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  • I am writing to you, dear Theophilus:

  • an orderly account of the things that have taken place among us,

  • so that you may know the absolute truth about everything.

  • In the days when Caesar Augustus was emperor of Rome

  • and when Herod the great was king of Judea,

  • God sent the angeI GabrieI to visit a virgin girI in the city of Nazareth.

  • And the virgin's name was Mary.

  • Fear not Mary,

  • For you have found favor with God.

  • You will conceive and give birth to a Son

  • and you will call His name, Jesus.

  • How can this be? I am a virgin.

  • The Holy Spirit will come upon you.

  • For this reason the Holy Child will be called

  • the Son of the Most High God. His kingdom will never end.

  • So Mary traveled to a town in Judea

  • to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was also miraculously with child.

  • Elizabeth.

  • Mary. Cousin Mary.

  • You are the most blessed of all women.

  • And blessed is the Child you will bear.

  • For as soon as I heard your greeting, the baby within me jumped with joy.

  • My souI magnifies the Lord,

  • and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

  • From now on, all generations will call me blessed.

  • Know all men of Nazareth,

  • that by command of Caesar Augustus,

  • there will be conducted a census

  • of the subject territories of Galilee and Judea.

  • All men must register forthwith

  • in the towns and cities of their ancestraI birth.

  • And Mary went to Bethlehem in Judea

  • to register with Joseph her betrothed.

  • But there was no room for them in Bethlehem.

  • And the only lodging they could find was a humble stable.

  • Now there were some shepherds in that part of the country how were

  • taking care of their flock at night when an angeI of God appeared to them

  • and the glory of God was shining around them.

  • This very day in David's town, your Savior was born,

  • Christ the Lord.

  • The shepherds hurried to see the newborn Babe in the manger,

  • and were the first to spread the Good News or GospeI

  • of the virgin mother and the Savior's birth.

  • A week later, when the time came for the Baby to be circumcised,

  • He was given the name Jesus

  • and Joseph and Mary took the Child to to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord.

  • In the temple there was a good and devout man

  • who the Holy Spirit had promised would not die untiI he had seen

  • the Christ. His name was Simeon.

  • Lord, now You can let me, Thy servant,

  • depart in peace according to Thy word.

  • For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.

  • This Child is chosen by God.

  • May you both be blessed.

  • And when they had completed all their duties according to the law

  • of Moses, they left Jerusalem and returned to Nazareth.

  • When Jesus was twelve years old,

  • Joseph and Mary took Him to Jerusalem for the passover feast.

  • But, when they started back home,

  • thinking that the Boy was with them,

  • Jesus stayed behind.

  • They returned to the city looking for Him.

  • And on the third day found Him in the temple

  • sitting with the rabbis and the elders.

  • Whose Child is this who asks such questions?

  • He's from Nazareth.

  • We thought He had left with us. Please, forgive Him His zeaI.

  • All who heard Him were amazed.

  • Son. Why have You done this to us?

  • Your father and I have been terribly worried trying to find you.

  • How is it that you looked for Me?

  • Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?

  • And He came with them to Nazareth

  • and increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and with man.

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  • A documentary taken entirely from the Gospel of Lule

  • In the fifteenth year of the rule of the emperor Tiberius,

  • Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea,

  • and Herod, the ruler of Galilee,

  • and Annas and Caiaphas the high priests,

  • The word of God came to John in the desert,

  • and he came into all the country near the Jordan river,

  • preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

  • Turn away from your sins. And be baptized.

  • And God will forgive your sins.

  • As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:

  • Someone is shouting in the desert:

  • Get the road ready for the Lord.

  • Make a straight path for Him to traveI.

  • Every valley must be filled up.

  • Every hill and mountain leveled off.

  • The winding roads must be made straight.

  • And the rough paths made smooth,

  • and all mankind will see God's salvation.

  • What shall we do?

  • You brood of vipers.

  • What do you want us to do?

  • Whoever has two shirts,

  • must give one to the man who has none.

  • And whoever has food must share it.

  • Teacher,

  • we are tax collectors.

  • What shall we do?

  • Don't collect more than is legaI.

  • And what about us? What are we to do?

  • Don't take money from anyone by force.

  • And don't accuse anyone falsely.

  • Be content with your pay.

  • Tell us. Are you the Christ?

  • I baptize you with water.

  • But Someone is coming who is much greater than I am.

  • I'm not good enough even to untie His sandals.

  • He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • He has His grain shoveI with Him,

  • to thresh out all the grain and gather the wheat into His barn.

  • And the Holy Spirit came down on Jesus in bodily form like a dove.

  • And a voice from Heaven said:

  • You are My beloved Son,

  • in You I am well pleased. "

  • When Jesus began His work, He was about 30 years old.

  • He returned from the Jordan river full of the Holy Spirit,

  • and was led by the Spirit into the desert,

  • where He was tempted by the deviI for 40 days.

  • In all this time, He ate nothing.

  • The deviI said to Him:

  • "If you are God's Son,

  • order this stone to become bread. "

  • It is written, that man shall not live by bread alone,

  • but by every word of God.

  • Then the deviI took Him up and showed Him

  • all the kingdoms of the world.

  • "I will give you all this power and all this wealth.

  • It has all been handed over to me,

  • And I can give it to anyone I choose.

  • All this will be Yours then,

  • if You worship me. "

  • It is written: You shall worship the Lord your God.

  • and Him only shall you serve.

  • Then the deviI took Him to Jerusalem

  • and set him on the highest point of the temple.

