And they said to him, The disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

But the days will comeand when the bridegroom is taken from them, then will they fast in those days.

And he spoke also a parable to them: No one taketh a patch from a new garment and putteth it upon an old one; for then both the new garment would be rent, and the patch from the new garment would not match with the old.

And why dost thou look at the mote in thy brothers eye, and not perceive the beam that is in thine own eye?

How canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me take out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself perceivest not the beam in thine own eye? Hypocrite! first cast the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brothers eye.

But what have ye gone out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

I say to you, Among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

Those by the wayside are they that hear; then cometh the Devil and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

And he said to them, Where is your faith? And they were afraid, and wondered, saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

But he said to them, Do ye give them food. And they said, We have not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless we ourselves should go and buy food for l all these people.

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

And I tell you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

And he said, He that took pity on him. Then said Jesus to him, Go, and do thou likewise.

If ye then, though evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

But if I cast out the demons through the finger of God, then hath the kingdom of God already come to you.

but when one stronger than he cometh upon him and overcometh him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

Then it goeth, and taketh with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter in, and dwell there; and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! something more than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and lo! something more than Jonah is here.

The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is clear, thy whole body also is in the light; but when it is disordered, thy body also is in darkness.

If then thy whole body is enlightened, having no part dark, the whole will be as fully enlightened, as when a lamp with its bright shining giveth thee light.

So then ye bear witness to and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and ye are building [their tombs].

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

The life is more than its food, and the body than its raiment.

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse, nor barn; and God feedeth them. Of how much greater value are ye than the birds!

If then ye cannot do even that which is least, why are ye anxious about the rest?

And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful, the wise steward, whom his lord will place over his household, to give the portion of food in due season?

When thou art going with thine adversary at law to the magistrate, take pains, while on the way, to be released by him; lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Then said he to the vinedresser, Lo! three years I have come seeking fruit on this figtree, and have found none; cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

then will ye begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets.

When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not take the highest place, lest one more honorable than thou may have been invited by him;

and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and then thou wilt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

But when thou art invited, go and recline in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher. Then wilt thou have honor in the presence of all who are at table with thee.

And the servant came, and reported these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, the blind, and the lame.

Salt then is good; but if the salt itself have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

I say to you, that in like manner there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninetynine righteous men who have no need of repentance.

And he said to him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do, now that my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? I cannot dig, I am ashamed to beg.

Then he said to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith to him, Take thy bond, and write eighty.

And the lord commended the unjust steward for having done wisely; for the sons of this world are wiser toward their generation than the sons of light.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.

Then he said, I pray thee then, father, to send him to my fathers house;

It were better for him to have a millstone hung round his neck, and be cast into the sea, than to cause one of these little ones to fall away.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself will be humbled; but he that humbleth himself will be exalted.

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

And those who heard this said, Who then can be saved?

Then Peter said, Lo! we left what we had, and followed thee.

why then didst thou not put my money into a bank? Then I at my coming might have received it back with interest.

saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, and that in this thy day, the things that concern thy peace! but now they are hidden from thine eyes.

For the days will come upon thee, when thine enemies will cast up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on every side,

So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What then will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

But he, looking upon them, said, What then is this which is written, "The stone which the builders rejected, the same hath become the cornerstone"?

And he said to them, Render then to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods.

Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to him, and asked him,

In the resurrection then, of which of them is the woman the wife? for the seven had her for a wife.

Then some of the scribes answering, said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

till I make thine enemies thy footstool."

David then calleth him lord; and how is he his son?

And he said, In truth I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.

And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when then will these things be? and what will be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?

Then he said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let those who are within the city go out of it, and let not those in the open country enter it.

And then will they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed;

And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, or bag, or sandals, were ye in need of anything? And they said, Of nothing. Then he said to them,

saying, Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from meyet not my will, but thine be done!

Then Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders who had come to him, Ye have come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs;

Then they all said, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said to them, Ye say what is true; for I am.

Then will they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures.

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

and they asked him and said to him, Why then dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?

Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the figtree, dost thou believe? Thou shalt see greater things than these.

And they had no wine, because the wine of the feast had failed. Then the mother of Jesus saith to him, There is no wine.

Then said the Jews, Fortysix years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days?

And this is the condemnation, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil.

Then there arose a question on the part of Johns disciples with a Jew about purifying.

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegrooms voice. This my joy then hath become full.

When therefore Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

The woman then left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the men,

Then Jesus said to him, Unless ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

Then he inquired of them the hour when he began to mend. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing; for whatever He doeth, these things the Son also doeth in like manner;

for the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things which he himself doeth; and greater works than these will he show him, so that ye will wonder.

But the testimony which I have, is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to perform, the works themselves which I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great crowd was coming to him, saith to Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed to those that were lying down; in like manner also of the fishes, as much as they desired.

Then they were willing to receive him into the boat; and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.

Then they said to him, What are we to do, that we may work the works of God?

and they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, one whose father and mother we know? How is it then that this man saith, I have come down from heaven?

What then if ye behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.

Then some of the men of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

But of the multitude many believed in him, and said, When the Christ cometh, will he do more signs than these which this man doeth?

Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.