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the net was full, they dragged
it up onto the shore, sat down, and
sorted the good fish into crates, but
threw the bad ones away. 49 That is the
way it will be at the end of the world.
The angels will come and separate
the wicked people from the righteous,
50 throwing the wicked into the fiery
furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 51 Do you
understand all these things?”
“Yes,” they said, “we do.”
52 Then he added, “Every teacher
of religious law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like
a homeowner who brings from his
storeroom new gems of truth as well
as old.”
53 When
Jesus had finished telling
these stories and illustrations, he left
that part of the country. 54 He returned
to Nazareth, his hometown. When he
taught there in the synagogue, every
one was amazed and said, “Where
does he get this wisdom and the
power to do miracles?” 55 Then they
scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son,
and we know Mary, his mother, and
his brothers—James, Joseph,* Simon,
and Judas. 56 All his sisters live right
here among us. Where did he learn all
these things?” 57 And they were deeply
offended and refused to believe in him.
Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is
honored everywhere except in his own
hometown and among his own fam
ily.” 58 And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief.
14:1 When Her
od Antipas, the ruler of
Galilee,* heard about Jesus, 2 he said
to his advisers, “This must be John the
Baptist raised from the dead! That is
why he can do such miracles.”
3 For Her
od had arrested and imprisoned John as a favor to his wife
Herodias (the former wife of Herod’s
brother Philip). 4 John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for
you to marry her.” 5 Herod wanted to
kill John, but he was afraid of a riot,
because all the people believed John
was a prophet.
6 But at a birthday party for Herod,
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erodias’s daughter performed a dance
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that greatly pleased him, 7 so he promised with a vow to give her anything
she wanted. 8 At her mother’s urging,
the girl said, “I want the head of John
the Baptist on a tray!” 9 Then the king
regretted what he had said; but because of the vow he had made in front
of his guests, he issued the necessary
orders. 10 So John was beheaded in the
prison, 11 and his head was brought on
a tray and given to the girl, who took it
to her mother. 12 Later, John’s disciples
came for his body and buried it. Then
they went and told Jesus what had
happened.
13:55 Other manuscripts read Joses; still others read
John.
14:1 Greek Herod the tetrarch. Herod Antipas
was a son of King Herod and was ruler over Galilee.
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He reached down from heaven and
rescued me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
He rescued me from my powerful
enemies,
from those who hated me and
were too strong for me.
They attacked me at a moment
when I was in distress,
but the Lord supported me.
He led me to a place of safety;
he rescued me because he
delights in me.
The Lord rewarded me for doing
right;
he restored me because of my
innocence.
For I have kept the ways of the
Lord;
I have not turned from my God
to follow evil.
I have followed all his regulations;
I have never abandoned
his decrees.
I am blameless before God;
I have kept myself from sin.
The Lord rewarded me for doing
right.
He has seen my innocence.
To the faithful you show yourself
faithful;
to those with integrity you show
integrity.
