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After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
And I also say to thee, that thou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
Think not that I came to abolish the law or the prophets. I came not to abolish, but to fulfill.
And Jesus said to him, Thou shall love Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.
Not every man who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father in the heavens.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was this way. For his mother Mary, who was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found having in her womb from Holy Spirit.
But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.
Enter ye in by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter through it.
For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Ye are the salt material of the earth. But if the salt material becomes ineffective, by what will it be salted? It is potent for nothing further, except to be cast outside and to be trodden down by men.
Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
Thus your light should shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in the heavens.
But beware of FALSE prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are predatory wolves.
Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?
And she will bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from their sins.
teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.
And having seen the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. And when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
and Judah begot Perez and Zerah from Tamar, and Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram,
Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
All things therefore, as many as ye may want that men should do to you, so also do ye to them, for this is the law and the prophets.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
But having answered, he said, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word coming out through the mouth of God.
And this good-news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.
Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents.
For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him.
and Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,
Now late on the Sabbath day, being dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
Think not that I came to spread peace on the earth. I came not to spread peace, but a sword.
And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.
Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
Then Peter having come to him, he said, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?
And when Jesus was immersed, he went up straightaway out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.
And as they were eating, Jesus, having taken bread, having expressed thanks, broke in pieces, and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my body.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Now when Jesus came into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say I, the Son of man, am?
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering.
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
But the eleven disciples went for Galilee to the mountain where Jesus arranged for them.
I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in a Holy Spirit.
But about that day and hour no man knows, not even the agents of the heavens, except my Father only.
Ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to the judgment.
When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him who reads understand),
And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.
For truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle will, no, not pass away from the law, until all things come to pass.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.
And behold one man having come to him, said, Good teacher, what good thing should I do so that I may have eternal life?
Therefore every man, whoever will profess in me before men, I also will profess in him before my Father in the heavens.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law--justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting t
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
And straightaway Jesus compelled the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, until he would dismiss the multitudes.
For what does it profit a men, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
For there will arise FALSE Christs and FALSE prophets, and they will give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.
and Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah,
He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man sowing good seed in his field.
And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of a mustard plant, ye will say to this mountain, Remove from here to there, and it will depart, and nothing will be impossible t
But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
And having answered, he said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to
Just as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
But Jesus said, Allow the children, and do not forbid them to come to me, for of such kind is the kingdom of the heavens.
And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,
And Simon Peter having answered, said, Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Again I say to you truly, that if two of you should agree on the earth concerning every matter, whatever they might ask, it will happen for them from my Father in the heavens.
for then there will be great tribulation, such as not has happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor, no, it will not happen.
and Hezekiah begot Manasseh, and Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah,
Then he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole, as the other.
And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings them up onto a high mountain in private.
And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign of thy coming, and of the termination of the age?
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.
For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this man, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes, and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.
For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in,
for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed on behalf of many for remission of sins.
But thou, when thou pray, enter into thy private room, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee in the open.
And having looked, Jesus said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in the sky. And then all the tribes of the earth will beat the breast, and they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the sky with power and much glory.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who have been sent to her. How often I wanted to gathered thy children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and ye would not.
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who then is greater in the kingdom of the heavens?
And when they came near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
And he said, Truly I say to you, if ye are not turned, and become as children, ye will, no, not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his heavenly agents, and then he will reward each man according to his actions.
And having called in his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every disease.
For the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a house-ruler, who went out in the early morning at the same time to hire workmen for his vineyard.
But while he considered these things, behold, an agent of Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take Mary to be thy wife, for that which was begotten in her is from Holy Spirit.
and Uzziah begot Jotham, and Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah,
The young man says to him, All these things I have kept from my youthfulness. What do I lack yet?
Heal those who are feeble, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely ye received, freely give.
If therefore thou should bring thy gift to the altar, and remember there that thy brother has anything against thee,
From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scholars, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
And having answered, Jesus said to them, See that not any man may lead you astray.
And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, may this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I want, but as thou.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
And on that day, having departed from the house, Jesus was sitting beside the sea.
And Jesus went around all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good-news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Then he says to his disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the workmen are few.
And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatever thou may bind on earth will be what is bound in the heavens, and whatever thou may loose on the earth will be what is loosed in the heavens.
Now after they departed, behold, an agent of Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, After rising, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and thou be there until I tell thee, for Herod is going to seek the child to
And it was said, Whoever may divorce his wife, let him give her a divorce certificate.
Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field.
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.
And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good-news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
and Azor begot Zadoc, and Zadoc begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud,
And when Jesus departed he was going from the temple. And his disciples came near to exhibit to him the buildings of the temple.
And while praying do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think that they will be heard by their much speaking.
But the Pharisees, having heard that he silenced the Sadducees, they came together in the same place.
Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.
And Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying to him, Is it permitted for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?
At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears, and to eat.
But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall on the ground independent of your Father.
And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Then Jesus says to him, Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written, Thou shall worship Lord thy God, and him only thou shall serve.
