4:1 Then ¹  Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River ²  and was led by the Spirit ³  in ⁴  the wilderness, ⁵  4:2 where for forty days he endured temptations ⁶  from the devil. He ⁷  ate nothing ⁸  during those days, and when they were completed, ⁹  he was famished. 4:3 The devil said to him, “If ¹⁰  you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” ¹¹  4:4 Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man ¹²  does not live by bread alone.’” ¹³ 

4:5 Then ¹⁴  the devil ¹⁵  led him up ¹⁶  to a high place ¹⁷  and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world. 4:6 And he ¹⁸  said to him, “To you ¹⁹  I will grant this whole realm ²⁰  – and the glory that goes along with it, ²¹  for it has been relinquished ²²  to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. 4:7 So then, if ²³  you will worship ²⁴  me, all this will be ²⁵  yours.” 4:8 Jesus ²⁶  answered him, ²⁷  “It is written, ‘You are to worship ²⁸  the Lord ²⁹  your God and serve only him.’” ³⁰ 

4:9 Then ³¹  the devil ³²  brought him to Jerusalem, ³³  had him stand ³⁴  on the highest point of the temple, ³⁵  and said to him, “If ³⁶  you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 4:10 for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,’ ³⁷  4:11 and ‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” ³⁸  4:12 Jesus ³⁹  answered him, ⁴⁰  “It is said, ‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” ⁴¹  4:13 So ⁴²  when the devil ⁴³  had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time. ⁴⁴ 

4:14 Then ⁴⁵  Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, ⁴⁶  returned to Galilee, and news about him spread ⁴⁷  throughout the surrounding countryside. ⁴⁸  4:15 He ⁴⁹  began to teach ⁵⁰  in their synagogues ⁵¹  and was praised ⁵²  by all.

4:16 Now ⁵³  Jesus ⁵⁴  came to Nazareth, ⁵⁵  where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue ⁵⁶  on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. ⁵⁷  He ⁵⁸  stood up to read, ⁵⁹  4:17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He ⁶⁰  unrolled ⁶¹  the scroll and found the place where it was written,

4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

because he has anointed ⁶²  me to proclaim good news ⁶³  to the poor. ⁶⁴ 

He has sent me ⁶⁵  to proclaim release ⁶⁶  to the captives

and the regaining of sight ⁶⁷  to the blind,

to set free ⁶⁸  those who are oppressed, ⁶⁹ 

4:19 to proclaim the year ⁷⁰  of the Lord’s favor.” ⁷¹ 

4:20 Then ⁷²  he rolled up ⁷³  the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on ⁷⁴  him. 4:21 Then ⁷⁵  he began to tell them, “Today ⁷⁶  this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read.” ⁷⁷  4:22 All ⁷⁸  were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They ⁷⁹  said, “Isn’t this ⁸⁰  Joseph’s son?” 4:23 Jesus ⁸¹  said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ ⁸²  and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, ⁸³  do here in your hometown too.’” 4:24 And he added, ⁸⁴  “I tell you the truth, ⁸⁵  no prophet is acceptable ⁸⁶  in his hometown. 4:25 But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, ⁸⁷  when the sky ⁸⁸  was shut up three and a half years, and ⁸⁹  there was a great famine over all the land. 4:26 Yet ⁹⁰  Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. ⁹¹  4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, ⁹²  yet ⁹³  none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” ⁹⁴  4:28 When they heard this, all the people ⁹⁵  in the synagogue were filled with rage. 4:29 They got up, forced ⁹⁶  him out of the town, ⁹⁷  and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that ⁹⁸  they could throw him down the cliff. ⁹⁹  4:30 But he passed through the crowd ¹⁰⁰  and went on his way. ¹⁰¹ 

4:31 So ¹⁰²  he went down to Capernaum, ¹⁰³  a town ¹⁰⁴  in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people. ¹⁰⁵  4:32 They ¹⁰⁶  were amazed ¹⁰⁷  at his teaching, because he spoke ¹⁰⁸  with authority. ¹⁰⁹ 

4:33 Now ¹¹⁰  in the synagogue ¹¹¹  there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean ¹¹²  demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 4:34 “Ha! Leave us alone, ¹¹³  Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One ¹¹⁴  of God.” 4:35 But ¹¹⁵  Jesus rebuked him: ¹¹⁶  “Silence! Come out of him!” ¹¹⁷  Then, after the demon threw the man ¹¹⁸  down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him. ¹¹⁹  4:36 They ¹²⁰  were all amazed and began to say ¹²¹  to one another, “What’s happening here? ¹²²  For with authority and power ¹²³  he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” 4:37 So ¹²⁴  the news ¹²⁵  about him spread into all areas of the region. ¹²⁶ 

4:38 After Jesus left ¹²⁷  the synagogue, he entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus ¹²⁸  to help her. ¹²⁹  4:39 So ¹³⁰  he stood over her, commanded ¹³¹  the fever, and it left her. Immediately ¹³²  she got up and began to serve ¹³³  them.

4:40 As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives ¹³⁴  sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. ¹³⁵  He placed ¹³⁶  his hands on every one of them and healed them. 4:41 Demons also came out ¹³⁷  of many, crying out, ¹³⁸  “You are the Son of God!” ¹³⁹  But he rebuked ¹⁴⁰  them, and would not allow them to speak, ¹⁴¹  because they knew that he was the Christ. ¹⁴² 

4:42 The next morning ¹⁴³  Jesus ¹⁴⁴  departed and went to a deserted place. Yet ¹⁴⁵  the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them. 4:43 But Jesus ¹⁴⁶  said to them, “I must ¹⁴⁷  proclaim the good news of the kingdom ¹⁴⁸  of God to the other towns ¹⁴⁹  too, for that is what I was sent ¹⁵⁰  to do.” ¹⁵¹  4:44 So ¹⁵²  he continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea. ¹⁵³ 

5:1 Now ¹⁵⁴  Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, ¹⁵⁵  and the crowd was pressing around him ¹⁵⁶  to hear the word of God. 5:2 He ¹⁵⁷  saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 5:3 He got into ¹⁵⁸  one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then ¹⁵⁹  Jesus ¹⁶⁰  sat down ¹⁶¹  and taught the crowds from the boat. 5:4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower ¹⁶²  your nets for a catch.” 5:5 Simon ¹⁶³  answered, ¹⁶⁴  “Master, ¹⁶⁵  we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word ¹⁶⁶  I will lower ¹⁶⁷  the nets.” 5:6 When ¹⁶⁸  they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear. ¹⁶⁹  5:7 So ¹⁷⁰  they motioned ¹⁷¹  to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were about to sink. ¹⁷²  5:8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, ¹⁷³  for I am a sinful man!” ¹⁷⁴  5:9 For ¹⁷⁵  Peter ¹⁷⁶  and all who were with him were astonished ¹⁷⁷  at the catch of fish that they had taken, 5:10 and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s business partners. ¹⁷⁸  Then ¹⁷⁹  Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on ¹⁸⁰  you will be catching people.” ¹⁸¹  5:11 So ¹⁸²  when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed ¹⁸³  him.

5:12 While ¹⁸⁴  Jesus ¹⁸⁵  was in one of the towns, ¹⁸⁶  a man came ¹⁸⁷  to him who was covered with ¹⁸⁸  leprosy. ¹⁸⁹  When ¹⁹⁰  he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground ¹⁹¹  and begged him, ¹⁹²  “Lord, if ¹⁹³  you are willing, you can make me clean.” 5:13 So ¹⁹⁴  he stretched out his hand and touched ¹⁹⁵  him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. 5:14 Then ¹⁹⁶  he ordered the man ¹⁹⁷  to tell no one, ¹⁹⁸  but commanded him, ¹⁹⁹  “Go ²⁰⁰  and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering ²⁰¹  for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, ²⁰²  as a testimony to them.” ²⁰³  5:15 But the news about him spread even more, ²⁰⁴  and large crowds were gathering together to hear him ²⁰⁵  and to be healed of their illnesses. 5:16 Yet Jesus himself ²⁰⁶  frequently withdrew ²⁰⁷  to the wilderness ²⁰⁸  and prayed.

5:17 Now on ²⁰⁹  one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees ²¹⁰  and teachers of the law ²¹¹  sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), ²¹²  and the power of the Lord was with him ²¹³  to heal. 5:18 Just then ²¹⁴  some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man ²¹⁵  on a stretcher. ²¹⁶  They ²¹⁷  were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus. ²¹⁸  5:19 But ²¹⁹  since they found ²²⁰  no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof ²²¹  and let him down on the stretcher ²²²  through the roof tiles ²²³  right ²²⁴  in front of Jesus. ²²⁵  5:20 When ²²⁶  Jesus ²²⁷  saw their ²²⁸  faith he said, “Friend, ²²⁹  your sins are forgiven.” ²³⁰  5:21 Then ²³¹  the experts in the law ²³²  and the Pharisees began to think ²³³  to themselves, ²³⁴  “Who is this man ²³⁵  who is uttering blasphemies? ²³⁶  Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 5:22 When Jesus perceived ²³⁷  their hostile thoughts, ²³⁸  he said to them, ²³⁹  “Why are you raising objections ²⁴⁰  within yourselves? 5:23 Which is easier, ²⁴¹  to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? 5:24 But so that you may know ²⁴²  that the Son of Man ²⁴³  has authority on earth to forgive sins” – he said to the paralyzed man ²⁴⁴  – “I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher ²⁴⁵  and go home.” ²⁴⁶  5:25 Immediately ²⁴⁷  he stood up before them, picked ²⁴⁸  up the stretcher ²⁴⁹  he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying ²⁵⁰  God. 5:26 Then ²⁵¹  astonishment ²⁵²  seized them all, and they glorified ²⁵³  God. They were filled with awe, ²⁵⁴  saying, “We have seen incredible ²⁵⁵  things ²⁵⁶  today.” ²⁵⁷ 

5:27 After ²⁵⁸  this, Jesus ²⁵⁹  went out and saw a tax collector ²⁶⁰  named Levi ²⁶¹  sitting at the tax booth. ²⁶²  “Follow me,” ²⁶³  he said to him. 5:28 And he got up and followed him, leaving everything ²⁶⁴  behind. ²⁶⁵ 

5:29 Then ²⁶⁶  Levi gave a great banquet ²⁶⁷  in his house for Jesus, ²⁶⁸  and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting ²⁶⁹  at the table with them. 5:30 But ²⁷⁰  the Pharisees ²⁷¹  and their experts in the law ²⁷²  complained ²⁷³  to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” ²⁷⁴  5:31 Jesus ²⁷⁵  answered them, “Those who are well don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. ²⁷⁶  5:32 I have not come ²⁷⁷  to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” ²⁷⁸ 

5:33 Then ²⁷⁹  they said to him, “John’s ²⁸⁰  disciples frequently fast ²⁸¹  and pray, ²⁸²  and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, ²⁸³  but yours continue to eat and drink.” ²⁸⁴  5:34 So ²⁸⁵  Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests ²⁸⁶  fast while the bridegroom ²⁸⁷  is with them, can you? ²⁸⁸  5:35 But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, ²⁸⁹  at that time ²⁹⁰  they will fast.” 5:36 He also told them a parable: ²⁹¹  “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews ²⁹²  it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn ²⁹³  the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. ²⁹⁴  5:37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. ²⁹⁵  If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. 5:38 Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins. ²⁹⁶  5:39 ²⁹⁷  No ²⁹⁸  one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’” ²⁹⁹ 

6:1 Jesus ³⁰⁰  was going through the grain fields on ³⁰¹  a Sabbath, ³⁰²  and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, ³⁰³  rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. ³⁰⁴  6:2 But some of the Pharisees ³⁰⁵  said, “Why are you ³⁰⁶  doing what is against the law ³⁰⁷  on the Sabbath?” 6:3 Jesus ³⁰⁸  answered them, ³⁰⁹  “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry – 6:4 how he entered the house of God, took ³¹⁰  and ate the sacred bread, ³¹¹  which is not lawful ³¹²  for any to eat but the priests alone, and ³¹³  gave it to his companions?” ³¹⁴  6:5 Then ³¹⁵  he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord ³¹⁶  of the Sabbath.”

6:6 On ³¹⁷  another Sabbath, Jesus ³¹⁸  entered the synagogue ³¹⁹  and was teaching. Now ³²⁰  a man was there whose right hand was withered. ³²¹  6:7 The experts in the law ³²²  and the Pharisees ³²³  watched ³²⁴  Jesus ³²⁵  closely to see if ³²⁶  he would heal on the Sabbath, ³²⁷  so that they could find a reason to accuse him. 6:8 But ³²⁸  he knew ³²⁹  their thoughts, ³³⁰  and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Get up and stand here.” ³³¹  So ³³²  he rose and stood there. 6:9 Then ³³³  Jesus said to them, “I ask you, ³³⁴  is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?” 6:10 After ³³⁵  looking around ³³⁶  at them all, he said to the man, ³³⁷  “Stretch out your hand.” The man ³³⁸  did so, and his hand was restored. ³³⁹  6:11 But they were filled with mindless rage ³⁴⁰  and began debating with one another what they would do ³⁴¹  to Jesus.

6:12 Now ³⁴²  it was during this time that Jesus ³⁴³  went out to the mountain ³⁴⁴  to pray, and he spent all night ³⁴⁵  in prayer to God. ³⁴⁶  6:13 When ³⁴⁷  morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: ³⁴⁸  6:14 Simon ³⁴⁹  (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, ³⁵⁰  6:15 Matthew, Thomas, ³⁵¹  James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, ³⁵²  6:16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, ³⁵³  who became a traitor.

6:17 Then ³⁵⁴  he came down with them and stood on a level place. ³⁵⁵  And a large number ³⁵⁶  of his disciples had gathered ³⁵⁷  along with ³⁵⁸  a vast multitude from all over Judea, from ³⁵⁹  Jerusalem, ³⁶⁰  and from the seacoast of Tyre ³⁶¹  and Sidon. ³⁶²  They came to hear him and to be healed ³⁶³  of their diseases, 6:18 and those who suffered from ³⁶⁴  unclean ³⁶⁵  spirits were cured. 6:19 The ³⁶⁶  whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power ³⁶⁷  was coming out from him and healing them all.

6:20 Then ³⁶⁸  he looked up ³⁶⁹  at his disciples and said:

“Blessed ³⁷⁰  are you who are poor, ³⁷¹  for the kingdom of God belongs ³⁷²  to you.

6:21 “Blessed are you who hunger ³⁷³  now, for you will be satisfied. ³⁷⁴ 

“Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. ³⁷⁵ 

6:22 “Blessed are you when people ³⁷⁶  hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil ³⁷⁷  on account of the Son of Man! 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because ³⁷⁸  your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors ³⁷⁹  did the same things to the prophets. ³⁸⁰ 

6:24 “But woe ³⁸¹  to you who are rich, for you have received ³⁸²  your comfort ³⁸³  already.

6:25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food ³⁸⁴  now, for you will be hungry.

“Woe to you ³⁸⁵  who laugh ³⁸⁶  now, for you will mourn and weep.

6:26 “Woe to you ³⁸⁷  when all people ³⁸⁸  speak well of you, for their ancestors ³⁸⁹  did the same things to the false prophets.

6:27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, ³⁹⁰  do good to those who hate you, 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat ³⁹¹  you. 6:29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, ³⁹²  offer the other as well, ³⁹³  and from the person who takes away your coat, ³⁹⁴  do not withhold your tunic ³⁹⁵  either. ³⁹⁶  6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, ³⁹⁷  and do not ask for your possessions ³⁹⁸  back ³⁹⁹  from the person who takes them away. 6:31 Treat others ⁴⁰⁰  in the same way that you would want them to treat you. ⁴⁰¹ 

6:32 “If ⁴⁰²  you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners ⁴⁰³  love those who love them. ⁴⁰⁴  6:33 And ⁴⁰⁵  if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even ⁴⁰⁶  sinners ⁴⁰⁷  do the same. 6:34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, ⁴⁰⁸  what credit is that to you? Even sinners ⁴⁰⁹  lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. ⁴¹⁰  6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. ⁴¹¹  Then ⁴¹²  your reward will be great, and you will be sons ⁴¹³  of the Most High, ⁴¹⁴  because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. ⁴¹⁵  6:36 Be merciful, ⁴¹⁶  just as your Father is merciful.

6:37 “Do ⁴¹⁷  not judge, ⁴¹⁸  and you will not be judged; ⁴¹⁹  do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, ⁴²⁰  and you will be forgiven. 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, ⁴²¹  will be poured ⁴²²  into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.” ⁴²³ 

6:39 He also told them a parable: “Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? ⁴²⁴  Won’t they both fall ⁴²⁵  into a pit? 6:40 A disciple ⁴²⁶  is not greater than ⁴²⁷  his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher. 6:41 Why ⁴²⁸  do you see the speck ⁴²⁹  in your brother’s eye, but fail to see ⁴³⁰  the beam of wood ⁴³¹  in your own? 6:42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

6:43 “For ⁴³²  no good tree bears bad ⁴³³  fruit, nor again ⁴³⁴  does a bad tree bear good fruit, 6:44 for each tree is known ⁴³⁵  by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered ⁴³⁶  from thorns, nor are grapes picked ⁴³⁷  from brambles. ⁴³⁸  6:45 The good person out of the good treasury of his ⁴³⁹  heart ⁴⁴⁰  produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury ⁴⁴¹  produces evil, for his mouth speaks ⁴⁴²  from what fills ⁴⁴³  his heart.

6:46 “Why ⁴⁴⁴  do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ ⁴⁴⁵  and don’t do what I tell you? ⁴⁴⁶ 

6:47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice ⁴⁴⁷  – I will show you what he is like: 6:48 He is like a man ⁴⁴⁸  building a house, who dug down deep, ⁴⁴⁹  and laid the foundation on bedrock. When ⁴⁵⁰  a flood came, the river ⁴⁵¹  burst against that house but ⁴⁵²  could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁵³  6:49 But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice ⁴⁵⁴  is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When ⁴⁵⁵  the river burst against that house, ⁴⁵⁶  it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!” ⁴⁵⁷ 

7:1 After Jesus ⁴⁵⁸  had finished teaching all this to the people, ⁴⁵⁹  he entered Capernaum. ⁴⁶⁰  7:2 A centurion ⁴⁶¹  there ⁴⁶²  had a slave ⁴⁶³  who was highly regarded, ⁴⁶⁴  but who was sick and at the point of death. 7:3 When the centurion ⁴⁶⁵  heard ⁴⁶⁶  about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders ⁴⁶⁷  to him, asking him to come ⁴⁶⁸  and heal his slave. 7:4 When ⁴⁶⁹  they came ⁴⁷⁰  to Jesus, they urged ⁴⁷¹  him earnestly, ⁴⁷²  “He is worthy ⁴⁷³  to have you do this for him, 7:5 because he loves our nation, ⁴⁷⁴  and even ⁴⁷⁵  built our synagogue.” ⁴⁷⁶  7:6 So ⁴⁷⁷  Jesus went with them. When ⁴⁷⁸  he was not far from the house, the centurion ⁴⁷⁹  sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, ⁴⁸⁰  for I am not worthy ⁴⁸¹  to have you come under my roof. 7:7 That is why ⁴⁸²  I did not presume ⁴⁸³  to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed. ⁴⁸⁴  7:8 For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. ⁴⁸⁵  I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, ⁴⁸⁶  and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ⁴⁸⁷  7:9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed ⁴⁸⁸  at him. He turned and said to the crowd that followed him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith!” ⁴⁸⁹  7:10 So ⁴⁹⁰  when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave ⁴⁹¹  well.

7:11 Soon ⁴⁹²  afterward ⁴⁹³  Jesus ⁴⁹⁴  went to a town ⁴⁹⁵  called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. 7:12 As he approached the town gate, a man ⁴⁹⁶  who had died was being carried out, ⁴⁹⁷  the only son of his mother (who ⁴⁹⁸  was a widow ⁴⁹⁹ ), and a large crowd from the town ⁵⁰⁰  was with her. 7:13 When ⁵⁰¹  the Lord saw her, he had compassion ⁵⁰²  for her and said to her, “Do not weep.” ⁵⁰³  7:14 Then ⁵⁰⁴  he came up ⁵⁰⁵  and touched ⁵⁰⁶  the bier, ⁵⁰⁷  and those who carried it stood still. He ⁵⁰⁸  said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” 7:15 So ⁵⁰⁹  the dead man ⁵¹⁰  sat up and began to speak, and Jesus ⁵¹¹  gave him back ⁵¹²  to his mother. 7:16 Fear ⁵¹³  seized them all, and they began to glorify ⁵¹⁴  God, saying, “A great prophet ⁵¹⁵  has appeared ⁵¹⁶  among us!” and “God has come to help ⁵¹⁷  his people!” 7:17 This ⁵¹⁸  report ⁵¹⁹  about Jesus ⁵²⁰  circulated ⁵²¹  throughout ⁵²²  Judea and all the surrounding country.

