and Judah of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. And Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron of Aram,

Word went all through Syria about him, and people brought to him all who were suffering with any kind of disease, or who were in great pain??emoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics??nd he cured them.

"Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.'

But I tell you not to swear at all, either by heaven, for it is God's throne,

You must not swear by your own head, for you cannot make one single hair white or black.

And a leper came up to him and fell on his knees before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"

saying, "My servant, sir, is lying sick with paralysis at my house, in great distress."

But the captain answered, "I am not a suitable person, sir, to have you come under my roof, but simply say the word, and my servant will be cured.

And another of his disciples said to him, "Let me first go, sir, and bury my father."

And they came and woke him up, saying, "Save us, sir! We are lost!"

When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him, and he said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" They said to him, "Yes, sir."

And he told them many things in figures, and said to them, "A sower went out to sow,

"You must listen closely then to the figure of the sower.

And the owner's slaves came to him and said, 'Was not the seed good that you sowed in your field, sir? So where did these weeds come from?'

He answered, "The sower who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

and swore that he would give her anything she asked for.

And a Canaanite woman of that district came out and screamed, "Son of David, take pity on me, sir! My daughter is dreadfully possessed by a demon!"

And she came and fell down before him, and said, "Help me, sir!"

But she said, "O yes, sir! For even dogs eat the scraps that fall from their masters' table!"

And two blind men sitting by the roadside, hearing that it was Jesus who was passing, called out, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

The crowd told them to be still, but they called all the louder, "You Son of David! Take pity on us, sir!"

They said to him, "Sir, have our eyes opened!"

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.

Afterward the other bridesmaids came and said, 'Sir! Sir! Open the door for us!'

And the man who had received the five thousand dollars came up bringing him five thousand more, and said, 'Sir, you put five thousand dollars in my hands; here I have made five thousand more.'

And the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Sir, you put two thousand dollars into my hands; here I have made two thousand more.'

And the man who had received the one thousand came up and said, 'Sir, I knew you were a hard man, who reaped where you had not sown, and gathered where you had not threshed,

Then he started to swear with the strongest oaths, "I do not know the man!" And at that moment a cock crowed.

And one of them ran off at once and got a sponge and soaked it in sour wine and put it on the end of a stick and held it up to him to drink.

and said, "Sir, we remember that when this impostor was alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again!'

"Listen: A sower went out to sow,

And he said, "Let him who has ears be sure to listen!"

What the sower sows is the message.

If anyone has ears let him be sure to listen.

But she answered, "True, sir! and still the dogs under the table eat what the children leave!"

As he was starting again on his journey, a man came running up to him, and knelt at his feet and asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

But he began to swear with the strongest oaths, "I do not know this man that you are talking about!"

"And the oath that he swore to our forefather Abraham,

It was the first census, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

When he was in one of the towns, he came upon a man covered with leprosy. And when he saw Jesus he fell down on his face, and begged him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"

"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and was trodden on, and the wild birds ate it up.

Then an expert in the Law got up to test him and said, "Master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.

He answered, 'Let it stand this one year more, sir, till I dig around it and manure it;

when the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock on the door, and say, 'Open it for us, sir!' Then he will answer you and say, 'I do not know where you come from,'

And the slave said, 'What you ordered, sir, has been done, and there is still room.'

A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

The first one came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars has made two hundred, sir!'

The second came in and said, 'Your twenty dollars has made a hundred, sir!'

And the other one came in and said, 'Here is your twenty dollars, sir. I have kept it put away in a handkerchief,

They said to him, 'He has two hundred, sir!'??26 'I tell you, the man who has will have more given him, and from the man who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away!

When he got up from his prayer, he went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

The soldiers also made sport of him, coming up and offering him sour wine,

She said to him, "You have nothing to draw water with, sir, and the well is deep. Where can you get your living water?

The woman said to him, "Give me this water, sir, so that I may never be thirsty, nor have to come all this way to draw water."

The woman said to him, "I see that you are a prophet, sir.

