instead of presuming to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves."

Therefore whoever relaxes a single one of these commands, were it even one of the least, and teaches men so, he will be ranked least in the Realm of heaven; but whoever obeys them and teaches them, he will be ranked great in the Realm of heaven.)

Now, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts upon them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock.

And everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act upon them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother,

These twelve men Jesus despatched with the following instructions, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town,

And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, I tell you, he shall not lose his reward."

After finishing these instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus removed from there to teach and preach among their towns.

He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people.

Now when Jesus had finished these parables he set out from there,

and went to his native place, where he taught the people in the synagogue till they were astounded. They said, "Where did he get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

And a woman of Canaan came out of these parts and wailed, "Have pity on me, Lord, O Son of David! My daughter is cruelly possessed by a daemon."

But whoever is a hindrance to one of these little ones who believe in me, better for him to have a great mill-stone hung round his neck and be sunk in the deep sea.

See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, their angels in heaven always look on the face of my Father in heaven.

So it is not the will of your Father in heaven that a single one of these little ones should be lost.

but Jesus said to them, "Let the children alone, do not stop them from coming to me: the Realm of heaven belongs to such as these."

The young man said, "I have observed all these. What more is wanting?"

'These last,' they said, 'have only worked a single hour, and yet you have ranked them equal to us who have borne the brunt of the day's work and the heat!'

"You shall drink my cup," said Jesus, "but it is not for me to grant seats at my right hand and at my left; these belong to the men for whom they have been destined by my Father."

Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to these vinedressers?"

When the high priests and Pharisees heard these parables they knew he was speaking about them;

The whole Law and the prophets hang upon these two commands."

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and omit the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faithfulness; these latter you ought to have practised ??without omit ting the former.

You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see and do not be alarmed. These have to come, but it is not the end yet.

The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

Then he will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did not do it to one of these, even the least of them, you did not do it to me.'

and he said to them: "The open secret of the Realm of God is granted to you, but these outsiders get everything by way of parables,

As for those who were sown 'on good soil,' these are the people who listen to the word and take it in and bear fruit at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."

When the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and the large audience was astounded. "Where did he get all this?" they said. "What is the meaning of this wisdom he is endowed with? And these miracles, too, that his hands perform!

all these evils issue from within and they defile a man."

"Whoever receives one of these little ones in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not me but him who sent me."

And whoever is a hindrance to one of these little ones who believe, it were better for him to have a great millstone hung round his neck and be thrown into the sea.

but Jesus was angry when he saw this, and he said to them, "Let the children come to me, do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

"Teacher," he said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."

but it is not for me to grant seats at my right or my left hand ??these belong to the men for whom they have been destined."

But these vinedressers said to themselves, 'Here is the heir; come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.'

The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these."

As he went out of the temple one of his disciples said to him, "Look, teacher, what a size these stones and buildings are!"

Jesus said to him, "You see these great buildings? Not a stone shall be left on another, without being torn down."

And when you hear of wars and rumours of war, do not be alarmed; these have to come, but it is not the end yet.

And for those who believe, these miracles will follow: they will cast out daemons in my name, they will talk in foreign tongues,

while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.

exactly as these have been handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses who were in the service of the Gospel Message,

Then fear fell on all their neighbours, and all these events were talked of through the whole of the hill-country of Judaea.

And Zechariah his father was filled with the holy Spirit; he prophesied in these words,

His father and mother were astonished at these words about him,

Now, produce fruits that answer to your repentance, instead of beginning to say to yourselves, 'We have a father in Abraham.' I tell you, God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

and for forty days he was led by the Spirit in the desert, while the devil tempted him. During these days he ate nothing, and when they were over he felt hungry.

yet Elijah was not sent to any of these, but only to a widow woman at Zarephath in Sidon.

And in Israel there were many lepers in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of these was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."

