But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted and thou art in anguish.

And in [addition to] all these [things], a great chasm has been established between us and you, so that those who want to cross over from here to you are not able [to do so], nor can they cross over from there to us.'

"And which of you who has a slave plowing or shepherding [sheep] who comes in from the field will say to him, 'Come here at once [and] recline at the table'?

Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.

Whatever person tries to gain [everything to satisfy him in] life [here on earth] will lose it [i.e., never ending life]. But whatever person [is willing to] lose [the comforts and security of] his life [here on earth] will preserve it [for eternity].

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men—swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Peter said, "Here we have left home and followed you."

Here there was a man named Zaccheus, who was tax-commissioner of the district, and he was a rich man too.

Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said, "Here and now, Master, I give half my property to the poor, and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge myself to repay to him four times the amount."

And Jesus said of him, "To-day salvation has come to this house, since Zacchaeus here is a son of Abraham.

And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

Moreover those mine enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

saying, Go into the village over against you, in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no child of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it here.

"Untie it and bring it here. And if any one asks you, 'Why are you untying the colt?' Simply say, 'The Master needs it.'"

But, on seeing him, the tenants consulted with one another. 'Here is the heir!' they said. 'Let us kill him, and then the inheritance will become ours.'

There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.

They said to Him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us [Deut 25:5] that if a man's brother dies, leaving his widow [behind] without having had any children, his brother should marry his widow and father children [by her]. These children would then be considered his [dead] brother's.

And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.

And last of all, the woman came to her end.

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

And when you hear of wars and uprisings [going on], do not be afraid, for such things must necessarily happen first. But the end will not come right away." [Note: By "the end" here Jesus probably alludes to the downfall of Jerusalem, in AD 70, with its attending destruction of the Temple buildings].

there will be great earthquakes with famine and pestilence here and there, there will be awful portents and great signs from heaven.

But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains; and let them that are in the midst of her depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter therein.

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.

then said Jesus to the chief priests, the officers of the temple, and the rulers, who were come to take him, are you come here with swords and staves as in pursuit of a robber?

And a certain maid, having seen him sitting by the light, and having fixed her eyes upon him, said, And this man was with him.

and they made this charge against him: "Here is a man whom we have found misleading our nation, and forbidding the payment of taxes to the emperor, and claiming to be an anointed king himself."

But they insisted, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee even on to here.

and told them, "You brought this man to me as one who turns the people against the government. And here in your presence I have examined him and have found him "Not Guilty' of the charges you make against him.

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?”

And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

I am sending to you what my Father promised, so stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

[Eventually] this Word became a human being and lived among us [Note: The word "lived" here refers to pitching a temporary tent]. (And we saw His splendor; such splendor as belongs to the Father's only Son), full of God's favor and truth.

Now here is John's testimony. When the Jews of Jerusalem despatched priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

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

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Here is an Israelite indeed [a true descendant of Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor duplicity!”

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

then to those who sold the doves He said, “Take these things away! Stop making My Father’s house a place of commerce!”

If I told you earthly things [that is, things that happen right here on earth] and you do not believe, how will you believe and trust Me if I tell you heavenly things?

So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi (Teacher), the Man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan [at the Jordan River crossing]—and to whom you have testified—look, He is baptizing too, and everyone is going to Him!”

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink" (for his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.)

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

The woman says to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst nor come here to draw.

Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

Jesus told her, "You are quite right in saying, "I don't have a husband,' because you have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true."

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

But a time is coming and is already here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [from the heart, the inner self] and in truth; for the Father seeks such people to be His worshipers.

Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

"Come here, look at a man who has told me everything I ever did! Can he be the Christ?"

For here the proverb holds good--'One sows, another reaps.'

For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet does not receive honor in his own country. [Note: Jesus' reference here to his "own country" means Judea, while in Matt., Mark and Luke it refers to Nazareth].

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, a time is coming and is [here] now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

here am I, come in the name of my Father, and you will not accept me: let someone else come in his own name, and you will accept him!

Philip answered Him, "Not even two hundred coins' worth of bread would be enough to feed them if everyone ate only a little bit." [Note: The amount here indicated was two hundred days of a farm laborer's pay, or about $14,000 in 1994].

"There is a boy here," said Andrew, another of his disciples, Simon Peter's brother,

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

And He says to them, I am here; fear not.

And having found him the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when art thou arrived here?

Here is the bread that comes down out of Heaven that a man may eat it and not die.

It is the Holy Spirit who [Note: The Greek word here is "that" instead of "who"] gives life [i.e., understanding the spiritual nature of Jesus' teaching can produce spiritual life]; the flesh is of no value [i.e., understanding Jesus' teaching only in a physical sense makes it worthless]. The words I have spoken to you are [from the] Holy Spirit and [they give] life.

So His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples [there] may also see the works that You do.

So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come; but any time is right for you.

You men go [on] up to the festival, but I am not going up yet [Note: Although "yet" appears in only a few manuscripts, it seems to be the proper idea here], because my time has not yet come. [See verse 6].

Look, He is speaking publicly, and they say nothing to Him! Is it possible that the rulers really know that this is the Christ?

I do know him, because I come from him, and he has sent me here."

But He was speaking of the [Holy] Spirit, whom those who believed in Him [as Savior] were to receive afterward. The Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor).

Then the guards went [back] to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring Him [here with you]?”

And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.

Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such: what then sayest thou of her?

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

but they who heard that, being convicted by their own conscience, they all went old and young one after another, so that Jesus was left alone with the woman, who still kept her place.

When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Here I am testifying to myself, and the Father who has sent me testifies to me."

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me.

The man replied, “Well, this is astonishing! You do not know where He comes from, and yet He opened my eyes!

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" ??28 and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.