The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Then he made a tour through the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Reign, and healing all the sickness and disease of the people.

When you pray, go into your room and shut the door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

Ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

for every one who asks receives, the seeker finds, the door is opened to anyone who knocks.

every good tree bears sound fruit, but a rotten tree bears bad fruit;

a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a rotten tree cannot bear sound fruit.

[Relocated to follow vs 20] Any tree that does not produce sound fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

No one sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, for the patch breaks away from it, and the tear is made worse:

Then Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Reign, and healing every disease and complaint.

"Woe to you, Khorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Had the miracles performed in you been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

I tell you this, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.

It is less than any seed on earth, but when it grows up it is larger than any plant, it becomes a tree, so large that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

Going away from there Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

If your eye is a hindrance to you, tear it out and throw it away; better get into Life with one eye than keep your two eyes and be thrown into the fire of Gehenna.

He said to them, "True, but this truth is not practicable for everyone, it is only for those who have the gift.

and noticing a fig tree by the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you after this!" And instantly the fig tree withered up.

When the disciples saw this they marvelled. "How did the fig tree wither up in an instant?" they said.

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

so, whenever you see all this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut.

Afterwards the rest of the maidens came and said, 'Oh sir, oh sir, open the door for us!'

One of his companions put out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; all who draw the sword shall die by the sword.

Then the high priest tore his dress and cried, "He has blasphemed! What more evidence do we want? Look, you have heard his blasphemy for yourselves!

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

and a large number at once gathered, till there was no more room for them, not even at the door. He was speaking the word to them,

and as they could not get near Jesus on account of the crowd they tore up the roof under which he stood and through the opening they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

No one stitches a piece of undressed cloth on an old coat, otherwise the patch breaks away, the new from the old, and the tear is made worse:

Jerusalem, Idumaea, the other side of the Jordan, and the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon, as they had heard of his doings.

He was astonished at their lack of faith. Then he made a tour round the villages, teaching.

Leaving there, he went away to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wished no one to know of it, but he could not escape notice;

He left the territory of Tyre again and passed through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, crossing the territory of Decapolis.

If your eye is a hindrance to you, tear it out: better get into God's Realm with one eye, than keep your two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,

Off they went and found a colt tethered outside a door in the street. They untethered it;

and noticing a fig tree in leaf some distance away he went to see if he could find anything on it; but when he reached it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for figs.

Now as they passed in the morning they noticed the fig tree had withered to the root.

Then Peter remembered. "Rabbi," he said, "there is the fig tree you cursed, all withered!"

Then he proceeded to address them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a trough for the winepress, and built a tower; then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad.

Let the fig tree teach you a parable. As soon as its branches turn soft and put out leaves, you know summer is at hand;

so, whenever you see this happen, you may be sure He is at hand, at the very door.

but one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

Then the high priest tore his clothes and cried, "What more evidence do we want?

Inasmuch as a number of writers have essayed to draw up a narrative of the established facts in our religion

The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nachor,

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a piece from a new cloak and sews it on an old cloak; otherwise he will tear the new cloak, and the new piece will not match with the old.

With them he came down the hill and stood on a level spot. There was a great company of his disciples with him, and a large multitude of people from all Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to get cured of their diseases.

How dare you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the splinter that is in your eye,' and you never notice the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite! take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see properly to take out the splinter in your brother's eye.

No sound tree bears rotten fruit, nor again does a rotten tree bear sound fruit:

each tree is known by its fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, and grapes are not plucked from a bramble-bush.

Woe to you, Khorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! Had the miracles performed in you been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have been sitting penitent in sackcloth and ashes.

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

And suppose he answers from the inside, 'Don't bother me; the door is locked by this time, and my children are in bed with me. I can't get up and give you anything.'

So I tell you, ask and the gift will be yours, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open to you;

for everyone who asks receives, the seeker finds, the door is opened to anyone who knocks.

Woe to you jurists! you have taken the key that unlocks the door of knowledge; you have not entered yourselves, and you have stopped those who were entering."

and be like men who are expecting their lord and master on his return from a marriage-banquet, so as to open the door for him at once when he comes and knocks.

Or those eighteen men killed by the fall of the tower at Siloam? do you think they were worse offenders than the rest of the residents in Jerusalem?

And he told this parable. "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; he came in search of fruit on it but he found none.

So he said to the vinedresser, 'Here have I come for three years in search of fruit on this fig tree without finding any; cut it down, why should it take up space?'

It is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and put into his orchard, where it grew up and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches."

"Strive to get in through the narrow door, for I tell you many will try to get in and not be able,

once the master of the House has got up and closed the door. You may stand outside and knock at the door, crying, 'Lord, open for us,' but he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

Outside his door lay a poor man called Lazarus; he was a mass of ulcers,

The Lord said, "If you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road.

And he told them a parable. "Look at the fig tree and indeed all the trees;

Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "When you were under that fig tree, before ever Philip called you, I saw you."

Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."

Then he said, "Now draw some out, and take it to the manager of the feast." They did so;

whereas anyone whose life is true comes out into the light, to make it plain that his actions have been divinely prompted.

and a Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink"

"Sir," said the woman, "you have nothing to draw water with, and it is a deep well; where do you get your 'living' water?

"Ah, sir," said the woman, "give me this water, so that I need not thirst or come all this road to draw water."

you have had five husbands, and he whom you have now espoused is not your husband. That was a true word."

That proverb, 'One sows and another reaps,' holds true here:

After that, many of his disciples drew back and would not associate with him any longer.

and though I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not by myself ??there is myself and the Father who sent me.

I have a great deal to say about you and many a judgment to pass upon you; but he who sent me is true, and so I tell the world what I have learned from him."

The hired man, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, deserts them when he sees the wolf coming; he runs away, leaving the wolf to tear and scatter them,

and many came to him, saying, "John did not perform any Sign, but all he ever said about this man was true."

But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself."

My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer; then you will look for me, and, as I told the Jews I tell you now, where I go you cannot come.

He will glorify me, for he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.

All that the Father has is mine; that is why I say, 'he will draw upon what is mine and disclose it to you.'

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear (the servant's name was Malchus);

while Peter stood outside at the door. Then this other disciple, who was an acquaintance of the high priest, came out and spoke to the woman at the door, and brought Peter inside.

The maidservant at the door then said to Peter, "Are you not one of this fellow's disciples?" He said, "No."

"If I have said anything wrong," replied Jesus, "prove it; if I said what was true, why strike me?"

they said to themselves, "Don't let us tear it. Let us draw lots to see who gets it" (that the scripture might be fulfilled, they distributed my clothes among them, and drew lots for my raiment). This was what the soldiers did.

He who saw it has borne witness (his witness is true; God knows he is telling the truth), that you may believe.

This was the disciple who bears testimony to these facts and who wrote them down; his testimony, we know, is true.

Peter said to her, "How could you arrange to put the Lord's Spirit to the proof? Listen, there are the footsteps of the men who have buried your husband! They are at the door, and they will carry you out as well."

Said the high priest, "Is this true?"

'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.' Moses was so terrified that he did not dare to look at the bush.