For if ye love only them that love you, what reward do ye expect? do not even the publicans the same?

Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or how shall we be clothed?

And as they departed, Jesus took occasion to say to the people concerning John, What went ye out into the desert to see? a reed shaken by the wind?

But what went ye out to see? a man clad in fine attire? they that wear rich clothes are in the palaces of kings.

therefore I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgement, than for you.

The young man saith unto Him, All these have I kept from my youth: wherein am I yet deficient?

and again I tell you, It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

And Judas, who betrayed Him, answered and said, Master, is it I? and He said unto him, \i It is.

saying, Divine to us, thou Christ, who it is that smote thee.

And he said unto them, To you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without all things are delivered in parables:

And whosoever will not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in the day of judgement, than for that city.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye ask in prayer, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

But when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not anxiously careful beforehand what ye shall speak, neither premeditate: but whatever shall be suggested to you at that very time, this speak: for it is not you that speak, but the holy Spirit.

And they spit upon Him, and blind-folded Him, and then buffeted Him and said to Him, prophesy who it was: and the officers struck him with their rods.

and had been a widow about eighty four years; who departed not from the temple; serving God with fastings and prayers night and day.

but Elias was sent to none of those widows, but to a widow-woman at Sarepta in the territory of Sidon.

And their scribes and pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

If ye love only them that love you, what thanks are due to you? for even the wicked love those that love them:

and if ye do good offices to them that do good to you, what thanks are due to you? for even wicked men do the same.

and as He came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carrying out to be buried, his mother's only son, and she was a widow: and many of the people of the city were with her.

When the messengers of John were departed, He began to speak unto the people concerning John, what went ye out into the wilderness to see?

a reed shaken by the wind? but what did ye go out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that are dressed in fine clothes and live delicately, are in palaces, not in deserts: but what went ye out to see?

And He said, To you it is granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but I speak to others in parables, that in seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you;

And I tell you, it shall be more tolerable in that day even for Sodom than for that city.

who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.

for the holy Spirit shall teach you at that very time what ye ought to say.

And there was a widow in that city, who came to him, saying, Do me justice of my adversary.

Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who it is that gave thee this authority?

and when they had blind-folded Him, they struck Him on the face, and asked Him, saying, Prophesy who it was that smote thee.

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.

but he, that was healed, did not know who it was: for Jesus had withdrawn himself, there being many people in the place.

Then said Jesus unto them, I tell you truly, that unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

Then said they to Him, Who art thou? And Jesus answered them, Even the same that I told you at first.

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him to ask, who it was concerning whom He spake.

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.

And there came also Nicodemus (who at first came to Jesus by night) and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes about an hundred pound weight.

And Peter seeing this said to the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this, or why look ye so earnestly on us, as if by our own power or piety we had made this man able to walk?

But Lysias the tribune came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, commanding his accusers to come unto thee:

but if we hope for what we see not, then we wait for it with patience.

But meat does not recommend us to God; for neither, if we eat, are we the better; nor the worse, if we eat not.

I speak to you as to men of understanding: and judge ye what I say,

and if any of the unbelievers invite you to an entertainment, and ye have a mind to go, whatever is set before you, eat, asking no questions for conscience-sake.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

As often then as ye eat of this bread, and drink of this cup, ye commemorate the Lord's death till he come.

Though I will shew you a way yet more excellent.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached to you at first, which ye received, and wherein ye stand.

in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed:

For behold this very thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly manner, what diligence it wrought in you! yea, what apology, what indignation, what fear, what earnest desire, what zeal, what revenge! by all which ye have shewn yourselves to be clear in the affair.

Wherefore if I wrote in such a manner to you, it was not merely on his account who had done the wrong, nor for his sake who had been injured; but that our care for you in the sight of God might be manifested among you.

For do I now persuade you to obey men or God? Or do I seek to please men? if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

But ye know that in the infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at first:

For to you it is granted as a favor from Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for his sake:

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not irksome to me, and for you it is safe.

neither did we eat any one's bread for nothing; but with labor and toil, working night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you.

Now she, that is really a widow and desolate, hopeth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

Let not a widow be chosen into the number under sixty years old,

God, who at sundry times, and various ways, spake of old unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son,

Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober, and stedfastly hope for the grace to be conferred upon you at the appearing of Jesus Christ;

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should declare the glories of Him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Let him, that hath an ear, hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna: and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth, but He that receiveth it.

And I saw, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon it had a bow, and a crown was given Him, and He went forth conquering and to conquer.

And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and one sitting on the cloud like the Son of man; having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

As much as she hath glorified herself and indulged to luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her; because she saith in her heart, I sit as a queen, I am not a widow, and I shall see no sorrow.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and He that sat upon it is called faithful and true, and in righteousness doth He judge and make war.