When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over the place where the young child was.

And after Jesus was immersed, he came up immediately from the water; and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him.

And lo, a voice from heaven, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

Think not that I have come to make the law or the prophets of no effect. I have not come to make them of no effect, but to give them their full efficiency.

For verily I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one yod or one point shall in no way pass from the law till all be fulfilled.

Come to an agreement with your opponent at law quickly, while you are on the road with him, lest your opponent at law deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

And to him that will go to law with you, and take away your coat, give your mantle also.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal.

Or, how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the splinter from your eye: and lo; a beam is in your own eye?

All things, therefore, whatever you would that men should do to you, even so do you to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying, and ill of a fever.

And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

While he was speaking these things to them, behold, a certain ruler came and did him homage, saying: My daughter is already dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law:

and whoever does not take his cross and fol low after me, is not worthy of me.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John;

Or, have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?

And he said to them: What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the Sabbath-day, will he not lay hold on it and lift it out?

Be hold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul delights. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall declare law to the Gentiles.

A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking wick he shall not extinguish, till he shall send forth his law for conquest.

While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo, a voice from the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I delight; hear him.

Then little children were brought to him, that he might lay his hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.

And when they sought to lay hold of him, they feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.

For they bind up burdens that are heavy and hard to be borne, and lay them on the shoulders of men; but they refuse to move them with one of their fingers.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, its justice, its mercy, and its faithfulness. These you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have neglected.

Then if any one shall say to you: Lo! here is the Christ, or there; believe it not.

He is not here; for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

And go quickly, and tell his disciples, that he has risen from the dead: and behold, he goes before you into Galilee. There you shall see him. Lo, I have told you.

teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and lo; I am with you all the days, even to the end of the age.

Now the mother-in-law of Simon lay sick of a fever. And at once they told him of her.

And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude, they took off the roof where he was, and having broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

and besought him earnestly, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death; come, lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved, and she will live.

And they brought to him a deaf man, who spoke with difficulty; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him.

And Jesus, looking on him, loved him, and said to him: One thing you lack; go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and fol low me.

And then, if any one say to you: Lo! here is the Christ, or, Lo! there; believe him not.

they shall take up serpents; and, if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

And when the days for their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,

(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

and to offer a sacrifice, according to that which is commanded in the law of the Lord: A pair of turtle doves, or two young pigeons.

And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

And he arose and went out of the synagogue into the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was confined with a violent fever: and they besought him in her behalf.

And it came to pass, on a certain day, that he was teaching, and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was exerted to heal them.

And behold, men brought, on a bed, a man who was a paralytic. And they sought how they might bring him in, and lay him before him.

And he said to them all: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol low me.

And Jesus said to him: The foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have roosts, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.

He said to him: What is written in the law? How do you read?

The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; for she came from the most distant parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; for they repented in accordance with the preaching of Jonah; and lo. something greater than Jonah is here.

trying to entrap him, and seeking to lay hold on something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

The father shall be at variance with the son, and the son with the father; the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother; the mother-in-law with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.

For when you are going with your opponent at law to the ruler, while you are on the way, endeavor to be delivered from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the collector, and the collector throw you into prison.

And ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abra ham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

For every one that exalts himself shall Le humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

The law and the prophets were till John. Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it by force.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one point of the law to fail.

nor shall it be said, Lo here! or Lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

And they shall say to you, Lo here! or Lo there! go not after them, nor follow them.

And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, and said: Avenge me on my opponent at law.

For I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man; you take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.

Then he said to him: Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was a hard man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.

And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him, the same hour; (and yet they feared the people;) for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, after being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

While I was daily with you in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the authority of darkness.

And he said to them: These are the words that I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled that are written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

for the law was given through Moses, but the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.

Philip found Nathaniel, and said to him: We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the SOD of Joseph.

In these lay a great multitude of sick persons, blind, lame, withered, who waited for the moving of the water.

Did not Moses give you the law? and not one of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?

If a man receives circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I have restored the entire man to health on the sabbath-day?

and, lo, he is speaking boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers really learned that this is the Christ?

But this multitude that know not the law are cursed.

Does our law condemn a man unless it first hear from him, and know what he does?

Now Moses, in his law, commanded us, that such should be stoned; but what say you?

It is also written in your law, The testimony of two is worthy of credit.

As the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

For this reason, my Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law, I said, you are gods?

The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law, that the Christ remains forever: and how say you that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Peter said to him: Lord, why can I not follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.

Jesus answered him: Will you lay down your life for me? Verily, verily I say to you, the cock will not crow till you have denied me three times.

Greater love has no man than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

But this is so, that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

His disciples said to him: Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no parable.

and led him first to Annas; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year.

Then Pilate said to them: Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. Then the Jews said to him: It is not lawful for us to put any one to death;

The Jews answered: We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Then arose a certain man in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people; and he commanded them to put the apostles out for a little while,

And they brought forward false witnesses, who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.

who received the law by the appointment of angels, and have not kepi, it.

saying: Give me, also, this authority, that who ever I shall lay my hands on, may receive the Holy Spirit.

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Brethren, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, speak.

and by him, every one that believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly, said: It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to tho Gentiles.

But some of the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, arose, saying, that it was necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

Inasmuch as we have heard that certain persons went out from us and troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, That you must be circumcised, and keep the law, to whom we gave no commandment,