For which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'?

But go [and] learn what it means, "I want mercy and not sacrifice." For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

But no one puts a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment, for its patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear becomes worse.

for she said to herself, "If only I touch his cloak I will be healed."

Then he touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be done for you."

And [when he] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were weary and dejected, like sheep that did not have a shepherd.

Do not procure gold or silver or copper for your belts.

Do not [take] a traveler's bag for the road, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff, for the worker [is] deserving of his provisions.

Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

And you will be brought before both governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how [to speak] or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour.

For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father [who is] speaking through you.

And whenever they persecute you in this town, flee to another, for truly I say to you, you will never finish [going through] the towns of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

[It is] enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household?

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them will not fall to the ground {without the knowledge and consent} of your Father.

For I have come to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

[and] said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John,

saying, 'We played the flute for you and you did not dance; we sang a lament and you did not mourn.'

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!'

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Nevertheless I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and for Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

Nevertheless I tell you that it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!"

Yes, Father, for [to do] so {was your gracious will}.

Take my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke [is] easy to carry and my burden is light."

how he entered into the house of God and ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not permitted for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."

And if I expel demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons expel [them]? For this [reason] they will be your judges!

For this [reason] I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven!

"Either make the tree good and its fruit [is] good, or make the tree bad and its fruit [is] bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment!

For by your words you will be vindicated, and by your words you will be condemned."

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

"Now whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it].

Then it goes and brings along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first. So it will be for this evil generation also!"

For whoever does the will of my Father [who is] in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother."

For whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For this [reason] I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,

For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous [people] longed to see what you see, and did not see [it], and to hear what you hear, and did not hear [it]!

Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

And he said to them, "For this [reason] every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new [things] and old [things]."

and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist! He has been raised from the dead, and for this [reason] miraculous powers are at work in him."

For Herod, [after] arresting John, bound him and put [him] in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,

because John had been saying to him, "It is not permitted for you to have her."

Now [when it] was evening, the disciples came to him saying, "The place is desolate and the hour {is late}. Release the crowds so that they can go away into the villages [and] purchase food for themselves."

And he commanded the crowds to recline for a meal on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish [and] looking up to heaven, he gave thanks. And [after] breaking [them], he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds.

But the disciples, [when they] saw him walking on the sea, were terrified, saying, "It is a ghost!" and they cried out in fear.

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

So she said, "Yes, Lord, for even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

Then Jesus answered [and] said to her, "O woman, your faith [is] great! Let it be done for you as you want." And her daughter was healed from that hour.

And commanding the crowd to recline for a meal on the ground,

Now those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.

So he answered [and] said to them, "[When] evening comes you say, '[It will be] fair weather because the sky is red,'

An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah!" And he left them [and] went away.

And Jesus said to them, "Watch out for and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Do you not yet understand or do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up?

But he turned around [and] said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a cause for stumbling to me, because you are not intent on the things of God, but the things of people!"

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me will find it.

For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and at that time he will reward each one according to {what he has done}.

So Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good [that] we are here! If you want, I will make here three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah."

and saying, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers severely, for often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

And he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here [to] there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

And [when he] said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

But so that we do not give offense to them, go out to the sea, cast [a line with] a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. And [when you] open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that [and] give [it] to them for me and you."

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him that {a large millstone} be hung on his neck and he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Woe to the world because of causes for stumbling, for [it is] a necessity [that] causes for stumbling come; nevertheless, woe to the person through whom the cause for stumbling comes.

And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire!

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than, having two eyes, to be thrown into fiery hell!

"See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly see the face of my Father [who is] in heaven.

What do you think? If {a certain man has} a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go [and] look for the one that wandered away?

Again, truly I say to you that if two of you agree on earth about any matter that they ask, it will be done for them from my Father [who is] in heaven.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in the midst of them."

"For this [reason] the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

And Pharisees came up to him [in order to] test him, and asked if it was permitted for a man to divorce his wife for any cause.

For there are eunuchs who were born as such from [their] mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by people, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves [eunuchs] for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept [this], let him accept [it]."

But Jesus said, "Allow the children, and do not forbid them to come to me, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of heaven."

And again I say to you, it is easier [for] a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich person into the kingdom of God."

Then Peter answered [and] said to him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will there be for us?"

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a man--the master of the house--who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

And [after] coming to an agreement with the workers for a denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard.

But he answered one of them [and] said, 'Friend, I am not doing you wrong. Did you not come to an agreement with me for a denarius?

Is it not permitted for me to do whatever I want with [what is] mine? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?'

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but [is] for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life [as] a ransom for many."

And Jesus stopped, called them, and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"

And they said to him, "Do you hear what these [children] are saying?" So Jesus said to them, "Yes, have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing babies you have prepared for yourself praise'?"

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did believe him. And [when] you saw [it], you did not even change your minds later [so as] to believe in him.

For this [reason], I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a people who produce its fruits.

"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man--a king--who gave a wedding celebration for his son.