"But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who, calling to the others,

nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

"And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall go down to Hades; because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Nevertheless, I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you!"

At that season Jesus, answering, said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes.

Yea, Father, because so it was well-pleasing before Thee!

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grain-fields; and His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain, and to eat.

But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to Him, "Behold, Thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath."

But He said to them, "Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those with him?

how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the priests?

And, if ye had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' ye would not have condemned the guiltless;

And, behold, a man having a withered hand; and they questioned Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?" that they might accuse Him.

And He said to them "What man of you who shall have one sheep; and, if this should fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it up?

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep! Therefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath."

Then saith He to the man, "Stretch forth your hand." And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole as the other.

But the Pharisees, having gone out, held a consultation against Him, that they might destroy Him.

But Jesus, knowing it, withdrew thence; and many followed Him, and He healed them all.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

But the Pharisees, hearing it, said, "This Man doth not cast out the demons, except by Beelzebub, prince of the demons."

And, if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how, then, shall his kingdom stand

And, if I by Beelzebub cast out the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges.

But, if I by the Spirit of God cast out the demons, then the Kingdom of God came upon you unexpectedly.

And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in that which is to come.

"Broods of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being yourselves evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

The good man, out of his good treasure, puts forth good things; and the evil man, out of his evil treasure, puts forth evil things.

And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;

And He, answering, said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

"The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

"A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

"But, when the unclean spirit goes out from the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not.

Then it says, 'I will return into my house whence I came out;' and, having come, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

Then it goes and takes along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and, entering in, they dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation."

While He was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and His brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to Him.

On that day Jesus, having gone out of the house, was sitting by the seaside.

And He, answering, said to them, "Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it has not been given.

For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be made to abound; but whosoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are seeing, and did not see them; and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear them.

When any one hears the word of the Kingdom, and understands it not, the evil one comes, and snatches away what has been sown in his heart: this is he that was sown by the wayside.

And he that was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and straightway with joy receives it;

yet he has not root in himself, but is only temporary; and, when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, straightway he stumbles.

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word; and the anxiety of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But he that was sown on the good ground, this is he that hears the word and understands it; who, indeed, bears fruit, and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

and, while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went away.

And the servants of the house-holder, corning near, said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence, then, has it tares?'

He says, 'No; lest, while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

Suffer both to grow together until the harvest. And, in the season of harvest, I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them into bundles, with the view of burning them; but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

which, indeed, is less than all the seeds; but, when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and roost in its branches."

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."

As, therefore, the tares are gathered up, and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the age.

The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of the Kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those who do iniquity;

and, having found one pearl of great price, departing, he has sold all that he had, and bought it.

which, when it was filled having drawn it up again upon the beach, and sitting down, they gathered the good into vessels, but cast away the bad.

So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,

and He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe, having been made a disciple to the Kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old."

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, He departed thence.

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, and said to his servants,

For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

And the king, though grieved, yet, because of the oaths and of those sitting at the table with them, ordered it to be given;

and his head was brought upon a plate, and given to the damsel; and she brought it to her mother.

And his disciples, coming, took up the corpse, and buried it; and, coming, they told Jesus;

And Jesus, having heard it, withdrew thence, in a boat, into a desert, apart. And the multitudes, hearing of it, followed Him on foot from the cities.

But Jesus said to them, "They have no need to go away. Give ye them to eat."

And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

And the disciples, seeing Him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out for fear.

But Jesus straightway spake to them, saying, "Be of good cheer. It is I; be not afraid."

And Peter, answering Him, said, "Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come to Thee on the water."

But, seeing the wind, he was frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"

and they were beseeching Him, that they might only touch the border of His garment; and as many as touched it were made thoroughly well.

"Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands, when they eat bread!"

Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth??his defiles the man."

And He said, "Are ye also even yet without understanding?

But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and these defile the man.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies:

these are the things which defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

And, behold, a Canaanitish woman, having come forth out of those borders, cried out, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon!"

And He, answering, said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the little dogs."

But she said, "Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs eat of the crumbs falling from the master's table."

Then Jesus, answering, said to her, "O woman, great is your faith! be it done to you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

And there came to Him great multitudes, having with them the lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they cast them at His feet, and He healed them;

And Jesus, having called His disciples near, said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with Me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest haply they faint in the way."

And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up what was over of the pieces seven baskets full;

and He, answering, said to them, "When it is evening, ye say, 'It will be fair, for the heaven is red;'

An evil and adulterous generation is seeking after a sign; and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet." And, leaving them, He departed.

And Jesus, knowing it, said, "Why are ye deliberating among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have no bread?

Do ye not yet perceive, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? but beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

And Jesus, answering, said to him, "Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah; because flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.

And I also say to you, that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My assembly, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

for whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his soul for My sake shall find it;

for what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and suffer damage as to his soul? or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?

and He was transfigured before them; and His face shone as the sun, and His garments became white as the light.

And Peter, answering, said to Jesus," Lord, it is good that we are here. If Thou wilt, I will make here three tents??ne for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And, behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I delighted; hear Him."

And the disciples, hearing it, fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid.

And, as they were coming down out of the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of Man be raised from among the dead."

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

Then the disciples, coming near, said to Jesus privately, "Why could not we cast it out?"

And He saith to them, "Because of your little faith. For verily I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, 'Remove hence yonder,' and it will be removed, and nothing shall be impossible to you."

["But this kind goes not out, except by prayer and fasting.]

He says, "Yes." And Jesus anticipated him as he came into the house, saying, "What do you think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive tax or tribute? from their sons, or from the aliens?"