1 THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of ^aDavid , the son of Abraham.
 2 ^aAbraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat ^bJudas and his brethren;
 3 And Judas begat ^aPhares and ^bZara of Thamar; and Phares begat ^cEsrom ; and Esrom begat Aram;
 4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and ^aNaasson begat Salmon;
 5 And Salmon begat ^aBooz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
 6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat ^aSolomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
 7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
 8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
 9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
 10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
 11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to ^aBabylon :
 12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat ^aZorobabel ;
 13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
 14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
 15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
 16 And Jacob begat ^aJoseph the husband of ^bMary , of whom was born ^cJesus , ^dwho is called ^eChrist .
 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen ^agenerations .
 18 ¶ ^aNow the ^bbirth of Jesus Christ was ^con this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick ^aexample , was ^bminded to ^cput her away privily.
 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a ^adream , saying, Joseph, thou son of ^bDavid , fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the ^cHoly Ghost.
 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his ^aname ^bJESUS : for he shall ^csave his people from their sins.
 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
 23 ^aBehold , a ^bvirgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his ^cname ^dEmmanuel , which being interpreted is, God with us.
 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his ^awife :
 25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her ^afirstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

 1 NOW when Jesus was ^aborn in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
 2 Saying, ^aWhere is he that is born ^bKing of the Jews? for we have seen his ^cstar in the east, and are come to ^dworship him.
 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he ^ademanded of them ^bwhere Christ should be born.
 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
 6 And thou ^aBethlehem , in the land of ^bJuda , art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a ^cGovernor , that shall ^drule my people Israel.
 7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
 11 ¶ And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and ^afrankincense , and myrrh.
 12 And being warned of God in a ^adream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
 15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of ^aEgypt have I called my son.
 16 ¶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was ^amocked of the wise men, ^bwas exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and ^cslew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the ^dcoasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by ^aJeremy the prophet, saying,
 18 In ^aRama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great ^bmourning , Rachel weeping for her ^cchildren , and would not be comforted, because they are not.
 19 ¶ But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a ^adream to Joseph in Egypt,
 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the ^aland of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the ^aroom of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a ^bdream , he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called ^aNazareth : that it might be fulfilled which was ^bspoken by the prophets, He shall be called a ^cNazarene .

 1 IN those days came ^aJohn the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
 2 And saying, ^aRepent ye: for the ^bkingdom of heaven ^cis at hand.
 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet ^aEsaias , saying, The ^bvoice of one crying in the wilderness, ^cPrepare ye the way of the Lord, make his ^dpaths straight.
 4 And the same John had his ^araiment of ^bcamel ’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was ^clocusts and wild honey.
 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
 6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, ^aconfessing their sins.
 7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his ^abaptism , he said unto them, O ^bgeneration of vipers, who hath ^cwarned you to flee from the wrath to ^dcome ?
 8 Bring forth therefore fruits ^ameet for ^brepentance :
 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham ^ato our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which ^abringeth not forth good fruit is ^bhewn down, and cast into the fire.
 11 ^aI indeed ^bbaptize you with water unto ^crepentance : but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not ^dworthy to bear: he shall ^ebaptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with ^ffire :
 12 Whose ^afan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the ^bgarner ; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable ^cfire .
 13 ¶ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be ^abaptized of him.
 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, ^aSuffer it to be so now: for thus it ^bbecometh us to ^cfulfil all ^drighteousness . Then he suffered him.
 16 And Jesus, when he was ^abaptized , went up ^bstraightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the ^cSpirit of God descending like a ^ddove , and lighting upon him:
 17 And lo a ^avoice from heaven, saying, This is my ^bbeloved ^cSon , in whom I am well pleased.

 1 THEN was Jesus ^aled up of the Spirit into the wilderness ^bto be ^ctempted of the devil.
 2 And when he had ^afasted ^bforty days and forty nights, ^che was afterward an hungred.
 3 And when the ^atempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made ^bbread .
 4 But he answered and said, It is written, ^aMan shall not ^blive by ^cbread alone, but by every ^dword that proceedeth out of the ^emouth of God.
 5 ^aThen the devil taketh him up into the ^bholy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
 6 ^aAnd saith unto him, ^bIf thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not ^atempt the Lord thy God.
 8 ^aAgain , the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the ^bkingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
 9 ^aAnd saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, ^aSatan : for it is written, Thou shalt ^bworship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
 11 Then the devil leaveth him, ^aand , behold, ^bangels came and ministered unto him.
 12 ¶ Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into ^aGalilee ;
 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
 14 That it might be ^afulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
 15 The land of ^aZabulon , and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
 16 The people which sat in ^adarkness saw great ^blight ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
 17 ¶ From that time Jesus began to ^apreach , and to say, ^bRepent : for the ^ckingdom of heaven ^dis at hand.
 18 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were ^afishers .
 19 And he saith unto them, ^aFollow me, and I will make you ^bfishers of men.
 20 And they straightway left their nets, and ^afollowed him.
 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of ^aZebedee , and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he ^bcalled them.
 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
 23 ¶ And Jesus went about all ^aGalilee , ^bteaching in their synagogues, and ^cpreaching the gospel of the kingdom, and ^dhealing all manner of ^esickness and all manner of disease among the ^fpeople .
 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with ^adevils , and those which were lunatick, and those that had the ^bpalsy ; and he ^chealed them.
 25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

