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Therefore when thou dost 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.

And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may appear to men: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

Are ye not much better than they? And which of you by taking thought can add to his age the smallest measure?

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turning, rend you.

When it was evening, they brought to him many demoniacs; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were ill:

And behold they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God?

And he said to them, Go. And coming out, they went into the herd of swine, and behold the whole herd rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

But they that kept them fled, and going into the city, told every thing, and what had befallen the demoniacs.

And behold the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they besought him, to depart out of their coasts.

And behold they brought to him a paralytic, lying on a couch; and Jesus seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Son, Take courage: thy sins are forgiven thee.

And Jesus said, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bride-groom is with them? But the days will come, when the bride-groom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Neither do men put new wine into old leather bottles, else the bottles burst, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles are destroyed, but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

Saith to them, Withdraw; for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth: and they derided him.

And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yea, Lord.

But seeing the multitudes he was moved with tender compassion for them, because they were faint and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.

But beware of men; for they will deliver you to the councils, and scourge you in their synagogues.

And the foes of a man shall be they of his own houshold.

And as they departed,

And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is entered by force, and they which strive with all their might take it by violence.