By chapter and verse. Revised Standard Version.
| Location | He said | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 3:15 to John the Baptist, that Jesus should be baptized by John | “Let it be so now; for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness” | |
| 4:4 to the devil tempting him to change stones to bread | “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” | |
| 4:7 to the devil tempting Him to throw Himself down from the Temple | “Again it is written, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’” | |
| 4:10 to the devil when tempted with the worldly kingdom | “Begone, Satan! for it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and only Him shall you serve.’” | |
| 4:17 from that time forward Jesus preached: | “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” | The kingdom is imminent, often repeated |
| 4:19 to Peter and Andrew | “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” | |
| 4:23-4 | healing disease and infirmity | Healing and miracles were understood to be the marks of holy men. |
| 5:3 sermon on the mount | “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” | The beatitudes are ‘good news,’ but it’s not clear if something is promised. Perhaps he’s advertising the coming kingdom. |
| 5:4 | “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” | |
| 5:5 | “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” | This is a promise that hasn’t yet been fulfilled. Or could refer to land seizures then on-going in Galilee. |
| 5:6 | “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness [justice], for they shall be satisfied.” | |
| 5:7 | “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” | |
| 5:8 | “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” | Another definite promise. |
| 5:9 | “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” | |
| 5:10 | “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ [justice’s] sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” | |
| 5:11 | “Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.” | Support my program. |
| 5:13 | “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men.” | They must have used un-purified minerals as salt? Perhaps “If you’re salt, then act like it.” |
| 5:14 | “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” | Let your actions be witness for you. |
| 5:17 | “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth shall pass away, not an iota, not a dot will pass from the law until it is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” | The Jewish law and commandments must be obeyed. He repeatedly, however, violates the law and teaches to violate it. "Least" and "great" mark the kingdom as a hierarchy. |
| 5:21 | “You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison; truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.” | You'll be liable to judgment for being angry. Anger and insult will be severely punished. Do not defend yourself in a legal proceeding because you will lose. |
| 5:27 | “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.” | Don't look at a woman lustfully, it's adultery. |
| 5:31 | “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.” | Divorce is forbidden except based on the woman's unchastity. |
| 5:33 | “Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.” | Do not swear oaths. |
| 5:38 | “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if anyone would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you.” | Do not resist one who is evil. Give anything to anyone who asks. |
| 5:43 | “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than the others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” | Love your enemy and pray for your persecutors. You must be perfect. |
| 6:1 | “Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.” | Don’t be pious for social motives. |
| 6:2 | “Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you as the hypocrites [or actors] do in the synagogues or in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” | Practice charity secretly. |
| 6:5 | “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites [or actors]; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” | Pray in secret, not visibly. |
| 6:7 | “And in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then like this: | Do not ask for things in prayer, except the Lord’s Prayer. |
| “Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.” | ||
| 6:14 | “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” | You will be forgiven by God if you forgive, you'll not be forgiven if you don't forgive. |
| 6:16 | “And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites [or actors], for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” | Fast secretly, hide it from others. |
| 6:19 | “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourself treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be.” | Do not lay up treasures. |
| 6:22 | “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” | ? |
| 6:24 | “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” | Attention to wealth is neglect of God. |
| 6:25 | “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.” | If you seek God’s kingdom and his righteousness, you needn’t worry about food and clothing. |
| 6:34 | “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.” | Don’t worry about the future. |
| 7:1 | “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.” | If you don’t judge, you won’t be judged. Take care of your own sins first. Beyond this, you will be held guilty for what you accused the other of? "with what measure you measure, it will be measured to you" says Ross. |
| 7:6 | “Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.” | Do not feed pearls to pigs, presumably a metaphor. |
| 7:7 | “Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.” | God will give you whatever you ask for OR God will meet your needs. Do to others what you wish others would do to you; that is the law and the prophets. |
| 7:13 | “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” | It’s hard to be good, few succed. |
| 7:15 | “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will know them by their fruits.” | You can tell a false prophet when his acts have bad consequences. |
| 7:21 | “Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’” | You’ll only get into heaven if you do what God wants. |
| 7:24 end of sermon on the mount | “Every one of them who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rains fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his home upon the sand; and the rains fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.” | Follow the rules in this sermon and you'll be fine. |
| 8:3-4 a leper approaches for cure | “I will; be clean.”... “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.” | ? |
| 8:5-13 The centurion asks his help | “I will come and heal him.”..., and said to those who followed him, ”Truly, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.” And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; be it done for you as you have believed.” | Faith is belief in Jesus’ ability to cure illness. Men weep and gnash their teeth in the darkness if they are excluded from the kingdom. |
