Jesus Is Rejected at Nazareth
(Matthew 13.53-58Luke 4.16-30)1 Jesus left that place and went back to his hometown, followed by his disciples. 2 On the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue. Many people were there; and when they heard him, they were all amazed. “Where did he get all this?” they asked. “What wisdom is this that has been given him? How does he perform miracles? 3 Isn't he the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon? Aren't his sisters living here?” And so they rejected him.
4 Jesus said to them, “Prophets are respected everywhere except in their own hometown and by their relatives and their family.”
5 He was not able to perform any miracles there, except that he placed his hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 He was greatly surprised, because the people did not have faith.
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples
(Matthew 10.5-15Luke 9.1-6)Then Jesus went to the villages around there, teaching the people. 7 He called the twelve disciples together and sent them out two by two. He gave them authority over the evil spirits 8 and ordered them, “Don't take anything with you on the trip except a walking stick—no bread, no beggar's bag, no money in your pockets. 9 Wear sandals, but don't carry an extra shirt.” 10 He also told them, “Wherever you are welcomed, stay in the same house until you leave that place. 11 If you come to a town where people do not welcome you or will not listen to you, leave it and shake the dust off your feet. That will be a warning to them!”
12 So they went out and preached that people should turn away from their sins. 13 They drove out many demons, and rubbed olive oil on many sick people and healed them.
The Death of John the Baptist
(Matthew 14.1-12Luke 9.7-9)14 Now King Herod heard about all this, because Jesus' reputation had spread everywhere. Some people were saying, “John the Baptist has come back to life! That is why he has this power to perform miracles.”
15 Others, however, said, “He is Elijah.”
Others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.”
16 When Herod heard it, he said, “He is John the Baptist! I had his head cut off, but he has come back to life!” 17 Herod himself had ordered John's arrest, and he had him tied up and put in prison. Herod did this because of Herodias, whom he had married, even though she was the wife of his brother Philip. 18 John the Baptist kept telling Herod, “It isn't right for you to marry your brother's wife!”
19 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not because of Herod. 20 Herod was afraid of John because he knew that John was a good and holy man, and so he kept him safe. He liked to listen to him, even though he became greatly disturbed every time he heard him.
21 Finally Herodias got her chance. It was on Herod's birthday, when he gave a feast for all the top government officials, the military chiefs, and the leading citizens of Galilee. 22 The daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and his guests. So the king said to the girl, “What would you like to have? I will give you anything you want.” 23 With many vows he said to her, “I swear that I will give you anything you ask for, even as much as half my kingdom!”
24 So the girl went out and asked her mother, “What shall I ask for?”
“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.
25 The girl hurried back at once to the king and demanded, “I want you to give me here and now the head of John the Baptist on a plate!”
26 This made the king very sad, but he could not refuse her because of the vows he had made in front of all his guests. 27 So he sent off a guard at once with orders to bring John's head. The guard left, went to the prison, and cut John's head off; 28 then he brought it on a plate and gave it to the girl, who gave it to her mother. 29 When John's disciples heard about this, they came and got his body, and buried it.
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
(Matthew 14.13-21Luke 9.10-17John 6.1-14)30 The apostles returned and met with Jesus, and told him all they had done and taught. 31 There were so many people coming and going that Jesus and his disciples didn't even have time to eat. So he said to them, “Let us go off by ourselves to some place where we will be alone and you can rest a while.” 32 So they started out in a boat by themselves to a lonely place.
33 Many people, however, saw them leave and knew at once who they were; so they went from all the towns and ran ahead by land and arrived at the place ahead of Jesus and his disciples. 34 When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw this large crowd, and his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things. 35 When it was getting late, his disciples came to him and said, “It is already very late, and this is a lonely place. 36 Send the people away, and let them go to the nearby farms and villages in order to buy themselves something to eat.”
37 “You yourselves give them something to eat,” Jesus answered.
They asked, “Do you want us to go and spend two hundred silver coins on bread in order to feed them?”
38 So Jesus asked them, “How much bread do you have? Go and see.”
When they found out, they told him, “Five loaves and also two fish.”
39 Jesus then told his disciples to make all the people divide into groups and sit down on the green grass. 40 So the people sat down in rows, in groups of a hundred and groups of fifty. 41 Then Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, and gave thanks to God. He broke the loaves and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 Everyone ate and had enough. 43 Then the disciples took up twelve baskets full of what was left of the bread and the fish. 44 The number of men who were fed was five thousand.
Jesus Walks on the Water
(Matthew 14.22-33John 6.15-21)45 At once Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to Bethsaida, on the other side of the lake, while he sent the crowd away. 46 After saying good-bye to the people, he went away to a hill to pray. 47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the lake, while Jesus was alone on land. 48 He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because they were rowing against the wind; so sometime between three and six o'clock in the morning, he came to them, walking on the water. He was going to pass them by, 49 but they saw him walking on the water. “It's a ghost!” they thought, and screamed. 50 They were all terrified when they saw him.
Jesus spoke to them at once, “Courage!” he said. “It is I. Don't be afraid!” 51 Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind died down. The disciples were completely amazed, 52 because they had not understood the real meaning of the feeding of the five thousand; their minds could not grasp it.
Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret
(Matthew 14.34-36)53 They crossed the lake and came to land at Gennesaret, where they tied up the boat. 54 As they left the boat, people recognized Jesus at once. 55 So they ran throughout the whole region; and wherever they heard he was, they brought to him the sick lying on their mats. 56 And everywhere Jesus went, to villages, towns, or farms, people would take their sick to the marketplaces and beg him to let the sick at least touch the edge of his cloak. And all who touched it were made well.
الناصرة ترفض يسوع
(متى 13:53-58، لوقا 4:16-30)1 وخرَجَ مِنْ هُناكَ وجاءَ إلى بلدِهِ يَتبَعُهُ تلاميذُهُ. 2 وفي السّبتِ أخَذَ يُعلّمُ في المَجمعِ. فتَعجّبَ أكثرُ النّاسِ حينَ سَمِعوهُ وقالوا: «مِنْ أينَ لَه هذا؟ وما هذِهِ الحِكمَةُ المُعطاةُ لَه وهذِهِ المُعجزاتُ التي تَجري على يَدَيهِ؟ 3 أما هوَ النّجّارُ اَبنُ مَريمَ، وأخو يَعقوبَ ويوسي ويَهوذا وسِمعانَ؟ أما أخَواتُهُ عِندَنا هُنا؟» ورَفَضوهُ. 4 فقالَ لهُم يَسوعُ: «لا نَبِيّ بلا كرامةٍ إلاّ في وطَنِهِ وبَينَ أقربائِهِ وأهلِ بَيتِهِ». 5 وتَعذّرَ على يَسوعَ أنْ يَصنَعَ أيّةَ مُعجِزَةٍ هُناكَ، سِوى أنّهُ وضَعَ يدَيهِ على بَعضِ المَرضى فشَفاهُم. 6 وكانَ يتَعجّبُ مِنْ قِلّةِ إيمانِهِم. ثُمّ سارَ في القُرى المُجاوِرَةِ يُعلّمُ.
يسوع يرسل التلاميذ الاثني عشر
(متى 10:5-15، لوقا 9:1-6)7 ودَعا إليهِ التلاميذَ الاثنَي عشَرَ وأخَذَ يُرسِلُهُم اَثنَينِ اَثنَينِ ليُبَشّروا، وأعطاهُم سُلطانًا على الأرواحِ النّجِسَةِ. 8 وأوصاهُم قالَ: «لا تأخُذوا للطَريقِ شيئًا سِوى عَصًا: لا خُبزًا، ولا كيسًا، ولا نُقودًا في جُيوبِكُم، 9 بَلِ اَنتَعِلوا حِذاءً، ولا تَلبَسوا ثوبَينِ». 10 وقالَ لهُم: «وحَيثُما دَخَلتُم بَيتًا، فأقيموا فيهِ إلى أنْ تَرحَلوا. 11 وإذا جِئْتُم إلى مكانٍ وما قَبِلَكُم أهلُهُ ولا سَمِعوا كلامَكُم، فاَرْحَلوا عَنهُ واَنفُضوا الغُبارَ عَنْ أقدامِكُم نَذيرًا لهُم!»
12 فخَرَجوا يَدعونَ النّاسَ إلى التّوبةِ، 13 وطَرَدوا كثيرًا مِنَ الشّياطينِ، ودَهَنوا بالزّيتِ كثيرًا مِنَ المَرضى فشَفَوهُم.
