To every one who asks, give; and from him who takes away your property, do not demand it back.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is it to you? Even bad men lend to their fellows so as to receive back an equal amount.

Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.

A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

Then Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the Captain sent friends to Him with the message: "Sir, do not trouble to come. I am not worthy of having you come under my roof;

No kiss did you give me; but she from the moment I came in has not left off tenderly kissing my feet.

and certain women whom He had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases--Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had come,

And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything, to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing, even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."

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

Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.

But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.

"Some one has touched me," Jesus replied, "for I feel that power has gone out from me."

While He was still speaking, some one came to the Warden of the Synagogue from his house and said, "Your daughter is dead; trouble the Rabbi no further."

Whatever house you enter, make that your home, and from it start afresh.

Wherever they refuse to receive you, as you leave that town shake off the very dust from your feet as a protest against them."

And when they were preparing to depart from Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying.

Then there came a voice from within the cloud: "This is My Son, My Chosen One: listen to Him."

On the following day, when they were come down from the mountain, a great crowd came to meet Him;

and a man from the crowd called out, "Rabbi, I beg you to pity my son, for he is my only child.

But they did not understand His meaning: it was veiled from them that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?"

And in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table; for the labourer deserves his wages. Do not move from one house to another.

On that same occasion Jesus was filled by the Holy Spirit with rapturous joy. "I give Thee fervent thanks," He exclaimed, "O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from sages and men of understanding, and hast revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for such has been Thy gracious will.

Jesus replied, "A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell among robbers, who after both stripping and beating him went away, leaving him half dead.

At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, "Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

for a friend of mine has just come to my house from a distance, and I have nothing for him to eat'?

"And he from indoors shall answer, "'Do not pester me. The door is now barred, and I am here in bed with my children. I cannot get up and give you bread.'

The Queen of the South will awake at the Judgement together with the men of the present generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the extremity of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; but mark! One greater than Solomon is here.

so that the blood of all the Prophets, that is being shed from the creation of the world onwards, may be required from the present generation.

Yes, I tell you that, from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the House, it shall all be required from the present generation.

lying in wait to catch some unguarded expression from His lips.

Whatever therefore you have said in the dark, will be heard in the light; and what you have whispered within closed doors will be proclaimed from the house-tops.

"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'

and be yourselves like men waiting for their master--on the look-out till he shall return from the wedding feast--that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door instantly.

But he who had not been told it and yet did what deserved the scourge, will receive but few lashes. To whomsoever much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him a larger amount will be demanded.

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

But Jesus saw her, and calling to her, He said to her, "Woman, you are free from your weakness."

But the Lord's reply to him was, "Hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his bullock or his ass from the stall and lead him to water?

And this woman, daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan had bound for no less than eighteen years, was she not to be loosed from this chain because it is the Sabbath day?"

"But He will reply, "'I tell you that you are no friends of mine. Begone from me, all of you, wrongdoers that you are.'

They will come from east and west, from north and south, and will sit down at the banquet in the Kingdom of God.

In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.

"Then the steward said within himself, "'What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

I see what to do, in order that when I am discharged from the stewardship they may give me a home in their own houses.'

The Law and the Prophets continued until John came: from that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been spreading, and all classes have been forcing their way into it.

Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

covered with sores and longing to make a full meal off the scraps flung on the floor from the rich man's table. Nay, the dogs, too, used to come and lick his sores.

And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'

"'No, father Abraham,' he pleaded; 'but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

"'If they are deaf to Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham, 'they would not be led to believe even if some one should rise from the dead.'"

But which of you who has a servant ploughing, or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the farm, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'

For just as the lightning, when it flashes, shines from one part of the horizon to the opposite part, so will the Son of Man be on His day.

but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.

Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.

yet because she annoys me I will give her justice, to prevent her from constantly coming to pester me.'"

"I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

"All of those," he replied, "I have kept from my youth."

Zacchaeus however stood up, and addressing the Lord said, "Here and now, Master, I give half my property to the poor, and if I have unjustly exacted money from any man, I pledge myself to repay to him four times the amount."

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

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

"O that at this time thou hadst known--yes even thou--what makes peace possible! But now it is hid from thine eyes.

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

From that time, however, no one ventured to challenge Him with a single question.

For from what they could well spare they have all of them contributed to the offerings, but she in her need has thrown in all she had to live on."

And there will be great earthquakes, and in places famines and pestilence; and there will be terrible sights and wonderful tokens from Heaven.

But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

for I tell you that from this time I will never drink the produce of the vine till the Kingdom of God has come."

But He Himself withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed repeatedly, saying,

"Father, if it be Thy will, take this cup away from me; yet not my will but Thine be done!"

And there appeared to Him an angel from Heaven, strengthening Him;

When He rose from his prayer and came to His disciples, He found them sleeping for sorrow.

But from this time forward the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God's omnipotence."

"What need have we of further evidence?" they said; "for we ourselves have heard it from his own lips."

But they violently insisted. "He stirs up the people," they said, "throughout all Judaea with His teaching--even from Galilee (where He first started)

As soon as they led Him away, they laid hold on one Simon, a Cyrenaean, who was coming in from the country, and on his shoulders they put the cross, for him to carry it behind Jesus.

who came from the Jewish town of Arimathaea and was awaiting the coming of the Kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the design or action of the Council,

The women--those who had come with Jesus from Galilee--followed close behind, and saw the tomb and how His body was placed.

But they found the stone rolled back from the tomb,

and returning from the tomb they reported all this to the Eleven and to all the rest.

On that same day two of the disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village seven or eight miles from Jerusalem,

though they were prevented from recognizing Him.

their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. But He vanished from them.

and He said, "Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise again from among the dead;

And remember that I am about to send out my Father's promised gift to rest upon you. But, as for you, wait patiently in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

And while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into Heaven.

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.

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

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.

For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.

(Now Philip came from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.)

So they carried some to him. And no sooner had the President tasted the water now turned into wine, than--not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn the water knew--he called to the bridegroom

When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.

He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So is it with every one who has been born of the Spirit."

There is no one who has gone up to Heaven, but there is One who has come down from Heaven, namely the Son of Man whose home is in Heaven.