The Gospel According to Matthew read by David Suchet

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to Matthew Matthew chapter 1 this is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah son of David son of Abraham Abraham was the father of Isaac Isaac father of Jacob Jacob father of Judah and his brothers Judith father of Perez and Zerah whose mother was the tamer Perez, the father of Hezron, Hezron, the father of Ram Ram, the father of Herman Nadab a Minard AB, the father of Nahshon Nahshon, the father of Salman Salman, the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab Boaz, the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed the father of Jesse and Jesse the father of King David David was the father of Solomon whose mother had been the wife of Uriah Solomon the father of Rehoboam Rehoboam the father of Abijah Abijah the father of ASA ASA the father of Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat the father of Jehan Joram the father of Isaiah Isaiah the father of Jotham Jotham the father of Ahaz Ahaz the father of Hezekiah Hezekiah the father of Manasseh Manasseh the father of Ammon Aymond the father of Josiah and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers in the time of exile to Babylon after the Babylonian exile Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel Zerubbabel the father of a by hud a by hud the father of le akin le ake he the father of azor azor the father of zadok zadok the father of Achim Achim the father of lehood lehood the father of Eleazar Eleazar the father of Mattan Mattan the father of Jacob and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband Mary and Mary was the mother of Jesus, who is called the Messiah, therefore there were fourteen generations in total from abraham to

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to the exile to babylon and 14 from the exile to the messiah this is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about his mother Mary was engaged to marry Joseph but before they were united it was found that she was pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit, because Joseph, her husband, was faithful to the law and yet did not want to expose himself to public shame, he had in mind to divorce her secretly, but after considering this, a man appeared to him in a dream. angel of the Lord.

And Joseph son of David said, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit, she will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus because he will save her people. of their sins, all this happened so that what the Lord had said through the Prophet would be fulfilled. The Virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel, which means God with us. When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had told him. commanded and took Mary as his wife but he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son and named him Jesus Matthew chapter 2 after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the time of King Herod the Magi of The East came to Jerusalem and asked where was the King of the Jews who had been born.

We saw his star when he came out and we came to worship him. When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him when he called. He asked all the chief priests and teachers of the law where the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem of Judea. They responded because this is what the prophet has written, but you, Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not the least important among the rulers. . of Judah because from you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel then Herod called the wise men secretly and learned from them the exact time in which the star had appeared, he sent them to Bethlehem and told them to go and look carefully for the child as soon as When you find him, tell me so that I too can go and worship him.

After having heard the King, they continued on their way and the star that they had seen rise went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star they were filled with joy upon reaching the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary and they fell down and worshiped him, then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, and having been warned in a dream. In order not to return to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. When they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.

Get up and said, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, Herod was going to search. the child to kill him, then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he remained until Herod's death, and thus what the Lord had said through the prophet of Egypt was fulfilled. I called my son when Herod was gone. He realized that the Magi had tricked him, he became angry and gave orders to kill all the children in Bethlehem and its surroundings who were two years old or younger,

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Then what was said by the prophet was fulfilled. Jeremiah a voice is heard in Ramah crying and great mourning Rachel crying for her children and refusing to be consoled because they no longer exist after the death of Herod an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said: get up, take the child and his mother and go to the Land of Israel because those who were trying to take the child's life are dead, so he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the Land of Israel, but when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, having been warned in a dream, he retired to the region of Galilee and went to live in a town called Nazareth, thus what was said by the prophets was fulfilled, which would be called Nazarene Matthew chapter 3 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the desert of Judea and saying repent because the kingdom of heaven is at hand this is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah a voice of one crying in the desert prepares the way for the Lord makes his paths straight John's clothes were made of camel's hair and he had a leather belt around his waist his food was locusts and wild honey people came out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region of the Jordan confessing his sins were baptized by him in the Jordan River but when he saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: generation of vipers that warned you to flee from the coming. anger produces fruits according to repentance and do not think that you can say among yourselves that we have Abraham as a Father.

I tell you that from these stones God can raise children to Abraham, the ax has been placed at the root of the trees and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. I baptize you with water so that you may repent. But behind me comes one who is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to wear, and he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. and he lights his winnowing fork in his hand and cleanses his threshing floor, gathers his wheat into the barn and burns the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John, but John tried to dissuade him by saying I need to be baptized by you and you come to me Jesus replied that so be it now it is appropriate to fast do this to fulfill all righteousness so John consented as soon as Jesus He was baptized and came out of the water at that moment the sky opened and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and rest on him and a voice from heaven said this is my son whom I love with him I am very pleased Matthew chapter 4 then Jesus was taken away by the spirit to the desert to be tempted by the devil after fasting forty days and forty nights he was hungry the tempter approached him and said if you are a son of God tell these stones to become b

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but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the highest point of the temple if you are a child of God he said cast yourself down because it is written he will command his angels about you and they will lift you up in their hands so that you do not stumble with your foot on any stone.

Jesus answered him. It is also written, do not tempt the Lord your God again. The devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world. In its splendor all this I will give you He said if you fall down and worship me Jesus said to him get away from me Satan because it is written worship the Lord your God and serve Him alone then the devil left him and angels came and accompanied him when Jesus heard that John had being imprisoned he withdrew to Galilee leaving Nazareth he left and lived in Capernaum which was by the lake in the area of ​​Zebulun and Naphtali to fulfill what was said by the prophet Isaiah land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali the way of the sea beyond the Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles the people who lived in darkness have seen a great light upon those who lived in the land of the shadow of death a light has shone from then on Jesus began to preach repent for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near as Jesus walked Next to the Sea of ​​Galilee he saw two brothers Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew were casting a net in the lake because they were fishermen come and follow me said Jesus and I will send you to fish people immediately they left their nets and followed him passing from there he saw Two other brothers James son of Zebedee and his brother John were in a boat with their father Zebedee preparing their nets.

Jesus called them and they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him. Jesus went throughout Galilee teaching in their synagogues proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and illness among the people. The news about Him spread throughout Syria and the people brought to Him all those who were sick with various diseases, those who suffered severe pain, those who were demon-possessed, those who had convulsions, and those who were paralyzed, and He He healed large crowds from Galilee the Decapolis Jerusalem Judea and the region beyond the Jordan followed him Matthew chapter 5 now when Jesus saw the crowds he went up on the side of a mountain and sat down his disciples came to him and he began to teach them He said blessed are the poor in spirit because theirs is the kingdom of heaven blessed are those who mourn because they will be comforted blessed are the meek because they will inherit the earth blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness because they will be satisfied blessed are the merciful because it will be shown to them mercy blessed are the pure in heart because they will see God blessed are the peacemakers because they will be called children of God blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness because theirs is the kingdom of heaven blessed are you when they insult you, persecute you and say falsely all kinds of evil against you because of me, rejoice and be glad because great will be your reward in heaven for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you you are the salt of the earth but if the salt loses its flavor, How can it be salty again?

It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown and trampled. the light of the world, a town built on a hill cannot be hidden nor do you light a lamp and put it under a container, but rather they put it on its pedestal and it gives light to everyone who is in the house in the same way. May your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and glorify your father who is in heaven. Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them, because I truly tell you until the end. heaven and earth not one smallest letter, not one stroke of a pen will disappear from the law, until everything is fulfilled, therefore, whoever sets aside one of these smallest commandments and teaches others accordingly, will be called very little in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commandments will be called great in the kingdom of heaven for I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not you will enter the kingdom of heaven you have heard that it was told to the people a long time ago you shall not kill and anyone who kills will be subject to judgment but I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment again anyone who says to A brother or sister or akka must answer to the court and anyone who says fool will be in danger of hell fire, therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there you remember that your brother or sister has something against you, let your gift there, in front of the altar first. go and reconcile with them then come and offer your gift settle things quickly with your adversary who takes you to court do it while you are still on the road together or your adversary will hand you over to the judge and the judge will hand you over take him to the officer and he may they put you in prison.

Truly I tell you, you will not leave until you have paid the last penny. You have heard that it was said that you shall not commit adultery, but I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away, it is better for you to lose a part of your body. That your whole body be thrown into hell and if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away, it is better that you lose a part of your body than your whole body go to hell.

It is said that anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of but I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of fornication, makes her a victim of adultery and whoever marries a divorced woman, returns to commit adultery. You have heard what was said to the people long ago, do not break your oath, but fulfill it. to the Lord the oaths that you have sworn but I tell you not to swear at all either by heaven because it is the throne of God or by the earth because it is his footstool or by Jerusalem because it is the city of the Great King and do not do not swear for your head because you can't make a single hair white or black everythingWhat you need to say is simply yes or no, nothing beyond this comes from the evil one.