These twelve Jesus sent forth, having ordered them, saying, Go not into a way of the Gentiles, and enter not into a city of the Samaritans,
From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
And having become evening, they brought to him many being demon possessed. And he cast out the spirits by word, and healed all those faring badly,
But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter.
And passing forth from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow me. And after rising, he followed him.
And having gone out from there, Jesus departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?
For as the lightning comes out from the east, and shines as far as the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of man.
For as Jonah was in the belly of the sea-creature three days and three nights, so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
But I say to you, that whoever may divorce his wife apart from a matter of fornication, disposes her to commit adultery, and whoever may marry her who has been divorced commits adultery.
Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them by their feet, and having turn back may lacerate you.
and Eliud begot Eleazar, and Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob,
But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.
Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow will be anxious about things of itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil of it.
Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, Sit ye here until, after going, I may pray there.
Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Therefore, render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.
And lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Truly I say to you, however many things ye may bind on the earth will be things that are bound in heaven, and however many things ye may loose on the earth will be things that that are loosed in heaven.
Now all this has come to pass, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says,
And I say to you, that whoever may divorce his wife, not for fornication, and will marry another, commits adultery. And he who married her who has been divorced commits adultery.
But when they went out, the Pharisees held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him.
And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold the doves.
And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?
Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the spirit will not be forgiven men.
See that ye not disparage one of these little ones, for I say to you, that in the heavens their agents do always behold the face of my Father in the heavens.
And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear?
Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Truly I say to you, this generation will, no, not pass away, until all these things happen.
Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
And ye are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye not be alarmed, for all the things must happen, but the end is not yet.
And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.
He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field.
And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
Now from the sixth hour darkness developed over all the land until the ninth hour.
And why do thou see the speck in thy brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in thine own eye?
And having answered, Jesus said to him, Blessed are thou, Simon Bar-jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father in the heavens.
For I say to you, that unless your righteousness abounds more than of the scholars and Pharisees, ye will, no, not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Whoever therefore may relax one of these least commandments, and may teach men so, he will be called least in the kingdom of the heavens. But whoever may do and may teach them, this man will be called great in the kingdom of the he
And if thy right eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
But whoever may cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is advantageous for him that a donkey-powered millstone were hanged on his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Again, ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not swear falsely, but shall render to the Lord thine oaths.
so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
And from the days of John the immerser until now the kingdom of the heavens is treated aggressively, and aggressors seize it.
And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man will sit on the throne of his glory, ye also will sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Hear ye another parable. There was a certain man who was a house-ruler, who planted a vineyard, and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey.
How narrow is the gate, and restricted the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.
Then a blind and mute man being demon possessed, was brought to him. And he healed him, so as for the blind and mute man both to speak and to see.
And having become evening, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled by Jesus.
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye close up the kingdom of the heavens ahead of men. For ye enter not in, nor do ye allow those who are entering to enter in.
All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows the Son, except the Father, nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him.
He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
Then children were brought to him, so that he would lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.
so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, He himself took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
Then Jesus says to him, Return thy sword into its place, for all those who take a sword will die by a sword.
Again, the devil takes him onto an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.
Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas?
If therefore they should say to you, Behold, he is in the wilderness, do not go forth. Behold, he is in the inner chambers, do not believe.
Then the Pharisees having departed, they took counsel how they might trap him in his talk.
Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers,
Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that
He is not here, for he was raised as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks split,
But what does it seem to you? A man had two children. And having come to the first, he said, Child, go work today in my vineyard.
The light of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye is sound, thy whole body will be bright.
He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
But after going, learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners for repentance.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Then some of the scholars and Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we want to see a sign from thee.
And it came to pass while he relaxed in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinners having come, they were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.
And he will send forth his agents with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the boundaries of the heavens--as far as their boundaries.
Do ye not yet understand, that everything entering into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into a toilet?
Now on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where do thou want that we should prepare for thee to eat the Passover?
And having come into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and having fallen down, they worshiped him. And having opened their treasures, they brought to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Now when Jesus heard it, he departed from there in a boat into a desolate place in private. And when the multitudes heard of it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
If ye therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more your Father in the heavens will give good things to those who ask him?
While he spoke these things to them, behold, one ruler who came worshiped him, saying, My daughter has just now perished, but after coming, lay thy hand upon her, and she will live.
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
For there are eunuchs who were born this way from their mother's belly, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He who is able to
And do not designate a father of you upon the earth, for one is your Father, he in the heavens.
And Jesus rebuked it, and the demon departed from him. And the boy was cured from that hour.
And he said to her, What do thou want? She says to him, Speak that these my two sons may sit, one at thy right hand and one at thy left hand in thy kingdom.
And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee and came into the regions of Judea beyond the Jordan.
And having become evening, his disciples came to him, saying, The place is desolate, and the hour is now past. Send the multitudes away, so that having gone into the villages, they may buy food for themselves.
And upon his coming to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two men being demon possessed met him, coming out of the sepulchers, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.
But having summoned them, Jesus said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord over them, and their eminent men have power over them.
