He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.

For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.

For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

But I say to you, It will be better for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judging, than for you.

And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.

Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

How he went into the house of God and took for food the holy bread which it was not right for him or for those who were with him to take, but only for the priests?

But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.

Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! For this reason it is right to do good on the Sabbath day.

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.

For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.

But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah:

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not.

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.

And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.

And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.

And he gave orders for the people to be seated on the grass; and he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing, and made division of the food, and gave it to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.

And after he had sent the people away, he went up into the mountain by himself for prayer: and when evening was come, he was there by himself.

But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

And when they saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they gave cries of fear.

But straight away Jesus said to them, Take heart; it is I, have no fear.

But when he saw the wind he was in fear and, starting to go down, he gave a cry, saying, Help, Lord.

Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.

But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.

And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.

Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?

I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.

And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.

But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

But whoever is a cause of trouble to one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have a great stone fixed to his neck, and to come to his end in the deep sea.

A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.

And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.

Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on earth about anything for which they will make a request, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

For where two or three are come together in my name, there am I among them.

For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.

And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.

And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.

But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.

Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

For there are men who, from birth, were without sex: and there are some who were made so by men: and there are others who have made themselves so for the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to take it, let him take it.

But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.