and a spirit gets hold of him till he suddenly shrieks; it convulses him till he foams; indeed it will hardly leave off tearing him to pieces.

Before the boy could reach Jesus, the daemon dashed him down and convulsed him, but Jesus checked the unclean spirit, cured the boy, and handed him back to his father.

But they did not understand this saying ??indeed it was kept a secret from them, to prevent them from fathoming it ??and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

then he said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For it is the lowliest of you all who is great."

John said to him, "Master, we saw a man casting out daemons in your name, but we stopped him because he is not a follower of ours."

Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him; he who is not against you is for you."

He sent messengers in front of him. They went and entered a Samaritan village to make preparations for him,

but the people would not receive him because his face was turned in the direction of Jerusalem.

And as they journeyed along the road a man said to him, "I will follow you anywhere."

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; you go and spread the news of the Reign of God."

Another man also said to him, "I will follow you, Lord. But let me first say good-bye to my people at home."

Jesus said to him, "No one is any use to the Reign of God who puts his hand to the plough and then looks behind him."

After that the Lord commissioned other seventy disciples, sending them in front of him two by two to every town and place that he intended to visit himself.

Then, if there is a soul there breathing peace, your peace will rest on him; otherwise it will come back to you.

He who listens to you listens to me, he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me."

"All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Now a jurist got up to tempt him. "Teacher," he said, "what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"

Jesus rejoined, "A man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho fell among robbers who stripped and belaboured him and then went off leaving him half-dead.

Now it so chanced that a priest was going down the same road, but on seeing him he went past on the opposite side.

So did a Levite who came to the spot; he looked at him but passed on the opposite side.

However a Samaritan traveller came to where he was and felt pity when he saw him;

he went to him, bound his wounds up, pouring oil and wine into them, mounted him on his own steed, took him to an inn, and attended to him.

Next morning he took out a couple of shillings and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Attend to him, and if you are put to any extra expense I will refund you on my way back.'

He said, "The man who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Then go and do the same."

In the course of their journey he entered a certain village, and a woman called Martha welcomed him to her house.

He was praying at a certain place, and when he stopped one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."

And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, let me have three loaves;

for a friend of mine travelling has come to my house and I have nothing to set before him.'

What father among you, if asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone? Or, if asked for a fish, will hand him a serpent instead of a fish?

Or, if asked for an egg, will he hand him a scorpion?

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father give the holy Spirit from heaven to those who ask him?"

Others by way of tempting him demanded he should give them a Sign from heaven.

but when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he seizes the panoply on which he relied and divides up the spoil.

While he was saying this, a woman shouted to him out of the crowd, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts you sucked!"

As the crowds were thronging to him, he proceeded to say, "This is an evil generation: it demands a Sign, but no Sign will be given to it except the Sign of Jonah;

When he finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to take a meal in his house; so he went in and lay down at table.

but the Lord said to him, "You Pharisees do clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but your inner life is filled with rapacity and malice.

One of the jurists said to him, "Teacher, when you say this you are insulting us as well."

After he had gone away, the scribes and Pharisees commenced to follow him up closely and cross-question him on many points,

I will show you whom to fear ??fear Him who after he has killed has power to cast you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear Him.

I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of man will acknowledge him before the angels of God;

A man out of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance";

but he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over your affairs?"

But God said to him, 'Foolish man, this very night your soul is wanted; and who will get all you have prepared?'

Now if God so clothes grass which blooms to-day in the field and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

and be like men who are expecting their lord and master on his return from a marriage-banquet, so as to open the door for him at once when he comes and knocks.

Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!

I tell you plainly, he will set him over all his property.

that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of unbelievers.

whereas he who was ignorant and did what deserves a beating, will receive few lashes. He who has much given him will have much required from him, and he who has much entrusted to him will have all the more demanded of him.

Thus, when you go before the magistrate with your opponent, do your utmost to get quit of him on the way there, in case he hales you before the judge; then the judge will hand you over to the jailer and the jailer will throw you in prison.

It was at this time that some people came to tell him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

The Lord replied to him, "You hypocrites, does not each of you untether his ox or ass from the stall on the sabbath and lead it away to drink?

A man said to him, "Is it only a few, sir, who are saved?" So he said to them,

Just then some Pharisees came up to tell him, "Get away from here, for Herod intends to kill you."

Now when he entered the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees to take a meal, they watched him closely.

In front of him there was a man who had dropsy;

They held their peace. Then Jesus took hold of the man and cured him and sent him off.

"Which of you," he said to them, "when an ass or an ox has fallen into a well, will not pull him out at once upon the sabbath day?"

then the host will tell you, 'Make room for him,' and you will proceed in shame to take the lowest place.

Hearing this, one of his fellow guests said to him, "Blessed is he who feasts in the Realm of God!"

Jesus said to him, "There was a man who was giving a large supper, to which he had invited a number of guests.

But they all alike proceeded to decline. The first said to him, 'I have bought a farm and I am obliged to go and look at it. Pray consider me excused.'

There were large crowds travelling with him; so he turned and said to them,

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

Or what king sets out to fight against another king without first sitting down to deliberate whether with ten thousand men he can encounter the king who is attacking him with twenty thousand?

If he cannot, when the other is still at a distance he will send an embassy to do homage to him.

It is no use for either soil or dunghill, it is flung out. He who has an ear let him listen to this."

Now the tax gatherers and sinners were all approaching him to listen to him,

so he went and attached himself to a citizen of that land, who sent him to his fields to feed swine.

And he was fain to fill his belly with the pods the swine were eating; no one gave him anything.

I will be up and off to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;

So he got up and went off to his father. But when he was still far away his father saw him and felt pity for him and ran to fall upon his neck and kiss him.

The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I don't deserve to be called your son any more.'

But the father said to his servants, 'Quick, bring the best robe and put it on him, give him a ring for his hand and sandals for his feet,

The servant told him, 'Your brother has arrived, and your father has killed the fatted calf because he has got him back safe and sound.'

This angered him, and he would not go in. His father came out and tried to appease him,

But as soon as this son of yours arrives, after having wasted your means with harlots, you kill the fatted calf for him!'

The father said to him, 'My son, you and I are always together, all I have is yours.

So he summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Hand in your accounts; you cannot be factor any longer.'

'A hundred barrels of oil,' he said. The factor told him, 'Here is your bill; sit down at once and enter fifty barrels.'

Now the Pharisees who were fond of money heard all this, and they sneered at him.

Then he said, 'Well, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house,

for I have five brothers; let him bear testimony to them, that they may not come to this place of torture as well.'

He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

it would be well for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be flung into the sea, rather than prove a hindrance to one of these little ones!

Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins, check him, and if he repents forgive him.

Even if he sins against you seven times in one day and turns to you seven times saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him."

Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'?

Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?

and he fell on his face at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

And he said to him, "Get up and go, your faith has made you well."

They asked him, "Where, Lord?" And he said to them, "Where the body is lying, there the vultures will gather."

And in that town there was a widow who used to go and appeal to him for 'Justice against my opponent!'

And will not God see justice done to his elect who cry to him by day and night? Will he be tolerant to their opponents?

Now people even brought their infants for him to touch them; when the disciples noticed it they checked them,

Then a ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what am I to do to inherit life eternal?"

Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is good, no one but God.