You have heard that it was said "I for an eye and a tooth for a tooth," but I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn your face. other cheek too and if someone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand on your coat, just as if someone forces you. to go one mile go with them two miles give to the one who asks you and do not turn your back on the one who wants to borrow from you you have heard that it was said love your neighbor and hate your enemy but I tell you love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you so that you may be children of your father who is in heaven, he makes his sun rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

If you love those who love you, what reward will you receive? get not even the tax collectors do that and if they greet only their own people who are doing more than the others not even the pagans do that be perfect therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect Matthew chapter 6 be careful not to practice your justice in front of others to be seen by them if you do it you will not have a reward from your father in heaven so when you give to the needy do not announce it with trumpets as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to be honored For the rest, I truly tell you that they have already received their full reward, but when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret, then your father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you and When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites who love to pray standing in synagogues and on street corners to be seen by others, truly I tell you that they have received their full reward but when you pray, go into your room Close the door and pray to your father who is not seen, then your father who sees what is done in secret will reward you and when you pray do not continue babbling like pagans because they believe that they will be heard for their many words. be like them because your father knows what you need before you ask him so then this is how you should pray Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us today our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we have also forgiven our debtors and do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from the evil one because if you forgive others when they sin against you your heavenly Father will also forgive you but if you do not forgive others their sins you Father will not forgive you your sins when you fast do not watch samba as the hypocrites do because they disfigure their faces to show others that they are truly fasting I tell you that they have received their full reward but when you fast put oil on your head and wash your head face so that it is not evident to others that you are fasting but only to your father who is in secret and your father who sees what is done in secret will reward you do not accumulate treasures on earth where moths and vermin destroy and where thieves They enter and steal, but store up treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, where thieves do not enter and steal, because where your treasure is, there your heart will be; also the eye is the lamp of the body if your eyes are healthy your whole body will be full of light but if your eyes are not healthy your whole body will be full of darkness if then the light inside you is darkness how great is that darkness no one can serve two masters neither can you You will hate one and love one the other or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and money, that is why I tell you not to worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will eat. wear and tear is not life more than food and the body more than clothing look at the birds of the air that do not sow or harvest or store in barns and yet your heavenly Father feeds them, are you not much more valuable than any of them? ? By worrying you add a single hour to your life and why do you worry about clothes, look how the flowers of the field grow, they do not work or spin, yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor dressed like one of these and if that is how he dresses God to the grass of the field that is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, much more will not clothe you with little faith so do not worry about saying what we will eat or what we will drink or what we will wear for the pagans we run after all these things and your heavenly Father knows that you need them but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you too so do not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself each day has enough problems of its own Matthew chapter 7 no judge or you will also be judged because in the same way that you judge others you will be judged and with the measure you use it will be measured to you why you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and do not pay attention to the beam in your own eye, how can you say to your brother let me take the speck out of your eye when there is a plank in your own eye all the time, hypocrite?

First remove the beam from your eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye do not give to dogs what is sacred do not throw your pearls to swine if you do they will trample them and turn and tear you to pieces ask and you will seek and you will find knock and the door will be opened to you everyone who asks receives he who seeks finds and whoever knocks at the door it will be opened which of you if if your son asks you for bread you will give him a stone or if he asks for a fish you will give him a snake if you then, although you are bad, you know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give them good gifts to those who ask for it in everything, do to others what you would like them to do to you because this sums up the law and the prophets enter through the narrow gate because wide is the gate and wide is the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it.

Small is the gate and narrow is the path that leads to life and only a few find it. Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are ferocious wolves. By their fruits, you will recognize them if people gather grapes from where they are. thorns or thistle figs, so also every good tree bears good fruit but the bad tree bears bad fruit a good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown away. into the fire, so by their fruits you will recognize them.

Not everyone who calls me Lord Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my father who is in heaven, many will tell me on that day Lord Lord, didn't we do it? ? prophesy in your name and in your name cast out demons and in your name do many miracles then I will tell you clearly I never knew you evildoers far from me therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock the rain fell the streams rose and the winds blew and beat against that house but it did not fall because it had its foundation on the rock but everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand the rain fell the streams rose and the winds blew and beat against that house and it fell with a great crash when Jesus finished saying these things the crowd was amazed at his teaching because he taught as one who had authority not as his teachers of the law Matthew chapter 8 when Jesus came down from the side of the mountain a large crowd followed him a man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said to him sir if you want you can cleanse me Jesus stretched out his hand and touched the man I am ready he said that he be clean immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy then Jesus said to him, see that you do not tell anyone but go show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded as a testimony to them when Jesus had entered Capernaum a centurion came to him asking Help, sir, said my servant, he lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.

Jesus told him, I will come and heal him. The centurion replied, sir, I do not deserve that you come under my roof, but just say the word, my servant will be healed because I myself am a man under authority with soldiers under me. I tell this one to go and he goes and to that one he comes and he comes I tell my servant to do this and he When Jesus heard this he marveled and said to those who followed him, I truly tell you that I have not found anyone in Israel with so much faith.

I tell you that many will come from the east and the west and will take their places at the feast with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven but the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth then Jesus said to him Go to the Centurion, let it be done just as you believed he wanted and his servant was healed at that moment when Jesus entered Peter's house he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying on the bed with a fever he touched her hand and the fever left her and she He got up and began to attend to him when night came.

Many demon-possessed people were brought before him and he expelled the spirits with the word and healed all the sick. This was so that what was said by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He took our illnesses and carried our illnesses. When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders. After crossing to the other side of the lake, a teacher of the law approached him and said to him, teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. Jesus answered, the foxes have dens and the birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere else to lay his head.

The disciple said to him, Lord, first let me go and bury my father, but Jesus said to him, follow me and let the dead bury their own dead. Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly, a furious storm arose on the lake so that The waves swept the boat but Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him up saying, Lord, save us, we are going to drown. He replied, "You people of little faith, why are you so afraid? Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm." The men were amazed and asked what kind of man this was.

Even the wind and the waves obeyed him. When he arrived at the other side of the region of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs who came from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass by. What do you want with us, son of God? They shouted, You have come here to torture us before the appointed time. At some distance from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding the demons. They begged Jesus to take us out, send us to the herd of pigs. He told them to They went, then they went out and got into the pigs and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank towards the lake and died in the water, those who were taking care of the pigs fled and went into the town and reported all this including what had happened. passed with the demon possessed then all the people went out to meet Jesus and when they saw him they begged him to leave their region Matthew chapter 9 Jesus got into a boat crossed and came to his own town some men brought him a paralytic lying on a stretcher When Jesus saw his faith he said to the man, take heart, son, your sins are forgiven.

In this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, this man is blaspheming, knowing his thoughts. Jesus said why do you have evil thoughts in your hearts, which one is more? easy to say that your sins are forgiven or to say get up and walk but I want you to know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins that's why the paralytic said, get up, take your mat and go home then the man got up and left To his house, when the crowd saw this, they were filled with amazement and praised God who had given such authority to the man.

While Jesus was passing by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting in the publican's booth, "Follow me," he said to him, and Matthew got up and He followed him while Jesus was dining at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and sinners came and left with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked their disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners when you hear this?" Jesus said that it is not the healthy who need a doctor but those who are sick, but go and learn what this means. I desire mercy, not sacrifice, for I have not come to call the righteous. but sinners then the disciples of John came and asked him how come we and the Pharisees fast many times but your disciples do not fast Jesus answered how can the bridegroom's guests cry while he is with them the time will come when they will take the bridegroom away.

They, then, no one can sew a patch of new cloth on an old dress because the patch will come off the dress, making the tear worse, nor do they pour new wine into old wineskins, if they do, the wineskins will burst and the wine will flow. and the wineskins will not be ruined, they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved. While he was saying this, a leader of the synagogue came and knelt before him and said to him: my daughter has just died, but come and put your hand on her. her and her Jesus got up and went with him and also his disciples.

At that moment, a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for 12 years approached him from behind and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, if I just touch his cloak, I will be healed. has been healed and the woman was healed at that moment when Jesus entered the house of the leaders of the synagogue and saw the noisy crowd and the people playing flutes he said go away, the girl is not theredead but asleep but they laughed at him after the crowd was thrown outside he entered and took the girl by the hand and she got up the news of this spread throughout that region while Jesus was passing from there two blind men followed him shouting: mercy of us son of David when he had entered, the blind men came to him and asked them: do you believe that I can do this?

Yes, Lord, they answered, then he touched their eyes and said: according to your faith, so be it. to you and your sight was restored Jesus severely warned them, see that no one knows about this but they went out and spread the news throughout that region while they went out and a man who was demon-possessed and could not speak was brought to Jesus and when the demon was expelled, the man who had been mute spoke, the crowd was amazed and said nothing like this had ever been seen in Israel but the Pharisees said that it is because of the Prince of demons who expels demons.

Jesus toured all the towns and villages teaching in their synagogues proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every sickness and disease as he saw the crowds. He had compassion on them because they were afflicted and helpless like sheep without a shepherd, so he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but your workers ask the owner of the harvest to send workers into his harvest field Matthew chapter 10 Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority to cast out impure spirits and heal all sickness and disease. These are the names of the Twelve Apostles, first Simon who is called Peter and his brother Andrew James son of Zebedee and his brother John Philip and Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew the tax collector James son of Alphaeus and Thaddeus Simon the jealous and Judas Iscariot who these twelve betrayed him Jesus sent with the following instructions do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of Samaritans but rather go to the lost sheep of Israel while you go proclaim this message the kingdom of heaven has approached in health those who are sick raise the dead cleanse those who have leprosy drive out demons freely you have received freely do not take gold or silver or copper to carry with you in your belts there is no bag for the journey nor extra shirt nor sandals nor cane for the worker worth the money.

It is worth staying in any town or village you enter. Look for some worthy person there and stay in their house until you leave. When you enter the house, give them your greeting. If the home is worthy, let your peace rest in it. If it is not, leave it. May your peace return to you if someone does not receive you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust from your feet. I truly tell you. It will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

I send you like sheep in the midst of wolves, therefore be wise as serpents and as innocent as doves. Beware, you will be handed over to the locals. Councils and scourgings in the synagogues on my account you will be brought before governors and kings as with the lady. to them and to the Gentiles but when they arrest you do not worry what to say or how to say it at that moment you will be given what to say because it will not be you speaking but the Spirit of your father speaking through your brother will betray his brother to death and the father to his son the children will rebel against their parents and kill them.

Everyone will be hated because of me, but he who endures to the end will be saved when he is persecuted in one place. flee to another truly, I tell you that you will not finish traveling through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. The student is not above the teacher nor the servant above his master. It is enough for the students to be like their teachers and the servants. like their lords, if the head of the family is called Beelzebub, how much more so are the members of his household, so do not be afraid of them, because there is nothing hidden that will not be discovered, nor hidden that will not be discovered, but I tell you in the dark speak in the light of day what they whisper in your ear proclaim from the rooftops do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul rather be afraid of him who can destroy both the soul like body in hell are not two sparrows sold for a penny, none of them will fall to the ground outside your father's care and even the very hairs of your head are all numbered, so do not fear, you are worth more than many sparrows .

Whoever recognizes me before others, I will recognize him too. before my father who is in heaven but whoever disowns me before others, I will disown him before my father who is in heaven do not believe that I have come to bring peace to earth I have not come to bring peace two swords because I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, a man's enemies will be the members of his own household, anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, anyone.

He who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. He who does not take up his cross and follows me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it and he who loses his life for me will find it. He who finds it for you. receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me, he who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man as a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward, and if anyone gives him even if it is a glass of cold water, one of these little ones who is my disciple, I truly tell you that that person will certainly not lose his reward Matthew chapter 11 after Jesus finished instructing his twelve disciples he went from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee when John, who was in prison, learned of the works of the Messiah, he sent his disciples to ask him, are you the one who is to come or should we wait for someone else?

Jesus responded, go back and tell John what the blind people hear and see. the lame receive sight the lame walk the lepers are cleansed the deaf hear that the dead are raised and the good news is proclaimed to the poor blessed is he who does not stumble for my sake as John's disciples were leaving Jesus began to speak to the crowd about Juan, what did you do? go out into the desert to see a reed swaying in the wind if not you went out to see a man dressed in fine clothes not those who wear fine clothes are in the king's palaces then you went out to see a prophet if I tell you and More than a prophet this is the one it is written about.

I will send before you my messenger who will prepare your way before you. Truly I tell you that among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has been resurrected. However, the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven has been subjected to violence and violent people have assaulted it by all the prophets and the law prophesied until John and if you are willing to accept it he is the Elijah who was to come whoever has ears who hears - what can I compare this generation to?

They are like children sitting in the squares and calling to others, we play the flute for you and you don't. We danced, we sang a funeral song and you did not mourn her. John came, neither ate nor drank, and they say he has a demon, the son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, here is a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners, but wisdom is demonstrated by his deeds. then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed because they did not repent, woe to your heart, woe to you Bethsaida because if the miracles that had been done in you had been done in Tire and Sidon they would have been repentant long ago in sackcloth and ashes but I tell you that it will be more bearable for Tire and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you and for you Capernaum you will be elevated to heaven you will not descend to Hades in case the miracles that were done in you will be would have done in Sodom would have remained to this day but I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you at that time Jesus said I praise you Father Lord of Heaven and Earth because you have hidden these things from the wise and you have learned them and you have revealed them to little children yes Father because this is what you were pleased to do all things have been entrusted to me by my father no one knows the son except the father and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the son decides to reveal it, come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest, take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am meek and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls because my yoke It is easy and my burden is light you Matthew chapter 12 At that time Jesus was going through the corn fields on the Sabbath His disciples were hungry and began to pluck some ears and eat them When the Pharisees saw this they said to Him look, your disciples are doing what is unlawful in Sabbath he answered, have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry, and he and his companions entered the house of God? before the consecrated bread that it was not lawful to make except only the priests or have you not read in the law that the priests who are on Sabbath service in the temple profane the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean, I desire mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent because the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath and from there he entered their synagogue and a man with dry hand. Was he there looking for a reason to press charges against Jesus? They asked him if it is lawful to heal on the Sabbath. He told them that if any of you have a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, won't he catch it?

Take it out how much more a person is worth than a sheep that is why it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath then he said to the man extend your hand so he extended it and it was completely restored just like the other but the Pharisees went out and plotted how to kill Jesus aware of This Jesus withdrew from that place a large crowd followed him and healed all the sick he warned them not to tell others about him this was so that what was said by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled here is my servant whom I have chosen the one who master in whom I delight I will put my spirit upon him and he will proclaim justice to the nation he will not scold or shout no one will hear his voice in the streets a wounded man The reed will not break and the smoking wick will not be quenched until he has brought justice to victory in his name the will of the nation put its hope so they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute and Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see all the people were amazed and said could this be the son of David?

But when the Pharisees heard this they said that it is only through Beelzebub, Prince of demons, that this man casts out demons. Jesus knew his thoughts and said. to them every Kingdom divided against itself will be ruined and every City of your house divided against itself will not stand if Satan drives out Satan he is divided against himself how then can his kingdom stand and if I drive out demons by Beelzebub by who expels your people? cast them out to be your judges, but if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out the demons then the kingdom of God has come upon you or how can anyone enter the house of a strong man and take his possessions unless he first binds them?

The strong man will then be able to plunder his house. He who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with Me scatters and that is why I tell you that all kinds of sin and slander can be forgiven but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven either in this age or in the age to come, make a tree good and its fruit will be good or make a tree bad . and its fruit will be bad because a tree is recognized by its fruit, a brood of vipers.

How can you, who are bad, say something good, since the mouth speaks of what the heart is full of? The good man brings out good things from the good accumulated in him and a bad man brings out bad things from the evil accumulated in him, but I tell you that each one will have to give an account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken because by your words you will be acquitted and for your words you will be condemned then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him teacher we want to see a sign from you he responded an evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign but he will not give it except the sign of the prophet Jonah because as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth, the men of Nineveh will rise in judgment with this generation and condemn them because they repented at the preaching of Jonah and now something greater than Jonah is here the Queen of the South will rise in judgment with this generation and they will condemn it because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon and now something greater than Solomon is here when An impure spirit comes out of a person and goes through arid places looking for rest and does not find it.

Then he says, I will return to the house that I left. When he arrives, he finds the unoccupied house swept clean and laid. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than him and they enter. and they live there and the final condition of that person is worse than the first so it will be with this evil generation while Jesus was still speaking to the crowd his mother and his brother stayed outside wanting to talk to him someone told him your mother and your brothers are outside wanting to talk to you heHe answered who is my mother and who are my brothers, pointing to his disciples and said, here are my mother and my brothers because he who does the will of my father who is in heaven is my brother and my sister and my mother Matthew chapter 13 that On the same day, Jesus left the house and sat by the lake.

