If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves.

Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

No man puts a bit of new cloth on an old coat: or the new, by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins: or the skins will be burst by the wine, and the wine and the skins will be wasted: but new wine has to be put into new wine-skins.

And they were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath day, so that they might have something against him.

And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.

And the young girl got up straight away, and was walking about; she being twelve years old. And they were overcome with wonder.

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.

And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

And what would a man give in exchange for his life?

And his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.

And whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea.

And he said to them, What would you have me do for you?

And Jesus said to him, What would you have me do to you? And the blind man said, Master, make me able to see.

And he would not let any man take a vessel through the Temple.

And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.

And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

And on the eighth day they came to see to the circumcision of the child, and they would have given him the name of Zacharias, his father's name;

And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.

And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

And when he was twelve years old, they went up, as their way was, to the feast;

And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

And when they had done this, they got such a great number of fish that it seemed as if their nets would be broken;

And he said to them, in a story, No man takes a bit of cloth from a new coat and puts it on to an old coat, for so the new coat would be damaged and the bit from the new would not go well with the old.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.

And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.

Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.

And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.

But they would not have him there, because he was clearly going to Jerusalem.

A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?

Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.

Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

And so great was his need that he would have been glad to take the pigs' food, and no one gave him anything.

But he was angry and would not go in; and his father came out and made a request to him to come in.

And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.

And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.

It would be well for him if a great stone was put round his neck and he was dropped into the sea, before he made trouble for any of these little ones.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again.

Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.

And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.

If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.

This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.

Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.

Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

This he said of the Spirit which would be given to those who had faith in him: the Spirit had not been given then, because the glory of Jesus was still to come.

Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham?

But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.

His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?

If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.

Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.

When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.