and had completed the days, on their returning, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents did not know it,

And he said to them, Why is it that ye have been seeking me? Did ye not know that I must be about my Fathers business?

And he began to say to them, Today hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears.

And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he rebuked them, and did not suffer them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

And amazement seized them all, and they gave glory to God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.

And Jesus answering them, said, Have ye not even read what David did, when he was himself hungry, and they who were with him?

And looking round on them all, he said to him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored.

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for lo! your reward is great in heaven; for thus their fathers did to the prophets.

Woe, when all men speak well of you! for so did their fathers of the false prophets.

on which account I did not think myself worthy to come to thee; but command with a word, and let my servant be healed.

And as he came near the gate of the city, lo! there was carried out dead an only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a great multitude from the city was with her.

And he that was dead sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother.

And he answered and said to them, Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard; that the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are brought;

They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we sung a dirge, and ye did not weep.

No kiss didst thou give me; but she, from the time I came in, did not cease to kiss my feet.

While he was yet speaking, there cometh one from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Teacher any further.

And all were weeping, and lamenting for her. But he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeping.

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was taking place, and was perplexed; because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead;

And they did so, and made them all lie down.

And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they were all wondering at all the things which he did, he said to his disciples,

And they did not receive him, because his face was as if he were going to Jerusalem.

And he said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead; but go thou and carry the tidings of the kingdom of God.

Jesus answering said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers; who after stripping him of his raiment, and wounding him, departed, leaving him half dead.

And the Pharisee, seeing it, wondered that he did not bathe before dinner.

Fools, did not he who made the outside, make the inside also?

But if God so clothes the herbage in the field, which is today, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith!

And that servant who knew his lords will, and did not make ready, nor do according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes;

but he that knew not and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few. And from every one to whom much hath been given, will much be required; and to whom much hath been entrusted, of him will the more be demanded.

And he said to them, Go, tell that fox, Lo! I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I make an end.

But today and tomorrow and the next day I must go on; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish out of Jerusalem.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to make merry.

It was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

But he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent.

But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded, though one should rise from the dead.

Doth he owe any thanks to that servant, because he did what was commanded?

And they understood none of these things; and the meaning of these words was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what was said.

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said to him, Zacchaeas, make haste and come down; for today I must abide at thy house.

He saith to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant! thou knewest that I was a harsh man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow;

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

And they answered, that they did not know whence it was.

but they who have been accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage;

But that the dead are raised, even Moses hath shown at the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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

when I was daily with you in the temple, ye did not put forth your hands against me; but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

And many other things did they scoffingly say against him.

And he said to him, Truly do I say to thee, Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

who was not consenting to their purpose and deed, and was waiting for the kingdom of God,

and when they were terrified, and bowed their faces to the earth, the men said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

And these words seemed to them as an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things relating to Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in word and deed before God and all the people;

they did not find his body, and came, saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked with us on the way, while he opened to us the Scriptures?

And he said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and should rise from the dead on the third day,