And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district on the other side of the Jordan.

Be joyful and triumphant, because your reward is great in the Heavens; for so were the Prophets before you persecuted.

Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens.

Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer and you be thrown into prison.

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King.

"Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain."

Jesus listened to this reply, and was astonished, and said to the people following Him, "I solemnly tell you that in no Israelite have I found faith as great as this.

Seeing great crowds about Him Jesus had given directions to cross to the other side of the Lake,

But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep.

Entering the Ruler's house, Jesus saw the flute-players and the crowd loudly wailing,

When however the place was cleared of the crowd, Jesus went in, and on His taking the little girl by the hand, she rose up.

Aware of this, Jesus departed elsewhere; and a great number of people followed Him, all of whom He cured.

While He was still addressing the people His mother and His brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring to speak to Him.

"O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.

Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured them,

But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,

As they were leaving Jericho, an immense crowd following Him,

and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted the road with them,

All the crowd heard this, and were filled with amazement at His teaching.

"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;

for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.

Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; and then will all the nations of the earth lament, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with great power and glory.

Then the High Priests and Elders of the People assembled in the court of the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas,

He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.

And Peter kept following Him at a distance, till he came even to the court of the High Priest's palace, where he entered and sat down among the officers to see the issue.

Peter meanwhile was sitting outside in the court of the palace, when one of the maidservants came over to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilaean."

The High Priests, however, and the Elders urged the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to demand the death of Jesus.

and sat down there on guard.

As for the Captain and the soldiers who were with Him keeping guard over Jesus, when they witnessed the earthquake and the other occurrences they were filled with terror, and exclaimed, "Assuredly he was God's Son."

He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.

"You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe, as best you can."

So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone besides setting the guard.

But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it.