and do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

And lo, a voice from Heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent! For the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

And going on from there, he saw another two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And He called them;

And great multitudes of people followed Him, from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and beyond Jordan.

For truly I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle shall in any way pass from the Law until all is fulfilled.

Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out from there until you have paid the last kodrantes.

And if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and throw it from you. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand offends you, cut it off and throw it from you. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no. For whatever is more than these comes from evil.

Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.

Therefore when you do your merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

And then I will say to them I never knew you! Depart from Me, those working lawlessness!

When He had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.

And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven.

And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine, feeding.

And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax-office. And He said to him, Follow Me! And he arose and followed Him.

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

No one puts a piece of new cloth onto an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

But turning and seeing her, Jesus said, Daughter, be comforted; your faith has saved you. And the woman was saved from that hour.

And when Jesus passed on from there, two blind ones followed Him, crying and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us.

And into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who within it is worthy. And there abide until you go away from there.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of Heaven is taken by violence, and the violent take it by force.

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the sophisticated and cunning, and revealed them to babes.

And when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.

But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew Himself from there. And great crowds followed Him, and He healed them all.

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we want to see a sign from you.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the Judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, One greater than Solomon is here.

Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out. And when he has come, he finds it empty, swept, and decorated.

For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance. But whoever does not have, from him shall be taken away even that which he has.

So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where have the darnel come from?

so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world."

So it shall be at the end of the world. The angels shall come out and separate the wicked from among the just,

And it happened when Jesus finished these parables, He departed from there.

And when He had come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so much so that they were astonished and said, From where does this man have this wisdom and these mighty works?

and his sisters, are they not all with us? Then from where does this man have all these things?

and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and therefore the powerful works are working in him.

When Jesus heard, He departed from there by boat into a deserted place apart. And hearing, the crowds followed Him on foot out of the cities.

And they all ate and were filled. And they took up twelve hand baskets full from the fragments that remained.

Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

But you say, Whoever says to his father or mother, Whatever you would gain from me, It is a gift to God;

"This people draws near to Me with their mouth, and honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man.

And going out from there, Jesus withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

And she said, True, O Lord; but even the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' tables.

Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith! So be it to you even as you wish. And her daughter was healed from that very hour.

And moving from there Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee. And He went up into a mountain and sat there.

And His disciples said to Him, From where should we get so many loaves in the wilderness, so as to fill so great a crowd?

The Pharisees and the Sadducees came to Him, tempting Him. And they asked Him that He would show them a sign from Heaven.

From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.

But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him, but have done to him whatever they desired. Likewise also the Son of Man shall suffer from them.

And Jesus rebuked the demon, and he departed out of him. And the child was cured from that very hour.

And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be impossible to you.

He said, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?

Peter said to Him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then truly the sons are free.

And if your hand or your foot causes you to offend, cut them off and throw them from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also to you, unless each one of you from your hearts forgive his brother their trespasses.

And it happened, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond Jordan.

He said to them, Because of your hard-heartedness Moses allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

For there are some eunuchs who were born so from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.

And He laid His hands on them, and departed from there.

The young man said to Him, I have kept all these things from my youth up; what do I lack yet?

So when evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers and pay them their wage, beginning from the last to the first.

Then the mother of Zebedee's children came to Him with her sons, worshiping and desiring a certain thing from Him.

And as they departed from Jericho, a great crowd followed Him.

saying to them, Go into the village across from you. And immediately you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

And a very great crowd spread their garments in the way. Others cut down branches from the trees and spread them in the way.

And the crowd said, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth of Galilee.

The baptism of John, where was it from? From Heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

But if we shall say From men, we fear the people; for all consider John as a prophet.

Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing out its fruits.

And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question Him any more.

Therefore, behold, I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you. And you will kill and crucify some of them. And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city;

so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

For I say to you, You shall not see Me from now on until you say, "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord."

And Jesus went out and departed from the temple. And His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple.

And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to him who has ten talents.

For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will abound. But from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him.

And all nations shall be gathered before Him. And He shall separate them from one another, as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.

Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Then He also shall say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels.

And from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.

And He went a little further and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.

He went away again the second time and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.

And as He was yet speaking, behold, Judas came, one of the Twelve. And with him came a great crowd with swords and clubs, being sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Jesus said to him, You said it. I tell you more. From this time you shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.

and saying, You destroying the temple and building it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

And, behold! The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And the earth quaked, and the rocks were sheared,

And many of the women were there, watching from a distance, those who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, watching from a distance;

And Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, were sitting there across from the tomb.