Jesus

But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?

In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,

Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

Jesus answered, “See to it 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.

Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.

Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.

…and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they feared the people.

And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.

Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.

When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles.

So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you out without purse or bag or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Nothing,” they answered.

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.

When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.

But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”

But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?

Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.

At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, met together. They led Jesus into their Sanhedrin and said,

“If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.

Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.

So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.

And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.

When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.

Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.

Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate addressed them again,

But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.

As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over to their will.

As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and they put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.

But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.

But all those who knew Jesus, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching these things.

He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

…but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.

“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

…but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.

Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.

While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to 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.”

When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.

Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).

The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”

…and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

…(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.