Literary Discussions: The Words of Jesus In Matthew

Monday, January 09, 2012

The Words of Jesus In Matthew

An interesting discussion arose in Facebook when someone stated that Jesus said many "warm and inclusive" things. I challenged them to list what they can remember but they could not. So I found a website which lists ONLY the words of Jesus.

http://www.rdletter.com/

(the entire words of Jesus from the New Testament would be 162 pages in PDF)

The Gospel According to

Matthew

Chapter 3

At River Jordan, to John the Baptist

Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulﬁl all righteousness.

Then he suffered him.

At the baptism of Jesus,

after the Holy Ghost descended

The Father spoke

This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Chapter 4

Alone in the wilderness, to Satan

It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that

proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy

God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim,

preaching to the people

Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

At the sea of Galilee, to Peter and Andrew

Follow me, and I will make you ﬁshers of men.

Chapter 5

On a mountain top, to his disciples

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek: for

they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst

after righteousness: for they shall be ﬁlled.

Blessed are the merciful: for

they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see

God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of

God.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for

theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile

you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely,

for my sake.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in

heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith

shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and

to be trodden under foot of men.

Ye are the light of the world. A city that

is set on an hill cannot be hid.

Neither do men light a candle, and put it

under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are

in the house.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your

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

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am

not come to destroy, but to fulﬁl.

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven

and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law,

till all be fulﬁlled.

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least

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

the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same

shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

For I say unto you, That

except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes

and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill;

and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

but I say

unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall

be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,

shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall

be in danger of hell ﬁre.

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and

there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

leave there

thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; ﬁrst be reconciled to thy brother,

and then come and offer thy gift.

Agree with thine adversary quickly,

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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.

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out

thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not

commit adultery:

but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a

woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his

heart.

And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from

thee: for it is proﬁtable for thee that one of thy members should perish,

and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

And if thy right

hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is proﬁtable for

thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body

should be cast into hell.

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his

wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

but I say unto you, That

whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication,

causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is

divorced committeth adultery.

Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou

shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

but

I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:

nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the

city of the great King.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou

canst not make one hair white or black.

But let your communication be,

Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for

a tooth:

but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall

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

And if any man

will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak

also.

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee

turn not thou away.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour,

and hate thine enemy.

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them

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

despitefully use you, and persecute you;

that ye may be the children of

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your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil

and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even

the publicans the same?

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye

more than others? Do not even the publicans so?

Be ye therefore perfect,

even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Chapter 6

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:

otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Therefore

when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the

hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have

glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But when

thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

that

thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself

shall reward thee openly.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for

they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the

streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have

their reward.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when

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

which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

But when ye pray, use not

vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard

for their much speaking.

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your

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

After

this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed

be thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in

heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as

we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us

from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.

Amen.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will

also forgive you:

but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will

your Father forgive your trespasses.

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:

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for they disﬁgure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily

I say unto you, They have their reward.

But thou, when thou fastest,

anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

that thou appear not unto men to

fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in

secret, shall reward thee openly.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and

rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

but lay

up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth

corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

for where your

treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The light of the body is the eye:

if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

But

if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore

the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love

the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot

serve God and mammon.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall

eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

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?

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the ﬁeld,

how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

and yet I say unto

you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the ﬁeld, which to-day is, and

to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye

of little faith?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? Or,

What shall we drink? Or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

(For after all

these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that

ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye ﬁrst the kingdom of God,

and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Take

therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for

the things of itself. Sufﬁcient unto the day is the evil thereof.

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Chapter 7

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

For with what judgment ye judge, ye

shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to

you again.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye,

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

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?

Thou hypocrite, ﬁrst cast out the beam out of

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

thy brother’s eye.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls

before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and

rend you.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall ﬁnd; knock, and it

shall be opened unto you:

for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that

seeketh ﬁndeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Or what man

is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

Or if

he ask a ﬁsh, will he give him a serpent?

If ye then, being evil, know how

to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father

which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Therefore all

things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to

them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the

way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,

and few there be that ﬁnd it.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but

inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Ye shall know them by their fruits.

Do men gather grapes of thorns, or ﬁgs of thistles?

Even so every good

tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth

good fruit.

Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,

and cast into the ﬁre.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the

kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is

in heaven.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not

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

name done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto them, I

never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them,

I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

and

the rain descended, and the ﬂoods came, and the winds blew, and beat

upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And

every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be

likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

and the

rain descended, and the ﬂoods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon

that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Chapter 8

To a leper

I will; be thou clean.

And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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.

In Capernaum, to the centurion

I will come and heal him.

To them that followed

Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and

shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of

heaven.

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer

darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

To the centurion

Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee.

In Capernaum, to a certain scribe

The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of

man hath not where to lay his head.

In Capernaum, to one of his disciples

Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

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On a boat, to his disciples

Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?

Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea;

and there was a great calm.

In the country of the Gergesenes, to devils

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.

Chapter 9

In Bethlehem, to a man sick of the palsy

Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.

In Bethlehem, to the scribes

Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

For whether is easier, to say, Thy

sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

But that ye may know

that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,

To the sick of the palsy

Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.

In Bethlehem, at the receipt

of custom, to Matthew

Follow me.

In Matthew’s house, to the Pharisees

They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

But go

ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacriﬁce: for I

am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

In Bethlehem, to the disciples of John the Baptist

Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom

is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken

from them, and then shall they fast.

No man putteth a piece of new cloth

unto an old garment, for that which is put in to ﬁll it up taketh from the

garment, and the rent is made worse.

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.

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On the streets of Bethlehem,

to a woman with an issue of blood

Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.

At a ruler’s house,

to minstrels and people making a noise

Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth.

To two blind men in a house

Believe ye that I am able to do this?

According to your faith be it unto you.

See that no man know it.

In the cities and villages of Israel, to his disciples

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

pray ye

therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his

harvest.

Chapter 10

To his disciples

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

enter ye not:

but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And as

ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Heal the sick,

cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received,

freely give.

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

nor

scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for

the workman is worthy of his meat.

And into whatsoever city or town ye

shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

And when ye come into an house, salute it.

And if the house be worthy,

let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to

you.

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye

depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

Verily I say

unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in

the day of judgment, than for that city.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye

therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

But beware of men:

for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in

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their synagogues;

and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for

my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall

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

For

it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

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.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but

he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

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.

The disciple

is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

It is enough for

the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they

have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they

call them of his household?

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing

covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in

the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

And fear not them which kill

the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able

to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Are not two sparrows sold for a

farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess

also before my Father which is in heaven.

But whosoever shall deny me

before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send

peace, but a sword.

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.

And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and

he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

And

he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

He that ﬁndeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake

shall ﬁnd it.

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He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth

him that sent me.

He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet

shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in

the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

And

whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold

water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no

wise lose his reward.

Chapter 11

To John the Baptist’s disciples

Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

the blind

receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the

deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to

them.

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

To the multitude, concerning John the Baptist

What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold,

they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

But what went ye out for

to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

For this

is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,

which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath

not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least

in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And from the days of John

the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the

violent take it by force.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until

John.

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children

sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

and saying, We have

piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and

ye have not lamented.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and

they say, He hath a devil.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and

they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans

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and sinners. But wisdom is justiﬁed of her children.

To the cities

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the mighty

works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they

would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

But I say unto you,

It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than

for you.

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be

brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in

thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

But

I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the

day of judgment, than for thee.

Then to his Father

I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast

hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto

babes.

Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

All things

are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but

the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to

whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

To all gathered

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you

rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly

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

For my yoke is easy, and

my burden is light.

Chapter 12

In a cornﬁeld, on the Sabbath, to the Pharisees

Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that

were with him;

how he entered into the house of God, and did eat the

shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which

were with him, but only for the priests?

Or have ye not read in the law,

how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath,

and are blameless?

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater

than the temple.

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy,

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and not sacriﬁce, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

For the Son

of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

In the synagogue, on the Sabbath,

to the Pharisees

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?

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to

do well on the sabbath days.

In the synagogue, to the man with a withered hand

Stretch forth thine hand.

And he stretched it forth;

and it was restored whole, like as the other.

To the Pharisees when they said,

This fellow doth not cast out devils,

but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every

city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

and if Satan cast out

Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast

them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.

But if I cast out devils by

the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

Or else

how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except

he ﬁrst bind the strong man? And then he will spoil his house.

He that

is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth

abroad.

Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall

be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall

not be forgiven unto men.

And whosoever speaketh a word against the

Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the

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

the world to come.

Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else

make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his

fruit.

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

A good man

out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil

man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

But I say unto you,

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That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof

in the day of judgment.

For by thy words thou shalt be justiﬁed, and by

thy words thou shalt be condemned.

To the scribes and Pharisees

An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall

no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

for as Jonas

was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of

man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The men of

Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn

it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater

than Jonas is here.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment

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

parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater

than Solomon is here.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he

walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and ﬁndeth none.

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.

Then goeth he, and taketh with

himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in

and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the ﬁrst. Even

so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

In a house, to the people

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother

and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

Who is my mother? And who are my brethren?

And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples,

Behold my mother and my brethren!

For whosoever shall do the will

of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and

mother.

Chapter 13

On ship by the sea side, to the multitudes

And he spake many things unto them in parables,

Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

and when he sowed, some seeds fell by

the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

some fell upon

stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung

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up, because they had no deepness of earth:

and when the sun was up, they

were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And

some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

but

other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold,

some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

To the disciples when they asked,

Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of

heaven, but to them it is not given.

For whosoever hath, to him shall be

given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from

him shall be taken away even that he hath.

Therefore speak I to them in

parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do

they understand.

And in them is fulﬁlled the prophecy of Esaias, which

saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye

shall see, and shall not perceive:

for this people’s heart is waxed gross,

and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at

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

should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should

heal them.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they

hear.

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men

have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and

to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

When any one heareth

the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked

one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which

received seed by the way side.

But he that received the seed into stony

places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation

or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and

the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and

he becometh unfruitful.

But he that received seed into the good ground

is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit,

and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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To the multitudes

Another parable put he forth unto them,

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

his ﬁeld:

but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among

the wheat, and went his way.

But when the blade was sprung up, and

brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

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?

He said unto them, An

enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we

go and gather them up?

But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the

tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

Let both grow together until

the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye

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

the wheat into my barn.

To the multitudes

Another parable put he forth unto them,

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

took, and sowed in his ﬁeld:

which indeed is the least of all seeds: but

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

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

To the multitudes

Another parable spake he unto them;

The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid

in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

In a house, to his disciples when they asked,

Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the ﬁeld.

He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

the ﬁeld is the world;

the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children

of the wicked one;

the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is

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

As therefore the tares

are gathered and burned in the ﬁre; so shall it be in the end of this world.

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of

his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

and shall

cast them into a furnace of ﬁre: there shall be wailing and gnashing of

teeth.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of

their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a ﬁeld; the

which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and

selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that ﬁeld.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking

goodly pearls:

who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and

sold all that he had, and bought it.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the

sea, and gathered of every kind:

which, when it was full, they drew to

shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad

away.

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth,

and sever the wicked from among the just,

and shall cast them into the

furnace of ﬁre: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Have ye understood all these things?

Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven

is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his

treasure things new and old.

In and to the people of his own country

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

house.

And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Chapter 14

In a desert place, to his disciples when they said,

the time is now past; send the multitude away,

that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

And they say unto him, We have here but ﬁve loaves, and two ﬁshes.

Bring them hither to me.

To the disciples when

they saw him walking on the sea

Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

To Peter

Come.

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To Peter when he was afraid and began to sink

O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Chapter 15

In Gennesaret,

to the scribes and Pharisees

Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that

curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

But ye say, Whosoever

shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest

be proﬁted by me;

and honour not his father or

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