She will bear a son, and you will call him 'Jesus,' for he will save his people from their sins."

The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey.

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.

I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

His winnowing-fan is in his hand, he will clean out his threshing-floor, his wheat he will gather into the granary, but the straw he will burn with fire unquenchable."

said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone."

he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me."

so he said to them, "Come, follow me, and I will make you fish for men."

Blessed are the mourners! they will be consoled.

Blessed are the humble! they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will be satisfied.

Blessed are the merciful! they will find mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart! they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers! they will be ranked sons of God.

(I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force.

Therefore whoever relaxes a single one of these commands, were it even one of the least, and teaches men so, he will be ranked least in the Realm of heaven; but whoever obeys them and teaches them, he will be ranked great in the Realm of heaven.)

For I tell you, unless your goodness excels that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the Realm of heaven.

whoever maligns his brother must come before the San hedrin, whoever curses his brother must go to the fire of Gehenna.' But I tell you, whoever is angry with his brother [without cause] will be sentenced by God.

truly I tell you, you will never get out till you pay the last halfpenny of your debt.

so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is secret will reward you openly.

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.

Do not pray by idle rote like pagans, for they suppose they will be heard the more they say;

thy Reign begin, thy will be done on earth as in heaven!

For if you forgive men their trespasses, then your heavenly Father will forgive you;

but if you do not forgive men, your Father will not forgive your trespasses either.

so that your fast may be seen not by men but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

For where your treasure lies, your heart will lie there too.

The eye is the lamp of the body: so, if your Eye is generous, the whole of your body will be illumined,

but if your Eye is selfish, the whole of your body will be darkened. And if your very light turns dark, then ??what a darkness it is!

No one can serve two masters: either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other ??you cannot serve both God and Mammon.

Look at the wild birds; they sow not, they reap not, they gather nothing in granaries, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than birds?

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field which blooms to-day and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will not he much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

Seek God's Realm and his goodness, and all that will be yours over and above.

So do not be troubled about to-morrow; to-morrow will take care of itself. The day's own trouble is quite enough for the day.

for as you judge so you will be judged, and the measure you deal out to others will be dealt out to yourselves.

You hypocrite! take the plank out of your own eye first, and then you will see properly how to take the splinter out of your brother's eye.

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

Why, which of you, when asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone?

Or, if he asks a fish, will you hand him a serpent?

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?

You will know them by their fruit; do men gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? No,

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

So you will know them by their fruit.

It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord!', who will get into the Realm of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?'

Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from my presence, you workers of iniquity.'

Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

And everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act upon them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.

He replied, "I will come and heal him."

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

Many, I tell you, will come from east and west and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Realm of heaven,

while the sons of the Realm will pass outside, into the darkness; there men will wail and gnash their teeth."

A scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you anywhere";

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

Jesus said to them, "Can friends at a wedding mourn so long as the bride groom is beside them? A time will come when the bridegroom is taken from them, and then they will fast.

As he said this, an official came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter is just dead; do come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

what she said to herself was this, "If I can only touch his robe, I will recover."

Whoever will not receive you or listen to your message, leave that house or town and shake off the very dust from your feet.

I tell you truly, on the day of judgment it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorra than for that town.

Beware of men, they will hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues,

and you will be haled before governors and kings for my sake ??it will be a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Now, when they bring you up for trial, do not trouble yourselves about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will come to you at the moment,

Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death,

and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; truly I tell you, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of man arrives.

enough for the scholar to fare like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If men have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they miscall his servants!

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground unless your Father wills it.

Everyone who will acknowledge me before men, I will acknowledge him before my Father in heaven;

and whoever will disown me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

yes, a man's own household will be his enemies.

he who will not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward; he who receives a good man because he is good, will receive a good man's reward.

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

And you, O Capharnahum! Exalted to heaven? No, you will sink to Hades! ??for if the miracles performed in you had been performed in Sodom, Sodom would have lasted to this day.

I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."

Come to me, all who are labouring and burdened, and I will refresh you.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find your souls refreshed;

He said to them, "Is there a man of you with one sheep, who will not catch hold of it and lift it out of a pit on the sabbath, if it falls in?

Here is my servant whom I have selected, my Beloved in whom my soul delights; I will invest him with my Spirit, and he will proclaim religion to the Gentiles.

He will not wrangle or shout, no one will hear his voice in the streets.

He will not break the bruised reed, he will not put out the smouldering flax, till he carries religion to victory:

and the Gentiles will hope in his name.

As Jesus knew what they were thinking, he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, any city or house divided against itself will never stand;

Besides, if I cast out daemons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Thus they will be your judges.

I tell you therefore, men will be forgiven any sin and blasphemy, but they will not be forgiven for blaspheming the Spirit.

Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in the world to come.

I tell you, men will have to account on the day of judgment for every light word they utter;

for by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."

He replied to them, "It is an evil and disloyal generation that craves a Sign, but no Sign will be given to it except the Sign of the prophet Jonah;

for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The men of Ninive will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for when Jonah preached they did repent, and here is One greater than Jonah.

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and here is One greater than Solomon.

Then it says, 'I will go back to the house I left,' and when it comes it finds the house vacant, clean, and all in order.

Then it goes off to fetch seven other spirits worse than itself; they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first. This is how it will be with the present evil generation."

Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, that is my brother and sister and mother."

In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive.

Let them both grow side by side till harvest; and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burnt, but to collect the wheat in my granary.'"