Therefore go and make disciples of all the heathen, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Spirit,

Come to me, all of you who toil and are burdened, and I will let you rest.

And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides.

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.

"When the Son of Man comes in his splendor, with all his angels with him, he will take his seat on his glorious throne,

"Do not suppose that I have come to do away with the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to do away with them but to enforce them.

And he said to him, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven.

"Do not store up your riches on earth, where moths and rust destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them,

Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.

You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden.

Now these were the circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ. Mary, his mother, was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married it was found that she was about to become a mother through the influence of the holy Spirit.

"But if your brother wrongs you go to him and show him his fault while you are alone with him. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

This, therefore, is the way you are to pray: 'Our Father in heaven, Your name be revered!

Then Jesus was guided by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.

"Pass no more judgments upon other people, so that you may not have judgment passed upon you.

"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.

For it is always the one who asks who receives, and the one who searches who finds, and the one who knocks to whom the door opens.

"You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, how can it be made salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden underfoot.

Now after the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of King Herod, astrologers from the east arrived at Jerusalem,

Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you disguised as sheep but are ravenous wolves underneath.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy!

Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about life, wondering what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, wondering what you will have to wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body than clothes?

She will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for it is he who is to save his people from their sins."

and teach them to observe all the commands that I have given you. I will always be with you, to the very close of the age."

"Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!

When he saw the crowds of people he went up on the mountain. There he seated himself, and when his disciples had come up to him,

No slave can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money.

and Judah of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. And Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron of Aram,

"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for your persecutors,

Therefore, you must always treat other people as you would like to have them treat you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

For wherever two or three are gathered as my followers, I am there among them."

But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone is man to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God!' "

And this good news of the kingdom will be preached all over the world, to testify to all the heathen, and then the end will come.

"The maiden will be pregnant and will have a son, And they will name him Immanuel."?? word which means "God with us."

Then he will say to those at his left, 'Begone, you accursed people, to the everlasting fire destined for the devil and his angels!

"For it is just like a man who was going on a journey, and called in his slaves, and put his property in their hands.

and Aram of Aminadab, and Aminadab of Nahshon, and Nahshon of Salmon,

The ancestry of Jesus Christ, who was descended from David, who was descended from Abraham.

So you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is.

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

"You have heard that men were told 'You shall not commit adultery.'

The king will answer, 'I tell you, in so far as you did it to one of the humblest of these brothers of mine, you did it to me.'

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons!

"When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the squares, to let people see them. I tell you, that is the only reward they will get!

"You have heard that they were told, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

Then Peter came to him and said, "Master, how many times am I to forgive my brother when he wrongs me? Seven times over?"

And when Jesus was baptized, he went right up out of the water, and the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God come down like a dove and light upon him,

As they were eating Jesus took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. It is my body!"

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.

When Jesus reached the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"

"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Have no fear of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. You had better be afraid of one who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

And the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

I am baptizing you in water in token of your repentance, but he who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry his shoes. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the Father.

"You have heard that the men of old were told 'You shall not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

"You have heard that they were told, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

"So when you see the dreadful desecration, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the Holy Place"??he reader must take note of this??16 "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

And anyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

For I tell you, as long as heaven and earth endure, not one dotting of an i or crossing of a t will be dropped from the Law until it is all observed.

"Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for they will be satisfied!

A man came up to him and said, "Master, what good deed must I do to obtain eternal life?"

Therefore everyone who will acknowledge me before men I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven,

And about three, Jesus called out loudly, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?"

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

and Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the period of the Babylonian Exile.

"Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you pay tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have let the weightier matters of the Law go??ustice, mercy, and integrity. But you should have observed these, without overlooking the others.

For if you forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will forgive you too.

Then the king will say to those at his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take possession of the kingdom which has been destined for you from the creation of the world.

Then they will go away to everlasting punishment, and the upright to everlasting life."

"But immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the forces of the sky will shake.

And he immediately made his disciples get into the boat and cross before him to the other side while he dismissed the crowds.

Earth and sky will pass away but my words will never pass away.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God!

For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?

