond
the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again; |
|
B
|
and again, as his custom was,
he taught them. |
|
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C
|
And Pharisees came up and in order to
test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" |
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D
|
He answered them,
"What did Moses command
you?" |
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D
|
They said, "Moses
allowed a man to write
a certificate of divorce, and to put her away." |
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C
|
But Jesus said to them, "For your
hardness of heart he wrote you this
commandment. |
|
B
|
But from the beginning of creation, `God
made them male
and female.' `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they
are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined
together, let not man put asunder." |
A
|
And in the house the disciples
asked him again about this matter. |
|
B
|
And he said to them, "Whoever divorces
his wife and marries another,
commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and
marries another, she commits adultery." |
A
|
And they were bringing children to him,
that he might touch them; |
|
B
|
and the disciples rebuked them. |
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C
|
But when Jesus saw
it he was indignant, and said to them, "Let the
children come to me, do not hinder them; for to such belongs the
kingdom of God. |
|
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C
|
Truly, I say to you,
whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not
enter it." |
|
B
|
And he took them in his arms and blessed
them, laying his hands upon them. |
A
|
And as he was setting out on his journey,
a man ran up and knelt before
him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal
life?" |
|
B
|
And
Jesus said to
him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.You
know
the commandments: `Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal,
Do
not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" |
|
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C
|
And
he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my
youth." |
|
|
|
D
|
And
Jesus looking upon him, loved
him, and said to him, "You lack
one
thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." |
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|
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E
|
A
|
And
Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for
those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" |
|
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|
|
B
|
And the disciples
were amazed at his words.
|
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|
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E
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A
|
But
Jesus said to them again,
"Children, how
hard it is to enter the kingdom of
God! It is easier for a camel to
go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom
of God. |
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|
|
|
B
|
And they were exceedingly
astonished,
and
said to him,
"Then
who can be saved?" |
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|
|
D
|
Jesus
looked at them and said,
"With men it is
impossible,
but not with God; for all things are possible with God. |
|
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C
|
Peter
began
to say to him, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you." |
|
B
|
Jesus
said, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or
brothers
or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and
for
the gospel, 30:
who will not receive a hundredfold
now in this time,
houses
and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with
persecutions,
and in the age to come eternal life. But many
that are first will
be
last, and the last first." |
A
|
And they were on the road, going up to
Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking
ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were
afraid. |
|
B
|
And taking the twelve again, he began to
tell them what was to happen
to him, saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of
man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and they
will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they
will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and
after three days he will rise." |
|
|
C
|
And James and John, the sons of Zeb'edee,
came forward to him, and said
to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." |
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D
|
And he said to them, "What do you want me
to do for you?" |
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E
|
A
|
And they said to
him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in
your glory." |
|
|
|
|
|
B
|
But Jesus said to
them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you
able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism
with which I am baptized?" |
|
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|
|
E
|
A
|
And they said to
him, "We are able." |
|
|
|
|
|
B
|
And Jesus said to
them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with
the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit
at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for
those for whom it has been prepared." |
|
|
|
D
|
And when the ten heard it, they began to
be indignant at James and John. |
|
|
C
|
And Jesus called them to him and said to
them, "You know that those who
are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their
great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among
you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and
whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. |
|
B
|
For the Son of man also came not to be
