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@ DESCRIPTION: Montgomery New Testament by Helen Barrett Montgomery\par This is the only modem speech translation of the New Testament produced by a woman. Helen Barrett Montgomery's translation is marked by a conversational style, with the text arranged into paragraphs.
mnt@Matthew:1:1 @ The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
mnt@Matthew:1:2 @ Abraham was the father of Isaac; Isaac was the father of Jacob; Jacob, of Judah and his brethren;
mnt@Matthew:1:6 @ And Jesse, of David the king. David (by Uriahs widow), was the father of Solomon;
mnt@Matthew:1:11 @ Josiah, of Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.
mnt@Matthew:1:12 @ And after the carrying away into Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel; Shealtiel, of Zerubbabel;
mnt@Matthew:1:16 @ And Jacob, of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
mnt@Matthew:1:17 @ So the whole number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen; from David to the exile to Babylon is fourteen; and from the exile to Babylon to Christ is fourteen.
mnt@Matthew:1:18 @ The birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. After his mother, Mary, had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
mnt@Matthew:1:20 @ And while he was having this in mind, behold! an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying.
mnt@Matthew:1:21 @ "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife home, for what is begotten in her is by the Holy Spirit; and she will bear a son, and you are to call him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins."
mnt@Matthew:1:22 @ All this happened that the word of the Lord spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled.
mnt@Matthew:1:23 @ Behold! the virgin shall be with child, and shall bear a son; and they shall call his name Immanuel, a word which means "God with us."
mnt@Matthew:1:24 @ Now when Joseph awoke from his sleep he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife home,
mnt@Matthew:1:25 @ but did not live with her until after the birth of her son, whom he called Jesus.
mnt@Matthew:2:1 @ After the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod, lo! certain Magi arrived in Jerusalem, saying.
mnt@Matthew:2:2 @ "Where is the new-born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him."
mnt@Matthew:2:4 @ So when he had gathered together all the chief priests and rabbis of the people, he began to inquire of them where the Christ was to be born.
mnt@Matthew:2:5 @ And they told him. "At Bethlehem in Judea, as it is written in the prophet.
mnt@Matthew:2:6 @ "And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah, Thou are not least among the princes of Judah, For out of thee shall come a ruler Who shall shepherd my people, Israel."
mnt@Matthew:2:7 @ Thereupon Herod sent secretly for the Magi, and found out from them the time when the star appeared.
mnt@Matthew:2:8 @ Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, "Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and as soon as you have found him bring me word, that I, too, may go and worship him."
mnt@Matthew:2:9 @ The Magi listened to the king, and went on their way, and lo! the star which they had seen in the east led them until it came and stood over the place where the young child was.
mnt@Matthew:2:10 @ And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with great gladness.
mnt@Matthew:2:11 @ When they had entered the house, they saw the child with Mary, his mother, and opening their treasure-chests they gave him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
mnt@Matthew:2:13 @ When they were gone an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying; "Rise! Take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and there remain until I bring you word; for Herod intends to make a search for the child, in order to put him to death."
mnt@Matthew:2:14 @ So Joseph arose, took the child and his mother, by night, and departed to Egypt.
mnt@Matthew:2:15 @ There he remained until the death of Herod, in order that the word of the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, which says, Out of Egypt I called my son.
mnt@Matthew:2:16 @ As soon as Herod saw that he had been mocked by the Magi, he was furious. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and all the neighborhood who were two years old or under, in accordance with the date which he had ascertained from the Magi.
mnt@Matthew:2:17 @ Then were fulfilled the words spoken through Jeremiah, the prophet, saying,
mnt@Matthew:2:19 @ But after Herods death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
mnt@Matthew:2:20 @ saying, "Rise! Take the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the child are dead."
mnt@Matthew:2:21 @ So he rose and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
mnt@Matthew:2:23 @ in fulfillment of the word spoken through the Prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
mnt@Matthew:3:1 @ In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea;
mnt@Matthew:3:2 @ "Repent," said he, "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
mnt@Matthew:3:3 @...through Isaiah, the prophet, The voice...
mnt@Matthew:3:5 @ Then Jerusalem began to go out to him, and all Judea, and the whole neighborhood of the Jordan,
mnt@Matthew:3:6 @ and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
mnt@Matthew:3:7 @ But when Johnsaw that many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming for baptism, he said. "O brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
mnt@Matthew:3:10 @ And already the axe is lying at the roots of the trees. Any tree, therefore, that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
mnt@Matthew:3:11 @ I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.
mnt@Matthew:3:12 @ His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse the threshing-floor. He will store his wheat in the granary, but will burn up the chaff in unquenchable fire."
mnt@Matthew:3:13 @ At that very time Jesus was on his way from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.
mnt@Matthew:3:16 @ Then he consented. And after Jesus was baptized, as soon as he rose out of the water, lo! the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him,
mnt@Matthew:3:17 @ while a voice from heaven said, "This is my son, the beloved, In whom I delight."
mnt@Matthew:4:1 @ Then Jesus was led up into the desert by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil.
mnt@Matthew:4:3 @ So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."
mnt@Matthew:4:4 @ Jesus answered him, "It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God."
mnt@Matthew:4:5 @ Then the devil took him up into the Holy City and stood him on the parapet of the temple,
mnt@Matthew:4:6 @ and said to him. "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, "He will give his angels charge over thee; Upon their hands they will bear thee up, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."
mnt@Matthew:4:7 @ "It is written again," answered Jesus, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God."
mnt@Matthew:4:8 @ Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them,
mnt@Matthew:4:10 @ "Begone, Satan!" answered Jesus, "for it is written, "Thou must worship the Lord thy God, and Him only must thou serve."
mnt@Matthew:4:11 @ Then the devil left him, and behold! angels came and began ministering to him.
mnt@Matthew:4:13 @ He left Nazareth, and settled in Capernaum-by-the-Lake, near the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali,
mnt@Matthew:4:14 @ in order that these words spoken through Isaiah the prophet, might be fulfilled.
mnt@Matthew:4:15 @...Zebulun, land of Naphtali; The road...
mnt@Matthew:4:16 @ The people who were dwelling in darkness Have seen a great light; And on those who were dwelling in the land of the shadows of death Light has dawned.
mnt@Matthew:4:17 @ From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is near."
mnt@Matthew:4:18 @ And as he was walking by the see of Galilee, he saw two brothers- Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother-casting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
mnt@Matthew:4:21 @ As he went farther on he saw two other brothers, Jamesthe son of Zebedee, and Johnhis brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
mnt@Matthew:4:22 @ They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
mnt@Matthew:4:23 @ Then Jesus went about through Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people.
mnt@Matthew:4:24 @...spread throughout all Syria. They brought...- demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics-and he healed them.
mnt@Matthew:4:25 @ Great crowds followed him from Galilee, from the ten towns, from Jerusalem, and Judea, and from beyond Jordan.
mnt@Matthew:5:1 @ When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and when he had seated himself, his disciples came to him,
mnt@Matthew:5:3 @ "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
mnt@Matthew:5:5 @ "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth."
mnt@Matthew:5:6 @ "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied.
mnt@Matthew:5:7 @ "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
mnt@Matthew:5:8 @ "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
mnt@Matthew:5:9 @ "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
mnt@Matthew:5:10 @ "Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
mnt@Matthew:5:12 @ "Rejoice and exult in it, because your reward was great in the heavens; for so did they persecute the prophets before you.
mnt@Matthew:5:13 @ "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt lose its savor, in what way shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under foot of men.
mnt@Matthew:5:14 @ "You are the light of the world. A city built on a hilltop cannot be hid;
mnt@Matthew:5:15 @ "nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
mnt@Matthew:5:17 @ "Do not suppose that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I am come not to destroy, but to fulfil.
mnt@Matthew:5:18 @ "In solemn truth I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a comma, will pass from the Law until all has taken place.
mnt@Matthew:5:19 @ "So whoever breaks one of these least commandments, and teaches others to break them, will be least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps them and teaches them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
mnt@Matthew:5:20 @ "For I assure you that unless your righteousness exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not find entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
mnt@Matthew:5:21 @ "You have heard that it was said to the ancients, "Thou shall not commit murder, and "he who commits murder shall be liable to condemnation by the court;
mnt@Matthew:5:22 @ but I say to you that he who becomes angry with his brother shall be liable to condemnation by the court; and he who says to his brother Raca, shall be liable to condemnation by the Sanhedrin, while he who curses his brother shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire.
mnt@Matthew:5:23 @ "If therefore when you are offering your gift upon the altar, and there remember that your brother has a grievance against you,
mnt@Matthew:5:24 @ "leave there your gift before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother, first of all; then come and offer your gift.
mnt@Matthew:5:25 @ "Come to terms with your opponent quickly, while you are yet with him on the way to the court, to prevent your opponent from handing you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and so you be thrown into prison.
mnt@Matthew:5:26 @ "I tell you truly that you would certainly not get out from there until you had paid back the last cent.
mnt@Matthew:5:29 @ And if your eye, your right eye, entices you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.
mnt@Matthew:5:30 @ And if your right hand entices you into sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.
mnt@Matthew:5:32 @ But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, makes her an adulteress, and whoever marries her when so divorced, commits adultery.
mnt@Matthew:5:33 @ "Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, "You must not forswear yourselves, but must perform your vows to the Lord.
mnt@Matthew:5:34 @ "But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by the sky, for it is Gods throne;
mnt@Matthew:5:35 @ "nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
mnt@Matthew:5:37 @ "But let your word be simply Yes or No;anything beyond this comes from the Evil One.
mnt@Matthew:5:39 @ "But I tell you not to retaliate the injury; but whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also;
mnt@Matthew:5:45 @ "So you will become sons of your heavenly Father; for he makes his sun to rise upon sinners as well as saints, and sends rain upon the unjust and the just.
mnt@Matthew:5:47 @ "Even the tax-gatherers do that, do they not? And if you show courtesy to your brother only, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do that, do they not?
mnt@Matthew:6:1 @ "Be careful not to do your good deeds in the sight of men, in order to be observed by them. If you do, you have no reward with your heavenly Father.
mnt@Matthew:6:2 @ "And whatever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and streets, in order that men may praise them. In solemn truth I tell you they already have their reward in full.
mnt@Matthew:6:5 @ "And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the avenues, in order that men may see them. In solemn truth I tell you that they have their reward in full.
mnt@Matthew:6:7 @ "While praying do not say the same words over and over again, as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that by their much speaking they will gain attention.
mnt@Matthew:6:11 @ Give us today our bread for the day before us;
mnt@Matthew:6:13 @ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.
mnt@Matthew:6:16 @ "When you fast, do not look downcast like the hypocrites; for they disfigure their faces so that it may be apparent to men that they are fasting. In solemn truth I tell you, they already have received their reward.
mnt@Matthew:6:22 @...body is the eye. Therefore if...
mnt@Matthew:6:23 @ "but if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be darkened. If then the very light within you is darkness, how dense is that darkness!
mnt@Matthew:6:24 @ "No slave can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will pay heed to the one and despise the other. You cannot be the slaves both of God and of gold.
mnt@Matthew:6:26 @...birds in the sky! They neither...
mnt@Matthew:6:28 @...field, how they grow. They toil...
mnt@Matthew:6:30 @ "If God then so clothes the grass of the field, which blooms today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?
mnt@Matthew:6:32 @ "For all these are things that the Gentiles are eagerly seeking; for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of them all.
mnt@Matthew:7:3 @ "And why do you look at the mote in your brothers eye, and fail to notice the beam which is in your own eye?
mnt@Matthew:7:4 @ "Or how will you say to your brother, Permit me to remove the mote from your eye, when, behold, the beam is in your own eye?
mnt@Matthew:7:5 @ "Hypocrite! First cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly how to cast the mote out of your brothers eye.
mnt@Matthew:7:6 @ "Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; lest in turn they trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.
mnt@Matthew:7:7 @ "Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
mnt@Matthew:7:8 @ "For every one who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door is opened.
