And he said to them, Why are ye so timorous? How is it that ye have not confidence?

and crying with a loud voice, said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of God most high? I adjure thee by God, that thou dost not send me to torment.

For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

Therefore Herodias bore him a rooted resentment, and would have slain him; yet could not:

send them away, that they may go into the country places and villages around, and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.

But he said to them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they said, Five, and two fishes.

And coming from the market, unless they have washed, they never eat. And there are many other things which they have by tradition received to observe, as the washings of cups, and pots, and vessels of brass, and couches.

But ye affirm, If a man say to his father or mother, it is Corban (that is, a gift), which otherwise might have been advantageous to thee from me;

abrogating the word of God by the tradition, which ye have transmitted down; and many such like things ye do.

I have compassion on the multitude, for they have stayed with me already three days, and have nothing to eat:

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

And they talked the matter over among themselves, saying, This is because we have no loaves of bread.

And Jesus knowing it said unto them, Why reason ye together, because ye have no loaves? Do ye not yet consider, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

And as they were coming down from the mountain, he strictly charged them, that they should tell no man what they had seen, till after the Son of man should have arisen from the dead.

But I say unto you, that Elias is come, and they have done to him whatsoever they chose, as it is written of him.

And one of the people addressing him, said, Master, I have brought my son to thee, who hath a dumb spirit;

And often it hath cast him into the fire, and into water, to destroy him: but if thou art able, have compassion upon us, and help us.

And going from thence, they passed through Galilee: and he would not have any person know it.

Salt is good: but if the salt become insipid, with what will you season it? have salt in yourselves, and live in peace with each other.

Then he replying, said, Master, all these things have I observed from my youth.

Then Jesus looking upon him, loved him, and said to him, In one thing thou art defective: go, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up thy cross, and follow me.

And Jesus looking round, said to his disciples, How difficultly shall they who have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

And Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

and hearing that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by, he began to cry out, and say, O Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!

And many chid him, that he should be silent: but he cried out so much the more, Son of David, have mercy on me!

And he taught them, saying, Is it not written, that "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations?" but ye have made it a den of thieves.

And Jesus answering said to them, Have faith in God.

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have a matter against any man: that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Have ye never read this scripture? "The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:

But concerning the dead, that they do rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how God spake to him at the bush, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

And having called his disciples, he said unto them, I tell you truly, that this poor widow hath cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

for all they have cast in of their superfluities; but she from her indigence hath cast in all that she had, even her whole substance.

But wo to those who are big with child, and who have infants at their breasts in those days!

And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been preserved: but for the sake of those elect, whom he hath elected, he hath shortened the days.

But be ye on your guard: lo! I have told you all things:

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they bitterly murmured against her.

For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

We have heard him affirm, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and after three days I will build another not made with hands.

Then the high-priest rent his clothes, and said, What farther need have we of witnesses?

Ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? And they all adjudged him to be deserving of death.

SINCE many have attempted to compose a narrative of facts, confirmed to us by the fullest evidence:

And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and I have been sent to speak to thee, and to proclaim these glad tidings to thee.

And they made signs to his father, what he would have him called.

as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been from the beginning:

for my eyes have seen thy salvation,

And when they saw him, they were struck with surprise; and his mother said to him, Son, why hast thou behaved to us in this manner? lo! thy father and I have been seeking thee in anguish of heart.

Produce then fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And he said unto them, Ye will probably say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself! the works which we have heard to have been performed by thee at Capernaum, do the like here in thy own country.

saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, Jesus the Nazarean? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

And as the day was coming on, he went forth and departed into a desert place: and the multitude sought him out, and came to him, and would have detained him that he should not leave them.

And Simon answering, said unto him, Sir, we have been toiling all night, and have taken nothing: but at thy command I will shoot the net.

And an extacy of admiration seized upon them all, and they glorified God; and they were filled with awe, saying, We have seen wondrously strange things to-day.

And Jesus answering said unto them, They who are well, have no need of a physician: but they who have illness.

And Jesus answering said to them; Have ye never read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him?

But wo unto you who are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

And if ye do good to them who do good to you, what thanks have ye? do not even sinners the same thing?

For I also am a man under authority, and have under my command soldiers; and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come hither, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Then Jesus, on hearing these things, respected him highly, and turning to the multitude which was following him, he said, I tell you, I have not found such faith, even in Israel.

And Jesus addressing them, said, Go, tell John what things ye have seen and heard: that the blind recover sight, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached unto them.

They are like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to each other, and saying, We have played the flute to you, and ye have not danced; we have raised the cry of mourning, and ye have not wept.

And Jesus addressing himself to him said, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he said, Master, speak freely.

And they on the rock, are such as when they have heard, with joy embrace the word; and these have not root, who for a time believe, and in a season of trial apostasize.

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, even what he seemeth to have shall be taken away from.

But when he saw Jesus, roaring out, he fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God Most High? I pray thee, torment me not.

And he said to them, Take nothing for the journey, neither staffs, nor satchel, nor bread, nor money, nor have two coats each.

Then he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes; unless we go somewhere and buy provisions for all this multitude:

And Jesus Said to him, The foxes have holts, and the birds of the air, nests, but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

And in the same family abide, eating and drinking such as they have: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not about from house to house.

Wo to thee Chorazin! wo to thee Bethsaida! for if the miracles which have been done in thee, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, long ago sitting in sackcloth and ashes, would they have repented.

for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and he shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

for a friend of mine is come to me off a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.

But wo to you, Pharisees, because ye tithe mint, and rue, and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and not to have omitted the other.

Wo unto you, teachers of the law! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; ye yourselves enter not in, and those who were entering ye have hindered.

Wherefore whatsoever things ye have spoken in darkness, they shall be reported in the light; and what ye have whispered into the ear in the closets, shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.

But I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who may kill the body, but after that, have nothing farther which they can do.

and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not room where I may house my crops.

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; yet God feedeth them: how much are ye more excellent than the birds?

For after all these things are the nations of the world seeking; and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

Now this be assured of, that if the master of the family had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

But I have a baptism to be baptised with; and how am I distressed in spirit till it is finished!

Then said he to the vine-dresser, Lo! for three years have I come, expecting fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it render the ground thus useless?

When the master of the family shall have arisen, and shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Master, master, open it for us! and he answering will tell you, I know you not whence ye are:

then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets, and stonest those who are sent unto thee; how often would I have collected thy children unto me, just as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher; then shalt thou have respect in the presence of those who are seated with thee.

And they all began with one voice to frame excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I must of necessity go and survey it: I pray thee hold me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going to make a trial of them: I pray thee accept my excuse.

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

For what man of you designing to erect a tower, doth not first sitting down calculate the expence, if he have sufficient to complete the work?

And coming home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Congratulate me; for I have found that sheep of mine which was lost.

And having found it, she calleth her female friends and neighbours together, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found the silver piece I had lost.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

Then said the son unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

But he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years I am serving thee, and never have transgressed thy command: yet to me thou hast never once given a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? because my master is taking away the stewardship from me: to dig, I have not the strength; to beg, I am ashamed.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust you with the true?

and if ye have not been faithful in that which belongs to another, who will give up to you that which is your own?

And crying out, he said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented with this flame.

for I have five brothers: that he may testify to them, that they also come not into this place of torment.