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[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Many have undertaken to draw up
an account

of the things that have been fulfilled
among us...

-[speaking Aramaic]
-...just as they were handed down to us

by those who from the first
were eyewitnesses

and servants of the Word.

With this in mind,

since I myself have carefully investigated
everything from the beginning...

I too decided to write
an orderly account for you,

most excellent Theophilus...

so that you may know
the certainty of the things

you have been taught.

In the time of Herod, King of Judea,

there was a priest named Zechariah...

who belonged to the priestly division
of Abijah.

His wife, Elizabeth, was also a descendent
of Aaron.

Both of them were righteous
in the sight of God,

observing all the Lord's commands
and decrees blamelessly.

But they were childless because Elizabeth
was not able to conceive

and they were both very old.

Once when Zechariah's division was on duty
and he was serving as priest

before God, he was chosen by lot,
according to the custom of the priesthood,

to go into the temple of the Lord
and burn incense.

And when the time
for the burning of incense came,

all the assembled worshipers
were praying outside.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him,

standing at the right side
of the altar of incense.

When Zechariah saw him, he was startled
and was gripped with fear.

But the angel said to him,
"Do not be afraid, Zechariah,

your prayer has been heard.

Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son
and you are to call him John.

He will be a joy and delight to you

and many will rejoice
because of his birth,

for he will be great
in the sight of the Lord.

He is never to take wine
or other fermented drink

and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit
even before he is born.

He will bring back many of the people
of Israel to the Lord their God.

And he will go on before the Lord,
in the spirit and power of Elijah,

to turn the hearts of the parents
to their children

and the disobedient to the wisdom
of the righteous,

to make ready a people
prepared for the Lord."

Zechariah asked the angel...

"How can I be sure of this?

I am an old man and my wife
is well along in years."

The angel said to him...

"I am Gabriel.

I stand in the presence of God
and I have been sent to speak to you

and to tell you this good news.

And now you will be silent
and not able to speak

until the day this happens,

because you did not believe my words,

which will come true
at their appointed time."

Meanwhile,
the people were waiting for Zechariah

and wondering why he stayed so long
in the temple.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] When he came out,
he could not speak to them.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] They realized he had seen
a vision in the temple,

for he kept making signs to them,
but remained unable to speak.

When his time of service was completed,
he returned home.

After this, his wife, Elizabeth,
became pregnant

and for five months remained in seclusion.

"The Lord has done this for me," she said.

"In these days he has shown his favor

and taken away my disgrace
among the people."

In the sixth month
of Elizabeth's pregnancy,

God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth,

a town in Galilee...

to a virgin pledged to be married
to a man named Joseph,

a descendant of David.

-[gasps and pants]
-[narrator] The virgin's name was Mary.

The angel went to her and said,

"Greetings, you who are highly favored.

The Lord is with you."

Mary was greatly troubled at his words,

and wondered what kind of greeting
this might be.

But the angel said to her...

"Do not be afraid, Mary,

you have found favor with God.

You will conceive and give birth to a son
and you are to call Him Jesus.

He will be great and will be called
the Son of the Most High.

The Lord God will give Him
the throne of His father David...

and He will reign over Jacob's descendants
forever.

His kingdom will never end."

"How will this be," Mary asked the angel,

"since I am a virgin?"

The angel answered,

"The Holy Spirit will come on you

and the power of the Most High
will overshadow you,

so the Holy One to be born will be called
the Son of God.

Even Elizabeth, your relative,
is going to have a child in her old age...

[speaking Aramaic]

...and she who was said
to be unable to conceive

is in her sixth month.

For no word from God will ever fail."

"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered.

"May your word to me be fulfilled."

Then the angel left her.

At that time Mary got ready
and hurried to a town

in the hill country of Judea...

where she entered Zechariah's home
and greeted Elizabeth.

Elizabeth!

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting...

-[groans]
-…the baby leapt in her womb...

and Elizabeth was filled
with the Holy Spirit.

In a loud voice she exclaimed...

"Blessed are you among women
and blessed is the child you will bear!

But why am I so favored,
that the mother of my Lord

-should come to me?"
-[indistinct chatter]

"As soon as the sound of your greeting
reached my ears,

-the baby in my womb leapt for joy."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"Blessed is she who has believed

that the Lord would fulfill His promises
to her."

And Mary said...

"My soul glorifies the Lord.

And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior...

for He has been mindful
of the humble state of His servant.

From now on,
all generations will call me blessed...

for the Mighty One has done great things
for me.

Holy is His name.

His mercy extends to those who fear Him
from generation to generation.

He has performed mighty deeds
with His arm.

He has scattered those who are proud
in their inmost thoughts.

He has brought down rulers
from their thrones

but has lifted up the humble.

He has filled the hungry with good things

but has sent the rich away empty.

He has helped His servant Israel,
remembering to be merciful to Abraham

and His descendants forever,

just as He promised our ancestors."

Mary stayed with Elizabeth
for about three months

and then returned home.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[narrator] When it was time for Elizabeth

to have her baby, she gave birth to a son.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] Her neighbors and relatives
heard that the Lord

had shown her great mercy,
and they shared her joy.

On the eighth day,
they came to circumcise the child...

and they were going to name him
after his father Zechariah.

[indistinct chatter]

But his mother spoke up and said,
"No. He is to be called John."

They said to her,
"There is no one among your relatives

who has that name."

Then they made signs to His father
to find out

what he would like to name the child.

-He asked for a writing tablet.
-[indistinct chatter]

[narrator]
And to everyone's astonishment he wrote...

"His name is John."

-[groans]
-[narrator] Immediately his mouth

was opened and his tongue set free

and he began to speak, praising God.

All the neighbors were filled with awe

and throughout the hill country of Judea

people were talking
about all these things.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] Everyone who heard
this wondered about it, asking,

"What then is this child going to be?"

For the Lord's hand was with Him.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] His father Zechariah was filled
with the Holy Spirit...

and prophesied, "Praise be to the Lord,
the God of Israel,

because He has come to His people
and redeemed them.

He has raised up a horn of salvation
for us

in the house of His servant David,

as he said through His holy prophets
of long ago.

Salvation from our enemies

and from the hand of all who hate us.

To show mercy to our ancestors
and to remember His holy covenant,

the oath He swore to our father Abraham.

To rescue us from the hand of our enemies

and to enable us to serve him
without fear,

in holiness and righteousness
before Him, all our days.

And you, my child,
will be called a prophet

of the Most High,

for you will go on before the Lord

to prepare the way for Him

to give His people
the knowledge of salvation

through the forgiveness of their sins,

because of the tender mercy of our God

by which the rising sun will come to us
from Heaven

to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death...

to guide our feet into the path of peace."

And the child grew and became strong
in spirit,

and He lived in the wilderness
until He appeared publicly to Israel.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] In those days Caesar Augustus

issued a decree that a census
should be taken of the entire Roman world.

This was the first census that took place

while Quirinius was governor of Syria

and everyone went to their own town
to register.

So, Joseph also went up
from the town of Nazareth

in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem,
the town of David.

Because he belonged to the house
and line of David.

He went there to register with Mary,

who was pledged to be married to him
and was expecting a child.

[Mary moaning]

[narrator] While they were there,
the time came for the baby to be born.

[Mary moaning]

[Mary screaming]

[Mary screaming]

[narrator]
And she gave birth to her firstborn.

A son.

She wrapped him in cloths
and placed him in a manger,

because there was no guest room
available for them.

And there were shepherds
living out in the fields nearby,

keeping watch over their flocks at night.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator]
An angel of the Lord appeared to them,

and the glory of the Lord
shone around them

and they were terrified.

[narrator] But the angel said to them,
"Do not be afraid.

I bring you good news
that will cause great joy

for all the people.

Today in the town of David,

a Savior has been born to you.

He is the Messiah, the Lord.

This will be a sign to you.

You will find a baby wrapped in cloths
and lying in a manger."

Suddenly,
a great company of the Heavenly host

appeared with the angel,
praising God and saying...

"Glory to God in the highest Heaven
and on Earth,

peace to those on whom His favor rests."

When the angels had left them
and gone into Heaven,

the shepherds said to one another,

"Let's go to Bethlehem

and see this thing that has happened
which the Lord has told us about."

So, they hurried off and found Mary
and Joseph

and the baby, who was lying in the manger.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] When they had seen him,
they spread the word

concerning what had been told them
about this child

and all who heard it were amazed
at what the shepherds said to them.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator]
But Mary treasured up all these things

and pondered them in her heart.

The shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God

for all the things they had heard
and seen...

which were just as they had been told.

On the eighth day,

when it was time to circumcise
the child,

he was named Jesus,

the name the angel had given Him
before he was conceived.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] When the time came
for the purification rites

required by the Law of Moses,

Joseph and Mary took Him to Jerusalem
to present Him to the Lord,

as it is written in the Law of the Lord,

"Every firstborn male is to be consecrated
to the Lord,"

and to offer a sacrifice in keeping
with what is said

in the Law of the Lord...

"A pair of doves or two young pigeons."

Now there was a man in Jerusalem
called Simeon,

who was righteous and devout.

He was waiting for the consolation
of Israel

and the Holy Spirit was on him.

It had been revealed to him
by the Holy Spirit

that he would not die before he had seen
the Lord's Messiah.

Moved by the Spirit,

he went into the temple courts.

When the parents
brought in the child Jesus

to do for him what the custom
of the Law required,

Simeon took Him in his arms
and praised God, saying...

"Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,

you may now dismiss your servant in peace.

For my eyes have seen your salvation,

which you have prepared
in the sight of all nations...

a light for revelation to the Gentiles

and the glory of your people Israel."

The child's father and mother
marveled at what was said about Him.

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary,
His mother...

"This child is destined
to cause the falling

and rising of many in Israel

and to be a sign
that will be spoken against,

so that the thoughts of many hearts
will be revealed.

And a sword will pierce
your own soul too."

[indistinct chatter]

There was also a prophet, Anna,

the daughter of Penuel,
of the tribe of Asher.

She was very old.

She had lived with her husband
seven years after her marriage

-and then was a widow until she was 84.
-[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] She never left the temple
but worshiped night and day,

fasting and praying.

Coming up to them at that very moment,
she gave thanks to God

and spoke about the child
to all who were looking forward

to the redemption of Jerusalem.

When Joseph and Mary had done everything
required by the Law of the Lord...

they returned to Galilee
to their own town of Nazareth.

And the child grew and became strong.

He was filled with wisdom
and the grace of God was on Him.

Every year Jesus' parents
went to Jerusalem

for the Festival of the Passover.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] When He was 12 years old,
they went up to the festival

according to the custom.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] After the festival was over,
while His parents were returning home,

the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.

But they were unaware of it.

Thinking he was in their company
they traveled on for a day.

Then they began looking for him
among their relatives and friends.

When they did not find him,

they went back to Jerusalem
to look for him.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] After three days they found Him
in the temple courts,

sitting among the teachers,

listening to them
and asking them questions.

Everyone who heard Him was amazed
at His understanding and His answers.

[indistinct chatter]

When His parents saw Him,
they were astonished.

His mother said to Him,

"Son, why have you treated us like this?

Your father and I have been
anxiously searching for you."

"Why were you searching for me?",
He asked.

"Didn't you know
I had to be in my Father's house?"

But they did not understand
what He was saying to them.

[indistinct chatter]

Then He went down to Nazareth with them
and was obedient to them.

But His mother treasured all these things
in her heart...

and Jesus grew in wisdom and stature
and in favor with God and man.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] In the 15th year of the reign
of Tiberius Caesar,

when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea,
Herod tetrarch of Galilee,

his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea
and Traconitis,

and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

during the high-priesthood of Annas
and Caiaphas,

the word of God came to John,
son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

He went into all the country
around the Jordan,

preaching a baptism of repentance
for the forgiveness of sins.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] As it is written in the book
of the words of Isaiah the prophet...

"A voice of one calling
in the wilderness...

'Prepare the way for the Lord,

make straight paths for him.

Every valley shall be filled in,

every mountain and hill made low.

The crooked roads shall become straight,

the rough ways smooth.

And all people will see God's salvation.'"

John said to the crowds coming out
to be baptized by him,

"You brood of vipers!

Who warned you to flee
from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not begin to say to yourselves,

'We have Abraham as our father.'

For I tell you that out of these stones,
God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root
of the trees

and every tree that does not produce
good fruit

will be cut down and thrown
into the fire."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "What should we do then?",
the crowd asked.

John answered, "Anyone who has two shirts
should share with the one who has none,

and anyone who has food
should do the same."

Even tax collectors came to be baptized.

"Teacher," they asked,
"What should we do?"

"Don't collect
any more than you are required to,"

he told them.

Then some soldiers asked him,
"And what should we do?"

He replied, "Don't extort money
and don't accuse people falsely.

-Be content with your pay."
-[indistinct chatter]

[narrator]
The people were waiting expectantly

and were all wondering in their hearts
if John might possibly be the Messiah.

John answered them all...

"I baptize you with water.

But one who is more powerful
than I will come,

the straps of whose sandals
I am not worthy to untie.

He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
and fire.

His winnowing fork is in His hand
to clear His threshing floor

and to gather the wheat into His barn,

but He will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire."

And with many other words,
John exhorted the people

and proclaimed the good news to them.

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch

because of his marriage to Herodias,
his brother's wife,

and all the other evil things he had done,

Herod added this to them all.

He locked John up in prison.

[grunting]

When all the people were being baptized,
Jesus was baptized too.

And as he was praying,
Heaven was opened

and the Holy Spirit descended on him
in bodily form like a dove.

