but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

You have heard the saying, 'You must love your neighbour and hate your enemy.'

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you get for that? do not the very taxgatherers do as much?

No one can serve two masters: either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other ??you cannot serve both God and Mammon.

Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat or drink in life, nor about what you are to put on your body; surely life means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes!

(pagans make all that their aim in life) for your heavenly Father knows quite well you need all that.

Why, which of you, when asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone?

But the road that leads to life is both narrow and close, and there are few who find it.

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

If your hand or your foot is a hindrance to you, cut it off and throw it away; better be maimed or crippled and get into Life, than keep both feet or hands and be thrown into the everlasting fire.

If your eye is a hindrance to you, tear it out and throw it away; better get into Life with one eye than keep your two eyes and be thrown into the fire of Gehenna.

Up came a man and said to him, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to gain life eternal?"

He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? One alone is good. But if you want to get into Life, keep the commands."

honour your father and mother, and you must love your neighbour as yourself."

Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

He replied, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with your whole mind.

There is a second like it: you must love your neighbour as yourself.

And in most of you love will grow cold by the increase of iniquity;

So they shall depart to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life."

As they were eating he took a loaf and after the blessing he broke it; then he gave it to the disciples saying, "Take and eat this, it means my body."

As he passed along he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office; he said to him, "Follow me," and he rose and followed him.

Now Levi was at table in his own house, and he had many taxgatherers and sinners as guests along with Jesus and his disciples ??for there were many of them among his followers.

then he asked them, "Is it right to help or to hurt on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?" They were silent.

with earnest entreaties. "My little girl is dying," he said, "do come and lay your hands on her that she may recover and live,"

They had forgotten to bring any bread, and had only one loaf with them in the boat.

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

If your hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better be maimed and get into Life, than keep your two hands and go to Gehenna, to the fire that is never quenched.

If your foot is a hindrance to you, cut it off: better get into Life a cripple, than keep your two feet and be thrown into Gehenna.

As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"

who does not get a hundred times as much ??in this present world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and lands, together with persecutions, and in the world to come life eternal.

for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

and noticing a fig tree in leaf some distance away he went to see if he could find anything on it; but when he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole mind, and with your whole strength.

The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these."

Also, to love him with the whole heart, with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength, and to love one's neighbour as oneself ??that is far more than all holocausts and sacrifices."

And as they were eating he took a loaf, and after the blessing he broke and gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it means my body."

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

The devil said to him, "If you are God's son, tell this stone to become a loaf."

Jesus replied to him, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone."

On going outside after this he noticed a taxgatherer called Levi sitting at the tax-office and said to him, "Follow me";

Levi held a great banquet for him in his house; there was a large company present of taxgatherers and others who were guests along with them.

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it right on the sabbath to help or to hurt, to save life or to kill?"

Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

Woe to you who have your fill to-day! you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh to-day! you will wail and weep.

I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you:

If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Why, even sinful men love those who love them.

No, you must love your enemies and help them, you must lend to them without expecting any return; then you will have a rich reward, you will be sons of the Most High for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the evil.

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft robes? Those who are gorgeously dressed and luxurious live in royal palaces.

As they were unable to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me, now, which of them will love him most?"

Therefore I tell you, many as her sins are, they are forgiven, for her love is great; whereas he to whom little is forgiven has but little love."

As for the seed that fell among thorns, that means people who hear but who go and get choked with worries and money and the pleasures of life, so that they never ripen.

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.

Now a jurist got up to tempt him. "Teacher," he said, "what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

He replied, "You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole strength, and with your whole mind. Also your neighbour as yourself."

"A right answer!" said Jesus; "do that and you will live."

What father among you, if asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone? Or, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish?

but the Lord said to him, "You Pharisees do clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but your inner life is filled with rapacity and malice.

But woe to you Pharisees! you tithe mint and rue and every vegetable, but justice and the love of God you disregard; these latter you ought to have practised ??without omitting the former.

Woe to you Pharisees! you love the front bench in the synagogues and salutations in the marketplaces.

Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."

To his disciples he said, "Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat in life, nor about what you are to put on your body;

life is something more than food, and the body is something more than clothes.

pagans make food and drink their aim in life, but your Father knows quite well you need that;

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, aye and his own life, he cannot be a disciple of mine;

for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

No servant can serve two masters: either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other, you cannot serve both God and Mammon."

But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish.

Whoever tries to secure his life will lose it, and whoever loses it will preserve it.

Then a ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

who does not receive ever so much more in this present world, and in the world to come life eternal."

God is not a God of dead people but of living, for all live to him."

Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me."

And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them.

Then they related their own experience on the road and how they had recognized him when he broke the loaf.

In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men:

that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.

He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life ??God's anger broods over him."

but anyone who drinks the water I shall give him will never thirst any more; the water I shall give him will turn into a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy.

for as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, so the Son makes anyone live whom he chooses.

Indeed the Father passes judgment on no one; he has committed the judgment which determines life or death entirely to the Son,

Truly, truly I tell you, he who listens to my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life; he will incur no sentence of judgment, he has already passed from death across to life.

Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live;

for as the Father has life in himself, so too he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

and come out, the doers of good to be raised to life, ill-doers to be raised for the sentence of judgment.

You search the scriptures, imagining you possess eternal life in their pages ??and they do testify to me ??40 but you refuse to come to me for life.

but I know there is no love to God in you;

Work for no perishing food, but for that lasting food which means eternal life; the Son of man will give you that, for the Father, God, has certified him."

Then said Jesus, "What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven ??33 for the bread of God is what comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

Jesus said, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty again.

It is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should possess eternal life, and that I should raise him up on the last day."