You are the light of the world: a city that lies upon a mountain can not be hid:

For I say to you, That, unless your righteousness excel that of the scribes and Pharisees, you can by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.

neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.

No one can serve two masters: for he will either hate the one and love the other; or he will hold to the one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and riches.

Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life?

A good tree can not produce diseased fruit; nor can an unsound tree produce goodly fruit.

And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then will they fast.

Or, how can any one enter the house of the strong man and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.

Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the most distant parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds none.

And in the morning, A storm to-day; for the sky is red and lowering. Hypocrites! you know how to judge of the face of the sky; but you can not judge of the signs of the times.

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own life? Or, what will a man give as the ransom of his life?

and said: Verily I say to you, Unless you turn and become as little children, you can not enter the kingdom of heaven.

What think you? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them go astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine, and go into the mountains, and seek for that which has gone astray?

But he said to them: All can not accept this saying; only those to whom it is given.

When the disciples heard it, they were greatly amazed, and said: Who, then, can be saved?

Serpents, generation of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?

Do you think that I can not now call upon my Father, and he would cause more than twelve legions of angels to stand by me?

He saved others; himself he can not save. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.

And all the country of Judea and the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him, and were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, con fessing their sins.

And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship, mending their nets.

And forthwith, having gone out of the synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

And at evening, when the sun had gone down, they brought to him all that were sick, and those who were possessed with demons.

Why does this man thus speak impiously? Who can forgive sins but God only?

And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast.

And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand.

And if a house be divided against itself, that house can not stand.

And if "Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he can not stand, but has an end.

No one can enter the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

yet, when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes larger than all garden-plants, and sends out great branches, so that the birds of the air can roost under its shadow.

And when Jesus had again gone over in the ship to the opposite side, a great multitude came together to him; and he was near the sea.

And Jesus, immediately perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, turned around in the multitude and said: Who touched my clothes?

There is nothing with out that, by entering into a man, can defile him. But those things which come out of the man, defile him.

And when he had gone into the house, away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the dark saying.

And he said to them: Are you also so void of understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without, by entering into a man, can defile him?

She answered and said to him: Yes, Lord; and yd you can help me, for the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

And he said to her: For this saying, go your way: the demon has gone out of your daughter.

And she went to her house, and found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying upon the bed.

For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own life?

And he said to them: This kind can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

And they were astonished beyond measure, and said among themselves: Who, then, can be saved?

For you have the poor with you always; and whenever you choose, you can do them good; but me you have not always.

Likewise the chief priests, with the scribes, speaking in derision one to another, said: He saved others; himself he can not save.

And it came to pass, that, after the angels had gone away into heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us now go to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.

And when the sun had gone down, all that had any sick with various diseases, brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and cured them.

that he saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, saying: Who is this that utters impious words? Who can forgive sins but God alone?

And he said to them: Can you make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

And he spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? Will not both fall into the pit?

Or, how can you say to your brother: Brother, let me pull out the splinter that is in your eye, when you yourself see not the beam that is in your own eye? Hypocrite, first pull the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.

and also certain women that had been cured of evil spirits and diseases; Mary, called Magdalene, out of whom had gone seven demons,

And they came out to see what had been done; and they came to Jesus, and saw the man out of whom the demons had gone, clothed, and in his right mind, sitting at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.

And the man out of whom the demons had gone, besought him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying:

But Jesus said: Some one touched me; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me.

For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and destroy himself, or be lost?

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not; the door is already closed, and my children and myself are in bed; I can not rise and give you.

And he was casting out a demon, and it was dumb; and it came to pass, when the demon had gone out, that the dumb man spoke: and the multitudes wondered.

"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return to my house out of which I came.

The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; for she came from the most distant parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, something greater than Solomon is here.

But I say to you, my friends, Fear not them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

And he reasoned within himself, saying: What shall I do? for I have no place in which I can store my fruits.

"Which of you, by his anxiety, can add one span to his life?

If, therefore, you can not do that which is the least, why are you anxious about the rest?

And another said, I have married a wife, and, for this reason, I can not come.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple.

And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple.

So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.

And he called him, and said to him: What is this that I hear of you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer act as steward.

No servant can serve two masters; for he will either hate the one, and love the other; or he will cleave to the one, and despise the other. You can not serve God and riches.

And beside all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that they that would pass hence to you, can not; nor can they that would, pass thence to us.

And those who heard it said: Who, then, can be saved?

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying: He has gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

For they can die no more; for they are like the angels, and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection.

And after he had gone out, he went, according to custom, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples followed him.

And Nathaniel said to him: Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him: Come and see.

And on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.

This beginning of signs Jesus made in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou hast come as a teacher from God; for no man can do these signs which thou doest, unless God be with him.

Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily I say to you, unless a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus said to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb the second time, and be born?

Jesus answered: Verily, verily I say to you, unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be?

John answered and said: A man can receive nothing unless it be given to him from heaven.

For his disciples had gone into the city to buy food.

The woman said to him: Sir, you have ho vessel with which you can draw, and the well is deep; whence have you that living water?

Therefore, when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, because they had seen all things that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast; for they them selves had gone to the feast.

Then Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain courtier, whose sou was sick in Capernaum.

Then Jesus answered and said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever things he does, these also the Son does in like manner.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

How can you believe who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that comes from God alone?

The next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea, seeing that no other boat had been there but the one which his disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone;

no man can come to me, unless the Father, who sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

The Jews, therefore, contended among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Therefore, many of his disciples, when they heard him, said: This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

And he said: For this reason I said to you: No one can come to me unless it be given him from my Father.

The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

But when his brothers had gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret.

You will seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you can not come.