but they could find none, although many false witnesses came forward. At length there came two

"I am He," replied Jesus. "But I tell you that, later on, you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Omnipotence, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

But He made no reply to a single accusation, so that the Governor was greatly astonished.

"Why, what crime has he committed?" asked Pilate. But they kept on furiously shouting, "Let him be crucified!"

So when he saw that he could gain nothing, but that on the contrary there was a riot threatening, he called for water and washed his hands in sight of them all, saying, "I am not responsible for this murder: you must answer for it."

Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he ordered to be scourged, and gave Him up to be crucified.

Here they gave Him a mixture of wine and gall to drink, but having tasted it He refused to drink it.

but about three o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"

But Jesus uttered another loud cry and then yielded up His spirit.

But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it.

But the angel said to the women, "As for you, dismiss your fears. I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for--the crucified One.

They quickly left the tomb and ran, still terrified but full of unspeakable joy, to carry the news to His disciples.

I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

where He remained for forty days, tempted by Satan; and He was among the wild beasts, but the angels waited upon Him.

But Jesus reprimanded him, saying, "Silence! come out of him."

and saying, "Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses appointed as evidence for them."

But the man, when he went out, began to tell every one and to publish the matter abroad, so that it was no longer possible for Jesus to go openly into any town; but He had to remain outside in unfrequented places, where people came to Him from all parts.

"Why does this man use such words?" they said; "he is blaspheming. Who can pardon sins but One--that is, God?"

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

But when the Scribes of the Pharisee sect saw Him eating with the sinners and the tax-gatherers, they said to His disciples, "He is eating and drinking with the tax-gatherers and sinners!"

Jesus heard the words, and He said, "It is not the healthy who require a doctor, but the sick: I did not come to appeal to the righteous, but to sinners."

But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast.

how he entered the house of God in the High-priesthood of Abiathar, and ate the Presented Loaves--which none but the priests are allowed to eat--and gave some to his men also?"

But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him.

But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.

And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.

So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his end.

but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, he remains for ever unabsolved: he is guilty of a sin of the Ages."

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.

But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."

"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;

that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"

Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.

but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.

But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."

But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.

But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.

But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"

for many a time he had been left securely bound in fetters and chains, but afterwards the chains lay torn link from link, and the fetters in fragments, and there was no one strong enough to master him.

But He would not allow it. "Go home to your family," He said, "and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown you."

and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,

for she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured."

But He continued looking about to see the person who had done this,

But Jesus, overhearing the words, said to the Warden, "Do not be afraid; only have faith."

but He gave strict injunctions that the matter should not be made known, and directed them to give her something to eat.

But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home."

but to go wearing sandals. "And do not," He said, "put on an extra under garment.

But wherever they will not receive you or listen to you, when you leave shake off the very dust from under your feet to bear witness concerning them."

But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "The John, whom I beheaded, has come back to life."

Therefore Herodias hated him and wished to take his life, but could not;

But the people saw them going, and many knew them; and coming by land they ran together there from all the neighbouring towns, and arrived before them.

But when He saw them distressed with rowing (for the wind was against them)

For they had not learned the lesson taught by the loaves, but their minds were dull.

But no sooner had they gone ashore than the people immediately recognized Him.

And enter wherever He might--village or town or hamlet--they laid their sick in the open places, and entreated Him to let them touch were it but the tassel of His robe; and all, whoever touched Him, were restored to health.

But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'

But *you* say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God)

There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him unclean."

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and passes away ejected from him?" By these words Jesus pronounced all kinds of food clean.

Then He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation.

Then Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more He charged them, all the more did they spread the news far and wide.

"John the Baptist," they replied, "but others say Elijah, and others, that it is one of the Prophets."

Then He asked them pointedly, "But you yourselves, who do you say that I am?" "You are the Christ," answered Peter.

But turning round and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter. "Get behind me, Adversary," He said, "for your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but men's."

For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.

Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see any one, but themselves and Jesus.

"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in contempt?

Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."

and wherever it comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power."

"and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity on us and help us."

but Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he stood on his feet.

But they remained silent; for on the way they had debated with one another who was the chief of them.

Salt is a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."

but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'Male and female did God make them.

and the two shall be one'; so that they are two no longer, but 'one.'

One day people were bringing young children to Jesus for Him to touch them, but the disciples interfered.

Jesus looking on them said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for everything is possible with God."

but will receive a hundred times as much now in this present life--houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands--and persecution with them--and in the coming age the Life of the Ages.

But many who are now first will be last, and the last, first."

they will insult Him in cruel sport, spit on Him, scourge Him, and put Him to death; but on the third day He will rise to life again."

but as to sitting at my right hand or at my left, that is not mine to give: it will be for those for whom it is reserved."

but it is not to be so among you. No, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant;

For the Son of Man also did not come to be waited upon, but to wait on others, and to give His life as the redemption-price for a multitude of people."

Many angrily told him to leave off shouting; but he only cried out all the louder, "Son of David, have pity on me."

But on their giving the answer that Jesus had bidden them give, they let them take it.

But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full leaf, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time)

And He remonstrated with them. "Is it not written," He said, "'My House shall be called The House of Prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it what it now is--a robbers' cave."

In solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall say to this mountain, 'Remove, and hurl thyself into the sea,' and has no doubt about it in his heart, but stedfastly believes that what he says will happen, it shall be granted him.

But whenever you stand praying, if you have a grievance against any one, forgive it, so that your Father in Heaven may also forgive you your offences."

But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'

And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to *them*. So they left Him and went away.

So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?

Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."

"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'

There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.

For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.