But Joseph her husband, because he was just a man and unwilling to disgrace her, was minded to put her away secretly.

Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."

"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."

"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt lose its savor, in what way shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under foot of men.

"nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

"So let your light shine before men that they may see good you do, and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

"Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, "You must not forswear yourselves, but must perform your vows to the Lord.

"Be careful not to do your good deeds in the sight of men, in order to be observed by them. If you do, you have no reward with your heavenly Father.

"And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.

"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.

"For if you forgive men their offenses against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;

"but if you do not forgive men your offenses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your offenses.

"When you fast, do not look downcast like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces so that it may be apparent to men that they are fasting. In solemn truth I tell you, they already have received their reward.

"so that he may not appear to men to be fasting, but to his Father who is in secret; and his Father who sees in secret will reward him.

"What man of you is there who, when his son asks a loaf, will give him a stone?

"Therefore everything that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

"For I myself also am a man under authority, and I have soldiers under me. To one man I say 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."

"Foxes have their holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

"Why are you afraid?" he said, "you men of little faith!" Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm.

But the men were amazed, saying, "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"

He answered, "Go!" So they came out of the men, and went into the swine, and behold! the entire herd rushed headlong down from the cliff into the sea, and perished in the water.

And behold! certain scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming."

"But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins"??e then says to the paralytic, "Rise, take up your bed, and go to your home."

But all the crowd were awestruck, and glorified God, who had given such power to men.

As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

"But go and learn what this means, "It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice; for I am come not to call just men, but sinners."

And as he went on from thence two blind men followed Jesus, crying, "Have pity on us, Son of David!"

These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,

"But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

"You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.

"But when they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. In solemn truth I tell you that you shall not have completed the cities of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

"Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.

"But whoever disowns me before men, I also will disown before my Father who is in heaven.

"For I came to set "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

"and a man's own household will be his enemies.

"Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and whoever receives a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

"And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

"What did you go out into the desert to behold?" he asked; "A reed shaken by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment dwell in kings' palaces!

and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."

"Have you not read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was hungry, and his men, too?

"How he went into the House of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence, which neither he nor his men were permitted to eat, but the priests only?

"you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath."

As he passed along he went into their synagogue, and there he saw a man with a withered hand.

"Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day?

"And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Therefore it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand."

The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.

"Or how can any one enter the strong man's house and carry off his goods without first binding the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

"Therefore I tell you that every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.

"And if any man say a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in that which is to come.

"A good man out of his good treasure brings forth good; and from his evil treasure a bad man brings out evil.

"I tell you that for every careless word that men speak they shall give account on the day of judgment.

"For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the sea-monster's belly, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

"The men of Nineveh will stand up in the Judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented under the preaching of Jonah, and lo! a greater than Jonah is here!

"Whenever an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders through waterless places, seeking rest but finding none.

"Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation."

But he answered the man who told him, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"

"In solemn truth I tell you that many prophets and holy men have seen it not, and to hear what you are hearing, and have not heard it.

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

"but while men were asleep his enemy came and sowed tares among his wheat and went away.

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.

"The sower of the seed," he answered, "is the Son of man;

"The son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all hindrances, and whoever practices iniquity,

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in the ground, which a man finds but buries again, and then in his joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that land.

"This man is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead. That is why miraculous powers are working through him."

Those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

and the men in the boat fell upon their knees before him, saying, "You are, indeed, the Son of God."

and when the men of that country recognized him, they sent into all the country round about, and brought to him all the sick,

but you say that whoever tells his father or mother, 'Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is dedicated to God,'

In vain do they worship me, While they teach doctrines that are the commands of men."

"Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man."

"Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart??nd that is what defiles a man.

These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."

When Jesus came into the neighborhood of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of man is?"

But he turned and said to Peter. "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, because you are not intent on what pleases God, but what pleases men."

Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, and his angels with him, and then will he reward each one in accordance with his actions.

Solemnly I tell you, some of those who are standing here shall not taste death, till they have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

While they were going down from the mountain, Jesus laid a command on them. "Speak to no man about the vision," he said, "until after the Son of man has been raised from the dead."

"Nay, I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they chose. Even so the Son of man also is about to suffer at their hands."

As they reached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and fell on his knees before him, saying.

As they continued going from place to place in Galilee, Jesus said to them. "The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men;

"Woe unto the world because of such stumbling-blocks! They will surely come, but woe unto each man by whom they come!

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

"How does it seem to you, when a man has a hundred sheep and loses one of them? Will he not leave the ninety and nine on the hills, to go and search for the one that has strayed?

Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

"For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh?

"Thus they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate."

"And I tell you that any man who divorces his wife for any cause except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

"If that is the position of a man in relation to his wife," answered the disciples, "it is better not to marry."

"For there are eunuchs who have been such from birth; others who have been made such by men; and others who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of God. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

But look! a certain man came up to him and asked, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

"Which commandments?" asked the man. Jesus replied. "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;

The young man answered. "I have carefully kept them all. What yet do I lack?"

But when the young man heard this teaching, he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had much property.