MT-11  The book of the generation of Jesus Christ the son of

David the son of Abraham .

MT-12  Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac begat Jacob and Jacob begat

Judas and his brethren .

MT-13  And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar and Phares

begat Esrom and Esrom begat Aram .

MT-14  And Aram begat Aminadab and Aminadab begat Naasson and

Naasson begat Salmon .

MT-15  And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab and Booz begat Obed of

Ruth and Obed begat Jesse .

MT-16  And Jesse begat David the king and David the king begat

Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias .

MT-17  And Solomon begat Roboam and Roboam begat Abia and Abia

begat Asa .

MT-18  And Asa begat Josaphat and Josaphat begat Joram and Joram

begat Ozias .

MT-19  And Ozias begat Joatham and Joatham begat Achaz and Achaz

begat Ezekias .

MT-110  And Ezekias begat Manasses and Manasses begat Amon and

Amon begat Josias .

MT-111  And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren about the

time they were carried away to Babylon .

MT-112  And after they were brought to Babylon Jechonias begat

Salathiel and Salathiel begat Zorobabel .

MT-113  And Zorobabel begat Abiud and Abiud begat Eliakim and

Eliakim begat Azor .

MT-114  And Azor begat Sadoc and Sadoc begat Achim and Achim

begat Eliud .

MT-115  And Eliud begat Eleazar and Eleazar begat Matthan and

Matthan begat Jacob .

MT-116  And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary of whom was

born Jesus who is called Christ .

MT-117  So all the generations from Abraham to David are

fourteen generations and from David until the carrying away into

Babylon are fourteen generations and from the carrying away into

Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations .

MT-118  Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise When as

his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together

she was found with child of the Holy Ghost .

MT-119  Then Joseph her husband being a just man and not willing

to make her a public example was minded to put her away privily .

MT-120  But while he thought on these things behold the angel of

the Lord appeared unto him in a dream saying Joseph thou son of

David fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife for that which is

conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost .

MT-121  And she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call his

name JESUS for he shall save his people from their sins .

MT-122  Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which

was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying .

MT-123  Behold a virgin shall be with child and shall bring

forth a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel which being

interpreted is God with us .

MT-124  Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of

the Lord had bidden him and took unto him his wife .

MT-125  And knew her not till she had brought forth her

firstborn son and he called his name JESUS .

* MT-21  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the

days of Herod the king behold there came wise men from the east

to Jerusalem .

MT-22  Saying Where is he that is born King of the Jews for we

have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him .

MT-23  When Herod the king had heard these things he was

troubled and all Jerusalem with him .

MT-24  And when he had gathered all the chief priests and

scribes of the people together he demanded of them where Christ

should be born .

MT-25  And they said unto him In Bethlehem of Judaea for thus it

is written by the prophet .

MT-26  And thou Bethlehem in the land of Juda art not the least

among the princes of Juda for out of thee shall come a Governor

that shall rule my people Israel .

MT-27  Then Herod when he had privily called the wise men

inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared .

MT-28  And he sent them to Bethlehem and said Go and search

diligently for the young child and when ye have found him bring

me word again that I may come and worship him also .

MT-29  When they had heard the king they departed and lo the

star which they saw in the east went before them till it came

and stood over where the young child was .

MT-210  When they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding

great joy .

MT-211  And when they were come into the house they saw the

young child with Mary his mother and fell down and worshipped

him and when they had opened their treasures they presented unto

him gifts gold and frankincense and myrrh .

MT-212  And being warned of God in a dream that they should not

return to Herod they departed into their own country another way

.

MT-213  And when they were departed behold the angel of the Lord

appeareth to Joseph in a dream saying Arise and take the young

child and his mother and flee into Egypt and be thou there until

I bring thee word for Herod will seek the young child to destroy

him .

MT-214  When he arose he took the young child and his mother by

night and departed into Egypt .

MT-215  And was there until the death of Herod that it might be

fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying Out

of Egypt have I called my son .

MT-216  Then Herod when he saw that he was mocked of the wise

men was exceeding wroth and sent forth and slew all the children

that were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two

years old and under according to the time which he had

diligently inquired of the wise men .

MT-217  Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the

prophet saying .

MT-218  In Rama was there a voice heard lamentation and weeping

and great mourning Rachel weeping for her children and would not

be comforted because they are not .

MT-219  But when Herod was dead behold an angel of the Lord

appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt .

MT-220  Saying Arise and take the young child and his mother and

go into the land of Israel for they are dead which sought the

young child's life .

MT-221  And he arose and took the young child and his mother and

came into the land of Israel .

MT-222  But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in

the room of his father Herod he was afraid to go thither

notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream he turned aside

into the parts of Galilee .

MT-223  And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it

might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets He shall be

called a Nazarene .

* MT-31  In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the

wilderness of Judaea .

MT-32  And saying Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand

.

MT-33  For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias

saying The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the

way of the Lord make his paths straight .

MT-34  And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair and a

leathern girdle about his loins and his meat was locusts and

wild honey .

MT-35  Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judaea and all the

region round about Jordan .

MT-36  And were baptized of him in Jordan confessing their sins .

MT-37  But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come

to his baptism he said unto them O generation of vipers who hath

warned you to flee from the wrath to come .

MT-38  Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance .

MT-39  And think not to say within yourselves We have Abraham to

our father for I say unto you that God is able of these stones

to raise up children unto Abraham .

MT-310  And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees

therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn

down and cast into the fire .

MT-311  I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he

that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I am not

worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with

fire .

MT-312  Whose fan is in his hand and he will thoroughly purge

his floor and gather his wheat into the garner but he will burn

up the chaff with unquenchable fire .

MT-313  Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be

baptized of him .

MT-314  But John forbad him saying I have need to be baptized of

thee and comest thou to me .

MT-315  And Jesus answering said unto him Suffer it to be so now

for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness Then he

suffered him .

MT-316  And Jesus when he was baptized went up straightway out

of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him and he saw

the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him .

MT-317  And lo a voice from heaven saying This is my beloved Son

in whom I am well pleased .

* MT-41  Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness

to be tempted of the devil .

MT-42  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights he was

afterward an hungered .

MT-43  And when the tempter came to him he said If thou be the

Son of God command that these stones be made bread .

MT-44  But he answered and said It is written Man shall not live

by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the

mouth of God .

MT-45  Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city and

setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple .

MT-46  And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thyself

down for it is written He shall give his angels charge

concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest

at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone .

MT-47  Jesus said unto him It is written again Thou shalt not

tempt the Lord thy God .

MT-48  Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high

mountain and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world and the

glory of them .

MT-49  And saith unto him All these things will I give thee if

thou wilt fall down and worship me .

MT-410  Then saith Jesus unto him Get thee hence Satan for it is

written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt

thou serve .

MT-411  Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and

ministered unto him .

MT-412  Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison

he departed into Galilee .

MT-413  And leaving Nazareth he came and dwelt in Capernaum

which is upon the sea coast in the borders of Zabulon and

Nephthalim .

MT-414  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias

the prophet saying .

MT-415  The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim by the

way of the sea beyond Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles .

MT-416  The people which sat in darkness saw great light and to

them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung

up .

MT-417  From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent

for the kingdom of heaven is at hand .

MT-418  And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee saw two brethren

Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother casting a net into the

sea for they were fishers .

MT-419  And he saith unto them Follow me and I will make you

fishers of men .

MT-420  And they straightway left their nets and followed him .

MT-421  And going on from thence he saw other two brethren James

the son of Zebedee and John his brother in a ship with Zebedee

their father mending their nets and he called them .

MT-422  And they immediately left the ship and their father and

followed him .

MT-423  And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their

synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing

all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the

people .

MT-424  And his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought

unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases

and torments and those which were possessed with devils and

those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy and he

healed them .

MT-425  And there followed him great multitudes of people from

Galilee and from Decapolis and from Jerusalem and from Judaea

and from beyond Jordan .

* MT-51  And seeing the multitudes he went up into a mountain

and when he was set his disciples came unto him .

MT-52  And he opened his mouth and taught them saying .

MT-53  Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom

of heaven .

MT-54  Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted .

MT-55  Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth .

MT-56  Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after

righteousness for they shall be filled .

MT-57  Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy .

MT-58  Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God .

MT-59  Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the

children of God .

MT-510  Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness'

sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven .

MT-511  Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute

you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my

sake .

MT-512  Rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward

in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before

you .

MT-513  Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt have lost

his savour wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good

for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of

men .

MT-514  Ye are the light of the world A city that is set on an

hill cannot be hid .

MT-515  Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel

but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in

the house .

MT-516  Let your light so shine before men that they may see

your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven .

MT-517  Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the

prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil .

MT-518  For verily I say unto you Till heaven and earth pass one

jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be

fulfilled .

MT-519  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least

commandments and shall teach men so he shall be called the least

in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them

the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven .

MT-520  For I say unto you That except your righteousness shall

exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees ye shall

in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven .

MT-521  Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time Thou

shalt not kill and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of

the judgment .

MT-522  But I say unto you That whosoever is angry with his

brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment and

whosoever shall say to his brother Raca shall be in danger of

the council but whosoever shall say Thou fool shall be in danger

of hell fire .

MT-523  Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there

rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee .

MT-524  Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way

first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy

gift .

MT-525  Agree with thine adversary quickly whiles thou art in

the way with him lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to

the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer and thou be

cast into prison .

MT-526  Verily I say unto thee Thou shalt by no means come out

thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing .

MT-527  Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time Thou

shalt not commit adultery .

MT-528  But I say unto you That whosoever looketh on a woman to

lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his

heart .

MT-529  And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out and cast

it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy

members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast

into hell .

MT-530  And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it

from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members

should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into

hell .

MT-531  It hath been said Whosoever shall put away his wife let

him give her a writing of divorcement .

MT-532  But I say unto you That whosoever shall put away his

wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit

adultery and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced

committeth adultery .

MT-533  Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of

old time Thou shalt not forswear thyself but shalt perform unto

the Lord thine oaths .

MT-534  But I say unto you Swear not at all neither by heaven

for it is God's throne .

MT-535  Nor by the earth for it is his footstool neither by

Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King .

MT-536  Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst

not make one hair white or black .

MT-537  But let your communication be Yea yea Nay nay for

whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil .

MT-538  Ye have heard that it hath been said An eye for an eye

and a tooth for a tooth .

MT-539  But I say unto you That ye resist not evil but whosoever

shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also .

MT-540  And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away

thy coat let him have thy cloak also .

MT-541  And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him

twain .

MT-542  Give to him that asketh thee and from him that would

borrow of thee turn not thou away .

MT-543  Ye have heard that it hath been said Thou shalt love thy

neighbour and hate thine enemy .

MT-544  But I say unto you Love your enemies bless them that

curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them which

despitefully use you and persecute you .

MT-545  That ye may be the children of your Father which is in

heaven for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good

and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust .

MT-546  For if ye love them which love you what reward have ye

do not even the publicans the same .

MT-547  And if ye salute your brethren only what do ye more than

others do not even the publicans so .

MT-548  Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father which is in

heaven is perfect .

* MT-61  Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be

seen of them otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is

in heaven .

MT-62  Therefore when thou doest thine alms do not sound a

trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and

in the streets that they may have glory of men Verily I say unto

you They have their reward .

MT-63  But when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what

thy right hand doeth .

MT-64  That thine alms may be in secret and thy Father which

seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly .

MT-65  And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites

are for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the

corners of the streets that they may be seen of men Verily I say

unto you They have their reward .

MT-66  But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when

thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father which is in secret

and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly .

MT-67  But when ye pray use not vain repetitions as the heathen

do for they think that they shall be heard for their much

speaking .

MT-68  Be not ye therefore like unto them for your Father

knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him .

MT-69  After this manner therefore pray ye Our Father which art

in heaven Hallowed be thy name .

MT-610  Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in

heaven .

MT-611  Give us this day our daily bread .

MT-612  And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors .

MT-613  And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever

Amen .

MT-614  For if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly

Father will also forgive you .

MT-615  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will

your Father forgive your trespasses .

MT-616  Moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad

countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear

unto men to fast Verily I say unto you They have their reward .

MT-617  But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash

thy face .

MT-618  That thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy

Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret

shall reward thee openly .

MT-619  Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where

moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and

steal .

MT-620  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where

neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not

break through nor steal .

MT-621  For where your treasure is there will your heart be also

.

MT-622  The light of the body is the eye if therefore thine eye

be single thy whole body shall be full of light .

MT-623  But if thine eye be evil thy whole body shall be full of

darkness If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness how

great is that darkness .

MT-624  No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the

one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and

despise the other Ye cannot serve God and mammon .

MT-625  Therefore I say unto you Take no thought for your life

what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body

what ye shall put on Is not the life more than meat and the body

than raiment .

MT-626  Behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do

they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth

them Are ye not much better than they .

MT-627  Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto

his stature .

MT-628  And why take ye thought for raiment Consider the lilies

of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin .

MT-629  And yet I say unto you That even Solomon in all his

glory was not arrayed like one of these .

MT-630  Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which

to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven shall he not much

more clothe you O ye of little faith .

MT-631  Therefore take no thought saying What shall we eat or

What shall we drink or Wherewithal shall we be clothed .

MT-632  For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your

heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things .

MT-633  But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his

righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you .

MT-634  Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow

shall take thought for the things of itself Sufficient unto the

day is the evil thereof .

* MT-71  Judge not that ye be not judged .

MT-72  For with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged and

with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again .

MT-73  And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's

eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye .

MT-74  Or how wilt thou say to thy brother Let me pull out the

mote out of thine eye and behold a beam is in thine own eye .

MT-75  Thou hypocrite first cast out the beam out of thine own

eye and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of

thy brother's eye .

MT-76  Give not that which is holy unto the dogs neither cast ye

your pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet

and turn again and rend you .

MT-77  Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find

knock and it shall be opened unto you .

MT-78  For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh

findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened .

MT-79  Or what man is there of you whom if his son ask bread

will he give him a stone .

MT-710  Or if he ask a fish will he give him a serpent .

MT-711  If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto

your children how much more shall your Father which is in heaven

give good things to them that ask him .

MT-712  Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should

do to you do ye even so to them for this is the law and the

prophets .

MT-713  Enter ye in at the strait gate for wide is the gate and

broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be

which go in thereat .

MT-714  Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way which

leadeth unto life and few there be that find it .

MT-715  Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's

clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves .

MT-716  Ye shall know them by their fruits Do men gather grapes

of thorns or figs of thistles .

MT-717  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a

corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit .

MT-718  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a

corrupt tree bring forth good fruit .

MT-719  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn

down and cast into the fire .

MT-720  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them .

MT-721  Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter

into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my

Father which is in heaven .

MT-722  Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not

prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and

in thy name done many wonderful works .

MT-723  And then will I profess unto them I never knew you

depart from me ye that work iniquity .

MT-724  Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and

doeth them I will liken him unto a wise man which built his

house upon a rock .

MT-725  And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds

blew and beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded

upon a rock .

MT-726  And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and

doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man which built

his house upon the sand .

MT-727  And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds

blew and beat upon that house and it fell and great was the fall

of it .

MT-728  And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings

the people were astonished at his doctrine .

MT-729  For he taught them as one having authority and not as

the scribes .

* MT-81  When he was come down from the mountain great

multitudes followed him .

MT-82  And behold there came a leper and worshipped him saying

Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean .

MT-83  And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him saying I

will be thou clean And immediately his leprosy was cleansed .

MT-84  And Jesus saith unto him See thou tell no man but go thy

way show thyself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses

commanded for a testimony unto them .

MT-85  And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum there came unto

him a centurion beseeching him .

MT-86  And saying Lord my servant lieth at home sick of the

palsy grievously tormented .

MT-87  And Jesus saith unto him I will come and heal him .

MT-88  The centurion answered and said Lord I am not worthy that

thou shouldest come under my roof but speak the word only and my

servant shall be healed .

MT-89  For I am a man under authority having soldiers under me

and I say to this man Go and he goeth and to another Come and he

cometh and to my servant Do this and he doeth it .

MT-810  When Jesus heard it he marvelled and said to them that

followed Verily I say unto you I have not found so great faith

no not in Israel .

MT-811  And I say unto you That many shall come from the east

and west and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in

the kingdom of heaven .

MT-812  But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into

outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth .

MT-813  And Jesus said unto the centurion Go thy way and as thou

hast believed so be it done unto thee And his servant was healed

in the selfsame hour .

MT-814  And when Jesus was come into Peter's house he saw his

wife's mother laid and sick of a fever .

MT-815  And he touched her hand and the fever left her and she

arose and ministered unto them .

MT-816  When the even was come they brought unto him many that

were possessed with devils and he cast out the spirits with his

word and healed all that were sick .

MT-817  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias

the prophet saying Himself took our infirmities and bare our

sicknesses .

MT-818  Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him he gave

commandment to depart unto the other side .

MT-819  And a certain scribe came and said unto him Master I

will follow thee whithersoever thou goest .

MT-820  And Jesus saith unto him The foxes have holes and the

birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath not where to

lay his head .

MT-821  And another of his disciples said unto him Lord suffer

me first to go and bury my father .

MT-822  But Jesus said unto him Follow me and let the dead bury

their dead .

MT-823  And when he was entered into a ship his disciples

followed him .

MT-824  And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea

insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves but he was

asleep .

MT-825  And his disciples came to him and awoke him saying Lord

save us we perish .

MT-826  And he saith unto them Why are ye fearful O ye of little

faith Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea and there

was a great calm .

MT-827  But the men marvelled saying What manner of man is this

that even the winds and the sea obey him .

MT-828  And when he was come to the other side into the country

of the Gergesenes there met him two possessed with devils coming

out of the tombs exceeding fierce so that no man might pass by

that way .

MT-829  And behold they cried out saying What have we to do with

thee Jesus thou Son of God art thou come hither to torment us

before the time .

MT-830  And there was a good way off from them an herd of many

swine feeding .

MT-831  So the devils besought him saying If thou cast us out

suffer us to go away into the herd of swine .

MT-832  And he said unto them Go And when they were come out

they went into the herd of swine and behold the whole herd of

swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished

in the waters .

MT-833  And they that kept them fled and went their ways into

the city and told every thing and what was befallen to the

possessed of the devils .

MT-834  And behold the whole city came out to meet Jesus and

when they saw him they besought him that he would depart out of

their coasts .

* MT-91  And he entered into a ship and passed over and came

into his own city .

MT-92  And behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsy

lying on a bed and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick

of the palsy Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee .

MT-93  And behold certain of the scribes said within themselves

This man blasphemeth .

MT-94  And Jesus knowing their thoughts said Wherefore think ye

evil in your hearts .

MT-95  For whether is easier to say Thy sins be forgiven thee or

to say Arise and walk .

MT-96  But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on

earth to forgive sins then saith he to the sick of the palsy

Arise take up thy bed and go unto thine house .

MT-97  And he arose and departed to his house .

MT-98  But when the multitude saw it they marvelled and

glorified God which had given such power unto men .

MT-99  And as Jesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named

Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and he saith unto him

Follow me And he arose and followed him .

MT-910  And it came to pass as Jesus sat at meat in the house

behold many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and

his disciples .

MT-911  And when the Pharisees saw it they said unto his

disciples Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners .

MT-912  But when Jesus heard that he said unto them They that be

whole need not a physician but they that are sick .

MT-913  But go ye and learn what that meaneth I will have mercy

and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but

sinners to repentance .

MT-914  Then came to him the disciples of John saying Why do we

and the Pharisees fast oft but thy disciples fast not .

MT-915  And Jesus said unto them Can the children of the

bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them but

the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them

and then shall they fast .

MT-916  No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment

for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment

and the rent is made worse .

MT-917  Neither do men put new wine into old bottles else the

bottles break and the wine runneth out and the bottles perish

but they put new wine into new bottles and both are preserved .

MT-918  While he spake these things unto them behold there came

a certain ruler and worshipped him saying My daughter is even

now dead but come and lay thy hand upon her and she shall live .

MT-919  And Jesus arose and followed him and so did his

disciples .

MT-920  And behold a woman which was diseased with an issue of

blood twelve years came behind him and touched the hem of his

garment .

MT-921  For she said within herself If I may but touch his

garment I shall be whole .

MT-922  But Jesus turned him about and when he saw her he said

Daughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee whole And

the woman was made whole from that hour .

MT-923  And when Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the

minstrels and the people making a noise .

MT-924  He said unto them Give place for the maid is not dead

but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorn .

MT-925  But when the people were put forth he went in and took

her by the hand and the maid arose .

MT-926  And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land .

MT-927  And when Jesus departed thence two blind men followed

him crying and saying Thou son of David have mercy on us .

MT-928  And when he was come into the house the blind men came

to him and Jesus saith unto them Believe ye that I am able to do

this They said unto him Yea Lord .

MT-929  Then touched he their eyes saying According to your

faith be it unto you .

MT-930  And their eyes were opened and Jesus straitly charged

them saying See that no man know it .

MT-931  But they when they were departed spread abroad his fame

in all that country .

MT-932  As they went out behold they brought to him a dumb man

possessed with a devil .

MT-933  And when the devil was cast out the dumb spake and the

multitudes marvelled saying It was never so seen in Israel .

MT-934  But the Pharisees said He casteth out devils through the

prince of the devils .

MT-935  And Jesus went about all the cities and villages

teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the

kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease among the

people .

MT-936  But when he saw the multitudes he was moved with

compassion on them because they fainted and were scattered

abroad as sheep having no shepherd .

