But her husband, Joseph, was an upright man and did not wish to disgrace her, and he decided to break off the engagement privately.

But he answered, "The Scripture says, 'Not on bread alone is man to live, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God!' "

He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fish for men!"

And he went on a little farther and saw two other men who were brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother, John, in the boat with Zebedee, their father, putting their nets in order, and he called them.

Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

"You have heard that the men of old were told 'You shall not murder,' and 'Whoever murders will have to answer to the court.'

"You have heard that men were told 'You shall not commit adultery.'

"Again, you have heard that the men of old were told, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.'

No slave can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money.

For you will be judged by the standard you judge by, and men will pay you back with the same measure you have used with them.

Which of you men when his son asks him for some bread will give him a stone?

"Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

And anyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act upon it, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and wild birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no where to lay his head!"

And the men were amazed and said, "What kind of man is this? For the very winds and sea obey him!"

When he reached the other side, in the region of Gadara, two men possessed by demons came out of the tombs and confronted him; they were so extremely violent that nobody could go along that road.

And the men who tended them ran away and went off to the town and told it all, and the news about the men possessed by demons.

Some people came bringing to him on a bed a man who was paralyzed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the man, "Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven."

Some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is talking blasphemy!"

But I would have you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home!"

And when the crowd saw it, they were filled with awe, and praised God for giving such power to men.

Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

As Jesus was passing along from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Take pity on us, you Son of David!"

When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him, and he said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" They said to him, "Yes, sir."

But just as they were going out, some people brought to him a dumb man who was possessed by a demon,

and as soon as the demon was driven out, the dumb man was able to speak. And the crowds were amazed, and said, "Nothing like this was ever seen in Israel!"

Do not accept gold or silver or copper money to put in your pockets,

But be on your guard against men, for they will give you up to their courts, and have you flogged in their synagogues,

You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.

But when they persecute you in one town, make your escape to another, for I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man arrives.

A pupil should be satisfied to come to be like his teacher, or a slave, to come to be like his master. If men have called the head of the house Beelzebub, how much worse names will they give to the members of his household!

Therefore everyone who will acknowledge me before men I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven,

but anyone who disowns me before men, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

For I have come to turn a man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

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

Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man because he is upright will have the same reward as an upright man.

And blessed is the man who finds nothing that repels him in me."

Then what did you go out there to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Men who dress in that way you find in the palaces of kings.

This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.'

"I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he.

But from the time of John the Baptist until now men have been taking the Kingdom of Heaven by storm and impetuously crowding into it.

Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and people say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions!"

But if you knew what the saying means, 'It is mercy, not sacrifice, that I care for,' you would not have condemned men who are not guilty.

For the Son of Man is master of the Sabbath."

There was a man there with one hand withered. And in order to get a charge to bring against him, they asked him, "Is it right to cure people on the Sabbath?"

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

Then he said to the man, "Hold out your hand!" And he held it out, and it was restored and became as well as the other.

At that time some people brought to him a man blind and dumb, who was possessed by a demon, and he cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

But when the Pharisees heard of it they said, "This man cannot drive out demons except by the aid of Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."

How can anyone get into a strong man's house and carry off his property unless he first binds the strong man? After that he can plunder his house.

Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven for any sin or abusive speech, but abusive speech about the Spirit cannot be forgiven.

And whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven for it, but whoever speaks against the holy Spirit cannot be forgiven for it, either in this world or in the world to come.

A good man, out of the good he has accumulated, brings out things that are good, and a bad man, out of what he has accumulated that is bad, brings out things that are bad.

But I tell you, for every careless word that men utter they will have to answer on the Day of Judgment.

For just as Jonah was in the maw of the whale for three days and nights, the Son of Man will be three days and nights in the heart of the earth.

Men of Nineveh will rise with this age at the judgment and condemn it, for when Jonah preached they repented, and there is more than Jonah here!

"When a foul spirit goes out of a man, it roams through deserts in search of rest and can find none.

Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before. That is the way it will be with this present wicked age."

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

For I tell you, many prophets and upright men have longed to see what you see, and could not see it, and to hear what you hear, and could not hear it.

And what was sown upon the rocky soil means the man who hears the message and at once accepts it joyfully,

And what was sown among the thorns means the man who listens to the message, and then the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich choke the message out, and it yields nothing.

And what was sown in good ground means the man who listens to the message and understands it, and yields one a hundred, and another sixty, and another thirty-fold."

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

Another figure which he used in speaking to them was this: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.

He answered, "The sower who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

the Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather up out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and the wrongdoers

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a hoard of money, buried in a field, which a man found, and buried again. And he was overjoyed, and went and sold everything he had and bought the field.

and he said to his attendants, "This man must be John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why wonderful powers are working through him."

There were about five thousand men who were fed, besides women and children.

And the men in the boat fell down before him and said, "You are certainly God's Son!"

And the men of the place recognized him, and sent all over that district and brought to him all who were sick,

But you say, 'Whoever tells his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is given to God,"

"Listen to this, and grasp it! It is not what goes into a man's mouth that pollutes him; it is what comes out of his mouth that pollutes a man."

Leave them alone. They are blind guides! But if one blind man leads another, they will both fall into the ditch!"

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they pollute a man.

It is these things that pollute a man, but not eating with unwashed hands!"

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said to them, "I pity these people for they have been staying with me three days now and they have nothing left to eat, and I do not mean to send them away hungry, for they may give out on the way."

There were four thousand men who were fed, besides women and children.

When Jesus reached the district 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 out of my sight, you Satan! You hinder me, for you do not side with God, but with men!"

For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?

For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone for what he has done.

I tell you, some of you who stand here will certainly live to see the Son of Man come to reign!"

And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus cautioned them, saying, "Do not tell anyone of the vision you have seen until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

but I tell you, Elijah has come already, and they would not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. It is in just that way that the Son of Man is going to be treated by them!"

When they came to the people again, a man came up to him and fell on his knees, saying,

As they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be handed over to men,

Alas for the world for such hindrances! They have to come, but alas for the man who causes them!

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills, and go in search of the one that is astray?

And when he set about doing so, a man was brought in who owed him ten million dollars.

And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one.

Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not try to separate."

The disciples said to him, "If that is a man's relation to his wife, it is better not to marry!"

For some are incapable of marriage from their birth, and some have been made so by men, and some have made themselves so for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. Let him accept it who can."

A man came up to him and said, "Master, what good deed must I do to obtain eternal life?"

The young man said to him, "I have obeyed all these commandments. What do I still lack?"

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."

But when the young man heard that, he went away much cast down, for he had a great deal of property.