But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begins to beat the younger servants, and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

the lord of that servant will come in a day that he looks not for him, and at an hour that he knows not of, and will punish him severely, and give him his part with the faithless.

I have come to send a fire on the earth; and what will I if it is already kindled?

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished!

And he also said to the multitudes, When you see a cloud rise in the west you immediately say, There comes a shower; and it is so.

And why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right?

I tell you that you shall not go out thence till you have paid even the last lepton [2 mill].

AND some were present at that time, telling him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in the Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think they were sinners above all men that live at Jerusalem?

And he spoke this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

And he said to his vine dresser, Behold, I have come three years seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none; cut it down; why should it make the ground unproductive?

And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I dig about it, and put on manure;

and if it bears fruit, well; but if not, at a future time you shall cut it down.

and behold, there was a woman who had been subject to a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent down, and was not able to lift herself up at all.

And he said, What is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

It is like a mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.

Again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

When the householder has risen and shut the door, and you stand without and knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us, and he will answer and say to you, I know you not whence you are,

then you will say, We eat and drank in your presence, and you have taught in our streets;

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you cast out.

On the same day some of the Pharisees came to him, saying, Go out and depart hence, for Herod wishes to kill you.

And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons, and finish [performing] cures to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall finish my course.

But I must go on to-day and to-morrow, and the day following; for it is not possible for a prophet to be destroyed out of Jerusalem.

AND he came into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath; and they watched him closely.

And Jesus answered and said to the lawyers and Pharisees, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath, or not?

And he answered and said to them, If a son or an ox of any of you shall fall into a pit, will he not immediately take him out on the sabbath day?

And he spoke a parable to the invited, when he observed how they selected the first places at the table; saying to them,

When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest at some time a more honorable man than you should have been invited by him,

And he said also to him that had invited him, When you make a breakfast, or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also at some time invite you in return, and a compensation be made to you.

and you shall be blessed; for they cannot compensate you; for you shall be compensated at the resurrection of the just.

And he sent his servant at the time of the supper to say to the invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

And they all with one consent excused themselves. The first said to him, I have bought a field and I must go to see it; I pray you have me excused.

And the servant came and reported to his lord these things. Then the master of the house; being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and maimed, and blind, and lame.

And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you commanded, and yet there is room.

And the Lord said to the servant, Go out into the ways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled;

For what man of you wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the expense, whether he has the means to finish?

Or what king going to engage in war with another king, does not first sit down and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand?

And if not, while he is yet a great way off, sending an embassy he desires conditions of peace.

Salt, therefore, is good; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned?

It is not fit for land, nor for manure; they cast it away. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

What man of you having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost sheep till he finds it.

And finding it, he puts it on his shoulders rejoicing;

Or what woman having ten drachmas [140 cents], if she loses one drachma [14 cents], does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till she finds it?

And when she finds it, she calls her female friends and neighbors together, saying, Congratulate me, for I have found the drachma which I lost.

And he desired to fill his stomach with the carob pods which the swine eat; and no man gave him.

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet far off, his father saw him, and had compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put on him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet;

and bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat, and rejoice;

And calling one of the servants he inquired what these things meant.

And he was angry, and would not go in; but his father came out and entreated him.

And calling him, he said to him, What is this which I hear of you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can be no longer a steward.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I will do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred cors [1,445 bushels] of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.

And I tell you, Make yourselves friends of the riches procured by injustice, that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

The law and the prophets were till John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one presses violently into it.

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to fail.

And a certain poor man by the name of Lazarus was laid at his gate, afflicted with ulcers,

AND he said to his disciples, It is inevitable that offenses should come; but woe to him by whom they come;

it would be profitable for him if a millstone was placed around his neck, and he was cast into the sea, rather than that he should offend one of these little ones.

And the Lord said, If you had a faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this sycamore tree, Be taken up by the roots and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.

but will he not say to him, Prepare something that I may take supper, and gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink, and after that do you eat and drink?

So also you, when you have done all things commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; what we owed the doing of; we have done.

and fell on his face at his feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan.

And he said to the disciples, The days will come when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.

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

They eat, they drank, they married, they were married, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all.

In like manner also as it was in the days of Lot; they eat, drank, bought, sold, planted, built;

but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all;

so shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

In that day let not him that shall be on the house, and his furniture in the house, come down to take it away; and in like manner let not him in the field turn back for things which are behind;

Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose shall save it.

AND he spoke also a parable to them, that men ought to pray at all times, and not to faint;

And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Give me judgment against my adversary.

yet because this widow makes me trouble I will give her judgment, that she may not vex me by her continual coming.

And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.

And they brought him also infants, that he should touch them; and the disciples seeing it reproved them.

I tell you truly, that whoever receives not the kingdom of God as a little child, shall by no means enter into it.

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

And Jesus hearing it, said to him, One thing you yet want; sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have a treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.

And Jesus seeing him, said, With what difficulty do those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

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

And they understood nothing of these things; and this word was concealed from them, and they did not perceive what was said.

And hearing the multitude passing by he inquired what it meant.

saying, What do you wish me to do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

And he immediately received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people seeing it gave praise to God.

And entering into Jericho he passed through it.

And running before, he went up on a sycamore that he might see him; for he was to pass by it.

And when he came to the place, Jesus looking up saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must stop at your house;

And seeing it, they all complained, saying, He has gone in to stop with a sinner.

And he returned, having received the kingdom, and ordered those servants to be called to him to whom he had given the money, that he might know what each one had done.

for I feared you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you laid not down, and reap what you did not sow.

He said to him, Out of your mouth will I judge you, evil servant. You knew that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow?

And he said to those standing by, Take from him the mina, and give it to him that has ten minas,??25 and they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas,??26 for I tell you, that to every one that has shall be given; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away;

And when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

saying, Go into the village opposite to you, and having entered into it you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat; untie and bring him;

And when he was now approaching, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they saw,

And he answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent the stones would cry out.

And when he came near and saw the city he wept over it,