Now Jesus was born in Bethlehem [a small town] in Judea during the time when Herod [the Great] was king [of Judea]. About that time some astrologer/sages from the east [i.e., Persia] came to Jerusalem, saying,

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

and when Jesus was baptized, he came out of the water: and immediately the heavens seem'd to be parted asunder before him, and he saw the Spirit

of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: at the same time a voice was heard from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Again the devil takes Him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of the same,

Be glad and exceedingly joyful, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

In the [same] way let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore, when presenting your gift at the altar, if even there you remember that your brother has some grievance against you,

Make friends with thine adverse party quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him; lest some time the adverse party deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

“And when you pray, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

No person can serve two masters, for he will either hate the one and love the other, or else he will cling to the one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and material things [at the same time].

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow shall be cast into the furnace, shall he not much more do the same unto you, O ye of little faith?

For as ye judge, so shall ye be judged: and with what measure ye mete, with the same shall it be measured to you again.

Which of you men when his son asks him for some bread will give him a stone?

Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them—this is the Law and the Prophets.

In the [same] way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

"Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock:

And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock.

And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

And Jesus said to the centurion, Depart; and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in the same hour.

Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was grazing.

Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven.”

And some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man blasphemes [by claiming the rights and prerogatives of God]!”

Some of John's disciples came to Jesus saying, "Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast frequently [i.e., going without food and/or drink for religious reasons], but your disciples do not fast [at all]?"

No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made.

Then Jesus turned him about, and beheld her, saying, "Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee safe." And she was made whole even that same hour.

Just as they were going out, some people brought up to Jesus a dumb man who was possessed by a demon;

Philip, Bartholomew [i.e., the same as Nathaniel. See John 1:45], Thomas [i.e., the same as Didymus. See John 11:16], Matthew, the tax collector [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14], James, the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus [i.e., the same as Judas, son of James. See Luke 6:16],

Simon, the Cananean [i.e., the same as the Zealot. See Luke 6:15], and Judas Iscariot, who also [besides being an apostle] was His betrayer.

"Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.

And when ye come into a house, salute the same.

And if the people seem trustworthy, express your wish for blessings to rest upon them. But if they prove to be untrustworthy, may those blessings remain on you [instead].

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

[At that time] a person will turn his brother over to be killed, and the father [will do the same to] his child. And children will rebel against their parents and turn them over to be killed.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they do the same to those of his household!"

[In fact] a person's enemies will be members of his own family [i.e., in some cases].

The person who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive the [same] reward the prophet gets. And the person who welcomes a good man because he is good will receive the [same] reward the good man gets.

Now John had heard in prison about the Christ's doings, and he sent some of his disciples to inquire:

At that same time Jesus uttered the words: "I thank thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that, though thou has hidden these things from the wise and learned, thou hast revealed them to the child-like!

At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.

Jesus replied, "Have you not read what King David did when he and his men were hungry? [I Sam. 21:6]

And there he saw a man with a withered hand. Some people asked Jesus whether it was allowable to work a cure on the Sabbath- -so that they might have a charge to bring against him.

Then some people brought to Jesus a possessed man, who was blind and dumb; and he cured him, so that the man who had been dumb both talked and saw.

And I say unto you, that every idle word whatsoever men shall speak, they shall give an account concerning the same in the day of judgment.

Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.

Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits, more evil than itself, and they reenter [the body] and [begin to] live there, so that the latter state of that person becomes worse than the former [state]. It will be the same way with the people of this evil generation."

So some one told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and desire to speak to you."

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

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

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: and he shall have abundance. But whosoever hath not: from him shall be taken away even that same that he hath.

For the mind of this nation has grown dense, And their ears are dull of hearing, Their eyes also have they closed; Lest some day they should perceive with their eyes, And with their ears they should hear, And in their mind they should understand, and should turn--And I should heal them.'

when any one heareth the doctrine of the gospel, and considers it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away what was sown in his heart: he is the person meant by the high-way, where some of the seed was sown: but the stony ground,

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

And, he among the thorns sown, the same, is he that, heareth the word, - and, the anxiety of the age and the deceit of riches, choke up the word, and, unfruitful, it becometh.

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

"'Some enemy has done this,' he said. "'Shall we go, and collect it?' the men inquire.

"'No,' he replied, 'for fear that while collecting the darnel you should at the same time root up the wheat with it.

This was another parable which Jesus related-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like some yeast which a woman took and covered up in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen."

All these things spake Jesus to the multitude in parables, and did not discourse to them without some parable.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is similar to a [retail] merchant searching to buy some fine pearls.

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

At the end of the world it will be that same way. The angels will come and divide the sinful people from the ones who did what was right,

When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a remote place, and it's already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food."

Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; give them some food yourselves."

[Meanwhile] the boat, still some distance from shore, was being severely battered by the waves because of the opposing winds.

and when his disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is some spirit," and cried out for fear.

Then some Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked,

Not that which entereth into the mouth, defileth the man, but, that which proceedeth out of the mouth, the same, defileth the man,

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."

And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Then Jesus answered, and said unto her, "O woman great is thy faith, be it to thee, even as thou desirest." And her daughter was made whole even at that same hour.

And Jesus says to them, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes, and some small fishes.

Then came to him the Pharisees with the Sadducees also, and did tempt him, desiring him to show them some sign from heaven.

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did with him whatever they wanted. In the [same] way also the Son of Man is going to suffer [at] their hands."

I brought him to [some of] your disciples [for help] but they were not able to heal him."

And Jesus rebuked the devil, and he came out of him: and the child was healed even that same hour.

He answered them, "[It was] because you had such little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as [small as] a mustard tree seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to that place over there' and it would move. And nothing will be impossible for you [to do]." {[{[Some manuscripts contain the following verse:

Some time after, while they were in Galilee, Jesus said to them, the son of man will be betrayed into the hands of men:

He saith - Yea. And, coming into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, How, to thee, doth it seem, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom receive they dues or tax? from their sons, or from the aliens?

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

How, to you, doth it seem? If a certain man come to have a hundred sheep and one from among them go astray, Will he not leave the ninety-nine upon the mountains, and going, seek the straying one?

In the [same] way it is not the will {of} your Father [who is] in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

When he began figuring, one of his servants, who owed him a huge sum of money [Note: The amount is variously estimated to be as much as $50,000,000 in 1994], was brought to him.

as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum.

But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?’