 1 ^aAND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
 3 ^aBlessed are the ^bpoor in spirit: for theirs is the ^ckingdom of heaven.
 4 Blessed are they that ^amourn : for they shall be ^bcomforted .
 5 Blessed are the ^ameek : for they shall inherit the ^bearth .
 6 Blessed are they which do ^ahunger and thirst after ^brighteousness : for they shall be filled.
 7 Blessed are the ^amerciful : for they shall obtain mercy.
 8 Blessed are the ^apure in ^bheart : for they shall ^csee God.
 9 Blessed are the ^apeacemakers : for they shall be called the ^bchildren of God.
 10 Blessed are they which are ^apersecuted for ^brighteousness ’ sake: for ^ctheirs is the kingdom of heaven.
 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall ^arevile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of ^bevil against you falsely, ^cfor my sake.
 12 ^aRejoice , and be exceeding glad: for great is your ^breward in heaven: for so ^cpersecuted they the prophets which were before you.
 13 ¶ Ye are the ^asalt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
 14 Ye are the ^alight of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
 15 Neither do men light a ^acandle , and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
 16 Let your ^alight so shine before men, that they may see your good ^bworks , and ^cglorify your Father which is in heaven.
 17 ¶ Think not that I am come to ^adestroy the ^blaw , or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the ^alaw , till all be ^bfulfilled .
 19 Whosoever therefore shall ^abreak one of these least commandments, ^band shall ^cteach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and ^dteach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
 20 For I say unto you, That except your ^arighteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the ^bscribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
 21 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou ^ashalt not ^bkill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be ^cin danger of the judgment:
 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is ^aangry with his brother ^bwithout a cause shall be ^cin danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, ^dRaca , shall be ^ein danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be ^areconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
 25 ^aAgree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid ^athe uttermost farthing.
 27 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit ^aadultery :
 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever ^alooketh on a ^bwoman to ^clust after her hath committed ^dadultery with her already in his heart.
 29 And if thy right eye ^aoffend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into ^bhell .
 30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut if off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into ^ahell .
 31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of ^adivorcement :
 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall ^aput away his ^bwife , saving for the cause of ^cfornication , causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
 33 ¶ Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not ^aforswear thyself, but shalt ^bperform unto the Lord thine ^coaths :
 34 But I say unto you, ^aSwear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s ^bthrone :
 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his ^afootstool : neither by Jerusalem; for it is the ^bcity of the great King.
 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
 37 But let your ^acommunication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh ^bof evil.
 38 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An ^aeye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not ^aevil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right ^bcheek , ^cturn to him the other also.
 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
 42 ^aGive to him that asketh thee, and from him that would ^bborrow of thee turn not thou away.
 43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt ^alove thy ^bneighbour , and hate thine enemy.
 44 But I say unto you, ^aLove your ^benemies , ^cbless them that ^dcurse you, do ^egood to them that ^fhate you, and ^gpray for them which despitefully use you, and ^hpersecute you;
 45 That ye ^amay be the ^bchildren of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth ^crain on the just and on the unjust.
 46 For if ye ^alove them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
 48 ^aBe ye therefore ^bperfect , even as your ^cFather which is in heaven is ^dperfect .

 1 ^aTAKE heed that ye do not your ^balms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the ^ahypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have ^bglory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
 4 That thine ^aalms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall ^breward thee openly.
 5 ¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the ^ahypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy ^acloset , and when thou hast ^bshut thy door, ^cpray to thy Father which is in ^dsecret ; and thy Father which ^eseeth in secret shall ^freward thee openly.
 7 But when ye pray, use not vain ^arepetitions , as the ^bheathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father ^aknoweth what things ye have ^bneed of, before ye ask him.
 9 ^aAfter this manner therefore ^bpray ye: Our ^cFather which art in heaven, ^dHallowed be thy ^ename .
 10 Thy ^akingdom come. Thy ^bwill be done ^cin earth, as it is in heaven.
 11 Give us this day our daily ^abread .
 12 And forgive us our ^adebts , as we ^bforgive our debtors.
 13 ^aAnd ^blead us not into ^ctemptation , ^dbut deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the ^eglory , for ever. Amen.
 14 For if ye ^aforgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
 15 But if ye ^aforgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
 16 ¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to ^afast . Verily I say unto you, They ^bhave their reward.
 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
 18 That thou appear not unto men to ^afast , but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall ^breward thee openly.
 19 ¶ Lay not up for yourselves ^atreasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves ^bbreak through and steal:
 20 But lay up for yourselves ^atreasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor ^bsteal :
 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine ^aeye be ^bsingle , thy whole body shall be full of ^clight .
 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that ^adarkness !
 24 ¶ ^aNo man can ^bserve two ^cmasters : for either he will ^dhate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and ^emammon .
 25 ^aTherefore I say unto you, Take no ^bthought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? ^aConsider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
 30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, ^a shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little ^bfaith ?
 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father ^aknoweth that ye have need of all these things.
 33 ^aBut ^bseek ye first the ^ckingdom of God, and his ^drighteousness ; and all these ^ethings shall be ^fadded unto you.
 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take ^athought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

 1 ^aJUDGE not, that ye be not ^bjudged .
 2 For with what ^ajudgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what ^bmeasure ye mete, it shall be ^cmeasured to you again.
 3 ^aAnd why beholdest thou the ^bmote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the ^cbeam that is in thine own eye?
 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
 5 Thou ^ahypocrite , first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
 6 ¶ ^aGive not that which is ^bholy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your ^cpearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
 7 ¶ ^aAsk , and it shall be ^bgiven you; ^cseek , and ye shall find; ^dknock , and it shall be opened unto you:
 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that ^aseeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask ^abread , will he give him a stone?
 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
 11 If ye then, ^abeing evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
 12 Therefore all things ^awhatsoever ye would that ^bmen should ^cdo to you, ^ddo ye even so to them: for this is the ^elaw and the prophets.
 13 ¶ Enter ye in at the ^astrait ^bgate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to ^cdestruction , and many there be which go in thereat:
 14 Because ^astrait is the ^bgate , and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto ^clife , and few there be that find it.
 15 ¶ Beware of ^afalse prophets, which come to you in ^bsheep ’s clothing, but ^cinwardly they are ravening ^dwolves .
 16 Ye shall ^aknow them by their ^bfruits . Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth ^agood ^bfruit ; but a ^ccorrupt tree bringeth forth ^devil fruit.
 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good ^afruit is ^bhewn down, and cast into the fire.
 20 Wherefore by their ^afruits ye shall know them.
 21 ¶ Not every one that ^asaith unto me, ^bLord , Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that ^cdoeth the ^dwill of my Father which is in ^eheaven .
 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not ^aprophesied in thy name? and in thy ^bname have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never ^aknew you: ^bdepart from me, ye that work ^ciniquity .
 24 ¶ Therefore whosoever ^aheareth these sayings of mine, and ^bdoeth them, ^cI will liken him unto a ^dwise man, which ^ebuilt his house upon ^fa rock:
 25 And the ^arain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and ^bbeat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a ^crock .
 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a ^afoolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that ^ahouse ; and it ^bfell : and great was the fall of it.
 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended ^athese sayings, the people were ^bastonished at his ^cdoctrine :
 29 For he taught them as one having ^aauthority , and not as ^bthe scribes.

 1 WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
 2 And, behold, there came a ^aleper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
 3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was ^acleansed .
 4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
 5 ¶ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
 6 And saying, Lord, my ^aservant lieth at home sick of the ^bpalsy , grievously tormented.
 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not ^aworthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be ^bhealed .
 9 For I am a man under ^aauthority , having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great ^afaith , no, not in Israel.
 11 And I say unto you, That ^amany shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
 12 But the ^achildren of the kingdom shall be cast out into ^bouter darkness: there shall be ^cweeping and gnashing of teeth.
 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
 14 ¶ And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his ^awife ’s mother ^blaid , and sick of a fever.
 15 And he ^atouched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
 16 ¶ When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with ^adevils : and he cast out the ^bspirits with his word, and ^chealed all that were sick:
 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, ^aHimself took our ^binfirmities , and bare our ^csicknesses .
 18 ¶ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will ^afollow thee whithersoever thou goest.
 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, ^asuffer me first to go and bury my father.
 22 But Jesus said unto him, ^aFollow me; and let the ^bdead bury their dead.
 23 ¶ And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
 24 And, behold, there arose a great ^atempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye ^afearful , O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and ^brebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the ^asea obey him!
 28 ¶ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with ^adevils , coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before ^athe time?
 30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
 33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to ^ameet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their ^bcoasts .

 1 AND he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the ^apalsy , lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their ^bfaith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good ^ccheer ; thy ^dsins be forgiven thee.
 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.
 4 And Jesus ^aknowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
 5 ^aFor whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
 6 But that ye may know that the ^aSon of man hath ^bpower on earth to ^cforgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
 7 And he arose, and departed to his house.
 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
 9 ¶ And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named ^aMatthew , sitting at the ^breceipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
 10 ¶ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, ^aWhy eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, ^aI ^bwill have ^cmercy , and not sacrifice: for I am not come to ^dcall the ^erighteous , but sinners to ^frepentance .
 14 ¶ Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, ^aand then shall they ^bfast .
 16 No man putteth a piece of ^anew cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
 17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
 18 ¶ While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ^aruler , and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy ^bhand upon her, and she shall ^clive .
 19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
 20 ¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an ^aissue of ^bblood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be ^awhole .
 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee ^awhole . And the woman was made whole from that hour.
 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
 24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they ^alaughed him to scorn.
 25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
 26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
 27 ¶ And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
 28 And when he was come into the house, the ^ablind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, ^bBelieve ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your ^afaith be it unto you.
 30 And their ^aeyes were ^bopened ; and Jesus ^cstraitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
 31 But they, when they were departed, ^aspread abroad his ^bfame in all that country.
 32 ¶ As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a ^adevil .
 33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
 34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, ^ateaching in their synagogues, and preaching the ^bgospel of the kingdom, and ^chealing every sickness and every disease among the people.
 36 ¶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with ^acompassion on them, because ^bthey fainted, and were scattered abroad, as ^csheep having no ^dshepherd .
 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The ^aharvest truly is plenteous, but the ^blabourers are few;
 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