And a voice came from Heaven,

"You are my Son, whom I love.

With you I am well pleased."

Now Jesus Himself was about 30 years old
when he began His ministry.

He was the son, so it was thought,
of Joseph, the son of Heli,

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

the son of Melki, the son of Jannai,

the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias,

the son of Amos, the son of Nahum,

the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias,

the son of Semein, the son of Josek,

the son of Joda, the son of Joanan,

the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,

the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

the son of Melki, the son of Addi,

the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam,

the son of Er, the son of Joshua,

the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim,

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

the son of Simeon, the son of Judah,

the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam,

the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea,

the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha,

the son of Nathan, the son of David,

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,

the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon,

the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab,

the son of Ram, the son of Hezron,

the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac,

the son of Abraham, the son of Terah,

the son of Nahor, the son of Serug,

the son of Reu, the son of Peleg,

the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad,

the son of Shem, the son of Noah,

the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah,

the son of Enoch, the son of Jared,

the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth,

the son of Adam, the son of God.

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,

left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness.

Where for forty days he was tempted
by the devil.

He ate nothing during those days

and at the end of them he was hungry.

The devil said to him...

"If you are the Son of God,

tell this stone to become bread."

Jesus answered, "It is written,

'Man shall not live on bread alone.'"

The devil led him up to a high place
and showed him in an instant

all the kingdoms of the world.

And he said to him,

"I will give you all their authority
and splendor.

It has been given to me and I can give it
to anyone I want to.

If you worship me...

it will all be yours."

Jesus answered,
"It is written,

'Worship the Lord your God
and serve him only.'"

The devil led him to Jerusalem

and had him stand on the highest point
of the temple.

"If you are the Son of God," he said,

"throw yourself down from here.

For it is written,
'He will command His angels,

concerning you, to guard you carefully.

They will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot
against a stone.'"

Jesus answered, "It is said,

'Do not put the Lord your God
to the test.'"

When the devil had finished
all this tempting,

he left him until an opportune time.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] Jesus returned to Galilee
in the power of the Spirit

and news about Him spread
through the whole countryside.

He was teaching in their synagogues
and everyone praised him.

He went to Nazareth,
where he had been brought up.

And on the Sabbath Day

He went into the synagogue,
as was His custom.

He stood up to read
and the scroll of the Prophet Isaiah

was handed to Him.

Unrolling it, He found the place
where it is written...

-"The Spirit of the Lord is on me...
-[speaking Aramaic]

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

He has sent me to proclaim freedom
for the prisoners

and recovery of sight for the blind

to set the oppressed free

to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] Then he rolled up the scroll,

gave it back to the attendant
and sat down.

The eyes of everyone in the synagogue
were fastened on him.

He began by saying to them...

"Today this scripture is fulfilled
in your hearing."

All spoke well of Him and were amazed
at the gracious words

that came from His lips.

"Isn't this Joseph's son?", they asked.

Jesus said to them, "Surely you will quote
this proverb to me,

'Physician, heal yourself.'

And you will tell me,
'Do here in your hometown

what we have heard
that you did in Capernaum.'

Truly I tell you," he continued,

"no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

I assure you that there were many widows
in Israel

in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut
for three and a half years

and there was a severe famine
throughout the land.

Yet, Elijah was not sent to any of them

but to a widow in Zarephath
in the region of Sidon.

And there were many in Israel with leprosy
in the time of Elisha the prophet,

yet not one of them was cleansed,

only Naaman the Syrian."

All the people in the synagogue
were furious when they heard this.

They got up, drove Him out of the town...

and took Him to the brow of the hill

on which the town was built...

in order to throw him off the cliff.

But He walked right through the crowd
and went on His way.

Then he went down to Capernaum,
a town in Galilee,

and on the Sabbath he taught the people.

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] They were amazed

at His teaching because His words
had authority.

In the synagogue there was a man
possessed by a demon, an impure spirit.

He cried out at the top of his voice,
"Go away!

What do you want with us,
Jesus of Nazareth?

Have you come to destroy us?

I know who you are, the Holy One of God."

"Be quiet!" Jesus said sternly.

-"Come out of him!"
-[man squealing]

Then the demon threw
the man down before them all

and came out without injuring him.

[speaking Aramaic]

All the people were amazed
and said to each other...

-[indistinct chatter]
-..."What words these are.

With authority and power...

he gives orders to impure spirits
and they come out."

[indistinct chatter]

And the news about him
spread throughout the surrounding area.

Jesus left the synagogue
and went to the home of Simon.

Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering
from a high fever

and they asked Jesus to help her.

So, He bent over her
and rebuked the fever...

and it left her.

She got up at once
and began to wait on them.

At sunset, the people brought to Jesus

all who had various kinds of sickness

and laying His hands on each one,
He healed them.

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] Moreover...

demons came out of many people, shouting,
"You are the Son of God!"

But He rebuked them
and would not allow them to speak

because they knew He was the Messiah.

At daybreak
Jesus went out to a solitary place.

The people were looking for him
and when they came to where he was,

they tried to keep him from leaving them.

[speaking Aramaic]

But He said,
"I must proclaim the good news

of the kingdom of God
to the other towns also...

because that is why I was sent."

And he kept on preaching
in the synagogues of Judea.

One day, as Jesus was standing
by the Lake of Gennesaret,

the people were crowding around him
and listening to the word of God.

He saw at the water's edge two boats,
left there by the fishermen

who were washing their nets.

He got into one of the boats,
the one belonging to Simon

and asked him
to put out a little from shore.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Then he sat down and taught
the people from the boat.

When he had finished speaking,
he said to Simon...

"Put out into deep water
and let down the nets for a catch."

Simon answered,
"Master, we've worked hard all night

and haven't caught anything.

But because you say so,
I will let down the nets."

When they had done so,

they caught such a large number of fish

that their nets began to break.

So, they signaled their partners
in the other boat to come and help them

and they came and filled both boats
so full

that they began to sink.

When Simon Peter saw this,

he fell at Jesus' knees and said,

"Go away from me, Lord,
I am a sinful man."

For he and all his companions
were astonished

at the catch of fish they had taken

and so were James and John,
the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon...

"Don't be afraid.

From now on you will fish for people."

So, they pulled their boats up on shore,
left everything and followed him.

[speaking Aramaic]

While Jesus was in one of the towns,

a man came along who was covered
with leprosy.

When he saw Jesus,
he fell with his face to the ground

and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing,
you can make me clean."

Jesus reached out His hand
and touched the man.

"I am willing," he said.

"Be clean."

And immediately the leprosy left him.

Then Jesus ordered him,

"Don't tell anyone but go,
show yourself to the priest

and offer the sacrifices that Moses
commanded for your cleansing

as a testimony to them."

Yet the news about him
spread all the more,

so that crowds of people came to hear Him
and to be healed of their sicknesses.

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places
and prayed.

One day Jesus was teaching

and Pharisees and teachers of the Law
were sitting there.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
They had come from every village

-of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem.
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] And the power of the Lord
was with Jesus to heal the sick.

[indistinct chatter]

Some men came carrying
a paralyzed man on a mat...

and tried to take him into the house
to lay him before Jesus.

[indistinct chatter]

When they could not find a way to do this
because of the crowd.

They went up on the roof...

and lowered him on his mat...

-through the tiles...
-[indistinct chatter]

into the middle of the crowd...

right in front of Jesus.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator]
When Jesus saw their faith, he said...

-"Friend, your sins are forgiven."
-[indistinct chatter]

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law
began thinking to themselves...

"Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy?

Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Jesus knew what they were thinking
and asked,

"Why are you thinking

-these things in your hearts?
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Which is easier to say,

'Your sins are forgiven,'
or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

But I want you to know
that the Son of Man

has authority on Earth to forgive sins."

So, he said to the paralyzed man...

"I tell you, get up,
take your mat and go home."

Immediately he stood up in front of them,

took what he had been lying
on and went home praising God.

Everyone was amazed
and gave praise to God.

They were filled with awe and said,

"We have seen remarkable things today."

[chattering]

After this, Jesus went out
and saw a tax collector

by the name of Levi
sitting at his tax booth.

[indistinct chatter]

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Follow me," Jesus said to him.

And Levi got up,

left everything and followed him.

Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus
at his house.

And a large crowd of tax collectors
and others were eating with them.

But the Pharisees
and the teachers of the Law

who belonged to their sect
complained to His Disciples...

"Why do you eat and drink
with tax collectors and sinners?"

Jesus answered them...

"It is not the healthy who need a doctor
but the sick.

I have not come to call the righteous
but sinners to repentance."

They said to him,

"John's Disciples often fast and pray

and so do the Disciples of the Pharisees

but yours go on eating and drinking."

Jesus answered, "Can you make the friends
of the bridegroom fast

while he is with them?

But the time will come when the bridegroom

will be taken from them,

-in those days they will fast."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] He told them this parable,

"No one tears a piece
out of a new garment

to patch an old one.

Otherwise, they will have torn
the new garment

and the patch from the new
will not match the old.

And no one pours new wine
into old wineskins.

Otherwise,
the new wine will burst the skins,

the wine will run out and the wineskins
will be ruined.

No, new wine must be poured
into new wineskins.

And no one after drinking old wine
wants the new,

for they say, 'The old is better.'"

[bee buzzes]

One Sabbath, Jesus was going through
the grain fields

and His Disciples began to pick
some heads of grain,

rub them in their hands
and eat the kernels.

Some of the Pharisees asked,

"Why are you doing what is unlawful
on the Sabbath?"

Jesus answered them,
"Have you never read what David

did when he and his companions
were hungry?

He entered the house of God
and taking the consecrated bread,

he ate what is lawful only for priests
to eat."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"And he also gave some to his companions."

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] Then Jesus said to them,

"The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

On another Sabbath,

He went into the synagogue
and was teaching

and a man was there whose right hand
was shriveled.

[speaking Aramaic]

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law
were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus,

so they watched Him closely to see
if He would heal on the Sabbath.

[speaking Aramaic]

But Jesus knew what they were thinking

and said to the man
with the shriveled hand,

"Get up and stand in front of everyone."

-So, he got up and stood there.
-[speaking Aramaic]

Then Jesus said to them,

-"I ask you...
-[speaking Aramaic]

-...which is lawful on the Sabbath...
-[speaking Aramaic]

-...to do good or to do evil...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...to save life or to destroy it?"

He looked around at them all

and then said to the man,
"Stretch out your hand."

[speaking Aramaic]

He did so and his hand
was completely restored.

But the Pharisees
and the teachers of the Law were furious

and began to discuss with one another
what they might do to Jesus.

One of those days,

Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray
and spent the night praying to God.

When morning came,
he called His Disciples to him

and chose twelve of them,
whom He also designated Apostles.

Simon, whom He named Peter...

-his brother Andrew...
-[speaking Aramaic]

-...James...
-[speaking Aramaic]

-...John...
-[speaking Aramaic]

-...Philip... Bartholomew...
-[speaking Aramaic]

-...Matthew... Thomas...
-[speaking Aramaic]

James, son of Alphaeus...

Simon who was called the Zealot...

Judas, son of James,

and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

[speaking Aramaic]

He went down with them
and stood on a level place.

A large crowd of His Disciples was there

and a great number of people
from all over Judea,

from Jerusalem and from the coastal region
around Tyre and Sidon,

who had come to hear him and to be healed
of their diseases.

[indistinct chatter]

Those troubled by impure spirits
were cured

and the people all tried to touch him
because power was coming from him

and healing them all.

Looking at His Disciples, he said...

"Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.

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

Blessed are you when people hate you,

when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil

because of the Son of Man.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy

because great is your reward in Heaven.

For that is how their ancestors
treated the prophets.

[indistinct chatter]

But woe to you who are rich,

for you have already received
your comfort.

Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will go hungry.

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

Woe to you when everyone speaks
well of you...

for that is how their ancestors
treated the false prophets.

But to you who are listening I say...

love your enemies...

do good to those who hate you...

bless those who curse you...

pray for those who mistreat you.

If someone slaps you on one cheek...

turn to them the other also.

If someone takes your coat,

do not withhold your shirt from them.

Give to everyone who asks you.

And if anyone takes what belongs to you,
do not demand it back.

Do to others as you would have them
do to you.

If you love those who love you...

what credit is that to you?

Even sinners love those who love them.

And if you do good
to those who are good to you,

what credit is that to you?

Even sinners do that.

And if you lend to those
from whom you expect repayment...

-what credit is that to you?
-[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] Even sinners lend to sinners,

expecting to be repaid in full.

But love your enemies...

do good to them and lend to them
without expecting to get anything back.

Then your reward will be great

and you will be children
of the Most High...

because he is kind to the ungrateful
and wicked.

Be merciful,
just as your Father is merciful.

Do not judge...

-and you will not be judged."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Do not condemn...

and you will not be condemned.

-Forgive...
-[speaking Aramaic]

-...and you will be forgiven."
-[speaking Aramaic]

-[speaking Aramaic]
-"Give,

and it will be given to you.

A good measure, pressed down...

shaken together and running over,

will be poured into your lap.

For with the measure you use...

it will be measured to you."

He also told them this parable...

"Can the blind lead the blind?"

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] "Will they not both fall

into a pit?

The student is not above the teacher,

but everyone who is fully trained
will be like their teacher."

[speaking Aramaic]

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust
in your brother's eye...

and pay no attention to the plank
in your own eye?

How can you say to your brother,

'Brother, let me take the speck
out of your eye,'

when you yourself fail to see the plank
in your own eye?"

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] "You hypocrite,
first take the plank out of your eye

and then you will see clearly to remove
the speck from your brother's eye.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "No good tree bears bad fruit,

nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.

