Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.

So that the people were full of wonder when they saw that those who had no voice were talking, the feeble were made strong, those whose bodies were broken had the power of walking, and the blind were able to see: and they gave glory to the God of Israel.

So when he had summoned the crowd, and seated them upon the ground,

and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and when He had given thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the people.

And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.

Now those who had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.

And when he had sent the people away, he got into the boat, and came into the country of Magadan.

And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

how do ye not understand that I did not speak to you of bread -- to take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?'

Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he had to leave for Jerusalem and endure great suffering at the hands of the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed and raised on the third day.

And after six days [had passed], Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John aside and went up into a high mountain [i.e., an unidentified mountain nearby].

And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.

But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.

Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

When they had returned to the people, there came to Him a man who fell on his knees before Him and besought Him.

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

He answered them, "[It was] because you had such little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as [small as] a mustard tree seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to that place over there' and it would move. And nothing will be impossible for you [to do]." {[{[Some manuscripts contain the following verse:

When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"

He saith, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? from their own children, or from strangers?

And calling a child [to himself], he had him stand in their midst

But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

What do you think? If anyone had a hundred sheep, and one of them wandered away, would he not leave the ninety-nine [safe ones] and go to the mountains looking for the one that wandered away?

Truly I tell you, if he happens to find it, he is happier over it than over the ninety-nine that had not wandered away.

"but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

In this respect the gospel-kingdom may be represented by that of a temporal prince, who had a mind to call his servants to account.

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

So the master of that slave, [because he] had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan.

But no sooner had that servant gone out, than he met with one of his fellow servants who owed him 100 shillings; and seizing him by the throat and nearly strangling him he exclaimed, "'Pay me all you owe.'

But he was unwilling and he went and had him thrown in prison until he paid back the debt.

But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

And in hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, till he should pay him all the debt.

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives [only] because of the rebellious spirits you [Jews] had. But this was not how it was [intended to be] from the beginning [i.e., when God created one woman for one man].

Then some little children were brought to Jesus, for him to place his hands on them, and pray; but the disciples found fault with those who had brought them.

When he had laid his hands on them, he went on from there.

He says to Him, What? And Jesus said to him, Thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt hot steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

Then Peter spoke and said to him, "Here we have left all we had and followed you. What are we to have?"

And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'

Those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) came and received a denarius each [a day’s wage].

Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.

And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,

Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

And two blind men seated by the wayside, when they had the news that Jesus was going by, gave a loud cry, saying, Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us.

So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

When they approached Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples [ahead],

Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,

But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,

They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them.

When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done and the children who were crying aloud in the Temple, "God save the Son of David," they were filled with indignation.

And he left them, and went out of the city unto Bethany, and had his abiding there.

Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

The boy answered, 'I will not.' But later he had a change of heart and went.

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

Once more he sent some other servants, more than he had sent at first, and they did the same to them.

Finally he sent his own son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son and have regard for him.’

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.

A second time he sent some servants, with orders to say to those who had been invited 'I have prepared my breakfast, my cattle and fat beasts are killed and everything is ready; come to the banquet.'

"They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, another to his business;

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.

Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding celebration is ready, but those who had been invited were not worthy.

And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.

Show me the coin with which the tax is paid." And, when they had brought him a florin,

He asked: "Whose head and title are these?"

When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

"Teacher, Moses said [in Deut. 25:5] that when a man dies without having had any children, his brother must marry his widow and father children by her, who would [then] be considered his [dead] brother's.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

The crowds, who had been listening to him, were greatly struck with his teaching.

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

As the Pharisees had mustered, Jesus put a question to them.

They love to recline at the head place at dinner tables [Note: This referred to the practice of lying down on their left side on a couch next to the dinner table, and leaning on their left elbow, while eating with their right hand], and to occupy the principal seats in the synagogues.

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings.

When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

At that time people will turn you over [to the authorities] for persecution and will [even] kill you. And people from all countries will hate you for being loyal to me.

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

“So when you see the abomination of desolation [the appalling sacrilege that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand),

There will be great trouble [during these times], such as had never been from the beginning of time up to the present, or ever will be [in the days to come].

And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Take heed: I have told you before.

And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.