4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

9 But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

10 Hear, and understand:

11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a

man.

13 Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted

up.

14 Let them alone: they be blind

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leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

16 Are ye also yet without understanding?

17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

24 I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

26 It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 28 O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.

32 I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way,

34 How many loaves have ye?

2 WHEN it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day for the sky is red and lowering. O'ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times.

4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.

6 Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

8 O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves because ye have brought no bread?

9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets took up?

ye

10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

11 How is it that ye do not under

stand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

13 Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

15 But whom say ye that I am?

17 Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

23 Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

24 If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will

lose his life for my sake shall find it.

26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Chapter XVII.

7 ARISE, and be not afraid.

9 Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

11 Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

17 O faithless and perverse gene