At that same time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding all this from the learned and intelligent and revealing it to children.

for false Christs and false prophets will appear, and they will show great signs and wonders to mislead God's chosen people if they can.

and Asa of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat of Joram, and Joram of Uzziah,

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. For I tell you, if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here over to there!' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with desire has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

But he answered, "Did you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female,

But I tell you that anyone who gets angry with his brother will have to answer to the court, and anyone who speaks contemptuously to his brother will have to answer to the great council, and anyone who says to his brother 'You cursed fool!' will have to answer for it in the fiery pit!

just as the Son of Man has come not to be waited on, but to wait on other people, and to give his life to ransom many others."

But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not try to keep them from coming to me, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as they are."

In those days John the Baptist appeared, and preached in the desert of Judea.

And everything that you pray for with faith, you will obtain."

"Master, what command is greatest in the Law?"

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!"

Again, I tell you, if even two of you here on earth agree about what they shall pray for, it will be given them by my Father in heaven.

for there will be greater misery then than there has ever been from the beginning of creation until now, or ever will be again.

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

and Hezekiah of Manasseh, and Manasseh of Amon, and Amon of Josiah,

Then he said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he held it out, and it was restored and became as well as the other.

Six days after this, Jesus took Peter and James and his brother John, and led them up on a high mountain, by themselves.

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him by themselves, and said to him, "Tell us when this is to happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the close of the age."

"Here I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So you must be wise like serpents, and guileless like doves.

For I am myself under the orders of others and I have soldiers under me, and I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes, and my slave to do something, and he does it."

For when I was hungry, you gave me food, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, when I was a stranger, you invited me to your homes,

"You must all drink from it, for this is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people, for the forgiveness of their sins.

But when you pray, go into your own room, and shut the door, and pray to your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

But Jesus looked at them and said, "For men it is impossible, but anything is possible for God!"

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will lament when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, in all his power and splendor.

When King Herod heard of this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

"Blessed are the humble-minded, for they will possess the land!

Your kingdom come! Your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven!

Just at that time the disciples came up and asked Jesus, "Who is really greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"

When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead,

and he said, "I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven at all.

For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone for what he has done.

Then he called his twelve disciples to him, and gave them power over the foul spirits so that they could drive them out, and so that they could heal any disease or illness.

Then Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole Jordan valley went out to him,

He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for men!"

For wherever your treasure is, your heart will be also.

For the Kingdom of Heaven is like an employer who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

But while he was thinking of doing this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, to your home, for it is through the influence of the holy Spirit that she is to become a mother.

and Uzziah of Jotham, and Jotham of Ahaz, and Ahaz of Hezekiah,

The young man said to him, "I have obeyed all these commandments. What do I still lack?"

Cure the sick, raise the dead, heal lepers, drive out demons. Give without payment, just as you received without payment.

So when you are presenting your gift at the altar, if you remember that your brother has any grievance against you,

It was then that Jesus Christ for the first time explained to his disciples that he had to go to Jerusalem and endure great suffering there at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised to life on the third day.

Jesus answered, "Take care that no one misleads you about this.

And he went on a little way, and threw himself on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me. Yet not as I please but as you do!"

"Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!

That same day Jesus went out of his house and was sitting on the seashore.

Then he went all over Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or sickness among the people.

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is abundant enough, but the reapers are few.

I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted."

When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."

"They were told, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a hoard of money, buried in a field, which a man found, and buried again. And he was overjoyed, and went and sold everything he had and bought the field.

From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent! for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"

Jesus went round among all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or illness.

and Azor of Zadok, and Zadok of Achim, and Achim of Eliud,

And Jesus left the Temple and was going away, when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to the Temple buildings.

And Jesus spoke to them again in figures, and said,

And when you pray, do not repeat empty phrases as the heathen do, for they imagine that their prayers will be heard if they use words enough.

And when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,

There is a second like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account.

And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

At that same time Jesus walked one Sabbath through the wheat fields, and his disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of wheat and eat them.

But I tell you, for every careless word that men utter they will have to answer on the Day of Judgment.

Let my yoke be put upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-minded, and your hearts will find rest,

"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be consoled!

