Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.

Otherwise, if he lays a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will begin to ridicule him

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

If he can't, he will send a delegation to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away.

So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.

"Now, salt is good. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can its flavor be restored?

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

“Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins [each one equal to a day’s wages] and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?

And when she has found it, she calls together her [women] friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I found the lost coin!’

And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.

and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him to the fields to feed swine,

"Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

And he was angry, and did not wish to come in: and his father having gone out, continued to intreat him. And responding he said to the father,

But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.

So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [of my affairs], for you can no longer be [my] manager.’

The man who can be trusted in a very small matter can be trusted in a large one, and the man who cannot be trusted in a very small matter cannot be trusted in a large one.

So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches?

And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, how can you ever be given what is your own?

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

"You," said Jesus, "are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.

And he shouted out, 'Forefather Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus [to me], so he can dip the tip of his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it, because I am in agony in these flames.'

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.'

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,” the Lord said, “you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

So you too, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants [undeserving of praise or a reward, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have merely done what we ought to do.’”

and having seen them, he said to them, 'Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

Now [when he] was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with {things that can be observed},

Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it.

I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.

Truly I say unto you, whosoever may not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, can not enter into it.

And one of the Presidents asked Jesus this question--"Good Teacher, what must I do if I am to gain Immortal Life?"

And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

And he called in ten of his slaves and gave them each twenty dollars and told them to trade with it while he was gone.

but he being hated by the citizens, after he was gone, they sent a deputation to court, to make this protest, "we will not have him for our king."

'And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

"The second servant came and said, "Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.'

"Then the other servant came and said, "Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping

"So the king told those standing nearby, "Take the coin away from him and give it to the man who has the ten coins.'

And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as he had said to them.

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What can I do? I will send them my dear son; perhaps they will respect him.'

“Show Me a [Roman] denarius. Whose image and inscription does the coin have?” They answered, “[the Emperor Tiberius] Caesar’s.”

but those who are considered worthy to gain that [other world and that future] age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Then He said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is David’s son?

David calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?”

By your patient endurance gain your souls.

because these are days of vengeance, [so that] all the things that are written can be fulfilled.

As soon as they put out leaves you can see for yourselves and recognize that summer is already near.

In the same way also, when you see these things happening [i.e., the above mentioned "signs"], you can know that the kingdom of God [i.e., either its heavenly phase or the destruction of Jerusalem] is near.

But heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word can not pass away.

But be watching in every season, making supplication, that ye may gain full vigour, to escape all these things that are about to be coming to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them,

and he sent Peter and John, saying, 'Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;'

He replied, “When you have entered the city, a man carrying an earthen jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house that he enters.

Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

And having gone they found it as he had said to them; and they prepared the passover.

so you can eat and drink at my table in my [coming] kingdom. [Also] you will sit on [twelve] thrones [See Matt. 19:28], judging the twelve tribes of Israel [i.e., judging God's people through their writings].

And having gone forth, he went on, according to custom, to the mount of the Olives, and his disciples also followed him,

and Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.

Pilate said to the High Priests and to the crowd, "I can find no crime in this man."

he having gone to Pilate begged the body of Jesus;

and having gone in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

But they kept him back, saying, Do not go, for evening is near, the day is almost gone. And he went in with them.

Look at My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Touch Me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”

John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me hath gone before me; for he was before me.

No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].

Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man, who hath gone before me; for he was before me.

I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah]; but I came baptizing in water so that He would be [publicly] revealed to Israel.”

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

When the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

And Jesus saith unto her - What part can I take with thee, O woman? Not yet, hath come, mine hour.

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

So He plaited a whip of rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables.

Then the Jews retorted, “What sign (attesting miracle) can You show us as [proof of] your authority for doing these things?”

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!

The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it came, and where it goes: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.

Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

Jesus answered him, "You're the teacher of Israel, and you can't understand this?

If I told you earthly things [that is, things that happen right here on earth] and you do not believe, how will you believe and trust Me if I tell you heavenly things?

And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

The Samaritan woman asked him, "How can you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" Because Jews do not have anything to do with Samaritans.

She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no bucket and rope] and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?

miles away from Cana].

Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?

So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

And after two days he departed thence, and went into Cana of Galilee.