who was the son of Matthath, who was the son of Levi, who was the son of Melchi, who was the son of Jannai, who was the son of Joseph,

who was the son of Jesus, who was the son of Eliezer, who was the son of Jorim, who was the son of Matthath, who was the son of Levi,

And the Devil said to him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become a loaf of bread.

And Jesus answered him, It is written, "Not on bread alone shall man live."

And after these things he went out, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the customhouse; and he said to him, Follow me.

And Levi made a great feast for him at his house, and there was a great company of publicans and others, who were reclining at table with them.

And Jesus said to them, I ask you whether it is lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to kill?

Blessed are ye that hunger now; for ye will be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye will laugh.

Woe to you that are full now! for ye will hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for ye will mourn and weep.

But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you;

And if ye love those who love you, what thanks do ye deserve? for sinners also love those who love them.

But love your enemies, and do good and lend, despairing of no one; and your reward will be great, and ye will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the unthankful and wicked.

But what have ye gone out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Lo! they who wear gorgeous apparel, and live luxuriously, are in kings palaces.

When they had nothing to pay, he freely remitted the debt of both. Which of them, now, will love him the most?

And those seeds which fell among the thorns, these are they who, when they have heard, go away and are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

For whoever chooseth to save his life, will lose it; and whoever loseth his life for my sake, he will save it.

And lo! a certain lawyer stood up to try him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?

And he answering said "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."

And he said to him, Thou hast answered rightly; do this, and thou shalt live.

But woe to you Pharisees! for ye pay tithes of the mint, and the rue, and every herb; and pass by justice and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and not to leave those undone.

Woe to you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the markets.

And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.

And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for the life, what ye shall eat; nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

The life is more than its food, and the body than its raiment.

And who of you can by anxious thought add a cubit to his life?

If any one cometh to me, and hateth not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or he will cleave to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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

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

who will not receive many fold more in the present time, and in the world to come everlasting life.

Now he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.

Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;

And he took a loaf, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.