"Have you not read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was hungry, and his men, too?

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul took delight: I will place my Spirit upon Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the Gentiles.

Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.

The queen of the South too, shall rise up in the day of judgement against this generation, and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first. So, too, will it be with this wicked generation."

On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore;

And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.

And when the wheat plants grew up and yielded their ripened grain, the wild wheat plants appeared too.

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took [and] put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.

And his sisters, too--are not they all living among us? Where, then did he get all this?"

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is treated with honor everywhere except in his native place and at his home."

But [when] Herod's birthday celebration took place, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst [of them] and pleased Herod.

And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.

And his disciples came [and] took away the corpse and buried it, and went [and] told Jesus.

And he commanded the people to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

And all ate and were filled, and they took up what was over and above of fragments twelve hand-baskets full.

And straightaway having stretched forth his hand, Jesus took hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why did thou doubt?

And when the men of that place had news of him, they sent into all the country round about, and took to him all who were ill,

But He answered, "Why do you too break God's command for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you?

Then the disciples came up and told Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard this statement?”

And He said, "Are you too, even yet, without understanding?

And Jesus went from there and came to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and took his seat there.

he took the seven loaves and the fish and [after he] had given thanks, he broke [them] and began giving [them] to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.

And he sent away the people, and took ship and came into the parts of Magdala.

and they were reasoning in themselves, saying, 'Because we took no loaves.'

And Jesus having known, said to them, 'Why reason ye in yourselves, ye of little faith, because ye took no loaves?

Do you not yet understand or do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?

And Peter took him aside [and] began to rebuke him, saying, {God forbid}, Lord! This will never happen to you!"

And after six days Jesus took along Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

And I tell you that Elijah has already come, and people have not recognized him, but have treated him just as they pleased. In the same way, too, the Son of Man is destined to undergo suffering at men's hands."

And I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.

because of your incredulity, said Jesus: for I tell you truly, if ye had ever so little faith, ye might say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it should remove; and nothing would be too difficult for you.

And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?

And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,

"It will be too bad for the world because of occasions that cause people to fall away [from God]! For it is inevitable that such occasions come, but it is too bad for that person who is responsible for causing it to happen.

So, too, it is the will of my Father who is in Heaven that not one of these lowly ones should be lost.

And if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an heathen and a publican.

The master of that servant took pity on him, released him, and forgave him the debt.

And the said servant went out and found one of his fellows, which owed him a hundred pence. And laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me that thou owest.'

But he would not do it. Instead, he took him and had him thrown into prison until he paid [him] all he owed.

Ought you not to have shown mercy to your fellow-slave, as I too had done for you?'

This is the way my heavenly Father too will deal with you, if you do not, each one, heartily forgive your brother."

Then some people took little children to him, so that he might put his hands on them in blessing: and the disciples said sharp words to them.

Jesus said to them: "I solemnly say to you, in the new order of life, when the Son of Man shall take His seat on His glorious throne, you too, who have followed me, will sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

So he said to them, 'You too go out to my vineyard, and I will pay you what is right.' And they went.

They answered him, 'Because nobody has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go out to my vineyard.'

And those who were hired first, when they came, supposed that they would receive more, but they too received twenty cents each.

"And as they took it they began to grumble against the master of the house.

And [as] Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples by themselves and said to them on the way,

And Jesus took pity on them and touched their eyes, and they immediately regained their sight, and followed him.

Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus took His seat on them.

Jesus answered them, "Let me too ask you just one question, and if you answer it, I will tell you what sort of authority I have for doing as I do.

And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

And the Chief-priests and the Pharisees, hearing his parables, took note, that, concerning them, he was speaking.

And they went about to lay hands on him, but they feared the people, because they took him as a prophet.

They, however, took no notice, but went off, one to his farm, another to his business;

the remnant took his servants, and intreated them ungoodly, and slew them.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel, how they might tangle him in his words.

Let me see the tribute money." And they took him a penny.

Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died; and, having no child, left his wife to his brother.

Last of all, the woman died, too.

"But it is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! [It is] because you withhold the kingdom of heaven from people, for you do not enter it yourselves, nor [do you] allow those who are trying to enter it to get in. {[{[Verse

"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you travel over land and sea [in hope of] making one person a proselyte [i.e., a convert to the Jewish religion]. And when you do convert one, you make him twice as deserving of hell as yourselves.

"It is too bad for you blind leaders who say that whoever takes an oath 'by the Temple,' it does not [really] mean anything, but whoever takes an oath 'by the gold of the Temple,' he is obligated to [fulfill] the oath.

You say, too, 'If any one swears by the altar, his oath counts for nothing, but, if any one swears by the offering placed on it, his oath is binding on him'!

"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you give a tenth of your mint, dill and cumin [i.e., small garden herbs used for seasoning or fragrance], and [yet] neglect the heavier responsibilities required by the law, [such as] justice, mercy and faith. You should have done these ["lighter"] things and not neglected to do the other ["heavier"] things [as well].

"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you [carefully] wash the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they [i.e., such evil people] are full of greed and uncontrolled desire.

You blind Pharisees! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you are like white-washed tombs, used for burial [sites], which appear beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of the bones and decaying flesh of dead people.

So you, too, on the outside seem to people to be upright, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

"It is too bad for you hypocritical experts in the law of Moses and [you] Pharisees! For you construct burial sites for the prophets and decorate the tombs of people who were righteous.

It will be too bad for those who are pregnant and who are nursing babies in those days.

Pray, too, that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath;

so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.

And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

So you, too, must continue to be ready, for at an hour you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come.

Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.

But the prudent answered, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’

Later, the other virgins came too, saying, 'Lord, lord! Let us in!'

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and forthwith took his journey.

So, too, the man who had received the twelve hundred pounds made another twelve hundred.

After a long time the lord of those servants came and took account with them.

The man who had received the six hundred pounds came up, too, and said 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man; you reap where you have not sown, and gather up where you have not winnowed;

For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye took care of me: I was in prison, and ye visited me.

and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?