All this happened that the word of the Lord spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled.

There he remained until the death of Herod, in order that the word of the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, Out of Egypt I called my son.

I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

in order that these words spoken through Isaiah the prophet, might be fulfilled:

"And why do you look at the mote in your brother's eye, and fail to notice the beam which is in your own eye?

"Or how will you say to your brother, 'Permit me to remove the mote from your eye,' when, behold, the beam is in your own eye?

"Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to cast the mote out of your brother's eye.

that the word spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, He took upon himself our weaknesses, and bore the burden of our diseases.

When he arrived on the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two demoniacs who were coming out of the tombs. They were so violently fierce that no one dared pass along that road.

At once all the citizens came out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they begged him to move away from their country.

"No one ever sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old cloak. If they did, the patch put on to fill it up would tear away from the cloak, and the rent be made worse.

And in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" (So that they might have something to accuse him.)

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

that the word spoken through Isaiah, the prophet, might be fulfilled.

For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.

Then he made his disciples get aboard the boat and precede him to the other side, while he sent away the crowds.

At once Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, saying to him. "O little faith! What made you doubt?"

but you say that whoever tells his father or mother, 'Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is dedicated to God,'

"But on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "'Pay me what you owe me!'

Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

"Have you not read." he answered, "that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said,

"For there are eunuchs who have been such from birth; others who have been made such by men; and others who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

Then young children were brought to him, that he might lay his hands on them and pray. His disciples interfered, but Jesus said to them.

"'Those last men,' they said, 'have toiled only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the burning heat of the day.'

"Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lord's doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?

"The kingdom of heaven," he said, "may be compared to a king who made a wedding-feast for his son.

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might ensnare him during conversation.

"Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

But at midnight there arose a cry, "'Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'

"At once the man who had received the five talents went out and traded with them, and made five talents more.

"In the same way the one who got two talents made another two.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the court of the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,

The disciples did as Jesus told them, and made ready the Passover.

"But all this has happened in order that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

And the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to get false evidence against Jesus, in order that they might have him executed;

Soon afterward he went out into the porch, and another maid saw him, and said to those who were there, "This fellow certainly was with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death.

But he made no answer, not even to one charge; insomuch that the Governor was greatly astonished.

So they went and made the sepulcher secure, by sealing the stone in the presence of the guard.

And behold! Jesus himself met them, saying, "All hail!" And they went up to him and clasped his feet and worshiped him.

And when they had met with the elders and conferred together, they heavily bribed the soldiers and told them to say,

He made proclamation. "There is One mightier than I coming after me, and I am not worthy to stoop down and unfasten his sandal strap;

The leprosy at once left him, and he was made clean.

No one ever sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment, otherwise the patch tears away from it??he new from the old??nd a worse tear is made.

"The Sabbath," he told them, "was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

Twelve of them whom he also called "Apostles," he appointed to be with him, and also that he might send them out to preach,

and he had no sooner stepped out of the boat, than a man out of the tombs came to meet him, a man with an unclean spirit,

So she at once hurried in to the king and made her request, "I want you," she said, "to give me, without delay, the head of John the Baptist on a charger."

And whenever he entered into villages or cities or the fields they would lay the sick in the market-places and beseech him to let them touch even the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched him were made well.

but from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

"What do you want me to do?" said Jesus, addressing him. And the blind man answered, "O Rabboni, that I might receive my sight!"

"Is it not written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have made it a den of robbers."

and that beside him there is none other, and to love him with all one's heart and with all one's understanding and with all one's might, and to love one's neighbor as oneself is far beyond all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Now two days later was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread. Both the chief priests and the Scribes were continually seeking how they might arrest him by a stratagem and kill him;

Then he sent two of his disciples, and told them. "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jar of water.

So they made ready the Passover, and as night fell he came, with the Twelve.

So he went a little farther, and throwing himself upon the ground, he prayed repeatedly that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

Day after day I was face to face with you in the Temple courts, teaching, and you did not seize me. But this is done that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

"We heard him say, 'I will tear down this temple made by hands, and in three days I will build another temple not made by hands.'"

Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maid servants of the high priest, and saw Peter warming himself.

Again the maid servant saw him, and began again to tell the bystanders, "He is one of them."

"See, how many accusations they are making." But Jesus no longer made any answer, at which Pilate wondered.

"He has helped Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

Now when the angels had left them, and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one to another, "Let us go now even to Bethlehem, and see this saying which has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us."

so they made haste, and came and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.

When they had seen, they made known about the words which had been spoken to them concerning the child.

Every ravine shall be filled up, Every hill and mountain shall be laid low, The crooked shall be made straight, And the rough roads smooth;

whether perhaps he were the Christ, John answered, saying to all of them. "I indeed am baptizing you in water, but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose shoe-latchet I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and in fire.

(For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the haul of fish which they had made;

And he stretched out his hand and touching him, said: "I do choose; be made clean."

Levi also made him a great reception at his house. There was a large party of tax-gatherers and others who were dining with them.

Now the Scribes and Pharisees kept watching to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to bring on accusations to him.

Now there was a woman who was in the city, a sinner and when she knew that that Jesus was reclining at meat in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vase of perfume,

"For is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed; there is nothing secret which shall not be made known and come to the light.

When he landed here he was met by a certain townsman who was possessed by demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes and nor lived in any house, but in tombs.

But the man out of whom the demons had gone kept begging him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away saying,

"Daughter," he said "your faith has made you well, go on into peace."

This they did, and made them all sit down.

It happened the next day, when they were come down from the mountain, that a large crowd came to meet him;

"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

"Man," said he, "who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

"Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.

"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,

Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.

"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?

"'All these years I have been slaving for you and never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you never gave me even a kid so that I might make merry with my friends.

"Now there was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and made merry every day in splendor.

And as he was going certain village ten lepers met him.

Perceiving this he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priest." And as they went they were made clean.

"What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord," he answered, "that I might see again."

He made haste to climb down, and receive him joyfully.

"And upon his return after he had secured the royal power, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he might know what they had gained by trading.

"And the first came before him, saying, 'Master, your pound has made ten pounds.'

"And the second came and said, 'Master, your pound has made five pounds.'

"'Then why did you not put my money into the bank, so that at my coming I might I might have gotten it back with interest?'

saying, "It is written, ??he house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."

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?

He answered. "No sooner will you have entered the city than you will meet a man carrying a water-jug. Follow him into the house were he is going.

"Simon, Simon," said the Lord, "behold, Satan has asked to have you all that he might sift you like wheat.

"But I made supplication for you that your own faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned again, must strengthen your brothers."