At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

If, then, you are not able to do even that which is least, why are you troubled about the rest?

But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?

Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

And the ruler of the Synagogue was angry because Jesus had made her well on the Sabbath, and he said to the people, There are six days in which men may do work: so come on those days to be made well, and not on the Sabbath.

And when he said these things, those who were against him were shamed, and all the people were full of joy because of the great things which were done by him.

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.

And he said to them, Which of you, whose ox or ass has got into a water-hole, will not straight away get him out on the Sabbath?

For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that part of your property which will be mine. And he made division of his goods between them.

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.

And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.

And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.

And another came, saying, Lord, here is your pound, which I put away in a cloth;

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

And every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.

Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.

And he said to them, When you go into the town you will see a man coming to you with a vessel of water; go after him into the house into which he goes.

And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.

And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him

And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief.

But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place.

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.

And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).

And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,

But his words were about that holy building which was his body.

So when he had come back again from the dead, the memory of these words came back to the disciples, and they had faith in the holy Writings and in the word which Jesus had said.

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.

And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.

It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.

Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.

Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.

For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill.

And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the people had had enough.

And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.

Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.