So many people gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it while all the people were on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying that a farmer He went out to sow his seed while he was scattering the seed some fell on the road and the birds came and ate them it fell in rocky places where there was not much soil it sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow but when the sun came out the plants were burned and They dried up because they had no roots. Another seed fell among thorns that grew and choked the plants.

Another seed fell on good soil where it bore fruit one hundred and sixty or thirty times what was sown. He who has ears can hear. The disciples approached and asked him why you are speaking to him. people in parables he responded because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them, he who has will be given more and will have abundance, and he who does not have will not even have what he has will be taken away. That's why I speak to you in the parables, although seeing you don't see, although hearing you don't hear or understand, in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled.

You will always hear but you will never understand. You will always see but you will never perceive because the heart of this people has become insensitive, they barely hear with the ears and have closed their eyes, otherwise they could see with their eyes hear with their ears understand with their heart and turn and I would heal them but blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they are truly here I tell you many prophets and righteous desired see what you see but did not see and hear what you hear but did not hear listen then to what the parable of the sower means when someone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart this is the seed sown on the road the seed that falls on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy but since it has no root it only lasts a short time when trouble or persecution comes because of the word the seed quickly falls who falls among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word making it fruitless but the seed falls on good ground refers to someone who hears the word and understands it this is He who produces a harvest that yields one hundred and sixty or thirty times what was sown.

Jesus told them another parable, the kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and It was when the wheat sprouted ears, then the tares also appeared. The owners approached him and said, sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field where then? The tares came from an enemy. He did this. The servants asked him, "Do you want us to go and uproot them?" He did not answer because while you uproot the tares you can uproot the wheat with them, let them both grow together until at that time I will tell the reapers to first gather the tares and tie them in bundles to burn them then they will gather the wheat and bring it to my barn.

He told them another parable, the kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took planted in his field, although it is the smallest of all the seeds, when it grows it is the largest of the plants in the garden and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch on its branches, he told them another parable, the kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with about 30 kilograms of flour until it worked throughout the dough. Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables, he did not tell them anything without using a parable, so what was said by the Prophet I will do it was fulfilled. open my mouth in parables I will speak things hidden since the creation of the world then he left the crowd and entered the house his disciples came to him and said explain to us the parable of the tares in the field answered the one who sowed the good seed is the son of man the field is the world and the good seed represents the people of the kingdom the tares are the people of the Evil One and the enemy who sows is the devil the harvest is the end of times and the reapers are angels as the tares are uprooted and burned in the fire so it will be at the end of time the Son of Man will send his angels and they will uproot from his kingdom everything that causes sin and all those who do evil will throw them into the burning furnace where there will be crying and gnashing of teeth Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their father's kingdom.

He who has ears, let him hear. The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field. When a man found it, he hid it again and then in his joy he went and sold everything. what he had and bought that field again the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls when he found one of great value he went and sold everything he had and bought it again the kingdom of heaven is like a net that is They threw it into the lake and caught all kinds of fish when it was full.

The fisherman took it to the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but they threw in the bad ones. That's how it will be at the end of time, the angels will come and separate the evil ones from the evil ones. righteous and they will be thrown into the fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have you understood all this? things that Jesus asked yes they answered he told them therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who takes out of his pantry new treasures as well as old when Jesus finished these parables He went from there arriving to his hometown he began to teach the people in his synagogue and they were amazed where this man obtained this wisdom and these miraculous powers that they asked is not this the carpenter's son is not the name of his mother Mary and Aren't they your brothers Jacobo José Simón and Judas?

Aren't they all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things from and they were offended against him but Jesus told them that a prophet does not lack honor except in his own city and in his own house and he did not do many miracles there because of his lack of faith Matthew chapter 14 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the rumors about Jesus and said to his servants this is John the Baptist has risen from the dead that is, by what miraculous powers are working in him now? Herod had arrested John, bound him and put him in prison because Herodias, his brother Philip, John's wife had been telling him that it is not lawful for you to have her.

Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people because they considered John a prophet. On Herod's birthday, Herodias' daughter danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much that he swore to give her everything she asked for, incited. For her mother she said: Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist. The king was distraught but because of his oath and his guests at the dinner he ordered that his request be granted and had John beheaded in his prison. head was brought on a plate and given to the girl who was carrying his mother John's disciples came and took his body and buried it then they went and told Jesus when Jesus heard what had happened he retired in a boat privately to a lonely place, upon hearing this the crowd followed him on foot from the towns when Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed those who were sick.

As evening approached, the disciples came to him and told him that this is a remote place and it is getting late. He sends the crowd away to go to the villages and buy. themselves some food Jesus responded they don't need to leave you feed them here we only have five loaves and two fish they responded bring them to me here he said and told the people to sit on the grass taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking at the Heaven gave thanks and broke them, then gave them to the disciples and the disciples gave them to the people who all had and they were satisfied and the disciples picked up twelve baskets full of pieces that were more than the number of those who ate, it was about five thousand men. , without counting the women and children, immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and they went ahead of him to the other shore, while he said goodbye to the crowd, after saying goodbye to them, he went up on the side of a mountain alone to pray.

Later that night he was there alone and the boat was already a considerable distance from the wave-lashed land because the wind was contrary shortly before dawn Jesus went out towards them walking on the lake when the disciples saw him walking on the lake They were terrified, "It's a ghost," they said and screamed in fear, but Jesus immediately told them, "Take courage, I'm not afraid. Lord, if it's you. Peter answered, tell me to come to you on the water, come," he said, then Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward But when Jesus saw the wind he was afraid and beginning to sink he shouted Lord save me immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him you of little faith he said why did you doubt and when they got on the boat the wind subsided then those who were on the boat worshiped him saying You are truly the son of God when they crossed they disembarked a Knesset and when the men of that place recognized Jesus they sent word to all the surroundings the people brought him all those who were sick and begged him to leave those who were sick just by touching Matthew chapter 15 then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked him why your disciples break the tradition of the elders, do not wash their hands first. to eat.

Jesus answered and why do you break God's command for the sake of your tradition, because God said honor your father and mother, and anyone who curses his father or mother must be condemned to death, but you say that if anyone declares that what could have been used to help your father or mother is consecrated to God, you should not honor your father or mother by thus nullifying the word of God by your tradition hypocrites Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you these people He honors me with his lips but his heart is far from me They worship me in vain His teachings are human rules Jesus called the crowd and said listen and understand what goes into someone's mouth does not defile them but what comes out of their mouth That is what defiles him.

So the disciples approached him and asked him, do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard it? This was answered, every plant that my Heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them leave them. There are blind guides. If the blind guides the blind, they will both fall into a pit. Peter said, Explain the parable to us. You are still so boring. Jesus asked them, Don't you see that everything that comes in in the mouth it goes to the stomach and then leaves the body, but what comes out of a person's mouth comes from the heart and these contaminate it because bad thoughts and murder come from the heart? adultery sexual immorality theft false testimony slander these are those who defile a person but eating with dirty hands does not defile him leaving that place Jesus withdrew to the region of Tire and Sidon a Canaanite woman from that neighborhood came to him crying Lord son of David, have mercy on me my daughter is possessed by a demon and is suffering terribly Jesus did not answer a word so his disciples approached him and urged him to send her away because she keeps screaming after us he responded I was sent only to the sheep lost of Israel, a woman came and knelt before him, Lord, help me, he said, he replied, it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs, yes, Lord, she said, even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table.

Then Jesus said, his wife, you have great faith, your request is granted and his daughter was healed. At that moment, Jesus left there and went through the Sea of ​​Galilee, then he went up to the side of a mountain and sat down. Many people came to him, bringing the the lame, the blind, the maimed. the mute and many others and he placed them at his feet and healed them. The people were amazed to see the mute speak, the lame healed the lame to walk and the blind to see and they praised the God of Israel Jesus called his disciples and said I have compassion for these people, they have been with me for three days and they have nothing to eat.

I don't want to send them away hungry or they will collapse on the road. His disciples responded, where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd? How many loaves do you have? Jesus asked seven. They answered him and a few little fishes told the crowd to sit on the ground then he took the seven loaves and the fish and when he had given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples and they in turn to the people they all ate. and they were satisfied. Afterwards, the disciples collected seven Baskervilles of pieces that were left over.

