Let your lives, then, prove your repentance; and do not begin to say among yourselves 'Abraham is our ancestor,' for I tell you that out of these very stones God is able to raise descendants for Abraham!

And Jesus answered him: "Scripture says--'It is not on bread alone that man is to live.'"

And Jesus answered him: "Scripture says--'Thou shalt do homage to the Lord thy God, and worship him only.'"

For Scripture says--'He will give his angels commands about thee, to guard thee safely,'

The book given him was that of the Prophet Isaiah; and Jesus opened the book and found the place where it says--

"Doubtless," said Jesus, "you will remind me of the saying-- 'Doctor, cure yourself;' and you will say 'Do here in your own country all that we have heard that has been done at Capernaum.'

And then Jesus impressed upon him that he was not to say a word to any one, "but," he added, "set out and show yourself to the priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing, in the manner directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure."

Which is the easier?--to say 'Your sins have been forgiven you'? or to say 'Get up, and walk about'?

But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins"-- he spoke to the paralyzed man-- "To you I say, Get up, and take up your pallet, and go to your home."

"John's disciples," they said to Jesus, "Often fast and say prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, while yours are eating and drinking!"

No man after drinking old wine wishes for new. 'No,' he says, 'the old is excellent.'"

But to you who hear I say--Love your enemies, show kindness to those who hate you,

How can you say to your brother 'Brother, let me take out the straw in your eye,' while you yourself do not see the beam in your own? Hypocrite! Take out the beam from your own eye first, and then you will see clearly how to take out the straw in your brother's.

When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.

For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and if I say to one of them 'Go,' he goes, and to another 'Come,' he comes, and to my slave 'Do this,' he does it."

When John's messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John:

This is the very man of whom Scripture says--'Behold, I am sending my Messenger before thy face, And he shall prepare thy way before thee.'

But, addressing him, Jesus said: "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Pray do so, Teacher," Simon answered; and Jesus began:

On this, those at table began to say to one another: "Who is this man who even pardons sins?"

Afterwards, when Jesus was alone, praying, his disciples joined him, and he asked them this question-- "Who do the people say that I am?"

"John the Baptist," was their answer; "others, however, say that you are Elijah, while others say that one of the old Prophets has risen again."

"But you," he went on, "who do you say that I am?" And to this Peter answered: "The Christ of God."

Jesus, however, strictly charged them not to say this to any one;

"Master," said another, "I will follow you; but first let me say good-bye to my family."

But, whatever town you go to visit, if the people do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say

"When you pray," Jesus answered, "say--'Father, May thy named be held holy, thy Kingdom come.

Jesus also said to them: "Suppose that one of you who has a friend were to go to him in the middle of the night and say 'Friend, lend me three loaves,

And so I say to you--Ask, and your prayer shall be granted: search, and you shall find; knock, and the door shall be opened to you.

So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Baal-zebub.

No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says 'I will go back to the home which I left';

Here one of the Students of the Law interrupted him by saying: "Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also."

Laying traps for him, so as to seize upon anything that he might say.

To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.

I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into the Pit. Yes, I say, be afraid of him.

Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

Whenever they take you before the Synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defense will be, or what you will say;

For the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say."

And I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'

And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.

But should that servant say to himself 'My master is a long time coming,' and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

And to the people Jesus said: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once 'There is a storm coming,' and come it does.

And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say 'It will be burning hot,' and so it proves.

When once the master of the house has got up and shut the door, while you begin to say, as you stand outside and knock, 'Sir, open the door for us.' His answer will be--'I do not know where you come from.'

Then you will begin to say 'We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets,' and his reply will be--

But Jesus answered: "Go and say to that fox 'Look you, I am driving out demons and shall be completing cures to-day and to- morrow, and on the third day I shall have done.'

Verily your House is left to you desolate! and never, I tell you, shall you see me, until you say--'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

And he who invited you both will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.

No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you 'Friend, come higher up'; and then you will be honored in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.

Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him: "When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers, or your relations, or rich neighbors, for fear that they should invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.

And sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited 'Come, for everything is now ready.'

And say 'Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!'

And, on reaching home, he calls his friends and his neighbors together, and says 'Come and rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

And, when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says 'Come and rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.'

I will get up and go to my father, and say to him "Father, I sinned against Heaven and against you;

And I say to you 'Win friends for yourselves with your dishonest money,' so that, when it comes to an end, there may be a welcome for you into the Eternal Home.

Even if he wrongs you seven times a day, but turns to you every time and says 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

But the Master said: "If your faith were only like a mustard- seed, you could say to this mulberry tree 'Be up-rooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Which of you, if he had a servant ploughing, or tending the sheep, would say to him, when he came in from the fields, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'

And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"

Nor will people say 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!'; for the Kingdom of God is within you!

People will say to you 'There he is! or 'Here he is!' Do not go and follow them.

Then the Master added: "Listen to what this iniquitous judge says!

You know the commandments--'Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not say what is false about others, Honor thy father and thy mother.'"

But his subjects hated him and sent envoys after him to say 'We will not have this man as our King.'

And, if anybody asks you 'Why are you untying it?,' you are to say this--'The Master wants it.'"

Saying as he did so: "Scripture says--'My House shall be a House of Prayer'; but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'"

But they began arguing together: "If we say 'divine,' he will say 'Why did not you believe him?'

But, if we say 'human,' the people will all stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a Prophet."

These men asked Jesus a question. They said: "Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a man's position, but teach the Way of God honestly;

But Jesus said to them: "How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David's son?

For David, in the Book of Psalms, says himself--'The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand,

For these are to be the Days of Vengeance, when all that Scripture says will be fulfilled.

And you shall say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says to you--Where is the room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?'

For, I tell you, that passage of Scripture must be fulfilled in me, which says--'He was counted among the godless'; indeed all that refers to me is finding its fulfillment."

At that time people will begin to say to the mountains 'Fall on us,' and to the hills 'Cover us.'

"Scripture says that the Christ should suffer, and that he should rise again from the dead on the third day,