And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?

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

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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

But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.

Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?

And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

Now there were some present at that very season who told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground?

And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well ; but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

He said therefore, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I liken it?

It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.

It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets;

In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.

And he said unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected.

Nevertheless I must go on my way to-day and to-morrow and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

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

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

And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

and he sent forth his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee have me excused.

And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

And the servant said, Lord, what thou didst command is done, and yet there is room.

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

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and asketh conditions of peace.

Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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

And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?

And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.

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

And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

and bring the fatted calf, and kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.

But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.

And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? I have not strength to dig; to beg I am ashamed.

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.

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

and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,

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

And he said unto his disciples, It is impossible but that occasions of stumbling should come; but woe unto him, through whom they come!

It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

Even so ye also, when ye shall have done all the things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which it was our duty to do.

And it came to pass, as they were on their way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.

And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.

and he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.

And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

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

Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:

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

Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it.

and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith.

And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

And they were bringing unto him also their babes, that he should touch them: but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

And they that heard it said, Then who can be saved?

And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: