And when the days for their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,

(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

and to offer a sacrifice, according to that which is commanded in the law of the Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

And he arose and went out of the synagogue into the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was confined with a violent fever: and they besought him in her behalf.

And it came to pass, on a certain day, that he was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was exerted to heal them.

And behold, men brought, on a bed, a man who was a paralytic. And they sought how they might bring him in, and lay him before him.

And he said to them all: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol low me.

And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

He said to him: What is written in the law? How do you read?

The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; for she came from the most distant parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; for they repented in accordance with the preaching of Jonah; and lo. something greater than Jonah is here.

trying to entrap him, and seeking to lay hold on something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

The father shall be at variance with the son, and the son with the father; the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother; the mother-in-law with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.

For when you are going with your opponent at law to the ruler, while you are on the way, endeavor to be delivered from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the collector, and the collector throw you into prison.

And ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abra ham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

For every one that exalts himself shall Le humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

The law and the prophets were till John. Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it by force.

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

nor shall it be said, Lo here! or Lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

And they shall say to you, Lo here! or Lo there! go not after them, nor follow them.

And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, and said: Avenge me on my opponent at law.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man; you take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.

Then he said to him: Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him, the same hour; (and yet they feared the people;) for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, after being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

While I was daily with you in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the authority of darkness.

And he said to them: These are the words that I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled that are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.