And they, having gone back, lo, the messenger of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Having risen, take to thyself the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child to destroy him.

And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has indicated to you to flee from the wrath about to come?

And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew and struck upon that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.

And one scribe, coming near, said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou goest.

But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead inter the dead.

And Jesus, passing away from thence, saw a man sitting by the custom-house, being called Matthew, and he says to him, Follow me; and having risen he followed him.

And when they drive you out in this city, flee ye to another; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man come.

Are not two little sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the earth without your Father.

And he said to them, Which of you shall be the man who shall have one sheep, and if this should fall into a pit in the sabbaths, will he not take hold of it, and raise it up?

And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down.

And others fell upon rocky places where it had not much earth, and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no depth of earth.

And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

And others fell upon good earth and gave fruit, some truly a hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty.

And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the remaining of fragments, twelve baskets full.

Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

And Jesus having called his disciples, said, I feel compassion for the crowd, for already they remain with me three days, and they have nothing they could eat: and I will not leave them fasting, lest they be relaxed in the way.

And all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up that remaining of the fragments seven wicker baskets full.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any wish to come after me, let him deny himself absolutely, and lift up his cross, and follow me.

And the disciples, having heard, fell upon their face, and were greatly afraid.

But that servant having come, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred drachmas, and having seized, he choked him, saying, Give back to me what thou owest.

Then his fellow-servant having fallen at his feet besought him, saying, Be slow to anger towards me, and I will give back all to thee.

And his fellow-servants having seen the thing done, were greatly grieved, and having come, made known to their lord all things done.

Oughtest thou not also to pity thy fellow-servant, as I also pitied thee

Jesus said to him, If thou wished to be perfected, retire, sell thy possessions, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And he falling upon this stone shall be crushed: but upon whomsoever it should fall, it shall winnow him.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitewashed tombs, which without indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness.

So also ye without truly appear just to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

And fill ye up yourselves the measure of your fathers.

Serpents, generations of vipers, how would ye flee from the judgment of hell?

Then let them in Judea flee to the mountain;

For wherever be the fall, there will the eagles be gathered together.

And quickly after the pressure of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;

And he should begin to strike the fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with those intoxicated;

And having gone forward a little, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: but not as I will, but as thou.