Each tree is recognized by its own fruit.

People do not pick figs from thorn bushes
or grapes from briers.

A good man brings good things
out of the good stored up in his heart

and an evil man brings evil things
out of the evil stored up in his heart.

For the mouth speaks
what the heart is full of."

[speaking Aramaic]

"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord...'

and do not do what I say?

As for everyone who comes to me

and hears my words
and puts them into practice...

I will show you what they are like.

[speaking Aramaic]

They are like a man building a house,

who dug down deep
and laid the foundation on rock.

When a flood came,
the torrent struck that house

but could not shake it
because it was well built.

But the one who hears my words
and does not put them into practice...

is like a man who built a house
on the ground without a foundation."

[speaking Aramaic]

"The moment the torrent struck
that house...

it collapsed...

-and its destruction was complete."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] When Jesus had finished saying
all this to the people who were listening,

he entered Capernaum.

There a centurion's servant,
whom his master valued highly,

-was sick and about to die.
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] The centurion heard of Jesus

and sent some elders of the Jews to him,

asking him to come and heal his servant.

When they came to Jesus...

they pleaded earnestly with him...

"This man deserves to have you do this,

because he loves our nation
and has built our synagogue."

So, Jesus went with them.

He was not far from the house

when the centurion sent friends
to say to Him...

"Lord, don't trouble yourself

for I do not deserve
to have you come under my roof.

That is why I did not even consider
myself worthy to come to you.

But say the word and my servant
will be healed.

For I myself am a man under authority...

with soldiers under me.

I tell this one, 'Go'

and he goes.

And that one, 'Come' and he comes.

I say to my servant, 'Do this'
and he does it."

[grunts]

When Jesus heard this,
he was amazed at him.

And turning to the crowd following him,
he said...

"I tell you, I have not found
such great faith even in Israel."

Then the men who had been sent
returned to the house

and found the servant well.

[indistinct chatter]

Soon afterward,
Jesus went to a town called Nain...

and His Disciples and a large crowd
went along with him.

As he approached the town gate,

a dead person was being carried out...

the only son of his mother
and she was a widow.

-[woman crying]
-And a large crowd from the town

-was with her.
-[woman crying]

When the Lord saw her,
his heart went out to her

and he said, "Don't cry."

Then he went up and touched the bier
they were carrying him on

and the bearers stood still.

He said,
"Young man, I say to you, get up."

The dead man sat up and began to talk

and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

They were all filled with awe
and praised God.

"A great prophet has appeared among us,"
they said.

"God has come to help his people."

This news about Jesus
spread throughout Judea

and the surrounding country.

[speaking Aramaic]

John's Disciples told him
about all these things.

Calling two of them,
he sent them to the Lord to ask,

"Are you the one who is to come

-or should we expect someone else?"
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] When the men came to Jesus,
they said,

"John the Baptist sent us to you to ask,

'Are you the one who is to come
or should we expect someone else?'"

At that very time Jesus
cured many who had diseases,

sicknesses and evil spirits

and gave sight to many who were blind.

So, he replied to the messengers,

"Go back and report to John
what you have seen and heard.

The blind receive sight, the lame walk,

those who have leprosy are cleansed,

the deaf hear, the dead are raised

and the good news is proclaimed
to the poor.

Blessed is anyone who does not stumble
on account of me."

After John's messengers left,

Jesus began to speak to the crowd
about John.

"What did you go out into the wilderness
to see?

A reed swayed by the wind?"

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] "If not,

what did you go out to see?

-A man dressed in fine clothes?"
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "No...

those who wear expensive clothes
and indulge in luxury are in palaces.

-But what did you go out to see?"
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "A prophet?

-Yes...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...I tell you and more than a prophet.

This is the one about whom it is written,

'I will send my messenger ahead of you,

who will prepare your way before you.'

I tell you, among those born of women

there is no one greater than John...

yet the one
who is least in the kingdom of God...

-[speaking Aramaic]
-...is greater than he."

All the people, even the tax collectors,
when they heard Jesus' words,

acknowledged that God's way was right
because they had been baptized by John.

But the Pharisees
and the experts in the Law

rejected God's purpose for themselves,

because they had not been baptized
by John.

Jesus went on to say,

"To what, then, can I compare the people
of this generation?

What are they like?

They are like children
sitting in the marketplace

-and calling out to each other...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...'We played the pipe for you
and you did not dance,

we sang a dirge and you did not cry.'

For John the Baptist came
neither eating bread nor drinking wine

-and you say, 'He has a demon.'"
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "The Son of Man came eating
and drinking and you say,

'Here is a glutton and a drunkard,

a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'

But wisdom is proved right...

by all her children."

When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus
to have dinner with him,

he went to the Pharisee's house
and reclined at the table.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] A woman in that town
who lived a sinful life

learned that Jesus was eating
at the Pharisee's house.

[speaking Aramaic]

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] So, she came there
with an alabaster jar of perfume.

As she stood behind him
at his feet weeping...

she began to wet his feet with her tears.

Then she wiped them with her hair,

kissed them and poured perfume on them.

When the Pharisee who had invited him
saw this,

he said to himself,
"If this man were a prophet,

he would know who is touching him
and what kind of woman she is.

That she is a sinner."

Jesus answered him,

-"Simon, I have something to tell you."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Tell me, teacher," he said.

"Two people owed money
to a certain moneylender.

One owed him 500 denarii
and the other 50.

Neither of them had the money
to pay him back,

so he forgave the debts of both.

Now which of them will love him more?"

Simon replied, "I suppose the one
who had the bigger debt forgiven."

"You have judged correctly," Jesus said.

Then he turned toward the woman
and said to Simon,

"Do you see this woman?

I came into your house.

You did not give me any water for my feet

but she wet my feet with her tears

-and wiped them with her hair."
-[speaking Aramaic]

-[narrator] "You did not give me a kiss...
-[speaking Aramaic]

but this woman, from the time I entered,

has not stopped kissing my feet.

You did not put oil on my head

-but she has poured perfume on my feet."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Therefore, I tell you,

her many sins have been forgiven...

as her great love has shown.

But whoever has been forgiven little
loves little."

Then Jesus said to her...

"Your sins are forgiven."

The other guests began to say
among themselves,

"Who is this who even forgives sins?"

Jesus said to the woman,

"Your faith has saved you.

Go in peace."

After this,
Jesus traveled about from one town

and village to another,
proclaiming the good news

of the kingdom of God.

The Twelve were with him
and also some women who had been cured

of evil spirits and diseases...

Mary, called Magdalene,
from whom seven demons had come out,

Joanna, the wife of Chuza,
the manager of Herod's household,

Susanna and many others.

These women were helping to support them
out of their own means.

While a large crowd was gathering
and people were coming to Jesus

from town after town,
he told this parable...

[speaking Aramaic]

..."A farmer went out to sow his seed.

As he was scattering the seed,
some fell along the path.

It was trampled on and the birds
ate it up.

Some fell on rocky ground

and when it came up, the plants withered
because they had no moisture.

Other seed fell among thorns,

which grew up with it
and choked the plants.

Still other seed fell on good soil.

It came up and yielded a crop,

a hundred times more than was sown."

When he said this, he called out,

"Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] His Disciples asked him
what this parable meant.

He said, "The knowledge of the secrets

of the kingdom of God
has been given to you

but to others I speak in parables,

so that, though seeing, they may not see,

though hearing, they may not understand."

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator]
"This is the meaning of the parable,

-the seed is the word of God."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Those along the path
are the ones who hear,

and then the devil comes
and takes away the Word from their hearts,

so that they may not believe and be saved.

Those on the rocky ground are the ones
who receive the Word with joy

when they hear it, but they have no root.

They believe for a while,
but in the time of testing

they fall away.

The seed that fell among thorns
stands for those who hear

but as they go on their way
they are choked by life's worries,

riches and pleasures
and they do not mature.

But the seed on good soil

stands for those with a noble
and good heart,

who hear the Word, retain it

and by persevering, produce a crop.

No one lights a lamp
and hides it in a clay jar

or puts it under a bed.

Instead, they put it on a stand,

so that those who come in can see
the light.

For there is nothing hidden
that will not be disclosed

and nothing concealed
that will not be known

or brought out into the open.

Therefore,
consider carefully how you listen.

Whoever has will be given more,
whoever does not have,

even what they think
they have will be taken from them."

[narrator] Now, Jesus' mother and brothers
came to see Him

but they were not able to get near Him
because of the crowd.

Someone told him,
"Your mother and brothers

are standing outside, waiting to see you."

He replied, "My mothers and brothers

are those who hear God's word
and put it into practice."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
One day Jesus said to His Disciples,

"Let us go over to the other side
of the lake."

So, they got into a boat and set out.

As they sailed, He fell asleep.

[thunder rumbling]

[narrator] A squall came down on the lake,

so that the boat was being swamped
and they were in great danger.

-[thunder rumbling]
-[indistinct chatter]

[narrator]
The Disciples went and woke him, saying,

"Master, Master, we're going to drown!"

He got up and rebuked the wind
and the raging waters.

[narrator]
The storm subsided, and all was calm.

"Where is your faith?",
he asked His Disciples.

In fear and amazement
they asked one another,

"Who is this?

He commands even the winds and the water
and they obey him."

They sailed
to the region of the Gerasenes,

which is across the lake from Galilee.

When Jesus stepped ashore,

he was met by a demon-possessed man
from the town.

For a long time this man
had not worn clothes

or lived in a house but had lived
in the tombs.

[man grunting]

[grunts]

[narrator] When he saw Jesus,
he cried out and fell at his feet,

shouting at the top of his voice,

"What do you want with me, Jesus,
Son of the Most High God?

I beg you, don't torture me!"...

...for Jesus had commanded
the impure spirit to come out of the man.

[speaking Aramaic]

Many times it had seized him

and though he was chained hand and foot

and kept under guard,
he had broken his chains

and had been driven by the demon
into solitary places.

[man growls]

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"

[grunts]

[narrator] "Legion," he replied,

because many demons had gone into him

and they begged Jesus repeatedly
not to order them to go into the Abyss.

[squealing]

[narrator] A large herd of pigs
was feeding there on the hillside.

The demons begged Jesus
to let them go into the pigs...

[speaking Aramaic]

...and He gave them permission.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
When the demons came out of the man,

they went into the pigs
and the herd rushed down the steep bank

into the lake and was drowned.

When those tending the pigs
saw what had happened,

they ran off and reported this in the town
and countryside

and the people went out to see
what had happened.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] When they came to Jesus,
they found the man

from whom the demons
had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet,

dressed and in his right mind...

and they were afraid.

[indistinct chatter]

Those who had seen it told the people

how the demon-possessed man
had been cured.

Then all the people
of the region of the Gerasenes

asked Jesus to leave them
because they were overcome with fear.

[narrator]
So, he got into the boat and left.

The man from whom the demons had gone out

begged to go with Him
but Jesus sent him away, saying...

-[speaking Aramaic]
-..."Return home

and tell how much God has done for you."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] So,
the man went away and told all over town

how much Jesus had done for him.

[indistinct chatter]

Now when Jesus returned,
a crowd welcomed Him,

for they were all expecting him.

Then a man named Jairus,
a synagogue leader,

came and fell at Jesus' feet,

pleading with Him to come to his house

because his only daughter,
a girl of about 12, was dying.

As Jesus was on his way,
the crowds almost crushed him.

And a woman was there who had been subject
to bleeding for twelve years

but no one could heal her.

She came up behind him
and touched the edge of his cloak

and immediately her bleeding stopped.

"Who touched me?", Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said,
"Master, the people are crowding

and pressing against you."

But Jesus said, "Someone touched me.

I know that power has gone out from me."

Then the woman,
seeing that she could not go unnoticed,

came trembling and fell at his feet.

In the presence of all the people,
she told why she had touched him

and how she had been instantly healed.

Then he said to her,

"Daughter, your faith has healed you.

Go in peace."

While Jesus was still speaking,

someone came from the house of Jairus,
the synagogue leader.

"Your daughter is dead," he said.

-"Don't bother the teacher anymore."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus,

"Don't be afraid, just believe
and she will be healed."

When He arrived at the house of Jairus,

He did not let anyone go in with Him
except Peter, John and James

and the child's father and mother.

Meanwhile, all the people were wailing
and mourning for her.

[narrator] "Stop wailing," Jesus said.

"She is not dead but asleep."

They laughed at Him,
knowing that she was dead.

But He took her by the hand and said...

"My child, get up."

Her spirit returned
and at once she stood up.

Then Jesus told them
to give her something to eat.

Her parents were astonished

but he ordered them not to tell anyone
what had happened.

When Jesus had called the Twelve together,

He gave them power and authority

to drive out all demons
and to cure diseases,

and he sent them out to proclaim
the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] He told them,
"Take nothing for the journey,

no staff, no bag, no bread, no money,
no extra shirt.

Whatever house you enter,
stay there until you leave that town.

If people do not welcome you,
leave their town

and shake the dust off your feet
as a testimony against them."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] So, they set out and went
from village to village,

proclaiming the good news
and healing people everywhere.

Now Herod the tetrarch
heard about all that was going on.

And he was perplexed
because some were saying

that John had been raised from the dead,
others that Elijah had appeared

and still others that one of the prophets
of long ago had come back to life.

But Herod said, "I beheaded John.

Who, then,
is this I hear such things about?"

And he tried to see Him.

When the Apostles returned,

they reported to Jesus what they had done.

Then He took them with Him
and they withdrew by themselves

to a town called Bethsaida.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] But the crowds learned about it
and followed Him.

