saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

And it has been said, whosoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce:

and if any one would go to law with thee, to take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also, rather than strive with him:

Give to him that asketh thee, and him, that would borrow of thee, turn not away.

All things therefore whatsoever ye would have men do to you, do ye also in like manner unto them: for this is the doctrine of the law and the prophets.

therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He would send out laborers into his harvest.

He that would save his life shall lose it; and he, that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.

Wo unto thee, Chorazin; wo unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the miracles wrought among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes:

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted even to heaven, shalt be cast down to hell: for if the miracles, which have been wrought in thee, had been wrought in Sodom, it would have remained unto this day.

and if ye had known what that scripture means, "I desire mercy rather than sacrifice," ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

for John said to Him, It is not lawful for thee to have her: and he would have put him to death,

that he promised her with an oath to give her whatever she would ask:

for he that would save his life shall lose it; but he that would lose his life for my sake shall find it.

And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I tell you, if ye had but faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this mountain, Remove from hence thither, and it shall remove: and nothing would be impossible to you.

What think ye? if any man had an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray, would he not leave the ninety and nine, and go upon the hills, and seek that which is gone astray?

And I tell you moreover, that if but two of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing which they would ask for, it shall be granted them by my Father who is in heaven:

And he would not: but went away and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.

it shall not be so among you; but whosoever would be great among you, let him be your minister, and whoever would be chief among you,

and would have seized Him, but that they were afraid of the people; because they took Him for a prophet.

and sent his servants to call those that were invited to the wedding: and they would not come.

and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been concerned with them in shedding the blood of the prophets:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

And unless those days be shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.

but this ye know, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broke open: therefore be ye also ready;

And the governor said to them, Which of the two would you have me release to you? and they said, Barabbas.

the place of a skull, they gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: but when He had tasted it, He would not drink.

and they watched Him, whether He would heal him on the sabbath-day, that they might accuse Him.

And he earnestly intreated Him, that He would not send them out of that country.

Wherefore Herodias persecuted him, and would have taken away his life:

And the king was exceedingly grieved, but on account of his oath, and those who were at table with him, he would not refuse her: but immediately sent one of his guard,

and He saw them labouring in rowing; (for the wind was contrary:) and about the fourth watch of the night He cometh to them walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

And He arose and went from thence to the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and going into a house He would have had no body know it, but He could not be concealed: for a woman,

Then He cometh to Bethsaida, where they brought to Him a blind man, and begged of Him that He would touch him.

for he that would save his life, shall lose it; but he that would lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, shall save it.

But I tell you, that Elias is come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.

So He sat down and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any one would be first, let him be last of all, and servant of all.

But it shall not be so among you: but whoever would be great among you shall be your minister;

and whoever of you would be first shall be servant of all.

But Pilate answered them, saying, Would ye have me release to you the king of the Jews?

but the chief priests incited the people to desire that he would rather release Barabbas to them.

And Pilate answered, and said to them again, What then would you have me do with Him, whom ye call king of the Jews?

And they offered Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He would not take it.

and on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child: and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father:

And they made signs to his father, what name he would have him called by.

And when the day was coming on, He went out and retired into a solitary place; and the people sought for Him, and came to Him, and would fain have detained Him, that He might not go from them.

And the scribes and pharisees watched Him to see if He would work a cure on the sabbath: that they might find an accusation against Him.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them in like manner.

and having heard of Jesus, he sent unto Him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that He would come and heal his servant.

But when the pharisee that invited Him saw it, he said within himself, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what sort of a woman this is that toucheth Him; for she is a notorious sinner.

And they besought Him that He would not command them to go into the abyss:

but as there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, they intreated Him that He would suffer them to enter into them, and He permitted them.

for he that would save his life shall lose it, but he that would lose his life for my sake shall save it.

But they would not entertain Him, because his face was towards Jerusalem.

And He said unto them, The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few: pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that He would send out workmen to his harvest.

Wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida, for if the miracles wrought among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

And this ye know, that if the master of a house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broke open:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and ye would not?

And he would gladly have filled his belly with the husks which the swine did eat: and no man relieved him.

And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and well: but he was angry, and would not go in.

And besides, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you; so that they, who would pass from hence to you, cannot; nor can they pass to us, who would come from thence.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith but as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

And he would not for a time: but afterwards he said within himself, Though I fear not God,

And as they listened to these things, He proceeded and spake a parable; because He was nigh to Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately be manifested.

But those mine enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

And He answered them, I tell you, that if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.

And the chief priests and the scribes would have laid hands on Him at that very time, but were afraid of the people: for they perceived that He had spoken this parable against them.

But when they that were about Him saw what would follow, they said to Him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

and said to Him, Art thou the Messiah? tell us. And He said unto them, If I should tell you, ye would not believe:

and if I should put any question to you, ye would not answer me, nor discharge me.

But we hoped that it was He that would have delivered Israel: and besides all this, to-day is the third day since these things were done.

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.

And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum: who, when he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, went to Him, and intreated Him, that he would come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.

For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote concerning me:

And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were sat down; and of the fishes likewise, as much as they would take.

Jesus therefore knowing that they would come, and take Him by force if possible, to make Him king, retired again to the mountain Himself alone.

But there are some of you that believe not: (for Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who would betray Him:

After these things Jesus resided in Galilee: for He would not appear in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.

And some among them would have seized Him: but no one laid hands on Him.

Then said they unto Him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also.

They answered Him, Abraham is our father, Jesus replied, If ye were the children of Abraham, ye would do the works of Abraham:

Jesus said unto them, If God were your father, ye would love me: for I came forth, and do come, from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent me.

He answered them, I have told you already, and ye would not hear? why would ye now hear it again? have ye also a mind to be his disciples?

Jesus replied, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin: but now ye say, We see; your sin therefore remaineth.

This however he spake not of himself, but being high-priest at that time he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation:

If any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: and if any one serve me, him will my Father honour.

For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, Ye are not all clean.

In my Father's house there are many mansions; if not, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye do know Him, and may be said to have seen Him.

Ye have heard, how I said unto you, "I am going away, and I shall come again to you." If ye loved me, ye would rejoice that I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have fought, that I might not have been delivered to the Jews: but my kingdom is not from hence.

There are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were to be described particularly, I suppose that the whole world could not contain the books that would be written concerning them. Amen.

Therefore being a prophet; and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Messiah, to sit on his throne;

Now when the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt concerning them, what this would come to;

saying, Did not we strictly charge you not to teach in this name? and behold ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would bring this man's blood upon us.

Now he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would give them deliverance by his hand: but they understood not.

And the next day he came to them, as they were two of them fighting, and would have persuaded them to agree, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren, why do ye injure one another?

To whom our fathers would not be subject, but renounced him, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,

And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples hearing that Peter was there sent two men to him, intreating him that he would not delay to come to them.

And one of them, named Agabus, stood up and signified by the Spirit, that there would be a great famine over all the earth: which accordingly came to pass in the reign of Claudius Cesar.