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\toc2 Matthew 
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\mt2 This book is the Gospel that Matthew wrote. We call this book  
\mt1 Matthew  
\c 1  
\s1 The genealogy of Jesus, with the names listed in three groups of 14 generations each.  
\sr Matthew 1:1-17  
\p
\v 1  \add This is\add* \w the|strong="G2424"\w* record \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2424"\w* ancestors \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G2424"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w the|strong="G2424"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w and|strong="G2424"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* Abraham, \add from whom all we Jews have descended\add*.  
\v 2 Abraham \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*. \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*. \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w*’s \add older and younger\add* brothers.  
\v 3 \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Perez|strong="G5329"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zerah|strong="G2196"\w*, \add and their mother\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Tamar|strong="G2283"\w*. \w Perez|strong="G5329"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Hezron|strong="G2074"\w*. \w Hezron|strong="G2074"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Ram.  
\v 4 Ram \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Amminadab. Amminadab \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Nahshon|strong="G3476"\w*. \w Nahshon|strong="G3476"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Salmon|strong="G4533"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Salmon|strong="G4533"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* wife \w Rahab|strong="G4477"\w*, \add a non-Jewish woman\add*, \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* parents \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Boaz|strong="G1003"\w*. \w Boaz|strong="G1003"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Obed|strong="G5601"\w*. \add Obed’s mother was\add* \w Ruth|strong="G4503"\w*, \add another non-Jewish woman\add*. \w Obed|strong="G5601"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesse|strong="G2421"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Jesse|strong="G2421"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*. \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*. \add Solomon’s mother was previously married to\add* \w Uriah|strong="G3774"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Rehoboam|strong="G4497"\w*. \w Rehoboam|strong="G4497"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Abijah. Abijah \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Asaph.  
\v 8 Asaph \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Jehoshaphat|strong="G2498"\w*. \w Jehoshaphat|strong="G2498"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Jehoram. Jehoram \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G1161"\w* ancestor \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="G3604"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Uzziah|strong="G3604"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Jotham|strong="G2488"\w*. \w Jotham|strong="G2488"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Ahaz. Ahaz \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="G1478"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Hezekiah|strong="G1478"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Manasseh|strong="G3128"\w*. \w Manasseh|strong="G3128"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Amon. Amon \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Josiah|strong="G2502"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Josiah|strong="G2502"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* grandfather \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="G2423"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jeconiah|strong="G2423"\w*’s brothers. \add They lived\add* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Babylonian army\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israelites \w as|strong="G1161"\w* captives \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add country of\add* Babylon.   
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\v 12 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Babylonians \w took|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Israelites \w to|strong="G1161"\w* Babylon, \w Jeconiah|strong="G2423"\w* \w became|strong="G1080"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Shealtiel|strong="G4528"\w*. \w Shealtiel|strong="G4528"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* grandfather \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Zerubbabel|strong="G2216"\w*.  
\v 13 \w Zerubbabel|strong="G2216"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Abiud. Abiud \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Eliakim|strong="G1662"\w*.  
\v 14 Eliakim \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Azor. Azor \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Zadok|strong="G4524"\w*. \w Zadok|strong="G4524"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* Akim.  
\v 15 Akim \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Eliud|strong="G1664"\w*. \w Eliud|strong="G1664"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Eleazar|strong="G1648"\w*. \w Eleazar|strong="G1648"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Matthan|strong="G3157"\w*. \w Matthan|strong="G3157"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w father|strong="G1080"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*’s husband, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ mother. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w*} \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\p
\v 17  \add As you can calculate, I have grouped Jesus’\add* ancestors \add as follows:\add* \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add a succession of\add* 14 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add the time when\add* Abraham \add lived\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the time when King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \add lived\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add a succession of\add* 14 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add the time when\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \add lived\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the time when\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Israelites were taken\add* {\add the Babylonian army took the Israelites\add*} away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Babylon. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add a succession of\add* 14 \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add the time when the Israelites were taken\add* {\add the Babylonian army took the Israelites\add*} away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Babylon \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \add the time when\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \add was born\add*.   
\s1 When Joseph learned that Mary was pregnant, he decided to divorce her, but an angel told him to take her as his wife because it was the power of the Holy Spirit that had enabled her to be pregnant  
\sr Matthew 1:18-25  
\p
\v 18 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add the account of what happened just before\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* born. \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, {\w had|strong="G2192"\w* publicly promised \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* marry \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* publicly promised \w to|strong="G1722"\w* marry \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*. \w Before|strong="G4250"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* sleep \w together|strong="G4905"\w*, \add Mary\add* realized \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1064"\w*. \add It was the power of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* caused \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1064"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \add future\add* husband, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* obeyed \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s commands. \add One of those commands was that men must divorce women who had acted immorally. So when Joseph learned that Mary was pregnant, he assumed that she was pregnant as a result of her acting immorally\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* decided \w to|strong="G2532"\w* break \w the|strong="G2532"\w* engagement. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* shame \w her|strong="G1438"\w* publicly, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* decided \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w privately|strong="G2977"\w*.  
\v 20 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* seriously considering \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, much \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* surprise, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w dream|strong="G3677"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add had sent\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, descendant \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you(sg) would be doing wrong if you(sg) would marry\add* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add begin to treat her\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \add not a man\add*, \w has|strong="G2962"\w* caused \w her|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 21 \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G5088"\w* \w birth|strong="G5088"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w Since|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add the guilt of\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* sinned, \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \add the baby\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add which means ‘the Lord saves people’\add*.”  
\v 22 \w All|strong="G3650"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add Isaiah to write long ago about what was going to happen\add*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* Isaiah wrote:  
\v 23 “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*, \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w virgin|strong="G3933"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G5088"\w* \w birth|strong="G5088"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w Emmanuel|strong="G1694"\w*.” \w Emmanuel|strong="G1694"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* ‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*’.  
\v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w sleep|strong="G5258"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angel \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add had sent\add* \w commanded|strong="G4367"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \add Mary\add* home \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sexual relations \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w given|strong="G2564"\w* \w birth|strong="G5088"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add Joseph\add* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\c 2  
\s1 After some astrologers saw an unusual star, they traveled westwards to find the place where the infant Jesus was. King Herod helped direct them, but then an angel told them not to go back to King Herod.  
\sr Matthew 2:1-12  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Bethlehem \add town\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add province\add* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add the Great ruled there. Some time\add* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* studied \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stars \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lived \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \add country\add* east \add of Judea\add* \w came|strong="G3854"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \add people\add*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G5088"\w* \add in order that he might be\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add you\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*? \add We believe that your new king\add* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G5088"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* star \add that we believe indicated that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \add born\add*. \add We saw it while we were in our country\add* east \add of here\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 3 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* heard \add what those men were asking\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* worried \add that someone else might be proclaimed\add* {\add people might proclaim someone else\add*} \add king of the Jews to replace him\add*. Many \add of the people\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* [MTY, HYP] \add also\add* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* worried \add because they were afraid of what King Herod might do\add*.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Herod \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ruling priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G4441"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \add the prophets had predicted that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add He will be born\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Bethlehem, \add here\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add province\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add Micah\add* {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add Micah\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add long ago what God said\add*:  
\v 6 ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add who live in\add* Bethlehem [APO], \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Judea \add province\add*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* important [LIT], \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add town\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruler|strong="G2233"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* guide \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add who live in\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.’”   
\p
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w secretly|strong="G2977"\w* \w summoned|strong="G2564"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G3097"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* studied \w the|strong="G3588"\w* stars. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* asked \w them|strong="G3588"\w* exactly \w when|strong="G5119"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* star \add first\add* \w appeared|strong="G5316"\w*. \add By what they told him, he was able to know the approximate age of the baby\add*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add concealed what he really planned to do and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Bethlehem \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w inquire|strong="G1833"\w* thoroughly \add where\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* infant \w is|strong="G3588"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add come back and\add* report \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*, \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \add there and\add* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\p
\v 9 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \add told them\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \add toward Bethlehem\add*. \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* surprise, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* star \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* eastern \add country\add* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add again\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w above|strong="G1883"\w* \add the house\add* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 10 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* star, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="G5463"\w* \w greatly|strong="G4970"\w* \add and followed it\add*.  
\v 11 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add found\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G2064"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w bowed|strong="G4352"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* opened \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w treasure|strong="G2344"\w* \add boxes\add* [MTY] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w*, \add costly\add* \w frankincense|strong="G3030"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w myrrh|strong="G4666"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12  \add Because\add* \w God|strong="G5537"\w* \add knew that King Herod planned to kill Jesus\add*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w dream|strong="G3677"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* studied \w the|strong="G2532"\w* stars \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* studied \w the|strong="G2532"\w* stars} \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* return \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* returned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w country|strong="G5561"\w*, \add but instead of traveling back on the same road, they\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* different \w road|strong="G3598"\w*.   
\s1 Following an angel’s instructions, Joseph took his family to the country of Egypt to escape from Herod.  
\sr Matthew 2:13-21  
\p
\v 13 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* studied \w the|strong="G2532"\w* stars left \add Bethlehem\add*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* angel \add from\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w dream|strong="G3677"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w take|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w flee|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt. Stay \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) that you should leave\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \add to send soldiers\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w look|strong="G2400"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 14 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Joseph \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \add that\add* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* fled \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Egypt.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stayed|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w died|strong="G5054"\w*, \add and then they left Egypt\add*. \w By|strong="G1223"\w* doing \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w*} \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add Hosea\add* wrote, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* {\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*},  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt.   
\m
\v 16  \add While King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add was still living\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w tricked|strong="G1702"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* studied \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stars {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* studied \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stars \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w tricked|strong="G1702"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* furious. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add assuming that Jesus was still in Bethlehem or the surrounding regions\add*, \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \add soldiers there\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boy|strong="G3816"\w* babies \w two|strong="G1332"\w* \w years|strong="G1332"\w* \w old|strong="G1332"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* younger. \add Herod calculated how old the baby was\add*, \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* studied \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stars told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add about when the star first appeared\add*.  
\v 17  \add Because Bethlehem and Ramah towns were in the area where the descendants of Jacob’s wife Rachel lived, when soldiers killed the infant boys\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="G2408"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* wrote,   
\pi1
\v 18  \add Women\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Ramah|strong="G4471"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w weeping|strong="G2799"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wailing|strong="G2805"\w* \w loudly|strong="G4183"\w*. \add Women who were the descendants\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rachel|strong="G4478"\w*, \add the ancestor of the women there\add* [SYN], \w were|strong="G1510"\w* grieving \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \add what happened to\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. \add Even though people tried to comfort them\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w comforted|strong="G3870"\w* {stop \w mourning|strong="G3602"\w*}, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* dead.   
\p
\v 19 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w* \add and while Joseph and his family were still in Egypt\add*, \w an|strong="G1722"\w* angel \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add had sent\add* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Egypt \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w dream|strong="G3677"\w*.  
\v 20 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Joseph, “\w Take|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \add to live\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \add in order to kill him\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2348"\w*.”  
\v 21 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Joseph \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.   
\s1 Following an angel’s warning, Joseph and his family returned to Nazareth, and thus a prophecy about the Messiah was fulfilled.  
\sr Matthew 2:22-23  
\p
\v 22 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* Joseph heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Archaelaus \w now|strong="G1161"\w* ruled \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add King\add* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add the Great\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* {\add God\add* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* Joseph} \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w dream|strong="G3677"\w* \add that it was still dangerous for them to live in Judea\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add and Mary and Jesus\add* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add District\add*  
\v 23 \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \add to live there\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ancient \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ancient \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*} \add about the Messiah\add*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w a|strong="G2532"\w* Nazareth-man, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*}.   
\c 3  
\s1 John the Baptizer announced the coming of Jesus, and he baptized many people who heard his message.  
\sr Matthew 3:1-6  
\p
\v 1 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jesus was still in Nazareth town\add*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \add whom the people called\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Baptizer, \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* preaching \add to the people who came there\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add You need to\add* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MET] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1448"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \add over people, and he will reject you if you do not turn away from your sinful life\add*.”  
\v 3 \w John|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w person|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add fulfilled\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add predicted\add* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*}, long ago:  
\pi1 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area ◄\add people will hear someone/someone will be heard\add*► \w shouting|strong="G3004"\w* \add to the people who pass by\add*,  
\pi1 \w Prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \add yourselves to receive\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w*!  
\pi1 \add Make yourselves ready so that you will be prepared when he comes\add* [MET, DOU], \w just|strong="G2117"\w* like \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add improve and\add* straighten \w out|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \add for an important official!\add*   
\p
\v 4 \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w wore|strong="G2192"\w* \add coarse\add* \w clothing|strong="G1742"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w camel|strong="G2574"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add as the prophet Elijah did long ago\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wore|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w leather|strong="G1193"\w* \w belt|strong="G2223"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w waist|strong="G3751"\w*. \w His|strong="G4012"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add only\add* grasshoppers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honey|strong="G3192"\w* \add that he found\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* desolate area.  
\v 5  \add People who lived in\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add city\add* [MTY], many [HYP] \add people who lived in other places in\add* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add* [MTY], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* many [HYP] \add people who lived in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* area \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add* [MTY] \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \add to hear him preach\add*.  
\v 6 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \add they heard him tell them to turn away from their sinful behavior\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add openly\add* \w confessed|strong="G1843"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sins, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* {\w John|strong="G2532"\w* baptized \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \w River|strong="G4215"\w*.   
\s1 John told the Pharisees and Sadducees that they needed to repent before he would baptize them.  
\sr Matthew 3:7-10  
\p
\v 7 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* noted \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisee|strong="G5330"\w* \add religious group\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Sadducee \add religious group\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \add to him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* baptized {\w in|strong="G1909"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* baptize \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add evil like poisonous\add* snakes [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*]! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w warn|strong="G5263"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* punish [MTY] \w everyone|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* sins. ◄\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* punishing \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [MTY] \add if you do not turn from your sinful behavior\add*!/\w Did|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* punishing \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [MTY] \add if you do not turn from your sinful behavior\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 8 \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* appropriate [IDM] \w for|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* truly turned away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* sinful behavior \add before you come to me in order to be baptized\add* {\add that I baptize you\add*}.  
\v 9  \add God promised to give Abraham many descendants. In order to fulfill that promise\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add does not need you! I\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* change \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* start \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w*, ‘\w Since|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* descendants \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add our ancestor\add* Abraham, \add God will not punish us even though we have sinned\add*.’  
\v 10  \add God is\add* \w ready|strong="G2749"\w* \add to punish you if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, just like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lays \w his|strong="G3956"\w* axe \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add fruit\add* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \add in order to\add* chop \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w down|strong="G1581"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w produce|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* [MET].”   
\s1 John said that someone greater than him would soon come who would enable some of the people to change their lives and who would severely punish the others.  
\sr Matthew 3:11-12  
\p
\v 11 “\w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am not very important, because\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* baptize \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add only\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add baptize you\add* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* feeling sorry \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w*; \add he will do powerful deeds\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add act powerfully\add*). \add Because he is\add* superior \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w worthy|strong="G2425"\w* \add even to do a menial task for him, such as\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* carry \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w sandals|strong="G5266"\w*.  
\p \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \add his\add* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add within\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to truly change\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* [MET], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he will judge others of you and punish you in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \add in hell\add*.  
\v 12  \add He is like a farmer who wants to clear away the grain that is on the ground where it has been threshed\add* {\add they have threshed it\add*}. \add That farmer uses a\add* huge \w fork|strong="G4425"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* throw \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w grain|strong="G4621"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* air \add to separate the wheat from the chaff\add* [\w MET|strong="G4863"\w*], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* cleans \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* threshing area. \add Similarly\add*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add separate righteous people from the evil people like a farmer who\add* \w gathers|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* storage area, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w burn|strong="G2618"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add people who are like\add* chaff \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* [\w MET|strong="G4863"\w*].”   
\s1 When John baptized Jesus, God showed that Jesus was his Son by sending the Holy Spirit upon him.  
\sr Matthew 3:13-17  
\p
\v 13 \w During|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add District\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*, where \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. \add He did that\add* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* {\w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* ask \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* would baptize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}.  
\v 14  \add When Jesus asked John to baptize him\add*, \w John|strong="G2491"\w* objected, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* baptized \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \bd \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*\bd* {\bd \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w*\bd* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* baptize \bd \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*\bd*} \add because you are superior to me. Since you are not a sinner\add*, ◄\add you(sg)\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to be baptized by me\add* {\add to ask that I baptize you(sg)\add*}!/why \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to be baptized by me\add* {\add ask that I baptize you(sg)\add*} [RHQ]?►”  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Baptize \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add two\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \add everything that God\add* requires.” \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w John|strong="G3004"\w* consented \w to|strong="G4314"\w* baptize \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 16 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* baptized {\w John|strong="G2532"\w* baptized \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*}, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w up|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w Just|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add it was as though\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* opened {split apart}. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* form \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w dove|strong="G4058"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* [SYN] \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 After Jesus fasted 40 days, Satan tempted him in various ways.  
\sr Matthew 4:1-11  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w led|strong="G2424"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w led|strong="G2424"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* {\w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* would \w tempt|strong="G3985"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}.  
\v 2 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* eat food \w for|strong="G2532"\w* 40 \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* 40 \w nights|strong="G3571"\w*. \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*.  
\v 3  \add Satan\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tempter|strong="G3985"\w*, \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add claim that you have a relationship with\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add as\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \add has with his father\add* [MET], \add prove it\add* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* commanding \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w stones|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* bread \add so that you can eat them\add*!”  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\add No! I will not change stones into bread, because\add* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add* {\w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \add Moses\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*}, \add ‘Eating\add* food [SYN] \add sustains\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add physically, but\add* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* sustain \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add spiritually\add* [SYN]. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add paying attention to\add* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them is what sustains people spiritually\add*.’”  
\v 5 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jerusalem\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dedicated \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2476"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* highest \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w*,  
\v 6 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add claim that you have a relationship with\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add as\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \add has with his father, prove it by\add* jumping \w down|strong="G2736"\w* \add to the ground. You will not be hurt\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add*, \add ‘God\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w command|strong="G1781"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* angels \w to|strong="G4314"\w* protect \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* lift \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \add when you are falling\add*, \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add you will not get hurt\add*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add even\add* \w strike|strong="G4350"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w foot|strong="G4228"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*.’”  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w*, “\add No! I\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add jump down, because\add* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* place \add in the Scriptures\add* \w it|strong="G3825"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {there \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* words \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add Moses\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*}: ‘\w Do|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add try to\add* \w test|strong="G1598"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add to see if he will prevent something bad from happening to you when you do something foolish!\add*’”  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \add top of\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G3029"\w* \w high|strong="G5308"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w showed|strong="G1166"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* nations \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* magnificent \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* nations.  
\v 9 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add let you rule all these nations and\add* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* magnificent \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w bow|strong="G4352"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add No, I will not worship you\add*, \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w*, \add so\add* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w away|strong="G5217"\w*! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures, ‘\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!’”  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* away, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* right away, angels \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w care|strong="G1247"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus went to Galilee and preached that people needed to repent to belong to the group whom God would consider his people.  
\sr Matthew 4:12-17  
\p
\v 12  \add While\add* Jesus \add was in Judea, John the Baptizer’s disciples\add* told \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* been \w put|strong="G3860"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G3860"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* kept \w there|strong="G1161"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add Herod Antipas\add* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G3860"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G3860"\w* \add and kept him there\add*}. \add So\add* Jesus returned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add District\add*. \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Nazareth \add town\add*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add city in order to live there. Capernaum is located beside Galilee Lake in the region which was formerly\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* regions \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the tribes of\add* \w Zebulun|strong="G2194"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="G3508"\w*.  
\v 14  \add One reason that he went there\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add these words\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* might \w be|strong="G2443"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* might \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* words \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote}:   
\p
\v 15 “\w Zebulun|strong="G2194"\w* \w region|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Naphtali|strong="G3508"\w* \w region|strong="G1093"\w* \add are on\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \add which is\add* near \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add Lake and\add* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* eastern \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River. They are\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w regions|strong="G3598"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add District where many\add* non-Jews \add are living\add*.  
\v 16  \add Although the people there will be like\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w dark|strong="G4653"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*], \add they will suddenly perceive clearly a new teaching, as\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w big|strong="G3173"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* shining \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w perceive|strong="G3708"\w* everything clearly. \add The\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* located \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* dangerous [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \add will suddenly perceive clearly what God teaches\add*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* shines \w perceive|strong="G3708"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* clearly [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*, DOU].   
\p
\v 17 \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w*, \add while\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add in Capernaum city, he began to preach this to people: “God [MTY/EUP] will very soon begin to rule, and he will judge you when he rules\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (pl)\add* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* turn \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful ways \add so that God will not punish you\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus summoned four fishermen, who immediately left their work and went with him.  
\sr Matthew 4:18-23  
\p
\v 18  \add One day\add* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w*, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add later\add* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Andrew, \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \add younger\add* brother. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* casting \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add fishing\add* net \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add earned money by\add* catching \add and selling\add* fish.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G4160"\w*, “\add Just like you have been\add* gathering fish, \w come|strong="G1205"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w you|strong="G5210"\w* how \w to|strong="G2532"\w* gather \w people|strong="G4160"\w* \add to become my disciples\add*.” [MET]  
\v 20 \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* left \add the work that they were doing with\add* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \add fishing\add* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 21 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \add the three of them\add* walked \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*. \add They were\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*, \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w mending|strong="G2675"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \add fishing\add* \w nets|strong="G1350"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add they should leave their work and\add* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 22 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* left \w their|strong="G2532"\w* fishing \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus taught and healed many people when he was in Galilee District.  
\sr Matthew 4:23-25  
\p
\v 23 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \add with those four men\add* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add District\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add the people\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* buildings \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* Jews worship \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message \w that|strong="G3588"\w* tells \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* group \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w God|strong="G2532"\w* rules \w over|strong="G1722"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w healing|strong="G2323"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the Galileans\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 24 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* parts \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Syria|strong="G4947"\w* \add District\add* heard [PRS] \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* doing, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* suffered \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w illnesses|strong="G3554"\w*, \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* suffered \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G2192"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w*, \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add suffered from\add* severe pains, \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* demons {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* demons controlled}, \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w epileptics|strong="G4583"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* started \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add They were people from\add* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add District\add*, ◄\w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Decapolis|strong="G1179"\w*/\w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Ten Towns \add area\add*►, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add city\add*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \add parts of\add* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* areas east \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*.   
\c 5  
\s1 On a hillside, Jesus taught his disciples and others what kind of people God esteems.  
\sr Matthew 5:1-12  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hillside. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \add in order to teach\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w near|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to listen to him\add*.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,   
\q1
\v 3  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G4151"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* recognize \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w spiritual|strong="G4151"\w* \add need\add*;  
\q1 \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* allow \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w he|strong="G3754"\w* rules over.   
\q1
\v 4  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w mourn|strong="G3996"\w* \add because they have sinned;\add*  
\q1 \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w encouraged|strong="G3870"\w* {\w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w encourage|strong="G3870"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.}   
\q1
\v 5  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w meek|strong="G4239"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w inherit|strong="G2816"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \add that God will recreate\add*.   
\q1
\v 6  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sincerely \add desire to live\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w* \add just like they\add* desire \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w* [MET];  
\q1 \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* enabled {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* desires [MET].   
\q1
\v 7  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* act mercifully;  
\q1 \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* act mercifully \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* think only \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* pleases \w him|strong="G3588"\w*;  
\q1 \add some day\add* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add be where\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* help \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* live peacefully;  
\q1 \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* considered \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* {\w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* consider \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*} \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w* [MET].   
\q1
\v 10  \add God is pleased with\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* done {\w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add other people\add* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* evil \w things|strong="G3588"\w*} \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \add conducted themselves\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w*;  
\q1 \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* allow \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* where \w he|strong="G3754"\w* rules over \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \add God is pleased with\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w insult|strong="G3679"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add other people\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add other people\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w falsely|strong="G5574"\w* \add that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w because|strong="G1752"\w* \add you believe in\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 12  \add When that happens\add*, \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w glad|strong="G5463"\w* [DOU], \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add God will give\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \add God will think highly of you\add*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \add he thought highly of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add ancestors persecuted\add* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w ago|strong="G4253"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should live in such a way that other people will see how we live and will praise God.  
\sr Matthew 5:13-16  
\p
\v 13 “\bd \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w*\bd* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add able to influence\add* evil \add people\add* [MTY] \add and improve the way they live in order that they do not become more evil, just like\add* salt \add is able to improve the flavor of food and to preserve it\add* [MET] \add from spoiling\add*. Salt \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* tastes salty \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* salty \w again|strong="G2089"\w* [RHQ]. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* salt becomes \w useless|strong="G3762"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* rejected \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, thrown \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* walked \w on|strong="G1722"\w* {\w People|strong="G1510"\w* reject \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, throw \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* walk \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*} [MET]. \add Similarly, if the way you live no longer influences people to live in a godly manner, God will reject you\add*.  
\v 14  \bd \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w*\bd* \add enable\add* evil \add people\add* [MTY] \add to perceive God’s truth as\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \add enables people to perceive what is around them. Just like\add* everyone \w can|strong="G1410"\w* see [LIT] \add the lights of\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w on|strong="G1883"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* [MET], \add other people can see what you do\add*.  
\v 15 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w light|strong="G3088"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* never \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w basket|strong="G3426"\w*. Instead, \add they put it\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w lampstand|strong="G3087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* can \w shine|strong="G2989"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 16  \add Similarly\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add what is right\add* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w such|strong="G3779"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w manner|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* can \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G2041"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w praise|strong="G1392"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add who is\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that it is important to obey all of God’s commandments.  
\sr Matthew 5:17-20  
\p
\v 17 “\w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* earth, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* annul \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add what\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* [MTY] \add wrote\add*. Instead, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \add came\add* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* happen \add what the authors of those books predicted would happen\add*. \w So|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w think|strong="G3543"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w longer|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add to earth\add* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* order \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w might|strong="G2064"\w* annul \add what they wrote\add*.  
\v 18 \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w*: \add Every\add* \w point|strong="G2193"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \add including those points that seem\add* least important, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w smallest|strong="G1520"\w* details \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [MTY] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w surely|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* effect [HYP, LIT] \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* disappear \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add that God told their authors to write\add* \w happens|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \add all God’s laws are important\add*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* disobeys \w any|strong="G1437"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w commandments|strong="G1785"\w*, \add even if it would be\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w least|strong="G1646"\w* \add important ones\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w teaches|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \add to disobey any of those commandments\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3767"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*} \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w least|strong="G1646"\w* \add important\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* [EUP] \w God|strong="G2532"\w* rules. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w obey|strong="G4160"\w* \add those commandments\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \add other people to obey them, it will be said\add* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*} \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* rules.  
\v 20 \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w*: \add You assume that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w our|strong="G2532"\w* laws \add faithfully obey\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* commands. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* obey \w those|strong="G3588"\w* laws \w better|strong="G4052"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* place \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* rules.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should not be angry, and that we should quickly settle accounts with those whom we have wronged.  
\sr Matthew 5:21-26  
\p
\v 21 “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* heard \add your religious teachers say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G2046"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add Moses\add* \w said|strong="G2046"\w*} \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* ancestors, ‘\w Do|strong="G5407"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w murder|strong="G5407"\w* \add anyone.’ This implied that\add* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w murders|strong="G5407"\w* \add another person\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* judge \w will|strong="G1510"\w* condemn \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \add and\add* \w sentence|strong="G2920"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add executed\add* {\add say that someone must execute him\add*}.  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \add If you are\add* \w angry|strong="G3710"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* judge \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w*, ‘\add You are worthless\add*,’ \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Jewish \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* judge \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add hate someone\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* '\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w fool|strong="G3474"\w*!' \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* danger \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* thrown \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* fires \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w when|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w gift|strong="G1435"\w* \add for God\add* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* offended \w someone|strong="G5100"\w*,  
\v 24 leave \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G1435"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \add to the person you have offended\add*. Tell \w that|strong="G3588"\w* person \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w that|strong="G3588"\w* person \w to|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w back|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G1435"\w* \add to God\add*.  
\v 25  \add Also\add*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fellow citizen \add takes you to court in order to\add* accuse \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, settle accounts \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* person \w quickly|strong="G5035"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* walking \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* person \add to court\add*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add while there still is time to do so\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w*, \add because if\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \add favors the person who is accusing you, he will declare that you are guilty and send you\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w guard|strong="G5438"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w guard|strong="G5438"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.  
\v 26 \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* mind: \add If you go to prison\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G3004"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w get|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add because you will never be able to\add* pay \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* judge \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* owe [MET]. \add And remember also that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add ought to settle accounts with God before you die, too\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught about the way to refuse to sin when we are tempted to do something wrong.  
\sr Matthew 5:27-30  
\p
\v 27 “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* heard \add God’s\add* commandment, ‘\w Do|strong="G3431"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*.’  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w only|strong="G1438"\w* looks \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w desiring|strong="G1937"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* sex \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, \add God considers that\add* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3754"\w* [MET] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* sin.  
\v 29 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* see [MTY] \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are tempted to\add* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \add stop looking at those things! Even if you have to\add* gouge \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G4624"\w* [HYP] \add to avoid sinning, do it!\add* \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G4851"\w* \add that you not sin and\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \add go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* lack \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add or both of\add* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w good|strong="G4851"\w* \add that you continue to have two eyes and sin and, as a result, God\add* sends \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*.  
\v 30 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add tempted to\add* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w* [MTY], \add stop using your hand. Even if you have to\add* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w off|strong="G1581"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G4624"\w* \add to avoid sinning, do it\add* [HYP]! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G4851"\w* \add that you do not sin and as a result you go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* lack \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add or both\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \add hands\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w good|strong="G4851"\w* \add that you sin and, as a result, God\add* sends \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that people should not divorce their spouses.  
\sr Matthew 5:31-32  
\p
\v 31 “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* {\add Moses\add* wrote}, ‘\w If|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1325"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* divorcing \w his|strong="G1325"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* write \w a|strong="G1325"\w* document \add on which he states that he is\add* divorcing \w her|strong="G1325"\w*.’  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add now listen to what\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \add A man\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \add divorce his wife\add* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w committed|strong="G4160"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \add and not for any other reason\add*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* divorces \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \add for any other reason, and he has sex with another woman\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w makes|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w become|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* against \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w committed|strong="G4160"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \add because in God’s estimation she still is his wife\add*. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* divorced {\w whose|strong="G3739"\w* husband \w has|strong="G3739"\w* divorced \w her|strong="G1437"\w*}, \add God considers\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add guilty of\add* \w committing|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that people should not add anything to make their words more credible when they promise to do something.  
\sr Matthew 5:33-37  
\p
\v 33 “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* heard \add your religious teachers say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add Moses\add* wrote} \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* ancestors, ‘\w Make|strong="G1964"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* promised \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w would|strong="G2962"\w* \w do|strong="G3756"\w*!’ [DOU]  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add now listen to what\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \w Never|strong="G3361"\w* promise \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* anything \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* superior \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* affirm \add that what you are saying will happen. For example, do\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings in\add* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* [MTY] \add to affirm that you will do it\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add sits\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w* [MTY] \add to rule over people\add*.  
\v 35  \add Also, do\add* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* [MTY] \add to affirm that you will do it\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* rests \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* [MET]. \add Also, do\add* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add promise that you will do something and ask religious authorities\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add to affirm that you will do it\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \add God\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \add rules\add*.   
\p
\v 36  \add Also, do not promise that you will do something and then say that\add* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \add should be cut off\add* {\add someone should cut off\add* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w*} \add if you do not do it\add*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add even\add* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \add change the color of the hair of your head by\add* \w making|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add black\add* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add white\add* \w hair|strong="G2359"\w* \w black|strong="G3189"\w*.  
\v 37  \add If you talk about doing something\add*, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* ‘\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add will do it\add*,’ \w or|strong="G1161"\w* ‘\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add will not do it\add*.’ \add If you say\add* anything \w more|strong="G4053"\w* \w than|strong="G4053"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add Satan\add*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that everyone should be kind to all people, even to people who mistreat us.  
\sr Matthew 5:38-42  
\p
\v 38 “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add your religious teachers say\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add it is written\add* {\add Moses wrote\add*}, ‘\add Retaliate like this\add*: \add If someone damages\add* \w one|strong="G3748"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*, \add someone should damage\add* \w one|strong="G3748"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* person’s \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*. \add If someone damages\add* \w one|strong="G3748"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w*, \add someone should damage\add* \w one|strong="G3748"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* person’s \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w*.’  
\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add now listen to what\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* revenge \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \add deeds done\add* {\add that other people do\add*} \add to you\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* someone \add insults you by\add* striking \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w cheek|strong="G4600"\w*, \w turn|strong="G4762"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w cheek|strong="G4600"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G4190"\w* \add in order that he can strike it also\add*.  
\v 40 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sue|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* ◄inner \w garment|strong="G2440"\w*/\w shirt|strong="G5509"\w*►, give \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w outer|strong="G2440"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w*/\w coat|strong="G2440"\w*► \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 41 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add military authority\add* compels \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w mile|strong="G3400"\w* \add and carry his gear\add*, \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* miles \add and carry his gear\add*.  
\v 42 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* someone asks \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \add something\add*, \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add him what he is asking for\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* someone requests \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w lend|strong="G1155"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add something\add*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* refuse \add to lend it to him\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should love the people whom we would not normally love.  
\sr Matthew 5:43-48  
\p
\v 43 “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add your religious teachers say that it is written that Moses wrote\add*, ‘Love \w the|strong="G2532"\w* citizens \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* country \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*.’  
\v 44 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add now listen to what\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: Love \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \add as well as your friends\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 45 \w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* imitate \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add who is\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w does|strong="G1096"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* desires \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [MET] \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \add like he does\add*. \add He acts kindly to all people. For example, he causes\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* shine \add equally\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w wicked|strong="G4190"\w* \add people\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he sends\add* \w rain|strong="G1026"\w* \add both\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \add people\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* unrighteous \add people\add*.  
\v 46 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* love \add only\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, ◄\add do not expect God to\add* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add in heaven\add*!/\w will|strong="G5101"\w* \add God\add* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add in heaven\add*?► [RHQ] \add This is based on the fact that everyone\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w*, \add who you think are very great sinners\add*, love [RHQ] \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* love \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add If you act like them\add*, ◄\add you are not any different from tax collectors!/in what way are you different from tax collectors\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 47 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* want \add God\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* bless \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* friends, ◄\w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w acting|strong="G4160"\w* \w any|strong="G1437"\w* better \w than|strong="G4053"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*!/\w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w acting|strong="G4160"\w* \w any|strong="G1437"\w* better \w than|strong="G4053"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews, \add who you think sin very much\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add you think are unacceptable to God\add*), want \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* bless \w their|strong="G2532"\w* friends [RHQ], \add but God does not reward them for that\add*.  
\v 48  \add You need to love those who do not love you\add*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G5613"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5046"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add God\add* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add who is\add* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3770"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5046"\w*.”   
\c 6  
\s1 Jesus taught how we should give to needy people. He also taught his disciples how to pray.  
\sr Matthew 6:1-13  
\p
\v 1 “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w deeds|strong="G4160"\w*, \w make|strong="G4160"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* watching \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G1487"\w* \w see|strong="G2300"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and think highly of you\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \add you do good deeds merely in order that other people may think highly of you, God\add*, \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w will|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w*.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* something \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* poor, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add announce it as people announce something that they want other people to know about\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* playing \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add fanfare\add* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w trumpet|strong="G4537"\w* [MET]. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* ◄\w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w synagogues|strong="G4864"\w*/\w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting places► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* main roads \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \add see what they do and\add* \w praise|strong="G1392"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Keep|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w*: \add People praise those hypocrites\add*, \add but\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add only\add* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* receive!  
\v 3 \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w* \add of doing as they do\add*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* poor, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* [MET].  
\v 4 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w giving|strong="G1654"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* poor secretly. \add As a result God\add*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* observes \add you\add* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* sees \add you\add*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* reward \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish meeting places \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w corners|strong="G1137"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* main \w streets|strong="G4116"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w other|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* see \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and think highly of them\add*. Keep \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w*: \add People praise them, but\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add only\add* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*, \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* private \w room|strong="G5009"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w close|strong="G2808"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add God\add*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* can see. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* observes \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* observes \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* reward \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*, \w do|strong="G1380"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* repeat \w words|strong="G4180"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* times \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1380"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G1380"\w* \add when they pray. They repeat meaningless words\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="G4180"\w*, \w their|strong="G1722"\w* gods \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w listen|strong="G1522"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* give \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add what they ask for\add*.  
\v 8 \w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add repeat words\add* \w as|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add God\add* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \add things\add* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add you who are\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* desire \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* honored/revered {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* honor/revere \w you|strong="G5210"\w*}.  
\v 10 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w desire|strong="G2307"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* rule \add over their lives\add*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w*(exc) \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \add people who live\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w desire|strong="G2307"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add do what you want them to do\add*.  
\v 11 \w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \add (exc)\add* each \w day|strong="G4594"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* food [SYN] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc) need for\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G4594"\w*.  
\v 12 Forgive \w our|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* forgiven \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sin against \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add*.  
\v 13 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*(exc) \w do|strong="G2532"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w*(exc) \w are|strong="G3588"\w* tempted {someone \w or|strong="G2532"\w* something tempts \w us|strong="G1519"\w*}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rescue|strong="G4506"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \bd Satan\bd* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* tempts \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.\f + \fr 6:13 \fqa people\ft  should praise you forever.\f*”   
\s1 Jesus taught more about forgiving others.  
\sr Matthew 6:14-15  
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\v 14 “\add Forgive the people who sin against you\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* forgive \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \add God\add*, \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3770"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \add sins\add*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* forgive \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w neither|strong="G3761"\w* \w will|strong="G3962"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* forgive \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w sins|strong="G3900"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught about abstaining from food.  
\sr Matthew 6:16-18  
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\v 16 “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G3588"\w* eating food \add in order to please God\add*, \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w look|strong="G5316"\w* \w sad|strong="G4659"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w* \w look|strong="G5316"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w faces|strong="G4383"\w* \w appear|strong="G5316"\w* \w sad|strong="G4659"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w will|strong="G1096"\w* see \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* abstaining \w from|strong="G3588"\w* food \add and will think highly of them\add*. \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* mind: \add People will think highly of those people for that\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \add that is the only\add* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4383"\w* \w will|strong="G1096"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w*!  
\v 17 \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add each of\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* food, \w should|strong="G3588"\w* comb \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hair|strong="G2776"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wash|strong="G3538"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \add as usual\add*,  
\v 18 \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* notice \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w fasting|strong="G3522"\w* \add because you will look as you always do\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* can see, \add will observe that you are abstaining from food. God\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* sees \add you\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w else|strong="G3361"\w* sees \add you\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* reward \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should do deeds that please God. That will be like putting treasures in heaven.  
\sr Matthew 6:19-21  
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\v 19 “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add selfishly\add* \w accumulate|strong="G2343"\w* large quantities \w of|strong="G2532"\w* money \w and|strong="G2532"\w* material goods \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \add this\add* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \add the earth is where everything is destroyed. For example\add*, \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* termites ruin \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w rust|strong="G1035"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thieves|strong="G2812"\w* enter \add buildings\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add deeds that will please God. Your doing such deeds will be like\add* \w storing|strong="G2343"\w* \w treasures|strong="G2344"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* [MET]. \add Nothing perishes in heaven\add*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* termites ruin \add things\add*, \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* rusts, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thieves|strong="G2812"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G3756"\w* buildings \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*.  
\v 21  \add Remember that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that you think are the most\add* valuable \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add the things that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* constantly concerned \w about|strong="G3588"\w* [MET]. \add So if you want to be storing treasures in heaven\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add need to be\add* constantly thinking \add about God and heaven\add*, \add instead of your earthly possessions\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should be generous with what we possess.  
\sr Matthew 6:22-23  
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\v 22 “\w Your|strong="G3650"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w lamp|strong="G3088"\w* [MET] \w for|strong="G4983"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w because|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* enable \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* see \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* healthy, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1510"\w* see everything well [MET]. \add Similarly, if you are generous with your money and other possessions, you will be able to know much of what God wants you to know\add* [MET].  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w bad|strong="G4190"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1722"\w* see \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G1722"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* continues, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1722"\w* see \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* complete \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* [MET]. \add Similarly, if you continue to be greedy, you will be in spiritual darkness. If all that your eyes can see and your mind can think about involves your greedily desiring material possessions, all that you do will be evil\add* [MET].”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should not try to serve God and accumulate money at the same time.  
\sr Matthew 6:24  
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\v 24 “\w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add different\add* bosses \add at the same time\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \add he tried to do that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* dislike \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* love \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* loyal \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w despise|strong="G2706"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* [DOU]. \add Similarly\add*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \add devote your life to\add* worshipping \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add worshipping\add* \w money|strong="G3126"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* material goods \add at the same time\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should not worry about having enough food and clothes.  
\sr Matthew 6:25-34  
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\v 25 “\w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \add you should be concerned about what God thinks is important and not about material goods, I\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add things that you need in order to\add* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Do not worry\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w whether|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add enough food\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add something\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G2532"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add enough\add* \w clothes|strong="G1742"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* wear. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* important \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add sufficient\add* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \add and drink\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothing|strong="G1742"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* conduct \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* important [RHQ].  
\v 26 \w Look|strong="G1689"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* plant \add seeds, and they do not\add* harvest \add crops\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* barns. \add But they always have food to eat because God\add*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, provides food \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w worth|strong="G1308"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* [RHQ]! \add So you can be assured that God will supply what you need!\add*  
\v 27 ◄None \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w*, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w worrying|strong="G3309"\w*, \add add time to your life\add*./\w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w worrying|strong="G3309"\w*, \add add time to your life\add*?► [RHQ] \add You cannot\add* \w add|strong="G4369"\w* \add even\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* minute \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G1909"\w* \w life|strong="G2244"\w*! \add So you should not worry about things such as food and clothing!\add*   
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\v 28 \w You|strong="G4459"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add whether you will have enough\add* \w clothes|strong="G1742"\w* \add to wear\add* [RHQ]. Think \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way flowers \add grow\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fields. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w work|strong="G2872"\w* \add to earn money\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own \w clothes|strong="G1742"\w*.  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \add King\add* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add lived long ago\add*, \add wore very beautiful clothes\add*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* clothes \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* beautiful \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add flowers\add*.  
\v 30 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* makes \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w* plants \w very|strong="G2532"\w* beautiful, \add but they grow\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* field \add for only a short time\add*. \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G4594"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grow, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G4594"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* thrown \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* oven {someone \add cuts them and\add* throws \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* oven} \add to be burned to make heat for baking bread. But you are more important to God than wild plants are, and you live much longer\add*. \w So|strong="G3779"\w* ◄\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* provide clothes \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add live a long time but\add* trust \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w little|strong="G3640"\w*!/\w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* surely \w very|strong="G2532"\w* adequately clothe \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add who live a long time but\add* trust \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w little|strong="G3640"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 31 Because \w of|strong="G2228"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s caring \w for|strong="G3309"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*, \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w worry|strong="G3309"\w* \w and|strong="G2068"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Will|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w have|strong="G5101"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*?’ \w or|strong="G2228"\w* ‘\w Will|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w have|strong="G5101"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w*?’ \w or|strong="G2228"\w* ‘\w Will|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w have|strong="G5101"\w* clothes \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w wear|strong="G4016"\w*?’ [RHQ]  
\v 32 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* worrying \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* like \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*, \w your|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3770"\w*, \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5535"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \add so you should not worry about them\add*.  
\v 33 \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most important \w thing|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G2212"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \add God\add* completely direct \w your|strong="G2532"\w* life, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* strive \add to live\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w*. \add If you do that\add*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add need\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G4369"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* {\w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add that you need\add*}.  
\v 34 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add each day\add* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w worried|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w happen|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w next|strong="G1519"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add when\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* [PRS] comes, \add you\add* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w concerned|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \add what happens during\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w You|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G2250"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* enough \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w concerned|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \add So do not worry ahead of time\add*.”   
\c 7  
\s1 Jesus taught that we should not condemn others for their faults since we have faults ourselves.  
\sr Matthew 7:1-5  
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\v 1 “\w Do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* talk \w about|strong="G3361"\w* how sinfully others \w have|strong="G3361"\w* acted, \w in|strong="G3361"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w will|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* say how sinfully \w you|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G3361"\w* acted.  
\v 2 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \add other people\add*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* extent \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w others|strong="G3739"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemned|strong="G2917"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*}.  
\v 3 ◄\w None|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* concerned \add about someone else’s small faults\add* [MET]!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* concerned \add about someone else’s small faults\add*?► [MET, RHQ] \add That would be like noticing\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w speck|strong="G2595"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w*’s \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \add be concerned about your own big faults. They are like\add* [MET] planks \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* \w own|strong="G4674"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w notice|strong="G2657"\w*.  
\v 4 ◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add about their minor faults\add*, ‘\w Let|strong="G2228"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w remove|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* specks \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*!’/\w Why|strong="G4459"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add about their minor faults\add*, ‘\w Let|strong="G2228"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w remove|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* specks \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*?’► [RHQ] \add You should not say that\add* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* plank \w is|strong="G3588"\w* still \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*].  
\v 5 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w hypocrite|strong="G5273"\w*, \add stop committing your own sins! That will be like\add* removing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* plank \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G3788"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w* [MET]. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* perceive \w things|strong="G3588"\w* spiritually \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* can help \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* rid \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add faults\add* [MET] \add that are like\add* specks \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should not teach spiritual truth to those who will not appreciate it.  
\sr Matthew 7:6  
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\v 6 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* holy \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w dogs|strong="G2965"\w* \add that would ignore those things\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* attack \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [CHI]. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* throw \w pearls|strong="G3135"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* hogs, \add because they would just ignore them\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w trample|strong="G2662"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Similarly\add*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that God is ready to give good things to us if we persist in prayer.  
\sr Matthew 7:7-11  
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\v 7 “Keep \w asking|strong="G2212"\w* \add God for what you need\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. Confidently keep \add expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like\add* [MET] \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w what|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w finding|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. Keep \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \add praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like\add* [MET] \w knocking|strong="G2925"\w* \add on a door in order to enter a room\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* opened {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* open \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way} \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to get what you pray for\add*.  
\v 8 Remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* continues \w to|strong="G2532"\w* ask \add him for them\add*. \add He\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whoever|strong="G3588"\w* confidently keeps \w asking|strong="G2212"\w*. \add He\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* open \add the way\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add to get the things that they keep persistently praying for\add*.   
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\v 9 ◄\w No|strong="G3361"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w give|strong="G1929"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* if \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* ask \w for|strong="G1537"\w* bread./\w Would|strong="G5101"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w give|strong="G1929"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* if \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* ask \w for|strong="G1537"\w* bread?► [RHQ]  
\v 10 \w Likewise|strong="G2532"\w*, ◄\w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1929"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add poisonous\add* \w snake|strong="G3789"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* son \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* son \w would|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*./\w would|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w give|strong="G1929"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add poisonous\add* \w snake|strong="G3789"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* son \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* son \w would|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 11 \w You|strong="G5210"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*, \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add God\add*, \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* certainly \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should treat others as we would like them to treat us.  
\sr Matthew 7:12  
\p
\v 12 “\w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3745"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* toward \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* toward \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add sums up what Moses wrote in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave him\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add also what\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add wrote long ago\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we should try to walk on the narrow road that leads to heaven.  
\sr Matthew 7:13-14  
\p
\v 13-14 “\add Going to\add* where people live eternally \add with God in heaven\add* is difficult. \add It is like\add* going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. \add The way\add* that most \add people take\add* is easy, \add but it results in their being punished\add* {\add God punishing them\add*} \add in hell. That way is like a\add* wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where \add they\add* will be destroyed {\add God\add* will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I \add am telling you to leave the wide road and\add* enter the narrow gate \add to heaven\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught about how to recognize false prophets.  
\sr Matthew 7:15-20  
\p
\v 15 “\w Beware|strong="G4337"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* say falsely \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* telling \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add what God has said\add*. \add They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like\add* \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* covered \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* sheepskins \add to make people believe that they are sheep\add* [MET], \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* actually \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* attack \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MET].  
\v 16  \add So how will you know that they are false?\add* Well, \w by|strong="G2228"\w* seeing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* plants \w produce|strong="G2590"\w*, \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \add what kind of plants\add* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* [MET]. \add For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes\add*, so ◄\w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* can pick \w grapes|strong="G4718"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* thornbushes./can anyone pick \w grapes|strong="G4718"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* thornbushes?► [RHQ] \w And|strong="G3588"\w* \add thistles cannot produce figs\add*, so ◄\w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* can pick \w figs|strong="G4810"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w thistles|strong="G5146"\w*./can anyone pick \w figs|strong="G4810"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w thistles|strong="G5146"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 17  \add Here is another example\add*: \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w trees|strong="G1186"\w* \w produce|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* unhealthy \w trees|strong="G1186"\w* \w produce|strong="G4160"\w* \w worthless|strong="G4190"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*.  
\v 18 \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \w is|strong="G2590"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w produce|strong="G4160"\w* \w worthless|strong="G4190"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* unhealthy \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \w is|strong="G2590"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w produce|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*.  
\v 19  \add And\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w trees|strong="G1186"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w produce|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* chopped \w down|strong="G1581"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* burned \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* {\w people|strong="G3956"\w* chop \w them|strong="G4160"\w* \w down|strong="G1581"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* burn \w them|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*} \add to get rid of them\add*. \add Similarly\add*, \w those|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3956"\w* falsely claim \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* prophets \add will be thrown\add* {\add God will throw false prophets\add*} \add into the fires of hell\add*.  
\v 20 \w By|strong="G1438"\w* seeing \add what plants\add* \w produce|strong="G2590"\w*, \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \add what kind of plants\add* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do\add*, \add you will know if they are false prophets\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus warned that he will reject those who do not do what God desires.  
\sr Matthew 7:21-23  
\p
\v 21 “\add Even though many\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add habitually\add* \w call|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’, \add pretending that they have my authority\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* rules, \add because they do not do what he desires\add*. \add Only\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w desires|strong="G2307"\w* \add will go there\add*.  
\v 22 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* [MTY] \add that God judges everyone\add*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven\add*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w*(exc) \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* message \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* representatives [MTY, RHQ]! \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* representatives \w we|strong="G2532"\w*(exc) \w expelled|strong="G1544"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add people\add* [RHQ]! \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* representatives, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* times \w we|strong="G2532"\w*(exc) \w performed|strong="G4160"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* [RHQ]!’  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w declare|strong="G3670"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w said|strong="G5119"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* belonged \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Go|strong="G2532"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w*!’”   
\s1 Jesus warned that undesirable things would happen to those who did not obey his teaching.  
\sr Matthew 7:24-27  
\p
\v 24 “\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hears \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* command, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G3666"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G5429"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w*.  
\v 25  \add Even though\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rain|strong="G1028"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w river|strong="G4215"\w* flooded, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* winds \w blew|strong="G4154"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G4154"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G2532"\w* {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* solid \w foundation|strong="G2311"\w*.  
\v 26 \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* hand, \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hears \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w obey|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G3666"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w foolish|strong="G3474"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sand.  
\v 27 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rain|strong="G1028"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rivers|strong="G4215"\w* flooded, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* winds \w blew|strong="G4154"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G4154"\w* \w against|strong="G4350"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* crashed \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* broke completely apart, \add because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you\add*.”   
\s1 The crowds were amazed at Jesus, because he taught with his own authority.  
\sr Matthew 7:28-29  
\p
\v 28 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w finished|strong="G5055"\w* \w saying|strong="G3056"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*\add who had been listening to him were\add* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add new\add* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w taught|strong="G1322"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 29 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* reason \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* amazed \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* person \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w taught|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws, \add who just repeated what other people had taught them\add*.   
\c 8  
\s1 Jesus healed a leper and made it possible for him to associate with people again.  
\sr Matthew 8:1-4  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3793"\w* \w went|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* hillside, \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* followed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2  \add After he left the crowds\add*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add the skin disease called\add* leprosy unexpectedly \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* knelt \w before|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to Jesus\add*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \add please heal me, because I know\add* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* heal \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 3 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \add disregarding the religious law that forbade people to come close to lepers\add*, \w stretched|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add heal you\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* heal \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add now\add*!” \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w was|strong="G3588"\w* healed \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w leprosy|strong="G3014"\w* {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w a|strong="G2532"\w* leper}.  
\v 4 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1166"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add nearby\add* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \add so that he can examine you and verify that you no longer have leprosy\add*. \add Then\add*, \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tells \add the local people\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* know \add that you no longer have leprosy\add*, \add and you will be able to associate with them again\add*. \w Make|strong="G1519"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add now\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* report \add about my healing you\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \add other than the priest\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \add to the Temple in Jerusalem and give the priest\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w offering|strong="G1435"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w commanded|strong="G4367"\w* \add that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifice \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus healed from a distance a Roman officer’s servant because the officer trusted in him.  
\sr Matthew 8:5-13  
\p
\v 5 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add city\add*, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \add Roman\add* officer who commanded 100 soldiers \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3870"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \add to help him\add*.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* lying \add in bed\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* severe pain.”  
\v 7 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \add to your house\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officer \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \add do not bother to go. I am a non-Jew\add*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w worthy|strong="G2425"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w*, \add a Jew\add*, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* house [MTY] \add and associate with me\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add just\add* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \add that\add* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \add be healed\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add believe this\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* ‘\w Go|strong="G4198"\w*!’ \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* ‘\w Come|strong="G2064"\w*!’ \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*!’ \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority\add*.”  
\v 10 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w marveled|strong="G2296"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G2296"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* walking \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* never \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G4102"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* firm \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \add in me as this non-Jewish man has\add*. \w Not|strong="G3761"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \add where I would expect people to believe in me\add*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G4102"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G4102"\w*!  
\v 11 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add other non-Jewish people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add will believe in me like this Roman officer\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add distant countries, including\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add far\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* east \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w west|strong="G1424"\w* [SYN], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* sit down \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w with|strong="G3326"\w* [MTY] Abraham, \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* rules.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add the Jews\add* [IDM] \add who should have allowed\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* rule \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w sent|strong="G1544"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add hell, where there is\add* total \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w weep|strong="G2805"\w* \add because of their suffering\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* grind \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \add because they will have severe pain\add* [MTY].”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* officer, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \add home\add*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add would happen\add*, \add that I would heal your servant from a distance\add*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*.” \add Then the officer went home and found out that\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* exact \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \add that Jesus told him that he would heal him\add*.   
\s1 Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law.  
\sr Matthew 8:14-15  
\p
\v 14 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add and some of his disciples\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’s \w mother-in-law|strong="G3994"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* lying \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bed \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fever|strong="G4445"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \add immediately\add* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fever|strong="G4446"\w* [PRS]. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G1247"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add some food\add*.   
\s1 Jesus healed many sick people and expelled demons from other people.  
\sr Matthew 8:16-17  
\p
\v 16 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w* \add when\add* ◄\add the Sabbath/the Jewish rest day\add*► \add ended and restrictions about traveling ended\add*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* demons {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* demons controlled} \add and people who were sick\add* [MTY] \add were\add* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* caused \w the|strong="G2532"\w* demons \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w leave|strong="G1544"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w*.  
\v 17 \w By|strong="G1223"\w* doing \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*} \add about the Messiah\add*: “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* healed \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w sicknesses|strong="G3554"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* cured \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w*.” [DOU]   
\s1 Jesus told a man what to expect if he went with Jesus. He told another man to follow Jesus immediately, not to wait until later.  
\sr Matthew 8:18-22  
\p
\v 18 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \add he needed to rest\add*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* told \add his disciples to take him by boat\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G4008"\w* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \add of the lake\add*.  
\v 19  \add As they were walking toward the boat\add*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4334"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w go|strong="G4334"\w*.”  
\v 20  \add In order that the man might know what he could expect if he went with him\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Foxes \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w holes|strong="G5454"\w* \add in the ground in which to live\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nests|strong="G2682"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \add even though I\add* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* home \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* sleep [MTY].”  
\v 21 \w Another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*’ \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w permit|strong="G2010"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2010"\w* \add home. After\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \add dies I will\add* \w bury|strong="G2290"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add and then I will come with you\add*.”  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add now\add*. \add God considers that people who do not have eternal life are\add* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* [MET]. \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add do the work of\add* burying \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* die.”   
\s1 The disciples were amazed when Jesus calmed a storm on the lake.  
\sr Matthew 8:23-27  
\p
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \add in, and\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add started sailing close to the shoreline around Lake Galilee\add*.  
\v 24 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w* winds blew \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3173"\w* \w waves|strong="G2949"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* splashing \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* filling \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*.  
\v 25 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w woke|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, rescue \add us!\add* \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* drown!”  
\v 26 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “◄\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* terrified!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* terrified?► [RHQ] \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add am disappointed that in spite of all you have seen me do\add*, ◄\w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* believe \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G3173"\w* \add that I can rescue you./\add*\w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* believe \add that I can rescue you\add*?► [RHQ]” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* waves \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w calm|strong="G1055"\w* down. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add the wind stopped blowing and the lake\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w calm|strong="G1055"\w*.  
\v 27  \add As a result\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to one another\add*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \add extraordinary\add* \w person|strong="G4217"\w* [RHQ]! \add All things are under his control!\add* \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* winds \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* waves \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [PRS]!”   
\s1 Jesus expelled some demons from two men.  
\sr Matthew 8:28-34  
\p
\v 28 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add east\add* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \add of the lake\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G5561"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gadarenes|strong="G1046"\w* \add lived\add*. \add Jesus got out of the boat and began walking on the road. Then\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G1223"\w* demons {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* demons controlled} \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* burial caves \add where they were living\add*. \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w extremely|strong="G3029"\w* \w violent|strong="G5467"\w* \add and attacked people\add*, \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* dared \w to|strong="G1519"\w* travel \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w* \add near where they were living\add*.  
\v 29 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \add to Jesus\add*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! \add Because\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* common \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* [IDM, RHQ], \add leave us alone\add* \w Have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* [RHQ] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* torture \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* [MTY] \add God has appointed to punish us\add*?”  
\v 30 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* herd \w of|strong="G4183"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w far|strong="G3112"\w* \w away|strong="G3112"\w*, digging \w for|strong="G1161"\w* food \w with|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G1510"\w* noses.  
\v 31 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w demons|strong="G1142"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w cast|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* herd \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*!”  
\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\add If that is what you want\add*, \w go|strong="G5217"\w*!” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* demons \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the men\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* entered \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w pigs|strong="G5519"\w*. \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* herd \add of pigs\add* \w rushed|strong="G3729"\w* \w down|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w steep|strong="G2911"\w* \w bank|strong="G2911"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* drowned.  
\v 33 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* tending \w the|strong="G2532"\w* pigs \add became afraid and\add* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that had happened\add*, \w including|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* two \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* demons {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* demons \w had|strong="G2532"\w* controlled}.  
\v 34 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add it seemed as if\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the people\add* [HYP] \add who lived in\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* [MTY] \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w meet|strong="G5222"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and the two men who had been controlled by the demons\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G3725"\w* \add because they thought that he would destroy more things than just the pigs\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because they realized he must be very powerful\add*).   
\c 9  
\s1 Jesus showed that he had power to forgive sins as well as to heal a paralyzed man.  
\sr Matthew 9:1-8  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* skirted around \add the lake\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add Capernaum, the city where he was living\add*.  
\v 2  \add Some men\add* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* lying \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sleeping pad. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* perceived \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add that he could heal the paralyzed man\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Young|strong="G4374"\w* man, \w be|strong="G2532"\w* encouraged! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins.”  
\v 3 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*, “\add He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God\add* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* insulting \w God|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* knew \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w thinking|strong="G1760"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G1760"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \add thoughts\add*, \add accusing me because I claim that I am God\add*!/\w Why|strong="G2444"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G1760"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \add thoughts\add*, \add saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 5 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add not\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* risky \add for someone\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add to this man\add*, ‘\add I\add* forgive \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sins’, \add because no one could see whether or not it really happened\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add no one, without having the power to heal\add*, \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, ‘\add Get\add* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*!’, \add because people could easily see whether it happened or not!\add* [RHQ]  
\v 6  \add So I am going to do something\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* authorized \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2192"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* forgive \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sins \add of people while I am\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \add as well as to heal people\add*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w paralyzed|strong="G3885"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w*, “\w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, pick \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* sleeping pad, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*!”  
\v 7 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add immediately\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \add picked up his sleeping pad\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G3624"\w*!  
\v 8 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w awestruck|strong="G5399"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w praised|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* human \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \add to do\add* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \add things\add*.   
\s1 Jesus invited Matthew to go with him, and he told the Pharisees that they needed to repent.  
\sr Matthew 9:9-13  
\p
\v 9 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G3855"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w named|strong="G3004"\w* \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* table where \w I|strong="G1473"\w* collected taxes \add for the Roman government\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and become my disciple\add*!” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* got \w up|strong="G1909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 10  \add Then I invited\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* meal. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \add they\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* eating \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other people who were\add* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Pharisees\add*} \add considered to be habitual\add* sinners \w came|strong="G2064"\w* unexpectedly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 11 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add that, they came\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\add It is disgusting that\add* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \add who claims to be righteous\add*, \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \add and associates\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* sinners!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \add who claims to be righteous\add*, \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \add and associates\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* sinners?►” [RHQ]  
\v 12 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add they said\add*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add this parable\add*: “\add It is\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add doctor\add* [MET], \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G3756"\w*.” \add What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually\add*.  
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w by|strong="G2532"\w* saying, “\w You|strong="G1510"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w learn|strong="G3129"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w these|strong="G1161"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add God said\add* \w mean|strong="G2309"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add act\add* mercifully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add just to offer\add* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*.’ Keep \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add from heaven, not\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w invite|strong="G2564"\w* \add people who think\add* [IRO] \add that they are\add* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \add to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are\add* sinners \add to turn from their sins and come to me\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus illustrated why it was not appropriate for his disciples to fast, and that living according to his new message was better than following the old traditions like fasting.  
\sr Matthew 9:14-17  
\p
\v 14 Later, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add often\add* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* food \add to show that we want to please God\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \add do they not\add*?”  
\v 15  \add Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add gave them this illustration\add*: “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add his friends at the time of the wedding\add*, ◄\w his|strong="G1909"\w* friends \w certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w mourn|strong="G3996"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w*?/\w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* friends \w mourn|strong="G3996"\w*?► [RHQ] \add No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* taken {\add someone\add* takes \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w*\add /his enemies\add* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w*} \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2064"\w* food, \add because then they will be sad\add*.”   
\p
\v 16  \add Jesus wanted to show them that people who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like\add* ◄\add abstaining from food/fasting\add*► [MET]. \add So he said to them\add*, “\w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* sew \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w patch|strong="G1915"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* unshrunken \w cloth|strong="G4470"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w* \add to mend a hole\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add when they washed the garment\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w patch|strong="G1915"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \add shrink\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tear|strong="G4978"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hole \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* bigger.  
\v 17 \w Neither|strong="G3761"\w* \w does|strong="G3761"\w* anyone \w pour|strong="G1632"\w* freshly-\add squeezed\add* grape juice \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* skin bags \add to store it\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* anyone \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* skin bags \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w tear|strong="G4486"\w* \add because they would not stretch when the grape juice ferments and expands. They\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* ruined, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w spilled|strong="G1632"\w* {spill} \add on the ground\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add people\add* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* skin bags, \add and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments\add*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \add the wine and the bags\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w preserved|strong="G4933"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus healed a woman who had constant hemorrhaging. He also caused a young girl to become alive again.  
\sr Matthew 9:18-26  
\p
\v 18 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* leader \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish meeting \w place|strong="G2007"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bowed|strong="G4352"\w* \w down|strong="G4352"\w* \w before|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to show respect\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3708"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w*! \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add again\add*!”  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man.  
\v 20-21 Then a woman who \add had been suffering constant vaginal\add* bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, “\add I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding\add*. So if I \add touch him\add* or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed \add without anyone finding out about it\add*.” So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment.  
\v 22 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* around \add to see who had touched him\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* encouraged, dear \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*. \w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* [PRS] \add that I could heal you, I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G4982"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w moment|strong="G5610"\w*.   
\p
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add and some of us disciples\add* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish leader’s \w house|strong="G3614"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flute players \add playing funeral music\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add that had gathered\add* wailing loudly \add because the girl had died\add*.  
\v 24  \add Knowing that he would cause her to live again\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\w Go|strong="G2532"\w* away \add and stop the funeral music and wailing\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* dead! \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add just\add* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*!” \add The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead\add*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1453"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* house. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1525"\w* \add the room where the girl was lying\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2902"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \add became alive again and\add* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*.  
\v 26 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add people of that\add* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w region|strong="G1093"\w* heard [PRS] \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus healed two blind men.  
\sr Matthew 9:27-31  
\p
\v 27 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w away|strong="G3855"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w men|strong="G5185"\w* followed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Have|strong="G2532"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w on|strong="G1653"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*!”  
\v 28 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add was staying\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \add to heal your eyes\add*?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*!”  
\v 29 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w touched|strong="G5119"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w and|strong="G4102"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\w Because|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add that I can heal your eyes\add*, \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w am|strong="G1096"\w* healing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add right now\add*!”  
\v 30 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* [IDM]! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w sternly|strong="G1690"\w*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w sure|strong="G1097"\w* [IDM] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* anybody \add what I did for you\add*!”  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reported|strong="G1310"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w region|strong="G1093"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus expelled a demon, but the Pharisees accused him of doing such things by Satan’s power.  
\sr Matthew 9:32-34  
\p
\v 32 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jesus and we disciples \add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the house\add*, some \w people|strong="G4374"\w* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w man|strong="G2974"\w* \w who|strong="G2974"\w* \w was|strong="G1161"\w* unable \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1161"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* demon {\w a|strong="G3708"\w* demon controlled \w him|strong="G3708"\w*}.  
\v 33 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w expelled|strong="G1544"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G2974"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* unable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w*! \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add who saw this\add* \w marveled|strong="G2296"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Never|strong="G3763"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add we seen\add* anything \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add marvelous\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* happen \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*!”  
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add Satan\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rules \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add enables this man to\add* expel \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \add from people\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples to pray that God would send more workers to tell his message to those who were ready to respond.  
\sr Matthew 9:35-38  
\p
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add we\add* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \add with\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* [HYP] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \add in Galilee district. He was teaching ◄in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places►\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* rules \add over people’s lives\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w healing|strong="G2323"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add people who had\add* various \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w illnesses|strong="G3554"\w*.  
\v 36 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* pitied \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* harassed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dejected. \add They were\add* \w like|strong="G5616"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* [SIM].  
\v 37 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* \add this illustration\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*: “\add The people who are ready to receive my message are like a\add* field \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* harvested {\w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w*}. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3303"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \add of you who are teaching people my message\add*.  
\v 38 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w pray|strong="G1189"\w* \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w ask|strong="G1189"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w send|strong="G1544"\w* \add more\add* \w workers|strong="G2040"\w* \add who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \add field to gather\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* [MET] \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w*.”   
\c 10  
\s1 Jesus selected twelve apostles and instructed them before sending them out to various places.  
\sr Matthew 10:1-15  
\p
\v 1 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \add us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w*/\w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* expel \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \add that controlled people\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w enabled|strong="G1325"\w* \add us\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w diseases|strong="G3554"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sick|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 2  \add Here is a list of us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples whom he called\add* apostles (\add which means ‘messengers’\add*): \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \add to whom he gave the new name\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*; Andrew, \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*’s \add younger\add* brother; \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zebedee|strong="G2199"\w*; \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*;  
\v 3 \w Philip|strong="G5376"\w*; Bartholomew; \w Thomas|strong="G2381"\w*; me, \w Matthew|strong="G3156"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collector|strong="G5057"\w*; \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add son\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Alpheus; Thaddeus;  
\v 4 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* member \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* party \add that wanted to overthrow the Roman government;\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*), \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add later\add* enabled \add the Jewish leaders\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 5 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add about to\add* send \add us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add apostles to tell his message to people in various places\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w instructions|strong="G3853"\w*: “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w live|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \add where the\add* \w Samaritans|strong="G4541"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because they hate you\add*.  
\v 6 \w Instead|strong="G3123"\w*, \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3624"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \add gone away from God like\add* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* gotten lost [MET].  
\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \add to them\add*, \w proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* [EUP/MTY] \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w soon|strong="G1448"\w* begin \w to|strong="G3004"\w* rule over \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Heal|strong="G2323"\w* sick \w people|strong="G2983"\w*, \w cause|strong="G1325"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G2983"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* become alive, \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w people|strong="G2983"\w* \w who|strong="G3498"\w* \w have|strong="G2983"\w* leprosy, \w and|strong="G2983"\w* \w cause|strong="G1325"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w leave|strong="G1544"\w* \w people|strong="G2983"\w* \add who are controlled by them\add* {\add whom demons control\add*}. \w Do|strong="G2983"\w* not charge money \add for helping people, because God\add* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* not charge \w you|strong="G1325"\w* anything \add for helping you\add*.  
\v 9-10 Do not take any money with you [MTY], nor a knapsack. Do not take an extra shirt, nor sandals \add in addition to what you are wearing\add*, nor a walking stick. Every worker deserves to get pay \add from the people for whom he works\add*, \add so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go\add*.  
\v 11-12 In whatever town or village you enter, find out which person is worthy \add that you should stay in his home\add*. And as you go into that house, \add ask God to\add* bless the people \add who live there\add* [MTY]. Stay in that home until you leave \add that town or village\add*.  
\v 13 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* [MTY] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* worthy \add of being blessed\add* {\add God blessing them\add*}, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* bless \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* worthy \add of being blessed\add* {\add of God blessing them\add*}, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* bless \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add instead of blessing them\add*.  
\v 14 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add who live in any house or town\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to their home or town\add*, \w nor|strong="G3366"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w leave|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w leave|strong="G1831"\w*, \w shake|strong="G1621"\w* \w off|strong="G1621"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dust|strong="G2868"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*. \add By doing that, you will warn them that God will punish them for rejecting your message\add*.  
\v 15 Note \w this|strong="G3588"\w* carefully: \add At the time when God\add* judges \add all people, he\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \add the people who lived in\add* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="G1116"\w* [MTY], \add the ancient cities which God destroyed because their people were extremely wicked\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w any|strong="G1722"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY] refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w your|strong="G2532"\w* message, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* severely.”   
\s1 Jesus instructed his disciples to be wary of their religious leaders, and to endure when they are persecuted by people who refuse to accept the new message.  
\sr Matthew 10:16-25  
\p
\v 16 “\w Take|strong="G1096"\w* note: \w After|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \add you will be as defenseless\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w midst|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who are as dangerous as\add* \w wolves|strong="G3074"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* wisely \add stay away from such people, like you stay away from poisonous\add* \w snakes|strong="G3789"\w* [SIM]. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* harmless \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w doves|strong="G4058"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* [SIM].  
\v 17 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w guard|strong="G4337"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \add our religious leaders\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* arrest \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G4337"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* religious \w councils|strong="G4892"\w* \add to put you on trial and punish you because you are my disciples\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* whipped {\w The|strong="G1722"\w* local leaders \w will|strong="G2532"\w* whip \w you|strong="G5210"\w*} \add in\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* meeting places.  
\v 18  \add And\add* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \add you teach\add* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* taken {\add the religious leaders\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w governors|strong="G2232"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w* \add in order that they may put you on trial and punish you\add*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w testify|strong="G3142"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w rulers|strong="G2232"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add other\add* non-Jews \add about what I have done\add*.  
\v 19 \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \add the religious leaders\add* arrest \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w worried|strong="G3309"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \add to them\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G1565"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \add the\add* Holy \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* words \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 20 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add will decide what to\add* \w say|strong="G2980"\w*. Instead, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \add heavenly\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* tells \add you to say\add*.  
\v 21  \add You will be taken\add* {\add People who do not believe in me will\add* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authorities \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="G2289"\w* \add because you believe in me. For example\add*, people \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* brothers, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. \w Children|strong="G5043"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rebel \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G2289"\w* \add them\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="G2289"\w*.  
\v 22 Many \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \add because you believe in me\add*. \w Nevertheless|strong="G1161"\w*, \add many people\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1519"\w* believing \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 23 \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* suffer, \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \add and tell the people there about me\add*. Note \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w down|strong="G2193"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* return \add to earth\add* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w finished|strong="G5055"\w* \w going|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w town|strong="G4172"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \add and telling people about me\add*.   
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\v 24 \w A|strong="G1510"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add expect to be\add* greater \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w his|strong="G5228"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \add are not\add* superior \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 25 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add expect that\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add treat\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \w better|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \add they treat\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add they will treat\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \add better than they treat\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w*. \add Similarly, because I am your teacher and master, you can expect that people will mistreat you, because they have mistreated me\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w most|strong="G3123"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* can expect \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add will treat you like they treat me. I am like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w household|strong="G3615"\w* [MET]. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add have insulted me by\add* \w calling|strong="G1941"\w* \add me\add* Beelzebub, \add the ruler of the demons\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add will\add* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \add insult you more, you who are only like\add* members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1096"\w* \w household|strong="G3615"\w* [MET]!”   
\s1 Jesus instructed his disciples that they should not fear those who persecute them.  
\sr Matthew 10:26-33  
\p
\v 26 “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who insult you and do evil things to you. God wants\add* everything \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* unknown \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* revealed {\add God wants you to\add* reveal everything \add that is unknown now\add*}. \add He does\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add want his truth\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w remain|strong="G1510"\w* \w hidden|strong="G2927"\w* [MET] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G3739"\w* \w secret|strong="G2927"\w* [DOU].  
\v 27  \add So, instead of being afraid\add*, \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add secretly as people do\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* night [MTY], \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add publicly as people do\add* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* daytime [MTY]. \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add say to you privately as people do when they\add* whisper \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [MTY], \w proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* publicly [MTY, DOU].  
\v 28 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add are able to\add* kill \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* [SYN] \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G3123"\w*, \w fear|strong="G5399"\w* \add God because\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add person’s\add* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add person’s\add* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*.  
\v 29  \add Think about the \add* \w sparrows|strong="G4765"\w*. \add They have so little value \add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you \add* can buy cares \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \add only \add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w small|strong="G1417"\w* coin [RHQ]. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add any \add* sparrow \w falls|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \add and dies \add* [LIT], \add God\add*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add heavenly \add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, knows \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because he cares about everything\add*.  
\v 30  \add He cares about you, too\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* knows \w how|strong="G1161"\w* many \w hairs|strong="G2359"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w*!  
\v 31  \add God\add* values \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w he|strong="G3767"\w* values \w sparrows|strong="G4765"\w* [LIT]. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w do|strong="G5399"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add of people who threaten to kill you\add*  
\v 32 \w If|strong="G3748"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \add without being afraid, are willing to\add* tell \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \add that they are my disciples\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="G3670"\w* \w before|strong="G1715"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add that they are my disciples\add*.  
\v 33 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* afraid \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \add that\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \add my disciples\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus instructed his disciples that they should be willing to suffer because of their faith in him.  
\sr Matthew 10:34-39  
\p
\v 34 “\w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w think|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* live \w together|strong="G1909"\w* harmoniously. \w The|strong="G1909"\w* result \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G3754"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add some of those who follow me\add* [MTY] \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* killed.  
\v 35 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add to earth, people who do not believe in me\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \add those who do believe in me. For example\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* sons \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w mothers|strong="G3384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* daughters-in-law \w will|strong="G2532"\w* oppose \w their|strong="G2532"\w* mothers-in-law.  
\v 36  \add This shows that sometimes\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* person’s \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* members \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* own \w household|strong="G3615"\w*.  
\v 37 \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mothers|strong="G3384"\w* \w more|strong="G5228"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \add they love\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worthy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add have a relationship with me\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G5368"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w daughters|strong="G2364"\w* \w more|strong="G5228"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \add they love\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worthy \add to belong to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 38  \add People who are ready to execute a prisoner force him to\add* carry \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \add to the place where they will nail him to it\add* [MET]. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add willing to allow other people to hurt and disgrace them like that because of being my disciples\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worthy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 39 \w People|strong="G5590"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add deny that they believe in me in order to escape being killed\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God eternally\add* [MET], \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add confess that they believe in\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \add as a result are\add* killed, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God eternally\add* [MET].”   
\s1 Jesus instructed his apostles about the people whom God rewards, and then he sent them to various towns.  
\sr Matthew 10:40-42  
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\v 40 “\add God considers that\add* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w welcomes|strong="G1209"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w welcomes|strong="G1209"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [SIM], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he considers that\add* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w welcomes|strong="G1209"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w welcomes|strong="G1209"\w* \add him\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [SIM].  
\v 41 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \add someone because\add* [MTY] \add they know\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add same\add* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add receive from God. Likewise\add*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w* \add because\add* [MTY] \add they know\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add receive from God\add*.  
\v 42  \add Note this: \add*Suppose \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \add see that you are thirsty \add* [MTY] \add and \add* \w give|strong="G4222"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w cold|strong="G5593"\w* \w water|strong="G4222"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3739"\w* [MTY] \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \add God \add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w reward|strong="G3408"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \add They might consider that what they did \add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* insignificant, \add but God will consider it very significant\add*” [LIT].   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w finished|strong="G5055"\w* \w instructing|strong="G1299"\w* \add us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add other Israelite\add* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* \add in that area\add*.   
\s1 Jesus showed the messengers from John the Baptizer that he was the Messiah, and he told the people that John was the man like Elijah who was to prepare the way for the Messiah.  
\sr Matthew 11:2-15  
\p
\v 2 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G1201"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus, the man whom he thought was\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \add some of\add* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add to him\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order  
\v 3 \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \add Messiah\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add the prophets prophesied\add* \w would|strong="G2064"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w someone|strong="G2087"\w* \w else|strong="G2228"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w expect|strong="G4328"\w* \add to come\add*?”  
\v 4  \add After they asked\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add that question\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Go|strong="G4198"\w* back \w and|strong="G2532"\w* report \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* hear \add me telling people\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* see \add me doing\add*.  
\v 5 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add am enabling\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* people \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* people \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add am\add* healing \add people\add* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* leprosy. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add am enabling\add* \w deaf|strong="G2974"\w* people \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* people \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add am\add* telling \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* people \add God’s\add* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message.  
\v 6  \add Also tell John that God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* believing \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do\add*.”   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*’s \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w gone|strong="G1831"\w* \w away|strong="G1831"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* talk \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Think about\add* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* sort \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G2300"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area \add when you went there to see John\add*. ◄\add You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like\add* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w reed|strong="G2563"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* blown {blows} \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w forth|strong="G1831"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* wind [MET]!/\w Did|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \add to listen to a man whose message changes continually like\add* long grass \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* blown {blows} \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w forth|strong="G1831"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* wind \add changes its direction\add*?► [MET, RHQ]  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2400"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add kind of person\add* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \add there\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* [RHQ]? ◄\add You did not go there to see\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w wearing|strong="G5409"\w* expensive \w clothes|strong="G3120"\w*.\add /Did you go there to see\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w wearing|strong="G5409"\w* expensive \w clothes|strong="G3120"\w*?► [RHQ] \add No! You know very well that\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w wear|strong="G5409"\w* beautiful \w clothes|strong="G3120"\w* reside \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w*’ \w palaces|strong="G3624"\w* \add and not in desolate areas\add*.  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add kind of person\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* [RHQ]? \add Did you go there\add* [RHQ] \add to see John because he was\add* ◄\w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*/\w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w speaks|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*►? \w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*! \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add John\add* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \add important\add* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \add ordinary\add* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \add to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add the prophet Malachi\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures:\add*  
\q1 \w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G3598"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* send \w my|strong="G3708"\w* messenger \add to go\add* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [SYN] \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2680"\w* \add the people\add* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* \w coming|strong="G4383"\w*.   
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\v 11 Note \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Of|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*, \add God does not consider\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Baptizer. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \add God considers that all\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* rule \w their|strong="G1722"\w* lives \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \add John, even if they are insignificant people\add*.  
\v 12 \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Baptizer \add preached\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \add other people\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* violently attacked \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add allowed\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY/EUP] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lives, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* suffered (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* eagerly \w been|strong="G2532"\w* asking \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* control \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lives, \w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, Israelite \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add who have thought that I would become their king\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* extremely eager \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* included \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom) (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* violently attacked \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*).  
\v 13  \add All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold \add about God ruling people’s lives\add*, \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer came\add*.  
\v 14  \add Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to\add* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \add it\add*: \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add the man who is like\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* [MET]. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add one of the prophets said\add* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah\add*.  
\v 15 If \w you|strong="G2192"\w* want \w to|strong="G2192"\w* understand \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G2192"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \add carefully\add* [MTY] \add about what I have just said\add* [MTY].”   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the people who refused to believe both him and John the Baptizer.  
\sr Matthew 11:16-19  
\p
\v 16 “◄\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* illustrate \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add you\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* John \add the Baptizer\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* taught \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w*./\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add you\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* John \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* taught \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w*?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add playing games\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* open area. \add Some of the children\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w calling|strong="G4377"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w*, saying,  
\v 17 ‘\w We|strong="G2532"\w* played \add happy music\add* \w on|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* flute \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dance|strong="G3738"\w*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w sang|strong="G2354"\w* sad funeral songs \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* cry [MET]!’  
\v 18  \add Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me\add*! \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add and preached to you\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3383"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add good food\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3383"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \add wine, like most people do\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add rejected him\add* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* controlling \w him|strong="G2532"\w*!’  
\v 19  \add In contrast\add*, \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add the same\add* food \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \add wine as other people do\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \add reject me\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*! \add This man\add* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much food \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drinks|strong="G4095"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much wine, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* associates \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* sinners!’ \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \add who really think about\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add John\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* realize \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* truly wise [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*, PRS].”   
\s1 Jesus explained why the people of Corazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum would be punished more severely than the people of Tyre, Sidon, and Sodom.  
\sr Matthew 11:20-24  
\p
\v 20  \add The people who lived in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w towns|strong="G4172"\w* [MTY] \add in the area where Jesus was saw him\add* perform \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* sinful behavior. \w So|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w* \w began|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w reproach|strong="G3679"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add by saying to them\add*,  
\v 21 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add people who live in\add* \w Chorazin|strong="G5523"\w* \add city\add* [MTY] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add people who live in\add* Bethsaida \add city\add* [MTY] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* terribly \w in|strong="G1722"\w* hell! \add I\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w performed|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add cities\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add the ancient cities of\add* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add wicked people who lived there\add* \w long|strong="G3819"\w* \w ago|strong="G3819"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w ashes|strong="G4700"\w*, wearing coarse cloth \add to show that they were sorry for their sins\add*.  
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* note \w this|strong="G2532"\w*: \add God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of\add* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w* [MTY], \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* severely \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* final \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* judges \add all people\add*.  
\v 23  \add also have something to say to\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add people who live in\add* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add city\add* [MTY]. ◄\w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add think that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* honored {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* honor \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*!/\w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* honored {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* honor \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?► [RHQ] \add That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent\add* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \add sinful people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* punished {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish sinful \w people|strong="G3588"\w*} \add forever. God destroyed the ancient city of\add* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w* \add because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w performed|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add city\add* [MET] \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w still|strong="G2193"\w* exist \w now|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY]. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior\add*.  
\v 24 \w So|strong="G3754"\w* note \w this|strong="G3748"\w*: \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \add the people who lived in\add* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w* \add city\add* [MTY], \w but|strong="G4133"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add even\add* more severely \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* final \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \add he\add* judges \add all people\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus thanked God for revealing his truth to uneducated people, and he urged the people to come to him to get rid of the burden of trying to obey religious laws.  
\sr Matthew 11:25-30  
\p
\v 25 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* prayed, “\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* rule \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \add everything in\add* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add on\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w thank|strong="G1843"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* prevented \add people who think that they\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w* [IRO] \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* well-educated, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add knowing\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \add Instead\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* revealed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who accept your truth as readily as\add* little \w children|strong="G3516"\w* [MET] \add do\add*.  
\v 26 \w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add you have done that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* seemed \w good|strong="G2107"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add to do\add* \w so|strong="G3779"\w*.”   
\p
\v 27  \add Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them\add*, “\add God\add*, \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w has|strong="G3962"\w* revealed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add that I need to know in order to do my work\add*. \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w knows|strong="G1921"\w* \add who\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add really am\add*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wish|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* reveal \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \add what God\add* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add is like\add*.  
\v 28 \w Come|strong="G1205"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w weary|strong="G2872"\w* \add of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey\add* [MET]. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* quit \add trying to obey all those laws\add*.  
\v 29-30 Let me \add help\add* you \add carry those loads, just like two oxen who have\add* a yoke \add on their necks\add* [MET, DOU] \add help each other pull a heavy load\add*. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach \add about what God wants you to do\add*. \add And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and\add* your spirits will be at peace.”   
\c 12  
\s1 Jesus showed the religious leaders that the Scriptures indicated that God permitted some people to disobey religious laws when they needed food. He also showed them that he had the authority from God to tell people what was right to do on the Sabbath.  
\sr Matthew 12:1-8  
\p
\v 1 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w period|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*, \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* rest►, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add and we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4198"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w* \w fields|strong="G4702"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pick|strong="G5089"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heads|strong="G4719"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w grain|strong="G4719"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add The laws of Moses permitted people to do that if they were hungry\add*.  
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add do what they considered to be work\add*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \add accusing him\add*, “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*! \w Your|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \add work\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w permitted|strong="G1832"\w* \add in our\add* laws [PRS] \add for us\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* rest!”  
\v 3  \add Jesus wanted to show them that the record in the Scriptures indicated that God permitted people to disobey certain religious laws when they needed food\add*. \add So\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add It is written\add* {\add Someone wrote\add*} \add in the Scriptures\add* [RHQ] \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add our revered ancestor King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* read \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, ◄\add but you do not think about what it implies!/so why do you not think about what it implies\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 4 David \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* big tent \add where they worshipped\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add and asked for some food. The high priest gave him\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w*} presented \add to God\add*. \w According|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* laws \add of Moses\add*, \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w permitted|strong="G1832"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* bread, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* David \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add God did not consider that what they did was wrong\add*  
\v 5 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, think \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add Moses wrote\add* [RHQ]. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add even though\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*, \add by working\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* obeying \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \add laws\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* guilty. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* surely read \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \add but you do not understand what it means\add*.  
\v 6 Note \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \add God allows men to work in\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add on our rest day because that work must be done. But in addition, I\add* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add I have\add* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \add authority than the authority of\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* obey \w my|strong="G3754"\w* teachings \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* obey \w your|strong="G3588"\w* traditions \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G1161"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 7  \add You should think about\add* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \add of God in the Scriptures\add*: ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add act\add* mercifully toward \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add just\add* offer \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*.’ \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w understood|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2613"\w* \add my disciples\add*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2309"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* wrong.  
\v 8  \add And I want you to know that\add* \w I|strong="G1063"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \add the\add* authority \add to determine what is right for my disciples to do on\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath. At the same time, he told the Pharisees that they were mistaken in thinking that it was wrong to heal a person on the Sabbath.  
\sr Matthew 12:9-14  
\p
\v 9 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G3327"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add that day\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* building \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* Jews worship \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 10  \add He saw\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* man \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* shriveled \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \add The Pharisees thought that Jesus would be disobeying the tradition about not working on the day of rest if he healed the man, so one of\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Does|strong="G2192"\w* \add God\add* permit \add us\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \add people\add* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G2192"\w*?” \add They asked that question\add* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add if he healed someone\add* ◄\w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G2192"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*►.  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Would|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \add only\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w falls|strong="G1706"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* hole ◄\w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w rest|strong="G1510"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*► \add just leave it there\add* [RHQ]? \add Certainly not\add*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2902"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lift|strong="G1453"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* away, \add and that would be acceptable work on our day of rest, too\add*  
\v 12  \add Because\add* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w valuable|strong="G1308"\w*, \add their owners may work on our day of rest in order to rescue them. So, because\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G1308"\w* \w valuable|strong="G1308"\w* \w than|strong="G1308"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*, \w it|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* certainly \w right|strong="G2573"\w* \w for|strong="G1832"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1832"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* something \w good|strong="G2573"\w* \add by healing another person any day, including\add* \w our|strong="G4160"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* rest!”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* man, “\w Stretch|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add withered\add* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*!” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* man \w stretched|strong="G1614"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w normal|strong="G5199"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*!  
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add the meeting house. They were worried that the people would reject their traditions and would accept Jesus’ teaching instead. So\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* met \w together|strong="G4824"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* plan \w how|strong="G3704"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus explained that his acting humbly when he healed people was a fulfillment of prophecy.  
\sr Matthew 12:15-21  
\p
\v 15 \w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \add that the Pharisees were plotting to kill him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add took us disciples and\add* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Crowds|strong="G4183"\w*, \add including many sick people\add*, followed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add wanting him to heal them\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2008"\w* \w them|strong="G4160"\w* firmly \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w tell|strong="G5318"\w* \add other people yet\add* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 17  \add By acting humbly like that\add* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* wrote} \add long ago about the Messiah\add*. \add Isaiah wrote\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*:   
\pi1
\v 18 \w Take|strong="G5087"\w* note \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w servant|strong="G3816"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G2106"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* proclaim \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* judge \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews justly.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w quarrel|strong="G2051"\w* \add with people\add*, \w neither|strong="G3761"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w shout|strong="G2905"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add teach with\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* loud \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add main\add* \w streets|strong="G4116"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Until|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* justly judged \add the people who trust in him and\add* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* declared \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* guilty, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* destroy \add anyone who is weak like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* smashed stalk [MET], \w nor|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* silence \add anyone who is as helpless as\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w smoldering|strong="G5188"\w* \add linen\add* \w wick|strong="G3043"\w* [MET, DOU].  
\v 21 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w will|strong="G2532"\w* confidently \w expect|strong="G1679"\w* \add that he will do great things for them\add*.   
\s1 Jesus refuted the argument that he was expelling demons by Satan’s power, and he warned that making such statements is an unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit.  
\sr Matthew 12:22-32  
\p
\v 22 \w One|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* home, \add some men\add* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \add who, because of being\add* controlled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* demon {\w a|strong="G2532"\w* demon controlled \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* unable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w*. \add Jesus\add* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add by expelling the demon\add*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5185"\w* \add began to\add* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add was able to\add* see.  
\v 23 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add who saw it\add* marveled. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* began \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \add each other\add*, “\w Could|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Messiah, the\add* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \add whom we have been expecting\add*?”  
\v 24 \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \add and the men who taught the Jewish laws\add* heard \add that the people thought that Jesus might be the Messiah because he had expelled the demon\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add It is not God, but\add* Beelzebub, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ruler \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* enables \add this man\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* expel \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \add from people!\add*”  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Pharisees\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* thinking \add and saying\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add in order to show them that what they said did not make sense\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \add the people in\add* [MTY] \w one|strong="G3956"\w* nation fight \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, \add they\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w their|strong="G1438"\w* nation {\w their|strong="G1438"\w* nation \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed}. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who live in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* fight \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* remain \add as one group or family\add*.  
\v 26  \add Similarly\add*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* expelling \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \add demons\add* [MTY], \add it would be as though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* fighting \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. ◄\w His|strong="G1438"\w* kingdom \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w*!/\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* kingdom \w continue|strong="G2532"\w*?► [RHQ] \w His|strong="G1438"\w* rule \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \add certainly\add* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* last!  
\v 27 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \add it is true that\add* Satan enables \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* expel \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* \add who\add* expel \w demons|strong="G1140"\w* \add do so\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add Satan’s\add* power [RHQ]? \add No\add* \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* show \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add are not thinking logically\add*.  
\v 28 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add enables\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* expel \w demons|strong="G1140"\w*, \add that proves that the power of\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* rule \add people’s lives\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G5348"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\p
\v 29  \add I will illustrate why I am able to expel demons\add*. ◄\w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w*► [RHQ] \add But if he ties up the strong man\add*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* steal \add the things in that man’s\add* \w house|strong="G3614"\w*.   
\p
\v 30  \add No one can be neutral\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* acknowledge \add that the Holy Spirit enables\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to expel demons\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* opposing \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \add people to become\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \add disciples\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* causing \add those people\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* [DOU] \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \add from me\add*.   
\p
\v 31 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add are saying that it is not the Holy Spirit who is enabling me to expel demons\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \add If\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* offend \w and|strong="G2532"\w* slander \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add then sorry and ask God to forgive them, God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* discredit \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* forgiven {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* forgive \add people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* discredit \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w does|strong="G3004"\w*}.  
\v 32  \add God is willing to\add* forgive \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* criticize \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add warn you that\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add does\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* forgiven {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* forgive \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add does\add*}. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* forgiven {\add He\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* forgive \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* forgiven {\add he\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* forgive \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}.”   
\s1 Jesus said that we can judge what people are like by seeing what they do.  
\sr Matthew 12:33-37  
\p
\v 33 “Think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w You|strong="G4160"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \add a person is good and what that person says is good, in the same way that you\add* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* [MET] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w produces|strong="G4160"\w* [MET] \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*. \add You can also know whether a person and what that person says is evil in the same way that you can know\add* \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* [MET] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w its|strong="G1537"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* [MET] \w are|strong="G3588"\w* blighted. \w You|strong="G4160"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tree|strong="G1186"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \add seeing\add* \w its|strong="G1537"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* similarly \add people can know the evil character of you Pharisees by listening to your accusations against me\add*.  
\v 34  \add What\add* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \add teach harms people spiritually like poisonous\add* snakes \add harm them physically\add* [MET]! \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* [RHQ]. \w Evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [SYN] \add like you\add* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* ◄inner beings/\w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*►.  
\v 35 \w Good|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add speak good things. That is like\add* taking \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* buildings where \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* stored. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add speak evil things. That is like\add* taking \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* buildings where \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* stored.  
\v 36 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* judges [MTY], \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* make \w people|strong="G3956"\w* recall \w every|strong="G3956"\w* useless \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w*, \add and he will judge them accordingly\add*.  
\v 37 \w Based|strong="G1537"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* spoken, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add either\add* declare \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1344"\w* \w based|strong="G1537"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* spoken, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add else\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told the Jewish leaders that the only miracle that they would see him do would be one like God did for Jonah.  
\sr Matthew 12:38-42  
\p
\v 38 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w responded|strong="G3004"\w* \add to what Jesus was teaching\add* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add perform\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \add that would prove to us that God sent you\add*.”  
\v 39 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add You\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add have already seen me perform miracles\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* faithfully worship \w God|strong="G1325"\w* [MET]! \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w want|strong="G1934"\w* \add me to perform\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \add that would prove to you that God sent me\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \add God will enable\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \add like\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* [MET].  
\v 40 \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w stomach|strong="G2836"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* huge fish \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w nights|strong="G3571"\w* \add before God caused him to live again\add*. Similarly, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w nights|strong="G3571"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \add where dead people are, and then God will cause me to live again\add*.  
\v 41 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* judges \add all people\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="G3536"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w stand|strong="G3778"\w* \add in front of him\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add you\add* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add have seen me perform miracles\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \add people of Nineveh turned from their sinful ways as a result of hearing what\add* \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w* \w preached|strong="G2782"\w*. \add Jonah was important, but I\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* important \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w*, \add have come and preached to you, but you have not turned from your sinful ways. So\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* judges \add all people, he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 42 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* queen \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add Sheba, South of Israel, who lived long ago, came from a distant region in order to listen to King Solomon teach\add* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w wise|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \add I\add*, \add a man\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add is much\add* \w greater|strong="G4183"\w* \add and wiser\add* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w Solomon|strong="G4672"\w*, \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*, \add but you have not listened to what I have told you\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1074"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* judges \add all people\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* queen \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add Sheba will stand in front of him, along\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that those who have had evil spirits expelled from them need to have their lives controlled by the Holy Spirit.  
\sr Matthew 12:43-45  
\p
\v 43 “\add Sometimes\add* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G1223"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* leaves \w a|strong="G2532"\w* person, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* wanders around \w in|strong="G2532"\w* desolate \w areas|strong="G5117"\w*, \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \add someone in whom it can\add* rest. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2212"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* anyone,  
\v 44 \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \add to itself\add*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w return|strong="G1994"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* person [MET] \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* used \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w*.’ \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w goes|strong="G1831"\w* \w back|strong="G1994"\w* \add and finds that the Spirit of God is not in control of that\add* person’s \add life. The person’s life is like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w swept|strong="G4563"\w* clean \w and|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w put|strong="G2885"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2885"\w* [MET], \add but it is\add* \w empty|strong="G4980"\w*.  
\v 45 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add this evil spirit\add* \w goes|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* gets \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add even\add* \w more|strong="G4190"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add all\add* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add that person\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add begin\add* \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. \add So, although\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G4190"\w*’s \w condition|strong="G3588"\w* \add was bad\add* \w before|strong="G4413"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w becomes|strong="G1096"\w* much \w worse|strong="G5501"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add you\add* \w wicked|strong="G4190"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add have heard me teach\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* experience.”   
\s1 Jesus said that those who do God’s will are as important to Jesus as his own relatives are.  
\sr Matthew 12:46-50  
\p
\v 46 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*, \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \add arrived\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \add the house\add*, wanting \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 47 \w Someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \add the house\add*, wanting \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\v 48 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add that\add*, “◄\add I will tell you something about\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* brothers [MET].\add /Do you know\add* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add consider to be like\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brothers?►” [MET, RHQ]  
\v 49 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* pointed \w toward|strong="G1909"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* ones \add whom I love as much as I love\add* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* brothers [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*].  
\v 50 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add who is\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add as dear to me\add* [MET] \add as\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* brother, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* sister, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.”   
\c 13  
\s1 Jesus taught a parable about different kinds of soil.  
\sr Matthew 13:1-10  
\p
\v 1 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add along with us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w*, \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \add where he was teaching and went\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \add Galilee lake\add*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w*,  
\v 2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w around|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add listen to his teaching\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add in order that they would not jostle him\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add to speak to the people better\add*), \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \add to teach them\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shore \add and was listening\add*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w*. \add One of the parables\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w A|strong="G2532"\w* man \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \add to his field\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sow|strong="G4687"\w* \add some seeds\add*.  
\v 4 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* scattering \add them over the soil\add*, \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \add of the\add* seeds \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w path|strong="G3598"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ate|strong="G2719"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds.  
\v 5 \w Other|strong="G4183"\w* \add seeds\add* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \add on top of the\add* rock. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* seeds sprouted \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G3361"\w*, \add because the sun quickly warmed\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shallow \w soil|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add the young plants came up\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w scorched|strong="G2739"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w withered|strong="G3583"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add deep\add* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Other|strong="G1161"\w* seeds \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \add ground that contained roots of\add* thorny \add weeds\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* thorny weeds grew \add together with the young plants\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add they\add* crowded \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add the plants\add*.  
\v 8  \add But\add* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* seeds \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add the plants grew and\add* \w produced|strong="G1325"\w* \add a lot of\add* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \add plants produced\add* 100 times \add as many seeds as were planted\add*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \add plants produced\add* 60 times \add as much\add*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \add plants produced\add* 30 times \add as much\add*.  
\v 9 If \w you|strong="G2192"\w* want \w to|strong="G2192"\w* understand \w this|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY], \w you|strong="G2192"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w consider|strong="G2192"\w* \add carefully what I have just said\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told the disciples why he taught them using parables.  
\sr Matthew 13:10-17  
\p
\v 10  \add We\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* crowd?”  
\v 11 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \add us\add* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w God|strong="G1325"\w* [EUP/MTY] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* revealing \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* reveal \w before|strong="G3588"\w*, \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add how he wants to\add* rule \add over people’s lives\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* revealed \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add think about what I say and\add* understand \add it\add*, \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w more|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add think carefully about what I say\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forget \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* already know.  
\v 13 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* use \w parables|strong="G3850"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w although|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* see \add what I do\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w perceive|strong="G1722"\w* \add what it means\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w although|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hear \add what I say\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add what it means\add*.  
\v 14 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* completely fulfills \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God told\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* prophet \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \add to say long ago to the people who did not\add* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\p \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* hear \add what I say\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \add what I do\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add what it means\add* [DOU].   
\p
\v 15  \add God also said to Isaiah\add*,  
\p \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G3975"\w* unresponsive [MTY] \add to what they see me do and to what they hear me say\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* listen unwillingly [MTY] \add to what I say\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3379"\w* pay attention \w to|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \add what I do\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3379"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w perceive|strong="G3708"\w* [MTY] \add what I am doing\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* [MTY] \add what I say to them\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \add away from their sinful lives\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \add to me\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* save \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add from being punished for their sins\add* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*].   
\p
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="G2532"\w* seen \add what I have done\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [SYN] understand \add what I say\add* [DOU].  
\v 17 Note \w this|strong="G3739"\w*: \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \add who lived long ago\add* \w longed|strong="G1937"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \add me do\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w longed|strong="G1937"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* hearing \add me say\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* hear \add what you hear me say\add*.” [DOU]   
\s1 Jesus explained that the parable about the kinds of soil illustrates four different ways people respond to his teaching.  
\sr Matthew 13:18-23  
\p
\v 18 “\add Since God wants\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to understand what I am teaching you\add*, listen \w as|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \add explain\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sowed|strong="G4687"\w* \add seeds in various kinds of soil\add*.  
\v 19 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w how|strong="G4920"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* rules \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s lives \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add what they have heard\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w path|strong="G3598"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \add some of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* seeds \w fell|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Satan\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w One|strong="G3956"\w*, \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* causes \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* forget [MET] \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard [MET].  
\v 20  \add Some people are like the\add* shallow soil \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G3056"\w* rock. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyfully|strong="G5479"\w*.  
\v 21  \add But because it does not penetrate deeply into their inner beings, they believe it for only\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add short\add* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*. \add They are like the plants that\add* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add deep\add* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* treated badly \w and|strong="G1161"\w* caused \w to|strong="G1722"\w* suffer \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* believe \add God’s message\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* stop believing \add it\add*.  
\v 22  \add Some people are like the soil that had the roots of\add* thorny \add weeds\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* desire \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* rich, \add so they\add* \w worry|strong="G3308"\w* \add only\add* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* [MTY, PRS] material \w things|strong="G3778"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* [PRS] forget \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G3056"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* [IDM] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add some people are like the\add* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w soil|strong="G1093"\w* \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \add some of the seeds\add* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Just like the plants that grew in this soil\add* \w produced|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G3056"\w* grain, \add these people\add* hear \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Some of them\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* [IDM] \add that please God, some do\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \add things that please God, and some do\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4160"\w* \add things that please God\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told a parable about wheat and weeds.  
\sr Matthew 13:24-30  
\p
\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* also \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* crowd \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*, \add by which he tried to explain that although\add* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY/EUP] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \add he will not immediately judge and punish all the wicked people\add*. \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G3666"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* landowner \add who sent his servants\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w sow|strong="G4687"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \add wheat\add* \w seed|strong="G4690"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* field.  
\v 25 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* servants \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \add and not watching the field\add*, \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w enemy|strong="G2190"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* landowner \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w scattered|strong="G3588"\w* weed \add seeds\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w midst|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left.  
\v 26 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \add the seeds\add* sprouted \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* green plants \add grew\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* heads \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w grain|strong="G2590"\w* \w began|strong="G5119"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* form. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w weeds|strong="G2215"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* grew.  
\v 27 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w landowner|strong="G3617"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* [RHQ] \add gave us good seeds and those are the ones we\add* [RHQ] \add planted\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* field. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w weeds|strong="G2215"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w*?’  
\v 28 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* landowner \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\add My\add* \w enemy|strong="G2190"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*.’ \w His|strong="G4160"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* pull \w up|strong="G4816"\w* \add the weeds and\add* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* pile?’  
\v 29 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \add to them\add*, ‘\w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \add do not do that, because\add* you might pull \w up|strong="G4816"\w* \add some of\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* same \w time|strong="G3379"\w*.  
\v 30 \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w weeds|strong="G2215"\w* \w grow|strong="G4885"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w* \add time\add*.’ \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w reapers|strong="G2327"\w*, ‘\w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w weeds|strong="G2215"\w*, \w tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w bundles|strong="G1197"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w burned|strong="G2618"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wheat|strong="G4621"\w* \add and put it\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* barns.’”   
\s1 Jesus illustrated the effects of people letting God rule their lives.  
\sr Matthew 13:31-33  
\p
\v 31 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* also \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*: “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \add number of\add* (\w OR|strong="G3739"\w*, \add God’s influence in the lives of\add*) \add people whose\add* lives \w God|strong="G3004"\w* rules \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \add will continue to grow. It is very much\add* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w mustard|strong="G4615"\w* seeds grow \w after|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* plants \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* field.  
\v 32 \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* mustard \w seeds|strong="G4690"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w smallest|strong="G3398"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seeds|strong="G4690"\w* \add that people plant, here in Israel they become large plants. When the plants have fully grown, they are larger than the other garden plants. They become shrubs that are large enough for birds to build nests in their branches.”\add*   
\p
\v 33 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G1135"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*: “\add The way people who let\add* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* [MTY/EUP] rule \w their|strong="G1519"\w* lives [MET] \add can influence the world\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* mixed \w with|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* 50 pounds \w of|strong="G3588"\w* flour. \add That small amount of yeast made\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* batch \w of|strong="G3588"\w* dough swell \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus’ use of parables fulfilled a prophecy in Scripture.  
\sr Matthew 13:34-35  
\p
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w* \add to teach them\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* [HYP] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* habitually used \w such|strong="G3778"\w* illustrations.  
\v 35 \w By|strong="G1223"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add he\add* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God told one of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* write \add long ago\add*:  
\p \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w*; \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add parables to teach\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* kept \w secret|strong="G2928"\w* \w since|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* created \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world.   
\s1 Jesus explained the parable about wheat and weeds. The wheat represents those who obey God, and the weeds represents those who disobey God. The reaping represents judgment.  
\sr Matthew 13:36-43  
\p
\v 36 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* dismissed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* inside. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Explain|strong="G1285"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w weeds|strong="G2215"\w* \add that grew\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add wheat\add* field.”  
\v 37 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sows|strong="G4687"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w seed|strong="G4690"\w* \w represents|strong="G1510"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven.  
\v 38 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* field \w represents|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* [MTY], \add where people live\add*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w seeds|strong="G4690"\w* \add that grew\add* \w well|strong="G2570"\w* represent \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* rule \w their|strong="G3588"\w* lives [MET]. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w weeds|strong="G2215"\w* represent \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add the devil\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w One|strong="G3588"\w*, \add tells them to do\add*.  
\v 39 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w enemy|strong="G2190"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sowed|strong="G4687"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* weed seeds \w represents|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \add time when the reapers will\add* \w harvest|strong="G2326"\w* \add the grain\add* \w represents|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* time \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* world \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w end|strong="G4930"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w reapers|strong="G2327"\w* represent \w the|strong="G1161"\w* angels.  
\v 40 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w weeds|strong="G2215"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4816"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w burned|strong="G2618"\w*. {\w The|strong="G1722"\w* reapers \w gather|strong="G4816"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w weeds|strong="G2215"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w burn|strong="G2618"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.} \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w represents|strong="G1510"\w* \add the judging of people, which God will do\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w end|strong="G4930"\w*. \add It will be like this\add*:  
\v 41 \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w my|strong="G3956"\w* angels, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w gather|strong="G4816"\w* \add from everywhere the people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w cause|strong="G4160"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* quit believing \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G4160"\w* [MET] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* disobey \add God’s\add* commands.  
\v 42 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* throw \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fires \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add hell\add*. \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w weep|strong="G2805"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grind \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \add because of the great pain that they are suffering\add*.  
\v 43  \add God’s\add* brightness \w will|strong="G3962"\w* \w shine|strong="G1584"\w* \add on\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* lived \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* wants \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w*. \w It|strong="G5119"\w* \w will|strong="G3962"\w* \w shine|strong="G1584"\w* \add on them as brightly\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \add shines\add*. \w It|strong="G5119"\w* \w will|strong="G3962"\w* \w shine|strong="G1584"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \add God\add*, \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, rules \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* want \w to|strong="G1722"\w* understand \w this|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY], \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w think|strong="G2192"\w* \add carefully\add* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G5613"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w just|strong="G1342"\w* \w said|strong="G5119"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus illustrated the value of letting God rule our lives.  
\sr Matthew 13:44-50  
\p
\v 44 “\add What people do who begin to allow\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY/EUP] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \add what a certain man did to acquire a treasure\add*. \w A|strong="G2192"\w* \w treasure|strong="G2344"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w hidden|strong="G2928"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* field \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* {\w Someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w treasure|strong="G2344"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* field \add and never dug it up again\add*}. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add another\add* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add by burying it again in order that no one else would find it\add*. \w Being|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* happy \add that he had found something very valuable, he went and\add* \w sold|strong="G4453"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* possessions \add to obtain money to buy the field the treasure was in\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* bought \w the|strong="G1722"\w* field, \add and so he was able to acquire that treasure\add*.   
\p
\v 45 Also, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add people do who begin to allow\add* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY/EUP] \w to|strong="G2212"\w* rule \w their|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \add what\add* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w merchant|strong="G1713"\w* \add did who was\add* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* quality \w pearls|strong="G3135"\w* \add to buy\add*.  
\v 46 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w costly|strong="G4186"\w* \w pearl|strong="G3135"\w* \add that was for sale\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* possessions \add to acquire enough money to buy that pearl\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add went and\add* bought \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 47 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY/EUP] \add will do to people who falsely say that they are letting him\add* rule \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \add fishermen\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \add with the fish they caught\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*, using \w a|strong="G2532"\w* large net. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* caught \w all|strong="G3956"\w* classes \add of fish, both useful and worthless fish\add*.  
\v 48 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* net \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w full|strong="G4137"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add fishermen\add* pulled \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w onto|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* shore. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* useful \add fish\add* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* buckets, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* threw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* worthless ones \w away|strong="G1854"\w*.  
\v 49  \add What they did in separating the good fish from the bad ones\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \add what will happen to people\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world ends. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* angels \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \add to where God is judging people\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* separate \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wicked|strong="G4190"\w* \add people\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \add ones\add*.  
\v 50 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* throw \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \add in hell\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w weep|strong="G2805"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* gnash \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \add because of the intense pain they are suffering\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus illustrated the value of understanding his parables.  
\sr Matthew 13:51-52  
\p
\v 51  \add Then Jesus asked us\add*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add parables I have told you\add*?” \w We|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* him,  
\v 52 “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \add we understand them\add*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \add you understand all these parables\add*, \add you will understand the following parable: You, along with\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* teach \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add you heard me say\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* ruling \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s lives. \add You will add that to what you formerly learned. You will be\add* \w like|strong="G3664"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* manager \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w household|strong="G3617"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* takes \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* storage room.”   
\s1 Jesus did not do many miracles in Nazareth because people there rejected him as the Messiah.  
\sr Matthew 13:53-58  
\p
\v 53 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w finished|strong="G5055"\w* \add telling\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G1096"\w* \add us\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add area\add*.  
\v 54 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add Nazareth, his hometown. ◄On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day\add*► \w he|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish worship house. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w astonished|strong="G1605"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add some\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add This man is just an ordinary person like us. So\add* \w how|strong="G4159"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w knows|strong="G5620"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much \w and|strong="G2532"\w* understands \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much [RHQ]? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G4159"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add such\add* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* [RHQ]?  
\v 55 ◄\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add just\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w carpenter|strong="G5045"\w*!/Isn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add just\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w carpenter|strong="G5045"\w* \add that lived here\add*?► [RHQ] \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* younger brothers \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* [RHQ]!  
\v 56 ◄\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* sisters \add also live\add* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add town\add*./\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* sisters \add live\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add town\add*?► [RHQ] \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w how|strong="G4159"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add miracles\add*?”  
\v 57 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* accept \add that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add was the Messiah. So\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add People\add* honor \add me and other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add everywhere else we go\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add our\add* hometowns \add we are\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add honored\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add even\add* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* families \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add honor us!\add*”  
\v 58 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* believe \add that he was the Messiah\add*.   
\c 14  
\s1 Herod had John the Baptizer imprisoned and then killed because John criticized Herod for marrying his brother’s wife.  
\sr Matthew 14:1-13  
\p
\v 1 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add Antipas\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ruler, heard reports \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add performing miracles\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w servants|strong="G3816"\w*: “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Baptizer. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w risen|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* perform \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*.”  
\v 3-4 The reason \add Herod thought that was this: Herod had married\add* Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, \add while Philip was still living. So\add* John had been saying to him, “\add What\add* you \add did by\add* marrying \add your brother’s wife while your brother is still alive is against God’s\add* law!” Then, to \add please\add* Herodias, Herod \add told his soldiers\add* to arrest John. They bound him with chains and put him in prison.  
\v 5 Herod \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* executed, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add who had accepted what John taught would riot if he did that\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w* \add gave a party to celebrate\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w birthday|strong="G1077"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Herodias|strong="G2266"\w* \w danced|strong="G3738"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \add his guests\add*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w Herod|strong="G2264"\w*.  
\v 7 \w So|strong="G3606"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G3670"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G1437"\w* asked, \w and|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* asked \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* punish \w him|strong="G1325"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1325"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G3670"\w*.  
\v 8  \add So Herodias’ daughter went and asked her mother what to ask for\add*. \w Her|strong="G1325"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* told \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* ask \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Baptizer’s \w head|strong="G2776"\w*. \add So\add* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* daughter \add went back and\add* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \add to Herod\add*: “\add Cut off\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Baptizer \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add please\add* bring \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w platter|strong="G4094"\w* \add so that my mother can know for sure that he is dead!\add*”  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3076"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* promise \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w*. \add But\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3076"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w oath|strong="G3727"\w* \add in front of\add* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w guests|strong="G4873"\w* \add when he made that promise\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he did not want\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to think that he would not do what he had promised\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the girl\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \add what she requested\add*.  
\v 10 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \add the executioner to go to\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w John|strong="G2491"\w*’s head.  
\v 11  \add The executioner did that, and\add* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w platter|strong="G4094"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w girl|strong="G2877"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*.  
\v 12 \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add to the prison\add*, \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w body|strong="G4430"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G2290"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* reported \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add what had happened\add*.  
\v 13 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \add just us disciples\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \add on Galilee Lake to an uninhabited place\add*.  
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* miraculously fed \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* 5,000 \w people|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\sr Matthew 14:13-21  
\p \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* heard \add that we had gone to an uninhabited place\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add left their towns and\add* followed \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, walking \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* shore.  
\v 14 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \add to the shore\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add who had gathered there, waiting for him\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w felt|strong="G4697"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add among them who were\add* sick.   
\p
\v 15 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add nearly\add* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G5117"\w* nobody lives, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w late|strong="G3928"\w*. Dismiss \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w go|strong="G4334"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add nearby\add* \w towns|strong="G2968"\w*. \add Have them do that so that they can\add* buy \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*.”  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w leave|strong="G1325"\w* \add to get food. Instead\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add yourselves\add* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* something \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!”  
\v 17 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* loaves \w of|strong="G2532"\w* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add cooked\add* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*!”  
\v 18 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to us\add*, “\w Bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \add who had gathered there\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sit \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w grass|strong="G5528"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* flat loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, thanked \add God for them\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \add them into pieces\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* distributed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 20 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \add the people in the crowd\add* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w enough|strong="G4052"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add disciples\add* gathered \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w pieces|strong="G2801"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G4052"\w* \w over|strong="G4052"\w*, \add and we\add* \w filled|strong="G5526"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 21 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w ate|strong="G2068"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G5616"\w* 5,000 \w men|strong="G3588"\w*. \add We did\add* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add count the\add* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w*!   
\s1 Jesus walked on Galilee lake, and then Peter tried to do the same.  
\sr Matthew 14:22-33  
\p
\v 22 \w Right|strong="G2193"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* told \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w get|strong="G1684"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* further around \add the lake\add* \w while|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* dismissed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 23 \w After|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* dismissed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* hills \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w himself|strong="G2398"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add still\add* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w*.  
\v 24  \add By this time\add* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* hundred meters \w from|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w shore|strong="G1093"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w severely|strong="G4183"\w* tossed around \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w waves|strong="G2949"\w* {\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w waves|strong="G2949"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w severely|strong="G4183"\w* tossing \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*} \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* wind \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add blowing\add* \w against|strong="G1727"\w* \add it\add*.  
\v 25  \add Then Jesus came down from the hills to the lake\add*. \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w between|strong="G4314"\w* three \w and|strong="G1161"\w* six o’clock \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* morning \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* water \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G1161"\w* \add boat\add*.  
\v 26 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* someone \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* water, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w thought|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add we must be seeing\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w ghost|strong="G5326"\w*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w terrified|strong="G5015"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* screamed \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* afraid.  
\v 27 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “Cheer \w up|strong="G3361"\w*! \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*!”  
\v 28 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* walk \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”  
\v 29 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Come|strong="G2064"\w*!” \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w got|strong="G2597"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w walked|strong="G4043"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w toward|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w looked|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add tossing waves which\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* wind \add caused\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w sink|strong="G2670"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cried|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 31 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stretched|strong="G1614"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* trust \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3640"\w* bit \add in my power\add* ◄\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w doubt|strong="G1365"\w* \add that I could keep you from sinking\add*?/\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w doubted|strong="G1365"\w* \add that I could keep you from sinking\add*!► [RHQ]”  
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* got \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wind \add immediately\add* \w stopped|strong="G2869"\w* blowing.  
\v 33 \w All|strong="G1722"\w* \add of us disciples\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ◄\w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w*/\w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w two|strong="G4143"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w*► \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus healed many sick people in the Gennesaret region.  
\sr Matthew 14:34-36  
\p
\v 34 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* gone \w further|strong="G1909"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \add the lake in the boat\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w ashore|strong="G1093"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w Gennesaret|strong="G1082"\w* \add town\add*.  
\v 35 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* area \w recognized|strong="G1921"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \add people to inform those who lived\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w surrounding|strong="G4066"\w* \w region|strong="G4066"\w* [MTY] \add that Jesus was in their area\add*. \add So the people\add* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1565"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sick|strong="G2560"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add who lived in that region\add*.  
\v 36  \add The sick people\add* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w begging|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* allow \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* touch \add him or\add* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* touch \w the|strong="G2532"\w* edge \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w robe|strong="G2440"\w* \add so that they would be healed\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* touched \add him or his robe\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* healed {\w he|strong="G2532"\w* healed \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* touched \add him or his clothing\add*}.   
\c 15  
\s1 Jesus rebuked the religious leaders for ignoring God’s commands in order to uphold their own religious traditions.  
\sr Matthew 15:1-9  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add some\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add to talk to\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 2 “◄\w We|strong="G1063"\w* think \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w disobey|strong="G3845"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* ancestors!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w disobey|strong="G3845"\w* \add what our ancestors wrote down and\add* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* \add elders taught us\add*?► [RHQ] \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* perform \w the|strong="G1223"\w* proper ritual \w of|strong="G1223"\w* washing \w their|strong="G2068"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*!”  
\v 3 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really disgusting \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \bd \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w*\bd* refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w commands|strong="G1785"\w* \add just\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* ancestors taught \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \add people to do, just\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* own \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 4 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \add two\add* commands: ‘\w Honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*,’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ‘\w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2551"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* executed.’  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, “\w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* going \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to help provide for you\add*, \add I have now promised\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \add to God\add*.”’  
\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* give anything \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w parents|strong="G3962"\w*. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \add that way\add*, \add by teaching people\add* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w traditions|strong="G3862"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* disregard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* commanded.  
\v 7 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* only pretend \w to|strong="G3004"\w* be \w good|strong="G2573"\w*! \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w prophesied|strong="G4395"\w* accurately \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said\add*,  
\v 8 ‘\w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* talk \add as if they\add* \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY], \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* honoring \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* [MET].  
\v 9 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* is useless \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G1321"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w worship|strong="G4576"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w what|strong="G1161"\w* people thought up \add as if I myself had commanded it\add*.’”   
\s1 Jesus said that people are defiled by the words that come out of their mouths, rather than by any kind of food that they eat.  
\sr Matthew 15:10-11  
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \add again\add* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \add nearer\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add what I am about to tell you\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add try to\add* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w person|strong="G3778"\w* puts \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \add to eat\add* causes \add God to consider\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* unacceptable. Instead, \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add the words\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*’s \w mouths|strong="G4750"\w* [SYN] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add God to reject them\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus explained that people’s inner thoughts are what make them unacceptable to God.  
\sr Matthew 15:12-20  
\p
\v 12 Later \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G4334"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* heard \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G4334"\w* \w as|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1492"\w* result \w they|strong="G3588"\w* felt \w offended|strong="G4624"\w* [RHQ]?”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w*, \add to teach us what God would do to the Pharisees\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \add us this parable\add*: “\w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3770"\w* \add will\add* get rid \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add those who teach things that are contrary to his truth, just like a farmer\add* gets rid \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w plants|strong="G5452"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w plant|strong="G5451"\w*, \w by|strong="G3004"\w* pulling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* up along \w with|strong="G3756"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* \w roots|strong="G1610"\w* [MET].  
\v 14 \w Do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* pay \w any|strong="G1437"\w* attention \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the Pharisees\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \add do not help people who do not know God’s truth\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add understand it, just like\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w guides|strong="G3595"\w* \add do not help\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \add people to perceive where they should go\add* [MET]. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w person|strong="G5185"\w* \add tries to\add* \w lead|strong="G3594"\w* \add another\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w person|strong="G5185"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G1161"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* big hole [MET]. \add Similarly, both the Pharisees and their disciples will end up in hell\add*.”   
\p
\v 15 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Explain|strong="G5419"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \add about what a person eats\add*.”  
\v 16 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \add who should understand what I teach\add*, still \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* understand!/Why \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add who should understand what I teach\add*, still \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* understand?► [RHQ]  
\v 17 ◄\w You|strong="G3754"\w* ought \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add food that people\add* eat \w enters|strong="G1531"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* stomachs, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* later \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* \w passes|strong="G5562"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add bodies\add*./\w Cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add food that people\add* eat \w enters|strong="G1531"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* stomachs \w and|strong="G2532"\w* later \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* \w passes|strong="G5562"\w* \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \add of their bodies\add*?► [RHQ] \add Because food does not alter what we think and desire, what we eat does not cause God to consider that we are unacceptable to him\add*.  
\v 18  \add You should know that\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add people’s\add* \w mouths|strong="G4750"\w*, \add meaning everything that they say\add* [SYN], \w comes|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* inner beings/\w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*. Many \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \add things that they say\add* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add God to consider\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* unacceptable \add to him\add*.  
