I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Get up and throw yourself into the sea!' and has no doubt in his mind, but has faith that what he says will happen, shall have it.

Therefore I tell you, whenever you pray or ask for anything, have faith that it has been granted you, and you shall have it.

And whenever you stand up to pray, if you have a grievance against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven too may forgive you your offenses."

Did you never read this passage of Scripture: " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone;

And they tried to have him arrested, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that the illustration was aimed at them. And they left him and went away.

And they came up and said to him, "Master, we know that you tell the truth regardless of the consequences, for you are not guided by personal considerations, but teach the way of God with sincerity. Is it right to pay the poll tax to the emperor or not?

"Master," they said, "Moses made us a law that if a man's brother died, leaving a wife but no child, the man should marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.

Jesus said to them, "Does not this show that you are wrong, and do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God?

One of the scribes came up and heard them arguing. He saw that Jesus had answered them well, and he asked him, "Which is the first of all the commands?"

The scribe said to him, "Really, Master, you have finely said that he stands alone, and there is none but he,

And Jesus saw that he answered thoughtfully, and he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God!" And no one ventured to ask him any more questions.

As Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he answered them and said, "How can the scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?

and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at dinners??40 men that eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get a far heavier sentence!"

And he called his disciples to him and said, "I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all these others who have been putting money into the treasury.

Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be torn down."

And Jesus said to them, "Take care that no one misleads you about this.

When they are taking you off to trial do not worry beforehand about what you ought to say, but say whatever is given you when the time comes, for it is not you that will speak, but the holy Spirit.

Alas for women who are with child at that time, or who have babies!

Pray that it may not be winter when it comes,

If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Christ!' or 'Look! There he is!' do not believe it.

But in those days, when that misery is over, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed its light

"Let the fig tree teach you the lesson. As soon as its branches grow soft and put forth leaves you know that summer is coming.

So when you see these things happening, you must know that he is just at the door.

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father.

But there were some who said indignantly to themselves, "What was the use of wasting the perfume like that?

And they grumbled at her. But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you bother her? It is a fine thing that she has done to me.

For the Son of Man is indeed to go away as the Scriptures say of him, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born."

And he went on a little way and threw himself on the ground and prayed that if it were possible he might be spared the hour of trial,

and he said, "Abba!" that is, Father, "anything is possible for you! Take this cup away from me! Yet not what I please but what you do!"

You must all watch, and pray that you may not be subjected to trial. One's spirit is eager, but human nature is weak."

Just at that moment, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, from the high priests, scribes, and elders.

And some started to spit at him and to blindfold him and strike him, and say to him, "Now show that you are a prophet!" And the attendants slapped him as they took charge of him.

But he began to swear with the strongest oaths, "I do not know this man that you are talking about!"

At that moment for the second time a cock crowed. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will disown me three times!" And at that, he wept aloud.

But Jesus made no further answer at all, so that Pilate wondered.

For he knew that the high priests had handed him over to him out of envy.

And Pilate said to them, "Why, what has he done that is wrong?" But they shouted all the louder, "Crucify him!"

Then the soldiers took him inside the courtyard, that is, of the governor's residence, and they called the whole battalion together.

Let this Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, so that we may see it and believe!" And the men who were crucified with him abused him.

Although it was now evening, yet since it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

and when he learned from the captain that he was, he gave Joseph permission to take the body.

And he bought a linen sheet and took him down from the cross and wrapped him in the sheet, and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the doorway of the tomb.

And they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled back, for it was very large.

When they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they would not believe it.

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed their message by the signs that attended it.

For that reason, Theophilus, and because I have investigated it all carefully from the beginning, I have determined to write a connected account of it for Your Excellency,

so that you may be reliably informed about the things you have been taught.

Zechariah said to the angel, "How am I to know that this is so? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in life."

The people were waiting for Zechariah, and wondering that he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

But when he came out he could not speak to them, and they knew that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. For his part, he kept making signs to them, and remained dumb.

