Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

whereas he who was ignorant and did what deserves a beating, will receive few lashes. He who has much given him will have much required from him, and he who has much entrusted to him will have all the more demanded of him.

It was at this time that some people came to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

When he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,

there was a woman who for eighteen years had suffered weakness from an evil spirit; indeed she was bent double and quite unable to raise herself.

But the president of the synagogue was annoyed at Jesus healing on the sabbath, and he said to the crowd, "There are six days for work to be done; come during them to get healed, instead of on the sabbath."

And this woman, a daughter of Abraham, bound by Satan for all these eighteen years, was she not to be freed from her bondage on the sabbath?"

It is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

In front of him there was a man who had dropsy;

Jesus said to him, "There was a man who was giving a large supper, to which he had invited a number of guests.

The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was enraged, and said to his servant, 'Quick, go out to the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame.'

He also said: "There was a man who had two sons,

And he was fain to fill his belly with the pods the swine were eating; no one gave him anything.

So he got up and went off to his father. But when he was still far away his father saw him and felt pity for him and ran to fall upon his neck and kiss him.

for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.

Now his elder son was out in the field, and as he came near the house he heard music and dancing;

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

He also said to the disciples: "There was a rich man who had a factor, and this factor, he found, was accused of misapplying his property.

There was a rich man, clad in purple and fine linen, who lived sumptuously every day.

Outside his door lay a poor man called Lazarus; he was a mass of ulcers,

Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died too, and was buried.

And as he was being tortured in Hades he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his bosom;

On entering one village he was met by ten lepers who stood at a distance

Now one of them turned back when he saw he was cured, glorifying God with a loud voice;

and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

Was there no one to return and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

On being asked by the Pharisees when the Reign of God was coming, he answered them, "The Reign of God is not coming as you hope to catch sight of it;

And just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of man;

Or just as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting and building,

"In a certain town," he said, "there was a judge who had no reverence for God and no respect even for man.

And in that town there was a widow who used to go and appeal to him for 'Justice against my opponent!'

"Two men went up to pray in the temple; one was a Pharisee and the other was a taxgatherer.

But when he heard that, he was vexed, for he was extremely rich.

However, they did not understand a word of this; indeed the saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what he meant.

As he approached Jericho, it chanced that a blind man was seated beside the road begging.

When he heard the crowd passing he inquired what was the matter,

and they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was going by.

there was a man called Zacchaeus, the head of the taxgatherers, a wealthy man,

who tried to see what Jesus was like; but he could not, on account of the crowd ??for he was small of stature.

So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road.

He went on to tell a parable in their hearing, as he was approaching Jerusalem and as they imagined God's Reign would instantly come into view.

for I was afraid of you, you are such a hard man ??picking up what you never put down, and reaping what you never sowed.'

He replied, 'You rascal of a servant, I will convict you by what you have said yourself. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man, picking up what I never put down, and reaping what I never sowed!

When he was near Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Olive-Orchard, he despatched two of his disciples,

and as he was now close to the descent from the Hill of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples started joyfully to praise God with a loud voice for all they had seen,

and raze you and your children within you to the ground, leaving not one stone upon another within you ??and all because you would not understand when God was visiting you."

but they could not discover what was to be done, for the whole of the people hung upon his lips.

One day, when he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, up came the priests and scribes along with the elders.

"Tell us," they said, "what authority you have for acting in this way? Who was it that gave you this authority?"

And if we say, 'From men,' the whole of the people will stone us, for they are convinced John was a prophet."

Now at the resurrection whose wife will she be? She was wife to the seven of them."

Some of the scribes declared, "Teacher, that was a fine answer!"

Now the feast of unleavened bread which is called the passover was near.

They went off and found it was as he had told them. So they prepared the passover,

And he took a cup which was handed to him, gave thanks to God and said, "Take this and distribute it among yourselves,

For I tell you, this word of scripture must be fulfilled in me: he was classed among criminals. Yes, there is an end to all that refers to me."

Then he went outside and made his way to the Hill of Olives, as he was accustomed. The disciples followed him,

While he was still speaking, there came a mob headed by the man called Judas, one of the twelve. He approached in order to kiss Jesus,

Now when the supporters of Jesus saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

Day after day I was beside you in the temple, and you never stretched a hand against me. But this is your hour, and the dark Power has its way."

A maidservant who noticed him sitting by the fire took a long look at him and said, "That fellow was with him too."

About an hour had passed when another man insisted, "That fellow really was with him. Why, he is a Galilean!"

"Man," said Peter, "I do not know what you mean." Instantly, just as he was speaking, the cock crowed;

When Pilate heard that, he asked if the man was a Galilean,

and ascertaining that he came under the jurisdiction of Herod, he remitted him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem during those days.

Herod was greatly delighted to see Jesus; he had long wanted to see him, because he had heard about him and also because he hoped to see him perform some miracle.

(This was a man who had been put into prison on account of a riot which had taken place in the city and also on a charge of murder.)

Pilate gave sentence that their demand was to be carried out;

He was followed by a large multitude of the people and also of women who beat their breasts and lamented him;

(For there was an inscription over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.)

By this time it was about twelve o'clock, and darkness covered the whole land till three o'clock,

owing to an eclipse of the sun; the curtain in the middle of the temple was torn in two.

When the army-captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent."

Now there was a man called Joseph, a member of council but a good and just man

who had not voted for their plan of action; he belonged to Arimathaea, a Jewish town, and he was on the outlook for the Reign of God.

It was the day of the Preparation and the sabbath was just dawning.

He is not here, he has risen. Remember how he told you when he was still in Galilee

(It was Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James who with the rest of the women told this to the apostles.)

"What is that?" he said to them. They replied, "All about Jesus of Nazaret! To God and all the people he was a prophet strong in action and utterance,

Our own hope was that he would be the redeemer of Israel; but he is dead, and that is three days ago!

and could not find his body, but they came to tell us they had actually seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive.

And they said to one another, "Did not our hearts glow within us when he was talking to us on the road, opening up the scriptures for us?"

They were scared and terrified, imagining it was a ghost they saw;

Then he said to them, "When I was still with you, this is what I told you, that whatever is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled."

And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].

THE Logos existed in the very beginning, the Logos was with God, the Logos was divine.

He was with God in the very beginning:

In him life lay, and this life was the Light for men:

A man appeared, sent by God, whose name was John:

He was not the Light; it was to bear testimony to the Light that he appeared.

The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world:

he came to what was his own, yet his own folk did not welcome him.

(John testified to him with the cry, 'This was he of whom I said, my successor has taken precedence of me, for he preceded me.')

while the Law was given through Moses, grace and reality are ours through Jesus Christ.

Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;

This took place at Bethany on the opposite side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Next day again John was standing with two of his disciples;

He said to them, "Come and see." So they went and saw where he stayed, and stayed with him the rest of that day ??it was then about four in the afternoon.

One of the two men who heard what John said and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Peter.

Two days later a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee; the mother of Jesus was present,