And already the axe is lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree, therefore, that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

"Every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

"For I myself also am a man under authority, and I have soldiers under me. To one man I say 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."

When the Pharisees saw it, they kept saying to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and sinners?"

"and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

"Behold my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother."

"For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds.

"Whenever any one hears the message of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.

These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

As they came into Capernaum the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does not your Teacher pay the temple tax?"

"Indeed he does," answered Peter. But on Peter's entering the house, Jesus forestalled him, saying. "How does it seem to you, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect customs or taxes??rom their own people, or from aliens?"

"How does it seem to you, when a man has a hundred sheep and loses one of them? Will he not leave the ninety and nine on the hills, to go and search for the one that has strayed?

"I tell you that for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation that does produce the fruit of it.

"How then, "he said, "does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour which he does not know, the Master of that servant will arrive

and every one was amazed so that they began questioning among themselves. "What does this mean? A new teaching with authority? He lays commands even upon unclean spirits and they obey him."

"Why does this man speak like this? He blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins but One, God himself?"

"Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God, that one is my brother and sister and mother."

and if any place does not receive you, or listen to you, as you go out of it shake off the dust under your feet, as a warning to them."

because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly, and passes away, ejected from him?" By these words he pronounced all foods clean.

and people were amazed beyond measure saying. "How successfully he does things! Even the deaf he makes to hear, and the dumb to speak."

At this Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit, and said: "Why does the present generation seek a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign shall be given this generation."

"Elijah does indeed first come," he said, "and restores all things, But how is it written about the Son of Man, that he will endure great suffering, and be rejected?

where their worm never dies and the fire does not go out.

"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

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

"But he who listens but does not do, is like a man who built a house upon the soil, without foundations, against which the torrent burst, and at once it fell in, and the ruin of that house was great."

"For I also am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me. And I say to one 'come,' and he comes, and to my slave 'do this or that,' and he does it."

Then his disciples began to interrupt him, saying, "What does this parable mean?"

"When one lights a lamp he does not put it in a cellar nor under the bushel, but on a lamp-stand that those who enter may see the light.

And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."

"Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses which do not grow old, a treasure inexhaustible in the heavens, where no thief draws near, nor does moth destroy.

But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water,

"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.

"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?

"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?

"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

"Which one of you men, if he has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it?

"Or, again, suppose a woman has ten coins. If she loses one, does she not light a lamp and sweep the house, and search anxiously until she finds it?

"Does he think the slave because he did the things that were commanded?

The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,

He looked at them and said: "Then what does this scripture mean. "The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner?

"Show me a shilling. Whose image and superscription does it bear?" "Caesar's," they replied.

"And when you shall hear of wars and tumults, do not be frightened; for these things must happen first, but the end does not come immediately."

Neither does Herod; for he sent him back to us. You see that he has done nothing worthy of death.

He who trusts in him is not condemned, but he who does not trust has already been condemned, because he has not put his trust in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

For every one who practices wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;

but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."

Whoever does receive it has set his seal that God is true.

For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.

"The Father indeed does not judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

"in order that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven;

"Does this displease you? What then if you were to behold the Son of man ascending to where he was before?

"For no one ever does anything in secret if he himself seeks to be known publicly. If you are performing these signs, show yourself openly to the world."

"The world cannot hate you, but me it does hate, because I am bearing testimony against it, that its ways are wicked.

The Jews were amazed. They said, "How does this fellow know the sacred writings when he has never learned them?" "I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One.

Then the Jews said to one another. "Where does this fellow intend to go, so that we shall not find him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks, is he?

"What does he mean saying, 'You shall seek me and you shall not find me,' and 'Where I am you cannot come'?"

"Does not the Scripture say that the Christ is coming of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, David's town?"

"Our law does not condemn the accused, does it, before hearing his defense, and finding out what he is doing?"

"Now the slave does not remain permanently in the household, but the son does remain.

Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man in not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?"

and questioned them. "Is this your son," they said, "who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

"We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is God-fearing and does his will, to such he listens.

"In solemn truth I tell you that whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber;

"The hired servant, since he is not a shepherd and does not own his sheep, leaves the sheep and flees when he sees a wolf coming??nd the wolf worries them and scatters them.

Jesus replied. "Are there not twelve hours in the daytime? If any one walks in the daytime he does not stumble, because he beholds the light of this world;

but if any one walks during the night he does stumble, because the light is not in him."

"The Light is among you a little longer," answered Jesus. "Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

And if any one hears my words and does not keep them, it is not I who judge him; for I am not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has indeed a judge. The message which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the Last Day,

"The world cannot receive him because it does not see him nor know him, but you know him, for he is ever with you and within you.

"He that loves me not does not obey words, and yet the words to which you are listening are not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

"And now I tell you this before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.

"If any one does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers. Such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire and burned.

"I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have learned from my Father.

At this some of his disciples said among themselves. "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while you shall behold me no more; and again in a little while you shall see me,' and 'because I am going to the Father'?"

So they kept asking. "What does that 'little while' mean of which he speaks? We do not know what he is talking about."

"be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand before you strong and well.

"Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as said the prophet.

"The God who made the universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

At length the recorder got them quiet. "Men of Ephesus," he said, "who here does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-guardian of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

"For it does seem to me unreasonable to send a person without signifying the charges against him."

When the natives saw the reptile hanging on his hand, they began saying to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet justice does not allow him to live."

but glory and honor and peace to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.

Circumcision does indeed profit, if you are obedient to the Law; but if you habitually break the Law, your circumcision is become uncircumcision.

For what does Scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was set down to his account as righteousness.

but a man who does not "work," but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith imputed to him for righteousness.

But you are not earthly, but spiritual, if indeed the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you. If any one does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Then you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand his will?"

But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;

For the ruler is God's minister appointed for your good. But if you are a wrong-doer, be afraid; he does not carry the sword to no purpose; he is God's servant, appointed to vengeance upon the guilty.

Have you faith? Keep it to yourself as in the presence of God. He is a happy man who does not condemn himself in that which he approves.