In those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
for there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;
therefore, whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
But I say unto you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body, and after this have no more that they can do.
But I will show you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are better than many sparrows.
But I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;
and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but unto him that speaketh injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
But when they bring you before the synagogues, and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.
And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother, to divide the inheritance with me.
But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge or a divider over you?
And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits?
And he said, This will I do; I will take away my granaries, and build greater; and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
Thus is he who layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat; nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feedeth them. How much better are ye than the birds?
But which of you, by being careful, can add to his stature one cubit?
If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
But if God thus clothe the grass, which Today is in the field, and tomorrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?
And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things;
but seek his kingdom; and [all] these things shall be added unto you.
Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.
Sell that which ye possess, and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which doth not fail in the heavens, where thief doth not draw near, nor moth destroy.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
and ye like men who wait for their lord, whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily, I say unto you that he will gird himself, and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be digged through.
And ye, therefore, be ye ready; for in the hour in which ye do not think [it] the Son of man cometh.
And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable unto us, or also to all?
And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household to give the measure of corn in season?
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus.
Verily I say unto you, that he will set him ruler over all that he possesseth.
But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he doth not expect it, and in an hour he knoweth not of, and shall cut him in two, and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
But that bondman who knew his own lord’s will, and had not prepared [himself], nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes].
But he who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to everyone to whom much is given, much shall be required from him: and to whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the more.
I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I, if already it hath been kindled?
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say unto you; but rather division;
for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided: three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
the father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and it happeneth so.
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat, and it happeneth.
Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not discern this time?
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
For as thou goest with thine adversary before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him; lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
I say unto thee, thou shalt in no wise come out thence, until thou hast paid the very last mite.