\v 19 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*’s innermost beings \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add cause them\add* \w to|strong="G2588"\w* think \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*, \w to|strong="G2588"\w* \w murder|strong="G5408"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G2588"\w* \add commit\add* \w adultery|strong="G3430"\w*, \w to|strong="G2588"\w* commit \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w sexual|strong="G4202"\w* sins, \w to|strong="G2588"\w* steal \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w to|strong="G2588"\w* testify falsely, \w and|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2588"\w* speak \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add others\add*.  
\v 20 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* actions \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add God to consider\add* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* unacceptable \add to him\add*. \w To|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w with|strong="G5495"\w* unwashed \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w does|strong="G2068"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add God to consider\add* \w people|strong="G2068"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus healed a non-Jewish woman’s daughter after testing the mother’s faith in him.  
\sr Matthew 15:21-28  
\p
\v 21 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add took us and\add* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add Galilee district\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* region \add where the cities of\add* \w Tyre|strong="G5184"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sidon|strong="G4605"\w* \add are located\add*.  
\v 22 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \add from the group of people called\add* Canaanites \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w region|strong="G3725"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \add to the place where Jesus was staying\add*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \add you are the Messiah!\add* \w Have|strong="G2532"\w* pity \w on|strong="G1653"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and my daughter!\add* \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* suffering \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* demon controls \w her|strong="G3708"\w*.”  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w answer|strong="G3056"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*. \add We\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add knowing that the woman was not a Jew\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* leave, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* keeps \add bothering us\add* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* yelling \w behind|strong="G3693"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 24 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to her\add*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* sent {\add God\add* \w has|strong="G1519"\w* sent \w me|strong="G3004"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add help\add* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* Israelite \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add at this time\add* [SYN]. \add They are like\add* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* gotten lost [MET] \add because they do not know the way to heaven\add*.”  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add closer\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* knelt \w down|strong="G4352"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* front \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to worship him\add*. \w She|strong="G1161"\w* pled, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, help \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \add to suggest to her that he needed to help the Jews first and not the non-Jews, whom the Jews called dogs\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \add for someone\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* food \add that has been prepared for\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add little\add* \w dogs|strong="G2952"\w*.”  
\v 27  \add But to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* woman \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to Jesus\add*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add say is\add* correct, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add little\add* \w dogs|strong="G2952"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crumbs|strong="G5589"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* floor \add when\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w masters|strong="G2962"\w* \add sit at\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w* \add and eat\add*!”  
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w O|strong="G5599"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \add because\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* firmly \add in me, I\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \add heal your daughter\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w*!” \w At|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w moment|strong="G5610"\w* \add the demon left\add* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*, \add and she\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus healed many people on a hillside near Galilee lake.  
\sr Matthew 15:29-31  
\p
\v 29 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add along with us disciples\add*, \w departed|strong="G3327"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* area, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add back\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \w Lake|strong="G2281"\w* \add and walked\add* \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* climbed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \add near there\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \add to teach the people\add*.  
\v 30 \w Crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G2087"\w* two days \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w*, \w crippled|strong="G2948"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* unable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* talk, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \add who had various sicknesses\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G4496"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add so that he would heal them\add* [SYN]. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* saw \add him heal\add* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w talk|strong="G2980"\w*, \w crippled|strong="G2948"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G2296"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w Praise|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add who rules over us who live in\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus miraculously fed over 4,000 people.  
\sr Matthew 15:32-39  
\p
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to us\add*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add of people\add* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \add left\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w feel|strong="G4697"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* send \w them|strong="G3588"\w* away \add while they are still\add* \w hungry|strong="G3523"\w*, \add because if I did that\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w faint|strong="G1590"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \add home\add*.”  
\v 33 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G2047"\w* \w where|strong="G4159"\w* nobody lives, ◄\w we|strong="G2249"\w* cannot possibly obtain enough food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* feed \w such|strong="G5118"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G5118"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*!/\w how|strong="G4159"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* obtain \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G5118"\w* enough amount \w of|strong="G2532"\w* food \w to|strong="G2532"\w* feed \w such|strong="G5118"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G5118"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w small|strong="G3641"\w* loaves \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*?” \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add We have\add* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w small|strong="G3641"\w* loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \add cooked\add* \w fish|strong="G2485"\w*.”  
\v 35 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* told \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sit \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* small loaves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w*. \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \add God for them\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add into pieces\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \add them\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add kept distributing\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*.  
\v 37-38  \add Because Jesus made the food multiply miraculously\add*, all \add those people\add* ate and had \add plenty to\add* satisfy \add them\add*. There were 4,000 men \add who ate\add*, but no \add one counted\add* the women and the children \add who also ate\add*. Then we \add disciples\add* collected the pieces of food that were left over, and we filled seven large baskets \add with them\add*.   
\p
\v 39 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* dismissed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w*, \add along with us\add*, \w got|strong="G1684"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boat|strong="G4143"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* sailed \add around the lake\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w region|strong="G3725"\w* \w called|strong="G3588"\w* \w Magadan|strong="G3093"\w*.   
\c 16  
\s1 Jesus again told the religious leaders that the only miracle that he would do for them was one like God did for Jonah.  
\sr Matthew 16:1-4  
\p
\v 1  \add Some\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to perform\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w prove|strong="G3985"\w* \add that\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*\add had sent him\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add In this country\add*, \w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add It will be\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w weather|strong="G2105"\w* \add tomorrow\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w red|strong="G4449"\w*.’  
\v 3  \add Early\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w* \add you say\add*, ‘\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* stormy weather \w today|strong="G4594"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w red|strong="G4449"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dark clouds \w have|strong="G2532"\w* formed.’ \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* predict \add the weather by looking at the sky\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \add seem to look at what is happening\add* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \add and by that\add* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \add what God is doing\add*.  
\v 4  \add You\add* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* seen \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add perform miracles\add* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* faithfully worship \w God|strong="G1325"\w* [MET]. \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w want|strong="G1934"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \add me perform\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w* \add that would prove that God has sent me\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add enable you to see\add* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w miracle|strong="G4592"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \add like\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* [MET] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jonah|strong="G2495"\w*, \add the prophet, who was inside a huge fish for three days and then came out of it to live again\add*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sailed away, \add along with us disciples\add*.   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the disciples for worrying about not having enough food.  
\sr Matthew 16:5-12  
\p
\v 5  \add We\add* forgot \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* bread \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add we\add* sailed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* edge \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the lake\add*.  
\v 6  \add Then\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Beware|strong="G4337"\w* \add that you do not accept\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \add distribute\add*.”  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w*, \add not realizing that he was speaking figuratively\add*, \add we\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*, “\add He must have said that\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* forgot \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* bread!”  
\v 8 \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add we were saying\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to us\add*, “◄\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w discussing|strong="G1260"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w*, \add thinking\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add it was because\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* bread \add that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees\add*./\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w discussing|strong="G1260"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* thinking \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* bread \add that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees\add*?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G3754"\w* believe \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w little|strong="G3640"\w* \add what I am able to do for you\add*.  
\v 9 ◄\w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \add that I can continue to do miracles to provide for what you need./\add*\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \add that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food\add*?► [RHQ] \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* 5,000 \add people ate when I multiplied the\add* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* small loaves \add and the two fish? And after everyone had enough to eat\add*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w collected|strong="G2983"\w* \add twelve\add* \w baskets|strong="G2894"\w* \add of left-over pieces\add* [RHQ]!  
\v 10  \add Do you not remember\add* [RHQ] \add that\add* 4,000 \add people ate when I multiplied the\add* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* small loaves \add and a few fish\add*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add after everyone had enough to eat\add*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w collected|strong="G2983"\w* \add seven\add* \w large|strong="G4711"\w* \w baskets|strong="G4711"\w* \add of left-over pieces\add*  
\v 11 ◄\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w understood|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add real\add* bread \add that contains yeast\add*./\w Why|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understood|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add real\add* bread \add that contains yeast?\add*► [RHQ] \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add was saying\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \add not accept what\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \add say, because it would affect you like\add* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \add affects\add* [MET] \add dough\add*.”  
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w understood|strong="G4920"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w yeast|strong="G2219"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add in\add* bread. Instead, \add he was talking\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add wrong\add* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus commented on the implications of Peter’s recognition of Jesus being the Messiah.  
\sr Matthew 16:13-20  
\p
\v 13 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* region \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w Caesarea|strong="G2542"\w* \w Philippi|strong="G5376"\w* \add town\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G2065"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \add really\add* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\v 14 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \add people say that you are\add* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Baptizer, \add who has come back to life again\add*. \w Others|strong="G2087"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add that you are the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \add who has returned from heaven as God promised\add*. \add Still\add* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \add say that you are the prophet\add* \w Jeremiah|strong="G2408"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add who lived long ago, who has come back to life again\add*.”  
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add What about\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w*?”  
\v 16 \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* all-powerful \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”  
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, son \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Jonah, \add God\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* [SYN] revealed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add it was\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add who lives\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add who revealed this to you\add*.  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \add which means rock\add*. \add You are like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add and your fellow apostles teach\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add what\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add do\add*) \add will be like a foundation on which I\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* create congregations \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add believe in\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* demons [PRS], \add who live\add* where \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dead \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w are|strong="G1510"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add come and\add* prevent [MET] \add me from doing\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.”  
\v 19  \add Then, speaking to all of us, he said\add*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* enable \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* authority [MTY] \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* groups \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* lives \add God\add* rules. \w Whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* forbid regarding \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY], \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* forbidden \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w permit|strong="G1325"\w* [MET] regarding \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w permitted|strong="G1325"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w*.”  
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* warned \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* strongly \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \add at that time\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus began to teach the disciples about his coming death and resurrection.  
\sr Matthew 16:21-23  
\p
\v 21 \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w began|strong="G5119"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* teach \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w* \add city\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ruling \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed/die►. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.  
\v 22  \add Because Peter assumed that the Messiah would not suffer and die\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G4355"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w aside|strong="G4355"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuke|strong="G2008"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add for talking about suffering and dying\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w permit|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*!”  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w turned|strong="G4762"\w* \add to look at\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “Stop \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add like that\add* [MTY]! \add Stop saying what\add* \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* [MET] \add would say, and stop\add* trying \w to|strong="G3004"\w* prevent \add from happening what God has planned\add*! \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* hindrance \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* thinking like \w God|strong="G2316"\w* thinks. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add you are thinking\add* like \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add think\add*!”   
\s1 Jesus taught the disciples more about what they would face as his disciples, and about his coming again.  
\sr Matthew 16:24-28  
\p
\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \add of you\add* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add only\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w yourself|strong="G1438"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add to do\add*. \add You\add* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add let people hurt you and disgrace you. That is like what they do to criminals whom they force to\add* carry \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* [MET] \add to the place where the criminals will be executed. That is what anyone who wants to\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3101"\w* \add must do\add*.  
\v 25  \add You must do that\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* try \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \add by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* live \add eternally\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* killed \add because of being my disciples\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* live \add with God eternally\add*.  
\v 26 \w People|strong="G5590"\w* \add might\add* get everything \add they want\add* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\add if they do not become my disciples\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* really \w be|strong="G3588"\w* gaining \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \add because\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* not get eternal \w life|strong="G5590"\w*!/\w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w gain|strong="G2770"\w* \add if they do not become my disciples and thus\add* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* not get eternal \w life|strong="G5590"\w*?► [RHQ] ◄\w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* absolutely \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add to God\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w gain|strong="G2770"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G5590"\w*./\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add to God\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w gain|strong="G2770"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G5590"\w*?► [MTY, RHQ]  
\v 27  \add Listen carefully: I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \add will leave this earth, but\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* return, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angels \w of|strong="G5207"\w* heaven \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w accompany|strong="G3326"\w* me. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \add radiance\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* reward \w everyone|strong="G1538"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \add when they were living on earth\add*.  
\v 28 Listen carefully! \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* return \w to|strong="G3004"\w* rule. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*!”   
\c 17  
\s1 Jesus’ appearance changed while Moses and Elijah talked with him on a mountain.  
\sr Matthew 17:1-8  
\p
\v 1 \w A|strong="G2532"\w* week \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add said that\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add younger\add* brother \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G2424"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G5308"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w* \w where|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2  \add While they were there, the three disciples\add* saw \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ \w appearance|strong="G4383"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w changed|strong="G3339"\w*. \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w shone|strong="G2989"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2440"\w* \add shone and\add* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* brilliant \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \add who were important prophets many years ago\add*, \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started \w talking|strong="G4814"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \add saw them and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wonderful \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*! \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add me to\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w shelters|strong="G4633"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*.”  
\v 5 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2980"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bright|strong="G5460"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w* \add appeared and\add* covered \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add They heard God\add* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \add about Jesus from\add* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3507"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* pleases \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much. \add So\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w listen|strong="G2400"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 6 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* three \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* heard \add God speaking\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w terrified|strong="G5399"\w*. \add As a result\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* prostrate \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ground.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* touched \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\w Stand|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*! \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 8 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w looked|strong="G3708"\w* \w up|strong="G1869"\w* [MTY], \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \add who was still there\add*.   
\s1 Jesus explained that John the Baptizer fulfilled the prophecy about Elijah returning.  
\sr Matthew 17:9-13  
\p
\v 9 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* walking \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w saw|strong="G2424"\w* \add on the mountain top\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \add God has caused me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* heaven, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* die.”  
\v 10  \add Those three disciples had just seen Elijah and he did not do anything to prepare people for the coming of the Messiah\add*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \add what you say is true\add*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \add back to earth\add* \w before|strong="G4413"\w* \add the Messiah comes\add*?”  
\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \add them\add*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God promised that\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* prepare many [HYP] \add people for the Messiah’s coming\add*.  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w note|strong="G1921"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*’s \add representative\add* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \add and our leaders have seen him\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w recognize|strong="G1921"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add as the one who would come before the Messiah\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w treated|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add badly\add*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w desired|strong="G2309"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* rulers \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w treat|strong="G4160"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w manner|strong="G3779"\w*.”  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* three \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w understood|strong="G4920"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add when he was talking about Elijah\add*, \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* referring \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Baptizer.   
\s1 Jesus healed an epileptic boy, and he rebuked his disciples for not having enough faith to do miracles.  
\sr Matthew 17:14-21  
\p
\v 14 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus and the three disciples\add* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add rest of us disciples\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add that had gathered\add*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1120"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*/\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add heal him\add*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* epilepsy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffers|strong="G3958"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* much. \add Because of this illness\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w fallen|strong="G4098"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w many|strong="G3958"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w*.  
\v 16 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add in order that they might heal him\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w heal|strong="G2323"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w responded|strong="G3004"\w* \add by saying to everyone who had gathered there\add*, “\add You who have seen how I help people\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* believe \add that you can do anything! Your minds\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* distorted! \w How|strong="G2193"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add before you\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add able to do what I do\add* [RHQ]? \w How|strong="G2193"\w* \w long|strong="G2193"\w* \add do\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w endure|strong="G5342"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add not believing\add* [RHQ]? \w Bring|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* boy \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 18 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add they brought the boy to Jesus\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w rebuked|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \add that was causing the epilepsy\add*. \add As a result\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w demon|strong="G1140"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boy|strong="G3816"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* right \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w boy|strong="G3816"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w*.  
\v 19  \add Later, some of us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w privately|strong="G2398"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \bd \+w we|strong="G2249"\+w*\bd* \add (exc)\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* expel \w the|strong="G1223"\w* demon?”  
\v 20-21 He answered us, “It is because you did not believe very much \add in God’s power\add*. Think about this: Mustard seeds \add are very small, but in this area they grow and produce large\add* [MET] \add plants\add*. \add Similarly\add*, if your faith grows until you truly believe \add that God will do what you ask him to\add*, you will be able to do anything [LIT]! You \add could even\add* say to this hill, ‘Move from here to there!’ and it would go \add where you told it to go\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus again predicted his death and resurrection.  
\sr Matthew 17:22-23  
\p
\v 22 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add we disciples\add* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4962"\w* \w together|strong="G4962"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* {\add Someone\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \w over|strong="G3860"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* authorities [SYN].  
\v 23 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1453"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1453"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after I am killed\add*.” \add When we heard that\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3076"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus arranged for a miracle so that Peter could pay the Temple tax.  
\sr Matthew 17:24-27  
\p
\v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Capernaum|strong="G2584"\w* \add city\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w collect|strong="G2983"\w* taxes \add for the Temple approached Peter and said to him\add*, “\w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w pays|strong="G5055"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Temple tax\add*, \w does|strong="G2064"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*?”  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \add them\add*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \add he does pay it\add*.” \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \add where Jesus was saying\add*, \add before Peter began to talk about paying taxes\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* rulers \w collect|strong="G2983"\w* \w revenue|strong="G5056"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w taxes|strong="G2778"\w*? \add Do they collect taxes \add* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* citizens \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own \add country\add*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* citizens \w of|strong="G5207"\w* countries \add they have conquered\add*?”  
\v 26 Peter \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \add him\add*, “\w From|strong="G3588"\w* \add citizens of\add* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \add countries\add*.” \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w So|strong="G1161"\w* citizens \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* own \add country\add* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* need \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add pay taxes\add*.  
\v 27 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add even though the Temple is mine, pay the tax for us so that the Temple tax collectors will not become angry with us. In order to get the money to pay it\add*, \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w lake|strong="G2281"\w*. \w Cast|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add fish line and\add* hook, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w fish|strong="G2486"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* catch. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* open \w its|strong="G1325"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* silver coin \add that is worth enough to pay the tax\add* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Take|strong="G2983"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* coin \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add it\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Temple tax collectors.”   
\c 18  
\s1 Jesus showed that being great in God’s sight means being as humble as a child.  
\sr Matthew 18:1-5  
\p
\v 1 \w About|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G4334"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \add among us will be\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY/EUP] \add makes you\add* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*?”  
\v 2 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G4341"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G2476"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w midst|strong="G3319"\w*.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Think \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* change \add the way you(pl) think\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \add as humble\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* little \w children|strong="G3813"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w surely|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w where|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY/EUP] rules.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w humble|strong="G5013"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \add or any child\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* rules.  
\v 5 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w*, \add because they love\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w welcome|strong="G1209"\w* \add a\add* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \add God considers\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* welcoming \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that we need to take severe measures to keep us from sinning when we are tempted.  
\sr Matthew 18:6-9  
\p
\v 6 “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w cause|strong="G4624"\w* \w someone|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \add even if it is someone who is socially unimportant like\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w child|strong="G1722"\w*, \add God will severely punish you\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavy|strong="G3684"\w* stone \w were|strong="G3588"\w* fastened \w around|strong="G4012"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w neck|strong="G5137"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* thrown \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* deep waters \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \add people would consider that you had been severely punished. But God will punish\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* severely \add than that if you cause someone to sin\add*  
\v 7 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* terrible \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* stop believing \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w*. \add God will punish them eternally\add*. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* inevitable \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add those who\add* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* stop believing \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w*. \w But|strong="G4133"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* horrible \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*.  
\v 8 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are wanting to use\add* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \add stop using that hand or foot! Even if you have to\add* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w off|strong="G1581"\w* \add to avoid sinning, do it\add* [MET]! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \add that you not sin and\add* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God eternally, even though while you are still here on earth\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w maimed|strong="G2948"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w foot|strong="G4228"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \add and do\add* [MTY] \add the sinful things you want to, and as a result\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* thrown \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \add hell\add*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* eternal \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w burning|strong="G4442"\w*.  
\v 9 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* see \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add makes you want\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G4624"\w*, \add stop looking at those things! Even if you have to\add* gouge \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G4624"\w* \add to avoid sinning, do it\add* [HYP]! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \add that you not sin and\add* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God eternally, even though while you are still here on earth\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w eye|strong="G3788"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \add and do the sinful things you want to, and as a result\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* thrown {\w God|strong="G2532"\w* throws \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* eternal \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w burning|strong="G4442"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that God is deeply concerned if even one person goes astray from him.  
\sr Matthew 18:10-14  
\p
\v 10-11 “Make an effort that you \add (pl)\add* do not despise \add even\add* one of these children. I tell you \add (pl)\add* truly that \add since\add* the angels \add live\add* in heaven \add in the presence of\add* my Father, \add they will report to him if you mistreat the children\add*.\f + \fr 18:10-11 \ft Some Greek manuscripts add verse 11, ‘For the Son of Man came to seek the lost’.\f*  
\v 12 \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \add you would do in the following situation\add*? \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* 100 \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* lost, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* surely \w leave|strong="G4198"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 99 \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \add that are\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w search|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* lost \w one|strong="G1520"\w* [RHQ], \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w*?  
\v 13 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* affirm \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G3123"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* happy \w that|strong="G3754"\w* 99 sheep \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* stray away, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \add because you had found\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sheep \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* strayed away.  
\v 14 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \add that shepherds do not want one of\add* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \add sheep to stray away\add*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \add God\add*, \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \add even\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* children \w to|strong="G2443"\w* go \w to|strong="G2443"\w* hell.”   
\s1 Jesus taught about what we should do if someone sins against us and about agreeing when we pray.  
\sr Matthew 18:15-20  
\p
\v 15 “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believer sins \add against you\add*, \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \add to him\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* two \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w*, \w reprove|strong="G1651"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add for sinning against you\add*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* person listens \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add and feels sorry that he has sinned against you\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* restored \add your friendship with\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* person.  
\v 16 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* listen \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add nor feel sorry that he has sinned against you\add*, go get \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add who will listen to what you both have to say\add*. \w Have|strong="G3956"\w* \w them|strong="G3956"\w* go \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add what is written\add* {\add Moses wrote\add*} \add in the Scriptures might happen:\add* ‘\add When one person accuses another in some matter\add*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w confirmed|strong="G2476"\w* \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \add at least\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* {\add at least\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w* confirm \w it|strong="G1161"\w*} \add before that person can be declared\add* guilty {\add before they declare that person guilty\add*}.’  
\v 17 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* sinned against \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w listen|strong="G3878"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add or does not feel sorry that he has sinned against you\add*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add so that they can rebuke him\add*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* person \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w listen|strong="G3878"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add or feel sorry that he has sinned against you, exclude him from being a member of your congregation, just like\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add would exclude\add* pagans, \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w*, \add and others who do not believe in God and sin greatly\add*.  
\v 18 Keep \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w*: \w Whatever|strong="G3745"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* decide \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \add about punishing\add* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \add not punishing a member of your congregation\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* decided \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add God\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* decided}.  
\v 19 \w Also|strong="G5210"\w* note \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \add at least\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add who live\add* \w here|strong="G3956"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w agree|strong="G4856"\w* \w together|strong="G1909"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* something \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \add God\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* [DOU], \add God\add*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add who is\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w give|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 20  \add This is true\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w wherever|strong="G3757"\w* \add at least\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w assemble|strong="G4863"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* believe \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1699"\w* [MTY], \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add spiritually\add* present \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w*. \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \add will hear what you ask for and I will ask God to do it for you\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told a parable to illustrate the need for forgiving others.  
\sr Matthew 18:21-35  
\p
\v 21 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w How|strong="G2193"\w* many \w times|strong="G2034"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* forgive \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add keeps on\add* sinning \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \add If he keeps asking me to forgive him, must I forgive him\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* many \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w seven|strong="G2034"\w* \w times|strong="G2034"\w*?”  
\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2193"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add that the number of\add* \w times|strong="G2034"\w* \add you must forgive someone is\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* up \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \add you must\add* ◄\add forgive him\add* 77 \w times|strong="G2034"\w*/\w never|strong="G3756"\w* stop forgiving \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►.  
\v 23  \add In order to illustrate\add* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \add you should do this\add*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add will tell you a story in which\add* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY/EUP], \add who cares for\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* lives \w he|strong="G3739"\w* rules \w over|strong="G1223"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w compared|strong="G3666"\w* {\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w compare|strong="G3666"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*, \add who cares for\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* lives \w he|strong="G3739"\w* rules \w over|strong="G1223"\w*} \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \add and his officials\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* told \add some of his servants that he wanted\add* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* officials \w to|strong="G2309"\w* pay \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* owed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 24  \add So those officials were brought to the king to\add* \w settle|strong="G4868"\w* \add their accounts with him\add*. \add One of the officials who were brought\add* \w owed|strong="G3781"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* king several million dollars.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add enough money\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pay \add what he owed\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* demanded \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w possessed|strong="G2192"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \add to someone else, and that the king\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* repaid \add with\add* {\w receive|strong="G2192"\w*} \add the money that was paid for them\add*.  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* official, \add knowing that he did not have the money to pay that huge debt\add*, \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* knees \add in front of the king\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* begged \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w patient|strong="G3114"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* pay \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \add eventually\add*.’  
\v 27 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*, \add knowing that the official could never pay all that huge debt\add*, \w felt|strong="G4697"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* canceled \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w debt|strong="G1156"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* released \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* official \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*’s officials \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w owed|strong="G3784"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bit less \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* year’s wages. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add by the throat\add*, started choking \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘Pay \w back|strong="G2902"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w owe|strong="G3784"\w* \add me\add*!’  
\v 29 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* official \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* knees \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w patient|strong="G3114"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* pay \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \add eventually\add*.’  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* official \w kept|strong="G3756"\w* refusing \add to cancel that small debt that the man owed him\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add caused that official to be\add* \w put|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \add and to stay there\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* pay \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* money \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w owed|strong="G3784"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* officials \add of the king\add* learned \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* felt \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w reported|strong="G1285"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* detail \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w summoned|strong="G4341"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* official \add who had owed him several million dollars\add*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w wicked|strong="G4190"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*! \w I|strong="G1473"\w* canceled \w that|strong="G3588"\w* huge \w debt|strong="G3782"\w* \add that you owed me\add* \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w begged|strong="G3870"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to do so\add*  
\v 33 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* merciful \add and canceled your fellow official’s debt\add*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* merciful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add and canceled your debt\add* [RHQ]!’  
\v 34 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w angry|strong="G3710"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* official \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* jailers \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* torture \w him|strong="G3588"\w* severely \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* paid \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* debt \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w owed|strong="G3784"\w*.”  
\v 35  \add Then Jesus continued by saying\add*, “\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3770"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add feel merciful and\add* sincerely forgive \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believer \add who sins against you\add*.”   
\c 19  
\s1 Jesus taught them God’s view of divorce, and about abstaining from marriage to give more time to serve God.  
\sr Matthew 19:1-12  
\p
\v 1 \w After|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add took us\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* left \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district that is located\add* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add east\add* \w side|strong="G4008"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jordan|strong="G2446"\w* \add River\add*.  
\v 2 \w Large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* followed \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \add the sick among\add* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*.   
\p
\v 3  \add Some\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Does|strong="G3004"\w* \add our Jewish\add* law permit \add a man\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* divorce \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* reason \w whatever|strong="G3956"\w*?” \add They asked that\add* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* criticize \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, \add whether he answered “Yes” or “No\add*.”  
\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\add Because\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* read [RHQ] \add the Scriptures\add*, \add you should know\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \add God first\add* \w created|strong="G2936"\w* \add people\add*, ‘\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \add one\add* \w man|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \add one\add* \w woman|strong="G2338"\w* \add to be that man’s wife\add*.’  
\v 5 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* explains \w why|strong="G1519"\w* \add God said\add*, ‘\add When\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add and woman marry\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w longer|strong="G1510"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mothers|strong="G3384"\w*. \add Instead\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \add so closely united that they are like\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w* [MET].’  
\v 6 Consequently, \add although they functioned as\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add separate people before\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \add become as if they were\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* [MET]. Since \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w must|strong="G1520"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* \add from his wife\add* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w joined|strong="G4801"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add because it is God’s plan for them to remain together\add*.”   
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Pharisees \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* true, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w command|strong="G1781"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add a man who wanted to divorce\add* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* wife \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w her|strong="G1325"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* paper \add stating his reason for\add* divorcing \w her|strong="G1325"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* send \w her|strong="G1325"\w* away?”  
\v 8 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add your ancestors \add* stubbornly \add wanted their own way \add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w allowed|strong="G2010"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* divorce \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w wives|strong="G1135"\w*, \add and you are no different from them\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] created \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*, \add he did not intend for them to separate\add*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* emphatically \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that\add* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* divorces \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w marries|strong="G1060"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* committing \w adultery|strong="G3429"\w*, \w unless|strong="G3361"\w* \add his first wife\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* committed \w adultery|strong="G3429"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w We|strong="G1487"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G1487"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G4851"\w* \w for|strong="G3756"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w marry|strong="G1060"\w*!”  
\v 11 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, “\w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w accept|strong="G5562"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w*. \w Only|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* enables \add to accept it are able to do so\add*.  
\v 12 \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add do not marry because they are not able to have sexual relations because they\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* sexually defective ever \w since|strong="G1537"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \add who do not marry because they are unable to have sexual relations\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* castrated {\w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2134"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*}. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \add men who decide not to marry\add* [MET] \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* serve \w God|strong="G2532"\w* better \add and spend more time telling people about how\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY/EUP] wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w people|strong="G1510"\w*’s lives. \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* understand \add what I have said about marriage\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w accept|strong="G5562"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add and obey it\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the disciples for trying to prevent children from coming to him.  
\sr Matthew 19:13-15  
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add some\add* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* {\add some people\add* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w*} \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w lay|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \add for them\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w scolded|strong="G2008"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4374"\w* \add for bringing their children to Jesus because we thought that Jesus did not want to take the time to be with children\add*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add when Jesus saw us scolding them\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add humble and trusting\add* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* experience \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s rule \add in their lives\add*.”  
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w laid|strong="G2007"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* children \add and asked God to bless them\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 A rich young man went away sad because Jesus told him to sell all his possessions.  
\sr Matthew 19:16-22  
\p
\v 16  \add As Jesus was walking along, a young\add* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w good|strong="G5101"\w* \add deeds\add* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God\add* eternally?”  
\v 17 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄Consider \add what you are implying about who I am when\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*./\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* realize \add what you are implying about who I am when\add* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ] \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add really knows what is good. That being is God. But in order to answer your question\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add desiring to\add* live \add with God eternally\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add will say to you\add*, ‘\w Keep|strong="G5083"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commandments|strong="G1785"\w* \add that God gave Moses’\add*.”  
\v 18 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \add commandments must I keep\add*?” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \add him\add*, “\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w murder|strong="G5407"\w* \add anyone\add*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* testify falsely,  
\v 19 \w honor|strong="G5091"\w* \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G5091"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* love \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* contact \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add much as you love\add* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.”  
\v 20  \add Thinking that he might not be able to live with God eternally even though he had kept those commandments\add*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* obeyed \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* commandments. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* else \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \add in order to live with God eternally\add*?”  
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* intends \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w*, \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \add home\add*, \w sell|strong="G4453"\w* everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \add the money\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \add The result will be that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add spiritual\add* riches \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1204"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* disciple!”  
\v 22 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w young|strong="G3495"\w* \w man|strong="G3495"\w* heard \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* away feeling \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w rich|strong="G2933"\w* \add and did not want to give away everything he owned\add*.   