He welcomed them and spoke to them
about the kingdom of God

and healed those who needed healing.

Late in the afternoon the Twelve
came to him and said,

"Send the crowd away

so they can go to the surrounding villages
and countryside and find food and lodging

because we are in a remote place here."

He replied,
"You give them something to eat."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] They answered,
"We have only five loaves of bread

and two fish. Unless we go and buy food
for all this crowd."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] About 5000 men were there.

But he said to His Disciples,

"Have them sit down in groups
of about 50 each."

The Disciples did so and everyone
sat down.

[narrator]
Taking the five loaves and the two fish

and looking up to Heaven,

He gave thanks and broke them.

Then He gave them to the Disciples
to distribute to the people.

They all ate and were satisfied.

And the Disciples picked up 12 basketfuls
of broken pieces that were left over.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
Once when Jesus was praying in private

and His Disciples were with him,
he asked them...

-[speaking Aramaic]
-..."Who do the crowds say I am?"

They replied, "Some say John the Baptist,
others say Elijah and still others,

that one of the prophets of long ago
has come back to life."

-"But what about you?", he asked.
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Who do you say I am?"

-Peter answered, "God's Messiah."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Jesus strictly warned them
not to tell this to anyone.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] And he said,
"The Son of Man must suffer many things

and be rejected by the elders,
the chief priests

and the teachers of the Law

-and he must be killed...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...and on the third day
be raised to life."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Then he said to them all,

"Whoever wants to be my Disciple

must deny themselves and take up
their cross daily and follow me.

For whoever wants to save their life
will lose it,

but whoever loses their life for me
will save it."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "What good is it for someone
to gain the whole world

-and yet lose or forfeit their very self?"
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Whoever is ashamed of me
and my words,

the Son of Man will be ashamed of them
when he comes in his glory...

-[speaking Aramaic]
-...and in the glory of the Father...

and of the holy angels.

Truly I tell you,
some who are standing here

will not taste death before they see
the kingdom of God."

About eight days after Jesus said this...

He took Peter, John and James with Him
and went up onto a mountain to pray.

As He was praying,

the appearance of his face changed...

and his clothes became as bright
as a flash of lightning.

Two men, Moses and Elijah,

appeared in glorious splendor,
talking with Jesus.

They spoke about his departure,

which He was about to bring to fulfillment
at Jerusalem.

Peter and his companions
were very sleepy...

but when they became fully awake,

they saw His glory and the two men
standing with Him.

As the men were leaving Jesus,
Peter said to him,

"Master, it is good for us to be here.

Let us put up three shelters, one for you,
one for Moses and one for Elijah."

He did not know what he was saying.

While he was speaking,
a cloud appeared and covered them

and they were afraid
as they entered the cloud.

A voice came from the cloud, saying...

"This is my Son, whom I have chosen.

Listen to Him."

When the voice had spoken,

they found that Jesus was alone.

The Disciples kept this to themselves
and did not tell anyone at that time

what they had seen.

The next day,
when they came down from the mountain,

a large crowd met him.

A man in the crowd called out,

"Teacher, I beg you to look at my son,

for he is my only child.

A spirit seizes him
and he suddenly screams.

It throws him into convulsions
so that he foams at the mouth.

It scarcely ever leaves him
and is destroying him.

I begged your Disciples to drive it out
but they could not."

"You unbelieving and perverse generation,"
Jesus replied...

"how long shall I stay with you
and put up with you?

Bring your son here."

Even while the boy was coming,

the demon threw him to the ground
in a convulsion.

But Jesus rebuked the impure spirit...

-healed the boy...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...and gave him back to his father.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] And they were all amazed
at the greatness of God.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] While everyone was marveling
at all that Jesus did,

he said to His Disciples,

"Listen carefully
to what I am about to tell you."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"The Son of Man is going to be delivered

into the hands of men."

But they did not understand
what this meant.

It was hidden from them,
so that they did not grasp it...

and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

An argument started among the Disciples
as to which of them would be the greatest.

[speaking Aramaic]

Jesus, knowing their thoughts,

took a little child
and had him stand beside Him.

Then He said to them,

"Whoever welcomes this little child
in my name welcomes me...

-[speaking Aramaic]
-...and whoever welcomes me...

welcomes the one who sent me.

For it is the one
who is least among you all,

who is the greatest."

"Master," said John,

"we saw someone driving out demons
in your name and we tried to stop him

because he is not one of us."

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] "Do not stop him," Jesus said,

"for whoever is not against you
is for you."

As the time approached for Him
to be taken up to Heaven,

Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

And he sent messengers on ahead,
who went into a Samaritan village

to get things ready for Him...

but the people there did not welcome Him
because He was heading for Jerusalem.

When the Disciples James and John
saw this, they asked,

"Lord, do you want us to call fire
down from Heaven to destroy them?"

But Jesus turned and rebuked them.

Then He and His Disciples
went to another village.

As they were walking along the road,
a man said to Him,

"I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens
and birds have nests,

but the Son of Man has no place
to lay his head."

He said to another man, "Follow me."

But he replied...

"Lord, first let me go
and bury my father."

Jesus said to him,
"Let the dead bury their own dead...

but you go and proclaim
the kingdom of God."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Still another said,
"I will follow you, Lord

but first let me go back and say goodbye
to my family."

Jesus replied,
"No one who puts a hand to the plow

and looks back is fit for service
in the kingdom of God."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
After this, the Lord appointed 72 others

and sent them two by two ahead of Him

to every town and place
where he was about to go.

He told them, "The harvest is plentiful

but the workers are few.

Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore,

to send out workers
into His harvest field.

Go. I am sending you out like lambs
among wolves.

Do not take a purse or bag or sandals

and do not greet anyone on the road.

When you enter a house,
first say, 'Peace to this house.'

If someone who promotes peace is there,
your peace will rest on them,

if not, it will return to you.

Stay there, eating and drinking
whatever they give you,

for the worker deserves his wages.

Do not move around from house to house."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "When you enter a town
and are welcomed,

eat what is offered to you.

Heal the sick who are there and tell them,
'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'

But when you enter a town
and are not welcomed,

go into its streets and say,

'Even the dust of your town we wipe
from our feet as a warning to you.

Yet be sure of this,

the kingdom of God has come near.

I tell you,
it will be more bearable on that day

for Sodom than for that town.

Woe to you, Chorazin!

Woe to you, Bethsaida!

For if the miracles
that were performed in you

had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,

they would have repented long ago,
sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But it will be more bearable
for Tyre and Sidon

at the judgment than for you.

And you, Capernaum,
will you be lifted to the Heavens?

No, you will go down to Hades.

Whoever listens to you listens to me.

Whoever rejects you rejects me.

But whoever rejects me rejects him
who sent me.'"

The 72 returned with joy and said,

"Lord, even the demons submit to us
in your name."

He replied, "I saw Satan
fall like lightning from Heaven."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "I have given you authority
to trample on snakes and scorpions

and to overcome all the power
of the enemy,

-nothing will harm you."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "However, do not rejoice
that the spirits submit to you

but rejoice that your names
are written in Heaven."

At that time, Jesus, full of joy
through the Holy Spirit, said...

"I praise you, Father,
Lord of Heaven and Earth

because you have hidden these things
from the wise and learned

and revealed them to little children.

Yes, Father,
for this is what you were pleased to do.

All things have been committed to me
by my Father.

No one knows
who the Son is except the Father

and no one knows
who the Father is except the Son

and those to whom the Son
chooses to reveal him."

Then He turned to His Disciples
and said privately...

"Blessed are the eyes
that see what you see.

For I tell you that many prophets
and kings

wanted to see what you see
but did not see it

and to hear what you hear
but did not hear it."

On one occasion, an expert in the Law
stood up to test Jesus.

"Teacher," he asked,
"what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

"What is written in the Law?", he replied.

"How do you read it?"

He answered, "'Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul

and with all your strength
and with all your mind.'

And 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

"You have answered correctly,"
Jesus replied.

"Do this and you will live."

But he wanted to justify himself,

so he asked Jesus,
"And who is my neighbor?"

In reply Jesus said...

"A man was going down
from Jerusalem to Jericho...

[speaking Aramaic]

...when he was attacked by robbers."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"They stripped him of his clothes,

beat him and went away,
leaving him half dead.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "A priest happened to be
going down the same road

and when he saw the man,
he passed by on the other side.

So, too, a Levite,
when he came to the place and saw him,

passed by on the other side.

But a Samaritan, as he traveled,

came where the man
was and when he saw him,

he took pity on him.

He went to him and bandaged his wounds,

pouring on oil and wine.

Then he put the man on his own donkey,

brought him to an inn
and took care of him.

The next day, he took out two denarii
and gave them to the innkeeper.

'Look after him,' he said,

'and when I return, I will reimburse you
for any extra expense you may have.'

Which of these three do you think
was a neighbor to the man

who fell into the hands of robbers?"

The expert in the Law replied,
"The one who had mercy on him."

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] Jesus told him...

"Go and do likewise."

As Jesus and His Disciples
were on their way,

he came to a village where a woman
named Martha opened her home to Him.

She had a sister called Mary,

who sat at the Lord's feet
listening to what he said.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] But Martha was distracted
by all the preparations

that had to be made.

She came to him and asked,
"Lord, don't you care

that my sister has left me
to do the work by myself?

Tell her to help me."

"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered,

"you are worried and upset
about many things...

but few things are needed
or indeed only one.

-Mary has chosen what is better...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...and it will not be
taken away from her."

One day,
Jesus was praying in a certain place.

When He finished, one of His Disciples
said to Him,

"Lord, teach us to pray,
just as John taught His Disciples."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] He said to them,
"When you pray, say...

'Father, hallowed be your name...

your kingdom come.

Give us each day our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins...

for we also forgive everyone who sins
against us.

And lead us not into temptation.'"

Then Jesus said to them...

"Suppose you have a friend

and you go to him at midnight and say,
'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread.

A friend of mine on a journey
has come to me

and I have no food to offer him.'

And suppose the one inside answers,
'Don't bother me.

The door is already locked

and my children and I are in bed.

I can't get up and give you anything.'

I tell you...

even though he will not get up
and give you the bread

because of friendship,

yet because of your shameless audacity...

he will surely get up and give you
as much as you need.

So I say to you,
ask and it will be given to you,

seek and you will find,

knock and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks, receives,
the one who seeks finds,

and to the one who knocks,
the door will be opened.

Which of you fathers,
if your son asks for a fish,

will give him a snake instead?

Or if he asks for an egg,
will give him a scorpion?

If you then, though you are evil,

know how to give good gifts
to your children,

how much more will your Father in Heaven

give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask him?"

Jesus was driving out a demon
that was mute.

When the demon left,

the man who had been mute spoke...

[indistinct chatter]

-...and the crowd was amazed.
-[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] But some of them said,
"By Beelzebul, the prince of demons,

he is driving out demons."

Others tested Him by asking for a sign
from Heaven.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Jesus knew their thoughts
and said to them...

"Any kingdom divided against itself
will be ruined

And a house divided against itself
will fall.

If Satan is divided against himself...

how can his kingdom stand?

I say this because you claim
that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul,

by whom do your followers drive them out?

So then, they will be your judges."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "But if I drive out demons
by the finger of God...

then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

When a strong man, fully armed,
guards his own house...

-[speaking Aramaic]
-...his possessions are safe.

But when someone stronger attacks
and overpowers him,

he takes away the armor
in which the man trusted

and divides up his plunder.

Whoever is not with me is against me

and whoever does not gather with me,
scatters.

When an impure spirit
comes out of a person,

it goes through arid places seeking rest
and does not find it.

Then it says,
'I will return to the house I left.'

When it arrives...

it finds the house swept clean
and put in order.

Then it goes and takes seven other spirits
more wicked than itself

and they go in and live there.

And the final condition of that person
is worse than the first."

As Jesus was saying these things,
a woman in the crowd called out,

"Blessed is the mother who gave you birth
and nursed you."

He replied,

"Blessed rather are those who hear
the word of God and obey it."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
As the crowds increased, Jesus said...

"This is a wicked generation.

It asks for a sign...

but none will be given it
except the sign of Jonah.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites,

so also will the Son of Man
be to this generation.

The Queen of the South
will rise at the judgment

with the people of this generation
and condemn them,

for she came from the ends of the Earth
to listen to Solomon's wisdom

and now something greater than Solomon
is here.

The men of Nineveh
will stand up at the judgment

with this generation and condemn it,

for they repented
at the preaching of Jonah

and now something greater than Jonah
is here.

No one lights a lamp and puts it
in a place

where it will be hidden or under a bowl.

Instead, they put it on its stand,

so that those who come in may see
the light.

Your eye is the lamp of your body.

When your eyes are healthy,

your whole body also is full of light.

But when they are unhealthy,

your body also is full of darkness.

See to it, then, that the light within you
is not darkness.

Therefore, if your whole body
is full of light and no part of it dark,

it will be just as full of light
as when a lamp shines its light on you."

When Jesus had finished speaking,

a Pharisee invited Him to eat with him...

so he went in and reclined at the table.

But the Pharisee was surprised
when he noticed that Jesus

did not first wash before the meal.

Then the Lord said to him,

"Now then, you Pharisees
clean the outside of the cup and dish...

but inside you are full of greed
and wickedness.

You foolish people.

Did not the one who made
the outside make the inside also?

But now as for what is inside you...

be generous to the poor...

and everything will be clean for you.

Woe to you Pharisees,

because you give God a tenth of your mint,

rue and all other kinds of garden herbs

but you neglect justice
and the love of God.

You should have practiced the latter
without leaving the former undone.

Woe to you Pharisees,

because you love the most important seats
in the synagogues

and respectful greetings
in the marketplaces.

Woe to you,
because you are like unmarked graves,

which people walk over
without knowing it."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] One of the experts in the Law
answered him,

"Teacher, when you say these things,
you insult us also."

Jesus replied,
"And you experts in the Law,

woe to you because you load people
down with burdens they can hardly carry...

and you yourselves will not lift
one finger to help them."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Woe to you,
because you build tombs for the prophets

and it was your ancestors
who killed them."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"So, you testify that you approve

-of what your ancestors did...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...they killed the prophets
and you build their tombs."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Because of this,
God in his wisdom said,

'I will send them prophets and Apostles,
some of whom they will kill

and others they will persecute.'

Therefore,
this generation will be held responsible

for the blood of all the prophets

that has been shed
since the beginning of the world.

From the blood of Abel
to the blood of Zechariah,

who was killed
between the altar and the sanctuary.

Yes, I tell you...

this generation will be held responsible
for it all.

Woe to you experts in the Law...

because you have taken away the key
to knowledge.

You yourselves have not entered

and you have hindered
those who were entering."

When Jesus went outside,

the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law
began to oppose him fiercely...

and to besiege Him with questions,

waiting to catch Him
in something he might say.

Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands
had gathered,

so that they were trampling on
one another,

Jesus began to speak first
to His Disciples, saying...

"Be on your guard
against the yeast of the Pharisees,

which is hypocrisy.

There is nothing concealed
that will not be disclosed

or hidden that will not be made known.

What you have said in the dark
will be heard in the daylight...

and what you have whispered in the ear
in the inner rooms...

will be proclaimed from the roofs.

I tell you, my friends,

do not be afraid of those who kill
the body and after that can do no more.

I will show you who you should fear.

Fear him who,
after your body has been killed,

has authority to throw you into hell.

Yes, I tell you, fear him.

Are not five sparrows sold
for two pennies?

Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Indeed, the very hairs of your head
are all numbered.

Don't be afraid,
you are worth more than many sparrows.

I tell you,
whoever publicly acknowledges me

before others,
the Son of Man will also acknowledge

before the angels of God.

But whoever disowns me before others,

will be disowned before the angels of God.

And everyone who speaks a word
against the Son of Man will be forgiven...

but anyone who blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit

will not be forgiven.

When you are brought before synagogues,
rulers and authorities,

do not worry about how you will defend
yourselves or what you will say,

for the Holy Spirit
will teach you at that time

what you should say."

Someone in the crowd said to him...

"Teacher, tell my brother to divide
the inheritance with me."

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] Jesus replied...

"Man, who appointed me a judge
or an arbiter between you?"

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Then he said to them,
"Watch out.

Be on your guard
against all kinds of greed,

life does not consist in an abundance
of possessions."

And he told them this parable,

"The ground of a certain rich man
yielded an abundant harvest.

He thought to himself, 'What shall I do?

I have no place to store my crops.'

Then he said, 'This is what I'll do.

I will tear down my barns
and build bigger ones

and there I will store my surplus grain.

And I'll say to myself,
"You have plenty of grain

laid up for many years.

Take life easy, eat, drink and be merry."'

But God said to him...

'You fool.

This very night your life
will be demanded from you.

Then who will get what you have prepared
for yourself?'

This is how it will be
with whoever stores up things

for themselves but is not rich
toward God."

Then Jesus said to His Disciples,

"Therefore I tell you,
do not worry about your life,

what you will eat or about your body,
what you will wear.

For life is more than food
and the body more than clothes.

Consider the ravens.

They do not sow or reap...

they have no storeroom or barn,

yet God feeds them.

And how much more valuable
you are than birds.

Who of you by worrying can add
a single hour to your life?

Since you cannot do
this very little thing,

why do you worry about the rest?

Consider how the wild flowers grow.

They do not labor or spin.

Yet I tell you, not even Solomon
in all his splendor

was dressed like one of these.

If that is how God clothes
the grass of the field,

which is here today, and tomorrow
is thrown into the fire,

how much more will he clothe you...

you of little faith.

And do not set your heart
on what you will eat or drink

Do not worry about it.

For the pagan world runs
after all such things

and your Father knows
that you need them.

But seek his kingdom and these things

will be given to you as well.

Do not be afraid, little flock,

for your Father has been pleased
to give you the kingdom.

Sell your possessions
and give to the poor.

Provide purses for yourselves
that will not wear out,

a treasure in Heaven that will never fail,

where no thief comes near
and no moth destroys.

For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.

Be dressed ready for service...

and keep your lamps burning,

like servants waiting for their master
to return from a wedding banquet...

so that when he comes and knocks

they can immediately open the door
for him.

It will be good for those servants

whose master finds them
watching when he comes.

Truly I tell you,

he will dress himself to serve,

will have them recline at the table
and will come and wait on them.

It will be good for those servants
whose master finds them ready,

even if he comes in the middle
of the night or toward daybreak.

But understand this...

if the owner of the house had known
at what hour the thief was coming,

he would not have let his house
be broken into.

You also must be ready
because the Son of Man

will come at an hour
when you do not expect him."

Peter asked,
"Lord, are you telling this parable to us

or to everyone?"

The Lord answered,

"Who then is the faithful
and wise manager,

whom the master puts in charge
of his servants

to give them their food allowance
at the proper time?

It will be good for that servant

whom the master finds
doing so when he returns.

Truly I tell you,

he will put him in charge
of all his possessions.

But suppose the servant says to himself,

'My master is taking a long time
in coming...'

and he then begins to beat
the other servants,

both men and women and to eat and drink
and get drunk.

The master of that servant will come
on a day when he does not expect him...

and at an hour he is not aware of.

He will cut him to pieces

and assign him a place
with the unbelievers.

The servant who knows the master's will
and does not get ready

or does not do what the master wants

will be beaten with many blows.

But the one who does not know
and does things deserving punishment

will be beaten with few blows.

From everyone who has been given much,

much will be demanded

and from the one who has been entrusted
with much,

much more will be asked.

I have come to bring fire on the Earth

and how I wish it were already kindled.

But I have a baptism to undergo...

and what constraint I am under
until it is completed.

Do you think I came to bring peace
on Earth?

No, I tell you, but division.

From now on there will be five
in one family divided against each other,

three against two and two against three.

They will be divided, father against son
and son against father,

mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,

mother-in-law against daughter-in-law

and daughter-in-law
against mother-in-law."

He said to the crowd...

"When you see a cloud
rising in the west, immediately you say,

'It's going to rain,' and it does.

And when the south wind blows, you say,

'It's going to be hot,' and it is.

Hypocrites!

You know how to interpret the appearance

of the Earth and the sky.

How is it that you don't know
how to interpret this present time?

Why don't you judge for yourselves
what is right?

As you are going with your adversary
to the magistrate,

try hard to be reconciled on the way...

or your adversary
may drag you off to the judge

and the judge
turn you over to the officer

and the officer throw you into prison.

I tell you, you will not get out

until you have paid the last penny."

Now there were some present at that time
who told Jesus about the Galileans

whose blood Pilate had mixed
with their sacrifices.

Jesus answered,
"Do you think that these Galileans

were worse sinners
than all the other Galileans

because they suffered this way?

I tell you, no.

But unless you repent,
you too will all perish.

Or those 18 who died when the tower
in Siloam fell on them,

do you think they were more guilty
than all the others living in Jerusalem?

I tell you, no.

But unless you repent,
you too will all perish."

Then he told this parable,

"A man had a fig tree
growing in his vineyard

and he went to look for fruit on it
but did not find any.

So, he said to the man who took care
of the vineyard,

'For three years now I've been coming
to look for fruit on this fig tree

and haven't found any.

Cut it down.

Why should it use up the soil?'

'Sir,' the man replied...

'leave it alone for one more year
and I'll dig around it and fertilize it.

If it bears fruit next year, fine.

If not, then cut it down.'"

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] On a Sabbath,
Jesus was teaching

in one of the synagogues...

and a woman was there who had been
crippled by a spirit for 18 years.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] She was bent over
and could not straighten up at all.

When Jesus saw her,
he called her forward and said to her,

"Woman,
you are set free from your infirmity."

Then he put his hands on her...

and immediately she straightened up...

and praised God.

Indignant because Jesus had healed
on the Sabbath,

the synagogue leader said to the people,

"There are six days for work.

So, come and be healed on those days,

not on the Sabbath."

-The Lord answered him, "You hypocrites!"
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath

untie your ox or donkey from the stall

and lead it out to give it water?

Then should not this woman,
a daughter of Abraham,

whom Satan has kept bound
for 18 long years...

be set free on the Sabbath day
from what bound her?"

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] When he said this,
all his opponents were humiliated.

But the people were delighted

with all the wonderful things
he was doing.

Then Jesus asked,
"What is the kingdom of God like?

What shall I compare it to?

It is like a mustard seed,

which a man took and planted
in his garden."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "It grew and became a tree

and the birds perched in its branches."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Again he asked,
"What shall I compare

the kingdom of God to?

It is like yeast that a woman took
and mixed into about 60 pounds of flour...

until it worked all through the dough."

Then Jesus went through the towns
and villages,

teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.

Someone asked him,

"Lord, are only a few people
going to be saved?"

He said to them, "Make every effort
to enter through the narrow door,

because many, I tell you,
will try to enter

and will not be able to.

Once the owner of the house
gets up and closes the door,

you will stand outside knocking
and pleading,

'Sir, open the door for us.'

But he will answer,

'I don't know you or where you come from.'

Then you will say,
'We ate and drank with you

and you taught in our streets.'

But he will reply...

'I don't know you or where you come from.

Away from me, all you evildoers!'

There will be weeping there
and gnashing of teeth,

when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

and all the prophets
in the kingdom of God,

but you yourselves thrown out.

People will come from east and west
and north and south

and will take their places at the feast
in the kingdom of God.

Indeed, there are those who are last
who will be first

and first who will be last."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] At that time, some Pharisees
came to Jesus and said to him...

"Leave this place and go somewhere else.

Herod wants to kill you."

He replied...

"Go tell that fox I will keep on driving
out demons

and healing people today and tomorrow

and on the third day,
I will reach my goal."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "In any case, I must press on
today and tomorrow and the next day,

for surely no prophet can die
outside Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets

and stone those sent to you...

how often I have longed to gather
your children together,

as a hen gathers her chicks
under her wings,

and you are not willing.

Look, your house is left to you desolate.

I tell you,
you will not see me again until you say,

'Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord.'"

One Sabbath,
when Jesus went to eat in the house

of a prominent Pharisee,
he was being carefully watched.

There in front of him was a man suffering
from abnormal swelling of his body.

Jesus asked the Pharisees
and experts in the Law...

"Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath
or not?"

But they remained silent.

So taking hold of the man,

he healed him and sent him on his way.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Then he asked them...

-"If one of you has a child or an ox...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...that falls
into a well on the Sabbath day...

will you not immediately pull it out?"

And they had nothing to say.

When he noticed how the guests
picked the places of honor at the table,

he told them this parable...

"When someone invites you
to a wedding feast...

do not take the place of honor,

for a person more distinguished than you
may have been invited.

If so, the host who invited both of you

will come and say to you,
'Give this person your seat.'

Then, humiliated, you will have to take
the least important place.

But when you are invited,
take the lowest place...

so that when your host comes,

he will say to you,
'Friend, move up to a better place.'

Then you will be honored
in the presence of all the other guests."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "For all those who exalt
themselves will be humbled

and those who humble
themselves will be exalted."

Then Jesus said to his host...

"When you give a luncheon or dinner,

do not invite your friends,
your brothers or sisters,

your relatives or your rich neighbors,

if you do, they may invite you
back and so you will be repaid."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "But when you give a banquet...

invite the poor...

-the crippled, the lame...
-[speaking Aramaic]

...the blind...

and you will be blessed.

Although they cannot repay you,

you will be repaid at the resurrection
of the righteous."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] When one of those at the table
with him heard this, he said to Jesus...

"Blessed is the one who will eat
at the feast in the kingdom of God."

Jesus replied...

"A certain man was preparing
a great banquet

and invited many guests.

At the time of the banquet
he sent his servant

to tell those who had been invited,

'Come, for everything is now ready.'

But they all alike began to make excuses.

The first said...

'I have just bought a field
and I must go and see it.

Please excuse me.'

"Another said,
I have just bought five yoke of oxen

and I'm on my way to try them out.
Please excuse me.'

Still another said, 'I just got married,
so I can't come.'

The servant came back and reported this
to his master.

Then the owner of the house became angry

and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly
into the streets and alleys of the town

and bring in the poor, the crippled,
the blind and the lame.'

'Sir,' the servant said,

'what you ordered has been done
but there is still room.'

Then the master told his servant,

'Go out to the roads and country lanes
and compel them to come in,

so that my house will be full.

I tell you,
not one of those who were invited

will get a taste of my banquet.'"

[indistinct chatter]

Large crowds were traveling with Jesus
and turning to them he said,

"If anyone comes to me
and does not hate father and mother,

wife and children, brothers and sisters...

yes, even their own life,

such a person cannot be my Disciple.

And whoever does not carry their cross
and follow me cannot be my Disciple."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Suppose one of you wants
to build a tower.

Won't you first sit down and estimate
the cost

to see if you have enough money
to complete it?

For if you lay the foundation
and are not able to finish it...

everyone who sees it will ridicule you,
saying,

'This person began to build
and wasn't able to finish.'

Or suppose a king is about to go to war
against another king.

Won't he first sit down and consider
whether he is able with 10,000 men

to oppose the one coming against him
with 20,000?

If he is not able,
he will send a delegation

while the other is still a long way off
and will ask for terms of peace.

In the same way,
those of you who do not give up everything

you have cannot be my Disciples.

Salt is good...

but if it loses its saltiness,
how can it be made salty again?

It is neither fit for the soil
nor for the manure pile...

it is thrown out.

Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

Now the tax collectors and sinners
were all gathering around to hear Jesus.

But the Pharisees
and the teachers of the Law

muttered, "This man welcomes sinners
and eats with them."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
Then Jesus told them this parable...

[speaking Aramaic]

..."Suppose one of you has a 100 sheep
and loses one of them."

[sheep bleating]

[narrator] "Doesn't he leave the 99
in the open country

and go after the lost sheep
until he finds it?

And when he finds it...

he joyfully puts it on his shoulders
and goes home.

Then he calls his friends and neighbors
together and says,

'Rejoice with me,
I have found my lost sheep.'

I tell you that in the same way
there will be more rejoicing

in Heaven over one sinner who repents...

than over 99 righteous persons
who do not need to repent."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Or suppose a woman
has ten silver coins and loses one.

Doesn't she light a lamp...

sweep the house and search carefully
until she finds it?

And when she finds it,
she calls her friends

and neighbors together and says,
'Rejoice with me,

I have found my lost coin.'

In the same way, I tell you...

there is rejoicing in the presence
of the angels of God

over one sinner who repents."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Jesus continued,

"There was a man who had two sons.

The younger one said to his father,

'Father, give me my share of the estate.'

So, he divided his property between them.

Not long after that, the younger son
got together all he had,

set off for a distant country...

and there squandered his wealth
in wild living.

After he had spent everything,

there was a severe famine
in that whole country

and he began to be in need.

So, he went and hired himself
out to a citizen of that country...

who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

He longed to fill his stomach
with the pods that the pigs were eating...

but no one gave him anything.

When he came to his senses, he said...

'How many of my father's hired servants
have food to spare

and here I am starving to death.

I will set out and go back to my father
and say to him,

"Father, I have sinned against Heaven
and against you.

I am no longer worthy
to be called your son.

Make me like one of your hired servants."'

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"So, he got up and went to his father.

But while he was still a long way off,
his father saw him...

and was filled with compassion for him.

He ran to his son,

threw his arms around him
and kissed him."

[laughs]

[narrator] "The son said to him,
'Father, I have sinned

against Heaven and against you.

I am no longer worthy
to be called your son.'

But the father said to his servants,

'Quick, bring the best robe
and put it on him.

Put a ring on his finger and sandals
on his feet.

Bring the fattened calf and kill it.

Let's have a feast and celebrate.

For this son of mine was dead
and is alive again,

he was lost and is found.'"

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] "So, they began to celebrate.

Meanwhile, the older son was in the field.

When he came near the house,
he heard music and dancing.

So, he called one of the servants
and asked him what was going on.

'Your brother has come,' he replied...

'and your father has killed
the fattened calf

because he has him back safe and sound.'

The older brother became angry
and refused to go in.

So, his father went out and pleaded
with him.

But he answered his father, 'Look...

all these years I've been slaving for you
and never disobeyed your orders.

Yet you never gave me even a young goat
so I could celebrate with my friends.

But when this son
of yours who has squandered

your property with prostitutes comes home,
you kill the fattened calf for him.'

'My son,' the father said,

'you are always with me...

and everything I have is yours.

But we had to celebrate and be glad

because this brother of yours was dead
and is alive again.

He was lost and is found.'"

[narrator] Jesus told His Disciples...

"There was a rich man

whose manager was accused of wasting
his possessions.

So, he called him in and asked him,
'What is this I hear about you?

Give an account of your management
because you cannot be manager any longer.'

The manager said to himself,
'What shall I do now?

My master is taking away my job.
I'm not strong enough to dig

and I'm ashamed to beg.

I know what I'll do so that when I lose
my job here

people will welcome me into their houses.'

So, he called in each one
of his master's debtors.

He asked the first,
'How much do you owe my master?'

'Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,'
he replied.

The manager told him, 'Take your bill,
sit down quickly

and make it 450.'

Then he asked the second,
'And how much do you owe?'

'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied.

He told him,
'Take your bill and make it 800.'

The master commended the dishonest manager

because he had acted shrewdly.

For the people of this world
are more shrewd in dealing

with their own kind than are the people
of the light.

I tell you, use worldly wealth
to gain friends for yourselves,

so that when it is gone,

you will be welcomed
into eternal dwellings.

Whoever can be trusted with very little

can also be trusted with much...

and whoever is dishonest
with very little...

will also be dishonest with much.

So, if you have not been trustworthy
in handling worldly wealth...

who will trust you with true riches?

And if you have not been trustworthy
with someone else's property,

who will give you property of your own?

No one can serve two masters.

Either you will hate the one and love
the other...

or you will be devoted to the one
and despise the other.

You cannot serve both God and money."

The Pharisees, who loved money,
heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.

He said to them,
"You are the ones who justify

yourselves in the eyes of others,

but God knows your hearts.

What people value highly is detestable
in God's sight.

"The Law and the Prophets
were proclaimed until John.

Since that time, the good news
of the kingdom of God

is being preached...

and everyone is forcing their way into it.

It is easier for Heaven and Earth
to disappear

than for the least stroke of a pen

to drop out of the Law.

Anyone who divorces his wife
and marries another woman

commits adultery...

and the man who marries
a divorced woman...

commits adultery.

There was a rich man
who was dressed in purple and fine linen

and lived in luxury every day.

At his gate was laid
a beggar named Lazarus,

covered with sores and longing to eat
what fell from the rich man's table.

Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

The time came when the beggar died

and the angels carried him
to Abraham's side.

The rich man also died and was buried.

In Hades, where he was in torment,

he looked up and saw Abraham far away
with Lazarus by his side.

So he called to him, 'Father Abraham,

have pity on me and send Lazarus
to dip the tip of his finger in water

and cool my tongue because I am in agony
in this fire.'

But Abraham replied,
'Son, remember that in your lifetime

you received your good things,

while Lazarus received bad things

but now he is comforted here
and you are in agony.

And besides all this, between us and you,

a great chasm has been set in place,

so that those who want to go
from here to you cannot,

nor can anyone cross over
from there to us.'

He answered, 'Then I beg you, Father,

send Lazarus to my family,
for I have five brothers.

Let him warn them,
so that they will not also come

to this place of torment.'

Abraham replied...

'They have Moses and the Prophets.

Let them listen to them.'

'No, Father Abraham,' he said,

'but if someone from the dead
goes to them, they will repent.'

He said to him, 'If they do not listen
to Moses and the Prophets,

they will not be convinced
even if someone rises from the dead.'"

[speaking Aramaic]

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Jesus said to His Disciples,

"Things that cause people
to stumble are bound to come...

but woe to anyone through whom they come.

It would be better for them to be thrown
into the sea

with a millstone tied around their neck

than to cause one of these little ones
to stumble.

So watch yourselves.

If your brother or sister
sins against you,

rebuke them...

and if they repent, forgive them.

Even if they sin against you seven times
in a day

and seven times come back to you saying

'I repent,' you must forgive them."

The Apostles said to the Lord,
"Increase our faith."

He replied...

"If you have faith
as small as a mustard seed,

you can say to this mulberry tree,

'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,'

and it will obey you."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Suppose one of you
has a servant plowing

or looking after the sheep.

Will he say to the servant
when he comes in from the field...

'Come along now and sit down to eat'?

Won't he rather say, 'Prepare my supper,
get yourself ready and wait on me

while I eat and drink...

after that you may eat and drink'?

Will he thank the servant because he did
what he was told to do?

So you also, when you have done
everything you were told to do...

should say, 'We are unworthy servants,

we have only done our duty.'"

Now on His way to Jerusalem,

Jesus traveled along the border
between Samaria and Galilee.

As he was going into a village,

ten men who had leprosy met him.

They stood at a distance

and called out in a loud voice,

"Jesus, Master, have pity on us."

When he saw them, he said,
"Go, show yourselves to the priests."

And as they went...

they were cleansed.

One of them,
when he saw he was healed,

came back, praising God in a loud voice.

He threw himself at Jesus' feet

and thanked Him and he was a Samaritan.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Jesus asked,
"Were not all ten cleansed?

Where are the other nine?

Has no one returned to give praise to God
except this foreigner?"

Then he said to him, "Rise and go,

your faith has made you well."

Once, on being asked by the Pharisees
when the kingdom of God would come,

Jesus replied...

"The coming of the kingdom of God
is not something that can be observed,

nor will people say, 'Here it is,'

or 'There it is...'

because the kingdom of God
is in your midst."

-Then He said to His Disciples...
-[speaking Aramaic]

..."The time is coming
when you will long to see

one of the days of the Son of Man

but you will not see it.

People will tell you, 'There he is!'
or 'Here he is!'

Do not go running off after them.

For the Son of Man in his day

will be like the lightning, which flashes
and lights up the sky

from one end to the other.

But first he must suffer many things...

and be rejected by this generation.

Just as it was in the days of Noah...

so also will it be in the days
of the Son of Man.

People were eating, drinking, marrying...

and being given in marriage
up to the day Noah entered the ark.

Then the flood came
and destroyed them all."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "It was the same
in the days of Lot.

People were eating and drinking,
buying and selling, planting and building.

But the day Lot left Sodom,

fire and sulfur rained down from Heaven
and destroyed them all.

It will be just like this on the day
the Son of Man is revealed.

On that day no one who is on the housetop,

with possessions inside,
should go down to get them.

Likewise, no one in the field
should go back for anything.

Remember Lot's wife!

Whoever tries to keep their life
will lose it

and whoever loses their life
will preserve it.

I tell you, on that night
two people will be in one bed,

one will be taken and the other left.

Two women will be
grinding grain together...

one will be taken...

and the other left."

"Where, Lord?" they asked.

He replied...

"Where there is a dead body,
there the vultures will gather."

Then Jesus told His Disciples a parable

to show them that they should always pray
and not give up.

He said,
"In a certain town there was a judge

who neither feared God
nor cared what people thought.

And there was a widow in that town
who kept coming to him with the plea,

'Grant me justice against my adversary.'

For some time he refused.

But finally he said to himself...

'Even though I don't fear God
or care what people think,

yet because this widow keeps bothering me,

I will see that she gets justice,

so that she won't eventually come
and attack me!."

-[speaking Aramaic]
-[narrator] And the Lord said,

"Listen to what the unjust judge says.

And will not God bring about justice
for his chosen ones,

who cry out to him day and night?

Will he keep putting them off?

I tell you,
he will see that they get justice,

and quickly.

However, when the Son of Man comes,

will he find faith on the Earth?"

To some who were confident
of their own righteousness

and looked down on everyone else,

Jesus told this parable...

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"Two men went up to the temple to pray.

One, a Pharisee and the other,
a tax collector.

The Pharisee stood
by himself and prayed...

'God, I thank you
that I am not like other people.

Robbers, evildoers, adulterers

or even like this tax collector.

I fast twice a week

and give a tenth of all I get.'

But the tax collector stood at a distance.

He would not even look up to Heaven

but beat his breast and said,

'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

I tell you that this man,
rather than the other,

went home justified before God.

For all those who exalt themselves
will be humbled

and those who humble themselves
will be exalted."

[indistinct chatter]

People were also bringing babies to Jesus
for him to place his hands on them.

When the Disciples saw this,
they rebuked them.

But Jesus called the children to Him
and said,

"Let the little children come to me
and do not hinder them,

for the kingdom of God
belongs to such as these.

Truly I tell you,
anyone who will not receive

the kingdom of God like a little child
will never enter it."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] A certain ruler asked Him,
"Good teacher,

what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

"Why do you call me good?",
Jesus answered.

"No one is good except God alone.

You know the commandments.

You shall not commit adultery,
you shall not murder,

you shall not steal,
you shall not give false testimony,

honor your father and mother."

"All these I have kept since I was a boy,"
he said.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him...

"You still lack one thing.

Sell everything you have and give
to the poor

and you will have treasure in Heaven.

Then come, follow me."

When he heard this, he became very sad

because he was very wealthy.

Jesus looked at him and said...

"How hard it is for the rich
to enter the kingdom of God.

Indeed, it is easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle

than for someone who is rich
to enter the kingdom of God."

Those who heard this asked,
"Who then can be saved?"

Jesus replied, "What is impossible
with man is possible with God."

Peter said to him,
"We have left all we had to follow you."

"Truly I tell you," Jesus said to them...

"no one who has left home or wife
or brothers or sisters or parents

or children for the sake
of the kingdom of God

will fail to receive many times

as much in this age
and in the age to come...

eternal life."

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them,

"We are going up to Jerusalem

and everything that is written
by the prophets about the Son of Man

will be fulfilled.

He will be delivered over to the Gentiles.

They will mock him, insult him
and spit on him,

they will flog him and kill him.

On the third day he will rise again."

The Disciples did not understand
any of this.

Its meaning was hidden from them

and they did not know
what he was talking about.

As Jesus approached Jericho,

a blind man was sitting
by the roadside begging.

When he heard the crowd going by,

he asked what was happening.

They told him,
"Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

He called out,
"Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] Those who led the way
rebuked him and told him to be quiet

but he shouted all the more,

"Son of David, have mercy on me."

Jesus stopped and ordered the man
to be brought to him.

When he came near, Jesus asked him...

"What do you want me to do for you?"

"Lord, I want to see," he replied.

Jesus said to him...

