And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

but Symeon blessed them, and to his mother Mary he said, "This child is destined for the downfall as well as for the rise of many a one in Israel; destined to be a Sign for man's attack ??35 to bring out the secret aims of many a heart. And your own soul will be pierced by a spear."

(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,

the son of Salah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

And having gone into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to sail out a little from land. And having sat down, he taught the crowds out of the ship.

And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Sail out into the deep, and slacken your nets for fishing.

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you directly: Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”

But he who has heard and not practised is like a man who has built a house upon the soft soil without a foundation, against which the torrent bursts, and immediately it collapses, and terrible is the wreck and ruin of that house."

Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

And some fell into good soil, and grew up and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.

But as for that seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word with a good and noble heart, and hold on to it tightly, and bear fruit with patience.

Now it happened that on one of the days both he and his disciples got into a boat, and he said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the lake." And they set sail,

So they set sail. As they sailed along, he fell asleep. And a squall of wind came down upon the lake, and they were being swamped and were in peril.

For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake, he shall save it.

Then, if there is a soul there breathing peace, your peace will rest on him; otherwise it will come back to you.

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 neighbour as thyself.

Alas for you! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers slew them!

It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

Do not sparrows sell five for two cents? And yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

And He spoke to His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul, what you may eat; nor for your body, what you may put on.

The soul is more than food, and the body more than raiment.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how is my soul troubled, till it be accomplished!

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?

so he said to the vineyard-keeper, ‘For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and have found none. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground [depleting the soil and blocking the sunlight]?’

But he replied to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, [just] one more year until I dig around it and put in fertilizer;

It is like a mustard seed which a man drops into the soil in his garden, and it grows and becomes a tree in whose branches the birds roost."

In that very hour, came near certain Pharisees, saying unto him, Go forth, and be journeying hence, because, Herod, desireth to slay thee.

If any one comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even yet his own soul, he is not able to be my disciple.

It is usable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

and bring hither the fatted calf, slay him, and eating, let us be merry:

It was so in the time of Lot; people continued to eat, drink, buy, sell, plant, and build;

Whosoever may seek to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it shall find it.

And will not God avenge the wrongs of His own People who cry aloud to Him day and night, although He seems slow in taking action on their behalf?

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

and, having scourged him, they will slay him, and, on the third day, will, he, arise.

So he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas [one apiece, each equal to about a hundred days’ wages] and said to them, ‘Do business [with this] until I return.’

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

and will slay thee, and thy children in thee; and will leave in thee not a stone upon a stone; because thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.

But he husbandmen, seeing him, began to deliberate one with another, saying - This, is, the heir: Let us slay him, that, ours, may be, the inheritance.

And, thrusting him forth outside the vineyard, they slew him. What, then, will the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

who swallow up the property of widows and mask their wickedness by making long prayers. They will be punished far more severely than others."

And the day of the unleavened bread came, in which it behooved to slay the passover.

Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: