And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'?? tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham.

So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."

and said to him, "All these will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

in order that these words spoken through Isaiah the prophet, might be fulfilled:

"So whoever breaks one of these least commandments, and teaches others to break them, will be least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps them and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

"But I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these.

"For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.

"But continue to seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

As he was saying these words to them, a ruler came up and knelt before him, saying. "My daughter has just died; but come, put your hand upon her, and she will live."

These are the names of the apostles (missionaries). First, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,

"And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.

As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

At that time Jesus answered and said: "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.

After Jesus had finished these parables, he withdrew from that place,

"Are not his sisters all living among us? Where, then, did he get all these powers?"

These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

"But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung about his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.

"See to it that you never despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father in heaven.

"Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

It came about after Jesus had finished these teachings, that he removed from Galilee, and went to that part of Judea which lay across the Jordan.

"What is it you wish?" he said. She answered, "Command that these my two sons may sit upon your right hand and your left in your kingdom."

When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and elders of the people came to him and asked him, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

Jesus answered. "I also will put a question to you, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you in what authority I do these deeds.

"Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and neglect the weightier matters of the Law??ustice and mercy and good faith; these latter you ought to have done, and not to have left the former undone.

"In solemn truth I tell you that all these things will come upon this generation.

"You see all these buildings?" he answered them; "I tell you solemnly that there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be torn down."

When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

All these things are the beginning of birth-pangs.

And if these days had not been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake these days will be cut short.

so you also, when you see these signs, know that He is near, at the very doors.

I tell you in solemn truth, that the present generation shall not pass away till all these things happen.

"'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.'

"But he will reply, 'In solemn truth I tell you that inasmuch as you did not do it unto one of these least, you did not do it unto me.'

"And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

Now it happened that after Jesus had finished all these discourses, he said to his disciples,

Barely had he spoken these words when Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared, accompanied by a great crowd of men with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

And, behold, one of these who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smote the slave of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

Rising to his feet the high priest asked Jesus. "Do you make no answer? What is it that these are testifying against you?"