And now also, the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit up into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil.

The people who sat in darkness saw a great Light; and Light has sprung up to those who sat in the region and shadow of death."

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the grain-measure, but on a lampstand. And it gives light to all who are in the house.

Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in Heaven.

It was also said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no. For whatever is more than these comes from evil.

And to him desiring to sue you, and to take away your tunic, let him have your coat also.

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

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

The light of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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

And Jesus said to the centurion, Go. And as you have believed, so let it be to you. And his boy was healed in that hour.

And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother laid out and in a fever.

But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and let the dead bury their dead.

Then He touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith let it be to you.

And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See, let no one know.

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear, proclaim on the housetops.

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Let both grow together until the harvest. And in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather together the darnel and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my granary.

Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

For Herod had laid hold on John, and had bound him, and had put him in prison because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife.

For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death."

Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

And He was transfigured before them. And His face shone as the sun, and His clothing was white as the light.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he neglects to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax-collector.

But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.

Therefore they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.

For there are some eunuchs who were born so from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.

And He laid His hands on them, and departed from there.

However, it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant.

And whoever desires to be chief among you, let him be your servant;

And seeing a fig tree in the way, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And He said to it, let no fruit grow on you forever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and get hold of his inheritance.

Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand).

Then let those in Judea flee into the mountains.

Let him on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house;

nor let him in the field turn back to take his clothes.

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 He went a little further and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.

Rise, let us be going; behold, he who is betraying Me is at hand.

And Jesus said to him, Friend, why are you here? Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him.

And they who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Pilate said to them, What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all said to him, Let Him be crucified.

And the governor said, Why? What evil has He done? But they cried out the more, saying, let Him be crucified!

Then all the people answered and said, Let His blood be on us and on our children.

And after they had mocked Him, they took the robe off of Him and put His own clothing on Him and led Him away to crucify Him.

And they crucified Him, dividing His garments, casting a lot; so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, "They parted My garments among them, and they cast a lot for My clothing."

He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

He trusted in God, let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him. (For He said, I am the Son of God.)

And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is, My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?

The rest said, Let Him alone, let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.

And crying again with a loud voice, Jesus released His spirit.

and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.

But late in the week, at the dawning into the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

And the unclean spirit, convulsing him, and crying with a loud voice, he came out of him.

And He said to them, Let us go into the next towns so that I may proclaim there also. For that reason I came forth.

When they could not come near to Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was. And digging through, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

And He said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

For there is nothing hidden which shall not be revealed; nor became covered, but that it might come to the light.

If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.

And evening having come, He said to them on that day, Let us pass over to the other side.

and cried with a loud voice, and said, What is to me and to You, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God not to torment me.

And He could do no work of power there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick ones, He healed them.

For Herod himself had sent out and laid hold on John and had bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. For he had married her,

And when his disciples heard, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.

And it now becoming a late hour, His disciples came to Him and said, This is a deserted place and it is now a late hour.

And wherever He entered, into villages or cities or country, they laid the sick in the streets and begged Him if only they might touch but the fringe of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made whole.

For Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother." And, "Whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death."

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled. For it is not right to take the children's loaves and to throw it to the dogs.

And He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spat on his eyes and had put His hands on him, He asked Him if he saw anything.

And calling near the crowd with His disciples, He said to them, Whoever will come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

And after six days Jesus took Peter and James and John and led them up into a high mountain, apart by themselves. And He was transfigured before them.

And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. And let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

Therefore what God has joined together, let not man put apart.

But it shall not be so among you. But whoever desires to be great among you, let him be your servant.

And they said to them even as Jesus had commanded. And they let them go.

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple. And when He had looked around on all things, the hour already being late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

And He began to speak to them by parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a fence about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and he let it out to vinedressers, and went away.

But those vinedressers said among themselves, This is the heir! Come, let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.

But whenever they lead you away and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you should speak or think. But speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit.

But when you see the abomination of desolation, that spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let him who reads understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

And let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

And let him who is in the field not turn back again in order to take up his garment.

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

And Jesus said, Let her alone! Why do you trouble her? She has done a good work towards Me.

Rise up, let us go. Lo, he who betrays Me is at hand.

And he who betrayed Him had given them a sign, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, it is He. Take Him and lead Him away safely.

And they laid their hands on Him and seized Him.

And they led Jesus away to the high priest. And with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

And immediately in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate.