Then Jesus said to the Captain: "Go now, and it shall be according to your faith." And the man was cured that very hour.

Now John had heard in prison what the Christ was doing, and he sent a message by his disciples,

And now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, they are saying 'Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and outcasts!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions."

In the evening the disciples came up to him, and said: " This is a lonely spot, and the day is now far advanced; send the crowds away, that they may go to the villages, and buy themselves food."

Now the disciples had crossed to the opposite shore, and had forgotten to take any bread.

But many who are first now will then be last, and those who are last will be first.

Now when those who had been hired about five o'clock went up, they received two shillings each.

Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

Then Jesus added: "Have you never read in the Scriptures?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised--Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, And is marvelous in our eyes.'

Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother.

"The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.

'Well done, good, trustworthy servant!' said his master. 'You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master's joy!'

'Well done, good, trustworthy servant!' said his master. 'You have been trustworthy with a small sum; now I will place a large one in your hands; come and share your master's joy!'

Then he came to the disciples, and said: "Sleep on now, and rest yourselves. Hark! my time is close at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The man whom I kiss," he had said, "will be the one; arrest him."

"Now play the Prophet for us, you Christ! Who was it that struck you?"

Now, at the Feast, the Governor was accustomed to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might choose.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the 'King of Israel'! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

He has trusted in God; if God wants him, let him deliver him now; for he said 'I am God's Son.'"

But the angel, addressing the women, said; "You need not be afraid. I now that it is Jesus, who was crucified, for whom you are looking.

Now about that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Now there was in their Synagogue at the time a man under the power of a foul spirit, who called out:

Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying ill with fever, and they at once told Jesus about her.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came and asked Jesus: "Why is it that John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, while yours do not?"

Now King Herod heard of Jesus; for his name had become well known. People were saying--"John the Baptizer must have risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are active in him."

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

"Do not you understand now?" he repeated.

And suddenly, on looking round, they saw that there was now no one with them but Jesus alone.

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.

But many who are first now will then be last, and the last will be first."

Now the Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law heard this and began to look for some way of putting Jesus to death; for they were afraid of him, since all the people were greatly impressed by his teaching.

Have you never read this passage of Scripture?--'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner- stone;

For those days will be a time of distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of God's creation until now-- and never will again.

It was now two days before the Festival of the Passover and the Unleavened bread. The Chief Priests and the Teachers of the Law were looking for an opportunity to arrest Jesus by stealth, and to put him to death;

A third time he came, and said to them: "Sleep on now, and rest yourselves. Enough! My time has come. Hark! the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of wicked men.

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them. "The man whom I kiss," he had said, "will be the one; arrest him and take him away safely."

Some of those present began to spit at him, and to blindfold his eyes, and strike him, saying, as they did so, "Now play the Prophet!" and even the police-officers received him with blows.

Now, at the Feast, Pilate used to grant the people the release of any one prisoner whom they might ask for.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the 'King of Israel,' come down from the cross now, that we may see it and believe." Even the men who had been crucified with Jesus reviled him.

She went and told the news to those who had been with him and who were now in sorrow and tears;

And now you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when this takes place, because you did not believe what I said, though my words will be fulfilled in due course."

"This is what the Lord has done for me," she said, "now that he has deigned to take away the reproach under which I have been living."

And now, you shall be with child and give birth to a son, and you shall give him the name Jesus.

And Elizabeth, your cousin, is herself also expecting a son in her old age; and it is now the sixth month with her, though she is called barren;

Now, when the angels had left them and gone back to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another: "Let us go at once to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, of which the Lord has told us."

"Now, Lord, thou wilt let thy servant go, According to thy word, in peace,

It was not till the third day that they found him in the Temple Courts, sitting among the Teachers, now listening to them, now asking them questions.

Now after the baptism of all the people, and when Jesus had been baptized and was still praying, the heavens opened,

On leaving the Synagogue, Jesus went into Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a severe attack of fever, and they asked Jesus to cure her.

Now about that time, Jesus went out, up the hill, to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.

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.

For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying 'He has a demon in him';

And now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying 'Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax- gatherers and outcasts.'

Now, go. Remember, I am sending you out as my Messengers like lambs among wolves.

Now which, do you think, of these three men," asked Jesus, "proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

And I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.'

So he said to his gardener 'Three years now I have come to look for fruit on this fig tree, without finding any! Cut it down. Why should it rob the soil?'

But this woman, a daughter of Abraham, who has been kept in bondage by Satan for now eighteen years, ought not she to have been released from her bondage on the Sabbath?"

there are some who are last now who will then be first, and some who are first now who will then be last!"

And sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited 'Come, for everything is now ready.'

'What am I to do,' the steward asked himself, 'now that my master is taking the steward's place away from me? I have not strength to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.

"Would that you had known, while yet there was time--even you--the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.

So they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

But Jesus looked at them and said: "What then is the meaning of this passage?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner-stone.'

Now he is not God of dead men, but of living. For in his sight all are alive."

Now Satan took possession of Judas, who was known as Iscariot, and who belonged to the Twelve;

Then Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and gave to them, with the words: "This is my body, [which is now to be given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me."

"Now, however," he said, "he who has a purse must take it and his bag as well; and he who has not must sell his cloak and buy a sword.

When I was with you day after day in the Temple Courts, you did not lay hands on me; but now your time has come, and the power of Darkness."

They blindfolded him and then questioned him. "Now play the Prophet," they said; "who was it that struck you?"

But they insisted: "He is stirring up the people by his teaching all through Judea; he began with Galilee and has now come here."

But the other rebuked him. "Have not you," he said, "any fear of God, now that you are under the same sentence?

Now there was a man of the name of Joseph, who was a member of the Council, and who bore a good and upright character.

He now went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus;

But we were hoping that he was the Destined Deliverer of Israel; yes, and besides all this, it is now three days since these things occurred.

And now I am myself about to send upon you that which my Father has promised. But you must remain in the city until you have been invested with power from above."

(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");

It was of him that I spoke when I said 'After me there is coming a man who is now before me, for he was ever First.'

And, when they had filled them to the brim, he added: "Now take some out, and carry it to the Master of the Feast." The servants did so.

And, when the Master of the Feast had tasted the water which had now become wine, not knowing where it had come from--although the servants who had taken out the water knew--

He called the bridegroom and said to him: "Every one puts good wine on the table first, and inferior wine afterwards, when his guests have drunk freely; but you have kept back the good wine till now!"

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews.

Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew on the subject of 'purification;'

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

"For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth."

So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the King's officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.

Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: "This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat."

Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you."

"Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son," they asked, "whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from Heaven?"

"If God were your Father," Jesus replied, "you would have loved me, for I came out from God, and now am here; and I have not come of myself, but he sent me as his Messenger.

"Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.'

Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and gave him his sight.

"Is this your son," they asked, "who you say was born blind? If so, how is it that he can see now?"

But how it is that he can see now we do not know; nor do we know who it was that gave him his sight. Ask him--he is old enough- -he will tell you about himself."

"I know nothing about his being a bad man," he replied; "one thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see."

"I told you just now," he answered, "and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Surely you also do not want to become his disciples?"

"Not only have you seen him," said Jesus; "but it is he who is now speaking to you."

Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.