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For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

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If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

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Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does,

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so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

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But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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In praying, don’t use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.

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Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

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Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

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Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

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Give us today our daily bread.

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Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

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Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

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“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

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so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

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“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

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but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

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for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

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But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

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“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

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Therefore, I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

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See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

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“Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?

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Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,

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yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

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But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

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“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’

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For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

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But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

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“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

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For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

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Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye?

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Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?

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You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

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“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

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For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

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Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

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Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

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If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

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Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

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How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

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“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

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By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

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Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

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A good tree can’t produce evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree produce good fruit.

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Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

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Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

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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.

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Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’

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Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

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“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

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The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

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Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

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The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell–and great was its fall.”

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It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

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for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.

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When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

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Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

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Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

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When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

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and saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”

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Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

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The centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

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For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

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When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, “Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel.

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I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

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but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.

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When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.

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He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.

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When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”

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Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

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A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

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Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

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Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

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But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

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When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

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Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

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They came to him, and woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We are dying!”

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He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

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The men marveled, saying, “What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

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When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.

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Behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

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Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

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The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”

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He said to them, “Go!” They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

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Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.

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Behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.