It was in these days that he went off to the hillside to pray. He spent the whole night in prayer to God,

It happened on one of these days that he embarked in a boat alone with his disciples and said to them, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So they set sail.

"Let these words sink into your ears: 'the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men.'"

Which of these three men, in your opinion, proved a neighbour to the man who fell among the robbers?"

But woe to you Pharisees! you tithe mint and rue and every vegetable, but justice and the love of God you disregard; these latter you ought to have practised ??without omitting the former.

But he replied to them, "Do you think, because they suffered this, that these Galileans were worse sinners than the rest of the Galileans?

And this woman, a daughter of Abraham, bound by Satan for all these eighteen years, was she not to be freed from her bondage on the sabbath?"

so he called out, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me, send Lazarus to dip his fingertip in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in these flames.'

it would be well for him to have a millstone hung round his neck and be flung into the sea, rather than prove a hindrance to one of these little ones!

but Jesus called for the infants. "Let the children come to me," he said, "do not stop them: the Realm of God belongs to such as these.

He said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."

And now for these enemies of mine who objected to me reigning over them ??bring them here and slay them in my presence.' "

With these words he went forward on his way up to Jerusalem.

He will come and kill these vinedressers and give the vineyard to others." When they heard that, they said, "God forbid!"

for these people all contributed out of their surplus, but she has given out of her neediness all her living."

And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be scared; these have to come first, but the end is not at once."

for these are the days of the divine Vengeance, in fulfilment of all that is written in scripture.

But when these things begin to happen, look up and raise your heads, for your release is not far distant."

From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

Then with a loud cry Jesus said, "Father, I trust my spirit to thy hands," and with these words he expired.

They were conversing about all these events,

[With these words he showed them his hands and feet.]

and told the pigeon-dealers, "Away with these! My Father's house is not to be turned into a shop!"

he came one night to Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we know you have come from God to teach us, for no one could perform these Signs of yours unless God were with him."

But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.

The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he is doing himself. He will show him still greater deeds than these, to make you wonder;

On looking up and seeing a large crowd approaching, he said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread for all these people to eat?"

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I tell you, it is not because you saw Signs that you are in quest of me, but because you ate these loaves and had your fill.

for nobody who aims at public recognition ever keeps his actions secret. Since you can do these deeds, display yourself to the world"

These words he spoke in the treasury, as he was teaching in the temple, but no one arrested him, because his time had not come yet.

With these words he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, which he smeared on the man's eyes,

The Jews were again divided over these words.

Others said, "These are not a madman's words. Can a madman open the eyes of the blind?"

"Yes, Lord," she said, "I do believe you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world" ??28 and with these words she went off to call her sister Mary, telling her secretly, "The Teacher is here, and he is calling for you."

are relocated after vs 50] With these words Jesus went away and hid from them.

Truly, truly I tell you, he who believes in me will do the very deeds I do, and still greater deeds than these. For I am going to the Father,

Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

he answered, "I told you that I am he; if it is me you are looking for, let these men get away"

"Truth!" said Pilate, "what is truth!" With these words he went outside to the Jews again and told them, "I cannot find anything wrong about him.

With these words she turned round and noticed Jesus standing ??though she did not know it was Jesus.

And with these words he breathed on them, and added, "Receive the holy Spirit!

but these Signs are recorded so that you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing may have life through his Name.

This was the disciple who bears testimony to these facts and who wrote them down; his testimony, we know, is true.

All these men resorted with one mind to prayer, together with the women, with Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.

Now during these days Peter stood up among the brothers (there was a crowd of about a hundred and twenty persons all together).

from the baptism of John down to the day when he was taken up from us ??of these men one must join us as a witness to his resurrection."

and they prayed, "O Lord, who readest the hearts of all, do thou single out from these two men him whom thou hast chosen

All were amazed and astonished. "Are these not all Galileans," they said, "who are speaking?

Cretans and Arabians, we hear these men talking of the triumphs of God in our own languages!"