 1 AND when he had ^acalled unto him his ^btwelve disciples, he gave them ^cpower against ^dunclean spirits, to cast them out, and to ^eheal all manner of ^fsickness and all manner of disease.
 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 ^apublican ; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also ^abetrayed him.
 5 These twelve Jesus ^asent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the ^bSamaritans enter ye not:
 6 But go rather to the ^alost ^bsheep of the house of Israel.
 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven ^ais at hand.
 8 ^aHeal the sick, cleanse the ^blepers , raise the dead, ^ccast out devils: ^dfreely ye have received, freely ^egive .
 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your ^apurses ,
 10 Nor ^ascrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is ^bworthy of his ^cmeat .
 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall ^aenter , enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
 12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the ^adust of your ^bfeet .
 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of ^aSodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
 16 ¶ Behold, I send you forth as ^asheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore ^bwise as serpents, and ^charmless 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 ye shall be brought before governors and ^akings ^bfor my sake, for a ^ctestimony against them and the Gentiles.
 19 But when they deliver you up, ^atake no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall ^bspeak .
 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the ^aSpirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
 21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
 22 And ye shall be ^ahated of all men ^bfor my ^cname ’s sake: but he that ^dendureth to the end shall be saved.
 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
 24 The ^adisciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
 25 It is enough for the disciple ^athat he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing ^acovered , that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
 28 And ^afear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather ^bfear him which is able to ^cdestroy both ^dsoul and body in ^ehell .
 29 Are not two ^asparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
 30 But the very ^ahairs of your head are all numbered.
 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more ^avalue than many ^bsparrows .
 32 Whosoever therefore shall ^aconfess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
 33 But whosoever shall ^adeny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
 34 Think not that I am come to send ^apeace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
 36 And a man’s ^afoes shall be they of his own ^bhousehold .
 37 He that ^aloveth father or mother ^bmore than me is not worthy of me: and he that ^cloveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
 38 And he that taketh not his ^across , and followeth after me, is not ^bworthy of me.
 39 ^aHe that findeth his life shall ^blose it: and he that ^closeth his ^dlife for my sake shall find it.
 40 ¶ He that ^areceiveth you ^breceiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
 41 He that ^areceiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s ^breward ; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the ^aname of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise ^blose his reward.

 1 AND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to ^apreach in their cities.
 2 Now when ^aJohn had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those ^athings which ye do hear and see:
 5 The ^ablind receive their ^bsight , and the lame walk, the ^clepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the ^dpoor have the gospel preached to them.
 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be ^aoffended in me.
 7 ¶ And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in ^akings ’ houses.
 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a ^aprophet .
 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my ^amessenger before thy face, which shall ^bprepare thy way before thee.
 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of ^awomen there hath not risen a greater than ^bJohn the Baptist: ^cnotwithstanding he that 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 suffereth violence, and ^athe violent take it by force.
 13 ^aFor all the ^bprophets and the law ^cprophesied until John.
 14 And if ye will receive it, this is ^aElias , which was for to come.
 15 He that hath ears to ^ahear , let him hear.
 16 ¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and ^aa winebibber, a friend of ^bpublicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified ^cof her children.
 20 ¶ Then began he to upbraid the ^acities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have ^arepented long ago in sackcloth and ^bashes .
 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more ^atolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art ^aexalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to ^bhell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of ^aSodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
 25 ¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I ^athank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast ^bhid these things from the wise and ^cprudent , and hast ^drevealed them unto ^ebabes .
 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
 27 All ^athings are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither ^bknoweth any man the Father, save the Son, ^cand he to whomsoever the Son will ^dreveal him.
 28 ¶ ^aCome unto me, all ye that ^blabour and are heavy laden, and I will give you ^crest .
 29 Take my ^ayoke upon you, and ^blearn of me; for I am ^cmeek and ^dlowly in ^eheart : and ye shall find ^frest unto your souls.
 30 For my yoke is ^aeasy , and my burden is light.

