He made Mary his wife, but did not live with her as her husband until after the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.

"Awake, take the child and his mother, and go into the Land of Israel, for those who sought to take the child's life are dead."

Let your life, then, prove your repentance;

But Jesus answered: "Scripture says--'It is not on bread alone that man is to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

You have heard that it was said--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thy enemy.'

I, however, say to you--Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

For, if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax-gatherers do this!

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life here--what you can get to eat or drink; nor yet about your body-- what you can get to wear. Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a single moment?

Who among you, when his son asks him for a loaf, will give him a stone,

For small is the gate, and narrow the road, that leads to Life, and those that find it are few.

And then I shall say to them plainly 'I never knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.'

While Jesus was saying this, a President of a Synagogue came up and bowed to the ground before him. "My daughter," he said, "Has just died; but come and place your hand on her, and she will be restored to life."

He said: "Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep." They began to laugh at him;

He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.

The blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead, too, are raised to life, and the good news is told to the poor.

By the seed which was sown among the brambles is meant the man who hears the Message, but the cares of life and the glamour of wealth completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all that hinders and those who live in sin,

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life shall find it.

What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?

If your hand or your foot is a snare to you, cut it off, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed or lame, than to have both hands, or both feet, and be thrown into the aeonian fire.

If your eye is a snare to you, take it out, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the Life with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into the fiery Pit.

And a man came up to Jesus, and said: "Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain Immortal life?"

"Why ask me about goodness?" answered Jesus. "There is but One who is good. If you want to enter the Life, keep the commandments."

Honor thy father and thy mother.' And 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself."

Every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, on account of my Name, will receive many times as much, and will 'gain Immortal Life.'

Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

His answer was: "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'

The second, which is like it, is this--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'

and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

And these last will go away 'into aeonian punishment,' but the righteous 'into aeonian life.'"

And having twisted some thorns into a crown, put it on his head, and a rod in his right hand, and then, going down on their knees before him, they mocked him. "Long life to you, King of the Jews!" they said.