Entering the house, they saw the child with his mother, Mary, and fell at his feet and did homage to him. Then they unpacked their treasures, and offered to the child presents of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

"All these I will give you, if you will fall at my feet and do homage to me."

"Come and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will set you to fish for men."

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for its foundations were upon the rock.

The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and struck against that house, and it fell; and great was its downfall."

And a Teacher of the Law came up to him, and said: "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

But Jesus answered: "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead."

And the foul spirits began begging Jesus: "If you drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."

As Jesus went along, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax-office, and said to him: "Follow me." Matthew got up and followed him.

Calling his twelve Disciples to him, Jesus gave them authority over foul spirits, so that they could drive them out, as well as the power of curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

Be on your guard against your fellow men, for they will betray you to courts of law, and scourge you in their Synagogues;

Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's knowledge.

Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, I, too, will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven;

But, if any one disowns me before his fellow men, I, too, will disown him before my Father who is in Heaven.

And the man who does not take his cross and follow in my steps is not worthy of me.

But Jesus said to them: "Which of you, if he had only one sheep, and that sheep fell into a pit on the Sabbath, would not lay hold of it and pull it out?

No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest, and does not find it.

As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Some fell on rocky places, where it had not much soil, and, having no depth of soil, sprang up at once.

Some, again, fell into the brambles; but the brambles shot up and choked it.

Some, however, fell on good soil, and yielded a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold.

When it was full, they hauled it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless ones away.

Every one had sufficient to eat, and they picked up enough of the broken pieces that were left to fill twelve baskets.

After dismissing the crowds, he went up the hill by himself to pray; and, when evening fell, he was there alone.

Let them be; they are but blind guides; and, if one blind man guides another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

"Yes, Master," she said, "for even dogs do feed on the scraps that fall from their owners' table."

Every one had sufficient to eat, and they picked up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left.

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The disciples, on hearing this, fell on their faces, greatly afraid.

While Jesus and his disciples were together in Galilee, he said to them: "The Son of Man is destined to be betrayed into the hands of his fellow-men,

But, on going out, that same servant came upon one of his fellow-servants who owed him ten pounds. Seizing him by the throat, he said 'Pay what you owe me.'

Thereupon his fellow-servant threw himself on the ground and begged for mercy. 'Have patience with me,' he said, 'and I will pay you.'

When his fellow-servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and went to their master and laid the whole matter before him.

Ought not you, also, to have shown mercy to your fellow- servant, just as I showed mercy to you?'

Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

"If you wish to be perfect," answered Jesus, "go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me."

"Go to the village facing you," he said, "and you will immediately find an ass tethered, with a foal by her side; untie her, and lead her here for me.

'Say to the daughter of Zion--"Behold, thy King is coming to thee, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden."'

They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them.

It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.

Fill up the measure of your ancestor's guilt.

in order that upon your heads may fall every drop of innocent 'blood split on earth,' from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

And then many will fall away, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

As soon, then, as you see 'the Foul Desecration,' mentioned by the Prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place," (the reader must consider what this means)

Immediately after the distress of those days, 'the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens,' and 'the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.'

Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

And begin to beat his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,

When I was naked, you clothed me; when I fell ill, you visited me; and when I was in prison, you came to me.'

Then Jesus said to them: "Even you will all fall away from me to-night. Scripture says--'I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

"If every one else falls away from you," Peter answered, "I shall never fall away!"

Watch and pray, that you may not fall into temptation. True, the spirit is eager, but human nature is weak."