Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.

And why be anxious about clothing? Study the wild lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin;

And then Jesus said to him: "Be careful not to say a word to any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and offer the gift directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure."

"I will come and cure him," answered Jesus.

Cure the sick, raise the dead, make the lepers clean, drive out demons. You have received free of cost, give free of cost.

And there he saw a man with a withered hand. Some people asked Jesus whether it was allowable to work a cure on the Sabbath- -so that they might have a charge to bring against him.

Let both grow side by side till harvest; and then I shall say to the reapers, Gather the tares together first, and tie them in bundles for burning; but bring all the wheat into my barn.'"

Presently Jesus said to them: "Take care and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."

Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; take care not to be alarmed, for such things must occur; but the end is not yet here.

and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

Jesus at once called them, and they left their father Zebediah in the boat with the crew, and went after him.

"Be careful not to say anything to any one; but go and show yourself to the Priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure."

And they watched Jesus closely, to see if he would cure the man on the Sabbath, so that they might have a charge to bring against him.

Take care what you listen to," said Jesus. "The measure you mete will be meted out to you, and more will be added for you.

When it grew late, his disciples came up to him, and said: "This is a lonely spot, and it is already late.

So Jesus gave them this warning. "Take care," he said, "beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."

And, therefore, I also, since I have investigated all these events with great care from their very beginning, have resolved to write a connected history of them for you,

The child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the Wilds till the time came for his appearance before Israel.

The child grew and became strong and wise, and the blessing of God was upon him.

And Jesus grew in wisdom as he grew in years, and 'gained the blessing of God and men.'

"Doubtless," said Jesus, "you will remind me of the saying-- 'Doctor, cure yourself;' and you will say 'Do here in your own country all that we have heard that has been done at Capernaum.'

On leaving the Synagogue, Jesus went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a severe attack of fever, and they asked Jesus to cure her.

And then Jesus impressed upon him that he was not to say a word to any one, "but," he added, "set out and show yourself to the priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing, in the manner directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure."

Other seed fell upon rock, and, as soon as it began to grow, having no moisture, withered away.

Other seed fell in the middle of brambles, but the brambles grew up with it and choked it entirely.

Other seed fell into rich soil, and grew, and gave a hundred-fold return." After saying this, Jesus cried aloud: "Let him who has ears to hear with hear."

Take care, then, how you listen. For, to all those who have, more will be given; while, from all those who have nothing, even what they seem to have will be taken away."

And a woman, who had suffered from hemorrhage for twelve years, and whom no one could cure,

Jesus called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, as well as to cure diseases.

Cure the sick there, and tell people 'The Kingdom of God is close at hand.

He went to him and bound up his wounds, dressing them with oil and wine, and then put him on his own mule, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

The next day he took out four shillings and gave them to the inn-keeper. 'Take care of him,' he said, 'and whatever more you may spend I will myself repay you on my way back.'

Take care, therefore, that the inner Light is not darkness.

And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."

Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendor was not robed like one of these.

But the President of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had worked the cure on the Sabbath, interposed and said to the people: "There are six days on which work ought to be done; come to be cured on one of those, and not on the Sabbath."

It is like a mustard-seed which a man took and put in his garden. The seed grew and became a tree, and 'the wild birds roosted in its branches.'"

"Is it allowable," said Jesus, addressing the Students of the Law and the Pharisees, "to work a cure on the Sabbath, or is it not?"

"I tell you, Peter," replied Jesus, "the cock will not crow to-day till you have disowned all knowledge of me three times."

When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.

He does this because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

"Will you lay down your life for me?" replied Jesus. "In truth I tell you, the cock will not crow till you have disowned me three times.

And it is by faith in the Name of Jesus, that this man, whom you all see and know, has--by his Name--been made strong. Yes, it is the faith inspired by Jesus that has made this complete cure of the man, before the eyes of you all.

For the man who was the subject of this miraculous cure was more than forty years old.

He then said: "Men of Israel, take care as to what you intend to do with these men.

As they listened to this, the Council grew frantic with rage, and gnashed their teeth at Stephen.

