Voices of Scripture
Every passage is traced to the person behind it — stated in the text,
carried by tradition, or spoken where no author is named.
“This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents, but that the works of God might be revealed in him. I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear. “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
“Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Arise, let’s be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
“Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
“You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.” “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David.
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
“then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.” “Hear me, all of you, and understand. There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
“The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
“Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
Spoken by Jesus; the Gospel does not name its own author.
That’s everything for now.