موت يوحنا المعمدان
(متى 14:1-12، لوقا 9:7-9)14 وسمِعَ المَلِكُ هِيرودُسُ بأخبارِ يَسوعَ، لأنّ اَسمَهُ أصبحَ مَشهورًا. وكانَ بَعضُ النّاسِ يَقولونَ: «قامَ يوحنّا المَعمدانُ مِنْ بَينِ الأمواتِ، ولذلِكَ تَجري المُعْجِزاتُ على يدِهِ». 15 وقالَ آخرونَ: «هوَ إيلِيّا»، وآخرونَ: «هوَ نَبيّ كسائِرِ الأنبياءِ». 16 فلمّا سَمِعَ هِيرودُسُ قالَ: «هذا يوحنّا الذي قَطعتُ أنا رأسَهُ، قامَ مِنْ بَينِ الأمواتِ!» 17 وكانَ هِيرودُسُ أمسَكَ يوحنّا وقَيّدَهُ في السّجنِ، مِنْ أجلِ هِيرودِيّةَ التي تَزوّجَها وهيَ اَمرأةُ أخيهِ فيلبّسَ. 18 فكانَ يوحنّا يقولُ لَه: «لا يَحلّ لكَ أنْ تأخُذَ اَمرأةَ أخيكَ». 19 وكانَت هيرودِيّةُ ناقِمَةً علَيهِ تُريدُ قَتلَه فلا تَقدِرُ، 20 لأنّ هِيرودُسَ كانَ يَهابُهُ ويَحميه لعِلْمِهِ أنّهُ رَجُلٌ صالِحٌ قِدّيسٌ. وكانَ يَسُرّهُ أنْ يَستمِعَ إليهِ، معَ أنّهُ حارَ فيهِ كثيرًا.
21 وسنَحَتِ الفُرصةُ لِهيرودِيّةَ عِندَما أقامَ هِيرودُسُ في ذِكرى مَولِدِه وَليمَةً للنُبَلاءِ وكِبارِ القادَةِ وأعيانِ الجَليلِ. 22 فدخَلَتِ اَبنَةُ هيرودِيّةَ ورَقَصَتْ، فأعجَبَت هِيرودُسَ والمَدعوّينَ. فقالَ المَلِكُ لِلفَتاةِ: «أُطلُبي ما شِئتِ فأُعطيَكِ». 23 وحلَفَ لها يَمينًا مُشدّدًا قالَ: «أُعطيكِ كُلّ ما تَطلُبينَ، ولَو نِصفَ مَملكَتي!» 24 فخَرجَتِ الفَتاةُ وسألَت أُمّها: «ماذا أطلُبُ؟» فأجابَتْها: «رأسَ يوحنّا المَعمدانِ!» 25 فأَسرَعَت إلى المَلِكِ وقالَت لَه: «أُريدُ أن تُعطِيَني الآنَ على طَبَقٍ رأسَ يوحنّا المَعمَدانِ!» 26 فحَزِنَ المَلِكُ كثيرًا، ولكِنّهُ أرادَ أنْ لا يَرُدّ طَلَبَها مِنْ أجلِ اليمينِ التي حلَفَها أمامَ المَدعوّينَ. 27 فأرسَلَ في الحالِ جُنديّا وأمرَهُ بأنْ يَجيءَ برَأسِ يوحنّا. فذهَبَ وقطَعَ رأسَهُ في السّجنِ، 28 وجاءَ بِه على طَبَقٍ وسلّمَهُ إلى الفَتاةِ فحمَلَتْهُ إلى أُمّها. 29 وبلَغَ الخبَرُ تلاميذَ يوحنّا، فجاؤُوا وأخَذوا جُثّتَهُ ووضَعوها في قَبرٍ.
يسوع يطعم خمسة آلاف رجل
(متى 14:13-21، لوقا 9:10-17، يوحنا 6:1-14)30 واَجتَمَعَ الرّسُلُ عِندَ يَسوعَ، وأخبروهُ بِكُلّ ما عَمِلوا وعَلّموا. 31 وكانَ كثيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ يَروحونَ ويَجيئونَ، فلا يَتركونَ لهُم فُرصةً ليأكُلوا طعامَهُم، فقالَ لهُم يَسوعُ: «تعالَوا أنتُم وحدَكُم إلى مكانٍ مُقفِرٍ واَستَريحوا قليلاً». 32 فذَهبوا في القارِبِ وحدَهُم إلى مكانٍ مُقفِرٍ.
33 فرآهُمُ النّاسُ ذاهبينَ، وعرَفَ كثيرٌ مِنهُم إلى أينَ، فأسرَعوا مِنْ جميعِ المُدُنِ مَشيًا على الأقدامِ وسَبقوهُم إلى ذلِكَ المكانِ. 34 فلمّا نزَلَ يَسوعُ مِنَ القارِبِ رأى جَمْعًا كبيرًا، فأشفَقَ علَيهِم، لأنّهُم كانوا مِثلَ غنَمٍ لا راعيَ لها، وأخَذَ يُعلّمُهُم أشياء كثيرةً. 35 وفاتَ الوقتُ، فدَنا مِنهُ تلاميذُهُ وقالوا لَهُ: «فاتَ الوقتُ، وهذا مكانٌ مُقفِرٌ، 36 فقُلْ لِلنّاسِ أنْ يَنصرِفوا إلى المَزارِعِ والقُرى المُجاوِرَةِ ليَشتَروا لهُم ما يأكُلونَ». 37 فأجابَهُم يَسوعُ: «أعطوهُم أنتُم ما يأكُلونَ». فقالوا: «أتُريدُنا أنْ نَذهَبَ ونَشترِيَ خُبزًا بمئَتَي دينارٍ ونُعطيَهُم لِيأكُلوا؟»
38 فقالَ يَسوعُ: «كَم رغيفًا عِندَكُم؟ اَذهَبوا واَنظُروا». فلمّا عَرَفوا ما عِندَهُم، قالوا لَهُ: «خَمسةُ أرغِفَةٍ وسَمكَتانِ». 39 فأمرَهُم أنْ يُقعِدوا النّاسَ جماعةً جماعةً على العُشْبِ الأخضَرِ. 40 فقَعَدوا صُفوفًا صُفوفًا، في بعضِها مِئةٌ وفي بَعضِها خَمسونَ. 41 وأخَذَ يَسوعُ الأرغِفَةَ الخَمسةَ والسّمكتَينِ ورفَعَ عَينَيهِ نَحوَ السّماءِ وبارَكَ وكَسَرَ الأرغِفَةَ وناوَلَ تلاميذَهُ ليُوزّعوها على النّاسِ، وقَسّمَ السّمكتَينِ علَيهِم جميعًا. 42 فأكلوا كُلّهُم حتى شَبِعوا. 43 ثُمّ رَفَعوا اَثنتَي عَشْرَةَ قُفّةً مَملوءَةً مِنَ الكِسَرِ وفَضَلاتِ السّمكَتَينِ. 44 وكانَ الذينَ أكَلوا مِنَ الأرغِفَةِ نَحوَ خَمسَةِ آلافِ رَجُلٍ.
يسوع يمشي على الماء
(متى 14:22-33، يوحنا 6:16-21)45 وأمَرَ يَسوعُ تلاميذَهُ أنْ يَركَبوا القارِبَ ويَسبِقوهُ إلى بَيتَ صيدا، عِندَ الشّاطئِ المقابلِ، حتى يَصرِفَ الجُموعَ. 46 فلمّا صرَفَهُم ذهَبَ إلى الجبَلِ ليُصلّي. 47 وعِندَ المَساءِ، كانَ القارِبُ في وَسْطِ البحرِ، ويَسوعُ وحدَهُ على البَرّ. 48 ورأى يَسوعُ أنّ تلاميذَهُ يُلاقونَ مَشقّةً في التّجذيفِ، لأنّ الرّيحَ كانَت ضِدّهُم. فَجاءَ إليهِم قَبلَ الفَجرِ ماشِيًا على البحرِ، وكادَ يمُرّ بِهِم.
49 فلمّا رأوهُ ماشِيًا على البحرِ ظنّوهُ شَبَحًا فصَرَخوا، 50 لأنّهُم رأوهُ كُلّهُم فاَرتَعَبوا. فكلّمَهُم في الحالِ، قالَ: «اَطمئِنّوا. أنا هوَ، لا تَخافُوا». 51 وصَعِدَ القارِبَ إليهِم، فهدَأتِ الرّيحُ. فتَحيّروا كثيرًا، 52 لأنّ مُعجِزَةَ الأرغِفَةِ فاتَهُم مَغزاها، لِبَلادَةِ قُلوبِهِم.
يسوع يشفي من أمراض كثيرة
(متى 14:34-36)53 وعَبَروا إلى برّ جِنّيسارَتَ ورَبَطوا قارِبَهُم هُناكَ. 54 وما إن نَزَلوا، حتى عرَفَ النّاسُ يَسوعَ. 55 فَساروا في تِلكَ الأنحاءِ كُلّها وأخذوا يَحمِلونَ المَرضى على فُرُشِهِم إلى كُلّ مكانٍ سَمِعوا أنّهُ فيهِ. 56 وكانوا أينما دخَلَ، سَواءٌ إلى القُرى أوِ المُدنِ أوِ المزارعِ، يَضَعونَ المَرضى في السّاحاتِ ويَطلُبونَ إليهِ أنْ يَلمسوا ولَو طَرَفَ ثَوبِهِ. فكانَ كُلّ مَنْ يَلْمسُهُ يَشفى.