mnt@Matthew:7:12 @ "Therefore everything that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
mnt@Matthew:7:13 @ "Enter by the narrow gate; for broad is the gate and wide the road that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in by it;
mnt@Matthew:7:14 @ "but the gate is narrow and the road is steep, which leads to life, and they are few who find it.
mnt@Matthew:7:15 @ "Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheeps clothing, but within they are ravening wolves.
mnt@Matthew:7:19 @ "Every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
mnt@Matthew:7:21 @ "Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
mnt@Matthew:7:24 @ "Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
mnt@Matthew:7:25 @ "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house, but it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.
mnt@Matthew:7:26 @ "And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
mnt@Matthew:7:27 @ "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."
mnt@Matthew:7:28 @ Now when Jesus had finished his discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes taught them.
mnt@Matthew:8:1 @ As he went down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
mnt@Matthew:8:4 @ Jesus said to him, "See that you tell no one, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, as an evidence to them."
mnt@Matthew:8:8 @ "Lord, "said the captain in reply, "I am not worthy to have you under my roof, but speak the word only, and my slave will be cured,
mnt@Matthew:8:11 @ "I tell you that many will come from the east and from the west, and sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
mnt@Matthew:8:12 @ "but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."
mnt@Matthew:8:13 @ Then Jesus said to the captain. "Go! As you have believed, so be it unto you." And his slave was healed in that very hour.
mnt@Matthew:8:15 @ He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose and waited upon him.
mnt@Matthew:8:16 @ At evening-time they brought to him many demoniacs. He cast out the demons with a word, and healed all who were ill,
mnt@Matthew:8:17 @ that the word spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, He took upon himself our weaknesses, and bore the burden of our diseases.
mnt@Matthew:8:18 @ When Jesus saw the great crowds about him, he had given directions to cross to the other side,
mnt@Matthew:8:20 @ "Foxes have their holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head."
mnt@Matthew:8:22 @ "Follow me," Jesus said to him, "and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
mnt@Matthew:8:24 @ and behold, a sudden storm arose on the sea, so that the boat began to be buried by the waves.
mnt@Matthew:8:26 @...men of little faith!" Then he...
mnt@Matthew:8:27 @ But the men were amazed, saying, "What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?"
mnt@Matthew:8:28 @...out of the tombs. They were...
mnt@Matthew:8:29 @ "You Son of God," they shouted, "what have you to do with us? Are you come to torment us before the time?"
mnt@Matthew:8:31 @ and the demons began entreating him. "If you are driving us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."
mnt@Matthew:8:32 @ He answered, "Go!" So they came out of the men, and went into the swine, and behold! the entire herd rushed headlong down from the cliff into the sea, and perished in the water.
mnt@Matthew:8:33 ...The swineherds fled. They went...
mnt@Matthew:8:34 @ At once all the citizens came out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they begged him to move away from their country.
mnt@Matthew:9:1 @ So he went on board, crossed the sea, and came to his own city.
mnt@Matthew:9:2 @ And here they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, "Courage, son, your sins are forgiven."
mnt@Matthew:9:6 @ "But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins"- he then says to the paralytic, "Rise, take up your bed, and go to your home."
mnt@Matthew:9:8 @ But all the crowd were awestruck, and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
mnt@Matthew:9:9 @ As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."
mnt@Matthew:9:11 @ When the Pharisees saw it, they kept saying to his disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with the tax-gatherers and sinners?"
mnt@Matthew:9:12 @ "It is not those who are well," said Jesus, when he heard this, "but the sick, who need a doctor.
mnt@Matthew:9:14 @ At that time the disciples of Johncame and asked him, "Why are we and the Pharisees always fasting, while your disciples are not?"
mnt@Matthew:9:15 @ "Can the friends fast at a wedding-feast," said Jesus, "so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom has been taken from them, and then they will fast.
mnt@Matthew:9:16 @ "No one ever sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old cloak. If they did, the patch put on to fill it up would tear away from the cloak, and the rent be made worse.
mnt@Matthew:9:17 @ "Nor do they put new wine into old wine-skins; if they did, the wine- skins would split, the wine would run out, and the skins be ruined. Instead, they put new wine into fresh wine-skins and both are preserved."
mnt@Matthew:9:20 @ But a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him, and touched the tassel of his cloak.
mnt@Matthew:9:22 @ But Jesus turned and saw her and said, "Be of good courage, daughter, your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that hour.
mnt@Matthew:9:23 @ Now when Jesus had come into the house of the ruler, and had seen the flute-players and the wailing crowd, he said,
mnt@Matthew:9:24 @ "Leave the room, for the little girl is not dead, she is sleeping." And they began laughing at him.
mnt@Matthew:9:25 @ When, however, the crowd had been driven out, he went in and took her hand, and the little girl woke up.
mnt@Matthew:9:26 @ And the report of this spread throughout that whole region.
mnt@Matthew:9:33 @...demon, the dumb spoke. The crowds...
mnt@Matthew:9:34 @ But the Pharisees kept saying, "It is in the power of the Prince of the demons that he is casting out demons."
mnt@Matthew:9:35 @ And Jesus continued to go throughout all the cities and towns, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and infirmity.
mnt@Matthew:9:36 @ And when he saw the crowds he had compassion on them because they were distressed and fainting, like sheep without a shepherd.
mnt@Matthew:9:37 @ And he said to his disciples. "The harvest is great, but the laborers are few;
mnt@Matthew:9:38 @ "therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to thrust forth laborers into his harvest field."
mnt@Matthew:10:2 @ These are the names of the apostles (missionaries). First, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; Jamesthe son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;
mnt@Matthew:10:3 @ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew, the tax-gatherer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname is Thaddeus;
mnt@Matthew:10:4 @ Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
mnt@Matthew:10:5 @ These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,
mnt@Matthew:10:6 @ "but rather be on your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
mnt@Matthew:10:7 @...you go, preach, saying, The kingdom...
mnt@Matthew:10:8 @ "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
mnt@Matthew:10:10 @ "not even a bag for the journey, or a change of clothes, or sandals, or even a stick; for the worker is worth his rations.
mnt@Matthew:10:12 @ "When you enter the house, salute it;
mnt@Matthew:10:13 @ "and if the house is worthy let your blessing sit upon it; but if it be unworthy, let your blessing return to you.
mnt@Matthew:10:14 @ "And whoever will not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out from that house or that city, shake off the very dust from your feet.
mnt@Matthew:10:15 @ "I tell you solemnly it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that town.
mnt@Matthew:10:17 @ "But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.
mnt@Matthew:10:18 @ "And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
mnt@Matthew:10:20 @ "For it will not be you who is speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
mnt@Matthew:10:22 @ "You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.
mnt@Matthew:10:23 @ "But when they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. In solemn truth I tell you that you shall not have completed the cities of Israel, before the Son of man comes.
mnt@Matthew:10:25 @ "It is enough for the pupil to fare like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more, the members of his household.
mnt@Matthew:10:27 @ "What I am telling you is in the darkness, do you speak in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.
mnt@Matthew:10:28 @ "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
mnt@Matthew:10:29 @ "Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your father.
mnt@Matthew:10:34 @ "Do not suppose that I am come to bring peace on the earth; I am come not to bring peace, but a sword.
mnt@Matthew:11:1 @ After finishing his instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus left that place, in order to teach and to preach in the neighboring cities.
mnt@Matthew:11:2 @ But when Johnheard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,
mnt@Matthew:11:3 @ "Are you the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?"
mnt@Matthew:11:5 @ "the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, and the gospel is being preached to the poor.
mnt@Matthew:11:6 @ "And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."
mnt@Matthew:11:7 @ As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.
mnt@Matthew:11:8 @ "What did you go out into the desert to behold?" he asked; "A reed shaken by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment dwell in kings palaces!
mnt@Matthew:11:11 @ "In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than Johnthe Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
mnt@Matthew:11:12 @ "From the days of Johnthe Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by storm.
mnt@Matthew:11:13 @ "For the prophets and the Law prophesied until John;
mnt@Matthew:11:14 @ "and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
mnt@Matthew:11:16 @ "To what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, who call to the other children,
mnt@Matthew:11:19 @ and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners! Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."
mnt@Matthew:11:20 @ Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they had not repented.
mnt@Matthew:11:21 @ "Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented, long ago, in sackcloth and ashes.
