The Astrologers heard what the King had to say, and then continued their journey. And the star which they had seen in the east led them on, until it reached, and stood over, the place where the child was.

Let your life, then, prove your repentance;

"Let it be so for the present," Jesus answered, "since it is fitting for us thus to satisfy every claim of religion." Upon this, John consented.

Then Jesus was led up into the Wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted by the Devil.

The people who were dwelling in darkness Have seen a great Light, And, for those who were dwelling in the shadow-land of Death, A Light has risen!'

It is you who are the Light of the world. A town that stands on a hill cannot be hidden.

Men do not light a lamp and put it under the corn-measure, but on the lamp-stand, where it gives light to every one in the house.

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

It was also said--'Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.'

Let your words be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything beyond this comes from what is wrong.

And, when any one wants to go to law with you, to take your coat, let him have your cloak as well;

But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

But, when one of you prays, let him go into his own room, shut the door, and pray to his Father who dwells in secret; and his Father, who sees what is secret, will recompense him.

But, when one of your fasts, let him anoint his head and wash his face,

The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is unclouded, your whole body will be lit up;

But, if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be darkened. And, if the inner light is darkness, how intense must that darkness be!

How will you say to your brother 'Let me take out the straw from your eye,' when all the time there is a beam in your own?

"Master," said another, who was a disciple, "let me first go and bury my father."

Then, if the house is worthy, let your blessing rest upon it, but, if it is unworthy, let your blessing return upon yourselves.

What I tell you in the dark, say again in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

Let him who has ears hear.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

Let him who has ears hear."

Let both grow side by side till harvest; and then I shall say to the reapers, Gather the tares together first, and tie them in bundles for burning; but bring all the wheat into my barn.'"

Then shall the righteous shine, like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears hear.

Begging him merely to let them touch the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made perfectly well.

For God said--'Honor thy father and mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,'

Let them be; they are but blind guides; and, if one blind man guides another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, and the brothers James and John, and led them up a high mountain alone.

There his appearance was transformed before their eyes; his face shown like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.

The master was moved with compassion; and he let him go, and forgave him the debt.

When his fellow-servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and went to their master and laid the whole matter before him.

Some men, it is true, have from birth been disabled for marriage, while others have been disabled by their fellow men, and others again have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

Jesus, however, said: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs."

"Go to the village facing you," he said, "and you will immediately find an ass tethered, with a foal by her side; untie her, and lead her here for me.

They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them.

The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting: "God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!"

Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.'

"Miserable wretches!" they exclaimed, "he will put them to a miserable death, and he will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will pay him his share of the produce at the proper times."

for, many will take my name, and come saying 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

Many false Prophets, also, will appear and lead many astray;

For false Christs and false Prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God's People would be led astray.

Immediately after the distress of those days, 'the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens,' and 'the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.'

As the bridegroom was late in coming, they all became drowsy, and slept.

Going on a little further, he threw himself on his face in prayer. "My Father," he said, "if it is possible, let me be spared this cup; only, not as I will, but as thou willest."

Up, and let us be going. Look! my betrayer is close at hand."

They put him in chains and led him away, and gave him up to the Roman Governor, Pilate.

"What then," Pilate asked, "shall I do with Jesus who is called 'Christ'?" "Let him be crucified," they all replied.

"Why, what harm has he done?" he asked. But they kept shouting furiously: "Let him be crucified!"

And, when they had left off mocking him, they took off the military cloak, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to be crucified.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the 'King of Israel'! Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

He has trusted in God; if God wants him, let him deliver him now; for he said 'I am God's Son.'"

But the rest said: "Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to save him." [However another man took a spear, and pierced his side; and water and blood flowed from it.]

But Jesus, uttering another loud cry, gave up his spirit.

And laid it in his newly-made tomb which he had cut in the rock; and, before he left, he rolled a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

The foul spirit threw the man into a fit, and with a loud cry came out from him.

But Jesus said to them: "Let us go somewhere else, into the country towns near, that I may make my proclamation in them also; for that was why I came."

Being, however, unable to get him near to Jesus, owing to the crowd, they removed the roofing below which Jesus was; and, when they had made an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

And Jesus said: "Let any one who has ears to hear with hear."

Nothing is hidden unless it is some day to come to light, nor was anything ever kept hidden but that it should some day come into the light of day.

Let all who have ears to hear with hear.

In the evening of the same day, Jesus said to them: "Let us go across."

Shrieking out in a loud voice: "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? For God's sake do not torment me!"

As Jesus was getting into the boat, the possessed man begged him to let him stay with him.

But Jesus repeatedly cautioned them not to let any one know of it, and told them to give her something to eat.

When John's disciples heard of it, they came and took his body away, and laid it in a tomb.

When it grew late, his disciples came up to him, and said: "This is a lonely spot, and it is already late.

So wherever he went--to villages, or towns, or farms--they would lay their sick in the market-places, begging him to let them touch only the tassel of his cloak; and all who touched were made well.

For while Moses said 'Honor thy father and thy mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,'

"Let the children be satisfied first," answered Jesus. "For it is not fair to take the children's food, and throw it to dogs."

Taking the blind man's hand, Jesus led him to the outskirts of the village, and, when he had put saliva on the man's eyes, he placed his hands on him, and asked him: "Do you see anything?"

Calling the people and his disciples to him, Jesus said: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain alone by themselves. There his appearance was transformed before their eyes,

"Rabbi," said Peter, interposing, "it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

With a loud cry the spirit threw the boy into repeated convulsions, and then came out from him. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.

When, however, Jesus saw this, he was indignant. "Let the little children come to me," he said, "do not hinder them; for it is to the childlike that the Kingdom of God belongs.

Then they brought the foal to Jesus, and, when they had laid their cloaks on it, he seated himself upon it.

And those who led the way, as well as those who followed, kept shouting: "'God save him! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'

Jesus entered Jerusalem, and went into the Temple Courts; and, after looking round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

And Jesus began to speak to them in parables: "A man once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-press, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.

But those tenants said to one another 'Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and his inheritance will be ours.'

What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and put the tenants to death, and he will let the vineyard to others.

After this his enemies were eager to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed the parable. So they let him alone, and went away.

Many will take my name, and come saying 'I am He', and will lead many astray.

For false Christs and false Prophets will arise, and display signs and marvels, to lead astray, were it possible, even God's People.

In those days, after that time of distress, 'the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light,

"Let her alone," said Jesus, as they began to find fault with her, "why are you troubling her? This is a beautiful deed that she has done for me.

Up, and let us be going. Look! my betrayer is close at hand."

And they led Jesus out to crucify him; and they compelled a passer-by, Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them to carry his cross.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the 'King of Israel,' come down from the cross now, that we may see it and believe." Even the men who had been crucified with Jesus reviled him.

And a man ran, and, soaking a sponge in common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink, saying as he did so: "Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

But Jesus, giving a loud cry, expired.

Joseph, having bought a linen sheet, took Jesus down, and wound the sheet round him, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock; and then rolled a stone up against the entrance of the tomb.

Mary of Magdala and Mary, the mother of Joseph, were watching to see where he was laid.

"Do not be dismayed; you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified; he has risen, he is not here! Look! Here is the place where they laid him.

It fell to him by lot, in accordance with the practice among the priests, to go into the Temple of the Lord and burn incense;

"I am the servant of the Lord," exclaimed Mary; "let it be with me as you have said." Then the angel left her.

To give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."