To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic.

Give to everyone who asks of you, and from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much back.

Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the plank from out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.

And Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

As he came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.

You gave me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss my feet from the time I came in.

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had come out,

And when a great crowd came together and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:

The ones along the path are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved.

Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

When he stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but in the tombs.

Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Then all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying,

But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; for I know that power has gone out from me."

While he was still speaking, someone came from the ruler of the synagogue's house and said, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more."

Whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.

And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done; and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,

As the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"not knowing what he said.

On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son, for he is my only child.

But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?"

And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they give, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

At that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it was your good pleasure.

Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing, beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

but only one thing is needed. And Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."

and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything'?

Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'

The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.

As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,

Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

and be like men who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, so that they may open to him immediately when he comes and knocks.

But he who did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask the more.

For from now on there will be five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."

Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

Then ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years, be loosed on the Sabbath day from this bond?"

When once the owner of the house has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open for us.' He will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.'

But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!'

And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God.

At that very time some Pharisees came, and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you."

The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'

And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"

"Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'?

For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one part to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.

And he said, "All these I have kept from my youth."

But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.

And he said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.'

'I tell you, that to every one who has will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

saying, "If you had known, even you, this day, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

the baptism of Johnwas it from heaven or from men?"

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

But those who are considered worthy to attain that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

men fainting from fear and foreboding of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed,

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done."

An angel appeared to him from heaven, and strengthened him.

When he rose from prayer, and came to his disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow.

But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

And they said, "What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips."

But they were urgent, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee to this place."

And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus.

But all his acquaintances, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

who had not consented to their decision and deed. He came from of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he was waiting for the kingdom of God.

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid.

And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

Then they returned from the tomb and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Now behold, that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.

And he said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day,

And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high."

While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace.

Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom.

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him."

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."