"Receive your sight...

your faith has healed you."

Immediately he received his sight
and followed Jesus, praising God.

When all the people saw it,
they also praised God.

[narrator] Jesus entered Jericho
and was passing through.

A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus.

He was a chief tax collector
and was wealthy.

He wanted to see who Jesus was...

but because he was short he could not see
over the crowd.

So he ran ahead and climbed
a sycamore-fig tree

to see him,
since Jesus was coming that way.

When Jesus reached the spot,
he looked up and said to him,

"Zacchaeus, come down immediately.
I must stay at your house today."

So, he came down at once
and welcomed him gladly.

All the people saw this
and began to mutter,

"He has gone to be the guest of a sinner."

But Zacchaeus stood up
and said to the Lord...

"Look, Lord...

here and now I give half of my possessions
to the poor

and if I have cheated
anybody out of anything,

I will pay back four times the amount."

Jesus said to him,
"Today salvation has come

to this house,
because this man too is a son of Abraham.

For the Son of Man came to seek
and to save the lost."

While they were listening to this,
he went on to tell them a parable

because he was near Jerusalem
and the people thought

that the kingdom of God
was going to appear at once.

He said, "A man of noble birth
went to a distant country

to have himself appointed king
and then to return.

So, he called ten of his servants
and gave them ten minas.

'Put this money to work,' he said,
'until I come back.'

But his subjects hated him

and sent a delegation after him to say,

'We don't want this man to be our king.'

He was made king,
however and returned home.

Then he sent for the servants
to whom he had given the money,

in order to find out
what they had gained with it.

The first one came and said,

'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'

'Well done, my good servant!'
his master replied.

'Because you have been trustworthy
in a very small matter,

take charge of ten cities.'

The second came and said,

'Sir, your mina has earned five more.'

"His master answered,
'You take charge of five cities.'

Then another servant came and said,
'Sir, here is your mina,

I have kept it
laid away in a piece of cloth.

I was afraid of you
because you are a hard man.

You take out what you did not put in
and reap what you did not sow.'

His master replied,
'I will judge you by your own words,

you wicked servant!

You knew, did you, that I am a hard man,

taking out what I did not put in
and reaping what I did not sow?

Why then didn't you put my money
on deposit,

so that when I came back,
I could have collected it with interest?'

Then he said to those standing by,

'Take his mina away from him
and give it to the one who has ten minas.'

'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten.'

He replied,
'I tell you that to everyone who has,

more will be given...

but as for the one who has nothing,

even what they have will be taken away.

But those enemies of mine
who did not want me

to be king over them, bring them here
and kill them in front of me.'"

After Jesus had said this,
he went on ahead,

going up to Jerusalem.

As he approached Bethphage and Bethany

at the hill called the Mount of Olives,
He sent two of His Disciples,

saying to them,
"Go to the village ahead of you

and as you enter it,
you will find a colt tied there

which no one has ever ridden.

Untie it and bring it here.

If anyone asks you,
'Why are you untying it?'

say, 'The Lord needs it.'"

Those who were sent ahead went
and found it just as he had told them.

As they were untying the colt,
its owners asked them,

"Why are you untying the colt?"

-They replied, "The Lord needs it."
-[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] They brought it to Jesus,
threw their cloaks on the colt

and put Jesus on it.

As he went along,
people spread their cloaks on the road.

When he came near the place where
the road goes down the Mount of Olives,

the whole crowd of Disciples
began joyfully to praise God

in loud voices for all the miracles
they had seen...

"Blessed is the king who comes
in the name of the Lord.

Peace in Heaven and glory in the highest."

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd
said to Jesus,

"Teacher, rebuke your Disciples."

"I tell you," he replied,
"if they keep quiet,

the stones will cry out."

As he approached Jerusalem
and saw the city,

he wept over it and said...

"If you...

even you had only known on this day
what would bring you peace...

but now it is hidden from your eyes.

The days will come upon you when
your enemies will build an embankment

against you and encircle you
and hem you in on every side.

They will dash you to the ground,

you and the children within your walls.

They will not leave one stone on another

because you did not recognize the time
of God's coming to you."

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator]
When Jesus entered the temple courts,

he began to drive out
those who were selling.

[shouting in Aramaic]

[narrator]
"It is written," he said to them,

"'My house will be a house of prayer...'

but you have made it a den of robbers."

Every day he was teaching at the temple.

But the chief priests,
the teachers of the Law

and the leaders among the people
were trying to kill him.

Yet they could not find any way to do it

because all the people hung on his words.

One day as Jesus was teaching the people
in the temple courts

and proclaiming the good news,

the chief priests
and the teachers of the Law,

together with the elders, came up to him.

"Tell us by what authority
you are doing these things," they said.

"Who gave you this authority?"

He replied,
"I will also ask you a question.

Tell me, John's baptism,

was it from Heaven, or of human origin?"

They discussed it
among themselves and said...

"If we say, 'From Heaven,' he will ask,

'Why didn't you believe him?'

But if we say, 'Of human origin,'
all the people will stone us

because they are persuaded that John
was a prophet."

So they answered,
"We don't know where it was from."

Jesus said,
"Neither will I tell you by what authority

I am doing these things."

He went on to tell the people
this parable...

"A man planted a vineyard...

rented it to some farmers
and went away for a long time.

At harvest time,
he sent a servant to the tenants

so they would give him some of the fruit
of the vineyard.

But the tenants beat him
and sent him away empty-handed.

He sent another servant
but that one also they beat

and treated shamefully
and sent away empty-handed.

He sent still a third...

and they wounded him
and threw him out.

Then the owner of the vineyard said,
What shall I do?

I will send my son, whom I love,

perhaps they will respect him.'

But when the tenants saw him,
they talked the matter over.

'This is the heir,' they said.

'Let's kill him and the inheritance
will be ours.'

So, they threw him out of the vineyard
and killed him.

What then will the owner of the vineyard
do to them?

He will come and kill those tenants
and give the vineyard to others."

When the people heard this, they said,
"God forbid."

Jesus looked directly at them and asked,

"Then what is the meaning
of that which is written,

'The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone'?

Everyone who falls on that stone
will be broken to pieces,

anyone on whom it falls, will be crushed."

The teachers of the Law
and the chief priests

looked for a way to arrest him
immediately

because they knew he had spoken
this parable against them.

But they were afraid of the people.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] Keeping a close watch on him,

they sent spies,
who pretended to be sincere.

They hoped to catch Jesus
in something he said,

so that they might hand him over

to the power and authority
of the governor.

So, the spies questioned him...

"Teacher, we know that you speak
and teach what is right

and that you do not show partiality

but teach the way of God
in accordance with the truth.

Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar
or not?"

He saw through their duplicity
and said to them, "Show me a denarius.

Whose image and inscription are on it?"

"Caesar's," they replied.

He said to them, "Then give back to Caesar

what is Caesar's and to God
what is God's."

They were unable to trap him
in what he had said there in public.

And astonished by his answer,
they became silent.

Some of the Sadducees,
who say there is no resurrection,

came to Jesus with a question.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us
that if a man's brother dies

and leaves a wife but no children,
the man must marry the widow

and raise up offspring for his brother.

Now there were seven brothers.

The first one married a woman
and died childless.

The second
and then the third married her...

and in the same way the seven died,
leaving no children.

Finally, the woman died too.

Now then, at the resurrection
whose wife will she be,

since the seven were married to her?"

Jesus replied,
"The people of this age marry

and are given in marriage.

But those who are considered worthy
of taking part in the age to come

and in the resurrection from the dead

will neither marry
nor be given in marriage

and they can no longer die
for they are like the angels.

They are God's children,

since they are children
of the resurrection.

But in the account of the burning bush,

even Moses showed that the dead rise,

for he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham

and the God of Isaac
and the God of Jacob.'

He is not the God of the dead

but of the living,
for to Him all are alive."

Some of the teachers of the Law responded,

"Well said, teacher."

And no one dared to ask him
any more questions.

Then Jesus said to them...

"Why is it said that the Messiah
is the son of David?

David himself declares
in the Book of Psalms,

'The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand

until I make your enemies a footstool
for your feet."'

David calls him Lord.

How then can he be his son?"

While all the people were listening,
Jesus said to His Disciples,

"Beware of the teachers of the Law.

They like to walk around in flowing robes
and love to be greeted with respect

in the marketplaces

and have the most important seats
in the synagogues

and the places of honor at banquets.

They devour widows' houses
and for a show make lengthy prayers.

These men will be punished most severely."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] As Jesus looked up,

he saw the rich putting their gifts
into the temple treasury.

He also saw a poor widow
put in two very small copper coins.

"Truly I tell you," he said,

"this poor widow
has put in more than all the others.

All these people gave their gifts
out of their wealth...

but she out of her poverty...

put in all she had to live on."

Some of His Disciples were remarking
about how the temple was adorned

with beautiful stones and with gifts
dedicated to God.

But Jesus said...

"As for what you see here,

the time will come when not one stone
will be left on another...

-[speaking Aramaic]
-...every one of them

will be thrown down."

"Teacher," they asked,
"when will these things happen?

And what will be the sign
that they are about to take place?"

He replied,
"Watch out that you are not deceived.

For many will come in my name,
claiming, 'I am he'

and, 'The time is near.'

Do not follow them.

When you hear of wars and uprisings,
do not be frightened.

These things must happen first
but the end will not come right away."

Then he said to them,
"Nation will rise against nation

and kingdom against kingdom.

There will be great earthquakes,
famines and pestilences in various places

and fearful events and great signs
from Heaven.

"But before all this...

they will seize you and persecute you.

They will hand you over to synagogues
and put you in prison...

and you will be brought before kings
and governors

and all on account of my name."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator]
"And so you will bear testimony to me.

But make up your mind
not to worry beforehand

how you will defend yourselves.

For I will give you words and wisdom...

that none of your adversaries
will be able to resist or contradict.

You will be betrayed even by parents,
brothers and sisters,

relatives and friends
and they will put some of you to death.

Everyone will hate you because of me.

But not a hair of your head will perish.

Stand firm and you will win life.

"When you see Jerusalem
being surrounded by armies,

you will know that its desolation is near.

Then let those who are in Judea
flee to the mountains,

let those in the city get out

and let those in the country
not enter the city.

For this is the time of punishment...

in fulfillment
of all that has been written.

How dreadful it will be in those days
for pregnant women and nursing mothers.

There will be great distress
in the land...

and wrath against this people."

[screams]

[narrator] "They will fall by the sword

and will be taken as prisoners
to all the nations.

Jerusalem will be trampled on
by the Gentiles

until the times of the Gentiles
are fulfilled.

There will be signs in the sun,
moon and stars.

On the Earth, nations will be in anguish
and perplexity

at the roaring and tossing of the sea.

People will faint from terror,

apprehensive of what is coming
on the world,

for the Heavenly bodies will be shaken.

At that time they will see the Son of Man

coming in a cloud with power
and great glory.

When these things begin to take place...

stand up and lift up your heads

because your redemption is drawing near."

He told them this parable...

"Look at the fig tree and all the trees.

When they sprout leaves,
you can see for yourselves

and know that summer is near.

Even so, when you see these things
happening,

you know that the kingdom of God is near.

Truly I tell you, this generation
will certainly not pass away

until all these things have happened.

Heaven and Earth will pass away

but my words will never pass away.

Be careful or your hearts
will be weighed down

with carousing, drunkenness
and the anxieties of life...

and that day will close
on you suddenly like a trap.

For it will come on all those who live
on the face of the whole Earth.

Be always on the watch
and pray that you may be able to escape

all that is about to happen...

[speaking Aramaic]

...and that you may be able to stand
before the Son of Man."

Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple

and each evening he went out to spend
the night

on the hill called the Mount of Olives

and all the people
came early in the morning

-to hear him at the temple.
-[sheep bleating]

[narrator]
Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread,

called the Passover, was approaching

and the chief priests
and the teachers of the Law

were looking for some way to get rid
of Jesus

but they were afraid of the people.

Then Satan entered Judas,

called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.

And Judas went to the chief priests
and the officers of the temple guard

and discussed with them
how he might betray Jesus.

They were delighted
and agreed to give him money.

He consented and watched
for an opportunity

to hand Jesus over to them
when no crowd was present.

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread

on which the Passover lamb
had to be sacrificed.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying,

"Go and make preparations
for us to eat the Passover."

"Where do you want us to prepare for it?",
they asked.

He replied, "As you enter the city,

a man carrying a jar of water
will meet you.

Follow him to the house that he enters
and say to the owner of the house,

'The Teacher asks,
"Where is the guest room,

where I may eat the Passover
with my Disciples?"'

He will show you a large room upstairs,
all furnished.

Make preparations there."

They left and found things just as Jesus
had told them.

So, they prepared the Passover.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] When the hour came,
Jesus and His Apostles

reclined at the table.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] And he said to them...

"I have eagerly desired to eat
this Passover with you before I suffer.

For I tell you, I will not eat it again

until it finds fulfillment
in the kingdom of God."

After taking the cup,
he gave thanks and said...

"Take this and divide it among you.

For I tell you I will not drink
again from the fruit of the vine

until the kingdom of God comes."

And he took bread,
gave thanks and broke it...

and gave it to them, saying...

"This is my body given for you."

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] "Do this in remembrance of me."

In the same way, after the supper
he took the cup, saying...

"This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

which is poured out for you.

But the hand of him
who is going to betray me

is with mine on the table.

The Son of Man will go
as it has been decreed.

But woe to that man who betrays him."

They began to question among themselves

which of them
it might be who would do this.

A dispute also arose among them

as to which of them was considered
to be greatest.

