Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram,

A cry was heard in Rama, weeping and sore lamentation ??Rachel weeping for her children, and inconsolable because they are no more.

But I tell you, you must not swear any oath, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

nor shall you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

A leper came up and knelt before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cleanse me";

saying, "Sir, my servant is lying ill at home with paralysis, in terrible agony."

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

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

He spoke at some length to them in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow,

Now, listen to the parable of the sower.

So the servants of the owner went to him and said, 'Did you not sow good seed in your field, sir? How then does it contain weeds?'

"No, sir," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

"Ah, sir," he said, "have pity on my son; he is an epileptic and he suffers cruelly, he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

he replied, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go.

Woe to you, blind guides that you are! you say, 'Swear by the sanctuary, and it means nothing; but swear by the gold of the sanctuary, and the oath is binding.'

You say again, 'Swear by the altar, and it means nothing; but swear by the gift upon it, and the oath is binding.'

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

so, whenever you see all this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Afterwards the rest of the maidens came and said, 'Oh sir, oh sir, open the door for us!'

Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.'

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed.

Again he denied it; he swore, "I do not know the man."

After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!"

and said, "We remember, sir, that when this impostor was alive he said, 'I will rise after three days.'