but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

'And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

And the disciples having come near, said to him, 'Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'

and he having turned, said to Peter, 'Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

And he said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one is good except One -- God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'

Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, 'By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?'

and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;

tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, 'Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?

then saith Pilate to him, 'Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?'

command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'