But I say to you, ye shall in no wise see Me, until ye shall say, 'Blessed is He Who is coming in the name of the Lord!'"

And, answering, Jesus spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to heal or not?"

and He said to them, "Who of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a well, and he will not straight-way draw him up on a sabbath day?"

And one of those reclining with Him, hearing these things, said to Him, "happy is he who shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God!"

And the servant said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.'

"Or what king, going on to engage another king in war, does not, sitting down, first take counsel, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

And, if not by any means, while he is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he asks conditions of peace.

Salt, therefore, is good; but if even the salt become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

It is fit neither for the land nor for manure: they throw it without. He that has ears to hear, let him hear!"

So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents."

I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.'

and bring ye the fatted calf, kill it; and, eating, let us be merry;

"Now his elder son was in a field; and as, in coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

And he said to him, 'Child, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours'

And He said also to His disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and the same was accused to him as squandering his goods.

And, calling him, he said to him, 'What is this I hear of you? Render the account of your stewardship; for you can be no longer steward.'

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

And, if ye were not faithful in that which is another's, who will give to you your own?

And He said to them, "Ye are those who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; because that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.

"The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the Gospel of the Kingdom of God is proclaimed, and every one presses into it by force!

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that, in your lifetime, you received in full your good things, and Lazarus, likewise, evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.

And, in all these things, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed; so that those wishing to cross from hence to you cannot; nor do they pass from thence to us.'

And He said to His disciples, "It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe to him through whom they come!

And the Lord said, "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say to this sycamine tree, 'Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

But who is there of you, having a servant plowing, or tending sheep, that will say to him, having come in from the field, 'Coming straightway, recline at table;'

And, as He was entering into a certain village, there met Him ten leprous men, who stood afar off;

and they lifted up their voice, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"

And, when He saw them, He said to them, "Going your way, show yourselves to the priests." And it came to pass that, as they went, they were cleansed.

And being asked by the Pharisees, when the Kingdom of God is coming, He answered them, and said, "The Kingdom of God comes not with observation;

nor will they say, 'Lo, here!' or, 'Lo, there!' for, behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

For, as the lightning, flashing out of one part under heaven, shines to the other part under heaven; so shall be the Son of Man.

"And, as it happened in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man:

Likewise, also, as it happened in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

after the same manner shall it be in the day the Son of Man is revealed.

"In that day let him who shall be on the housetop and his goods in the house not come down to take them away: and let him who is in the field likewise not return back.

And, answering, they say to Him, "Where, Lord?" and He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the eagles also be gathered together."

And will not God avenge His elect, who are crying to Him day and night, and He is long suffering over them?

The Pharisee, having taken his stand, was praying these things with himself: 'God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-collector!

Verily I say to you, whosoever does not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, shall in no wise enter therein."

And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good, but One??od.

And Jesus, hearing it said to him, "Yet one thing is lacking to you; sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in Heaven, and come, follow Me."

for it is easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

And He said to them, "Verily I say to you there is no one who left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children for the sake of the Kingdom of God,

And Jesus said to him, "To-day salvation came to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which is lost."

And, as they were hearing these things, adding, He spake a parable, because He was nigh to Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God was about immediately to appear.

But his citizens were hating him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, 'We do not wish this man to be king over us.'

And it came to pass that, as He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples,

saying, "Go your way into the village over against you, in which as ye are entering, ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat; and, having loosed him, bring him.

And those sent, having gone away, found even as He said to them.

And, as they were loosing the colt, his owners said to them, "Why loose ye the colt?"

And, as He was going forward, they were spreading their garments in the way.

And, as He was already drawing nigh to the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples, rejoicing, began to praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they saw;

saying, "Blessed is the King Who is coming in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, and glory in the highest!"

And it came to pass, on one of the days, as He was teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming the Gospel, that there came upon Him the high priests and the scribes with the elders,

and spake, saying to Him, "Tell us by what authority Thou art doing these things, or who gave Thee this authority?"

and if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."

"But, seeing him, the husbandmen were reasoning one with another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.'

And He, looking upon them, said, "What, then, is this that has been written? 'A stone which the builders rejected, the same became a head of the corner.'

'Every one who falls on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust!'

And, watching Him, they sent forth spies, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of His speech, so as to deliver Him up to the rule and the authority of the governor.

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?"

"Show Me a denary. Whose image and inscription has it?" And, answering; they said, "Caesar's."

And some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, coming near, asked Him,

saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If any one's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother.'

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of them does the woman become? for the seven had her as wife."

Now He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him."

And He said to them, "How say they that the Christ is David's Son?

David, therefore, calls Him Lord; and how is He his Son?"

And, as some were speaking about the temple, "With what beautiful stones and offerings it has been adorned," He said,

"As to these things which ye are looking upon, the days will come, in which there will not be left here a stone upon a stone, which will not be thrown down."

And they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, when, therefore, will these things be, and what is the sign, when all these things are about to come to pass?"

And, when ye hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not straight-way."

And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.

And, when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption is drawing near."

when they now shoot forth, beholding it, ye know of yourselves that already the summer is near.

So also ye, when ye see these things coming to pass, know that the Kingdom of God is near.

Verily I say to you, this generation will in no wise pass away, till all come to pass.

The heaven and the earth will pass away; but My words shall in no wise pass away.

"But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with gluttony and drunkenness, and anxieties pertaining to life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare;

And He was, during the days, in the temple, teaching; and, during the nights, going forth, He was wont to lodge in the mount which is called Olives.

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, was drawing near;

And He sent Peter and John, saying, "Going forth, make ready for us the passover, that we may eat."

And ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to you, 'Where is the guest-chamber, where I may eat the passover with My disciples?'

And, going away, they found as He had said to them; and they made ready the passover.

for I say to you, I will in no wise eat it, until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."

for I say to you, that I will in no wise drink, henceforth, of the product of the vine, until the Kingdom of God shall come."

And, taking bread, and giving thanks, He broke, and gave to them, saying, "This is My body, which is given for you; this do in remembrance of Me."

And the cup, in like manner, after supper, saying "this cup is the new covenant in My blood, which, in your behalf, is being poured out.

But, behold, the hand of him who is betraying Me is with Me on the table;

because the Son of Man, indeed, is going according as it has been determined; but woe to that man through whom He is betrayed!"

And there arose also a contention among them as to which of them seemed to be greatest.

But ye are not so; but let the greater among you become as the younger, and he who leads as he who serves.

For who is greater, he who reclines at table, or he who serves? Is not he who reclines? But I am in the midst of you as One Who serveth.

and I appoint to you, as My Father appointed to Me, a Kingdom,

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked for you, to sift you as the wheat;

And they said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." And He said to them, "It is enough."

And, being in an agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became, as it were, large drops of blood falling down upon the ground!

While He was yet speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who is called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming before them; and he drew near to Jesus to kiss Him.