Holy Bible

  The Resurrection 28  After the Sabbath, as Sunday morning was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.  2  Suddenly there was a violent earthquake; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, rolled the stone away, and sat on it.  3  His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.  4  The guards were so afraid that they trembled and became like dead men. 5  The angel spoke to the women. “You must not be afraid,” he said. “I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.  6  He is not here; he has been raised, just as he said. Come here and see the place where he was lying.  7  Go quickly now, and tell his disciples, ‘He has been raised from death, and now he is going to Galilee ahead of you; there you will see him!’ Remember what I have told you.” 8  So they left the tomb in a hurry, afraid and yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9  Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Peace be with you.” They came up to him, took h

  Jesus Is Taken to Pilate 27  Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death.  2  They put him in chains, led him off, and handed him over to Pilate, the Roman governor. The Death of Judas 3  When Judas, the traitor, learned that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and took back the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders.  4  “I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!” he said. “What do we care about that?” they answered. “That is your business!” 5  Judas threw the coins down in the Temple and left; then he went off and hanged himself. 6  The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury.”  7  After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners.  8  That is why that field is called “Field of Blood” to this very day. 9  Then what the prophet Jeremiah had sa

The Plot against Jesus 26  When Jesus had finished teaching all these things, he said to his disciples,  2  “In two days, as you know, it will be the Passover Festival, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” 3  Then the chief priests and the elders met together in the palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest,  4  and made plans to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.  5  “We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people will riot.” Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany 6  Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had suffered from a dreaded skin disease.  7  While Jesus was eating, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar filled with an expensive perfume, which she poured on his head.  8  The disciples saw this and became angry. “Why all this waste?” they asked.  9  “This perfume could have been sold for a large amount and the money given to the poor!” 10  Jesus knew what they were saying, and so he said to them, “Why are you bothering this woma

  The Parable of the Ten Young Women 25  “At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there were ten young women who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.  2  Five of them were foolish, and the other five were wise.  3  The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any extra oil with them,  4  while the wise ones took containers full of oil for their lamps.  5  The bridegroom was late in coming, so they began to nod and fall asleep. 6  “It was already midnight when the cry rang out, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come and meet him!’  7  The ten young women woke up and trimmed their lamps.  8  Then the foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Let us have some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’  9  ‘No, indeed,’ the wise ones answered, ‘there is not enough for you and for us. Go to the store and buy some for yourselves.’  10  So the foolish ones went off to buy some oil; and while they were gone, the bridegroom arrived. The five who were ready we

  Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple 24  Jesus left and was going away from the Temple when his disciples came to him to call his attention to its buildings.  2  “Yes,” he said, “you may well look at all these. I tell you this: not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down.” Troubles and Persecutions 3  As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private. “Tell us when all this will be,” they asked, “and what will happen to show that it is the time for your coming and the end of the age.” 4  Jesus answered, “Watch out, and do not let anyone fool you.  5  Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will fool many people.  6  You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.  7  Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another. Th

  Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees 23  Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples.  2  “The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees are the authorized interpreters of Moses' Law.  3  So you must obey and follow everything they tell you to do; do not, however, imitate their actions, because they don't practice what they preach.  4  They tie onto people's backs loads that are heavy and hard to carry, yet they aren't willing even to lift a finger to help them carry those loads.  5  They do everything so that people will see them. Look at the straps with scripture verses on them which they wear on their foreheads and arms, and notice how large they are! Notice also how long are the tassels on their cloaks!   6  They love the best places at feasts and the reserved seats in the synagogues;  7  they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to have people call them ‘Teacher.’  8  You must not be called ‘Teacher,’ because you ar