mnt@Matthew:11:22 @ "Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.
mnt@Matthew:11:23 @ "And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.
mnt@Matthew:11:24 @ "I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you."
mnt@Matthew:11:25 @ At that time Jesus answered and said. "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.
mnt@Matthew:11:27 @ "Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
mnt@Matthew:12:1 @ At that time Jesus walked through the wheatfields one Sabbath Day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck some ears of wheat and to eat them.
mnt@Matthew:12:2 @ But the Pharisees, when they perceived it, said to him. "Look! Your disciples are doing what it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"
mnt@Matthew:12:4 @ "How he went into the House of God, and there they ate the loaves of the Presence, which neither he nor his men were permitted to eat, but the priests only?
mnt@Matthew:12:5 @ "Have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the Temple break the Sabbath and are guiltless?
mnt@Matthew:12:6 @ "But I tell you that One is here who is greater than the temple.
mnt@Matthew:12:8 @ "you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath."
mnt@Matthew:12:10 @ And in order to get a charge against him they asked him, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" (So that they might have something to accuse him.)
mnt@Matthew:12:11 @ "Is there a man of you," he replied, "who has but a single sheep, who will not lay hold of it and lift it out, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath Day?
mnt@Matthew:12:12 @...worth than a sheep? Therefore it...
mnt@Matthew:12:13 @ Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand."
mnt@Matthew:12:14 @ The man stretched it out, and it had become sound like the other. But when the Pharisees came out, they consulted together how they might destroy him.
mnt@Matthew:12:17 @ that the word spoken through Isaiah, the prophet, might be fulfilled.
mnt@Matthew:12:18 @ Behold my servant whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom my soul delights; I will breathe my spirit upon him, and he shall announce justice to the Gentiles
mnt@Matthew:12:19 @ He will not strive nor cry aloud, Nor shall anyone hear is voice in the streets
mnt@Matthew:12:20 @...reed will not break; The dimly...
mnt@Matthew:12:21 @ And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.
mnt@Matthew:12:22 @ Then they brought to him a blind and deaf demoniac; and he healed him, so that the dumb both spoke and saw.
mnt@Matthew:12:23 @ And all the crowds were amazed, and he began to say, "Can this be the Son of David?"
mnt@Matthew:12:24 @ When the Pharisees heard it they said, "It is only by the aid of Beelzebub, the Prince of the demons, that this fellow is driving out demons."
mnt@Matthew:12:27 @ "And if I am casting out demons in the power of Beelzebub, in whose power do your sons cast them out? So they themselves shall be your judges.
mnt@Matthew:12:28 @ "But if it is in the power of the Spirit of God is already upon you.
mnt@Matthew:12:29 @...binding the strong man? Then he...
mnt@Matthew:12:31 @ "Therefore I tell you that every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.
mnt@Matthew:12:32 @ "And if any man say a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in that which is to come.
mnt@Matthew:12:33 @ "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for by its fruit the tree is known.
mnt@Matthew:12:34 @ "You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.
mnt@Matthew:12:36 @ "I tell you that for every careless word that men speak they shall give account on the day of judgment.
mnt@Matthew:12:38 @ Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees accosted him. "Teacher," they said, "we want to see some sign from you."
mnt@Matthew:12:39 @ In reply Jesus told them. "An evil and faithless generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given them except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
mnt@Matthew:12:40 @ "For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the sea- monsters belly, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
mnt@Matthew:12:41 @ "The men of Nineveh will stand up in the Judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented under the preaching of Jonah, and lo! a greater than Jonah is here!
mnt@Matthew:12:42 @ "The Queen of the South will rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! a greater than Solomon is here!
mnt@Matthew:12:45 @ "Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation."
mnt@Matthew:12:46 @ While he was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers were standing outside, desiring to speak to him.
mnt@Matthew:12:48 @ But he answered the man who told him, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?"
mnt@Matthew:12:50 @ "Behold my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, is my brother and sister and mother."
mnt@Matthew:13:1 @ On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore;
mnt@Matthew:13:2 @ and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.
mnt@Matthew:13:4 @ and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.