"You have answered right," said Jesus "do that and you shall live."

But he, determined to justify himself, said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbor?" Jesus answered.

"Now a certain priest chanced to be going down that way, but on seeing him he passed on the other side.

"In like manner also a Levite who came to the spot, came and looked at him, and passed on the other side.

"He went to him bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. He set him on his own beast, and took him to an inn, and took care of him.

"The next day he took two silver pieces and gave them to the landlord and said, "'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will repay it to you on my way back.'

He replied, "The one who showed mercy on him." "Go, then," said Jesus, "and do likewise."

But Martha meanwhile was growing distracted about much serving. She came up to him and said: "Lord do you not care that my sister has left me alone to do the serving? Come tell her to take hold of her end of the work along with me."

"Martha, Martha," said Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about many things,

It happened he was praying in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us how to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,

He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, 'My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

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

But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."

He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.

but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.

"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.

"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;

After he had gone away, the Scribes and the Pharisee began to set themselves vehemently against him, and to cross-question him upon many points,

"So that what you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light; and what you have whispered in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed from the housetops.

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

Then one of the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance."

"Man," said he, "who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

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."

"And he said to himself. 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods.

"But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?

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.

"Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.

"Master," said Peter, "are you speaking this parable to us or to all alike?"

Then he said to the crowd also. "When you see a cloud rising in the west you at once say, 'There is going to be a shower,' and it comes to pass.

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?'

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."

But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water,

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

"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

And again he said: "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

teaching as he journeyed toward Jerusalem. And a man came behind him and said, "Lord are there but few that are saved?"

"And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

And to them he said, "Which of you when an ox or ass has fallen into a well, will at once pull him out on the Sabbath Day?"

He told a parable to the guests when he noticed how they began choosing the best seats. He said to them.

"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,

"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' Then you will be honored before the other guest.

One of his fellow guest who was listening to him, said to him, "Blessed are those who eat bread in the kingdom of God."

"The second said: 'I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.'

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

"So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. 'Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.'

"And the slave said, 'My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.'

"Said the master to his slave. 'Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said:

"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?

"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?

And he said: "There was a man who had two sons.

"The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of your property which is coming to me.' So he divided his means among them.

"When he came to himself he said: "'How many of my father's hired men have bread enough and to spare, while I am perishing of hunger!

"'I will rise and go to my father, and say to him. "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in your sight,

"The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight and am no more worthy to be called your son.'

"'Fetch the best robe, quick,' said the father to his slaves, 'and put it on him, and give him a ring on his finger, and shoes on his feet.

"But he was angry and would not go in; so his father came out, and attempted to plead with him; but he said to his father.

To his disciples he said: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and this steward was accused to him of wasting his property.

"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.'

"Now the steward said to himself. 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my stewardship? I am not strong enough to dig, to beg I am ashamed.

"So he called to him each of his master's debtors and said to the first, 'How much money do you owe my master?'

"'A hundred measures of oil,' he answered. "He said to him, 'Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty."

"To a second he said, 'How much do you owe?' "The man answered, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' "'Here is you bill,' he said, 'change it to eighty measures.'

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.

"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.'

"'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

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

"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them.'

"'Nay, Father Abraham,' he said 'but if some one went to them from the dead they would repent.'

"'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

Jesus said to his disciples. "It is not possible but that occasions of stumbling should occur, but woe to him through whom they come!

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

"If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, 'Tear yourself up and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, 'Come at once, sit down to dinner,'

Perceiving this he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priest." And as they went they were made clean.

And he said unto him, "Rise and go, your faith has healed you."

The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,

Then he said turning to his disciples. "The days will come when you shall long to see one of the days of the Son of man, you shall not see it.

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

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

"Listen" said the Lord, "to what this unjust judge says.

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.

"Why are you calling me 'good'?" said Jesus to him; "no one is good but God.

And receiving this reply, Jesus said to him. "One thing you are still lacking. Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me."

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

Then Peter said, "Look! we have left our homes and followed you."

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,

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man who sat by the wayside begging.

"Receive your sight," said Jesus, "your faith has saved you."

Instantly he regained his sight and followed Jesus, giving glory to God; and all the people who saw it gave praise to God.

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."

But Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, "I give half my property to the poor, Lord, and if I have defrauded any man of anything I am restoring it to him fourfold."

"Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham.

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

"And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.'

"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

"And the second came and said, 'Master, your pound has made five pounds.'

"Then he said to him also, 'You shall be over five cities.'