Just the Words of Jesus from the Book of Matthew World English Bible (WEB) Version

The following text is just the Spoken Words of Jesus with all other text deleted. Some Bibles show theses words and His commandments of Jesus Christ in Red.

As disciples we need to obey what Jesus commands. Obedience (obeying His word) shows that we love Him.

My goal is to finish the rest of Jesus' words in the New Testament in text form, then make it available on audio CD with background instrumental music similar to my Bible Bytes - Narrated Bible Scripture Promises CD

3:15 “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.”

4:4 “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

4:7 “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’

4:10 “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’”

4:17 “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

4:19 “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

5:5 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

5:10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

5:11 “Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

5:12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

5:14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.

5:15 Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.

5:16 Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

5:17 “Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.

5:18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

5:19 Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

5:20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

5:21 “You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’

5:22 But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

5:23 “If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

5:24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

5:25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

5:26 Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.

5:27 “You have heard that it was said,  ‘You shall not commit adultery;’

5:28 but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

5:29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

5:30 If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

5:31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'

5:32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

5:33"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

5:34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

5:35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

5:36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.

5:37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'no.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

5:38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'

5:39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

5:40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.

5:41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

5:42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

5:43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'

5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

5:45 that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.

5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?

5:47 If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?

5:48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

6:1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

6:2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.

6:3 But when you do merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,

6:4 so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

6:5 "When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most assuredly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

6:6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

6:7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

6:8 Therefore don't be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

6:9 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

6:10 Let your kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

6:11 Give us today our daily bread.

6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

6:13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

6:14 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

6:15 But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

6:16 “Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

6:18 so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

6:19 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

6:21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

6:22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

6:23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

6:24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

6:25 Therefore, I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

6:26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

6:27 “Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

6:28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

6:29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

6:30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

6:31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’

6:32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

6:33 But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

6:34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

7:1 “Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

7:4 Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

7:6 “Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

7:7 “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

7:8 For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

7:9 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

7:10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

7:11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

7:12 Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

7:13 “Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

7:14 How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

7:16 By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

7:17 Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

7:18 A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

7:19 Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

7:21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

7:22 Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’

7:23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

7:24 “Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

7:25 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

7:26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

7:27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

8:3 “I want to. Be made clean.”

8:4 “See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

8:7 “I will come and heal him.”

8:10 “Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel.

8:11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

8:12 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

8:13 “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.”

8:20 “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

8:22 “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

8:26 “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?”

8:32 “Go!”

9:2 “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”

9:4“Why do you think evil in your hearts?

9:5 For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Get up, and walk?’

9:6 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” “Get up, and take up your mat, and go up to your house.”

9:9 “Follow me.”

9:12 “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

9:13 But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

9:15 “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

9:17 Neither do people put new wine into old wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

9:22 “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.”

9:24 “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.”

9:28 “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”

9:29 “According to your faith be it done to you.”

9:30 “See that no one knows about this.”

9:37 “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

9:38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”

10:5 “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.

10:6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

10:7 As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

10:9 Don’t take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

10:10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

10:11 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

10:12 As you enter into the household, greet it.

10:13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.

10:14 Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

10:15 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

10:16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

10:18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

10:19 But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

10:20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

10:21 “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

10:22 You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

10:24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

10:26 Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

10:27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

10:28 Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

10:29 “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,

10:30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

10:31 Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

10:32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

10:33 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

10:34 “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

10:35 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

10:36 A man’s foes will be those of his own household.

10:37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

10:38 He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

10:39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

10:40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

10:41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

10:42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

11:4 “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

11:6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

11:7  “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

11:8 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king’s houses.

11:9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

11:11 Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

11:12 From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

11:14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.

11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

11:16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

11:17 and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned for you, and you didn’t lament.’

11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

11:22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

11:23 You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, you will go down to Hades. For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.

11:24 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, on the day of judgment, than for you.”

