When they were gone an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying; "Rise! Take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and there remain until I bring you word; for Herod intends to make a search for the child, in order to put him to death."

But when John saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said: "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

and said to him, "All these will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."

"And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.

"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.

"And why do you look at the mote in your brother's eye, and fail to notice the beam which is in your own eye?

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house, but it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

when a Scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!"

"Follow me," Jesus said to him, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

"No one ever sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old cloak. If they did, the patch put on to fill it up would tear away from the cloak, and the rent be made worse.

"But when they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. In solemn truth I tell you that you shall not have completed the cities of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

"Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your father.

"and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

When the Pharisees heard it they said, "It is only by the aid of Beelzebub, the Prince of the demons, that this fellow is driving out demons."

"You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.

and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.

Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;

Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it.

But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

"When it was full they hauled it upon the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless fish away.

As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."

and the men in the boat fell upon their knees before him, saying, "You are, indeed, the Son of God."

"Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

"True, Lord," she said, "but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.

As they reached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and fell on his knees before him, saying.

"But on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "'Pay me what you owe me!'

"Then his fellow slave fell at his feet, and besought him, saying, "'Be patient with me, and I will pay you.'

"When therefore his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very angry; and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.

"'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?'

"If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

"And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall many times as much, and fall heir to eternal life.

Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."

"Just so you also outwardly appear to men, just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

"Fill up then the measure of your fathers!

And then many will stumble and fall, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days, "The sun will be darkened, The moon will not shed her light, The stars will fall from the sky, And the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

and if he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and to eat or drink with the drunkards,

Now because the bridegroom tarried, they all fell to nodding and went on sleeping.

Then Jesus said to them. "This very night even you will all stumble and fall away from me; for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

"If they all stumble and fall away from you," answered Peter, "I will never do so!"

Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'"

Soon afterward he went out into the porch, and another maid saw him, and said to those who were there, "This fellow certainly was with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o'clock in the afternoon.

And lo, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two, from the top to the bottom;