and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says: "'He will give His angels directions about you, And they will bear you up on their hands, so you will never strike your foot against a stone.'"

So the news about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were sick with various diseases, especially those who were suffering with torturing diseases; and he cured them.

So I tell you, stop worrying about your life, as to what you will have to eat or drink, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear. Is not life worth more than food and the body worth more than clothes?

And why should you worry about clothes? Look at the wild lilies and learn how they grow. They do not toil or spin;

So never worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries of its own. Each day has evil enough of its own."

Now Jesus, because He saw a crowd about Him, gave orders to cross to the other side.

And the news about her spread all over that country.

But they went out and spread the news about Him all over that country.

But when they turn you over to the courts, you must not worry at all about how or what you ought to speak, for it will be given you at that hour what you ought to speak.

But as they were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the desert to gaze at? A reed that is tossed to and fro by the wind?

For up to the days of John all the prophets, and even the law, prophesied about it,

You brood of vipers! How can you, wicked as you are, say anything that is good? For the mouth talks about the things that fill the heart.

"Whenever the foul spirit goes out of a man, it wanders about in deserts in search of rest, but cannot find it.

And the crowds that gathered about Him were so great that He got into a boat and remained sitting in it, while all the crowd stood on the seashore.

At that time Herod the governor heard the reports about Jesus,

The people fed numbered about five thousand men, besides women and children.

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied beautifully about you, when he said:

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread, when I said, keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?"

Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist.

While they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men,

He answered, "Yes." When Jesus reached home -- He got there ahead of Simon -- He asked him, "What do you think about it, Simon? From whom do civil rulers collect duties or taxes, from their own citizens or from aliens?"

And He answered him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is perfectly good. But if you want to get into that life, you must practice keeping the commandments."

He went out again about nine o'clock and found others standing around doing nothing.

Again he went out about twelve o'clock and three o'clock, and did as before.

About five he went out again and found still others standing around, and he said to them, 'Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?'

And as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside, and said to them while on the road,

But Jesus answered, "You do not realize what you are asking for. Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They answered, "Yes, we can."

When the high priests and the Pharisees heard His stories, they knew that He was speaking about them,

Jesus answered, "Look out that no one misleads you about it,

But about that day or hour not a single one knows -- not even the angels in heaven or the Son; not a single one but the Father alone.

and knew nothing about it until the Flood came and swept them all away, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

So Pilate, since he saw that he was making no headway with them, but that a riot was about to break out instead, took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for this man's death; you must see to it yourselves."

Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the barracks, and gathered about Him the whole battalion.

About three Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God! My God! why have you forsaken me?"

and as soon as they saw Him, they fell down and worshiped Him, though some were in doubt about it.

And Simon's mother-in-law was confined to her bed with a fever. So they at once told Him about her.

"See that you tell nobody a single word about it. Be gone, show yourself to the priest, and to prove it to the people, make the offering for your purification which Moses prescribed."

Now Jesus at once felt in His spirit that they were arguing about this, and said, "Why are you arguing to yourselves about this?

Then looking around at the people sitting about Him, He said, "Here are my mother and my brothers.

When He was by Himself, those who stayed about Him with the Twelve began to ask Him about the stories.

So He let them do so. And the foul spirits came out of the man and got into the hogs, and the drove of about two thousand rushed over the cliff and into the sea and were drowned.

And those who had seen it told them how it occurred to the man who had been under the power of the demons, and about the hogs.

When Jesus again had crossed in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about Him, as He was standing on the seashore.

heard the reports about Jesus. So she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His coat,

But He strictly charged them to let nobody know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.

The Pharisees met about Him, and also some scribes who had come from Jerusalem.

But He answered them, "Isaiah beautifully prophesied about you hypocrites; as the Scripture says: "'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far, far away from me;

On the contrary, a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit, at once heard about Him and came and flung herself at His feet.

Then He charged them not to tell anybody about it, but the more He kept charging them, the more they kept spreading the news.

About four thousand people were there. Then He sent them away.

But He strictly warned them not to tell this about Him to anybody.

He answered them, "Elijah does come first and gets everything ready, but how is it that the Scripture says about the Son of Man that He will suffer much and be rejected?

But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scripture says about him."

And He answered them by asking, "What has Moses commanded you about it?"

On reaching the house the disciples again asked Him about this.

And Peter remembered about it, and said to Him, "Look, Teacher! The fig tree which you cursed has withered!"

Then again they went into Jerusalem. And while Jesus was walking about in the temple, the high priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him

But as to the rising of the dead, did you never read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

And in His teaching He continued to say: "Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, to be saluted with honor in public places,

"When will all this take place? Tell us. And what will be the sign that it is about to be put into effect?"

Jesus began to say to them: "Look out that no one misleads you about it.

Now when they take you to court for trial, do not be worrying beforehand about what you should say, but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you that will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

So you must be on your guard. I have warned you about it all beforehand.

But about that day or hour not a single one knows -- not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son; not a single one but the Father.

And a young man was following Him, with only a linen sheet thrown about his body; and they seized him,

Then the high priest arose in the midst and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What about this testimony they are giving against you?"

Then he commenced cursing and swearing, "I do not know this man that you are talking about."

Then they left the tomb and fled, for they were trembling and bewildered, and they did not tell anybody a single thing about it, for they were afraid to do so.

Since many writers have undertaken to compose narratives about the facts established among us,

Now Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned home.

When they saw this, they informed them of the story that had been told about this child.

And His father and mother kept wondering at the things spoken by Symeon about Him.

Just at that time she came up and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem.

Now while the people were on tiptoe in their expectations, and they were all arguing in their hearts about John whether he was himself the Christ,

Now Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His work; He was the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Eli,

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and for forty days He was led about in the desert under the Spirit's guidance,

for the Scripture says, 'He will give His angels directions about you, to protect you,'

Then He rose to leave the synagogue, and He went to Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was in the grip of a burning fever; so they asked Him about her.

But the news about Him continued to spread, and great crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases.

When the captain heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, to ask Him to come and bring his slave safe through the illness.

This story about Him spread all over Judea and all the surrounding country.

Now John's disciples told him about all these things.

But when John's messengers had gone, He began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the desert to gaze at? A reed that is tossed to and fro by the wind?

because his only daughter, about twelve years old, was dying. While He was going, the crowds of people continued to press upon Him.

So Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who can this be about whom I hear such reports?" So he was trying to see Him.

But the crowds learned of it, and followed Him; and He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to cure the people who needed to be cured.

For there were about five thousand men. So He said to His disciples, "Have them sit down in reclining groups of fifty each."

Now about eight days after Jesus said this, He took Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.

who appeared in splendor and were speaking of His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

But they remained ignorant of what this meant; indeed, it had been hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

Stay on at the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the workman deserves his support. Do not keep moving about from house to house.

But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me."

The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and vexed about many things.

And suppose he answers from inside, 'Stop bothering me; the door is now locked, and my children are packed about me in bed; I cannot get up and give you any.'

"When the foul spirit goes out of a man, it wanders about in deserts in search for rest, and since it finds none, it says, 'I will go back to my house which I left.'

And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but no one who speaks abusively about the Holy Spirit will be forgiven.

Now when they are bringing you before the synagogues or the magistrates or the authorities, never worry about how to defend yourselves, or what to say,

Then He said to His disciples: "Stop worrying, then, about life, as to what you will have to eat, or about your body, as to what you will have to wear.

So if you cannot do this very little thing, why should you worry about the rest?

So you must stop seeking what to eat and what to drink, and must stop being in suspense about these things.