In the meantime, whenthereweregatheredtogether an innumerablemultitude of people, insomuchthattheytrode one uponanother, he began to say unto his disciplesfirst of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Thereforewhatsoever ye havespoken in darknessshall be heard in the light; and thatwhich ye havespoken in the ear in closetsshall be proclaimedupon the housetops.
And whosoevershallspeak a wordagainst the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him thatblasphemethagainst the HolyGhost it shall not be forgiven.
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is castinto the oven; how muchmorewill he clothe you, O ye of littlefaith?
Sellthat ye have, and givealms; provideyourselvesbagswhich wax not old, a treasure in the heavensthatfaileth not, where no thiefapproacheth, neithermothcorrupteth.
And ye yourselveslikeunto men thatwait for theirlord, when he willreturnfrom the wedding; thatwhen he cometh and knocketh, they may openunto him immediately.
Blessed are thoseservants, whom the lordwhen he comethshallfindwatching: verily I say unto you, that he shallgirdhimself, and makethem to sit down to meat, and willcomeforth and servethem.
And thisknow, that if the goodman of the house had knownwhathour the thiefwouldcome, he wouldhavewatched, and not havesuffered his house to be brokenthrough.
And the Lordsaid, Who then is thatfaithful and wisesteward, whom his lordshallmakerulerover his household, to givethemtheirportion of meat in due season?
But and if thatservant say in his heart, My lorddelayeth his coming; and shallbegin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
The lord of thatservantwillcome in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hourwhen he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and willappoint him his portionwith the unbelievers.
But he thatknew not, and did committhingsworthy of stripes, shall be beatenwith few stripes. For untowhomsoevermuch is given, of him shall be muchrequired: and to whom men havecommittedmuch, of him theywill ask the more.
The fathershall be dividedagainst the son, and the son against the father; the motheragainst the daughter, and the daughteragainst the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Whenthougoestwiththineadversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, givediligencethatthoumayest be deliveredfrom him; lest he halethee to the judge, and the judgedeliverthee to the officer, and the officercasttheeintoprison.