From there they sailed to Antioch--the place where they had been committed to the gracious care of God for the work which they had now finished.

While Paul chose Silas for his companion and, after he had been committed by the Brethren to the gracious care of the Lord,

So the Churches grew stronger in the Faith, and increased in numbers from day to day.

The rest grew callous; as Scripture says--'God has given them a deadness of mind--eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear--and it is so to this very day.'

I commend to your care our Sister, Phoebe, who helps in the work of the Church at Cenchreae;

In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master-builder; but another man is now building upon it. Let every one take care how he builds;

But take care that this right of yours does not become in any way a stumbling-block to the weak.

Therefore let the man who thinks that he stands take care that he does not fall.

To another faith by the same Spirit; to another power to cure diseases by the one Spirit; to another supernatural powers;

As to secure that there should be no disunion in the body, but that the parts should show the same care for one another.

In the Church God has appointed, first, Apostles, secondly Preachers, thirdly Teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

Can every one have power to cure diseases? can every one speak in 'tongues'? can every one interpret them?

If Timothy comes, take care that he has no cause for feeling anxious while he is with you. He is doing the Master's work no less than I am.

So, then, even though I did write to you, it was not for the sake of the wrong-doer, or of the man who was wronged, but to make you conscious, in the sight of God, of your own earnest care for us. And it is this that has encouraged us.

And his affection for you is all the greater, as he remembers the deference that you all showed him, and recalls how you received him with anxious care.

But, if you are continually wounding and preying upon one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.

Do not let us grow vain, and provoke or envy one another.

Brothers, even if a man should be caught committing a sin, you who are spiritually minded should, in a gentle spirit, help him to recover himself, taking care lest any one of you also should be tempted.

Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.

United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a Temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord.

But holding the truth in a spirit of love, we shall grow into complete union with him who is our Head--Christ himself.

For from him the whole Body, closely joined and knit together by the contact of every part with the source of its life, derives its power to grow, in proportion to the vigor of each individual part; and so is being built up in a spirit of love.

Take great care, then, how you live--not unwisely but wisely,

Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters, with anxious care, giving them ungrudging service, as if obeying the Christ;

And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment,

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and your characters will grow through a fuller knowledge of God;

Take care there is not some one who will carry you away by his 'philosophy'--a hollow sham!--following, as it does, mere human traditions, and dealing with puerile questions of this world, and not with Christ.

Give this message to Archippus--'Take care to discharge to the best of your ability the office to which you were appointed in the Master's Cause.'

Take care that none of you ever pays back wrong for wrong, but always follow the kindest course with one another and with every one.

You, Brothers, must not grow weary of doing what is right.

But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry,

They shall perish, but thou remainest; As a garment they shall all grow old;

Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from 'men who were sinning against themselves,' so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.

Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, 'that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,' and so poison the whole community.

Take care that no one becomes immoral, or irreligious like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow till you attain Salvation--

laying all your anxieties upon him, for he makes you his care.

Take care that you do not lose the fruit of all our work; rather, reap the benefit of it in full.

I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not care to trust it to pen and ink in a letter.

Alas for them! They walk in the steps of Cain; led astray by Balaam's love of gain, they plunge into sin, and meet their ruin through rebellion like that of Korah.

Therefore I counsel you to buy from me gold which has been refined by fire, that you may grow rich; and white robes, that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness be hidden; and ointment to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

And in my vision I saw a grey horse. His rider's name was Death, and the Lord of the Place of Death rode behind him; and power was given them over the fourth part of the earth, so that they might 'destroy with sword and famine and death, and by means of the wild beasts of the earth.'

He opened the bottomless pit, and from the pit rose a smoke like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air grew dark because of the smoke from the pit.

The merchants who sold these things, and grew rich by her, will stand at a distance weeping and wailing, horrified at her torture, and crying--

They threw dust on their heads, and, as they wept and wailed, they cried-- 'Alas! Alas! Great City! All who have ships on the sea grew rich through her magnificence. In a single hour it has vanished.'