saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea,

The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, yea light dawned on those who sat in the land and the shadow of death.

The fame of him spread all through the surrounding country, and people brought him all their sick, those who suffered from all manner of disease and pain, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics; he healed them all.

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spirit! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for goodness! they will be satisfied.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

For if you love only those who love you, what reward do you get for that? do not the very taxgatherers do as much?

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him?

When Jesus heard it he said, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.

Have no fear of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul: rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Son of man coming himself to reign."

He said to them, "True, but this truth is not practicable for everyone, it is only for those who have the gift.

When those who had been hired about five o'clock came, they got a shilling each.

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

The king was enraged; he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.

And those servants went out on the roads and gathered all they met, bad and good alike. Thus the marriage-banquet was supplied with guests.

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you shut the Realm of heaven in men's faces; you neither enter yourselves, nor will you let those enter who are on the point of entering.

So you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are sons of those who killed the prophets!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills;

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days!

Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

Immediately after the misery of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not yield her light, the stars will drop from heaven and the orbs of the heavens will be shaken.

Now while they were away buying oil, the bridegroom arrived; those maidens who were ready accompanied him to the marriage-banquet, and the door was shut.

Now a long time afterwards the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.

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.

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

but those who had seized Jesus took him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.

When he went out to the gateway another maidservant noticed him and said to those who were there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision

Now it was in those days that Jesus arrived from Nazaret in Galilee and got baptized in the Jordan by John.

On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "Those who are strong have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill: I have not come to call just men but sinners."

And glancing at those who were sitting round him in a circle he said, "There are my mother and my brothers!

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.

Similarly those who are sown 'on stony soil' are the people who on hearing the word accept it with enthusiasm;

Another set are those who are sown 'among thorns'; they listen to the word,

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."

And those who had seen it related to them what had happened to the lunatic and the swine.

In those days, when a large crowd had again gathered and when they had nothing to eat, he called the disciples and said to them,

I tell you truly," he said, to them, "there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the coming of God's Reign with power."

Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have money to get into the Realm of God!"

The disciples were amazed at what he said; so he repeated, "My sons, how difficult it is [for those who rely on money] to get into the Realm of God!

and both those in front and those who followed shouted, "Hosanna! Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name!

Then they came to Jerusalem, and entering the temple he proceeded to drive out those who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

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;

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days!

for those days will be days of misery, the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now ??no and never shall be.

Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen.

But when that misery is past, in those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not yield her light,

This angered some of those present. "What was the use of wasting perfume like this?

Those who passed by scoffed at him, nodding at him in derision and calling, "Ha! You were to destroy the temple and build it in three days!

Let 'the Christ,' 'the king of Israel' come down now from the cross! Let us see that and we will believe!" Those who were crucified with him also denounced him.

She went and reported it to those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept;

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

And for those who believe, these miracles will follow: they will cast out daemons in my name, they will talk in foreign tongues,

After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and for five months she concealed herself.

In those days Mary started with haste for the hill-country, for a town of Judah;

his mercy is on generation after generation, for those who reverence him.

to shine on those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our steps into the way of peace."

Now in those days an edict was issued by Caesar Augustus for a census of the whole world.

Jesus replied to them, "Healthy people have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill:

Those who were annoyed with unclean spirits also were healed.

I tell you, my hearers, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you:

bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

If you love only those who love you, what credit is that to you? Why, even sinful men love those who love them.

If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that.

If you only lend to those from whom you hope to get something, what credit is that to you? Even sinful men lend to one another, so as to get a fair return.

Come, what did you go out to see? A man arrayed in soft robes? Those who are gorgeously dressed and luxurious live in royal palaces.

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.

As for the seed in the good soil, that means those who hear and hold fast the word in a good and sound heart and so bear fruit stedfastly.

No one lights a lamp and hides it under a vessel or puts it below the bed: he puts it on a stand so that those who come in can see the light.

But he answered, "My mother and brothers are those who listen to the word of God and obey it."

They got a report from those who had seen how the lunatic was cured,

but the crowds learned this and followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of the Reign of God, and cured those who needed to be healed.

I tell you plainly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death till they see the Reign of God."

When the voice ceased, they found themselves alone with Jesus. And in those days they kept silence and told nobody anything of what they had seen.

heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.'

Well, if for all your evil you know to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father give the holy Spirit from heaven to those who ask him?"

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

No one lights a lamp to put it in a cellar or under a bowl, but on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.

Woe to you jurists! you have taken the key that unlocks the door of knowledge; you have not entered yourselves, and you have stopped those who were entering."

I tell you, my friends, have no fear of those who kill the body but after that can do no more;

Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

Or those eighteen men killed by the fall of the tower at Siloam? do you think they were worse offenders than the rest of the residents in Jerusalem?

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my supper.'"

Besides all that, a great gulf yawns between us and you, to keep back those who want to cross from us to you and also those who want to pass from you to us.'

So Jesus looked at him and said, "How difficult it is for those who have money to enter the Realm of God!

Then he went into the temple and proceeded to drive out those who were selling.

but those who are considered worthy to attain yonder world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are married,

Then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills, let those who are in the city escape, and let not those who are in the country come in to the city;

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people;

and ascertaining that he came under the jurisdiction of Herod, he remitted him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem during those days.

On those who have accepted him, however, he has conferred the right of being children of God, that is, on those who believe in his Name,

"Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"

Truly, truly I tell you, the time is coming, it has come already, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live;

Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to those who were reclining; so too with the fish, as much as they wanted.