\s1 Jesus taught how difficult it is for rich people to let God rule their lives, but there are rewards for those who leave family and possessions for his sake.  
\sr Matthew 19:23-30  
\p
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, “Keep \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* mind: \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* difficult \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w people|strong="G4145"\w* \add to decide\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY/EUP] rule \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \add lives\add*.  
\v 24 Note \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w*: \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* impossible \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w camel|strong="G2574"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1525"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* eye \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w needle|strong="G4476"\w*. \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add almost\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* difficult [HYP] \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w people|strong="G4145"\w* \add to decide\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \add lives\add*.”  
\v 25 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* heard \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w astounded|strong="G1605"\w*. \add We thought that rich people were the ones whom God blesses the most. So we said to him\add*, “◄\w If|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* seem likely \w that|strong="G3588"\w* anyone \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1410"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*!/\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w*?►” [RHQ]  
\v 26  \add When Jesus heard us say that\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w looked|strong="G1689"\w* intently \w at|strong="G3844"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add then\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Yes\add*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* impossible \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add to save themselves\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add God can save them, because\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \add anything\add*!”  
\v 27 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add (exc)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* left \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* behind \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* benefit \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \add for doing that\add*?”  
\v 28 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “Keep \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w*: \add You will get many benefits\add*. \w When|strong="G3752"\w* \add God\add* makes \add the\add* new \add earth\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* magnificent \w throne|strong="G2362"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* each \w sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \add the people of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w tribes|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*.  
\v 29  \add God will reward\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1752"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* left \add behind\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* plot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* ground, \add their\add* brothers, \add their\add* sisters, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \add or any other family\add* [MTY] \add members\add*. \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* 100 \w times|strong="G1542"\w* \add as many benefits as they have given up\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add with God\add* eternally.  
\v 30 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people who consider themselves to\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* important \add now\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* unimportant \add at that future time\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people who consider themselves to be\add* unimportant \add now will be\add* important \add at that future time\add*.”   
\c 20  
\s1 Jesus told a parable to illustrate how God will reward those who serve him.  
\sr Matthew 20:1-16  
\p
\v 1 “\add In order to illustrate how God rewards people\add*, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* compare \add the way\add* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* [MTY/EUP] rules \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w owner|strong="G3617"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* estate \add did\add*. \w Early|strong="G4404"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w morning|strong="G4404"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w owner|strong="G3617"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* estate \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the market\add* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \add people who wanted work gathered\add*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hire|strong="G3409"\w* \w laborers|strong="G2040"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* work \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* vineyard.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* promised \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* hired \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G2250"\w* pay \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* standard wage \add for working\add* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* sent \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* vineyards.  
\v 3 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w nine|strong="G5154"\w* o’clock \add that same morning\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* back \add to the market\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* work.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* vineyard \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G1342"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done, \add and work there\add*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G1342"\w* \add wage\add*.’ \add So they also went to his vineyard and began to work\add*.  
\v 5 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w noon|strong="G5610"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \add to the market\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \add other laborers whom he promised to pay a fair wage\add*.  
\v 6 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w five|strong="G1734"\w* o’clock \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \add to the market again\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \add men\add* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \add there who were not working\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w*?’  
\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w has|strong="G3762"\w* \w hired|strong="G3409"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*.’ \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\add I will hire you\add*. \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* vineyard \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G3762"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done, \add and work there.’ So they went\add*.   
\p
\v 8 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w manager|strong="G2012"\w*, ‘\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w wages|strong="G3408"\w*. \w First|strong="G4413"\w*, \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w working|strong="G2962"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w started|strong="G1096"\w* \w working|strong="G2962"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*.’  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \add manager\add* paid \w the|strong="G2532"\w* standard daily wage \w to|strong="G2532"\w* each \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* start \w working|strong="G2532"\w* \w until|strong="G2064"\w* \w five|strong="G1734"\w* o’clock \add in the afternoon\add*.  
\v 10 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4413"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* begun \w working|strong="G2532"\w* early \add in the morning\add* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \add to get their wages\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w thought|strong="G3543"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* standard wage. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* standard wage.  
\v 11 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w complained|strong="G1111"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w owner|strong="G3617"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* vineyard \add because they thought their payment was unfair\add*.  
\v 12 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, ‘\add You are not being fair!\add* \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* started \w working|strong="G4160"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \add all of the rest of us started\add* \w worked|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \add only\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*! \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add paid\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \add wage\add* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \add you paid\add* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*! \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w worked|strong="G4160"\w* hard \add all\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* [IDM], \add including working in the\add* hottest \w part|strong="G1473"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*!’  
\v 13 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* owner \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* vineyard \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who complained\add*, ‘\w Friend|strong="G2083"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* treat \w you|strong="G4771"\w* unfairly. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w agreed|strong="G4856"\w* \w with|strong="G3756"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to work the whole day\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* standard wage [RHQ].  
\v 14  \add Stop complaining to me\add*! \w Take|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* wage \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* wage \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w working|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add had begun working\add*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \add spend my money\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* [RHQ], \add including paying those laborers what I desire to pay them\add*. ◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w envious|strong="G4190"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* generous!/\w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* angry [MET] \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* generous?► [RHQ]’”  
\v 16  \add Then Jesus said to us\add*, “Similarly, \add God will reward\add* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \add some\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add seem to be\add* less important \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* reward \add some\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add seem to be\add* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* important \add now\add*.”   
\s1 For the third time Jesus predicted his death and resurrection.  
\sr Matthew 20:17-19  
\p
\v 17 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* walking \add on the road\add* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \add along with us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* ourselves \add in order that he could talk to us privately\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 18 “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w* carefully! \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add now\add* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*. \add While we are there, someone\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* enable \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \add and they will put me on trial\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w me|strong="G3708"\w* \add and say\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* authorities \w should|strong="G3588"\w* kill \w me|strong="G3708"\w*}.  
\v 19  \add Then they\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1453"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G3860"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* non-Jews \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can \w make|strong="G1519"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w me|strong="G1453"\w*, whip \w me|strong="G1453"\w*, \add and kill me by\add* nailing \w me|strong="G1453"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after that\add*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1453"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught that greatness in God’s sight means humbly serving others as Jesus did.  
\sr Matthew 20:20-28  
\p
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* James \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* two \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w bowed|strong="G4352"\w* \w down|strong="G4352"\w* \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* favor.  
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add me to do for you\add*?” \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Permit|strong="G3778"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* next \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Permit|strong="G3778"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* next \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2176"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*) \add and rule with you\add* [MTY] \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 22 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add her and her sons\add*, “\w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w*. \w Can|strong="G1410"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3195"\w* like \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3195"\w* [IDM]?” \add James and John\add* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \add to do that\add*.”  
\v 23 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w suffer|strong="G1325"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w suffer|strong="G1325"\w* [IDM]. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* chooses \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add will\add* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* next \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add and rule with me\add*. \add God\add*, \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* places [MTY] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* appoints.”   
\p
\v 24 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \add other disciples\add* heard \add what James and John had requested\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1176"\w* angry \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add because we also wanted to rule with Jesus in the highest positions\add*.  
\v 25  \add So\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to us\add*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rule \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \add enjoy\add* showing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* powerful. \w Their|strong="G1438"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* rulers \add enjoy\add* commanding \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* under \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add should\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* contrary, \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \add God to consider\add* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w servant|strong="G1249"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 27 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \add God to consider him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most important \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \add the rest of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 28  \add You should imitate me\add*. \add Even though I am\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G1247"\w* {\w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*}. \w On|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add came in order\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \add others\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* [IDM] \w allow|strong="G1325"\w* myself \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed {\w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1325"\w*}, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add my dying would be like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* payment \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rescue \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people from being punished for their sins\add*.” [MTY]   
\s1 Jesus healed two blind men.  
\sr Matthew 20:29-34  
\p
\v 29 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaving|strong="G1607"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w* \add city\add*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* followed \add us\add*.  
\v 30  \add As we walked along, we saw\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w men|strong="G5185"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* alongside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w passing|strong="G3855"\w* \w by|strong="G3844"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* yelled \add to him\add*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, Descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \add you are the Messiah\add* \w Take|strong="G2532"\w* pity \w on|strong="G1653"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 31  \add People in\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w scolded|strong="G2008"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* \w quiet|strong="G4623"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* blind \w men|strong="G3173"\w* yelled \w even|strong="G1161"\w* louder, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, Descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \add you are the Messiah\add* \w Have|strong="G1653"\w* pity \w on|strong="G1653"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!”  
\v 32 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stopped|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to come to him\add*. \add Then\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?”  
\v 33 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, heal \w our|strong="G2962"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* [IDM] \add so that we can see\add*!”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add felt\add* sorry \add for them and\add* touched \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3659"\w*. \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2424"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\c 21  
\s1 Jesus entered Jerusalem humbly on a donkey, but with great acclaim by the crowd.  
\sr Matthew 21:1-11  
\p
\v 1-2 As \add we\add* approached Jerusalem, we came near Bethphage \add village\add*, near Olive \add Tree\add* Hill. Jesus said to two \add of his\add* disciples, “Go to the village just ahead of us. As soon as you enter \add it\add*, you will see a donkey and her foal that are {someone has} tied \add up\add*. Untie them and bring them \add here\add* to me.  
\v 3 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add about your doing that\add*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add him\add*, ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.’ \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add then allow you to\add* \w lead|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* away.”  
\v 4-5 When all this happened, what was written by a prophet {what a prophet wrote about} was fulfilled {happened}. The prophet wrote, “Tell the people who live in Jerusalem [SYN], ‘Look! Your king is coming to you! He will come humbly. He \add will show that he is humble, because he will be\add* riding on a colt, the offspring of a donkey.’ ”   
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add two\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G4367"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 7 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w donkey|strong="G3688"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* its \w colt|strong="G4454"\w* \add to Jesus\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G2007"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to make something for him to sit on\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add mounted the colt\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cloaks|strong="G2440"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w spread|strong="G4766"\w* \add some of\add* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \add people\add* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add palm\add* \w trees|strong="G1186"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spread|strong="G4766"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \add They did those things to decorate the road in order to honor Jesus\add*.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* walked \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* walked behind \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w*, “\w Praise|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Messiah\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*!” “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \add this one\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* representative \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* authority [MTY].” “\w Praise|strong="G2127"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w highest|strong="G5310"\w* \add heaven\add*!”  
\v 10 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2414"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* crowd \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* [MTY] \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add over the city\add* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* excited \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \add are they honoring\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \add like that\add*?”  
\v 11 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add that was already following him\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3478"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*!”   
\s1 Jesus chased buyers and sellers from the temple, and he rebuked the Jewish leaders for objecting to children praising him.  
\sr Matthew 21:12-17  
\p
\v 12 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* chased \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* buying \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w overturned|strong="G2690"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tables|strong="G5132"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* giving \add Temple tax money in exchange for Roman\add* coins, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w overturned|strong="G2690"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seats|strong="G2515"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w selling|strong="G4453"\w* \w pigeons|strong="G4058"\w* \add for sacrifices\add*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* {◄\add Jeremiah/A prophet\add*► \w has|strong="G2532"\w*} \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures that God said\add*, ‘\add I want\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G4335"\w* where \add people\add* pray’, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* bandits \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* [MET] \w your|strong="G2532"\w* hideout!”   
\p
\v 14 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add many\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \add people\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \add people\add* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add in order that he would heal them\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2323"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* taught \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wonderful|strong="G2297"\w* \w deeds|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w*. \add They also saw and\add* heard \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w* \w shouting|strong="G2896"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w*, “\w We|strong="G3739"\w* praise \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Messiah\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*!” \w The|strong="G1722"\w* religious \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* indignant \add because they did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah\add*.  
\v 16  \add They thought that Jesus should not be allowing the children to say that\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add How can you tolerate\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* [RHQ]? \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w hear|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \add children\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w shouting|strong="G3004"\w*?” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add hear them, but\add* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \add remembered what\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* read \add in the Scriptures about children praising me, you would know that God is pleased\add* [RHQ] \add with them\add*. \add The psalmist\add* wrote, \add saying to God\add*, ‘\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* taught \w infants|strong="G3516"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w children|strong="G3516"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* praise \w you|strong="G3754"\w* perfectly.’ ”   
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \add disciples\add* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \add with him\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Bethany \add town\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* slept \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \add that night\add*.   
\s1 Jesus taught the disciples a lesson from what happened to a fig tree.  
\sr Matthew 21:18-22  
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\v 18 \w Early|strong="G4404"\w* \add the next morning\add*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w returning|strong="G1877"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \add Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w near|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w road|strong="G3598"\w*. \add So he went over to it to pick some figs to eat\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1096"\w* close, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \add figs on the tree\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w*, “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w again|strong="G3371"\w* \w produce|strong="G2590"\w* figs!” \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w withered|strong="G3583"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* night.  
\v 20  \add The next day\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \add what had happened to the tree\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w marveled|strong="G2296"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to Jesus\add*, “◄\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* astonishing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w withered|strong="G3583"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* quickly!/\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w* \w dried|strong="G3583"\w* \w up|strong="G3583"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* quickly?►” [RHQ]  
\v 21 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Think|strong="G2192"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add that God has power to do what you ask him to\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w doubt|strong="G1252"\w* \add that\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add things like what I have\add* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* \w tree|strong="G4808"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add marvelous deeds like\add* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w nearby|strong="G2192"\w* \w hill|strong="G3735"\w*, ‘Uproot \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* throw \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*’, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*!  
\v 22 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* addition \add to that\add*, whenever \w you|strong="G1722"\w* ask \add God for something\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* pray \add to him, if you\add* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that he will give it to you\add*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \add it from him\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus refused to state the basis for his authority, because the Jewish leaders refused to admit where John the Baptizer’s authority came from.  
\sr Matthew 21:23-27  
\p
\v 23 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2411"\w* \add courtyard\add*. \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add the people\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish Council \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* authorized \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \add here yesterday\add* [DOU]?”  
\v 24 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w ask|strong="G2065"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w question|strong="G2065"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w answer|strong="G3056"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* authorized \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Where|strong="G4159"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* get \add his authority to\add* baptize \add those who came to him\add*? \add Did he get it\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*? [MTY/EUP]” \w The|strong="G1722"\w* chief priests \w and|strong="G1161"\w* elders debated \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \add about what they should answer\add*. \add They said to each other\add*, “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add It was\add* [MTY/EUP] \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Then|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \add message\add*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add John’s message\add*?► [RHQ]’  
\v 26 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w*’, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add will react violently\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the people\add* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \add sent by God\add*.”  
\v 27 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add where John got his authority\add*.” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add Because you did not answer my question\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* authorized \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \add here yesterday\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the religious leaders and said that it is more likely that God would accept notorious sinners than that he would accept them.  
\sr Matthew 21:28-32  
\p
\v 28  \add Then Jesus said to the chief priests and elders\add*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* [RHQ] \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \add about what I am about to tell you\add*. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w sons|strong="G5043"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* older \w son|strong="G5043"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w son|strong="G5043"\w*, \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* vineyard \w today|strong="G4594"\w*!’  
\v 29 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* son \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to his father\add*, ‘\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add go and work in your vineyard today\add*!’ \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w later|strong="G5305"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* changed \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w mind|strong="G3338"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* vineyard \add and worked\add*.  
\v 30 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* father \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* younger son \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* older son. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* son \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add go and work in the vineyard today.’\add* \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w go|strong="G4334"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 31 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G4413"\w*’s \w two|strong="G1417"\w* sons \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* desired?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* older son.” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add explained to them what that parable meant\add* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Think \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \add It is more likely that other people, including\add* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="G4204"\w*, \add whom you think are very sinful\add*, \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rules, \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 32 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add say this to you\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2491"\w* \add the Baptizer\add* explained \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* message. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w tax|strong="G5057"\w* \w collectors|strong="G5057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="G4204"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \add message, and they turned away from their sinful behavior\add*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* contrast, \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add John’s message\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told a parable about the Jewish religious leaders rejecting him as Messiah.  
\sr Matthew 21:33-46  
\p
\v 33 “Listen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G1722"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \add that I will tell you\add*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w landowner|strong="G3617"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w planted|strong="G5452"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* fence \w around|strong="G4060"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w dug|strong="G3736"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hole \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* ground \add inside the fence\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* placed \add in the hole\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stone tank \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add collect the juice that would be\add* pressed \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* grapes. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G3618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tower|strong="G4444"\w* \add inside that fence that someone would sit in to guard that vineyard\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* arranged \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w some|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G1722"\w* \add to care for\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* vineyard \add and to give him some of the grapes in return\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G1722"\w* country.  
\v 34 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w harvest|strong="G2590"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* grapes, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* landowner sent \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w taking|strong="G2983"\w* care \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* vineyard \w to|strong="G4314"\w* get \w his|strong="G2983"\w* share \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* grapes \add that the vineyard had produced\add*.  
\v 35 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* renters \w seized|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G1194"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add killed\add* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add by throwing\add* \w stones|strong="G3036"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 36  \add So the landowner\add* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w than|strong="G4183"\w* \add he had sent\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \add time\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* renters \w treated|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G5615"\w* \w way|strong="G5615"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add they had treated the other servants\add*.  
\v 37 \w Later|strong="G5305"\w*, \add knowing this\add*, \add the landowner\add* sent \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add the renters to get his share of the grapes\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* sent \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to himself\add*, ‘\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* certainly \w respect|strong="G1788"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \add and give him some of the grapes\add*.’  
\v 38 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* renters \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \add arriving\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* inherit \add this vineyard\add*! \w Let|strong="G1161"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* kill \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* divide \w the|strong="G1722"\w* property \add among ourselves\add*.’  
\v 39 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* grabbed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, dragged \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* vineyard, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 40  \add Now I ask you\add*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* landowner returns \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* vineyard, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \add do you think\add* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* renters?”  
\v 41  \add The chief priests and elders\add* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* thoroughly destroy \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \add renters\add*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w rent|strong="G1554"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* vineyard \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add his share of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* grapes \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* ripe.”  
\v 42 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add That is right, so you need to think carefully about these words which\add* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* read [RHQ] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*:  
\q1 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w builders|strong="G3618"\w* rejected \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*. \add But others put\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \add in its proper place, and it\add* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w most|strong="G3037"\w* important \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \add of the\add* \w building|strong="G3618"\w* [MET]. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w marvel|strong="G2298"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w look|strong="G1096"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 43 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because you reject me\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add Jews\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w over|strong="G1223"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rules. Instead, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \add non-Jews\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w over|strong="G1223"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rules, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* [IDM] \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* asks \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 44  \add The important stone in the building represents me, the Messiah, and those who reject me are like people who fall on this stone\add*. Anyone \w who|strong="G2532"\w* falls \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* broken \w into|strong="G1909"\w* pieces {\w This|strong="G2532"\w* cornerstone \w will|strong="G2532"\w* break \w into|strong="G1909"\w* pieces anyone \w who|strong="G2532"\w* falls \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* crush anyone \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w whom|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* falls.”   
\p
\v 45 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add elders who were\add* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w heard|strong="G1097"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w realized|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* accusing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add because they did not believe that he was the Messiah\add*.  
\v 46 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \add they did not do so\add* \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \add would do if they did that\add*, \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \add the crowds\add* \w considered|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w*.   
\c 22  
\s1 Jesus told a parable about a wedding feast to illustrate what will happen to people who do not accept him as the Messiah.  
\sr Matthew 22:1-14  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \add the Jewish leaders\add* \w other|strong="G3825"\w* \w parables|strong="G3850"\w* \add in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send\add*. \add This is one of those parables:\add*  
\v 2 “\add God\add* [MTY/EUP] \add is like\add* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* [SIM] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add told his servants that they should\add* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \w feast|strong="G1062"\w* \w for|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G4160"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 3  \add When\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w feast|strong="G1062"\w* \add was ready\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w*} \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* time \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \w feast|strong="G1062"\w*. \add The servants did that\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*.  
\v 4 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3825"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \add to\add* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \add tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to those servants\add*, ‘\w Say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \add to come to the feast\add*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* food. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w oxen|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fattened|strong="G4619"\w* calves \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w butchered|strong="G2380"\w* \add and cooked\add*. \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* time \add now for you to\add* \w come|strong="G1205"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \w feast|strong="G1062"\w*!’ ”’  
\v 5  \add But when the servants told them that, they\add* disregarded \add what the servants said\add*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* fields. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* places \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w business|strong="G2398"\w*.  
\v 6 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w seized|strong="G2902"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*, \w mistreated|strong="G5195"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* killed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 7  \add When the king heard what had happened\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* furious. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* commanded \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4753"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w murderers|strong="G5406"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* burn \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w cities|strong="G4172"\w*.  
\v 8  \add After his soldiers had done that\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G2564"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2092"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add wedding\add* \w feast|strong="G1062"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w*} \w invited|strong="G2564"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* deserve \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited\add*.  
\v 9 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* intersections \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w main|strong="G1327"\w* \w streets|strong="G3598"\w*. Tell whomever \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add wedding\add* \w feast|strong="G1062"\w*.’  
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \add who wanted to come to the feast\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \add both people that were considered\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add those that were considered to be\add* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hall|strong="G3567"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \add feast took place\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w hall|strong="G3567"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \add into the hall\add* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* guests \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* someone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w wearing|strong="G1746"\w* \w clothes|strong="G1742"\w* \add that had been provided for the guests to wear\add* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \add feast\add*.  
\v 12 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Friend|strong="G2083"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* hall, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* wearing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G1742"\w* \add that guests wear\add* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \add feasts\add*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* hall, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* wearing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G1742"\w* \add that are appropriate for guests to wear\add* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* \add feast\add*?► [RHQ]’ \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* anything, \add because he did not know what to say\add*.  
\v 13 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* attendants, ‘\w Tie|strong="G1210"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* person’s \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w throw|strong="G1544"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w outside|strong="G1544"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* total \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* cry \w out|strong="G1544"\w* \add because they are suffering\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* gnash \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \add because of their severe pain\add*.’ ”  
\v 14  \add Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God\add* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* invited \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add to come to him\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* only \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w few|strong="G3641"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ones \w whom|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w* \add to be there\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus taught his critics that they needed to give to God and to the government what they each required.  
\sr Matthew 22:15-22  
\p
\v 15 \w After|strong="G2983"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G4198"\w* \w said|strong="G5119"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* met \w together|strong="G4824"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* plan \w how|strong="G3704"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* something \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1722"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* accuse \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \add who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2316"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* members \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* party \w that|strong="G3754"\w* supported \w Herod|strong="G1510"\w*. \add The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay\add*. \add Those who were sent came and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* truthful \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \add us to do\add*. \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* change \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* someone \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* important \w person|strong="G4383"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [IDM] \w teach|strong="G1321"\w*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* [RHQ] \add about this matter\add*: \w Is|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G5101"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w taxes|strong="G2778"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3004"\w* Roman government [MTY], \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*?”  
\v 18 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* really wanted \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4189"\w*. \add They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them\add*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*/pretending \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* legitimate question►, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* wanting [RHQ] \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* accuse \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 19 \w Show|strong="G1925"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add one of\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* coins \w with|strong="G1161"\w* \add which people pay\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Roman\add* tax.” \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* showed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add a coin called\add* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w denarius|strong="G1220"\w*.  
\v 20 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Whose|strong="G5101"\w* picture \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add on\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add coin\add*? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add whose\add* name \add is on it\add*?”  
\v 21 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add It has the picture and name of\add* \w Caesar|strong="G2541"\w*, \add the head of the Roman government\add*.” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “Okay, \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* government \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add require\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add requires\add*.”  
\v 22 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* men heard \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w marveled|strong="G2296"\w* \add that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus showed from the Scriptures that the spirits of God’s people are alive after death.  
\sr Matthew 22:23-33  
\p
\v 23 \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*. \add They are a Jewish sect who do not\add* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* die. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add wanted to\add* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w*.  
\v 24  \add In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* wrote \add in the Scriptures\add*, ‘\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* dies \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w his|strong="G2192"\w* brother \w must|strong="G1135"\w* \w marry|strong="G1918"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add dead man’s\add* widow \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w child|strong="G5043"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G5043"\w* \add will be considered\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add who died\add*, \add and in that way the dead man will have descendants\add*.’  
\v 25 \w Well|strong="G2532"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* boys \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* family \add living\add* near \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* oldest \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w married|strong="G1060"\w* someone. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add and his wife\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G5053"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* second brother \w married|strong="G1060"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* widow. \add But he also died without having a child\add*.  
\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3668"\w* \w thing|strong="G3668"\w* \add happened to\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \add brother\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* four \add brothers, who one by one married this same woman\add*.  
\v 27 \w Last|strong="G5305"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* widow \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w raised|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dead, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \add brothers do you think\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* husband? \w Keep|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w mind|strong="G1438"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w*.”  
\v 29 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* certainly wrong \add in what you are thinking\add*. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add what is written in\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*. \add You\add* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \add the\add* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \add to make people alive again\add*.  
\v 30 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* fact \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because\add* \w after|strong="G5613"\w* \add God causes all dead\add* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add to\add* live again, \w no|strong="G3777"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w married|strong="G1060"\w*. Instead, \add people\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* angels \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \add They do not marry\add*.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* becoming alive again, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* something \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. ◄\w I|strong="G1161"\w*’m sure \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* read \w it|strong="G1161"\w*./\w Have|strong="G5210"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* read \w it|strong="G1161"\w*?► [RHQ] \add Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses\add*,  
\v 32 ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* Abraham \add worships\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \add worships\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* worships.’ \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* worship \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* worship \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive\add*!”   
\p
\v 33 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowds|strong="G3793"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* heard \add Jesus teach\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w amazed|strong="G1605"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus told his critics that the greatest commandments are to love God and to love others.  
\sr Matthew 22:34-40  
\p
\v 34 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Jesus \w had|strong="G3588"\w* answered \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* way \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* not \add think of anything that they might say to\add* respond \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \add plan what they would say to him\add*. \add Then they approached him\add*.  
\v 35 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G1905"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* studied \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G1537"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2532"\w* see \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add could answer\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \add or if he would say something wrong\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G1905"\w*,  
\v 36 “\w Teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w*?”  
\v 37 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \add quoted the Scriptures as he replied\add*, “‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* love \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* [IDM] \w your|strong="G3650"\w* ◄inner \w being|strong="G2532"\w*/\w heart|strong="G2588"\w*►. \add Show that you love him\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* desire, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* feel, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* think.’  
\v 38 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* \add in the laws that God gave Moses\add*.  
\v 39 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* next most important commandment \add that everyone must surely obey\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*: ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* love \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* come \w in|strong="G1161"\w* contact \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* much \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add you love\add* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.’  
\v 40 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w commandments|strong="G1785"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* basis \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \add that Moses wrote in the Scriptures\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add wrote\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus showed that the Messiah must be greater than King David, and not just his descendant.  
\sr Matthew 22:41-46  
\p
\v 41 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* still \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \add near\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 42 “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*? \w Whose|strong="G5101"\w* descendant \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w*?” \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\add He is\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*.”  
\v 43 \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*, “\add If the Messiah is King David’s descendant\add*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w should|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G4151"\w* have \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G2564"\w* ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’ \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w was|strong="G2962"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add what\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Holy\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add prompted him to\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*./\w Why|strong="G4459"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Messiah ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’ \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w was|strong="G2962"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \add what\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Holy\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add prompted him to\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 44  \add David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah\add*: ‘\w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, “\w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \add here beside me\add* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w*, \add the place of greatest honor you\add* [MTY]. \add Sit here\add* \w while|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* defeat \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* [MTY].”’  
\v 45 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, since \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \add the Messiah\add* ‘\w my|strong="G1487"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’, ◄\add the Messiah\add* cannot \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add just someone\add* descended \w from|strong="G2962"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w he|strong="G1487"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add only\add* \w the|strong="G3767"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*?► [RHQ] \add He must be much greater than David\add*!”  
\v 46 \w No|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \add who heard what Jesus said\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add in response\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G3762"\w* \w dared|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w* \w question|strong="G1905"\w* \add to try to trap him\add*.   
\c 23  
\s1 Jesus warned the people against the hypocritical behavior of the religious leaders.  
\sr Matthew 23:1-12  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* us \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*,  
\v 2 “\bd \+w Moses|strong="G3475"\+w*\bd* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add renowned\add* teacher \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \add the people the laws that God gave him\add* [MTY]. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w themselves|strong="G2523"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* interpret \w those|strong="G3588"\w* laws [IDM].  
\v 3 \w Consequently|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \bd \+w whatever|strong="G3745"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w tell|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G5210"\+w* \+w must|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*\bd*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* themselves \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \add you that you must do\add*.  
\v 4 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add require you to obey many rules that are difficult to obey\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \bd \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* themselves\bd* \add do not help anyone obey those rules. It is\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* tying \w up|strong="G1195"\w* loads \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* hard \w to|strong="G2532"\w* carry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w putting|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w shoulders|strong="G5606"\w* [MET] \add for you to carry. But they\add* \bd themselves\bd* \add do not desire to help anyone obey those laws. They are like\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* lift \add even the slightest load\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add could lift\add* [MET]  
\v 5  \add with\add* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* finger. \w Whatever|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w seen|strong="G2300"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* {\w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G2300"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*}. \add For example\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* extra \w wide|strong="G4115"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* tiny boxes containing portions \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Scripture \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* wear \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* arms. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w enlarge|strong="G3170"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tassels|strong="G2899"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* robes, \add to make others think that they are pious\add*.  
\v 6  \add They want people to honor them. For example\add*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w dinner|strong="G1173"\w* parties \w they|strong="G2532"\w* sit \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seats|strong="G4410"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most important \w people|strong="G3588"\w* sit. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w places|strong="G4411"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* worship \add they want to sit\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seats|strong="G4410"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* most honored \w people|strong="G3588"\w* sit.  
\v 7 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \add they want people to\add* greet \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add respectfully\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* marketplaces \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* honor \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w calling|strong="G2564"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* ‘Teacher’.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add who are my disciples\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* allow \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* address \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add honorably\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* ‘\w Rabbi|strong="G4461"\w*’, \add which means ‘teacher\add*’. \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add am the\add* \w only|strong="G1520"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add really\add* \w your|strong="G3956"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add equal, like\add* brothers \w and|strong="G1161"\w* sisters, \add and none of you should act superior to another, as the Pharisees do\add*.  
\v 9 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add honor anyone\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \add by\add* addressing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* ‘\w Father|strong="G3962"\w*’, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3770"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritual\add* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add allow people to\add* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* ‘Instructors’, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* instructor \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add teaches all of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 11 \w In|strong="G1161"\w* contrast, everyone \w among|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wants \add God to consider them\add* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* serve \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w servants|strong="G1249"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 12  \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w humble|strong="G5013"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w exalt|strong="G5312"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w exalt|strong="G5312"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w humble|strong="G5013"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus warned the religious leaders about preventing people from letting God rule their lives.  
