Seeing that many have taken it in hand to draw up an account of those matters which have been fully established among us,

And now truly the axe is already laid at the root of the trees. So every tree which is not bearing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor,

He also told them a parable. "No one," he said, "tears a piece from a new garment, and patches it upon an old one; otherwise he will tear the new garment, and the patch from the new will not mend the old.

With these he came down till he reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of his disciples and a great many people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. These came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases.

"For there is not good tree which bears worthless fruit, nor again any worthless tree which bears good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit.

Here the slave of a certain Roman captain, a man dear to his master, was ill, and at the point of death.

Now when he drew near the gate of the city, behold, they were there carrying out one who was dead, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.

When now when the time drew near for him to be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For had the mighty been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

"However, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

"and he from indoors shall answer. 'Do not pester me. The door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give to you.'

"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.

"and be yourselves like men who are looking for the Lord, on his return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open the door for him.

"Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you suppose that they were worse offenders than the rest of those who lived in Jerusalem?

Then he gave them this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came to look for fruit on it, but found none.

So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

"Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able,

"when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply.

"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?

Now all the tax-gatherers and sinners continued to draw near him, and to listen to him.

"So they began to make merry. But his elder son was in the field, and as he drew near to the house he heard music and dancing,

"'My dear son,' answered his father, 'you are always with me and all that is mine is yours.

"If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will trust to you the true riches?

"And a certain beggar named Lazarus was thrown at his door.

"If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, 'Tear yourself up and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

"The same was true in the time of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man who sat by the wayside begging.

So he ran on before him and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was about to pass that way.

"Look at the fig tree and all the trees! When they put out their leaves you can see for yourselves that summer is coming.

"For if this is what they do in the green tree, what will they do in the dry?"

and as they talked and discussed matter, Jesus himself drew near and began walking beside them.

When they drew near to the village to which they are were going, he appeared to be going farther.