but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God in regard to themselves, by not being immersed by him.

And it came to pass afterward, that he went through every city and village, preaching, and making known the good news of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with him;

And other seed fell into good ground, and sprung up, and produced fruit a hundred-fold. When he had said these things, he cried: He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

He replied: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that when they see, they may not see, and when they hear, they may not understand.

But the meaning of the parable is this: The seed is the word of God;

But that on the good ground are those who, in a good and honest heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

And his mother and his brothers came to him, but were not able to get near him on account of the multitude.

But he answered and said to them: My mother and my brothers are they that hear the word of God and do it.

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice: "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not.

Return to your house, and tell what things God has done for you. And he went away, proclaiming through the whole city what Jesus had done for him.

and he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

But the multitudes knew it, and followed him; and he received them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

He said to them: But who do you say that I am? Peter answered and said: The Christ of God.

But I say to you, of a truth, there are some of these who stand here that shall not taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.

And it came to pass, that, as they were withdrawing from him, Peter said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for thee, one for Moses, and one for. Elijah, not knowing what he said.

And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God And while they were all wondering at every thing that Jesus did, he said to his disciples:

Jesus said: Let the dead bury their own dead; but do you go and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

Jesus said to him: No one that puts his hand to the plow, and looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them: The kingdom of God has come near to you.

Even the dust of your city, which cleaves to us, we do wipe off against you; yet know this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you.

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said: I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes; even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.

He answered and said: You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole strength, and with your whole understanding, and your neighbor as yourself.

one thing is needful; and Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken from her.

If, then, you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then has the kingdom of God already come upon you.

And he said: Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone.

For this reason also the Wisdom of God said: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and persecute,

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

And I further say to you, Whoever confesses me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

But he that denies me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and I will build larger ones; and there I will store ail my produce, and my good things;

and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.

But God said to him: Senseless man, this night shall your soul be required of you; and who shall have the things which you have provided?

So is he that lays up treasure for him self, and is not rich toward God.

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; yet God feeds them: you are of far more value than the birds.

If, then, God so clothes the herb of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be given you in addition.

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he looks not for him, and at an hour which he knows not; and will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.

Then he said to his vine-dresser, Behold, for three years I have come and sought fruit on this fig-tree, and I have found none; cut it down; why does it occupy the ground unprofitably?

and it may bear fruit; but if not, after ward you shall cut it down.

And he laid his hands on her; and she immediately stood erect, and glorified God.

Then he said: To what is the kingdom of God like; and to what shall I liken it?

And again he said: To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but your selves cast out.

And they shall come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, and shall recline at table in the kingdom of God.

On the same day, certain Pharisees came and said to him: Depart, and get away from this place; for Herod intends to kill you.

And a certain one of those who reclined at table with him, after hearing these things, said to him: Blessed is he who shall cat bread in the kingdom of God.

Salt is good; but if the salt become taste less, by what means shall it become salt again?

So, I say to you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

But he answered and said to his father, Behold, for so many years do I serve you, and never have I transgressed your commandment, and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

No servant can serve two masters; for he will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. You can not serve God and riches.

And he said to them: You set yourselves forth as righteous before men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men, is detestable in the sight of God.

The law and the prophets were till John. Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it by force.

And there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores:

But Abraham said, Son, remember that, in your lifetime, you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus his evil things. But now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

Bat, one of them, seeing that he was restored to health, turned back, and, with a loud voice, glorified God.

Were there none found to return and give glory to God, but this one of another race?

And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said: The kingdom of God comes not so as to attract attention;

nor shall it be said, Lo here! or Lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

saying: There was in a certain city a judge, who neither feared God nor regarded man.

And for a while he refused. But afterward he said within himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man,

and will not God avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, though he delay long in respect to them?

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner.

And Jesus called them to him, and said: Let the little children come to me, and hinder them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

Verily I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God, as a little child, shall in no way enter into it.

And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

And Jesus said to him: Why do you call me good? None is good but one, that is God.

When Jesus saw that he was very sad, he said: How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom, of God.

He replied: Things that are impossible with men, are possible with God.

And he said to them: Verily I say to you, There is no one that has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

And he immediately received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

And as they heard these things, he also spoke a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.

And when he was now near the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God, with a loud voice, for all the mighty deeds which they had seen,

And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and do not regard the person of any, but teach the way of God in truth.

He said to them: Give, therefore, to Caesar the things that are Caesar s, and to God the things that are God s.

For they can die no more; for they are like the angels, and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection.

But: that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at The Bush, since he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him.

For all these, from their abundance, have thrown in among the gifts of God; but she, from her poverty, has thrown in all the living that she had.

So likewise, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near.

For I say to you, I will eat of it no more till it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine till the kingdom of God has come.

And a certain one of them struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear.

Henceforth the Son of man shall sit on the right hand of the power of God.

And they all said: You are, then, the Son of God? He said to them: You say that I am.

And the people stood and looked on. And the rulers, with them scoffed at him, saying: He saved others, let him save himself if he is the Christ, the chosen of God.

But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Do you not fear God, since you are in the same condemnation?

When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying: Truly, this was a righteous man.

And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor, a good and a just man;

(he had not given his consent to their counsel and deed;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he himself also waited for the kingdom of God:

And he said to them: What things? They said to him: The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and in word before God and all the people;

and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.

IN the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD. was with God, and the WORD was God.

He was in the beginning with God.