He replied, "It was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel that I was sent."

So she said, "Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

Then Jesus answered [and] said to her, "O woman, your faith [is] great! Let it be done for you as you want." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

Jesus having left that place, drew nigh to the sea of Galilee, and went up a mountain, where he sat down.

And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

Afterwards Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: "My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, for fear that they should break down on the way."

And the disciples said to him, "Where in [this] desolate place {can we get} so much bread that such a great crowd could be satisfied?"

And they did all eat, and were sufficed. And they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

The Pharisees also and the Sadducees came, and, tempting, desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven.

He answered and said unto them, "At even ye say, 'We shall have fair weather,' and that because the sky is red:

And in the morning, ye say, 'Today shall be foul weather,' and that because the sky is cloudy and red. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the fashion of the sky: and can ye not discern the signs of the times?

"It is a wicked and immoral age that is hankering for a spectacular sign, so no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah." Then He left them and went away.

When the disciples arrived at the other side of the Lake, they found that they had forgotten to bring any bread;

And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, That it is because we did not take bread.

But knowing [this], Jesus said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves that you did not take bread, [you] of little faith?

Do you not understand yet or remember that five thousand people [were fed] with five loaves of bread and how many baskets [of pieces] were picked up [afterward]?

Or that four thousand people [were fed] with seven loaves of bread and how many baskets [of pieces] were picked up [afterward]?

How do you not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Then they understood that he did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Now [when] Jesus came to the region of Caesarea {Philippi}, he began asking his disciples, saying, "Who do people say [that] the Son of Man is?"

They said, "Some say that thou art John Baptist, some Elijah, some Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

He said to them, "But who do you say [that] I am?"

And Jesus answered, and said to him, "Happy art thou, Simon the son of Jonas, for flesh and blood hath not opened unto thee that, but my father which is in heaven.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.

From that time [on] Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many [things] from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.

And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

But turning round, he said to Peter, Get away behind me, Satan; thou art an offence to me, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men.

for he that would save his life shall lose it; but he that would lose his life for my sake shall find it.

What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?

For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and at that time he will reward each one according to {what he has done}.

Truly I say to you, that there are some of those standing here who will never experience death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

So Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good [that] we are here! If you want, I will make here three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and there was a voice from the cloud that said-- "This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight; him you must hear."

And when the disciples heard that, they fell on their faces, and were sore afraid.

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, "See that ye tell the vision to no man, till the son of man be risen again from death."

And the disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

But I say to you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did with him whatever they wanted. In the [same] way also the Son of Man is going to suffer [at] their hands."

Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

When Jesus and His disciples met the crowd [that was gathered], a man came kneeling down to Jesus and saying to Him,

And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him and the boy was healed from that hour.

After that the disciples came to Jesus and privately asked, "Why is it we could not drive it out?"

He answered them, "Because you have so little faith! For I solemnly say to you, if you have the faith that is living like a grain of mustard, you can say to this mountain, 'Move over from here to yonder,' and it will move over, and nothing will be impossible for you to do."

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that were wont to gather poll money, came to Peter and said, "Doth your Master pay tribute?"

Peter saith to him, From aliens. Jesus saith unto him, In that case then the children are free.

But so that we do not give offense to them, go out to the sea, cast [a line with] a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. And [when you] open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that [and] give [it] to them for me and you."

At that time the disciples came up to Jesus, saying, "Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

and said, I tell you truly, that if you do not turn and become like little children, you can by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Therefore, any one who will humble himself like this child-- that man shall be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

and whoever shall receive one that is like such a child, in my name, receiveth me.

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him that {a large millstone} be hung on his neck and he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Woe to the world because of causes for stumbling, for [it is] a necessity [that] causes for stumbling come; nevertheless, woe to the person through whom the cause for stumbling comes.

And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire!

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than, having two eyes, to be thrown into fiery hell!

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly see the face of my Father [who is] in heaven.

For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.

What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away?

And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away.

In the [same] way it is not the will {of} your Father [who is] in heaven that one of these little ones perish.

But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two [others], so that by {the testimony} of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

if he does not relent, tell it to the church: but if he is not moved by the church, show him no more regard than you would to a pagan or a publican.

Truly I say to you, however many things ye may bind on the earth will be things that are bound in heaven, and however many things ye may loose on the earth will be things that that are loosed in heaven.

Again, truly I say to you that if two of you agree on earth about any matter that they ask, it will be done for them from my Father [who is] in heaven.

For where there are two or three that have come together for my sake, there I am in the midst of them.

In this respect the gospel-kingdom may be represented by that of a temporal prince, who had a mind to call his servants to account.

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

And [because] he did not have [enough] to repay [it], the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children and everything that he had, and to be repaid.

Then that servant fell down and did obeisance to him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

So the master of that slave, [because he] had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan.

But that slave went out [and] found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and taking hold of him, he began to choke [him], saying, 'Pay back everything that you owe!'

So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.

and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

So [when] his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were extremely distressed, and went [and] reported to their master everything that had happened.

Then his master summoned him [and] said to him, 'Wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me!

Was it not mete also, that thou shouldest have had compassion on thy fellow, even as I had pity on thee?'

And [because he] was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed.

That is what my heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not each forgive your brothers from your hearts!"

And it happened that when Jesus had finished these statements, he went away from Galilee and came into the region of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.

And he answered [and] said, "Have you not read that the one who created [them] from the beginning made them male and female

He said [Gen. 2:24], 'For this reason [i.e., since He made one woman for one man], a man will leave [the home of] his father and mother and will cling to his wife, [so that] the two of them will [then] become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to constitute one body]?'

so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

He answered them, "It was because of your moral perversity that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but it was not so from the beginning.

Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except on the basis of sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery."

The disciples said to Him, "If that is a man's relation to his wife, there is no advantage in getting married."

He said unto them, "All men cannot away with that saying, save they to whom it is given.

for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

Then children were brought to him so that he could lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

Jesus, however, said: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs."

So, He placed His hands on them [i.e., to bestow a blessing] and [then] left that place.

And behold, someone came up to him [and] said, "Teacher, what good [thing] must I do so that I will have eternal life?"

He said unto him, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, and that is, God: But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."

the young man answer'd, all these things have I practis'd from my youth: what is it that is further required?

And Jesus said unto him, "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me."

When the young man heard that saying, he went away mourning. For he had great possessions.

And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you that with difficulty a rich person will enter into the kingdom of heaven!

And again I say to you, it is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich person into the kingdom of God."

When his disciples heard that, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, "Who then can be saved?"