You have heard that it was said--'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

Who among you, when his son asks him for a loaf, will give him a stone,

Or when he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

It is enough for a scholar to be treated like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Baal-zebub, how much more the members of his household!

Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's knowledge.

"It is a wicked and unfaithful generation," answered Jesus, "that is asking for a sign, and no sign shall be given it except the sign of the Prophet Jonah.

A wicked and unfaithful generation is asking for a sign, but no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and went away.

I say again, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven!"

When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.

For at the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but all who rise are as angels in Heaven.

"It could have been sold for a large sum, and the money given to poor people."

So from that time Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.

Peter followed him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the offices, to see the end.

So, after consultation, they bought with them the 'Potter's Field' for a burial-ground for foreigners;

When suddenly a great earthquake occurred. For an angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and seated himself upon it.

but whoever slanders the Holy Spirit remains unforgiven to the end; he has to answer for an enduring sin."

But, as they have no root, they stand only for a short time; and so, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, they fall away at once.

With many such parables Jesus used to speak to the people of his Message, as far as they were able to receive it;

"Come by yourselves privately to some lonely spot," he said, "and rest for a while"--for there were so many people coming and going that they had not time even to eat.

So they set off privately in their boat for a lonely spot.

For a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit in her, heard of him immediately, and came and threw herself at his feet--

Sighing deeply, Jesus said: "Why does this generation ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign shall be given it."

The man looked up, and said: "I see the people, for, as they walk about, they look to me like trees."

It is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God."

When they had almost reached Jerusalem, as far as Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two of his disciples.

It was now two days before the Festival of the Passover and the Unleavened bread. The Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity to arrest Jesus by stealth, and to put him to death;

They were glad to hear what he said, and promised to pay him. So he looked for a way to betray Jesus opportunely.

For, as soon as your greeting reached my ears, the child moved within me with delight!

Asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote the words--'His name is John.' Every one was surprised;

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon: "Push off into deep water, and throw out your nets for a haul."

By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.

And, on getting ashore, Jesus met a man, who had demons in him, coming out of the town. For a long time this man had worn no clothing, and he had not lived in a house, but in the tombs.

Whatever house you go to stay at, begin by praying for a blessing on it.

For a friend of mine has arrived at my house after a journey, and I have nothing to offer him;'

What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,

Or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them has escaped God's notice.

For a time the judge refused, but afterwards he said to himself 'Although I am without fear of God or regard for man,

It is easier, indeed, for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God!"

For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;

But Jesus began to tell the people this parable-- "A man once planted a vineyard, and then let it out to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.

The Chief Priest and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity of destroying Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

So Judas assented, and looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them, in the absence of a crowd.

When Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly pleased, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time, having heard a great deal about him; and he was hoping to see some sign given by him.

(Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.)

Look at my hands and my feet, and you will know that it is I. Feel me, and look at me, for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see that I have."

After this, Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and there raised his hands and blessed them.

He was the 'Lamp that was burning' and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.

The Sea, too, was getting rough, for a strong wind was blowing.

"The man cannot be from God," said some of the Pharisees, "for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible," retorted others, "for a bad man to give signs like this?"

"Do you take me for a Jew?" was Pilate's answer. "It is your own nation and the Chief Priests who have given you up to me. What have you done?"

Since we are on our trial to-day for a kind act done to a helpless man, and are asked in what way the man here before you has been cured,

But Gamaliel, a Pharisee, who was a Doctor of the Law and who was held in universal respect, rose in the Council, and directed that the men should be taken out of court for a little while.

And never for a single day, either in the Temple Courts or in private houses, did they cease to teach, or to tell the Good News of Jesus, the Christ.

And their bodies were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

And they paid attention to him because they had for a long time been mystified by his magic arts.

"Go at once," said the Lord, "to the 'Straight Street', and ask at Judas's house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,

"You are doubtless aware that it is forbidden for a Jew to be intimate with a foreigner, or even to enter his house; and yet God has shown me that I ought not to call any man 'defiled' or 'unclean.'

