Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among the born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed.

Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise it up?

and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;

a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

But the Pharisees, having heard it, said, This man does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming one.

But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.

But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having any root were dried up;

And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;

for verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which ye behold and did not see them, and to hear the things which ye hear and did not hear them.

From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.

And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel?

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,

Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this man all these things?

And they were offended in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, unless in his country and in his house.

And he did not there many works of power, because of their unbelief.

For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give ye them to eat.

But they say to him, We have not here save five loaves and two fishes.

But in the fourth watch of the night he went off to them, walking on the sea.

But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is I: be not afraid.

Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to him and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he left them and went away.

Do ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took up?

How do ye not understand that it was not concerning bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

Then they comprehended that he did not speak of being beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

And I also, I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.

But turning round, he said to Peter, Get away behind me, Satan; thou art an offence to me, for thy mind is not on the things that are of God, but on the things that are of men.

Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing here that shall not taste of death at all until they shall have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

And Jesus coming to them touched them, and said, Rise up, and be not terrified.

But I say unto you that Elias has already come, and they have not known him, but have done unto him whatever they would. Thus also the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they were not able to heal him.

Then the disciples, coming to Jesus apart, said to him, Why were not we able to cast him out?

But this kind does not go out but by prayer and fasting.

And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the didrachmas came to Peter and said, Does your teacher not pay the didrachmas?

But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take that and give it to them for me and thee.

and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in the heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in the heavens.

What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?

And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.

So it is not the will of your Father who is in the heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

But if he do not hear thee, take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.

But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.

Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

But he not having anything to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.

But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.

shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as I also had compassion on thee?

Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.

But he answering said to them, Have ye not read that he who made them, from the beginning made them male and female,

so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

He says to them, Moses, in view of your hardheartedness, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not thus.

But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.

His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of the heavens is of such:

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

But he answering said to one of them, My friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?

is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink? They say to him, We are able.

And he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.

It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;

as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.

And leaving them he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and there he passed the night.

And Jesus answering said to them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what is done to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and be thou cast into the sea, it shall come to pass.

The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed him?

And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

And he answering said, I will not; but afterwards repenting himself he went.

And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, I go, sir, and went not.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but ye when ye saw it repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.

and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.

Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;

And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.

And he says to him, My friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;