Mark 11:18

Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,

and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”

But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

so he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him; for they will see that which had not been told them, and they will understand that which they had not heard.

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.” ’ ”

These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’ ”

Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.

When Jehudi had read three or four leaves, the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come.”

Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.

“Isn’t my word like fire?” says Yahweh; “and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.”

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: “Is Yahweh’s Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”

When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.

The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?

Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Don’t let the king say so.”

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

If we should say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”