So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, no man shall separate.
And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, that a rich man will enter into the kingdom of the heavens difficultly.
Where is he who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.
And having answered him, Peter said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the waters.
Now learn a parable from the fig tree. When its branch now becomes tender, and sprouts leaves, ye know that the summer is near.
But having answered, Jesus said to them, Ye are led astray, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Then Judas, who betrayed him, after seeing that he was condemned, having repented, he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the chief priests and elders,
Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in places.
But be ye not designated Rabbi, for one is your leader, the Christ, and ye are all brothers.
This people comes near me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far distant from me.
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust deteriorates, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.
Leave them. They are blind leaders of blind men, and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch.
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as agents of God in heaven.
But having turned around, he said to Peter, Go thee behind me, Satan. Thou are my stumbling-block, because thou regard not the things of God, but the things of men.
And having known it Jesus withdrew from there, and many multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.
Look to the birds of the sky, because they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not more valuable then they?
nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lampstand, and it shines to all in the house.
Teacher, Moses said, If some man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men longed to see the things that ye see, and did not see them, and to hear the things that ye hear, and did not hear them.
And having gathered together all the chief priests and scholars of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ is born.
And Joseph, being roused from his sleep, did as the agent of Lord ordered him. And he took his wife,
so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which says,
Then he commanded his disciples that they should tell no man that he is Jesus, the Christ.
Then the disciples having come to Jesus in private, said, Why could we not cast it out?
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she was raised up, and served him.
And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
Thou ought therefore to have placed my silver with the bankers, and having come I would have received back my own with interest.
And he says to him, All these things I give thee, if after falling down, thou will worship me.
And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thou. And as thou have believed, be it done to thee. And his boy was healed in that hour.
But having answered, Jesus said, Ye know not what ye are asking. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am going to drink, or to be immersed the immersion that I am immersed? They say to him, We are able.
yet he has no root in himself, instead it is temporary. And when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway he is caused to stumble.
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it is written through the prophet,
Take ye therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and fed thee, or thirsting, and gave thee drink?
But of him not having to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all things, as many as he had, and payment to be made.
He will not quarrel, nor will he shout, nor will any man hear his voice in the thoroughfares.
And that which was sown upon the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightaway receiving it with joy,
And having woven a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And having knelt down before him, they ridiculed him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!
But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowing, for he was having many possessions.
so that thou may not appear fasting to men, but to thy Father in secret. And thy Father, who sees in secret, will reward thee.
Neither do they put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the wineskins will perish. But they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
And having left Nazareth behind, after coming, he dwelt in Capernaum by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of them may also become clean.
But if thine eye is bad, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Now there were with us seven brothers. And the first having married perished. And having no seed left his wife to his brother.
And if indeed the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
And he says to them, Ye will indeed drink my cup, and ye will be immersed the immersion that I am immersed. But to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but to whom it has been prepared by my Father.
And he comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, So ye could not watch with me one hour.
But that which was sown upon the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and is productive, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
And having felt compassion, the lord of that bondman released him, and forgave him the debt.
And having taken him aside, Peter began to rebuke him, saying, Be merciful to thee, Lord. This will, no, not be to thee.
And no man puts a patch of new cloth upon an old garment, for the patch of it pulls from the garment, and a tear becomes worse.
A bruised reed he will not break, and smoldering flax he will not quench, until he sends forth justice for victory.
These are things defiling the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.
Then Herod having called the wise men privately, ascertained from them what time the star appeared.
so that thy charity may be in secret. And thy Father who sees in secret will himself reward thee in the open.
And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, After going, search diligently about the child. And when ye find him, report to me, so that I also having come, may worship him.
and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not beat the breast.
And when they heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star that they saw in the east went before them until, having come, it stood over where the child was.
And after they ridiculed him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away in order to crucify.
But John was preventing him, saying, I have need to be immersed by thee, and thou come to me?
The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?
And having answered, Jesus said to them, I also will ask you one word, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.
And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock.
But after going out, that bondman found one of his fellow bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having grabbed him, he choked him, saying, Pay me if thou owe anything.
And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it.
leave there thy gift before the altar, and go. First be reconciled to thy brother, and then, after coming, bring thy gift.
And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
And if thy right hand causes thee to stumble, cut it off and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.
In this way also, ye indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that occurred in you occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the bondmen said to him, Do thou desire therefore, after going, we would gather them up?
And divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way.
Truly I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid the last quadran.
But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues,
And he said, Come. And having come down from the boat, Peter walked upon the water to go to Jesus.
And the farmers having taken his bondmen, they beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
But seeing the boisterous wind, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
They say to him, Evil men, he will miserably destroy them, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.
And cast ye the unprofitable bondman into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
And while they turned back in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is going to be delivered into the hands of men,
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples having approached, they besought him, saying, Send her away, because she cries out behind us.
Then his lord having summoned him, he says to him, Thou evil bondman, I forgave thee all that debt because thou besought me.
so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which says,
the people who dwell in darkness saw a great light, and to those who dwell in the region and shadow of death, light sprang up to them.
