Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap; they have neither store-house nor barn, and yet God feedeth them: how much more worth are ye than the fowls?

If then ye cannot do even the lest, why are ye so anxious about the rest?

Now if God so clothe the grass which is to day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's pleasure to give you the kingdom.

ye yourselves like men waiting for their lord's return from a wedding, that they may immediately open the door to him, when he comes and knocks.

Happy are those servants, whom the master when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down, and will come and serve them.

And if he come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find them so, happy indeed are those servants.

Happy is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and drink, and to be drunken:

And that servant, who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself to do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

He said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye presently say, there is a shower coming, and so it proves:

and when ye observe the south-wind blowing, ye say there will be heat, and it cometh to pass.

And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in it's boughs.

When the master of the house shall have risen up and shut the door, and ye begin to stand without and knock at the door saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and He shall answer and say to you, I know you not, whence ye are:

then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drank in thy presence,

and thou hast taught in our streets, But He will say, I tell you, I know you not, whence ye are; depart from me all ye workers of iniquity:

and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves shut out.

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and I assure you ye shall not see me again till the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord.

and he who invited thee and him, should come and say to thee, Give place to this person, and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.

But when thou art invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, that, when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then wilt thou have honor before them that sit at table with thee:

He said also to him that had invited Him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not invite thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor thy rich neighbors; least they invite thee again, and so a return be made thee.

and sent his servant at supper-time to say to them that were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

And they all with one consent began to make excuses; the first said, I have bought a field, and I must go and see it, pray have me excused.

So the servant came and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go directly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind.

so he turned and said to them, If any man come to me, and does not comparatively hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple.

all that see it, should deride him, saying, this man began to build and was not able to finish.

So, every one of you, that doth not give up all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.

Salt is good; but if the salt have lost it's savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

I will rise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee,

And he rose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion; and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

But he answered and said to his father, Behold so many years as I serve thee, nor have I ever transgressed thy command, and yet thou hast never given me a kid, to be merry with my friends:

So he called his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my master? and he said, an hundred baths of oil.

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends with these unrighteous treasures, that when they fail, ye may be received into everlasting habitations.

and if ye have not been faithful in that which was another's, who will give you that which is your own?

who was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table: and the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass that the poor man died,

and was carried by angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried.

And besides, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you; so that they, who would pass from hence to you, cannot; nor can they pass to us, who would come from thence.

Then he said, Therefore I intreat thee, Father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house:

It were better for him that a milstone were hung about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to offend.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith but as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

But which of you having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will say to him, as soon as he comes in from the field, Come hither and sit down at table?

But will he not rather say to him, Get ready my supper, and gird thyself, and wait upon me, till I have done, and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink.

I think not. So likewise ye, when ye have done all things that were commanded you, say we are unprofitable servants, for we have done only what we ought to do.

And when He saw them, He said unto them, Go and shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were going, they were cleansed.

Neither shall they say, Behold it is here, or behold it is there; for the kingdom of God is within you.

And He said to the disciples, the time will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.

And they will say to you, Behold, He is here, or behold He is there: but go not after them, nor follow them.

For as the lightning which lightneth from the one part of heaven shineth to the other: so also shall the Son of man be in his day.

And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

Remember Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it;

But the publican standing at a distance did not presume so much as to lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, He said, How difficultly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God?

But they understood none of these things; and this matter was hid from them, so that they knew not the things which were spoken.

So Jesus stopt, and ordered him to be brought to Him: and when he was come near,

And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

And he sought to see Jesus who He was; but he could not for the croud; for he was little of stature.

And he ran before and got up into a sycamore-tree that he might see Him; for He was to pass by that way.

And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, make haste and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone to be guest with a wicked man.

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man, who takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

But he said to him, Out of thy own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant, Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow;

And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, The Lord hath need of him.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

but if we say, Of men, the people will all stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see Him they will reverence Him.

But when the husbandmen saw Him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

So they cast him out of the vineyard and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

Shew me a penny: whose image and inscription hath it? and they answered, Cesar's.

Then said He unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's.

saying, Moses enjoined us, if any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

And He said unto them, How do they say, that Christ is the son of David?

And He looked up and saw the rich people bringing their gifts to the treasury:

and He saw also a poor widow throwing in two mites.

And as some were speaking of the temple; how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts, He said, As for these things which ye see,

But before all these things they will lay hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake:

And when ye shall see Jerusalem surrounded with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh: then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains,

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity, the sea and the waves roring:

And then shall they see the Son of man coming, as on a cloud, with power and great glory.

and all the trees, when they shoot out, ye see and know of yourselves that summer is now near:

so likewise know ye, when ye see these things coming to pass, that the kingdom of God is at hand.

Take heed to yourselves, least at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of life, and so that day should come upon you unawares:

and say to the master of the house, Our Master inquireth by us, Where is the room, in which I may eat the passover with my disciples?

for I say unto you, that I will not eat of it any more, till it be accomplished in the kingdom of God.

But ye shall not do so: but let the greatest among you be as the younger; and he that presides as he that serveth.

And when He was withdrawn from them about a stone's-cast, He kneeled down and prayed saying,

But when they that were about Him saw what would follow, they said to Him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

And one of them smote the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear:

Then they took Him and led Him away, and brought Him to the high priest's. And Peter followed at a distance.

and understanding that He was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also at Jerusalem at that time.

And Herod, when he saw Jesus, was very glad; for he had of a long time been desirous to see Him, because he had heard much of Him, and he hoped to see some miracle wrought by Him.

I will therefore chastise Him, and so release Him.

So Pilate gave sentence that what they demanded should be done.

For behold the days are coming in which they shall say, happy are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.

Then shall they say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us:

And when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this man was righteous.

wherefore the women, that came with Him from Galilee, followed Joseph, and saw the sepulchre, and how the body was laid:

so they went in,

But Peter arose and ran to the sepulchre; and stooping down he saw the linen cloths lying by themselves: and he went away, wondering in himself at what had happened.

But their eyes were so restrained that they did not know Him.