And Jesus knowing their reflections, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

And I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast out? for this shall they be your judges.

Or how can any one come into the house of the strong, and plunder his goods, except be first bind the strong? and then he will plunder his house.

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree rotten, and its fruit rotten; for the tree is known by its fruit.

Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits, worse than he, and having come in, they dwell there: and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So also shall it be to this evil generation.

And he having answered, said to him speaking to him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

And many crowds were assembled together to him; therefore having entered into the ship, he sat down, and all the crowd stood upon the sea shore.

And others fell upon rocky places where it had not much earth, and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no depth of earth.

But happy your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

And has no root in himself, but is for a time; and there being pressure or expulsion for the word, straightly is he offended.

And the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;

And the enemy having sowed them is the devil; and the harvest is the end of time; and the reapers are the messengers.

As therefore the tares are gathered together and burnt in fire; so shall it be in the end of this time.

And having come into his native land, he taught them in their assembly, so that they were struck with amazement, and said, Whence to him this wisdom, and powers?

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then to him all these?

And they were scandalized in him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not unhonoured, except in his native land, and in his house.

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; be was aroused from the dead; and for this, powers are energetic in him.

And they all ate, and were satisfied; and they took up the remaining of fragments, twelve baskets full.

And they eating were five thousand men, besides women and children.

And the disciples seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear.

And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were saved from danger.

And he, having answered, said to them, Wherefore do ye also pass by the command of God by your tradition

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, he calumniating father or mother, in death let him die.

And ye say, Whoever should say to father or mother, A gift, whatever thou shouldest be profited by me;

And should not honour his father or his mother. And ye have annulled the command of God by your tradition.

Then his disciples having come near, said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were scandalized?

Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

And Jesus said, Are ye also yet destitute of understanding?

These are the things polluting a man: but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not a man.

And all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up that remaining of the fragments seven wicker baskets full.

And they eating were four thousand men, besides women and children.

And they said, Some, truly, John the Baptist: and others, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Verily I say to you, Some are standing here, who should not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

And he was transformed before them: and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light.

And, behold, Moses and Elias were seen to them, conversing with him.

And the disciples, having heard, fell upon their face, and were greatly afraid.

And Jesus said to them, For your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If ye have faith as a kernel of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Go away from thence, and it shall go away; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised. And they were greatly grieved.

And they having come to Capernaum, they taking double drachmas came to Peter and said, Does not your teacher pay double drachmas?

He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What seems to thee, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take taxes or census? from their sons, or from strangers?

Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free.

And if thy hand or thy foot give thee cause of offence, cut them off, and cast from thee: it is good for thee to come into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.

So is not the will of your Father, he in the heavens, that one of these little ones be lost.

But if he hear thee not, take with thee yet one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might stand.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

And his fellow-servants having seen the thing done, were greatly grieved, and having come, made known to their lord all things done.

So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye let not go each to his brother from your hearts their falls.

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has yoked together, let not man separate.

He says to them that Moses for your hard heart permitted you to loose your wives: and from the beginning it was not so.

For there are eunuchs, who were born so from the mother's belly: and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of the heavens. He being able to receive, let him receive.

Then young children were brought to him, that he might put hands upon them and pray: and the disciples censured them.

And his disciples were greatly struck with amazement, saying, Who then can be saved?

And Jesus having looked up said to them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

And every one who lets go houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for the sake of my name, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my things? Or is thine eye evil because I am good

So shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but few chosen.

But it shall not be so among you; but whoever should wish to be great among you, let him be your attendant;

And whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant:

They say to him, Lord, that our eyes might be opened.

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

Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the writings, The stone which the builders disapproved of, this was for the head of the corner? This was from the Lord, and it was wonderful in your eyes.

And the rest, having seized his servants, were insolent, and killed them.

Then says he to his servants, Truly the nuptial feast is prepared, and those called were not worthy.

For many are called, and few chosen.

Therefore say to us, What seems to thee Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

And with us were seven brethren: and the first, having married, died; and having no seed, he left his wife to his brother.

And Jesus, having answered, said to them, Ye are led astray, not having known the writings, nor the power of God.

For in the rising up they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the messengers of God in heaven.

And the crowds having heard, were astonished at his teaching.

And the Pharisees having heard that he muzzled the Sadducees, were gathered upon the same.

And be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your guide, Christ; and all ye are brethren.

And call not your father upon earth: for one is your Father, which in the heavens.

Nor be ye called leaders, for one is your Leader, Christ.

And the greater of you shall be your servant.

Foolish and blind; for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple consecrating the gold?

Foolish and blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar, consecrating the gifts?

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whitewashed tombs, which without indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of the bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness.

So also ye without truly appear just to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we had not been their partakers in the blood of the prophets,

Wherefore ye bear testimony to yourselves, that ye are the sons of those having slain the prophets.

And fill ye up yourselves the measure of your fathers.

Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and the wise, and scribes: and of them shall ye kill and crucify; and of them shall ye chastise in your assemblies, and drive out from city to city,

Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

And ye will be about to hear of wars and rumors of war: see, be not terrified; for all must be, but the end is not yet.

And pray that your flight be not in winter, nor in the sabbath.

Then if any say to you, Behold, here Christ, or there; believe ye not.

For as they were in the days of the inundation, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noe came into the ark,

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

And five of them were discerning, and five foolish.

Then all these virgins were aroused, and put their lanterns in order.

And the foolish said to the discerning, Give us of your oil; for our lights are quenched.

And he also having received one talent, having come near, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou sowedst not, and gathering where thou scatteredst not:

And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not:

Then shall the just answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished or thirsting, and gave to drink

And when saw we thee a stranger, and brought in or naked, and put around

And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee?

Then shall they answer him, they also saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and attended not to thee?

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and scribes, and the more ancient of the people, into the court-yard of the chief priest, called Caliaphas,