When they were gone an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying; "Rise! Take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and there remain until I bring you word; for Herod intends to make a search for the child, in order to put him to death."

But when John saw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said: "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

and said to him, "All these will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me."

"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."

"And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.

"And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.

"And why do you look at the mote in your brother's eye, and fail to notice the beam which is in your own eye?

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house, but it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

when a Scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!"

"Follow me," Jesus said to him, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

"No one ever sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old cloak. If they did, the patch put on to fill it up would tear away from the cloak, and the rent be made worse.

"But when they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. In solemn truth I tell you that you shall not have completed the cities of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

"Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your father.

"and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

When the Pharisees heard it they said, "It is only by the aid of Beelzebub, the Prince of the demons, that this fellow is driving out demons."

"You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.

and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.

Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;

Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it.

But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

"When it was full they hauled it upon the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless fish away.

As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."

and the men in the boat fell upon their knees before him, saying, "You are, indeed, the Son of God."

"Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."

"True, Lord," she said, "but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.

As they reached the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, and fell on his knees before him, saying.

"But on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "'Pay me what you owe me!'

"Then his fellow slave fell at his feet, and besought him, saying, "'Be patient with me, and I will pay you.'

"When therefore his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very angry; and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.

"'Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?'

"If you want to be perfect," said Jesus, "go, sell your property, give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."

"And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall many times as much, and fall heir to eternal life.

Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."

"Just so you also outwardly appear to men, just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

"Fill up then the measure of your fathers!

And then many will stumble and fall, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days, "The sun will be darkened, The moon will not shed her light, The stars will fall from the sky, And the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

and if he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and to eat or drink with the drunkards,

Now because the bridegroom tarried, they all fell to nodding and went on sleeping.

Then Jesus said to them. "This very night even you will all stumble and fall away from me; for it is written, 'I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

"If they all stumble and fall away from you," answered Peter, "I will never do so!"

Then he went forward a short distance, and fell on his face and prayed. "O, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."

However, at last two came forward who said, "This fellow declared, 'I can destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days.'"

Soon afterward he went out into the porch, and another maid saw him, and said to those who were there, "This fellow certainly was with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o'clock in the afternoon.

And lo, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two, from the top to the bottom;

As he was passing by he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office; and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.

Later on Levi was sitting at table in his house, and together with Jesus and his disciples a number of tax-gatherers and sinners were guests, for there were many of them who used to follow him.

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

some other seed fell on stony soil, where it had not much earth; and it sprang up quickly because it had no depth of soil,

Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so that it yielded no crop.

But some seed fell into good soil and yielded a crop that sprang up and increased, yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold.

but because they have no root in themselves they last for a time; but when suffering or persecution ensues because of the Word, they at once fall away.

Of its own accord the earth bears its crops; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

But a great gale of wind came up, and the waves were dashing into the boat so that it began to fill.

The wind fell, and there ensued a great calm. Then he said to them. "Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?"

For Jesus was saying, "Foul spirit, come out of the man."

And he gave them leave. And out came the foul spirits and entered the swine; and the drove rushed down from the steep into the sea, in number about two thousand, and were choked in the sea.

Then one of the wardens of the synagogue, named Jairus, came up, and as soon as he saw Jesus, fell at his feet, with many entreaties,

and the woman knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

All ate and had enough; and they carried away broken fragments of bread and of fish, enough to fill twelve baskets.

So the Pharisees and Scribes asked him. "Why do your disciples not follow the traditions of the elders? Why do they eat with 'common' unwashed hands?"

Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet

"Where will it be possible," answered his disciples, "for one to fill these men with bread in a lonely place like this?"

"And when the seven for the four thousand, how many hampers full of fragments did you pick up?"

Then summoning the crowd to him, with his disciples. he said: "If any man wishes to follow me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and so follow me.

So they brought the boy to him, and when he saw Jesus, the spirit at once convulsed him, and he fell to the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth.

"Master," said John, "we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he did not follow us."

Jesus loved him as he looked at him, and said: "One thing you lack. Go, sell all you have and give to the poor; and you shall have wealth in heaven; and come, follow me."

But his face fell at these words, and he went away saddened, for he was one who had great wealth.

"You know that those who are regarded as rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make them feel their authority.

"Go," said Jesus, "your own faith has saved you," and immediately he received his sight, and began to follow Jesus along the road.

and seeing a fig tree in the distance full of leaves, he came to see if he could find anything on it, and found on it nothing but leaves (for it was not the time of figs).

"But when you see the Abomination of Desolation 'standing where he ought not' (let the reader ponder this), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

"From the fig tree learn now her parable; as soon as ever her branches are full of sap and bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.

Follow him; and whatever house he enters, say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher asks, "Where is your guest-chamber, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'

So they made ready the Passover, and as night fell he came, with the Twelve.

"Although they all stumble and fall, yet will not I," answered Peter.

Then he took Peter and James and John with him, and began to be full of terror and distress;

and he said to them. "My soul is full of anguish, even unto death; wait here, and keep watch."

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

Then a man ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, and put it on a stick, and offered it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down!"

women who used to follow him when he was in Galilee, and minister to him; and many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with him.

Moreover these signs shall follow those who believe. They shall drive out demons in my name; they shall speak with new tongues in foreign languages;

Now while Zachariah was acting as priest before God in the due course of his class, it fell to his lot, according to the custom of priesthood,

And as he saw him Zachariah was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

And the child grew and became strong, becoming full of wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

After spending the full number of days they started home, but the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. Joseph and his mother did not know this,

So John used to say to the crowd of those who were going out to be baptized by him. "You breed of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, all the time tempted by the devil.

And they all spoke well of him, and marveled at the words of charm that fell from his lips. "Is not this the son of Joseph?" they asked.

And there was in the synagogue a man possessed by the spirit of a foul demon. He cried out, in a loud voice, saying.

When Simon Peter saw this he fell down at the knees of Jesus, exclaiming, "Depart from me, O Lord, for I am a sinful man!"

Another time when he was in one of their cities, there was a man there full of leprosy. And he, upon seeing Jesus, fell on his face and implored him. "Lord," he said, "if only you choose you can make me clean."

Astonishment fell upon them all, and they began to glorify God, and they were filled with awe, and they said, "We have seen strange things today."