Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. I say unto you, that you can see me no more, until it shall come to pass that you may say, Blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord.

When you may be called by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down upon the first couch; lest one more worthy than thee may have been called by him,

But when you may be invited, coming in sit down in the last place; in order that when the one having invited thee may come, he will say to thee, Friend, come up higher: then there will be glory to thee in the presence of all those sitting along with thee.

And He spoke to the one having also invited Him, When you may make a dinner or a supper, do not call your rich friends, nor your brothers, nor your kindred, nor your neighbors; lest they may also invite thee in turn, and there may be a recompense unto thee.

But when you may make a feast, invite the poor, maimed, lame, blind:

And they all of one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I have need having gone to see it: I pray thee have me excused.

And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove the same: I intreat thee have me excused.

And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel them to come in, in order that my house may be filled:

for I say unto you, that no one of these men who have been invited shall taste of my supper.

If any one comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even yet his own soul, he is not able to be my disciple.

Whosoever does not carry his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

Lest he having laid the foundation, and being unable to complete it, all who see it may begin to mock him,

Thus then every one of you who does not consecrate all his possessions, is not able to be my disciple.

Therefore salt is good: but if the salt may lose its savor, with what shall it be salted?

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the desert, and go after the lost one, until he may find it?

and having come into the house, calls together the friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep which was lost.

Or what woman having ten drachmae, if she may lose one drachma, does she not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she may find it?

And having found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma which I lost.

And the younger of them said to the father, Father, give to me the portion of the estate that falls to me. And he immediately divided unto them his living.

and having come to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father have bread in abundance, but here I perish with hunger!

Having risen I will go to my father, and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

and I am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

because this my son was dead, and is alive again; was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Behold, I serve thee so many years, and have never transgressed thy commandment: and thou hast never given me a kid, that I may rejoice with my friends:

And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all mine are thine:

and it behooved me to be glad and rejoice; because this thy brother was dead, and is alive; was lost, and is found.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes away my stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

I know what I shall do, in order that when I am deposed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

And calling each one of the debtors of his lord, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord?

And I say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, in order that, when it may fail, they may receive you into eternal tabernacles.

And he calling said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am tormented in this flame.

And in addition to all these things, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you, in order that those wishing to go hence to you may not be able, neither can they come thence to us.

And he said, Moreover I intreat you, father, that you may send him to the house of my father:

for I have five brothers; in order that he may testify to them, that they may not also come to this place of the torment.

But he said, No, father Abraham: but if one may go to them from the dead, they will repent.

But he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if one may rise from the dead.

it is good for him if a millstone is hung around his neck, and he is cast into the sea, rather than that he may offend one of these little ones.

Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother may sin, rebuke him; if he may repent, forgive him.

But if he may sin against thee seven times a day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

But will he not say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and girding thyself, minister unto me, until I may eat and drink; and after these things you eat and drink?

Likewise also, when you may do those things which are commanded you, say that, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which we ought to do.

Whosoever may seek to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it shall find it.

And there was a widow in that city; and she continued to come to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will avenge her, lest coming forever she may smite me in the face.

But the publican, standing a great way off, did not wish even to lift up his eyes to the heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner.

And Jesus calling them to Him, said, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

Truly I say unto you, whosoever may not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, can not enter into it.

And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is good, except One, God.

And he said, All these things have I kept from my youth.

And Jesus hearing these things, said to him, Still one thing is lacking to thee: Sell all things whatsoever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

who may not receive a hundredfold in this time, and in the coming age eternal life.

And he cried out saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

And the passersby continued to rebuke him, that he should keep silent: but he continued to cry out much more, O thou son of David, have mercy on me.

What do you wish that I shall do to you? And he said, Lord, that I may look up.

And when He came to the place, Jesus looking up, saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, hastening, come down; for it behooveth me to abide in thy house this day.

And Zaccheus standing, said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any one fraudulently, I restore fourfold.

Wherefore indeed didst thou not put my money in the bank? and having come I would have received the same with the product.

Moreover bring these my enemies, not wishing me to rule over them, hither, and slay them before me.

And if any one may ask you, Why do you loose him? thus say to him, that the Lord hath need of him:

and He responding said to them, I say unto you, that if these may keep silent, the rocks will cry out.

saying to them; It has been written, My house shall be a house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves.

And responding He said to them, I will ask you one word; and you tell me:

And they reason among themselves saying, If we may say it is from heaven; He will say, Why did you not believe on him?

And if we may say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my own beloved son: perchance seeing, they will reverence him.

And the husbandmen, seeing him, reasoned among themselves saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, in order that the inheritance may be ours.

Every one having fallen on that stone will be dashed to pieces; and on whomsoever it may fall, it will grind him to powder.

And He knowing their rascality, said to them, Why tempt ye me?

Show me the denarion. Whose image and superscription has it? And they responding said, Caesar's.

saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, That if the brother of any one may die having a wife, and the same may die childless, that his brother must take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.

And David himself says in the Book of the Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

until I may make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.

And they asked Him, saying, Teacher, when then shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when these things may be about to come to pass?

And He said, See that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, I am He; and The time is at hand: go ye not after them.

And when ye may hear of wars and commotions, be not affrighted: for it behooveth these things first to take place; but the end is not immediately.

And before all of these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you into their synagogues and prisons, led before kings and governors on account of my name.

And you shall be hated by all, on account of my name:

And when you may see Jerusalem shut up by the armies, then know that her desolation is nigh.

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles may be fulfilled.

when they may already put forth, seeing, know for yourselves that summer is nigh.

Truly I say unto you, that this race may not pass away, until all these things shall be fulfilled.

But heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word can not pass away.

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be burdened with luxury, and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day may come on you unanticipated.

Therefore watch, praying all the time, that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And He sent Peter and John, saying, Going prepare for us the passover, in order that we may eat it.

And they said to Him, Where do you wish that we may prepare it?

And say to the landlord, The Teacher says to thee, Where is the guest-chamber, where I may eat the passover with my disciples?

I eat this no more, until it may be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

for I say to you, I shall from now drink no more from the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God may come.

And taking bread, blessing it, He broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body given for you: do this in remembrance of me.

Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out in your behalf.

Moreover behold, the hand of the one betraying me is with me at the table.

But you are those who have remained with me in my temptations.

And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father appointed unto me,

in order that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and you shall sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

but I prayed for you, that your faith may not fail you: and thou, when having turned, strengthen thy brethren:

And He said; I say unto thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

For I say unto you, that it behooves that which has been written to be perfected in me, this, And He was numbered with the transgressors: for indeed that which is concerning me has an end.

saying, Father, if this cup is willing to pass from me; moreover let not my will, but thine be done.

and He said to them, Why do you sleep? Arising pray, that you may not enter into temptation.