MT-937  Then saith he unto his disciples The harvest truly is

plenteous but the labourers are few .

MT-938  Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will

send forth labourers into his harvest .

* MT-101  And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples

he gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out and

to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease .

MT-102  Now the names of the twelve apostles are these The first

Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother James the son

of Zebedee and John his brother .

MT-103  Philip and Bartholomew Thomas and Matthew the publican

James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname was

Thaddaeus .

MT-104  Simon the Canaanite and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed

him .

MT-105  These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them saying

Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any city of the

Samaritans enter ye not .

MT-106  But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel .

MT-107  And as ye go preach saying The kingdom of heaven is at

hand .

MT-108  Heal the sick cleanse the lepers raise the dead cast out

devils freely ye have received freely give .

MT-109  Provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses

.

MT-1010  Nor scrip for your journey neither two coats neither

shoes nor yet staves for the workman is worthy of his meat .

MT-1011  And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter inquire

who in it is worthy and there abide till ye go thence .

MT-1012  And when ye come into an house salute it .

MT-1013  And if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it

but if it be not worthy let your peace return to you .

MT-1014  And whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words

when ye depart out of that house or city shake off the dust of

your feet .

MT-1015  Verily I say unto you It shall be more tolerable for

the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment than for

that city .

MT-1016  Behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves

be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves .

MT-1017  But beware of men for they will deliver you up to the

councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues .

MT-1018  And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for

my sake for a testimony against them and the Gentiles .

MT-1019  But when they deliver you up take no thought how or

what ye shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour

what ye shall speak .

MT-1020  For it is not ye that speak but the Spirit of your

Father which speaketh in you .

MT-1021  And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death

and the father the child and the children shall rise up against

their parents and cause them to be put to death .

MT-1022  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake but

he that endureth to the end shall be saved .

MT-1023  But when they persecute you in this city flee ye into

another for verily I say unto you Ye shall not have gone over

the cities of Israel till the Son of man be come .

MT-1024  The disciple is not above his master nor the servant

above his lord .

MT-1025  It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master

and the servant as his lord If they have called the master of

the house Beelzebub how much more shall they call them of his

household .

MT-1026  Fear them not therefore for there is nothing covered

that shall not be revealed and hid that shall not be known .

MT-1027  What I tell you in darkness that speak ye in light and

what ye hear in the ear that preach ye upon the housetops .

MT-1028  And fear not them which kill the body but are not able

to kill the soul but rather fear him which is able to destroy

both soul and body in hell .

MT-1029  Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of

them shall not fall on the ground without your Father .

MT-1030  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered .

MT-1031  Fear ye not therefore ye are of more value than many

sparrows .

MT-1032  Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him

will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven .

MT-1033  But whosoever shall deny me before men him will I also

deny before my Father which is in heaven .

MT-1034  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth I came

not to send peace but a sword .

MT-1035  For I am come to set a man at variance against his

father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in

law against her mother in law .

MT-1036  And a man's foes shall be they of his own household .

MT-1037  He that loveth father or mother more than me is not

worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is

not worthy of me .

MT-1038  And he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me

is not worthy of me .

MT-1039  He that findeth his life shall lose it and he that

loseth his life for my sake shall find it .

MT-1040  He that receiveth you receiveth me and he that

receiveth me receiveth him that sent me .

MT-1041  He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet

shall receive a prophet's reward and he that receiveth a

righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a

righteous man's reward .

MT-1042  And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these

little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple

verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward .

* MT-111  And it came to pass when Jesus had made an end of

commanding his twelve disciples he departed thence to teach and

to preach in their cities .

MT-112  Now when John had heard in the prison the works of

Christ he sent two of his disciples .

MT-113  And said unto him Art thou he that should come or do we

look for another .

MT-114  Jesus answered and said unto them Go and show John again

those things which ye do hear and see .

MT-115  The blind receive their sight and the lame walk the

lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear the dead are raised up and

the poor have the gospel preached to them .

MT-116  And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me .

MT-117  And as they departed Jesus began to say unto the

multitudes concerning John What went ye out into the wilderness

to see A reed shaken with the wind .

MT-118  But what went ye out for to see A man clothed in soft

raiment behold they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses

.

MT-119  But what went ye out for to see A prophet yea I say unto

you and more than a prophet .

MT-1110  For this is he of whom it is written Behold I send my

messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before

thee .

MT-1111  Verily I say unto you Among them that are born of women

there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist

notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is

greater than he .

MT-1112  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the

kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by

force .

MT-1113  For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John .

MT-1114  And if ye will receive it this is Elias which was for

to come .

MT-1115  He that hath ears to hear let him hear .

MT-1116  But whereunto shall I liken this generation It is like

unto children sitting in the markets and calling unto their

fellows .

MT-1117  And saying We have piped unto you and ye have not

danced we have mourned unto you and ye have not lamented .

MT-1118  For John came neither eating nor drinking and they say

He hath a devil .

MT-1119  The Son of man came eating and drinking and they say

Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber a friend of publicans

and sinners But wisdom is justified of her children .

MT-1120  Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his

mighty works were done because they repented not .

MT-1121  Woe unto thee Chorazin woe unto thee Bethsaida for if

the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre

and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and

ashes .

MT-1122  But I say unto you It shall be more tolerable for Tyre

and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you .

MT-1123  And thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven shalt

be brought down to hell for if the mighty works which have been

done in thee had been done in Sodom it would have remained until

this day .

MT-1124  But I say unto you That it shall be more tolerable for

the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee .

MT-1125  At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O

Father Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these

things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto

babes .

MT-1126  Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy sight .

MT-1127  All things are delivered unto me of my Father and no

man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the

Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him

.

MT-1128  Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and

I will give you rest .

MT-1129  Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and

lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls .

MT-1130  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light .

* MT-121  At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the

corn and his disciples were an hungred and began to pluck the

ears of corn and to eat .

MT-122  But when the Pharisees saw it they said unto him Behold

thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath

day .

MT-123  But he said unto them Have ye not read what David did

when he was an hungred and they that were with him .

MT-124  How he entered into the house of God and did eat the

showbread which was not lawful for him to eat neither for them

which were with him but only for the priests .

MT-125  Or have ye not read in the law how that on the sabbath

days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath and are

blameless .

MT-126  But I say unto you That in this place is one greater

than the temple .

MT-127  But if ye had known what this meaneth I will have mercy

and not sacrifice ye would not have condemned the guiltless .

MT-128  For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day .

MT-129  And when he was departed thence he went into their

synagogue .

MT-1210  And behold there was a man which had his hand withered

And they asked him saying Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath

days that they might accuse him .

MT-1211  And he said unto them What man shall there be among you

that shall have one sheep and if it fall into a pit on the

sabbath day will he not lay hold on it and lift it out .

MT-1212  How much then is a man better than a sheep Wherefore it

is lawful to do well on the sabbath days .

MT-1213  Then saith he to the man Stretch forth thine hand And

he stretched it forth and it was restored whole like as the

other .

MT-1214  Then the Pharisees went out and held a council against

him how they might destroy him .

MT-1215  But when Jesus knew it he withdrew himself from thence

and great multitudes followed him and he healed them all .

MT-1216  And charged them that they should not make him known .

MT-1217  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias

the prophet saying .

MT-1218  Behold my servant whom I have chosen my beloved in whom

my soul is well pleased I will put my spirit upon him and he

shall show judgment to the Gentiles .

MT-1219  He shall not strive nor cry neither shall any man hear

his voice in the streets .

MT-1220  A bruised reed shall he not break and smoking flax

shall he not quench till he send forth judgment unto victory .

MT-1221  And in his name shall the Gentiles trust .

MT-1222  Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil

blind and dumb and he healed him insomuch that the blind and

dumb both spake and saw .

MT-1223  And all the people were amazed and said Is not this the

son of David .

MT-1224  But when the Pharisees heard it they said This fellow

doth not cast out devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the

devils .

MT-1225  And Jesus knew their thoughts and said unto them Every

kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and

every city or house divided against itself shall not stand .

MT-1226  And if Satan cast out Satan he is divided against

himself how shall then his kingdom stand .

MT-1227  And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your

children cast them out therefore they shall be your judges .

MT-1228  But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God then the

kingdom of God is come unto you .

MT-1229  Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and

spoil his goods except he first bind the strong man and then he

will spoil his house .

MT-1230  He that is not with me is against me and he that

gathereth not with me scattereth abroad .

MT-1231  Wherefore I say unto you All manner of sin and

blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men but the blasphemy against

the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men .

MT-1232  And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it

shall be forgiven him but whosoever speaketh against the Holy

Ghost it shall not be forgiven him neither in this world neither

in the world to come .

MT-1233  Either make the tree good and his fruit good or else

make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt for the tree is

known by his fruit .

MT-1234  O generation of vipers how can ye being evil speak good

things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh .

MT-1235  A good man out of the good treasure of the heart

bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil

treasure bringeth forth evil things .

MT-1236  But I say unto you That every idle word that men shall

speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment .

MT-1237  For by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy

words thou shalt be condemned .

MT-1238  Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees

answered saying Master we would see a sign from thee .

MT-1239  But he answered and said unto them An evil and

adulterous generation seeketh after a sign and there shall no

sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonas .

MT-1240  For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the

whale's belly so shall the Son of man be three days and three

nights in the heart of the earth .

MT-1241  The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this

generation and shall condemn it because they repented at the

preaching of Jonas and behold a greater than Jonas is here .

MT-1242  The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment

with this generation and shall condemn it for she came from the

uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon and

behold a greater than Solomon is here .

MT-1243  When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh

through dry places seeking rest and findeth none .

MT-1244  Then he saith I will return into my house from whence I

came out and when he is come he findeth it empty swept and

garnished .

MT-1245  Then goeth he and taketh with himself seven other

spirits more wicked than himself and they enter in and dwell

there and the last state of that man is worse than the first

Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation .

MT-1246  While he yet talked to the people behold his mother and

his brethren stood without desiring to speak with him .

MT-1247  Then one said unto him Behold thy mother and thy

brethren stand without desiring to speak with thee .

MT-1248  But he answered and said unto him that told him Who is

my mother and who are my brethren .

MT-1249  And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples

and said Behold my mother and my brethren .

MT-1250  For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is

in heaven the same is my brother and sister and mother .

* MT-131  The same day went Jesus out of the house and sat by

the sea side .

MT-132  And great multitudes were gathered together unto him so

that he went into a ship and sat and the whole multitude stood

on the shore .

MT-133  And he spake many things unto them in parables saying

Behold a sower went forth to sow .

MT-134  And when he sowed some seeds fell by the way side and

the fowls came and devoured them up .

MT-135  Some fell upon stony places where they had not much

earth and forthwith they sprung up because they had no deepness

of earth .

