But the Angel said to him. "Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.

"And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day the day when this has taken place; because you did not believe my words??ords which will be fulfilled at their appointed time."

"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High. "And the Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David,

"For he has regarded the humiliation of his slave, And from this hour all ages will count me blessed.

All the story laid it up in their hearts, saying "What, then, will this child be?" For the Lord's hands was with him.

He has his fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floor thoroughly, and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff will he burn with unquenchable fire."

"To you will I give all this authority and this glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.

"If then you will worship me, it shall all be yours."

"They will bear thee up in their hands, Lest thou dash thy food against a stone."

Jesus answered. "Doubtless you will quote the proverb to me, 'Physician, heal thyself!' Do also here in your own country all that we hear that you have done in Capernaum."

"Master," answered Simon, "although we toiled all night, we took nothing; but at your bidding I will let down the nets."

and so were Simon's partners, James and John, sons of Zebedee.) But Jesus answered Simon. "Fear not; from this time on, you will be catching men."

"But there is coming a day when the Bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then at that time they will fast."

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.

"Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and will itself be spilled, and the skins be destroyed

"But you must love even your enemies and be kind to them, And lend, despairing of no man. Then your reward will be great, And you will be the sons of the Most High; For he is kind even to the ungrateful and to the evil.

"Pardon, and you shall be pardoned; Give, and gifts shall be given to you; Full measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they shall pour into your bosom. For with what measure you measure, they will measure back to you."

He also told them a parable. "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

"There is no disciple who is above his master; But every one when he is completely trained will be like his master.

"Or how can you say to your brother. "Brother, allow me to pull that splinter out of your eye," when you do not see the beam in your own eye? Hypocrite! Take out first the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the splinter from your brother's eye.

"I will show whom the man that comes to me, and listens to my works, and does them, is like.

"When they had nothing pay he forgave them with such charm. "Tell me, then, which of these will love him most?"

"A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed some fell by the wayside, and was trodden under foot, and the wild birds ate it up.

"If any one will not receive you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave this town, as a testimony against them."

"But I tell you truly there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the kingdom of God."

"and behold a spirit seizes hold of him, and rudely he shouts out, It convulses him till he foams; indeed it will hardly leave off bruising him sorely.

As they were going on their way, a man came to him and said, "I will follow wherever you go."

"The foxes have their holes," Jesus answered, "and the wild birds have their nest, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

And another man also said to him. "I will follow you, Lord; but first permit me to bid farewell to those who are in my house."

"For I tell you that it will be mare tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that town.

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

"The next day he took two silver pieces and gave them to the landlord and said, "'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will repay it to you on my way back.'

"I tell you that, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunate persistence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.

"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?

"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?

"Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, 'I will go back to the house which I have left.'

"If, however, your whole body is full of light, without having any part dark, it will be wholly radiant with light, as when the lamp illumines you with its bright rays."

"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.

"Woe unto you lawyers also!" said Jesus, "for you load men with irksome burdens, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

"For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;

"I will warn you whom you ought to fear. Fear him who, after he was after he has killed, has power to throw you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

"And I tell you that whoever confesses me before men, the Son of man will confess him before the angels of God;

"for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you ought to say."

"And he said to himself. 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods.

"'And I will say to my soul, "'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years! Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.'

"Now if God so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.

"Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.

The Lord answered. "Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his Lord will put in charge of the rations in due time?

"Of a truth I tell you that he will put him in charge of his possessions.

"that slave's master will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour when he knows not, and will surely scourge him, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.

"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

"From this time there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three;

"And when you feel the south winds blowing you say, 'There will be a hot wind,' and it comes to pass.

"I tell you no; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

"I tell you no; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did."

"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.

"Then you will begin saying, 'But we have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets.'

"But he will answer. "'I tell you I do not know were you came from;

"'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out.

And to them he said, "Which of you when an ox or ass has fallen into a well, will at once pull him out on the Sabbath Day?"

"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' Then you will be honored before the other guest.

"Then you will be blessed, because they have no means to repay you, but you shall be paid in the Resurrection of the Just."

"The second said: 'I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.'

"'I will rise and go to my father, and say to him. "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in your sight,

"'I know what I will do, so that when I am put out of my stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.'

"And to you I say, Use mammon, dishonest as it is, to make yourselves friends, so that when it shall fail they will welcome you to the eternal tabernacles.

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

"And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own?

"No one can be a household servants to two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon."

"'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, 'Come at once, sit down to dinner,'

"and will not rather tell him, 'Get ready something for me to eat, and gird yourself to wait on me until I have eaten and drunken. Then you shall eat and drink.'

"nor will they say, 'Look here it is!' or 'See there!'??or the kingdom of God is now in your midst."

Then he said turning to his disciples. "The days will come when you shall long to see one of the days of the Son of man, you shall not see it.

"And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man.

"Where, Master?" they asked him. "Where the dead body is," he answered, "there will the vultures be gathered together."

"'yet because this woman annoys me I will give her justice, lest by her continual coming she wear me out.'

"And will not God see justice done to his elect who are crying unto him day and night, even if he seems to delay helping them?

"I tell you that he will quickly see justice done to his elect! Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith upon the earth?"

"I tell you in solemn truth that whoever will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child, he will never get into it."

Then he took the twelve aside and told them. "See, we are on our way to Jerusalem, and all prophets regarding the son of Man will be fulfilled.

"He will be betrayed to the Gentiles, and be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon;

"and they will scourge and kill him; and the third day he will rise again."

"He said to him, "'By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow.

he sent two of his disciples saying. "Go into the village in the front, and on entering it you will find an ass's colt tied, on which no one has ever ridden.

"The time will come for you when your enemies will throw ramparts around you, and encompass you, and shut you in on every side, and raze you to the ground,

"you and your children within you. And they will not leave in you one stone upon the another. Because you knew not the time of your visitation."

"I will also ask you a question," he replied.

So they reasoned among themselves. "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why did you not believe in him?'

"And if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us, for they were persuaded that John was a prophet."

"Nor will I tell you," Jesus answered, "by whose authority I do these things."

"Then the master of the vineyard said: "'What shall I do? I will send my beloved Son; it may be that they will reverence him.'

"So they turned him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What will the master of the vineyard do to them?

"He will come and destroy those vine-dressers, and will give the vineyard to others."

"Every one who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; but whoever it falls upon will be scattered as dust."

"As for what you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down."