"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."

"But I say to you who are my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

"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.

"If any one shall speak a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but he who is blasphemes against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.

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

"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.

"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.

The Lord answered. "Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his Lord will put in charge of the rations in due time?

"Blessed is that slave whom his master on his coming shall find so doing.

"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

Now there were some present at that very season who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

"Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you suppose that they were worse offenders than the rest of those who lived in Jerusalem?

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.

"and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?"

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

And lo! there was in front of him a man who had dropsy.

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

Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.

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

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

"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?

"Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying,

"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?

"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

"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!"

"I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.

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

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

"So he went and hired to one of the citizens of that land, who sent him out into the fields to feed swine.

"'But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with harlots, you have killed him the fatted calf.'

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.

"The man who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, and he who is unjust in a very little, is unjust also as much.

"If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches?

"And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

Now the Pharisees who loved money listened to all this and they jeered at him.

"Every man who divorces his wife and marries some one else, commits adultery; and he who marries one who is put away by her husband commits adultery.

"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.

"But besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can those who would cross from you to us.'

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

"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,'

"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.'

"And will not God see justice done to his elect who are crying unto him day and night, even if he seems to delay helping them?

Moreover he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves because they were righteous, and looked down upon the rest.

"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."

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

"Who then can be saved?" exclaimed his hearers.

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,

"who shall not certainly receive many times as much in this time, and in the age to come eternal."

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

Those who went ahead began to reprove him and to tell him to be still; but he kept clamorously shouting all the more, "Son of David, take pity on me!"

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

There was a man there, called Zaccheus, who was a chief of the tax-gatherers, and was wealthy.

When they all saw it, they began to complain, saying "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."

"And upon his return after he had secured the royal power, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he might know what they had gained by trading.

"Then to those who stood by, he said, 'Take the pounds from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.'

"'I tell you that to every one who has it shall be given; and from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.

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

Then those who were sent out and found it as he had told them.

They cried, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the Highest"

They spoke to him saying. "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things? Who is it that gave you this authority?"

Then he began to tell the people this parable. "There was a man who planted a vineyard, and let it out to vine-dressers, and went to another country for a long time.

"Every one who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; but whoever it falls upon will be scattered as dust."

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be honest men, in order to seize on his speech, and to deliver him up to authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Next came some of the Sadducees who deny that there is resurrection, and they asked him.

"but those who are counted worthy to reach that world and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

"Beware of the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes, and dote on salutations in the marketplaces, and on securing the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets;

And to some who were about the Temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones votive offerings, he said,

"Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let those who are in the country enter not in.

"Woe to women with child and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For sore anguish will come upon the land, and wrath upon all his people.

Satan however, entered into Judas (the man called Iscariot), who was one of the twelve.

"The Son of man indeed goes on his way, as it has been determined; but woe to that man by who he is betrayed."

And they began to question among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do such a thing.

and he said to them. "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have who have authority over them are called Benefactors.

"But you shall not be so. But he who is greater among you let him become like the younger; and he who is leader like him who serves.

"For which is greater, he who sits at table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at table? But I am in your midst as one who serves.

"You, however, are those who have stood by me in my trials.

Then he said to them. "But now let him who has a purse take it, and he who has a wallet, let him the do the same. And he who has no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one.

While he was still speaking there came a crowd, and he who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus in order to kiss him,

Those who were around him, when they saw what was about to happen, said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

Then Jesus said to the corps of priests and captains of the temple and elders who had come out to arrest him. "Have ye come for me with swords and clubs to arrest me like a robber?

Meanwhile the men who were holding Jesus in custody kept mocking and striking him.

They would blindfold him and ask him. "Prophesy! Tell who struck you!"

and when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction he sent him to Herod, who himself happened to be in Jerusalem during those days.

and said to them. "You brought before me this man as one who incited the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence, and I find no fault in this man regarding the charges that you brought against him.

(This was a man who had been thrown in prison on account of a riot which had occurred in the city, and for murder.)

He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, the man whom they asked for; but Jesus he handed over to their will.

And when they led him away they took hold of Simon, a Cyrenean, who was coming in from the country, and laid the cross on him to carry it behind Jesus.

He was also followed by a great crowd of people, and of women too, who were beating their breast and lamenting him.

And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."

And all the crowds who had assembled to see this spectacle, after witnessing what had been done, were returning beating upon their breast.

But all his acquaintances and the women who had been his followers continued to stand at a distance, looking on.

he who came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and who was on the watch for the kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the designs and deed of the council.

Then the women who had accompanied him out of Galilee followed after, and noted the tomb, and how his body was placed.

They were terrified, and bowed down their faces to the ground, but the men said to them. "Why are you seeking him who lives among the dead?

It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James, and the rest of the women who were telling all this to the apostles.

"What kind of things?" he answered. And they said: "The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;

"But we were hoping that it was he who should redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this is the third day since these things happened.

"and found that his body was not there; then they came and told us that besides they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.