"And even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

But I tell you, do not contend with him who wrongs you; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

But when you do merciful deeds, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,

And as these went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

But he said to them, "Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions;

Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are blameless?

He won't break a bruised reed. And he won't put out a smoldering wick, until he leads justice to victory.

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

"But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the tares, you root up the wheat with them.

But he answered them, When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites. You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

He answered, and said, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

And just then two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, shouted, "Lord, have mercy on us, son of David."

A very great crowd spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.

and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever." Immediately the fig tree withered away.

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?'

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet'?

He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."

Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews."

They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.

Then there were two robbers crucified with him, one on his right hand and one on the left.

Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.

And he said to them, "Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry?he, and those who were with him?

And it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

And they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

But Jesus said, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

They said to him, "Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory."

but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."

They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight, and followed him on the road.

Haven't you even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

"Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'

But about the dead, that they are raised; have you not read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'

For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."

They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down."

Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;

An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.

Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire."

He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

Jesus, answering them, said, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;

It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the crowds about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"

The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.

They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and are not partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

David himself says in the scroll of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name,

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

Therefore many Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.

The chief priests of the Jewish people therefore said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"

He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." They cast it therefore, and now they weren't able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.

This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and wrote these things. We know that his witness is true.

The first account I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you see and hear.

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,

He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.

But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.

This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,