served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." |
A
|
And they came to Jericho; and as he was
leaving Jericho with his
disciples and a great multitude, Bartimae'us, a blind beggar, the son
of Timae'us, was sitting by the roadside. |
|
B
|
And when he heard that it was Jesus of
Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy
on me!" |
|
|
C
|
And many rebuked him, telling him to be
silent; |
|
|
|
D
|
but he cried out all the more, "Son of
David, have mercy on me!" |
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|
E
|
And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." |
|
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F
|
And they called the
blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; rise, he is calling you." |
|
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|
|
F
|
And throwing off his
mantle he sprang up and came to Jesus. |
|
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|
|
E
|
And Jesus said to him, "What do you want
me to do for you?" |
|
|
|
D
|
And the blind man said to him, "Master,
let me receive my sight." |
|
|
C
|
And Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your
faith has made you well." |
|
B
|
And immediately he received his sight and
followed him on the way. |
A
|
And when
they drew near to Jerusalem, to Beth'phage and Bethany, at the Mount of
Olives, he sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the
village opposite you, and immediately as
you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat;
untie it and bring it. If any one says to you, `Why are you doing
this?' say, `The Lord has need of it and will send it back here
immediately.'" |
|
B
|
And they
went away, |
|
|
C
|
and
found a colt tied at the door out in the open street; |
|
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|
D
|
and they untied it. |
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|
D
|
And those who stood
there said
to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?" |
|
|
C
|
And they
told them what Jesus had said;
|
|
B
|
and they
let them go. |
A
|
And they
brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on it; and he sat
upon it. |
|
B
|
And many
spread their garments on the road, and others spread leafy branches
which they had cut from the fields. |
|
B
|
And
those who went before and those who followed cried out, "Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom
of our father David that is coming! Hosanna in the highest!" |
A
|
And he
entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple; and when he had
looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to
Bethany with the twelve.On the following day, when they came from
Bethany, he was hungry. |
|
B
|
And
seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he
could find anything on it. |
|
|
C
|
When he
came to it, he found nothing but
leaves, for it was not the season for figs. |
|
|
C
|
And he
said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." |
|
B
|
And his
disciples heard it. |
A
|
And they
came to Jerusalem. |
|
B
|
And he
entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and
those who bought in the temple, |
|
|
C
|
and he
overturned the tables of the
money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons; |
|
|
|
D
|
and he would not
allow any one
to carry anything through the temple. |
|
|
|
D
|
And he taught, and
said to them,
"Is it not written, `My house shall be
called a house of prayer for all the nations'? But you have made it a
den of robbers." |
|
|
C
|
And the
chief priests and the scribes heard it and sought a way to
destroy him; |
|
B
|
for they
feared him, because all the multitude was
astonished at his teaching. |
A
|
And when
evening came they went out of the city. |
|
B
|
As they
passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its
roots. |
|
|
C
|
And Peter remembered
and said to
him, "Master, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered." |
|
|
C
|
And Jesus answered
them, "Have
faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be
taken up and
cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that
what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
|
|
B
|
Therefore
I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have
received it, and it will be yours. And whenever you stand praying,
forgive, if you have anything against
any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your
trespasses." |
A
|
And they
came again to Jerusalem. |
|
B
|
And as
he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes
and the elders came to him, and they said to him, "By what authority
are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?" |
|
|
C
|
Jesus
said to them, "I will ask you a question; answer me, and I will
tell you by what authority I do these things. Was the baptism of John
from heaven or from men? Answer me." |
|
|
|
D
|
And they
argued with one another, "If we say, `From heaven,' he will
say, `Why then did you not believe him?' But shall we say, `From men'?"
-- they were afraid of the people, for all held that John was a real
prophet. |
|
|
|
|
E
|
So they answered
Jesus, "We do
not know." |
|
|
|
|
E
|
And Jesus said to
them, "Neither
will I tell you by what authority I do these things." |
|
|
|
D
|
And he
began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard,
and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit for the wine press, and built
a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country.When
the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, to get from them some
of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him, and sent
him away empty-handed. Again he sent to them another servant, and they
wounded him in the
head, and treated him shamefully. And he sent another, and him they
killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed.
He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them,
saying, `They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one
another, `This is the heir; come, let us kill him, And the inheritance
will be ours.' And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of
the vineyard.What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and
destroy the tenants, and give the vineyard to others. |
|
|
C
|
Have you
not read this scripture: `The very stone which the builders
rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord's doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes'?" |
|
B
|
And they
tried to arrest him, but feared the multitude, for they perceived that
he had told the parable against them; |
A
|
so they left him and went away. |
|
B
|
And they sent to him some of
the Pharisees and some of the Hero'di-ans, to entrap him in his talk. |
|
|
C
|
And they came and said to him,
"Teacher, we know that you are true, and care for no man; for you do
not regard the position of men, but truly teach the way of God. Is it
lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we
not?" |
|
|
|
D
|
A
|
But knowing their
hypocrisy, he
said to them, "Why put me to the test? Bring me a coin, and let me look
at it." |
|
|
|
|
B
|
And they brought one. |
|
|
|
D
|
A
|
And he said to them,
"Whose
likeness and inscription is this?" |
|
|
|
|
B
|
They said to him,
"Caesar's." |
|
|
C
|
Jesus said to them, "Render to
Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are
God's." |
|
B
|
And they were amazed at him. |
A
|
And Sad'ducees came to him, who
say that there is no resurrection; |
|
B
|
and they asked him a
question,
saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and
leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the wife, and
raise up children for his brother.There were seven brothers; the first
took a wife, and when he died left no children; and the second took
her, and died, leaving no children; and the third likewise; and the
seven left no children. Last of all the woman also died. In the
resurrection whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife." |
|
B
|
Jesus said to them,
"Is not this
why you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power
of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are
given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead
being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage
about the bush, how God said to him, `I am the God of Abraham, and the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of
the living; you are quite wrong." |
A
|
And one of the scribes came up
and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered
them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the first of all?" |
|
B
|
Jesus answered, "The first is,
`Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love
the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with
all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is this, `You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment
greater than these." |
|
|
C
|
And the scribe said
to him, "You
are right, Teacher; you have truly said that he is one, and there is no
other but he; and to love him with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as
oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." |
|
|
C
|
And when Jesus saw
that he
answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of
God." |
|
B
|
And after that no one dared to
ask him any question. |
A
|
And as Jesus taught in the
temple, he said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of
David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, declared, `The Lord
said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy
feet.' David himself calls him Lord; so how is he his son?" |
|
B
|
And the great throng heard him gladly. |
|
|
C
|
And in his teaching he said, "Beware of
the scribes, who like to go
about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places and
the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who
devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will
receive the greater condemnation." |
|
|
|
D
|
And he sat down
opposite the treasury, and watched the multitude putting money into the
treasury. |
|
|
|
D
|
Many rich people put
in large sums. |
|
|
C
|
And a poor widow came, and put in two
copper coins, which make a penny. |
|
B
|
And he called his disciples to him, and
said to them, "Truly, I say to
you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are
contributing to the treasury. For they all contributed out of their
abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had,
her whole living." |
A
|
And as he came out of the temple, one of
his disciples said to him,
"Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!" |
|
B
|
And
Jesus said
to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be
left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down."
|
|
|
C
|
And as
he
sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James
and John and Andrew asked him privately, "Tell us, when will this be,
and what will be the sign when these things are all to be
accomplished?" |
|
|
|
D
|
And
Jesus began
to say to them, "Take heed that no one leads you astray. Many
will come in my name, saying, `I am he!' and they will lead many
astray. And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be
alarmed; this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will
rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be
earthquakes in various places, there will be famines; this is but the
beginning of the birth-pangs.
|
|
|
|
|
E
|
"But take
heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils;
and you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will stand before
governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them. And the
gospel must first be preached to all nations. And when they bring you
to trial and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand what you are
to say; but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you
who speak, but the Holy Spirit. And brother will deliver up brother to
death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents
and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all for my name's
sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. "But when you see
the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the
reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains; let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his
house, to take anything away; and let him who is in the field not turn
back to take his mantle. And alas for those who are with child and for
those who give suck in those days! Pray that it may not happen in
winter. For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not
been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now,
and never will be. And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no human
being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he
shortened the days. And then if any one says to you, `Look, here is the
Christ!' or `Look, there he is!' do not believe it. False Christs and
false prophets will arise and show signs and wonders, to lead astray,
if possible, the elect. |
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But take heed; I
have told you all things beforehand. "But in those
days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon
will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and
the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the
Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And then he
will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds,
from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven."From the fig tree
learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth
its leaves, you know that summer is near.So also, when you see these
things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. |
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D
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Truly, I
say to
you, this generation will not pass away before all these things
take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass
away. "But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels
in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. |
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Take
heed,
watch; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man
going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in
charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the
watch. Watch therefore -- for you do not know when the master of the
house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in
the morning -- lest he come suddenly and find you asleep.
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And what
I say
to you I say to all: Watch."
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A
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It was
now two
days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And
the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by
stealth, and kill him; |
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B
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for they
said,
"Not during the feast, lest there be a tumult of the people." |
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C
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And
while
he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at table,
a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very
costly,
and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. |
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D
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But there
were
some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment thus
wasted? For this ointment might have been sold for more than three
hundred
denarii,
and given to the poor." |
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D
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And
they reproached her. |
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C
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But
Jesus said, "Let her
alone; why do
you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you
always
have the poor with you, and whenever you will, you can do good to them;
but you will not always have me. She has done
what she
could; she
has
anointed my body beforehand for burying. |
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B
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And truly, I
say to you,
wherever
the
gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told
in
memory of her." |
A
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Then Judas Iscariot,
who
was one of the twelve,
went
to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.
