¹¹ Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.

¹³ For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

¹⁸ The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

²¹ Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.

²⁸ If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

²⁹ For our God is an all-burning fire.

⁵ Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

¹¹ Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and their talk of your strength;

¹² So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom.

¹³ Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is through all generations.

¹⁴ The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.

¹¹ And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

¹⁹ Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

²⁰ For I say to you, If your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven.

²¹ You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

²⁴ And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

²⁵ But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

²⁶ But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

²⁷ And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

²⁸ And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

²⁹ But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

³⁰ Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

³¹ He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

³¹ He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

³² Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

³³ Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

¹⁴ But Jesus said, Let the little ones come to me, and do not keep them away: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

⁴⁸ When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.

⁴⁹ So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

⁵⁰ And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

⁵¹ Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

³³ Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

²³ And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

²⁴ And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

²⁵ And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

²⁶ And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.

²⁷ Then Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything and have come after you; what then will we have?

¹ And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

² Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

³ For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

¹⁰ For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

¹¹ For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

¹² For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

¹⁷ From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

⁴⁴ The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

⁴⁶ And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.

⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

¹ In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

² And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them,

³ And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.

⁴ Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

⁵ And whoever gives honour to one such little child in my name, gives honour to me:

⁹ Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

¹⁰ Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

¹¹ Give us this day bread for our needs.

¹⁸ And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.

¹⁹ I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

²⁰ Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.

³² Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

³ Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

⁴ Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.

⁵ Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

⁶ Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

⁷ Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

⁸ Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.

⁹ Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

¹⁰ Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

¹¹ Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

¹² Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.

¹³ You are the salt of the earth; but if its taste goes from the salt, how will you make it salt again? it is then good for nothing but to be put out and crushed under foot by men.

¹⁸ But the saints of the Most High will take the kingdom, and it will be theirs for ever, even for ever and ever.

⁷ And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.

⁵ Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.

³⁶ Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

³⁷ And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

³⁸ And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

³⁹ And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

⁴⁰ As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.

⁴¹ The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

⁴² And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

⁴³ Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

⁴⁴ The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.