Luke 3 (ESV) John the Baptist Prepares the Way In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the s...

Luke 2(ESV) The Birth of Jesus Christ In those daysa decree went out fromCaesar Augustus that all the world should beregistered.2This was the firstregistration when[a]Quiriniuswas governor of Syria.3And all went to be registered, each to his own town.4And Joseph also went upfrom Galilee, from the town ofNazareth, to Judea, tothe city of David, which is calledBethlehem,...

Luke 1(ESV) Dedication to Theophilus Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things thathave been accomplished among us,2just as those whofrom the beginning wereeyewitnesses andministers ofthe wordhave delivered them to us,3it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to writean orderly account for you,most ex...

Mark 16(ESV) The Resurrection When the Sabbath was past,Mary Magdalene,Mary the mother of James, andSalomebought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.3And they were saying to one another, "Who will roll awaythe stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?"4And looking up,...

Mark 15(ESV) Jesus Delivered to Pilate And as soon as it was morning, the chief priestsheld a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. Andthey bound Jesus andled him away anddelivered him over toPilate.2And Pilate asked him,"Are you the King of the Jews?" And he answered him,"You have said so."3And the chief priests accused him of many things.4An...

Mark 14(ESV) The Plot to Kill Jesus It was now two days beforethe Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribeswere seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,2for they said, "Not during the feast,lest there be an uproar from the people." Jesus Anointed at Bethany 3And while he was atBethany in the house of Simon the leper,[...

Mark 13(ESV) Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"2And Jesus said to him,"Do you see these great buildings?There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down." Signs of the End of the Age 3And as he ...

Mark 12(ESV) The Parable of the Tenants And he began to speak to them in parables."A man planteda vineyardand put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, andleased it to tenants andwent into another country.2When the season came, he sent a servant[a]to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.3And they took him and bea...

Mark 11(ESV) The Triumphal Entry Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, toBethphage and Bethany, atthe Mount of Olives, Jesusa]"[a]senttwo of his disciples2and said to them,"Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied,on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.3If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' s...

Mark 10(ESV) Teaching About Divorce And he left there and wentto the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. 2And Pharisees came up and in orderto test him asked,"Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"3He answered them,"What did Moses command you?"4They said,"Moses allowed a man to wr...