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B
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And when
they heard it they were glad, and promised to give him money. |
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C
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And he
sought an opportunity to betray him. |
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D
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And on
the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the passover
lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare
for you to eat the passover?" |
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D
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And he
sent two of his disciples, and said to them, "Go into the city, and a
man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him,
and wherever he enters, say to the householder, `The Teacher says,
Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my
disciples?' |
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C
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And he
will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for
us." |
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B
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And the
disciples set out and went to the city, and found it as he had told
them; and they prepared the passover. |
A
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And when
it was evening he came with the twelve. |
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B
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And as
they were at table eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you
will betray me, one who is eating with me." |
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C
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They
began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one after another, "Is it I?" |
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D
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He said
to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the
dish with me. |
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E
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For the
Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom
the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if
he had not been born." |
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E
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And as
they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it
to them, and said, "Take; this is my body." |
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D
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And he
took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they
all drank of it. |
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C
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And
he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out
for many. |
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B
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Truly, I
say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that
day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." |
A
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And when
they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. |
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B
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And
Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away; for it is written, `I will
strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' |
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C
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But
after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee." |
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D
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Peter said to him,
"Even though
they all fall away, I will not." |
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D
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And Jesus said to
him, "Truly, I
say to you, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny
me three times." |
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C
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But he
said vehemently, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." |
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B
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And they
all said the same. |
A
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And they
went to a place which was called Gethsem'ane;
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B
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and he
said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I pray." |
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C
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And he
took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly
distressed and troubled. And he said to them, "My soul is very
sorrowful, even to death;
remain here, and watch." |
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D
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And
going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if
it were possible, the hour might pass from him. |
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E
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And he
said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee;
remove this cup from me; yet not what I will, but what thou wilt." |
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F
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And he
came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter,
"Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? |
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F
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Watch
and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the
spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." |
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E
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And
again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. |
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D
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And
again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were
very heavy; and they did not know what to answer him. |
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C
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And he
came the third time, and said to them, "Are you still
sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough; the hour has come; the
Son
of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. |
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B
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Rise,
let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand." |
A
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And
immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of
the twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief
priests and the scribes and the elders. |
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B
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Now the
betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I shall kiss is the
man; seize him and lead him away under guard." |
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C |
And when
he came, he went up to him at once, and said, "Master!" |
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D
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And he
kissed him. |
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E
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And they
laid hands on him and seized him. |
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F
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But one of those who
stood by
drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his
ear. |
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F
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[Return it to its
place!] |
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E
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And
Jesus said to them, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords
and clubs to capture me? Day after day I was with you in the temple
teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the scriptures be
fulfilled." |
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D
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And they
all forsook him, and fled. |
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C
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And a
young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body; |
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B
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and they
seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked. |
A
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And they
led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders
and the scribes were assembled. |
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B
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And
Peter had followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the
high
priest; and he was sitting with the guards, and warming himself at the
fire. |
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C
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Now
the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus
to put
him to death; but they found none. |
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D
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For
many bore false witness against him, and their witness did not agree. |
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E
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And
some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, "We heard him
say, `I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three
days I
will build another, not made with hands." |
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F
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Yet
not even so did their testimony agree. |
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G
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And
the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, "Have you no
answer to make? What is it that these men testify against you?" |
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H
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But
he was silent and made no answer. |
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I
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Again
the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the
Blessed?" |
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J
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And
Jesus said, "I am; and you will see the Son of man seated at the right
hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven." |
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K
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A
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And
the high priest tore his garments, and said, "Why do we still need
witnesses? You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?" |
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B
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And
they all condemned him as deserving death. |
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K
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A
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And
some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him,
saying to
him, "Prophesy!" |
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B
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And
the guards received him with blows |
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J
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And
as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the maids of the high
priest came;
and seeing Peter warming himself, |
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I
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she
looked at him, and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus." |
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H
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But
he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you mean."