Or how will thou say to thy brother, Let me take out the speck from thine eye, and behold, the beam in thine own eye?
Then Jesus having answered, said to her, O woman, great is thy faith. Be it done for thee as thou desire. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
And having answered, the centurion said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof, but only speak the word, and my boy will be healed.
But when the crowd was put out, having entered in, he took her hand, and the little girl arose.
But while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst the wheat, and went away.
And having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called, the place of a skull,
Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
And having dismissed the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain in private to pray. And having become evening, he was there alone.
And a certain scholar having come, he said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou may go.
And having awaken, he took the child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,
But when Herod perished, behold, an agent of Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
And when he began to settle, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.
And Jesus having come into the ruler's house, and having seen the minstrels, and the crowd making a commotion,
But, so that we might not offend them, after going to the sea, cast a hook. And take up the first fish coming up, and having opened its mouth, thou will find a four-drachma coin. After taking that, give thou to them for me and thee
Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scholars. And some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city,
And his fame went forth into all Syria. And they brought to him all those faring badly with various diseases, and gripped with pain, and being demon-possessed, and being lunatic, and paralyzed. And he healed them.
and saying, Lord, my boy has been laid down in the house, paralyzed, extremely tormented.
And having answered, he said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.
And behold, there was a man having a withered hand. And they interrogated him, asking if it permitted to heal on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.
And having reached out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying, I will, be thou cleansed. And straightaway his leprosy was cleansed.
And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.
And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they will be your judges.
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost, and they cried out from fear.
And having gone on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And he called them.
And Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Therefore the sons are free.
Then two robbers are crucified with him, one at the right hand and one at the left.
And having departed from there, Jesus came near the sea of Galilee. And having gone up onto the mountain, he sat there.
Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.
And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
He says, Yes. And when he entered into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What think thou, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they take taxes or tribute, from their sons or from strangers?
And Jesus says to him, See thou speak to no man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.
A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not.
But the men marveled, saying, What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares?
and ye will be brought to governors and even kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, which says,
So his fellow bondman having fallen down at his feet, besought him, saying, Be patience toward me, and I will pay thee.
And many multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond the Jordan followed him.
And having come to the second, he said likewise. And having answered, he said, I, sir, and did not go.
And when his fellow bondmen saw the things that happened, they were extremely sorry. And after coming, they reported to their lord all the things that happened.
And behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside, having heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Be merciful to us, Lord, thou son of David.
And after commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looking up to heaven, he blessed. And having broken them in pieces, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the
For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen it, ye did not repent afterward to believe him.
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee.
And behold, a great tempest developed in the sea, so as for the boat to be covered by the waves, but he was sleeping.
So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if ye do not forgive each man his brother, from your hearts, their trespasses.
But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Now the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus interrogated them, saying,
And they all ate, and were filled. And they took up that which remained of the fragments, twelve baskets full.
And after the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel,
he says to them, Depart, for the little girl did not die, but sleeps. And they ridiculed him.
What does it seem to you about the Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him, Of David.
But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, being buffeted by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
In the resurrection therefore, which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her.
and saying, Thou who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save thyself. If thou are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil.
But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralyzed man), After rising, take up thy bed, and go to thy house.
And having awaken, he took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak.
And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.
And the disciples having approached, they awoke him, saying, Save us, Lord, we are perishing.
For to every man who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Or how can any man enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of the dead, but of the living.
But if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.
After rising, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the child's life have died.
And he said to them, What man of you will there be, who will have one sheep, and if this falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not grasp it, and lift it out?
But all this has come to pass, so that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples fled, having forsook him.
And straightaway having stretched forth his hand, Jesus took hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why did thou doubt?
How much therefore a man is superior to a sheep. So then it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath.
But she said, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
And when the time of the fruits approached, he sent his bondmen to the farmers to receive his fruits.
He saved others, he cannot save himself. If he is the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.
Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance.
And straightaway having come to Jesus, he said, Hail, Rabbi, and kissed him much.
Peter says to him, Even if I must die with thee, I will, no, not deny thee. And likewise also, said all the disciples.
And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. He said to them, And neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
and Solomon begot Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa,
The bondman therefore having fallen down, worshiped him, saying, Lord, be patient toward me and I will pay thee all.
And his disciples say to him, From where are so many loaves for us in a wilderness so as to feed so great a multitude?
And after coming, his disciples took up the body and buried it, and having gone, they informed Jesus.
But finally he sent to them his son, saying, They will be made ashamed by my son.
But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, who gave such authority to men.
But having answered, Peter said to him, If all men will be caused to stumble by thee, I will never be caused to stumble.
But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him,
Was it not necessary for thee also to be merciful to thy fellow bondman, as I also was merciful to thee?
For which is easier, to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee, or to say, Arise and walk?
And having departed from there, he went into their synagogue.
no bag for the road, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staffs, for the workman is worthy of his provision.
But if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent.
But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do what is not permitted to do upon the Sabbath.
And a brother will deliver up a brother to death, and a father a child. And children will rise up against parents, and condemn them to death.
And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he taught, saying, By what authority do thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?
So then ye testify to yourselves that ye are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
how he entered into the house of God, and ate the loaves of the presentation, which was not permitted for him to eat, nor for those with him, except only for the priests?
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable,
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, worshiping, and asking something from him.
Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,
On that day Sadducees came to him, those who claim to be no resurrection. And they questioned him, saying,
Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, having gone to the chief priests,
Or have ye not read in the law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
And having stood still, Jesus called them and said, What do ye want that I would do to you?
Jesus says to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone that those who build rejected, this came to be in the head of the corner. This happened from Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly warned them, saying, See that no man knows it.
For this is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee.
Who then is the faithful and wise bondman, whom his lord appointed over his service, to give them the provision on time?
And when his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up. And they were exceedingly sorry.
so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things concealed from the foundation of the world.
While he was still speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers had stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.
the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor are proclaimed good-news.
And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.
And having answered, he said, I do not want to, but having repented later, he went.
Jesus says to him, Thou have said. Nevertheless I say to you, Henceforth ye will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of the sky.
And the disciples having come, they said to him, Why do thou speak to them in parables?
And if he is heedless of them, speak to the church. But if he is also heedless of the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the tax collector.
And behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man who was placed on a bed. And having seen their faith Jesus said to the paralyzed man, Cheer up, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.
But having answered, he said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
And when they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling to him, and saying,
And as they were going to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus also met them, saying, Hail. And having come, they held his feet and worshiped him.
Then if any man should say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here, believe ye not.
For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned.
And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved. But because of the chosen those days will be shortened.
But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come near you.
And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law, having been laid down, and feverish.
It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye encompass the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when it happens, ye make him twice more a son of hell than yourselves.
And having answered, all the people said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
And while he was still speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs from the chief priest and elders of the people.
And then I will profess to them, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, ye who work lawlessness.
And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.
And having answered, Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye will not only do that of the fig tree, but even if ye may say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen
Truly I say to you, among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser. Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.
and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the sanctified who have been asleep arose.
But when the unclean spirit goes forth out of the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not.
And while coming out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They drafted this man, so that he might take his cross.
And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus who was surnamed Thaddaeus,
And having taken the cup, having expressed thanks, he gave to them, saying, All ye drink of it,
But having become morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held consultation against Jesus in order to condemn him to death.
And having come, he dwelt in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, that he will be called a Nazarene.
and Zerubbabel begot Abiud, and Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor,
He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.
But Jesus having heard it, he said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who fare badly.
But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the hems of their garments.
Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works occurred, because they did not repent.
And I say to you, that many will come from east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens,
For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
But having answered, he said to them, When it becomes evening, ye say, Fair weather, for the sky is red.
And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
And after he who tempts came, he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak so that these stones may become bread.
But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
The Son of man will send forth his agents, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing lawlessness,
and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh?
And he was there until the end of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, Out of Egypt I called my Son.
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by its fruit.
Truly I say to you, there are some of those who stand here, who will, no, not taste of death, until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
and knew her not until she brought forth her son, the firstborn. And he called his name JESUS.
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness.
and Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Then Jesus says to them, All ye will be caused to stumble by me in this night, for it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.
And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Be merciful to us, thou son of David.
Because of this I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.
For I say to you, ye will, no, not see me henceforth, until ye say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord.
And having become angry, his lord delivered him to the tormentors until he would pay all that was due to him.
Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.
But having answered, Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allows him.
And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will betray each other and will hate each other.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.
And having cast down the silver pieces in the temple, he departed, and after going away, he hanged himself.
Ye know that after two days the Passover comes, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how will ye escape from the damnation of hell?
Because of this the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a king, who wanted to settle account with his bondmen.
And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in the present age, nor in the one that is coming.
For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same?
And they set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Then the soldiers of the governor, having taken Jesus into the Praetorium, gathered the whole band to him.
And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and distressed.
But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other, for truly I say to you, ye will, no, not have completed the cities of Israel, until the Son of man comes.
Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, which says, And they took the thirty silver pieces, the price of him who was valued, whom they valued from the sons of Israel,
When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
And having known their thoughts Jesus said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
Be not therefore like them, for your Father knows what things ye have need of before ye ask him.
And behold, a great earthquake occurred, for an agent of Lord, having descended from heaven, having come, he rolled the stone away from the door and sat upon it.
but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Now when Jesus happened to be in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
Or what man is there of you, who, if his son may ask for bread, will give him a stone,
An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And having left them behind, he departed.
And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye hear and see:
For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and will lead many astray.
And they send out their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and it is not a concern to thee about a man, for thou look not to the personage of men.
And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life because of me will find it.
And having seen a fig tree, one on the way, he came to it, and found nothing on it, except leaves only. And he says to it, Let fruit no longer be produced from thee into the age. And immediately the fig tree dried out.
And when they came to Capernaum, those who receive the double-drachma came to Peter, and said, Does not your teacher pay the double-drachma?
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.
Now on the morrow, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And the prepared entered in with him for the wedding festivities, and the door was shut.
among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
and Salmon begot Boaz from Rahab, and Boaz begot Obed from Ruth, and Obed begot Jesse,
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one servant girl came to him, saying, Thou also were with Jesus the Galilean.
For they bind heavy burdens and difficult to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they do not want to move them with their finger.
Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but thy disciples fast not?
But it shall not be so among you. Rather whoever wants to become great among you, he shall be your helper,
Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned him, saying, Are thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou say.
And behold, a leper who came, worshiped him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can cleanse me.
And his disciples questioned him, saying, Why then do the scholars say that Elijah must first come?
so as for the multitudes to marvel seeing the mute speaking, the maimed healthy, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
And whoever may give to drink one of these little ones merely a cold cup in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you he will, no, not lose his reward.
And many women were there watching from afar, who followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him,
Jesus said to him, Truly I say to thee, that in this night, before a cock sounds, thou will deny me thrice.
But I say to you, not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God,
And behold, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, after coming from behind, touched the edge of his garment.
Because of this ye also be ready, because in that hour ye think not the Son of man comes.
And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, while departing that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King comes to thee, meek, and mounted upon a donkey, and a colt the foal of a pack animal.
And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more you, O ye of little faith?
But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to their companions,
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you.
And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition?
All things therefore, however many they may tell you to observe, observe and do, but do not ye according to their works, for they say, and do not.
Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Speak to those who were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding festivities.
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a net that was cast into the sea, and gathered from every kind,
And it came to pass when Jesus finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
And having responded, the agent said to the women, Fear ye not, for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was crucified.
But he said, No, lest while gathering up the tares, ye uproot the wheat together with them.
And those who seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest where the scholars and the elders were assembled together.
But others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much soil, and straightaway they sprang up because they had no depth of soil.
Then the devil takes him into the holy city, and stands him on the pinnacle of the temple.
But woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye devour widows' houses, and praying long in pretence. Because of this ye will receive greater condemnation.
And at morning, Bad weather today, for the sky is red, being gloomy. Hypocrites! Ye indeed know how to discern the face of the sky, but the signs of the times ye are not able.
And all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
he said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out to him thirty silver pieces.
Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes.
And Jesus having summoned his disciples, he said, I feel compassion toward the multitude because they continue with me now three days and do not have what they might eat. And I do not want to dismiss them without food, lest they mi
He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not testify falsely.
For whoever does the will of my Father in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
And the multitudes who went ahead and those who followed, cried out, saying, Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord. Hosanna in the highest!
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls.
And after they departed, behold, they brought to him a mute man possessed with a demon.
For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until that day Noah entered into the ark.
And the Pharisees and Sadducees who came, testing, demanded him to exhibit to them a sign from the sky.
Behold, my Boy whom I chose, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will declare justice to the Gentiles.
And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather an uproar was developing, after taking water, he washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See ye to it.
But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man.
For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things.
Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
And having bound him, they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother,
And having answered, Jesus said to them, Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all.
and said to him, Do thou hear what these are saying? And Jesus says to them, Yes! Did ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and those who suckle thou have perfected praise?
Or do thou think that I cannot now call my Father, and he will provide to me more than twelve legions of agents?
And while going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples in private on the way, and he said to them,
And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin,
And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these saying, he said to his disciples,
Truly I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation.
For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.
But whoever would deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father in the heavens.
And he says to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written, He will command his agents about thee, and, They will take thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.
Now when Jesus saw many multitudes around him, he commanded to depart to the other side.
And behold, a Canaanite woman having come out from those regions, cried out to him, saying, Be merciful to me, O Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is grievously demon-possessed.
He trusted in God, let him rescue him now, if he wants him, for he said, I am the Son of God.
He therefore who will make himself lowly as this child, this man is the greater in the kingdom of the heavens.
And he says to them, It is written, My house will be called a house of prayer, but ye made it a den of robbers.
He says to them, For your hard heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it did not happened this way.
Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.
For Herod having arrested John, bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits.
So the last will be first, and the first last, for many are called but few chosen.
But Jesus said to them, Do ye not see all these things? Truly I say to you, there will be left here, no, not a stone upon a stone, that will not be thrown down.
so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive.
And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, There is nothing for thee and that righteous man. For I suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck from thy brother's eye.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the Babylonian exile fourteen generations, and from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations.
And after coming out quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy, they ran to notify his disciples.
But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering.
But I say to you, that I will, no, not drink of this fruit of the grapevine henceforth until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
What does it seem to you? If it happens a hundred sheep are with some man, and one of them went astray, after going (having left the ninety-nine on the mountains), does he not seek the one going astray?
And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of thee will come forth a man who rules, who will tend my people Israel.
Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed, and hid, that will not be known.
saying to them, Go into the village opposite you, and straightaway ye will find a donkey tied, and a colt with it. Having loosed them, bring to me.
Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand.
And having answered, he said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man,
And having come into his fatherland he taught them in their synagogue, so as for them to be astonished, and say, From where is this wisdom and powers in this man?
And many multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others. And they placed them beside Jesus' feet, and he healed them,
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.
naked, and ye clothed me. I was feeble, and ye came to help me. I was in prison, and ye came to me.
For this people's heart became fat, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are shut, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I will heal them.
And Jesus said to him, Friend, why are thou here. Then having come, they threw their hands on Jesus, and seized him.
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.
And he says to them, Why are ye cowardly, O ye of little faith? Then after rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there became a great calm.
And they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of man.
But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.
And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Then he comes to his disciples, and says to them, Sleep what remains, and take rest...Behold, the hour has come near, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
And if thy hand or thy foot causes thee to stumble, cut them off and cast from thee. It is good for thee to enter into life crippled or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Then having sent the multitudes away, Jesus came into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
But Jesus was silent. And having responded, the high priest said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou are the Christ, the Son of God.
But he said to them, Not all men can accommodate this saying, but to whom it has been given.
Then Jesus says to them, My soul is deeply grieved, as far as of death. Remain ye here and watch with me.
Then Jesus says to them, Fear not. Go notify my brothers that they should depart into Galilee, and there they will see me.
Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes.
And if thine eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee. It is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.
But having answered, he said, Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant, will be uprooted.
Now while they were going, behold, some of the security having come into the city, reported to the chief priests all the things that happened.
Now during a feast the governor had been accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wanted.
The Son of man indeed goes as it is written about him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been born.
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
But when the king came in to see those who were dining, he saw there a man who was not clothed with a wedding garment.
They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement, and to divorce her?
And they said, Some, John the immerser, others, Elijah, but others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned in fire, so it will be at the end of this age.
And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.
And many multitudes were gathered to him, so as for him (having entered in) to sit in the boat, and all the multitude had stood on the shore.
and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in delicate clothes? Behold, those wearing delicate things are in king's houses.
But Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not wanting to expose her to public disgrace, intended to dismiss her privately.
Now the centurion, and those with him watching over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that happened, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
But I say to you, that Elijah already came, and they knew him not, but did to him how many things they wanted. Likewise also the Son of man is going to suffer by them.
Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
Having gone again a second time, he prayed, saying, My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to pass from me, except I drink it, may thy will happen.
And having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and he felt compassion toward them, and healed the feeble of them.
they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall. And having tasted it, he would not drink.
For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
But having turned around and seen her, Jesus said, Cheer up, daughter, thy faith has healed thee. And the woman was healed from that hour.
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man with his wife is this way, it is not advantageous to marry.
Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.
But if he should not hear, take with thee one or two besides, so that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Tell us therefore, what does it seem to thee? Is it permitted to give tribute to Caesar or not?
And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are heavenly agents.
So it will be at the end of the age. The heavenly agents will come forth, and separate the bad from among the righteous,
And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide until ye go forth.
And those who came in the boat worshiped him, saying, Thou really are the Son of God.
And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.
And to the man who wants to sue thee, and take away thy coat, thou shall leave him thy cloak also.
Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith may it happen to you.
And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted as far as the sky. Thou will be brought down as far as Hades, because if the mighty works had occurred in Sodom that occurred in thee, it would have remained until this day.
The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his personal ability, and straightaway he journeyed.
Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus he delivered him so that he would be crucified.
Now the chief priests and the elders and the whole council sought FALSE testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death,
And having felt compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and straightaway they received their sight, and followed him.
And behold, they cried out, saying, What is with us and thee, Jesus, Son of God? Did thou come here before the time to torment us?
Be agreeing with thine opponent quickly, while thou are with him on the way, lest the opponent deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the subordinate, and thou will be cast into prison.
And he who falls on this stone will be shattered, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust.
Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.
Pilate says to them, What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ? They all say to him, He should be crucified.
Which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so as for the birds of the sky to come and lodge in the branches of it.
Then he will answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these least, ye did it not to me.
And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
But Herod's birthday being brought, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth workmen into his harvest.
The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet?
Lord, be merciful to my son, because he is lunatic, and suffers badly. For he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
Is it not permitted for me to do what I want with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
So, it is not a purpose before your Father in the heavens, that one of these little ones should perish.
For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink,
And he said to them, Go. And having come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of the swine stampeded down the slope into the sea, and perished in the waters.
And Jesus said to them, Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
and he said to his boys, This is John the immerser. He has risen from the dead, and because of this the powers work in him.
But others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Then having answered, Peter said to him, Lo, we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What then will be for us?
But when the chief priests and the scholars saw the wonderful things that he did, and the boys crying out in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David, they were indignant,
And they besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment. And as many as touched were healed.
Allow both to grow together until the harvest. And at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles in order to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.
And having answered, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me.
saying, I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is it to us? See thou to it.
And behold, one of those with Jesus, having stretched out a hand, drew his sword, and when he struck the bondman of the high priest, he cut off his ear.
