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10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them
 two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself
 would come.
10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the
 labourers are few:  pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
 would send forth labourers into his harvest.
10:3 Go your ways:  behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes:  and salute no man by the
 way.
10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this
 house.
10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it:  if
 not, it shall turn to you again.
10:7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they
 give:  for the labourer is worthy of his hire.  Go not from house to house.
10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such
 things as are set before you:
10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of
 God is come nigh unto you.
10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your
 ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
10:11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off
 against you:  notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God
 is come nigh unto you.
10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for
 Sodom, than for that city.
10:13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin!  woe unto thee, Bethsaida!  for if the mighty
 works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they
 had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment,
 than for you.
10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down
 to hell.
10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth
 me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils
 are subject unto us through thy name.
10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
 over all the power of the enemy:  and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto
 you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O
 Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the
 wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes:  even so, Father; for
 so it seemed good in thy sight.
10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father:  and no man knoweth who
 the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to
 whom the Son will reveal him.
10:23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed
 are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
10:24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings 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.
10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying,
 Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
10:26 He said unto him, What is written in the law?  how readest thou?
10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
 heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy
 mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right:  this do, and thou
 shalt live.
10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my
 neighbour?
10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
 Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and
 wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way:  and when he
 saw him, he passed by on the other side.
10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on
 him, and passed by on the other side.
10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was:  and when
 he saw him, he had compassion on him,
10:34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine,
 and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of
 him.
10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave
 them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever
 thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that
 fell among the thieves?
10:37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him.  Then said Jesus unto him,
 Go, and do thou likewise.
10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain
 village:  and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and
 heard his word.
10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said,
 Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?  bid
 her therefore that she help me.
10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful
 and troubled about many things:
10:42 But one thing is needful:  and Mary hath chosen that good part, which
 shall not be taken away from her.

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11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when
 he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as
 John also taught his disciples.
11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in
 heaven, Hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done, as in
 heaven, so in earth.
11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted
 to us.  And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go
 unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing
 to set before him?
11:7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not:  the door is
 now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his
 friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as
 he needeth.
11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
 find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
 to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give
 him a stone?  or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
 children:  how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit
 to them that ask him?
11:14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb.  And it came to pass,
 when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the
 chief of the devils.
11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided
 against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a
 house falleth.
11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
  because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast
 them out?  therefore shall they be your judges.
11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom
 of God is come upon you.
11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he
 taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
11:23 He that is not with me is against me:  and he that gathereth not with
 me scattereth.
11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry
 places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my
 house whence I came out.
11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked
 than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there:  and the last state of
 that man is worse than the first.
11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the
 company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that
 bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God,
 and keep it.
11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say,
 This is an evil generation:  they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be
 given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of
 man be to this generation.
11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of
 this generation, and condemn them:  for she came from the utmost parts of
 the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than
 Solomon is here.
11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation,
 and shall condemn it:  for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and,
 behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place,
 neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may
 see the light.
11:34 The light of the body is the eye:  therefore when thine eye is single,
 thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy
 body also is full of darkness.
11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark,
 the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle
 doth give thee light.
11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: 
 and he went in, and sat down to meat.
11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first
 washed before dinner.
11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside
 of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and
 wickedness.
11:40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which
 is within also?
11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all
 things are clean unto you.
11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees!  for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner
 of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God:  these ought ye to
 have done, and not to leave the other undone.
11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees!  for ye love the uppermost seats in the
 synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  for ye are as graves
 which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of
 them.
11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus
 saying thou reproachest us also.
11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers!  for ye lade men with
 burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with
 one of your fingers.
11:47 Woe unto you!  for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your
 fathers killed them.
11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers:  for
 they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and
 apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation
 of the world, may be required of this generation;
11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished
 between the altar and the temple:  verily I say unto you, It shall be
 required of this generation.
11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers!  for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: 
 ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees
 began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth,
 that they might accuse him.

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12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable
 multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to
 say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the
 Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid,
 that shall not be known.
12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the
 light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be
 proclaimed upon the housetops.
12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the
 body, and after that have no more that they can do.
12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear:  Fear him, which after he
 hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is
 forgotten before God?
12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Fear not
 therefore:  ye are of more value than many sparrows.
12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall
 the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
12:9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of
 God.
