A voice was heard in Rama, wailing, and weeping, and much lamentation; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, for they are not.

Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.

Ye are the salt of the earth: and if the salt be rendered insipid, with what shall it be salted? it is yet strong for nothing, except to be cast without, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Ye are the light of the world. A city cannot be hid, set on a mountain.

And about dress, why are ye anxious? Consider the white lilies of the field, how they grow; they are not wearied, neither do they spin:

Enter ye in through the strait gate, for broad the gate and spacious the way leading to destruction, and many are they coming in through it.

For strait the gate and afflicted the way leading into life, and few are they finding it.

And hold from false prophets which come in to you in sheep's dresses, but within they are rapacious wolves.

And his disciples, having come near, awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we are lost.

And he says to them, Why are ye timorous, ye of little faith? Then having risen, he censured the winds and sea; and there was a great calm.

And, behold, they brought him a paralytic, laid upon a bed; and Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Take courage, child thy sins are let go to thee.

For why is it easier to say, Sins are let go to thee; or say, Arise and walk?

Neither do they cast new wine into old wineskins: but if otherwise, the wine-skins burst, and the wine is poured out, and the wine-skins are destroyed; but they cast new wine into new wine-skins, and they are both preserved.

And the names of the twelve sent are these: first, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, he of Zebedee and John his brother;

For ye yourselves are not speaking, but the spirit of your father speaking in you.

Are not two little sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the earth without your Father.

And also the hairs of your head are all numbered.

The blind receive sight, and the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf bear, the dead are roused, and the poor have good news announced.

But what went ye out to see? A man clad in soft garments? but they having soft things are in king's houses.

Or have ye not read in the law, that in the sabbaths, the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are innocent?

Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits, worse than he, and having come in, they dwell there: and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So also shall it be to this evil generation.

And he having answered, said to him speaking to him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

And the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;

And the enemy having sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of time; and the reapers are the messengers.

As therefore the tares are gathered together and burnt in fire; so shall it be in the end of this time.

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then to him all these?

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; be was aroused from the dead; and for this, powers are energetic in him.

Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

And Jesus said, Are ye also yet destitute of understanding?

These are the things polluting a man: but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not a man.

Verily I say to you, Some are standing here, who should not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has yoked together, let not man separate.

For there are eunuchs, who were born so from the mother's belly: and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of the heavens. He being able to receive, let him receive.

And Jesus having looked up said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen.

For many are called, and few chosen.

And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Ye are led astray, not having known the writings, nor the power of God.

For in the rising up they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the messengers of God in heaven.

And be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your guide, Christ; and all ye are brethren.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitewashed tombs, which without indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness.

So also ye without truly appear just to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Wherefore ye bear testimony to yourselves, that ye are the sons of those having slain the prophets.

And the foolish said to the discerning, Give us of your oil; for our lights are quenched.