  • "If you are God's Son, throw Yourself down from here,

  • for the Scripture says:

  • God will order His angels to take good care of You.

  • It also says they will hold You up with their hands,

  • so that not even Your feet will be hurt on the stones. "

  • The Scripture says:

  • You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.

  • And He came to Nazareth where He had been brought up.

  • Hello.

  • Hello.

  • And on the Sabbath day of rest, He went as usuaI to the synagogue.

  • And He was called upon to read a portion of the prophet Isaiah.

  • The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me.

  • Because He has chosen Me to bring good news to the poor.

  • He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,

  • and recovery of sight to the blind.

  • To set at liberty those who are oppressed.

  • And announce that the time has come when the Lord will save His people.

  • This Scripture has come true today, as you heard it being read.

  • The Scripture come true?

  • But only the Messiah can fulfill that promise.

  • Doubtless you will quote the proverb to Me, Physician, heaI Thyself.

  • You'll also say to Me, Do the things in Your own home town

  • that we heard were done in Capernaum.

  • I tell you this.

  • No prophet is ever welcome in his hometown.

  • They meant to throw Him over the cliff.

  • But He walked through the crowd and went His way.

  • And Jesus came to Capernaum, a city of Galilee.

  • The Roman occupation of the nation was in evidence everywhere.

  • And the people longed for the Messiah to come,

  • to free them from the tyranny.

  • Peace be with you.

  • And You, Master.

  • Will your boat bear Me, Simon?

  • Why not?

  • He's not going to leave, is He?

  • Speak to us. Jesus, speak to us.

  • Once there were two men who went up to the temple to pray.

  • One was a Pharisee. The other was a tax collector.

  • The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed,

  • I thank You, God, that I am not

  • greedy or dishonest or an adulterer like everybody else.

  • I thank You that I am not like that tax collector over there.

  • I fast twice a week, and I give You one tenth of all my income.

  • But the tax collector stood at a distance

  • and would not even raise his face to heaven.

  • But beat upon his breast and said,

  • God, have pity on me, a sinner.

  • I tell you, the tax collector, not the pharisee

  • was in the right with God when he went home.

  • For the man who exalts himself will be humbled,

  • and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

  • Push the boat out further to the deep water.

  • Then you and your partners let down your nets for a catch.

  • Oh, Master, we worked hard all night long, and caught nothing.

  • But if You say so, I'll let down the nets.

  • James.. John..

  • James.. John.. Get your boat over here and give us some help. Hurry..

  • We can't, we've got our hands full.

  • Go away from me, Lord. I am a sinfuI man.

  • Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching men.

  • Come to Me and listen to My words, hear Me, and you shall have life.

  • Seek the Lord while He may be found call on Him while He is near.

  • Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts

  • And let him return to the Lord and He will have compassion on him.

  • For He will abundantly pardon.

  • You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace.

  • He's coming. He's here. Look..

  • Jesus. Jesus.

  • I beg you to save my only daughter.

  • She's only 12 years old, and dying.

  • Please come with me.

  • Jairus, I'm sorry. Your daughter has died.

  • Don't bother the Teacher any longer.

  • Don't be afraid.

  • Only believe and she will be well.

  • Do not weep.

  • She's not dead, but only sleeping.

  • Child,

  • Arise.

  • Give her something to eat.

  • I charge you, tell no one what has happened here.

  • And after this, He saw a tax collector named Matthew Levi,

  • sitting at the toll gate for the receipt of the customs.

  • Follow me.

  • And Jesus went up to the hill to pray,

  • and spent the whole night there praying to God.

  • And when day came, He greeted the 12 of them whom He named apostles.

  • Simon, whom He also named Peter,

  • and Andrew, his brother,

  • James,

  • and John,

  • Philip,

  • and Bartholomew,

  • and Matthew,

  • and Thomas,

  • James, the son of Alphaeus,

  • and Simon called Zealotes,

  • and Judas, the brother of James,

  • and Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor.

  • Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

  • Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled.

  • Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

  • Blessed are you when men hate you and reject you and insult you

  • and say you are eviI, all because of the Son of Man.

  • Be glad when that happens, and dance for joy,

  • because a great reward is kept for you in Heaven.

  • For their ancestors did the same thing to the prophets.

  • ...18, 19,

  • 20. That's all I've got.

  • What do you mean that's all you've got?.

  • How terrible for you who are rich now.

  • You have had your easy life.

  • He doesn't want to be rich. He must be mad.

  • How terrible for you who laugh now,

  • for you shall mourn and weep.

  • How terrible when all men speak well of you.

  • For their ancestors said the very same things about the false prophets.

  • But I tell you who hear Me, love your enemies.

  • Do good to those who hate you.

  • Bless those who curse you.

  • And pray for people who mistreat you.

  • If anyone hits you on one cheek,

  • let him hit the other one also.

  • And if someone takes away your coat,

  • let him have your shirt as well.

  • Give to everyone who begs from you.

  • And if someone takes what is yours,

  • do not ask for it back again.

  • Do for others only what you would have others do for you.

  • If you love only the people who love you,

  • why should you receive a blessing?

  • For even sinners love those who love them.

  • And if you do good to those who do good to you,

  • why should you receive a blessing?

  • Even sinners do that.

  • How could He touch her?

  • How could He talk to her?

  • Disgusting.

  • No. Love your enemies, and do good to them.

  • And lend expecting nothing back.

  • And then you will have a great reward.

  • For you will be sons of the Most High God.

  • For He is good to the ungratefuI and to the wicked.

  • Be mercifuI, just as your Father is mercifuI.

  • Save us, Jesus.

  • Judge not, and you will not be judged.

  • Condemn not, and you will not be condemned.

  • Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • Give, and it will be given to you.

  • For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.

  • Lead us in Thy path, O Lord.

  • One blind man cannot lead another.

  • If he does, they both will fall into a ditch.

  • Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye

  • but pay no attention to the log in your own eye?

  • Guide us, Oh Master.

  • We need You now, Lord.

  • How happy is the mother who bore You and nursed You.

  • Rather how happy are those who hear the word of God, and obey it.

  • I would like to know this Man.

  • Do you think He might be, the Messiah?

  • This pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him.

  • And Jesus went to his house and sat down to eat.

  • Come along children, off you go.

  • You heard me. Go.

  • They get by with all the mischief they can.

  • What is she doing here?

  • I don't know.

  • If this Man really were a prophet,

  • He would know who this woman is who is touching Him.

  • He would know what kind of sinfuI life she lives.

  • I know who this woman is, Simon.

  • Let Me tell you something.

  • There were two men who owed money to a moneylender.

  • One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed 50.

  • Neither of them could pay him back,

  • So he cancelled the debts of both.

  • Which one then will love him more?

  • I suppose that it would be the one who was forgiven more.

  • You are right.

  • Do you see this woman?

  • I came into your home.

  • You gave Me no water for My feet,

  • yet she has washed My feet with her tears,

  • and dried them with her hair.

  • You did not welcome Me with a kiss.

  • But since I came she has not stopped kissing My feet.

  • You provided no olive oiI for My head.

  • Yet she has anointed My feet with perfume.

  • I tell you then, The great love she has shown

  • proves that her many sins are forgiven.

  • But whoever is forgiven little,

  • shows only a little love.

  • Your sins are forgiven you.

  • Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.

  • I... I...

  • And Jesus traveled, teaching the good news of the Kingdom of God.

  • And the twelve disciples went with Him.

  • And so did some women who had been healed of eviI spirits:

  • Mary, who was called Magdalene,

  • Joanna, whose husband, Chuza, was steward in Herod's court,

  • and Susanna.

  • But Herod, the Roman appointed ruler of Galilee, threw John the Baptist

  • in prison, because he had condemned his marriage to his brother's wife.

  • Well?

  • As we arrived at the gate of Nain, a funeraI procession came out.

  • The dead was the only son of a widow.

  • When Jesus saw the widow, His heart was filled with compassion.

  • He touched the coffin and said, Young man, get up I tell you.

  • Then, the dead man sat up.

  • And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

  • Ask Him, say, Are You the One John said was going to come?

  • Or should we expect someone else?

  • Master.

  • Master.

  • John the Baptist sent us to ask

  • If You are the One who is going to come?

  • Or should we expect someone else?

  • Go back and tell John what you have seen and heard.

  • The blind can see, the lame can walk.

  • How happy are those who have no doubts about Me.

  • Please, pick me up.

  • Onto my shoulder. Can you see now?.

  • I can see Jesus.

  • A sower went out to sow his seed.

  • And as he scattered the grain some of it fell by the path

  • and was trodden on,

  • And the birds of the air devoured it.

  • And some fell on rocky ground, and when the plants sprouted,

  • they withered away because they had no moisture.

  • And some seeds fell among thorns.

  • And the thorns grew up with the plants, and choked them.

  • And some seeds fell in good soiI,

  • And the plants grew and bore grain, 100 grains each.

  • Master, why do You speak in parables whenever a crowd is near?

  • The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God have been given to you.

  • But to others it comes by means of parables...

  • So they may look but not see...

  • And listen but not understand.

  • This is what the parable means.

  • The seed is the word of God.

  • The seeds that fell along the path stand for those who hear.

  • But the deviI comes and takes the message away from their hearts

  • in order to keep them from believing and being saved.

  • The seeds that fell on rocky ground

  • stand for those who hear the message and receive it gladly.

  • But they have no roots.

  • They believe only for a while.

  • And when the time of testing comes, they fall away.

  • The seeds that fell among the thorns stand for those who hear,

  • but the worries and riches and

  • pleasures of this life crowd in and choke them.

  • And their fruit never ripens.

  • And the seeds that fell in good soiI,

  • Stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good

  • and obedient heart. And they persist untiI they bear fruit.

  • No one lights a lamp and covers it with a bowI, or puts it under a bed.

  • Instead, he puts it on the stand

  • so that people may see the light as they come in.

  • Whatever is hidden away will be brought out in the open.

  • And whatever is covered up will be found and brought to light.

  • Be carefuI then, how you listen.

  • Because whoever has will be given more.

  • But he who has not will have taken away from him

  • even the little he thinks he has.

  • Teacher, your mother and brothers are standing outside. They want to see you.

  • My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God,

  • and obey it.

  • One day Jesus got into a boat with His disciples, and said to them,

  • Let us go across to the other side of the lake.

  • And as they were sailing, He fell asleep.

  • Master. Master.

  • Jesus.

  • We are about to die.

  • The waves are swamping us, We'll all drown.

  • Save us, Master.

  • We're going to be saved.

  • Where is your faith?

  • And they sailed on over to Gadara,

  • which is across the lake from Galilee.

  • Jesus, Son of the Most High God,

  • what do You want with me?

  • I beg You, don't punish me.

  • What is your name?

  • Legion.

  • Lord, we beg you, do not, send us into the abyss.

  • Let us enter, into the herd, of swine.

  • Hey.

  • Come back.

  • Stop. Stop.

  • And the demons went out of the man,

  • and into the pigs.

  • Go away from here.

  • You, magician.

  • Leave us.

  • Go away from this place.

  • Leave us.

  • Go away from here.

  • I'll follow You wherever You go.

  • Let me, come with You.

  • Go back home, and tell what God has done for you.

  • Master, send the people away,

  • so that then they can go to the villages and farms around here,

  • and find food and lodging.

  • This is a lonely place.

  • You yourselves them something to eat.

  • But all we have are five loaves of bread and two fish.

  • Blessed are Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe,

  • Who brings forth bread from the earth.

  • It's a miracle. Unbelievable.

  • Who do the crowds say I am?

  • Some say You are John the Baptist, others say that You are Elijah,

  • While others say that one of the prophets of long ago,

  • has come back to life.

  • What about you? Who do you say that I am?

  • You are God's Messiah.

  • You shall tell no man of this.

  • The Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected.

  • He will be put to death.

  • But three days later, He will be raised to life.

  • Will any of you come with Me?

  • I will follow You Master.

  • But first, let me go and say goodbye to my family.

  • Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back

  • is of no use for the kingdom of God.

  • If anyone wants to come with Me,

  • he must forget himself,

  • Take up his cross every day and follow me.

  • For whoever would save his own life will lose it.

  • and whoever would lose his life for My sake will save it.

  • What will it profit a man if he gains the whole earth and loses his own souI?

  • If any man is ashamed of Me and My teachings,

  • then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him

  • when He comes in His glory,

  • and the glory of the Father and the holy angels.

  • I assure you

  • there are some here who will not die untiI they have seen the kingdom of God.

  • Then Jesus took John and James and Peter with Him

  • and went up the hill to pray.

  • And while He was praying, His face changed its appearance

  • and His clothes became shining white.

  • Suddenly two men were talking with Him.

  • They were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in heavenly glory.

  • You will fulfill God's purpose.

  • You will die in Jerusalem.

  • As they were leaving, Peter said to Jesus,

  • Master, how good it is that we are here.

  • We will make three tents.

  • One for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

  • As Peter spoke, a cloud came and covered them,

  • And the disciples were afraid.

  • A voice came from the cloud saying,

  • This is My Son, the 'Chosen One'. Listen to Him.

  • Teacher.

  • Teacher. I beg You, look at my son.

  • Please, please help him. He is my only child.

  • I begged Your disciples to cast out the eviI spirit.

  • But they could not.

  • Oh faithless and perverse generation.

  • How long am I to be with you and bear with you?

  • Bring your son here.

  • His face has been healed too. How wonderfuI.

  • Teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.

  • When you pray, say:

  • Our Father which art in heaven,

  • Hallowed be Thy Name.

  • Thy kingdom come.

  • Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

  • Give us each day our daily bread,

  • and forgive us our sins,

  • for we also forgive everyone who has done wrong to us.

  • And lead us not into temptation.

  • But deliver us from eviI.

  • Ask, and you will receive.

  • Seek, and you will find.

  • Knock, and the door will be opened to you.

  • For everyone who asks will receive,

  • and he who seeks will find,

  • and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks.

  • Would any of you who are fathers

  • give a snake to your son when he asks for a fish?

  • Or give a scorpion when he asks for an egg?

  • As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children.

  • How much more, then, would your Heavenly Father

  • give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him.

  • I tell you this,

  • Take no thought in your life for what you shall eat.

  • Nor for your body as to what you shall wear.

  • For life is more than food,

  • and the body more than clothing.

  • Consider the ravens,

  • They neither sow nor reap,

  • have neither storehouse or barn,

  • Yet God feeds them.

  • Of how much more worth are you than the birds.

  • Which of you by being anxious, can add to the length of your life?

  • If you cannot do such a small thing,

  • why do you worry about the rest?

  • Look at the lilies, how they grow.

  • They neither toiI nor spin,

  • Yet King Solomon in all his glory

  • was not arrayed like a single one of them.

  • If God,

  • Who clothes the wild grass today, which tomorrow is thrown onto a fire,

  • How much more sure is He to clothe you,

  • Oh you of little faith.

  • Make our faith greater.

  • If you had faith as big as a mustard seed,

  • you could say to this tree: Pull yourself up by the roots

  • and plant yourself in the sea, and it would obey you.

  • Temptations to sin will come, but woe to him by whom they come.

  • It would be better for him

  • that a stone were put about his neck and he were cast into the sea

  • than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.

  • What is the kingdom of God like? It is like this:

  • A man takes a grain of mustard seed

  • and plants it in his field.

  • The plant grows and becomes a tree

  • and the birds make their nests in its branches.

  • I'm not sure what He's talking about.

  • Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts?

  • People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.

  • I have not come to call respectable people to repent,

  • But outcasts.

  • Tell us again about the kingdom. Is there anything else?

  • Do not be afraid, little flock,

  • for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

  • Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor.

  • Provide for yourselves purses that don't wear out

  • and save your riches in heaven, where they will never decrease,

  • because no thief can steaI them, and no moth can destroy them.

  • For your heart will always be where your riches are.

  • Woman, you are free from your sickness.

  • Look. Look. She's cured.

  • It's a miracle. Look, she's cured. Come and see.

  • Praise to the Lord.

  • 18 years. God keep you, Rabbi.

  • There are 6 days in which we should work,

  • So come on one of those days to be healed,

  • but not on the Sabbath.

  • You hypocrites.

  • Any of you would untie his ox or his donkey

  • and take it out from the stall to give it water on the Sabbath.

  • Now, here is this descendant of Abraham whom Satan has kept in

  • bonds these 18 years. Should she not be set free on the Sabbath?

  • Good teacher, what must I do to receive eternaI life?

  • Why do you call Me good?

  • No one is good save God alone.

  • You know the commandments:

  • Do not commit adultery, do not commit murder,

  • do not accuse anyone falsely. Respect your mother and father.

  • Ever since I was young, I have obeyed all these commandments.

  • There is still one more thing you need to do.

  • You must sell all you have and give the money to the poor,

  • And you will have riches in heaven. Then come and follow Me.

  • But we are merchants. Wealthy.

  • How hard it is for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.

  • It is harder for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God, than for

  • a cameI to pass through the eye of a needle.

  • Who, then, who can be saved?

  • What is impossible for man is possible for God.

  • Exactly where will this be, God's kingdom?

  • The kingdom of God does not come in such a way as to be seen.

  • No one will say, Look, there it is, or Here it is.

  • Because the kingdom of God is within you.

  • The time will come when you will wish

  • that you could see one of the days of the Son of Man,

  • But you will not see it.

  • As the lightning flashes and lights up the entire sky,

  • so will the coming of the Son of Man be on His day.

  • But first I must suffer much and be rejected

  • by the people of this day.

  • It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear

  • than for the smallest detaiI of the law to be done away with.

  • For I tell you many prophets and kings desired to see what you see

  • and did not see it.

  • And to hear what you hear and did not hear it.

  • What should we do?

  • What do the Scriptures say? How do you interpret them?

  • Love the Lord your God with all your heart,

  • with all your souI, with all your strength, and with all your mind,

  • and love your neighbor as you love yourself.

  • You are right. Do this and you will live.

  • Who is my neighbor?

  • There once was a man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho.

  • When robbers attacked him, stripped him, beat him,

  • leaving him half dead.

  • It so happened that a Jewish priest came that way.

  • When he saw the man, he walked by on the other side.

  • In the same way a Levite also came there,

  • went over and looked at the man,

  • and then walked by on the other side.

  • But a Samaritan who was traveling on that road came across the man.

  • And when he saw him his heart was filled with pity.

  • He went over to the man, poured oiI and wine on his wounds

  • and bandaged them. Then he put him on his own animaI

  • and took him to an inn, where he took care of him.

  • The next day he gave the innkeeper two silver coins.

  • And he told him to take care of the man.

  • He said: When I come back,

  • I will pay you whatever else you spend on him.

  • Which one of these three men acted like a neighbor

  • toward the man who was attacked by the robbers?

  • The one who was kind to him.

  • You, then, do the same.

  • Let the little children to come unto Me and do not forbid them.

  • For of such is the kingdom of God.

  • Truly I say to you,

  • if you do not accept the kingdom of God as a little child does,

  • there is no way you can get in.

  • Anyone who welcomes this child in My name also welcomes Me.

  • And anyone who welcomes Me welcomes the One who sent Me.

  • For the one who is most humble among you all is the greatest.

  • Hey, what's happening? What's going on?

  • Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.

  • Jesus.

  • Jesus.

  • Son of David. Have mercy on me.

  • What do you want Me to do for you?

  • I want to see again.

  • Then see.

  • Your faith has made you well.

  • I can see.

  • I can see..

  • I can see...

  • This man really is a prophet.

  • My Lord and Master, save me.

  • Oh Lord, save us. Save us.

  • Praise the Lord.

  • Show us the true way, Lord.

  • That's the tax collector.

  • Hurry down, Zaccheus.

  • For I must stay in your house today.

  • My house?

  • Who'd want to stay in his house?

  • How does Zaccheus know Jesus?

  • Listen.

  • I give half of my belongings to the poor,

  • and if I have cheated anyone,

  • I will pay him back four times as much.

  • I don't believe it. A tax collector paying back his taxes. Impossible.

  • Salvation has come to this house today.

  • For this man also is a descendent of Abraham.

  • The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

  • Listen.

  • We are going to Jerusalem,

  • where everything the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true.

  • He will be handed over to the Gentiles.

  • They will mock Him, and treat Him shamefully and spit on Him.

  • He will be whipped and killed.

  • But on the third day, He will rise.

  • And Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem.

  • Rabbi, command your disciples to be quiet.

  • I tell you that if they were to be quiet,

  • the stones themselves would begin shouting.

  • Peace, honor, health.

  • If only, on this your day you had known the path for peace,

  • but you have failed to see it.

  • The days will come when your enemies, will build ramparts to surround you

  • and hem you in pressing hard from every side,

  • and within these walls they will destroy you. You and your children,

  • and they will not leave one stone upon another in you,

  • because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.

  • 5, 6, 7, 8, 9...

  • 21, 22, 23, 24, 25...

  • It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer.

  • But you have turned it into a den of thieves.

  • He's heading for my animals.

  • Stop him. Stop him.

  • Get the guards. Get the guards.

  • I understand that many have already hailed Him as King.

  • A King? A King of beggars, whores, and thieves.

  • We've seen His like before.

  • They come, they make their claims, they go. They're forgotten.

  • Don't be blind. His following is growing by the day.

  • The people admire Him...

  • ...And think He is a King.

  • Let me give you a warning.

  • If this Man should threaten the peace further,

  • I shall look to you.

  • Perhaps he's right. It's time we confronted the Galilean.

  • And as the hypocriticaI section of the scribes and Pharisees

  • came increasingly under His attack,

  • So His following among the Jews grew.

  • And so did the opposition from those He condemned.

  • I tell you, that this poor widow put in more than all the others.

  • For the others offered their gifts from what they had to spare of their riches.

  • But she, poor as she is, put in all the living that she had.

  • Tell us, what right do You have to say these things?

  • Who gave You such right?

  • Now let me ask you a question.

  • Tell Me, did John's right to baptize come from God or from man?

  • What shall we say?

  • If we were to say, From God,

  • He will say, Why then, don't you believe John?

  • But if we say, From man, this whole crowd here will stone us.

  • They're all convinced that John was a prophet.

  • We don't know where it came from.

  • Neither will I tell you then by what right I do these things.

  • There was once a man who planted a vineyard,

  • Rented it out to some tenants, and then left home for a long time.

  • When the time came to gather the grapes,

  • he sent a slave to the tenants,

  • to receive from them his share of the harvest.

  • But the tenants beat the slave and sent him back without a thing.

  • So he sent another slave. but the tenants beat him, too,

  • treated him shamefully and sent him back without a thing.

  • Then he sent a third slave.

  • But the tenants wounded him, too, and threw him out.

  • Then the owner of the vineyard said to himself,

  • What shall I do? I will send my own dear son.

  • Surely they will respect him.

  • But when the tenants saw him coming,

  • they said to one another,

  • This is the owner's son.

  • Let's kill him and his property will be ours.

  • So they threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants?

  • He will come and kill those men

  • and give the vineyard over to other tenants.

  • What, then, does this Scripture mean?

  • The stone which the builders rejected as worthless,

  • Turned out to be the most important stone of all.

  • Everyone who falls on that stone will be cut to pieces.

  • And if that stone falls on someone,

  • it will crush him to dust.

  • Teacher, we know that what You say and teach is right.

  • We know that You pay no attention to man's status,

  • But You teach the truth about God's will for man.

  • Tell us, is it against our law

  • for us to pay taxes to the Roman emperor or not?

  • Show Me a silver coin.

  • Whose face and name are these on it?

  • Caesar.

  • Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's,

  • and give to God the things that are God's.

  • Now the festivaI of unleavened bread drew near,

  • which is called The Passover.

  • And Jesus sent Simon Peter and John ahead

  • to prepare the Passover meaI.

  • I have wanted so much

  • to eat this Passover meaI with you before I suffer.

  • For I tell you, I will never eat it untiI

  • it is given its full meaning in the kingdom of God.

  • Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, King of the universe,

  • Who brings forth fruit from the vine.

  • Take this and share it among yourselves.

  • For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine

  • untiI the kingdom of God comes.

  • Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, King of the universe,

  • who brings forth bread from the earth.

  • This is My body which is given for you.

  • This do in remembrance of Me.

  • This cup is the new testament in My blood,

  • which is shed for you.

  • But behold, the person who will betray Me is here at this table.

  • And truly the Son of Man must die as God has determined,

  • But woe unto that man by whom He is betrayed.

  • It can't be.

  • Impossible.

  • Name the traitor, Lord?

  • The greatest one among you

  • must be like the youngest.

  • And the leader must be like the servant.

  • For who is greater?

  • The one who sits down to eat? Or the one who serves?

  • The one who sits down, of course.

  • But I am among you as one who serves.

  • You have stayed with Me all through My trials.

  • And just as My Father has given Me the right to rule,

  • So I will give you the same right.

  • You will eat and drink at My table in My kingdom.

  • And you will sit on thrones to rule over the 12 tribes of IsraeI.

  • Then there is no traitor.

  • Simon, Simon, behold,

  • Satan has desired to test all of you,

  • to separate the good from the bad

  • as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff.

  • But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not faiI.

  • And when you have turned back to Me,

  • you must strengthen your brethren.

  • Lord, I am ready to go to prison with You,

  • and to die with You.

  • I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow today

  • before you deny three times that you know Me.

  • When I sent you out without purse or bag or shoes,

  • did you lack anything?

  • No, not a thing.

  • But now, whoever has a purse or bag must take it.

  • And whoever has no sword must sell his mantle and buy one.

  • For I tell you, it is written in the Scriptures,

  • And He was reckoned among the transgressors.

  • And what was written about Me is coming true.

  • Look, Lord, here are two swords.

  • That is enough.

  • And the counciI of the elders met

  • to see how they might rid themselves of Jesus.

  • Then entered Satan into Judas, surnamed Iscariot,

  • who was one of the twelve.

  • Pray that you may not enter into temptation.

  • Father, if Thou be willing,

  • Remove this cup from Me.

  • Never-the-less, not My will but Thy will be done.

  • And an angeI from heaven appeared to Him to strengthen Him.

  • And His sweat was as though it were

  • great drops of blood falling to the ground.

  • Why are you sleeping?

  • Get up,

  • and pray that you do not fall into temptation.

  • Judas.

  • Is it with a kiss that you betray the Son of Man?

  • Lord, shall we smite with our swords?

  • Come on, arrest Him.

  • Enough of this.

  • A miracle.

  • Did you have to bring swords and clubs as though I were an outlaw?.

  • I was with you every day in the temple

  • and you did not try to arrest Me.

  • But this is your hour to act,

  • when the power of darkness rules.

  • Arrest Him.

  • Guard Him well.

  • Here's a cloak worn by a king.

  • Tell us what's going to happen.

  • Are you going to save us, Your Majesty?

  • Are you going to save us?

  • This man was with Jesus, too.

