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 Sends Out the Twelve Disciples
(Matthew 10.5–15; Mark 6.7–13)
1 Jesus called the twelve disciples
together and gave them power
and authority to drive out all demons
and to cure diseases.
2 Then he
sent them out to preach the Kingdom
of God and to heal the sick,
3 after
saying to them, “Take nothing
with you for the trip: no walking
stick, no beggar's bag, no food, no
money, not even an extra shirt.
4 Wherever you are welcomed, stay
in the same house until you leave
that town;
5 wherever people don't
welcome you, leave that town and
shake the dust off your feet as a
warning to them.” note note
6 The disciples left and traveled
through all the villages, preaching
the Good News and healing people
everywhere.
Herod's Confusion
(Matthew 14.1–12; Mark 6.14–29)
7 When Herod, the ruler of Galilee,
heard about all the things that
were happening, he was very confused,
because some people were
saying that John the Baptist had
come back to life.
8 Others were saying
that Elijah had appeared, and
still others that one of the prophets
of long ago had come back to life. note
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9 Herod said, “I had John's head cut
off; but who is this man I hear these
things about?” And he kept trying to
see Jesus.
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand Men
(Matthew 14.13–21; Mark 6.30–44; John 6.1–14)
10 The apostles came back and told
Jesus everything they had done. He
took them with him, and they went
off by themselves to a town named
Bethsaida.
11 When the crowds heard
about it, they followed him. He welcomed
them, spoke to them about
the Kingdom of God, and healed
those who needed it.
12 When the sun was beginning to
set, the twelve disciples came to him
and said, “Send the people away so
that they can go to the villages and
farms around here and find food and
lodging, because this is a lonely
place.”
13 But Jesus said to them, “You
yourselves give them something to
eat.”
13 They answered, “All we have are
five loaves and two fish. Do you
want us to go and buy food for this
whole crowd?”
14 (There were about
five thousand men there.)
14 Jesus said to his disciples, “Make
the people sit down in groups of
about fifty each.”
15 After the disciples had done so,
16 Jesus took the five loaves and two
fish, looked up to heaven, thanked
God for them, broke them, and gave
them to the disciples to distribute to
the people.
17 They all ate and had
enough, and the disciples took up
twelve baskets of what was left
over.
Peter's Declaration about Jesus
(Matthew 16.13–19; Mark 8.27–29)
18 One day when Jesus was praying
alone, the disciples came to him.
“Who do the crowds say I am?” he
asked them.
19 “Some say that you are John the
Baptist,” they answered. “Others
say that you are Elijah, while others
say that one of the prophets of long
ago has come back to life.” note
20 “What about you?” he asked
them. “Who do you say I am?”
20 Peter answered, “You are God's
Messiah.” note
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Jesus Speaks about His Suffering
and Death
(Matthew 16.20–28; Mark 8.30—9.1)
21 Then Jesus gave them strict orders
not to tell this to anyone.
22 He
also told them, “The Son of Man
must suffer much and be rejected by
the elders, the chief priests, and the
teachers of the Law. He will be put
to death, but three days later he will
be raised to life.”
23 And he said to them all, “If anyone
wants to come with me, he must
forget himself, take up his cross every
day, and follow me. note
24 For whoever
wants to save his own life will
lose it, but whoever loses his life for
my sake will save it. note
25 Will a person
gain anything if he wins the whole
world but is himself lost or defeated?
Of course not!
26 If a person
is ashamed of me and of my teaching,
then the Son of Man will be
ashamed of him when he comes in
his glory and in the glory of the Father
and of the holy angels.
27 I assure
you that there are some here
who will not die until they have seen
the Kingdom of God.”
The Transfiguration
(Matthew 17.1–8; Mark 9.2–8)
28 About a week after he had said
these things, Jesus took Peter, John,
and James with him and went up a
hill to pray.
29 While he was praying,
his face changed its appearance, and
his clothes became dazzling white.
