And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come for the baptism, he said to them; Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Agree with your accuser quickly, while you are with him in the way, lest the accuser deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

and whoever shall compel you to go one mile, go two miles with him.

And Jesus seeing great multitudes around him commanded them to go away to the other side.

And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us?

But beware of men; for they will deliver you to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues,

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And he answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given;

For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.

Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must necessarily come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

If your hand or foot offends you, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame, or crippled, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life having one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

He said to them, Moses, on account of your hardness of heart, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven before men; for you enter not into it, neither do you suffer those entering to go in.

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.

Woe to you blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound.

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith. These you ought to do, and not neglect the others.

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and platter, but within they are full of plunder and excess.

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear fair without, but within are full of the bones of the dead and of all impurity.

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

Then they shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account;

and woe to those with child and giving nurse in those days!

And on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where do you wish us to prepare for you to eat the passover?

The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it would be good for him if that man had not been born.

And having taken Jesus, they led him away to Caiaphas, the chief priest, where the scribes and elders were assembled.

saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see you to it.

And Pilate seeing that he accomplished nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this man; see you to it.

And when they had mocked him, they took the cloak off from him, and put on him his own clothes, and led him away to crucify him.

saying, What have you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? We know you who you are, the holy [Son] of God!

and crying with a loud voice, said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I adjure you, by God, not to torment me.

For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.

and he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me I will give you, to half of my kingdom.

And coming in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I wish you to give me immediately on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And they went away to a solitary place in the ship by themselves.

and having dismissed them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

And leaving them, he entered again into the ship, and went away to the other side.

And if your hand offends you, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than having two hands to go away into hell, into the inextinguishable fire.

And if your foot offends you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life lame, than having two feet to be cast into hell.

And if your eye offends you, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell,

And James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, Teacher, we wish you to do for us what we will ask of you.

And when they deliver you to afflictions, be not anxious beforehand what you shall say; but whatever is given you in that hour, this speak; for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

And woe to those with child, and those giving nurse in those days!

The Son of man goes indeed as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would be good for him if that man had not been born.

And when they had mocked him they took off the purple garment, and put on him his own clothes, and they led him away to crucify him,

But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you to Galilee; there you shall see him as he said to you.

Then John said to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

for it is written, He will charge his angels concerning you, to guard you,

Alas! what have you to do with us, Jesus Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy [Son] of God!

But woe to you rich! for you have your consolation.

Woe to you full! for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

And coming to him the men said, John the Baptist has sent us to you to say, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another?

And he said, It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to others in parables; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and worshipped him, and said with a loud voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg of you not to torment me;

And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you, they would long ago have changed their minds, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint, and rue, and every kind of plant, and omit justice and the love of God. These things you ought to do, and not to omit those.

Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the first seat in the synagogues, and salutations in the markets.

Woe to you! for you are like concealed tombs; and men walk over them and know it not.

And he said, Woe to you, lawyers! for you load men with burdens difficult to be borne, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them;

Woe to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you do not enter in yourselves, and you forbid those entering.

And when they bring you to the synagogues, and powers, and authorities, be not anxious how you shall defend yourselves, or what you shall say;

For when you go with your adversary to a ruler, on the way labor to be released from him, lest he take you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison;

Then the Lord answered him and said, Hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead him away to drink?

AND he said to his disciples, It is inevitable that offenses should come; but woe to him by whom they come;

But before all these things they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, committing you to synagogues and prisons, to be brought before kings and governors on my account;

But woe to those with child, and having children at the breast in those days; for there shall be great distress on the earth, and wrath against this people.

for the Son of man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed.

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired you, to sift like wheat;

And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.

but neither has Herod, for I sent you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death has been done by him;

Jesus said to her, What have you to do with me, woman? My hour has not yet come.

I have sent you to reap that on which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.

The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry the bed.

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust.

but some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I to this hour;

For I go to prepare a place for you; and if I go and shall prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am you may also be.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; not as the world gives give I to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should continue, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

and led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year;

Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have delivered you to me; what have you done?

and they said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking at heaven? This Jesus taken up from you to heaven shall so come in the manner in which you have seen him go to heaven.

I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them; and now come, I will send you to Egypt.

but the brothers knowing it led him away to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.

And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man, and one that fears God, and esteemed by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and hear words from you.

for I am with you; and no one shall attack you to hurt you, for I have many people in this city.

Wherefore I call you to witness this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men;

And now I commend you to God, and the word of his grace, who is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance with all the sanctified.

and I persecuted this way to death, binding and committing to prison both men and women,

And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go to Damascus, and there it shall be told you of all things which are appointed for you to do.

And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth,

And he said to me, Go, for I will send you to nations far away.

But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned?

And he said, The Jews have entered into a compact to ask you to bring down Paul to the Sanhedrim to-morrow, as if about to learn more accurately of something concerning him.

But that I may not further weary you, I beg you to hear us briefly, with your clemency.

except in this one statement which I made, as I stood among them, that I am under trial by you to-day concerning the resurrection of the dead.

I think myself happy, King Agrippa, in being allowed to make my defense before you to-day in respect to all things of which I am accused by the Jews,

especially as you are acquainted with all the customs and questions of the Jews; wherefore, I beg you to hear me patiently.

and when we had all fallen on the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? it is hard for you to kick against the goads.