Then there arose a disputation among them: who should be the greatest.

And Jesus who knew the dispute that was in their hearts, took a young child, and placed him by his side;

and said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this little child in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me, receiveth Him that sent me: for he who is the least among you all, he shall be great.

"Master," said John, "we saw a man who was casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us."

But Jesus said to him, Let him do it, for he who is not against you is for you.

and sent messengers before Him: who went into a village of the Samaritans to get a place ready for Him.

And another man said, I will come with you, Lord, but first let me say a last good-day to those who are at my house.

But Jesus said, "No one who puts [his] hand on the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God!"

if any be there, who deserve your benediction, it shall have its effect upon them; otherwise, it shall redound to your own advantage.

And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades.

Whoever gives ear to you, gives ear to me; and whoever is against you, is against me; and whoever is against me, is against him who sent me.

See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

All things are delivered to me by my Father: and none knoweth who the Son is, but the Father: and who the Father is, but the Son; and he to whom the Son pleaseth to reveal Him.

then addressing himself to his disciples in particular, he said, happy are they, who see what you see:

to whom he answered, how does the law run in that case? what do you find?

But he willing to justify himself said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

And Jesus replying said, There was a certain man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among thieves, who after they had stripped and beaten him, went away, leaving him half dead.

a certain priest happen'd to be travelling that way, who look'd upon him, and then pass'd on.

So did a Levite who came to the spot; he looked at him but passed on the opposite side.

But a certain Samaritan who was traveling came up to him and, [when he] saw [him], had compassion.

Which then of these three do you suppose to be the neighbour of him who fell into the robbers' hands?

And he said, The one who had mercy on him. And Jesus said, Go and do the same.

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the feet of Jesus, attending to his discourse.

who also sitting at the feet of Jesus, heard his discourse. But Martha was incumbered with much serving; and coming to him she said, Lord, dost thou not care, that my sister hath left me to serve alone?

And He said unto them, when ye pray, say, "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done as in heaven so also upon earth;

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation; but deliver us from the wicked one.

And he said to them, "Who of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

for a friend of mine, who is on a journey, has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

For every one who asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

Or shall also ask, an egg, who will give him, a scorpion?

If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask Him?

And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.

But He who well knew their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate, and a house against a house falleth: if Satan also be divided against himself,

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.

He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed: "Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!"

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and observe it.

The queen of the south will rise at the judgment with the men of this age and will condemn them, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom; and yet, One who is more than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will rise at the judgment with the men of this age and will condemn them, for they turned to the message preached by Jonah, and yet One who is more than Jonah is here.

But yet no one having lighted a candle putteth it into a secret place, nor under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

Senseless creatures! Did not He who made the outside, make also that which is within? give alms rather according to your ability:

But wo unto you pharisees, who tithe even your mint, and rue, and all your herbs, and pass by judgement and the love of God: these ought ye to practise and not to omit the others.

Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, and the people who walk over [them] do not know [it]!

Wo unto you; who build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed those for whom you are building monuments.

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

Some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the 'blood' of all the prophets 'that has been spilt' since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation--

who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.

Wo unto you, teachers of the law! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; ye yourselves enter not in, and those who were entering ye have hindered.

But I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who may kill the body, but after that, have nothing farther which they can do.

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

But I tell you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

but the one who denies me before people will be denied before the angels of God.

And every one who shall utter a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but for him who hath blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, there shall be no forgiveness.

And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

Just such is every one who heapeth up treasure for self, and is not rich towards God.

And, who from among you, though anxious, can, unto his stature, add a cubit?

Now if that's the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, how much more will he clothe you you who have little faith?

because it is the unbelievers who are concerned about all these things. Surely your Father knows that you need them!

And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

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

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

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

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

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;

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

NOW there were some present at that time who informed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

And Jesus told them this parable-- "A man, who had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, came to look for fruit on it, but could not find any.

So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, 'For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?'

And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and unable to raise herself at all up.

But the official of the synagogue became angry because Jesus had healed [someone] on the Sabbath day. [Note: This was viewed as a violation of proper Sabbath day observance by certain Jews who interpreted the law of Moses with narrow legalism]. So, the official said to the crowd, "There are six days [in the week] for people to work. Therefore, you should come to be healed on one of them, and not on the Sabbath day."

to which Jesus replied, thou hypocrite, who is there among you that scruples to untie his ox or his ass, and lead him from the stall to water on the sabbath-day?

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

And someone said to him, "Lord, {are there only} a few who are saved?" And he said to them,

'I do not know where you come from. Leave my presence, all you who are living in wickedness.'

And, behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

Just at that time there came some Pharisees who warned Him, saying, "Leave this place and continue your journey; Herod means to kill you."

O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets, and stonest those who are sent unto thee; how often would I have collected thy children unto me, just as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: verily I say unto you, That ye shall see me no more, till the day come when ye shall say, Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord.

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, who was of the Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that they were watching him.

And, behold, there was a certain man who had a dropsy, before him.

And he said to them, "Who among you, [if your] son or [your] ox falls into a well on the day of the Sabbath, will not immediately pull him out?"

Then he spake to those who were invited, a parable, when he observed how they chose the principal seats; saying unto them,

When thou are invited by any man to wedding festivities, do not sit down in the chief place, lest there may be a more honorable man than thou who was invited by him.

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 in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher; then shalt thou have respect in the presence of those who are seated with thee.

For every one who exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Then said he also to the person who had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy relations, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also invite thee again, and a recompence be made to thee.

But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

Then one of those who sat at table hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

Jesus said to him, "There was a man who was giving a large supper, to which he had invited a number of guests.

And he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to those who have been invited, 'Come, because now it is ready!'

And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

For I say unto you, That not one man of those who were invited shall taste of my supper.