Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different road.

The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

If your right eye is a hindrance to you, pluck it out and throw it away: better for you to lose one of your members than to have all your body thrown into Gehenna.

And if your right hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off and throw it away: better for you to lose one of your members than to have all your body thrown into Gehenna.

But I tell you, you are not to resist an injury: whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well;

When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

Do not pray by idle rote like pagans, for they suppose they will be heard the more they say;

Enter by the narrow gate: for [the gate] is broad and the road is wide that leads to destruction, and many enter that way.

But the road that leads to life is both narrow and close, and there are few who find it.

When he reached the opposite side, the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two demoniacs who ran out of the tombs; they were so violent that nobody could pass along the road there.

nor a wallet for the road, nor two shirts, nor sandals, nor stick ??the workman deserves his rations.

As the disciples of John went away, Jesus proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

He replied, "Have you not read what David did when he and his men were hungry,

Have you not read in the Law that the priests in the temple are not guilty when they desecrate the sabbath?

Now a man with a withered hand was there; so in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it right to heal on the sabbath?"

And how much more is a man worth than a sheep? Thus it is right to do a kindness on the sabbath."

He will not break the bruised reed, he will not put out the smouldering flax, till he carries religion to victory:

and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up.

but when the sun rose they got scorched and withered away because they had no root.

When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'

he has no root in himself, he does not last, but when the word brings trouble or persecution he is at once repelled.

'No,' he said, 'for you might root up the wheat when you were gathering the weeds.

since John had told him, "You have no right to her."

Then Jesus called his disciples and said, "I am sorry for the crowd; they have been three days with me now, and they have nothing to eat. I will not send them away starving, in case they faint on the road."

Then the Pharisees came up to tempt him. They asked, "Is it right to divorce one's wife for any reason?"

He replied, "Have you never read that He who created them male and female from the beginning

Now as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem he took the twelve aside by themselves and said to them as they were on the road,

He said to her, "What do you want?" She said, "Give orders that my two sons are to sit at your right hand and at your left in your Realm."

"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."

and when two blind men who were sitting beside the road heard Jesus was passing, they shouted, "O Lord, Son of David, have pity on us!"

and the greater part of the crowd spread their clothes on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road.

they said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Yes," said Jesus, "have you never read Thou hast brought praise to perfection from the mouth of babes and sucklings?"

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner: this is the doing of the Lord, and a wonder to our eyes?

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,

The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I put your enemies under your feet.'

setting the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left.

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

Jesus said to him, "Even so! But I tell you, in future you will all see the Son of man seated at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Now when Pilate saw that instead of him doing any good a riot was rising, he took some water and washed his hands in presence of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this good man's blood. It is your affair!"

Two robbers were also crucified with him at that time, one on the right hand and one on the left.

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

then he asked them, "Is it right to help or to hurt on the sabbath, to save life or to kill?" They were silent.

and as he sowed it chanced that some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and ate it up;

but when the sun rose it got scorched and withered away, because it had no root;

some other seed fell on good soil and bore a crop that sprang up and grew, yielding at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

but they have no root in themselves, they do not last; the next thing is that when the word brings trouble or persecution, they are at once repelled.

As for those who were sown 'on good soil,' these are the people who listen to the word and take it in and bear fruit at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

John had told Herod, "You have no right to your brother's wife."

If I send them home without food they will faint on the road. Besides, some of them have come a long way."

Then Jesus and his disciples set off for the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road he inquired of his disciples, "Who do people say I am?"

Then they reached Capharnahum. And when he was indoors he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?"

They said nothing, for on the road they had been disputing about which of them was the greatest.

Jesus said to them, "He wrote you that command on account of the hardness of your hearts.

As he went out on the road a man ran up and knelt down before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit life eternal?"

They said to him, "Give us seats, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your glory."

but it is not for me to grant seats at my right or my left hand ??these belong to the men for whom they have been destined."

Then they reached Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who sat beside the road,

Then Jesus said, "Go, your faith has made you well;" and he regained his sight at once and followed Jesus along the road.

Many also spread their clothes on the road, while others strewed leaves cut from the fields;

Now as they passed in the morning they noticed the fig tree had withered to the root.

Have you not even read this scripture? ??The stone that the builders rejected is the chief stone now of the corner:

They came up and said to him, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and fearless; you do not court human favour, you teach the Way of God honestly. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the passage on the Bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?

The scribe said to him, "Right, teacher! You have truly said, He is One, and there is none else but Him.

David himself said in the holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.'

But whenever you see the appalling Horror standing where he has no right to stand (let the reader note this), then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills;

"Only," they said, "it must not be during the festival; that would mean a popular riot."

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

Jesus said, "I am. And, what is more, you will all see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

They also crucified two robbers along with him, one at his right and one at his left.

and on entering the tomb they saw a youth sitting on the right dressed in a white robe. They were bewildered,

Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,

and inasmuch as I have gone carefully over them all myself from the very beginning, I have decided, O Theophilus, to write them out in order for your excellency,

And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

and he asked for a writing-tablet and wrote down, "His name is John," to the astonishment of all.

The axe is lying all ready at the root of the trees; any tree that is not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."

He said to them, "Never exact more than your fixed rate."

Then he came to Nazaret, where he had been brought up, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue as was his custom. He stood up to read the lesson

But Jesus answered them, "And have you never read what David did when he and his men were hungry?

Another sabbath he happened to go into the synagogue and teach. Now a man was there who had his right hand withered,

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it right on the sabbath to help or to hurt, to save life or to kill?"

When John's messengers had gone, he proceeded to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

"I suppose," said Simon, "the man who had most forgiven." "Quite right," he said.

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the road and was trampled down, and the wild birds ate it up;

Those 'on the road' are people who hear; but then the devil comes and carries off the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.

And as they journeyed along the road a man said to him, "I will follow you anywhere."

Carry no purse, no wallet, no sandals. Do not stop to salute anybody on the road.

He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?"

"A right answer!" said Jesus; "do that and you will live."

Now it so chanced that a priest was going down the same road, but on seeing him he went past on the opposite side.

And why do you not yourselves settle what is right?

so Jesus asked the jurists and Pharisees, "Is it right to heal on the sabbath or not?"

As he approached Jericho, it chanced that a blind man was seated beside the road begging.

So he ran forward and climbed into a sycomore tree to get a sight of him, as he was to pass that road.

As he went forward they spread their clothes under him on the road;