He made Mary his wife, but did not live with her as her husband until after the birth of her son; and to this son he gave the name Jesus.

"Awake, take the child and his mother, and go into the Land of Israel, for those who sought to take the child's life are dead."

Let your life, then, prove your repentance;

But Jesus answered: "Scripture says--'It is not on bread alone that man is to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

You have heard that it was said--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thy enemy.'

I, however, say to you--Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

For, if you love only those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax-gatherers do this!

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about your life here--what you can get to eat or drink; nor yet about your body-- what you can get to wear. Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a single moment?

Who among you, when his son asks him for a loaf, will give him a stone,

For small is the gate, and narrow the road, that leads to Life, and those that find it are few.

And then I shall say to them plainly 'I never knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.'

While Jesus was saying this, a President of a Synagogue came up and bowed to the ground before him. "My daughter," he said, "Has just died; but come and place your hand on her, and she will be restored to life."

He said: "Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep." They began to laugh at him;

He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.

The blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead, too, are raised to life, and the good news is told to the poor.

By the seed which was sown among the brambles is meant the man who hears the Message, but the cares of life and the glamour of wealth completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all that hinders and those who live in sin,

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life shall find it.

What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?

If your hand or your foot is a snare to you, cut it off, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed or lame, than to have both hands, or both feet, and be thrown into the aeonian fire.

If your eye is a snare to you, take it out, and throw it away. It would be better for you to enter the Life with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into the fiery Pit.

And a man came up to Jesus, and said: "Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain Immortal life?"

"Why ask me about goodness?" answered Jesus. "There is but One who is good. If you want to enter the Life, keep the commandments."

Honor thy father and thy mother.' And 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself."

Every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, on account of my Name, will receive many times as much, and will 'gain Immortal Life.'

Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

His answer was: "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'

The second, which is like it, is this--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'

and, owing to the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

Learn the lesson taught by the fig tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

And these last will go away 'into aeonian punishment,' but the righteous 'into aeonian life.'"

And having twisted some thorns into a crown, put it on his head, and a rod in his right hand, and then, going down on their knees before him, they mocked him. "Long life to you, King of the Jews!" they said.

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office, and said to him: "Follow me." Levi got up and followed him.

And to the people he said: "Is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath--or harm? to save a life, or destroy it?"

But the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return.

"My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death; I beg you to come and place your hands on her, that her life may be spared."

They began to laugh at him; but he sent them all out, and then, with the child's father and mother and his companions, went into the room where she was lying.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread with them, one loaf being all that they had in the boat.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, will lose his life shall save it.

What good is it to a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

For what could a man give that is of equal value with his life?

"From his childhood," he answered; "and it has often thrown him into fire and into water to put an end to his life; but, if you can possibly do anything, take pity on us, and help us!"

If your hand proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed, than to have both your hands and go into the Pit, into the inextinguishable fire.

If your foot proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life lame, than to have both your feet and be thrown into the Pit.

Salt is good, but, if the salt should lose its saltiness, what will you use to season it? You must have salt in yourselves, and live at peace with one another."

And, as Jesus was resuming his journey, a man came running up to him, and threw himself on his knees before him. "Good Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to gain Immortal Life?"

Who will not receive a hundred times as much, even now in the present--houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though not without persecutions, and, in the age that is coming, Immortal Life.

For even the Son of Man came, not be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

And, noticing a fig-tree at a distance in leaf, he went to it to see if by any chance he could find something on it; but, on coming up to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.'

The second is this--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost love thyself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

And to 'love him with all one's heart, and with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength,' and to 'love one's neighbor as one loves oneself' is far beyond all 'burnt-offerings and sacrifices.'"

For every one else put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, put in all she had--everything that she had to live on."

Learn the lesson taught by the fig-tree. As soon as its branches are full of sap, and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

And then began to salute him. "Long life to you, King of the Jews!" they said.

Mattith, Levi, Melchiah, Janna, Joseph,

Joshua, Eliezer, Joram, Mattith, Levi,

So the Devil said to him: "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread."

And Jesus answered him: "Scripture says--'It is not on bread alone that man is to live.'"

After this, Jesus went out; and he noticed a tax-gatherer, named Levi, sitting in the tax-office, and said to him: "Follow me."

Levi left everything and got up and followed him.

And Levi gave a great entertainment at his house, in honor of Jesus; and a large number of tax-gatherers and others were at table with them.

And Jesus said to them: "I ask you, is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath--or harm? to save a life, or let it perish?"

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Alas for you who are sated now, for you will hunger. Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

But to you who hear I say--Love your enemies, show kindness to those who hate you,

If you love only those who love you, what thanks will be due to you? Why, even the outcast love those who love them!

But love your enemies, and show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing. Then your reward shall be great, and you shall be Sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the bad.

And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish Councillors to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave's life.

So his answer to the question was: "Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard--the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the Good News is told to the poor.

"What did you go out into the Wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.

As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?"

They began to laugh at him, for they knew that she was dead.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life--that man shall save it.

Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?"

His reply was--"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'"

"You have answered right," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live."

But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.

And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."

But God said to the man 'Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared--who will have it?'

And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.

For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.

But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a moment?

"If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.

For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him,

A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.

No servant can serve two masters, for, either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Whoever is eager to get the most out of his life will lose it; but whoever will lose it shall preserve it.

And one of the Presidents asked Jesus this question--"Good Teacher, what must I do if I am to gain Immortal Life?"

Who will not receive many times as much in the present, and in the age that is coming Immortal Life."

Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leading men.

For every one else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live upon."

By your endurance you shall win yourselves Life.

Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.

That which came into being in him was Life; and the Life was the Light of Man;

For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.

And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.

Out of his fullness we have all received some gift, gift after gift of love;