Do not sparrows sell two for a cent? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground against your Father's will!

As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who was afterward called Peter, and his brother, Andrew, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,

Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must do homage to the Lord your God, and worship him alone!' "

Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them these directions: "Do not go among the heathen, or to any Samaritan town,

When he got back to Capernaum, a Roman captain came up and appealed to him,

He said, "Have even you no understanding yet?

You can tell them by their fruit. Do people pick grapes off thorns, or figs off thistles?

In the evening they brought to him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove the spirits out with a word, and cured all who were sick,

For just as it was in the time of Noah, it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

His master answered, 'You wicked, idle slave! You knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed?

Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

And Jesus left that place and retired to the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.

Many will say to me on that Day, 'Lord! Lord! Was it not in your name that we prophesied, and by your name that we drove out demons, and by your name that we did many mighty acts?'

For just as the lightning starts in the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

For just as Jonah was in the maw of the whale for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife on any ground, except unfaithfulness, makes her commit adultery, and anyone who marries her after she is divorced commits adultery.

"Do not give what is sacred to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.

and Eliud of Eleazar, and Eleazar of Matthan, and Matthan of Jacob,

But the sight of the crowds of people filled him with pity for them, because they were bewildered and dejected, like sheep that have no shepherd.

So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Let each day be content with its own ills.

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, and said to him,

You must all watch, and pray that you may not be exposed to trial! One's spirit is eager, but flesh and blood are weak!"

They answered, "The emperor's." Then he said to them, "Then pay the emperor what belongs to the emperor, and pay God what belongs to God!"

and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, my Beloved! This is my Chosen."

"I tell you, whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted.

All this happened in fulfilment of what the Lord said through the prophet,

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife on any ground but her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

But the Pharisees left the synagogue and consulted about him, with a view to putting him to death.

And Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all who were buying or selling things in it, and he upset the money-changers' tables and the pigeon-dealers' seats,

His master said to him, 'Well done, my excellent, faithful slave! you have been faithful about a small amount; I will put a large one into your hands. Come, share your master's enjoyment!'

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"

But I tell you not to resist injury, but if anyone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other to him too;

And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors.

And the Pharisees observed it, and they said to his disciples, "Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven for any sin or abusive speech, but abusive speech about the Spirit cannot be forgiven.

"Beware of feeling scornful of one single little child, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have continual access to my Father in heaven.

"When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get.

"Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"

So do not worry and say, 'What shall we have to eat?' or 'What shall we have to drink?' or 'What shall we have to wear?'

You brood of snakes! how can you, bad as you are, utter anything good? For the mouth says only what the heart is full of.

I tell you, these things will all happen before the present age passes away.

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."

You will hear of wars and rumors of war; do not let yourselves be alarmed. They have to come, but that is not the end.

And do not subject us to temptation, But save us from the evil one.'

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.

But he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter that life, keep the commandments."

So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming.

Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o'clock.

Why do you keep looking at the speck in your brother's eye, and pay no attention to the beam that is in your own?

Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven!

For I tell you that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven!

Anyone, therefore, who weakens one of the slightest of these commands, and teaches others to do so, will be ranked lowest in the Kingdom of Heaven; but anyone who observes them and teaches others to do so will be ranked high in the Kingdom of Heaven.

But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit!

But whoever hinders one of these children who believe in me might better have a great millstone hung around his neck and be sunk in the open sea.

"Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.'

so that you may show yourselves true sons of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on bad and good alike, and makes the rain fall on the upright and the wrongdoers.

But from the time of John the Baptist until now men have been taking the Kingdom of Heaven by storm and impetuously crowding into it.

Jesus said to them, "In the new world, I tell you, when the Son of Man takes his seat on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit upon twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel!

"Listen to another figure. There was a land owner who planted a vineyard and fenced it in, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a watch-tower, and leased it to tenants, and left the neighborhood.

But the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few that find it.

At that time some people brought to him a man blind and dumb, who was possessed by a demon, and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

In the evening a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who had himself been a disciple of Jesus, came.

"But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so.

