And  ¹John's disciples reported to him concerning all these things.

And John called a certain two of his disciples to him and sent them to  ¹the Lord, saying, Are You the Coming One, or should we expect another?

And the men came to Him and said, John the Baptist sent us to You, saying, Are You the Coming One, or should we expect another?

In that hour He healed many from diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and to many who were blind He graciously gave sight.

And He answered and said to them, Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel  ¹announced to them.

And  ¹blessed is he who is not stumbled because of Me.

And when the messengers of John went away, He began to say to the crowds concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?

But what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft garments? Behold, those who live in splendid apparel and luxury are in royal palaces.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.

This is he concerning whom it is written, “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.”

I say to you, Among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And when all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged that God was righteous, since they had been baptized with the baptism of John.

But the Pharisees and the  ¹lawyers  ²rejected the counsel of God for themselves since they had not been baptized by him.

And Jesus said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like?

They are like little children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, who say, We have played the flute to you, and you did not dance; we have sung a dirge, and you did not weep.

For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.

Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.

Now a certain one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He entered into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table.

And behold, there was a woman in the city who was a sinner, and when she learned that He was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, she  ¹brought an alabaster flask of ointment.

And she stood behind Him at His feet weeping and began to wet His feet with her tears and wiped them with the  ¹hair of her head, and she kissed His feet  ²affectionately and anointed them with the  ³ointment.

But when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said within himself, This man,  ¹if He were a prophet, would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him, because she is a sinner.

And Jesus  ¹answered and said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Teacher, say it.

A certain moneylender had  ¹two debtors: one owed five hundred  ²denarii and the other fifty.

But since they had  ¹nothing with which to repay, he graciously  ²forgave them both. Which of them  ³therefore will love him more?

Simon answered and said, I suppose the one whom he graciously forgave the more. And He said to him, You have judged correctly.

And turning to the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? I entered into your house; you did not  ¹give Me water for My feet, but she, with her tears, has wet My feet and with her hair has wiped them.

You did not give Me a kiss, but she, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing My feet affectionately.

You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with ointment.

For this reason I say to you, Her sins which are many are forgiven, because she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, he  ¹loves little.

And He said to her,  ¹Your sins are forgiven.

And those who were reclining at table with Him began to say within themselves,  ¹Who is this who even forgives sins?

But He said to the woman, Your  ¹faith has saved you. Go  ²in peace.

Now when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the  ¹Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the children of Israel until  ²they crossed over, their hearts melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the children of Israel.

At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make knives of flint, and  ¹circumcise again the children of Israel a second time.

And Joshua made knives of flint and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

And this is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after they had come out of Egypt.

Although all the people who came out were circumcised, all the people who were born in the wilderness on the way, after  ¹the others had come out of Egypt, had not been circumcised.

For the children of Israel went for forty years through the wilderness until all the nation, the men of war who had come out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not listen to the voice of Jehovah, they to whom Jehovah swore that they would not see the land that Jehovah had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

And their children, whom He had raised up in place of them, these Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.

And when they had finished circumcising the whole nation, they remained in their place at the camp until they recovered.

Then Jehovah said to Joshua, Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. So the name of that place has been called  ¹Gilgal to this day.

And the children of Israel camped in Gilgal; and they held the  ¹Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.

And on the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain.

And the  ¹manna ceased on that day, when they ate of the produce of the land; and there was no longer manna for the children of Israel, but they ate of the yield of the land of Canaan that year.

Now once, when Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked; and behold, there was a  ¹man standing opposite him, and His sword was drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, Are You for us or for our adversaries?

And He said, Neither, but as the Captain of Jehovah's army have I now come. Then Joshua fell to the ground upon his face and worshipped. And he said to Him, What does my Lord speak to His servant?

And the Captain of Jehovah's army said to Joshua, Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so.

Now Jericho was  ¹shut up so tight because of the children of Israel that no one went out and no one went in.

And Jehovah said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho and its king and the mighty men of valor into your hand.

And you shall circle the city, all the men of valor, going around the city one time. Thus shall you do for six days.

And seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark. Then on the seventh day you shall circle the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

And when they give off the blast of the ram's horn and you hear the trumpet sound, all the people shall shout with a great shout. And the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, each straight ahead.

So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, Take up the  ¹Ark of the Covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark of Jehovah.

And he said to the people, Pass on and circle the city, and let the armed men pass on before the Ark of Jehovah.

Then when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Jehovah passed on and blew the trumpets; and the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah went after them.

And the armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets; and the rearguard went after the Ark, the trumpets continually blowing.

And Joshua commanded the people, saying,  ¹You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, nor let a word go forth from your mouth, until the day I say to you, Shout! Then you shall shout.

So he had the Ark of Jehovah circle the city, going around it one time. And they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the Ark of Jehovah.

And the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams' horns went before the Ark of Jehovah, continually blowing the trumpets; and the armed men went before them, and the rearguard went after the Ark of Jehovah, the trumpets continually blowing.

And they circled the city on the second day one time and returned to the camp. This they did for six days.

Then on the seventh day they rose early, at the break of dawn, and circled the city in the same manner seven times. Only on that day did they circle the city seven times.

And at the seventh time the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, Shout! For Jehovah has given you the city.

And the city shall be devoted to Jehovah for destruction, it and all that is in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the messengers we sent.

But as for you, keep yourselves from what has been devoted to destruction, lest you devote yourselves to destruction by taking of what has been devoted and you make the camp of Israel something devoted to destruction and bring trouble to it.

But all the silver and the gold and the vessels of bronze and iron, these are holy to Jehovah; they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah.

So the people shouted and the trumpets were blown; and when the people heard the  ¹trumpet sound, the people  ¹shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat. And the people went up into the city, each straight ahead, and they captured the city.

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city with the edge of the sword: both men and women, young and old, and oxen and sheep and donkeys.

And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go to the house of the harlot, and bring out from there the woman and all that belongs to her, as you swore to her.

And the young men who had been spies went and brought out  ¹Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all that belonged to her; all her family they brought out and set outside the camp of Israel.

And they burned the city with fire and all that was in it; but the silver and the gold and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put in the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

And Joshua preserved Rahab the harlot and her father's house and all that belonged to her, and she has dwelt within Israel to this day; for she hid the messengers whom Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho.

Then at that time Joshua charged the people with an oath, saying,  ¹Cursed be the man before Jehovah who rises up to rebuild this city Jericho! At the cost of his firstborn son shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.

So Jehovah was with Joshua, and reports of him were in all the land.