12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be
 forgiven him:  but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it
 shall not be forgiven.
12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates,
 and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what
 ye shall say:
12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to
 say.
12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother,
 that he divide the inheritance with me.
12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness:  for a
 man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he
 possesseth.
12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich
 man brought forth plentifully:
12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have
 no room where to bestow my fruits?
12:18 And he said, This will I do:  I will pull down my barns, and build
 greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many
 years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be
 required of thee:  then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
 provided?
12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward
 God.
12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no
 thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye
 shall put on.
12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
12:24 Consider the ravens:  for they neither sow nor reap; which neither
 have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them:  how much more are ye
 better than the fowls?
12:25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
12:26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye
 thought for the rest?
12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow:  they toil not, they spin not; and
 yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one
 of these.
12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to
 morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of
 little faith?
12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be
 ye of doubtful mind.
12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after:  and your
 Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be
 added unto you.
12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give
 you the kingdom.
12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax
 not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief
 approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
12:36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will
 return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open
 unto him immediately.
12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find
 watching:  verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them
 to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch,
 and find them so, blessed are those servants.
12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour
 the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his
 house to be broken through.
12:40 Be ye therefore ready also:  for the Son of man cometh at an hour when
 ye think not.
12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or
 even to all?
12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom
 his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their
 portion of meat in due season?
12:43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
 doing.
12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that
 he hath.
12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
 and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink,
 and to be drunken;
12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for
 him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and
 will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not
 himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many
 stripes.
12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall
 be beaten with few stripes.  For unto whomsoever much is given, of him
 shall be much required:  and to whom men have committed much, of him they
 will ask the more.
12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already
 kindled?
12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till
 it be accomplished!
12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?  I tell you, Nay;
 but rather division:
12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three
 against two, and two against three.
12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the
 father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the
 mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in
 law against her mother in law.
12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the
 west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
12:55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and
 it cometh to pass.
12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth;
 but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
12:57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
12:58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art
 in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he
 hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the
 officer cast thee into prison.
12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the
 very last mite.

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13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans,
 whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans
 were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
13:3 I tell you, Nay:  but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them,
 think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
13:5 I tell you, Nay:  but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in
 his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three
 years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none:  cut it down;
 why cumbereth it the ground?
13:8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till
 I shall dig about it, and dung it:
13:9 And if it bear fruit, well:  and if not, then after that thou shalt
 cut it down.
13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity
 eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up
 herself.
13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her,
 Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13:13 And he laid his hands on her:  and immediately she was made
 straight, and glorified God.
13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that
 Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are
 six days in which men ought to work:  in them therefore come and be healed,
 and not on the sabbath day.
13:15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each
 one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and
 lead him away to watering?
13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath
 bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath
 day?
13:17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: 
 and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by
 him.
13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like?  and whereunto
 shall I resemble it?
13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into
 his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air
 lodged in the branches of it.
13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of
 meal, till the whole was leavened.
13:22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying
 toward Jerusalem.
13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved?  And he
 said unto them,
13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate:  for many, I say unto you, will
 seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the
 door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying,
 Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you
 not whence ye are:
13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence,
 and thou hast taught in our streets.
13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart
 from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see
 Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God,
 and you yourselves thrust out.
13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the
 north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first
 which shall be last.
13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get
 thee out, and depart hence:  for Herod will kill thee.
13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out
 devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be
 perfected.
13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day
 following:  for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them
 that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children
 together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would
 not!
13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate:  and verily I say unto
 you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed
 is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief
 Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it
 lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
14:4 And they held their peace.  And he took him, and healed him, and let
 him go;
14:5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox
 fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath
 day?
14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked
 how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the
 highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man
 place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that
 when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: 
 then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with
 thee.
14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth
 himself shall be exalted.
14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a
 supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor
 thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be
 made thee.
14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the
 blind:
14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee:  for thou
 shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he
 said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade
 many:
14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden,
 Come; for all things are now ready.
14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse.  The first said
 unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: 
 I pray thee have me excused.
14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
 them:  I pray thee have me excused.
14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
14:21 So that servant came, and showed his lord these things.  Then the
 master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into
 the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the
 maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet
 there is room.
14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and
 hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall
 taste of my supper.