Everything has been handed over to me by my Father, and no one understands the Son but the Father, nor does anyone understand the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

No one who loves father or mother more than he loves me is worthy of me, and no one who loves son or daughter more than he loves me is worthy of me,

Then some children were brought up to him so that he might lay his hands on them and pray, but his disciples reproved the people for it.

in fulfilment of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "He took our sickness and carried away our diseases."

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back where it belongs! For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Give us today bread for the day,

Again the devil took him to a very high mountain, and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor,

Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary, and are not his brothers named James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

So if they say to you, 'There he is, in the desert!' do not go out there; 'Here he is, in a room in here!' do not believe it.

Then the Pharisees went and made a plot to entrap him in argument.

Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac of Jacob, and Jacob of Judah and his brothers,

Then Herod saw that he had been tricked by the astrologers, and he was very angry, and he sent and made away with all the boys in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood who were two years old or under, for that was the tune he had learned from the astrologers by his inquiries.

He is not here, he has risen, as he said he would do. Come and see the place where he was lying.

And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split,

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'My son, go and work in the vineyard today.'

The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is sound, your whole body will be light,

Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not join me in gathering, scatters.

But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.' "

You must go and learn what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for.' I did not come to invite the pious but the irreligious."

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?

Alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you are like white-washed tombs! They look well on the outside, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead, and all that is unclean.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees addressed him, saying, "Master, we would like to have you show us some sign."

While Jesus was at home at table, a number of tax-collectors and irreligious people came in and joined Jesus and his disciples at table.

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet-call, and they will gather his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Can you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and then is disposed of?

On the first day of the festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you wish us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover supper?"

and they went into the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they threw themselves down and did homage to him. They opened their treasure boxes and presented the child with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins.

When Jesus heard it, he quietly retired by boat to a secluded place. And the crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the towns.

When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds of people followed him.

So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it!

Just as he said this to them, an official came up and bowing low before him said to him, "My daughter has just died. But come! Lay your hand on her and she will come to life!"

But if you do not forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will not forgive you for your offenses.

But blessed are your eyes, for they do see, and your ears, for they do hear.

For some are incapable of marriage from their birth, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

And you must not call anyone on earth your father, for you have only one father, your heavenly Father.

And Jesus reproved the demon and it came out of him, and from that moment the boy was cured.

But when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he retreated to Galilee.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine sit one at your right and one at your left, when you are king!"

When Jesus had finished this discourse, he left Galilee and went to the part of Judea that is on the other side of the Jordan.

And when it was evening, the disciples came up to him and said, "This is a lonely place and the day is over. Send the crowds off to the villages to buy themselves food."

When he reached the other side, in the region of Gadara, two men possessed by demons came out of the tombs and confronted him; they were so extremely violent that nobody could go along that road.

But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them.

Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not try to separate."

Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven!

and asked, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star rise and we have come to do homage to him."

Peter answered, "If it is you, Master, order me to come to you on the water."

For up to the time of John all the Prophets and the Law itself prophesied about it,

"Let the fig tree teach you the lesson. As soon as its branches grow soft and put forth leaves, you know that summer is coming.

Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Then Judas who had betrayed him, when he saw that he had been condemned, in his remorse brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

Then they will hand you over to persecution and they will put you to death, and you will be hated by all the heathen because you bear my name.

For out of the heart come wicked designs, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witness, impious speech.

For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.

" 'This people honor me with their lips, Yet their hearts are far away from me.

but store up your riches in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy them, and where thieves cannot break in and steal them.

And he got into the boat, and his disciples went with him.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides! But if one blind man leads another, they will both fall into the ditch!"

For after the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but they live as angels do in heaven.

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get out of my sight, you Satan! You hinder me, for you do not side with God, but with men!"

But Jesus knew of this, and he left that place. And numbers of people followed him about, and he cured them all,

and because of the increase of wickedness, most men's love will grow cold.

Look at the wild birds. They do not sow or reap, or store their food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more account than they?

People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure; they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house.

"Master, Moses said, 'If a man dies without children his brother shall marry his widow, and raise up a family for him.'