11:25  “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

11:26 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

11:27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

11:28 “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

12:3 “Haven’t you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

12:4 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests?

12:5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

12:6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

12:7 But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’^* you would not have condemned the guiltless.

12:8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

12:11 “What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won’t he grab on to it, and lift it out?

12:12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.”

12:13 “Stretch out your hand.”

12:25 “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

12:26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

12:27 If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

12:28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

12:29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.

12:30 “He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

12:31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

12:32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

12:33 “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

12:34 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

12:35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure^* brings out evil things.

12:36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

12:37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

12:39 “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

12:41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

12:42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

12:43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.

12:44 Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came out,’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

12:45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”

12:48 “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”

12:49 “Behold, my mother and my brothers!

12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

13:3 “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

13:4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

13:5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

13:6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

13:7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

13:8 Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

13:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

13:11 “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

13:12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

13:13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.

13:14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

13:15 for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes;

or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.’

13:16 “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

13:17 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

13:18 “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

13:19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

13:20 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

13:21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

13:22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

13:23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

13:24 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

13:25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

13:26 But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

13:27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?’

13:28 “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

13:29 “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.   

13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”

13:31 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

13:32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”

13:33 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

13:37 “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

13:38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

13:39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

13:40 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

13:41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

13:42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

13:43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

13:44 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

13:45 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

13:46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

13:47 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

13:48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

13:49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

13:50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”

13:51 “Have you understood all these things?”

13:52 “Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

13:57 “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”

14:16 “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

14:18 “Bring them here to me.”

14:27  “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.”

14:29  “Come!”

14:31 “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

15:3 “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

15:4 For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

15:5 But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”

15:6 he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

15:7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

15:8 ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

15:9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”

15:10 “Hear, and understand.

15:11 That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

15:13 “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

15:14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

15:16 “Do you also still not understand?

15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

15:18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

15:19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

15:20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”

16:2 “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’

16:3 In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!

16:4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.”

16:6  “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

16:8  “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’

16:9 Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

16:10 Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

16:11 How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

16:12 “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

16:15 “But who do you say that I am?”

16:17  “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

16:18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

16:19 I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

16:23 “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”

16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

16:26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

16:28 Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”

17:7  “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”

17:9  “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

17:11  “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,

17:12 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”

17:17  “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

17:20  “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

17:21 But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”

17:22  “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,

17:23 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.”

17:25 “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”

17:26 “Therefore the children are exempt.

17:27 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”

18:4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

18:5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

18:7 “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

18:8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, 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 the eternal fire.

18:9 If your eye causes you to stumble, 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 Gehenna of fire.

18:10 See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

18:11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

18:12 “What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

18:13 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

18:15 “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

18:16 But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.^*

18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

18:18 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

18:19 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

18:23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

18:24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

18:25 But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

18:26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

18:27 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

18:28 “But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

18:29 “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’

18:30 He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

18:31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.

18:32 Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

18:33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

18:34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

18:35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

19:4  “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,^*

19:5 and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’^*

19:6 So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

19:8  “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

19:9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

19:11  “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men;

and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

19:14  “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

19:18 ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

19:19 ‘Honor your father and mother.’^* And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

19:21  “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

19:23  “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

19:26  “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

19:29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

19:30 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

20:1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

20:2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

20:3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

20:4 To them he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

20:6 About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

20:7 “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

20:8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

20:9 “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

20:10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

20:11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

20:12 saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

20:13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?

20:14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

20:15 Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

20:16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

20:18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

20:19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

20:21  “What do you want?”

20:22  “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

20:23 “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

20:25  “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

20:26 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.

20:27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

20:28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

20:32  “What do you want me to do for you?”

21:2  “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.

21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

21:13  “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’^* but you have made it a den of robbers!”

21:19 “Let there be no fruit from you forever!”

21:21  “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.

21:22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

21:24  “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

21:25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?”

21:28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

21:29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

21:30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but he didn’t go.

21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

21:33 “Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

21:34 When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.

21:35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.

21:37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

21:38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’

21:39 So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

21:40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”

21:42  “Did you never read in the Scriptures,

‘The stone which the builders rejected,

the same was made the head of the corner.

This was from the Lord.

It is marvelous in our eyes?’

21:43 “Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.

21:44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”

22:3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

22:4 Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’

22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

22:6 and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

22:7 When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

22:8 “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.

22:9 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.’

22:10 Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

22:11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,

22:12 and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

22:13 Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’

22:14 For many are called, but few chosen.”

22:18  “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

22:19  Show me the tax money.”

22:20 “Whose is this image and inscription?”

22:21  “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

22:29  “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

22:32 ‘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.”

22:37 “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

22:38 This is the first and great commandment.

22:39 A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

22:40 The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

22:42  “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?”

22:43 “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

22:44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’

22:45 “If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”

23:2  “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.

23:3 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.

23:4 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

23:5 But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

23:6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

23:7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.

23:8 But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

23:9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

23:10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.

23:11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

23:12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

23:13 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

23:14 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

23:16 “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’

23:17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

23:18 ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’

23:19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

23:20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

23:21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

23:22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith.

           But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

23:24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

23:26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

23:28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

23:29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

23:30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

23:31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

23:32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.

23:33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?

23:34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

23:35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

23:36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

23:37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

23:38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate

23:39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

24:2 “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”

24:4  “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

24:5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.

24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.

24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

24:8 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

24:9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.

24:10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

24:11 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

24:12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

24:13 But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

24:14 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

24:15 “When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

24:16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

24:17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

24:18 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

24:19 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!

24:20 Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,

24:21 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

24:22 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

24:23 “Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There,’ don’t believe it.

24:24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

24:25 “Behold, I have told you beforehand.

24:26 If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it.

24:27 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

24:28 For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.

24:29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

24:30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

24:31 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

24:32 “Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

24:33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

24:34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

24:36 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

24:37 “As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

24:38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,

24:39 and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

24:40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;

24:41 two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.

24:42 Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

24:43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

24:44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

24:45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

24:46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

24:47 Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

24:48 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

24:49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,

24:50 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,

24:51 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

25:1 “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

25:2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

25:3 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,

25:4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

25:5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

25:6 But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’

25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

25:8 The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

25:9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’

25:10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

25:11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’

25:12 But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

25:13 Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

25:14 “For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

25:15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

25:16 Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

25:17 In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

25:18 But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

25:19 “Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

25:20 He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’

25:21 “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

25:22 “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’

25:23 “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

25:24 “He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

25:25 I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’

25:26 “But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

25:27 You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

25:28 Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

25:29 For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.

25:30 Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

25:31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

25:32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

25:33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

25:34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

25:35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

25:36 I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’

25:37 “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?

25:38 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?

25:39 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’

25:40 “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

25:41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

25:42 for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

25:43 I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

25:44 “Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’

25:45 “Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

26:2 “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

26:10 “Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

26:11 For you always have the poor with you; but you don’t always have me.

26:12 For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

26:13 Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”

26:18 “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.”’”

26:21 “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”

26:23  “He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.

26:24 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”

26:25 “You said it.”

26:26 “Take, eat; this is my body.”

26:27 “All of you drink it,

26:28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

26:29 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”

26:31 “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

26:32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”

26:34 “Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

26:36 “Sit here, while I go there and pray.”

26:38 “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me.”

26:39 “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

26:40 “What, couldn’t you watch with me for one hour?

26:41 Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

26:42 “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”

26:45 “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.

26:46 Arise, let’s be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”

26:50 “Friend, why are you here?”

26:52 “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

26:53 Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

26:54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”

26:55 “Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn’t arrest me.

26:56 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.”

26:64 “You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, after this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky.”

27:11 “So you say.”

27:46 “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

28:9 “Rejoice!”

28:10 “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me.”

28:18 “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

28:19 Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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