And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him,

and a certain scribe having come, said to him, 'Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'

and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'

And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

'And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

'Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

And he said to them, 'What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise it?

and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

'As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,

so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

let them alone, guides they are -- blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

And his disciples say to him, 'Whence to us, in a wilderness, so many loaves, as to fill so great a multitude?'

And they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces seven baskets full,

and at morning, Foul weather to-day, for the heaven is red -- gloomy; hypocrites, the face of the heavens indeed ye do know to discern, but the signs of the times ye are not able!

Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,

and saying, 'Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

His fellow-servant then, having fallen down at his feet, was calling on him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all;

'And his fellow-servants having seen the things that were done, were grieved exceedingly, and having come, shewed fully to their lord all the things that were done;

did it not behove also thee to have dealt kindly with thy fellow-servant, as I also dealt kindly with thee?

Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

Then Peter answering said to him, 'Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?'

And Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

'Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.'

and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.'

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

so also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

and ye -- ye fill up the measure of your fathers.

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what is the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

then those in Judea -- let them flee to the mounts;

'And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;

and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, 'My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'

and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,

And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'

and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, 'Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done;

and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet,

and the woman, having been afraid, and trembling, knowing what was done on her, came, and fell down before him, and told him all the truth,

And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;

And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him,

and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes,

for a woman having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at his feet, --

When the five loaves I did brake to the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' they say to him, 'Twelve.'

'And when the seven to the four thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?' and they said, 'Seven.'

And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, 'Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

And John did answer him, saying, 'Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'

'And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;

And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, 'Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him;

And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him,

and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.

and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.

and the veil of the sanctuary was rent in two, from top to bottom,

and Zacharias, having seen, was troubled, and fear fell on him;

for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;

The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straightness, and the rough become smooth ways;

Then said he to the multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, 'Brood of vipers! who did prompt you to flee from the coming wrath?

And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, turned back from the Jordan, and was brought in the Spirit to the wilderness,

And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, 'Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;'

and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, 'Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;'

and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

And he spake a simile to them, 'Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

'And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

'And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

'And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, 'He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

'And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

'And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, 'What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

And he said unto all, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;