tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.

Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.

And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of the dead, but of the living.

all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for they say and do not,

but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move them with their finger.

But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.

And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.

and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

And he answering said to them, Do ye not see all these things? Verily I say to you, Not a stone shall be left here upon a stone which shall not be thrown down.

But ye will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not disturbed; for all these things must take place, but it is not yet the end.

let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;

and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his garment.

But pray that your flight may not be in winter time nor on sabbath:

for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be;

and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.

Then if any one say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or here, believe it not.

If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; behold, he is in the inner chambers, do not believe it.

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

Verily I say to you, This generation will not have passed away until all these things shall have taken place.

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father alone.

and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man.

Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be dug through into.

Wherefore ye also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye think not the Son of man comes.

the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,

They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;

But in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.

But the prudent answered saying, We cannot, lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.

but he answering said, Verily I say unto you, I do not know you.

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

And he also that had received the one talent coming to him said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,

And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;

for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him.

for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;

I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.

Then shall they also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?

Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me.

but they said, Not in the feast, that there be not a tumult among the people.

For ye have the poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

The Son of man goes indeed, according as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born.

But I say to you, that I will not at all drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father.

Then saith Jesus to them, All ye shall be offended in me during this night. For it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, that during this night, before the cock shall crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou wilt.

And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is ready, but the flesh weak.

In that hour Jesus said to the crowds, Are ye come out as against a robber with swords and sticks to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me.

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has blasphemed: what need have we any more of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard the blasphemy.

But he denied before all, saying, I do not know what thou sayest.

And again he denied with an oath: I do not know the man.

Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is the price of blood.

Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.

they gave to him to drink vinegar mingled with gall; and having tasted it, he would not drink.

And the angel answering said to the women, Fear not ye, for I know that ye seek Jesus the crucified one.

He is not here, for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

Then Jesus says to them, Fear not; go, bring word to my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there they shall see me.

saying, Say that his disciples coming by night stole him while we were sleeping.

And he preached, saying, There comes he that is mightier than I after me, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to stoop down and unloose.

And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting out a net in the sea, for they were fishers.

And they were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And he healed many suffering from various diseases; and he cast out many demons, and did not suffer the demons to speak because they knew him.

and straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no longer any room, not even at the door; and he spoke the word to them.

and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug it up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.

And Jesus having heard it says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners.

And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?

And he said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, he and those with him,

how he entered into the house of God, in the section of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the shew-bread, which it is not lawful unless for the priests to eat, and gave even to those that were with him?

And he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;

And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him.

And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.

And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth;

and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.

that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven.

And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?

And he said to them, Does the lamp come that it should be put under the bushel or under the couch? Is it not that it should be set upon the lamp-stand?

For there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest; nor does any secret thing take place, but that it should come to light.

For whosoever has, to him shall be given; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.

and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.

but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.

And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him up and say to him, Teacher, dost thou not care that we are perishing?

And he said to them, Why are ye thus fearful? how is it ye have not faith?

who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;

And continually night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying and cutting himself with stones.

and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.

And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

And he suffered him not, but says to him, Go to thine home to thine own people, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee.

But Jesus immediately, having heard the word spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not; only believe.

And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.

But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised save in his own country, and among his kinsmen, and in his own house.