"Why be anxious then about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin.

"If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

The swineherds fled. They went away into the city and told all about it, and what had befallen the demoniacs.

Now when Jesus had come into the house of the ruler, and had seen the flute-players and the wailing crowd, he said,

"therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to thrust forth laborers into his harvest field."

He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

"The slaves of the owner went to him and said: "'Was it not good seed, sir, that you sowed in your field? From whence then, do you get tares?'

He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field.

After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

"the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One.

So when he landed he saw a great multitude, and felt compassion for them, and healed their sick.

and the man in the field not turn back to get his cloak.

"But pray that your flight may not be in the winter; nor on a Sabbath;

At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left.

Then all his disciples forsook him and fled; but those who had apprehended Jesus led him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled.

So after the consultation they bought the Potter's Field with it, for a burial-place for strangers.

That is the reason why, to this day, the field is called "The Field of Blood."

and gave them for the Potter's Field, as the Lord had appointed me.

At once the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her complaint.

and he who is in the field, let him not turn back to get his cloak.

Then they all forsook him and fled.

They seized him, but he left the linen sheet and fled away naked.

"He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock.

And those who saw what had happened fled and reported it in the town and the villages.

"Now if God so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

"And they all, without exception, proceeded to excuse themselves. The first told him. 'I have bought a field, and must needs go and see it. Pray have me excused.'

"So they began to make merry. But his elder son was in the field, and as he drew near to the house he heard music and dancing,

"But who of you who has a slave plowing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he is come in from the field, 'Come at once, sit down to dinner,'

"Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

"On that day, if a man is on the housetop and his goods inside, let him not go down to take them away; nor should a man in the field turn back.

and said to them. "You brought before me this man as one who incited the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence, and I find no fault in this man regarding the charges that you brought against him.

"If I bear testimony concerning myself, my testimony is not valid.

"Another bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears concerning me is valid.

Then the Jews began to find fault with Jesus, because he said, "I am the bread which comes down out of heaven," and they kept asking.

"Do not find fault with me among yourselves,"

Jesus, conscious within himself that his disciples were finding fault with him about his teaching, said to them.

"I have other sheep also, which do not belong to this fold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

"This fact became known to the people of Jerusalem so that the place was called in their language, Acheldamach, The Field of Blood.

"Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the land, and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was sprang on two of them, overpowered them and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded.

"Or let these men themselves say what fault they found, when I appeared before the Sanhedrin!

Then you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand his will?"

Never revenge yourself, beloved, but leave the field clear for God's wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

For we are God's fellow workers; and you are God's field, you are God's building.

When I was a child I spoke like a child, felt like a child, thought like a child; now that I am become a man, I have done with childish things.

For if lifeless instruments such as the flute or the harp give no distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is fluted or harped?

Even if any one should be overtaken in a fault, brothers, you that are spiritual ought, in a gentle spirit, to restore such a one, each one of you looking to himself, lest you too be tempted.

Like a mantle thou wilt fold them up, And like a garment they will be changed. But thou art the same, And thy years will never fail.

But finding fault with them, He says. "There are days coming," says the Lord, "When I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant;

For a testament is only of force in case of the dead, being never valid so long as the testator lives.

For what credit is it if, when you are struck for a fault, you take it patiently? But if when you are doing well and suffer for it, you always take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon an ungodly world;

And the woman fled into the desert, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

And every island fled away, and the mountains sank from sight.

No more shall the voice of harpers and minstrels, flute-players and trumpeters Be heard in you. No more shall any craftsman of any craft Be found at all in you. No more shall the sound of a millstone be heard at all in you.

And I saw a great white throne, and One who sat thereon; from his presence fled earth and sky, and no place was found for them.