Now all this happened in order that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.

And he was there until the death of Herod, in order that what was said by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."

A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

And he came [and] lived in a town called Nazareth, in order that what was said by the prophets would be fulfilled: "He will be called a Nazarene."

But, he, would have hindered him, saying - I, have, need, by thee, to be immersed, - and dost, thou, come unto me?

in order that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

"You people are [like] salt on the earth. But if salt loses its flavoring ability, how will it ever get it back again? From then on it would be good for nothing except to be thrown out onto the roadway and walked on by people. [Note: This was mined salt which, when losing its "saltiness" due to exposure to the sun or rain, was simply disposed of by being dumped onto the roadway where people walked].

I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

"I tell you truly that you would certainly not get out from there until you had paid back the last cent.

If your right eye is a snare to you, take it out and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it thrown into the Pit.

And, if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it go down to the Pit.

And it has been said, whosoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce:

and to him that would go to law with thee and take thy body coat, leave him thy cloak also.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Take heed to your alms, that ye give it not in the sight of men, to the intent that ye would be seen of them: or else ye get no reward of your father which is in heaven.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, because they would be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

"There isn't a person among you who would give his son a stone if he asked for bread, is there?

Or if he asks for a fish, he wouldn't give him a snake, would he?

Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you, so, be, ye also, doing, unto them, - for, this, is the law and the prophets.

in order that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said, "He himself took away our sicknesses, and carried away our diseases."

And behold, the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and [when they] saw him, they implored [him] that he would depart from their region.

But I would have you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home!"

"No one ever sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old cloak. If they did, the patch put on to fill it up would tear away from the cloak, and the rent be made worse.

"Nor do they put new wine into old wine-skins; if they did, the wine-skins would split, the wine would run out, and the skins be ruined. Instead, they put new wine into fresh wine-skins and both are preserved."

Beg ye, therefore, of the Lord of the harvest, - That he would thrust forth labourers, into his harvest.

“When they persecute you in one city [because of your faith in Me], flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

But whoever would deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father in the heavens.

he that would preserve his life, shall lose it: and he that exposeth his life for my sake, shall save it.

"A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

Then he proceeded to upbraid the towns where his many miracles had been performed, because they would not repent.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

And if you had known what {it means}, 'I want mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

"you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath."

But he asked them, "Is there a man among you who, if he had one sheep and it fell into a ditch on the Sabbath, wouldn't take hold of it and pull it out?

And he chided them so that they would not make him known,

in order that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him as follows: "Teacher, we would like to see a spectacular sign given by you."

For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."

He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then would you like us to go and gather them?'

Jesus told the crowds all these things in parables, and He would not speak anything to them without a parable,

in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, who said, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation."

for John said to Him, It is not lawful for thee to have her: and he would have put him to death,

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

And straightaway Jesus compelled the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, until he would dismiss the multitudes.

But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or his mother, "Whatever {benefit you would have received} from me [is] a gift [to God],"

But he would not answer her a word. And his disciples came up and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps screaming after us."

On leaving that place, Jesus went to the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and then went up the hill, and sat down., you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill 'Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!' it would be done.

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

Then addressing himself to his disciples, if any man, said he, would follow me, let him renounce himself, take up his cross, and so follow me.

For whosoever is desirous to preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?

"Elijah was indeed to come," He replied, "and would reform everything.

But I say unto you that Elias has already come, and they have not known him, but have done unto him whatever they would. Thus also the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

because of your incredulity, said Jesus: for I tell you truly, if ye had ever so little faith, ye might say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it should remove; and nothing would be too difficult for you.

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him that {a large millstone} be hung on his neck and he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

If your hand or your foot is a snare to you, cut it off, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed or lame, than to have both hands, or both feet, and be thrown into the aeonian fire.

If your eye is a snare to you, take it out, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the Life with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into the fiery Pit.

If a man has an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray, do you think he would not leave the ninety and nine in the mountains, and go in search for that which was gone astray?

in like manner your heavenly father would not that any person of such humility should be lost.

if he does not relent, tell it to the church: but if he is not moved by the church, show him no more regard than you would to a pagan or a publican.

And I tell you moreover, that if but two of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing which they would ask for, it shall be granted them by my Father who is in heaven:

For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

But he did not want to, but rather he went [and] threw him into prison until he would repay what was owed.

And [because he] was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed.

The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a man with his wife, it would be better not to marry!"

Then children were brought to him, so that he would lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

and he said to him, why do you stile me good? there is but one that is good, that is God. but if you would enter into life, keep the commandments.

Jesus answered him, “If you wish to be perfect [that is, have the spiritual maturity that accompanies godly character with no moral or ethical deficiencies], go and sell what you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me [becoming My disciple, believing and trusting in Me and walking the same path of life that I walk].”

Jesus looked at them and said, "This would be impossible with men, but everything is possible with God."

When he had agreed with the workers [on wages] for the usual farm laborer's pay for a day's work, he [then] sent them to work in his vineyard. [Note: The coin mentioned here would amount to $60-$84 in 1994, based on $5-$7 an hour for a twelve hour day. This coin also forms the basis for calculating all other monetary references in the New Testament].

And he said to those men, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever would be right I will give you, and they went.

They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever would be right ye will receive.

But when those came who had been hired first, they thought that they would receive more; and they received each one a denarius.

and he said to her, what would you have? grant, said she, when you are upon the throne, that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left.

but it must not be so among you: on the contrary, whoever would rise among you, let him be your minister.

and whoever would be chief among you, let him be your servant.

And the crowd rebuked them so that they would be quiet. But they called out all the more, saying, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

And Jesus stopped, and called them, and said, What would ye have me do for you?

Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

They said to Jesus, "Do you hear what these [children] are saying [about you]?" Jesus answered them, "Yes, [I do]. Have you not read [in Psa. 8:2] 'You have ordained that praise would come from the mouths of infants and small children?'"

Jesus answering said to them, Truly do I say to you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what hath been done to the figtree, but should ye even say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it would be done.

For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

and would have seized Him, but that they were afraid of the people; because they took Him for a prophet.

and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come.

but Jesus perceiving their malice, said, why, hypocrites, would you insnare me?

"Teacher, Moses said [in Deut. 25:5] that when a man dies without having had any children, his brother must marry his widow and father children by her, who would [then] be considered his [dead] brother's.

The man who would be the greatest among you must be your servant.

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who would enter to go in.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, who shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye not only refuse to go in your selves, but hinder those that would.

and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets!'

Serpents, generations of vipers, how would ye flee from the judgment of hell?

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

And pray that it will not be in the winter or on a Sabbath day when you will have to flee [from the city]. [Note: Jewish Sabbath day restrictions on travel (only three-fifths of a mile) and city gate closures would make leaving the city nearly impossible].

And unless those days had been shortened, {no human being would be saved}. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.