They argued among themselves, "But we have not brought any bread!"

Do you not understand even yet? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?

Why do you not see that I was not speaking to you about bread? No, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then they realized that what he told them to beware of was not leaven but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you.

Now I tell you, Peter is your name and on this rock I will build my church; the powers of Hades shall not succeed against it.

Peter took him and began to reprove him for it; "God forbid, Lord," he said, "This must not be."

But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, you Satan! You are a hindrance to me! Your outlook is not God's but man's."

I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him ??they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way."

I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him."

Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and said, "Why could we not cast it out?"

When they reached Capharnahum, the collectors of the temple-tax came and asked Peter, "Does your teacher not pay the temple-tax?"

However, not to give any offence to them, go to the sea, throw a hook in, and take the first fish you bring up. Open its mouth and you will find a five-shilling piece; take that and give it to them for me and for yourself."

See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.

Tell me, if a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, will he not leave the ninety-nine sheep on the hills and go in search of the one that has strayed?

So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that a single one of these little ones should be lost.

but if he will not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every case may be decided on the evidence of two or of three witnesses.

Ought you not to have had mercy on your fellow-servant, as I had on you?'

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

He said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, on account of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not so from the beginning.

He said to them, "True, but this truth is not practicable for everyone, it is only for those who have the gift.

but Jesus said to them, "Let the children alone, do not stop them from coming to me: the Realm of heaven belongs to such as these."

"Which?" he said. Jesus answered, "The commands, you shall not kill, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not bear false witness,

Then he replied to one of them, 'My man, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?

Can I not do as I please with what belongs to me? Have you a grudge because I am generous?'

Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

"You shall drink my cup," said Jesus, "but it is not for me to grant seats at my right hand and at my left; these belong to the men for whom they have been destined by my Father."

not so with you. Whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Then he left them and went outside the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?" Now they argued to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "No more will I tell you what authority I have for acting as I do.

he replied, 'I will go, sir,' but he did not go.

The man went to the second and said the same to him; he replied, 'I will not,' but afterwards he changed his mind and did go.

For John showed you the way to be good and you would not believe him; the taxgatherers and harlots believed him, and even though you saw that, you would not change your mind afterwards and believe him.

He sent his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they would not come.

Then he said to his servants, 'The marriage-banquet is all ready, but the invited guests did not deserve it.

Now when the king came in to view his guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in a wedding-robe.

They sent him their disciples with the Herodians, who said, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and that you teach the Way of God honestly and fearlessly; you do not court human favour.

Tell us, then, what you think about this. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God,

I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not a God of dead people but of living."

so do whatever they tell you, obey them, but do not do as they do. They talk but they do not act.

They make up heavy loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not stir a finger to remove them.

But you are not to be called 'rabbi,' for One is your teacher, and you are all brothers;

you are not to call anyone 'father' on earth, for One is your heavenly Father;

Blind guides that you are, filtering away the gnat and swallowing the camel!

and you say 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

but he replied to them, "You see all this? I tell you truly, not a stone here will be left upon another, without being torn down."

You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet.

So when you see the appalling Horror spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing erect in the holy place (let the reader note this),

a man on the housetop must not go down to fetch what is inside his house,

and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

Pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the sabbath,

Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

If anyone tells you at that time, 'Here is the Christ!' or, 'there he is!' do not believe it;

If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it.

Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

I tell you truly, the present generation will not pass away till all this happens.

Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father.

But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know;

But the sensible replied, 'No, there may not be enough for us and for you. Better go to the dealers and buy for yourselves.'

but he replied, 'I tell you frankly, I do not know you.'

Then they will answer too, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or unclothed or ill or in prison, and did not minister to you?'

Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.'

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival, in case of a riot among the people."

The poor you always have beside you, but you will not always have me.

They were greatly distressed at this, and each of them said to him, "Lord, surely it is not me."

Then Judas his betrayer said, "Surely it is not me, rabbi?" He said to him, "Is it not?"

Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.

Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted."

Jesus said to him, "I tell you truly, you will disown me three times this very night, before the cock crows."

Then he went forward a little and fell on his face praying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour?

Watch and pray, all of you, so that you may not slip into temptation. The spirit is eager but the flesh is weak."

But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said.

Again he denied it; he swore, "I do not know the man."

At this he broke out cursing and swearing, "I do not know the man." At that moment a cock crowed.

saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear all their evidence against you?"

But, to Pilate's great astonishment, he would not answer him a single word.

they gave him a drink of wine mixed with bitters; but when he tasted it he would not drink it.

He is not here, he has risen, as he told you he would. See, here is the place where he [the Lord] lay.

and told them to say that "his disciples came at night and stole him when we were asleep."

He announced, "After me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the string of his sandals:

and people were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them like an authority, not like the scribes.

Now when evening came, when the sun set, they brought him all who were ill or possessed by daemons ??33 indeed the whole town was gathered at the door ??34 and he cured many who were ill with various diseases and cast out many daemons; but as the daemons knew him he would not let them say anything.

"See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."

and a large number at once gathered, till there was no more room for them, not even at the door. He was speaking the word to them,

and as they could not get near Jesus on account of the crowd they tore up the roof under which he stood and through the opening they lowered the pallet on which the paralytic lay.

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

As the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were observing a fast, people came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples do not fast?"

The Pharisees said to him, "Look at what they are doing on the sabbath! That is not allowed."

He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and his men?

And he said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath: