Matthew 7:24-19:2 Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, will be like a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:

RKJNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, will be like a wise man, who built his house upon a rock: ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it did not fall: for it was founded upon a rock. ²⁶ And every one who hears these words of mine, and does not do them, is like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ 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. ²⁸ And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching: ²⁹ For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. ⁸ ¹ When he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. ² And, behold, there came a leper and knelt before him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. ³ And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I am willing; be clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴ And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. ⁵ And when Jesus entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, begging him, ⁶ Saying, Lord, my servant lies at home paralysed, grievously tormented. ⁷ And Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him. ⁸ The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof: but just speak the word, and my servant shall be healed. ⁹ For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my slave, Do this, and he does it. ¹⁰ When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith, no, not even in Israel. ¹¹ And I say to you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall recline at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. ¹² But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness: where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹³ And Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done for you. And his servant was healed that same hour. ¹⁴ And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. ¹⁵ And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered to them. ¹⁶ When evening had come, they brought to him many who were possessed by devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all who were sick: ¹⁷ That what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, He Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses. ¹⁸ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave orders to depart to the other side. ¹⁹ And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. ²⁰ And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head. ²¹ And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father. ²² But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their own dead. ²³ And when he entered into a boat, his disciples followed him. ²⁴ And, behold, there arose a great tempest on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. ²⁵ And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we are perishing. ²⁶ And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. ²⁷ And the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! ²⁸ And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two men possessed by devils met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. ²⁹ And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? have you come here to torment us before the time? ³⁰ Now there was, a good way off from them, a herd of many swine feeding. ³¹ So the devils begged him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. ³² And he said to them, Go. And when they came out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters. ³³ And those who kept them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those possessed by the devils. ³⁴ And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they begged him that he would depart out of their region. ⁹ ¹ And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came to his own city. ² And, behold, they brought to him a paralytic man, lying on a mat: and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic; Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven. ³ And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes. ⁴ And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and walk? ⁶ But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins, (then he said to the paralytic,) Arise, take up your mat, and go to your house. ⁷ And he arose, and departed to his house. ⁸ But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, who had given such authority to men. ⁹ And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the tax office: and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. ¹⁰ And it came to pass, as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax gatherers and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. ¹¹ And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with tax gatherers and sinners? ¹² But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, Those who are whole do not need a physician, but those who are sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. ¹⁴ Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast? ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them, Can the wedding guests mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they shall fast. ¹⁶ No man puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment, for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. ¹⁷ Nor do men put new wine into old wineskins: for if they do, the wineskins burst, and the wine runs out, and the wineskins are destroyed: but they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. ¹⁸ While he spoke these things to them, behold, a certain ruler came, and bowed before him, saying, My daughter has just died: but come and lay your hand upon her, and she shall live. ¹⁹ And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. ²⁰ And, behold, a woman, who had suffered for twelve years with a flow of blood, came up behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: ²¹ For she said to herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be made well. ²² But Jesus turned around, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, take heart; your faith has made you well. And the woman was made well from that hour. ²³ And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute players and the crowd making a noise, ²⁴ He said to them, Depart: for the girl is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn. ²⁵ But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. ²⁶ And the report of this went abroad throughout all that region. ²⁷ And when Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Son of David, have mercy on us. ²⁸ And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done to you. ³⁰ And their eyes were opened; and Jesus sternly charged them, saying, See that no man knows of this. ³¹ When they departed, they spread abroad his fame in all that region. ³² As they were going away, behold, a dumb man possessed by a devil was brought to him. ³³ And when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel. ³⁴ But the Pharisees said, He casts out devils by the prince of the devils. ³⁵ 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. ³⁶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ³⁷ Then he said to his disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the labourers are few; ³⁸ Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. ¹⁰ ¹ And when he had called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of infirmity. ² 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; ³ Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax gatherer; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁴ Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. ⁵ These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans: ⁶ But rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give. ⁹ Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor copper for your purses, ¹⁰ Nor bag for your journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his food. ¹¹ And into whatever city or village you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and abide there until you depart. ¹² And when you come into a house, greet it. ¹³ And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴ And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. ¹⁵ Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. ¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore be as wise as serpents, and as harmless as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; ¹⁸ And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given to you in that hour what you shall speak. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. ²¹ And brother shall deliver up 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. ²² And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved. ²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, before the Son of man comes. ²⁴ The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his master. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he is like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household? ²⁶ Therefore, do not fear them: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and nothing hidden, that shall not be made known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light: and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. ²⁸ And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall to the ground without your Father's consent. ³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Therefore, do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows. ³² Whoever shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. ³³ But whoever shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. ³⁴ Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ³⁶ And a man's foes shall be those of his own household. ³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ And he who does not take up his cross, and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹ He who finds his life shall lose it: and he who loses his life for my sake shall find it. ⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. ⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever shall give to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is my disciple, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. ¹¹ ¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities. ² Now when John heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent word by two of his disciples, ³ And said to him, Are you he who is to come, or should we look for another? ⁴ Jesus answered them, Go and tell John those things which you hear and see: ⁵ 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. ⁶ And blessed is he who does not find cause to stumble over me. ⁷ And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. ⁹ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. ¹¹ Truly I say to you, Among those who are born of women there has not arisen one greater than John the Baptist: yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And if you will receive it, he is Elijah, who was to come. ¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows, ¹⁷ And saying, We have piped for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned for you, and you have not lamented. ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax gatherers and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her deeds. ²⁰ Then he began to rebuke the cities in which most of his miracles had been done, because they did not repent: ²¹ Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? you shall be brought down to Hades: for if the miracles which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ But I say to you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you. ²⁵ At that time Jesus said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes. ²⁶ Yes, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight. ²⁷ All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the Father; nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. ²⁸ Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. ¹² ¹ At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the heads of grain, and to eat. ² But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. ³ But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, he and those who were with him; ⁴ How he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? ⁵ Or have you not read in the law, that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶ But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. ⁷ But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸ For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. ⁹ And when he departed from there, he went into their synagogue: ¹⁰ And, behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. ¹¹ And he said to them, What man is there among you, if he has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the sabbath day, will not lay hold of it, and lift it out? ¹² How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep? Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. ¹³ Then he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored, whole like the other. ¹⁴ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵ But Jesus, knowing this, withdrew from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; ¹⁶ And charged them that they should not make him known: ¹⁷ That what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, ¹⁸ 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 proclaim justice to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ He shall not quarrel, nor cry out; nor shall any man hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰ A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoking wick he shall not quench, until he brings justice to victory. ²¹ And in his name shall the Gentiles hope. ²² Then was brought to him one possessed by a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb man both spoke and saw. ²³ And all the people were amazed, and said, Is this not the son of David? ²⁴ But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow casts out devils only by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. ²⁵ And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: ²⁶ And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? ²⁷ And if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. ²⁸ But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. ²⁹ Or how can one enter a strong man's house, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? and then he will plunder his house. ³⁰ He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me scatters. ³¹ Therefore I say to you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven men. ³² And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come. ³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴ You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. ³⁶ But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account of on the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned. ³⁸ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we wish see a sign from you. ³⁹ But he answered them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah: ⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹ The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, one greater than Jonah is here. ⁴² The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the remotest parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, one greater than Solomon is here. ⁴³ When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. ⁴⁴ Then it says, I will return to my house from which I came; and when it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵ Then it goes, and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter in and live there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation. ⁴⁶ While he was still talking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, desiring to speak with him. ⁴⁷ Then one said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to speak with you. ⁴⁸ But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? ⁴⁹ And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! ⁵⁰ For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother. ¹³ ¹ That same day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea. ² And great multitudes gathered around him, so that he went into a boat, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. ³ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; ⁴ And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them: ⁵ Some fell upon stony places, where they did not have much earth: and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil: ⁶ And when the sun came up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷ And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked them: ⁸ But other seeds fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. ⁹ He who has ears, let him hear. ¹⁰ And the disciples came, and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables? ¹¹ He answered them, It has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. ¹² For whoever has, to him shall more be given, and he shall have an abundance: but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away. ¹³ Therefore, I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who says, You shall continue to hear, but not understand; and you shall continue to see, but not perceive: ¹⁵ For this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest 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. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. ¹⁷ For truly I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them. ¹⁸ Hear then the parable of the sower. ¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown by the wayside. ²⁰ The seed sown upon stony places is he who hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy; ²¹ Yet he has no root in himself, and endures only for a while: when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he falls away. ²² The seed sown among the thorns is he who hears the word; and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ²³ But the seed sown on the good ground is he who hears the word, and understands it; he also bears fruit, and brings forth, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty. ²⁴ He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field: ²⁵ But while everyone slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ But when the wheat had sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then the tares appeared also. ²⁷ So the servants of the landowner came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? where then did the tares come from? ²⁸ He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Do you wish for us to go and gather them up? ²⁹ But he said, No; lest while you gather up the tares, you also pull up the wheat with them. ³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest: and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. ³¹ He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: ³² It is the smallest of all seeds: but when it is fully grown, it is the largest of the garden plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches. ³³ He spoke another parable to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened. ³⁴ All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and he spoke nothing to them without using a parable, ³⁵ That what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. ³⁶ Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. ³⁷ He answered them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man; ³⁸ The field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the wicked one; ³⁹ The enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰ Therefore, as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be at the end of this age. ⁴¹ The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity; ⁴² And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. ⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid again, then for joy went and sold all that he had, and bought that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls. ⁴⁶ When he found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered fish of every kind: ⁴⁸ Which, when it was full, they drew it to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. ⁴⁹ So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and separate the wicked from among the just, ⁵⁰ And shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹ Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They said to him, Yes. ⁵² Then he said to them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is an owner of a house, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old. ⁵³ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. ⁵⁴ And when he had come to his home town, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Where did this man get this wisdom, and these miracles? ⁵⁵ Is this not the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things? ⁵⁷ And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, except in his home town, and in his own house. ⁵⁸ And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. ¹⁴ ¹ At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, ² And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead; and therefore miraculous powers are at work in him. ³ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. ⁴ For John said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her. ⁵ And although he would have put him to death, he feared the people, because they counted him as a prophet. ⁶ But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. ⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. ⁸ And she, having been prompted by her mother, said, Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter. ⁹ And the king was sorry: nevertheless, because of his oath and his guests, he commanded that it be given to her. ¹⁰ And he sent, and had John beheaded in the prison. ¹¹ And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the girl: and she brought it to her mother. ¹² And his disciples came, and took the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. ¹³ When Jesus heard of it, he departed from there by boat privately into a solitary place: and when the people heard this, they followed him on foot out of the cities. ¹⁴ As Jesus went ashore, and saw a great multitude, he was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. ¹⁵ And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desolate place, and the day is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food. ¹⁶ But Jesus said to them, They need not depart; you give them something to eat. ¹⁷ And they said to him, We have here but five loaves, and two fish. ¹⁸ He said, Bring them here to me. ¹⁹ And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. ²⁰ And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up what remained of the fragments, twelve baskets full. ²¹ And those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. ²² And immediately Jesus made his disciples get into a boat, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitude away. ²³ And when he had sent the multitude away, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray: and when evening came, he was there alone. ²⁴ But the boat was now many stadia from the land, tossed by waves: for the wind was contrary. ²⁵ And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. ²⁶ And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out in fear. ²⁷ But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Take heart; it is I; do not be afraid. ²⁸ And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it is you, bid me come to you on the water. ²⁹ And he said, Come. And Peter got down out of the boat, and walked on the water to Jesus. ³⁰ But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me. ³¹ And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? ³² And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. ³³ Then those who were in the boat came and worshipped him, saying, Truly you are the Son of God. ³⁴ And when they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵ And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought to him all who were diseased; ³⁶ And begged him that they might just touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched it were made perfectly well. ¹⁵ ¹ Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, ² Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³ But he answered and said to them, Why do you transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, saying, Honour your father and mother: and, He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death. ⁵ But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever of mine might benefit you is a gift to God; ⁶ Then he is free not to honour his father or his mother. Thus have you made the commandment of God void by your tradition. ⁷ You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, ⁸ This people honours me with their lips; but their hearts are far from me. ⁹ But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. ¹⁰ And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand: ¹¹ Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man. ¹² Then his disciples came, and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? ¹³ But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. ¹⁵ Then Peter answered and said to him, Explain to us this parable. ¹⁶ And Jesus said, Are you also still without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is eliminated? ¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness, slanders: ²⁰ These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man. ²¹ Then Jesus went from there, and departed to the districts of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of that region, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. ²³ But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us. ²⁴ But he answered and said, I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ²⁵ Then she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. ²⁶ But he answered and said, It is not proper to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. ²⁷ And she said, True, Lord: yet the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. ²⁸ Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it done for you as you wish. And her daughter was made well from that very hour. ²⁹ And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up on a mountain, and sat down there. ³⁰ And great multitudes came to him, having with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, dumb, and many others, and put them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them, ³¹ So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they glorified the God of Israel. ³² Then Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way. ³³ And his disciples said to him, Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill so great a multitude? ³⁴ And Jesus said to them, How many loaves do you have? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish. ³⁵ And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. ³⁶ And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. ³⁷ And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up the broken pieces that were left, seven baskets full. ³⁸ And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. ³⁹ And he sent away the multitude, and got into the boat, and came to the region of Magadan. ¹⁶ ¹ The Pharisees and the Sadducees came, and testing him, asked that he would show them a sign from heaven. ² He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. ³ And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky; but can you not discern the signs of the times? ⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall be no sign given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed. ⁵ When they came to the other side of the lake, his disciples found they had forgotten to take bread. ⁶ Then Jesus said to them, Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. ⁷ And they discussed among themselves, saying, It is because we brought no bread. ⁸ When Jesus perceived this, he said to them, O you of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have brought no bread? ⁹ Do you not yet understand; do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? ¹⁰ Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? ¹¹ How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? ¹² Then they understood that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. ¹³ When Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is? ¹⁴ And they said, Some say that you are John the Baptist: some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. ¹⁵ He said to them, But who do you say that I am? ¹⁶ Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. ¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah: for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. ¹⁸ And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. ¹⁹ And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ²⁰ Then he charged his disciples that they should tell no man that he was the Christ. ²¹ From that time forth Jesus began to show to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day. ²² Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, God forbid it, Lord: this shall not happen to you. ²³ But he turned, and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan: you are an offence to me: for you are not thinking of the things of God, but of the things of men. ²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it: and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it. ²⁶ For what does it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? ²⁷ 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. ²⁸ Truly I say to you, There are some standing here, who shall not taste of death, until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. ¹⁷ ¹ And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up a high mountain where they were alone, ² And was transfigured before them: and his face shone like the sun, and his clothing was white as the light. ³ And, behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. ⁴ Then Peter answered, and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you wish, let us make three tabernacles here; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. ⁵ While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and a voice out of the cloud said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear him. ⁶ And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. ⁷ And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and do not be afraid. ⁸ And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus only. ⁹ And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man has risen again from the dead. ¹⁰ And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? ¹¹ And Jesus answered them, Elijah truly shall come first, and restore all things. ¹² But I say to you, That Elijah has already come, and they did not know him, but have done to him whatever they pleased. Likewise shall the Son of man suffer at their hands. ¹³ Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist. ¹⁴ And when they had come to the multitude, a certain man came to him, kneeling down before him, and saying, ¹⁵ Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and severely vexed: for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. ¹⁶ And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him. ¹⁷ Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? bring him here to me. ¹⁸ And Jesus rebuked the devil; and it departed out of him: and the boy was cured from that very hour. ¹⁹ Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, Why could we not cast it out? ²⁰ And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there; and it shall move; and nothing shall be impossible for you. ²¹ [Yet this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.] ²² And when they came together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: ²³ And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceedingly sorry. ²⁴ And when they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the tax came to Peter, and said, Does not your teacher pay the tax? ²⁵ He said, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, What do you think, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take customs or tribute? from their own sons, or from strangers? ²⁶ Peter said to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then the sons are free. ²⁷ But lest we offend them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you have opened its mouth, you shall find a shekel: take that, and give it to them for me and you. ¹⁸ ¹ At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ² And Jesus called a little child to him, and set him in the midst of them, ³ And said, Truly I say to you, Unless you are converted, and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Therefore, whoever shall humble himself as this little child, he is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. ⁵ And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me. ⁶ But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him that a great millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea. ⁷ Woe to the world because of temptations! for it must be that temptations come; but woe to that man by whom the temptation comes! ⁸ Therefore, if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off, and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire. ⁹ And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the fire of hell. ¹⁰ Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. ¹¹ [For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.] ¹² What do you think? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains, and seek the one that has gone astray? ¹³ And if he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep, than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray. ¹⁴ In the same way, it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. ¹⁵ If your brother shall sin against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you, you have gained your brother. ¹⁶ But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more, that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷ And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church: but if he even refuses to hear the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax gatherer. ¹⁸ Truly I say to you, Whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth about anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. ²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Peter came to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? up to seven times? ²² Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy times seven. ²³ Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ And when he had begun the settlement, one was brought to him, who owed him ten thousand talents. ²⁵ But because he had nothing with which to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. ²⁶ Therefore the servant fell down, and implored him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all. ²⁷ Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and released him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred denarii: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. ²⁹ And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and begged him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. ³⁰ He refused however, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay the debt. ³¹ So when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were very sorry, and came and told their lord all that had happened. ³² Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, You wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me: ³³ Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you? ³⁴ And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the torturers, until he should pay all that was due him. ³⁵ So shall my heavenly Father also do to each one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart. ¹⁹ ¹ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the region of Judaea beyond the Jordan; ² And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.