7:18 John’s ⁵²³  disciples informed him about all these things. So ⁵²⁴  John called ⁵²⁵  two of his disciples 7:19 and sent them to Jesus ⁵²⁶  to ask, ⁵²⁷  “Are you the one who is to come, ⁵²⁸  or should we look for another?” 7:20 When ⁵²⁹  the men came to Jesus, ⁵³⁰  they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, ⁵³¹  ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’” ⁵³²  7:21 At that very time ⁵³³  Jesus ⁵³⁴  cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, ⁵³⁵  and evil spirits, and granted ⁵³⁶  sight to many who were blind. 7:22 So ⁵³⁷  he answered them, ⁵³⁸  “Go tell ⁵³⁹  John what you have seen and heard: ⁵⁴⁰  The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the ⁵⁴¹  deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them. 7:23 Blessed is anyone ⁵⁴²  who takes no offense at me.”

7:24 When ⁵⁴³  John’s messengers had gone, Jesus ⁵⁴⁴  began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness ⁵⁴⁵  to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁵⁴⁶  7:25 What ⁵⁴⁷  did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy ⁵⁴⁸  clothes? ⁵⁴⁹  Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury ⁵⁵⁰  are in kings’ courts! ⁵⁵¹  7:26 What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more ⁵⁵²  than a prophet. 7:27 This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, ⁵⁵³  who will prepare your way before you.’ ⁵⁵⁴  7:28 I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater ⁵⁵⁵  than John. ⁵⁵⁶  Yet the one who is least ⁵⁵⁷  in the kingdom of God ⁵⁵⁸  is greater than he is.” 7:29 (Now ⁵⁵⁹  all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, ⁵⁶⁰  acknowledged ⁵⁶¹  God’s justice, because they had been baptized ⁵⁶²  with John’s baptism. 7:30 However, the Pharisees ⁵⁶³  and the experts in religious law ⁵⁶⁴  rejected God’s purpose ⁵⁶⁵  for themselves, because they had not been baptized ⁵⁶⁶  by John. ⁵⁶⁷ ) ⁵⁶⁸ 

7:31 “To what then should I compare the people ⁵⁶⁹  of this generation, and what are they like? 7:32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, ⁵⁷⁰ 

‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; ⁵⁷¹ 

we wailed in mourning, ⁵⁷²  yet you did not weep.’

7:33 For John the Baptist has come ⁵⁷³  eating no bread and drinking no wine, ⁵⁷⁴  and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ ⁵⁷⁵  7:34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him, ⁵⁷⁶  a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ⁵⁷⁷  7:35 But wisdom is vindicated ⁵⁷⁸  by all her children.” ⁵⁷⁹ 

7:36 Now one of the Pharisees ⁵⁸⁰  asked Jesus ⁵⁸¹  to have dinner with him, so ⁵⁸²  he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. ⁵⁸³  7:37 Then ⁵⁸⁴  when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus ⁵⁸⁵  was dining ⁵⁸⁶  at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar ⁵⁸⁷  of perfumed oil. ⁵⁸⁸  7:38 As ⁵⁸⁹  she stood ⁵⁹⁰  behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She ⁵⁹¹  wiped them with her hair, ⁵⁹²  kissed ⁵⁹³  them, ⁵⁹⁴  and anointed ⁵⁹⁵  them with the perfumed oil. 7:39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, ⁵⁹⁶  he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, ⁵⁹⁷  he would know who and what kind of woman ⁵⁹⁸  this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.” 7:40 So ⁵⁹⁹  Jesus answered him, ⁶⁰⁰  “Simon, I have something to say to you.” He replied, ⁶⁰¹  “Say it, Teacher.” 7:41 “A certain creditor ⁶⁰²  had two debtors; one owed him ⁶⁰³  five hundred silver coins, ⁶⁰⁴  and the other fifty. 7:42 When they could not pay, he canceled ⁶⁰⁵  the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 7:43 Simon answered, ⁶⁰⁶  “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled.” ⁶⁰⁷  Jesus ⁶⁰⁸  said to him, “You have judged rightly.” 7:44 Then, ⁶⁰⁹  turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, ⁶¹⁰  but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 7:45 You gave me no kiss of greeting, ⁶¹¹  but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet. 7:46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet ⁶¹²  with perfumed oil. 7:47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; ⁶¹³  but the one who is forgiven little loves little.” 7:48 Then ⁶¹⁴  Jesus ⁶¹⁵  said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” ⁶¹⁶  7:49 But ⁶¹⁷  those who were at the table ⁶¹⁸  with him began to say among themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?” 7:50 He ⁶¹⁹  said to the woman, “Your faith ⁶²⁰  has saved you; ⁶²¹  go in peace.”