to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our steps into the way of peace."

and he went into all the Jordan-district preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins ??4 as it is written in the book of the sayings of the prophet Isaiah, The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.

The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

His winnowing-fan is in his hand to purge his threshing-floor, to gather the wheat into his granary and burn the straw with fire unquenchable."

No one pours fresh wine into old wineskins; otherwise the fresh wine will burst the wineskins, the wine will be spilt and the wineskins ruined.

No, fresh wine must be poured into new wineskins.

He went into the house of God, took the loaves of the Presence and ate them, giving them to his men as well ??bread that no one is allowed to eat except the priests."

Another sabbath he happened to go into the synagogue and teach. Now a man was there who had his right hand withered,

give, and you will have ample measure given you ??they will pour into your lap measure pressed down, shaken together, and running over; for the measure you deal out to others will be dealt back to yourselves."

He also told them a parabolic word: "Can one blind man lead another? will they not both fall into a pit?

When he had finished what he had to say in the hearing of the people, he went into Capharnahum.

Then turning to the woman he said to Simon, "You see this woman? When I came into your house, you never gave me water for my feet, while she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair;

(For he had charged the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many a time when it had seized hold of him, he had been fastened secure in fetters and chains, but he would snap his bonds and be driven by the daemon into the desert.)

and the daemons came out of the man and went into the swine; the drove rushed down the steep slope into the lake and were suffocated.

Whatever house you go into, stay there and leave from there.

As he spoke, a cloud came and overshadowed them. They were awestruck as they passed into the cloud,

"Let these words sink into your ears: 'the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men.'"

But wherever you are not received on entering any town, go out into the streets of the town and cry,

he went to him, bound his wounds up, pouring oil and wine into them, mounted him on his own steed, took him to an inn, and attended to him.

and forgive us our sins for we do forgive everyone who has offended us; and lead us not into temptation."

I will show you whom to fear ??fear Him who after he has killed has power to cast you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear Him.

Now if God so clothes grass which blooms to-day in the field and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

It is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and put into his orchard, where it grew up and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches."

"Which of you," he said to them, "when an ass or an ox has fallen into a well, will not pull him out at once upon the sabbath day?"

it would be well for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be flung into the sea, rather than prove a hindrance to one of these little ones!

I tell you truly, whoever will not submit to the Reign of God like a child will never get into it at all."

Why, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle's eye than for a rich man to get into the Realm of God."

So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road.

He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

Why then did you not put my money into the bank, so that I could have got it with interest when I came back?'

Then he went into the temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling.

Looking up he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,

and when he reached the spot he said to them, "Pray that you may not slip into temptation."

he fell into an agony and prayed with greater intensity, his sweat dropping to the ground like clots of blood.]

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not slip into temptation."

(This was a man who had been put into prison on account of a riot which had taken place in the city and also on a charge of murder.)

that the Son of man had to be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and rise on the third day."