Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptize them into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Come to me, all of you who toil and carry burdens, and I, yes, I, will lead you into rest.

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

But as your first duty keep on looking for His standard of doing right, and for His will, and then all these things will be yours besides.

And I, yes I, tell you, your name from now on is to be Peter, Rock, and on a massive rock like this I will build my church, and the powers of the underworld shall never overthrow it.

"When the Son of Man comes in His splendor, and all the angels with Him, He will take His seat on His splendid throne,

"Do not suppose that I have come to set aside the law or the prophets.

And He answered him, "'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, and your whole mind.'

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom of heaven, but only those who practice doing the will of my Father in heaven.

"Stop storing up your riches on earth where moths and rust make away with them, and where thieves break in and steal them.

"Keep on asking, and the gift will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, 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 the birth of Christ Jesus occurred under these conditions: After His mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, but before they had lived together, she was found to be an expectant mother through the influence of the Holy Spirit.

"Again, if your brother wrongs you, go and while alone with him show him the wrong. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

So this is the way you must 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.

"Stop criticizing others, so that you may not be criticized yourselves.

"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.

For everyone who keeps on asking, receives, and everyone who keeps on seeking, finds, and to the one who keeps on knocking, the door will open.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its strength, what can make it salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden under foot.

Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Judea in the days of King Herod, stargazers came from the East to Jerusalem

Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.

"Look out for false prophets, who come to you under the guise of sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.

"Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will have mercy shown them.

So I tell you, stop worrying about your life, as to what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear. Is not life worth more than food and the body worth more than clothes?

And she will have a son, and you must name Him Jesus, for it is He who is to save His people from their sins."

and teach them to practice all the commands that I have given you. And I myself will surely be with you all the days, down to the very close of an age."

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spiritual things, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

When He saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain. After He had taken His seat, His disciples came up to Him.

No one can be a slave to two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and money.

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

"Take care not to do your good deeds in public, to attract the attention of people; if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

But I tell you, practice loving your enemies and praying for your persecutors,

Then you must practice dealing with others as you would like for them to deal with you, for this is the summing up of the law and the prophets.

For wherever two or three have met as my disciples, I am right there with them."

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

And this good news of the kingdom must be preached all over the inhabited world, for a testimony to all the heathen, and then the end will come.

"The virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and they will call Him Immanuel" -- which means "God with us."

"Then He will say to those at His left, 'Be gone from me, you who are now cursed, to the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

Aram the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,

The family tree of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, a descendant of Abraham.

So you, my followers, ought 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 get a look at the tomb.

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

"You have heard it was said, 'You must not commit adultery.'

And the King will answer them, 'I solemnly say to you, every time you did a good deed to one of these most insignificant brothers of mine, you did a good deed to me.'

"So everyone who listens to my words and practices their teaching, will be like a prudent man who built his house on a rocky foundation.

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

"Also, whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to attract the attention of people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

"You have heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

Then Peter came up to Him and asked, "Lord, how many times may my brother wrong me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven?"

And as soon as Jesus was baptized, He at once went up out of the water, and look! the heavens opened, and John saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove upon Him,

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body."

Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following 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.

You must never be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But rather you must keep on fearing Him who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

The eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them,

I am baptizing you in water to picture your repentance. But He that 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 not a single one knows -- not even the angels in heaven or the Son; not a single one but the Father alone.

"You have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

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

"So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place" -- let the reader take notice --

And anyone who listens to my words and does not practice their teaching, will be like an imprudent man who built his house on sand.

I have not come to set them aside but to fill them up to the brim. For I solemnly say to you, heaven and earth would sooner pass away than the dotting of an 'i' or the crossing of a 't' from the law, until it all becomes in force.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for being and doing right, for they will be completely satisfied.

And a man came up to Him and asked, "What is there good that I can do to possess eternal life?"

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

About three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God! My God! why have you forsaken me?"

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

Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the Babylonian Exile.

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

"For if you forgive others their shortcomings your heavenly Father will forgive you, too.

Then the King will say to those at His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

Then these will go away to everlasting punishment, but the upright to everlasting life."

"And immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not shed its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the sky will be shaken.

And He at once had the disciples get into the boat and cross to the other side ahead of Him, while He dismissed the crowds.

Sky and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away.

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

For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?

At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

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

Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah,

He told them another story, as follows: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed seed in his field.

He answered them, "Because you have so little faith! For I solemnly say to you, if you have the faith that is living like a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move over from here to yonder,' and it will move over, and nothing will be impossible for you to do."

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman so as to have an evil desire for her at once has already committed adultery with her in his heart,

And He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female,

But I say to you: "Everyone who harbors malice against his brother, will have to answer to the court, and whoever speaks contemptuously to his brother, will have to answer to the supreme court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You cursed fool? will have to pay the penalty in the pit of torture.

just as the Son of Man has come, not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom price to set many free."

But Jesus said, "Let the little children alone, and stop preventing them from coming to me, for to such as these the kingdom of heaven belongs."

In those days John the Baptist appeared, and kept preaching in the desert of Judea,

And whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe it, you will get it."

"Teacher, what sort of command is greatest in the law?"

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

"Again, I tell you, if only two of you on earth agree on what they pray for, they will get it from my Father in heaven.

for there will be greater misery at that time than ever has been since the world began, or ever will be again.

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

Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

Then He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." And he held it out, and it was cured so that it became like 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.

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to Him by themselves, and said, "Tell us when this is to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age."

"Listen! I am sending you out as sheep surrounded by wolves. So you must be sensible like serpents and guileless like doves.

For I, too, am under authority of others, and have soldiers under me, and I order this one to go, and he goes, another to come, and he comes, my slave-boy to do this, and he does it."

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

for this is my blood which ratifies the covenant, the blood which is to be poured out for many for the forgiveness of their sins.

But whenever you, follower of mine, pray, you must go to your most private place, shut the door, and pray to your Father in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

But Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but anything is possible for God."

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the nations of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in overwhelming power and splendor.

Now when King Herod heard of it, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

"Blessed are the lowly in mind, for they will possess the land.

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

Just at that moment the disciples came up and asked Jesus, "Who then is 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 said: "I solemnly say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you can never get into the kingdom of heaven at all.

For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father's splendor, with His angels, and then He will pay back to everyone in accordance with what he has done.

Then He called His twelve disciples to Him, and gave them authority over foul spirits, so that they could drive them out, and so that they could cure any disease or ailment.

Then Jerusalem and all Judea, even the whole Jordan district, continued to go out to him

He said to them, "Come! Follow me, and I will make you fishermen for catching men."

For wherever your treasure is, there too your heart will be.

"For the kingdom of heaven is like an owner of an estate who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

But just as this thought occurred to him, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for it is through the influence of the Holy Spirit that she has become an expectant mother.

Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

The young man said, "I have kept all these commandments; what more do I lack?"

Keep on curing the sick, raising the dead, healing lepers, and driving out demons. You received and gave no pay; you must give and take none.

So if, in the very act of presenting your gift at the altar, you remember that your brother has something against you,

It was just after that that Jesus Christ for the first time clearly taught His disciples that He had to go to Jerusalem and submit to many forms of suffering at the hands of the elders, high priests, and scribes, and be killed, but be raised to life on the third day.

Jesus answered, "Look out that no one misleads you about it,

Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon His face, and in this attitude continued to pray, and say, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me; and yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want."

"Blessed are those who suffer persecution for being and doing right, 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, as He continued teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing any disease or malady among the people.

Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the reapers are scarce.

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth must be what is already permitted in heaven."

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Wake up! Tenderly take the child and His mother, and escape to Egypt; stay there until I further direct you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him."

"It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

"The kingdom of heaven is like a pot of gold which was buried in a field, which a man found and buried again; and for joy over it he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

From that time Jesus continued to preach and say, "Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near."

Jesus kept visiting all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and curing every sort of sickness and ailment.

Azor the father of Sadoc, Sadoc the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud,

And Jesus left the temple, and was going away, when His disciples came up to Him, to show Him the temple buildings.

Then Jesus again spoke to them in stories, and said:

And whenever you pray, you must not keep on repeating set phrases, as the heathen do, for they suppose that they will be heard in accordance with the length of their prayers,

Now the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, and so they had a meeting.

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

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.

And some Pharisees came up to Him, to try Him out with the question, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

At that time Jesus walked one sabbath through the wheat fields, and His disciples became hungry, and began to pull the heads of wheat and eat them.

So I tell you, for every worthless word that men utter they will have to give account on the day of judgment;

Put on my yoke, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls,

"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be comforted.

Do not sparrows sell for a cent apiece? And yet not one of them can fall to the ground without your Father's notice.

