One of his fellow guest who was listening to him, said to him, "Blessed are those who eat bread in the kingdom of God."

"The second said: 'I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.'

"'I have taken a wife,' said the another, 'and for that reason I am unable to come.'

"So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. 'Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.'

"And the slave said, 'My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.'

"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.

Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said:

"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?

"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?

And he said: "There was a man who had two sons.

"The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of your property which is coming to me.' So he divided his means among them.

"When he came to himself he said: "'How many of my father's hired men have bread enough and to spare, while I am perishing of hunger!

"'I will rise and go to my father, and say to him. "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and in your sight,

"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.'

"'Fetch the best robe, quick,' said the father to his slaves, 'and put it on him, and give him a ring on his finger, and shoes on his feet.

"But he was angry and would not go in; so his father came out, and attempted to plead with him; but he said to his father.

To his disciples he said: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and this steward was accused to him of wasting his property.

"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.'

"Now the steward said to himself. 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my stewardship? I am not strong enough to dig, to beg I am ashamed.

"So he called to him each of his master's debtors and said to the first, 'How much money do you owe my master?'

"'A hundred measures of oil,' he answered. "He said to him, 'Take your bill and sit down quickly and write fifty."

"To a second he said, 'How much do you owe?' "The man answered, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' "'Here is you bill,' he said, 'change it to eighty measures.'

He said to them. "You are those that justify themselves in the eyes of men; but God knows you hearts; for that which is lofty in the eyes of men is abomination in the eyes of God.

"And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

"'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

"'I beg you then, father,' he said, 'send him to my fathers house. For I have five brothers.

"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them.'

"'Nay, Father Abraham,' he said 'but if some one went to them from the dead they would repent.'

"'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.'"

Jesus said to his disciples. "It is not possible but that occasions of stumbling should occur, but woe to him through whom they come!

The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

"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.

"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, 'Come at once, sit down to dinner,'

Perceiving this he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priest." And as they went they were made clean.

And he said unto him, "Rise and go, your faith has healed you."

The Pharisees asked him when the kingdom of God was coming. He answered. "The kingdom of God does not come so that you can catch sight of it,

Then he said turning to his disciples. "The days will come when you shall long to see one of the days of the Son of man, you shall not see it.

"There was a certain town," he said, "a judge who had neither reverence for God, nor respect for man.

"For a while he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, 'Though I have neither reverence for God nor regard for man,

"Listen" said the Lord, "to what this unjust judge says.

But Jesus called for the babies. "Let the little children come to me," he said, "do not hinder them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

"Why are you calling me 'good'?" said Jesus to him; "no one is good but God.

And receiving this reply, Jesus said to him. "One thing you are still lacking. Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me."

Jesus looked at him and said: "How hard it is for those who have money to enter into the kingdom of God!

Then Peter said, "Look! we have left our homes and followed you."

And he said to them, "In Solemn truth I tell you that there is no one who, for the sake of the kingdom of God, has left houses, or wife, or brother, or parents, or children,

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

"Receive your sight," said Jesus, "your faith has saved you."

Instantly he regained his sight and followed Jesus, giving glory to God; and all the people who saw it gave praise to God.

As soon as Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Come down quickly, Zaccheus, for today I must stay at your house."

But Zaccheus stood up and said to the Lord, "I give half my property to the poor, Lord, and if I have defrauded any man of anything I am restoring it to him fourfold."

"Today is salvation come to this house," said Jesus "since Zaccheus here is a son of Abraham.

So he said: "A certain nobleman went abroad to receive for himself royal power and to return.

"And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.'

"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

"And the second came and said, 'Master, your pound has made five pounds.'

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

"And the next came to him and said, 'Here master is your pound which I was keeping safe in a napkin.

"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.'

"'Master,' they said to him, 'he already has ten pounds.'

For as they were untying the colt, the owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

And some of the Pharisees said to them out of the crowd, "Teacher reprove your disciples!"

"The time will come for you when your enemies will throw ramparts around you, and encompass you, and shut you in on every side, and raze you to the ground,

"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.'

He looked at them and said: "Then what does this scripture mean. "The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner?

"Then give to Caesar what belongs to him," he said, "to God give what is God's."

"People in this world marry and are given in marriage," said Jesus,

Then some of the Scribes said, "Teacher, that was nobly said,"

"for David himself say's in the book of the Psalms, "The Lord said to my Lord. Sit at my right hand,

Then, in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples.

And he said: "Of truth I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than they all;

And to some who were about the Temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones votive offerings, he said,

Then he said to them. "Nation shall rise against nation, kingdom against kingdom.

And when the hour was come he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him,

and he said to them. "With desire have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Then he had received a cup and given thanks, he said,

and he said to them. "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have who have authority over them are called Benefactors.

"so that you shall eat and drink in my kingdom, and you shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

"Simon, Simon," said the Lord, "behold, Satan has asked to have you all that he might sift you like wheat.

"Lord," Simon said to him, "I am ready to go with you, both to prison and to death."

Moreover, he said to them, "When I sent you out without purse or wallet or sandals, did you lack anything?" They answered him, "We lacked nothing.'

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.

"Master" they said, "here are two swords!" "That is enough," he answered.

But he arrived at the place he said to them, "Pray that you enter not into temptation."

(And being in agony he kept praying more earnestly; and his sweat became as if it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.)

and said to them. "Why are you asleep? Get up, and pray that you enter not into temptation."

but Jesus said to him, "Judas, you are betraying the Son of man with a kiss?"

Those who were around him, when they saw what was about to happen, said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with our swords?"

"Permit me to do this at least," said Jesus, as he touched his ear and healed him.

Then Jesus said to the corps of priests and captains of the temple and elders who had come out to arrest him. "Have ye come for me with swords and clubs to arrest me like a robber?

And when they had lighted a fire in the center of the court, and had sat down together, Peter was taking his seat among them.

But a certain maid servant saw him taking his seat near the fire and, with a sharp glance at him, she said, "This fellow was with him, too!"

A little later a man saw him, and said, "You too are one of them" But Peter declared, "Man, I am not."

"Man," said Peter, "I do not know what you mean." And immediately, while he was still speaking, the cock crew.

Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter, and Peter recollected the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times."

And they said many other insulting things against him.

Then they all said, "Are you then the Son of God."

And Pilate said to the chief priest and the crowd, "I find no harm in this man."

Then Herod and his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and throwing about him a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.