\sr Matthew 23:13-14  
\p
\v 13-14  \add Then Jesus said to the religious leaders\add*, “You men who teach the \add Jewish\add* laws and you Pharisees are hypocrites! There will be terrible punishment for \add you, because by teaching what is false\add*, you \add prevent people\add* [MTY/HYP] \add who are thinking about letting\add* God rule their lives \add from doing that\add* [MET]. \add What you are doing is like\add* closing a gate [MET] \add so that people who\add* are wanting to enter \add a city cannot go in\add*. As for \bd you,\bd* \add you do not let\add* God \add rule your lives. Neither do you allow\add* other people \add to let God rule their lives. What you do is like\add* not going into a \add house\add* yourselves, and not allowing others to enter it \add either\add* [MET].”   
\s1 Jesus also warned the religious leaders about zealously encouraging others to believe what they teach.  
\sr Matthew 23:15  
\p
\v 15 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*! \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* punishment \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* terrible, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* exert \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G1362"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \add even\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* believe \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* teach. \w For|strong="G3754"\w* instance, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w travel|strong="G4013"\w* across seas \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lands \add to distant places\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add as a result\add*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \add believes what you teach\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w* \w much|strong="G1362"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* deserving \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \add deserve to\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the religious leaders about their silly ideas about supporting their promises with oaths.  
\sr Matthew 23:16-22  
\p
\v 16 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add Jewish leaders\add*, \w your|strong="G1722"\w* punishment \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* terrible! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like people who are\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* [MET] \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w lead|strong="G1510"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add In the case of\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* promise \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add do\add* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \add to affirm what they have promised\add*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \add if they do not do what\add* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* promised. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \add to affirm what they have promised\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G3784"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* promised.’  
\v 17 \w You|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w fools|strong="G3474"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like people who are\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* [MET]! \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w* \add that is in the Temple\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Temple\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* [RHQ], \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* sets \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gold|strong="G5557"\w* apart \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* special \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* \add you say\add*, ‘\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w case|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* promise \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add do\add* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* ask \add the altar to affirm what they have promised\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \add if they do not do what they have promised\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gift|strong="G1435"\w* \add that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w* \add to support what they have promised\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3784"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add what they promised\add*.’  
\v 19  \add You are like people who are\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* [MET]. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w gift|strong="G1435"\w* \add that is offered\add* \w on|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G1063"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* [RHQ] \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w* \w on|strong="G2228"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w offering|strong="G1435"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* offered \w that|strong="G3588"\w* sets \w it|strong="G1063"\w* apart \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* special \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* promise \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* something, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* ask \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w* \add to affirm what they have promised\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* asking \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w* \add to support what they promised\add*.  
\v 21 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* promise \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* something, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \add to affirm what they promised\add*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* asking \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* belongs, \add will affirm what they have promised\add*.  
\v 22 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* promise \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* something \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add to affirm what they promised\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* asking \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w sits|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w*, \add to affirm what they promised\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus also rebuked the religious leaders about paying attention to unimportant laws and at the same time ignoring important ones.  
\sr Matthew 23:23-24  
\p
\v 23 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* punishment \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w*, \add even though\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \add to God\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* tenth \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the herbs you produce, such as\add* \w mint|strong="G2238"\w*, dill, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cummin|strong="G2951"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add obey God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* important. \add For example, you do not act\add* justly toward \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* mercifully toward \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* trustworthy. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add give a tenth of your herbs\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add obey\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \add more important laws\add*.  
\v 24 \w You|strong="G5185"\w* \add leaders are like\add* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add who are trying to lead others. According to your laws you say that touching gnats and camels makes you unacceptable to God. What you are doing is like\add* straining \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w gnat|strong="G2971"\w* \add out of a jar of water so that you do not swallow it and thereby become unacceptable to God\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add at the same time\add* swallowing \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w camel|strong="G2574"\w* \add with the water\add* [MET]!”   
\s1 Jesus also rebuked the religious leaders about being greedy and selfish.  
\sr Matthew 23:25-26  
\p
\v 25 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w laws|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* punishment \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* greedy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* selfish, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add make yourselves appear holy. You are like\add* \w cups|strong="G4221"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* plates \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* cleaned \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G1855"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w inside|strong="G2081"\w* \add they are very filthy\add*.  
\v 26 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*! \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \add stop being greedy and selfish\add*. \add Then you will be able to do what\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add righteous. That will be like\add* cleaning \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w inside|strong="G1787"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G1622"\w* \add of the cup\add*, \add the cup will truly be clean\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus rebuked the religious leaders for being hypocrites and pretending to be righteous.  
\sr Matthew 23:27-28  
\p
\v 27 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* punishment \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w like|strong="G3945"\w* \w tombs|strong="G5028"\w* [SIM] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* painted white \add so that people can see them and avoid touching them\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w outside|strong="G1855"\w* surfaces \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w beautiful|strong="G5611"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w inside|strong="G2081"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w full|strong="G1073"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s \w bones|strong="G3747"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* filth.  
\v 28 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like those tombs\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w look|strong="G5316"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G5316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* ◄inner beings/hearts► \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* hypocrites \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* disobey \add God’s\add* commands.”   
\s1 Jesus accused the religious leaders of being guilty of killing all the prophets.  
\sr Matthew 23:29-36  
\p
\v 29 “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w men|strong="G1342"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* teach \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*! \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* punishment \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* terrible! \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w rebuild|strong="G3618"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tombs|strong="G3419"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add prophets whom others killed long ago\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w decorate|strong="G2885"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w monuments|strong="G3419"\w* \add that honor\add* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \add people\add*.  
\v 30 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add lived\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* [MET] \add lived\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* helped [MET] \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* killed [MTY] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.’  
\v 31 \w Thus|strong="G5620"\w* \add you recognize that you should honor the prophets, but you disregard the word of God that other men whom God has sent teach you. In that way\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w against|strong="G3140"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w descendants|strong="G5207"\w* \w and|strong="G4396"\w* \w disciples|strong="G1510"\w* [MET] \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w killed|strong="G5407"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 32  \bd \+w You|strong="G5210"\+w*\bd* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* murder \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* [MET] \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 33  \add You people are so wicked\add* \w You|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add as dangerous as poisonous\add* \w snakes|strong="G3789"\w* [DOU, MET]! ◄\w You|strong="G4459"\w* \add foolishly\add* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4459"\w* \w will|strong="G4459"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* being punished \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*!/\w Do|strong="G4459"\w* \w you|strong="G4459"\w* \add foolishly\add* think \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4459"\w* \w will|strong="G4459"\w* \w escape|strong="G5343"\w* \w when|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* punishes \add wicked people\add* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w hell|strong="G1067"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 34 \w Take|strong="G2532"\w* note \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w wise|strong="G4680"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* teach \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add my message\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* nailing \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* crosses, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* ways. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* whip \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* places \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* worship, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add you will\add* \w chase|strong="G1377"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*.  
\v 35 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* consider \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w for|strong="G1909"\w* killing [SYN] \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \add people\add*, \w including|strong="G3739"\w* killing [MTY] \add Adam’s son\add* Abel, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* [SYN], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Zechariah|strong="G2197"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* Barachiah, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add are guilty of\add* killing \add in the holy place\add* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* killing \add all the prophets\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w between|strong="G3342"\w* \add the times that those two men lived\add*.  
\v 36 Think \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* observed \w my|strong="G3956"\w* ministry, \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* punish \add for killing all\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add prophets\add*!”   
\s1 Jesus expressed his sorrow about what would happen to Jerusalem.  
\sr Matthew 23:37-39  
\p
\v 37 “O \add people of\add* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* [MTY, APO], \w you|strong="G4771"\w* killed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add who lived long ago\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* killed \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* killed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* throwing \w stones|strong="G3036"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [DOU]! Many times \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w gather|strong="G1996"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w together|strong="G1996"\w* \add to protect you\add*, \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hen|strong="G3733"\w* \w gathers|strong="G1996"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w young|strong="G3739"\w* \w chicks|strong="G3556"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w wings|strong="G4420"\w* [MET]. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add me to do that\add*.  
\v 38 So \w listen|strong="G2400"\w* \w to|strong="G3624"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w Your|strong="G3708"\w* city [SYN] \w will|strong="G4771"\w* \add soon \add* become an uninhabited \w place|strong="G3624"\w*.  
\v 39 \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* mind: \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w again|strong="G2193"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add return\add*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add about me\add*, ‘\add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* authority [MTY].’”   
\c 24  
\s1 Jesus told his disciples that Jerusalem would be destroyed.  
\sr Matthew 24:1-2  
\p
\v 1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w walking|strong="G4198"\w* \w along|strong="G2532"\w*, \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* note \add how beautiful\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \w buildings|strong="G3619"\w* \add were\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w These|strong="G3778"\w* buildings \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* looking \w at|strong="G1909"\w* [RHQ] \add are wonderful, but\add* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add something about them. They will soon be completely destroyed\add* {\add Foreign invaders will completely destroy them\add*}. \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \add in these buildings\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* thrown \w down|strong="G2647"\w* {\w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* throw \w down|strong="G2647"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* buildings}. \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* left {\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* leave \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*} \w on|strong="G1909"\w* top \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w another|strong="G3037"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples about the distressing things that would happen before his return.  
\sr Matthew 24:3-14  
\p
\v 3  \add Later\add*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w alone|strong="G2398"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \add the slope of\add* \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*, \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \add to the buildings of the Temple? Also, tell us what will happen to indicate that you are about to\add* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add to indicate\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* world \w is|strong="G1510"\w* ending?”   
\p
\v 4 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add All that I will say is\add*, \w be|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w deceives|strong="G4105"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add about what will happen\add*  
\v 5 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* ◄\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*/\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* authority► [MTY]. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*’, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w deceive|strong="G4105"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people\add*.  
\v 6 \w You|strong="G3708"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* hear \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w wars|strong="G4171"\w* \add that are close\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wars|strong="G4171"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* away, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* trouble \w you|strong="G3708"\w*. \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God has said that\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add when they happen\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \add of the world\add* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w*!  
\v 7  \add Groups in various\add* countries \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fight \w each|strong="G2596"\w* other, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add various\add* governments \add will also fight\add* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* other. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w famines|strong="G3042"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w earthquakes|strong="G4578"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w various|strong="G2596"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w*.  
\v 8 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* happen first. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \add will happen before I return. What will happen will be like the first pains \add* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* childbirth MET].   
\p
\v 9 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \add people who oppose you\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the authorities, who\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* mistreat \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add people who live in\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* [PRS] {\add People who live in\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* [PRS] \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*} \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add you believe in me \add*[MTY].  
\v 10 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* stop believing \add in me because of the way they will suffer\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w betray|strong="G3860"\w* each \w other|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* each \w other|strong="G4183"\w*.  
\v 11 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* saying \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G5578"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* lying, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w deceive|strong="G4105"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \add people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* disobey \add God’s\add* laws [PRS], \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w longer|strong="G4183"\w* [MET] love \add their fellow believers\add* [PRS].  
\v 13 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add all\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \add believing in me\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \add of their lives\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* ruling \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*’s lives \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* ethnic groups \w may|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \add of the world\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples about the suffering that would come when Jerusalem was about to be destroyed.  
\sr Matthew 24:15-22  
\p
\v 15 “\add But before the world ends\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* disgusting person \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3767"\w* defile \add the\add* holy \add Temple and cause people to abandon it will stand in the Temple. Daniel the prophet spoke and wrote\add* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add long ago\add*. \w May|strong="G3004"\w* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* reads \add this\add* pay attention \add to the following warning from me:\add*  
\v 16 \w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* see \w that|strong="G3588"\w* happen \add in the Temple, those of you\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \add district\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w flee|strong="G5343"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add higher\add* hills!  
\v 17 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* outside \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w must|strong="G2597"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* back \w into|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* get \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add before they flee\add*.  
\v 18 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add working\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* field \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w turn|strong="G1994"\w* \w back|strong="G3694"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w outer|strong="G2440"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2440"\w* \add before they flee\add*.  
\v 19 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add feel\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sorry \w for|strong="G1161"\w* women \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w pregnant|strong="G1064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* women \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w nursing|strong="G2337"\w* \add their babies\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \add because it will be very difficult for them to run away\add*  
\v 20 \w Pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* flee ◄\w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w winter|strong="G5494"\w*/\w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* rainy season► \add when it will be hard to travel\add*. \add People who think that God never allows anyone to do any work on\add* \w our|strong="G1161"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* rest \add will not help you as you flee, so\add* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* flee \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w day|strong="G4521"\w*,  
\v 21 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* suffer \w very|strong="G1096"\w* severely \add when those things happen\add*. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* suffered \w that|strong="G3588"\w* severely \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \add God\add* created \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w and|strong="G3173"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w ever|strong="G3756"\w* \add suffer like that again\add*.  
\v 22 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \add God had not decided to\add* shorten \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* [MTY] \add when people will suffer so much\add*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* [LIT] \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add he has decided to\add* shorten \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add he is concerned\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add the people\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus warned his disciples not to believe false reports about his return, because everyone will see him when he comes.  
\sr Matthew 24:23-28  
\p
\v 23-24 “\add At that time\add* people will appear \add who will\add* falsely \add say that they are\add* the Messiah or \add that they are\add* prophets. They will perform many kinds ◄of miracles/of things that ordinary people cannot do►, in order to deceive people. They will even try \add to see\add* if \add it is\add* possible to deceive \add you people whom God has\add* chosen. So, at that time, if someone says to you, ‘Look, here \add is\add* the Messiah!’ or \add if someone says\add*, ‘Over there is the Messiah!’ do not believe it!  
\v 25 \w Do|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3708"\w* forget \add that\add* \w I|strong="G3708"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* warned \w you|strong="G5210"\w* about all this \w before|strong="G4302"\w* \add it happens\add*.  
\v 26 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* someone \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \add the Messiah\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desolate|strong="G2048"\w* area!’ \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w*. \add Likewise, if someone says to you\add*, ‘\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* secret \w room|strong="G5009"\w*!’ \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that person\add*,  
\v 27 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* lightning \w flashes|strong="G5316"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* east \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w west|strong="G1424"\w* \add and people everywhere can\add* see \w it|strong="G2532"\w* [SIM], \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w return|strong="G3952"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \add everyone will see me\add*.  
\v 28  \add When I return, it will be as obvious to everyone as the fact that\add* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* see vultures \w gathering|strong="G4863"\w*, \w you|strong="G1437"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* animal carcass [\w MET|strong="G4863"\w*] \w there|strong="G1563"\w*. (\w OR|strong="G1437"\w*, \w Just|strong="G3588"\w* like \w the|strong="G3588"\w* vultures \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* animal carcass, \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish sinful \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*.)”   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples what will happen at the time of his return.  
\sr Matthew 24:29-31  
\p
\v 29 “\w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* many \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* suffered during \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \add the universe will become dark\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w sun|strong="G2246"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* dark. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w moon|strong="G4582"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* shine. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* stars \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \add objects\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* spiritual beings \w in|strong="G2532"\w* space \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* deposed.)  
\v 30 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w something|strong="G4183"\w* \add will be seen\add* {\add people will observe something\add*} \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* indicates \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \add am returning to the earth\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add unbelieving people from\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* ethnic groups \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add mourn because they will be afraid\add* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add God punishing them\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w clouds|strong="G3507"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \add as I return to the earth\add*.  
\v 31 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* send \w my|strong="G3326"\w* angels \add to the earth\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w*. \add They will be\add* blowing \w trumpets|strong="G4536"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*. \add Then\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* throughout \w the|strong="G2532"\w* whole \w earth|strong="G2532"\w* [DOU] \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w gather|strong="G1996"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples how to know when the time of his return was near.  
\sr Matthew 24:32-35  
\p
\v 32 “\add Now\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add want you to\add* \w learn|strong="G3129"\w* something \add from\add* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w parable|strong="G3850"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add how\add* \w fig|strong="G4808"\w* trees \add grow\add*. \add In this area\add*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* buds \add of a fig tree\add* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* tender \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w its|strong="G3752"\w* \w leaves|strong="G5444"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sprout, \w you|strong="G3752"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w summer|strong="G2330"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w*.  
\v 33 Similarly, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add have just described happening\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add the time for me to return\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w close|strong="G1451"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*].  
\v 34 \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* mind: \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* events \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w before|strong="G2193"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* observed \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 35  \add You can be certain that these\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* told \add you\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* happen. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* can \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* can \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* [LIT] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* exist.”   
\s1 Jesus told his disciples to be ready because they do not know the time of his return.  
\sr Matthew 24:36-44  
\p
\v 36 “\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w neither|strong="G3761"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w person|strong="G5207"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* angel \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w either|strong="G3761"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \add when the things that I have told you about will happen\add*. \w Only|strong="G3441"\w* \add God, my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \add knows\add*.  
\v 37-39 It will be like what happened when Noah lived. Until the flood came, \add the people\add* did not know that \add anything bad would happen\add* to them. Before the flood waters covered the earth, \add the people\add* were eating and drinking \add as usual\add*. Some men were marrying women and \add some parents\add* were giving their daughters to men to marry them. They were doing all this until the day that Noah \add and his family\add* entered the big boat. And then the flood came and drowned all \add those who were not in the boat\add*. Similarly, \add the unbelieving people will not know\add* when \add I, the one who came from heaven\add*, will return, \add and they will not\add* be \add expecting me\add*.  
\v 40 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add return\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add will not take all people up to heaven. I will take only those who trust in me. For example\add*, \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* fields. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w taken|strong="G3880"\w* {\add I\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w take|strong="G3880"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w up|strong="G3880"\w* \add to heaven\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \add person\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* left {\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* leave \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \add person\add*} \add here to be punished\add*.  
\v 41  \add Similarly\add*, \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add women\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w mill|strong="G3458"\w* grinding grain. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w taken|strong="G3880"\w* \w up|strong="G3880"\w* \add to heaven\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* left.  
\v 42 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add I\add*, \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w will|strong="G2962"\w* return \add to the earth\add*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* ready \add for me to return at any time\add*.  
\v 43 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* owners \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3614"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w time|strong="G5438"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w night|strong="G5438"\w* \w thieves|strong="G2812"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* prevent \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w thieves|strong="G2812"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* breaking \w into|strong="G2064"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w houses|strong="G3614"\w*. Similarly, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add will come just like unexpectedly as a thief\add*.  
\v 44 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w* \add for my return\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add I\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* return \add to the earth\add* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w expect|strong="G1380"\w* \add me to come\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told a parable to warn his disciples not to act wickedly, thinking that he would not return soon.  
\sr Matthew 24:45-51  
\p
\v 45 “Think \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G5429"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like [RHQ]. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* house \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w appoints|strong="G2525"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* supervise \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w proper|strong="G2540"\w* \w times|strong="G2540"\w*. \add Then he leaves on a long trip\add*.  
\v 46 If \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add work\add* \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* house \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* returns, \add the house owner\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G1565"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 47 Think \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w The|strong="G3956"\w* house owner \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w appoint|strong="G2525"\w* \add that one servant\add* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* supervisor \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w possessions|strong="G5225"\w*.  
\v 48 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w might|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w himself|strong="G1565"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \add has been away\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w long|strong="G5549"\w* \w time|strong="G5549"\w*, \add so he probably\add* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* return \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* \add and find out what I am doing.’\add*  
\v 49  \add So he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w beat|strong="G5180"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w servants|strong="G4889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w drunk|strong="G3184"\w*.  
\v 50  \add Then\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* house \w owner|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* back \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w does|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w expect|strong="G4328"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [DOU].  
\v 51 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* severely [HYP], (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* into two \w pieces|strong="G1371"\w*) \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w where|strong="G1563"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hypocrites|strong="G5273"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* pretended \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*► \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w*. \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* cry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* grind \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \add because they suffer very much\add*.”   
\c 25  
\s1 Jesus taught in a parable that his disciples should always be ready for his return.  
\sr Matthew 25:1-13  
\p
\v 1  \add Jesus continued by saying, “I will tell you something else about the time when I return from\add* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* [MET]. \add What will happen to many people who say that they know me will be\add* \w like|strong="G3666"\w* \add what happened to\add* \w ten|strong="G1176"\w* \w virgins|strong="G3933"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lanterns \w and|strong="G3772"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* place \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1438"\w* \w meet|strong="G5222"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \add and go to his wedding celebration\add*.  
\v 2 \w Five|strong="G4002"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* virgins \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w foolish|strong="G3474"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w five|strong="G4002"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w wise|strong="G5429"\w*.  
\v 3 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \add virgins\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w foolish|strong="G3474"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lanterns, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \add extra olive\add* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w* \add for\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lantern.  
\v 4 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add virgins\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w wise|strong="G5429"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* flasks \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w well|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lanterns.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* delayed, \add and it became late at night\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* virgins \w became|strong="G3588"\w* sleepy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fell|strong="G2532"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2518"\w*.  
\v 6 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w middle|strong="G3319"\w* \w of|strong="G3319"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* someone \add woke them up by\add* shouting, ‘Hey! \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \add is arriving\add*! \w Go|strong="G1831"\w* \w outside|strong="G1831"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w meet|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!’  
\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w virgins|strong="G3933"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w trimmed|strong="G2885"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* lantern wicks \add so that they would burn properly\add*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w foolish|strong="G3474"\w* virgins \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w wise|strong="G5429"\w* \w ones|strong="G3748"\w*, ‘\w Give|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="G1637"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G1161"\w* lanterns \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* go \w out|strong="G1537"\w*!’  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G5429"\w* virgins \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\add No, because\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* enough oil \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* lanterns \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w yours|strong="G4771"\w*. \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* store \w and|strong="G2532"\w* buy \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w*!’  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \add the foolish virgins\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* buy \add some oil\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w arrived|strong="G2064"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add wise virgins\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w ready|strong="G2092"\w*, \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="G3566"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wedding|strong="G1062"\w* hall \add where the bride was waiting\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w closed|strong="G2808"\w* {someone \w closed|strong="G2808"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w door|strong="G2374"\w* \add of that hall\add*}.  
\v 11 \w Later|strong="G5305"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w virgins|strong="G3933"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add to the hall\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \add to the bridegroom\add*, ‘\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, open \add the door\add* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!’  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, ‘\w The|strong="G1161"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add will not open the door for you\add*!’”  
\v 13  \add Then Jesus continued by saying\add*, “\w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w in|strong="G3756"\w* order \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add this will not happen to you\add*, \w keep|strong="G1127"\w* expecting \add that I will return\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w when|strong="G1492"\w* [MTY] \add it will be\add*.”   
\s1 Jesus told a parable to teach his disciples about making good use of what God has given them.  
\sr Matthew 25:14-30  
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\v 14 “\add When I return from heaven as king, I will deal with those who say that they have been serving me like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* long journey dealt \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* each \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* wealth \add to invest and gain more money for him\add*.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* money \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w ability|strong="G1411"\w* \add to take care of it\add*. \add For example\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* 5,000 dollars, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* 2,000 dollars, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* 1,000 dollars. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* journey.  
\v 16 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* 5,000 dollars \w went|strong="G4198"\w* immediately \w and|strong="G2532"\w* used \w that|strong="G3588"\w* money \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w gain|strong="G2770"\w* 5,000 dollars \w more|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Similarly|strong="G5615"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \add received\add* 2,000 dollars \w gained|strong="G2770"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \add thousand dollars\add* more.  
\v 18 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \add thousand dollars\add* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w dug|strong="G3736"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hole \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \add to keep it safe\add*.   
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\v 19 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G4183"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servants|strong="G1401"\w*’ boss \w returned|strong="G2064"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add called them together to\add* find \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* done \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* money.  
\v 20 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* 5,000 dollars \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* two \add bags, each containing\add* 5,000 dollars. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Boss, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* 5,000 dollars \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w gained|strong="G2770"\w* 5,000 \w more|strong="G2532"\w*!’  
\v 21 \w His|strong="G1519"\w* boss \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, ‘\add You are a very\add* \w good|strong="G2095"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*! \add You have\add* \w done|strong="G2095"\w* \add very\add* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* handled \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G3641"\w* \add amount of money\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G2525"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w charge|strong="G2525"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1909"\w*!’   
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\v 22 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add received\add* 2,000 dollars \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Boss, \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* 2,000 dollars \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Look|strong="G3708"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w gained|strong="G2770"\w* 2,000 \w more|strong="G2532"\w*!’  
\v 23 \w His|strong="G1519"\w* boss \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add very\add* \w good|strong="G2095"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2095"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* handled \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w small|strong="G3641"\w* \add amount of money\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G2525"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w charge|strong="G2525"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Come|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1909"\w*!’   
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* 1,000 dollars \w came|strong="G4334"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘Boss, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add was afraid of you\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2983"\w* money. \add You even\add* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \add from others money\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \add like a farmer who\add* harvests \add grain from another man’s field\add* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* plant \add the seeds\add*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \add of what you would do to me if I did not make a profit from my business\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \w your|strong="G4674"\w* 1,000 dollars \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \add to keep it safe\add*. \w Here|strong="G1722"\w*, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add the money\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!’  
\v 26 \w His|strong="G2532"\w* boss \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w wicked|strong="G4190"\w*, \w lazy|strong="G3636"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w*! ◄\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w knew|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \add from others money\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w does|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, \add like a farmer who\add* harvests \add grain from another man’s field\add* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* plant \add the seeds\add*!/\w Did|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add take from others money that does not really belong to me, like a farmer\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* harvests \add grain from another man’s field\add* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* plant \add the seeds\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 27 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* money \add on deposit\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w bank|strong="G5133"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="G2865"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w interest|strong="G5110"\w* \add it earned\add*!’  
\v 28  \add Then the boss said to his other servants\add*, ‘\w Take|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 1,000 dollars \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the servant\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 10,000 dollars!  
\v 29 \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add use well what\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add received, God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* plenty. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add do\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add use well what they have received\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add already\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* taken away.  
\v 30 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w throw|strong="G1544"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* worthless \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w outside|strong="G1544"\w*, \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*, \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \add with those who are\add* \w wailing|strong="G2805"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gnashing|strong="G1030"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w teeth|strong="G3599"\w* \add because they are in much pain\add*.’”   
\s1 Jesus told a parable about how he will judge between those who have shown kindness to others and those who have not.  
\sr Matthew 25:31-46  
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\v 31 “\w When|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven, \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* radiant \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add bring\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* angels \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1909"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w sit|strong="G2523"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* wonderful \w throne|strong="G2362"\w* \add to judge people\add*.  
\v 32 \w People|strong="G1484"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* [MTY] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* me {\add The angels\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w gather|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* me \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*}. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* separate \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*, \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* separates \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w goats|strong="G2056"\w*.  
\v 33 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2476"\w* \add the righteous people\add* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add the unrighteous ones on my left, as a\add* shepherd puts \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \add on one side\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w goats|strong="G2055"\w* \add on the other side\add*.   
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\v 34 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* been \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w*}, \w come|strong="G1205"\w*! \w From|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* created \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* been preparing \w to|strong="G3004"\w* allow \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add receive the blessings that he will give to all those\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* rule \w their|strong="G3588"\w* lives. \add Now is the time for\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* receive \add those blessings\add*  
\v 35  \add They belong to you\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*. (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add They belong to you\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*.) \w You|strong="G1325"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stranger|strong="G3581"\w* \add in your town\add*, \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w invited|strong="G4863"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add to stay\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add your houses\add*.  
\v 36 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* needed clothes [MTY], \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w some|strong="G1722"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* sick, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G1980"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’   
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\v 37 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4222"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat? \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G4222"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w something|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w*?  
\v 38 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stranger|strong="G3581"\w* \add in our town\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w invited|strong="G4863"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add to stay\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add our houses\add*? \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* need clothes \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* some?  
\v 39 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* sick \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?’ \add We do not remember doing any of these things for you\add*.   
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\v 40 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3745"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believers, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* unimportant \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \add it was as though\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’   
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\v 41 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w left|strong="G2176"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w cursed|strong="G2672"\w* \add by God\add* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w cursed|strong="G2672"\w*}, \w leave|strong="G4198"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w Go|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*/Satan► \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* angels!  
\v 42  \add It is right for you to go there\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*. \w You|strong="G1325"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w*.  
\v 43 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w invite|strong="G4863"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \add your homes\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stranger|strong="G3581"\w* \add in your town\add*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* clothes \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* needed \w them|strong="G1722"\w* [MTY]. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* care \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* sick \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.’   
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\v 44 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* answer, ‘\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stranger|strong="G3581"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* needing clothes \w or|strong="G2228"\w* sick \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* help \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?’   
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\v 45 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G1909"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* whenever \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* anything \w to|strong="G1909"\w* help \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \add my people\add*, \add even if they were\add* unimportant \w people|strong="G3778"\w*, \add it was as though\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* anything \add to help\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.’   
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\v 46 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \add on my left\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* away \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* place \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \add they\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* punished {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} eternally, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w* \add with God\add*.”   
\c 26  
\s1 Jesus told his disciples of his coming arrest. The Jewish leaders planned how to seize Jesus.  
\sr Matthew 26:1-5  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w finished|strong="G5055"\w* \add saying\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \add we will celebrate\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add festival\add*. \add At that time\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1096"\w* me, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G3860"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w*} \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* nail me \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* cross.”   
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\v 3 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w home|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* name \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w*.  
\v 4  \add There\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w plotted|strong="G4823"\w* how \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* deceitful way \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* executed.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add We must\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add do it\add* \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Passover\add* \w festival|strong="G1859"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \add if we do it then\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w might|strong="G1096"\w* \w riot|strong="G2351"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus commended a woman for showing her appreciation of him.  
\sr Matthew 26:6-13  
\p
\v 6 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add and we\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Bethany \add village\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w home|strong="G3614"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add Jesus had healed of\add* leprosy,  
\v 7 \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \add was carrying\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* stone jar \add containing\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w expensive|strong="G3464"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w*. \add To show how much she appreciated\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*, \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w poured|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* eating.  
\v 8 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add some of us\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* angry. \add One of us\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* terrible \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* perfume \w was|strong="G3588"\w* wasted!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* perfume wasted?► [RHQ]  
\v 9  \add We\add* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* gotten \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* money \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*! \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* {\add we\add* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money} \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w*.”  
\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \add what we were saying. So he\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w bothering|strong="G2873"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w bothering|strong="G2873"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*?► [RHQ] \w She|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w done|strong="G2038"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w beautiful|strong="G2570"\w* \w thing|strong="G2570"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 11  \add Keep in mind that\add* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w among|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w*, \add so you can help them whenever you want to\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w*, \add so it is good for her to show now that she appreciates me!\add*  
\v 12 \w When|strong="G4160"\w* \w she|strong="G1063"\w* poured \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w perfume|strong="G3464"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \add it was as if she knew that I am going to die soon. And it is as if she\add* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* anointed \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w being|strong="G1909"\w* buried.  
\v 13 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w Wherever|strong="G3699"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \add about me\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w preached|strong="G2784"\w* {\w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*} \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w woman|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*, \add and as a result\add* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add always\add* \w remember|strong="G4160"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w*.”   
