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For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them.

For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

And the Pharisees came to him tempting him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

But I say unto you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, not for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and he who marries one put away commits adultery.

for there are eunuchs which have been born thus from [their] mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs who have made eunuchs of themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of the heavens is of such:

But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.

and again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to enter a needle's eye than a rich man into the kingdom of God.

And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.

For the kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn to hire workmen for his vineyard.

And having agreed with the workmen for a denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?

is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good?

Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

[And] he says to them, Ye shall drink indeed my cup, but to sit on my right hand and on [my] left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared of my Father.

as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree was immediately dried up.

but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but *ye* when ye saw [it] repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.

And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.