Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

Which is easier?--to say to this paralytic, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your mat, and walk?'

how he entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves--which none but the priests are allowed to eat--and gave some to his men also?"

It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;

On the Sabbath He proceeded to teach in the synagogue; and many, as they heard Him, were astonished. "Where did he acquire all this?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? And what are these marvellous miracles which his hands perform?

at which Herodias's own daughter came in and danced, and so charmed Herod and his guests that he said to her, "Ask me for anything you please, and I will give it to you."

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.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and lifting His eyes to Heaven He blessed the food. Then He broke the loaves into portions which He went on handing to the disciples to distribute; giving pieces also of the two fish to them all.

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.)

But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'

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

There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him unclean."

"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean.

If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life maimed, than remain in possession of both your hands and go away into Gehenna, into the fire which cannot be put out.

Then James and John, the sons of Zabdi, came up to Him and said, "Rabbi, we wish you would grant us whatever request we make of you."

"You know not," said He, "what you are asking. Are you able to drink out of the cup from which I am to drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am to be baptized?"

"We are able," they replied. "Out of the cup," said Jesus, "from which I am to drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I am to be baptized you shall be baptized;

"Go," He said, "to the village facing you, and immediately on entering it you will find an ass's foal tied up which no one has ever yet ridden: untie him and bring him here.

Then many spread their outer garments to carpet the road, and others leafy branches which they had cut down in the fields;

and Peter, recollecting, said to Him, "Look, Rabbi, the fig-tree which you cursed is withered up."

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

Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.

Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, "Which is the chief of all the Commandments?"

For those will be times of suffering the like of which has never been from the first creation of God's world until now, and assuredly never will be again;

the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed.

And I solemnly tell you that wherever in the whole world the Good News shall be proclaimed, this which she has done shall also be told in remembrance of her."

"This is my blood," He said, "which is to be poured out on behalf of many--the blood which makes the Covenant sure.

they arrayed Him in crimson, placed on His head a wreath of thorny twigs which they had twisted,

So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.'

But at three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Elohi, Elohi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"

He, having bought a sheet of linen, took Him down, wrapped Him in the sheet and laid Him in a tomb hewn in the rock; after which he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

But they went out and made proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming their Message by the signs which accompanied it.