when he that is stronger than him cometh upon him and overcometh him, he taketh from him his compleat armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Then goeth he and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and entering in they dwell there; and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

As he spake these things, a certain woman lifting up her voice out of the multitude said to him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked!

But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they, that hear the word of God and keep it.

No man having lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light.

Take heed therefore, left the light that is in thee be darkness.

And he went in and sat down to table. But the Pharisee seeing it, marvelled, that he had not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said to him,

Ye unthinking men, did not he that made the outside, make the inside also?

and salutations in the markets. Wo to you; for ye are as graves which appear not, and men that walk over them are not aware.

Truly ye bear witness that ye approve the deeds of your fathers: for whom they killed, ye build their sepulchres.

So that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world, shall be required of this generation.

Woe to you, lawyers; for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye have not entered in yourselves; and them that were entering in, ye have hindered.

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

In the mean time, an innumerable multitude being gathered together, so that they trod one upon another, he said to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

For there is nothing covered that shall not be uncovered, neither hid, that shall not be made known:

So that whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light, and what ye have whispered in closets shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.

But I say to you, my friends; Fear not them that kill the body, and after that can do no more:

But he that denieth me before man, shall be denied before the angels of God.

And whosoever shall speak against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

take no thought how or what ye shall answer or what ye shall say. For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in that hour, what ye ought to say.

And one out of the croud said to him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: and whose shall the things be that thou hast provided?

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

If ye then be not able to do that which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

For the nations of the world seek all these things; and your Father knoweth that ye need these things.

Sell what ye have and give alms: provide yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

and your lamps burning, And be like men that wait for their Lord, when he will return from the wedding, that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.

Happy are those servants, whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to table, and will come forth and serve them.

And this ye know, that if the master of the house had known, what hour the thief would have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broke open.

And the Lord said, Who is that faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord shall make ruler over his housoold, to give the allowance of food in due season?

Happy is that servant, whom his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he hath.

But if that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat the men servants and maidens, and to eat, and drink, and be drunken:

The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he expecteth not, and at an hour when he knoweth not, and will cut him in sunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.

And that servant who knew his Lord's will, and prepared not, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For to whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required; and to whom they have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

And what do I desire? That it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with: and how am I straitned till it be accomplished!

Suppose ye that I am come to send peace upon earth? I tell you, Nay, but rather division.

And there were present at that season, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And Jesus answering said to them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things;

Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them, suppose ye, that they were sinners above all that dwelt at Jerusalem?

Perhaps it may bear fruit: but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that are saved?

And he said to them, Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow; and the third day I am perfected.

But I must go on to day, and to morrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together as a bird gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Behold your house is left to you desolate; and verily I say to you, Ye shall not see me, till the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

And he spake a parable to them that were invited, when he marked how they chose the chief seats,

And he that invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place. And then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when thou art invited,

go and sit down in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour in the presence of them that sit at table with thee. For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that

Then said he also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also invite thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

And one of them that sat at table with him, hearing these things, said to him, Happy is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

And he sent his servants at supper time to say to them that were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

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

For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited, shall taste of my supper.

Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold mock him,

Or what king marching to incounter another king in war, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand, to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

So every one of you, who forsaketh not all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.

It is neither fit for the land nor yet for dung; they cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Who of you, having an hundred sheep, and losing one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, till he find it?

I say to you, Thus joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, who do not need repentance.

Thus, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God, over one sinner that repenteth.

Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields, to feed swine.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine ate: and no man gave to him.

And he answering said to his father, Lo these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I thy commandment at any time, yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

And he said to him, Son, thou art always with me, and all that I have is thine.

I know what to do, that when I am removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

He that is faithful in the least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much.

And if ye have not been fauthful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?

And he said to them, Ye are they who justify yourselves before men: but God knoweth your hearts: And that which is highly esteemed among men, is an abomination before God.

The law and the Prophets were until John: from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man forceth into it.

Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table: yea, the dogs also came and licked his sores.

But Abraham said, Son, remember, that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

And besides all this, between us and you, there is a great gulph fixed; so that they who would pass from us to you, cannot, neither can they pass to us that would come from thence.

Then he said, I pray thee, therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

It were better for him that a mill-stone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him?

I think not. So likewise ye, when ye have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are but unprofitable servants: we have done what was our duty to do.

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back and with a loud voice glorified God.

Ior as the lightning that lightneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth to the other part under heaven, so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

But the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

Even thus shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

In that day, he that shall be on the house-top and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

And he spake a parable to them to this end, that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

And there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Do me justice on mine adversary.

And he spake this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others.

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed thus, God I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

I fast twice in the week: I give tythes of all that I possess.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

And they brought to him infants also, that he might touch them; but the disciples seeing it, rebuked them.

There is none good save one, that is God. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery. Do not murder, Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Honour thy father and thy mother.