Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to compile a treatise of those things, which are surely known among us,

He showeth strength with his arm, he scattereth them that are proud in the imagination of their hearts.

all the days of our life, in such holiness and righteousness that are accept before him.

"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;

When he saw their faith he said unto him, "Man, thy sins are forgiven thee."

Whether is easier to say: 'Thy sins are forgiven thee?' Or to say: 'Rise and walk?'

Jesus answered and said unto them, "They that are whole, need not of the physician: but they that are sick.

But new wine must be poured into new vessels, and both are preserved.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Blessed are ye when men hate you, and thrust you out of their company, and rail on you, and abhor your name, as an evil thing, for the son of man's sake.

But woe be to you that are rich: for ye have therein your consolation.

Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.

If ye love them which love you: what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners love their lovers.

And if ye do for them which do for you: what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners do even the same.

And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Go your ways and show John, what things ye have heard and seen: how that the blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead arise: To the poor is the glad tidings preached,

But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.

And the Lord said, "Whereunto shall I liken the men of this generation: and what thing are they like?

They are like unto children sitting in the market place, and crying one to another, and saying, 'We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced: We have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.'

Wherefore I say unto thee, Many sins are forgiven her, for she loved much. To whom less is forgiven, the same doeth less love."

And he said unto her, "Thy sins are forgiven thee."

Those that are beside the way, are they that hear, and afterward cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

They on the stones, are they which, when they hear, receive the word with joy. But these have no roots, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation go away.

And that which fell among thorns, are they which hear, and go forth, and are choked with cares and with riches, and voluptuous living, and bring forth no fruit.

That in the good ground, are they which with a good and pure heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

He answered, and said unto them, "My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it."

And they went to him and awoke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are lost." Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the tempest of water: and they ceased, and it waxed calm.

And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, "Send the people away, that they may go into the towns, and villages roundabout, and lodge, and get meat, for we are here in a place of wilderness."

Jesus turned about, and rebuked them saying, "Ye know not what manner spirit ye are of.

And another said, "I will follow thee Lord: But let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house."

And he said unto them, "The harvest is great: but the laborers are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, to send forth laborers into his harvest.

and into whatsoever city ye enter, if they receive you, eat such things as are set before you,

and heal the sick that are there, and say unto them, 'The kingdom of God is come nigh upon you.'

And the seventy returned again with joy saying, Lord, even the very devils are subdued to us through thy name.

Nevertheless, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are under your power: But rejoice because your names are written in heaven."

All things are given me of my father. And no man knoweth who the son is, but the father: neither who the father is, save the son, and he to whom the son will show him."

And he turned to his disciples, and said, secretly, "Happy are the eyes, which see that ye see.

And Jesus answered, and said unto her, "Martha, Martha, thou carest, and are troubled, about many things:

And he within should answer and say, 'Trouble me not, now is the door shut, and my servants are with me in the chamber, I cannot rise and give them to thee.'

If ye then which are evil, can give good gifts unto your children: How much more shall the father of heaven give a holy spirit to them, that desire it of him?"

But he said, "Yea, happy are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

And the Lord said to him, "Now do ye, O Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parts are full of ravening and wickedness.

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are as graves which appear not; And the men that walk over them, are not aware of them."

Are not five sparrows bought for two farthings? and yet not one of them is forgotten of God.

Also, even the very hairs of your heads are numbered. Fear not therefore: Ye are more of value, than many sparrows.

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which neither have storehouse nor barn, and yet God feedeth them. How much are ye better then the fowls?

Happy are those servants, which their Lord, when he cometh, shall find waking; Verily I say unto you, he will gird himself about, and make them sit down to meat, and walk by them, and minister unto them.

And if he come in the second watch, yea, if he come in the third watch, and shall find them so, happy are those servants.

And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people, "There are six days in the week, in which men ought to work, in them come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

Then said one unto him, "Lord, are there few that shall be saved?" And he said unto them,

When the good man of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, ye shall begin to stand without, and to knock at the door saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us.' And he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know you not whence ye are.'

And he shall say, 'I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.'

And behold, there are last, which shall be first: And there are first which shall be last."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her nest under her wings, but ye would not.

and sent his servant at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, come: for all things are now ready.

And the Lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely. For the children of this world, are in their kind, wiser than the children of light.

and he said unto them, "Ye are they, which justify yourselves before men: but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abominable in the sight of God.

So likewise ye, when ye have done all those things which are commanded unto you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do.'"

And Jesus answered and said, "Are there not ten cleansed? But where are those nine?

There are not found that returned again, to give God praise, save only this stranger."

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this publican.

And he said, "Things which are impossible with men are possible with God."

He took unto him twelve, and said unto them, "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all shall be fulfilled that are written by the prophets of the son of man.

saying, "Go ye in to the town which is over against you. In the which as soon as ye are come, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat. Loose him and bring him hither.

saying, "If thou hadst known those things which belong unto thy peace, even at thy time: But now are they hid from thine eyes.

And make thee even with the ground, with thy children which are in thee. And they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation."

Jesus answered and said unto them, "The children of this world marry wives, and are married,

neither are married, nor yet can die any more. For they are equal unto the angels: and are the sons of God, inasmuch as they are the children of the resurrection.

Then let them which are in Jewry fly to the mountains. And let them which are in the midst of it, depart out. And let not them that are in other countries, come therein.

For these be the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that are written.

And he said unto them, "The kings of the gentiles reign over them; And they that bear rule over them, are called gracious Lords.

Ye are they which have bidden with me in my temptations.

For I say unto you that, yet, that which is written must be performed in me: for those things which are written of me have an end."

And they said, "Lord, behold here are two swords." And he said unto them, "It is enough."

For behold, the days will come, when men shall say, 'Happy are the barren and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.'

We are righteously punished, for we receive according to our deeds: But this man hath done no thing amiss."

And he said unto them, "What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another as ye walk, and are sad?"

And he said unto them, "Why are ye troubled? And why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

And he said unto them, "These are the words, which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you: that all must be fulfilled which were written of me in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms."

And ye are witnesses of these things.