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

Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain??emoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics??nd he cured them.

"Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.'

But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,

You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black.

And a leper came up to him and fell on his knees before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"

saying, "My servant, sir, is lying sick with paralysis at my house, in great distress."

But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured.

And another of his disciples said to him, "Let me first go, sir, and bury my father."

And they came and woke him up, saying, "Save us, sir! We are lost!"

When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him, and he said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" They said to him, "Yes, sir."

And he told them many things in figures, and said to them, "A sower went out to sow,

"You must listen closely then to the figure of the sower.

And the owner's slaves came to him and said, 'Was not the seed good that you sowed in your field, sir? So where did these weeds come from?'

He answered, "The sower who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

and swore that he would give her anything she asked for.

And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"

And she came and fell down before him, and said, "Help me, sir!"

But she said, "O yes, sir! For even dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters' table!"

And two blind men sitting by the roadside, hearing that it was Jesus who was passing, called out, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

The crowd told them to be still, but they called all the louder, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

They said to him, "Sir, have our eyes opened!"

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.

Afterward the other bridesmaids came and said, 'Sir! Sir! Open the door for us!'

And the man who had received the five thousand dollars came up bringing him five thousand more, and said, 'Sir, you put five thousand dollars in my hands; here I have made five thousand more.'

And the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Sir, you put two thousand dollars into my hands; here I have made two thousand more.'

And the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Sir, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, and gathered where you had not threshed,

Then he started to swear with the strongest oaths, "I do not know the man!" And at that moment a cock crowed.

And one of them ran off at once and got a sponge and soaked it in sour wine and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink.

and said, "Sir, we remember that when this impostor was alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again!'