\s1 Judas agreed to betray Jesus for 30 silver coins.  
\sr Matthew 26:14-16  
\p
\v 14 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \w Iscariot|strong="G2469"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* Kerioth \add Town\add*), \add even though he was\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \add us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* chief priests.  
\v 15 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* enable \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \add Jesus\add*, \w how|strong="G5101"\w* much \add money\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*?” \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add agreed to give him\add* 30 silver coins. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* counted \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* coins \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add gave them\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2212"\w* watched \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G2120"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* seize \add Jesus\add*.   
\s1 Two disciples prepared the Passover meal. During the meal, Jesus said that Judas would betray him.  
\sr Matthew 26:17-25  
\p
\v 17 \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \add of the week-long festival\add* ◄\w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add we Jews ate\add* bread \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* yeast \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*/\w of|strong="G2424"\w* Unleavened Bread►, \add we\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Where|strong="G4226"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w prepare|strong="G2090"\w* \add the meal for\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add celebration\add* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add we can\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add it with\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”  
\v 18  \add In reply\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add gave instructions to two disciples about where they should go. He\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to them\add*, “\w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \add the city\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G1170"\w* \add with whom I have previously arranged this\add*. \w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* [MTY] \add that I told you about\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w going|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* celebrate \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add meal\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* house, \add and I have sent these two to prepare the meal\add*.’”  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add two\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add went and\add* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \add meal in that man’s house\add*.   
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\v 20 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G3326"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* eating \w the|strong="G1161"\w* meal \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \add us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*.  
\v 21 \w While|strong="G2068"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to us\add*, “Listen carefully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3748"\w*: \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* enable \add my enemies\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\v 22  \add We\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sad|strong="G3076"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, ◄\w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w surely|strong="G3385"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 23 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* enable \w my|strong="G1722"\w* enemies \w to|strong="G3004"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dipping bread [MTY] \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \add the sauce in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dish \w along|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 24  \add It is certain that\add* \w I|strong="G3739"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* heaven, \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \add die\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add the prophets\add* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*} \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* terrible punishment \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* enables \add my enemies\add* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1223"\w*! \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*!”  
\v 25 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* going \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w betray|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Teacher, ◄\w surely|strong="G3385"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*!/\w I|strong="G1473"\w*’m \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*, \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*?► [RHQ]” \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\s1 Jesus gave the disciples the bread and wine to symbolize his coming death.  
\sr Matthew 26:26-30  
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\v 26 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \add a small loaf of\add* bread \w and|strong="G2532"\w* thanked \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w broke|strong="G2806"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add into pieces\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Take|strong="G2983"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add bread and\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add it\add*. \add It represents\add* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*.”  
\v 27 Later \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cup|strong="G4221"\w* \add of wine\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thanked|strong="G2168"\w* \add God for it\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w some|strong="G1537"\w* \add of the wine in this cup\add*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w*.  
\v 28  \add The wine in\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* cup \add represents\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* blood, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* soon flow \add from my body. With\add* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* blood \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add will sign\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* new agreement \add that God is making\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* forgive \w the|strong="G1519"\w* sins \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people\add*.  
\v 29 Note \w this|strong="G3778"\w* carefully: \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* wine \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \add meaning. That will happen\add* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \add enables me to begin\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* rule \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*.”   
\p
\v 30 \w After|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* sang \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hymn|strong="G5214"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* started \w out|strong="G1831"\w* towards \w Olive|strong="G1636"\w* \add Tree\add* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus prophesied that Peter would deny three times that he knew Jesus.  
\sr Matthew 26:31-35  
\p
\v 31  \add On the way\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* desert \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add what will happen to\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \add This is certain to happen\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add these words that God said\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures:\add* ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add cause\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* killed, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w scattered|strong="G1287"\w* {\w scatter|strong="G1287"\w*}.’  
\v 32 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \add died and\add* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G4254"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district and meet you there\add*.”  
\v 33 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “Perhaps \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the other disciples\add* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* desert \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add when they see what happens to you\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add certainly\add* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \add leave you\add*!”  
\v 34 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w*, \w before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* rooster \w crows|strong="G5455"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 35 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2579"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add while I am defending you\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* know \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!” \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \add the rest of us\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3668"\w* \add thing\add*.   
\s1 While the disciples slept, Jesus prayed that God would spare him from the coming suffering.  
\sr Matthew 26:36-46  
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\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G1563"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* {\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w call|strong="G3004"\w*} \w Gethsemane|strong="G1068"\w*. \w There|strong="G1563"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add most of\add* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Stay|strong="G2523"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w while|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*.”  
\v 37 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w*, James, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3076"\w* extremely \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w*.  
\v 38 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* [SYN] \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w sorrowful|strong="G4036"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add feel as if I were\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*! \w Remain|strong="G3306"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w stay|strong="G3306"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 39 \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w going|strong="G4281"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w further|strong="G1909"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w threw|strong="G4098"\w* himself \w face|strong="G4383"\w* \w down|strong="G4098"\w* \add on the ground\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w* [MTY], \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G4336"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* endure \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffering|strong="G1510"\w* \add that is coming\add* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*. Instead, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*!”  
\v 40 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add three\add* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add woke\add* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add men fell asleep and\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G5610"\w* \w time|strong="G5610"\w*!/Why \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G2480"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w stay|strong="G1127"\w* \w awake|strong="G1127"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 41 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w keep|strong="G1127"\w* \w alert|strong="G1127"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* can resist \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* tempted {something tempts \w you|strong="G2532"\w*}. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* want \add to do what I tell you\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* [SYN] \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w strong|strong="G2532"\w* enough \add to actually do it\add*.”   
\p
\v 42 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w went|strong="G3778"\w* \w away|strong="G3928"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*. \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w*, “\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1487"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* necessary \w for|strong="G1537"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* suffer [LIT], \w may|strong="G1410"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \w happen|strong="G1096"\w*!”   
\p
\v 43 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add three disciples\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w asleep|strong="G2518"\w* \add again\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* keep \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* open [IDM].  
\v 44 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* left \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayed|strong="G4336"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w third|strong="G5154"\w* \w time|strong="G5154"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w thing|strong="G3056"\w* \add that he had prayed before\add*.  
\v 45 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w returned|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add woke\add* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add up and\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* disappointed \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* resting!/\w Why|strong="G1519"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \w still|strong="G2064"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2518"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* resting?► [RHQ] \add Look\add* Someone \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* enable sinful \add men\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* seize \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* heaven!  
\v 46 \w Get|strong="G1453"\w* \w up|strong="G1453"\w*! Let’s go \add to meet them\add* \w Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w comes|strong="G1448"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* enabling \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3860"\w* seize \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”   
\s1 After Judas enabled men to seize Jesus, Jesus ridiculed them, but the disciples fled.  
\sr Matthew 26:47-56  
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\v 47 \w While|strong="G2980"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w* \add arrived. Even though he was\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* \add disciples\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him\add*. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w large|strong="G4183"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* carrying \w swords|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w clubs|strong="G3586"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}.  
\v 48 Judas \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \add previously\add* arranged \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* signal, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w man|strong="G2902"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w kiss|strong="G5368"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \add you want\add*. \w Seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 49 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Greetings|strong="G5463"\w*, Teacher!” \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kissed|strong="G2705"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add on the neck/cheek\add*.  
\v 50 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Friend|strong="G2083"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add to kiss me\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w here|strong="G3918"\w*?” (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G3918"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w*!”) \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the men who came with Judas\add* stepped \w forward|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seized|strong="G2902"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 51 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G1401"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* pulled \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \add of its sheath\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w struck|strong="G3960"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \add to kill him\add*, \add but only\add* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* off \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w ear|strong="G5621"\w*.  
\v 52 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Put|strong="G2983"\w* \w your|strong="G3956"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w its|strong="G3956"\w* sheath! \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* kill \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* killed \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*!  
\v 53 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* [RHQ] \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w asked|strong="G3870"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* immediately send \w more|strong="G4119"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* ◄\w twelve|strong="G1427"\w* armies \w of|strong="G2532"\w*/72,000► angels \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G3936"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?  
\v 54  \add But if I did that, what the prophets\add* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \add about what will happen to the Messiah\add* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* {\w happen|strong="G1096"\w*} [RHQ].”   
\p
\v 55 \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \add that was seizing him\add*, “◄\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ridiculous \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \add here\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w clubs|strong="G3586"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add if I were\add* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* bandit!/\w Have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w come|strong="G1831"\w* \w here|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w seize|strong="G2902"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w clubs|strong="G3586"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* bandit?► [RHQ] \w Day|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w sat|strong="G2516"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G2413"\w* \add courtyard\add*, \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add the people\add*. Why \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w arrest|strong="G2902"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add then\add*?  
\v 56 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w happening|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add have written in\add* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \add about me\add*.” \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w us|strong="G1096"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* deserted \w Jesus|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w ran|strong="G5343"\w* \w away|strong="G5343"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus was put on trial before the Jewish Council.  
\sr Matthew 26:57-68  
\p
\v 57 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w seized|strong="G2902"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w took|strong="G2902"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to the house where\add* \w Caiaphas|strong="G2533"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest, \add lived\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* already \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \add there\add*.  
\v 58 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* followed \add Jesus\add* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w distance|strong="G3113"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest’s courtyard. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \add the courtyard\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* guards \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* happen.   
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\v 59 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* find \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* tell lies \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \add convince the Roman authorities to\add* \w execute|strong="G2289"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 60 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* spoke lies \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* anyone \add who said anything that was useful\add*. \w Finally|strong="G5305"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w forward|strong="G4334"\w*  
\v 61 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w rebuild|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w within|strong="G1223"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.’”  
\v 62 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w stood|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \add do you say about\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add to accuse\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*?”  
\v 63 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w remained|strong="G1510"\w* \w silent|strong="G4623"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add the truth\add*, knowing \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* all-powerful \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add is listening to you\add*: \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►?”  
\v 64 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “Yes, \add it is as\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \add me\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w beside|strong="G1909"\w* [MTY] Almighty \add God\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* ruling. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w clouds|strong="G3507"\w* \add from\add* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*!”   
\p
\v 65 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* high priest \w tore|strong="G1284"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w outer|strong="G2440"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w*. \add That was the custom to show that he was shocked to hear Jesus say that he was equal to God\add*. \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* insulted \w God|strong="G3004"\w*! \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w claims|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2089"\w* equal \w with|strong="G2192"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*! ◄\w We|strong="G2192"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3144"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* anyone else \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w testify|strong="G3144"\w* \add against this man\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w seek|strong="G5101"\w* \w any|strong="G2089"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w testify|strong="G3144"\w* \add against this man\add*?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G3708"\w* heard \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*!  
\v 66 \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w decided|strong="G1380"\w*?” \add The Jewish leaders\add* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add According to our laws\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add is guilty and\add* \w deserves|strong="G1777"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* executed!”  
\v 67 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add some of them\add* \w spat|strong="G1716"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w face|strong="G4383"\w*. \add Others\add* struck \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w fists|strong="G2852"\w*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w*, \add after they blindfolded him\add*, \w slapped|strong="G4474"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*  
\v 68 \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Since you claim that\add* [IRO] \add you are\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w hit|strong="G3817"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*!”   
\s1 Peter denied three times that he knew Jesus.  
\sr Matthew 26:69-75  
\p
\v 69 \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* courtyard. \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w up|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add and looked at him\add*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add that man\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1057"\w* \add district\add*!”  
\v 70 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* listening, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* denied \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 71 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gateway|strong="G4440"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* courtyard. \w Another|strong="G3588"\w* \w servant|strong="G3588"\w* girl \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* standing \w nearby|strong="G1563"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add the man\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\w*.”  
\v 72 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add Peter\add* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* denied \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w me|strong="G3756"\w* \add if I am lying\add*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \add tell you\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w*!”  
\v 73 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G3398"\w* \w while|strong="G3398"\w*, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who were with that man\add*. \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* accent \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are from Galilee.”\add*  
\v 74 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G5119"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* proclaim loudly \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G1492"\w* \w curse|strong="G2653"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add if he was lying\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* asked \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* heaven \w to|strong="G2532"\w* witness \add that he was telling the truth\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G5119"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w man|strong="G3756"\w*!” \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* rooster \w crowed|strong="G5455"\w*.  
\v 75 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w remembered|strong="G3403"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \add to him\add*, “\w Before|strong="G4250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* rooster \w crows|strong="G5455"\w*, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w three|strong="G5151"\w* \w times|strong="G5151"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* know \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Peter|strong="G4074"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \add out of the courtyard\add*, \w crying|strong="G5455"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sad \add about what he had done\add*.   
\c 27  
\s1 The Jewish religious leaders took Jesus to the Roman governor.  
\sr Matthew 27:1-2  
\p
\v 1 \w Very|strong="G2532"\w* \w early|strong="G4405"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* next \w morning|strong="G4405"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w decided|strong="G1096"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \add to arrange for the Romans\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w execute|strong="G2289"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 2 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="G1210"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G3860"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Roman\add* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*.   
\s1 After Judas returned the money and hanged himself, the Jewish leaders bought a field with the money, in fulfillment of prophecy.  
\sr Matthew 27:3-10  
\p
\v 3 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w Judas|strong="G2455"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w betrayed|strong="G3860"\w*/enabled \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w*’ enemies \w to|strong="G2532"\w* seize► \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w realized|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* decided \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* executed, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* sorry \add about what he had done\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 30 coins \w back|strong="G4762"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w*.  
\v 4 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* sinned. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* ◄\w betrayed|strong="G3860"\w*/enabled \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* seize► \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w man|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* ◄\w is|strong="G3588"\w* innocent/\w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* done \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* wrong►.” \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!/\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?► [RHQ] \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G3708"\w* problem!”  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Judas \add took\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money \add and\add* \w threw|strong="G4496"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* inside \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* away \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hanged \w himself|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\p
\v 6  \add Later\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* high priests \add found\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* coins. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w picked|strong="G2983"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w money|strong="G5092"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* paid \add to have a man killed\add* [MTY], \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2983"\w* law \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* allow \add such money\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w put|strong="G2983"\w* {\w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G2983"\w* \add such money\add*} \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add Temple treasury\add*.”  
\v 7 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* decided \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* money \w to|strong="G1519"\w* buy \w the|strong="G1519"\w* field \w where|strong="G1519"\w* clay \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dug \w for|strong="G1519"\w* making pots {\w men|strong="G3588"\w* dug ground \w for|strong="G1519"\w* making pots}. \add They made that field\add* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w place|strong="G5027"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* buried \w strangers|strong="G3581"\w* \add who died in Jerusalem\add*.  
\v 8 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1352"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* place \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2193"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* {\w why|strong="G1352"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2193"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* place} ‘\w The|strong="G3588"\w* field \w of|strong="G3588"\w* blood’.  
\v 9  \add By buying that field\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* \w Jeremiah|strong="G2408"\w* wrote \add long ago\add*:  
\p \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* 30 silver coins; \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* decided \add that he was worth\add*;  
\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* money \w they|strong="G2532"\w* bought \w the|strong="G2532"\w* field \w where|strong="G1519"\w* clay \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dug \w for|strong="G1519"\w* potters. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G4929"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus was put on trial before the governor.  
\sr Matthew 27:11-26  
\p
\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w stood|strong="G2476"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add Pilate\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w asked|strong="G1905"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add claim to be\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*?” \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add It is\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add just\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*.”   
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\v 12 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w accused|strong="G2723"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* {\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w accused|strong="G2723"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w about|strong="G1722"\w* various \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* answer.  
\v 13 So \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* hear \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w many|strong="G4214"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* accuse \w you|strong="G4771"\w*; \add are you not going to reply\add*?”  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add even though he was not guilty\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G4487"\w* anything. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* reply \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* accusing \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3029"\w* \w surprised|strong="G2296"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*’s \w custom|strong="G1486"\w* \add each year\add* \w during|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Passover\add* celebration \w to|strong="G2596"\w* release \add one person who was in prison\add*. \add He released\add* whichever \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w*.  
\v 16 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* well-known \w prisoner|strong="G1198"\w* whose name \w was|strong="G2424"\w* Barabbas.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* crowd \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w*, \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \add prisoner\add* \w would|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w like|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* release \w for|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: Barabbas, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \add some of you\add* claim \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*?”  
\v 18  \add He asked that question\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w realized|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* chief priests \add wanted to have Jesus executed\add*. \w They|strong="G3754"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* \w brought|strong="G3748"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1492"\w* \w to|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3860"\w* \add only\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3748"\w* jealous \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1492"\w*. \add And Pilate thought that the crowd would prefer that he release Jesus\add*.   
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\v 19 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* platform \add where he made\add* judicial \add decisions\add*, \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w wife|strong="G1135"\w* \w sent|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add this message\add*: “Early \w this|strong="G3588"\w* morning \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bad \w dream|strong="G3677"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* condemn \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w man|strong="G3367"\w*!”   
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\v 20 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w persuaded|strong="G3982"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* ask \add Pilate to\add* release Barabbas, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add order\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* executed {\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add his soldiers\add* execute \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*}.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* \w asked|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Which|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w men|strong="G1417"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* release \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*?” \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “Barabbas!”  
\v 22 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*, \add very astonished\add*, \w asked|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \add some of you\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*?” \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add Command that\add* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w*! {\add Command your soldiers\add* ◄\w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*/\w to|strong="G3004"\w* nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G4160"\w* cross►}!”  
\v 23 \w Pilate|strong="G3004"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* crime \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w committed|strong="G4160"\w*?” \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* louder, “\add Have\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4717"\w* {\add Command that your soldiers\add* \w crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*}!”   
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\v 24 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w realized|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w accomplishing|strong="G5623"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w instead|strong="G3123"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3793"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w starting|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w riot|strong="G2351"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \add a basin of\add* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* washed \w his|strong="G2983"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowd|strong="G3793"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* watching. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add By washing my hands I am showing you that\add* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* dies [MTY], \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add your\add* fault, \add not mine\add*!”  
\v 25 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* guilt \w for|strong="G1909"\w* causing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die [MTY] \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*!”  
\v 26 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add ordered the soldiers to\add* release Barabbas \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \add ordered that his soldiers\add* flog \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w turned|strong="G3860"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* soldiers \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w to|strong="G2443"\w* nail \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* cross/\w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w crucify|strong="G4717"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*►.   
\s1 The soldiers made fun of Jesus before taking him to be crucified.  
\sr Matthew 27:27-31  
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w*’s \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w took|strong="G3880"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* government headquarters. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* ◄\w cohort|strong="G4686"\w*/group \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w*► \w gathered|strong="G4863"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* pulled \w off|strong="G1562"\w* \add his clothes\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add pretending he was a king, they\add* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* purple \w robe|strong="G5511"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 29 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \add took some branches with\add* thorns \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wove \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w crown|strong="G4735"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2007"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G2007"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w reed|strong="G2563"\w* \add like a staff that a king would hold\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knelt|strong="G1120"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w front|strong="G1715"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* fun \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “Hooray \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* [IRO]!”  
\v 30 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* \w spitting|strong="G1716"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* staff \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* striking \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 31 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* finished ridiculing \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* pulled \w off|strong="G1562"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w robe|strong="G2440"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* own \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* led \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the place where they\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* nail \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross.   
\s1 Jesus was crucified, along with two bandits.  
\sr Matthew 27:32-44  
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\v 32  \add After Jesus carried his cross\add* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* distance, \add the soldiers\add* \w saw|strong="G2147"\w* \w a|strong="G2147"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w named|strong="G3686"\w* \w Simon|strong="G4613"\w*, \add who was\add* \w from|strong="G1831"\w* \w Cyrene|strong="G2956"\w* \add city\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* forced \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* carry \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*.  
\v 33 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w Golgotha|strong="G1115"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* ‘\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \add like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w skull|strong="G2898"\w*’.  
\v 34 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add they got there\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w mixed|strong="G3396"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* something \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w tasted|strong="G1089"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* bitter. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \add so that he would not feel so much pain when they nailed him on the cross\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w tasted|strong="G1089"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add Some soldiers took his clothes\add*.  
\v 35 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* nailed \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* cross. Afterwards, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w divided|strong="G1266"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w* \w among|strong="G1266"\w* themselves \w by|strong="G1161"\w* gambling \w with|strong="G1161"\w* something like \w dice|strong="G2819"\w* \add to decide which piece of clothing each one would get\add*.  
\v 36 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w down|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w guard|strong="G5083"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, \add to prevent anyone from trying to rescue him\add*.  
\v 37 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* fastened \add to the cross\add* \w above|strong="G1883"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w head|strong="G2776"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add sign on which had been\add* {\add they had\add*} \w written|strong="G1125"\w* why \add they\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* nailing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* cross. \add But all\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*’.  
\v 38 \w Two|strong="G1417"\w* bandits \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* nailed {\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w two|strong="G1417"\w* bandits} \w on|strong="G1537"\w* crosses. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* nailed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w* \add of Jesus\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G2176"\w* \w side|strong="G1188"\w*.  
\v 39 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w passing|strong="G3899"\w* \w by|strong="G3899"\w* insulted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G3899"\w* \w shaking|strong="G2795"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w heads|strong="G2776"\w* \add as if he were an evil man\add*.  
\v 40 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \add said you\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*! \add So if you could do that\add*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add should be able to\add* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*! \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*), \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*!”   
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\v 41 \w Similarly|strong="G3668"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G4245"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* taught \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jewish\add* laws \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* fun \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Various ones of them\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G3668"\w*,  
\v 42 “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add claims that he\add* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* [IRO] \add from their sicknesses\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* help \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*!” “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add says that he\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* [IRO] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w King|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G2597"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 43 “\w He|strong="G3754"\w* \add says that he\add* \w trusts|strong="G3982"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w So|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w rescue|strong="G4506"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*!”  
\v 44 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add two\add* bandits \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4957"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* insulted \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, saying similar \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 When Jesus died at about three o’clock, several unusual events occurred.  
\sr Matthew 27:45-56  
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\v 45 \w At|strong="G1909"\w* \w noon|strong="G5610"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* dark \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \add It stayed dark\add* \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \add in the afternoon\add*.  
\v 46 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w three|strong="G1766"\w* o’clock \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* shouted \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w*, “\w Eli|strong="G2241"\w*, \w Eli|strong="G2241"\w*, \w lama|strong="G2982"\w* \w sabachthani|strong="G4518"\w*?” \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w why|strong="G2444"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w deserted|strong="G1459"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*?’  
\v 47 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* heard \add the word ‘Eli’, misunderstanding it\add*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w calling|strong="G5455"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*!”  
\v 48 \w Immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* got \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sponge|strong="G4699"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w filled|strong="G4130"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w sour|strong="G3690"\w* \w wine|strong="G3690"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4060"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sponge|strong="G4699"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \add the tip of\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w reed|strong="G2563"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add held it up in order that Jesus\add* could suck \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \add the wine that was in it\add*.  
\v 49 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* \add people there\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “Wait! \w Let|strong="G1161"\w*’s \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*!”  
\v 50 \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w shouted|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w loudly|strong="G3173"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, giving \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* over \add to God\add*.  
\v 51 \w At|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* moment \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add heavy thick\add* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \add that closed off the most holy place\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Temple|strong="G3485"\w* \w split|strong="G4977"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* pieces \w from|strong="G2532"\w* top \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bottom|strong="G2736"\w*. \add That signified that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w shook|strong="G4579"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add some large\add* \w rocks|strong="G4073"\w* \w split|strong="G4977"\w* open.  
\v 52  \add Some\add* \w tombs|strong="G3419"\w* opened \w up|strong="G1453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w godly|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2837"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.  
\v 53 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tombs|strong="G3419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1525"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* alive \w again|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeared|strong="G1718"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \add there\add*.   
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\v 54 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* officer \w who|strong="G3588"\w* supervised \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \add who nailed Jesus to the cross was standing nearby\add*. \w His|strong="G3708"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w guard|strong="G5083"\w* \add so that no one would rescue\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add were also there\add*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add felt\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earthquake|strong="G4578"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w terrified|strong="G5399"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w exclaimed|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*).”   
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\v 55 \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w watching|strong="G2334"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w distance|strong="G3113"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w accompanied|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* order \w to|strong="G1161"\w* provide \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w needed|strong="G1247"\w*.  
\v 56 \w Among|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* women \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Magdala \add town\add*, \add another\add* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w James|strong="G2385"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w John|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus was buried.  
\sr Matthew 27:57-61  
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\v 57 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \add almost\add* \w evening|strong="G3798"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w rich|strong="G4145"\w* \w man|strong="G4145"\w* \w named|strong="G5122"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \add there\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Arimathea \add town\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w disciple|strong="G3100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 58 \w He|strong="G3778"\w* \w then|strong="G5119"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w and|strong="G4334"\w* asked \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w to|strong="G4334"\w* \add allow him to take\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G4983"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add and bury it\add*. \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* allowed \w to|strong="G4334"\w* {\add his soldiers\add* let \add Joseph\add*} take \add the body\add*.  
\v 59 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \add and others\add* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrapped|strong="G1794"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w* white \w cloth|strong="G4616"\w*.  
\v 60 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w placed|strong="G5087"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Joseph’s own \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* dug \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w* \add cliff\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w rolled|strong="G4351"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w huge|strong="G3173"\w* \add circular flat\add* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* front \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w entrance|strong="G2374"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* left.  
\v 61 \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Magdala \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w* opposite \w the|strong="G2532"\w* tomb, \add watching\add*.   
\s1 The religious leaders arranged for Jesus’ tomb to be sealed and guarded.  
\sr Matthew 27:62-66  
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\v 62 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w next|strong="G1887"\w* \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* Saturday, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G1887"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G1510"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add some of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w went|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w*.  
\v 63 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Sir|strong="G2962"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w while|strong="G2250"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w deceiver|strong="G4108"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Three|strong="G5140"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \add die I\add* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* become \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w*.’  
\v 64 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2753"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* tomb \w be|strong="G1510"\w* guarded {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add soldiers\add* \w guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* tomb} \w for|strong="G2532"\w* three \w days|strong="G2250"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* body. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w risen|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w deceive|strong="G4106"\w* \add people by saying that\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w worse|strong="G5501"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w he|strong="G2532"\w* deceived \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w before|strong="G4413"\w* \add by saying that he was the Messiah\add*.”  
\v 65 \w Pilate|strong="G4091"\w* \w replied|strong="G5346"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5613"\w* \add can\add* \w take|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* soldiers. \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* tomb \w and|strong="G5217"\w* make \w it|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* secure \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5613"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w*.”  
\v 66 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w made|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* tomb secure \w by|strong="G3326"\w* \add fastening a cord from\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \add that was in front of the entrance to the rock cliff on each side\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w sealing|strong="G4972"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \add left some soldiers there to\add* \w guard|strong="G2892"\w* \add the tomb\add*.   
\c 28  
\s1 After an angel appeared to several women and showed them the tomb was empty, Jesus appeared to them.  
\sr Matthew 28:1-10  
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\v 1 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4521"\w*/\w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w day|strong="G4521"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* rest► \add ended\add*, \w on|strong="G1519"\w* Sunday morning \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w dawn|strong="G2020"\w*, \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* Magdala \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1520"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w* \w went|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w look|strong="G2334"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* tomb.  
\v 2 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w strong|strong="G3173"\w* \w earthquake|strong="G4578"\w*. \add At the same time\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w angel|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add went to the tomb and\add* \w rolled|strong="G3037"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* away \add from the entrance so that everyone could see that the tomb was empty\add*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2521"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*.  
\v 3 \w His|strong="G2532"\w* \w appearance|strong="G2397"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \add as bright\add* [SIM] \w as|strong="G5613"\w* lightning, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w clothes|strong="G1742"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w white|strong="G3022"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w snow|strong="G5510"\w*.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w guards|strong="G5083"\w* \w shook|strong="G4579"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* afraid. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \add completely motionless\add*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* angel \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* two \w women|strong="G1135"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*! \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w*} ◄nailed \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* cross/\w crucified|strong="G4717"\w*►.  
\v 6 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w*! \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* ◄caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w*/\w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add from the dead\add*►, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3708"\w* \add would happen!\add* \w Come|strong="G1205"\w* \w and|strong="G3708"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* body \w lay|strong="G2749"\w*!  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5035"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w*, ‘\w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3708"\w* \w risen|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w ahead|strong="G4254"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.’ \add Pay attention to what\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!”   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* women left \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tomb|strong="G3419"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5035"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* afraid, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \add also\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w ran|strong="G5143"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell us \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \add what had happened\add*.  
\v 9 \w Suddenly|strong="G2400"\w*, \add as they were running\add*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w appeared|strong="G3708"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Greetings|strong="G5463"\w*!” \w The|strong="G2532"\w* women \w came|strong="G4334"\w* close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* knelt \w down|strong="G4352"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* clasped \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*! \w Go|strong="G5217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* ◄\w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3588"\w*/\w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* accompanying \w me|strong="G1473"\w*► \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G5217"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*.”   
\s1 What the guards were told to tell people about why Jesus’ body was gone.  
\sr Matthew 28:11-15  
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\v 11 \w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* women \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w*, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* soldiers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* guarding \add the tomb\add* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* reported \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* chief priests everything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w chief|strong="G2532"\w* priests \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \w elders|strong="G4245"\w* \w met|strong="G4863"\w* \w together|strong="G4863"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* made \w a|strong="G2532"\w* plan \add to explain why the tomb was empty\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soldiers|strong="G4757"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* lot \w of|strong="G2532"\w* money \add as a bribe\add*.  
\v 13 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w His|strong="G3754"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3101"\w* \w came|strong="G2064"\w* \w during|strong="G3571"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w stole|strong="G2813"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \add body\add* \w while|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sleeping|strong="G2837"\w*.’  
\v 14 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w governor|strong="G2232"\w* hears [MTY] \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w sure|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* angry \add and punish you\add*. \add So you will not have to worry\add*.”  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* soldiers \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* money \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* told {\w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add the chief priests and elders\add* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w story|strong="G3056"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* told {\w People|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* told \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w story|strong="G3056"\w*} \w among|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add that I am writing\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus appeared to the apostles in Galilee and gave them final instructions.  
\sr Matthew 28:16-20  
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\v 16  \add Later we\add* \w eleven|strong="G1733"\w* \add disciples\add* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Galilee|strong="G1056"\w* \add district\add*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w went|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* told \add us\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*.  
\v 17 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add there\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w doubted|strong="G1365"\w* \add that it was really Jesus, and that he had become alive again\add*.  
\v 18 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w came|strong="G4334"\w* \add close\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add My Father\add* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add using my authority, teach my message to\add* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* ethnic groups \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G3100"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w disciples|strong="G3100"\w*. Baptize \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to be under the authority of\add* [MTY] \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* me, \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5083"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w remember|strong="G2400"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add by the Spirit\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w*, \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w end|strong="G4930"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \add this\add* age.”