 1 AT that time Jesus went on the ^asabbath day through the ^bcorn ; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ^cears of corn, and to eat.
 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not ^aread what ^bDavid did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the ^ashewbread , which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
 5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the ^asabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
 6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the ^atemple .
 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have ^amercy , and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the ^asabbath day.
 9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
 10 ¶ And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
 14 ¶ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
 15 But ^awhen Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
 16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by ^aEsaias the prophet, saying.
 18 Behold my ^aservant , whom I have ^bchosen ; my ^cbeloved , in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
 19 He shall not strive, nor ^acry ; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth ^ajudgment unto victory.
 21 And in his ^aname shall the ^bGentiles trust.
 22 ¶ Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of ^aDavid ?
 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by ^aBeelzebub the prince of the devils.
 25 And Jesus knew their ^athoughts , and said unto them, Every ^bkingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
 26 And if ^aSatan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
 28 But if I cast out ^adevils by the ^bSpirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto ^cyou .
 29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and ^aspoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
 30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not ^awith me scattereth abroad.
 31 ¶ Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven ^aunto men: but the ^bblasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall ^cnot be forgiven unto men.
 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be ^aforgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
 33 Either make the tree good, and his ^afruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his ^bfruit .
 34 O ^ageneration of vipers, how can ye, being evil, ^bspeak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
 35 A good man out of the good ^atreasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth ^bevil things.
 36 But I say unto you, That every ^aidle ^bword that men shall ^cspeak , they shall give ^daccount thereof in the day of ^ejudgment .
 37 For by thy ^awords thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
 38 ¶ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a ^asign from thee.
 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a ^asign ; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be ^athree days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
 41 The men of ^aNineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they ^brepented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
 42 The ^aqueen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
 43 ^aWhen the ^bunclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
 45 Then goeth ^ahe , and taketh with himself seven other ^bspirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last ^c state of that man is ^dworse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
 46 ¶ While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his ^abrethren stood ^bwithout , desiring to speak with him.
 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my ^amother and my brethren!
 50 For whosoever shall do the ^awill of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my ^bbrother , and sister, and mother.

 1 THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the ^asea side.
 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
 5 Some fell upon ^astony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
 7 And some fell among ^athorns ; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
 8 But other fell into good ground, and ^abrought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in ^aparables ?
 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the ^amysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
 12 ^aFor whosoever hath, to him shall be ^bgiven , and he shall have more ^cabundance : but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall ^ahear , and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
 15 For this people’s ^aheart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their ^beyes they have ^cclosed ; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should ^dheal them.
 16 But blessed are your ^aeyes , for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
 17 For verily I say unto you, That many ^aprophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
 18 ¶ ^aHear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and ^aunderstandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and ^bcatcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
 20 But he that received the seed into ^astony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when ^atribulation or ^bpersecution ariseth because of the word, by and by ^che is offended.
 22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this ^aworld , and the ^bdeceitfulness of ^criches , choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that ^aheareth the word, and ^bunderstandeth it; which also beareth ^cfruit , and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
 24 ¶ Another ^aparable put he forth unto them, saying, The ^bkingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good ^cseed in his field:
 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed ^atares among the wheat, and went his way.
 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
 30 Let both grow together until the ^aharvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together ^bfirst the tares, and bind them in bundles to ^cburn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
 31 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a ^agrain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the ^abirds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
 33 ¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto ^aleaven , which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in ^aparables ; I will utter things which have been kept ^bsecret from the foundation of the world.
 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the ^atares of the field.
 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good ^aseed is the Son of man;
 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the ^atares are the children of the wicked one;
 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; ^athe ^bharvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the ^aend of this world.
 41 The Son of man shall send forth his ^aangels , and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that ^boffend , and them which do iniquity;
 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be ^awailing and ^bgnashing of teeth.
 43 Then shall the ^arighteous ^bshine forth as the ^csun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
 44 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto ^atreasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
 45 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
 46 Who, when he had found one ^apearl of great price, went and sold ^ball that he had, and bought it.
 47 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and ^agathered of every kind:
 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
 49 So shall it be at the ^aend of the world: ^bthe angels shall come forth, and ^csever the wicked from among the ^djust ,
 50 ^aAnd shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
 51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every ^ascribe ^b which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
 53 ¶ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were ^aastonished , and said, Whence hath this man this ^bwisdom , and these mighty works?
 55 Is not this the carpenter’s ^ason ? is not his mother called Mary? and his ^bbrethren , James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without ^ahonour , save in his own country, and in his own house.
 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their ^aunbelief .

 1 AT that time ^aHerod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
 3 ¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
 4 For John said unto him, It is not ^alawful for thee to have her.
 5 And ^awhen he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a ^bprophet .
 6 But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
 7 Whereupon he ^apromised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
 8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a ^acharger .
 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
 10 And he sent, and ^abeheaded John in the prison.
 11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
 13 ¶ When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with ^acompassion toward them, and he healed their ^bsick .
 15 ¶ And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves ^avictuals .
 16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
 17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
 18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and ^abrake , and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they ^atook up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
 21 And they that had eaten were about ^afive thousand men, beside women and children.
 22 ¶ And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to ^apray : and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
 25 And ^ain the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good ^acheer ; it is I; be not afraid.
 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was ^aafraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little ^afaith , wherefore didst thou ^bdoubt ?
 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
 33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
 34 ¶ And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
 35 And when the men of that place ^ahad knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
 36 And besought him that they might only touch the ^ahem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly ^bwhole .