MT-136  And when the sun was up they were scorched and because

they had no root they withered away .

MT-137  And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up and

choked them .

MT-138  But other fell into good ground and brought forth fruit

some an hundredfold some sixtyfold some thirtyfold .

MT-139  Who hath ears to hear let him hear .

MT-1310  And the disciples came and said unto him Why speakest

thou unto them in parables .

MT-1311  He answered and said unto them Because it is given unto

you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them

it is not given .

MT-1312  For whosoever hath to him shall be given and he shall

have more abundance but whosoever hath not from him shall be

taken away even that he hath .

MT-1313  Therefore speak I to them in parables because they

seeing see not and hearing they hear not neither do they

understand .

MT-1314  And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias which

saith By hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand and

seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive .

MT-1315  For this people's heart is waxed gross and their ears

are dull of hearing and their eyes they have closed lest at any

time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears

and should understand with their heart and should be converted

and I should heal them .

MT-1316  But blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears

for they hear .

MT-1317  For verily I say unto you That many prophets and

righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see and

have not seen them and to hear those things which ye hear and

have not heard them .

MT-1318  Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower .

MT-1319  When any one heareth the word of the kingdom and

understandeth it not then cometh the wicked one and catcheth

away that which was sown in his heart This is he which received

seed by the way side .

MT-1320  But he that received the seed into stony places the

same is he that heareth the word and anon with joy receiveth it .

MT-1321  Yet hath he not root in himself but dureth for a while

for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word

by and by he is offended .

MT-1322  He also that received seed among the thorns is he that

heareth the word and the care of this world and the

deceitfulness of riches choke the word and he becometh

unfruitful .

MT-1323  But he that received seed into the good ground is he

that heareth the word and understandeth it which also beareth

fruit and bringeth forth some an hundredfold some sixty some

thirty .

MT-1324  Another parable put he forth unto them saying The

kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in

his field .

MT-1325  But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares

among the wheat and went his way .

MT-1326  But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth

fruit then appeared the tares also .

MT-1327  So the servants of the householder came and said unto

him Sir didst not thou sow good seed in thy field from whence

then hath it tares .

MT-1328  He said unto them An enemy hath done this The servants

said unto him Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up .

MT-1329  But he said Nay lest while ye gather up the tares ye

root up also the wheat with them .

MT-1330  Let both grow together until the harvest and in the

time of harvest I will say to the reapers Gather ye together

first the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather

the wheat into my barn .

MT-1331  Another parable put he forth unto them saying The

kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed which a man

took and sowed in his field .

MT-1332  Which indeed is the least of all seeds but when it is

grown it is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree so that

the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof .

MT-1333  Another parable spake he unto them The kingdom of

heaven is like unto leaven which a woman took and hid in three

measures of meal till the whole was leavened .

MT-1334  All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in

parables and without a parable spake he not unto them .

MT-1335  That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the

prophet saying I will open my mouth in parables I will utter

things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the

world .

MT-1336  Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the

house and his disciples came unto him saying Declare unto us the

parable of the tares of the field .

MT-1337  He answered and said unto them He that soweth the good

seed is the Son of man .

MT-1338  The field is the world the good seed are the children

of the kingdom but the tares are the children of the wicked one .

MT-1339  The enemy that sowed them is the devil the harvest is

the end of the world and the reapers are the angels .

MT-1340  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the

fire so shall it be in the end of this world .

MT-1341  The Son of man shall send forth his angels and they

shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend and them

which do iniquity .

MT-1342  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire there shall

be wailing and gnashing of teeth .

MT-1343  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the

kingdom of their Father Who hath ears to hear let him hear .

MT-1344  Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid

in a field the which when a man hath found he hideth and for joy

thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field

.

MT-1345  Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man

seeking goodly pearls .

MT-1346  Who when he had found one pearl of great price went and

sold all that he had and bought it .

MT-1347  Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was

cast into the sea and gathered of every kind .

MT-1348  Which when it was full they drew to shore and sat down

and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away .

MT-1349  So shall it be at the end of the world the angels shall

come forth and sever the wicked from among the just .

MT-1350  And shall cast them into the furnace of fire there

shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth .

MT-1351  Jesus saith unto them Have ye understood all these

things They say unto him Yea Lord .

MT-1352  Then said he unto them Therefore every scribe which is

instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is

an householder which bringeth forth out of his treasure things

new and old .

MT-1353  And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these

parables he departed thence .

MT-1354  And when he was come into his own country he taught

them in their synagogue insomuch that they were astonished and

said Whence hath this man this wisdom and these mighty works .

MT-1355  Is not this the carpenter's son is not his mother

called Mary and his brethren James and Joses and Simon and Judas

.

MT-1356  And his sisters are they not all with us Whence then

hath this man all these things .

MT-1357  And they were offended in him But Jesus said unto them

A prophet is not without honour save in his own country and in

his own house .

MT-1358  And he did not many mighty works there because of their

unbelief .

* MT-141  At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of

Jesus .

MT-142  And said unto his servants This is John the Baptist he

is risen from the dead and therefore mighty works do show forth

themselves in him .

MT-143  For Herod had laid hold on John and bound him and put

him in prison for Herodias' sake his brother Philip's wife .

MT-144  For John said unto him It is not lawful for thee to have

her .

MT-145  And when he would have put him to death he feared the

multitude because they counted him as a prophet .

MT-146  But when Herod's birthday was kept the daughter of

Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod .

MT-147  Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her

whatsoever she would ask .

MT-148  And she being before instructed of her mother said Give

me here John Baptist's head in a charger .

MT-149  And the king was sorry nevertheless for the oath's sake

and them which sat with him at meat he commanded it to be given

her .

MT-1410  And he sent and beheaded John in the prison .

MT-1411  And his head was brought in a charger and given to the

damsel and she brought it to her mother .

MT-1412  And his disciples came and took up the body and buried

it and went and told Jesus .

MT-1413  When Jesus heard of it he departed thence by ship into

a desert place apart and when the people had heard thereof they

followed him on foot out of the cities .

MT-1414  And Jesus went forth and saw a great multitude and was

moved with compassion toward them and he healed their sick .

MT-1415  And when it was evening his disciples came to him

saying This is a desert place and the time is now past send the

multitude away that they may go into the villages and buy

themselves victuals .

MT-1416  But Jesus said unto them They need not depart give ye

them to eat .

MT-1417  And they say unto him We have here but five loaves and

two fishes .

MT-1418  He said Bring them hither to me .

MT-1419  And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass

and took the five loaves and the two fishes and looking up to

heaven he blessed and brake and gave the loaves to his disciples

and the disciples to the multitude .

MT-1420  And they did all eat and were filled and they took up

of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full .

MT-1421  And they that had eaten were about five thousand men

beside women and children .

MT-1422  And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get

into a ship and to go before him unto the other side while he

sent the multitudes away .

MT-1423  And when he had sent the multitudes away he went up

into a mountain apart to pray and when the evening was come he

was there alone .

MT-1424  But the ship was now in the midst of the sea tossed

with waves for the wind was contrary .

MT-1425  And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto

them walking on the sea .

MT-1426  And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they

were troubled saying It is a spirit and they cried out for fear .

MT-1427  But straightway Jesus spake unto them saying Be of good

cheer it is I be not afraid .

MT-1428  And Peter answered him and said Lord if it be thou bid

me come unto thee on the water .

MT-1429  And he said Come And when Peter was come down out of

the ship he walked on the water to go to Jesus .

MT-1430  But when he saw the wind boisterous he was afraid and

beginning to sink he cried saying Lord save me .

MT-1431  And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and

caught him and said unto him O thou of little faith wherefore

didst thou doubt .

MT-1432  And when they were come into the ship the wind ceased .

MT-1433  Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him

saying Of a truth thou art the Son of God .

MT-1434  And when they were gone over they came into the land of

Gennesaret .

MT-1435  And when the men of that place had knowledge of him

they sent out into all that country round about and brought unto

him all that were diseased .

MT-1436  And besought him that they might only touch the hem of

his garment and as many as touched were made perfectly whole .

* MT-151  Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees which were of

Jerusalem saying .

MT-152  Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the

elders for they wash not their hands when they eat bread .

MT-153  But he answered and said unto them Why do ye also

transgress the commandment of God by your tradition .

MT-154  For God commanded saying Honour thy father and mother

and He that curseth father or mother let him die the death .

MT-155  But ye say Whosoever shall say to his father or his

mother It is a gift by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by

me .

MT-156  And honour not his father or his mother he shall be free

Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your

tradition .

MT-157  Ye hypocrites well did Esaias prophesy of you saying .

MT-158  This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and

honoureth me with their lips but their heart is far from me .

MT-159  But in vain they do worship me teaching for doctrines

the commandments of men .

MT-1510  And he called the multitude and said unto them Hear and

understand .

MT-1511  Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man but

that which cometh out of the mouth this defileth a man .

MT-1512  Then came his disciples and said unto him Knowest thou

that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying .

MT-1513  But he answered and said Every plant which my heavenly

Father hath not planted shall be rooted up .

MT-1514  Let them alone they be blind leaders of the blind And

if the blind lead the blind both shall fall into the ditch .

MT-1515  Then answered Peter and said unto him Declare unto us

this parable .

MT-1516  And Jesus said Are ye also yet without understanding .

MT-1517  Do not ye yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at

the mouth goeth into the belly and is cast out into the draught .

MT-1518  But those things which proceed out of the mouth come

forth from the heart and they defile the man .

MT-1519  For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts murders

adulteries fornications thefts false witness blasphemies .

MT-1520  These are the things which defile a man but to eat with

unwashen hands defileth not a man .

MT-1521  Then Jesus went thence and departed into the coasts of

Tyre and Sidon .

MT-1522  And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same

coasts and cried unto him saying Have mercy on me O Lord thou

son of David my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil .

MT-1523  But he answered her not a word And his disciples came

and besought him saying Send her away for she crieth after us .

MT-1524  But he answered and said I am not sent but unto the

lost sheep of the house of Israel .

MT-1525  Then came she and worshipped him saying Lord help me .

MT-1526  But he answered and said It is not meet to take the

children's bread and cast it to dogs .

MT-1527  And she said Truth Lord yet the dogs eat of the crumbs

which fall from their masters' table .

MT-1528  Then Jesus answered and said unto her O woman great is

thy faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt And her daughter was

made whole from that very hour .

MT-1529  And Jesus departed from thence and came nigh unto the

sea of Galilee and went up into a mountain and sat down there .

MT-1530  And great multitudes came unto him having with them

those that were lame blind dumb maimed and many others and cast

them down at Jesus' feet and he healed them .

MT-1531  Insomuch that the multitude wondered when they saw the

dumb to speak the maimed to be whole the lame to walk and the

blind to see and they glorified the God of Israel .

MT-1532  Then Jesus called his disciples unto him and said I

have compassion on the multitude because they continue with me

now three days and have nothing to eat and I will not send them

away fasting lest they faint in the way .

