For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear them.

And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side;

And he said, He that shewed him mercy. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do thou likewise.

And it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village; and a certain woman, Martha by name, received him into her house.

Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it will be opened.

But of whom of you that is a father shall a son ask bread, and the father shall give him a stone? or also a fish, and instead of a fish shall give him a serpent?

If therefore ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

but when the stronger than he coming upon him overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil he has taken from him.

He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

Then he goes and takes seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.

And it came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman, lifting up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the womb that has borne thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.

A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

But no one having lit a lamp sets it in secret, nor under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, that they who enter in may see the light.

See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.

But the Pharisee seeing it wondered that he had not first washed before dinner.

that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

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

In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;

But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.

but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds?

for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;

and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord on coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.

But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus;

verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.

But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,

the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.

But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared himself nor done his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:

Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how is it then that ye do not discern this time?

Now at the same time there were present some who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with that of their sacrifices.

And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things?

Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that they were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

and if it shall bear fruit but if not, after that thou shalt cut it down.

From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:

And he said to them, Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and accomplish cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected;

but I must needs walk to-day and to-morrow and the day following, for it must not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

Behold, your house is left unto you; and I say unto you, that ye shall not see me until it come that ye say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, who was of the Pharisees, to eat bread on the sabbath, that they were watching him.

And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,

When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.

And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

And one of those that were lying at table with them, hearing these things, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.

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

What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.

and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property that falls to me. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.

But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout that country, and he began to be in want.

And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:

But he said to him, Child, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

And having called him, he said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles.

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

and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?

The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.

And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.

But Abraham said, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who desire to cross from there pass over unto us.

And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,

for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe to him by whom they come!

It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.

But will he not say to him, Prepare what I shall sup on, and gird thyself and serve me that I may eat and drink; and after that thou shalt eat and drink?

Thus ye also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.

And it came to pass as he was going up to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

And one of them, seeing that he was cured, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,

they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them;

but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all of them:

after this manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

In that day, he who shall be on the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not go down to take it away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

I say to you, In that night there shall be two men upon one bed; one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.

And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint,

and there was a widow in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adverse party.

at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.

I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?