| 8:20 | “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.” | |
| 8:22 | “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.” | |
| 8:26 a storm on the sea | “Why are you afraid, O men of little faith?” | |
| 8:32 to the spirits possessing the demoniacs | “Go.” | |
| 9:2 to the paralytic | “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” | Sins cause paralysis. |
| 9:4 to the scribes | “Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, take up your bed and go home.” | |
| 9:9 to Matthew at the tax office | “Follow me.” | |
| 9:12 to the Pharisees | “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I come not to call the righteous, but sinners.” | "‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I come not to call the righteous, but sinners.” |
| 9:15 to the disciples of John (why don’t your followers fast?) | “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. And no one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; if it is, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.” | |
| 9:22 to the woman who bled for twelve years | “Take heart, daughter, your faith has made you well.” | |
| 9:24 to the household of the ruler whose daughter had died | “Depart; for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” | |
| 9:28 to the two blind men | “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” Then, “According to your faith be it done to you.” Then, “See that no one knows it.” | Faith is belief in Jesus. Faith is rewarded, tit for tat. |
| 9:27 seeing the multitudes | “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” | |
| 10:5 to his disciples, missionary instructions | “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go saying ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without pay, give without pay. Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts, no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food. And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart. As you enter the house, salute it. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor’rah than for that town. | The kingdom is for Jews only. Not for Gentiles or Samaritans |
| 10:16 | “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes. | The kingdom is imminent. This mission is worth more than peace among men. The Holy Spirit can speak through your voice. |
| 10:24 | “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-el’zubel, how much more will they malign those of his household. | Hierarchy |
| 10:26 | “So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can kill both body and soul in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s will. But even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. | God may kill your soul. |
| 10:34 | “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword, For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s foes will be those of his own household. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. | Justification of religious violence. |
| 10:40 (end of missionary instructions) | “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who receives a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.” | |
| 11:4 answering John, whether he was the messiah | “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me.” | The poor get good news. The gospels aren’t written by the poor. |
| 11:7 to the crowd about John | “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind? Why then did you go out? To see a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment are in kings’ houses. Why then did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.’ Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John; and if you are willing to accept it, he is Eli’jah who is to come. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. | The use of ‘greater’ implies an invidious ordering in the kingdom. |
| 11:16 | “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places and calling to their playmates, ‘We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon’; the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” | |
| 11:21 addressing the crowd | “Woe to you, Chora’zin! woe to you, Beth-sa’ida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you, Caper‘na-um, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.” | You will be judged as a community, not individually. You will be punished. You know what you should be doing but you aren’t doing it. |
| 11:25 to the crowd | “I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will. All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” | Again, tit for tat. Anti-intellectual. Knowledge of Jesus is only through Jesus. Accept my domination in return for rest. |
| 12:3 to the Pharisees who saw his disciples plucking and eating grain | “Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? Or have you not read in the law how on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.” | "I desire mercy and not sacrifice." |
| 12:11 Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? | “What man of you, if he has one sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath,will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath.” | Justifies healing on the sabbath with reason, not revelation. Also says, 'What would you do?' |
| 12:13 to the man with a withered hand | “Stretch out your hand.” | |
| 12:25 to the Pharisees who said he cast out demons by Be-el’zubel | “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand; and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast out demons by Be-el’zubel, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. | Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit isn't forgivable. |
| 12:33 | “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. I tell you, on the day of judgment men will render account for every careless word they utter; for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” | Justified by words, not thoughts. |
| 12:39 the scribes and Pharisees ask for a sign | “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign; but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nin’eveh will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the teaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the South will arise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. | |
| 12:43 | “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, but he finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. Then he goes and brings with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be with this evil generation.” | |
| 12:48 his mother and brothers ask to see him | “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?….Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.” | |
| 13:3 sermon on the sea | "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away. Other seeds fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear." | |
