So he rose and stood. Then Jesus said to them. "I ask you whether it is lawful on the Sabbath Day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to destroy it?"

Then he looked round about on them in anger, and said to him, "Stretch out your hand!"

And they, when they reached Jesus, asked him earnestly to do this. "He deserves that you should do this," they said,

But when Jesus heard this he was astonished and he turned and said to the crowd that was following him, "I tell you that not even in Israel have I found faith like that."

A great crowd accompanied her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."

And he came near and touched the bier; the bearer stopped and he said, "Young man, I bid you to rise."

And he who was dead sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother.

So the men came to Jesus and said, "John the Baptist has sent us to ask you if you are the coming one, or if we are to expect another."

At that moment Jesus was healing many people of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and to many that were blind he was freely giving their sight.

When he noticed this the Pharisee, who had invited him, said to himself, "If this man were really a prophet he would have perceived who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, and would know that she is a sinner."

"There were once to men," said Jesus, "in debt to one money-lender. One owed him fifty pounds; the other five.

"I take it," said Simon, "the one he forgave the most."

"You have rightly judged." answered Jesus, and turning to the woman, he said to Simon. "Do you see this woman? When I came into your house you gave me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

"Your sins are forgiven," he said to her.

But he said to the woman. "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

"A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed some fell by the wayside, and was trodden under foot, and the wild birds ate it up.

"Some other seed dropped on the rock, as soon as it grew it withered away, because it had no moisture.

"But some fell on good soil, and grew up, and brought forth fruit, a hundredfold." When he said this, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him listen."

"This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God.

Now it happened that one of these days he got into a boat, And him his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake."

So they set sail. While they were sailing he fell asleep. And there fell on the lake a squall of wind, so that the boat began to fill, and they to be in deadly peril.

"Where is your faith?" he asked them, In their terror they were filled with amazement, and said to one another, "Who is this who commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey him?"

"Who is that touched me?" said Jesus and when everybody denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing upon you."

But Jesus said: "Some one did touch me; for I perceived that the power was proceeding out of me."

"Daughter," he said "your faith has made you well, go on into peace."

The people were weeping and bewailing her, but he said: "Stop your wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep."

And he said to them. "Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money, and do not have two tunics.

"Into whatever house you enter, there stay, and thence depart.

Now Herod, the Tetrarch, heard of all that was happening; and he was perplexed because of its being said by someone that John was risen from the dead;

So Herod said, "I beheaded John, but who is this of whom I am hearing such reports," And he kept seeking to see him.

But now the day began to decline, and the twelve came to him and said: "Send away the crowd so that they may go into the villages and surrounding the country to lodge and buy provisions; for here we are on a solitary place."

(For there were about five thousand men.) "Make them sit down in table-companies, of about fifty each," he said to his disciples.

This they did, and made them all sit down.

Then he said to them, "But who do you say I am?" Then Peter answered saying, "The Christ of God."

and he said, "The Son of man must suffer much, and be restricted by the elders and high priests and scribes and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again."

And he said to all. "If any man wills to follow me, Let him renounce self and take up his cross daily and follow me.

And when they were preparing to depart from him Peter said to Jesus. "Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"??ot knowing what he was saying.

"O faithless and perverse generation," said Jesus, "how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son to me."

And they were all awestruck at the mighty power of God. But while everyone was marveling at what he was doing, he said to his disciples.

And Jesus who knew the dispute that was in their hearts, took a young child, and placed him by his side;

then he said to them. "Whoever shall receive this little child in my name receives me; and whoever shall receive me receives him that sent me. For it is the lowliest among you all who is great."

"Master," said John, "we saw a man who was casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us."

But Jesus said, "Forbid him not, for he who is not against you is for you."

When now when the time drew near for him to be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

But they did not receive him because his face was set to go to Jerusalem.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this they said, "Lord, are you willing for us to bid fire come down from heaven and destroy them?" As Elijah did.

But he turned and rebuked them and said,

As they were going on their way, a man came to him and said, "I will follow wherever you go."

To another he said, "Follow me!" But he replied, "Permit me first to go and bury my father."

"Leave the dead to bury their own dead," said Jesus to him, "go you and announce, far and wide the kingdom of God."

And another man also said to him. "I will follow you, Lord; but first permit me to bid farewell to those who are in my house."

"Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give. for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house.

And he said to them. "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.

In the same hour he thrilled with joy in the Holy Ghost. "I praise thee, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth," he said "for hiding these things from the wise and prudent, and for revealing them to babes. Yea, Father, for so it was well pleasing in thy sight!

And turning to his disciples he said privately. "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

Then a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him. "Master," he said "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

And he said to him. "What is written in the Law? What do you read there?"

"You have answered right," said Jesus "do that and you shall live."

But he, determined to justify himself, said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbor?" Jesus answered.

"Now a certain priest chanced to be going down that way, but on seeing him he passed on the other side.

"In like manner also a Levite who came to the spot, came and looked at him, and passed on the other side.

"He went to him bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. He set him on his own beast, and took him to an inn, and took care of him.

"The next day he took two silver pieces and gave them to the landlord and said, "'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will repay it to you on my way back.'

He replied, "The one who showed mercy on him." "Go, then," said Jesus, "and do likewise."

But Martha meanwhile was growing distracted about much serving. She came up to him and said: "Lord do you not care that my sister has left me alone to do the serving? Come tell her to take hold of her end of the work along with me."

"Martha, Martha," said Jesus, "you are anxious and worried about many things,

It happened he was praying in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us how to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,

He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, 'My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

"for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.'

But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."

He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.

but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.

"Woe unto you lawyers also!" said Jesus, "for you load men with irksome burdens, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

"For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;

After he had gone away, the Scribes and the Pharisee began to set themselves vehemently against him, and to cross-question him upon many points,

"So that what you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light; and what you have whispered in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed from the housetops.

"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God!

Then one of the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance."

"Man," said he, "who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."

"And he said to himself. 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods.

"But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?

Then he said to his disciples. "For this is the reason I say to you. Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet your body what shall you wear.

"Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.

"Master," said Peter, "are you speaking this parable to us or to all alike?"

Then he said to the crowd also. "When you see a cloud rising in the west you at once say, 'There is going to be a shower,' and it comes to pass.

So he said to the gardener. "'See, for years I have come looking for fruit on this tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why should it actually cumber the ground?'

Jesus noticed her and called to him and said, "Woman, you are free from your weakness."

But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant at Jesus for healing her on the Sabbath, and said to the crowd. "There are six days of the week on which men ought to work. Therefore come during those, and get cured, but not on the Sabbath Day."

But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water,

As he said this, all adversaries were put to shame; and all the crowd rejoiced for the glorious things that he continually did.

"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his own garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

And again he said: "To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

teaching as he journeyed toward Jerusalem. And a man came behind him and said, "Lord are there but few that are saved?"

"And people shall come from the Orient and from the Occident, from the north and from the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God.

And to them he said, "Which of you when an ox or ass has fallen into a well, will at once pull him out on the Sabbath Day?"

He told a parable to the guests when he noticed how they began choosing the best seats. He said to them.

"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,

"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' Then you will be honored before the other guest.