and the whole town was assembled at the door.

and such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,

No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be made.

and from Judaea and Jerusalem and Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from the district of Tyre and Sidon there came to Him a vast crowd, hearing of all that He was doing.

Having crossed over they drew to land in Gennesaret and came to anchor.

Then He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation.

"True, Sir," she replied, "and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."

Returning from the neighbourhood of Tyre, He came by way of Sidon to the Lake of Galilee, passing through the district of the Ten Towns.

Or if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."

So they went and found a young ass tied up at the front door of a house. They were untying it,

But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full leaf, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time)

and He said to the tree, "Let no one ever again eat fruit from thee!" And His disciples heard this.

In the early morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree withered to the roots;

and Peter, recollecting, said to Him, "Look, Rabbi, the fig-tree which you cursed is withered up."

"Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

So also do you, when you see these things happening, be sure that He is near, at your very door.

But one of those who stood by drew his sword and struck a blow at the High Priest's servant, cutting off his ear.