And he went out into the gateway. |
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G
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And
the maid saw him, and began again to say to the bystanders, "This man
is
one of them." |
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F
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But
again he denied it. |
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E
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And
after a little while again the bystanders said to Peter, "Certainly you
are one of them; for you are a Galilean." |
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D
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But
he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this
man of whom you speak." |
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C
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And
immediately the cock crowed a second time. |
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B
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And
Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows
twice,
you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept |
A
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And as soon as it was morning the chief
priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council held a
consultation; |
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B
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and they bound Jesus and led him away and
delivered him to Pilate. |
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C
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And Pilate asked him, "Are you the King
of the Jews?" |
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D
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And he answered him, "You have said so." |
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E
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And the chief priests accused him of many
things. |
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F
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And Pilate again asked him, "Have you no
answer to make? See how many charges they bring against you." |
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G
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But Jesus made no further answer, so that
Pilate wondered. |
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H
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Now at the feast he used to release for
them one prisoner for whom they asked. |
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I
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And among the rebels in prison, who had
committed murder in the insurrection, there was a man called Barab'bas.
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J
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And the crowd came
up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them. |
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J
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And he answered
them, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" |
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I
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For he perceived that it was out of envy
that the chief priests had delivered him up. |
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H
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But the chief priests stirred up the
crowd to have him release for them Barab'bas instead. |
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G
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And Pilate again said to them, "Then what
shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?" |
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F
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And they cried out again, "Crucify him." |
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E
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And Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil
has he done?" |
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D
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But they shouted all the more, "Crucify
him." |
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C
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So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd,
released for them Barab'bas; |
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B
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and having scourged Jesus, he delivered
him to be crucified. |
A
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And the soldiers led him away inside the
palace (that is, the praetorium); and they called together the whole
battalion. |
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B
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And they clothed him in a purple cloak,
and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on him. |
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C
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And they began to
salute him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" |
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C
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And they struck his
head with a reed, and spat upon him, and they knelt down in homage to
him. |
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B
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And when they had mocked him, they
stripped him of the purple cloak, and put his own clothes on him. |
A
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And they led him out to crucify him. And
they compelled a passer-by, Simon of Cyre'ne, who was coming in from
the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. And
they brought him to the place called Gol'gotha (which means the place
of a skull). |
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B
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[a verse to match 15:39, probably
resembling Mt 27:36, is missing
here]
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C
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A
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And they
offered him
wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it. |
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B
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And they
crucified
him, |
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C
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and divided his
garments among them, casting lots for
them, to
decide
what each should take |
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D
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And it was the
third hour, when they
crucified
him. |
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E
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And the
inscription of the charge against him read,
"The King
of the Jews." |
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F
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A
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And with him
they crucified
two robbers,
one on his right and one on his left. |
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B
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And those who
passed by
derided
him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Aha! You who would destroy the
temple
and build it in three days, save yourself, and come down from the
cross!" |
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F'
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B
|
So also the
chief priests mocked him to one another
with the
scribes,
saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the Christ,
the
King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and
believe." |
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A
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Those who were
crucified with him also reviled him. |
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E
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And when the
sixth hour had
come, there
was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. |
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D
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And at the
ninth
hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "E'lo-i, E'lo-i, la'ma
sabach-tha'ni?"
which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" |
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C
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A
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And some
of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Eli'jah."And one ran and,
filling a sponge
full of vinegar, put it on a reed and
gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Eli'jah will
come to take him down." |
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B
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And Jesus
uttered a
loud cry, and breathed
his last. |
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C
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And the curtain
of the temple
was torn
in two, from top to bottom. |
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B
|
And when the
centurion, who stood
facing
him, saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was
the
Son of God!" |
A
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There were also
women looking
on from afar, among whom
were Mary Mag'dalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of
Joses,
and Salo'me, who, when he was
in Galilee,
followed him, and
ministered
to him; and also many other women
who came up with him to
Jerusalem. |
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B
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And when
evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day
before the sabbath, |
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C
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Joseph
of Arimathe'a, a respected member of the council, who was also himself
looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate, and
asked for the body of Jesus. |
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D
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And Pilate wondered
if he were
already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he was
already dead. And when he learned from the centurion that he was dead,
he granted the body to Joseph. |
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D
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And he bought a
linen shroud,
and taking him down, wrapped him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a
tomb which had been hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against
the door of the tomb. |
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C
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Mary
Mag'dalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid. |
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B
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And when
the sabbath was past, Mary Mag'dalene, and Mary the mother of James,
and Salo'me, bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. |
A
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And very
early on the first day of the week they went to the tomb when the sun
had risen. |
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