"Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."

This John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse the threshing-floor. He will store his wheat in the granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire."

and said to him. "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge over thee; Upon their hands they will bear thee up, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."

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."

"In solemn truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until all has taken place.

"So whoever breaks one of these least commandments, and teaches others to break them, will be least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps them and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

"For I assure you that unless your righteousness exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not find entrance into the kingdom of heaven.

"So you will become sons of your heavenly Father; for he makes his sun to rise upon sinners as well as saints, and sends rain upon the unjust and the just.

"so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

"But you, when you pray, go into your own room and shut your door; pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

"While praying do not say the same words over and over again, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that by their much speaking they will gain attention.

thy kingdom come, and thy will be done, On earth, as in heaven.

"For if you forgive men their offenses against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you also;

"but if you do not forgive men your offenses, neither will your heavenly Father forgive you your offenses.

"so that he may not appear to men to be fasting, but to his Father who is in secret; and his Father who sees in secret will reward him.

"For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

"The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body will be well lighted;

"but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be darkened. If then the very light within you is darkness, how dense is that darkness!

"No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.

"If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?

"Do not then be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own anxieties. Enough for each day are its own troubles."

"for with what judgment you judge, you will be judged, and in what measure you measure, others will measure to you.

"Or how will you say to your brother, 'Permit me to remove the mote from your eye,' when, behold, the beam is in your own eye?

"Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to cast the mote out of your brother's eye.

"Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

"What man of you is there who, when his son asks a loaf, will give him a stone?

"or if his son asks for a fish, will offer him a snake?

"If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him?

"By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered of thorns, or figs of thistles?

"Hence it is by their fruit you will know them.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

"Many in that day will say to me, "'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name done many mighty works?'

"Then I will tell them plainly, "'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of iniquity.'

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.

"And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

"I will come and heal him," said Jesus.

"Lord, "said the captain in reply, "I am not worthy to have you under my roof, but speak the word only, and my slave will be cured,

"I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

"but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."

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

"Foxes have their holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."

"Can the friends fast at a wedding-feast," said Jesus, "so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom has been taken from them, and then they will fast.

As he was saying these words to them, a ruler came up and knelt before him, saying. "My daughter has just died; but come, put your hand upon her, and she will live."

"And whoever will not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out from that house or that city, shake off the very dust from your feet.

"I tell you solemnly it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that town.

"But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

"But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

"For it will not be you who is speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death.

"You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.

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

"Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.

"But whoever disowns me before men, I also will disown before my Father who is in heaven.

"and a man's own household will be his enemies.

"for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee.

"Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

"And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.

"I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you."

"Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

"Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

"Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day?

Behold my servant whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom my soul delights; I will breathe my spirit upon him, and he shall announce justice to the Gentiles.

He will not strive nor cry aloud, Nor shall anyone hear is voice in the streets.

The bruised reed will not break; The dimly burning wick will not quench; Till he has led justice on to victory.

Because Jesus knew what was in their minds, he said to them. "Any kingdom divided against itself will become desolate; and any city or household divided against himself will not stand.

"So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

"For by your words you will each be justified, and by your words be condemned."

In reply Jesus told them. "An evil and faithless generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given them except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

"For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the sea-monster's belly, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

"The men of Nineveh will stand up in the Judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented under the preaching of Jonah, and lo! a greater than Jonah is here!

"The Queen of the South will rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! a greater than Solomon is here!

"Then it says, "'I will go back to my house which I left'; and on arrival finds it empty, swept, and garnished.

"Behold my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother."

And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says. "Hearing you will hear and not understand; Seeing you will see and not perceive;

"Let both grow together until harvest, and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to first gather the tares and tie them in bundles for burning, but to bring all the wheat into my store-house.'"

in fulfilment of the word spoken by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world."

"Just as the weeds are collected together and burnt with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

"The son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all hindrances, and whoever practices iniquity,

"and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

"So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous, and fling them into the furnace of fire.

"Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

"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."

In answer he said: "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red as fire';

and at dawn you say, 'It will storm today, for the sky is red and lowering.' You know how to discern the look of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot read.

"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.

"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose upon earth shall be loosed in the heavens."

For he who wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, and his angels with him, and then will he reward each one in accordance with his actions.

Then Peter said to Jesus. "Master, it is good that we are here! If you are willing I will make here three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

And he answered. "Elijah is coming, and will restore all things.

"Because of your little faith," he answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith the size of a mustard-seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from this place to that!' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

"and they will kill him, but on the third day he will rise again." And they were greatly grieved.

"Nevertheless, that we may not give offense, go to the seaside, throw in your hook; take the first fish that rises, and when you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel in it. Take it and give it to them for us both."

"In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and become like little children, you will not even enter the kingdom of heaven.

"Whoever therefore will humble himself like this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven;