Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He cured them.

"Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

In the evening many demoniacs were brought to Him, and with a word He expelled the demons; and He cured all the sick,

"Such language is impious," said some of the Scribes among themselves.

And the crowds were awe-struck when they saw it, and ascribed the glory to God who had entrusted such power to a man.

He heard the question and replied, "It is not men in good health who require a doctor, but the sick.

When the demon was expelled, the dumb man could speak. And the crowds exclaimed in astonishment, "Never was such a thing seen in Israel."

Cure the sick, raise the dead to life, cleanse lepers, drive out demons: you have received without payment, give without payment.

and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will.

But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.")

And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, and these wondrous powers?

For Herod had arrested John, and had put him in chains, and imprisoned him, for the sake of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him,

"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?

he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.

Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky.

He replied, "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;'

and in the morning, 'It will be rough weather to-day, for the sky is red and murky.' You learn how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of the times you cannot.

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

And whoever for my sake receives one young child such as this, receives me.

There are men who from their birth have been disabled from marriage, others who have been so disabled by men, and others who have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.

"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;

And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.

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.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.

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.

Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.'

When did we see Thee sick or in prison, and come to see Thee?'

"But the King will answer them, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'

when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.'

"Then will they also answer, "'Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to serve Thee?'

"But he will reply, "'In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.'

"Why such waste?" indignantly exclaimed the disciples;

"I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky."