Beware of false prophets; they come to you with the garb of sheep but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

every good tree bears sound fruit, but a rotten tree bears bad fruit;

Do not imagine I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

but as Jesus knew of it he retired from the spot. Many followed him, and he healed them all,

but, as great crowds gathered to him, he entered a boat and sat down, while all the crowd stood on the beach.

But as that servant went away, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him twenty pounds, and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay your debt!'

Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-vat inside it, and built a watchtower: then he leased it to vinedressers and went abroad.

and one of them, a jurist, put a question in order to tempt him.

As the Pharisees had mustered, Jesus put a question to them.

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when you succeed you make him a son of Gehenna twice as bad as yourselves.

But at midnight the cry arose, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'

plaited a crown of thorns and set it on his head, put a stick in his hand, and knelt before him in mockery, crying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"

But a great earthquake took place; an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled away the boulder and sat on it.

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.

But a heavy squall of wind came on, and the waves splashed into the boat, so that the boat filled.

And as soon as he stepped out of the boat a man from the tombs came to meet him, a man with an unclean spirit

and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle;

Then he entered Jerusalem, entered the temple, and looked round at everything; but as it was late he went away with the twelve to Bethany.

Sadducees, men who hold there is no resurrection, also came up and put a question to him.

but a poor widow came up and put in two little coins amounting to a halfpenny.

He said nothing and made no answer. Again the high priest put a question to him. "Are you the Christ?" he said, "the Son of the Blessed?"

but a voice came from the cloud, "This is my Son, my Chosen one; listen to him."

He said, "And woe to you jurists! you load men with irksome burdens, and you will not put a single finger to their burdens.

But they all alike proceeded to decline. The first said to him, 'I have bought a farm and I am obliged to go and look at it. Pray consider me excused.'

But as soon as this son of yours arrives, after having wasted your means with harlots, you kill the fatted calf for him!'

Some of the Sadducees came up, who deny any resurrection, and put a question to him.

By day he taught in the temple, but at night he went outside the city and passed the night on the hill called the Olive-Orchard.

and you will not answer me when I put a question to you.

Now there was a man called Joseph, a member of council but a good and just man

But, as I told you, though you have seen me, you do not believe.

But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, he went up too, not publicly but as it were privately.

but as they persisted with their question, he raised himself and said to them, "Let the innocent among you throw the first stone at her";

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty; but, as it is, you claim to have sight ??and so your sin remains."

Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death; but as they imagined he meant natural sleep,

They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin ??23 he who hates me hates my Father also.

They would not be guilty, if I had not done deeds among them such as no one has ever done; but, as it is, they have seen ??and they have hated ??both me and my Father.

Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one for each soldier. But as the tunic was seamless, woven right down in a single piece,

A jug full of vinegar was lying there; so they put a sponge full of vinegar on a spear and held it to his lips.

After this, Joseph of Arimathaea, a disciple of Jesus but a secret disciple ??for fear of the Jews ??asked Pilate for permission to remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate allowed him. So he went and removed the body,

On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala went early to the tomb, when it was still dark; but as she saw the boulder had been removed from the tomb,

but as they saw the man who had been healed standing beside them, they could say nothing.

But a man called Ananias, who with his wife Sapphira had sold some property,

but an angel of the Lord opened the prison-doors during the night and brought them out, saying,

But as the attendants did not find them when they got to the prison, they came back to report,

But a Pharisee in the Sanhedrin called Gamaliel, a doctor of the Law who was highly respected by all the people, got up and ordered the apostles to be removed for a few moments.

but an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south, along the road from Jerusalem to Gaza" (the desert-route).

He became very hungry and longed for some food. But as they were getting the meal ready, a trance came over him.

But a voice answered me for the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, you must not regard as common.'

But an angel of the Lord flashed on him, and a light shone in the cell; striking Peter on the side he woke him, saying, "Quick, get up!" The fetters dropped from his hands,

but as soon as she recognized Peter's voice, instead of opening the door she ran inside from sheer joy and announced that Peter was standing in front of the porch.

So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!

but as they failed to find Paul and Silas they haled Jason and some of the brothers before the politarchs, yelling, "These upsetters of the whole world have come here too!

But as they opposed and abused him, he shook out his garments in protest, saying, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not responsible! After this I will go to the Gentiles."

But as these are merely questions of words and persons and your own Law, you can attend to them for yourselves. I decline to adjudicate upon matters like that."

But as some grew stubborn and disobedient, decrying the Way in presence of the multitude, he left them, withdrew the disciples, and continued his argument every day from eleven to four in the lecture-room of Tyrannus.

Till he said that, they had listened to him. But at that they shouted, "Away with such a creature from the earth! He is not fit to live!"

but as the officer wanted to save Paul, he put a stop to their plan, ordering those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

We think it only right to let you tell your own story; but as regards this sect, we are well aware that there are objections to it on all hands."

but a man who instead of 'working' believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith counted as righteousness.

You must be obedient, therefore, not only to avoid the divine vengeance but as a matter of conscience,

Christ certainly did not please himself, but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who denounced Thee have fallen upon me. ??4 All such words were written of old for our instruction, that by remaining stedfast and drawing encouragement from the scriptures we may cherish hope.

But a slave who is called to be in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord. Just as a free man who is called is a slave of Christ

Such is my own rule, to satisfy all men in all points, aiming not at my own advantage but at the advantage of the greater number ??at their salvation.

Ah, if in this life we have nothing but a mere hope in Christ, we are of all men to be pitied most!

There is nothing to be gained by this sort of thing, but as I am obliged to boast, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

That will prove to you that I am indeed a spokesman of Christ. It is no weak Christ you have to do with, but a Christ of power.

in his own flesh he put an end to the feud of the Law with its code of commands, so as to make peace by the creation of a new Man in himself out of both parties,

for God has not given us a timid spirit but a spirit of power and love and discipline.

putting all things under his feet. Now by putting all things under him, the writer meant to leave nothing out of his control. But, as it is, we do not yet see all things controlled by man;

nothing but an awful outlook of doom, of that burning Wrath which will consume the foes of God.

I appeal to you, brothers, to bear with this appeal of mine. It is but a short letter.

Whereas he who gazes into the faultless law of freedom and remains in that position, proving himself to be no forgetful listener but an active agent, he will be blessed in his activity.

Come now, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we are going to such and such a city; we shall spend a year there trading and making money" ??14 you who know nothing about to-morrow! For what is your life? You are but a mist, which appears for a little and then vanishes.

Now you believe, you hold him 'precious,' but as for the unbelieving ??the very stone the builders rejected is now the cornerstone,

Beloved, I am not writing you any new command, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning: the old command is the word you have heard.

I know your distress and your poverty (but you are rich!): I know how you are being slandered by those who style themselves Jews (no Jews are they, but a mere synagogue of Satan!).

Then I fell before his feet to worship him; but he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers, who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God" (for the testimony borne by Jesus is the breath of all prophecy).

but as for the craven, the faithless, the abominable, as for murderers, the immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and liars of all kinds ??their lot is the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

But he said to me, "No, not that! I am but a servant like yourself and your brothers the prophets, who lay to heart the words of this book. Worship God."