Holy Bible

  Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples 21  After this, Jesus appeared once more to his disciples at Lake Tiberias. This is how it happened.  2  Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael (the one from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus were all together.  3  Simon Peter said to the others, “I am going fishing.” “We will come with you,” they told him. So they went out in a boat, but all that night they did not catch a thing.  4  As the sun was rising, Jesus stood at the water's edge, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.  5  Then he asked them, “Young men, haven't you caught anything?” “Not a thing,” they answered. 6  He said to them, “Throw your net out on the right side of the boat, and you will catch some.” So they threw the net out and could not pull it back in, because they had caught so many fish. 7  The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his outer g

  The Empty Tomb 20  Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance.  2  She went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!” 3  Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb.  4  The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.  5  He bent over and saw the linen cloths, but he did not go in.  6  Behind him came Simon Peter, and he went straight into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there  7  and the cloth which had been around Jesus' head. It was not lying with the linen cloths but was rolled up by itself.  8  Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed.  ( 9  They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.)  10  The

  19  Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped.  2  The soldiers made a crown out of thorny branches and put it on his head; then they put a purple robe on him  3  and came to him and said, “Long live the King of the Jews!” And they went up and slapped him. 4  Pilate went back out once more and said to the crowd, “Look, I will bring him out here to you to let you see that I cannot find any reason to condemn him.”  5  So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Look! Here is the man!” 6  When the chief priests and the Temple guards saw him, they shouted, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “You take him, then, and crucify him. I find no reason to condemn him.” 7  The crowd answered back, “We have a law that says he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.” 8  When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid.  9  He went back into the palace and asked Jesus, “Where do you come from?” But Jesus did not answer.  10 

  The Arrest of Jesus 18  After Jesus had said this prayer, he left with his disciples and went across Kidron Brook. There was a garden in that place, and Jesus and his disciples went in.  2  Judas, the traitor, knew where it was, because many times Jesus had met there with his disciples.  3  So Judas went to the garden, taking with him a group of Roman soldiers, and some Temple guards sent by the chief priests and the Pharisees; they were armed and carried lanterns and torches.  4  Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward and asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?” 5  “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “I am he,” he said. Judas, the traitor, was standing there with them.  6  When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they moved back and fell to the ground.  7  Again Jesus asked them, “Who is it you are looking for?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they said. 8  “I have already told you that I am he,” Jesus said. “If, then, you are looking for me, let these othe

  Jesus Prays for His Disciples 17  After Jesus finished saying this, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you.  2  For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.  3  And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.  4  I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.  5  Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made. 6  “I have made you known to those you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your word,  7  and now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.  8  I gave them the message that you gave me, and they received it; they know that it is true that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me. 9  “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but

  Jesus the Real Vine 15  “I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.  2  He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.  3  You have been made clean already by the teaching I have given you.  4  Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself; it can do so only if it remains in the vine. In the same way you cannot bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5  “I am the vine, and you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.  6  Those who do not remain in me are thrown out like a branch and dry up; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, where they are burned.  7  If you remain in me and my words remain in you, then you will ask for anything you wish, and you shall have it.  8  My Father's glory is shown by your bearing much fruit; and in this way

  16  “I have told you this, so that you will not give up your faith.  2  You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God.  3  People will do these things to you because they have not known either the Father or me.  4  But I have told you this, so that when the time comes for them to do these things, you will remember what I told you. The Work of the Holy Spirit “I did not tell you these things at the beginning, for I was with you.  5  But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me where I am going.  6  And now that I have told you, your hearts are full of sadness.  7  But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away, because if I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, then I will send him to you.  8  And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's ju

  Jesus the Way to the Father 14  “Do not be worried and upset,” Jesus told them. “Believe  in God and believe also in me.  2  There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so.   3  And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am.  4  You know the way that leads to the place where I am going.” 5  Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; so how can we know the way to get there?” 6  Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.  7  Now that you have known me,” he said to them, “you will know  my Father also, and from now on you do know him and you have seen him.” 8  Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father; that is all we need.” 9  Jesus answered, “For a long time I have been with you all; yet you do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Fath