For I tell you, many prophets and upright men have longed to see what you see, and could not see it, and to hear what you hear, and could not hear it.

So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife to his home.

??n fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah,

Then he warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

Afterward, when he was alone, the disciples went to Jesus and said to him, "Why could we not drive it out?"

But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away. Give them food yourselves."

And as you go into his house, wish it well.

and warned them not to say anything about him

And he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and waited on him.

Do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and then when I came back I would have gotten my property with interest.

and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come.

and said to him, "I will give all this to you, if you will fall on your knees and do homage to me."

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go! You shall find it just as you believe!" And the servant was immediately cured.

Let him who has ears listen!

But Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking for! Can you drink what I am going to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."

but it takes no real root in him, and lasts only a little while, and when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, he gives it up at once.

Then the devil left him, and angels came and waited on him.

They said, "At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

So take the thousand dollars away from him, and give it to the man who has the ten thousand,

Then the upright will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food, or thirsty, and give you something to drink?

And as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the debt.

He will not wrangle or make an outcry, And no one will hear his voice in the streets;

No sound tree can bear bad fruit, and no poor tree can bear good fruit.

And what was sown upon the rocky soil means the man who hears the message and at once accepts it joyfully,

and made a wreath of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a stick in his hand, and knelt down before him in mockery, saying, "Long live the king of the Jews!"

But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.

so that no one may see that you are fasting, except your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret, will reward you.

And people do not put new wine into old wine-skins, or if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out and the skins are spoiled. But people put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and so both are saved."

Jesus said to him, "Not seven times over, I tell you, but seventy-seven times over!

Jesus said to them, "Can wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and they will fast then.

And he left Nazareth and went and settled in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali,

You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be dark. If, therefore, your very light is darkness, how deep the darkness will be!

But when you fast, perfume your hair and wash your face,

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first of them married and died, and as he had no children, he left his wife to his brother;

If the house deserves it, the peace you wish it will come over it, but if it does not deserve it, your blessing will come back upon yourselves.

He said to them, "Then what I drink you shall drink, but as for sitting at my right or my left, that is not mine to give, but belongs to those for whom it is destined by my Father."

When he went back to the disciples he found them asleep. And he said to Peter, "Then were you not able to watch with me for one hour?

And what was sown in good ground means the man who listens to the message and understands it, and yields one a hundred, and another sixty, and another thirty-fold."

The heathen will rest their hopes on his name!"

And his master's heart was touched, and he let the slave go and canceled the debt.

And Peter took him aside and began to reprove him for it, saying, "God bless you, Master! that can never happen to you!"

But no one sews a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old coat, for the patch will tear away from the coat, and make the hole worse than ever.

He will not break off a bent reed, And he will not put out a smoldering wick, Until he carries his judgment to success.

It is these things that pollute a man, but not eating with unwashed hands!"

Any tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and burned.

Then Herod secretly sent for the astrologers, and found out from them the exact time when the star appeared.

for he taught them like one who had authority and not like their scribes.

so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, "Go and inquire particularly about the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I may go and do homage to him too."

" 'We have played the flute for you, and you would not dance! We have wailed and you would not beat your breasts!'

And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples.

For she said to herself, "If I can just touch his cloak, I will get well."

So they obeyed the king and went, and the star which they had seen rise led them on until it reached the place where the child was, and stopped above it.

And when they had finished making sport of him, they took off the cloak, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to be crucified.

But John dissuaded him, and said, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

Where did John's baptism come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

so did the second, and the third, and the rest of the seven.

Jesus answered, "Let me ask you one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what authority I have for doing as I do.

And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew, and beat about that house, and it did not go down, for its foundations were on rock.

There were about five thousand men who were fed, besides women and children.

They said to him, "We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish."

But when the slave went out he met a fellow-slave of his who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

And they spat at him, and took the stick and struck him on the head.

He said, "Bring them here to me."

And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat about that house, and it went down, and its downfall was complete."

leave your gift right there before the altar and go and make up with your brother; then come back and present your gift.

If Satan is driving Satan out, he is disunited, and so how can his kingdom last?