MT-1533  And his disciples say unto him Whence should we have so

much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude .

MT-1534  And Jesus saith unto them How many loaves have ye And

they said Seven and a few little fishes .

MT-1535  And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the

ground .

MT-1536  And he took the seven loaves and the fishes and gave

thanks and brake them and gave to his disciples and the

disciples to the multitude .

MT-1537  And they did all eat and were filled and they took up

of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full .

MT-1538  And they that did eat were four thousand men beside

women and children .

MT-1539  And he sent away the multitude and took ship and came

into the coasts of Magdala .

* MT-161  The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came and

tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven .

MT-162  He answered and said unto them When it is evening ye say

It will be fair weather for the sky is red .

MT-163  And in the morning It will be foul weather to day for

the sky is red and lowering O ye hypocrites ye can discern the

face of the sky but can ye not discern the signs of the times .

MT-164  A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign

and there shall no sign be given unto it but the sign of the

prophet Jonas And he left them and departed .

MT-165  And when his disciples were come to the other side they

had forgotten to take bread .

MT-166  Then Jesus said unto them Take heed and beware of the

leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees .

MT-167  And they reasoned among themselves saying It is because

we have taken no bread .

MT-168  Which when Jesus perceived he said unto them O ye of

little faith why reason ye among yourselves because ye have

brought no bread .

MT-169  Do ye not yet understand neither remember the five

loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets ye took up .

MT-1610  Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand and how

many baskets ye took up .

MT-1611  How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not

to you concerning bread that ye should beware of the leaven of

the Pharisees and of the Sadducees .

MT-1612  Then understood they how that he bade them not beware

of the leaven of bread but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and

of the Sadducees .

MT-1613  When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi he

asked his disciples saying Whom do men say that I the Son of man

am .

MT-1614  And they said Some say that thou art John the Baptist

some Elias and others Jeremias or one of the prophets .

MT-1615  He saith unto them But whom say ye that I am .

MT-1616  And Simon Peter answered and said Thou art the Christ

the Son of the living God .

MT-1617  And Jesus answered and said unto him Blessed art thou

Simon Barjona for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee

but my Father which is in heaven .

MT-1618  And I say also unto thee That thou art Peter and upon

this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not

prevail against it .

MT-1619  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of

heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in

heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed

in heaven .

MT-1620  Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no

man that he was Jesus the Christ .

MT-1621  From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his

disciples how that he must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many

things of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed

and be raised again the third day .

MT-1622  Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him saying Be

it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee .

MT-1623  But he turned and said unto Peter Get thee behind me

Satan thou art an offence unto me for thou savourest not the

things that be of God but those that be of men .

MT-1624  Then said Jesus unto his disciples If any man will come

after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow

me .

MT-1625  For whosoever will save his life shall lose it and

whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it .

MT-1626  For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole

world and lose his own soul or what shall a man give in exchange

for his soul .

MT-1627  For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his

Father with his angels and then he shall reward every man

according to his works .

MT-1628  Verily I say unto you There be some standing here which

shall not taste of death till they see the Son of man coming in

his kingdom .

* MT-171  And after six days Jesus taketh Peter James and John

his brother and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart .

MT-172  And was transfigured before them and his face did shine

as the sun and his raiment was white as the light .

MT-173  And behold there appeared unto them Moses and Elias

talking with him .

MT-174  Then answered Peter and said unto Jesus Lord it is good

for us to be here if thou wilt let us make here three

tabernacles one for thee and one for Moses and one for Elias .

MT-175  While he yet spake behold a bright cloud overshadowed

them and behold a voice out of the cloud which said This is my

beloved Son in whom I am well pleased hear ye him .

MT-176  And when the disciples heard it they fell on their face

and were sore afraid .

MT-177  And Jesus came and touched them and said Arise and be

not afraid .

MT-178  And when they had lifted up their eyes they saw no man

save Jesus only .

MT-179  And as they came down from the mountain Jesus charged

them saying Tell the vision to no man until the Son of man be

risen again from the dead .

MT-1710  And his disciples asked him saying Why then say the

scribes that Elias must first come .

MT-1711  And Jesus answered and said unto them Elias truly shall

first come and restore all things .

MT-1712  But I say unto you That Elias is come already and they

knew him not but have done unto him whatsoever they listed

Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them .

MT-1713  Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them

of John the Baptist .

MT-1714  And when they were come to the multitude there came to

him a certain man kneeling down to him and saying .

MT-1715  Lord have mercy on my son for he is a lunatic and sore

vexed for ofttimes he falleth into the fire and oft into the

water .

MT-1716  And I brought him to thy disciples and they could not

cure him .

MT-1717  Then Jesus answered and said O faithless and perverse

generation how long shall I be with you how long shall I suffer

you bring him hither to me .

MT-1718  And Jesus rebuked the devil and he departed out of him

and the child was cured from that very hour .

MT-1719  Then came the disciples to Jesus apart and said Why

could not we cast him out .

MT-1720  And Jesus said unto them Because of your unbelief for

verily I say unto you If ye have faith as a grain of mustard

seed ye shall say unto this mountain Remove hence to yonder

place and it shall remove and nothing shall be impossible unto

you .

MT-1721  Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and

fasting .

MT-1722  And while they abode in Galilee Jesus said unto them

The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men .

MT-1723  And they shall kill him and the third day he shall be

raised again And they were exceeding sorry .

MT-1724  And when they were come to Capernaum they that received

tribute money came to Peter and said Doth not your master pay

tribute .

MT-1725  He saith Yes And when he was come into the house Jesus

prevented him saying What thinkest thou Simon of whom do the

kings of the earth take custom or tribute of their own children

or of strangers .

MT-1726  Peter saith unto him Of strangers Jesus saith unto him

Then are the children free .

MT-1727  Notwithstanding lest we should offend them go thou to

the sea and cast an hook and take up the fish that first cometh

up and when thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt find a piece

of money that take and give unto them for me and thee .

* MT-181  At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus saying

Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven .

MT-182  And Jesus called a little child unto him and set him in

the midst of them .

MT-183  And said Verily I say unto you Except ye be converted

and become as little children ye shall not enter into the

kingdom of heaven .

MT-184  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little

child the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven .

MT-185  And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name

receiveth me .

MT-186  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which

believe in me it were better for him that a millstone were

hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of

the sea .

MT-187  Woe unto the world because of offences for it must needs

be that offences come but woe to that man by whom the offence

cometh .

MT-188  Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee cut them

off and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into

life halt or maimed rather than having two hands or two feet to

be cast into everlasting fire .

MT-189  And if thine eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it

from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye

rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire .

MT-1810  Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones

for I say unto you That in heaven their angels do always behold

the face of my Father which is in heaven .

MT-1811  For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost .

MT-1812  How think ye if a man have an hundred sheep and one of

them be gone astray doth he not leave the ninety and nine and

goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray .

MT-1813  And if so be that he find it verily I say unto you he

rejoiceth more of that sheep than of the ninety and nine which

went not astray .

MT-1814  Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in

heaven that one of these little ones should perish .

MT-1815  Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee go

and tell him his fault between thee and him alone if he shall

hear thee thou hast gained thy brother .

MT-1816  But if he will not hear thee then take with thee one or

two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word

may be established .

MT-1817  And if he shall neglect to hear them tell it unto the

church but if he neglect to hear the church let him be unto thee

as a heathen man and a publican .

MT-1818  Verily I say unto you Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth

shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth

shall be loosed in heaven .

MT-1819  Again I say unto you That if two of you shall agree on

earth as touching any thing that they shall ask it shall be done

for them of my Father which is in heaven .

MT-1820  For where two or three are gathered together in my name

there am I in the midst of them .

MT-1821  Then came Peter to him and said Lord how oft shall my

brother sin against me and I forgive him till seven times .

MT-1822  Jesus saith unto him I say not unto thee Until seven

times but Until seventy times seven .

MT-1823  Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a

certain king which would take account of his servants .

MT-1824  And when he had begun to reckon one was brought unto

him which owed him ten thousand talents .

MT-1825  But forasmuch as he had not to pay his lord commanded

him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he had and

payment to be made .

MT-1826  The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him

saying Lord have patience with me and I will pay thee all .

MT-1827  Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion

and loosed him and forgave him the debt .

MT-1828  But the same servant went out and found one of his

fellowservants which owed him an hundred pence and he laid hands

on him and took him by the throat saying Pay me that thou owest .

MT-1829  And his fellowservant fell down at his feet and

besought him saying Have patience with me and I will pay thee

all .

MT-1830  And he would not but went and cast him into prison till

he should pay the debt .

MT-1831  So when his fellowservants saw what was done they were

very sorry and came and told unto their lord all that was done .

MT-1832  Then his lord after that he had called him said unto

him O thou wicked servant I forgave thee all that debt because

thou desiredst me .

MT-1833  Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy

fellowservant even as I had pity on thee .

MT-1834  And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the

tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him .

MT-1835  So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you

if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their

trespasses .

* MT-191  And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these

sayings he departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of

Judaea beyond Jordan .

MT-192  And great multitudes followed him and he healed them

there .

MT-193  The Pharisees also came unto him tempting him and saying

unto him Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every

cause .

MT-194  And he answered and said unto them Have ye not read that

he which made them at the beginning made them male and female .

MT-195  And said For this cause shall a man leave father and

mother and shall cleave to his wife and they twain shall be one

flesh .

MT-196  Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh What

therefore God hath joined together let not man put asunder .

MT-197  They say unto him Why did Moses then command to give a

writing of divorcement and to put her away .

MT-198  He saith unto them Moses because of the hardness of your

hearts suffered you to put away your wives but from the

beginning it was not so .

MT-199  And I say unto you Whosoever shall put away his wife

except it be for fornication and shall marry another committeth

adultery and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit

adultery .

MT-1910  His disciples say unto him If the case of the man be so

with his wife it is not good to marry .

MT-1911  But he said unto them All men cannot receive this

saying save they to whom it is given .

MT-1912  For there are some eunuchs which were so born from

their mother's womb and there are some eunuchs which were made

eunuchs of men and there be eunuchs which have made themselves

eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake He that is able to

receive it let him receive it .

MT-1913  Then were there brought unto him little children that

he should put his hands on them and pray and the disciples

rebuked them .

MT-1914  But Jesus said Suffer little children and forbid them

not to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of heaven .

MT-1915  And he laid his hands on them and departed thence .

MT-1916  And behold one came and said unto him Good Master what

good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life .

MT-1917  And he said unto him Why callest thou me good there is

none good but one that is God but if thou wilt enter into life

keep the commandments .

MT-1918  He saith unto him Which Jesus said Thou shalt do no

murder Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steal Thou

shalt not bear false witness .

MT-1919  Honour thy father and thy mother and Thou shalt love

thy neighbour as thyself .