"This is what the Lord has done for me," she said, "now that he has deigned to remove the disgrace I have endured."

The angel answered, "The holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. For that reason your child will be called holy, and the Son of God.

They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who bears that name."

"And the oath that he swore to our forefather Abraham,

That we should be delivered from the hands of our enemies,

In those days an edict was issued by the Emperor Augustus that a census of the whole world should be taken.

There were some shepherds in that neighborhood keeping watch through the night over their flock in the open fields.

The angel said to them, "Do not be frightened, for I bring you good news of a great joy that is to be felt by all the people,

When the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Come! Let us go over to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, that the Lord has told us of!"

And the shepherds went back glorifying God and praising him for all that they had heard and seen in fulfilment of what they had been told.

It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not die without seeing the Lord's Messiah.

And he gave them his blessing, and said to Mary, the child's mother, "This child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a portent that will be much debated??35 you yourself will be pierced to the heart??nd so the thoughts of many minds will be revealed."

She came up just at that time and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were living in expectation of the liberation of Jerusalem.

When they had done everything that the Law of the Lord required, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

They supposed that he was somewhere in the party, and traveled until the end of the first day's journey, and then they looked everywhere for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

He said to them, "How did you come to look for me? Did you not know that I must be at my Father's house?"

So he would say to the crowds that came out there to be baptized by him, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to fly from the wrath that is coming?

Then produce fruit that will be consistent with your professed repentance! And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our forefather,' for I tell you, God can produce descendants for Abraham right out of these stones!

But the axe is already lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree that fails to produce good fruit is going to be cut down and thrown into the fire."

and, 'They will lift you up with their hands, so that you may never strike your foot against a stone.' "

Under the power of the Spirit Jesus returned to Galilee, and news of him went all over that region.

And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?"

He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to me: 'Doctor, cure yourself! Do the things here in your own country that we hear you did at Capernaum.'

And news of him spread to every place in that region.

But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, for that is what I was sent to do."

So they did so, and inclosed such a shoal of fish that their nets began to break.

And they signaled to their comrades in the other boat to come and help them. And they came, and they filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people.

But to let you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth"??urning to the man who was paralyzed he said to him??"I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home!"

It was in those days that he went up on the mountain to pray, and passed the whole night in prayer to God.

Be glad when that happens, and leap for joy, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way their forefathers treated the prophets.

"Alas for you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is the way their forefathers treated the false prophets!

To the man that strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the man who takes away your coat, do not keep back your shirt either.

Give to everyone that asks of you, and if anyone takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.

If you love only those who love you, what merit is there in that? For even godless people love those who love them.

And if you help only those who help you, what merit is there in that? Even godless people act in that way.

And if you lend only to people from whom you expect to get something, what merit is there in that? Even godless people lend to godless people, meaning to get it back again in full.

Why do you keep looking at the speck in your brother's eye, and pay no attention to the beam that is in your own?

How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, just let me get that speck out of your eye,' when you cannot see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First get the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see to get out the speck in your brother's eye.

A good man, out of the good he has accumulated in his heart, produces good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, produces what is bad. For his mouth says only what his heart is full of.

He is like a man who was building a house, who dug deep and laid his foundation upon the rock, and when there was a flood the torrent burst upon that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

But the man who listens to it, and does not act upon it, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and it collapsed at once, and the wreck of that house was complete."

That is why I did not think I was fit to come to you. But simply say the word, and have my servant cured.

When Jesus heard this, he was astonished at him, and turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, I have not found such faith as this even in Israel!"

And blessed is the man who finds nothing that repels him in me."

When John's messengers were gone, he began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind?

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'

Now there was a woman in the town who was leading a sinful life, and when she learned that he was having dinner at the Pharisee's house, she got an alabaster flask of perfume,

But he said to the woman, "It is your faith that has saved you. Go in peace."

And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but they are given to others in the form of figures, so that they may look and yet not see, and hear and yet not understand.