and she lifted up her voice, with a loud cry, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And, beholding their faith, He said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

But Jesus, perceiving their reasonings, answering, said to them, "Concerning what are ye reasoning in your hearts?

Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you,' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'

And the Pharisees and their scribes were murmuring against the disciples, saying, "Why are ye eating and drinking with the tax-collectors and sinners?"

And Jesus, answering, said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

And they said to Him, "The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also those of the Pharisees; but Thine are eating and drinking!"

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are ye doing that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath?"

"Happy, ye who are hungering now; because ye will be filled. "Happy, ye who are weeping now; because ye shall laugh.

"Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from themselves, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

"But woe to you that are rich! because ye are receiving your consolation!

"Woe to you who are filled now; because ye shall hunger! "Woe to you who are laughing now; because ye shall mourn and weep!

And, calling to him two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to expect another?"

And, coming near to Him, the men said, "John, the Immerser, sent us to Thee, saying, 'Art Thou the Coming One, or are we to expect another?'"

And, answering, He said to them, "Going your way, announce to John what ye saw and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the Gospel proclaimed to them.

But what went ye forth to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those clothed in splendid apparel, and living in luxury, are in kingly courts!

"To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like?

They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, who say, 'We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep.'

Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; because she loved much; but he, to whom little is forgiven, loves little."

And those by the wayside are those who heard; then the Devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart; lest, having believed, they should be saved.

"And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root; who, for a season, believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

"And that which fell among the thorns, these are those who heard; and, going forth, they are choked with anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, and bear no fruit to perfection.

"And that in the good ground, these are such as, in a good and honest heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with patience.

And He, answering, said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."

And Jesus said, "Who is it that touched Me?" And, when all were denying, Peter said, "Master, the multitudes are thronging Thee, and hard pressing Thee!"

And the day began to decline. And the twelve, coming near, said to Him, "Send away the multitudes; that, going into the villages and country round about, they may lodge and find food; because we are here in a desert place."

And I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will in no wise taste of death, till they see the Kingdom of God."

And it came to pass, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here; and let us make three tents; one for Thee, one for Moses, and one for Elijah;" not knowing what he was saying.

And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you;

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Thy name!"

Notwithstanding, rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice, because your names have been written in Heaven."

And, turning to the disciples, He said, privately, "Happy the eyes that behold what ye are beholding!

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye are beholding, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and heard them not."

But the Lord, answering, said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things;

and he from within, answering, shall say, 'Trouble me not; already the door has been shut, and my children are with me in the bed; I cannot rise and give you.'

"When the strong man, fully armed, is guarding his own court, his goods are in peace;

But He said, "Yea, rather, happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!"

But give as alms the things within; and, behold, all things are clean to you.

Woe to you! because ye are as the unobserved tombs; and the men, walking over them, know it not."

Consequently, ye are witnesses, and consent to the works of your fathers; because they, indeed, killed them, and ye build their tombs.

"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? and one of them is not forgotten before God.

But even the hairs of your head have all been numbered; fear not, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

"Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them! Of how much more value are ye than the birds!

If, therefore, ye cannot do the least thing, why are ye anxious about the rest?

for after all these things are the nations of the world seeking; and your Father knoweth that ye need these things.

Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when coming, shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline; and, coming near, he will serve them.

And, if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, happy are they!

For, as you are going with your adversary before the ruler, on the way give diligence to be released from him; lest he draw you to the judge, and the judge shall deliver you to the exactor, and the exactor shall cast you into prison.

But the synagogue-ruler, answering, (being much displeased that Jesus healed her on the sabbath), said to the multitude, "There are six days in which it behooves us to work; in these, therefore, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath day."

And a certain one said, "Are there few who are saved?"

When the Householder rises and shuts the door, and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us!' and He, answering, shall say to you, 'I know you not, whence ye are;'

And He will say, 'I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from Me, all ye workers of unrighteousness.'

And, behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last."

"When you are bidden by any one to a marriage feast, sit not on the first seat, lest possibly a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;

But, when you are invited, going, sit in the lowest place, that, when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher;' then you will have glory in the presence of all who are reclining at table with you;

And he sent forth his servant, at the hour of the supper, to say to those invited, 'Come; because all things are now ready.'

And he said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours'

And the lord praised the steward of unrighteousness, because he acted prudently; because the sons of this age are more prudent toward their own generation, than the sons of light.

And He said to them, "Ye are those who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; because that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that, in your lifetime, you received in full your good things, and Lazarus, likewise, evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

So also ye, when ye do all the things that were commanded you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants; we have done what it was our duty to do.'

And Jesus, answering, said, "Were not the ten cleansed? Where are the nine?

And will not God avenge His elect, who are crying to Him day and night, and He is long suffering over them?

But He said, "The things impossible with men are possible with God."

And, taking the twelve aside, He said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and all the things, written through the prophets respecting the Son of Man, will be accomplished;

for I feared you, because you are a harsh man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'

saying, "Go your way into the village over against you, in which as ye are entering, ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat; and, having loosed him, bring him.

and if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

And He said to them, "Then, render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage;

but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage;

for neither can they die any more; for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the 'Bush,' when he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

"As to these things which ye are looking upon, the days will come, in which there will not be left here a stone upon a stone, which will not be thrown down."

And they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, when, therefore, will these things be, and what is the sign, when all these things are about to come to pass?"

because these are days of vengeance, that all the things written may be fulfilled.

And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by gentiles, until the times of the gentiles are fulfilled.

But watch ye at every season, praying that ye may have full strength to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."

But He said to them, "The kings of the gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those having authority over them are called 'Benefactors.'

But ye are not so; but let the greater among you become as the younger, and he who leads as he who serves.

But ye are they who have remained with Me in my temptations;

And they said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." And He said to them, "It is enough."

and said to them, "Why are ye sleeping? Rising up, pray, that ye enter not into temptation."

And, after a little while, another, seeing him, said, "You also are one of them." But Peter said, "Man, I am not."

But Peter said, "Man, I know not what you are saying." And immediately, while he was yet speaking, a cock crowed.

for, behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Happy the barren, and the wombs which bore not, and breasts that gave not suck.'

But the other, answering and rebuking him, said, "Do you not fear God, seeing that you are in the same condemnation?

and we, indeed, righteously; for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds: but This Man did nothing amiss."

And, as they became afraid, and were bowing their faces to the earth, they said to them, "Why are ye seeking the Living among the dead?

And He said to them, "What words are these which ye are exchanging one with another, as ye walk?" And they stood still, with sad faces.

And He said to them, "Why are ye troubled? and wherefore do questionings arise in your heart?

And He said to them, "These are My words which I spake to you, while being yet with you: that all things must be fulfilled, that have been written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms, concerning Me."

Ye are witnesses of these things,