But afterwards, having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another road.

Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

'The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, The land of the Road by the Sea, and beyond the Jordan, With Galilee of the Gentiles--

If your right eye is a snare to you, take it out and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it thrown into the Pit.

And, if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it go down to the Pit.

I, however, say to you that you must not resist wrong; but, if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also;

But, when you do acts of charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Go in by the small gate. Broad and spacious is the road that leads to destruction, and those that go in by it are many;

For small is the gate, and narrow the road, that leads to Life, and those that find it are few.

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

"What did you go out into the Wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man richly dressed? Why, those who wear rich things are to be found in the courts of kings!

"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "what David did, when he and his companions were hungry--

And have not you read in the law that, on the Sabbath, the priest in the Temple break the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

A bruised reed he will not break, And a smoldering wick he will not quench, Till he has brought the judgment to a victorious issue,

As soon as the sun had risen, it was scorched, and, having no root, withered away.

But, as he has no root, he stands for only a short time; and, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, he falls away at once.

'No,' said he, 'for fear that, while you are gathering the tares, you should root up the wheat as well.

For John had said to him 'You have no right to be living with her.'

But Jesus answered: [ "In the evening you say 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is as red as fire.'

But in the morning you say 'To-day it will be stormy, for the sky is as red as fire and threatening.' You learn to read the sky; yet you are unable to read the signs of the times!]

After they had reached Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple-rate came up to Peter, and said: "Does not your Master pay the Temple-rate?"

Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: "Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?"

"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,'

Have not I the right to do as I choose with what is mine? Are you envious because I am liberal?'

"What is it that you want?" he asked. "I want you to say," she replied, "that in your Kingdom these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right, and the other on your left."

"You shall indeed drink my cup," he said, "but as to a seat at my right and at my left--that is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

Two blind men who were sitting by the road-side, hearing that Jesus was passing, called out: "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.

And said to him: "Do you hear what these boys are saying?" "Yes," answered Jesus; "but did you never read the words--'Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast called forth perfect praise'?"

And, noticing a solitary fig tree by the road-side, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it: "Never again shall fruit be gathered off you." And suddenly the fruit tree withered up.

Then Jesus added: "Have you never read in the Scriptures?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised--Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, And is marvelous in our eyes.'

Tell us, then, what you think. Are we right in paying taxes to the Emperor, or not?"

As to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read these words of God--

'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet"'?

Placing the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.

Then the King will say to those on his right 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, enter upon possession of the Kingdom prepared for you ever since the beginning of the world.

But they said: "Not during the Festival, for fear of causing a riot."

"It is true," Jesus answered; "Moreover I tell you all that hereafter you shall 'see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of the heavens.'"

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."

They stripped him, and put on him a red military cloak,

And having twisted some thorns into a crown, put it on his head, and a rod in his right hand, and then, going down on their knees before him, they mocked him. "Long life to you, King of the Jews!" they said.

They spat at him and, taking the rod, kept striking him on the head;

At the same time two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right, the other on the left.

One of them immediately ran and took a sponge, and, filling it with common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink.

"Have you never read," answered Jesus, "what David did when he was in want and hungry, he and his companions--

But, when the sun rose, it was scorched, and, having no root, withered away.

But, as they have no root, they stand only for a short time; and so, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, they fall away at once.

When they came to Jesus, they found the possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind--the very man who had had the 'Legion' in him--and they were awe-struck.

For John had said to Herod--'You have no right to be living with your brother's wife.'

Because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of?--in saying this Jesus pronounced all food 'clean.'

Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: "Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?"

"Grant us this," they answered, "to sit, one on your right, and the other on your left, when you come in glory."

But as to a seat at my right or at my left--that is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

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.

"You may go," Jesus said; "your faith has delivered you." Immediately he recovered his sight, and began to follow Jesus along the road.

Many of the people spread their cloaks on the road, while some strewed boughs which they had cut from the fields;

Have you never read this passage of Scripture?--'The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner- stone;

These men came to him and said: "Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and are not afraid of any one, for you pay no regard to a man's position, but teach the Way of God honestly; are we right in paying taxes to the Emperor, or not?

As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus--'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

David said himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit-- 'The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand, Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet.'"

For they said: "Not during the Festival, for fear of a riot."

"I am," replied Jesus, "and you shall all see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Almighty; and 'coming in the clouds of heaven'."

A man called Barabbas was in prison, with the rioters who had committed murder during a riot.

And they kept striking him on the head with a rod, spitting at him, and bowing to the ground before him--going down on their knees;

And with him they crucified two robbers, one on the right, and the other on the left.

And a man ran, and, soaking a sponge in common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink, saying as he did so: "Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

Going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on their right, in a white robe, and they were dismayed; But he said to them:

So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into Heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.

And, therefore, I also, since I have investigated all these events with great care from their very beginning, have resolved to write a connected history of them for you,

And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the Altar of Incense.

Asking for a writing-tablet, he wrote the words--'His name is John.' Every one was surprised;

Already, indeed, the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

Coming to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, Jesus, as was his custom, went on the Sabbath into the Synagogue, and stood up to read the Scriptures.

Jesus' answer was: "Have not you read even of what David did, when he was hungry, he and his companions--

On another Sabbath Jesus went into the Synagogue and taught; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.

"What did you go out into the Wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.

"I suppose," answered Simon, "it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt." "You are right," said Jesus,

By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.

The people went out to see what had happened, and, when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at Jesus' feet; and they were awe-struck.

"What is said in the Law?" answered Jesus. "What do you read there?"

"You have answered right," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live."

As it chanced, a priest was going down by that road. He saw the man, but passed by on the opposite side.

Why do not you yourselves decide what is right?

"You," said Jesus, "are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.

As Jesus was getting near Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road-side, begging.

As he went along, the people kept spreading their cloaks in the road.

When he had almost reached the place where the road led down the Mount of Olives, every one of the many disciples began in their joy to praise God loudly for all the miracles that they had seen:

These men asked Jesus a question. They said: "Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a man's position, but teach the Way of God honestly;

Are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?"

For David, in the Book of Psalms, says himself--'The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand,

And one of them struck the High Priest's servant and cut off his right ear;

But from this hour 'the Son of Man will be seated on the right hand of God Almighty.'"

(Barabbas was a man who had been put in prison for a riot that had broken out in the city and for murder.)

He released the man who had been put in prison for riot and murder, as they demanded, and gave Jesus up to be dealt with as they pleased.

When they had reached the place called 'The Skull,' there they crucified Jesus and the criminals, one on the right, and one on the left.

"How our hearts glowed," the disciples said to each other, "while he was talking to us on the road, and when he explained the Scriptures to us!"

He found Nathanael and said to him: "We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and of whom the Prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, Joseph's son!"

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, since he could read every heart,

And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

"I have no husband," answered the woman. "You are right in saying 'I have no husband,'" replied Jesus,