MT-1920  The young man saith unto him All these things have I

kept from my youth up what lack I yet .

MT-1921  Jesus said unto him If thou wilt be perfect go and sell

that thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure

in heaven and come and follow me .

MT-1922  But when the young man heard that saying he went away

sorrowful for he had great possessions .

MT-1923  Then said Jesus unto his disciples Verily I say unto

you That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of

heaven .

MT-1924  And again I say unto you It is easier for a camel to go

through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into

the kingdom of God .

MT-1925  When his disciples heard it they were exceedingly

amazed saying Who then can be saved .

MT-1926  But Jesus beheld them and said unto them With men this

is impossible but with God all things are possible .

MT-1927  Then answered Peter and said unto him Behold we have

forsaken all and followed thee what shall we have therefore .

MT-1928  And Jesus said unto them Verily I say unto you That ye

which have followed me in the regeneration when the Son of man

shall sit in the throne of his glory ye also shall sit upon

twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel .

MT-1929  And every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren or

sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my

name's sake shall receive an hundredfold and shall inherit

everlasting life .

MT-1930  But many that are first shall be last and the last

shall be first .

* MT-201  For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is

an householder which went out early in the morning to hire

labourers into his vineyard .

MT-202  And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a

day he sent them into his vineyard .

MT-203  And he went out about the third hour and saw others

standing idle in the marketplace .

MT-204  And said unto them Go ye also into the vineyard and

whatsoever is right I will give you And they went their way .

MT-205  Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour and did

likewise .

MT-206  And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others

standing idle and saith unto them Why stand ye here all the day

idle .

MT-207  They say unto him Because no man hath hired us He saith

unto them Go ye also into the vineyard and whatsoever is right

that shall ye receive .

MT-208  So when even was come the lord of the vineyard saith

unto his steward Call the labourers and give them their hire

beginning from the last unto the first .

MT-209  And when they came that were hired about the eleventh

hour they received every man a penny .

MT-2010  But when the first came they supposed that they should

have received more and they likewise received every man a penny .

MT-2011  And when they had received it they murmured against the

goodman of the house .

MT-2012  Saying These last have wrought but one hour and thou

hast made them equal unto us which have borne the burden and

heat of the day .

MT-2013  But he answered one of them and said Friend I do thee

no wrong didst not thou agree with me for a penny .

MT-2014  Take that thine is and go thy way I will give unto this

last even as unto thee .

MT-2015  Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own

Is thine eye evil because I am good .

MT-2016  So the last shall be first and the first last for many

be called but few chosen .

MT-2017  And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve

disciples apart in the way and said unto them .

MT-2018  Behold we go up to Jerusalem and the Son of man shall

be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes and they

shall condemn him to death .

MT-2019  And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to

scourge and to crucify him and the third day he shall rise again

.

MT-2020  Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with

her sons worshipping him and desiring a certain thing of him .

MT-2021  And he said unto her What wilt thou She saith unto him

Grant that these my two sons may sit the one on thy right hand

and the other on the left in thy kingdom .

MT-2022  But Jesus answered and said Ye know not what ye ask Are

ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be

baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with They say unto

him We are able .

MT-2023  And he saith unto them Ye shall drink indeed of my cup

and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to

sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but it

shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father .

MT-2024  And when the ten heard it they were moved with

indignation against the two brethren .

MT-2025  But Jesus called them unto him and said Ye know that

the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they

that are great exercise authority upon them .

MT-2026  But it shall not be so among you but whosoever will be

great among you let him be your minister .

MT-2027  And whosoever will be chief among you let him be your

servant .

MT-2028  Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto

but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many .

MT-2029  And as they departed from Jericho a great multitude

followed him .

MT-2030  And behold two blind men sitting by the way side when

they heard that Jesus passed by cried out saying Have mercy on

us O Lord thou son of David .

MT-2031  And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold

their peace but they cried the more saying Have mercy on us O

Lord thou son of David .

MT-2032  And Jesus stood still and called them and said What

will ye that I shall do unto you .

MT-2033  They say unto him Lord that our eyes may be opened .

MT-2034  So Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes

and immediately their eyes received sight and they followed him .

* MT-211  And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem and were come

to Bethphage unto the mount of Olives then sent Jesus two

disciples .

MT-212  Saying unto them Go into the village over against you

and straightway ye shall find an ass tied and a colt with her

loose them and bring them unto me .

MT-213  And if any man say ought unto you ye shall say The Lord

hath need of them and straightway he will send them .

MT-214  All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was

spoken by the prophet saying .

MT-215  Tell ye the daughter of Sion Behold thy King cometh unto

thee meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt the foal of an ass .

MT-216  And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them .

MT-217  And brought the ass and the colt and put on them their

clothes and they set him thereon .

MT-218  And a very great multitude spread their garments in the

way others cut down branches from the trees and strowed them in

the way .

MT-219  And the multitudes that went before and that followed

cried saying Hosanna to the son of David Blessed is he that

cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest .

MT-2110  And when he was come into Jerusalem all the city was

moved saying Who is this .

MT-2111  And the multitude said This is Jesus the prophet of

Nazareth of Galilee .

MT-2112  And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all

them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables

of the moneychangers and the seats of them that sold doves .

MT-2113  And said unto them It is written My house shall be

called the house of prayer but ye have made it a den of thieves .

MT-2114  And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple

and he healed them .

MT-2115  And when the chief priests and scribes saw the

wonderful things that he did and the children crying in the

temple and saying Hosanna to the son of David they were sore

displeased .

MT-2116  And said unto him Hearest thou what these say And Jesus

saith unto them Yea have ye never read Out of the mouth of babes

and sucklings thou hast perfected praise .

MT-2117  And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany

and he lodged there .

MT-2118  Now in the morning as he returned into the city he

hungered .

MT-2119  And when he saw a fig tree in the way he came to it and

found nothing thereon but leaves only and said unto it Let no

fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever And presently the fig

tree withered away .

MT-2120  And when the disciples saw it they marvelled saying How

soon is the fig tree withered away .

MT-2121  Jesus answered and said unto them Verily I say unto you

If ye have faith and doubt not ye shall not only do this which

is done to the fig tree but also if ye shall say unto this

mountain Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea it shall

be done .

MT-2122  And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer

believing ye shall receive .

MT-2123  And when he was come into the temple the chief priests

and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching

and said By what authority doest thou these things and who gave

thee this authority .

MT-2124  And Jesus answered and said unto them I also will ask

you one thing which if ye tell me I in like wise will tell you

by what authority I do these things .

MT-2125  The baptism of John whence was it from heaven or of men

And they reasoned with themselves saying If we shall say From

heaven he will say unto us Why did ye not then believe him .

MT-2126  But if we shall say Of men we fear the people for all

hold John as a prophet .

MT-2127  And they answered Jesus and said We cannot tell And he

said unto them Neither tell I you by what authority I do these

things .

MT-2128  But what think ye A certain man had two sons and he

came to the first and said Son go work to day in my vineyard .

MT-2129  He answered and said I will not but afterward he

repented and went .

MT-2130  And he came to the second and said likewise And he

answered and said I go sir and went not .

MT-2131  Whether of them twain did the will of his father They

say unto him The first Jesus saith unto them Verily I say unto

you That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of

God before you .

MT-2132  For John came unto you in the way of righteousness and

ye believed him not but the publicans and the harlots believed

him and ye when ye had seen it repented not afterward that ye

might believe him .

MT-2133  Hear another parable There was a certain householder

which planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and digged a

winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen

and went into a far country .

MT-2134  And when the time of the fruit drew near he sent his

servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of

it .

MT-2135  And the husbandmen took his servants and beat one and

killed another and stoned another .

MT-2136  Again he sent other servants more than the first and

they did unto them likewise .

MT-2137  But last of all he sent unto them his son saying They

will reverence my son .

MT-2138  But when the husbandmen saw the son they said among

themselves This is the heir come let us kill him and let us

seize on his inheritance .

MT-2139  And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard

and slew him .

MT-2140  When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh what

will he do unto those husbandmen .

MT-2141  They say unto him He will miserably destroy those

wicked men and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen

which shall render him the fruits in their seasons .

MT-2142  Jesus saith unto them Did ye never read in the

scriptures The stone which the builders rejected the same is

become the head of the corner this is the Lord's doing and it is

marvellous in our eyes .

MT-2143  Therefore say I unto you The kingdom of God shall be

taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits

thereof .

MT-2144  And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken

but on whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him to powder .

MT-2145  And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his

parables they perceived that he spake of them .

MT-2146  But when they sought to lay hands on him they feared

the multitude because they took him for a prophet .

* MT-221  And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by

parables and said .

MT-222  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king which

made a marriage for his son .

MT-223  And sent forth his servants to call them that were

bidden to the wedding and they would not come .

MT-224  Again he sent forth other servants saying Tell them

which are bidden Behold I have prepared my dinner my oxen and my

fatlings are killed and all things are ready come unto the

marriage .

MT-225  But they made light of it and went their ways one to his

farm another to his merchandise .

MT-226  And the remnant took his servants and entreated them

spitefully and slew them .

MT-227  But when the king heard thereof he was wroth and he sent

forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and burned up

their city .

MT-228  Then saith he to his servants The wedding is ready but

they which were bidden were not worthy .

MT-229  Go ye therefore into the highways and as many as ye

shall find bid to the marriage .

MT-2210  So those servants went out into the highways and

gathered together all as many as they found both bad and good

and the wedding was furnished with guests .

MT-2211  And when the king came in to see the guests he saw

there a man which had not on a wedding garment .

MT-2212  And he saith unto him Friend how camest thou in hither

not having a wedding garment And he was speechless .

MT-2213  Then said the king to the servants Bind him hand and

foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness there

shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth .

MT-2214  For many are called but few are chosen .

MT-2215  Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might

entangle him in his talk .

MT-2216  And they sent out unto him their disciples with the

Herodians saying Master we know that thou art true and teachest

the way of God in truth neither carest thou for any man for thou

regardest not the person of men .

MT-2217  Tell us therefore What thinkest thou Is it lawful to

give tribute unto Caesar or not .

MT-2218  But Jesus perceived their wickedness and said Why tempt

ye me ye hypocrites .

MT-2219  Show me the tribute money And they brought unto him a

penny .

MT-2220  And he saith unto them Whose is this image and

superscription .

MT-2221  They say unto him Caesar's Then saith he unto them

Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and

unto God the things that are God's .

MT-2222  When they had heard these words they marvelled and left

him and went their way .

MT-2223  The same day came to him the Sadducees which say that

there is no resurrection and asked him .

MT-2224  Saying Master Moses said If a man die having no

children his brother shall marry his wife and raise up seed unto

his brother .

MT-2225  Now there were with us seven brethren and the first

when he had married a wife deceased and having no issue left his

wife unto his brother .

MT-2226  Likewise the second also and the third unto the seventh

.

MT-2227  And last of all the woman died also .

MT-2228  Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be

of the seven for they all had her .

MT-2229  Jesus answered and said unto them Ye do err not knowing

the scriptures nor the power of God .

MT-2230  For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are

given in marriage but are as the angels of God in heaven .

MT-2231  But as touching the resurrection of the dead have ye

not read that which was spoken unto you by God saying .

MT-2232  I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the

God of Jacob God is not the God of the dead but of the living .

MT-2233  And when the multitude heard this they were astonished

at his doctrine .

MT-2234  But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the

Sadducees to silence they were gathered together .

MT-2235  Then one of them which was a lawyer asked him a

question tempting him and saying .

MT-2236  Master which is the great commandment in the law .

MT-2237  Jesus said unto him Thou shalt love the Lord thy God

with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind .

MT-2238  This is the first and great commandment .

MT-2239  And the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy

neighbour as thyself .

MT-2240  On these two commandments hang all the law and the

prophets .

MT-2241  While the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked

them .

MT-2242  Saying What think ye of Christ whose son is he They say

unto him The son of David .

MT-2243  He saith unto them How then doth David in spirit call

him Lord saying .

MT-2244  The Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand

till I make thine enemies thy footstool .

MT-2245  If David then call him Lord how is he his son .

MT-2246  And no man was able to answer him a word neither durst

any man from that day forth ask him any more questions .

* MT-231  Then spake Jesus to the multitude and to his disciples

.

MT-232  Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat .

MT-233  All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe that

observe and do but do not ye after their works for they say and

do not .

MT-234  For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne and

lay them on men's shoulders but they themselves will not move

them with one of their fingers .

MT-235  But all their works they do for to be seen of men they

make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their

garments .

MT-236  And love the uppermost rooms at feasts and the chief

seats in the synagogues .

MT-237  And greetings in the markets and to be called of men

Rabbi Rabbi .

MT-238  But be not ye called Rabbi for one is your Master even

Christ and all ye are brethren .

MT-239  And call no man your father upon the earth for one is

your Father which is in heaven .

MT-2310  Neither be ye called masters for one is your Master

even Christ .

MT-2311  But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant

.

MT-2312  And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased and

he that shall humble himself shall be exalted .

MT-2313  But woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for

ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men for ye neither go

in yourselves neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in .

MT-2314  Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye

devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer

therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation .

MT-2315  Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye

compass sea and land to make one proselyte and when he is made

ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves .

MT-2316  Woe unto you ye blind guides which say Whosoever shall

swear by the temple it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by

the gold of the temple he is a debtor .

MT-2317  Ye fools and blind for whether is greater the gold or

the temple that sanctifieth the gold .

MT-2318  And Whosoever shall swear by the altar it is nothing

but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it he is guilty .

MT-2319  Ye fools and blind for whether is greater the gift or

the altar that sanctifieth the gift .

MT-2320  Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar sweareth by it

and by all things thereon .

MT-2321  And whoso shall swear by the temple sweareth by it and

by him that dwelleth therein .

MT-2322  And he that shall swear by heaven sweareth by the

throne of God and by him that sitteth thereon .

MT-2323  Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye

pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted the

weightier matters of the law judgment mercy and faith these

ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone .

MT-2324  Ye blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a

camel .

MT-2325  Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye

make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter but within

they are full of extortion and excess .

MT-2326  Thou blind Pharisee cleanse first that which is within

the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also .

MT-2327  Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye

are like unto whited sepulchres which indeed appear beautiful

outward but are within full of dead men's bones and of all

uncleanness .

MT-2328  Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men but

within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity .

MT-2329  Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites because

ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of

the righteous .

MT-2330  And say If we had been in the days of our fathers we

would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the

prophets .

MT-2331  Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that ye are

the children of them which killed the prophets .

MT-2332  Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers .

MT-2333  Ye serpents ye generation of vipers how can ye escape

the damnation of hell .

MT-2334  Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets and wise men

and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucify and some

of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them

from city to city .

MT-2335  That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed

upon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood

of Zacharias son of Barachias whom ye slew between the temple

and the altar .

MT-2336  Verily I say unto you All these things shall come upon

this generation .

MT-2337  O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets

and stonest them which 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 .

MT-2338  Behold your house is left unto you desolate .

MT-2339  For I say unto you Ye shall not see me henceforth till

ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord .

* MT-241  And Jesus went out and departed from the temple and

his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the

temple .

MT-242  And Jesus said unto them See ye not all these things

verily I say unto you There shall not be left here one stone

upon another that shall not be thrown down .

MT-243  And as he sat upon the mount of Olives the disciples

came unto him privately saying Tell us when shall these things

be and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end of

the world .

MT-244  And Jesus answered and said unto them Take heed that no

man deceive you .

MT-245  For many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and

shall deceive many .

MT-246  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars see that

ye be not troubled for all these things must come to pass but

the end is not yet .

MT-247  For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against

kingdom and there shall be famines and pestilences and

earthquakes in divers places .

MT-248  All these are the beginning of sorrows .

MT-249  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall

kill you and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake

.

MT-2410  And then shall many be offended and shall betray one

another and shall hate one another .

MT-2411  And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive

many .

MT-2412  And because iniquity shall abound the love of many

shall wax cold .

MT-2413  But he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be

saved .

MT-2414  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all

the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end

come .

MT-2415  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of

desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy

place whoso readeth let him understand .

MT-2416  Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the

mountains .

MT-2417  Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take

any thing out of his house .

MT-2418  Neither let him which is in the field return back to

take his clothes .

MT-2419  And woe unto them that are with child and to them that

give suck in those days .

MT-2420  But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter

neither on the sabbath day .

MT-2421  For then shall be great tribulation such as was not

since the beginning of the world to this time no nor ever shall

be .

MT-2422  And except those days should be shortened there should

no flesh be saved but for the elect's sake those days shall be

shortened .

MT-2423  Then if any man shall say unto you Lo here is Christ or

there believe it not .

MT-2424  For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets

and shall show great signs and wonders insomuch that if it were

possible they shall deceive the very elect .

MT-2425  Behold I have told you before .

MT-2426  Wherefore if they shall say unto you Behold he is in

the desert go not forth behold he is in the secret chambers

believe it not .

MT-2427  For as the lightning cometh out of the east and shineth

even unto the west so shall also the coming of the Son of man be

.

MT-2428  For wheresoever the carcase is there will the eagles be

gathered together .

MT-2429  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall

the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and

the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens

shall be shaken .

MT-2430  And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in

heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn and they

shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with

power and great glory .

MT-2431  And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a

trumpet and they shall gather together his elect from the four

winds from one end of heaven to the other .

MT-2432  Now learn a parable of the fig tree When his branch is

yet tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that summer is nigh .

MT-2433  So likewise ye when ye shall see all these things know

that it is near even at the doors .

MT-2434  Verily I say unto you This generation shall not pass

till all these things be fulfilled .

MT-2435  Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not

pass away .

MT-2436  But of that day and hour knoweth no man no not the

angels of heaven but my Father only .

MT-2437  But as the days of Noe were so shall also the coming of

the Son of man be .

MT-2438  For as in the days that were before the flood they were

eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage until the

day that Noe entered into the ark .

MT-2439  And knew not until the flood came and took them all

away so shall also the coming of the Son of man be .

MT-2440  Then shall two be in the field the one shall be taken

and the other left .

MT-2441  Two women shall be grinding at the mill the one shall

be taken and the other left .

MT-2442  Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord

doth come .

MT-2443  But know this that if the goodman of the house had

known in what watch the thief would come he would have watched

and would not have suffered his house to be broken up .

MT-2444  Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye

think not the Son of man cometh .

MT-2445  Who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his lord

hath made ruler over his household to give them meat in due

season .

MT-2446  Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he cometh

shall find so doing .

MT-2447  Verily I say unto you That he shall make him ruler over

all his goods .

MT-2448  But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart My

lord delayeth his coming .

MT-2449  And shall begin to smite his fellowservants and to eat

and drink with the drunken .

MT-2450  The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he

looketh not for him and in an hour that he is not aware of .

MT-2451  And shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion

with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth

.

* MT-251  Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten

virgins which took their lamps and went forth to meet the

bridegroom .

MT-252  And five of them were wise and five were foolish .

MT-253  They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil

with them .

MT-254  But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps .

MT-255  While the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and

slept .

MT-256  And at midnight there was a cry made Behold the

bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him .

MT-257  Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps .

MT-258  And the foolish said unto the wise Give us of your oil

for our lamps are gone out .

MT-259  But the wise answered saying Not so lest there be not

enough for us and you but go ye rather to them that sell and buy

for yourselves .

MT-2510  And while they went to buy the bridegroom came and they

that were ready went in with him to the marriage and the door

was shut .

MT-2511  Afterward came also the other virgins saying Lord Lord

open to us .

MT-2512  But he answered and said Verily I say unto you I know

you not .

MT-2513  Watch therefore for ye know neither the day nor the

hour wherein the Son of man cometh .

MT-2514  For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a

far country who called his own servants and delivered unto them

his goods .

MT-2515  And unto one he gave five talents to another two and to

another one to every man according to his several ability and

straightway took his journey .

MT-2516  Then he that had received the five talents went and

traded with the same and made them other five talents .

MT-2517  And likewise he that had received two he also gained

other two .

MT-2518  But he that had received one went and digged in the

earth and hid his lord's money .

MT-2519  After a long time the lord of those servants cometh and

reckoneth with them .

MT-2520  And so he that had received five talents came and

brought other five talents saying Lord thou deliveredst unto me

five talents behold I have gained beside them five talents more .

MT-2521  His lord said unto him Well done thou good and faithful

servant thou hast been faithful over a few things I will make

thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy of thy lord .

MT-2522  He also that had received two talents came and said

Lord thou deliveredst unto me two talents behold I have gained

two other talents beside them .

MT-2523  His lord said unto him Well done good and faithful

servant thou hast been faithful over a few things I will make

thee ruler over many things enter thou into the joy of thy lord .

MT-2524  Then he which had received the one talent came and said

Lord I knew thee that thou art an hard man reaping where thou

hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not strowed .

MT-2525  And I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the

earth lo there thou hast that is thine .

MT-2526  His lord answered and said unto him Thou wicked and

slothful servant thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not and

gather where I have not strowed .

MT-2527  Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the

exchangers and then at my coming I should have received mine own

with usury .

MT-2528  Take therefore the talent from him and give it unto him

which hath ten talents .

MT-2529  For unto every one that hath shall be given and he

shall have abundance but from him that hath not shall be taken

away even that which he hath .

MT-2530  And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer

darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth .

MT-2531  When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the

holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his

glory .

MT-2532  And before him shall be gathered all nations and he

shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth his

sheep from the goats .

MT-2533  And he shall set the sheep on his right hand but the

goats on the left .

MT-2534  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand

Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for

you from the foundation of the world .

MT-2535  For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat I was thirsty

and ye gave me drink I was a stranger and ye took me in .

MT-2536  Naked and ye clothed me I was sick and ye visited me I

was in prison and ye came unto me .

MT-2537  Then shall the righteous answer him saying Lord when

saw we thee an hungered and fed thee or thirsty and gave thee

drink .

MT-2538  When saw we thee a stranger and took thee in or naked

and clothed thee .

MT-2539  Or when saw we thee sick or in prison and came unto

thee .

MT-2540  And the King shall answer and say unto them Verily I

say unto you Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least

of these my brethren ye have done it unto me .

MT-2541  Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand

Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the

devil and his angels .

MT-2542  For I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat I was

thirsty and ye gave me no drink .

MT-2543  I was a stranger and ye took me not in naked and ye

clothed me not sick and in prison and ye visited me not .

MT-2544  Then shall they also answer him saying Lord when saw we

thee an hungered or athirst or a stranger or naked or sick or in

prison and did not minister unto thee .

MT-2545  Then shall he answer them saying Verily I say unto you

Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it

not to me .

MT-2546  And these shall go away into everlasting punishment but

the righteous into life eternal .

* MT-261  And it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these

sayings he said unto his disciples .

MT-262  Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover

and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified .

MT-263  Then assembled together the chief priests and the

scribes and the elders of the people unto the palace of the high

priest who was called Caiaphas .

MT-264  And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety and

kill him .

MT-265  But they said Not on the feast day lest there be an

uproar among the people .

MT-266  Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the

leper .

MT-267  There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of

very precious ointment and poured it on his head as he sat at

meat .

MT-268  But when his disciples saw it they had indignation

saying To what purpose is this waste .

MT-269  For this ointment might have been sold for much and

given to the poor .

MT-2610  When Jesus understood it he said unto them Why trouble

ye the woman for she hath wrought a good work upon me .

MT-2611  For ye have the poor always with you but me ye have not

always .

MT-2612  For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body

she did it for my burial .

MT-2613  Verily I say unto you Wheresoever this gospel shall be

preached in the whole world there shall also this that this

woman hath done be told for a memorial of her .

MT-2614  Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot went unto

the chief priests .

MT-2615  And said unto them What will ye give me and I will

deliver him unto you And they covenanted with him for thirty

pieces of silver .

MT-2616  And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him .

MT-2617  Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the

disciples came to Jesus saying unto him Where wilt thou that we

prepare for thee to eat the passover .

MT-2618  And he said Go into the city to such a man and say unto

him The Master saith My time is at hand I will keep the passover

at thy house with my disciples .

MT-2619  And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them and

they made ready the passover .

MT-2620  Now when the even was come he sat down with the twelve .

MT-2621  And as they did eat he said Verily I say unto you that

one of you shall betray me .

MT-2622  And they were exceeding sorrowful and began every one

of them to say unto him Lord is it I .

MT-2623  And he answered and said He that dippeth his hand with

me in the dish the same shall betray me .

MT-2624  The Son of man goeth as it is written of him but woe

unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed it had been

good for that man if he had not been born .

MT-2625  Then Judas which betrayed him answered and said Master

is it I He said unto him Thou hast said .

MT-2626  And as they were eating Jesus took bread and blessed it

and brake it and gave it to the disciples and said Take eat this

is my body .

MT-2627  And he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them

saying Drink ye all of it .

MT-2628  For this is my blood of the new testament which is shed

for many for the remission of sins .

MT-2629  But I say unto you I will not drink henceforth of this

fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in

my Father's kingdom .

MT-2630  And when they had sung an hymn they went out into the

mount of Olives .

MT-2631  Then saith Jesus unto them All ye shall be offended

because of me this night for it is written I will smite the

shepherd and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad .

MT-2632  But after I am risen again I will go before you into

Galilee .

MT-2633  Peter answered and said unto him Though all men shall

be offended because of thee yet will I never be offended .

MT-2634  Jesus said unto him Verily I say unto thee That this

night before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice .

MT-2635  Peter said unto him Though I should die with thee yet

will I not deny thee Likewise also said all the disciples .

MT-2636  Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called

Gethsemane and saith unto the disciples Sit ye here while I go

and pray yonder .

MT-2637  And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee

and began to be sorrowful and very heavy .

MT-2638  Then saith he unto them My soul is exceeding sorrowful

even unto death tarry ye here and watch with me .

MT-2639  And he went a little farther and fell on his face and

prayed saying O my Father if it be possible let this cup pass

from me nevertheless not as I will but as thou wilt .

MT-2640  And he cometh unto the disciples and findeth them

asleep and saith unto Peter What could ye not watch with me one

hour .

MT-2641  Watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation the

spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak .

MT-2642  He went away again the second time and prayed saying O

my Father if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink

it thy will be done .

MT-2643  And he came and found them asleep again for their eyes

were heavy .

MT-2644  And he left them and went away again and prayed the

third time saying the same words .

MT-2645  Then cometh he to his disciples and saith unto them

Sleep on now and take your rest behold the hour is at hand and

the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners .

MT-2646  Rise let us be going behold he is at hand that doth

betray me .

MT-2647  And while he yet spake lo Judas one of the twelve came

and with him a great multitude with swords and staves from the

chief priests and elders of the people .

MT-2648  Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign saying

Whomsoever I shall kiss that same is he hold him fast .

MT-2649  And forthwith he came to Jesus and said Hail master and

kissed him .

MT-2650  And Jesus said unto him Friend wherefore art thou come

Then came they and laid hands on Jesus and took him .

MT-2651  And behold one of them which were with Jesus stretched

out his hand and drew his sword and struck a servant of the high

priest's and smote off his ear .

MT-2652  Then said Jesus unto him Put up again thy sword into

his place for all they that take the sword shall perish with the

sword .

MT-2653  Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father and

he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels .

MT-2654  But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled that

thus it must be .

MT-2655  In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes Are ye

come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take

me I sat daily with you teaching in the temple and ye laid no

hold on me .

MT-2656  But all this was done that the scriptures of the

prophets might be fulfilled Then all the disciples forsook him

and fled .

MT-2657  And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to

Caiaphas the high priest where the scribes and the elders were

assembled .

MT-2658  But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's

palace and went in and sat with the servants to see the end .

MT-2659  Now the chief priests and elders and all the council

sought false witness against Jesus to put him to death .

MT-2660  But found none yea though many false witnesses came yet

found they none At the last came two false witnesses .

MT-2661  And said This fellow said I am able to destroy the

temple of God and to build it in three days .

MT-2662  And the high priest arose and said unto him Answerest

thou nothing what is it which these witness against thee .

MT-2663  But Jesus held his peace And the high priest answered

and said unto him I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell

us whether thou be the Christ the Son of God .

MT-2664  Jesus saith unto him Thou hast said nevertheless I say

unto you Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the

right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven .

MT-2665  Then the high priest rent his clothes saying He hath

spoken blasphemy what further need have we of witnesses behold

now ye have heard his blasphemy .

MT-2666  What think ye They answered and said He is guilty of

death .

MT-2667  Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him and

others smote him with the palms of their hands .

MT-2668  Saying Prophesy unto us thou Christ Who is he that

smote thee .

MT-2669  Now Peter sat without in the palace and a damsel came

unto him saying Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee .

MT-2670  But he denied before them all saying I know not what

thou sayest .

MT-2671  And when he was gone out into the porch another maid

saw him and said unto them that were there This fellow was also

with Jesus of Nazareth .

MT-2672  And again he denied with an oath I do not know the man .

MT-2673  And after a while came unto him they that stood by and

said to Peter Surely thou also art one of them for thy speech

bewrayeth thee .

MT-2674  Then began he to curse and to swear saying I know not

the man And immediately the cock crew .

MT-2675  And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which said unto

him Before the cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice And he went

out and wept bitterly .

* MT-271  When the morning was come all the chief priests and

elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to

death .

MT-272  And when they had bound him they led him away and

delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor .

MT-273  Then Judas which had betrayed him when he saw that he

was condemned repented himself and brought again the thirty

pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders .

MT-274  Saying I have sinned in that I have betrayed the

innocent blood And they said What is that to us see thou to that

.

MT-275  And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple and

departed and went and hanged himself .

MT-276  And the chief priests took the silver pieces and said It

is not lawful for to put them into the treasury because it is

the price of blood .

MT-277  And they took counsel and bought with them the potter's

field to bury strangers in .

MT-278  Wherefore that field was called The field of blood unto

this day .

MT-279  Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the

prophet saying And they took the thirty pieces of silver the

price of him that was valued whom they of the children of Israel

did value .

MT-2710  And gave them for the potter's field as the Lord

appointed me .

MT-2711  And Jesus stood before the governor and the governor

asked him saying Art thou the King of the Jews And Jesus said

unto him Thou sayest .

MT-2712  And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders

he answered nothing .

MT-2713  Then said Pilate unto him Hearest thou not how many

things they witness against thee .

MT-2714  And he answered him to never a word insomuch that the

governor marvelled greatly .

MT-2715  Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto

the people a prisoner whom they would .

MT-2716  And they had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas .

MT-2717  Therefore when they were gathered together Pilate said

unto them Whom will ye that I release unto you Barabbas or Jesus

which is called Christ .

MT-2718  For he knew that for envy they had delivered him .

MT-2719  When he was set down on the judgment seat his wife sent

unto him saying Have thou nothing to do with that just man for I

have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him .

MT-2720  But the chief priests and elders persuaded the

multitude that they should ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus .

MT-2721  The governor answered and said unto them Whether of the

twain will ye that I release unto you They said Barabbas .

MT-2722  Pilate saith unto them What shall I do then with Jesus

which is called Christ They all say unto him Let him be

crucified .

MT-2723  And the governor said Why what evil hath he done But

they cried out the more saying Let him be crucified .

MT-2724  When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing but that

rather a tumult was made he took water and washed his hands

before the multitude saying I am innocent of the blood of this

just person see ye to it .

MT-2725  Then answered all the people and said His blood be on

us and on our children .

MT-2726  Then released he Barabbas unto them and when he had

scourged Jesus he delivered him to be crucified .

MT-2727  Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the

common hall and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers .

MT-2728  And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe .

MT-2729  And when they had platted a crown of thorns they put it

upon his head and a reed in his right hand and they bowed the

knee before him and mocked him saying Hail King of the Jews .

MT-2730  And they spit upon him and took the reed and smote him

on the head .

MT-2731  And after that they had mocked him they took the robe

off from him and put his own raiment on him and led him away to

crucify him .

MT-2732  And as they came out they found a man of Cyrene Simon

by name him they compelled to bear his cross .

MT-2733  And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha

that is to say a place of a skull .

MT-2734  They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall and

when he had tasted thereof he would not drink .

MT-2735  And they crucified him and parted his garments casting

lots that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet

They parted my garments among them and upon my vesture did they

cast lots .