| 13:11 why do you speak in parables? | "To you it has been given to know the secrets of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has bot, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: 'You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive. For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.' But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. | |
| 13:18 to the people | "Hear then the parable of the sower. When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and undersfands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." | |
| 13:24 | The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among among the wheat, and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' But he said, 'No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'" | |
| 13:31 | "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of all shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air cone and make nests in its branches." | |
| 13:33 | The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened." | |
| 13:37 to his disciples | "He who sows the good seed is the Son of man; the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age. The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. | |
| 13:44 | "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. | |
| 13:45 | "Again,the kingdom of heaven is lime a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great calue, went and sold all that he had and bought it. | |
| 13:47 | "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous, and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash theirvteeth. | |
| 13:51 | "Have you understood all this?"" (yes) "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and whatvis old." | |
| 13:57 when the people of his country criticised him | "A prophet is not without homor except in his own country and in his own house." | |
| 14:16 about the crowd gathered in a lonely place | "They need not go away; you give them something to eat." (5 loaves, 2 fish) "Bring them here to me." | |
| 14:27 walks on water | "Take heart, it is I; have no fear." (to Peter) "Come." (Peter wavers) "O man of little faith, why did you doubt?" | |
| 15:3 the Pharisees and scribes accuse his disciples for not washing their hands | "And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.' But you say, 'If any one tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God, he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God. You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.'" | |
| 15:10 to the people | "Hear and understand: not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." | |
| 15:13 the Pharisees are offended | "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads aa blind man, both will fall into a pit." (please explain) "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on? But whatever comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a man; bot to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." | |
| 15:24 a Canaanite woman asks help for her daughter | "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." (she begs) "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." (she says that dogs get crumbs) "O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire." | |
| 15:32 | "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." (what do we do?) "How many loaves have you?" | |
| 16:2 the Pharisees and Sadducees want a sign from heaven | "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.' And in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah." | |
| 16:5-12 | “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sad‘ducees.” (no bread again) "O men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? How is it that you fail to perceive that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sad‘ducees." | By leaven he meant teaching. |
| 16:17-20 Simon Peter says Jesus is Christ | “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father, who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” | |
| 16:23 to Peter, who urged him not to be martyred | “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of men.” | |
| 16:24 to his disciples | “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life? For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done. Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.” | Tit-for-tat morality. Clear instance of false statement. |
| 17:7 after the voice of God endorses Jesus on the mountain | “Rise, and have no fear.” | |
| 17:9 after the vision | “Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is raised from the dead.” | |
| 17:11 when asked why the scribes say that Elijah must come | “Eli’jah does come, and he is to restore all things; but I tell you that Eli’jah has already come, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of man will suffer at their hands.” | about fulfillment of prophesy |
| 17:17 A father pleads for his epileptic son | “Oh faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” | ? Group responsibility (generation) |
| 17:20 to his disciples who asked why they weren’t able to expel the demon | “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move hence to yonder place,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.” | If things aren’t as you wish, it’s your fault, not enough faith. |
| 17:22 a crowd gathering in Galilee | “The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” | His death is part of a plan. |
| 17:25 To Peter about paying the half-shekel tax | “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others? (Peter say, ‘From others.’) Then the sons are free. However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that cones up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.” | ‘I don’t have to pay, but I will, without harming myself’?? Jesus the trickster? |
| 18:3 The disciples ask who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. | “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. | What was understood to be the nature of children? Children are more acquiescent than humble. Children are also low in knowledge. |
| 18:5 continuation of 18:3 | “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. | Why would there be a greater price for corrupting a Christian child than a non-Christian child? |
| 18:7 | “Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the man by whom temptation comes! And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire. | Warning against moral hazard? The image of your hand causing sin may be a literal belief. Again the tit-for-tat motivation. Don’t sin because you will be punished. I thought the Koran was violent. This is eye-for-an-eye stuff. More talk about the vicissitudes of sin than about the nature of sin. May reflect a sense of Judaism under attack. |
| 18:10 | “See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. | Children are born innocent, contradicts much Christian dogma. |
| 18:15 | “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” | Endorse in-group/out-group morality. Bestows earthly and heavenly hegemony on his followers. Again, no chance that they may be mistaken. |
