But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them: Generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the coining wrath?

Come to an agreement with your opponent at law quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your opponent at law deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

And whoever will compel you to go one mile, go with him two.

All things, therefore, whatever you would that men should do to you, even so do you to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? Hast thou come hither to torment us before the time?

But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and scourge you in their synagogues;

He answered, and said to them: Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.

For John said to him: It is not lawful for you to have her.

How is it that you do not understand, that I did not speak of bread when I commanded you to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

If, then, your hand or your foot ensnares you, cut it off, and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire.

He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king comes to you, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

therefore, all things that they command you to observe, observe and do. But do not according to their works: for they command, and do not.

And those who took Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and elders had come together.

And when they had derided him, they took off the cloak from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

saying: Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.

And he swore to her: What ever you ask, I will give you, to the half of my kingdom.

And he sent him away to his house, and said: Neither go into the village, nor tell it to any one in the village.

And if your hand ensnare you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter maimed into life, than having two hands to go away into hell, into the fire that is not quenched,

And if your foot en snare you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life lame, than having two feet to Be thrown into hell, into the fire that is not quenched,

And if your eye ensnare you, pull it out: it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be thrown into hell-fire,

And James and John the sons of Zebedee came to him, and said: Teacher, we desire you to do for us whatever we shall ask.

But when they lead you to deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand, nor premeditate what you shall speak; but what ever shall be given you in that hour, that do you speak; for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, that he might deliver him up to them.

And they led Jesus away to the chief priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes.

Therefore he said to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by him: Generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

for it is written, He will give his angels charge concerning you, to guard you carefully;

saying: Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Nazarene? Hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

And he immediately arose before them, took up that on which he had been lying, and went away to his own house, glorifying God.

Every one that comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice: "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not.

When they bring you to the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, be not anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say;

For when you are going with your opponent at law to the ruler, while you are on the way, endeavor to be delivered from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the collector, and the collector throw you into prison.

For I say to you, To every one that has, it shall be given; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken away.

And the whole number of them arose, and led him away to Pilate.

nor indeed did Herod; for I sent you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him.

And Jesus said to him: Verily I say to you, to-day you shall be with me in paradise.

Jesus said to her: Woman, what have I to do with you? my hour has not yet come.

I have sent you to reap that on which you bestowed no labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.

The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust.

After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

Then Jesus said to them: Yet a little while I am with you, and I go away to him that sent me.

Therefore said I to you, that you shall die in your sins. For if you believe not that I am, He, you shall die in your sins.

But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus had done.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this purpose came I to this hour.

Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Your own nation, and the chief priests have delivered you to me; what have you done?

But he said to them: It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has reserved under his own control.

And Peter said to him: Aeneas, Jesus the Christ restores you to health; arise, and spread your bed for yourself. And he immediately arose;

They replied: Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good report among the whole nation of the Jews, was instructed by a holy angel to call you to his house, and to hear words from you.

Then the brethren immediately sent Paul away, to go as if to the sea; but Silas and Timothy remained there.

for I am with you, and no one shall make an assault upon you, to injure you; for I have many people in this city.

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace; to Him who is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all the sanctified.

And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prison both men and women,

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there you shall be told of all things that are appointed for you to do.

But Paul said to the centurion who stood by, as he caused him to be bent forward to the straps: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?

Now, therefore, do you, together with the Sanhedrin, give notice to the officer, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as if you intended to inquire more accurately into the matters concerning him: and before he comes near, we are ready to kill him.

He answered: The Jews have agreed to request you to bring Paul down into the Sanhedrin to-morrow, as if they intended to inquire some thing more accurately concerning him.

But that I may not detain you longer, I beseech you to hear us, in your clemency, a few words.

especially, since you are acquainted with all the customs and questions that are among the Jews. For this reason, I beseech you to hear me patiently.

And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying, in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

And as he spoke these things in his defense, Festus said, with a loud voice; Paul, you are mad; much learning drives you to madness.

And now, I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

Wherefore, I exhort you to take food; for this will pro mote your safety. For not a hair shall fall from the head of any of you.

But, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant that I often purposed to come to you, though I have been hindered to the present time, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

Or, do you despise the riches of his goodness, and his forbearance, and his long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

But I say: Did not Israel know? First, Moses says: I will excite you to jealousy by that which is no nation; and by a foolish nation I will provoke you to wrath.

Wherefore, receive one another with kindness, as the Christ has received you, to the glory of God.

For your obedience has gone abroad to all men: I rejoice, therefore, on your account. But I desire you to be wise in respect to that which is good, and guileless in respect to that which is evil.

For what right have I to judge those who are without? Do you not judge those who are within?

But I would have you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

Now, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and that all passed through the sea,

No trial has come upon you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tried more than you are able to bear; but he will, with the trial, make a way to escape, so that you be able to bear up under it.

But I say, that the things which the Gen tiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. I do not wish you to be partakers with demons.

If any one of the unbelievers invites you to a feast, and you are disposed to go, eat any thing that is set before you, asking no questions for conscience sake.

But I wish you to know, that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

But concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant.

You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to those dumb idols, as you might be led.

and perhaps I may abide with you, or even spend the winter, that you may conduct me on my way to whatever place I may go.

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which came upon us in Asia, that we were exceedingly oppressed, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

and by you, to pass through into Macedonia, and to come again to you from Macedonia, and be conducted by you into Judea.

for if I cause you to grieve, who is he that makes me glad, but he that is made sorry by me?

Wherefore, I exhort you to give him an assurance of your love.

For if I boasted of you to him, in any respect, I am not made ashamed; but as I have spoken all things to you in truth, so also has our boasting to Titus been found to be truth:

For I know your readiness of mind, on account of which I boasted of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago: and your zeal has incited very many.

for I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

For it is a pleasure to you to bear with men of no understanding, since you yourselves are wise.

I knew a man in Christ fourteen years ago; that such a one (whether in the body, I know not, or out of the body, I know not: God knows;) was caught away to the third heaven.

was caught away to Paradise, and heard words not to be spoken, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

As many as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of the Christ.

For not even do those very men, who are circumcised, keep the law: but they wish you to be circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

But may I never boast save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called;

But I wish you to know, brethren, that the things which have befallen me have turned out rather to the advancement of the gospel;

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory.

Now, may God himself, even our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love to one another and to all, even as we toward you,