 1 THEN came to Jesus ^ascribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the ^atradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your ^atradition ?
 4 For God commanded, saying, ^aHonour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, ^blet him die the death.
 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a ^agift , by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their ^amouth , and ^bhonoureth me with their lips; but their ^cheart is far from me.
 9 But in vain they do ^aworship me, teaching for ^bdoctrines the ^ccommandments of men.
 10 ¶ And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth ^adefileth a man; but that which cometh out of the ^bmouth , this defileth a man.
 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
 13 But he answered and said, Every ^aplant , which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
 14 Let them alone: they be ^ablind ^bleaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
 15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
 16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
 17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
 18 But those things which proceed out of the ^amouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
 19 For out of the ^aheart proceed evil thoughts, ^bmurders , ^cadulteries , ^dfornications , thefts, ^efalse witness, ^fblasphemies :
 20 These are the things which ^adefile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
 21 ¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the ^acoasts of Tyre and Sidon.
 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
 24 But he answered and said, I am not ^asent but unto the lost sheep of the house of ^bIsrael .
 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to ^adogs .
 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy ^afaith : be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
 32 ¶ Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
 33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
 36 And he took the seven ^aloaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
 37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they ^atook up of the ^bbroken meat that was left seven baskets full.
 38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
 39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

 1 THE Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from ^aheaven .
 2 He ^aanswered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and ^alowring , O ye ^bhypocrites , ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the ^csigns of the ^dtimes ?
 4 A wicked and ^aadulterous generation seeketh after a ^bsign ; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the ^csign of the prophet ^dJonas . And he left them, and departed.
 5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
 6 ¶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the ^aleaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
 8 ^a Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
 9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
 12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the ^adoctrine of the Pharisees and of the ^bSadducees .
 13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, ^aElias ; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ^aye that I am?
 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the ^aChrist , the ^bSon of the ^cliving God.
 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon ^aBar -jona: for flesh and blood hath not ^brevealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this ^arock I will build my ^bchurch ; and the gates of ^chell shall not ^dprevail against it.
 19 And I will ^agive unto thee the ^bkeys of the ^ckingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt ^dbind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
 20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the ^aChrist .
 21 ¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be ^araised again the third day.
 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou ^asavourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
 24 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him ^adeny himself, and take up his ^bcross , and ^cfollow ^dme .
 25 ^aFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will ^blose his life for my sake shall ^cfind it.
 26 For what is a man ^aprofited , if he shall ^bgain the whole ^cworld , and ^dlose his own ^esoul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
 27 For the ^aSon of man shall come in the ^bglory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall ^creward every man according to his ^dworks .
 28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of ^adeath , till they see the Son of man coming in his ^bkingdom .

 1 AND after six days Jesus taketh ^aPeter , James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
 2 And was ^atransfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them ^aMoses and ^bElias talking with him.
 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright ^acloud overshadowed them: and behold a ^bvoice out of the cloud, which said, This is my ^cbeloved ^dSon , in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore ^aafraid .
 7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
 8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
 9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the ^avision to no ^bman , until the Son of man be risen again from the ^cdead .
 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
 11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, ^aElias truly shall first come, and ^brestore all things.
 12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they ^alisted . Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
 13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
 14 ¶ And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he ^afalleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O ^afaithless and ^bperverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your ^aunbelief : for verily I say unto you, If ye have ^bfaith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this ^cmountain , Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be ^dimpossible unto you.
 21 Howbeit this ^akind goeth not out but by prayer and ^bfasting .
 22 ¶ And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be ^abetrayed into the hands of men:
 23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be ^araised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
 24 ¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay ^atribute ?
 25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus ^aprevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the ^bkings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
 26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of ^amoney : that take, and ^bgive unto them for me and thee.

 1 AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the ^agreatest in the kingdom of heaven?
 2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little ^achildren , ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
 4 Whosoever therefore shall ^ahumble himself as this little ^bchild , the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
 5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my ^aname receiveth me.
 6 But whoso shall ^aoffend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
 7 ¶ Woe unto the world because of ^aoffences ! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
 8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
 9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell ^afire .
 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these ^alittle ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
 11 For the ^aSon of man is come to ^bsave that which was ^clost .
 12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred ^asheep , and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these ^alittle ones should ^bperish .
 15 ¶ Moreover if thy brother shall ^atrespass against thee, go and ^btell him his ^cfault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three ^awitnesses every word may be established.
 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the ^achurch : but if he ^bneglect to hear the ^cchurch , let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ^abind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall ^aagree on earth as ^btouching any thing that they shall ^cask , it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
 20 For where two or three are ^agathered ^btogether in my ^cname , there am I in the ^dmidst of them.
 21 ¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I ^aforgive him? till seven times?
 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until ^aseventy times seven.
 23 ¶ Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would ^atake account of his ^bservants .
 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be ^asold , and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
 26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
 27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
 28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him ^aan hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
 29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
 30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
 31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very ^asorry , and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
 32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that ^adebt , because thou desiredst me:
 33 ^aShouldest not thou also have had ^bcompassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had ^cpity on thee?
 34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts ^aforgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