| 18:21 Shall your brother be forgiven for sinning seven times? | "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’ So his fellow servant fell down and besought him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you.’ He refused and went and put him in prison till he should pay the debt. When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you besought me; and should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ And in anger his lord delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.” | How is this consistent with the rest? Apparently his heavenly Father will forgive you for anything except not forgiving. How does this not contradict 18:15? |
| 19:4 | In trans-Jordan, Pharisees ask him about divorce. “Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one’? So they are no longer two but one. What therefore God has joined together, let no man put asunder.” | |
| 19:8 on being questioned | “For your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery.” | Moses, not God, allowed divorce. |
| 19:11 when his disciples say, then it is inexpedient to marry | “Not all men can receive this precept, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it.” | ? He didn’t speak to the effects on women. |
| 19:13 children were brought to him | “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” | |
| 19:17 on being asked what one must do to enter the kingdom | “Why do you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." (‘Which?’) "You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | |
| 19:20 I’ve done these, what do I lack? | “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” | In the kingdom of heaven, people have possessions. Elsewhere he says that you must be perfect. |
| 19:23 when the questioner left disappointed | “Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” | |
| 19:26 who then can be saved? | “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” | Seems to have been a presumption that the rich have a fast track? Belief in a just world |
| 19:28 what will your followers have? | “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. But many that are first will be last, and the last first. | The kingdom of heaven is for the children of Israel. The kingdom is hierarchical and tit-for-tat. |
| 20:1 | “For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the market place; and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing; and he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the householder, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ but he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ So the last will be first, and the first last.” | A laissez-faire argument? |
| 20:18 to his disciples on the way to Jerusalem | “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.” | |
| 20:20 Mrs. Zebedee asks that her sons sit at his side | “What do you want?” (she answers) “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” (we are able) “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” | |
| 20:25 to the other ten, indignant | “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you; but whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave; even as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” | How does this reconcile with “first” and “last” in the kingdom? It inverts it. In what sense are you first if you are not over? First in the favor of others, of God? |
| 20:32 two blind men ask of him on the road out of Jericho | “What do you want me to do for you?” | |
| 21:2 Jesus approaches Jerusalem | “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and he will send them immediately.” | |
| 21:13 after overturning the money-changers’ tables | “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you make it a den of robbers.” | |
| 21:16 The chief priests and the scribes indignant at Jesus in the temple | “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast brought perfect praise’ ?” | |
| 21:19 to the fig tree | “May no fruit ever come from you again!” | |
| 21:21 after the fig tree withered | “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” | 1. You can have anything you want. 2. If you don’t get it, it’s because you don’t have faith. Also inconsistent with what he said earlier about prayer. |
| 21:24 by what authority do you preach? | “I also will ask you a question; and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men?” (they argue but don’t answer) “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. | |
| 21:28 to the chief priests and scribes | “What do you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he repented and went. And he went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” (they said, the first) “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him. | Your hierarchy means nothing. |
| 21:33 | “Hear another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the season of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to get his fruit; and the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and they did the same to them. Afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ And they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” (he will kill the tenants and relet the vineyard) “Have you never read in the scriptures: ‘The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it.” | Perform as God the landlord has contracted with you. You’re about to murder the landlord’s son. |
| 22:2 | “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast; but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have made ready my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.’ But they made light of it and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find.’ And those servants went out into the streets and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with guests. | |
| 22:11 | “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment; and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.” | |
| 22:18 the Pharisees ask him about paying taxes to Caesar | “Why put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the money for the tax.”….”Whose likeness and inscription is this?”….”Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” | |
| 22:29 the Sad’ducees ask whose wife the seven-times widowed is in the resurrection | “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” | |
| 22:37 which is the greatest commandment? | “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.” | Eureka. |
| 22:42 Jesus asks the Pharisees | “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” (the son of David) “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thy enemies under thy feet’? If David thus calls him Lord, how is he his son?” | |
| 23:2 to the crowds and his disciples | “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on mens’ shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. | |
| 23:13 | “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. | |
| 23:16 | “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say, ‘If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it; and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it; and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. | God lives in the temple and sits on a throne in heaven. |
