for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

"I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he.

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence, and the violent have been seizing it by force.

The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man that is eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.

Then He began to denounce [the people in] the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent [and change their hearts and lives].

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.

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.

charging them strictly not to make him known ??17 it was for the fulfilment of what had been said by the prophet Isaiah,

Then one who had been demon-possessed was brought to Him, blind and dumb. And He healed him, so much so that the blind and dumb one both spoke and saw.

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

But when an evil spirit has been driven out of a person, it roams through desert regions trying to find rest but cannot find it.

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

For the heart of this people has been thickened, and with their ears have they heard heavily, and their eyes have they closed; lest perhaps they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I should heal them.

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one , and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.

And the one having been sown on good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who truly bears fruit, and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.

Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a treasure having been hidden in a field; which a man having found, concealed; and from his joy he goes and sells all things so many as he has, and buys that field.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine which has been cast into the sea, and which has gathered together of every kind,

which, when it has been filled, having drawn up on the shore and sat down, they gathered the good into vessels and cast the worthless out.

And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

and governor of that district] heard the report about what Jesus had been saying and doing.

and said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and that is why the miraculous powers are at work in him.”

because John had been saying to him, "It is not permitted for you to have her."

And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God ;

does not have to provide for his father.' So you have nullified what God has said, for the sake of what has been handed down to you.

Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

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.

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the crowd, because they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, because they might faint [from exhaustion] on the way [home].”

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign; and there shall no sign been to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

and I will give to thee the keys of the reign of the heavens, and whatever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever thou mayest loose upon the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.'

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased and delighted! Listen to Him!”

And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

Then the disciples understood that he had been speaking to them about John the Baptist.

I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him."

But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

What does it seem to you? if there be to any man a hundred sheep, and one of them have been led astray, does he not, having left the ninety-nine upon the mountains, having gone, seek the one led astray?

'Verily I say to you, Whatever things ye may bind upon the earth shall be having been bound in the heavens, and whatever things ye may loose on the earth shall be having been loosed in the heavens.

Therefore the kingdom of Heaven has been compared to a certain king who desired to make an accounting with his servants.

and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.

So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.

'And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

He saith unto them, Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it hath not been so.

'And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;

for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

The young man said to Him, "I have [already] been observing all of these commandments. What do I [still] lack?"

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’

Those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) came and received a denarius each [a day’s wage].

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

"These last fellows worked only one hour, but you paid them the same as us, and we've been working all day, enduring the scorching heat!'

He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.

and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,

and he saith to them, 'It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'

Jesus replied to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if you have faith [personal trust and confidence in Me] and do not doubt or allow yourself to be drawn in two directions, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen [if God wills it].

and if we say 'a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."

"Have you never read in the Scriptures," said Jesus, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes'?

and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.

Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.

The crowds, who had been listening to him, were greatly struck with his teaching.

But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not come!

Behold, your house has been left to you desolate

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by his master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

"But if that wicked servant says to himself, "My master has been delayed,'

the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed;

And, at midnight, an outcry hath been made - Lo! the bridegroom! Be going forth to meet him!

Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

The one who had been given five talents came bringing another five and reported, 'Master, you entrusted me with five talents. Look, I have earned five more with them.'

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!

'Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

For this is my blood, that of the new covenant, having been poured out for many, for the remission of sins.