As He was walking by the shore of the sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was summed 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, "Be gone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

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

When He got back to Capernaum, a Roman military captain came up to Him and kept begging Him,

And He said, "Are you too, even yet, without understanding?

You must recognize them by their fruits. People do not pick grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles, do they?

When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and at a mere word He drove the spirits out, and cured all who were sick,

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

His master answered him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reaped where I had not sown and gathered where I had not threshed.

And as He was passing along from there, He saw a man named Matthew in his seat at the tax-collector's desk, and He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed Him.

Then Jesus left there and slipped away 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 in your name that we drove out demons, and in your name that we did many wonder-works?'

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

For as Jonah was in the whale's stomach 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 whoever divorces his wife for any other ground than unfaithfulness, causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a wife who is thus divorced commits adultery.

"You must never give the things that are sacred to dogs, and you must never throw your pearls before hogs, for fear they might trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

Eliud the father of Eliazar, Eliazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,

When He saw the crowds, His heart was moved with pity for them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep without a shepherd.

So never worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Each day has evil enough of its own."

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 from Jerusalem came to Jesus, and asked Him,

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

They answered, "Caesar's." Then He said to them, "Pay Caesar, therefore, what belongs to Caesar, and pay God what belongs to God."

and a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom I am delighted!"

I solemnly say to you, whatever you forbid on earth must be already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth must be already permitted in heaven.

Now all this occurred to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

I tell you, whoever divorces his wife for any other cause than her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

But the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against Him, to put Him to death.

And Jesus went into the temple and drove out all the buyers and sellers, and turned the money-changers' tables and the dove-dealers' seats upside down,

His master said to him 'Well done, my good and faithful slave, you have been faithful in the use of a small amount; I will put you in charge of a larger one. Come, share your master's joy!'

He said to them, "Who do you yourselves say that I am?"

But I tell you not to resist the one who injures you, but if anyone slaps you on one cheek, turn him the other, too;

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

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax-collectors and notorious sinners?"

So I tell you, every sin and all abusive speech will be forgiven men, but abuse against the Spirit cannot be forgiven.

"Be careful not to look with scorn on a single one of these little children, for I tell you that in heaven their angels have uninterrupted access to my Father in heaven.

"Also whenever you fast, you must not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a gloomy countenance, to let people see them fasting. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

and saying, "Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near."

So never worry and say, 'What are we going to have to eat? What are we going to have to drink? What are we going to have to wear?'

You brood of vipers! How can you, wicked as you are, say anything that is good? For the mouth talks about the things that fill the heart.

I solemnly say to you, the present age will not pass away before all this takes place.

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell everything you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come back here and follow me."

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars; take care not to be scared out of your wits. They have to come, but that is not the end yet.

And do not let us be subjected to temptation, but save us from the evil one.

He told them this story, as follows: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.

And He answered him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is perfectly good. But if you want to get into that life, you must practice keeping the commandments."

So keep on watching, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Now from twelve o'clock till three, darkness covered the whole land.

Why do you keep watching the tiny speck in your brother's eye, but pay no attention to the girder in your own?

Then Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for it is not man that made this known to you, but my Father in heaven.

For I tell you that unless your righteousness far surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven at all.

Whoever, therefore, breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices them and teaches others so to do, will be ranked as great in the kingdom of heaven.

So if your right eye causes you to do wrong, pluck it out of your way; for it is better to have one part of your body suffer loss than to have your whole body go down to the pit.

But whoever leads one of these little ones, who believe in me, to do wrong, had better have a great millstone hung around his neck to sink him to the bottom of the sea.

"Again, you have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You must not swear falsely, but you must perform your oaths as a religious duty.'

to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike.

And from the days of John the Baptist until the present moment the kingdom of heaven has been continuously taken by storm, and those who take it by storm are seizing it as a precious prize.

Jesus said to them: "I solemnly say to you, in the new order of life, when the Son of Man shall take His seat on His glorious throne, you too, who have followed me, will sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

"Listen to another story. There was once an owner of an estate who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it, and hewed out a wine-vat in it, and built a tower, and rented it to tenant farmers, and then went abroad.

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

At that time some people brought to Him a man under the power of demons, who was blind and dumb, and He cured him, so that the dumb man could talk and see.

