The voice of one crying aloud. In the desert make ready a road for the Lord. Make his paths straight.

and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was among the wild beasts, but the angels were ministering to him.

No one ever sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment, otherwise the patch tears away from it??he new from the old??nd a worse tear is made.

And no one ever pours new wine into old wine-skins, else the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine is poured into fresh wine-skins.

And they kept watching Jesus to see whether he would cure him on the Sabbath; so as to have some charge to bring against him.

yet when sown shoots up and becomes larger than any plant, sending out such branches that the wild birds build their nests under its shadow."

He would not permit any one to go with him, except Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And instantly the little girl stood up, and began to walk, for she was twelve years old, They were at once beside themselves with utter amazement.

He bade them take nothing but a staff for their journey; no bread, no wallet, no coins in their purse;

"He is Elijah," said others. And still others were saying, "He is a prophet, like one of the old prophets."

He even swore to her that whatever she asked, he would give it to her, up to half his kingdom.

they thought it was an apparition and shrieked aloud, for they all saw him and were terrified.

And whenever he entered into villages or cities or the fields they would lay the sick in the market-places and beseech him to let them touch even the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched him were made well.

you say that if a man tells his father or mother, 'This money which otherwise you would have received from me, is Korban' (that is, a thing devoted to God),

for he was explaining to his disciples that the Son of man was to be betrayed into the hands of men, and that they would put him to death, but that after he had been put to death, he would rise again after three days,

"And if any one shall cause one of these little ones who believe on me to stumble, it would be better for him if he were thrown out into the sea with a great millstone about his neck.

Presently there came up to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, and said, "Teacher, we wish you would do for us whatever we ask you."

Not so shall it be among you. On the contrary whoever would become great among you shall be your servant;

and whoever among you would be first, shall be slave of all,

and he would not allow any one to carry a vessel through the Temple courts, Then he began to teach.

And had not the Lord cut short those days, not a single person would escape; but for the elect's sake whom he has chosen, he has cut them short.

"Abba, Father," he said, "all things are possible with thee. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what thou wilt."

At that instant for the second time a cock crew. Then Peter recalled the word which Jesus had spoken to him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice." And as he thought of it, he began to weep aloud.