The maiden will conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Immanuel (which may be translated, God is with us).

Then the saying was fulfilled which had been uttered by the prophet Jeremiah:

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

Now if God so clothes the grass of the field which blooms to-day and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will not he much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

Why, which of you, when asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone?

Which is the easier thing, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?

how he went into the house of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence which neither he nor his men were allowed to eat, but only the priests?

He put another parable before them. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man takes and sows in his field.

He told them another parable. "The Realm of heaven," he said, "is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

Again, the Realm of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and collected fish of every sort.

In the fourth watch of the night he went to them, walking on the sea,

"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands when they take their food."

At that Jesus replied, "O woman, you have great faith; your prayer is granted as you wish." And from that hour her daughter was cured.

"Which?" he said. Jesus answered, "The commands, you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said, "The last." Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, the taxgatherers and harlots are going into the Realm of God before you.

You are senseless and blind! for which is the greater, the gold or the sanctuary that makes the gold sacred?

You are blind! for which is the greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know;

Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of expensive perfume which she poured over his head as he lay at table.

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me."

Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour?

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

The governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" "Bar-Abbas," they said.

and sat down there to keep watch over him.

One of them ran off at once and took a sponge, which he soaked in vinegar and put on the end of a stick to give him a drink.

and put it in his new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; then, after rolling a large boulder to the opening of the tomb, he went away.

and as they could not get near Jesus on account of the crowd they tore up the roof under which he stood and through the opening they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

Which is the easier thing, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to tell him, 'Rise, lift your pallet, and go away'?

He went into the house of God (Abiathar was high priest then) and ate the loaves of the Presence which no one except the priests is allowed to eat, and also shared them with his followers."

then he took the child's hand and said to her, "Talitha koum" ??which may be translated, "Little girl, I am telling you to rise."

and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke the loaves in pieces which he handed to the disciples to set before them, and divided the two fish among them all.

besides, the fragments of bread and of fish which were picked up filled twelve baskets.

but when he saw them buffeted as they rowed (for the wind was against them) he went to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. He meant to pass them,

(The Pharisees and all the Jews decline to eat till they wash their hands up to the wrist, in obedience to the tradition of the elders;

That is repealing the word of God in the interests of the tradition which you keep up. And you do many things like that."

and looking up to heaven with a sigh he said to him, "Ephphatha" (which means, Open).

So the people ate and were satisfied, and they picked up seven baskets of fragments which were left over.

They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest.

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tethered, on which no one has ever sat; untether it and bring it here.

for those days will be days of misery, the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now ??no and never shall be.

It is like a man leaving his house to go abroad; he puts his servants in charge, each with his work to do, and he orders the porter to keep watch.

Watch then, for you never know when the Lord of the House will come, in the late evening or at midnight or at cock-crow or in the morning.

Watch, in case he comes suddenly and finds you asleep.

Watch: I say it to you, and I say it to all."

Now when he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, lying at table, a woman came up with an alabaster flask of pure nard perfume, which had cost a great sum; the flask she broke and poured the perfume over his head.

he said to them, "This means my covenant-blood which is shed for many;

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch."

Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

then they dressed him in purple, put on his head a crown of thorns which they had plaited,

and they led him to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull).

and at three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "El?i, El?i, lema sabachthanei" (which means, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

He, after buying a linen sheet, took him down and swathed him in the linen, laying him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock and rolling a boulder up against the opening of the tomb.

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

When they saw this they told people about the word which had been spoken to them about the child;

which thou hast prepared before the face of all the peoples,

they rose up, put him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, in order to hurl him down.

So he entered one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to push out a little from the land. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

Which is the easier thing, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'?

As they were unable to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me, now, which of them will love him most?"

Word was brought to him that "your mother and brothers are standing outside; they wish to see you."

and a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years which no one could cure,

A dispute arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.

Which of these three men, in your opinion, proved a neighbour to the man who fell among the robbers?"

but when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he seizes the panoply on which he relied and divides up the spoil.

Meanwhile as the crowd was gathering in its thousands till they trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy,

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

Now if God so clothes grass which blooms to-day in the field and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they!

that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of unbelievers.

It is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and put into his orchard, where it grew up and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches."

It is like dough which a woman took and buried in three pecks of flour, till all of it was leavened."

"Which of you," he said to them, "when an ass or an ox has fallen into a well, will not pull him out at once upon the sabbath day?"

Jesus said to him, "There was a man who was giving a large supper, to which he had invited a number of guests.

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

"Which of you with a hundred sheep, if he loses one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one till he finds it?

Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'?

saying, "Go to the village in front, and on entering it you will find a colt tethered on which no one ever has sat; untether it and bring it.

Now the feast of unleavened bread which is called the passover was near.

and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks you, Where is the room in which I can eat the passover with my disciples?'

And he took a cup which was handed to him, gave thanks to God and said, "Take this and distribute it among yourselves,

And they began to discuss among themselves which of them could possibly be going to do such a thing.

A quarrel also rose among them as to which of them could be considered the greatest.

Which is the greatest, guest or servant? Is it not the guest? But I am among you as a servant.

(This was a man who had been put into prison on account of a riot which had taken place in the city and also on a charge of murder.)

Now they approached the village to which they were going. He pretended to be going further on,

The real Light, which enlightens every man, was coming then into the world:

he entered the world ??the world which existed through him ??yet the world did not recognize him;

Now Jesus turned, and when he observed them coming after him, he asked them, "What do you want?" They replied, "Rabbi" (which may be translated, 'teacher'), "where are you staying?"

In the morning he met his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the messiah" (which may be translated, 'Christ').

and when the manager of the feast tasted the water which had become wine, not knowing where it had come from (though the servants who had drawn it knew), he called the bridegroom

When he was in Jerusalem at the festival of the passover, many people believed in his name, as they witnessed the Signs which he performed.

and in so doing he arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar; it lay near the territory which Jacob had given to his son Joseph,

The woman said to him, "Well, I know messiah (which means Christ) is coming. When he arrives, he will explain it all to us."

But he said to them, "I have food, of which you know nothing."