 1 AND it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
 3 ¶ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to ^aput away his wife for every cause?
 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which ^amade them at the beginning made them male and female,
 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall ^acleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath ^ajoined together, let not man ^bput asunder.
 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a ^awriting of ^bdivorcement , and to put her away?
 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the ^ahardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your ^bwives : but from the beginning it was not so.
 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for ^afornication , and shall marry another, committeth ^badultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
 10 ¶ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
 12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
 13 ¶ Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his ^ahands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked ^bthem .
 14 But Jesus said, ^aSuffer little ^bchildren , and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
 16 ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have ^aeternal life?
 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none ^agood but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into ^blife , keep the ^ccommandments .
 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no ^amurder , Thou shalt not commit ^badultery , Thou shalt not ^csteal , Thou shalt not bear ^dfalse witness,
 19 ^aHonour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt ^blove thy ^cneighbour as thyself.
 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be ^aperfect , go and sell that thou hast, and ^bgive to the ^cpoor , and thou shalt have ^dtreasure in heaven: and come and ^efollow me.
 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had ^agreat possessions.
 23 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a ^arich man shall ^bhardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a ^arich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
 26 ^aBut Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ^bpossible .
 27 ¶ Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the ^aregeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, ^bjudging the twelve tribes of Israel.
 29 And every one that hath ^aforsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my ^bname ’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit ^ceverlasting life.
 30 But many that are ^afirst shall be last; and the last shall be first.

 1 FOR the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire ^alabourers into his vineyard.
 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his ^avineyard .
 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing ^aidle in the marketplace,
 4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
 5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
 6 And about the ^aeleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
 7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
 8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the ^alabourers , and give them their ^bhire , beginning from the last unto the first.
 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
 11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
 12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
 13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
 16 So the ^alast shall be first, and the first last: for many be ^bcalled , but few chosen.
 17 ¶ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be ^abetrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to ^bdeath ,
 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to ^amock , and to scourge, and to ^bcrucify him: and the third day he shall ^crise again.
 20 ¶ Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
 21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
 22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
 23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my ^aFather .
 24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be ^agreat among you, let him be your ^bminister ;
 27 And whosoever ^awill be chief among you, let him be your ^bservant :
 28 Even as the ^aSon of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to ^bgive his life a ^cransom for many.
 29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
 30 ¶ And, behold, two ^ablind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
 31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
 34 So Jesus had ^acompassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received ^bsight , and they followed him.

 1 AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village ^aover against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy ^aKing cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
 7 ^aAnd brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, ^aHosanna to the Son of David: ^bBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
 10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
 11 And the ^amultitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
 12 ¶ And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
 13 And said unto them, It is written, My ^ahouse shall be called the house of ^bprayer ; but ye have made it a ^cden of thieves.
 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the ^achildren crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
 17 ¶ And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
 18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
 19 And when he saw a fig tree ^ain the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no ^bfruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And ^cpresently the fig tree withered away.
 20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have ^afaith , and ^bdoubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this ^cmountain , Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
 22 And all ^athings , whatsoever ye shall ^bask in ^cprayer , believing, ye shall receive.
 23 ¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what ^aauthority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what ^aauthority I do these things.
 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a ^aprophet .
 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
 28 ¶ But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go ^awork to day in my vineyard.
 29 He answered and said, ^aI will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and ^awent ^bnot .
 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
 32 For John came unto you in the way of ^arighteousness , and ye ^bbelieved him not: but the ^cpublicans and the harlots believed him: ^dand ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
 33 ¶ ^aHear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to ^bhusbandmen , and went into a far country:
 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
 35 And the husbandmen took his ^aservants , and ^bbeat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the ^aheir ; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his ^avineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The ^astone which the builders ^brejected , the same is become the head of the ^ccorner : this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
 43 Therefore say I unto you, The ^akingdom of God shall be ^btaken from you, and ^cgiven to a ^dnation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
 44 ^aAnd whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
 45 ^aAnd when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

 1 AND Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which ^amade a ^bmarriage for his son,
 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and ^athey would not come.
 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
 6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
 8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
 10 So those servants went out into the highways, and ^agathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
 11 ¶ And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding ^agarment :
 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into ^aouter darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 14 For many are ^acalled , but few are ^bchosen .
 15 ¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ^aentangle him in his talk.
 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, ^aneither carest thou for any man: for thou ^bregardest not the person of men.
 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it ^alawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why ^atempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
 21 They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, ^aRender therefore unto ^bCaesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
 22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
 23 ¶ The same day came to him the ^aSadducees , which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
 24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his ^abrother shall ^bmarry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
 27 And last of all the woman died also.
 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the ^ascriptures , nor the ^bpower of God.
 30 For in the ^aresurrection they neither ^bmarry , nor are given in marriage, but are as the ^cangels of God in heaven.
 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
 32 I am the ^aGod of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
 33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
 34 ¶ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, ^atempting him, and saying,
 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt ^alove the Lord thy God with all thy ^bheart , and with all thy soul, and with all thy ^cmind .
 38 This is the first and great ^acommandment .
 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt ^alove thy neighbour as thyself.
 40 On these two commandments hang all the ^alaw and the prophets.
 41 ¶ While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of ^aDavid .
 43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
 45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
 46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither ^adurst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

 1 THEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
 2 Saying, The ^ascribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ ^bseat :
 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they ^amake broad their ^bphylacteries , and enlarge the ^cborders of their garments,
 6 And love the ^auppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, ^aRabbi .
 8 But be not ye called ^aRabbi : for one is your ^bMaster , even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
 9 ^aAnd call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, ^a even Christ.
 11 But he that is ^agreatest among you shall be your ^bservant .
 12 And whosoever shall ^aexalt himself shall be ^babased ; and he that shall ^chumble himself shall be exalted.
 13 ¶ But woe unto you, ^ascribes and ^bPharisees , ^chypocrites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye ^adevour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater ^bdamnation .
 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell ^athan yourselves.
 16 Woe unto you, ye ^ablind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
 17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, ^ahypocrites ! for ye pay ^btithe of mint and ^canise and cummin, and have ^domitted the weightier matters of the law, ^ejudgment , ^fmercy , and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a ^acamel .
 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of ^aextortion and ^bexcess .
 26 Thou blind Pharisee, ^acleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto ^awhited ^bsepulchres , which indeed appear ^cbeautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all ^duncleanness .
 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear ^arighteous unto men, but within ye are full of ^bhypocrisy and iniquity.
 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the ^aprophets .
 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which ^akilled the ^bprophets .
 32 Fill ye up then the ^ameasure of your ^bfathers .
 33 Ye serpents, ye ^ageneration of vipers, how can ye escape the ^bdamnation of hell?
 34 ¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you ^aprophets , and wise men, and ^bscribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
 35 That upon you may come all the righteous ^ablood shed upon the earth, from the blood of ^brighteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the ^ctemple and the altar.
 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this ^ageneration .
 37 O ^aJerusalem , Jerusalem, thou that ^bkillest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often ^cwould I have ^dgathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye ^ewould not!
 38 Behold, your house is left unto you ^adesolate .
 39 ^aFor I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, ^bBlessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

 1 AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to ^ashew him the buildings of the ^btemple .
 2 And Jesus said unto them, ^aSee ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one ^bstone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
 3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the ^asign of thy coming, and of the end of the ^bworld ?
 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man ^adeceive you.
 5 For many shall come in my ^aname , saying, I am ^bChrist ; and shall ^cdeceive many.
 6 And ye shall hear of ^awars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not ^btroubled : for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
 7 For ^anation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be ^bfamines , and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 8 All these are the beginning of ^asorrows .
 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall ^akill you: and ye shall be ^bhated of all nations ^cfor my name’s sake.
 10 And then shall many be ^aoffended , and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
 11 And many ^afalse prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
 12 And because ^ainiquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax ^bcold .
 13 But he that shall ^aendure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 14 And this ^agospel of the ^bkingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the ^cend come.
 15 When ye therefore shall see the ^aabomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the ^bholy place, (whoso readeth, let him ^cunderstand :)
 16 Then let them which be in Judaea ^aflee into the mountains:
 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
 19 And ^awoe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
 21 For then shall be great ^atribulation , such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those ^adays shall be shortened.
 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; ^abelieve it not.
 24 For there shall arise ^afalse ^bChrists , and ^cfalse prophets, and shall shew great ^dsigns and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall ^edeceive the very ^felect .
 25 Behold, I have told you before.
 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the ^asecret chambers; believe it not.
 27 For as the ^alightning cometh out of the ^beast , and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be ^agathered together.
 29 ¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those ^adays shall the ^bsun be ^cdarkened , and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
 30 And then shall appear the ^asign of the Son of man in ^bheaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth ^cmourn , and they shall see the ^dSon of man coming in the clouds of heaven with ^epower and great ^fglory .
 31 And he shall send his ^aangels with a great sound of a ^btrumpet , and they shall gather together his ^celect from the four winds, from one end of ^dheaven to the other.
 32 Now learn a parable of the ^afig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that ^ait is near, even at the ^bdoors .
 34 Verily I say unto you, This ^ageneration shall not pass, till all these ^bthings be ^cfulfilled .
 35 Heaven and earth shall ^apass away, but my ^bwords shall not ^cpass away.
 36 ¶ But of that ^aday and ^bhour knoweth no man, no, not the ^cangels of heaven, but my Father only.
 37 But as the days of ^aNoe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 38 For as in the days that were before the ^aflood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
 42 ¶ ^aWatch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be ^abroken up.
 44 Therefore be ye also ^aready : for in such an ^bhour ^cas ye think not the Son of man cometh.
 45 Who then is a ^afaithful and ^bwise ^cservant , whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
 46 Blessed is that ^aservant , whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord ^adelayeth his coming;
 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.