And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

For salt is good, but if the taste goes from it, of what use is it?

It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear.

And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

I say to you that even so there will be more joy in heaven when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing, than for ninety-nine good men, who have no need of a change of heart.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:

I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.

And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.

And his son said to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes: I am no longer good enough to be named your son.

But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:

And get the fat young ox and put it to death, and let us have a feast, and be glad.

But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.

Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

And one of them, when he saw that he was clean, turning back, gave praise to God in a loud voice;

Have not any of them come back to give glory to God, but only this one from a strange land?

And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.

And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.

And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.

And straight away he was able to see, and he went after him, giving glory to God; and all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.

Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not able to do so, because of the people, for he was a small man.

And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

And he said to him, You have done well, O good servant: because you have done well in a small thing you will have authority over ten towns.

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

And it came about that when he got near Beth-phage and Bethany by the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives, he sent two of the disciples,

And they took him to Jesus, and they put their clothing on the ass, and Jesus got on to him.

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;

And some of the Pharisees among the people said to him, Master, make your disciples be quiet.

And he said in answer, I say to you, if these men keep quiet, the very stones will be crying out.

And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,

And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news,

And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.

And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:

And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.

And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.

And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.

Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

For I will give you words and wisdom, so that not one of those who are against you will be able to get the better of you, or to put you in the wrong.

In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

And he made an agreement with them to give him up to them, if he got a chance, when the people were not present.

And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready?

For I say to you, I will not take it till it is made complete in the kingdom of God.

For I say to you, I will not take of the fruit of the vine till the kingdom of God has come.

For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.

And he said to them, But now, he who has a money-bag, or a bag for food, let him take it: and he who has not, let him give his coat for money and get a sword.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.

And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.

And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.

And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,

And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.

Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man

(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

And they went back and got ready spices and perfumes; and on the Sabbath they took their rest, in agreement with the law.

But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

But Peter got up and went to the place where the body had been put, and looking in he saw nothing but the linen cloths, and he went to his house full of wonder at what had taken place.

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

And that very hour they got up and went back to Jerusalem, where the eleven and the others had come together.

And they were in the Temple at all times, giving praise to God.