Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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Jesus Is Rejected at Nazareth
(Matthew 13.53–58; Luke 4.16–30)
1 Jesus left that place and went
back to his home town, followed
by his disciples.
2 On the Sabbath he
began to teach in the synagogue.
Many people were there; and when
they heard him, they were all
amazed. “Where did he get all
this?” they asked. “What wisdom is
this that has been given him? How
does he perform miracles?
3 Isn't he
the carpenter, the son of Mary, and
the brother of James, Joseph, Judas,
and Simon? Aren't his sisters living
here?” And so they rejected him.
4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet
is respected everywhere except in
his own home town and by his relatives
and his family.” note
5 He was not able to perform any
miracles there, except that he placed
his hands on a few sick people and
healed them.
6 He was greatly surprised,
because the people did not
have faith.
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples
(Matthew 10.5–15; Luke 9.1–6)
6 Then Jesus went to the villages
around there, teaching the people.
7 He called the twelve disciples together
and sent them out two by
two. He gave them authority over
the evil spirits
8 and ordered them,
“Don't take anything with you on
the trip except a walking stick—no
bread, no beggar's bag, no money in
your pockets.
9 Wear sandals, but
don't carry an extra shirt.”
10 He also
told them, “Wherever you are welcomed,
stay in the same house until
you leave that place.
11 If you come
to a town where people do not welcome
you or will not listen to you,
leave it and shake the dust off your
feet. That will be a warning to
them!” note note
12 So they went out and preached
that people should turn away from
their sins.
13 They drove out many
demons, and rubbed olive oil on
many sick people and healed them. note
The Death of John the Baptist
(Matthew 14.1–12; Luke 9.7–9)
14 Now King Herod note heard about
all this, because Jesus' reputation
had spread everywhere. Some people
were saying, “John the Baptist
has come back to life! That is why he
has this power to perform miracles.”
15 Others, however, said, “He is
Elijah.”
15 Others said, “He is a prophet, like
one of the prophets of long ago.” note
16 When Herod heard it, he said,
“He is John the Baptist! I had his
head cut off, but he has come back
to life!”
17 Herod himself had ordered
John's arrest, and he had him tied up
and put in prison. Herod did this because
of Herodias, whom he had
married, even though she was the
wife of his brother Philip.
18 John the
Baptist kept telling Herod, “It isn't
right for you to marry your brother's
wife!” note
19 So Herodias held a grudge
against John and wanted to kill him,
but she could not because of Herod.
20 Herod was afraid of John because
he knew that John was a good and
holy man, and so he kept him safe.
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He liked to listen to him, even
though he became greatly disturbed
every time he heard him.
21 Finally Herodias got her chance.
It was on Herod's birthday, when he
gave a feast for all the top government
officials, the military chiefs,
and the leading citizens of Galilee.
22 The daughter of Herodias note came in
and danced, and pleased Herod and
his guests. So the king said to the
girl, “What would you like to have? I
will give you anything you want.”
23 With many vows he said to her, “I
swear that I will give you anything
you ask for, even as much as half my
kingdom!”
24 So the girl went out and asked
her mother, “What shall I ask for?”
24 “The head of John the Baptist,”
she answered.
25 The girl hurried back at once to
the king and demanded, “I want you
to give me here and now the head of
John the Baptist on a plate!”
26 This made the king very sad, but
he could not refuse her because of
the vows he had made in front of all
his guests.
27 So he sent off a guard
at once with orders to bring John's
head. The guard left, went to the
prison, and cut John's head off;
28 then he brought it on a plate and
gave it to the girl, who gave it to her
mother.
29 When John's disciples
heard about this, they came and got
his body, and buried it.
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand Men
(Matthew 14.13–21; Luke 9.10–17; John 6.1–14)
30 The apostles returned and met
with Jesus, and told him all they had
done and taught.
31 There were so
many people coming and going that
Jesus and his disciples didn't even
have time to eat. So he said to them,
“Let us go off by ourselves to some
place where we will be alone and
you can rest a while.”
32 So they
started out in a boat by themselves
to a lonely place.
33 Many people, however, saw
them leave and knew at once who
they were; so they went from all the
towns and ran ahead by land and arrived
at the place ahead of Jesus and
his disciples.
34 When Jesus got out
of the boat, he saw this large crowd,
and his heart was filled with pity for
them, because they were like sheep
without a shepherd. So he began to
teach them many things. note
35 When it
was getting late, his disciples came
to him and said, “It is already very
late, and this is a lonely place.
36 Send the people away, and let
them go to the nearby farms and villages
in order to buy themselves
something to eat.”
37 “You yourselves give them
something to eat,” Jesus answered.
37 They asked, “Do you want us to
go and spend two hundred silver
coins note on bread in order to feed
them?”
38 So Jesus asked them, “How
much bread do you have? Go and
see.”
38 When they found out, they told
him, “Five loaves and also two fish.”
39 Jesus then told his disciples to
make all the people divide into
groups and sit down on the green
grass.
40 So the people sat down in
rows, in groups of a hundred and
groups of fifty.
41 Then Jesus took
the five loaves and the two fish,
looked up to heaven, and gave
thanks to God. He broke the loaves
and gave them to his disciples to distribute
to the people. He also divided
the two fish among them all.
42 Everyone
ate and had enough.
43 Then
the disciples took up twelve baskets
full of what was left of the bread and
the fish.
44 The number of men who
were fed was five thousand.
Jesus Walks on the Water
(Matthew 14.22–33; John 6.15–21)
45 At once Jesus made his disciples
get into the boat and go ahead of
him to Bethsaida, on the other side
of the lake, while he sent the crowd
away.
46 After saying good-bye to the
people, he went away to a hill to
pray.
47 When evening came, the
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boat was in the middle of the lake,
while Jesus was alone on land.
48 He
saw that his disciples were straining
at the oars, because they were rowing
against the wind; so sometime
between three and six o'clock in the
morning, he came to them, walking
on the water. He was going to pass
them by, note
49 but they saw him walking
on the water. “It's a ghost!” they
thought, and screamed.
50 They were
all terrified when they saw him.
50 Jesus spoke to them at once,
“Courage!” he said. “It is I. Don't be
afraid!”
51 Then he got into the boat
with them, and the wind died down.
The disciples were completely
amazed,
52 because they had not understood
the real meaning of the
feeding of the five thousand; their
minds could not grasp it.
Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret
(Matthew 14.34–36)
53 They crossed the lake and came
to land at Gennesaret, where they
tied up the boat.
54 As they left the
boat, people recognized Jesus at
once.
55 So they ran throughout the
whole region; and wherever they
heard he was, they brought to him
the sick lying on their mats.
56 And
everywhere Jesus went, to villages,
towns, or farms, people would take
their sick to the marketplaces and
beg him to let the sick at least touch
the edge of his cloak. And all who
touched it were made well.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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