O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, {and} they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

They also that seek after my life lay snares {for me}: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge {him} vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

He that passeth by, {and} meddleth with strife {belonging} not to him, {is like} one that taketh a dog by the ears. {meddleth: or, is enraged}

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it {is} an evil time.

Judah {is} a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Master, which {is} the great commandment in the law?

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. {penny: in value seven pence halfpenny}

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away {his} wife? tempting him.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. {harmless: or, simple}

And they watched {him}, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

And others, tempting {him}, sought of him a sign from heaven.

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see {it}. {penny: valuing of our money seven pence halfpenny}

[To the chief Musician, {even} to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. {my mouth...: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth}

And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, {and} they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

And, behold, there was a man which had {his} hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. {penny: in value seven pence halfpenny}

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth {are} no reproofs.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away {his} wife? tempting him.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put {it} into the water: