Again, the devil *took Him along to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;

Disciples and the World

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

And the one sown with seed among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will proclaim things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one;

For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?

Stumbling Blocks

“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!

This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again.

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

For what does it benefit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the entire world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

For what good does it do a person if he gains the whole world, but loses or forfeits himself?

so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

For all these things are what the nations of the world eagerly seek; and your Father knows that you need these things.

people fainting from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

This was the true Light that, coming into the world, enlightens every person.

He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not know Him.

The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.