The reaper is already being paid and gathering the harvest for eternal life, so that the sower may be glad with the reaper.

The official said to him, "Come down, sir, before my child is dead!"

The sick man answered, "I have nobody, sir, to put me into the pool when the water stirs, but while I am getting down someone else steps in ahead of me."

Then they said to him, "Give us that bread always, sir!"

Simon Peter answered, "To whom can we go, sir? You have a message of eternal life,

The Jews said to him, "Now we are sure that you are possessed! Abraham is dead and so are the prophets, and yet you say, 'If anyone observes my teaching, he will never know what death is!'

The man answered, "Who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."

And he said, "I believe, sir!" and he fell on his knees before him.

and they went to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and made this request of him: "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

but your minds are full of sorrow because I have told you this.

A bowl of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge soaked in the wine on a pike and held it to his lips.

Jesus said to her, "Why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing that he was the gardener, said to him, "If it was you, sir, that carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him away."

"Who are you, sir?" he asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," said the voice.

He stared at him in terror, and said, "What is it, sir?" "Your prayers and charities," the angel answered, "have gone up and been remembered before God.

But Peter said, "Never, sir! For I have never eaten anything that was not ceremonially cleansed."

But I said, 'Never, sir! For nothing that was not ceremonially cleansed has ever passed my lips.'

They were the bearers of this letter: "The apostles and the brothers who are elders send greeting to the brothers of heathen birth in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

He traveled through Syria and Cilicia and strengthened the churches.

Paul stayed some time longer, and then bade the brothers goodbye and sailed for Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his hair cut, because of a vow he had been under.

where he stayed for three months. Just as he was going to sail for Syria, the Jews made a plot against him, and he made up his mind to return by way of Macedonia.

After sighting Cyprus and leaving it on our left, we sailed for Syria, and put in at Tyre, for the ship was to unload her cargo there.

What then? They will be sure to hear that you have come.

I answered, 'Who are you, sir?' 'I am Jesus of Nazareth,' he said, 'whom you are persecuting.'

Then I said, 'What am I to do, sir?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go into Damascus. There you will be told of all you are destined to do.'

'Who are you, sir?' said I. The Lord said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

and you are sure that you can guide the blind, enlighten people who are in the dark,

His faith did not weaken, although he realized that his own body was worn out, for he was about a hundred years old, and that Sarah was past bearing children.

For this is what the promise said: "When I come back at this time next year, Sarah will have a son."

It was because I was sure of this that I wanted to come to see you before going anywhere else, to give you a double pleasure;

This is what I said in my letter, so that I might avoid coming and having my feelings hurt by the very people who might have been expected to make me happy, for I felt sure about you all, that what made me happy would make you all happy.

sure that he who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise me also like Jesus, and bring me side by side with you into his presence.

He who supplies the sower with seed and so with bread to eat will supply you with seed, and multiply it and enlarge the harvest of your uprightness.

You look at things externally. If anyone is sure he belongs to Christ, let him think again and understand that I belong to Christ just as much as he.

After that, I went to the districts of Syria and Cilicia.

For you may be sure that no one who is immoral, or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have any share in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

you must make sure what pleases the Lord.

Never for a moment falter before your opponents, for your fearlessness will be a sure sign for them of their coming destruction, but to you it will be an omen, from God himself, of your deliverance.

For he was sick, and nearly died, but God took pity on him, and not only on him, but on me, to save me from having one sorrow after another.

of being reminded of your genuine faith, a faith that was seen first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice; I am sure it is in you also.

This is why I am suffering as I am, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have intrusted to him for that Day.

You may be sure that a man of that kind is corrupt and sinful, for his own actions condemn him.

But about you, dear friends, even though we say this, we are sure of better things that promise salvation.

Further, if he were still on earth, he would not be a priest at all, for there are priests enough provided to offer the gifts the Law prescribes??5 though the service they engage in is only a shadow and imitation of that in heaven. For when Moses was going to make the tent of worship he was warned, "Be sure to make it all just like the pattern you were shown on the mountain."