then he said to them. "Whoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me; and whoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is great."

But Jesus said, "Forbid him not, for he who is not against you is for you."

When now when the time drew near for him to be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

and sent messengers before him. These went and entered into a Samaritan village to make ready for him.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this they said, "Lord, are you willing for us to bid fire come down from heaven and destroy them?" As Elijah did.

"You know not what kind of spirit you share, for the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them." And they went to another village.

"Leave the dead to bury their own dead," said Jesus to him, "go you and announce, far and wide the kingdom of God."

But Jesus answered him, "No man who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God."

"Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give. for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house.

"For I tell you that it will be mare tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that town.

"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For had the mighty been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

"However, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

In the same hour he thrilled with joy in the Holy Ghost. "I praise thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth," he said "for hiding these things from the wise and prudent, and for revealing them to babes. Yea, Father, for so it was well pleasing in thy sight!

"For I tell you that many prophets and kings have longed to see what you see, and have seen it; and to hear what you hear, and have heard it not.'

"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;

"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."

"for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.'

"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.

"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?

"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?

"He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.

"for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.

"The men of the Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with his generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo! one greater than Jonah is here!

"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.

"But woe unto you Pharisee! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and disregard justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not leave the other undone.

"Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.

"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."

"Woe unto you lawyers also!" said Jesus, "for you load men with irksome burdens, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.

"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

"For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;

"Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge!' You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who are trying to enter."

laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.

"I will warn you whom you ought to fear. Fear him who, after he was after he has killed, has power to throw you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God!

"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not! You are of more value than many sparrow!

"for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you ought to say."

And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."

"So he debated with himself saying, 'What shall I do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

"'And I will say to my soul, "'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years! Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.'

"So is he that lays up treasures for himself and is not rich toward God."

Then he said to his disciples. "For this is the reason I say to you. Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet your body what shall you wear.

"For the life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.

"For all these things the nations of the world are seeking; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.

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

"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.

"and be yourselves like men who are looking for the Lord, on his return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open the door for him.

"Do you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not the Son of man is coming."

"I came to build a fire upon the earth; what is my desire?

"For as you go before the magistrate with your opponent do your utmost to get quit of him, lest he drag you before the judge, and the judge delivers you over to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.

Then he gave them this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came to look for fruit on it, but found none.

So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

a woman was present who had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years. she was bent double, and could not lift herself up at all.

Jesus noticed her and called to him and said, "Woman, you are free from your weakness."

But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day."

As he said this, all adversaries were put to shame; and all the crowd rejoiced for the glorious things that he continually did.

"Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able,

That very day there came some Pharisees to him, saying, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wishes to kill you."

"Yet I must continue my journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it would never do for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.'

"'I have taken a wife,' said the another, 'and for that reason I am unable to come.'

"'For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.'"

"It is fit neither for the land nor the dung-hill; men cast it out. He who has ears to hear let him listen to this!"

"When he gets home he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying, "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'

"And when she has found it, she calls together her woman friends and neighbors and say, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'

"Even so I tell you there is joy in the presence of the angels for God over one sinner who repents."

"'for this son of mine was dead and is alive again??e was lost and is found.'

"'All these years I have been slaving for you and never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you never gave me even a kid so that I might make merry with my friends.

"'But it was fitting that we should make merry and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"

"He called to him to him and said: "'What is this that I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can no longer be steward.'

"And the master praised the unjust steward because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this world are in relation to their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

"No one can be a household servants to two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon."

He said to them. "You are those that justify themselves in the eyes of men; but God knows you hearts; for that which is lofty in the eyes of men is abomination in the eyes of God.

"Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away then for one title of the law to fail.

"And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

"'I beg you then, father,' he said, 'send him to my fathers house. For I have five brothers.

"It were well for him if a millstone were tied about his neck, and he were hurled into the sea, rather than he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

"and will not rather tell him, 'Get ready something for me to eat, and gird yourself to wait on me until I have eaten and drunken. Then you shall eat and drink.'

"For as the lightning when it lightens out of the one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

"but on the day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

"There was a certain town," he said, "a judge who had neither reverence for God, nor respect for man.

"In that same town there was a widow who came again and again before him, saying, "'Do for me the justice of my adversary.'

"For a while he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, 'Though I have neither reverence for God nor regard for man,

"But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "'O God be merciful to me, the sinner!'

"I tell you that this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself shall be humbled; but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

And they kept bringing their babies for him to touch them; but when his disciples saw it they began to rebuke them.

But Jesus called for the babies. "Let the little children come to me," he said, "do not hinder them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

But when he heard these words he became deeply grieved, for he was exceedingly rich.

Jesus looked at him and said: "How hard it is for those who have money to enter into the kingdom of God!

Why, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

And he said to them, "In Solemn truth I tell you that there is no one who, for the sake of the kingdom of God, has left houses, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children,

"What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord," he answered, "that I might see again."

So he ran on before him and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was about to pass that way.

As soon as Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Come down quickly, Zaccheus, for today I must stay at your house."

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost."

So he said: "A certain nobleman went abroad to receive for himself royal power and to return.

"'For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take what you did not sow.'

"'Howbeit these enemies of mine who were not willing for me to become their King, bring them here, and slay them in my presence.'"

For as they were untying the colt, the owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"