The people who were dwelling in darkness Have seen a great Light, And, for those who were dwelling in the shadow-land of Death, A Light has risen!'

Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.

Whoever, therefore, breaks one of these commandments, even the least of them, and teaches others to do so, will be the least- esteemed in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever keeps them, and teaches others to do so, will be esteemed great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

You have heard that to our ancestors it was said--'Thou shalt not commit murder,' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to answer for it to the Court.'

I, however, say to you that any one who cherishes anger against his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the Court; and whoever pours contempt upon his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the High Council, while whoever calls down curses upon him shall be liable to answer for it in the fiery Pit.

Be ready to make friends with your opponent, even when you meet him on your way to the court; for fear that he should hand you over to the judge, and the judge to his officer, and you should be thrown into prison.

Or by the earth, since that is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the Great King.

The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and struck against that house, and it fell; and great was its downfall."

By the time that Jesus had finished speaking, the crowd was filled with amazement at his teaching.

When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.

Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across.

Suddenly so great a storm came on upon the Sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;

"Why are you so timid?" he said. "O men of little faith!" Then Jesus rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm followed.

When the crowd saw this, they were awe-struck, and praised God for giving such power to men.

As you enter the house, greet it.

Be on your guard against your fellow men, for they will betray you to courts of law, and scourge you in their Synagogues;

such great crowds gathered round him, that he got into a boat, and sat in it, while all the people stood upon the beach.

Of all this Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; indeed to them he used never to speak at all except in parables,

Then Jesus left the crowd, and went into the house. Presently his disciples came to him, and said: "Explain to us the parable of the tares in the field."

Finding one of great value, he went and sold everything that he had, and bought it.

On getting out of the boat, Jesus saw a great crowd, and his heart was moved at the sight of them; and he cured all the sick among them.

"Your faith is great," was his reply to the woman; "it shall be as you wish!" And her daughter was cured that very hour.

Great crowds of people came to him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, or dumb, and many others. They put them down at his feet, and he cured them;

"Where can we," his disciples asked, "in a lonely place find enough bread for such a crowd as this?"

Telling the crowd to sit down on the ground,

Presently Jesus said to them: "Take care and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

How is it that you do not see that I was not speaking about bread? Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."

Then they understood that he had told them to be on their guard, not against the leaven of bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and, kneeling down before him, said:

But, if any one puts a snare in the way of one of these lowly ones who believe in me, it would be best for him to be sunk in the depths of the sea with a great millstone hung round his neck.

Great crowds followed him, and he cured them there.

On hearing these words, the young man went away distressed, for he had great possessions.

On hearing this, the disciples exclaimed in great astonishment: "Who then can possibly be saved?"

Jesus, however, called the ten to him, and said: "The rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them as you know, and their great men oppress them.

No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to take the first place among you, must be your slave;

As they were going out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.

The crowd told them to be quiet; but the men only called out the louder: "Take pity on us, Master, Son of David!"

The immense crowd of people spread their cloaks in the road, while some cut branches off the trees, and spread them on the road.

"Who is this?", to which the crowd replied--"This is the Prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."

"Teacher, what is the great commandment in the Law?"

This is the great first commandment.

Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.

for that will be 'a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time'--no, nor ever will again.

For false Christs and false Prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God's People would be led astray.

Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heavens; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens,' with power and great glory;

And he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his People round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

In great grief they began to say to him, one by one: "Can it be I, Master?"

And, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came in sight; and with him was a great crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent from the Chief Priests and Councillors of the Nation.

When Pilate saw that his efforts were unavailing, but that, on the contrary, a riot was beginning, he took some water, and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying as he did so: "I am not answerable for this bloodshed; you must see to it yourselves."

And laid it in his newly-made tomb which he had cut in the rock; and, before he left, he rolled a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

"You may have a guard," was Pilate's reply; "go and make the tomb as secure as you can."

So they went made the tomb secure, by sealing the stone, in presence of the guard.

When suddenly a great earthquake occurred. For an angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and seated himself upon it.

