This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way be fore thee.

For I say to you, Among those born of women, there is no prophet greater than John the Immerser. But the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

They are like children sitting in the market-place, who call to one another, and say, We have played on the pipe for you, and you have not danced; we have sung mournful songs for you, and you have not lamented.

For John the Immerser came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.

But when the Pharisee who had invited him, saw it, he said within himself: This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who, and what sort of woman this is that touches him; for she is a sinner.

And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon: Do you see this woman? I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet; but she has washed my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.

Wherefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much. But he to whom little is forgiven, loves little.

Those on the rock are they that, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who, for awhile, believe, and in time of temptation apostatize.

For there is nothing concealed, that shall not be made manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known and brought into view.

Take heed, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even that which he seems to have shall be taken from him.

And when he came out upon the land, there met him a certain man from the city, who had been possessed with demons for a long time, and who wore no clothes, and dwelt in no house, but in the tombs.

For he had O; commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had often seized upon him, and he had been bound with chains and fetters, and kept in confinement; and he broke the bonds, and was driven by the demon into the deserts.

And Jesus asked him, saying: What is your name? He answered, Legion; for many demons had entered into him.

And the whole multitude of the neighboring country of the Gadarenes besought him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear. And he entered the ship and returned.

Return to your house, and tell what things God has done for you. And he went away, proclaiming through the whole city what Jesus had done for him.

And it came to pass, when Jesus returned, that the multitude received him gladly; for they were all waiting for him.

for he had a daughter, his only child, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. And as he went, the multitude pressed upon him.

And a woman that had been afflicted with an issue of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole living upon physicians, and could be cured by no one,

But Jesus said: Some one touched me; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me.

And the woman, seeing that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and fell down before him, and told him, before all the people, for what cause she had touched him, and that she was immediately restored to health.

But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying: Fear not, only believe, and she shall be saved.

And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; nor have two coats each.

And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off even the dust from your feet, for a testimony against them.

And the day began to decline; and the twelve came and said to him: Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and the country round about, and lodge, and find food; for we are here in a desert place.

But he said to them: Do you give them food. They replied: We have nothing but five loaves and two fishes, unless we go and buy food for all these people.

For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: Make them recline in companies of fifty.

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall save it.

For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and destroy himself, or be lost?

For whoever will be ashamed of me and my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in his own glory; and that of the Father, and of the holy angels.

And it came to pass, that, as they were withdrawing from him, Peter said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for thee, one for Moses, and one for. Elijah, not knowing what he said.

And, behold, a man from the multitude cried out, saying: Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, for he is my only child;

Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.

and said to them: Whoever will receive this little child on my account, receives me; and whoever will receive me, receives him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not; for whoever is not against us, is for us.

And it came to pass, as the time for him to be taken up into heaven had fully come, that he set his face steadfastly to go up to Jerusalem.

And he sent messengers before his face; and they went, and entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said: Lord, is it thy will that we command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them, even as Elijah did?

Jesus said to him: No one that puts his hand to the plow, and looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

And in that house remain, eating and drinking what they have to give; for the laborer is worthy of his hire; go not from house to house.

I say to you, It shall be more tolerable, in that day, for Sodom, than for that city.

Alas for thee, Chorazin! alas for thee, Bethsaida! for, if the mighty works which have been done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment, than for you.

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said: I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes; even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.

For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear.

Give us, day by day, the bread sufficient for our support;

and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

for a friend of mine, who is on a journey, has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened.

If Satan be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? For you say, that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

And when the multitudes were crowded together, he began to say: This is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, and no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of man shall also be to this generation.

The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; for she came from the most distant parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; for they repented in accordance with the preaching of Jonah; and lo. something greater than Jonah is here.

But give as charity the contents of the cup, and behold, all things are clean for you.

But alas for you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, and those you ought not to have left undone.

Alas for you, Pharisees! for you love the chief seat in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves that are not seen; and men that walk over them know it not.

He replied: Alas for you, lawyers, also! for you bind upon men burdens hard to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers,

Alas for you! for you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Therefore you attest and approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers.

For this reason also the Wisdom of God said: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill, and persecute,

Alas for you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not go in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you prevented.

For there is nothing covered, which shall not be revealed, and hid, which shall not be made known.

But I say to you, my friends, Fear not them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

But I will show you whom you shall fear: Fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what you ought to say.

And he said to them: Take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man's life depends not on the abundance of his possessions.

And he reasoned within himself, saying: What shall I do? for I have no place in which I can store my fruits.

and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.

So is he that lays up treasure for him self, and is not rich toward God.

And he said to his disciples: For this reason I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; yet God feeds them: you are of far more value than the birds.

For all these things the nations of the world seek after; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.

Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Sell what you have, and be charitable. Make for yourselves purses that do not become old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near, and no moth corrupts.

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

and be like men that are waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that, when he comes and knocks, they may open for him immediately.

Be you, therefore, ready also; for at an hour when you think not, the Son of man comes.

the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he looks not for him, and at an hour which he knows not; and will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.

I have come to send fire on the earth; and how greatly do I wish that it were already kindled!

For from this time forth there shall be five in one house at variance, three with two, and two with three.

For when you are going with your opponent at law to the ruler, while you are on the way, endeavor to be delivered from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the collector, and the collector throw you into prison.

Then he said to his vine-dresser, Behold, for three years I have come and sought fruit on this fig-tree, and I have found none; cut it down; why does it occupy the ground unprofitably?

And, behold, there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; and she was bowed together, and was not able to raise herself up at all.

Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

When once the master of the house has risen, and closed the door, and you begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open for us, and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not, whence you are;

On the same day, certain Pharisees came and said to him: Depart, and get away from this place; for Herod intends to kill you.

But I must continue my journey to-day and to-morrow and the day following; for it is not possible that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

For every one that exalts himself shall Le humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

and you shall be blessed; for they have no power to repay you; but you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

And he sent his servant at the hour of supper, to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

And another said, I have married a wife, and, for this reason, I can not come.

For I say to you, that not one of those men who have been invited, shall taste of my supper.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and count the cost, whether he has the means to finish it?

And if not, while he is yet at a distance, he sends an embassy, and asks for conditions of peace.

It is fit neither for earth, nor for manure; but they cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, and says to them., Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma that I lost.