¹ When there were gathered together myriads^* of the crowd, so that they trampled one another, He first said to His disciples, Beware principally of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

² And^◦ there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, neither secret that shall not be known.

³ Therefore whatever things you have said in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in bedrooms shall be preached on the housetops.

⁴ And^◦ I say to·​·you, My friends, Fear not^◦ those who kill the body, and afterward do not^◦ have any·​·more^◦ anything to do.

⁵ But^◦ I will show you whom^◦ you shall fear: Fear Him^* who has authority, after He has killed, to cast into gehenna^*; yes, I say to you, fear Him^◦.

⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria^*, and not one of them is forgotten before^◦ God?

⁷ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered; fear not^◦ therefore, you are·​·of· more ·value than many sparrows.

⁸ But^◦ I say to you, Whoever shall profess Me before men, him also shall the Son of Man profess before the angels of God.

⁹ But^◦ he who denies Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

¹⁰ And everyone who says^▵ a word against^▵ the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven^* him; but^◦ to him who blasphemes against^▵ the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.

¹¹ And^◦ when they bring· you ·to the synagogues and rulers and authorities, be· not^◦ ·anxious how or what you shall respond, or what you shall say.

¹² For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what things you ought to say.

¹³ And^◦ one of the crowd said to Him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ But^◦ He said to him, Man, who has set Me as a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And^◦ He said^◦ to them, See^▵ you, and guard yourselves from avarice^*; for no one’s life consists in the excess of his belongings.

¹⁶ And^◦ He told a parable to them, saying, The field^◦ of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

¹⁷ And he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere to gather my fruits?

¹⁸ And he said^◦, This I will do: I will take·​·down my barns, and build greater, and there I will gather all my produce and my goods^◦.

¹⁹ And I will say^▵ to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for^◦ many years; rest, eat, drink, and be·​·merry.

²⁰ But^◦ God said to him, Senseless one, this night they require thy soul of thee; and^◦ whose shall those things be that thou hast prepared?

²¹ So is he who treasures·​·up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

²² And^◦ He said to His disciples, On this account I say to you, be· not^◦ ·anxious for your soul, what you shall eat, nor for the body, what you shall put·​·on^◦.

²³ The soul is more than food, and the body than clothing.

²⁴ Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap, which have neither locked·​·room nor barn, and God feeds them; of· how much more ·value·​·are you than the birds?

²⁵ And^◦ which of you by being·​·anxious can add to his stature one cubit?

²⁶ If then you are not able to do that which is least, why are· you ·anxious about the rest?

²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow; they labor not, neither do they spin; but^◦ I say to you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

²⁸ And^◦ if God so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more shall He clothe you, O you of·​·little·​·faith!

²⁹ And seek ye not what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, and be not unsettled;

³⁰ for^◦ all these·​·things do the nations of the world seek after; and^◦ your Father knows^◦ that you need these·​·things.

³¹ But^▵ rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these·​·things shall be added to you.

³² Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good·​·pleasure to give you the kingdom.

³³ Sell your belongings, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which become· not ·old, a treasure in the heavens which fails not, where neither thief is near, nor moth corrupts.

³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

³⁵ Let your loins be girded around, and your lamps burning,

³⁶ and you yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he will return^▵ from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him straightway.

³⁷ Happy are those^▵ servants whom the lord at his coming shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird·​·himself and have them recline, and passing·​·through he will minister to them.

³⁸ And if he shall come in the second watch^◦, or come in the third watch^◦, and find them so, happy are those servants.

³⁹ But^◦ know this, that if the householder knew^◦ at what^▵ hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have let his house be dug·​·through.

⁴⁰ And be ye therefore prepared, for in the hour that you think not, the Son of Man comes.

⁴¹ And^◦ Peter said to Him, Lord, sayest Thou this parable to us, or even to all?

⁴² And^◦ the Lord said^◦, Who^◦ then is that faithful and prudent steward, whom the lord shall appoint over his household^◦, to apportion the measure·​·of·​·wheat in due time?

⁴³ Happy is that servant whom his lord at his coming shall find so doing.

⁴⁴ Truly I say to you that he will appoint him over all his belongings.

⁴⁵ But^◦ if that^▵ servant shall say^◦ in his heart, My lord delays to come, and shall begin to strike the boy-servants^◦ and maids, and^▵ to eat^◦ and to drink and be drunken;

⁴⁶ the lord of that^▵ servant shall come^◦ in a day that he expects him not, and in an hour which he knows not, and will divide· him ·in·​·two, and will put his part with the unbelieving.

⁴⁷ And^◦ that servant who knew his lord’s will, and prepared not, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

⁴⁸ But^◦ he who knew not^◦, but^◦ did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And^◦ everyone to whom much has been given, from^▵ him much will be sought; and to whom they have committed much, of him they will ask all·​·the·​·more.

⁴⁹ I have come to cast fire into the earth, and I will that it were already kindled.

⁵⁰ But^◦ I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am beset until it be finished!

⁵¹ Do you think that I have come^▫ to give peace on^▵ the earth? No, I say to you, but rather division.

⁵² For from henceforth five shall be in one house divided, three against two and two against three.

⁵³ The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

⁵⁴ And^◦ He said also to the crowds, When you see^◦ a cloud rising^◦ from the west, straightway you say, A shower comes; and so it comes·​·to·​·pass.

⁵⁵ And when the south wind blows, you say, There will be heat; and it comes·​·to·​·pass.

⁵⁶ Hypocrites! You know^◦ how to test the face of the earth and of the heaven; but^◦ how is it that you do not test this time?

⁵⁷ But^◦ why also of yourselves do you not judge what is just?

⁵⁸ For^◦ as thou goest^◦ with thine adversary to the prince, in the way give diligence that thou mayest be released from him, lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver· thee ·up to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison.

⁵⁹ I say to thee, Thou shalt not^▵ come·​·out thence, until thou hast paid the last mite.

⁴ "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

⁵ But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.