Jesus said to them...

"The kings of the Gentiles lord it
over them...

and those who exercise authority over them

But you are not to be like that.

Instead, the greatest among you

should be like the youngest,

and the one who rules
like the one who serves.

For who is greater,
the one who is at the table,

or the one who serves?

Is it not the one who is at the table?

But I am among you as one who serves."

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] "You are those
who have stood by me in my trials.

And I confer on you a kingdom...

just as my Father conferred one on me...

so that you may eat and drink at my table

in my kingdom, and sit on thrones...

judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

[speaking in foreign language]

[narrator] "Simon... Simon.

Satan has asked
to sift all of you as wheat.

But I have prayed for you, Simon,

that your faith may not fail.

And when you have turned back...

strengthen your brothers."

[speaking in foreign language]

[narrator] But he replied...
"Lord... I am ready to go

with you to prison and to death."

Jesus answered, "I tell you, Peter,

before the rooster crows today,

you will deny three times
that you know me."

Then Jesus asked them...

"When I sent you without purse,

bag or sandals, did you lack anything?"

"Nothing," they answered.

He said to them...
"But now if you have a purse...

take it, and also a bag...

and if you don't have a sword,
sell your cloak and buy one.

It is written... 'And he was numbered
with the transgressors'...

and I tell you
that this must be fulfilled in me.

Yes, what is written about me
is reaching its fulfillment."

The Disciples said...

"See, Lord, here are two swords."

"That's enough", he replied.

Jesus went out as usual
to the Mount of Olives,

and His Disciples followed him.

On reaching the place, he said to them,

"Pray that you will not fall
into temptation."

He withdrew about a stone's throw
beyond them,

knelt down and prayed,

"Father... if you are willing...

take this cup from me...

yet not my will... but yours be done."

[speaking in foreign language]

[narrator] An Angel from Heaven
appeared to Him,

and strengthened Him.

And being in anguish,
He prayed more earnestly,

and His sweat was like drops of blood
falling to the ground.

And when He rose from prayer
and went back to the Disciples,

He found them asleep,
exhausted from sorrow.

"Why are you sleeping?",
He asked them.

"Get up and pray...

so that
you will not fall into temptation."

While He was still speaking,
a crowd came up.

And the man who was called Judas,

one of the Twelve, was leading them.

He approached Jesus to kiss Him...

but Jesus asked Him...

"Judas... are you betraying the Son of Man
with a kiss?"

When Jesus' followers
saw what was going to happen,

they said, "Lord,
should we strike with our swords?"

And one of them struck the servant
of the high priest,

cutting off his right ear.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] But Jesus answered,
"No more of this!"

[man groans]

[narrator] And He touched the man's ear
and healed him.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests,

the officers of the temple guard,
and the elders, who had come for Him,

"Am I leading a rebellion...

that you have come with swords and clubs?

Every day I was with you
in the temple courts...

and you did not lay a hand on me.

But this is your hour

when darkness reigns."

Then seizing Him, they led Him away

and took Him into the house
of the high priest.

Peter followed at a distance.

And when some there had kindled a fire
in the middle of the courtyard

and had sat down together,
Peter sat down with them.

A servant girl saw him seated there
in the firelight.

She looked closely at him and said,

"This man was with him."

But he denied it.

"Woman, I don't know him," he said.

A little later someone else saw him
and said,

"You also are one of them."

"Man, I am not!", Peter replied.

About an hour later another asserted,

"Certainly this fellow was with him,
for he is a Galilean."

Peter replied, "Man, I don't know
what you're talking about!"

Just as he was speaking,
the rooster crowed.

[narrator] The Lord turned
and looked straight at Peter.

Then Peter remembered the word
the Lord had spoken to him,

"Before the rooster crows today,
you will disown me three times."

And he went outside and wept bitterly.

The men who were guarding Jesus
began mocking and beating him.

They blindfolded him and demanded,
"Prophesy! Who hit you?"

And they said many other insulting things
to him.

At daybreak,
the council of the elders of the people,

both the chief priests
and the teachers of the law,

met together,
and Jesus was led before them.

"If you are the Messiah," they said,
"Tell us."

Jesus answered,
"If I tell you,

you will not believe me,

and if I asked you, you would not answer.

But from now on, the Son of Man

will be seated at the right hand
of the mighty God."

They all asked,

"Are you then the Son of God?"

He replied, "You say that I am."

Then they said, "Why do we need
any more testimony?

We have heard it from his own lips."

Then the whole assembly rose
and led him off to Pilate.

And they began to accuse him, saying,

"We have found
this man subverting our nation.

He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar

and claims to be Messiah, a king."

So Pilate asked Jesus,

"Are you the king of the Jews?"

"You have said so," Jesus replied.

Then Pilate announced
to the chief priests and the crowd,

"I find no basis for a charge
against this man."

But they insisted, "He stirs up the people
all over Judea by his teaching.

He started in Galilee
and has come all the way here."

On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man
was a Galilean.

When he learned that Jesus
was under Herod's jurisdiction,

he sent him to Herod,
who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

When Herod saw Jesus,
he was greatly pleased,

because for a long time
he had been wanting to see him.

From what he had heard about him,

he hoped to see him perform a sign
of some sort.

He plied him with many questions,

but Jesus gave him no answer.

The chief priests and the teachers
of the law were standing there,

vehemently accusing him.

Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed
and mocked him.

Dressing him in an elegant robe,

they sent him back to Pilate.

[all murmuring]

[narrator] That day Herod
and Pilate became friends,

before this they had been enemies.

Pilate called together the chief priests,

the rulers and the people,
and said to them,

"You brought me this man as one
who was inciting the people to rebellion.

I have examined him in your presence

and have found no basis
for your charges against him.

Neither has Herod,

for he sent him back to us,

as you can see, he has done nothing
to deserve death.

Therefore, I will punish him
and then release him."

[crowd shouting]

[narrator] But the whole crowd shouted,
"Away with this man!

Release Barabbas to us!"

Barabbas had been thrown into prison
for an insurrection in the city

and for murder.

Wanting to release Jesus,

Pilate appealed to them again.

But they kept shouting,

"Crucify him! Crucify him!"

For the third time he spoke to them, "Why?

What crime has this man committed?

I have found in him no grounds
for the death penalty.

Therefore, I will have him punished
and then release him."

But with loud shouts
they insistently demanded

that he be crucified,
and their shouts prevailed.

[crowd shouting]

[narrator] So Pilate decided
to grant their demand.

He released the man
who had been thrown into prison

for insurrection and murder,

the one they asked for,

and surrendered Jesus to their will.

[whip cracks]

[crowd shouting]

[narrator] As the soldiers led him away,

they seized Simon from Cyrene,
who was on his way in from the country,

and put the cross on him
and made him carry it behind Jesus.

A large number of people followed him,

including women who mourned
and wailed for him.

Jesus turned and said to them,

"Daughters of Jerusalem,

do not weep for me,

weep for yourselves and for your children.

For the time will come when you will say,

'Blessed are the childless women,

the wombs that never bore
and the breasts that never nursed!'

Then they will say to the mountains,

'Fall on us!' And to the hills,
'Cover us!'

For if people do these things
when the tree is green,

what will happen when it is dry?"

Two other men, both criminals,
were also led out with him to be executed.

-[groaning]
-[whip cracks]

[narrator] When they came
to the place called the Skull,

they crucified him there,

along with the criminals,

one on his right, the other on his left.

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them,

for they do not know what they are doing."

And they divided up his clothes
by casting lots.

The people stood watching,
and the rulers even sneered at him.

They said, "He saved others,

let him save himself
if he is God's Messiah,

the Chosen One."

The soldiers also came up and mocked him.

They offered him wine vinegar and said,

"If you are the king of the Jews,
save yourself."

There was a written notice above him,
which read,

"This is the king of the Jews."

One of the criminals who hung there,
hurled insults at him,

"Aren't you the Messiah?
Save yourself and us!"

But the other criminal rebuked him.

"Don't you fear God," he said,

"Since you are under the same sentence?

We are punished justly,

for we are getting what our deeds deserve.

But this man has done nothing wrong."

Then he said, "Jesus, remember me

when you come into your kingdom."

Jesus answered him, "Truly I tell you,

today you will be with me in paradise."

It was now about noon,

and darkness came over the whole land
until three in the afternoon,

for the sun stopped shining.

And the curtain of the temple was torn
in two.

Jesus called out with a loud voice,

[speaking Aramaic]

"Father, into your hands
I commit my spirit."

When he had said this,
he breathed his last.

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] The centurion,
seeing what had happened,

praised God and said,

"Surely this was a righteous man."

When all the people who had gathered
to witness this sight saw what took place,

they beat their breasts and went away.

But all those who knew him,

including the women who had followed him
from Galilee,

stood at a distance watching these things.

Now there was a man named Joseph,

a member of the Council,
a good and upright man,

who had not consented to their decision
and action.

He came from the Judean town of Arimathea,

and he himself was waiting
for the kingdom of God.

Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus' body.

Then he took it down,

wrapped it in linen cloth

and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock,

one in which no one had yet been laid.

It was Preparation Day,

and the Sabbath was about to begin.

The women who had come with Jesus
from Galilee,

followed Joseph and saw the tomb

and how his body was laid in it.

Then they went home and prepared spices
and perfumes.

But they rested on the Sabbath
in obedience to the commandment.

On the first day of the week,
very early in the morning,

the women took the spices
they had prepared

and went to the tomb.

They found the stone rolled away
from the tomb,

but when they entered,
they did not find the body

of the Lord Jesus.

While they were wondering about this,

suddenly two men in clothes
that gleamed like lightning

stood beside them.

In their fright, the women bowed down
with their faces to the ground,

but the men said to them, "Why do you look
for the living among the dead?

He is not here, he has risen!

Remember how he told you,
while he was still with you in Galilee,

'The Son of Man must be delivered

over to the hands of sinners,
be crucified,

and on the third day be raised again.'"

Then they remembered his words.

When they came back from the tomb,

they told all these things to the Eleven
and to all the others.

It was Mary Magdalene,
Joanna, Mary the mother of James,

and the others with them
who told this to the Apostles.

But they did not believe the women,

because their words seemed to them
like nonsense.

Peter, however, got up
and ran to the tomb.

Bending over, he saw the strips
of linen lying by themselves,

and he went away, wondering to himself
what had happened.

Now that same day two of them were going
to a village called Emmaus,

about seven miles from Jerusalem.

They were talking with each other
about everything that had happened.

As they talked and discussed
these things with each other,

Jesus himself came up
and walked along with them,

[speaking Aramaic]

[narrator] but they were kept
from recognizing him.

He asked them,
"What are you discussing together

as you walk along?"

They stood still, their faces downcast.

One of them, named Cleopas,

asked him,
"Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem

who does not know the things
that have happened there in these days?"

"What things?" he asked.

"About Jesus of Nazareth," they replied.

"He was a prophet,
powerful in word and deed

before God and all the people.

The chief priests and our rulers

handed him over to be sentenced to death

and they crucified him,

but we had hoped that he was the one
who was going to redeem Israel.

And what is more, it is the third day
since all this took place.

In addition, some of our women amazed us.

They went to the tomb early this morning
but didn't find his body.

They came and told us that they had seen
a vision of angels,

who said he was alive.

Then some of our companions went
to the tomb

and found it just as the women had said,
but they did not see Jesus."

He said to them, "How foolish you are...

and how slow to believe
all that the prophets have spoken!

Did not the Messiah have
to suffer these things

and then enter his glory?"

And beginning with Moses
and all the Prophets,

he explained to them what was said
in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

As they approached the village
to which they were going,

Jesus continued on
as if he were going farther.

But they urged him strongly,

"Stay with us, for it is nearly evening,
the day is almost over."

So he went in to stay with them.

When he was at the table with them,

he took bread, gave thanks,

broke it,

and began to give it to them.

Then their eyes were opened

and they recognized him,

and he disappeared from their sight.

They asked each other,

"Were not our hearts burning within us

while he talked with us on the road
and opened the Scriptures to us?"

They got up and returned at once
to Jerusalem.

There they found the Eleven
and those with them,

assembled together and saying,
"It is true!

The Lord has risen
and has appeared to Simon."

Then the two told
what had happened on the way,

and how Jesus was recognized by them
when he broke the bread.

[indistinct chatter]

[narrator] While they were still talking
about this,

Jesus himself stood among them
and said to them,

"Peace be with you."

They were startled and frightened,

thinking they saw a ghost.

He said to them, "Why are you troubled,

and why do doubts rise in your minds?

Look at my hands and my feet.

It is I myself!

Touch me and see,

a ghost does not have flesh and bones,
as you see I have."

When he had said this,
he showed them his hands and feet.

And while they still did not believe it
because of joy and amazement,

he asked them,

"Do you have anything here to eat?"

They gave him a piece of broiled fish,

and he took it and ate it
in their presence.

He said to them, "This is what I told you

while I was still with you,

everything must be fulfilled
that is written about me

in the Law of Moses,

the Prophets and the Psalms."

Then he opened their minds,
so they could understand the Scriptures.

He told them,
"This is what is written,

the Messiah will suffer and rise
from the dead on the third day,

and repentance for the forgiveness of sins

will be preached in his name
to all nations,

beginning at Jerusalem.

You are witnesses of these things.

I am going to send you
what my Father has promised,

but stay in the city

until you have been clothed
with power from on high."

When he had led them out
to the vicinity of Bethany,

he lifted up his hands and blessed them.

While he was blessing them,

he left them and was taken up into Heaven.

Then they worshiped him

and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

And they stayed continually at the temple,

praising God.