And, in their terror of him, the men on guard trembled violently and became like dead men.

On this they left the tomb quickly, in awe and great joy, and ran to tell the news to the disciples.

While they were still on their way, some of the guard came into the city, and reported to the Chief Priests everything that had happened.

Being, however, unable to get him near to Jesus, owing to the crowd, they removed the roofing below which Jesus was; and, when they had made an opening, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the Sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.

And a great number, hearing of all that he was doing, came to him from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Edom, from beyond the Jordan, and from the country round Tyre and Sidon.

So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, for fear the crowd should crush him.

Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not able even to eat their food.

There was a crowd sitting round Jesus, and some of them said to him: "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you."

Jesus again began to teach by the Sea; and, as an immense crowd was gathering round him, he got into a boat, and sat in it on the Sea, while all the people were on the shore at the water's edge.

Yet, when sown, shoots up, and becomes larger than any other herb, and puts out great branches, so that even 'the wild birds can roost in its shelter.'"

So, leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them, just as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him.

Jesus rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: "Hush! Be still!" Then the wind dropped, and a great calm followed.

But they were struck with great awe, and said to one another: "Who can this be that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

By the time Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the opposite shore, a great number of people had gathered to meet him, and were standing by the Sea.

So Jesus went with him. A great number of People followed Jesus, and kept pressing round him.

Heard about Jesus, came behind in the crowd, and touched his cloak.

Jesus at once became aware of the power that had gone out from him, and, turning round in the crowd, he said: "Who touched my clothes?"

Others again said--"He is Elijah," and others--"He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets."

On getting out of the boat, Jesus saw a great crowd, and his heart was moved at the sight of them, because they were 'like sheep without a shepherd'; and he began to teach them many things.

Immediately afterwards Jesus made his disciples get into the boat, and cross over in advance, in the direction of Bethsaida, while he himself was dismissing the crowd.

When Jesus went indoors, away from the crowd, his disciples began questioning him about this saying.

Greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly;

Jesus took him aside from the crowd quietly, put his fingers into the man's ears, and touched his tongue with saliva.

About that time, when there was again a great crowd of people who had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said:

Jesus told the crowd to sit down upon the ground. Then he took the seven loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve out; and they served them out to the crowd.

When they came to the other disciples, they saw a great crowd round them, and some Teachers of the Law arguing with them.

But, as soon as they saw Jesus, all the people, in great astonishment, ran up and greeted him.

"Teacher," answered a man in the crowd, "I brought my son to see you, as he has a dumb spirit in him;

But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit: "Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again."

And, if any one puts a snare in the way of one of these lowly ones who believe in me, it would be far better for him if he had been thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck.

But the man's face clouded at these words, and he went away distressed, for he had great possessions.

But Jesus called the ten to him, and said: "Those who are regarded as ruling among the Gentiles lord it over them, as you know, and their great men oppress them.

But among you it is not so. No, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

They came to Jericho. When Jesus was going out of the town with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road-side.

After this his enemies were eager to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed the parable. So they let him alone, and went away.

In the course of his teaching, Jesus said: "See that you are on your guard against the Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and to be greeted in the streets with respect,

"Do you see these great buildings?" asked Jesus. "Not a single stone will be left here upon another, which shall not be thrown down."

But see that you are on your guard! I have told you all this beforehand.

Then will be seen the 'Son of Man coming in clouds' with great power and glory;

When Jesus was still at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of choice spikenard perfume of great value. She broke the jar, and poured the perfume on his head.

He took with him Peter, James, and John; and began to show signs of great dismay and deep distress of mind.

And just then, while he was still speaking, Judas, who was one of the Twelve, came up; and with him a crowd of people, with swords and clubs, sent by the Chief Priests, the Teachers of the Law, and the Councillors.

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.

While Peter was in the court-yard down below, one of the High Priest's maidservants came up;

So, when the crowd went up and began to ask Pilate to follow his usual custom,

But the Chief Priests incited the crowd to get Barabbas released instead.