I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

"What have you to do with us, Jesus the Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--God's Holy One."

"Can a wedding party fast while the bridegroom is among them?" replied Jesus. "So long as they have the bridegroom with them, fasting is impossible.

"Have you never read," Jesus replied, "what David did when the necessity arose and he and his men were hungry:

They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath--so as to have a charge to bring against Him.

In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;

Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.

Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,

Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."

"Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?"

But Jesus, overhearing the words, said to the Warden, "Do not be afraid; only have faith."

For John had repeatedly told Herod, "You have no right to be living with your brother's wife."

So when Jesus landed, He saw a vast multitude; and His heart was moved with pity for them, because they were like sheep which have no shepherd, and He proceeded to teach them many things.

"How many loaves have you?" He inquired; "go and see." So they found out, and said, "Five; and a couple of fish."

and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)

thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."

"Have *you* also so little understanding?" He replied; "do you not understand that anything whatever that enters a man from outside cannot make him unclean,

"My heart yearns over the people," He said; "for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.

"How many loaves have you?" He asked. "Seven," they said.

they explained His words to one another by saying, "We have no bread!"

You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear? and have you no memory?

He went on to say, "In solemn truth I tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God already come in power."

Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."

"Rabbi," answered one of the crowd, "I have brought you my son. He has a dumb spirit in him;

"O unbelieving generation!" replied Jesus; "how long must I be with you? how long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me."

"and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us."

"You should not have tried to hinder him," replied Jesus, "for there is no one who will use my name to perform a miracle and be able the next minute to speak evil of me.

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

"Rabbi," he replied, "all these Commandments I have carefully obeyed from my youth."

Then Jesus looked at him and loved him, and said, "One thing is lacking in you: go, sell all you possess and give the proceeds to the poor, and you shall have riches in Heaven; and come and be a follower of mine."

"Remember," said Peter to Him, "that we forsook everything and have become your followers."

"What would you have me do for you?" He asked.

Hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, "Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me."

Many angrily told him to leave off shouting; but he only cried out all the louder, "Son of David, have pity on me."

And He remonstrated with them. "Is it not written," He said, "'My House shall be called The House of Prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it what it now is--a robbers' cave."

Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God.

That is why I tell you, as to whatever you pray and make request for, if you believe that you have received it it shall be yours.

But whenever you stand praying, if you have a grievance against any one, forgive it, so that your Father in Heaven may also forgive you your offences."

Or should we say, 'human?'" They were afraid of the people; for all agreed in holding John to have been really a Prophet.

"Have you not read even this passage," He added, "'The stone which the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone:

For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.

But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'

So the Scribe said to Him, "Rightly, in very truth, Rabbi, have you said that He stands alone, and there is none but He;

David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'

and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."

for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare, but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed--all she had to live on."

"Brother will betray brother to be killed, and fathers will betray children; and children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!

But as for yourselves, be on your guard: I have forewarned you of everything.

For that ointment might have been sold for fifteen pounds or more, and the money have been given to the poor." And they were exceedingly angry with her.

For you always have the poor among you, and whenever you choose you can do acts of kindness to them; but me you have not always.

But after I have risen to life again I will go before you into Galilee."

So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed."

"Have you come out," said Jesus, "with swords and cudgels to arrest me, as if you had to fight with a robber?

"We have heard him say, 'I will pull down this Sanctuary built by human hands, and three days afterwards I will erect another built without hands.'"

At last the High Priest stood up, and advancing into the midst of them all, asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What is the meaning of all this that these witnesses allege against you?"

Rending his garments the High Priest exclaimed, "What need have we of witnesses after that?