And I will encamp the army around my house, that none pass through or return, and no oppressor shall pass through them any more. For now I have seen with my eyes.

As for thee also, because of the blood of thy covenant I have set free thy prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

For I have bent Judah for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and they have told FALSE dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back. For I have mercy upon them, and they shall be as though I had not cast them off. For I am LORD their God, and I will hear th

I will whistle for them, and gather them. For I have redeemed them, and they shall increase as they have increased.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look to me whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn for him, as [a man] mourns for his only

But he shall say, I am no prophet. I am a tiller of the ground, for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

And this shall be the plague with which LORD will smite all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and the

I have loved you, says LORD. Yet ye say, How have thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother, says LORD. Yet I loved Jacob,

A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And ye say, How have we despised thy na

Ye offer polluted bread upon my altar. And ye say, How have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of LORD is contemptible.

Oh that there was among you who would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering at your hand.

Ye also say, Behold, what a weariness it is! And ye have sniffed at it, says LORD of hosts. And ye have brought that which was taken by violence, and the lame, and the sick. Thus ye bring the offering. Should I accept this at your

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi, says LORD of hosts.

But ye are turned aside out of the way. Ye have caused many to stumble in the law. Ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says LORD of hosts.

Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Yet ye say, Why? Because LORD has been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou have dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Ye have wearied LORD with your words. Yet ye say, How have we wearied him? In that ye say, Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of LORD, and he delights in them, or Where is the God of justice?

From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says LORD of hosts. But ye say, How shall we return?

Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Your words have been stout against me, says LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before LORD of hosts?

Behold, the virgin will have in her womb, and will bring forth a son. And they will call his name Immanuel, which is, being interpreted, God with us.

Where is he who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.

After rising, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those seeking the child's life have died.

And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

But John was preventing him, saying, I have need to be immersed by thee, and thou come to me?

Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to the judgment.

Truly I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid the last quadran.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall not commit adultery.

Again, ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not swear falsely, but shall render to the Lord thine oaths.

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.

For if ye love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the tax collectors the same?

Be careful not to do your charity before men in order to be seen by them, otherwise ye have no reward from your Father in the heavens.

When therefore thou do charity, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

Be not therefore like them, for your Father knows what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

And when ye fast, become not like the gloomy looking hypocrites, for they make their faces unsightly, so that they may appear fasting to men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.

And Jesus said to the centurion, Go thou. And as thou have believed, be it done to thee. And his boy was healed in that hour.

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.

And behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man who was placed on a bed. And having seen their faith Jesus said to the paralyzed man, Cheer up, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.

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

But Jesus having heard it, he said to them, Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who fare badly.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other, for truly I say to you, ye will, no, not have completed the cities of Israel, until the Son of man comes.

It is enough for the pupil that he becomes like his teacher, and the bondman like his lord. If they have called the house-ruler Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that occurred in you occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted as far as the sky. Thou will be brought down as far as Hades, because if the mighty works had occurred in Sodom that occurred in thee, it would have remained until this day.

Come to me, all ye who labor and have been burdened, and I will give you rest.

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those with him,

Or have ye not read in the law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

But if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the innocent.

And he said to them, What man of you will there be, who will have one sheep, and if this falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not grasp it, and lift it out?

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.

But the bondmen of the house-ruler having come, they said to him, Sir, did thou not sow good seed in thy field? From where then does it have tares?

Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord.

For John said to him, It is not permitted for thee to have her.

But Jesus said to them, They have no need to depart. Give ye them to eat.

And they say to him, We have not here, except five loaves and two fishes.

But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering.

And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.

And Jesus having summoned his disciples, he said, I feel compassion toward the multitude because they continue with me now three days and do not have what they might eat. And I do not want to dismiss them without food, lest they mi

And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of a mustard plant, ye will say to this mountain, Remove from here to there, and it will depart, and nothing will be impossible t

And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you, that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray.

But if thy brother should sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone. If he should hear thee, thou have gained thy brother.

And having answered, he said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

And behold one man having come to him, said, Good teacher, what good thing should I do so that I may have eternal life?

The young man says to him, All these things I have kept from my youthfulness. What do I lack yet?

Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Then having answered, Peter said to him, Lo, we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What then will be for us?

And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man will sit on the throne of his glory, ye also will sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

And having gone out about the eleventh hour, he found others who have stood idle. And he says to them, Why have ye stood here idle the whole day?

saying, These last did one hour, and thou have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the heat.

But having summoned them, Jesus said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord over them, and their eminent men have power over them.

and said to him, Do thou hear what these are saying? And Jesus says to them, Yes! Did ye never read, Out of the mouth of children and those who suckle thou have perfected praise?

And having answered, Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye will not only do that of the fig tree, but even if ye may say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it will happen

Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Speak to those who were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding festivities.

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law--justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting t

and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who have been sent to her. How often I wanted to gathered thy children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and ye would not.

And woe to those who have in the womb and to those who suckle in those days.

Behold, I have foretold it to you.

But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

And having come, the man who received the five talents brought five other talents, saying, Lord, thou delivered five talents to me, lo, I have gained five other talents besides them.

And also having come, the man who received the two talents said, Lord, thou delivered two talents to me, lo, I have gained two other talents besides them.

And after being afraid, having gone, I hid thy talent in the ground. Lo, thou have thine own.

Thou ought therefore to have placed my silver with the bankers, and having come I would have received back my own with interest.

For to every man who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

For ye always have the poor with you, but ye do not always have me.

And Judas (the man who betrayed him) having answered, he said, Is it I, Rabbi? He says to him, Thou have said.

Jesus says to him, Thou have said. Nevertheless I say to you, Henceforth ye will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming in the clouds of the sky.

Then the high priest tore his garments, saying, He has blasphemed. What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye heard his blasphemy.