So, if God so [beautifully] dresses the grass in a field, which is [green] today, and [then] tomorrow [dries up and] is thrown in the oven [i.e., as fuel], will He not do even more in providing your clothing, you people with such little faith?

Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?

"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

[Relocated to follow vs 20] Any tree that does not produce sound fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand.

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

At length Jesus finished his discourse, and the people were fill'd with astonishment at his doctrine.

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him,

Suddenly, a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."

And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

But another of his disciples, whom he ordered to follow Him, said unto Him, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father:

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

And the foul spirits began begging Jesus: "If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."

and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

Then some of the scribes told themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!"

But when the people saw it they were full of fear, and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

While Jesus was telling them these things, an official came up and fell down before him. "My daughter has just died," he said. "But come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

Then a woman who had suffered from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the [tassel] fringe of His outer robe;

Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.

Be on your guard against your fellow men, for they will betray you to courts of law, and scourge you in their Synagogues;

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

God even knows the number of hairs on your head [Note: The average full head of hair has approximately 25,000 hairs].

Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, I, too, will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven;

But, if any one disowns me before his fellow men, I, too, will disown him before my Father who is in Heaven.

And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

And no one who will give the humblest of my disciples even a cup of cold water because he is my disciple, I tell you, can ever fail of his reward."

and blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims."

At that time as Jesus pass'd through the corn on the sabbath day, his disciples being hungry, pluck'd the ears of corn, and fell to eating.

And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

You brood of vipers, how can you speak good when you are evil? For the mouth utters what the heart is full of.

"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Therefore, I am speaking to them with parables because [although] they can see, they [really] do not perceive, and [although] they can hear, they [really] do not comprehend, and so they [utterly] fail to understand [what I am trying to get across].

where other seed fell, denotes the man that heareth the word, and at first receives it with pleasure:

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

he that is meant by the thorny ground, where other seed fell, is one that heareth the word: which by cares of this life, and the deceitful love of riches, is soon stifled, and becomes unfruitful:

It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

'As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,

The Son of man will send out His angels and they will gather out of His kingdom all those people who cause others to fall away [from God] and those who [continue to] sin.

Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

When evening fell, the disciples came up to him and said, "It is a desert place and the day is now gone; send off the crowds to buy food for themselves in the villages."

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

After dismissing the crowds, he went up the hill by himself to pray; and, when evening fell, he was there alone.

And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.

and the men on board fell down before him and said, "You are indeed God's Son."

but he answered them, why do you violate the law of God to follow your tradition?

It is not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him foul; no, it is what comes out of a man's mouth that makes him foul."

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they make the man foul.

These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."

Then she came and fell down before him, saying, "Lord, help me!"

And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up?

Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up?

How is it that you fail to understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

And I also tell you, [although] you are Peter [i.e., a stone], it is on this rock [i.e., the truth you have just confessed] that I will build my church and [not even] the gates of the unseen place of departed spirits will win out over it [i.e., all efforts to stamp out the church by killing Christians will fail].

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.

and saying, 'Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,

While Jesus and his disciples were together in Galilee, he said to them: "The Son of Man is destined to be betrayed into the hands of his fellow-men,

But whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

"It will be too bad for the world because of occasions that cause people to fall away [from God]! For it is inevitable that such occasions come, but it is too bad for that person who is responsible for causing it to happen.

If your hand or your foot is causing you to fall into sin, cut it off and away with it. It is better for you to enter into Life crippled in hand or foot than to remain in possession of two sound hands or feet but be thrown into the fire of the Ages.

And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.

“See that you do not despise or think less of one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven [are in the presence of and] continually look upon the face of My Father who is in heaven.

The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

So when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

Then his lord, calling him before him, said to him, Thou vile slave! all that debt I forgave thee, because thou besoughtest me:

shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee?

Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as much as thyself.'"

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Then Peter answering said to him, 'Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?'

And Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

"And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall many times as much, and fall heir to eternal life.

When those hired about five o'clock came, each received a full day's pay.

Then when those who were hired first came [to get paid], they expected to receive more money [than those hired later], but each one received the usual pay for one full day's work also.