Now those who had been scattered in different directions, in consequence of the persecution that followed upon the death of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, telling the Message--but only to Jews.

And, when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And so it came about that, for a whole year, they attended the meetings of the Church there, and taught a large number of people; and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called 'Christians.'

It happened that Herod was deeply offended with the people of Tyre and Sidon, but they went in a body to him, and, having succeeded in winning over Blastus, the Chamberlain, they begged Herod for a reconciliation, because their country was dependent on the King's for its food-supply.

The hand of the Lord is upon you even now, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the sun." Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went feeling about for some one to guide him.

As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the Synagogue, the people begged for a repetition of this teaching on the next Sabbath.

For this is the Lord's command to us--'I have destined thee for a Light to the Gentiles, a means of Salvation to the ends of the earth'."

And at Antioch they stayed with the disciples for a considerable time.

So, immediately after Paul had seen the vision, we looked for an opportunity to cross over to Macedonia, concluding that God had summoned us to tell the Good News to the people there.

Calling for a light, the Governor rushed in, and flung himself trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

The friends who escorted Paul took him as far as Athens, and, after receiving a message for Silas and Timothy to join him as quickly as possible, they started on their return.

For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription--'To an Unknown God.' What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.

So he settled there for a year and a half, and taught God's Message among the people.

While we ourselves sailed from Philippi after the Passover, and joined them five days later at Troas, where we stayed for a week.

He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.

The natives were expecting inflammation to set in, or that he would suddenly fall dead; but, after waiting for a long time, and seeing that there was nothing amiss with him, they changed their minds and said that he was a God.

The Brethren there had heard about us, and came out as far as the Market of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At sight of them Paul thanked God and was much cheered.

For, as Scripture says-'The name of God is reviled among the Gentiles because of you'!

For a man who is only a Jew outwardly is not a real Jew; nor is outward bodily circumcision real circumcision. The real Jew is the man who is a Jew in soul;

Even for an upright man scarcely any one will die. For a really good man perhaps some one might even dare to die.

For, as through the disobedience of the one man the whole race was rendered sinful, so, too, through the obedience of the one, the whole race will be rendered righteous.

While you were still servants of Sin, you were free as regards Righteousness.

And so with you, my Brothers; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God.

What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,

They are descended from the Patriarchs; and, as far as his human nature was concerned, from them came the Christ-he who is supreme over all things, God for ever blessed. Amen.

If it is possible, as far as rests with you, live peaceably with every one.

By my words and actions, through the power displayed in signs and marvels, and through the power of the Holy Spirit. And so, starting from Jerusalem and its neighborhood, and going as far as Illyria, I have told in full the Good News of the Christ;

For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the Apostles, last of all, as men doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to men!

With reference to the subjects about which you wrote to me: It would be well for a man to remain single.

Do not deprive each other of what is due-unless it is only for a time and by mutual consent, so that your minds may be free for prayer till you again live as man and wife-lest Satan should take advantage of your want of self-control and tempt you.

Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Have I not seen our Lord Jesus? Are not you yourselves my work achieved in union with the Lord?

Every athlete exercises self-restraint in everything; they, indeed, for a crown that fades, we for one that is unfading.

Nor let us try the patience of the Lord too far, as some of them tried it, with the result that they 'were, one after another, destroyed by the snakes.'

Does not nature herself teach us that, while for a man to wear his hair long is degrading to him,

For, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink!

Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord's cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offence against the Lord's body and blood.

If they want information on any point, they should ask their husbands about it at home; for it is unbecoming for a married woman to speak at a meeting of the Church.

For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold),

For, as through union with Adam all men die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.

For a great opening for active work has presented itself, and there are many opponents.

For at the Bar of the Christ we must all appear in our true characters, that each may reap the results of the life which he has lived in the body, in accordance with his actions--whether good or worthless.