<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> about eight days<n id="2" /> after these sayings, Jesus<n id="3" /> took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;I tell you the solemn truth,<n id="1" /> the one who does not enter the sheepfold<n id="2" /> by the door,<n id="3" /> but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

Now the Jewish feast of Passover<n id="1" /> was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem<n id="2" /> from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.<n id="3" />

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>The Lord said to my lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>Siti>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>at my right handi>b>p>

But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind<n id="1" /> to visit his fellow countrymen<n id="2" /> the Israelites.<n id="3" />

The man<n id="1" /> replied, &#8220;How in the world can I,<n id="2" /> unless someone guides me?&#8221; So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

<p class="bodytext">About noon<n id="1" /> the next day, while they were on their way and approaching<n id="2" /> the city, Peter went up on the roof<n id="3" /> to pray.

As you can verify<n id="1" /> for yourself, not more than twelve days ago<n id="2" /> I went up to Jerusalem<n id="3" /> to worship.

But the righteousness that is by faith says: &#8220;<b><i>Do not say in your hearti>b>,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<i>Who will ascend into heaven?i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> (that is, to bring Christ down)

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw another beast<n id="2" /> coming up from the earth. He<n id="3" /> had two horns like a lamb,<n id="4" /> but<n id="5" /> was speaking like a dragon.

Jesus replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, &#8216;I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.&#8217;&#8221;

After<n id="1" /> Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the<n id="2" /> heavens<n id="3" /> opened<n id="4" /> and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove<n id="5" /> and coming on him.

But<n id="1" /> other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.&#8221;

when it is sown, it grows up,<n id="1" /> becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds<n id="2" /> can nest in its shade.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

&#8220;Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law.<n id="1" /> They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles.

So<n id="1" /> Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth<n id="2" /> in Galilee to Judea, to the city<n id="3" /> of David called Bethlehem,<n id="4" /> because he was of the house<n id="5" /> and family line<n id="6" /> of David.

But<n id="1" /> since they found<n id="2" /> no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof<n id="3" /> and let him down on the stretcher<n id="4" /> through the roof tiles<n id="5" /> right<n id="6" /> in front of Jesus.<n id="7" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> took the twelve aside and said to them, &#8220;Look, we are going up to Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.<n id="4" />

He continued,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I tell all of you the solemn truth<n id="2" /> &#8211; you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

So Simon Peter went aboard and pulled the net to shore. It was<n id="1" /> full of large fish, one hundred fifty-three,<n id="2" /> but although there were so many, the net was not torn.