14:25 And there went great multitudes with him:  and he turned, and said
 unto them,
14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and
 wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also,
 he cannot be my disciple.
14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my
 disciple.
14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first,
 and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to
 finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
14:30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down
 first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that
 cometh against him with twenty thousand?
14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an
 ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he
 hath, he cannot be my disciple.
14:34 Salt is good:  but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall
 it be seasoned?
14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men
 cast it out.  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth
 sinners, and eateth with them.
15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth
 not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is
 lost, until he find it?
15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders,
 rejoicing.
15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and
 neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep
 which was lost.
15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner
 that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no
 repentance.
15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece,
 doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she
 find it?
15:9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her
 neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece
 which I had lost.
15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels
 of God over one sinner that repenteth.
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the
 portion of goods that falleth to me.  And he divided unto them his
 living.
15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and
 took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with
 riotous living.
15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land;
 and he began to be in want.
15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he
 sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine
 did eat:  and no man gave unto him.
15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
 father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
 have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
15:19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son:  make me as one of thy
 hired servants.
15:20 And he arose, and came to his father.  But when he was yet a great way
 off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck,
 and kissed him.
15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and
 in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and
 put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and
 be merry:
15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is
 found.  And they began to be merry.
15:25 Now his elder son was in the field:  and as he came and drew nigh to
 the house, he heard music and dancing.
15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed
 the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in:  therefore came his father out,
 and entreated him.
15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve
 thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment:  and yet thou
 never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living
 with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have
 is thine.
15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad:  for this thy
 brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man,
 which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted
 his goods.
16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of
 thee?  give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer
 steward.
16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do?  for my lord
 taketh away from me the stewardship:  I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship,
 they may receive me into their houses.
16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto
 the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
16:6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil.  And he said unto him, Take
 thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou?  And he said, An
 hundred measures of wheat.  And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write
 fourscore.
16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: 
 for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the
 children of light.
16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of
 unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting
 habitations.
16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: 
 and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
 will commit to your trust the true riches?
16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who
 shall give you that which is your own?
16:13 No servant can serve two masters:  for either he will hate the one,
 and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
  Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: 
 and they derided him.
16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before
 men; but God knoweth your hearts:  for that which is highly esteemed among
 men is abomination in the sight of God.
16:16 The law and the prophets were until John:  since that time the
 kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the
 law to fail.
16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth
 adultery:  and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband
 committeth adultery.
16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine
 linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his
 gate, full of sores,
16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's
 table:  moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the
 angels into Abraham's bosom:  the rich man also died, and was buried;
16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham
 afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
 Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my
 tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst
 thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:  but now he is
 comforted, and thou art tormented.
16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: 
 so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they
 pass to us, that would come from thence.
16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send
 him to my father's house:
16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they
 also come into this place of torment.
16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them
 hear them.
16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham:  but if one went unto them from the
 dead, they will repent.
16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither
 will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

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17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences
 will come:  but woe unto him, through whom they come!
17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and
 he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
17:3 Take heed to yourselves:  If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke
 him; and if he repent, forgive him.
17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times
 in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might
 say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou
 planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say
 unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to
 meat?
17:8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and
 gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward
 thou shalt eat and drink?
17:9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were
 commanded him?  I trow not.
17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are
 commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants:  we have done that which
 was our duty to do.
17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through
 the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that
 were lepers, which stood afar off:
17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy
 on us.
17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto the
 priests.  And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with
 a loud voice glorified God,
17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks:  and he
 was a Samaritan.
17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed?  but where
 are the nine?
17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this
 stranger.
17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way:  thy faith hath made thee
 whole.
17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God
 should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with
 observation:
17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here!  or, lo there!  for, behold, the
 kingdom of God is within you.
17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall
 desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there:  go not after
 them, nor follow them.
17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under
 heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son
 of man be in his day.
17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this
 generation.
17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of
 the Son of man.
17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in
 marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came,
 and destroyed them all.
17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank,
 they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and
 brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the
 house, let him not come down to take it away:  and he that is in the field,
 let him likewise not return back.
17:32 Remember Lot's wife.
17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever
 shall lose his life shall preserve it.
17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one
 shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
17:35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and
 the other left.
17:36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other
 left.
17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord?  And he said unto
 them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
 together.