Although it was now evening, a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who was himself a disciple of Jesus,

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you bolt the doors of the kingdom of heaven in men's faces, for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you let those who are trying to do so go in.

All things have been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one but the Father perfectly knows the Son, and no one but the Son perfectly knows the Father, and the one to whom the Son chooses to make Him known.

Anybody who loves father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy of me,

After that some little children were brought to Him, for Him to lay His hands on them and pray for them, but His disciples reproved those who brought them.

and so fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, "He took our sicknesses and bore away our diseases."

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

Give us today our daily bread for the day.

Again the devil took him up on a very high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and their splendor,

Is He not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother's name Mary, are not His brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?

So if they say to you, 'Here He is in the desert,' do not go out to see. Or 'Here He is in some secret place,' do not believe it.

Then the Pharisees went and made a plot to trap Him in argument.

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

Then Herod, because he saw that a trick had been played on him by the stargazers, was very angry, and sent and slaughtered all the boy babies in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood, from two years down, in accordance with the time which he had found out from the stargazers.

He is not here; He has risen, as He said He would do. Come, get a look at the place where He was lying.

And at once the curtain of the sanctuary was torn from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were split,

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

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

Whoever is not in partnership with me is against me, and whoever does not gather in partnership with me scatters.

Their worship of me is an empty show; the things they teach are only men's precepts.'"

Go, learn what this means, 'It is mercy and not sacrifice that I want.' It is not upright but sinful people that I have come to invite."

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

"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you are like white-washed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead people's bones and everything that is unclean!

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him as follows: "Teacher, we would like to see a spectacular sign given by you."

While He was at table in the house many tax-collectors and notorious sinners came in and took their seats at table with Jesus and His disciples.

And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His chosen people from the four points of the compass, from one end of the sky to the other.

Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and afterwards into the waste?

On the first day of the Passover Feast the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to get the Passover supper ready for you to eat?"

and went into the house and saw the child with His mother, Mary; and they fell at His feet and worshiped Him. They opened up their treasure sacks and presented Him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

And you will be hated by all men, because you bear my name, but whoever bears up to the end will be saved.

and were baptized by him in the Jordan River, as one by one they continued to confess their sins.

When Jesus heard it, He left there in a boat for a quiet place, to be alone. And when the crowds heard of it, they followed Him on foot from the towns.

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed Him.

So if you, in spite of your being bad, know how to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your heavenly Father give what is good to those who keep on asking Him?

And just as He was saying these things to them, an official came up and fell on his knees before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand upon her and she will come to life."

But if you do not forgive others, your heavenly Father will not forgive your shortcomings either.

"But blessed are your eyes, for they are beginning to see, and your ears, for they are beginning to hear.

For some are born incapable of marriage, 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 'father,' for the Heavenly One is your Father.

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

Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He set out for Galilee.

And He asked her, "What do you want?" She answered Him, "Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit one at your right and one at your left in your kingdom."

When Jesus had finished this discourse, He left Galilee and went into the district of Judea that is on the other side of the Jordan.

But when it was evening, His disciples came to Him and said, "This is a destitute 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 district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

But Jesus called them to Him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men rule as despots over them.

So they are no longer two but one. Therefore, what God has joined together man must stop separating."

Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.

and asked, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews? We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him."

Peter answered Him, "Lord, if it is you, let me come to you on the water."

For up to the days of John all the prophets, and even the law, prophesied about it,

"Now learn what the story of the fig tree means. Just as soon as its branches grow tender, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

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

Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, as he felt condemned, in remorse brought back the thirty pieces to the high priests and elders,

At that time they will turn you over to torture, and will murder you, and you will be hated by all the heathen, because you bear my name.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witnessing, irreverent speech.

For nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in many places.

But as for you, you must not seek for others to call you 'Teacher,' for you have but one who is 'Teacher,' and you are all brothers.

"'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far, far away from me;

But keep on storing up your riches in heaven where moths and rust do not make away with them and where thieves do not break in and steal them.

And He got into a boat, and His disciples went with Him.

Let them alone. They are blind teachers! And if one blind man guides another, they will both fall into the ditch."

for after the resurrection men do not marry and women are not married, but continue to live together as the angels do in heaven.

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get out of my way, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me, for this view of yours is not from God but from men."

But because Jesus knew it, He left there. And many people followed Him, and He cured them all,

and because of the increasing crime wave, most people's love will grow cold.

Take a good look at the wild birds, for they do not sow or reap, or store up food in barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps on feeding them. Are you not worth more than they?

People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all that are in the house.

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

For I solemnly say to you, many prophets and upright men yearned to see what you are seeing, and did not see it, and to hear what you are hearing, and did not hear it.

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

So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord directed him, and took her as his wife;

and in this way fulfilled the saying spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.

After that the disciples came to Jesus and privately asked, "Why is it we could not drive it out?"

But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to leave here; give them something to eat yourselves."

As you go into his house, wish it well,

and charged them not to publish Him,

He touched her hand, the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on Him.

and do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather? For I tell you, God can raise up descendants for Abraham even out of these stones.

So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

and if you are willing to accept it, John himself is the Elijah who was to come.

and said to Him, "Every bit of this I will give to you, if you will fall on your knees and worship me."

Then Jesus said to the captain, "Go; it must be done for you as you have believed." And his servant-boy was cured that very hour.

Let him who has ears listen!

But Jesus answered, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."

but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.

Then the devil left Him, and angels came and continued to wait upon Him.

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

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

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

And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made.

He will not debate, nor challenge anyone; His voice will no one hear in the streets;

A healthy tree cannot bear poor fruit, and a sickly tree cannot bear good fruit.

And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it,

and made a crown of thorns and set it on His head, and they put a stick in His hand, and kneeling before Him they made sport of Him, saying, "All hail, you king of the Jews!"

And when the young man heard that, he went away in deep distress, for he owned a great deal of property.

so that your fasting may be seen, not by men but by your Father who is unseen, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

Nobody pours new wine into old wine-bottles; or, if they do, the bottles burst, the wine runs out, and the bottles are ruined. But people pour new wine into new wine-bottles, and so both are preserved."

Jesus answered him: "I tell you, not as many as seven, but as many as seventy times seven!

Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn, can they, as long as they have the bridegroom with them? But a time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

But He left Nazareth and made His home in Capernaum, by the sea, in the district of Zebulon and Naphtali,

You blind Pharisees! 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 full of darkness. If then the very source of light in you is darkness, how dense is that darkness!

But whenever you, follower of mine, fast, perfume your head and wash your face,

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died without children, and left his widow to his brother.

and if the house should prove deserving, may your good wish for peace upon it come true, but if not, may your good wish bring peace to yourselves.

He said to them, "You will drink the cup that I am to drink, but seats at my right and at my left are not mine to give, but they will be given to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."

Then He came back to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Could you not then watch with me a single hour?

And what was sown in rich soil illustrates the man who hears the message and understands it, and yields fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, another thirty-fold."

On His name the heathen will set their hopes."

And his master's heart was moved with pity, and he let the slave go free with his debt cancelled.

And Peter took Him aside and began to chide Him, as he said, "Heaven shield you, my Lord! This must never be your lot!"

Nobody sews a patch of brand-new goods on an old coat, for such a patch would tear away from the coat, and the hole would be bigger than ever.

A broken reed He will not break off; a flickering wick He will not put out, until He brings His judgment to victory.

These are the things that make a man foul, but eating with unwashed hands does not make a man foul."

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

Then Herod secretly sent for the stargazers, and found out from them exactly the time the star appeared.

for He was teaching them as one who had authority to teach, and not as their scribes did.

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

So he sent them to Bethlehem with this order, "Go and carefully search for the child, and when you find Him, bring back word to me, and I too may come and do Him homage."

"'We played the wedding march for you, but you did not dance. We sang the funeral dirge, but you did not beat your breasts.'

And Jesus got up and followed him; and His disciples, too.

For she kept saying to herself, "If I can only touch His coat, I will get well."

After listening to the king, they started on their journey, and the star which they had seen rise led them on until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

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

But John tried to prevent Him, by saying, "I have need to be baptized by you, and you come to me!"

Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven, or from men?" They argued it out among themselves in this way, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

The second also died, and the third, and all down to the seventh.

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

And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not fall, for its pillars had been laid on a rocky foundation.

The people fed numbered about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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

"But that slave went out and found one of his fellow-slaves who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, demanding, 'Pay me what you owe me!'

And they spit on Him, and took the stick and kept hitting Him on the head.

He said, "Bring them here to me."

And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the wind blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed, and the wreck of it was complete."

leave your grit right there at the altar, and first go and make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift.

Now if Satan is driving out Satan, he has become disunited; how then can his kingdom last?