The number of those who ate was four thousand men, as well as women and children. After Jesus sent the crowd, he got into the boat and headed to the outskirts of Magadan. Matthew chapter 16 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tempted him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven. He responded, "When the evening comes, you say it will be good weather. The sky is red and in the morning today there will be a storm."because the sky is red and cloudy you know how to interpret the appearance of the sky but you cannot interpret the signs of the times an evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign that no one will have will be given to them except the sign of Jonah Jesus then left them and went away when they crossed the lake the disciples forgot to take bread be careful Jesus told them be careful with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees they discussed this among themselves and he said it is because we did not bring bread knowing their discussion Jesus asked you with little faith why do you talk among yourselves about not having bread yet you don't understand you don't remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many basketballs did you pick up, or the seven loaves for four thousand and how many full baskets did you pick up?

How come you don't understand that I wasn't talking to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Then they understood that he was not telling them to beware of the yeast used in bread, but that, contrary to the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees, when Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples who do the people say It is the Son of Man it is they answered some say John the Baptist others say Elijah and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets but and you asked who do you say I am Simon Peter answered you are the Messiah the Son of the Living God Jesus answered blessed are You Simon son of Jonah because this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood but by my father who is in heaven and I tell you that you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, everything you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and everything you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. loose on earth he will be loosed in heaven then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah from that moment Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders. chief priests and the teachers of the law and that it was necessary to kill him and resurrect him on the third day Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him never Lord said this will never happen to you Jesus turned and said to Peter, get behind me satan you are stone of stumbling blocks for me you do not take into account God's concerns but merely human ones then Jesus said to his disciples whoever wants to be my disciple must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me for whoever wants his life saved will lose it but the Whoever loses his life for me will find it.

What good will it do for someone to gain the whole world and lose his soul or what can someone give in exchange for his soul because the Son of Man is going to see the glory of his father with his angels? and then he will reward each one according to what he has truly done. I tell you that some of those who are here will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom Matthew chapter 17 after the sixth. Days Jesus took with him Peter James and John brother of James and led them alone to a high mountain, there he was transfigured before them, his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light.

At that moment Moses appeared before them and Elijah talking to Jesus Peter said to Jesus Lord it is good that we are here if you want I will put three shelters one for you one for Moses and one for Elijah while he was still speaking a bright cloud covered them and a voice from the cloud said this is my son whom I love with him I am very happy listen to him when the disciples heard this they fell on their faces to the ground terrified but Jesus came and touched them get up he said don't be afraid when They looked up and saw no one except Jesus as they came down from the mountain.

Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. The disciples asked him why then the teachers of the law. They say that Elijah must come first Jesus answered to be sure Elijah comes and will restore all things but I tell you Elijah has already come and you did not recognize him but they have done everything they wanted to him in the same way that the Son of Man will suffer at the hands of Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

When they reached the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. Lord, have mercy on my son. He said that he has convulsions and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire. or in the water I took him to your disciples but they could not cure him unbelieving and perverse generation Jesus answered how long will I be with you how long will I endure you bring the child here for me Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of the child and he was healed at that moment then the The disciples came to Jesus privately and asked him why we couldn't expel him.

He responded because you really have so little faith. I'm telling you, if you have faith, it's as small as a mustard seed. You could say to this mountain, move from here to there and it won't move. It will be impossible when they gathered in Galilee he told them the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men they will kill him and on the third day he will rise again and the disciples were filled with grief after Jesus and his disciples arrived at Capernaum, the collector of the two temple tanks of drachma approached Peter and asked him: doesn't your teacher pay the money? temple tax if he does he answered when Peter entered the house Jesus was the first to speak what do you think Simon asked from whom the kings of the earth collect taxes from their own children or from others Peter answered then the children are exempt Jesus told him, but so that we do not offend you, go to the lake and cast your rod, take the first fish you catch, open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin, take it and give it to them for my labels and yours.

Matthew chapter 18 At that time the disciples came. Jesus and they asked him who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven he called a little child and put the child between them and he said truly I tell you unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. the heavens, therefore, whoever takes the humble position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven and whoever receives one of these children in my name, receives me if anyone causes one of these Those little ones who believe in me should stumble, it would be better for them if a great millstone were hung around their necks and they were sunk in the depths of the sea.

Woe to the world for the things that make men stumble! Things like that have to come but alas! to the person for whom they come, if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away, it is better for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire and If your eye makes you sin, take it out and throw it away, it is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell, see that you do not despise one of these little ones because I tell you that their angels in heaven always see my father's face in heaven, what do you think if a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the mountains and go looking? the one that got lost and if he truly finds it, I tell you that he is happier for that sheep than for the ninety-nine that did not get lost, just as your father who is in heaven does not want any of these little ones to perish if you or Your sister sins, go and point out her fault only between the two of you.

If they listen to you, you have conquered them, but if they do not listen to you, take one or two others so that the whole matter is established by the testimony of two or three witnesses, if they still refuse to listen. , tell the church and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector. Truly I tell you that whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed again in heaven, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree on Whatever you ask, it will be done for you by My Father who is in heaven, where two or three gather in My name.

There I am with them, then Peter came to Jesus and asked him, Lord, how many times should I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me up to seven times. Jesus answered, I am not telling you seven times but seventy-seven times, therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants when the agreement began, they brought him a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold, since he could not pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and everyone who had been sold to pay the debt before this the servant fell on his knees before him be patient with me he begged and I will return everything to you the master of the servants took pity on him he canceled the debt and let him go but when that servant left On leaving he found one of His fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins grabbed him and began to strangle him.

Pay what you owe me. He demanded of his fellow servant. He fell on his knees and begged him to be patient with me and I will pay him. but he refused, instead he left and had the man put in prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened, then the master called out to the servant in you. evil servant said that I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me, shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had mercy on you, angry?

His master handed him over to the jailers to torture him until he paid back everything he owed. This is how my Heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart Matthew chapter 19 when Jesus finished saying These things he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea on the other side of the Jordan. A large crowd followed him and he healed them. There some Pharisees approached him to test him and asked him if it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason. Haven't you read?

He responded that in the beginning the creator made the male and the female and said that is why the man will leave his father and mother and will be united to his wife and the two will be one flesh so they are no longer two but one flesh therefore. that God has joined together, let no one separate why they then asked if Moses commanded a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away. Jesus responded that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard but it was not like that from the beginning.

I tell you that anyone who gets divorced. his wife except for sexual immorality and marries another woman commits adultery the disciples told him if this is the situation between husband and wife it is better not to marry jesus answered not everyone can accept this word but only those to whom it has been given because there are eunuchs who were born that way and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others and there are those who choose to live as eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven whoever can accept this must accept it so people brought children to Jesus so that he could lay his hands on them and He prayed for them but the disciples rebuked them Jesus said: Let the children come to me, do not prevent them because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.

When he had laid his hands on them, a man passed away from there at that moment. He approached Jesus and asked the teacher what good thing I must do to obtain eternal life why are you asking me about what is good Jesus answered there is only one that is good if you want enter life keep the commandments he asked Jesus answered no you will kill you will not commit adultery you will not steal you will not bear false witness honor your father and your mother and love your neighbor as yourself I have kept all this the young man said what do I still need Jesus answered if you want to be perfect go sell your goods and give him to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven then come follow me when the young man heard this he left sad because he had great riches then Jesus said to his disciples truly I tell you that it is difficult for a rich man to re-enter the kingdom of heaven.

I tell you that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter it. kingdom of God When the disciples heard this they were very amazed and asked who then can be saved Jesus looked at them and said with man this is impossible but with God everything is possible Peter answered him we have left everything to follow you what will it be then? May it be for us, Jesus said to them, truly, I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. and to all those who have remained. houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life but many of the first will be last and many of the last will be first Matthew chapter 24 The Kingdom of Heaven It's like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard, agreed to pay them a denarius for that day and sent them to his vineyard around 9:00 in the morning, went out and saw others standing.

In the market without doing anything he told them, you too, go work in my vineyard and I will pay you whatever it is right then they left. He went out again at around noon and around 3 in the afternoon and did the same at around 5: 00 in the afternoon he went out and found others standing around and asked them why they have been here all day without doing anything because no one has hired us. They answered him and told them, you too, go work in my vineyard when the afternoon arrived. The owner of the vineyard told his foreman to call theworkers and pay them their salary starting with the last ones hired and going through the first ones.

The workers who were hired around 5:00 in the afternoon came and each one received a denarius so when those who were hired first arrived they expected to receive more but Each of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner. Those who were hired last worked for only one hour, they said, and you have made them equal to us who have endured the weight of the work and the heat of the day, but he responded to one of them. I'm not being unfair to you, friend, you didn't agree to work for a Denarius, take your pay and leave.

