But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.

And with these words he gave them teaching, saying,

Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.

Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

And it came about, when Jesus had come to the end of these words, that the people were surprised at his teaching,

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

While he was saying these things to them, there came a ruler and gave him worship, saying, My daughter is even now dead; but come and put your hand on her, and she will come back to life.

Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.

And it came about that when Jesus had come to the end of giving these orders to his twelve disciples, he went away from there, teaching and preaching in their towns.

At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.

And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

And it came about that after saying these words, Jesus went away from Galilee, and came into the parts of Judaea on the other side of Jordan.

The young man says to him, All these things have I done: what more is there?

But hearing these words the young man went away sorrowing: for he had much property.

Saying, These last have done only one hour's work, and you have made them equal to us, who have undergone the hard work of the day and the burning heat.

Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?

And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?

And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.

And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation

But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?

And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

But all these things are the first of the troubles.

Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.

And when Jesus had come to the end of all these words, he said to his disciples,

And the high priest got up and said to him, Have you no answer? what is it which these say against you?

And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

And when the Sabbath day had come, he was teaching in the Synagogue; and a number of people hearing him were surprised, saying, From where did this man get these things? and, What is the wisdom given to this man, and what are these works of power done by his hands?

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

And he said to him, Master, all these laws I have kept from the time when I was young.

And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?

And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.

And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.

Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.

And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?

And after these things he was seen in another form by two of them, while they were walking on their way into the country.

And these signs will be with those who have faith: in my name they will send out evil spirits; and they will make use of new languages;

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.

And the angel, answering, said, I am Gabriel, whose place is before God; I have been sent to say these words to you and to give you this good news.

Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.

But she was greatly troubled at his words, and said to herself, What may be the purpose of these words?

And fear came on all those who were living round about them: and there was much talk about all these things in all the hill-country of Judaea.

And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

But Mary kept all these words in her heart, and gave much thought to them.

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth; and did as he was ordered: and his mother kept all these words in her heart.

Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham.

And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;

And the Evil One said, I will give you authority over all these, and the glory of them, for it has been given to me, and I give it to anyone at my pleasure.

And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.

And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.

And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.

And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.