a light to enlighten the gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel.

And when they saw him, they were amazed; and his mother said to him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have been seeking thee in much distress.

And Jesus answering said to him, It is written, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve."

and in their hands they will bear thee up, that thou mayst not dash thy foot against a stone."

And Jesus answering said to him, It hath been said, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God."

And he said to them, Ye will doubtless say to me this proverb, "Physician, heal thyself;" whatever things we have heard of as having been done in Capernaum, do here too in thy own country.

And Simon answering said, Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing; but at thy word I will let down the nets.

And he charged him to tell no one: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.

Which is easier? to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk?

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins,he said to the palsied man,I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go to thy house.

And looking round on them all, he said to him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so; and his hand was restored.

To him that smiteth thee on one cheek, offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also.

Give to every one that asketh of thee; and from him that taketh away thy goods, demand them not again.

And why dost thou look at the mote in thy brothers eye, and not perceive the beam that is in thine own eye?

How canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me take out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself perceivest not the beam in thine own eye? Hypocrite! first cast the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.

This is he of whom it is written, "Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."

And turning to the woman, he said to Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered thy house, no water didst thou give me for my feet; but she wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.

And he said to her, Thy sins have been forgiven.

But he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

And word was brought to him, Thy mother and thy brothers stand without, desiring to see thee.

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered into him.

Return to thy house, and tell what great things God hath done for thee. And he went and published through the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee well; go in peace.

While he was yet speaking, there cometh one from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Teacher any further.

And I besought thy disciples to cast it out, and they could not.

And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring thy son hither.

And John answering said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow in our company.

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in thy name.

In that hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that, though thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, thou didst reveal them to babes. Yea, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. And turning to the disciples he said,

And he answering said "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."

And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come;

The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is clear, thy whole body also is in the light; but when it is disordered, thy body also is in darkness.

If then thy whole body is enlightened, having no part dark, the whole will be as fully enlightened, as when a lamp with its bright shining giveth thee light.

But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?

And Jesus, seeing her, called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art set free from thy infirmity.

then will ye begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets.

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

And he said also to him who invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not invite thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest they too invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

I am no longer worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants.

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.

And he said to him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

And he answering said to his father, Lo! for so many years have I served thee, and never transgressed thy command; and yet to me thou never gavest a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

But as soon as this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for him the fatted calf.

It was meet that we should make merry and be glad; for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.

And he called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Then he said to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith to him, Take thy bond, and write eighty.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou didst receive thy good things in thy lifetime, and Lazarus in like manner his evil things; but now he is comforted here, and thou art tormented.

Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

And he said to him, Rise and go; thy faith hath made thee well.

Thou knowest the commandments: "Do not commit adultery; Do not kill; Do not steal; Do not bear false witness; Honor thy father and thy mother."

And Jesus said to him, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee.

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said to him, Zacchaeas, make haste and come down; for today I must abide at thy house.

And the first came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

And another came, saying, Lord, behold thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin.

He saith to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant! thou knewest that I was a harsh man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow;

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said to him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.

saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, and that in this thy day, the things that concern thy peace! but now they are hidden from thine eyes.

and will level thee with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

till I make thine enemies thy footstool."

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. And do thou, when thou hast returned to me, strengthen thy brethren.

And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit! And having said this, he expired.

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for thy house will consume me."

He saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband; in this thou hast spoken truly.

Jesus saith to him, Go; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and went away.

So the father knew that it was in the same hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son is living. And he himself believed, and his whole house.

Jesus saith to him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

He answered them, He that made me well, the same said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. T

His brothers therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou art doing.

The Pharisees therefore said to him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

They said therefore to him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.

Jesus saith to her, Thy brother will rise again.

"Fear not, daughter of Zion! lo! thy king cometh, sitting on an asss colt."

Father, glorify thy name! Then came there a voice from heaven: Yea, I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.

Jesus answereth, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Truly, truly do I say to thee, A cock will not crow, till thou hast thrice denied me.

When Jesus had thus spoken, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father! the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee;

I manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word.

And I am no longer in the world; and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father! keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me, and guarded them; and no one of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in thy truth; thy word is truth.

And I made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thy own nation and the chief priests delivered thee up to me. What hast thou done?

Jesus therefore, when he saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, saith to his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

Then he saith to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Then he saith to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands, and reach forth thy hand, and put it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.

Truly, truly do I say to thee, when thou wast young, thou didst gird thyself, and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou hast grown old, thou wilt stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldst not.

because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, nor wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

Thou didst make known to me the ways of life; thou wilt make me full of joy with thy countenance."

until I make thine enemies thy footstool."

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy posterity shall all the families of the earth be blessed."

who by the mouth of thy servant David said, "Why did the heathen rage, and the peoples meditate vain things?

For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, did both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles, and the peoples of Israel, assemble in this city,

to do whatever thy hand and thy will before determined to be done.

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

while thou stretchest forth thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders are wrought through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.