I want to give the person who was hired last the same thing that I gave you. I don't have the right to do whatever I want with my own money. Or are you envious because I'm generous? said the last will be first and the first will be last now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem on the way he took the twelve aside and said to them let's go up to Jerusalem and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and teachers of the law, they will condemn him to death and they will deliver it. to the Gentiles to be mocked, scourged and crucified, on the third day he will be resurrected then the mother of Zebedee's children came to Jesus with her children and kneeling asked him for a favor what do you want he asked she said grant that one of these two my children sit at your right and the other at your right your left in your kingdom you do not know what you ask Jesus told them can you drink the cup that I am going to drink can we they answered Jesus told them you will certainly drink from my cup but sit at my right or what remains is not for me to grant that these places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my father.

When the ten heard this they were indignant at the two brothers. Jesus called them and said to them: you know that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords. she over them and her high officials exercise authority over them, not so with you, however, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant and whoever wants to be first must be your slave just as the Son of Man did not come to be served. but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. While Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

Two blind men were sitting on the side of the road and when they heard Jesus passing by, they shouted, Lord, son of David, have mercy on us, the crowd. He rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted louder. Lord, son of David, have mercy on us. Jesus stopped and called to them. What do you want me to do for you? asked Lord they answered we want our sight Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes immediately they regained their sight and followed him Matthew chapter 21 when they approached Jerusalem and arrived at Bethphage on the Mount of Olives Jesus sent two disciples telling them to go to the village that is before you and immediately I will find there a donkey tied with its colt, untie them and bring them to me if anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them and that he will send them immediately.

This happened so that what was said by the Prophet would be fulfilled. Say to Daughter Zion, see that your King comes to you meek and riding on a donkey and on a colt, the colt of a donkey, the disciples went and did as Jesus had commanded them, they brought the donkey and the colt and put their clothes on them. cloaks for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowd that went before him and those who followed shouted Hosanna to the son of David, blessed is he who comes in the name. of the Lord hosanna high in heaven when Jesus entered Jerusalem the whole city was moved and asked who this was, the crowd responded: this is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth in Galilee.

Jesus entered the temple court and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those who sold doves. It is written that he told them that my house will be called a house of prayer, but you are turning it into a den of thieves. The blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouted in the courts of the temple Hosanna to the son of David, they were indignant.

Do you hear what these children say? They asked him if Answer Jesus, have you never read of lips of children and babies? You Lord have called your praise and he left them and left the city to Bethany, where he spent the night early in the morning while Jesus was returning to the city he was hungry when he saw a fig tree by the road he approached it but found nothing on it except leaves then he told him not to bear fruit again immediately the tree withered when the disciples saw this they were amazed at how the fig tree was with us so quickly they asked Jesus he answered truly I tell you that if you have faith and do not doubt no You can only do what they did to the fig tree, but you can also say to this mountain, go throw yourself into the sea and it will do it.

Do it if you believe that you will receive everything you ask for in prayer. Jesus entered the courtyard of the temple and while he was teaching, the men approached him. chief priests and the elders of the people with what authority do you do these things that they asked of you and who gave them to you this authority answered Jesus I will also ask you a question if you answer me I will tell you with what authority I am doing these things the baptism of John where it came from was from heaven or of human origin they discussed it among themselves and said if we say from heaven he will ask why they did not believe him but if we say of human origin well we are afraid of the people because everyone maintains that John was a prophet so they answered Jesus no We know then he said I will not tell you with what authority I am doing these things what do you think there was a man who had two sons he went to the first one and said son go to work today in the vineyard I will not answer him but then he changed his mind and then the father went.

He went to the other son and told him the same thing. He answered, "I, sir, but it was not which of the two did what his father wanted. The first answered. Jesus told them, truly, I tell you the publicans and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom before you. of God because John came to show you the way of justice and you did not believe him but the publicans and the prostitutes did and even after seeing this you did not repent and believed him listen In another parable there was a landowner who planted a vineyard, He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower, then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the farmers to gather their fruit. The farmers grabbed their servants, they beat one, they killed another and stoned the third. Then he sent them other servants more than the first time and the farmers treated them the same way. In the end, he sent them his son. They will respect my son. He said, but the farmers when they saw the son they said to each other this is the heir come, let's kill him and take his inheritance then they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him then when the owner of the vineyard comes the vineyard that he will do to those farmers or take to those unfortunates to a miserable end they responded and he will rent the vineyard to other farmers who will give him their share of the harvest at harvest time Jesus said to them have you never read in the scriptures the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone the Lord has done this and it is wonderful in our eyes so I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit anyone who falls on this stone will be broken anyone on whom it falls will be crushed when The chief priests and the Pharisees heard the parables of Jesus, they knew that he was speaking about them, they looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people had a prophet in Matthew chapter 22.

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying that the kingdom of heaven is similar. to a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son he sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come but they refused to come so he sent some more servants and said tell those who have been invited that I have I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and fatted cattle have been slaughtered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet but they did not pay attention and they went one to their field, another to their businesses.

The rest grabbed their servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king He became enraged and sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he told his servants the wedding. The banquet is ready but those I invited did not deserve to come, so go to the corners and invite anyone you find to the banquet. Then the servants went out to The wedding hall was full of guests, but when the king entered to see the guests, he noticed that there was a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. wedding and asked how did you come here without wedding clothes.

Friend, the man was speechless and then the king told the attendees. bind his hands and feet and throw him outside, into the darkness where there will be crying and gnashing of teeth because many are invited but few are chosen, so the Pharisees went out and made plans to trap him in his words, they sent his disciples to him with the Herodian teacher, they said. We know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God according to the truth. You do not let yourself be carried away by others because you do not pay attention to who they are.

Tell us what your opinion is. It is right to pay the tax to Caesar or not, but Jesus. , knowing their bad intentions, said hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the currency used to pay the tax. They brought him a denarius and he asked them whose image it was. is this and whose inscription Caesar responded then he told them so return to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's when they heard this they were amazed so they left him and left that same day the Sadducees who say that there is no resurrected wine to him with a question teacher they said Moses told us that if a man dies without having children his brother must marry the widow and raise offspring for her now there were seven brothers among us the first one married and died and since he had no children he left her his wife to his brother the same thing happened to the second and third brother until the seventh finally the woman died now then in the resurrection who will be the wife of the seven since they were all married to her Jesus answered you are in error because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God in the resurrection people will not marry or give in marriage they will be like the angels in heaven but about the resurrection of the dead have you not read?

What God told you I am the God of Abraham the god of Isaac and the God of Jacob he is not the god of the dead but of the living when the crowds heard this they were amazed at his teaching when they heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees. The Pharisees gathered together, one of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question, teacher, what is the greatest commandment of the law? Jesus responded, love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment and the second is how to love your neighbor as yourself the whole law and the prophets depend on these two Commandments while the Pharisees were gathered Jesus asked them what do you think of the Messiah whose son is the son of David they answered told them how is it then that David speaking by the spirit calls him Lord because the Lord says he said to my lord sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet if then David calls him Lord how can he be his son no one could say a word in response and from that day no one dared to ask him any more questions Matthew chapter 23 then Jesus said to the crowd and to his disciples the teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses so you must be careful to do everything they tell you but don't do what they do because they don't practice what they preach they tie heavy and cumbersome burdens and put them on other people's shoulders but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move everything they do They do it so that people can see, they make the phylacteries wide and the tassels on their dresses long or they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogue.

They love to be greeted with respect in the squares and that the others call you rabbi but do not call you rabbi because you have only one teacher and you are all brothers and do not call anyone father on earth because you have only one father and he is in heaven nor will they call you instructors because you have only one instructor the Messiah the greater among you will be your servant because those who exalt themselves will be humiliated and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites, you closed the door of the kingdom of heaven in the faces of the people, you yourselves did not They do not enter nor will they let in those who try to shout at you, teachers of the law and hypocritical Pharisees, who travel by land and sea to win a single convert and when they do, they make them twice. no matter how much you are a son of hell, woe to you, blind guides, you say that if someone swears by the temple it means nothing, anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath, there are you blind fools, the gold or the temple is greater than makes gold sacredYou also say that if someone swears by the altar it does not mean anything but whoever swears by the offering on the altar is bound by that oath, oh blind ones, that the donation or the altar is greater than that which makes the sacred gift, therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything that is on it, and whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by whoever lives in it, and whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by whoever sits on it. he, woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites!

You give a tenth of your spices, mint, dill and cumin, but you have neglected the most important things of the law, justice, mercy and faithfulness, you should have practiced the second without neglecting the first. You, blind guides, strain the mosquito but swallow the camel. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites, you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and self-indulgence. The blind Pharisee first cleans the inside of the cup and the plate and then the outside will also be clean. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites, you are like whitewashed tombs, beautiful on the outside but inside full of the bones of the dead and all filth within!

In the same way, on the outside you are fair to the people but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and evil. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites, who build tombs for the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous and say! If we had lived in the days of our ancestors we would not have participated with them in the shedding of the blood of the prophets, so you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets, go ahead and complete what your ancestors ​they began, snakes, generation of vipers, how.

Will you escape being condemned to hell? That is why I send you prophets, wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify. Others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute them from town to town. And so, upon you will come all the righteous blood that has fallen. has been shed on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, truly I say to you, all this will come upon this generation Jerusalem Jerusalem you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you how many times have I desired to gather your children as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings and you did not want to look at your house it is desolate because I tell you that you will not see me again until you say blessed be who comes in the name of the Lord Matthew chapter 24 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples approached him to draw his attention to their buildings.

Do you see all these things? He asked truly, I tell you that not a stone here will fall. They will remain in another all will be thrown while Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately tell us when this will happen and what will be the sign of your coming and the end of times Jesus responded look know that no one deceives you for many will come in my name saying that I am the Messiah and will deceive many you will hear of wars and rumors of wars but be careful not to be alarmed such things must happen but the end is yet to come nation will rise against nation and Kingdom against Kingdom there will be famines and earthquakes in various places all this is the beginning of birth pangs then you will be handed over to be persecuted and executed and you will be hated by all nations because of me at that time many will depart from the faith and will betray and hate each other. others and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people because of the increase in wickedness.

The love of the majority will grow cold, but he who stands firm will ultimately be saved and this

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of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will come so when you see in the Holy Place the abomination of desolation that the prophet Daniel spoke of, Let the reader understand then that those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, that no one who is on the roof should descend to take something from the house, that no one in the field return to look for his cloak, how terrible it will be in those days for Pregnant women and nursing mothers pray that your escape does not take place in winter or on the Sabbath, because then there will be a great anguish, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now, and will never be equaled if those days had not been shortened. one would survive but for the good of the chosen ones those days will be shortened in that time if someone tells them look here is the Messiah or there he is do not believe it because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and will perform great signs and wonders.

To deceive, if possible, even the chosen ones. Look, I have told you beforehand, so if anyone tells you that it is there in the desert, do not go out or that it is here in the inner chambers, do not believe it because lightning coming from the east is like that. visible even in the West so will the coming of the Son of Man be wherever there is a corpse there the vultures will gather immediately after the anguish of those days the Sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light the Stars will fall from the sky and the celestial bodies They will be shaken then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory and he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast. and they will gather together their chosen ones from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other.

Now learn this lesson from the fig tree as soon as its twigs soften and its leaves come out. you know that summer is near yet when you see all these things you know it is near right at the door of truth I tell you that this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened heaven and earth will pass away but my words it will never pass away but Of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the son, but only the father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

In the days before the flood, people ate and drank. They married and were given in marriage until the day Noah entered the Ark. They did not know anything about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. Thus it will be at the coming of the Son of Man, two men will be in the field, one will be taken and the other left two women will be grinding with a hand mill one will be taken and the other left therefore be attentive because you do not know on what day your Lord will come but understand this if the owner of the house knew what time of the night The thief was coming, he would have stood guard and would not have let his house be broken into, so you also be prepared because the Son of Man will come at the hour when Do not expect that the one who then is the faithful and wise servant whom the master has put in charge of the servants of his house, give them their food in due time, it will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing it when he returns.

Truly I tell you that he will put him in charge of all his property, but suppose that servant He is bad and he says to himself, my lord is going to stay a long time and then he begins to beat his fellow servants and eat and drink with the drunks. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect it and at an hour he does not know he will tear him to pieces. and he will assign him a place with the hypocrites where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth Matthew chapter 25.

At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom, five of them were foolish and five The wise ones, the foolish ones, took their lamps but did not take oil with them. The Wise Ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was late in arriving and they all fell asleep and fell asleep at midnight. The virgins woke up and fixed their lamps, the foolish ones, the wise men told the wise men to give us some of their oil, our lamps are going out, no, they responded that there may not be enough for both of us and you, on the other hand, Go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves, but while you were on your way to buy.

The oil arrived, the bridegroom, the virgin who was ready, entered with him into the wedding banquet and the door was closed. Then the others also came, sir, sir, they said, open the door for us, but he truly answered, I tell you not to. Know, well, to be attentive because They don't know the day or the hour. He will be like a man who, going on a journey, called his servants and entrusted them with his wealth. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags and to another bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on a trip.

The man who received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and earned five more pounds. The man who had received one bag dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who had received five bags of gold he brought the other five master said you entrusted me with five bags of gold look I have earned five more his master responded well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful in few things I will put you in charge of many things come and share the happiness of your master the man with two also came bags of gold master said you entrusted me with two bags of gold look I have earned two more his master responded well done good and faithful servant you have been faithful in few things I will put you in charge of many things come and share your master's happiness then came the man who had received a bag of gold Master said I knew that you are a hard man who reaps where you have not sown and gathers where you have not scattered seeds so I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in The earth, look, here is what belongs to you, your master replied, evil and lazy servant, then did you know that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not spread well, then you should have put my money in deposit with the bankers so that when I returned I would have received it with interest so take away the bag of gold and give it to the one who has ten bags because the one who has will be given more and the one who does not have will have left over not even what will be taken from them and they will throw that useless servant outside into the darkness where he will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth when the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him will sit on his glorious throne all nations.

They will be gathered before him and he will separate the people from each other as the shepherd separates the sheep from the road. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, come, you are blessed by my father. your inheritance the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world because I was hungry and you gave me food I was thirsty and you gave me drink I was a stranger and you invited me in I needed clothes and you clothed me I was sick and you took care of me I was in prison and you came to visit me then the righteous will respond Lord when we saw you hungry and fed you or thirsty and gave you drink when we did we see you a stranger and we invited you in or we need clothes and we clothed you when we saw you sick or in prison and we went to visit you the The king will answer you truthfully, I tell you everything you did for one of these brothers, the least of what you did for me, then he will say to those on his left, depart from me, you who are cursed in the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. because I was hungry and you didn't give me food I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink I was a stranger and you didn't invite me in I needed clothes and you didn't clothe me I was sick and in prison and you didn't take care of me they will also respond Lord when we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or in need of clothing or sick or in prison and he did not help you he will answer you truthfully I tell you everything you did not do for one of these least ones you did not do it for me then they will go to eternal punishment but the righteous to the eternal life you Matthew chapter 26 when Jesus finished saying all these things he said to his disciples as you know there are two days left until the Passover and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered at the palace of the high priest whose name was Caiaphas and they planned to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him but not during the party they said or there may be a disturbance among the people while Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper a woman with a alabaster bottle of a very expensive perfume, which he poured on his head while he was reclining at the table.

Seeing this, the disciples were indignant, why such a waste, they asked, this perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given To the poor people who are aware of this, Jesus told them why they bother this woman. She has done a beautiful thing for me. The poor people will always have them with you, but you will not always have me. When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for the burial in truth I tell you wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world what she has done will also be told in memory of her then one of the twelve who was called Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and asked what you want to give me if you I deliver it.

Then they counted him thirty pieces of silver. Since then Judas was waiting for the opportunity to give it to the disciples on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. He came to Jesus and asked him where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover, he replied go to the city to a certain man and tell him that the teacherHe says my appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples in your house so the disciples did as Jesus told them and they prepared the Passover when the evening came Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve and while they were eating he said truly I tell you that one of you will betray me They were very sad and began to tell him one after another, surely you are not referring to me, Lord Jesus, replied the one who has put his hand in the bowl with me, he will betray me, the Son of Man will go just as it is written about him, but alas!

It would have been better for that man who betrays the Son of Man if he had not been born then Judas the one who was going to betray him said surely you are not referring to me rabbi Jesus answered you said it while they were eating Jesus took bread and after giving thanks he broke it and He gave it to his disciples saying take and eat this is my body then he took a cup and having given thanks he gave it to them saying everyone drink from it this is my Blood of the Covenant which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.

I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now until that day when I drink it new with you in the Kingdom of my father when they had sung a hymn they went out to the Mount of Olives then Jesus said to them this very night all of you They will separate because of me because it is written I will strike the Shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered but after I have risen I will do it. go before you to Galilee Peter answered even if everyone vanished because of you I will never truly do it I tell you Jesus answered this very night before the crows you will disown me three times but Peter declared even if I have to die with you I will never disown you and all the The other disciples said the same thing.

Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane and told them to sit here while I go there to pray. He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sad and troubled. Then he said to them, "My soul is Overwhelmed with pain to the point of death, stay here and watch with me going a little further, she fell on her face to the ground and prayed, my father, if it is possible for this cup to be taken from me, but not as I want, but as you want, then she returned to her disciples and found them. sleeping right? men watch with me for an hour he asked Peter to watch and pray so that you do not fall into temptation the Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak he left a second time and prayed my father if it is not possible this cup will be taken away unless he drinks it may your will be done when he returned again he found them sleeping because their eyes were heavy so he left them and went away once again and prayed a third time saying the same thing and then returned to the disciples. and he said to them, you are still sleeping and resting, look, the hour has come and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners, get up, come here comes my betrayer.

While Judas was still speaking, one of the twelve arrived with him. It was a great crowd armed with swords and clubs sent by the chief priests and the elders of the people now the traitor arranged a sign with them the one who kissed is the man arrest him going immediately to Jesus Judas said greetings rabbi and kissed him Jesus answered no you came for a friend then the men They came forward and grabbed Jesus and arrested him. One of Jesus' companions took his sword, pulled it out, and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

Put your sword in its place. Jesus said to him, because everyone who draws the sword will die by the sword. Do you think I cannot call on my father and he will immediately put more than twelve legions of angels at my disposal, but how then will the Scriptures that say it must happen be fulfilled? So in that hour Jesus said to the crowd, am I leading a rebellion? Have you come out with swords and clubs to capture me every day? I sat in the temple court teaching and you did not arrest me, but all this has happened. so that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled, then all the disciples abandoned him and fled.

Those who had arrested Jesus brought him before the high priest Caiaphas, where the teachers of the law and the elders had gathered, but Peter followed him at a distance until he entered the courtyard of the high priest and sat with the guards to see the result. The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus to kill him, but they did not find it, although there were many false witnesses. Finally two approached and declared this guy said: I can destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, are you not going to answer what this testimony is that these men are? bringing against you but Jesus remained silent the high priest told him I charge you under oath by the Living God tell us if you are the Messiah the son of God so you have said Jesus answered but I tell you all from now on you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven then the high priest tore his clothes and said that he had spoken blasphemy, why do we need more witnesses?

Look now that he's heard the blasphemy, what? Do you think he is worthy of death? - They responded then they spat in his face and punched him others slapped him and said prophesy Messiah who hit you now Peter was sitting in the patio and a servant approached him they were also with Jesus of Galilee she said but he denied it in front of everyone I don't know what they're talking about, he said, then he went out to the door where another servant saw him and told the people that this guy was there with Jesus of Nazareth, he denied it again with an oath, I don't know the man shortly after, although standing there he approached Peter and said to him, surely you are one of them, your accent gives you away, then he began to curse and swore to them that I do not know the man.

He immediately sang, then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said before the crows, you will disown me three times and he went outside and cried bitterly Matthew chapter 27 early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people made plans to execute Jesus, so they tied him up, took him and handed him over to the governor Pilate. When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he repented and returned the thirty coins. silver to the chief priests in the elders I have sinned he said because I have betrayed innocent blood what is that for us they responded that it is their responsibility then Judas threw the money in the temple and left then he left and hanged himself the chief priests chose He picked up the coins and said that it is against the law to put this in the Treasury since it is blood money, so they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners, that is why it is called the blood field.

This day then what was said by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled. They took the thirty pieces of silver that the people of Israel had given them and with them they bought the potter's field as Jehovah commanded me. Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him You are the king of the Jews, you have said it, Jesus responded when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not give an answer, so Pilate asked him: do you not listen to the testimony that they are bringing against you? Jesus did not respond even to a single accusation to the great astonishment of the governor.

Now it was the custom of the governor at the party to release a prisoner chosen by the crowd. At that time they had a very well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas, so when Pilate asked them Who do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas or Jesus, called the Messiah, because he knew that Jesus had been handed over to him out of self-interest while Pilate was sitting at the table. the judge's seat his wife sent him this message has nothing to do with that innocent man because today I suffered a lot in dreams because of him but the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask Barabbas and give me Jesus He executed which of the two do you want me to release?

Ask Governor Barabbas. They answered, What will I do then with Jesus, who is called the Messiah? Pilate asked. They all answered: Crucify him. Wally, what crime has he committed? They asked Pilate but they shouted, Crucify him, even louder when Pilate saw that He didn't get anywhere but there was a commotion he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd I am innocent of this man's blood he said it is your responsibility the whole town responded his blood is on us and on our children so He released Barabbas but had Jesus flogged and handed him over to be crucified.

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus to the praetorium and gathered the entire company of soldiers around him. a crown of thorns and put it on his head, they put a staff in his right hand, then they knelt before him and mocked him, hail, King of the Jews, they said they spat on him and took away his After mocking him, they took off his cloak and put their own clothes on him, then they took him to be crucified. When they left they met a man from Cyrene II named Simon and they forced him to carry the wine, they arrived at a place called Golgotha ​​which means the place of the skull, there they offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink, but after tasting it He refused to drink it, when they crucified him, they divided his clothes. casting lots and sitting down, they watched him there above his head they placed the written accusation this is Jesus the King of the Jews two rebels were crucified with him one on his right and one on his left those who passed by hurled insults at him shaking their heads and saying that you are going to destroy the temple and in three days build it save yourself, come down from the cross if you are a child of God in the same way the chief priests the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him he saved others they said but he he cannot save himself he is the king of Israel let him come down now from the cross and we will believe in him he trusts God that God will rescue him now if he wants because he said I am a son of God in the same way the rebels who were crucified They also insulted him with him.

From noon until 3:00 in the afternoon, darkness covered the entire earth. About 3:00 in the afternoon, Jesus cried out with a loud voice. Eloi Eloi Lama sabachthani meaning My God, My God, why have you abandoned me? When some of those who were there heard this, they said that he was calling for Elijah. Immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff and offered it to him. We gave it to Jesus to drink the rest, he said, now leave him alone, let's see if Elijah comes to save him, and when Jesus had cried out again with a loud voice, he gave up the spirit.

At that moment, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. bottom the earth shook the rocks split and the tombs opened the bodies of many saints who had died were resurrected they came out of the tombs after the resurrection of Jesus and entered the holy city and appeared to many people when the centurion and the Those who were with the one who was guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and everything that had happened, they were scared and exclaimed, surely it was the son of God. Many women were there watching from afar.

They had followed Jesus from Galilee to attend to his needs. Among them were Mary Magdalene Mary. , the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's children, when evening came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who had also become a disciple of Jesus, went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus and Pilate ordered that it be handed over to him. Joseph took the body wrapped in a clean sheet and put it in his new tomb that he had dug out of the rock, he rolled a large stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and Mary Magdalene and the other Mary left.

They were sitting there in front of the tomb the next day, after the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate, sir, they said: let's remember when I was still alive, that deceiver said that after three days I will rise again, so He gives the order for the tomb to be secured until the third day, otherwise his disciples can come and steal the body and tell the people that he has risen from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first, Pilate replied. , go and secure the tomb As you know, they went and secured the tomb by putting a seal on the stone and setting up the guard Matthew chapter 28 after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

There was a strong earthquake because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and, going to the tomb, removed the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothes were white as snow. The gods were so afraid of him that they trembled and became like dead people. The angel said to the women do not be afraid for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified he is not here he has risen just as he said come and see the place where he lay then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead and He goes ahead of you to Galilee there you will see him now I have told you then the women hurried out of the tomb scared but full of joy and ran to tell his disciples suddenly Jesus came out to meet them greetings he said they approached him they grabbed him feet and they worshiped him then Jesus told them not to be afraid go and tell my brother to go to Galilee there you will see me while thewomen were on their way some of the guards entered the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened when the chief priests met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money telling them that they should say that his disciples came during the night and stole it while we were asleep, if this report reaches the governor we will satisfy him and keep him out of trouble, so the soldiers took the money and did as they were told and this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this day, then the eleven disciples.

They went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him they worshiped him but some doubted so Jesus came to them and told them all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me, therefore go and make disciples of all nations. baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you and I will certainly be with you always until the end of the world.