whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you -- they have their reward!

that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.

And when thou mayest pray, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, because they love in the synagogues, and in the corners of the broad places -- standing -- to pray, that they may be seen of men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

But thou, when thou mayest pray, go into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

'Thy reign come: Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on the earth.

'Our appointed bread give us to-day.

'And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.

For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you -- your Father who is in the heavens;

'And when ye may fast, be ye not as the hypocrites, of sour countenances, for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men fasting; verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

that thou mayest not appear to men fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father, who is seeing in secret, shall reward thee manifestly.

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,

but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

'None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

'Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

'And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.

And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe -- not much more you, O ye of little faith?

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day is the evil of it.

And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, Suffer I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?

Ye may not give that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, that they may not trample them among their feet, and having turned -- may rend you.

for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Or what man is of you, of whom, if his son may ask a loaf -- a stone will he present to him?

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

'All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide is the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;

how strait is the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!

A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.

Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

'Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

And Jesus said to the centurion, 'Go, and as thou didst believe let it be to thee;' and his young man was healed in that hour.

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'Himself took our infirmities, and the sicknesses he did bear.'

and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, 'Sir, save us; we are perishing.'

and the men wondered, saying, 'What kind -- is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

and lo, they cried out, saying, 'What -- to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

And Jesus said to them, 'Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast.

'And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

While he is speaking these things to them, lo, a ruler having come, was bowing to him, saying that 'My daughter just now died, but, having come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.'

And Jesus passing on thence, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, 'Deal kindly with us, Son of David.'

And as they are coming forth, lo, they brought to him a man dumb, a demoniac,

And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

then saith he to his disciples, 'The harvest indeed is abundant, but the workmen few;

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady.

And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;

nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

'And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.

'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

'A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

'Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known;

'And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

'Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens;

and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

'He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,

he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward,

said to him, 'Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'

And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?

for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come;

he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

'And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.'

and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, 'Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.'

how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice -- ye had not condemned the blameless,

for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'

and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, 'Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?' that they might accuse him.

How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? -- so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.'

Then saith he to the man, 'Stretch forth thy hand,' and he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, 'Is this the Son of David?'

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

'Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder.

'He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

'Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

And he answering said to him who spake to him, 'Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?'

for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.