Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers at the period of the Removal to Babylon.

When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded, and brought home his wife,

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

"It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live, but on whatsoever God shall appoint.'"

Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He cured them.

give us to-day our bread for the day;

What man is there among you, who if his son shall ask him for bread will offer him a stone?

"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it;

In the evening many demoniacs were brought to Him, and with a word He expelled the demons; and He cured all the sick,

Then He went on board a fishing-boat, and His disciples followed Him.

Accordingly He went on board, and crossing over came to His own town.

Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, my child; your sins are pardoned."

And as they were leaving His presence a dumb demoniac was brought to Him.

At that time a demoniac was brought to Him, blind and dumb; and He cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low.

O vipers' brood, how can you speak what is good when you are evil? For it is from the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks.

when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all the people stood on the shore.

The head was brought on a dish and given to the young girl, and she took it to her mother.

Immediately afterwards He made the disciples go on board the boat and cross to the opposite shore, leaving Him to dismiss the people.

and the men on board fell down before him and said, "You are indeed God's Son."

and the men of the place, recognizing Him, sent word into all the country round. So they brought all the sick to Him,

"It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"

He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.

When the disciples arrived at the other side of the Lake, they found that they had forgotten to bring any bread;

they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have not brought any bread."

Jesus perceived this and said, "Why are you reasoning among yourselves, you men of little faith, because you have no bread?

How is it you do not understand that it was not about bread that I spoke to you? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then they perceived that He had not warned them against bread-yeast, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to a solitary place.

I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him."

But as soon as he began the settlement, one was brought before him who owed 10,000 talents,

When Jesus had finished these discourses, He removed from Galilee and came into that part of Judaea which lay beyond the Jordan.

Then young children were brought to Him for Him to put His hands on them and pray; but the disciples interfered.

they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer garments on them. So He sat on them;

"Do you hear," they asked Him, "what these children are saying?" "Yes," He replied; "have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of infants and of babes at the breast Thou hast brought forth the praise which is due'?"

Show me the tribute coin." And they brought Him a shilling.

O serpents, O vipers' brood, how are you to escape condemnation to Gehenna?

The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, and said, "'Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: see, I have gained five more.'

On the first day of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus with the question, "Where shall we make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"

Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He was condemned, smitten with remorse he brought back the thirty shekels to the High Priests and Elders

Meanwhile Jesus was brought before the Governor, and the latter put the question, "Are you the King of the Jews?" "I am their King," He answered.

For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.

And His fame spread at once everywhere in all that part of Galilee.

Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.

He went on to say, "Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand?

To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies.

He charged them to take nothing for the journey except a stick; no bread, no bag, and not a penny in their pockets,

and brought his head on a dish and gave it to the young girl, who gave it to her mother.

"Give them food yourselves," He replied. "Are we," they asked, "to go and buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread and give them food?"

Those who ate the bread were 5,000 adult men.

Immediately afterwards He made His disciples go on board the boat and cross over to Bethsaida, leaving Him behind to dismiss the crowd.

Then He went up to them on board the boat, and the wind lulled; and they were beside themselves with silent amazement.

covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:

"Let the children first eat all they want," He said; "it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.

"Where can we possibly get bread here in this remote place to satisfy such a crowd?" answered His disciples.

and at once going on board with His disciples He came into the district of Dalmanutha.

So He left them, went on board again, and came away to the other side.

Now they had forgotten to take bread, nor had they more than a single loaf with them in the boat;

they explained His words to one another by saying, "We have no bread!"

He perceived what they were saying, and He said to them, "What is this discussion of yours about having no bread? Do you not yet see and understand? Are your minds so dull of comprehension?

And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.

So He took the blind man by the arm and brought him out of the village, and spitting into his eyes He put His hands on him and asked him, "Can you see anything?"

Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.

"Rabbi," answered one of the crowd, "I have brought you my son. He has a dumb spirit in him;

So they brought him to Jesus. And the spirit, when he saw Jesus, immediately threw the youth into convulsions, so that he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.

So they brought the foal to Jesus, and threw their outer garments over him; and Jesus mounted.

They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the High Priests and Scribes were bent on finding how to seize Him by stratagem and put Him to death.

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

So they brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which, being translated, means 'Skull-ground.'

She went and brought the tidings to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping.

Now there were shepherds in the same part of the country, keeping watch over their sheep by night in the open fields,

Led by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do with regard to Him according to the custom of the Law,

Accordingly John used to say to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Then the Devil said to Him, "If you are God's Son, tell this stone to become bread."

"It is written," replied Jesus, "'It is not on bread alone that a man shall live.'"

Then he brought Him to Jerusalem and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple, and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down from here; for it is written,

He came to Nazareth also, where He had been brought up; and, as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.

They rose, hurried Him outside the town, and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, to throw Him down the cliff;

And the talk about Him spread into every part of the neighbouring country.

At sunset all who had friends suffering from any illness brought them to Him, and He laid His hands on them all, one by one, and cured them.

and going on board one of them, which was Simon's He asked him to push out a little from land. Then He sat down and taught the crowd of people from the boat.

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

John's disciples brought him an account of all these things;

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!'

And there was a woman in the town who was a notorious sinner. Having learnt that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house she brought a flask of perfume,

Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.

Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.

One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.

Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.

And He commanded them, "Take nothing for your journey; neither stick nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have an extra under garment.

He went to him, and dressed his wounds with oil and wine and bound them up. Then placing him on his own mule he brought him to an inn, where he bestowed every care on him.

give us day after day our bread for the day;

And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend and shall go to him in the middle of the night and say, "'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread;

"And he from indoors shall answer, "'Do not pester me. The door is now barred, and I am here in bed with my children. I cannot get up and give you bread.'

And what father is there among you, who, if his son asks for a slice of bread, will offer him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish offer him a snake?

If, however, your whole body is penetrated with light, and has no part dark, it will be so lighted, all of it, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."