  • Woman, I don't even know Him.

  • I saw them together.

  • Your humble servants.

  • How does it feeI to look up to somebody?

  • You are one of them too.

  • But I am not.

  • There is no doubt that this man was with Jesus.

  • Because he is also a Galilean.

  • I don't know what - what you're talking about.

  • Lord, we beseech Thee,

  • Do as Thou ought.

  • In accordance with the greatness of Thy power.

  • Thou, Who did forgive our fathers

  • when they rebelled against Thy word.

  • Thou, Who was angry with them, Thou did not destroy them.

  • Because of Thy love for them and for Thy Covenant's and faithfulness' sake,

  • Thou did spare them.

  • Who hit You? Guess.

  • Prophesy. Who will hit you next?

  • Stop it. Stop it I said.

  • Bring Him before the counciI.

  • Go.

  • Tell us, are You the Messiah?

  • If I tell you, you will not believe Me.

  • And if I ask you a question, you will not answer Me.

  • But from now on the Son of Man

  • will be seated at the right side of Almighty God.

  • Are You, then, the Son of God?

  • You say that I am.

  • Who gives him the authority to say that?

  • Guilty.

  • We ourselves have heard what He said.

  • We will take Him to Pilate.

  • Yes, yes, away with Him.

  • Move.

  • And they took Jesus before Pontius Pilate,

  • the most vicious of all Roman procurators,

  • alone responsible for the crucifixion of thousands.

  • And what do you want here, at this hour of the morning?

  • We caught this Man perverting our people.

  • He caused an uproar in the temple market.

  • What will be His punishment?

  • Sentence Him.

  • I see no reason to condemn this Man, no reason.

  • We found Him guilty.

  • Telling them not to pay taxes to the emperor.

  • Claiming Himself to be the Messiah, a King.

  • A King? Are You the King of the Jews?

  • So you say.

  • He began in Galilee and now He has come here.

  • In Galilee? Is this Man a Galilean?

  • In that case, we'll let Herod deaI with Him.

  • He's still here in Jerusalem, isn't he?

  • Take Him to Herod.

  • Who is it that You say You are?

  • Who are those You call Your disciples?

  • It is said by many You can perform signs.

  • Do something for me.

  • My Lord, He has been corrupting all the people.

  • He calls Himself, the King.

  • This man? A King?

  • Your Majesty.

  • Mark Him well.

  • Send Him back to Pilate.

  • This is his province.

  • This Man has done nothing to deserve death.

  • So I will have Him whipped and let Him go.

  • You are obliged to release one man to us at this festivaI.

  • Release to us, Barabbas. And away with this Man.

  • Crucify Him.

  • Yes. Crucify Him.

  • You, you, whip Him.

  • What are you waiting for, Pilate?

  • Why do you torment Him so?

  • Leave Him alone, He's the Messiah.

  • He has done nothing wrong.

  • Lift Him up.

  • Crucify Him. Kill Him.

  • Back. Get back. Back. Get away.

  • Keep away from Him.

  • Get back. Back. Get away. Make room. Get out.

  • You, out of the way.

  • Move, when I tell you.

  • Get up. Get up..

  • You, what's your name?

  • Simon of Cyrene, sir.

  • Step over here.

  • Cut the ropes.

  • You... carry it. Come on, move.

  • Move on. Clear the way there.

  • Back, get back. Get back.

  • We weep for you, Lord, we weep.

  • Drink this. Drink. Drink, Lord.

  • Women of Jerusalem, don't weep for Me,

  • but weep for yourselves and for your children.

  • For if things as these take place when the wood is green,

  • what will happen when it is dry?

  • God help You.

  • We will pray for You.

  • Move. Down here. Come on.

  • Quicker, quicker.

  • Now you go.

  • Go on. Keep up. Quicker. Come on.

  • Quicker.

  • Now, move. move.

  • Now, you go ahead. Come on now.

  • Get on with it.

  • Raise.

  • Put the peg in.

  • Stay ropes loose.

  • Forgive them, Father,

  • for they do not know what they are doing.

  • He has saved others. Let Him save Himself.

  • Yes, save Yourself if You're the Messiah.

  • Yes. Come down from the cross.

  • Show us one of Your miracles.

  • This is no ordinary mystic's garment.

  • Let go. No, don't tear it.

  • I'll tell you what.

  • Let's play for this.

  • Ah, you lucky deviI.

  • What will you do with it now that you've won it?

  • Save Yourself if You are the King of the Jews.

  • Aren't...

  • ...You...

  • ...the Messiah?

  • Save...

  • Yourself...

  • and us.

  • Don't you fear God?

  • He received the same sentence, you did,

  • but He has done nothing wrong.

  • Remember me, Jesus, when You come as King.

  • I promise you. Today, you will be in paradise, with Me.

  • It was about noon

  • and a darkness fell across the whole land for three hours,

  • untiI about 3:00 in the afternoon.

  • The curtain of the temple was torn right down the middle.

  • Father, into Thy hands...

  • I commit,

  • My spirit.

  • Glory be to God. Certainly, this was a righteous Man.

  • Joseph of Arimathea, a righteous member of the religious counciI

  • who had not consented to this deed, got permission from Pontius Pilate

  • to lay Jesus' body in a tomb

  • before the Sabbath began at sundown.

  • Forgive us. We are following the body of our Lord.

  • All are welcome. But come, the Sabbath is approaching.

  • Very early on the Sunday morning they came to the tomb carrying

  • the spices they had prepared.

  • Why do you seek the Living among the dead?

  • He is not here. He is risen.

  • Remember what He said to you while He was in Galilee:

  • The Son of Man will be handed over to sinfuI men, be crucified,

  • And on the third day rise again.

  • Listen.

  • The stone was rolled away.

  • We entered and the body of our Lord was gone.

  • What? The body of our Lord, gone?

  • And two men appeared to us...

  • angels, shining, like the sun. They said to us:

  • Why do you look for the Living among the dead? It's true.

  • Believe us. Believe us.

  • We saw them. Go and see for yourself.

  • The tomb was empty. Our Lord was gone.

  • Peter, you must believe us.

  • The Lord is risen indeed.

  • He has appeared to Simon.

  • We didn't recognize Him, not on the road.

  • But when He broke bread, then we knew Him.

  • At Emmaus. How strange He should go there.

  • Peace be with you.

  • Why are you troubled?

  • Why are these doubts coming up in your minds?

  • Look, my hands and my feet,

  • and see that it is I, Myself.

  • FeeI Me and you will know.

  • For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.

  • These are the very things I told you about,

  • while I was still with you.

  • That everything written about Me in the

  • Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets and the Psalms

  • had to come true.

  • This is what is written:

  • The Messiah must suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day.

  • And in His name,

  • the message of repentance and the forgiveness of sins

  • must be preached to all nations,

  • beginning in Jerusalem.

  • You are witnesses of these things.

  • And I Myself bring the promise of My Father upon you.

  • But you must wait in the city,

  • untiI the power from above comes down upon you.

  • The Lord bless you and keep you.

  • All power is given to Me in heaven and in earth.

  • Go, therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them

  • in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

  • Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.

  • And lo, I am with you always,

  • even unto the end of the world.

  • Amen.

  • The tomb in which the body of the Lord Jesus was placed is empty.

  • Three days after His crucifixion He rose from the dead.

  • He is alive. He wants to come in to your life.

  • Jesus Himself said:

  • "I am the resurrection and the life.

  • Anyone that believes in Me,

  • though he were dead, yet shall he live. "

  • Almost 2000 years have passed since Jesus rose from the dead.

  • And Jesus still lives today.

  • He is the greatest and most powerfuI influence in the world.

  • The proud statesmen of the past centuries have come and gone.

  • Rulers, scholars, scientists,

  • philosophers, and theologians have come and gone.

  • But Jesus still lives today.

  • He is the most unique person who has ever lived.

  • His birth was unique.

  • The Bible tells us He was born of the virgin Mary.

  • His life was unique.

  • His life was characterized by the supernaturaI.

  • He lived a holy life without sin,

  • and performed greater miracles than anyone who ever lived.

  • His message was unique.

  • He offers love, forgiveness, and a new way of life

  • to all who receive Him as Savior and Lord.

  • Wherever His message has gone, new life, new hope,

  • and new purpose for living have resulted.

  • His death on the cross was unique.

  • Two thousand years ago, the God of the universe sent His only son,

  • Jesus Christ, to be the sacrifice for the sin of all men.

  • Jesus died for you. His resurrection was unique.

  • Three days after Jesus died,

  • the most amazing event in history took place.

  • Jesus rose from the dead.

  • His birth, His life, His death,

  • and His resurrection all prove

  • that Jesus is exactly who He claimed to be,

  • the Son of God, the Savior of all mankind.

  • This same Jesus Christ is alive today.

  • He wants to come into your life,

  • forgive your sins,

  • and give you the power to live an abundant life.

  • Listen to His words:

  • "Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden,

  • and I will give you rest.

  • I am the way,the truth and the life.

  • No man comes to the Father, but by Me. "

  • The Bible says:

  • For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

  • It also says:

  • For the wages of sin is death

  • but the gift of God is eternaI life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • When Jesus died, He paid the penalty for your sin.

  • Right now He is ready to come into your life.

  • Jesus said: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock.

  • If any man hears My voice and opens the door,

  • I will come in to him. "

  • To experience His love and forgiveness

  • and receive eternaI life,

  • you must accept Him as God's sacrifice for your sin

  • and invite Him to come into your life by faith.

  • If this is the desire of your heart,

  • you can pray a prayer of faith,

  • and Jesus Christ will come into your life.

  • This is a suggested prayer, I will say it first:

  • "Lord Jesus, I need you.

  • Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin.

  • I open the door of my life

  • and receive You as my Savior and Lord.

  • Take controI of my life,

  • and make me the kind of person You want me to be. Amen. "

  • If this prayer expresses the desire of your heart,

  • then pray this prayer right now, where you are.

  • Pray after me silently

  • as I repeat it one phrase at a time:

  • Lord Jesus, I need you.

  • Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins.

  • I invite you to come into my life.

  • And receive You as my Savior and Lord.

  • Take controI of my life.

  • Make me the kind of person You want me to be.

  • Amen.

  • Now that you have prayed this prayer of faith

  • and invited Jesus Christ to come into your life,

  • you can be sure that He came in because

  • Jesus promised He would come in if only you would ask Him.

  • You can also be sure that your sins are forgiven,

  • that you are a child of God, and have eternaI life.

  • If you want to experience the full and abundant life

  • which Jesus promised,

  • talk with Him every day in prayer

  • discover His wonderfuI plan for your life

  • by reading the Bible.

  • And meet with other people who love and follow Him.

  • Finally, remember always His wonderfuI promises:

  • "I will never leave you nor forsake you.

  • I am with you always, even to the end of the world. "

I am writing to you, dear Theophilus:

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