| 23:23 | “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! | law, justice and mercy are weighty matters |
| 23:25 | “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity. You blind Pharisee! first cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean. | |
| 23:27 | “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also appear outwardly righteous to men, but within your are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. | |
| 23:29 | “Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechari’ah the son of Barachi’ah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly, I say to you, all this will come upon this generation. | Why would this generation of scribes and Pharisees be responsible for Abel and Zechari’ah? |
| 23:37 | “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate. For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” | Doesn’t say, don’t kill dissenters, but says, don’t kill the Lord’s messengers. |
| 24:2 his disciples point out the buildings of the temple | “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down.” | When was this was wrt the destruction of the temple? |
| 24:4 his disciples ask when will be the close of the age | “Take heed that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places; all this is but the beginning of the sufferings. | |
| 24:9 | “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because wickedness is multiplied, most men’s love will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, as a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come. | The movement goes international |
| 24:15 | “So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; let him who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house; and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle. And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days! Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Then if any one says to you, ‘Lo, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Lo, I have told you beforehand. So, if they say to you, ‘Lo, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together. | The elect, probably means "chosen?". This sounds like a terrorist attack. |
| 24:29 | “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken; then will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory; and he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. | |
| 24:32 | “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. | |
| 24:36 | “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left. Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect. | |
| 24:45 | “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ and begins to beat vis fellow servants, and eats and drinks with the drunken, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will punish him, and put him with the hypocrites; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. | |
| 25:1 | “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise replied, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut. Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he replied, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. | |
| 25:14 | “For it will be as when a man going on a journey called to his servants and entrusted to them his property; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them; and he made five talents more. So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money. Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’ And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’ He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not winnow; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.’ | “To each according to his ability,” pro-capitalist, anti-communalist. Don’t know about risk-reward relationships. (Can’t double value without taking risk.) The client ought to have made his risk tolerance clear. I wonder how many have starved because of this passage? |
| 25:31 | “When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’ Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, “Lord, when did we see thee hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to thee?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.’ And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” | Endorses golden rule, but limits to ‘these my brethren.’ |
| 26:2 to his disciples | “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of man will be delivered up to be crucified.” | |
| 26:10 after the woman anointed Jesus with expensive ointment | “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me. In pouring the ointment on my body she has done it to prepare me for my burial. Truly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.” | |
| 26:18 where to prepare Passover | “Go into the city to such a one, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples.’” | |
| 26:21 at last supper | “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” (is it I?) “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me, will betray me. The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.” (Judas asks is it him) “You have said so.” | |
| 26:26 eucharist | “Take, eat; this is my body.” (cup) “Drink of it, all of you; for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” | |
| 26:31 at the mount of olives | “You will all fall away because of me this night; for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” (Peter objects) “Truly, I say to you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.” | |
| 26:36 at Gethsemane | “Sit here, while I go yonder and pray.” (with Peter and sons of Zebedee) “My soul is very sorrowful, even to the death; remain here, and watch with me.” (he prays) “My father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.” (to Peter) “So, could you not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (praying alone again) “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, thy will be done.” (returning to disciples) “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going; see, my betrayer is at hand.” | |
| 26:50 to Judas | “Friend, why are you here?” (one of his retinue cuts off the ear of a servant of Ca'iaphas) “Put your sword back into its place; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?” | The perishing by the sword isn’t true. Jesus needs angels (12 legions) to protect himself? |
| 26:55 to the crowds | “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But all this has taken place, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” | |
| 26:64 Ca’iaphas interrogates, are you the Christ? | “You have said so. But I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” | |
| 27:11 Pilate asks him if he’s king of the Jews | “You have said so.” | |
| 27:45 on the cross | “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” | |
| 28:9 after resurrected | “Hail!” (then) “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.” | |
| 28:18 at the mountain in Galilee | “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” | Now Christianity is for everyone. |
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