When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

The queen of the South [Note: This queen was from Sheba, which was probably in Arabia. See I Kings 10:1] will stand up on the judgment day, along with the people of this generation, and will condemn them because she came from a great distance to hear [and see] Solomon's wisdom [I Kings 10:1ff] and [now] Someone greater than Solomon is here [i.e., Jesus].

So be on your guard that the very source of light in you is not darkness.

But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and plate [as required by tradition]; but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

But the very hairs on your heads are all counted! You must not be afraid, you are worth more than a great many sparrows!

And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves against every form of greed; for not even when one has an overflowing abundance does his life consist of nor is it derived from his possessions.”

And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.

if the master of a house knew at what hour the thief would come, no doubt he would be on his guard, and not suffer him to break into his house.

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!

And He also said to the crowd, When you see a cloud rise out of the west, immediately you say, There is a shower coming. And so it is.

For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And as he said these things, all who were opposed to him were ashamed; and all the crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things which were being done by him.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then [his master,] the head of the household, became angry [at the rejections of his invitation] and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and the lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.’

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

And when she hath found it she calleth her lovers, and her neighbours saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the groat which I had lost.'

And when he had spent everything, there arose a great famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Then he was in great wrath, and would not enter the doors: therefore his father came out, and entreated him.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.

The man who is honest in a very small matter is honest in a great one also; and he who is dishonest in a very small matter is dishonest in a great one also.

And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

And he said to them, "You are the men who parade your uprightness before people, but God knows your hearts. For what men consider great is detestable in the sight of God.

Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

Pay attention and always be on guard [looking out for one another]! If your brother sins and disregards God’s precepts, solemnly warn him; and if he repents and changes, forgive him.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

And one of them, having seen that he was healed, turned back, with a great voice honouring God.

And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

But first he must suffer a great deal and be rejected by those living today.

Now Jesus was telling the disciples a parable to make the point that at all times they ought to pray and not give up and lose heart,

Then he propos'd this parable, concerning those who had a great opinion of their own justice, and look'd with contempt upon others.

But the publican, standing a great way off, did not wish even to lift up his eyes to the heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner.

But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

And when he heard the crowd passing, he inquired what this might be.

And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried out the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

So, he ran on ahead [of the crowd] and climbed up a mulberry tree [Note: This was a tree that produced a fig-like fruit] in order to see Jesus, who was supposed to pass that way [soon].

so down he came in great haste, and gave Jesus a joyful reception.

And when the crowd saw this, they began complaining [i.e., because Zacchaeus was a despised tax collector] and said, "He is going to lodge with a sinful man."

And as the crowd listened to these things, Jesus told them another parable, because He was close to Jerusalem and they assumed the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

but he being hated by the citizens, after he was gone, they sent a deputation to court, to make this protest, "we will not have him for our king."

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 as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

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

Then began he to put forth to the people this similitude, "A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to farmers, and went himself into a strange country for a great season.

When the scribes and the high priests realized that Jesus had told this parable about them, they wanted to arrest him right then, but they were afraid of the crowd.

"Be on your guard against the Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the Synagogues, and places of honor at dinner.

Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence pray at great length; these shall receive more abundant judgment.

He said, “Be careful and see to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name [appropriating for themselves the name Messiah which belongs to Me alone], saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near!’ Do not follow them.

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

“But be on guard, so that your hearts are not weighed down and depressed with the giddiness of debauchery and the nausea of self-indulgence and the worldly worries of life, and then that day [when the Messiah returns] will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

"So be on your guard at all times, praying that you may be worthy to escape these things that shall come to pass, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of man."

So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.

And he went away [and] discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he could betray him to them.

This gave them great pleasure, and they agreed to pay him.

And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd.

And he will take you up to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready.

And he said, I have had a great desire to keep this Passover with you before I come to my death;

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

As he was yet speaking, behold, a crowd, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went on before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him.

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw?

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and had sat down together, Peter sat in the midst of them.

Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him.

Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.

Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."

To Herod the sight of Jesus was a great gratification, for, for a long time, he had been wanting to see Him, because he had heard so much about Him. He hoped also to see some miracle performed by Him.

And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing.

And Herod also with his guard of soldiers set him at nought and mocked him, and having arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.

Then the whole crowd shouted out, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas."

And they continued to lay on with great voices, demanding that He should be crucified: and the voices of them and the high priests continued to grow stronger.

And a great multitude of the people followed him, and women who also mourned and lamented him.

And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

And Jesus cried with a great voice and said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." And when he thus had said, he gave up the ghost.

And all the crowd arriving together at this sight, beholding the things happening, struck their breasts and returned.

And all His acquaintances stood a great way off and the women who having followed along with Him from Galilee, seeing these things.

At this they were in great perplexity, when suddenly there stood by them two men whose raiment flashed like lightning.

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:

of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'

And in the temple court He found the dealers in cattle, sheep, and pigeons; the money-changers, too, seated at their tables.

So He made a lash out of cords, and drove them all, together with the sheep and cattle, out of the temple court, scattered the money-changers' coins and upset their tables.

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.

And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to him and were baptised:

they came to John and reported to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of people are resorting to him."

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with great joy at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore my joy is complete.