Entering the house, they saw the child with his mother, Mary, and fell at his feet and did homage to him. Then they unpacked their treasures, and offered to the child presents of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but He who is Coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

And, if you show courtesy to your brothers only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do this!

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?

Look at the wild birds--they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feeds them! And are not you more precious than they?

If God so clothes even the grass of the field, which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, will not he much more clothe you, O men of little faith?

Therefore do not be anxious about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own anxieties. Every day has trouble enough of its own.

If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give what is good to those that ask him!

I tell you, the doom of the land of Sodom and Gomorrah will be more bearable in the 'Day of Judgment' than the doom of that town.

It is enough for a scholar to be treated like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Baal-zebub, how much more the members of his household!

Do not, therefore, be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

What, then, did you go for? To see a Prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a Prophet.

Yet, I tell you, the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable in the 'Day of Judgment' than yours.

Yet, I tell you, the doom of Sodom will be more bearable in the 'Day of Judgment' than yours."

And how much more precious a man is than a sheep! Therefore it is allowable to do good on the Sabbath."

At the Judgment, the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!

At the Judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the present generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first. So, too, will it be with this wicked generation."

For, to all who have, more will be given, and they shall have abundance; but, from all who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away.

And, if he succeeds in finding it, I tell you that he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine which did not stray.

So, when the first went up, they thought that they would receive more, but they also received two shillings each;

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables.

Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?

Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?

The man who had received the three thousand pounds came up and brought three thousand more. 'Sir,' he said, 'you entrusted me with three thousand pounds; look, I have made another three thousand!'

For, to him who has, more will be given, and he shall have abundance; but, as for him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels?

Then the High Priest tore his robes. "This is blasphemy!" he exclaimed. "Why do we want any more witnesses? You have just heard his blasphemy!

And he proclaimed--"There is coming after me one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to stoop down and unfasten his sandals.

Take care what you listen to," said Jesus. "The measure you mete will be meted out to you, and more will be added for you.

For, to those who have, more will be given; while, from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away."

Jesus insisted upon their not telling any one; but the more he insisted, the more perseveringly they made it known,

And his clothes became of a more dazzling white than any bleacher in the world could make them.

One day, when they were on their way, going up to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in front of the Apostles, who were filled with misgivings; while those who were following behind were alarmed. Gathering the Twelve round him once more, Jesus began to tell them what was about to happen to him.

On this, calling his disciples to him, Jesus said: "I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others who were putting money into the chests;

This perfume could have been sold for more than thirty pounds, and the money given to the poor."

At this the High Priest tore his vestments. "Why do we want any more witnesses?" he exclaimed.

"Do not collect more than you have authority to demand," John answered.

John, addressing them all, said: "I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

However, the story about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came together to listen to him, and to be cured of their illnesses;

What then did you go to see? A Prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a Prophet.

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

Take care, then, how you listen. For, to all those who have, more will be given; while, from all those who have nothing, even what they seem to have will be taken away."

But Jesus said: "It is for you to give them something to eat." "We have not more than five loaves and two fishes," they answered; "unless indeed we are to go and buy food for all these people."

I tell you that the doom of Sodom will be more bearable on 'That Day' than the doom of that town.

Yet the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable at the Judgment than yours.

The next day he took out four shillings and gave them to the inn-keeper. 'Take care of him,' he said, 'and whatever more you may spend I will myself repay you on my way back.'

If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him!"

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first."

At the Judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!

At the Judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!

To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.

No, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.

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

Think of the ravens--they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!

If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!

while one who does not know his master's wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From every one to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?

'Leave it this one year more, Sir,' the man answered, 'till I have dug round it and manured it.

But Jesus answered: "Go and say to that fox 'Look you, I am driving out demons and shall be completing cures to-day and to- morrow, and on the third day I shall have done.'

But to-day and to-morrow and the day after I must go on my way, because it cannot be that a Prophet should meet his end outside Jerusalem.

So, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in Heaven over one outcast that repents, than over ninety-nine religious men, who have no need to repent.

But, when he came to himself, he said 'How many of my father's hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!

"Give us more faith," said the Apostles to the Master;

And so with you--when you have done all that you have been told, still say 'We are but useless servants; we have done no more than we ought to have done.'"

'I tell you,' he answered, 'that, to him who has, more will be given, but, from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

On this he said: "I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others;

And, as his anguish became intense, he prayed still more earnestly, while his sweat was like great drops of blood falling on the ground.]

At this they exclaimed: "Why do we want any more evidence? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!"

What they said seemed to the Apostles mere nonsense, and they did not believe them.

And what is more, some of the women among us have greatly astonished us. They went to the tomb at daybreak

Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John

But whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him--a source of Immortal Life."

But far more came to believe in him on account of what he said himself,

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

It is the Spirit that gives Life; mere flesh is of no avail. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is Life.

Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"

What my Father has entrusted to me is more than all else; and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hands.

If I am doing it, even though you do not believe me, believe what that work shows; so that you may understand, and understand more and more clearly, that the Father is in union with me, and I with the Father."

In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighborhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

For they valued honor from men more than honor from God.

In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will still see me; because I am living, you will be living also.

I shall not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;

Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.

Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you. As a branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains united to the vine; no more can you, unless you remain united to me.

When Pilate heard what they said, he became still more alarmed;

Nicodemus, too--the man who had formerly visited Jesus by night--came with a roll of myrrh and aloes, weighing nearly a hundred pounds.

When breakfast was over, Jesus said to Simon Peter: "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the others?" "Yes, Master," he answered, "you know that I am your friend." "Feed my lambs," said Jesus.

Brothers, I can speak to you the more confidently about the Patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day.

But, to prevent this thing from spreading further among the people, let us warn them not to speak in this Name any more to any one whatever."

For the man who was the subject of this miraculous cure was more than forty years old.

When Moses saw it, he was astonished at the vision; but on his going nearer to look at it more closely, the voice of the Lord was heard to say--

Yet our ancestors refused him obedience; more than that, they rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

But, when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the Treasurer saw no more of him; for he continued his journey with a joyful heart.

On hearing this statement, they said no more, but broke out into praise of God. "So even to the Gentiles," they exclaimed, "God has granted the repentance which leads to Life!"

'"After this I will return; and I will rebuild the House of David which has fallen--its very ruins I will rebuild, and will set it up once more;

This man began to speak out fearlessly in the Synagogue; and when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the Cause of God to him more carefully still.

But if you want anything more, it will have to be settled in the regular Assembly.

I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself-- 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"