"So do not be asking what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of doubtful mind.

"But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be added to you.

"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.

"Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning;

"and be yourselves like men who are looking for the Lord, on his return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open the door for him.

"And whether it be in the second watch, or in the third, that he comes, and so finds them, happy are those slaves.

"However, you know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

"Do you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not the Son of man is coming."

"The slave who knew his Lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,

"but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.

"Would it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it is accomplished!

"From this time there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three;

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.

"And when you feel the south winds blowing you say, 'There will be a hot wind,' and it comes to pass.

"You shall by no means come out of there until you have paid the very last farthing."

"and this woman, who is the daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound these eighteen years, ought she not have been loosened from bondage, though the day be the Sabbath?"

"Struggle to enter in by the narrow door," he answered, "for I tell you that many will try to enter and not be able,

"'depart from me, all of you, you evil-doers.' There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves cast out.

"And lo, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last."

"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.

"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.

"Then you will be blessed, because they have no means to repay you, but you shall be paid in the Resurrection of the Just."

"Said the master to his slave. 'Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.

"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.

"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

"Salt is good, but if even the salt have lost its flavor, with what shall it be seasoned?

"I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance.

"After he had spent everything there came a terrible famine in the land, and he began to be in want.

"And he was longing to be filled with the husks which the swine were eating, but no one gave him any.

"'"I am no more worthy to be called your son; only make me like one of your hired men."'

"The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight and am no more worthy to be called your son.'

"He called to him to him and said: "'What is this that I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can no longer be steward.'

"No one can be a household servants to two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slave of God and of Mammon."

"Every man who divorces his wife and marries some one else, commits adultery; and he who marries one who is put away by her husband commits adultery.

"He was full of sores, and longingly desired to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes! even the dogs came and licked his sores.

"But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom.

"'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

"Be on you guard! "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him.

"If your faith," answered Jesus, "were like a grain of mustard-seed, you would say to this tree, 'Tear yourself up and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

"For as the lightning when it lightens out of the one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his day.

"But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected buy his generation.

"And this was in the time of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of man.

"In the same manner it shall be in the day that the Son of man shall be revealed.

"I tell you that in one night there shall be two men in one bed; one shall be taken and the other left.

"There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left."

"Where, Master?" they asked him. "Where the dead body is," he answered, "there will the vultures be gathered together."

He also taught them by a parable how they ought always to pray and never to lose heart.

"'yet because this woman annoys me I will give her justice, lest by her continual coming she wear me out.'

"The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer;

"'I fast twice a week, I pay tithes of all my possessions.'

"But the tax-gatherer, standing far back, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast and saying, "'O God be merciful to me, the sinner!'

"I tell you that this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself shall be humbled; but he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

"Who then can be saved?" exclaimed his hearers.

Then he took the twelve aside and told them. "See, we are on our way to Jerusalem, and all prophets regarding the son of Man will be fulfilled.

"He will be betrayed to the Gentiles, and be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon;

As Jesus drew near to Jericho, there was a blind man who sat by the wayside begging.

They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by."

Those who went ahead began to reprove him and to tell him to be still; but he kept clamorously shouting all the more, "Son of David, take pity on me!"

So Jesus stopped and ordered him to be brought to him. When he was come near to him he asked him

"And upon his return after he had secured the royal power, he ordered the slaves to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he might know what they had gained by trading.

"Then he said to him also, 'You shall be over five cities.'

"He said to him, "'By your own words I will Judge you, you wicked slave. You knew, did you, that I was a hard man taking up what I did not lay down, reaping what I did not sow.

"Then to those who stood by, he said, 'Take the pounds from him and give it to him who has ten pounds.'

"'I tell you that to every one who has it shall be given; and from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.

saying, "It is written, ??he house of God shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers."

They spoke to him saying. "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things? Who is it that gave you this authority?"

"Nor will I tell you," Jesus answered, "by whose authority I do these things."

"Then the master of the vineyard said: "'What shall I do? I will send my beloved Son; it may be that they will reverence him.'

"But when the vine-dressers saw him, they reasoned together, saying. 'This is the heir. Let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.'

"Every one who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; but whoever it falls upon will be scattered as dust."

So they watched him, and sent spies who pretended to be honest men, in order to seize on his speech, and to deliver him up to authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

"Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar or not?"

"In the resurrection whose wife shall she be? For they all seven had her as wife."

"David therefore himself calls him 'Lord,' and how can he be his son?"

"As for what you are looking at, the time is coming when not one stone will be left upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

"Teacher, when will this be?" they asked him, "and what shall be the sign that these things are about to happen?"

"And when you shall hear of wars and tumults, do not be frightened; for these things must happen first, but the end does not come immediately."

"and there shall be great earthquakes, and, in many places, famines and pestilences; and there shall be terror and great portents from heaven.

"for I will give you utterance and a wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to answer or withstand.

"You will be betrayed even by parents or brothers and kinsfolk, and friends.

"Some of you they will put to death. And you shall be hated by all men for the sake of my name.

"They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive among the Gentiles, and Jerusalem shall be trampled under foot by the Gentiles, until the appointed times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

"And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and the billows;

"men lifeless through fear, and foreboding of that which is about to come upon the habitable earth. For the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be surcharged with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day catches you suddenly like a trap.

"So be on your guard at all times, praying that you may be worthy to escape these things that shall come to pass, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of man."

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the paschal lamb must be sacrificed.

For I tell you that I certainly will not eat again until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

"The Son of man indeed goes on his way, as it has been determined; but woe to that man by who he is betrayed."

And they began to question among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do such a thing.

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest,

"But you shall not be so. But he who is greater among you let him become like the younger; and he who is leader like him who serves.

"You, however, are those who have stood by me in my trials.

Then he said to them. "But now let him who has a purse take it, and he who has a wallet, let him the do the same. And he who has no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one.

"Father, if thou art willing, take away this cup from me; but thy will, not mine, be done!"

"But from henceforth the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

and when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction he sent him to Herod, who himself happened to be in Jerusalem during those days.