And having responded, Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If thou desire, we could make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black.
And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland, and in his house.
And the man who received the one talent also having come, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou are a hard man, reaping where thou did not sow, and gathering from where thou did not scatter.
And while they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man will rise from the dead.
And having left them behind, he went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.
Truly I say to you, wherever this good-news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be told for a memorial of her.
And straightaway one of them, after running, and having taken a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
Then they understood that he said not to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
And as they were eating, he said, Truly I say to you, that one of you will betray me.
But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Now all this came to pass, so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says,
And when did we see thee a stranger, and took thee in, or naked, and clothed thee?
a woman came to him having an alabaster cruse of precious ointment, and she poured it upon his head as he sat relaxing.
and he will cut him in two, and place his share with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scholars. And they will condemn him to death,
And the multitude rebuked them, so that they would be quiet, but they cried out greater, saying, Be merciful to us, Lord, thou son of David.
Now the man who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I may kiss is he. Seize him.
nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
And after assembling with the elders, and having taken consultation, they gave many silver pieces to the soldiers, saying,
And after taking the silver pieces, the chief priests said, It is not permitted to put them into the treasury, since it is a price of blood.
and will deliver him to the Gentiles to ridicule, and to scourge, and to crucify. And the third day he will rise.
Then having come near, his disciples said to him, Know thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard the saying?
Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
And when he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this?
But the others said, Leave thou be. We might see if Elijah comes he will save him.
and laid it in his own new sepulcher, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, he departed.
Now after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes, and takes up accounting with them.
saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was still alive, After three days I am raised.
And he says to him, Friend, how did thou come in here not having a wedding garment? But he was speechless.
And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the multitude because they held him as a prophet.
But having heard that, the king was angry, and having sent forth his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
But Jesus knowing it, he said to them, Why do ye cause troubles to the woman? For she has wrought a good work upon me.
And after going quickly, tell his disciples, He was raised from the dead, and lo, he goes before you into Galilee. There ye will see him. Behold, I have told you.
He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
And Judas (the man who betrayed him) having answered, he said, Is it I, Rabbi? He says to him, Thou have said.
And the great multitide spread their garments on the road, and others cut down branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
And having answered, he said, He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, this man will betray me.
And she, having been put forward by her mother, says, Give me here on a platter the head of John the immerser.
And some of those who stood there, when they heard it, said, This man calls Elijah.
And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he spoke about them.
Then they will also answer, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or weak, or in prison, and did not serve thee?
And he said, Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, The teacher says, My time is near. I keep the Passover with my disciples with thee.
And some man said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to thee.
And Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him, Before a cock sounds, thou will deny me thrice. And having gone outside, he wept bitterly.
But having answered, he said to the man who told him, Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?
And those bondmen having departed into the roads, they gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with those who were dining.
they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their garments over them. And he sat upon them.
And having known it, Jesus said to them, O ye of little faith, why do ye deliberate among yourselves because ye brought no loaves?
And likewise also the chief priests, ridiculing with the scholars, and elders, and Pharisees, said,
And if ye only greet your friends, what do ye extra? Do not even the tax collectors this way?
Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up,
the lord of that bondman will come in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware,
But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering.
And after taking the seven loaves and the fishes, having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, He has blasphemed. What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye heard his blasphemy.
And having gone, they made the tomb secure, with the security having sealed the stone.
Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
And when he left them, having gone away again, he prayed a third time, saying again the same statement.
Who, having found one very valuable pearl, after departing, sold all, as many things as he had, and bought it.
Then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having enter in, they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be to this evil generation.
And he sent forth his bondmen to call those who were invited to the wedding festivities, and they did not want to come.
And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out.
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid.
But Jesus having known their wickedness, said, Why do ye tempt me, ye hypocrites?
And he became sad, but because of the oaths, and of those dining together, the king commanded it to be given.
And having taken the silver pieces, they did as they were instructed. And this saying was spread abroad among the Jews until this day.
But having disregarded, they departed, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,
Go ye therefore to the crossings of the ways, and as many as ye may find, call to the wedding festivities.
Then Pilate says to him, Do thou not hear how many things they testify against thee?
But having answered, he said to one of them, Friend, I do not wrong thee. Did thou not agree with me for a denarius?
and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
And having gone out about the eleventh hour, he found others who have stood idle. And he says to them, Why have ye stood here idle the whole day?
And behold, the whole city came out to a meeting with Jesus. And having seen him, they besought him that he would depart from their regions.
Then he began to curse vehemently and to swear, I do not know the man. And straightaway a cock sounded.
And when the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How did the fig tree dry out immediately?
saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.
And the disciples did as Jesus arranged for them, and they prepared the Passover.
When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom do ye want I should release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
And he did not answer him, not even one word, so as for the governor to marvel greatly.
And having departed, the man who received the five talents worked with them, and made five other talents.
Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
And the high priest having stood up, he said to him, Answer thou nothing? What do these testify against thee?
And being exceedingly sorrowful, they began, each of them, to say to him, Is it I, Lord?