30 Suddenly two men were there
talking with him. They were Moses
and Elijah,
31 who appeared in heavenly
glory and talked with Jesus
about the way in which he would
soon fulfill God's purpose by dying
in Jerusalem.
32 Peter and his companions
were sound asleep, but they
woke up and saw Jesus' glory and
the two men who were standing
with him.
33 As the men were leaving
Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master,
how good it is that we are here! We
will make three tents, one for you,
one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
(He did not really know what he was
saying.)
34 While he was still speaking, a
cloud appeared and covered them
with its shadow; and the disciples
were afraid as the cloud came over
them.
35 A voice said from the cloud,
“This is my Son, whom I have chosen
—listen to him!” note note
36 When the voice stopped, there
was Jesus all alone. The disciples
kept quiet about all this and told no
one at that time anything they had
seen.
Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit
(Matthew 17.14–18; Mark 9.14–27)
37 The next day Jesus and the three
disciples went down from the hill,
and a large crowd met Jesus.
38 A
man shouted from the crowd,
“Teacher! I beg you, look at my
son—my only son!
39 A spirit attacks
him with a sudden shout and throws
him into a fit, so that he foams at the
mouth; it keeps on hurting him and
will hardly let him go!
40 I begged
your disciples to drive it out, but
they couldn't.”
41 Jesus answered, “How unbelieving
and wrong you people are! How
long must I stay with you? How long
do I have to put up with you?” Then
he said to the man, “Bring your son
here.”
42 As the boy was coming, the demon
knocked him to the ground and
threw him into a fit. Jesus gave a
command to the evil spirit, healed
the boy, and gave him back to his
father.
43 All the people were amazed
at the mighty power of God.
Jesus Speaks Again about His Death
(Matthew 17.22–23; Mark 9.30–32)
43 The people were still marveling at
everything Jesus was doing, when
he said to his disciples,
44 “Don't forget
what I am about to tell you! The
Son of Man is going to be handed
over to the power of men.”
45 But the
disciples did not know what this
meant. It had been hidden from
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them so that they could not understand
it, and they were afraid to ask
him about the matter.
Who Is the Greatest?
(Matthew 18.1–5; Mark 9.33–37)
46 An argument broke out among
the disciples as to which one of them
was the greatest. note
47 Jesus knew what
they were thinking, so he took a
child, stood him by his side,
48 and
said to them, “Whoever welcomes
this child in my name, welcomes me;
and whoever welcomes me, also
welcomes the one who sent me. For
he who is least among you all is the
greatest.” note
Whoever Is Not against You Is for You
(Mark 9.38–40)
49 John spoke up, “Master, we saw
a man driving out demons in your
name, and we told him to stop, because
he doesn't belong to our
group.”
50 “Do not try to stop him,” Jesus
said to him and to the other disciples,
“because whoever is not
against you is for you.”
A Samaritan Village Refuses to
Receive Jesus
51 As the time drew near when
Jesus would be taken up to heaven,
he made up his mind and set out on
his way to Jerusalem.
52 He sent
messengers ahead of him, who went
into a village in Samaria to get
everything ready for him.
53 But the
people there would not receive him,
because it was clear that he was on
his way to Jerusalem.
54 When the
disciples James and John saw this,
they said, “Lord, do you want us to
call fire down from heaven to destroy
them?” note note
55 Jesus turned and rebuked them. note
56 Then Jesus and his disciples went
on to another village.
The Would-be Followers of Jesus
(Matthew 8.19–22)
57 As they went on their way, a
man said to Jesus, “I will follow you
wherever you go.”
58 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have
holes, and birds have nests, but the
Son of Man has no place to lie down
and rest.”
59 He said to another man, “Follow
me.”
59 But that man said, “Sir, first let
me go back and bury my father.”
60 Jesus answered, “Let the dead
bury their own dead. You go and
proclaim the Kingdom of God.”
61 Another man said, “I will follow
you, sir; but first let me go and say
good-bye to my family.” note
62 Jesus said to him, “Anyone who
starts to plow and then keeps looking
back is of no use for the Kingdom
of God.”
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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