The salt material is good, but if the salt material becomes tasteless, by what will it be seasoned?

Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.

But having answered, he said to his father, Lo, so many years do I serve thee, and I never passed by a commandment of thine, and yet thou never gave me a goat that I might be merry with my friends.

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

And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed good-news, and every man in it is treated aggressively.

But there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who had been placed near his gate, covered with sores,

But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back with a great voice glorifying God.

Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?

And questioned by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God comes, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation,

nor will they say, Lo, here! or, Lo, there! For behold, the kingdom of God is inside of you.

saying, In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God, and did not regard man.

And for a time he would not, but after these things he said within himself, Although I fear not God, and regard not man,

And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them?

Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man.

But having summoned them, Jesus said, Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.

Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a child, will, no, not enter into it.

And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, Good teacher, having done what, will I inherit eternal life?

And Jesus said to him, Why do thou call me good? None is good except one, God.

And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.

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

And he said, The things impossible with men are possible with God.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, that there is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

And those who went ahead rebuked him, so that he would be quiet, but he cried out much more, Thou son of David, be merciful to me.

And immediately he received 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 spoke, adding on a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.

And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities.

And as he was now coming near, at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God in a great voice about all the mighty works that they had seen, saying,

And it came to pass on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the good-news, the chief priests and the scholars with the elders stood near.

And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speak and teach rightly, and thou do not accept a personage, but teach the way of God in truth,

And he said to them, Then render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.

For neither can they die any more, for they are like the heavenly agents, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

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

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.

For all these cast into the offerings of God from their abundance, but this woman from her poverty cast in all the living that she had.

Even so ye, when ye see these things happening, know ye that the kingdom of God is near.

For I say to you, that I will eat of it no more, no, not till when it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

For I say to you, that I will, no, not drink from the fruit of the grapevine till when the kingdom of God comes.

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

From henceforth the Son of man will be sitting at the right hand of the power of God.

And they all said, Therefore thou are the Son of God? And he said to them, Ye say that I am.

And the people had stood watching. And also the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved others. He should save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen of God.

But the other man having answered, rebuking him, saying, Thou fear not even God, since thou are in the same condemnation?

And when the centurion saw that which happened, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this man was righteous.

And behold a man named Joseph, a council member, being a good and righteous man

(this man not having consented to their purpose and deed), was from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who also himself awaited the kingdom of God.

And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher cut in rock, of which no man was yet lain.

And he said to them, What? And they said to him, The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who became a prophet, a mighty man in work and word before God and all the people,

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

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

This man was in the beginning with God.

A man came to be who was sent from God, his name was John.

But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,

who were begotten, not from blood, nor from a will of flesh, nor from a will of man, but from God.

No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him.

On the morrow John sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

And I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.

And having looked upon Jesus walking, he says, Behold, the Lamb of God!

And Nathanael said to him, What good can be from Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

Nathanael answered, and says to him, Rabbi, thou are the Son of God. Thou are the king of Israel.

And he says to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, henceforth ye will see the heaven opened, and the agents of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

and says to him, Every man sets out the good wine first, and when they drank much, then the lesser. Thou have kept the good wine until now.

This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou have come a teacher from God, for no man can do these signs that thou do if God is not with him.

Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life.

For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

He who believes in him is not condemned. He who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.

He who has received his testimony has set a seal that God is true.

For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Jesus answered and said to her, If thou had known the gift of God, and who it is who says to thee, Give me to drink, thou would have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.

God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Because of this therefore the Jews sought even more to kill him, because not only did he relax the Sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

But I know you, that ye have not the love of God within yourselves.

How can ye believe, who receive glory from each other, and seek not the glory from the only God?

Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.

They said to him therefore, What shall we do that we may work the works of God?

Jesus answered, and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in that man whom he has sent.

For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.

It is written in the prophets, And they will all be taught of God. Every man who hears from the Father, and having learned, comes to me.

Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is from God. This man has seen the Father.

And we have believed and know that thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And there was much murmuring among the multitudes about him. Some said, He is a good man, others said, No, but he leads the multitude astray.

If any man wants to do his will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or I speak from myself.

But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God.

Therefore Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I came forth and have come from God. For, neither have I come for myself, but he sent me.

He who is of God hears the sayings of God. Because of this ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.

Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. My Father is he who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God.

Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him.

Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath. Other men said, How is a sinful man able to do such signs? And there was division among them.

So they called the man who was blind, for a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is sinful.

We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we know not where he is from.

And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man.

If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.