So if you remember, even when offering your gift at the altar, that your brother has any grievance against you,

But I tell you, any one who even looks with lust at a woman has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Jesus said to him, "The foxes have their holes, the wild birds have their nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he then said to the paralytic, "Get up, lift your pallet, and go home."

Then Jesus turned round, and when he saw her he said, "Courage, my daughter, your faith has made you well." And the woman was well from that hour.

and when the daemon had been cast out, the dumb man spoke. Then the crowd marvelled; they said, "Such a thing has never been seen in Israel!"

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

I tell you truly, no one has arisen among the sons of women who is greater than John the Baptist, and yet the least in the Realm of heaven is greater than he is.

He who has an ear, let him listen to this.

For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and men say, 'He has a devil';

the Son of man has come eating and drinking, and men say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of taxgatherers and sinners!' Nevertheless, Wisdom is vindicated by all that she does."

All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father ??nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

But if I cast out daemons by the Spirit of God, then the Reign of God has reached you already.

He who has an ear, let him listen to this."

For he who has, to him shall more be given and richly given, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken even what he has.

When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'

he has no root in himself, he does not last, but when the word brings trouble or persecution he is at once repelled.

He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then would you like us to go and gather them?'

Jesus said all this to the crowds in parables; he never spoke to them except in a parable ??35 to fulfil what had been said by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will speak out what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.

Then the just will shine like the sun in the Realm of their Father. He who has an ear, let him listen to this.

So he said to them, "Well then, every scribe who has become a disciple of the Realm of heaven is like a householder who produces what is new and what is old from his stores."

Are not his sisters settled here among us? Then where has he got all this?"

And he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead. That is why miraculous powers are working through him."

He replied, "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

For the Son of man is coming in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward everyone for what he has done.

The disciples inquired of him, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

Nay, I tell you Elijah has already come, but they have not recognized him ??they have worked their will on him. And the Son of man will suffer at their hands in the same way."

Tell me, if a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, will he not leave the ninety-nine sheep on the hills and go in search of the one that has strayed?

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

Everyone who has left brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands or houses for my name's sake will get a hundred times as much and inherit life eternal.

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

they said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Yes," said Jesus, "have you never read Thou hast brought praise to perfection from the mouth of babes and sucklings?"

Jesus answered, "I tell you truly, if you have faith, if you have no doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree but even if you say to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' it will be done.

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

Now where is the trusty and thoughtful servant, whom his lord and master has set over his household to assign them their supplies at the proper time?

For to everyone who has shall more be given and richly given; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

But Jesus was aware of what they said, and he replied, "Why are you annoying the woman? It is a beautiful thing she has done to me.

In pouring this perfume on my body she has acted in view of my burial.

I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

He answered, "One who has dipped his hand into the same dish as myself is going to betray me.

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

However, this has all happened for the fulfilment of the prophetic scriptures!" Then all the disciples left him and fled;

Then the high priest tore his dress and cried, "He has blasphemed! What more evidence do we want? Look, you have heard his blasphemy for yourselves!

"Why," said the governor, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted on more fiercely than ever, "Have him crucified!"

and about three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani" (that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

Now then, give orders for the tomb to be kept secure till the third day, in case his disciples go and steal him and then tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' The end of the fraud will then be worse than the beginning of it."

He is not here, he has risen, as he told you he would. See, here is the place where he [the Lord] lay.

Now be quick and go to his disciples, tell them he has risen from the dead and that 'he precedes you to Galilee; you shall see him there.' That is my message for you."

So the soldiers took the money and followed their instructions; and this story has been disseminated among the Jews down to the present day.

Then Jesus came forward to them and said, "Full authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth;

he said, "The time has now come, God's reign is near: repent and believe in the gospel."

But to let you see the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins" ??he said to the paralytic,

But the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and "It is by the prince of daemons that he casts out daemons."

and if Satan has risen against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, he comes to an end.

(This was because they said, "He has an unclean spirit.")

He added, "Anyone who has ears to hear, let him listen to this."

If anyone has an ear to hear, let him listen to this."

For he who has, to him shall more be given; while as for him who has not, from him shall be taken even what he has."

And he said, "It is with the Realm of God as when a man has sown seed on earth;

But whenever the crop is ready, he has the sickle put in at once, as harvest has come."

but he said, "Go home to your own people, and report to them all the Lord has done for you and how he took pity on you."

He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be free from your complaint."

Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;"

But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to this."

He said to her, "Well, go your way; the daemon has left your daughter, since you have said that."

they were astounded in the extreme, saying, "How splendidly he has done everything! He actually makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak!"

So they put this question to him, "Why do the [Pharisees and] scribes say that Elijah has to come first?"

As for Elijah, I tell you he has come already, and they have done to him whatever they pleased ??as it is written of him."

A man from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you; he has a dumb spirit,

Jesus asked his father, "How long has he been like this?" "From childhood," he said;

"it has thrown him into fire and water many a time, to destroy him. If you can do anything, do help us, do have pity on us."

Everyone has to be consecrated by the fire of the discipline.

What God has joined, then, man must not separate."

Jesus said, "I tell you truly, no one has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

for the Son of man himself has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Then Jesus said, "Go, your faith has made you well;" and he regained his sight at once and followed Jesus along the road.

saying to them, "Go to the village in front of you. As soon as you enter it you will find a colt tethered, on which no one has ever sat; untether it and bring it here.

I tell you truly, whoever says to this hill, 'Take and throw yourself into the sea,' and has not a doubt in his mind but believes that what he says will happen, he will have it done.

"Teacher," they said, "Moses has written this law for us, that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother is to take the woman and raise offspring for his brother.

And he called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than all who have put their money into the treasury;

for they have all put in a contribution out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all she possessed, her whole living."

But whenever you see the appalling Horror standing where he has no right to stand (let the reader note this), then let those who are in Judaea fly to the hills;

for those days will be days of misery, the like of which has never been from the beginning of God's creation until now ??no and never shall be.

Had not the Lord cut short those days, not a soul would be saved alive; but he has cut them short for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen.

But Jesus said, "Let her alone. Why are you annoying her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

She has done all she could ??she has anticipated the perfuming of my body for burial.

I tell you truly, wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

The Son of man goes the road that the scripture has described for him, but woe to the man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better that man had never been born!"

Then he came for the third time and said to them, "Still asleep? still resting? No more of that! The hour has come, here is the Son of man betrayed into the hands of sinners.

"Why," said Pilate, "what has he done wrong?" But they shouted more fiercely than ever, "Crucify him!"

and at three o'clock Jesus gave a loud cry, "El?i, El?i, lema sabachthanei" (which means, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)

but he said to them, "Do not be bewildered. You are looking for Jesus of Nazaret, who was crucified? He has risen, he is not here. That is the place where he was laid.

Afterwards he appeared at table to the eleven themselves and reproached them for their unbelief and dulness of mind, because they had not believed those who saw him risen from the dead. [But they excused themselves, saying, "This age of lawlessness and unbelief lies under the sway of Satan, who will not allow what lies under the unclean spirits to understand the truth and power of God; therefore," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now." Christ answered them, "The term of years for Satan's power has now expired, but other terrors are at hand. I was delivered to death on behalf of sinners, that they might return to the truth and sin no more, that they might inherit that glory of righteousness which is spiritual and imperishable in heaven."]

but the angel said to him, "Fear not, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear a son to you, and you must call his name John.

"The Lord has done this for me," she said, "he has now deigned to remove my reproach among men."

Look, there is your kinswoman Elizabeth! Even she has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month;

My spirit has joy in God my Saviour: