He said to them, &#8220;But now, the one who<n id="1" /> has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler&#8217;s bag<n id="2" /> too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down<n id="1" /> of my own free will.<n id="2" /> I have the authority<n id="3" /> to lay it down, and I have the authority<n id="4" /> to take it back again. This commandment<n id="5" /> I received from my Father.&#8221;p>

The Jewish leaders<n id="1" /> surrounded him and asked,<n id="2" /> &#8220;How long will you keep us in suspense?<n id="3" /> If you are the Christ,<n id="4" /> tell us plainly.&#8221;<n id="5" />

So also you have sorrow<n id="1" /> now, but <i>I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from youi>.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now very early on the first day of the week,<n id="1" /> while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene<n id="2" /> came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.<n id="3" />

So she went running<n id="1" /> to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them, &#8220;They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don&#8217;t know where they have put him!&#8221;

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind<n id="1" /> and said, &#8220;Master of all,<n id="2" /> you who made the heaven, the earth,<n id="3" /> the sea, and everything that is in them,

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window,<n id="1" /> was sinking<n id="2" /> into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak<n id="3" /> for a long time. Fast asleep,<n id="4" /> he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The crowd<n id="1" /> was listening to him until he said this.<n id="2" /> Then<n id="3" /> they raised their voices and shouted,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Away with this man<n id="5" /> from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!&#8221;<n id="6" />

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;With this kind of sudden violent force<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Babylon the great city will be thrown down<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and it will never be found again!p>

But so that we don&#8217;t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin.<n id="1" /> Take that and give it to them for me and you.&#8221;p>

Jesus<n id="1" /> answered them, &#8220;I tell you the truth,<n id="2" /> if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, &#8216;Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,&#8217; it will happen.

I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> if someone says to this mountain, &#8216;Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,&#8217; and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

But so that you may know<n id="1" /> that the Son of Man<n id="2" /> has authority on earth to forgive sins&#8221; &#8211; he said to the paralyzed man<n id="3" /> &#8211; &#8220;I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher<n id="4" /> and go home.&#8221;<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath<n id="1" /> (for that Sabbath was an especially important one),<n id="2" /> the Jewish leaders<n id="3" /> asked Pilate to have the victims&#8217; legs<n id="4" /> broken<n id="5" /> and the bodies taken down.<n id="6" />

<p class="bodytext">Jesus said to her, &#8220;Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?&#8221; Because she<n id="1" /> thought he was the gardener, she said to him, &#8220;Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.&#8221;

He came<n id="1" /> to us, took<n id="2" /> Paul&#8217;s belt,<n id="3" /> tied<n id="4" /> his own hands and feet with it,<n id="5" /> and said, &#8220;The Holy Spirit says this: &#8216;This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over<n id="6" /> to the Gentiles.&#8217;&#8221;